God's Promise

It's been months since I last visited this page. Sorry for that blogspot.

Anyways, since my last blog was last July, I have plenty things to share with you. Like the travel I had with my friends, how my semester lasted, what I've learned during my ojt, how God turned Porjan's lives, etc. I don't know where to begin. I'm just too excited to share.

But now, let me just start with the ending of my last semestral break of my life. Cheers! Yep, gagraduate na ko! And all who those looked down on me, I'm tearing down your balcony! Chos.

Now, as the last day of my last vacation as a student begins (kaso I'm the kind of students who never attends first meetings. Keri lang!), I think its worth a blog so magboblog ako.haha! Nonesense.

I am very very thankful to God. Sobrang ginive up ko na sakanya lahat ng kinikimkim ko ever since nagkanda leche-leche yung college ko. That feeling I felt na walang nakakaintindi sayo. Even your self. Jinujudge ka maski mga kaibigan mo, though they know nothing. Not a single detail what you've been through. Pero ok lang! I super love my friends :)

Pinanghawakan ko nalang yung promise ni God sa verse na "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish" Proverbs 16:3 NIV. Si God lang nakakaintindi nang happiness na nararamdaman ko. And nothing I can say how much I thank him for this time of my life. Maybe dati, I don't understand why I had to come up with so many courses and schools when I know what I really wanted. Pero totoo talaga na hindi yung gusto mo lang yung makakapagpasaya sayo, pero yung kung ano talaga yung gusto sayo ni God. Totoo ngang kahit anong way ang tahakin mo, dun at dun ka pa din babagsak sa plano sayo ni God. May mas malupit pa siyang plano kumpara sa plano mo.

Si God lang nagtiwala sakin. Kahit nirereject ko na yung mga opportunities na binibigay niya sakin, bumabalik parin. Maybe it's His way of saying "Anak, para sayo nga kasi 'to!". I remembered my internship interview in IDDI. My boss already texted me for an interview pero inunahan ako ng kaba. I told my boss to reschegule my interview. After a week, nagtext ulit siya for consideration. So pinuntahan ko na kasi alam ko will na tlaaga yun ni Lord.

Sobrang daming tumatakbo sa utak ko ngayon, pero parang wala nang lumalabas. I can't thank Him enough. Ang dami kong blessing na natatanggap, pero di ko man lang mabalik kay God yung dapat kong ginagawa para sakanya. Hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi ko parin magawa yun. Sa ngayon, ang priority ko ay ang kaligtasan ng family ko. I pray to God to give me strength para maopen sakanila yung tungkol dito. Sobrang saradong Katoliko kasi ng pamilya ko. Pero alam ko may calling sakanila si God. In his time :)

In all things,

God should always be glorified.

Real Music Era

If you may ask me what decade is the most awesome kids were from, I may say 90's!! Well not because i'm a 90's baby but because it has the most awesome music era of all time. And of course the times of The Beatles. Siyempre naman who wouldn't like their music,diba. Any age can relate with their music.

Those TLC, Mariah Carey, M2M, Jenifer Lopez, Bone Thugs, 2pac, Ja Rule etc. They all made my early existence memorable. I don't remember much memories form my childhood but through their music, I just listen to it then feels like I'm still that kiddo who listens to my brother and sister's walkman.haha!

Everybody wants to go back during their childhood. Specially during the time where you're at your happiest. And this is the best way to go back to those times... through music! Instant time maching.. Feels like looking in an old photo and you'd think the people in it may seem a lot happier than you are right now. Parang 'pag naaalala mo yung sarili mo dati na kinakanta yung mga kantang to.. Parang feeling mo ang tanging problema mo lang nuon ay baka magsumbong sa nanay yung batang pinaiyak mo kani-kanina lang. Nakakamiss!!

Nowadays, I can't see the sense in music.. Songs about drugs, sex, bashers, fame, arrogance, etc. Only the beat or harmony is appreciated. But with the meaning, I guess 80% of people singing a song -specially a rap song - don't really understand what they're saying with the lyrics.

As they say, MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.

Right now as I type this blog. I am listening to this.. Enjoy!

Breakdown - Mariah Carey

No Scrub - TLC

B2K - Bump bump bump

Whats Luv - Fat Joe ft. Ashanti

Always on Time - Ja Rule ft. Ashanti

IN ALL THINGS, GOD SHOULD BE GLORIFIED :D

A First Time Reader

It's been 2 months since I had my last blog entry. Sucks that I gave a quota for my self - 5blogs per month. Unfortunately, Iv'e been busy with my internship and studies(weh?). Iv'e been working and studying 6days a week. So much not me. Anyways that's not what I want to say with this blog entry. 

Iv'e been eyeing Logan Lerman since I saw him on Percy Jackson movie. Since then, he became my crush! And I was so happy when my friend, Adong, told me that he's going to star on a movie that my friends are also reading. Perks of being a Wallflower. Together with Logan is Emma Watson (which happened to be Adong's idol. Well ako narin ng konti.). And finally, after the long wait, Summit Entertainment released their trailer. And here it is...

I decided to read the book first before it's out in the market. 

It's my first time to buy a novel book. My smart friends read a lot siyempre kaylangang matalino rin ako!haha. 

It's about a 15 year-old teenager who was an introvert, not so famous geek and obviously, a Wallflower. Basta it's a good book to read! And I can somehow relate to Charlie because I'm always alone and anti-social at school.

I'm on now on the 4th part of the book and I can't wait what will happen to Charlie and Sam. I wish they end up together. Let's see! I'll make kwento again after I finished reading it.

And since it's my first book, I'm giving away "Perks of being a wallflower". Just tweet...... CHOS!!hahaha... Suma-Saab Magalona lang!haha..

IN ALL THINGS, GOD SHOULD BE GLORIFIED :D

First Week at IDDI

I started my internship last May 8, 2012. I only work for two days in one week (TTh) because I have  my summer class. Yep, good student peg for this summer!haha.

Let me first brief you about the company who put their trust on me (Naks! Akala mo employed na.haha!). As i've said before this blog, IDDI works with digital LCD ads nationwide. Chu chu chu...

Now back to my first day of being an intern. I arrived at the office exactly 9:00a.m. There, Sir Ralph, our Chief Artist (whatever you call that, basta siya yung pinaka mataas sa aming mga artist) waiting for me. Actually we're only 3 artist in the company. Me, Sir Ralph and MJ who applied for internship kaso hindi siya nakapagenroll, so hinire narin siya as an employee. Instant! Astig no! Ganun ka-bait ang boss namin :D With us is Cathy, I forgot her job description and has a sideline being our creative consultant!haha..

So yun nga, during my first hours, interview naman from Sir Ralph. He asked me what are my skills, my subjects in schools, my works (artworks), etc. The most favorite question he asked me was "Kaya mo bang pagsabayin pag naabsorb ka dito?". I mean, was that supposed to ask kahit chinacharot niya lang ako on a first day? Basta! Kakayanin ko if ever. Pero he asked me again last week if I can manage my time pag naabsorb na ko. Kukulangin kasi sila sa tao pag nagpasukan na. Eh si MJ studyante rin.

After some questions from Sir Ralph, we've waited for some parts of my computer. Sir Binggo asked me if I can get the cord or a part of the computer I am going to use near SM Megamall. But Sir Ralph told me to just wait there. I think it's 12nn na when that computer part arrived. Yey!! I can start my work now! Sir Ralph gave me my first task, 3 Rustan's Ad. After I finished the ad, he sent it to the client na and told me to check the ad on the 11th. Isn't that cool for the first day!?

We leave the office almost 7:00pm. I was supposed to leave 5:00pm because Sir Binggo gave me a schedule 9:00am-5:00pm. Pero ok lang! 10hours for my first day, mapupublish pa yung unang ad ko! All for God.

So that's the story of my first day as a trainee. I am supper inspired after that day. Felt like I am going to stick to this kind of job. Thank God for everything. If it wasn't because of him, this won't be perfect :D

IN ALL THINGS, GOD SHOULD BE GLORIFIED!

One step forward

I blogged last time about my summer internship plan. Well, it's only a plan. My 1st target was Jason Magbanua, my idol's company. Unfortunately, he didn't reply after 4mons since he asked for my resume. But it's fine with me, my focus was on my summer class pa naman. So I told my self na sa May nalang ako magsstart. I just sent my resume muna in advance. April `12 when I got a scheduled interview for In-store Digital Display International (IDDI). They scheduled me an interview for April 16, 2012. Too bad I wasn't able to attend my interview because I have to attend some school activities also which I believe will help me for this internship, it's also the first day of our summer class. I asked the company if it's ok if I resched my interview. They did not reply. And I'm still undecided because it's too far from Cavite and feeling ko I'm still not ready for everything.

So I just focused first on my summer class, until I realized that almost 100% of my classmates who enrolled their internship this summer were halfway done. I decided to be serious now. I prayed to God for my internship. I just gave it all to him. April 26, 2012 when I got another schedule for interview for IDDI. They sent me messages via email and text, so I thought that they were in need for internship and maybe this is the time for me to step to another chapter. I searched about the company and it's perfect for my interest, Motion Graphic Arts. The company works on flat screens advertisements. Those advertisement you see everytime you shop at any stores who has flat screen advertisements. Basta! Check their website http://www.iddi-group.com/index.php. I even check Mr. Bingo Soriano and found out that he's the CEO and President of the company. So I thought that this could be God's answer to me. It also add pressure kasi alam ko na yung itsura ng magiinterview sakin. IDK. I prepared my portfolio or sample works to show them what i've got. I made a rushed kinetic typography just to add for my portfolio.I just borrowed my friends song. Credits to them. And here it is :) https://vimeo.com/41351276

May 02, 2012. I have a 2pm interview at Ortigas. 12:30pm i'm still suffering at Baclaran. Nakasabay ko pa sa bus si TJ. Exactly 2pm when I got there, mukha pa kong promdi na naghahanap ng building nila sa may ortigas.haha! Thank God I arrived exactly 2pm.

I entered the room, there's only 3 people there. I asked for Mr. Bingo Soriano. I was shocked when they asked me if i'm the one who's from Cavite. So I said yes. Mr. Soriano was out for lunch so they told me to wait inside the conference room. And as I wait for my interviewer, random things  and questions came out of my mind. Like "What am I doing here?", "Why am I in advertising?", "Will I enjoy it here in case I got the job?", "Ang bilis ng mga pangyayari, parang last year lang palipat-lipat ako ng school, and now i'm on my internship now." So many things running out of my mind. But I set me mind that "I'm now on a corporate world, I should compete myself".

After half an hour of talking to myself. Our boss arrived *drumroll*. He entered the conference room and shaked my hand and introduce his self. While the interview process happening, he asked me my portfolio. He took time to check my sample works and my ver funny AVP. He said that "You want to be a DJ, huh!". And I said "Yes sir". He also asked if what thing I can do, I said I can work on Photoshops, Illustrators, After Effects, etc. He introduced me to their company and showed some samples of their works. Very light lang yung interview. Hindi naman siya intimidating.

After the interview he asked me when can I start. I told him next week so he asked one of the employee there if there's still available computer for me. He shaked my hand and tole me "See you on Tuesday and.. Congratulations!". Ang sarap pala ng feeling nun no! Parang bago ako pumasok ng room na yun, iniisip ko palang kung anong magiging reaksyon ko pag natanggap ako, eh internship lang naman yun. Pero parang totoong trabaho na! Ang saya! Then he introduced me to their team. Good thing I have a co-student trainee their.

After I leave the building I reviewed what just happen to me earlier. As I walked out of the building, I realixed that, this will be my life for the next two or three months. I wouldn't see my friends often because I have to work now and finish my 200hr internship. Godbless me!!

I've never imagined myself working on an advertising company or in a corporate world. It seems like those things that I really don't expect for myself are coming on my way. I just wish that everything will be fine after I graduate and go abroad. It showed me that i'm not young enough to just hang out with friends and go home anytime I want to or ask money form my parents for my clothes or things. I should be more matured nowto face the reality that i am old. I don't wanna get old! But that's the reality.

I just let God work with my life. Let it be my Lord!

In all things, God should be Glorified!

Kim and Berna's business launch

Yesterday, April 10, 2012. I was walking our dogs Kesha and Wako on the street when Joseph invited me to Kimberly's place. Surprisingly when we got there, they have their mini business na pala. Andun din sila Agnes, Auel and Eunice.

They're selling pizzas, shake and gulaman for their first day. I ate 9pcs of their pizza and they gave me a free gulaman. Yey! I missed their pizza since eto din yung lagi kong binibili sakanila when we we're having our mini-business on one of our subject in high school. Nakakatuwa!

Then the two boys invited Prince, Dianilo and Jackson. Unfortunately, late na sila dumating kaya shake nalang yung natira. It's funny kasi we're just like playing tinda-tindahan. We're the customers and their the tinderas. Para lang kaming nakatambay while playing. Pero may iba naman ding bumibili daw sakanila before we came.  For their first day, they earned 400+. Not bad! Goodluck on your next days guys! Here's a sample of their stuffs :)

Pizza ala Bernapi

Batangas2012

Went to Nasugbu, Batangas last April 3,2012 with the great Tropang Porjan. Maga walo lang kami, because the plan was so unexpected - which we are now practicing, since laging puchu-puchu lang pag planado. We only had this plan during Benjie and Jomarie's Grad Party.While planning, parang sobrang alam naming nagdo-drawingan lang kami. Yung tipong seryoso lahat, pero alam mong ang ending, hindi matutuloy.

So, we had another plan the next day, April 1 at home. Plan, chat, plan, laugh, plan, laugh, plan, plan, plan... So many suggestions. Bagiuo, Boracay, Laguna, and LJ's non-stop "Private Pool". Ending, sa planA parin, Munting Buhangin Resort at Batangas. So we post the final resort at our private page on facebook. Unfortunately, walang nadag-dag. Well, meron naman.. Jomarie and Rapunzel. Then the next day, we bought goods na babaunin namin for tomorrow with Dawn, Dan and Benjie.

April 3, 2012. We discussed that we're going to meet at 9am in the morning. 7am and i'm up, I don't want to be blame again for the cause of delay since they always wait for me everytime may lakad.haha! 11am and i'm still at home waiting for my friend's sms. I also recieved a message from Kat-kat that she won't be comming with us. DAMN TALKSHIT!haha. Oh well.. We met at Benjie's place 12pm and Lj's not yet ready. Ihahatid lang daw niya yung chicks niya sa may kanto. Ugh.. Patagal pa! Anyways, 12:30pm dumating narin sila Dawn and Lois. Lj's not there yet. Di pa pala sila nakaka-alis kaya nakisabay nalang sila ng chicks niya sa sasakyan. Then we leave na.. Tapos may nakalimutan pa sila Benjie so we had to go back.

1:30pm na kami nakaalis. Atlast! Thank God Lj's there meron kaming clown on our way. We passed through the traffic of Imus. A long joyride full of fun!!! Andaming comedy ni LJ. SOBRA!! We passed by Silang, Tagaytay, Mendez, Alfonso (We saw a tarp of our school's branch there), etc. Ganda pa ng view! Si Manong LJ naman puro reklamo. haha! When we got to Batangas, Dan asked a Manong who's holding a picture of a resort kugn saan papunta sa "Munting Buhangin". Then he yelled at Dan "Eto nga yun, Kuya" (with a very funny accent). Boy pick up eh! Anlayo ng sagot!haha. Napagtripan tuloy namin siya during the ride. Sorry Manong! We stopped at 711 to buy stuffs na kulang.

3:300pm. We arrived at Munting Buhangin Beach Resort. Yey! Nagbabaan na kami ng mga gamit and go straight to the resort. Picture-picture muna siyempre :)

Atlast!

Benjie, Lois, Lj, Me, Dawn, Rapunzel, Jomarie

When we reached the information booth, problems drove up. Thare's still a fee for bringing your own tent. We had no choice but to rent the cheappest accomodation they offer. So we decided to rent a Gazebo costs 1,100php. Too heavy for us kasi 700 lang talaga yung pinakasinabi naming budget. Luckily, we brought our extra money so we paid the whole bill. Inabot kami ng 4k plus for the 8 of us. Well, that's the  most expesive ambagan for The Tropang Porjan so far - take note, we're only eight. haha! Took a picture of it. Blur.

Yabang!

While Dawn, Benjie and I we're busy of how to fit up all the cash on our hand. The other company were happily taking pictures. Ansaya nila oh!

Lois, Jomarie and LJ

The lovebirds

Dan and Lj striking a pa-athlete pose 

Ansaya nila eh

When we got to our gazebo the first thing we did was to EAT. Sobrang gutom kaming lahat dahil sa long ride. We murdered Dan's Granny's Adobo. Yumm! After eating, the boys were all excited to hit the beach so they rushed to change their clothes. While the girls, hell yeah! We're all suffereing from our monthly bloody  period.  But we changed naman for the beach vibes.haha! Ang scary nga lang ng cr nila.

While the guys were enjoying the beach, us girls were just making tampisaw our feet and took pictures. Di narin nakatiis sa beach si Rapunzel so she had her moments with Jomarie. Tapos lumipat ulit kami ng kabilang gazebo at the end part of the resort wo we can have our privacy.

The lovefish. (corny ko!haha)

 As time flew, we just enjoying the beach. We made our first attempt of our sand castle, caught some sea species (LJ caught a jelly fish and kept it. Pero namatay lang din), played football, etc. Then a staff there reminded us to bring our order for our breakfast at the Cafeteria so Dawn and I took their orders and gave it to a Manong at the cafeteria.

When we came back, it's already dark. Time for dinner. Jomarie and Rapunzel were in charge for broiling the meat and hotdogs. While waiting for our dinner, the guys drunk their Tanduay. Chit chat, laugh, guitar sing-a-long, and Lj's non-stop complaint. We also built the tent (we brought two tents, kaso we're too lazy to build the other one so isa nalang tinayo namin).

Every people na dumadaan sa place namin, pinaguusapan namin. And there's this gourp of foreigners - fil-am actualy- passed by. They asked Jomarie and Rapunzel if they were selling the hotdogs they were broiling.haha! Tapos nasagi pa nung isang lalaki yung football ball and said "Sorry po!" with an accent. Tapos sabi nila Dan "sige ok lang".  He kept on saying sorry. Then Benjie the bad guy toned his voice "SINABI NA NGANG OK NA EH".  Tapos umalis na yung foreigner.haha!

Atlast! it's 9pm and were all ready to eat! We're running out of rice (sorry guys!hehe.) so we partitioned it equally and also our meat and hotdogs. It's very difficult!! I swear. Pero umasa talaga kami sa free breakfast from the resort.haha! Everytime may kukuha ng pagkain at magrereklamo sasabihin "Sige ok lang yan! May free breakfast naman tayo bukas eh!" haha.

Waiting for our dinner

After eating, the guys decided to swim again while the girls built our sand castle. Ang bagal ng oras. in just a spare of 2hours, ang dami na naming nagawa.

the ingetero boys making theirs too

And just what are you guys doing??

Guys also played  football

Teaming up

When we all reached our tiredness, Lj "the Eboy" and Dan took some action-stunts-kuno shots.

LJ making "pakitang gilas"

Benjie found a witch-manikin 

Dawn and Lois took a nap after a very tiring day. While Jomarie and Rapunzel having their moments. Benjie, Dan, LJ and I just chat. Nagtatakutan pa kami about the C.R.. Nabanggit ko na parang may blood stains yung cubicle, then LJ supported me saying "sa cr din kaya namin" (with his serious-slash-funny reaction). Suddenly, we just noticed na palayo na kami ng palayo sa may cr. Nakakatawa! Then every ship na nakikita namin nagkukuwento si LJ about Roro and Boracay. Kung di pa namin iniiba yung topic di pa siya titigil.haha!

While the night goes deeper, the conversation got boring. Wala na kaming mapagusapan. Tulog narin si "Boy Roro". We just stared at the moon and shared some trivias. Tapos nagising narin sila Dawn and Lois. Dawn needed to pee pero dahil nagtatakutan kami. Lahat kami eh sumama sakanya sa cr. LJ showed them the stains we're talking about tapos sabi ni Lois "Barnis lang yan! Nagtatakutan pa kayo". When we came back to our cottage. I continue to build our castle. I added a volcano, hills and rice terraces. Kaso di kita sa pictures. Then I got tired. Natulog narin ako sa may tent.

I woke up with a refreshing air!! AAAHHHH.. Can you imagine walking up on a beach hearing the sound of those waves. Feels like Bella on Breaking Dawn right! I swear, that's one the most fantastic wake up I've ever had. Then I saw Lois, Benjie, Dan, Jomarie and Rapunzel making tampisaw. I get up and saw Dawn packing up some things. I searched for LJ.. he's deeply sleeping. Poor LJ!haha. I helped Dawn to packed up and uninstalled the tent.

It's 7am and were waiting for our breakfast. They've decided to take their showers narin so that we can eat na. Dawn accompanied Rapunzel at the shower room while i was left alone to watch for our stuffs. Sobrang sarap ng ambiance. Ang dami kong napagtanto while waiting for them.

After they finish their shower we go straight at the cafeteria to eat. Eto talaga yung inasahan namin, pero mejo dismayado kami sa pagkain. Pero ok lang, laman tiyan din yan!haha

Our check-out time was 1pm pa but we decided to go home na. Dala narin kasi namin yung gma gamit namin at tinatamad na kaming bumalik pa. At the first part of the trip, lahat kami energized. Nagsisigawan pa kami for every views that we see. We plan of stopping by at some Bulaluhan somewhere in Tagaytay. LJ's treat. Pero lahat na kami sa biyahe eh tulog. May napagtanungan kami kaso ang mahal.haha! Sabi namin ice cream nalang. Nakaabot na kami ng perpetual wala sa mga plano namin ang nangyari.haha!

On our way home

It's already 12nn when we arrived at Benjie's place. nakakatuwa kasi 12nn din kami dumating kela Benjie ng april3 tapos 12nn din kami dumating. Parang isang araw lang nagyari yung lahat.haha! Nagpa halo-halo si LJ tapos umuwi narin kami.

The trip was so unexpectedly awesome!! We didn't know kung mageenjoy ba kami sa onti namin but it went very well! Thank God for blessing our trip. Thank God for lettign this trip happen. Thank God for having my friends. No words can explain. Ang saya niya lang. Period.

We hope sa May makapag ganito ulit kami. That time, marami na! We felt sorry for others who weren't there with us. Sorry if we didn't considered your schedule guys! Feeling kasi namin kahit imove ng next week wala ding makakapag labas ng ganung kalaki kasi walang pasok eh. Knowing you guys. Beside of our group name "Tropang Porjan" we're also called as "The Tropang Kuripot". But next time we promise! Gusto kasi namin ipractice yung biglaang lakaran, yung tipong walang pilitan para natutuloy. Kasi usually pag planado puchu-puchu lang eh. And pagaganahin niyo din yung pagiging kuripot niyo.haha! No offense but we also need to level up! Tama na ang pagkukuripot ok. Para mas masaya diba! Basta next time :)

IN ALL THINGS, GOD SHOULD BE GLORIFIED :D