Not so wise investment.

This whole school year has been a period of assessment for me.

I realized that one of my strengths is the ability to recognize the things I am good at, the things I can do, and the things I really can't.

This strength to identify which are which will only be useful if I learn how to select what I invest myself in.

I am currently in a commitment which is in the border of those which I can do and those which I really can't. I might actually be wasting my time and inhibiting others who are more capable of taking my place.

But it's hard to disappoint the people who believe you can and expect so much from you especially if you've given them some basis to believe so. Shall I push myself to pursue this or shall I just redirect my energies?

Ateneo survey...

Because blogs entitle us to self-indulge. :D

Got this from Tin. :)

(x) eat at Manang’s //2 times pa lang. :((
(x) learn the alma mater song //like tin, because of uaap. :)
( ) lie down and sleep on a bench along EDSA walk
( ) be a TNT! //I can't mob. haha. :))
( ) jog around the campus in the evening
(x) visit the art gallery //for fil.
(x) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name //knowing the xerox ladies is inevitable
( ) itch from higad bites //gladly, never. :)
( ) have taken a crap in school
(x) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game //I LOOOVE THE UAAP!!!
(x) give a powerpoint presentation
(x) study in the Caf Upstairs
(x) watch a T.A. play
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars //you can do that? :)
( ) eat in Full House, Martha’s Kitchen, and Ken Afford
(x) sleep in the lib //many times before or after LTs. :)
( ) visit Mr. San Andres //hopefully never for bad reasons. :)
(x) go to the chapel
(x) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad
( ) cut class with your block to watch a movie/UAAP game //had no class at those times. :)
( ) have a dorky teacher.
(x) have tried siomai rice //:D
( ) learn how to smoke
( ) fall in love
(x) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib//for fil. hahaha. :))
(x) play cards during your free time // i have to learn more games. :)
( ) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight
( ) get a boy/girlfriend
(x) take time to read the vandalism in the chairs //esp in math last sem. :)) - "Math is like a bed of roses, full of thorns." :))
(x) do a last minute paper //should be in the plural form. :p
( ) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures
(x) attend a college mass
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest
(x) know where the best restrooms are on campus
(x) join an org
(x) allow yourself to make mistakes
( ) got basic subjects
(x) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening //esp during Simbang Gabi. :)
(x) make a video for a project
( ) have a crush on a teacher
( ) have gotten a parking ticket
(x) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes
( ) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones
(x) participate in school activities
(x) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts //amusing
( ) date an Atenean
(x) ride a tricycle on campus
(x) find a tambayan
( ) admire the marikina valley at night
( ) go drinking along Katipunan
( ) learn how to beg for a higher grade //i really should.
(x) use your cuts wisely //very wisely. :))
(x) volunteer to be class beadle //i was beadle once and i enjoyed :)) so next time ulit. :)
(x) admire the trees on campus
( ) have forgotten about your free cut and gone to that class //Like tin, I would NEVER forget a free cut. :))
(x) eat in the ISO canteen //yup. 1st day with {N} and TNTs. :) I got allergies afterwards though. :| Pero di na nung 2nd time. :)
(x) learn how to cram //uhm ya. a long time ago. :)
( ) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate’s notes //save for handouts not other people's notes. :))
(x) have accidentally seen a make-out session
(x) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge //and turn the switch on and off. :)
( ) have dozed off in class in Bel right after a class in CTC/SOM/Comm. Bldg or vice-versa //gladly, dont have a class in Bel.
( ) learn how to work with groupmates from hell
( ) perfect the art of parking on campus
( ) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
( ) develop a love for sisig
(x) learn how to pronounce “AEGIS” properly //i think so? :p
(x) lost something //my phone. 1st lost! :((
( ) used typing rooms at the library
( ) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function
( ) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries
( ) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella //id cry if i did.
( ) have used consultation hours properly
(x) visit the Guidance Office
(x) and Infirmary //more times than i would have wanted to. 1st day pa lang actually, they asked me to sleep there. :))

Rick Olivares passed by my blog!

Though I know anyone can type that on my tagboard, I still believe he passed by my blog. Hahaha.

Mr. Rick Olivares does a lot of things but I learned about him because he writes the UAAP updates on the Ateneo website. Being the big UAAP fan that I am, I was always so excited to read his article after every game. While writing my entries about the Eagles, I just had to quote from some of his articles. :)

Aside from being a fan of collegiate sports, I'm also a fan of great leaders and great writers. (This is partly the reason why I quote so many people and write about others I admire so often in this blog.) So imagine my surprise when I saw that tag on my blog. :)

I think I should write a blog entry about my favorite writers or bloggers. Ya. I should. before my blog turns into a page full of direct quotes from other people. Hahaha. :))

Too much thinking aloud. I just wanted to express my happiness. Haha. This is enough to make me all cheerful despite the fact that finals are coming up. :)

That little voice.

I read this from Ma'am Rodrigo's blog and I just had to post it here. She says she got it from an email sent to her by Karen Cardenas. It expresses "her take on Nietzche's "That which does not destroy me makes me stronger"

There is a sense of triumph when one can enjoy what is not enjoyable. When one goes through pain, there should be that little voice, that part of you that can stand apart from what is happenning and look and say this will pass, this is not a permanent situation, what will I get from it? How is this going to make me a wiser, better person? [The pain will pass] and you will have another war wound, and you will one day look at it and smile and say, gee I lived through that one, too... I will learn from it, and I know at the end of it all I will be a better person for it, and be grateful for the experience.