Four Years Ago I Didn’t Pass My UPCAT – look at me now
When I was in 4th year high school, I had a big dilemma. It was the worst nightmare of any graduating high school student. *sigh* I didn’t pass my UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Addmission Test) and ACET (Ateneo College Entrance Test). Those were just the two Universities that I applied for. Yabang noh? Grabe, pahiyang pahiya ako sa pamilya ko noon.
I was thinking, “Shet, ano ng mangyayari sakin nyan? Most of my batchmates passed UP and Ateneo…†Nakakahiya. It was very depressing and degrading.
By the way, to understand my frustration and disappointment more, for everyone’s information, I graduated from an exclusive Catholic school for girls – now you know how much shame I got into. In addition to that, all my relatives are graduates of UP, ATENEO and DLSU. You feel the pressure? You have no idea! Pa-support support pa ako sa UAAP nung highschool, hindi ko rin naman pala ma-fefeel maging full pledged Atenean, maging Archer or maging iskolar ng bayan.
It was a family and social disaster.
“Anak, ano na bang plano mo? International Studies na nga lang sa Ateneo hindi mo pa napasa. Anong nangyari?â€
“DADDY!!! Ilakad mo ako, gamitan mo na ng connections.â€
“Anak, kung hindi ka nakapasa ibig sabihin hindi ka para don. Malalakad kita sa malalakad pero kaya ba ng pride mo yon? “Atenista†ka nga, pero dahil sakin, hindi dahil sa utak mo. Mag-nursing ka nalang sa FEU-NRMF dun sa fairview, magaling Science courses ng FEU-NRMF, kala mo!â€
I almost died. To be honest, up to now, I can still feel the horror of hearing those words from my own dad. I was so helpless during that time. I had no one to blame but myself – and that was the worst part.
Well, I guess I had no choice. I had to accept my fate.
I took a special entrance exam at FEU-NRMF, sa awa ng Dyos nakapasa naman ako. (nakakadepress din yang part na yan, kasi sa FEU wala namang atang bumabagsak sa entrance exam)
Right now, I’m studying Nursing a.k.a “Ang Kurso ng Bayanâ€. I’m wearing my all white uniform and I help save lives now. Wow, that was soothing to hear. One more. One more. “I help save lives now.†True enough. I serve and I touch lives of people from all walks of life.
Yes, I admit that if I have passed my ACET or UPCAT I may have had a very different life now. I would have had a better training, definitely, my English would be perfect; I may have been a very good debater, read more books, met lots of friends, partied more and even dressed more fashionably.
Looking deeply, it wasn’t a big loss for me. It would be a big loss for me, if I lose myself in the process of wanting it too much.
Sometimes, you just have to make the most out of what you have. Accept it and just live life the way God has planned it.
Y   ou will never see me cheer for the FEU basketball team at any UAAP game but you’ll see me living the life of a typical nursing student.
Simple
True
Real
&
Heart melting
The type of life that I never expected to have, yet, the life that I’ll chose to live over and over again.
Truly, as cliché as it is, God has reasons.
Django Bustamante and Corey Deuel at the 2nd IPT Challenge Match!
Our very own Francisco Django Bustamante and Corey Deuel will battle it out in the Second IPT Challenge Match!
Watch it via live stream – and for free!
Much thanks for looking! Details and more here, friends!
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Marrying a foreigner
Is there something in the air? Several of my friends and a cousin are now on their way abroad to settle down with their foreign boyfriends. In fact, I just came from a going away party for my cousin who is off to Minneapolis tomorrow, with T, her American boyfriend.
It might sound or feel like such a cliche, but I personally don’t think it is.
It was not an arranged marriage, nor was it a marriage of convenience (for the sake of a green card). My cousin and her boyfriend are colleagues at the multinational company she works for. They met, fell in love and now they are getting married. The family met T and he is indeed adorable. I believe he will take care of my cousin and their family well.
Movie: I Am Legend
Starring Will Smith, the movie was about New York being infected with a virus which was initially controlled or manipulated to cure cancer. However, something went wrong and all the people in the city started mutating and displaying super aggressive behavior. They ate flesh and had lost all their humanity.
Until finally, Will (sorry I forgot his screen name), a virologist who stayed in the city with his dog, found the cure and gave it to the girl who saved his life. There was a colony of survivors in the mountains where the virus could not survive the cold climate. Will gave up his life for this.
The lines that impressed me was when Will told the girl that there was no god. It made me question if there is one indeed with all what’s happening to our lives.
Dominance and Control: The Case Against Filipino Free TV
  As you may very well know by now, the issue on AGB Nielsen’s â€tampered ratings†have become headline stories in four major national newscasts: “24 Oras†and “Saksi†by GMA-7, and “TV Patrol World†and “Bandila†by ABS-CBN. If that isn’t enough, the two biggest networks in the country have not only taken this to the courts, but are also trying the case on the court of public opinion by running minute-long advertisements on the issue.
  This is obviously not about ratings: this is about dominance and control. “Ratings†disguises the dominance-and-control agenda implicit in the messages of GMA-7 and ABS-CBN.
  Media – particularly traditional broadcast media – exhibits the potential to dominate and to control the collective consciousness. More than anybody, they have the capacity and the capability to transmit messages that can (dramatically) alter public opinion and public perception. As such, it becomes important to someone that calls you “Kapamilya†or “Kapuso†to control you and make you subservient.
  I’d like to be a bit academic (just a bit) with my arguments here: the least I want to happen is for people to misunderstand this idea of “dominance and control†to be a mere rhetorical device I’m employing as a disgruntled viewer.
Read more from “Dominance and Control: The Case Against Filipino Free TV,” from The Marocharim Experiment
The OB-1 Cue Shaft: My Thoughts. My Views.
My thoughts and my views on the OB-1 cue shaft I received direct from Owen-Bunnell Inc.
Could be an interesting read. Much thanks for looking!
Let Us Help.
I have heard rumors about the governments incapability to handle cases like rape and abuse on women and children. But I never did realize how stupid I am for not believing.
I was supposed to write an article with the same title about 2 days ago, but I was too lazy to do it. But the situation is just too persistent.
Around 7am this morning, my professor called me and my two other classmates and instructed us to go the police station near the vicinity and capture the latest activity there our assignment. So I head straight to it. At the entrance, I saw four policemen staring at me as if I was a culprit. I went to the front desk and inquire about the latest case they are handling. The fat guy pointed me to the seniors table, and there I found this girl who is crying, alongside her mom.
She is in her 20’s. I can see half of her face, while the other half is contained by her palm. She was crying. I know. Its not fake. The reason? She was raped.
UK’s DJ Ricky Stone at Ascend!
Fellow clubbers and party people! My good friend, Jesse Gonzales, CEO of DMC Philippines, is producing a one-of-a-kind clubbing experience – DJ Magazine’s Top 48 DJ Ricky Stone will perform live at the brand new spankin’ Ascend! And I kid you not!
Much thanks for looking! Link is here, friends!
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How Another Pinoy Amazed Me and the Rest of the World
While Charice Pempengco is making us really proud for making it to the international scene just recently, here’s another Filipino who will amaze you when you see him perform and sing. He’s no other than Arnel Pineda, a Filipino and the newest member and lead singer of Journey, a legendary American rock band.
