approved!

nyay. may thesis topics na kami!

wha! i can't believe it!

heto na, heto na, whaaaa!

ever since i can remember, i've been praying to God for a thesis topic - yung kaya ko tsaka yung maganda naman siyempre.

nung Youth-CLP Retreat ko nga eh isa yun sa mga pinagdadasal ko talaga.

Right after the retreat, habang nakatunganga sa CALABARZON Star Tollway, eh naisip ko bigla ang thesis...nyak, corny i know, pero i took it as a sign from God. And then, come to think of it, my book report for Ma'am Galingan last semester was all about roads - specifically guidelines for the greening of metro manila roadways. Ayun, another "sign". Nakwento ko na toh, i know, pero inaayos ko lang ang delivery ng pagkikwento, hehe...Then, come first meeting for our thesis class, Sir Dan made us read journals and react on the articles and maybe, with some stroke of luck, we'll get to have an idea of a thesis topic. and viola, one of the firsts journal articles i found was:   Reclaiming the Obsolete in Transitional Landscapes: Perception, Motion, Engagement by Krystallia Kamvasinou / Kent School of Architecture, UK, JoLA (Journal of Landscape Architecture) 2006 Issue. ehem...

...spaces between city and countryside commonly experienced on the move are called transitional landscapes commonly found in the commuting life of metropolitan areas...

o diba bongga! hehehe...ang corny ko talaga noh? umaasa sa signs? Pero I'm confident about it for some reason...and i make God my reason! nax! chorva...

and so yesterday sir dan made approvals on our topic proposals...and guess what? yep, approved ang Transitional Landscaping of the CALABARZON Star Tollway ko! at yun na yun...kaso i have to think of a better statement than this...more specific and focused daw...i can incorporate innovative lighting daw and other beyond-the-standards amenities, plus relate it to culture! wha! and i might have to change the term transitional landscapes kasi isang objective ko lang daw yun, gawing transitional ang streetscape...owel, think think think....still in progress...

Let me expound my point by quoting Donald Appleyard et. al. : [the interest] in the aesthetics of highways [was] out of a concern with the visual formlessness of our cities and an intuition that the new expressway might be one of [the] best means of re-establishing coherence and order on the new metropolitan scale. [The reason behind the attraction] to the highway [is] because it is a good example of a design issue typical of the city: their problem of designing visual sequences for the observer in motion.

hay, nag-aambisyon ako lampasan ang streetscaping ng Singapore! LOL!

libre mangarap mga dude...

heto na, heto na...whaaaaaaaaaaa!

shucks, mini-thesis pa pala....

~officially busy~

ang lakas ng ulan ngayon...

rar. ang gulo ng panahon.
sobrang init tapos bubuhos ang ulan. tpos titigil ng biglaan.
ayon kay al gore sa kanyang inconvenient truth eh may global warming kasi...
ayon kay sir perry ong eh dapat CLIMATE CHANGE ang tawag dito...
kasi may global cooling naman in other parts of the world...
and we may be facing another ice age..
hala.
at naisip ko, may magandang thesis topic kaya ankong maisip in relation to this?
ewan.bahala na.

segue...
i have my mind set on a thesis topic already.
and it may be weird kasi for me, may "signs" na yun nga dapat ang maging topic ko...
kasi...i dunno...i've been praying for a good thesis topic ever since...tapos, coincidence siguro kasi yung book report ko dati ay tungkol dun at naisip ko yung topic habang nagbiyabiyahe sa star tollway, at nung may assignment na maghanap at mag-react on ten journals, it was the first one that i found...
wha!
pero i still have lots to consider..
mhmm.
sabi nga ni ma'am espina don't stick to just one idea muna...
EXPLORE!
wha! explore?!
ghad. may mini-thesis pa. chorva.
i'm currently trying to send the pix to dear classmates thru yousendit.com
ang bagal....
hmm....
yay. i have a report on protected areas and wildlife pa...

~busy-busy-han~

grr to chorva!

hoi chorva.

kala mo kung sino ka ha.

how dare to try to pick a fight. boo to you! and to think we were girls you were arguing with. enok kang pekeng-gentleman ka.sipsip.surot.epal.lahat na! pa-english-english ka pa ha.

in all honesty, yes we were disappointed..but not MAD damn you! how dare wrongly accuse us. you actually had no right to be frank like that because we exerted effort under the damn sun.

yes.you had your fair excuse why you couldn't come.pero chorva ka, baluktot naman ang rason mo para pagsalitaan kami ng ganun noh! sabi na ngang mali yung mapa eh..obvious kasi...alam namin kasi andun kasi kami! diba? sabi na ngang hindi pwede bastahin yun kasi nga "mini-thesis" diba? di pwedeng laging "pwedeng yun na lang..." eh bobo ka pala, epal ka na nga.

pagpasensyahan nyo nako mga kaibigan. grabeh talaga kasing sakit ng ulo. plastic pa, isasabay pa ko sa paguwi nya sa kanyang kotse....duh!? hellur?! i'd rather walk home than ride with you...

hmph.

~pissed off~

great mag deal

 

 

 

yey! got this for 40php from UAPSA mag sale.

bwahahaha! laveht yeow!

wish list (dahil libre mangarap)

MAC laptop.
makumpleto lahat ng kulay ng kure.
magka-second degree sa Fine Arts (VisComm or Industrial Design) or Interior Design.
to own a plotting machine! (nyay, laki nun ah).
to enroll in a visual arts workshop.
to travel abroad! (specifically sa Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali, Paris, Egypt, Dubai, Canada, Hawaii etc...)
to travel the Philippines rin siyempre!
makabili ng sangkatutak na signature wardrobe.
to own a siberian husky, chow chow, pomeranian, beagle, golden retreiver, or labrador.
to buy my family whatever they want :p
a car. a red car!
malaking drafting table na may ilaw.
have tons of shoes like Imelda.
matutunan ang various archi/art realted software there is.
magka flat screen tv.
magka Nikon SLR.
donate a BIG, BIG, BIG amount to charity.
meet Tyra Banks.
produce a movie.
enroll in a culinary arts certificate course.
own a two-storey house with a vast garden and a pool (designed by me of course).
have rest houses wherever.
meet Ayala (note: befriend him. haha)
own a clothing line franchise.
own a National Bookstore franchise!
discover a plant specie which will be then named after me!
enter and win an international design competition.
magpa SPA ng isang buong araw.
own plenty of books and magazines and graphic novels!
be featured or write an article in a design/archi related publication.
write a book (dunno what about yet).
....

(list still in progress...hehehehe...
it just goes on and on and on and on....)

minsan

minsan di mo talaga kilala ang sarili mo.
minsan kaylangan pagsabihan ka nang iba (kahit paulit-ulit) na ganito ka pala.
minsan naman pag ikaw ang nagsasabi may hindi makikinig.
minsan may gusto kang iparating, di naman marunong umintindi.
minsan di mo alam, mali ka na pala, naku delikado yun! whapack!
minsan mahirap lang talaga magpaliwanag.
minsan sobra ang pag-iisip mo sa sarili mo.
minsan naman sobra ang pag-iisip mo sa ibang tao.
minsan mahirap umamin..o mahirap magsinungaling.
minsan pinagsasabihan ka dahil mahal ka at may paki siya.

~chorva~

huwhaT!

gagradweyt na ba talaga kami?
let's just wait and see...
(pix from cathe...nung batch picture taking)

notice pano dumadami ang mga tao, hehe...

the joggers

first there were three: carlo, cathe, and i

tpos dumagdag sina dhene at ina..

tapos si talia! hehehe..

naway lumaki pa ang jogging hype sa upclasers...

every TF! yay!

 

 

A later take: Cathe napping at MSA tambayan before jogging...o diba sosyal? :p first time ni talia nun magjogging with us...all girls kmi that certain friday with ina...at pareho pa kami ni cathe nun naka brown arki shirt!

 

 

a more recent shot: me, cathe, and talia sa van ni ina...pre jogging while waiting for señor dhene na ang tagal mag bihis ha in fairness...latasia after!