SONA

PGMA delivered her SONA this afternoon. This year's speech was the shortest ever...and one could really see the factions within PGMA's government. 10 senators were absent, and the whole opposition bloc opted not to attend. But I think that it was better for them to be absent than to have pushed through with their plan to walk-out.

Drilon, the Senate President, never clapped once for PGMA, not even during the end of the speech, not even out of delicadeza. In return, PGMA never greeted him whereas she greeted Speaker Jose deVenecia twice!

Sen. Pia Cayetano was a standout in her blue terno. Add to that is the fact that she's tall, like a model.

The opposition bloc had plants that bloomed peach-colored flowers (peach, for impeach) while the administration bloc had calamansi plants (which looked very similar to the peach plants) courtesy of Cong. "Way Kurat" (no fear) Zamora.

It was the shortest SONA that drew the largest crowd of rallyists along Commonwealth Avenue.

Buhay Artista (Part 2) and Harry Potter 6

Natutuwa ako dahil andami kong nagawa over the weekend. Since I knew that I would be reading HP6 over the weekend, I studied my lessons nung Friday night pa. Then yesterday, I claimed my reserved copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Pero nabasa ko ba siya kagad? Hindi. Bakit?

My friend, Bea called and said that she needed talents for a video shoot. Bea' s a MultiMedia Arts major from DLSU-CSB; the video we shot was the midterm exam for one of her subjects. Horror story siya, at ang title ay "Bulong" I played the role of Emily, who's got schizophrenia.

Here's the story: Emily moves into a new apartment (yung opening scene ay hinatid siya ng boyfriend niya sa new apartment). Emily's roommate is named Jessie, who is a bitchy girl. Jessie tells Emily that someone died, a girl named Sarah (na multo sa video) in their apartment. Because of that story, and because Emily has schizophrenia, she begins to hear voices all over especially when she is alone. Emily meets a neighbor and asks about Sarah. She finds out that Sarah used to be Jessie's roommate, and the cause of her death is a mystery. After hearing this story, Emily enters her apartment and confronts Jessie about Sarah's death. She also finds out that Jessie is flirting with Leo, who is Emily's boyfriend. The last scene shows Emily asleep with blood all over her hands and clothes. When Emily wakes up, she does not know why she's got blood all over herself. She follows the trail of blood on the floor and sees Jessie dead. But the twist is, the last scene also shows the ghost of Sarah and Sarah is holding a knife. This leaves the viewer to wonder of who really killed Jessie.

Shooting a video is really tiring and takes long. The setting-up of lights took the crew quite some time. 1970s ang setting nung video kaya retro look ako. It was a good experience, I really felt like an artista. This video lasts for only 5 minutes, yet we took 12 hours to shoot it. I thought, How long does it take to shoot an episode in a soap opera?

Now I have to catch up on sleep.

Thank you, sir

Disclaimer: You may find this post really weird, and perhaps a bit nerdy.

I had the best Polsci 193 class this afternoon. For the first time in my whole UP life, I stepped out of a classroom feeling so touched by what was discussed. I had three "touched ako" moments.

"Touched ako" Moments:

1.)My prof was discussing On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. He wrote something about inaction. To put it simply, JS Mill discussed that an individual may harm others by inaction. One of his examples is "inaction to serve as witness to a crime in court". Nowadays, witnesses may invoke the right to remain silent. But during JS Mill's time, you have no right to remain silent if you are a witness (probably so as not to obstruct justice). For some reason, I felt like a huge burden was taken off my chest when my prof said this. I thought, "At least, I am not guilty of that kind of inaction". I know I did the right thing.

2.)In connection with #1, when my prof was discussing that particular part, we somehow connected. You see, my prof knows about the Kamia Incident. So when he mentioned that particular form of inaction, I looked up and smiled. At the exact same moment, he looked at me and gave me a smile. We gave each other knowing smiles.

3.)When our class was done, I asked him a question about what was discussed. Then, he told me, "JS Mill would've been proud of what you did Miss Cloma". Now, that really made my day. I really enjoyed our PS 193 class this afternoon.

In addition to that, UP SIKAT had a great performance this evening at the Kamia Residence Hall. We made the dormers laugh and they even demanded for an encore.

Oh happy day...oh happy day..when Jesus washed my sins away. He taught me how to walk, to fight and pray....

Ano na?

Ano na ba ang nangyayari sa Pilipinas? Dyusme, araw-araw na lang parang paiba-iba ang stand ng mga tao. Sobrang nakakabaliw na hindi mo maintindihan.

Updates muna sa mga buhay-buhay. Ayun, success naman ang performance ng SIKAT last Friday. Kung may palpak man dun, hindi kasalanan ng SIKAT kundi kasalanan ng sound system. Going back to the success, gusto ko lang sabihin na ang signature voice talent ng aming org never fails! It always..as in always...makes people laugh.

Nung Friday din ay nagpunta ako sa isang forum. It was organized by several groups at dahil kasama dun ang Dept. of Political Science, syempre go ako. Ayun, ok din kasi ang speakers. Yung tipong diverse ang backgrounds nila kaya maraming points if view. I also saw some of Alyansa's political foes.

Ayan, nag-submit na rin ako online ng aking abstract for my PS 199.

Oh well, Monday na naman bukas. I can't wait for the next weekend. Hehe!

Hello Dolly!

Share an experience/something that shows classical conditioning which explains an abnormal behavior that you have (eg. phobias, fetish, etc.)

The above statement was an exercise my psych140 class had today. I shared something in my class and I thought of sharing it here too.

I can't sleep if I am not hugging my doll. I've been sleeping this way for as long as I can remember. You see, my mom's a doctor and she goes on overnight duty every other day. When I was small, I probably used my doll as a "mommy replacement".

I remember the evolution of dolls that I have slept with. The very first doll I remember was a really fat doll, wearing a house dress. I don't remember her name anymore, but she was really fat (while I was a very thin child). She wasn't stuffed though, she was a plastic doll. I have a picture of me hugging that particular doll.

I also had the "Cory" doll. It was a doll produced in 1986-1987. Now, I find it funny that I used to sleep with a doll looking like Cory Aquino.

Next came a doll I named Pinky. Needless to say, she was pink. I don't know what happened to Pinky. I think she was thrown away by my yaya. Anyway, she was also fat. Pinky was a fat ballerina doll. Her hair was up in two ponytails; she wore a pink tutu and pink ballet slippers. I see replicas of my Pinky being sold in Coralyn stores, but for some reason, I don't buy the replica. Maybe I don't like the idea of replacing the doll I once had. But I do hope to have another Pinky. My Pinky was sooo cute.

Ansherina came (when I was 5 years old) after Pinky. I called Ansherina as such because she's from the Ansherina line of dolls. Ansherina was a red-head doll, wearing a green long-sleeved dress. She was even used by my ate in a Declamation contest as her props, and my sister won first prize in that contest. One night, when I was 9 years old, I got the hives (weird-looking rashes all over the body). My mom thought it was an allergic reaction to Ansherina (who was very dirty that time). Because of that, Ansherina was thrown away.

By then, I had gotten very used to sleeping with a doll. Since Ansherina was thrown away, I asked Santa Claus to give me a doll. The doll that Santa gave me is still my doll until now. Her name is Dolly. My mom tried to wean me from sleeping with dolls several times but she has given up now. I don't think I'll ever outgrow sleeping with a doll.

Oh well, that's all for now. I just felt like writing here in my blog what I shared in class.

HAPPY FIL-AM FRIENDSHIP DAY!