cinnamon swirl's haven

cinnamon swirl plus a venti of frappe

will be the first aid of a broken heart.

..since that Starbucks Dapitan opened.

PLUS its extra worth for nocturnal crazy people

                             1. pampatanggal ng tama kapag nakainom/lasing

                            2. pampagising kapag nag-aaral

                            3. pagkain habang nag-papalipas ng oras

                            4. choice of breakfast or dinner

                            5. pampalamig

google's racism

I was listening to Magic89.9's jock this early morning at around 4am while i was studying when the DJ advertised his tumblr page containing this racist' image taken from google!
nakakabadtrip lang! Ang racist nila!

tapos may tinag naman sakin yung isa kong friend sa facebook na lalong nakaka badtrip!

yung sa first picture, wala na ngayon.
pero yung sa Filipinos, yung iba nandoon pa din..

Grrr!

Badtrip!

Team Miracle's Success

This morning at 9:30 am
Tuesday, 11th day of March,
we defended our Thesis Proposal for our Technical Writing Subject...

and it was alot BETTER that what we have expected from ourselves!

we call our group Team Miracle. Why and How?
On day one, when our president grouped us for this thesis/research, we never expected that we'd be grouped together; Pam, Francis, Laurie, Claire and I.
The three of us can almost be described as happy-go-lucky students because we party alot, drink every weekends and most of the time are too lazy to do school works. Claire is the only not-so-lazy person so she was really nervous about our group. She was so worried that we'd never finish, or that's we'd fall apart in the middle of doing it, or that we'd let her do all the research, typing, editing and almost everything.
That was a Tuesday night when all we did was to think and convince our president to regroup us but nothing happened. It was almost midnight when we finished discussing, arguing and admitting that we'd really be groupmates altogether.
We let go and let things happen, so we promised ourselves that we'd be doing the works fair-and-square.
One evening, when we were thinking about our title, while we were searching the internet about fun, interesting yet scientific stuffs, I stumbled upon a word which spells "MIRACLE". So i thought, since everyone of us, in our group, loves cramming, its just be good to call ourselves TEam MIRACLE.

Team Miracle - is a group of 5 cool, hot and clever college students struggling to finish their "thesis" as part of the requirements for their TW subject.

our group's name itself united us together. We were so fond of it that we created a Fan Page for it in Facebook who's fans can be counted with you fingers and toes. Hahaha LoL! Well, the main purpose of the Fan Page is to have a place where we can upload as many pictures of us, while doing the thesis. :D
click this and become one of our fans! LoL

Every time there is a paper to be passed for this Thesis Proposal, we do it the fast way- CRAMMING: Do Everything the Night Before.
The cycle is that we go to Laurie's Dorm, call their dorm guard and let him buy our dinner, facebook for about an hour and then when one gets sleepy at pasimpleng hihiga sa likuran namin, that's only the time when all of us be stimulated to be serious and do the researching, typing and editing, that will be around 9pm,plus there's he facebooking/admiring/youtube video viewing in the middle of the researching and reading part so most of the time, we end up at around 11pm-midnight. Sometimes, we do things alot faster than normal because we have exams in a lot of subjects pa the next day so we lessen the Facebooking period.

The First task was to submit a title together with objectives and problems and then back it up with abstracts or journal articles.
Our first five topics were all rejected. :D the funny thing about it, and also the reason why we accepted it was going to be rejected was that 4 out of 5 were about either about ALCOHOL or NICOTINE. Only one is the really thesis-type topic which was i guess accepted but we only needed to change one of our plant source. my favorite topic there was about Acetylcystein's effect on drug-induced hang-overs. hahaha LoL.
So we researched a little bit more and ended up with real Thesis-type topics and in that batch of topics where some were approved and others were rejected, we chose what we wanted to focus our study about.

The Second Task was to do a Matrix for the Review of Related Literature.
we researched in the Library's Online Databases (SCIENCE DIRECT and PRO-QUEST) everything we needed for the paper and then sent the links to our email addresses. The not-so-good part was that we never knew that night that those links can not be opened outside the University grounds, that we still need to connect to the University's Internet server to be able to acquire the full article. It was already around 9:30pm when we realized this super mega huge problem, so we decided that we will come early to school na lang in the morning to get those articles from the library na lang. The next morning, another not-so-good part happened again, Pam arrived at around 8:30 na (we have QC1 class at 9am) and she forgot the titles of the articles we needed to download pa. :D LoL! all we did was to laugh it off, some were disappointed but all in all, it was okay. we still have time, 8 hours at most because the papers should be passed at 5pm, after Pharmacology make-up class. So we downloaded the articles using the library's computers and then printed it out (during lunch break). We ate late lunch na lang during PharCare i guess (2:00-3:00pm) . The MIRACULOUS part was that we finished the MAtrix thing before 5pm!! How? well, during those minuets when Sir Ivan Tanodra was discussing his stuff about pharmacology, we did the matrix! hahaha.. Pam, Claire, LAurie and I divided the works, one person per article. By the time Sir Gavino Ivan was done with his discussion, we were at the back shutting Laurie's Mac Book na.. hahahahaha!

The Third Task was to do the entire Chapter 1.
I already forgot how we were able to come up with a Chapter 1 that Tuesday morning, basta all i remembered was that I di my part (Backgroud of the Study/Introduction) in a computer shop full of cute guys shouting bad words at each other while playing DOTA. and then Claire compiled it and printed it at around 6:30 am that same Tuesday morning when we were to submit it. :D

The Fourth Task was to do Chapter2.
Again, we divided the parts of chapter 2 among ourselves. We did "something similar" with editing at Laurie's place, (they lang pala. natulog lang kasi ako sa likuran nila habang ginagawa yung kung ano man yun. LoL) Ginawa ko lang yung part ko pag kauwi dito sa dorm. I could still vividly remember that Monday night, just last Monday night when all i was granted was around 2 and a half hours of sleep because i still waited for Francis' part to be emailed and then i still edited the entire thing with Pam's snore as my background music. And we still have quizzes for all of our subjects that day: Tuesday. i slept at around 4am that Tuesday morning. I had real fun that night! :)

And the LAst task was to Defend our Thesis Proposal
Again, we did the entire preparation only the night before, it was a Wednesday night at Laurie's dormroom. They did the power point preparation while I prepared myself for my Laboratory examination: CBC night at UST Hospital.
The slides were't finished yet by 7am and our defense will be AT 9:30 AM and i still dont have a formal clothing to wear and pam just left their home at Pasig! hahahhaa..
Cramming..
one hour before defense, our slides are still lacking its components and we were all really pressured. LoL
30minuets before our defense, we still dont have a hard copy of our Thesis Papers for the Panelists and Pam is still not around.
Francis did a Miracle and printed, the fastest he could, those Papers for the Panelists and then Pam arrived and 5 minuets before our turn to defend what we have done, we put on some sort of formal clothing. actually, mukha nga kaming mag paparty sa bar. LoL. hahaha

During the Defense, it wasnt perfect yet it wasnt a disaster.
Our Thesis is FEASIBLE! it is "DOABLE" sir Jay Jazul said.

some of our classmates told us that we had the second to the highest grade that morning, while others said we had the Highest score. I dont know. I/We dont care.
ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS THAT OUR THESIS PROPOSAL IS DONE AND IT IS FEASIBLE FOR Fouth Year!
hahaha

What A MIRACLE!

I wrote this something to remind me/us that one day, we did something incredible WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'S help.
We did a Thesis Paper with the most we can do. And defended it in the best way be can.
(kahit na nang loloko lang talaga si Francis nang sinabi nyang magbibigay kami ng something sa mga manufacturing laboratory para malaman ang importance ng SoyBean Oil as Table Lubricant. hahaha
at Nanloloko lang din siya nung sinabi niyang meron kaming basis/standard na plant material na pag cocompare-an ng gagawin naming SoyBean Oil Extract as Tablet LUbricant. hahaha LOL! :D)

Sometimes, we just have to believe in ourselves that we can do something over what we think we are only capable of because maybe, just maybe, this gamble will help us know even more of ourselves and learn that we still could stretch ourselves from what we are, what we have and what we are capable of doing today for the better and for the future.
Thesis Writing is not just about having a witty cranium, I / We learned based on what we have experienced that Thesis Writing as also about Team Work, great Imagination and alot of Inspiration (from facebook espacially. hahahab LoL!)

Now that Thesis is done, only the Alcohol, good memories and tighter friendship bond will hold us together.

The use of Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Specifically Soybean Oil as Tablet Lubricant

(i revise daw namin, dapat daw
"The Use of Soybean Oil as Tablet Lubricant"
na lang)

ÜÜÜ

Cac, Christine Claire
Carreon. Laurie Moreen
Mallari, Pamela Ann Mae
Maningat, Maria Eda
Ty, Francis Adrian

thanks, i really enjoyed that One Semester of working with your guys.
buti na lang masyadong tight ang friendship natin kaya hindi tayo nag fall apart.

I ♥ You!
:)
XOXO
-eda

Cramming

Our wall clocks says its already 3am but i think its lying..
my dormmate told me that its twenty minuets advance two weeks ago, well, i dont come late for class anymore so maybe they advanced the time a little bit more..

This is the second night i've been deprived from sleep this week.. and its only a Monday night!

last night (Sunday night), i slept at around 1am and woke up at around 630am.
i did nothing but read, memorize and understand things.
coffee helped me through those struggling moments when all i wanted was to sleep on my bed and forget about QC Lecture quiz, Pharmcognosy Practical Exam, Manufacturing Lecture Quiz and Pharmacognosy Lecture Quiz. (im not the nerd-type.i just watch-out from failing grades XD)

i do this all the time, i cram.. like a typical college student, i love cramming. its fun for me. and it makes my learning more interesting because i when i cram, i start to learn fast and understand faster and then that's it.. im ready for exams which my other classmates studied for nights. (yabang!) LoL!

Yesterday (technically it happened yesterday na because its already Tuesday now), our professors in Parmacognosy Laboratory got mad at us. as in their heads were smoking! and we were so afraid that we want to bring back those minute seconds during our Practical Exam.
Another 3 Plant specimens were broken during the practical exams. We already destroyed 2 specimens last week. So now, they are furious about it. They are saying that somebody destroyed the specimens in purpose because the way it was broken was so perfect, it can only be done intentionally. Mam David, one of our professor in Pharmacognosy Lab who is also our professor in Pharmacognosy Lec was so mad about it and she was shouting in front of our class during lecture hours and said "Kung sino man ang tumarantado sa plant specimens na yon, umamin na! Kundi buong klase madadamay!" She told us that she's going to recompute our grades and when that happens, almost three quarters of our class will fail, maybe including myself. Yes, she can do that. She just showed alot of mercy solving our grades during prelims that's why we passed the period, but if she recomputes it, then we are DEAD!
After class, one of our classmates admitted his fault and said sorry. And all we need to do now is to find CEYLON CINNAMON, ERGOT, SAGE, HYSDRATIS and i forgot the other specimen.

Now, i need to fight against this sleepy feeling again. Im kinda nauseous already but i cant let it get in to me.
I still need to finish Chapter 2 of our Thesis which will be passed tomorrow at 8:30am. My groupmates are already snoring behind me so i really dont have a choice but to finish this myself.
Plus, i still need to go crazy over Pharmacology, the one subject im not lazy to study for.
and then there's the pressure over that long exam at HECO class, Technical Writing, Manufacturing Pharmacy Lab., Quality Control Laboratory plus our defense on Thursday!
Ohhh my..
:D
This is fun!

If college life is a bingo game, then we'd be winning most of the time.
For example, tomorrow, we have exams in all our Subjects, two minor subjs. plus 3 Major Subjs.
BINGO. full house. :D

This is F - U - N!!!
Life's never been interesting.
College has really its own way of changing how people live their lives.

and tomorrow night, i will rest and sleep until the day breaks behind my curtains..until the sun sets infront of our television..

and i'm still going to put here gits' memory..
his cute bulgy eye, his suuper witty psyche, his blue eye glasses and fatty yet hottie figure.

...
that's about it for this morning, i should do my job na.
byeeee

XOXO
-e

Bicolana Pizza

Thin crust pizza topped with bicolandia's Bicol Express..

yummy!


sa CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) ko pa lang siya na tikman and i dont know kung saan pang place nakakabili nito..

At first akala ko yucky pero first bite pa lang, gusto ko nang mag bite ulit for more!

Tama lang na thin crust ang ginamit nila kasi kung yung thick ay para ka nang kumakain ng rice at ulam.
Hindi siya maanghang; siguro para na din sa mga tourists na hindi mahilig sa spicy foods although sapalagay ko dapat maanghang siya para malasahan ng lahat ang tunay na chili ng bicol. anyway pwede nang lagyan ng madaming hot sauce.


And everytime na uuwi ako ng Bicol, palagi ko itong titikman..

:)

talk about Platonic Relationship white board

Every Mondays and Wednesdays, we are assigned at room 202 at the Main Building from 1pm-4pm. I don’t really care what section they are before us or what subject are they discussing about which always keep us waiting till exactly or a little bit later than 1 pm, all I know is that their year level are lower than us, so that make me/us proud of ourselves. LoL. Today was an exemption, because when I entered the classroom, there were three questions written using a purple colored white board marker big enough to catch a student’s attention.

It also says that their answers to the teacher’s question must be passed tomorrow (March4,2010 –which is technically today since it is already 1:30am) put in yellow pad paper.

Since I know (I think I do) the English instructor who asked this “emo” question on the white board, I’m going to try and answer it, too bad I can’t pass this to the teacher.

(hindi ko na napicturan kasi nasaharapan na yung prof. namin, nag didiscuss ng solutions :p)

So here are the questions:

1. In your opinion, does platonic relationships really exist? Explain Exhaustively.
Yes platonic relationships really exist. I can tell you that from what I’ve seen, felt or experienced in my nineteen years of existence.
First, since I wasn’t there when the instructor instructed about this “Platonic relationship”, let me first illuminate you about this two-word noun (tama bang noun yon? Di ko alam. Hehe).
I “googled” it off and here is my most liked meaning:
PLATONIC:
1. The tendency of women to develop close friendships with their male acquaintances, thereby pre-emptively eliminating any possibility of a romantic relationship, the result of which is to remove the poor schmuck's heart and shred it

2. The process by which attractive and otherwise eligible women, when faced by proffered declarations of romantic interest by a male acquaintance, destroy the ego and spirit of said acquaintance by declaring that they only want to be "friends."
Typical response from a female to a male in a platonic relationship:

"I have feelings for you too, I don't want to do anything that could jeopardize our friendship. You're like a brother to me."

www.urbanictionary.com

I know that my source is not that reliable but all of the other more reliable website tell almost the same. I liked this more because of the “schmuck’s heart” word. :D

My answer: I do believe that platonic relationship exists because human heart cannot be dictated, if you feel you are intensely attracted to that one person but he treats you only like a normal colleague or friend, you can never dictate your heart to stop loving that one person you are so fond of. For a good portion of us, attraction to the opposite sex is genetically “hardwired” into our psyche. There’s no way to avoid it. We find the physical form of the opposite sex attractive, the opposite sex exudes pheromones that we find attractive, even something as simple of the timbre of the voice of a member of the opposite can trigger a romantic response in us. Add to that the fact that nothing makes a romantic relationship more successful then when the people involved are “friends first”, and it’s easy to see why platonic relationships can be difficult to keep strictly platonic. Feelings especially that of love is not like a TV station where you can just turn off once the TV anchor tells you to turn the TV off and he then tells you to listen to the radio instead. Like in being in love, you can’t just shut your heart off one person you want to watch, admire, see, mingle, care for, attend to, or love all day long just because he tells you, “I don’t love you back”.
Although many platonic relationships do not work well, it starts when romantic feelings spring up in both parties, then the friendship turns into a romantic relationship and everyone is happy. But a good portion of the time only one of the friends becomes attracted to the other, and then the platonic relationship is in trouble. But I believe that if you are really fond of that one person; your friend, especially if you have been friends for a very long time, you are willing to suffer all the pains just to be with him and continue what you have. In a relationship, it is not always about having fun and being in calm waters because sometimes it is the struggle that spice up the relationship, even for a platonic relationship.
Platonic relationship is really hard to handle and it takes a brave heart, an open mind and courage to keep the relationship going.

2. Why is that sometimes platonic relationships turn sour?
Platonic relationships sometimes turn sour when one of the two parties(her) demand more that what the other party(him) can give. Another point is when she can no more handle the frustration and pain their relationship is causing her.

3. Would you rather stay with your friend even if he does not love you back? Or would you just turn and walk away because you don’t want to get hurt?
This is the question for those stereotype people who has fallen in love with their best friend or one friend in his/her circle of friends.

I would answer this question as if I have fallen in love with my real life best friend.

I would rather stay with my friend even if he does not love me back. In the first place, he is still my friend who held my hand as I cross the dark phases of my life and the same friend who laughed with me during the funniest moments of my journey. He is still that one guy friend who was, not only the closest thing to being my brother, but also the one man I’d like to waste the rest of my day with. The only problem which complicates things is when I felt a deeper kind of love, a love other than “philia”, a love which is named in Latin as “amore”.

It’s weird having this sentiment, especially when I have nobody to share it to since the one guy I tell all my secrets to, is the same secret I keep from the world. Yet, I will stay with my best friend as “best friends” since friendships are never broken so I can still make him feel my love all the time we are together. It is okay to be just friends with him even though I already love him because I believe that one’s lover must also be one’s best friend.

It is really hard to keep yourself from being in love with one guy who would always be sweet for you everyday, who would always walk you home, who would always eat with you during lunch and dinner, who would always buy you ice cream whenever you are sad, who would always give you a big hug when you achieve something incredible and a guy friend who would always be there for you no matter what. Who would not fall for your her definition of Mister right when he is right there by your side, as best friend. He who would give you all but not love.

Platonic relationships really exist, and the thing that’ll make it sour is when she grows tired of loving him but at the end, she would still choose to be with him and be there to make him feel her love rather than to just walk away and be afraid to get hurt.

Credits to
www.urbandictionary.com
http://www.entertainmates.com