MAROONS 5

IT'S THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH YOUR FLOWERS THAT MAKES THEM MATTER

MAROONS 5 : M-5 BLOCK

I never thought at first that I would become close to these people but I did and it sure was worth all the effort. Being in a new environment you hold on to the thought that everybody is open to new friendships and it was what gave me the motivation to go to class on the first day of college. New faces with different kinds of life stories and I am happy to say that in some ways I got to see the real persons behind those faces. People who have also had their share of ups and downs, people who had best friends, people who had talents, people who sooner-rather than later-mattered to me very much. 

FIRST DAY

 New relationships were built, these people who were strangers to me on the first day became someone in my life after just a few days of being together. In our first few days in class we've already been late for a class, sing in front of the class, eat lunch together and many more fun and unforgettable moments. Together we crammed for assignments, studied for tests and became the buddies for our everyday activities. Living and Learning with them made me realize that education is not our preparation for life, most of the time it is life itself. College is a new journey in our life that makes us  optimistic realists in dealing with our responsibilities and priorities. Who said there ain't fun in living? Studying? sure, we go to the library and make a rap song of terms to remember; need to memorize an order of events? well we have our own dance routines for that too; bring material for experiments? no need, we have volunteers in the block to buy us stuff in SC hahaha. In our block, it totally is WALANG IWANAN - pagnag-cut hindi ka nag-iisa kasi dadamayan ka ng iba hahaha. 

Squatter ba kamo? Siyempre Hindi... yung block na ito ay may mga tao na iba't iba ang personalidad pero sa kalagitnaan ng lahat nakakahanap kami ng bagay na kami ay mapagsama-sama. The differences in people matter because that's what makes each person interesting - that's how we are in the block. 

FIRST CHEM L.E. FACES

Weird man minsan ang mga tao pero sabay sabay naman hahaha. The fun in it is that everyday we get to exercise our heart by laughing our guts out and being like a lifelong barkada. The block just has a way in making a laugh out of everything and smiling every time, even when there's actually nothing to smile about. STRESS = SMILE

MATH TIME = TULOG + REST + LAX TIME

Oh well, I can only count in my hand the number of times we sat upfront in our big math class. Our sitting places were always at the very back where most of the time we pretend to listen and every once in a while nod in the direction of the Prof hahaha. The most funny times would be when the prof goes around to check if we are answering the exercises and people start to panic asking for yellow paper hahaha. This class can also be awarded - "THE MOST CUT CLASS" or the "TIME-TO-CALL-JOBI-FOR-LUNCH-DELI" hahaha. In discretion with our actions, we only cut because we only understand the lessons in the small class. But you see, we have most of our block adventures during this period of the day and I guess making memories that matter is what really counts in life. So... don't judge hehehehe. 

Every limitation is a challenge to go for something greater, so go beyond boundaries and open yourself to an adventure. Everything important is not taught inside the classroom, sometimes you have to find your way out and make that limit your opportunity to experience more. (This is me reasoning with myself hahaha)

CHOCOLATE KISS

Food Trippin' with the girls, always fun and always worth it because of full bellies. From Devil's cake to the all famous Choco Lava or what I call Burning Volcano hahaha. Our way of saying " We had a long day, now we need sweets to relieve ourselves from the stress of college tests..." FOOD IS OUR PAL. I mean we had special moments even in fastfoods? Jolibee eksenas were awesome.Who would have thought that a single phrase:

IT'S IN OPENING UP THAT WE GET TO HEAL

All of us would be in a puddle of tears after a few minutes. The laughter and even the tears we shared all added up to the friendship that we have now. Now I get to wake up everyday knowing that I have more stories to tell and realize that as more people come into my life, the things that came along the way unexpectedly all made sense in the end because of them. 

GEOLOGY MUSEUM

The only class that we had a Christmas Party was Maam Has' Class which by the way was as challenging as ever. This was the epic class where we were late on the very first day, why??? certainly it's because of food hahaha. It turned out to be quite a ride and an experience to be in her class. 

MORE MOMENTS TO REMEMBER AND PICTURES TO THROWBACK TO IN OUR FRESHIE BLOCK MEMORY LANE...

PICTURE PICTURE 

WITH GROOTI/ KUYA PAUL

JEJE M-5 POSE

I LOVE THIS PIC - FOR COVER

DA FACES!!!

THAT POSE THOU!

JUST POSING THE PART

GEOL XMAS PARTY

MUSEUM VISIT

MUSEUM VISIT - I saw a Dino Egg

DRESS - OUTFIT DAYS

SMILES

SKIRT DAY

GIVE IT A LEAP OF FAITH. PEOPLE WITH TOUCH YOUR LIVES IN UNEXPECTED WAYS. 

Let them in and be open to building new relationships. These people have made their mark in my life and I will treasure them always. Thank you for a wonderful adventure guys! I do hope the friendship will last a life time. 

A NEW CANVASS: You're Only A Freshie Once

UP DILIMAN GREW ON ME

It's been so long since I wrote my last blog, I usually have the time to update this but recently things just got so busy and hectic. Well, here I am trying to make up for lost time.

I'm in college now and things are no different than high school at first glance but actually they are. More freedom, more fun and more serious. I get the feeling that this will yet again be the start of a new journey meaningful. 

First week was definitely a relief. Cheers to my professors. I recall that those first few days in college were the adjustment periods of everybody and most importantly it was a blank slate for everyone. This white wall is my symbol of moving forward, meeting new people, building new relationships and creating new expectations. We all go by the belief that the world is continually changing and so do we, and we change with it most of the time we change for it. 

College So, what can I say that makes this write up different from the rest. Let's start with the thought - Small differences matter in the bigger scope of things. 

The Carousel Never Stops. I look at myself right now and see a reflection of my experiences- both the good ones and the bad. I see a girl who was motivated to do everything as best as she could, a girl striving to be better and greater all the time, a girl who has set no limits for herself ... but also I see a girl whose trying not to be broken by expectations, expectations form others and most especially from herself, a girl who took the risky chance of running away from the familiar eyes, a girl who does not want to be judged by the new things she wants to experience. So I am here writing and letting it all out because as much as there are things that I should not be and should not feel .... THIS IS THE TRUTH. I do not want to shy away from this because this is me, and this is the personality that I show to others. This is my key to building new relationships - the truth. 

Pull it together. Make ends meet. Do not ever stop.

Moving forward in life is a big step. It's never been about forgetting the past, it's about learning from the past and improving yourself in the future. It's not about letting go, it's about holding on to those lessons and making those mistakes count by changing those wrong decisions. It's not about chaining people who've hurt you, it's about freeing them from the burden of the pain. Picture yourself at dawn holding a butterfly in your hand and at the first strike of light, that butterfly flies away, turning back I thought that butterfly was gone, but it did not ... it came back and scooted in between your nose, you do not want to smack it, you only try to shake it off but it would not budge. That's the thing about the important people in your past, you try to shake'em off but they would not budge, they will come for you in times that you do not expect them the same way that they will leave you when something more beautiful comes their way . It's not the kind of painful leaving, it's the happy kind, because somewhere along the way you know that they have to grow too. 

Nobody is really left behind when other people leave, it's just a sign that you have to leave right for you to live. It's a chance to grow more and everybody should take it. I did. 

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS TO TREASURE ....

I never really thought that I'd be really close to them but hey sure did grow on me. M-5 Block is truly the best and I'm thankful that I got the chance to spend my first five months in making up wonderful memories with them. New Friendships were build and I do hope this bond will last forever. I can never can tell the future and what will remain of our friendship in the years to come but one thing I'm certain is that they are you'll always hold a special place in my heart for being the first people who saw through me . For being the people who I could laugh out loud with and cry my heart out too. 

The choice to join the council was never really about being afraid to lead or not having the time to dedicate or commit because it really was more on accepting that I can not escape that feeling in me that thriving leading is really what I want to do with all my heart. I want to do something that can actually impact other people's lives. Plain and Simple is I do not function well without extracurricular endeavors. I know that it may seem as a very tiring job, well it is, but it's worth it. It became important to me in a way that I can not imagine myself living in Kalayaan Residence Hall and council them not being with people. 

One of the most important things to have in college is having 'your people'. Someone who can bother you all the time, someone who you go to for comfort, someone who will talk to you for hours and listen to you all the time when you did, someone who'll spend time with you and not notice the time and all

Things in life go very fast and we should learn to stop for a moment and appreciate the things that we do have. 

We can indeed learn a lot by removing ourselves from the chronological march of time, and see ourselves as an infinite but evolving whole (Cerundulo, Janine)