MILLION MILES AWAY

by: Sarah Geronimo

I'd love to make you mine
'Cause it's the only way to hold you
In my wild imagination 
Still I don't know how 
To grab a chance and spend some time 
In just a simple conversation 

Just give it a try 
Though I'm not chasing rainbows in the sky 
I wanna hold you in my dreams 
And make believe that it's true 
Although I know, I know 
That it's impossible to do 
'Cause you're a star 
People love you as you are 
You're a million miles away from me 

I wish that you were here 
Coz it's illusions everytime you're close to me 
And sing my love songs 
And it's the only way 
I could tell the world I love you 
Although you're a million miles away 

Just give it a try 
Though I'm not chasing rainbows in the sky 
I wanna hold you in my dreams 
And make believe that it's true 
Although I know, I know 
That it's impossible to do 
'Cause you're a star 
You're a star 
You're a star 

Just give it a try 
Though I'm not chasing rainbows in the sky 
I wanna hold you in my dreams 
And make believe that it's true 
Although I know, I know 
That it's impossible to do 
'Cause you're a star 
You're a star 
You're a star 
You're a million miles away from me 

Author's Note: Hay, I sooo love this song!

Captivating

I enjoy reading radical pieces, the most radical of which so far, has come from a student in my Math 1 class. I know that all the hullabaloo about the friggin' Da Vinci Code is over and done with (thank GOD!) but a documentary on it was shown as part of an Alternative Class Learning Experience that I let my students watch. I wrote it down here (editted some very minor spelling and grammatical errors not affecting the beauty of the piece) so that other people may enjoy. Oh, and I inserted in some comments too..

Da Vinci Code Deception
Reaction Paper
by: Jose Ruel L. Garcia (BA Broadcast Communication 1)

"I know I belong to those students who never had an idea about the Da Vinci Code. I'd rather choose to attend my Math 1 class than waste my time to that alternative class" (No, his sucking up didn't make me like his piece more. Haha)"

These thoughts bothered me after hearing the gossip of enjoyment from my classmates. i knew it, they were much more interested in attending the documentary of the Da Vinci Code than to sit and listen in our Math 1 class which I was really interested in (again with the suck up! Haha). I knew it was unfair but I cannot convince them to stay. I cannot also afford to lose points for not attending the alternative class (as if they needed extra credits for my class! Math 1 is a breeze!). Then I decided to go with the group, heavy hearted and not interested at all.

Half an hour had passed. The documentary was becoming boring (it was shown at 2:30 in the afternoon, what could you expect from a growing boy?). I started yawning and my eyelids started to drop. Slowly my vision became blurry. All I could see was light coming from the TV but still I could clearly hear the dialogues from the documentary, the comments and everything! In a split second I realized that I was sleepy (uh, I thought you said you were sleepy half an hour ago? hehe). I tried to resist and to my great surprise, I finished the documentary half-awake.

Indeed I did not enjoy watching the documentary (sorry for putting you into so much agony, but learning's all about pain! hehe). It was all about debunking the Da Vinci Code. COunte attacking Dan Brown's idea of Jesus Christ having an intimate relationship with Mary Magdalene. Nothing more! Nothing less! All was nonsense! (uh, i get the feeling he's really irate...)

I am concluding that it was nonsense because the documentary was just a mere book advertisement. It's like a virtual book show, masquerading as an informative documentary to get the people's attention. The main purpose was to buy books about decoding the Da Vinci Code, counteracting its false ideas and destoying its principles. To sum (finally, a math word!) it up, making money was its main objective. They made Dan Brown's novel a starting capital to their book business (i didn't quite understand what this meant...).

I thank Dan Brown for writing the Da Vinci Code. His bravery to expose his dangerous ideas about religion was worth emulating (obviously, this author did learn something about the documentary --- make something out of the ordinary and get noticed. ah, i love it when young minds learn...). His novel serves as a great test for the Christian faith and its believers --- will they recoil (i had to look this word up in my dictionary) and revolt against their religion or will they stand together faithful and true to it? Well, it's up to them (Amen!)!

To cap it off, Religion is indeed the most debatable aspect of academics (aren't you glad Math is much easier to deal with? Hehe). It runs through the minds and hearts of every person, each with a stand to his or her principle. A stand which they will fight for till death. Kudos to those who stand firm in their faith and congratulations to those who still seek. Religion is indeed a long journey to find the captive truth, but if you're confused, there's the Bible, read it!

Soggy and addicted

i hate having to go to school or work or anywhere when it rains. i always seem to manage being drained to my underwear like a soggy french fry. and the bottom of my pants always look as if i stepped on poop. it's a good thing i only gave out exercises for my classes and i didn't have to do a lot of lectures.

all of us (bright minds) in the office are addicted to a new game online. it's actually an old game which we've rediscovered --- scrabble. we play it every time we're free. we've all been hooked to one online game after another --- text twist, magic vines, bounce out... i wonder what will come next to catch our attention.

One of the best by The Dormitory Boys

This is a video of the Dormitory Boys, a chinese duo that makes people's lives a bit brighter and happier by making awesome clips like this one here. They lipsynch to the tune of some pop western songs and they've practically taken the whole YouTube community by storm. This is one of their first videos, "I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys. It also features some bloopers at the end of the music video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Check out their site www.twochineseboys.blogspot.com for more of their wonderful, smart-*** flicks!

Unbelievable!

I find it unbelievable how some people snap back at others when they're having a bad day just so everybody else would. Sheesh!

I reall have to be able to sleep earlier than 1am coz it's sucking the life out of me! Especially when I'm sleeping in the dorm. I keep hearing these weird noises and I keep imagining the scariest things that it's driving me nuts! Sometimes, I even have to keep my lights on just to keep my mind in peace. Either that or do something until my eyes practically drop from drowsiness so that I'd be too sleepy to get scared.

Monday blues

It's six o' clock in the morning and my mother's rushing all over the house, cooking breakfast, doing the laundry and hollering at my short-haired, cuddly big little sister to get her behind moving and get ready for school. My sister, drowsily gets off from bed, takes a bath, eats a hasty meal and leaves for school. My mother leaves for the office thirty minutes later to give her classic snide remarks and sermons to locked up guys over at the police station.

Through all this, I was oblivious to the world, lost in my own subconscious, feasting at the wonders my mind has to offer. It's Monday morning, practically the busiest day of the week for mortals all over the civilized planet, that is, except for us self lauded gods atop the Mount Olympus known to most as Miagao. For us, Monday could very well be the laziest day of the week for all we care. Because Monday is our third day of the weekend. The day when we rest our weary bodies, exhausted from family gatherings, express shopping, all night partying and endless channel-surfing. That's because for most us, Monday is not of any significance. We don't have classes on Mondays.

I remember the good old days when routinary weeks were normal, when I would wake up knowing exactly what I was going to wear, where exactly I was going. Mondays were special. It would usually be the day when I'm loaded with classes, hence, it's the day when I wake up earlier than usual, when I choose to wear that special blouse paired off with those special pair of pants and socks, capped off (hmmm... a bit ironic) with my recently cleaned pair of shoes. I would wear my favorite brand of cologne on that day, and spend a little more time in front of the mirror instead of the usual two-minute hairbrushing technique that I find handy.

Ah, but those days are long gone, buried in the depths of my social history books. Because it's Monday, high noon, and all I'm wearing are my ever comfortable house clothes and ehermm... I haven't even taken a bath yet.

Sigh, the week will never be the same. Until maybe when I finally get used to this new scheme, or when Mondays are back to where they're supposed to be... the start of the week!

News Article

Mam Lyncen Fernandez of UPV IPO wrote a neat article about me and my winning the Essay Contest of Panibagong Paraan 2006. Here's one from a local paper.

Say what?

My ever addicting internet surfing activities were recently interrupted because a bunch of students wanted to interview me for a Humanities class assignment. They wer supposed to look for accomplished artists who would share their glorious achievements with them. And they went to me??? I can write, sure, with a handwriting that's barely legible (thank God for the dawn of computers!) but I never thought writers were artists! Artists are people who can craft creative creations, and I'm not one of them! Yesterday, a different bunch of students also approached me and asked if I could be adviser of their musical group. Musical group!!! I couldn't sing a proper note if my life depended on it! Aargh....

Before you know it, someone would be asking me to join a beauty contest! That would be awesome! (Boisterous sinister laugh caps this piece.)