hmmmmm

Copy the list and then "bold" everything you've done.



1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree

10. Bungee jumped (sort of)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (ateneo-la salle)

16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (mimosa!)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity

25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight (lovely whistler!)

31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (scary movies make me do that!)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was s*** faced
42. Had amazing friends (thank God)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign

46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan (just disneyland)
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke (with feeling!)
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain

65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class (taekwondo)
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert (expert on ateneo haha!)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
9. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication (will a magazine do?
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart (at least i was told i did)
111. Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (for Masters)
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read (jd salinger)
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (in Spain and Italy!)
139. Been elected to public office (school counts right?)
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

i could probably

i could probably tell you about happy hour and amazing sunsets in bora,

or staying in a ghetto hotel in la,

or attempting to eat the huge, and i mean huge banana split in serendipity 3,

or finally tasting white castle burgers,

or dawson's creek-ish houses in georgia,

or bungee-jumping (somewhat) in magic mountain,

or waiting behind velvet ropes outside new york clubs while it's freezing cold,

or freaking out when i couldn't find chris in the subway,

or seeing david blaine in person,

or $12 cocktails,

or my redecorated room (thanks to my mom),

or turning 25,

or throwing an amazing party in embassy and getting everyone super drunk,

but i won't.


BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER COME CLOSE TO THE REAL THING!

bora, georgia, new york, california and my bday dinner

missing admu

Checklist for Ateneans.

(X) eat at Manang's -- LOVE THE LIEMPO!
(X) learn the alma mater -- WORD FOR WORD...
( ) get on the dean's list -- DOES ALMOST COUNT?
( ) sleep on a bench -- NAH...MAYBE IN MY CAR
( ) be a TNT! -- NOT INTO THAT KINDA THING :)
(X) jog around the campus in the evening -- FOR CHEERING PRACTICE
(X) visit the art gallery -- UHUH, DURING A 6-HR BREAK!
(X) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name -- AT LEAST BY FACE :)
(X) get a Jesuit for a teacher -- YUP! ARCILLA AND DACANAY AMONG OTHERS
(X) itch from higad bites -- I THINK SO...
(X) have gotten an F in something -- MATH!!! UGH!
(X) have taken a crap in school -- GUILTY!
(X) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game -- ALL BUT 1 :)
(X) give a powerpoint presentation -- YES
(X) study in the caf upstairs -- A FEW TIMES
(X) watch a T.A play -- YEP, PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY!
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars -- DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO DO THAT WITH!
(X) eat in Full House, Martha's Kitchen, and Ken Afford -- I MISS THAT!
(X) sleep in the lib -- DOZE OFF A LITTLE...
( ) visit Mr. San Andres -- I DON'T REMEMBER...
(X) go to the chapel -- LUNCH TIME MASS :)
(X) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad -- WHO HASN'T?
(X) cut class with your block to watch a movie -- RUNAWAY BRIDE!
(X) sign up for those institutional (i.e. difficult but brilliant) teachers: Ferriols, Dacanay, David, Manacsa, Ang, Escaler, Arcilla, Totanes, and many others -- DACANAY
( ) go to CERSA night -- NOPE...
(X) have tried siomai rice -- YEAH
( ) learn how to smoke -- NEVER, IM A GOOD GIRL :)
(X) fall in love -- OF COURSE!
( ) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib -- DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO THAT?!
(X) play cards during your free time -- A LITTLE
(X) dress in business attire -- YUCK!
(X) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight -- JUST FOR MY THESIS
(X) have gotten side comments from ASSOC -- THEY'RE IN THE BABBLE TOO, SO IT WASN'T THAT SERIOUS
(X) take (and enjoy) Saturday classes -- DOES COMM HAVE A SAT CLASS?
(X) go to your immersion -- I ACTUALLY VISITED THE ORPHANAGE AFTER COLLEGE!
(X) eat Food for Thought sandwiches -- I LOVE THAT PLACE!
(X) get a boyfriend/girlfriend -- BUT OF COURSE!
(X) take time to read the vandalism in the CR doors -- YEP!
(X) watch "Minsan Lang Sila Bata" and "Macho Dancer" for class -- MACHO DANCER! HAHA!(X) do a last minute paper -- ALL THE TIME!
(X) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures (for index cards and teachers' seat plans) -- I WANT MY PICTURES BACK!
(X) get exempted from final exams -- UHUH
(X) attend a college mass -- OF COURSE
( ) promise to quit smoking -- DIDN'T HAVE TO
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest -- NO!
(X) know where the best restrooms are on campus -- SEC
(X) join an org -- AJMA AND CADS BABY!
(X) allow yourself to make mistakes -- PRETTY MUCH
( ) take summer classes -- NEVER!
(X) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening -- I THINK SO...
(X) make a video for a project -- ALL THE TIME!
(X) have a crush on a teacher -- MARK ESCALER!
( ) attend a Jesuit retreat (a must for everyone) -- I WISH I HAD...
(X) have gotten a parking ticket -- LOVE THE ILLEGALLY PARKED STICKER!
(X) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes -- DURING MATH EXAMS
( ) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones -- NOPE
(X) participate in school activities -- ALL THE BASKETBALL GAMES :)
(X) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts -- OF COURSE...HAD TO!
(X) date an Atenean -- UH-YEAH
(X) ride a tricycle on campus -- UNFORTUNATELY
(X) find a tambayan -- EDSA
(X) admire the marikina valley at night -- SOMETIMES
( ) go drinking along Katipunan -- HMMM...I NEVER REALLY DID THAT...
( ) learn how to beg for a higher grade -- NO TIME FOR THAT
(X) use your cuts wisely -- UP TO THE LAST ONE!
( ) volunteer to be class beadle -- HAHA NO!
(X) had the worst lottery schedule for reg -- 2 YEARS IN A ROW!
(X) admire the trees on campus -- BEL TREES DURING XMAS...
( ) have forgotten about your freecut and gone to that class -- WHY WOULD I DO THAT?!
( ) eat in the ISO canteen
(X) be active in your org -- IS BABBLE AN ORG?
( ) have signed up on an ACP class just because the girl or guy u like signed up for it -- ALMOST...HEHE
(X) get as many app forms as you can during the job fair -- NOT REALLY
(X) learn how to cram (and still get A's) -- FOR COMM SUBJECTS :)
(X) sell tickets (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere -- JUST WATCHED
(X) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate's notes -- ALL THE TIME!
(X) have accidentally seen a make-out session -- WHILE I WAS PARKING
(X) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge -- TO GET TO MY CAR
( ) have dozed off in class in Bel right after a class in CTC/SOM/Comm. Bldg or vice-versa
(X) learn how to work with groupmates from hell -- I THINK IM THE GROUPMATE FROM HELL! HAHA
(X) perfect the art of parking on campus -- YEP, DIDN'T HAVE A CAR STICKER FOR 1 WHOLE SEM!
( ) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
(X) develop a love for sisig -- I LOVE SISIG FROM GILLIGAN'S
(X) learn how to pronounce "AEGIS" properly -- HAD TO.
(X) have used typing rooms at the library -- JUST ONCE!
(X) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function -- YES
( ) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries -- NO WAY!
(X) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella -- ALMOST!
(X) have used consultation hours properly -- A FEW TIMES
(X) Looked forward to lab breakage refund, in case you didn't break any equipment -- ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT!
(X) visit the Guidance Office -- YEAH..
(X) and Infirmary -- I did, once. I HAD ASTHMA, I THINK..

i miss college! i miss ateneo! definitely some of the best days of my life! :)

4's

The Rule of Four

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Research Assistant
2. Writer
3. Account Executive
4. Preschool Teacher

Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Cutting Edge
2. You've Got Mail
3. Bring It On
4. Fools Rush In

Four places I have lived:
1. Ayala Alabang
2. Valle Verde 6
3. Greenhills
4. Corinthian Gardens

Four TV shows I love(d)to watch:
1. Lost
2. Friends
3. One Tree Hill
4. The Apprentice

Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Rome, Italy
2. Madrid, Spain
3. London, England
4. Paris, France


Four websites I visit daily:
1. Blogs
2. Target
3. Old Navy
4. American Idol

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Calamares
2. Fried Chicken
3. Burger
4. Chocolates

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. None! 'Cause I'm in Bora now!!!
2.
3.
4.

Now that that's done, I am going to tag...
1. Cathy
2. Angel
3. Pia
4. Cathy

another saturday night

before the madness
getting pointers from francis

on a high

im really kinikilig! not because of chris, but because of the 8 cutest kids (at least after kylie) in the world! yesterday started out like a normal school day - 2 and 3-year olds fighting over toys that they seldom clean up. The difference was, a teacher was applying for a job in our school. and to test her classroom management, she was asked to teach my kids, who all have strong personalities, if you know what i mean.

so after circle time, i told the children that another teacher prepared games for them and that i have to stay inside our office. almost everyone said "no!" i didn't expect them to have any complains. but they did, and they weren't going to take it sitting down, literally! i eventually had to leave and heard them saying, "don't go, teacher karen!" it really broke my heart!

all throughout the lesson time, i hid inside the office. every 5 minutes, someone would bang the door of our office and shout, "teacher, karen!" it was so endearing! after all the games, 8 kids came knocking on the office door shouting, "we're finished, teacher karen!" one of them even told me, "don't go there in the office anymore!"

ahhhh...it really feels nice when someone notices that your not around. :)