Archive for June, 2007

Mi espanols es mal

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

saturday
am (june 23), i went jogging around the neighborhood. unfortunately, i got lost on the
way back and i ended  up asking directions from a spanish speaking family
on how to get home. just when i needed to speak the language, all my verbs and my vocabulary goes down the drain.

"Hola!"
>>> Hola!

"Una pregunta…Graham road, la direccion?"
>>> (the two women look at me with blank stares)

"Graham road - G-R-A-H-A-M uhm… (then i point to right and left)??

the hitch was, they couldnt understand my spanish.
luckily, the 7 year old son understood what i was saying. He translated to his mom and responded
to me in english.

"Graham road is that way!"
>>>>> GRACIAS!!!!!

Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

¡¡me gusta esta canción mucho!!!

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Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left, you kissed my lips
You told me you would never, ever forget
These images

Well, I’d never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you’re gone and I’m haunted
And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that
Easy to walk right in and out
Of my life?

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

What I wont forget about stat class

Friday, June 8th, 2007

Clean_kitchen
Kung meron akong isang bagay na hindi makakalimutan tungkol sa spring quarter, yun ay yung
statistics class ko. Gusto ko talagang masabi sa sarili ko na kahit kapiranggot ay may naintindindihan naman ako kapag nagbabasa ako ng quantitative studies kaya nag-enroll ako with my other commdev classmates Lauren, Laura, and Ivan.

Kaya naman kahit malapit nang dumugo ang mata ko dahil sa pagta-transform ng variables sa SPSS para sa multiple regression model ko at pitong oras na akong hindi lumalabas ng computer room, go lang ng go para makamit ko ang bragging rights that i survived this course.

Isang gabi, siguro mga kalagitnaan ng quarter, naglalamay na naman kami nina Laura and Lauren sa graduate lab para sa isang SPSS exercise. Malapit na maghatinggabi at hindi pa rin nakukuha ng pinagsama naming lakas ang tamang sagot.

Sa gitna ng kapaguran ko, kasi suko na ako at gusto ko na umuwi, may naalala ako bigla.

"Laura, I think I left the rice burning in the house when we left." Ito yung tono ng boses na parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa kahit na dapat eh shocked na shocked ako.

>>> Laura: "Are you sure?" (tono ng hindi makapaniwala)

>>> Me: "Yeah, I think so. I remembered putting more water and leaving it to cook more before we left."

>>> Lauren: "Lourdes, you are not the type of person who leaves rice burning."

>>> Me: "I know but I still think I left the stove open."

>>> Laura: "Ok I think we have to go home now because there might be fire trucks outside our house."

So kumaripas kaming dalawa, nakabisikleta sa gitna ng dilim pauwi ng bahay. Ito ang kaisa isang beses na iniwan ako ni Laura dahil kinakabahan na siyang baka nasunog na ang luma at sira sira naming bahay.

Sa kalye pa lang, naamoy ko na yung sunog na kanin. Pero praise the Lord dahil walang bumbero dahil sira pala yung fire alarms namin. Imagine kung nag-burn down yung bahay, baka ma deport ako sa Pilipinas ng walang Master’s degree.

Nung umalis ako sa bahay, pula yung kulay ng kawali ng kanin. Sa sobrang sunog niya, itim na siya at natunaw na lahat ng pinta. Tapos lumabas ako sa garden at binaligtad ko yung kawali para matanggal yung dalawang cups na nanigas na kanin. Actually, hanggang ngayon asa likod bahay pa rin yung ebidensya ng pagkakalimot ko at nakita pa siya nung program director namin nung nag host kami ng party.

Anyway, binuksan ni Laura lahat ng bintana, pintuan at electric fan. Tapos naupo na siya at tinawagan si Lauren. Ako naman, sa sobrang shocked ko dahil sa nangyari, naghugas ako ng pinggan for the next 30 minutes with my bike helmet on para mabawasan ang guilty feelings ko.

Mula noon, tuwing nasa grad lab ako at nag SPSS, iniisip ko kung may iniwan ba akong niluluto. At in fairness, nagbunga naman ang paghihirap ko sa kursong ito. After 10 weeks eh nakagawa ako ng logistic regression para sa 10 page research paper ko at natapos ko yung final exam na pinasa ko at 940 am kaninang umaga dahil 10 am yung deadline.

As for our big old house which luckily escaped the fire, we’re leaving it tomorrow for a more decent apartment unit in Carriage Hill where fire alarms work.