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Welcome, Roi Jullian Palafox, batch 2004. AB Political Science

2004-10-15T19:36:00.000+08:00

its over

2004-10-14T23:15:00.000+08:00

There are infinite things a relative being can do. There are infinite possibilities that can happen now and later. At this very moment, as I type this paper, I am not sure of what would happen an hour from now, or tomorrow. In short, we live in a world full of uncertainties. We sometimes end just waiting for the next episode in our unsure life. Life can be about waiting. We wait for our turn in the comfort room. We wait for the day to end so we can rest. We wait for school to end.

To claim that life is about waiting, is to accept our doomed existence. The only thing we are sure of is life and death, as Sartre’s philosophy explains to us. From this notion, we can see how life is absurd. We see the limitless boundaries, the absolute freedom that a person can actually have assuming that this person is emancipated from any religion.

Despite these possibilities, I firmly believe and uphold that the best way to see life is not as a process of waiting. As I have mentioned life can be about waiting, but from a premise that life is full of uncertainties. This outlook for me is too cynical. I personally feel that to keep an open mind and to learn to hope is a good way to live life. We should not let the impending freedom of an absurd life take over us. I try so see life with full of hope and openness even when things do not turn out the way I want them to be.

There is a song I think originally done by Bob Marley titled Waiting in Vain. In the song, it tells us this person has been suffering from unrequited love. As the person claims, despite waiting for years, still the person does not see the guy’s value. Waiting can indeed be pointless.

Despair comes when one loses hope. To lose hope is to see life again as just simply waiting. As I end my life in college, I see so many uncertainties. I cried inside just thinking about it. I am very scared. But I keep my heart open and trust myself to the Absolute and have faith that he has grandiose plans for me. Then I would not end up merely waiting, nevertheless my life would be about Him and others.

some pics

2004-07-20T10:18:00.000+08:00

Candice G's birthday

Julian's birthday

AIESEC Events

after ten thousand yearssss...

2004-07-18T21:06:00.000+08:00

yes. i am back. it's been weeks since my last post. this has been my first weekend where i can relax and not worry of any work for basketball, aiesec and school. so i tried to indulge and take advantage of my opportunity to relax and rewind.

after watching enemy of the people last friday, i went to eastwood to meet up with some girl friends. muffin, candice, miam and roni were there with some of their other friends. they stayed in jack's loft after watching a movie. when i got there, i was suprised to see that i was the only guy. i was such a hunk again. but really, it was so awkward. and they were actually talking about some bigtime girl stuff. i felt like i was disturbing their girl bonding. i left around 1am to go eryang's but then an unexpected incident happen: my car wont start.

i tried to diagnose the problem of my car, and i was definitley sure it was the battery. i could've fixed it on my own, but i did not have tools for the job, so i called my brother, VP. i was actually surprised that he was able to call back at once when i sent him a message that i was having some car trouble. but deep down i knew, he'd be there. with two of his brods, they tried fixing my car with but with no luck. we decided to leave the car there and come back for it the following day. what a to end my friday night...

so saturday came. i had to wake up early so i can tell my parents about the car before they leave for the province. that was the start of yet another busy and stressful weekend which i thought was going to be a weekend of relaxation. ill just give the lineup of events for the day:
1. go with my sister to her dermatologist
2. go to eastwood to fix the car
3. but vhs to record the games
4. pay my cellphone bill
5. go to ateneo to submit hardcopy of aiesec applicants' database
after doing all these, i went straight to cuneta astrodome with marga, the other student manager. ateneo was against ust. the game was hardly fought. i sat behind the bench and my friends were texting me that ive been getting some airtime.

anyway, after the game, waps and i went to glorietta to watch kill bill volume 2. it was a great follow-up and conclusion to the first one. the fighting sequences were again outstanding. uma and david carradine did some fine acting. the tiger crane was no match for the eagle's claw. watch out for the 5 point palm exploding heart technique (im not sure if i got it right) i was supposed to go jay g's birthday bash after the movie, but i fell asleep at eryang's house because i was dead tired.

besides the movie and basketball game, my saturday was still stressful. but tonight, im planning of sleeping till 9am. that's already too much sleep for me.

same old

2004-06-29T22:24:00.000+08:00

it has been three weeks since my last post in this blog. i have been really busy these past weeks because of school. things have been piling up in my three classes. i have been attending practices everynight, 6-9 pm. (i applied for student manager for the UAAP basketball team because i felt that i have the time for it) but it has been aiesec that has been eating up a lot of my time. recruitment week just started and org awareness week just finished then there's our orientation seminar. things will get heavier with javi in the hospital...im sure he'll be incapacitated for a couple of weeks. (pls pray for his quick recovery) but you know me, the always cool and patient roi...kaya to.

lost

2004-06-14T18:46:00.000+08:00

i haven't been posting the past days because i felt really bad when i lost my digital camera in il ponticello last thursday. i lost my mood to type and post pictures. to actually think that id always bring that camera anywhere like to bacolod and to depressed areas in commonwealth and lose it in a high-end bar was really disheartening. haaay, of all places....

anyway, it was first day of school. it felt really weird being around with so many people that i dont know. i tried looking for people that i knew, but there weren't much! i feel lost in school, i hardly see a familiar face.

i was able to meet two out of the three of my teachers. they seem to be ok. rica santos was really perky and energetic which was good because modern drama was my first class on MWF.

ok...low batt....no more energy to type...ill finish this tom....

last thursday...

2004-06-05T22:15:00.000+08:00

last thursday i was able to hangout with my girl-friends...

i met up with candice and miam in eastwood. we chatted in coffee bean and tea leaf.
miam just got back from the US. we did some catching-up. we had a pictorial in eastwood which i did reluctantly.

miam and me

cands and me (check out her hair, new do!)

profile shot

after eastwood, i fetched minnie in her condo and cher in discovey suites. that was already around 1030pm. it was really embarrasing because i was late for more than an hour in picking up cher. i didn't know she was waiting there since 9pm.

we went to yero, a bar in greenhills. mau, the sister of minnie, was the dj there. she was playing house that night. we met up with lehd, jo castro and her cousins from the US.

that's us in yero. they made cher and the balikbayans eat chicken sisig.

minnie, me, and cher

busy day

2004-06-05T10:53:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was really tiring. We had our first meeting in our AIESEC Executive Board and Staff after lunch. We had to discuss our preparations for the Freshmen Orientation Seminar this coming week. It went very well.

This is our EB&S. That's me doing the 8-8.

After the meeting, I had to run to CCP to watch Roberta's ballet. She was magnificent. Graceful and beautiful.

We had dinner in Oscar's, her family's restaurant in Pasong Tamo extension. I was with her barkada and her mom. That her in black. Her mom is in the Chinese outfit, and her younger sister, Samantha.

I went to Pammy's birthday celebration after the dinnner. It was in Grilla Rockwell. Charles, Dino, Vikas, Tristan, Rey were there to party with Pammy's other friends.

DevCon '04

2004-05-30T21:08:00.000+08:00

I just came back from the National Development Conference of AIESEC. It's one of the more important conferences because it is here that legislations are amended and all officers meet up to discuss the coming fiscal year. It was generally ok, although most of the people there were newies. The officers of AIESEC Philippines were contemporaries of mine before, now they are the one's who are on top.

The socials wasn't that good. There weren't enough drinks and dancing. No pretty girls too. =)

Jacqui, Charissa, Me and Javi on the cat walk for Global Village. We're supposed to represent France.

Me, Jacqui, Sanjay from India, Ana from Hungary, Javi from Sun Valley and Alex from Germany

wala lang...

2004-05-25T00:58:00.000+08:00

I want to share to you guys what happens when you drink too much...

Drink moderately.

Tiring night

2004-05-22T02:56:00.000+08:00

I just got home from timbol's party. It was in Chino Roces Ave, Makati; it was actually near my mom's office. I went there around 1130pm, most of my friends were already there. Muff, Candice, Nina and friend were there, the M boys were already there too: Charles, Alex, Robles, Jem, Rey, Vital, Vikas and Jules. The party was ok, most of them were Ateneans, so I saw many familiar faces.

I did not want to drink that night because i think i had too much alcohol already for the week. Except for the brandy that the stupid La Salle friends of Rey gave, I did not drink any liqueur. I was kinda pissed at them. I don't really know any of them, but they've been offering all those shots furthermore they have so many unnecessary remarks. Jologs. They looked so pathetic trying to get people drunk when they do not even know any of them. Maybe that's their way of socializing. Anyway, I told them how I felt. Tinawag ko silang supot. When they offered a shot again, sinabi ko na ibubuhos ko sa kanila yon.

Jess asked me to convoy with her going home. It was a good move on her part because I noticed that her right rear tire was flat. Good thing Chuck and I were with her. It took us around 20 minutes to change the tire, which is way kinda long for my standards. It takes me at least 10 minutes. That's my talent. Changing tires.

I'm really exhausted. It wasn't from partying but from changing Jessica's flat tire.

Balikbayan

2004-05-21T10:57:00.000+08:00

We watched PBL again yesterday. It was Ateneo Lee-Pipes against Blustar. I was with Waps, Tristan, Jamie and Minnie. Blustar was leading by 9 after the first half, but Lee-Pipes was able to tie it in fourth quarter. Almeda bursted in the last five minutes of the game, making crucial shots. Ateneo tried to catch up, but their efforts weren't enough, Blustar won. Although we lost, it was still one heck of a game. By the way, Kramer scored. yessss.....

After the game, Waps went to my house, we had some beer and vodka. Around 5 each. You know waps, he gets drunk with 1 beer. He was so wasted last night. hehehe.

After drinking, I had coffee with Muff. Muff's a balikbayan, she just got back from a European Tour. We went to Coffee Bean and Tea Lead in T.Morato and stayed there until 12. We went back to her house to show me her pictures. Her pictures were great, they're like the ones you see on postcards but with her face in it. she was able to go to France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany and Italy.

5 People

2004-05-18T13:42:00.000+08:00

I just finished reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. He's the same author who wrote Tuesdays with Morrie. The story is about Eddie, who tragically dies in his birthday tryin to save a child. As he awakens in his afterlife, he finds out that he is in his heaven. He would meet 5 people who have been waiting for him to answers his questions -- why he lived and what he lived for. Mitch Albom give us his unique idea of heaven.

I won't ruin it for you guys. The first person he met was the Blue Man, then the Captain, his Mom, Marguerite and Tala.

The book is truly full of insights. It talks about being connected with one another, sacrifice, anger, forgiveness and love.

"In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth."

Who do you think are the 5 people you would meet in heaven?

I owe it to Larry for lending me this book.

aiesec shit

2004-05-18T02:48:00.000+08:00

It's already 2:49 am. I just got home from our pre-Year Planning Seminar
planning for AIESEC.(sounds weird) It was really really long. We haven't even reached the important parts...

Anyway...we were able to play basketball this afternoon with the Xavier guys and the group of Justin Ventura even if the rain was pouring. That's how it is when you're really passionate for basketball, you'll find ways to play even in bad weather. Altough we only played halfcourt, it was still tiring. The game was more physical and more technical.

To answer your question Miam...Oo, magaling ako! Ala Jason Kidd, Magnum Membrere at Joseph Yeo combined!

damn

2004-05-17T11:47:00.000+08:00

New Jersey lost today. i woke up early just to catch the game and this is what i get. They could've finished the series, but Detroit showed how tough they are. Damn. Game 7 will be back in Detroit where they are really hard to beat.

Happy Birthday Larry

2004-05-16T22:41:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, Sonny, Pao, Tristan and I surprised Larry by going to his game with placards. It was our way of greeting Larry on his 22nd birthday. We had two posters, the first one read, "Happy Birthday Larry!", and the other one read "Lars Fonacier #33, Idol Ka!" Sonny and I had some television exposure because the cameraman kept on focusing on our posters. We had so much fun watching the game and cheering on Larry and Ateneo Lee-Pipes. They won the game, and clinched a playoff birth for the semis slot. Larry scored 12 pts.

Troy

2004-05-14T11:38:00.000+08:00

Last night, I was able to see Troy with my mom and my siblings. The movie was outstanding. It was truly an epic film. The movie is led by Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector and Orlando Bloom as Paris. I have not read the Iliad yet, but according to VP and Charlene, it was consistent with the Greek tale. Although he said the roles of the Gods was quite downplayed.

The sight of the thousand ships and 50000 Greeks was overwhelming. Watch out for the perfectly choreographed sword fight between achilles and hector. The costumes were also great. You just have to see it for yourself to know why I am so awestruck with this movie.

The movie really made me think. As I look back, I think I should be in that movie. I should be alongside Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, and Eric Bana because I am as good looking as they are.

picture are from warner bros studios

1st Entry

2004-05-12T14:45:00.000+08:00

I just came back from Pangasinan with my friends, Dino, Kellie,
Vikas, Xyn, Rey and Pao. I voted in our province, so the guys tagged
along since they wanted to see the beaches in Pangasinan. The 100 Islands
is a town away from ours.

Elections are really different in the province. You can clearly see
the vote-buying and cheating. To add to this, there is also persistent
violence. I actually saw 2 men fighting. I dont know what started it, but
it was elections-related.

After I voted, we had lunch. The guys were able to try some local food, which im not sure if they appreciated. After eating, we went to Dagupan which was around 5-6 towns away from Bani. We met up with Kellie, Dino's gf. She brought us to this beach in Bonuan. It was so clean and serene. Beautiful.

After hanging out for an hour in the beach, we went to Candice G's hometown, Calasiao. We had merienda there in Regency Hotel. All the guys ordered Halo-halo which all of us were craving for because of the scourging heat.

Rey, Pao and I spent our night drinking and playing pusoy while the couples spent their night intimately.

We spent the next day relaxing and unwinding in the beautiful beach of 100 Islands. We stayed in Papaya Island which was one of the best there. I was able to show off my beautiful, tan body.