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lost? run home.  Criselle Ann. 21. aka Ann/ Crizy/ Kirk/Tish. Registered Nurse. eclectic. ironic.
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August 2007
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4.28.2008
toxic but giddy
Today was toxic as hell.  Had an annoying bulk of exams this afternoon which led to me having yet another one of my occasional headaches. It was painful and crushing, as these things have always been. There was just too much information that I thought a seizure was next. Am really looking forward to the upcoming 4-day weekend! But on a lighter, giddier note, what made my day was that Armi, the vocalist of Up Dharma Down, one of today's most credible bands (an opinion, but a strong one), just sent me a personal message.  Huge thanks to modern technology. 4.27.2008
that mom thing
The thing with my mom is that whenever her birthday comes she insists (or maybe more like commands) that we don't buy her presents anymore. She says we're merely wasting our money (which according to her is her money too) and that what's more important is that she gets to spend her special day with us, her family. But in the end she gets a present from us anyway. It seems the daughters she raised got a tinge of hardheadedness.  But whatever it is, it shall not involve a Hallmark card that comes with a perfect pre-written message by some unknown author and a handwritten note from me on the other side of it. Even my deepest, most flamboyant, elaborate words would sound superficial when told to her. You see, no number of thank you's or i love you's will ever be able to compensate and convey the exact feelings I have for the woman whom I owe my being to. Cheers to my mother. A nagger. A pushy pusher. A teacher. A role model. A best friend. A woman of strength, sense, wisdom and humor.  Happy birthday too to her twin sister Aunt Tess, a person of determination. Maybe someday I will be able to give my mother and father the perfect present. Oh how I long for that day.  Labels: blah, family, making sense 4.26.2008
bummer of the week
Mood: envious  These guys got to meet Urbandub up close and personal at their mall show. See those triumphant grins as they strike a pose with Gabby? Lucky bastards.
Thony and I came a little too late. Big bummer.  jeepney
 So this is how they attack, the pangs of uninvited solitude. Unkind, relentless. pressing, not leaving. Streaks of blurry images, they roll by happily. Teasing, mocking me... emphasizing the emptiness that the next seat brings. Strange faces hop in and go. But your warm presence stays absent. Where are you? Sit beside me like you have before. How long shall this solitary jeepney ride go? ..my exaggerated thoughts while sitting alone in a jeepney. ann.04.26.08.  Labels: making sense, photography, poetry 4.24.2008
dahil mababaw lang ang tuwa ko..
kaya naman natawa ako dito.. (lifted from i-can't-remember-where)
buti pa ang kalendaryo may date buti pa ang hersheys may kisses buti pa ang probability may chance yung ibang tao wala! buti pa ang telepono hini-hello buti pa ang film nadi-develop buti pa ang typewriter nata-type-pan yung ibang tao hindi! buti pa ang exams sinasagot buti pa ang problema iniisip buti pa ang homework inu-uwi ung ibang tao hindi! buti pa ang panyo na dadantay sa pisngi buti pa ang baso dinadampian ng labi buti pa ang unan inaakap sa gabi buti pa ang kamalian napapansin buti pa ang salamin minamasdan buti pa ang hininga hinahabol yung ibang tao hindi!!!!!! buti pa ang tindera nagpapatawad buti pa ang awit at tugtog pinagsasama buti pa ang sugat inaalagaan buti pa ang lungs malapit sa puso buti pa ang kotse mahal buti pa ang pera iniingatan yung ibang tao hindi!!!  Wala lang. Anyway, dahil tagalog ko na inumpisahan 'to so itutuloy ko na rin ang pagtatagalog. Tagalog mode muna ako ngayon. Pasensya na lang sa mga foreigners na readers ko. Pero ok lang, dadalawa lang naman ata sila. hehe. Ayoko sanang magkwento tungkol sa summer classes kasi nakakataas ng blood pressure. Kaya lang ano naman ang ikikwento ko besides dun eh aral, uwi, tulog, review lang naman ang naging buhay ko for the past two weeks. Gustong-gusto kong gumawa ng iba pang makabuluhang bagay kaya lang sadyang wala na akong energy pagkatapos ng isang buong araw sa skul.  Dapat pala naniwala ako nung sabihin sa amin kelan lang na malapit na talagang matapos ang maliligayang araw namin. Actually kung ako ang tatanungin eh hindi naman mahirap ang Nursing (as of now). Nakakapagod lang talaga. Yung tamang manggigigil ka na lang sa tabi pero wala ka naman magagawa kundi sumunod.  Anyway wala naman talaga akong karapatan magcomplain kasi, sabi nga ng ulirang ina ko, maraming tao pa dyan ang mas naghihirap kesa sa kin.  Kumbaga O.A. lang talaga ako. hehe..Pero kahit ganun eh enjoy pa rin naman kahit papano. Andyan ang mga bago (pati luma) kong kaibigan araw-araw at marami akong bagong natututuhan as opposed to two months of sedentary lifestyle I used to always have kapag darating na ang April at May. Nakaka-elevate nga naman ng pagkatao. haha. Hmm. Sa ngayon ay mananahimik na ako kasi tinatamad na akong ituloy ito at nahihirapan na rin akong magtagalog (Siyet. Nakakahiya kay Rizal. hehe). Ai oo nga pala, speaking of Jose Rizal, pinanood namin sa klase yung movie ng life niya para sa PSEUDO-major subject namin for summer: the Rizal course. It was the version starred by Cesar Montano. Hindi ako fan ni Cesar at lalong hindi ako isa sa mga nagpapicture kasama siya nung bumisita siya sa school namin para manggitara at kumanta noong nakaraang eleksyon. Pero sobrang natouch ako sa professional acting niya dun sa movie. At dahil nga hindi lang tawa ang mababaw sa akin kundi luha din, eh medyo naiyak-iyak ako. Naappreciate ko tuloy si Rizal. Yun lang.. The rest is corny and more teary-eyed history.  happy bday to my friends juni, jo and amie.. tnx to gyk for the tips!:) Labels: blah, movies, skool, trip 4.11.2008
my scholarly boyfriend
I am proud to announce that my boyfriend is now officially a College Scholar too.  I'd like to think that it was me who pushed him into it, what with all the nagging that he got from me all throughout the semester about how it's time to throw away his happy-go-lucky attitude. But then thinking deeper, I think it was more the product of initiative coming from himself than pushing from a pushy girlfriend. I mean, knowing Thony, he's the guy who wouldn't work for something which never really caught his heart in the first place. He'd rather sleep or play RF. I know that joining the scholarship bandwagon may not be the most important thing about this whole course that we got ourselves into. There could be more self-defining challenges in the future. But then, it still is a big something and if you've got the potential why not use it, right?! Sayang naman diba. Why not aim to be the best you can be? There's no harm in doing so... Only some sacrifices all throughout and sweet glory in the end.:) I know he's got potential.. and a LOT of it. I'm glad he's really starting to utilize it. Another advantage of the incident was that he just earned a hundred good shot points from my mom and dad.  Hihihi.BTW, joining us in our cheery mood last Tuesday were Yen and Eric. Had fun catching up and being nostalgic and all about high school. Ooh those were good times.  That day I also got a haircut which, like all other haircuts I've had in the recent past, didn't bring about any drastic change to my look. When I got home, I asked my sister (in Kapampangan of course) if "maganda ba bagong gupit ko?" and she was like "ahh nagpagupit ka?!".  Yesterday, Thony and I were at SM Pamp. coz we thought it's been a while since we visited the place together. I got a new voodoo doll and I also purchased 200 grams of the dried squid which I've been craving for for a while now. Had a wonderful date, minus the sored feet I got in the end. I knew I shouldn't have worn those heels!  Buh-bye for now. Got a meeting with Red and Arren later for the final (hopefully!  ) printing of the CDx.Labels: blah, favorite people, making sense, showbiz lovelife 4.07.2008
what's left of a summer vacation
Hey there. I apologize for the not-too-long absence.. I've got one week before our summer classes start.. Might as well make the most out of it.. Oral defense for the CDx is finally over. Big whew. I wouldn't want to elaborate but to summarize how it went, let me quote Mr. Lagazon, one of our panelists and only the oldest (literally) and most "batikan" among all C.I.s in our college: "I must say that you did a very good work."  Quite a bland and simple statement to quote.. but there really was something blissfully fulfilling with the way he said it. You should've heard it yourself. I'm so thankful that the panelists' decision for our work is not to start all over again, a verdict which other sections sadly got.  But that's not the end of CDx. We still have a few revisions to do on it. Our house have constantly been the home of some classmates for a few days now. CDx has kind of taken over what was left of a summer vacation for me. But even so, I wasn't going to let it completely grab all opportunities to have fun. Duh.  Starbucks at SM Clark has finally opened. And it's not helping at all with my coffee addiction. Haha. Thony, Red, Arren, Mitch and I hung out at the place after spending the whole day at my house patching CDx things up. Had fun. Coffee and friends never fail to make me happy.
We drove to the Camayan Beach at Subic to get some kind of timeout for all of us. The place is so damn "photogenic". .JPG) .JPG) .JPG) Oh and yeah I made it a point not to stay too long under the sun.. I'm not exactly the person who would look better with an even tanner skin than the one I already have inherited from my dad. .JPG) .JPG) I've no problem with being morena though.. hahah. O diba ang ganda ng likod ko?! hehe.. likod lang naman.  On to other serious matters.. I've developed yet another addiction.. Something which I, like all other addicts feel toward their addiction, unfortunately but delightedly can't get enough of. BTW speaking of my guy, Thony's older brother purchased a handsome Toyota Vios. Now Thony, being the "sipsip" younger bro that he is, would of course be free to drive it around. Ok now I'm green with envy. Labels: blah, family, favorite people, muzik, photography, skool, trip |
But it's not only coffee and friends that do.. The sun, sea's waves pushing on me as I lie on white sand, cool reggae music by the beach, a two-piece swimsuit, some yummy "talaba", lots of great food, beach volleyball with complete strangers, rockin' henna tattooes, and 
