^ That’s the answer of a co-freshman when the host asked us the question, “Bakit UP?” :))

We just had our Freshman Orientation Program (FOP) yesterday, and boy, it was fun. :D I’m so happy that I decided to go, even if I was gonna commute alone. I’m still new in this place, and I don’t know much about the places here. My brother briefed me about the places and landmarks and jeepneys and stuff for two days, though, and I’m so happy because he let me go to UP alone. Yayy! :D Hahahaha

I arrived at UP 10-15 minutes after the FOP has started. I decided to wait for Ali (HS classmate/friend) at the Infirmary so that we could go to to the orientation together… as latecomers, of course. HAHAHA. :) After what it seems like an eternity, Ali texted me to go to AS instead to meet him there. -_- I rode a jeep to get there, and then we went together to NIP. It was already almost 1 pm when we got there, and it was kind of embarrassing, because the FOP has already started and everyone was there already. Ali and I ran to the nearest empty seats, which were located in front. Sa front pa talaga kami umupo ha. Hahaha nakakahiya.

We watched a damn lot of videos about the different offices of UP. There were also intermission numbers (UP Concert Chorus, UP Singing Ambassadors, etc), which were really great. The best part of the FOP was the last part, where the UP Pep Squad (OMG! HAHAHHA) taught us the different cheers of UP. U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas! :D

The FOP ended at 5:30, and I panicked a little because my brother instructed me to go home on or before 4:00, so that I wouldn’t have a hard time looking for a ride home. Thank God I arrived home safely, from UPD to Katipunan to Sta. Lucia to Taytay. Even though I got lost at Taytay (I dropped at Filoil Estrella instead of the next Filoil. Oh, I don’t wanna talk about it) and I almost thought that the tricycle driver would kidnap me, I’m glad that everything went well in the end.

My Tita said that it’s normal for me to get lost, since it’s my first time commuting alone in Manila (and not to mention my 3rd time pa lang to go to UP). Oh well.

I’m enrolled, btw! :D I’m too lazy to blog about it. It was really energy-draining, but I survived. I’m officially an Iskolar ng Bayan! :D Yayyyy

“Perfect-on ha? (Ipe-perfect ha?)” Khalil and I kept on chanting this to each other as we entered the room where the MTAP Division Finals was to be held.

We didn’t get a perfect score, though. We made one mistake in the last question of the easy round. I swear, at that time, I thought we were going to lose.

But heyyy, we didn’t. SAJDHKJAHDKJAHDKAJHDKJ. We won 1st place! And  we are going to represent Cagayan de Oro in the Regionals!!!

Pardon me, I’m just so happy. :D Thank you Lord! Thank you Coach! Thanks everyone! :)

Congrats to our 1st year who also won 1st place, and to our 3rd year who won 2nd place! :D

This was supposed to be published last Sunday (LOL).

This weekend has been wicked. Wicked in a way that I did so many things and I have a lot of stories to tell! So many things happened, and I’ll try my best to write them all in one post (I’m too lazy to make a post for each significant event, lol). So, leggo! ;)

Friday Night - Breaking Dawn with Sam

Last Friday, after being dismissed in PMT class, Sam and I went to Ketkai to watch Breaking Dawn. Unfortunately, Breaking Dawn was not showing there (idfk why), so we went to eat dinner, before going to Centrio to watch there. When we arrived at Centrio, we found out that all the seats for the 7:10pm screening were already taken, so Sam and I decided to just go with the 8:40pm screening, even if that would mean that we would be going home very late.

Anyway, Breaking Dawn II was great! I really liked it, especially the end part. There was less kissing and cuddling this time (which was good), and there were a lot of funny lines. I didn’t like baby Renesmee, though, because she looked so fake. Tsk. The movie ended at 10:30. 

Saturday Morning - Afternoon - Philippine Math Olympiad @ Iligan

Remember my post about me joining Philippine Math Olympiad at Iligan last September (if I remember correctly)? Well, I, together with my schoolmates Khalil and Matmat, qualified for the area stage. We were lucky, I guess hhahaha. Anyway, since the three of us qualified, we went to Iligan again to take another exam. This time there were only 17 of us who took the exam (last September there were 250+), and man, the test was slkjdksjdlksjd hard. It was 1000000000x harder than last time’s (last time, there were choices).

I’m not expecting to qualify to the national stage (at all) because well, the questions were very hard and we didn’t even train (even a bit). We didn’t train because we never really expected to even qualify to the area stage. Kumbaga, we joined just for experience. LOL. That’s why, when we arrived at Iligan and we went to register our names at MSU, we laughed so hard when we saw our names in the top 10 list of takers last September. I mean, sino ba ang mag-aakala na makakapasok kami sa top 10 out of 250+, eh hindi kami nag train? HAHAHAHA! And that’s when I started to believe in ~*stock knowledge*~. LOL.

Saturday Night - Trivia Night @ MBB

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It’s been so long since I last made a decent post here on Tumblr. I don’t know, but it’s really hard for me to blog nowadays. It’s as if I have forgotten how to write. There were so many things that happened but I was too lazy to blog them. I’m not the same as before, when I always had something to write and I wasn’t lazy. *sigh* Well… I think that maybe it’s because I’m just too tired because of school. :/

Anyway, I’ve decided to brief you the significant events that I have not blogged yet:

• Math-Sci Day - We celebrated Math-Sci Day last Sept. 26. There were lots of programs and activities and stuff. The highlight of this day, for me, was the announcement of winners for the project-making in the different year levels. In the 4th year, we made bridges using popsicle sticks, and guess what? We freaking won!!! YAYYYY! I was so happy that time because we (my groupmates and I) didn’t expect to win. I mean, the displays of the other people in our batch (especially the other groups in our section) were so majestic and awesome. Winning first place is such a big deal to me, not only because we get to receive plus 5 points in our quarter exams in math and science, but becauseI know that my groupmates and I really worked hard for this. :)
• UA&P Entrance Test - I took the entrance exam a week before. The test was held at Rosevale School and there were only 16 of us who took it. I was happy that Abbie was there (We were the only ones from our school who took the test). For me, this entrance exam is the easiest so far. I’m not kidding/boasting. The test consisted of 3 parts only — English, math, and abstract reasoning. English and math were pretty easy, but abstract was hard. I mean, I have always sucked at abstract reasoning, so I was not at all surprised. Hehe.
• Meeting with the Manager of our Parent Company - Our school’s foundation days are coming, and we Seniors are going to sell food products. Each section has 2 groups, and each group should have a parent company. The parent company that we chose is Pinoy Blizzard. It’s not really a famous store/business/whatever, but lemme just tell you that it sells ice cream. Anyway, I (together with Ariane) met the manager of the business yesterday and we talked about our plans. The meeting was very short — I think it only lasted for ten minutes. We showed the Mr. Zernan our school, and we talked about the market, bla bla bla. We have yet to pass a formal letter to him. Mehehe. At that time, I felt like a business tycoon or something. LOL OKAAAAAY.

I cannot remember the other significant events for now, so I guess I’ll just stop here. Byeee. :)

It’s eleven something in the evening and I’m still awake. I should be sleeping by now, since tomorrow is a school day and I need to have lots of energy for another hectic week. I don’t feel sleepy as of the moment, so let me just type an update of my life.

This week has been a busy week (as usual), but it wasn’t as stressful as the week before. It’s because UPCAT’s already done and I don’t have to review every night anymore (I know there are still other upcoming exams, okay? I’m just taking a break teehee). Also, the cheering competition’s also done and that means that we don’t have practices anymore. Because of that, my schedule went back to normal — dismissal at 5pm. Yay! No more UPCAT + no more cheering practices = life became a LOT easier.

Last Wednesday, I was elected as vice president of the Math Club. Math Club actually had an election 2 weeks ago and I was one of the people who protested to have a re-election since the meeting and the election was not announced. Fortunately, our request was granted and yuh, re-election last Wednesday. Khalil is the president, btw. Meheheh. 

Another reason, by the way, why this week has been a busy week is because of our performance task in English. We are required to make a short film with a theme “Life is what you make it.” We’ve been shooting and editing scenes the past few days and I really hope that we’d be able to finish the short film by tomorrow. And hey! Did you know that I already know how to edit a video? HAHAHA! Just the basics, though. I learned how to edit because while Blanche was editing our video, I was behind her all the time, observing. Hehe. Then after a few minutes, Blanche asked me to edit because she was too tired, and I was actually able to cut and edit some scenes! HAHAHAHHA K.

Hmm. Now I feel sleepy. Sorry for the disorganized post. Mehehe. Good night!

In case you noticed, I seldom post here on Tumblr anymore. I am not going to tell you the reason why I have been inactive because you already know why. HAHA. Anyway, since I have not really blogged about anything that’s happening in my life, I decided to shake some laziness off me and post something tonight, if anyone even cares.

We have been practicing for the whole day everyday this week, for our upcoming cheering competition. That means that we don’t have to bring books and notebooks to school because we don’t have any class. I should be happy because of it, since school was killing me and I needed to take a break. But no, I’m not happy because cheering practices are also killing me because a) my throat hurts because of chanting slash shouting b) I have this feeling that we will not win. There were times that I even wished for something to happen that would cancel our cheering competition. *sighs*

No classes means no assignments and that means that I have time to review at home. UPCAT is in more or less two weeks and there are still 21938902389018 topics I have not reviewed yet. I have been reviewing every night for almost a week already and I’m hoping to finish reviewing biology by Friday. Biology is my weakest subject and that’s why I am reviewing it first before anything else. Amd even if we don’t have classes, there are still tons of performance tasks that I have to mind. Nooooooo. :(

Sam, Wayne, Khalil, Danei, and I went to XUHS this afternoon/evening. Danei,Khalil, and I accompanied Wayne and Sam to get their ADMU forms. Unfortunately, the guidance office was already closed when we arrived there (we were already aware that we were already late, though). We waited outside, hoping that someone we know would show up and so that we could ask that someone to just get the forms for us. Some people whom Wayne knew showed up but they refused to help us because “dili sila gusto magpasalig.” It was getting dark so we just decided to go home, but when we already went inside the jeep, we saw a friend of Danei and we immediately went out of the jeep. AHAHA. Fortunately, Danei’s friend agreed to help us. YAY. I already have my ADMU form, by the way! :) Dad gave it to me this evening. There were so many blanks to fill out, and thinking of them makes me dizzy.

That’s it, I guess. I’m too lazy to write the other details of my life right now, so I’ll just stop here. Byeeeeee.

My blog does not show the whole story of my life. The posts you see are just 10% (or less) of it. It is not right if you say that you know me and my life already, just because  you have read all my posts in my blog. I have a lot more stories in my life, I just don’t type them all here.

I have a bigger life outside this cyber world. I may be a boring person, but I realized that my life is not boring, after all. It has full of drama, happy moments, what-the-fuck moments, and crazy moments. New things happen everyday, whether I like it or not. Sometimes, I get overwhelmed because too many things happen at once. Sometimes, I feel like I just want to suddenly disappear without anyone knowing about my disappearance. Sometimes, I feel like giving up. But then, I would always realize something and I would tell myself, “Hey Teresa. This is life and it will always be a bitch, and it’s up to you if you’ll let yourself get eaten by its bitch-ness.”

“So, Teresa, what are the other details of your life that we do not know? You said that your posts compose 10% of your life. What are the other events that happen in your life?”

I cannot answer this question completely, but let me tell you this: the stories of my life that you read in my blog are the stories where I am happy or okay. Have you noticed that I rarely publish a post where I am very sad and I want to die and stuff like that? It’s because there are just some details of my life which I don’t feel like sharing to my readers. Some details of my life are just too horrible, that I couldn’t even bring my fingers to type them in a text post.

Maybe, the reason why my blog is entitled “The Happy Machine” is because I write only the happy moments of my life.

I was in my room, fumbling through my cabinet, looking for some pictures to look at and I found this. :)

This is an old picture of me with Sam F, Jekko, and Sam B. This was taken two years ago, when we were still in first year. We watched Tooth Fairy (or New Moon?) at that time and we decided to go to Picture City to have our pictures taken. I remember being so happy that day, because of my friends and all. I remember Jekko sitting beside Sam F, and Sam B and I were teasing them. HAHAHA :)) And I remember Jekko lending his yellow jacket to Sam F and it was double kilig. HAHA.  I was not-so-fat back then. :(

Upon seeing this picture, I realized that there have been so many changes in the past two years. Jekko, Sam F, Sam B, and I are still friends, but it is not the same as before. Let me tell you our story.

When we were still freshies, there were many of us bestfriends. There were 8 of us — Me, Maria, Charie, Chennie, Sam B, Sam F, Jekko, and Jee. We were inseparable; we would always be seen together and we always did things together. When we became sophomores, we “separated” because we had different sections. Sam F and Maria were in section C, Sam B and Jee were in section H, Jekko was in section I, and Charie and I were in section T. Everything changed. I still consider these 7 people as my bestfriends, but when I say bestfriends who are still with me and who still keep in touch with me ALWAYS, they are Sam B, Jekko, and Charie. When we became Juniors, Jekko transferred to the new campus of our school and we (Sam, Charie, and I) rarely see him. I always call him “traydor” but hey! He’s still my bestfriend and he keeps in touch with me. :D

Memories. ♥

• I used to play everyday.
• Mom wouldn’t allow us to go out before afternoon, so my sister and I  would always escape the house.
• I got bullied once by a boy who lived at the end of the street. Eff him. 
• We had two mango trees in our backyard, and we would often eat mangoes for snacks. I never learned to climb trees, though. :(
• Because of my bike, I was able to explore different places.
• I learned how to make paper airplanes that could actually fly from a childhood friend named RR.
• My sister and I had a friend named Caryl. We used to have sleepovers and she had a gazillion Barbie dolls.
• I had more boy playmates than girls.
• I remember cooking using an empty can and grains of rice I stole from our house. We even used fire.
• We used to play all kinds of Filipino games.
• I remember watching porn when I was very young. LOL. My sister and I locked ourselves in a bedroom and we watched Killing Me Softly. LOL.
• My sister and I would play from noon to evening.
• I had a happy and wonderful childhood. :)

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to inform you all that I have experienced the art of cutting a class. HAHA.

So yun nga, nag cut class ako kanina. HAHA! Oops! Wag muna manghusga. Hindi naman talaga 100% cutting classyun, 80% lang ata. At wala naman akong loss. Hehe. Hindi siya 100% cutting class kasi free time naman kanina sa Music at wala kaming magawa.

Nung narinig ko na magiging free time daw ang Music subject namin, hindi na ako pumasok sa loob ng music room. Tengene, hindi na ako pumasok kasi andaming lamok doon plus boring pa. Wala pa si Charie at si Mo dahil nag absent ang mga bwiset, kaya wala ring saysay kung magtatambay ako sa loob ng room kasama ang kaklase ko. Haha.

So yun, instead of attending our music class, pumunta kami ni Chicken (na close friend/classmate) sa cafeteria at kumain. Hahahaha XD Free time nga kami, pero kailangan pa rin ang attendance namin. Kumain lang kami at naglakad-lakad. After a few minutes, may nagsilabasan na rin na mga kaklase ko at kumain din. Lol. Sabi nila, okay lang naman daw kung lalabas sa room. So! Hindi pala yun cutting class! HAHA :D K.

Masaya pala noh? Lels.

My current relationship: Single at nilalangaw. Lol.

Yes, I am single and I have never had a relationship with someone before. I’m still young, hahaha! XD But I am inlove with a guy that I can never reach, and I am serious with 2 crushes. Malandi ba masyado? HAHAHA XD Pagbigyan nyo na ako, crush lang naman eh. :)

Single life. Hmm, single life isn’t really that bad. I’m happy with my friends and family. The sad thing about being single is that everytime I see a cute couple, I get jealous. Like yeah. And it’s painful to think that the one you love or your crush doesn’t love you. Ouch.

So there is this person that I’m inlove with. I met (or noticed him) last year and I fell DEEPLY inlove him. He wasn’t the super-hot-and-handsome kind of guy. He was a simple guy. We’re not even friends, how pathetic. I don’t know why I love him. I mean, I don’t even know him that well except for his name and some basic info. I had been crushing on him and one day, I realized that I was already inlove. Char! But now he’s gone, because he has gone to college and I don’t see him anymore. I miss him. :’( But I just accept the fact that I will never have him.

I also have 2 crushes. The first one is my crush just because he’s handsome. That’s all, bow. So it’s not really a big thing, and I don’t really care if he gets a girlfriend or something. Hehe. And he has a crush, and it wasn’t me. Duh. Lels. 

The 2nd one is uhmm, better than my handsome crush. I mean, I am crushing on him more than my other crush. I think he’s handsome too. He’s my friend, but I guess his heart is already taken. Hmm. This feeling I have for him is close to “love” but I’m trying my best not to go to that point. I mean, loving leads to pain, so I don’t want to fall inlove with this guy. Besides, I know that the greatest thing that he could offer to me was only friendship. Hays. :(

Single life is single. What a sad post. :(

Life is unfair. Nakakainis isipin na may isang babae na nagugustuhan ng halos lahat ng kalalakihan, ng halos lahat ng crush mo. Alam mong hindi ka magugustuhan ng crush mo kasi nga halos perpekto na ang babaeng yon, at alam mong wala kang laban sa kanya pagdating sa kagandahan </3

I feel a little brokenhearted kasi nalaman ko na ang crush ng isa sa mga crush ko ay yung babaeng sikat at maganda at crush ng bayan. Ang sakit lang kasi. Lahat nalang ng kalalakihan ay nagkakagusto sa kanya. Walang gwapong natitira para sa mga babae na hindi kasing ganda niya katulad ko.

Na turn off tuloy ako sa crush ko. Okay lang naman na magka crush siya sa iba eh, basta wag lang yung “girl”. Hindi naman ako galit sa girl. Pero nakakasawa na kasi eh. Siya nalang palagi. Siya. Siya. Siya!

Hindi ako galit sa girl. Hindi ko rin naman siya pwedeng ma blame. I mean, totoo naman na halos perfect siya. Maganda siya at mabait. Tapos talented pa. San ka pa?

I am just hoping na sana may matira din sa mga crush ko na magkaka crush sa akin. Hahaha okay ako na ang ambisyosa. Kasi naman, ang malas ko sa lovelife. Walang nagkakagusto sa akin, kasi hindi naman ako maganda o somehting.

Alam ko na wala sa mukha ang pagmamahal. Pero dapat tandaan ninyo na MAS napapansin ang mga magaganda kaysa sa mga hindi maganda. Ang mga magaganda ang mga interest ng mga kalalakihan. There is no love at first personality, only love at first SIGHT. Hindi mo naman nalalaman ang attitude sa sight eh.

Reality sucks.

bakit kapag nakita ka ng parents mo na nakasmile habang nagtetext, e iniisip na nila na may boryfriend ka?

ang weird lang talaga. so dapat pala pagbawalan ang sarili sa pagngiti? ganon? ang hirap naman ata yan. ganyan talaga ang mga magulang ngayon, puno ng malisya. kada kilos mo ay binabantayan ka, as if slut ka na nanghahakot ng boys.

ano ba ang goal sa pagkakaroon ng cellphone? diba ay para maging masaya at makapag-usap ka sa mga kaibigan mo, lalake man o babae? anong malisya dun?

HAHAHAHAHA k.

Photo not mine. Photo owned by Priyanka Jainani, a former schoolmate.