HELL WEEK SEM IS ON!

First things first...

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
SPEECH PATHOLOGY SOPHOMORES!
(yes! we did it guys!)
we may not have defended the crown, but we all won.
sa hard work na binigay natin at sa lahat ng lessons na natutunan natin...
dun palang panalo na tayo.
ANG GALING NG BLOCK NATIN!
GO SP 2010!

CONGRATULATIONS (din) SA
SPEECH PATHOLOGY JUNIORS!
(pang champion yung performance niyo!)
super wow yung ginawa niyo!
sobrang natuwa at napaligaya ako.

SP ROCKS!
sobrang galing talaga ng SP's!

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As DAN from the movie CLOSER said:

DECEPTION IS BRUTAL.

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LESSONS:

One of my dearest friends taught me something very nice this week. He taught me that not all decisions you make must be based on percentages. Kumbaga, if 75% of you want option A and only 25% of you want option B, you may not necessarily choose option A. My friend said that there are things that are not just a matter of choice. And I think that what my friend said is true.

There are certain things in life that you have to do not because it will make you happier based on percentages, statistics and proportions. You see, life is not as simple as math equations. Math Equations have definite answers and may only vary if the values given are changed, but life, life is more complicated than that. You can have different answers with the all the same circumstances, because life has no one formula and no one solution. We make our own formulas and solutions; we make our own choices. Whether or not we make the right decision/s can not be judged by anyone, as there is no right or wrong answer to life. It also does not necessarily follow that when we are happy with our decision that we have made the right choice. Because, if it's that easy, that we only have to choose our own happiness, then something must be wrong. Sometimes, doing the right and the good takes a lot more effort. We sometimes need to choose not for our own sake but for the sake of the people around us. We must sometimes forget our own happiness, not for nobility, not just to avoid conflict, but to do what is right.

Doing the right thing is sometimes difficult and, worse, depressing. But it gives comfort when you think about the repercussions of whatever you choose to do; you are able to make people happy. And in turn you get to be happy because the people around you exude so much joy.

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I have another friend who taught me so much also. He is younger than me (but so much better in math, mind you). We had a fairly serious talk the other day and we talked about love. He said that he was in no hurry to get into a relationship right now, and I also felt the same way. We talked about what love is and what love should be. We both agreed that the past relationships we had were no where near what love truly was. It is not merely about holding hands or flowers or dates but something much deeper. I had trouble explaining what I thought about love, because it is just impossible to put into words. Love is something intangible, one cannot touch, see or smell or hear it. But one should be able to feel it in order to know what it truly is. But since man has for so long searched for means to express what love is, I give you the most believable expressions of love, the ones that have truly touched my heart: (for my friend)

I do not love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that does not bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

-Pablo Neruda

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My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah

- from the movie The Notebook

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"Love has to spring spontaneously from within. And it is no way amenable to any form of inner or outer force. Love and coercion can never go together; but though love cannot be forced on anyone, it can be awakened in him through love itslef. Love is essentially communicative; those who do not have it catch it from those who have it. True love is unconquerable and irresistible, and it goes on gathering power and spreading itself...until eventually it transforms everyone whom it touches."

- anonymous

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"The strongest love is love that can demonstrate its fragility"

"Freedom only exists when love is present. The person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly. And the person who loves wholeheartedly feels free."

- Paulo Coelho

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(more to come)

Misunderstandings suck. But when everybody's friends again, you realize that these little things are meant to make your friendship stronger and deeper. You see, love in this kind of relationship is so great that it takes a lot more than grades, pressure and john lloyd-bea movies to shake it. although we have a long way to go and a lot of other misunderstandings to come, I know in my heart that we will never let anything too little to be reason to break the bond we have. And I know that we will make things work. And that's why I love my college barkada...because we have one of the most real friendships ever. It's not just about going out to parties and eating together, it's about growing together and learning things that can't be learned in the classroom with each other. It's not always easy, but every single moment and chance is always worth it. And that is truly saying something. I love Wonderful and FPG!

PLEASE MAKE ME INVISIBLE.

(so that you won't see me when I look at you)

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I send my warmest thanks to the pogi-in-all-the-multiverses Aldrich Ivan Lois Burog. Thank you for that great movie experience that made the ending to this very lousy day happy. You're Superbad. *smiles* And for making me realize a thing or two about friendship. I will be your friend...I promise. And oh, just like in the movie, I'm not ashamed to tell you and will tell you always that I love you.

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Talent Show in a week, and we have nothing.
We'll manage guys.
We will. We always do.
I believe in us.
GO SP!