what's worse that being raped by jack the ripper?
getting fingered by captain hook.

there's nothing really much to write about. this week is nothing but a lot of work, pressure and thinking.

yesterday was the first and final day for the athletics division of the school's intramurals. needless to say, the players from the maritime academy and the criminology academy topped and won most of the events. i got just one medal out of the whole day's events - a silver for shotput-women's division.

throwing to boot the amount of questionnaires i need to get answered by the end of the week so i could start writing chapter iv of my thesis, there's a film making seminar i need to organize for the juniors, a preparation for the foundation week two weeks from now, a play i need to organize and produce, and a possible trip to baguio.

it was the opening of the intramurals today (yup they finished all track and field events first before they officially opened the games). a cheer dance competition and the search for the miss intrams were the highlights. winners of the cheer dance competition are: maritime, 1st; business ad, 2nd; nursing, 3rd. business ad bagged the miss intrams. my college's bet was 2nd runner-up - she happens to be one of my DJs as well.

i went to the local mall, buying four bars of chocolate - although i have previously eaten two more bars early today - and a liter of hand lotion; i get calloused easily now after i've started wall climbing. got to a point my palms bled (stigmata?)

speaking of wall climbing, i feel like i've plateaued in performance. it's already my fifth climb, but i still haven't tried bouldering yet. maybe this coming saturday. there was this new guy who came in yesterday. he looked like he didn't know anything - the way i was five climbs ago. kaya lang, after traversing a couple of times at the wall, the guy tried the lower inclines and the higher boulders. grr. made me think if i was in the right sport. but you know? i've never been as addicted to wall climbing as to any other sort before. so maybe, i'll hang on to it for a while.

by the way, i got into a really bad word fight with my dad. as in realy bad. i'm leaving the house. hopefully within the month. God help me.

hey. text me often.

friends sent this to me. makes you think of how efficient you really are.

ANO ANG DAPAT GAWIN KUNG TINATAMAD KANG MAGTRABAHO?
1. Huwag aabsent.
2. Huwag male-late.
3. Pagkaupo mo sa iyong lamesa, buksan isa-isa ang drawer at
magkalkal. Kunwari ay may hinahanap.
4. Pagkatapos mong magkalkal, tumayo ka at tunguhin ang mga
filing cabinet. Maghanap ka ng ipis. Kung wala kang mahanap, tingnan mo
ang iyong incoming & outgoing tray. Kalkalin at maghanap ng mga natira sa
iyong mga kinutkot kahapon. Huwag kakainin muli. Labag sa kagandahang asal.
Kung naglalaway ka sa mga iyon ay kunin mo ang nagamit mong tissue
paper na nailagay mo sa iyong front drawer at ipunas sa laway mo.
Pagkatapos ay ilagay muli sa drawer. Maaari mo pang magamit iyon bukas. Malaking katipiran sa iyo.
5. Kung biglang dumating ang iyong boss, hawakan kaagad ang
telepono at magsalita. Kunwari ay tinatanong ka ng iyong kausap tungkol sa mga dokumento. Sumagot ka ng "Oh! I am sorry but I will bring that to your office immediately." Kumuha kaagad ng kahit anong folder at magpaalam ng maayos at buong giliw sa iyong boss. Lumabas ng nagmamadali.
6. Pumunta ka sa CR. Magsuklay. Tingnan mabuti ang sarili. Mag-retouch kung babae. Tingnan kung baligtad ang underwear na naisuot at kung lalaki,maghilamos at basain ng konti ang buhok. Magtiris ng mga taghiyawat. Magtagal ng mga limang minuto.
7. Pagkabalik mo sa iyong opisina, buksan ang computer. Hintaying matapos ang Auto Scan. Marami ring minuto ang magugugol dito. Magbukas ng isang file... Isa pa... at isa pa uli...!!! Pumunta sa ccmail, tingnan ang inbox kung may hindi pa nababasa. Magbasa. Kunwari ay bagong pasok ka lamang sa Grade One.
8. Pagkatapos ay kunin ang mga dapat gawing report. Titigang mabuti. Pag-aralan ang klase ng papel na ginamit. Bilangin kung ilang words ang nagamit.
9. Kung may tumawag sa telepono, kaagad sagutin. Huwag mong hayaang ibaba kaagad ng kausap. Kumustahin. Tanungin tungkol sa mga National Issues katulad ng tungkol sa mga jokes kay Gloria o ng pagtaas ng langis. Kumustahin din ang latest style ng kanyang damit pati na kung saan nagpapa-manicure at pedicure. Huwag lalagpas ng isang oras ang pakikipag-usap. Magagalit ang iyong boss.
10. Kung may report na tatapusin, tapusin ng eksakto sa deadline hour. Kung may ita-type, magtype ng 10 wpm.
11. Tunguhin ang mga file na inipon sa loob ng ilang araw. Ayusin isa-isa habang ini-imagine ang sarili na sumasahod ng 15,000 pesos isang buwan. Huwag tatapusin. Magtira ng para sa ilang araw na gawain.
12. Palaging magtungo sa CR. Kunwari ay may LBM. Palagi ring bumisita sa ibang department, makipagchikahan.
13. Huwag mong titingnan ang iyong relo habang ginagawa mo ang lahat ng nasa itaas. Kapag ginawa mo iyon ay lalo kang maiinip. Hayaang mag-enjoy ang sarili sa iyong katamaran. Magugulat ka na lamang na "time" na pala para umuwi.
14. Ayusin ang lamesa na para bang napakarami ng iyong trinabaho. At bago umuwi, dumaan ng CR. Tingnan at hipuin ang mukha kung gaano kakapal. Huwag pansinin ang mga kasamahan na mula umaga ay tingin ng tingin sa iyo. Hindi naman sila ang nagpapasuweldo sa 'yo.

my hands are all calloused and my toes are sore, but i don't give a s***. i actually did it. i went wall climbing today.

after sleeping for a little over three hours since this dawn after a tumultuous but pleasurable gimik with the tropa last night at buddies over here in lipa, i collected what little strength i had, taught, facilitated an exhibit proposal defense, and decided to go wall climbing.

i sucked at first, but i learned the ropes - had to - really quick. footwork followed. i can't blog that much right now 'cause i'm really pooped, but lemme tell you, after an hour of traversing the walls (i haven't tried the bouldering yet), i was convinced i'd do better climbing. and i did. went up three or four times.

wow. i'm going back there next week. this is going to be my new saturday thing. now i have something to say when people ask what sport i do - i wall climb hehe

tonight was supposed to be the first time i'd be deleting someone from my e-community list; and i was not proud of it. but much to my surprise, he saved me the effort and did it for me.

here is a list of things that i have to do for the next few months:

AUGUST:
i will head the documentation for the mission statement awareness week. this year, the theme is Lyceans: Stewards of Mother Earth. on top of that, i have to train the CAS choir for the school march competition, and train a handful of athletes for the upcoming intramurals.

these i will be doing while distributing my questionnaires for my graduate thesis. last week, i led a dozen students to an exposure trip to the Lyceum of the Philippines for their mass comm's celebration of MEDIA WEEK.

i also have a set of exhibits that would commence on the last week of this month. companies that have nodded are verde island resort inc. and abs-cbn batangas.

on the other hand, the mass comm seniors are finishing the proposal defenses for their community project.

SEPTEMBER:
on top of my least, surprisingly, is not my thesis defense. rather, the foundation week celebration is top priority. four days of grueling production from masses to family night to tuklas tinig, and culminating with the search for the new Miss Lyceum.

all this i need to do while hopefully finishing the validation and chapters 4&5 of my thesis, and preparing for my pre-orals.

i also have a community project for the mass comm seniors set somewhere hopefully within reach of a mobile network.

OCTOBER:
finals. that and two one-act plays that my students are producing. hopefully, i've graduated from my masterate by the end of the month. or else.

i'm not a very busy person. hah.
darn it.

needless to say, the only reason i blogged tonight is because i got really mad. my dad was festering me again for money, and used my little sister to do it. after giving them a third of my salary for this 15th (the remaining third i'm using as lunch money; the other's in the bank as savings), they have yet found a reason to squeeze money out of me: my sister's monthly tuition.
it's not that i don't want to help, but knowing that i only have a mere P400 left in my pocket, they had the nerve to ask for more. what has my dad been doing all day? lounging at the cockpits, i've heard.
kakainis po. grr. imagine my embarassment when i asked grace to lend me money. darn it.
worst of all, after i gave the money, no one bothered to say thank you. pakshet po.