Our thesis proposal is due this tuesday.  So by 9am, I was already in school with my groupmates finishing the thesis proposal.

By 2:00pm, we attended a conference for our international economics class with a group of japanese students.  Grabe, the japanese students went to the Philippines just to attend a conference sponsored by our professor!  Cguro barya lang sa kanila yung plane ticket pa punta dito!  the japanese group presented two papers... one on the oil crisis and another one about wage differentials.  Sobrang di ko sila maintindihan.  And in terms of the content of their report, feeling ko mas ok pa yung ginawa nung mga classmates ko eh.  Or cguro, maganda naman talaga yung topic nila, but they just can't really explain their papers very well because of the language barrier. Hmmmm.....

The japanese students presenting their study:

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Mahilig talaga ang mga japanese sa pictures.  Lahat sila may digicam.  Nangawit na nga kami sa pag pose sa dami ng camera nila eh! Afterwards, we went to glorieta with the jap students.  (To show filipino hospitality... haha... actually, hindi ko nga sila kinakausap eh... kasi shy ako! hehhehe)  Grabe, dami nilang biniling dried mango, at ang tagal pa nilang bumili.  Tapos they treated us to dinner. Hahaha... buti naman nilibre nila kami, dahil, in economic terms:"the purchasing power of the japanese yen is greater than the purchasing power of the Philippine peso".  Grabe, wala na ngang mabili ang piso ngaun eh!

at greenbelt (malabo nga lang yung picture): 
Can you distinguish kung sino ang japanese at sino yung mga filipino students? hehe

Grabe, naka 100 pesos ata ako sa parking that day.

At pag-uwi ko, gising pa lola ko. Wala lang

I'm not the type of person who will go out in the streets and join rallies to ask politicians and leaders to resign.  I'm not even the type of person who writes about these things... pero sobra na to eh!!!

Around two months ago, people were calling for the resignation of Mrs. Arroyo.  I was not actually in favor of this.  I told myself "Wala naman kasi matinong ipapalit kay Gloria eh.  Ang kung natalo talaga si Gloria, papayag ba naman kayong si FPJ president natin?" 
Sinasabi ng mga political analysts na pagod na ang mga tao sa people power.  I agree with them, pano naman gaganahan mag people power ang mga tao kung wala naman talagang nakikitang pagbabago.

Initially, I did not want Gloria to step down for three reasons:
1.  Wala naman siyang magandang kapalit
2.  Pagod na rin ako sa people power revolution na wala namang kinakalabasan
3.  It has to be proven first, in the proper forum, na talagang nandaya si Gloria

Cheating is a bad thing.  (yah... even though we see acts of cheating everyday in school and we don't do anything about it).  When the Garci tapes came out, I said to myself, "Naku, baka inedit lang yung tapes, baka hindi naman talaga nandaya si Gloria.  Pero kung nandaya talaga si GMA, dapat hindi daanin sa mga rally, mas ok kung impeachment."

As citizens of this country, we have the right to know the truth!  Pero ano ginawa ng mga congressmen natin!?!  Hindi man lang 1/3 ng congress yung nag endorse ng impeachment.  I do not want street rallies, i do not want people power, i wanted an impeachment process, for the truth to somehow come out.  Pero ngaun na pinatay na nila ang impeachment, ewan ko na lang talaga.  Hay naku, nawawalan na ako ng pag-asa sa Pilipinas!  Ewan ko nalang. 

God Bless the Philippines.

whew...
an entry at long last!!!

I've been TOO lazy for the past few months, gusto ko lang laging natutulog.  Kaya it took me a while to update my blog... hay

Last 28 weeks
Hopefully, we will be able to finish our thesis in about 28 weeks para maka graduate na ako.  Shocks, ang bilis!!! When I was in first year, I wanted to graduate immediately.  Pero ngayon na i'm about to graduate, I realize na there's no need to hurry.  Haaaay.  Ngaun palang, I'm starting to miss people in college. Huhu.  Kasi naman, i'll graduate about one to two years ahead of them, baka makalimutan na nila ako.

TAke a look at my grad pic!!! Hahaha 
               

I love Literature
By the way.  It's our term break.  Finally, I now have the time to read Harry Potter 6. Hehe.  Grabe, I forgot the entire story of HP5 kaya nung binabasa ko yung HP6 sinasabi ko sa sarili ko "Huh? Ganun ba nangyari dun sa isang book?"

Speaking of literature, I got 4.0 sa world literature! Hahaha... not because I'm really into literature.  Mataas lang talaga mag bigay ng grade yung teacher namin.  And I'm just happy with the choice of novel they asked us to read.  For Philippine Lit, they asked us to read "my brother, my exucutioner" and for world lit, "This Earth of Mankind".  "This Earth" is an Indonesian novel na hanggang ngayon banned sa Indonesia kaya sobrang hirap kumuha ng copy.  The whole class had to photocopy from a single book na mukang mapupunit na sa kalumaan.  Pero it was really a good read! Sobra! I really enjoyed the novel, unlike yung mga classic novels we had to read in high school.  'This Earth' is the Indonesian version of Noli and Fili, kaya hanggang ngaun banned parin dun sa Indonesia.  Pero ang galing talaga!!! It's about the oppression of the dutch colomizers plus a love story with a twist.  Akala ko nga boring eh, pero astig talaga! Hehehe. Basta, I can't explain. 

Oh well, til next update!

I got news from my blockmates who are still taking up accounting… it seems that they are quite enjoying accounting now. The first few days of accounting seemed hard since it’s just the ‘adjusting phase’. 

I feel so stupid… I dropped accounting because of too much pressure not thinking that I just need time to adjust to the new set-up. 

The old accounting set-up was something like this: The accounting subjects were spread all through out the year, meaning, on the average a student has only about 6 units of accounting every term.  But now they made a major change.  Pinagsama nila lahat ng accounting subjects in one term… that’s 18 units of accounting for one whole term.  Tapos for the remaining two terms of the school year, wala ka ng accounting subjects. Ewan ko ba kung ano naisip nila at ginawa nila yun! So cyempre, madaming apprehensive about the change, including me.  So, start palang, nag drop na ako… kasi feeling ko hindi magiging effective yung bagong curriculum.  Pero cguro nga, we just have to learn to adjust.  Yung mga blockmates ko naka adjust naman, well I was too lazy to try to adjust to the new set-up kaya ayon, medyo nagsisisi ako ngaun.  I feel so stupid talaga!!!  Kaya ko naman cguro yun eh, tinamad nalang talaga ako sobra.  Pero siguro God has a plan for me.  I dunno… cguro hindi lang ako destined maging accountant. Well, I’m just saying this kasi I’m starting to lose hope. Or I dunno… depressed din kasi ako kasi if ever I get to graduate this year, kailangan ko ng mag trabaho.  I’m so immature; I don’t think I can handle the work place.  That means that I have to grow up… fast!

Nung first year ako, gusto ko ng i-drop yung eco.  Pero ngaun, it turns out na I’ll end up majoring in applied economics.  Well, I LOVE ECO… I’m actually quite good in eco (grabe… ang yabang ko talaga). seryoso.  Pero nakapanghihinayang talaga yung accounting. Haaayyyy.

On the lighter side….

Sobrang galing talaga nung economic development teacher namin… astig!!!  We spent an entire period just listening to music that characterized the 70s, the 80s, and the 90s. Kasi daw, for us to have a better understanding of the nature of economic development, we have to learn what was the situation in the past.  Astig talaga… econdev is the best subject in DLSU!!! Hehehe so yung assignment namin is to come up with a collection of songs that will characterize this decade.  Baka may ideas kayo jan?

I’m actually keeping myself busy kasi everytime I have free time I always think about accounting.  I think I made the wrong decision in dropping accounting kasi lagi ko nalang to pinoproblema… Sabi kasi nila na you know that you made the right decision when you can sleep peacefully at night.  Eh ako hindi na nga ako makatulog ng maayos kakaisip sa accounting.  Sobrang sad pa ako nung nakita ko yung financial reports ng PLDT!!! Basta nalulungkot ako when I see something related to accounting. 

Buti nalang meron akong blog, I get to express my feelings, to ease the depression somehow.

Whew… medyo nawala yung depression ko after writing this.  Effective na therapy ang blogging!

I dropped my accounting subjects last week.  My dream of becoming a certified public accounting and topping the cpa board exams will never be realized. 

Hindi ko na kasi kaya yung 4.5 hrs of accounting everyday for 14 weeks!!! Hindi mo pa nga naiintindihan yung isang topic tapos may bagong topic na naman.  Tambak yung homework tapos quizzes every 4 days.  Pero sobrang nakapanghihinayang yung accounting.  ANG LOSER KO!!! I just gave up on accounting

I’ll be graduating THIS SCHOOL YEAR with only a degree in applied economics.  Feeling ko wala talaga akong makukuhang trabaho nito.  I’ll only be 20 when I graduate.  Mukang walang kukuha ng fresh grad na ganun ka bata.  Mataas pa naman ang unemployment rate ngaun.  And sa eco kasi, parang hindi mo magagamit talaga lahat ng pinagaralan mo, unlike in accounting.  Have you ever seen demand and supply curves used in the actual business world?!? We study things like a perfectly competitive market while in fact there is no such thing as a perfectly competitive market in the real world!!! We study consumer behavior and utility, assuming that consumers act rationally.  But in reality, not all consumers act rationally!! At wala naman talagang tool for measuring utility or the satisfaction one gets in buying a product.  Well, cguro magagamit ko rin naman yung mga eco things that I learned pero not directly…

One week akong depressed.  I dropped accounting last Friday (may 27).  Sobrang wala akong gana kumain, lagi lang ako natutulog, kahit nga TV hindi ko ma enjoy! Minsan bigla nalang akong iiyak sa kotse dahil sobrang depressed. Kasi feeling ko ang loser ko… hindi ko kinaya yung accounting sa lasalle.  Nung froshies palang kami, sinabihan na nila kami na konti lang talaga ang nakaka-survive sa accounting sa lasalle.  Sabi ko sa sarili ko noon, “kakayanin ko to!”  Turns out na nag give up ako agad on accounting.  Kaya ako depressed kasi konting hard work lang naman eh… about two years of hard work pa tapos atleast I’ll surely land a job after I graduate…. Pero it’s easy to say na “konting sacrifice lang”, pero sa totoo lang, mahirap gawin un. 

Hay nako…  ano kaya trabaho ko?

By the way, ang galing sobra nung teacher namin sa economic development.  Sobrang talino, and daming alam! nakaka insecure tuloy... hehe