Social Contract
Sunday, February 03, 2008
| What Thea Marie Santos Pias Means |
 You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a lot of power over people.Generally, you use your powers for good. You excel at solving other people's problems.Occasionally, you do get a little selfish and persuade people to do things that are only in your interest. |
Saturday, February 02, 2008
A yearbook to forget
A Yearbook to Forget
I’ve been always proud of my High school year book. Seeing the name of my school makes me smile and remember how bravely I fought with my terror teachers and deadly subjects of our curriculum and still remain cute and cheerful. Seeing these as my achievements, I never thought UP could be as hard as my high school days. The long 12 hours of school became 6 hours minus my 2 hours vacant. The setting may be greener and bigger than Taft but as I walk at the streets of UP Diliman I’m that I would be able to cross paths with at least 3 Mascians and say “Kami kami parin naman ang nandito.”
I’ve been always proud of my High school year book. Seeing the name of my school makes me smile and remember how bravely I fought with my terror teachers and deadly subjects of our curriculum and still remain cute and cheerful. Seeing these as my achievements, I never thought UP could be as hard as my high school days. The long 12 hours of school became 6 hours minus my 2 hours vacant. The setting may be greener and bigger than Taft but as I walk at the streets of UP Diliman I’m that I would be able to cross paths with at least 3 Mascians and say “Kami kami parin naman ang nandito.”
I do have a lot of guts to tell you that we have at least 100 Mascians per year level so that makes 400-500+ in UP Diliman alone. So it’s not a shock to see a Mascian walking along Acad Oval or AS. But there’s a slight difference between alumni and present Mascians, “We’re all friends here.” What does that mean? Even if you’ve never been classmates or even batch mates as long as you’re a Mascian, you’ll smile or even greet one another. So kahit na hindi kayo magkakilala basta alam mong Mascian kayo pareho eh magbabatian kayo. That is one the things I’m proud of. Mascians can never be strangers to one another. It’s quite obvious to understand why. (It’s because we have a huge school in Taft) How can we not memorize each others faces? Haha ^___^
Now back to our yearbook. I’ve met new friends in UP and soon realized they’re from our so called “rival” schools back in high school. When I hear Pisay say, “we are their rival”, I feel flattered but when it comes to other sci. hs, I feel quite annoyed. Gwahaha. Joke! But still they became my friends not knowing they’re from this school and that and saw that we do have a lot in common. We are all tired of studying and we want to feel what College is all about. They skip classes, they party and they also hang out. Not different from us, right? Actually I find most of them crazier than us. I can’t skip all my classes in one day unlike them but I’m learning, hehe. All I’m saying is that UP made my world bigger and changed most of my perspective in life.
Last week, I saw the year book of my friend who was from a Sci H.S. I was amazed because their year book was hard bound and all the pages were glossy. There were only 2 students per page and each of them has 2 pictures, a grad picture and a creative picture plus a write up describing the student. I found out that my friend made most of the write up of his batch mates. “He’s the writer of the batch.” Another friend told me. I remembered Allan when I heard that. Hehe, I told myself, if our school agreed in having another year book as what our batch proposed before, may be there’s a possibility that our year book is better than my friend’s year book. Yah, that’s jealousy. Anyway, I promised him that I’ll show my H.S. year book but after seeing his book, I changed my mind. Haha.. =)
Saturday, January 05, 2008
life goals
My life goals
I never like resolutions because they are really not effective.
Have you ever made ALL of your assignments on time?
Do you always spend your money wisely?
Can you lessen your dates from once a week to once a month?
It’s impossible to promise to stop doing the things you love to do. I happen to graduate from all sorts of promises and believe me it’s a heartbreaker. I remember a friend back in high school whose new year’s resolution is to stop having a crush his entire h.s. life (we were freshmen back then) but after a month he started hanging out with a girl who had a crush on him and had a girl friend the same year. If you think you are the “friend” I was talking about, don’t worry, there were many of you whom I heard that promise before and broke it.
As I was saying, I have no resolutions and short term goals but I decided to post my long term goals for the sake of my mom.
It happened one day when my mom was sewing khatie’s shirt (or blouse) when she started asking me about marriage. Woah! I know what you’re thinking and it’s a big word for a little girl like me, right? Well its like this, we were talking about my little brother who wants to be a pilot someday and since I’m her big sister, I’m responsible to make his dreams come true. I’m not complaining about it. So here it goes, I assured my mom that I’ll send my brother to college and she doesn’t need to worry about me getting married because I won’t think about that till I reach 35. She was shocked and told me that it is not advisable to marry at that age except for doctors. I made the excuse of “Daddy and Mamang (grandma) told me to marry at that age” excuse but she said they were just exaggerating because I was still young but now it quite different. I’m in college and my cousins were married right after they graduated from college. In short, my mom advised me to set my priorities as early as now and to at least think about getting married by the age of 25-28. (That’s about 7-10 years from now) She is not pushing me to think about that now but to prepare myself in that situation since I promised to take care of my little brother in the future. She is really worried about us because my older cousins married early and now give little attention to my younger cousins who are still not finished studying. I comforted her and swore that I will take care of my brother and I will set my priorities as early as now so that I would not forget anything.
This is my 10 year goal though some were already done but if you analyze it more carefully you can see a clear view of my plans in the future. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not being futuristic/materialistic here; these are the things a want to obtain now to have a brighter and happier future for me and for my family.
This is in no particular order. I’ll also state my reasons.
To have a Jansport bag in college
To have a laptop
To have a Polaroid camera
To receive a diploma after 3-4 years
To have a car
To pass the bar exam and be in a law firm
To have my own condo
To go on a road trip with my friends and travel abroad alone.
To be courted and be serenaded in front of the house just like in the province. (dreamy ,right?)
To be married to the man of my dreams.
So where’s the family there? They’re included in my first 8. Let me explain. Just last week my younger brother gave me the bag of my dreams. It was a dream come true since I haven’t owned a Jansport bag ever and I really feel sad every time I see a Jansport bag especially in grade school because my parents won’t let me buy for the reason that it might get stolen in school. I really felt happy when my lil bro saved enough money just to buy me one. He showed me that it is possible to save. I will treasure my bag forever because my bother sacrificed his lunch money just for me. It’s a reminder of how much he loves me with that simple act. I already have a laptop but this signifies my seriousness in my academics. I swear I will finish on time or earlier without any distractions. I do want a professional camera. It signifies my love for art. I want to graduate with a balanced life of academics and fun too! My diploma will be a proof of my hard work and dedication by concentrating in my studies. My mom gave her car to me just last month but I do want my own car, a car from my own money. This will signify that I have reached my dream because of studying hard. Passing the bar and being in a law firm will be the peak of my career. Reaching that stage will be the happiest moment of my academic life. I already have my own condo but I placed it here because apart from the condo I want to give my lil brother his own house and a vacation house for my parents too. Then after everything has been settled I would like to experience how it feels like to be an independent woman. After 1-2 years it would be the time of thinking of settling down. I would be 27-28 by that time. I based it in the novel “I Walk to Remember” and reflected about time. All this may look like corny and mushy at first but in the long run, these things may be significant. Time is too short, I rather spend every minute of it for the future and for my family. At least, I’m sure that I spent my time wisely and I won’t regret anything in my life. I did not indicate my plans after 10 years because it’s really hard to imagine about career, family and stuff at this age. Next time nalang.. After 20 years siguro..bye!!
I never like resolutions because they are really not effective.
Have you ever made ALL of your assignments on time?
Do you always spend your money wisely?
Can you lessen your dates from once a week to once a month?
It’s impossible to promise to stop doing the things you love to do. I happen to graduate from all sorts of promises and believe me it’s a heartbreaker. I remember a friend back in high school whose new year’s resolution is to stop having a crush his entire h.s. life (we were freshmen back then) but after a month he started hanging out with a girl who had a crush on him and had a girl friend the same year. If you think you are the “friend” I was talking about, don’t worry, there were many of you whom I heard that promise before and broke it.
As I was saying, I have no resolutions and short term goals but I decided to post my long term goals for the sake of my mom.
It happened one day when my mom was sewing khatie’s shirt (or blouse) when she started asking me about marriage. Woah! I know what you’re thinking and it’s a big word for a little girl like me, right? Well its like this, we were talking about my little brother who wants to be a pilot someday and since I’m her big sister, I’m responsible to make his dreams come true. I’m not complaining about it. So here it goes, I assured my mom that I’ll send my brother to college and she doesn’t need to worry about me getting married because I won’t think about that till I reach 35. She was shocked and told me that it is not advisable to marry at that age except for doctors. I made the excuse of “Daddy and Mamang (grandma) told me to marry at that age” excuse but she said they were just exaggerating because I was still young but now it quite different. I’m in college and my cousins were married right after they graduated from college. In short, my mom advised me to set my priorities as early as now and to at least think about getting married by the age of 25-28. (That’s about 7-10 years from now) She is not pushing me to think about that now but to prepare myself in that situation since I promised to take care of my little brother in the future. She is really worried about us because my older cousins married early and now give little attention to my younger cousins who are still not finished studying. I comforted her and swore that I will take care of my brother and I will set my priorities as early as now so that I would not forget anything.
This is my 10 year goal though some were already done but if you analyze it more carefully you can see a clear view of my plans in the future. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not being futuristic/materialistic here; these are the things a want to obtain now to have a brighter and happier future for me and for my family.
This is in no particular order. I’ll also state my reasons.
To have a Jansport bag in college
To have a laptop
To have a Polaroid camera
To receive a diploma after 3-4 years
To have a car
To pass the bar exam and be in a law firm
To have my own condo
To go on a road trip with my friends and travel abroad alone.
To be courted and be serenaded in front of the house just like in the province. (dreamy ,right?)
To be married to the man of my dreams.
So where’s the family there? They’re included in my first 8. Let me explain. Just last week my younger brother gave me the bag of my dreams. It was a dream come true since I haven’t owned a Jansport bag ever and I really feel sad every time I see a Jansport bag especially in grade school because my parents won’t let me buy for the reason that it might get stolen in school. I really felt happy when my lil bro saved enough money just to buy me one. He showed me that it is possible to save. I will treasure my bag forever because my bother sacrificed his lunch money just for me. It’s a reminder of how much he loves me with that simple act. I already have a laptop but this signifies my seriousness in my academics. I swear I will finish on time or earlier without any distractions. I do want a professional camera. It signifies my love for art. I want to graduate with a balanced life of academics and fun too! My diploma will be a proof of my hard work and dedication by concentrating in my studies. My mom gave her car to me just last month but I do want my own car, a car from my own money. This will signify that I have reached my dream because of studying hard. Passing the bar and being in a law firm will be the peak of my career. Reaching that stage will be the happiest moment of my academic life. I already have my own condo but I placed it here because apart from the condo I want to give my lil brother his own house and a vacation house for my parents too. Then after everything has been settled I would like to experience how it feels like to be an independent woman. After 1-2 years it would be the time of thinking of settling down. I would be 27-28 by that time. I based it in the novel “I Walk to Remember” and reflected about time. All this may look like corny and mushy at first but in the long run, these things may be significant. Time is too short, I rather spend every minute of it for the future and for my family. At least, I’m sure that I spent my time wisely and I won’t regret anything in my life. I did not indicate my plans after 10 years because it’s really hard to imagine about career, family and stuff at this age. Next time nalang.. After 20 years siguro..bye!!
