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The CSB Experience: The First Termender

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    Hay, the first term has finally finished! I’m done with my finals and got my course cards. My highest is 4.0 and my lowest is 2.0 (i think). Later, I’ll be calculating my GPA to see if I could make it as a Dean’s Lister (turns out you have to have a 2.5 GPA as of what I’ve heard).

    So the reason I call this post as “The First termender” is that all that I could have think off as separate TCSBE posts would’nt not get a chance of being one because it’s already the end of the first term. Nevertheless, this entry ould give myself a chance to say what I have to say about the all the good and nasty things that have happend during my first three months from May 28, 2007 Monday to August 31, 2007 Friday (excluding the Finals but I’ll be mentioning them too):

  1. The Thing About PDA’s and stuff-Since my first week in CSB, I’ve been seeing couple performing PDAs or “Public Display of Affection”. From Yellow Cab, to McDonalds, to PLaza V. From ordinary hugs to loving sweetness to too much loving smooches (bleeghh). For those who like to do it on places like McDo, I hope they should consider on how people would react as in, how children would react if they see couple smooching their tongues out (blehh blehh blehh)! Gross out the second time. But of course, there are those types of PDA that involves hugs, togetherness, and sweet love talks.
  2. Ang isa since high school, and isa naman ngayon lang ay gradual-Mayroon akong kablockmates na sila na noon pa. Di na ako nagtanong kasi alam na naming buong section noon pa. They’ve been it for a long time I presume kaya masuwerte sila’t nasa iisang college aat iisang section sila! I wonder if high school love would last past the first year of college kasi not always siya tumatagal (hala konyo ang sulat ko!) pero hantayain natin ang mangyayari. Meanwhile, may isa pang pares na naging sila ngayong first term. Magkaiba sila ng eskwelahan, magkaiba ng tirahan. Ang isa sa kanluran habang ang isa sa timog (notice I’m not mentioning names?). Of cpurse, like everybody else, we all met each other on the 23rd of May a week before the first day. Doon sila unang nagkilala. Friends naman talaga ang turingan kaya’t naging magkabarkada kasama ang mga Brinjalized na blockmates ko.Iyung isa nasa isang left side ng room habang ang isa sa right. Eventually, right at the middle of the term did I ntoiced that they’ve become closer and closer until they become it. Di na ako nagtanong kung kailan naging sila pero I know it was gradual ibig sabhin, matagal bago tuluyan naging sla na. Young love moves in mysterious ways indeed!
  3. The ANGRY Professor-A pun from the Eddie Murphy movie “The Nutty Professor”, I remember one time me and my orgmates were doing something inside Room M501 when suddenly a professor looked through the window of the door from the outside. I noticed that someones at the door and he came in saying if we are done doing our thing. I asked him if he’s going to use the room. He said yes and he and the rest of his students were waiting for us to finish and our time in the room (there was a vscant period of the room at that time) was all but over. they were waiting for 15 minutes so we apologized and went out but that was before he angrily said to me if I was a professor which left me speechless…
  4. PAO-TSIN My Foot!-A pun on my literary piece “Baritone My Foot”, the CSb Cafeteria a.k.a Canteen or Caf for short is known for having La Salle MAnila-style service, meaning we have several stalls found on the three cafeterias of CSB , one for every campus (Taft sa Ground Floor, AKIC sa gilid ng CSB Hotel, SDA Bldg. sa may 12th floor). Ang mga stalls ng CSB Caf sa Taft ay ang Chef’s Station (food stall ng mga SHRIM students na nagluluto), Kitchen Handlers, Pao Tsin, Koi, at All Around. Sa limang ito, ang pinakasikat at mas dinudumog ay ang Pao Tsin. Ewan ko ba kung bakit siya sikat. Sabi ni Ate Kath, iyo ay dahil sa popular dish nila na Shark’s Fin. Ano ‘yon, fin ng titiing shark na ngayo’y endangered species na? Ako, sumubok na ako sa Pao Tsin ng mangilang ilang beses na pero di ako satisfied lalo pa’t hindi sila nakakabusog. Wala silang price tag ng mga main dishes nila except sa mga nakalagay sa may nakadisplay na menu plus ang mahal, jalos 75 pesos mula sa 100 peso bill ko ang nakokonsume. Kaya ako, solid KOI na lang ako dahil, di lang siya masarap at nakakabusog, affordable pa siya! Belat. PInapatronize ko ang Chef’s Station, Kitchen Handlers at All Around pero never ang Pao Tsin. Nga pla, may hot dog stand at ice cream parlor nga pla hehehe.
  5. KFC Mahal, McDo Always, Tropical Hut Wow, Jollibee still Loving It!-Sinubukan ko na ang mga ibang food establishments sa side namin ng Taft Avenue. Ang mga popular na food places dito ay ang mga nabanaggit ko sa title plus ang Charlie Brown, at ang mga kainan sa Harrison PLaza at ang mga side trip carinderia sa may Leon Guinto. Ang KFC, okay sana ang food kaso masyadong economic ang size ng mga pagkain. Bukod sa bitin ako sa sa laki, bitin ako sa kabusugan. It’s totally not my money’s worth. Sa McDo, 2 buwan na ako regular na kumakain sa McDo dahil naka-Avail ako ng mga food coupons good until August 31 my brithday. Ang mga inuubos ko lang ay ang mga kagaya ng one piece McChicken, Chicken Fillet at ang paminsan minsan na Burger. Dito na rin ako sa McDo kumakain ng almusal kung sakali di ako nakakain ng breakfast sa bahay bago pa man ako ihatid sa eskwelahan. Laking McDo ako kaya after 5 years, together with McDo na kami at last! Ang Jollibee, iinahiligan ko nung Grade 6 pa ako. Ang Jollibee kasi ay kapit bahay ng SJA sa Malabon kaya madalas ako kumakain for merienda. Napamahal na rin ako sa kanya kaya nga lang ngayon, medyo hirap sanayin ang sarili ko dahil nasa gilid siya ng CSB habang ang McDo ay nasa harap. Okay sana kasi walking distance kaso iyun nga, di always na palagi ako magdya-Jollibee. Pero I make it a point to eat there kaya Bee Happy pa rin ako! The first time na nasa Tropical hut ako, nasarapan ako sa mga pagkain nila, bukod pa sa mura, ang sarap talaga kaya tiyak na babalik ako dito madalas.

to be continued…. (when I say UP, that means I added something).

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The CSB Experience: Schedule of Second Term SY 2007-08

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Ang ikalawa at huling sked ng DV1 effective September 12, 2007 until November-December 2007

MWF
1. Intecom (Introduction to Economics)
 Units: 3.0 Time: 11:40-12:40 PM Room M506
2. Insocio (Introduction to Sociology)
 Units: 3.0 Time: 2:30-3:30 Pm Room M506
3. Algeb-X (College Algebra)
 Units: 3.0 Time: 3:40-4:40 Room M506
4. Comsk1x (Communication Skills 1)
 Units 3.0 Time: 4:50-5:50 Room M506

TH
1. Filip12 (Pagbasa at Pagsulat sa Iba’t Ibang Disiplina/ Reading and Writing in Different Discipline)
 Units: 3.0 Time: 8:00-9:30 Room M506
2. Dynarel (Dynamics of Religion)
 Units: 3.0 Time: 9:40-11:10 Room M506

M
1. PEFORTS (Physical Education 4/Team Sports)
 Units: 2.0 Time: 9:20-11:20 AM CSB Gymnasium

T (Tuesday)
1. Comsk1x
 Time:1:00-2:30 PM

H (Thursday)
1. Algeb-X
 Time: 1:00-2:30 PM

F
1. Ordev-B (Orientation and Development of Values-B)
 Units: 1.0 Time:10:30-11:30 Room M506

ANIMO BENILDE!

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The CSB Experience: Agosto Trentay Uno

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12:00 AM (12 NN August 30 EST)-Gumagawa ako ng plates for Natsca1
1:00 AM-Kinuha ang mga inuulanang mga amit na nakasampay sa roofdeck tapos derecho nang natulog sa kwarto ko.
6:00 AM-Nagising at nagalmusal
7:00 AM-Pinagpatuloy ang paggawa ng plates sa PC (Binati ako ni William via Facebook)
9:00 AM-Dumating ang mga basurero sabay alis na ako papasok
9:45 AM-Nagpagasolina sa isang gas station sa Potrero iyung sinasakayan kong jeep
10:00 AM-Sumakay sa LRT sa may Monumento
10:35 AM-Nakarating sa Vito Cruz Station
10:45 AM-Naabutan ang huling araw ng Ordev-A
11:00 AM-Nananghalian sa may canteen, bumili ng pagkain sa KOI, ayoko kasi Pao Tsin, dami masyadong tao. Ano kaya nagustuhan nila sa Pao Tsin…Weird…
11:30 AM-Nagpatuloy sa pagtatapos ng plates sa Plaza Villarosa
2:00 PM-Natapos na ang plates
2:00 PM-Binati ako ng mga ilang kaibigang taga CDA.
2:10 PM-Bumalik sa M506 at binati ako nina Joaqui
2:30 PM-Huling araw ng Filip11, natawa sa Harry Potter talk ni Niko
3:40 PM-Huling araw ng History, naggroup activity, grupo ko nanalo, yehey!
4:50 PM-Huling araw ng Natsca1, pinasa ang mga plates ko at inenjoy ang nalalabing oras.
6:00 PM-Nagtatanung tanung ako ng ilang students for Natsca1 (for purposes on  the 3rd), nakapagsurvey na ako ng isang CA, CDA at AM.
6:15 PM-Sumakay ng LRT pauwi tungo Monumento
7:45 PM-Nakarating na sa bahay, binati ako ni bunso
8:30 PM-Dumating sina Papa at Ate na kay panget talaga ng mukha.
9:00 PM-Dumating na rin si Mommy namay dalang lechon mula kay Andoks mula Tatawid, Santulan, Malabon.
9:30 PM-Naghapunan kaming buong mag-anak
10:15 PM-Nanood ng TV
10:30 PM-Nagdasal bago matulog
11:00 PM-Nagsipiliyo tapos nanood ng konting TV sa extension ng bahay
11:15 PM-Patulog na ako nang tumawag sa cell ko si Charlotte
11:25 PM-Natulog na ako ng mahimbing
12:00 AM Sept. 1 (12 NN August 31 EST)-Nagtext si Rex, tulog na nga lang ako.

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The Most Embarassing Moments of My Life in Three Phases

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Montessori

  1. Grade 1 (November 1997)-During our night out camping inside school grounds, our team the Mighty Sharks, we’re to have a dance number dancing the Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” song. I, beinga n innocent boy scout, was urged to join. I got so excited that i joined them while dancing, I even made a tumbling. The next day, I just realize that I was a laughing stock. People’s minds never forgot that incident for the rest of the year and up til now, gusto ko pa rin ito makalimutan.
  2. Prep (1996)- two girls were fighting over me. I let them do their thing as I was used as a rope for their tag-of-war. Then suddenly, one of them pulled me so hard, i fell down and the next thing was that I was under one of the girl’s skirt. talk about “AHHHHHGGH”

SJA

  1. Grade 6 (July 1, 2002)-I was spending my first recess in SJA at the canteen when the bell rang. At first, i didnt understand why but later did I found out na oras na pla para puamanik muli sa mga klasrum namin. eh di ko malaala kung nasan na mga kaseksyon kong nagla-line up. Naligaw tuloy ako. I took someone from my batch to tell me na nauna na silang umakyat. Doon ako nakilala ng mga ka-batch ko: ang batang naligaw sa linya. pagakyat ko, English na namin.
  2. 1st Year (2003)-Power of two, ako ang kalahati sa singing pair ng seksyon namin. Song number namin ay My Destiny. Nung mismong araw ng contest ng Power of Two, nilagnat ako kasi nahawa ako ng isang katabi ko na ayaw mag-clinic. ang nagyari, matamlay ako sa stage at ang panget ng boses ko habang kumakanta. after singing, dumiretso na ako sa clinic. ngeee….
  3. 1st year (August 2003)-First OUtbound trip ko na sana kaso nung mismong araw ng lakad naming magkaseksyon, binagyo ang bung Maynila. Maaga man ako umalis, di ako nakatuloy dahil sa taas ng baha halfway. kaso di naman baha sa lugar ng kinaroroonan ng SJA kaya tuloy ang outboundsa seven lakes, san pedro laguna. Special case ang sakin kaya nilagay naman ako sa seksyon ng mga 4th year na maga-outbound sa Mt Banahaw bago pa man ito sinara sa publiko. What’s my loss was my gain ika nga
  4. 2nd year (2004)-Naiwan ko permission slip ko nung mag-aoutbound na kami sa may Mt Makiling. Buti na lang nagkausap sa cellphone ko sina Ms Flestado at ang mommy ko hehehe. Nasa navotas naman ang lugar ng pagkikita eh
  5. 3rd year (august 31, 2005)-Araw ng Birthday ko, araw ng wika. PInaiyak ako ng Gng Nuqui dahil di ako nakasuot ng barong. eh nasa roofdeck kaya ang buong student body at ang init init. Aasahan pa niya ako na magsuot ng barong na bukod sa mainit eh halos di ko na masuot kasi grade 4 ako huling nakasuot ng barong at walang kasya sakin. at di ko rin malilimutan ang pampanga’s best. waaahh
  6. 4th year (SY 2006-07) Nahihiya ako kapag nagpepremiere showing ako ng mga gawa kong home videos ng mga jamers sa classroom namin.

CSB

  1. Mediamax teambuilding (July 2007)-Baby I’m on Cofferush! I’m on high……high on coffee (high on coffee!!)
  2. August 26, 2007 and August 27, 2007- Please check J-Pics
  3. August 28, 2007-Guyz of DV1, lam niyo na.
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The CSB Experience:I Am Sixteen Turning on Seventeen (Thoughts Before Turning 17) a.k.a My First Benildean B-day!

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    I can’t believe it has been 1 year already!! Talk about time moving fast, but really I can’t believe that I’m already in my late teens already before I could crossover to become BEINTE!

    I really could’nt imagine myself as a seventeener because I don’t act like one (well, yeah, It’s not yet my birthday but you know what i mean!) even as well acting like a sixteener. What i was ten years ago is what i may still am ten years later.

    As I write this, I suddenly remembered my seventh birthday (weird). I could still remember it clearly as if it was yesterday. I was at school, having a class and my parents came with loads of food and goodies from Jollibee (I was in 1st Grade then). No mascot came however but th food is alright. That is the only party so far wherein i gave a blow-out to my classmates (ehem…) as in the only one, minus that incident when I was sixteen wherein I invited about 40 of my classmates to come to my party but out of the 40 only one came plus my cousin and her now-boyfriend. Since after my 7th birthday, I haven’t have  grand blow-out after.

    the most ironic thing then when I was still in Grade school was that since my birthday falls on the 31st of August, it goes along with my school’s celebration of Montessori Day, a commemoration of the birth anniversary of the founder of the Montessorian method of teaching, Maria Montessori (I studied in Saint Mary Montessori in Valenzuela City but it is not in any way affiliated with other Montessorians schools such as OB Montessori along Commonwealth, Ave. QC), other than Montessori Day, We also celebrate the Linggo ng Wika celebration so it’s several events in one day almost. I grew up getting used to it until the time came when I left SMMC and studied overseas for a year and went back, ended up finishing Grade 6 and High school in St James Academy (I was known by the nickname Jaime in SJA).

    Now, things were different when I celebrated my birthday in the United States six years ago. First of all, since the East Coast where we live is almost a day behind the Philippines, I have the thought of celebrating my 11th birthday on 12nn of the 30th instead of past midnight on the 31st! Hehehehe, talk about laugh trip, but really it is a technicality that I actually like, as in really, why not celebrate your birthday 12 hours before the actual day since the next day would fall on the first half of the globe and later would it fall on the other 12 hours later? However, I wasn’t able to celebrate it with my new friends in VA since they barely knew me much for 2 months before August of that year. However, ironic as it may be, I was the one who knew their birthdays and got invited by their parties (well, at least one of them did). Too bad since a year later, they have by now already knew when was my birthday (12 noon August 30 EST, 12 am August 31 Philippine time) but by that time I was already in the Philippines. I got some gifts from my parents (parent actualy since my dad went back to work in the Philippines since he was only staying in America on leave). One still remember was my new pair of eyeglasses since my old pair,barely half a year old and already, one of its lenses is already popping out.

Now the time came when I have a weird way of celebrating my birthday in the 5 years that I was in SJA. By August 1, I would already remind my classmates about my birthday by saying “30 days na lang”, “25 days na lang”, which is kinda annoying on their part. another way was the time I was assistant secretary in First year, I would always make a a birhday countdown by writing it on my attendance record where I usually record the conduct (tardy, absences, etc) of my constituents. Later, whne I disocvered the power of the chalkboard and the whiteboard, I would sometimes write my countdown although not too much since they get erased anyway.

    What’s only saddening was that barely do they greet me with a “happy birthday” or giving me some gifts. It’s only my cousin who is 11 days older than me who actually know about my birthday and the only one who greets me about it, on the condition that I could give her a gift on her birthday on the 20th. Pweghh! Sad but true, ironic too for I know their birthdays, i greet them yet they never bring back the favor to (But I’m expecting too much really). the problem lies on the fact that many of my batchmates already know each other since birth so they already know a lot about each other. I want to do the same but they never did. I want people to know me better but it’s sad to know that on my very birthday (particularly when I turned 15), my class adviser almost insulted me for not wearing a barong (the Linggo ng Wika celebration fell on that day) and since it is my birthday, feeling insulted burst into tears. As in, HELLO!? Who would want to be bad tripped on their own birthday? No one in SJA don’t respect me so I hate them (not all okay?)

    Now that I am in Benilde, I wonder how I am going to celebrate my birthday. normally I don’t give blow-outs and I would’nt do it for this year too. but in a way, next Friday is kind of lucky since it officially that last day of the 1st Term. Afterwards I guess, I’m going to celebrate it with just my family, probably going malling and getting gifts from only my relatives. I’m no longer expect my collegian friends to greet me but it’d be nice if they do nor am I gonna expect epople to give me presents which is overly too much already.

jaime luis sibucao habitan
17th Birthday
august 31, 2007
venue: bahay
location: camanava
food; nanay’s pancit malabon
cake: goldilocks or red ribbon
gues of honors: habitan-sibucao-roque-qoquia-punit-ponesto-vito clan

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The CSB Experience: When It Rains, It Pours

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    A line used in the horror movie “Feng Shui” by Lotlot de Leon to Kris Aquino when the latter’s character was placing her ba-gua on the top of her back door.

    Okay, It’s been raining almost nonstop since Wednesday and hat day was no laughing matter. Since it was a school day, I have to go to my PEONEPF class on 9:20 AM to take my finals, meaning making some weird choreography of “high-impact” aerobic steps and blah, blah, blah. Earlier that day, I asked my bunso if I could borrow his I-Pod and take in its content some danceable O2Jam tunes. He’s okay with it so I ended up taking out almost 500 MB worth of songs from his I-Pod and there remained a qaurter of what was left of it. Just to be sure, I also borrowed my dad’s “AEROKAEBO” vcd which stars Pia Guanio so if ever we’d be allowed to do some aerobic thingies from a vcd.

    I was on my way out when I noticed that the clouds oustide are getting gloomy (makulimlim) so brought with me not only my handy-dandy umbrella (from my sponsor Penshoppe) but a hoodless La Salle-Dasma jacket. I got this when a firend of my mom gave it to her and since she don’t wantnit, she gave it to me. I already have a hooded Lasalista raincoat but it’s too impractical for me to wear because of its large size.

Well anyway, but the time I arrived at Monumento, it’s still gloomy but it’s not yet raining. I ahd tis feeling that it going to rain hard. I was by now inside the LRT train when Lance called me up from my cellphone. He asked if classes in CSB is suspended. Asking him why, he replied that their place in San Juan is already flooded so he may not be able to go to school. When the train was already past Bambang station, I overlooked the windows and saw from myself flooded streets. Just as we crossed Pasig River, it began to rain really hard that I can quickly see from the windows that streets are immediately got filled with water. I couldn’t imagine what would Taft Avenue would look like by the time I arrived at Vito Cruz Station.

    My mind couldn’t get any better, the whole Taft Ave. is bloody flooded and people going to CSB and those from La Salle U are stranded. Thos going to La Salle can’t walk their way since the sidewalk is flooded while those going to CSB found ti difficult walk across the flooded Taft. Good thing that I hitched a pedicab ride with a fellow CSB schoolmate. I was shocked that the pedicab driver is charging me 20 Pesos for crossing Taft! I can’t believe that these people are charging innocent passengers even if the regular fare is really 5 pesos. I find them more scrupulous than the more honest ones from back home.

    Anyway, i only had a few 1-peso coins with me and a whole 500 Peso bill so the driver can’t do much but to accept the nine-pesos I gave to him (he thought it was 10). I got in, when inside the school bookstore and bought myself a pair of slippers worth 220 pesos. When to the fourth floor finding that class was about to start. Outside was Czarlene and her friend while Jisney was somewhere out there.

To make the long story short, we were dismissed 30 minutes after class started, many who attended got good final grades and told not to go to next week’s class. Mikee just arrived but was shocked that she was late and had to take the final exam next wednesday. Gilbert and friends just arrived and where told of the same thing. Genesis arrived but didn’t bother to go insde thus he was late. Jisney and Czarlene was marked not present and classes were finally cancelled, yahoo!

    I took the LRT back to find Monumento still rain-parched, I made merienda at Araneta Square, it rained by the time the jeep I was riding went past Acacia, and by the time I arrived to Arko, it was flooded so I took a pedicab ride (with a reasonable charge of 5 pesos), came home, ate lunch, and took some siesta time for me to nap.

So the rain fell on the next few days and class were suspended and we lived happily ever after.

THEN END
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The CSB Experience: TSINELASALISTAS

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    Nakakataw naman ang mga ginagawa kong mga blog entries no? Sa totoo nga lang, naga-undergo pa ako ng malalim na brainstorming para mag-isip ng mga kakaibang mga titulo. Hehehehe…

Ok, La Salle has long been known with all thing green and white, basta kung green, it’s La Salle. So one of the surprises that I had was when I saw that CSB and mother school DLSU have a wide array of Lasalista merchandises ranging from jerseys, to caps, to keychains, to bags, to jackets, to paperbags, to t-shirts, to shorts, to even perfume. I won’t be surprise if they even have a underwear line for the totally devoted Lasalista. Prices depends on the product’s size and quality, like this Animo Sleepers I just bought yesterday which costs Php220 from my wallet. So far, I have in possesion one LA SALLE rain coat, one La Salle-Dasma hoodless jacket, a pair of Animo slippers (or what I personally call it TSINELASALISTAS), excluding the apir of Lasalyano t-shirts that my Lasallian sister had since her days from DLSU.

    There was a time that because of my Animo slippers, I was all green that time. I was on my way home when I was hitching a ride on the LRT. I noticed that I was all green, from my green striped t-shirt (from Oxygen), CSB PE shorts, La Salle-Dasma hoodless jacket plus my Animo slippers. Really, greenie na greeni ako (thanks to my fondness to the color green).

    If there is one thing that I had to say about it is that it really made me laugh when I thought of a name for my slippers. Really, TSINELASALISTAS?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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