New Year Special Pictures

Charming Cukatoo.

Davao Crocodile Park *new*

One of Davao's 'skyscarper' - Landco Building (16 floors) - a business corporate center.

This isn't Bagiuo or Milan dude, it's on Eden Nature Park - slopes of Mt. Apo. Really Breathtaking.

Inside DIA - Airline check-in counters. If it's holiday season, crowds are jampacked on each and every counters.

Overview of Davao Int'l Airport aboard on PAL 811. Preparing for final approach on Runway 23

The New Davao Control Tower. I used to 'live' in this airport facility!

Billboards sprawling in downtown Davao - taken on F. Bangoy St cor. Ponciano St. (Billboards isn't a trend in this city unlike Manila, wherein each and every streets contain billboard signs and streamers.)

Facade of the new Davao Int'l Airport.

The new Davao Int'l Airport - On aboard with PAL 809 (A340-300) taxiing.

This is the old Davao Int'l Airport - it was believed to be haunted!

I think this was in R. Magsaysay St, if not mistaken. Shot time - 5.30pm

Freaky Dream

Philippine Airlines 747-400 on approach to Davao Int'l Airport Runway 05


Saddam Hussein

I've been absent yesterday due to intense boredom. Duh, I mean I slept the whole day, play with my keyboards which I couldn't compose even a single melody for the graduation song which drives me nuts! And of course, the food in the house is in state of depletion. Oh men, what the heck! But thank God, I've been too busy, texting with my friends of course. We talk about almost everything under the sun and I texted almost all of them until dawn.

By midnight, one of my classmate who happens to be my friend, texted me almost midnight and asked me this oh-so weird question. Well it goes like this:

Friend: Renz, na.a koy question.. (Renz, I have a question..)

Me: What?

Friend: Na.a na ka uyab? (Do you have a girlfriend?)

Me: Never in my life.

Friend: As in sure na sure? Atik? (Are you sure? Really)

Me: Hell, yes! And kung may gf na ako, you'll be the first one to know!

Friend: Talaga ha? What are friends are for.. kala ko uyab na mo ni ***** (Oh? okay, I thought **** was your gf?)

Me: What? Seriously? Duh, yuccckkk, of all na mga girls jan, siya pah? Excuse me (yuccckkk!)

Friend: Bwahahahahaha!ü

Then our text conversation went on for almost 2 hours and our topic? Love and infatuation. It's just like I had a crush on her or what. Duh, that doesn't matter at all. Sheesh. Anyways, because of this inquisitive topic, I had this weirdest dream!

But before I proceed, today, Saddam Hussein, was now executed in Iraq. Perfect for Sunni Muslims because they gained justice but imperfect to Shiites - your leader's a killer men!

Well, here it is:

Dream no.1

The setting is quite ordinary for me. An ordinary school just to endure. We had this 'trip' to one of the subdivision - La Verna. I don't know why but half of the Chrysolite class went on this trip, and mind you, I had a girlfriend on this dream and she's our topic when we had this conversation with my friend. And funny it seems but what's funnier than this is that when we decided to go home because we passed on a 'quarry site' on the second entrance of the village (which doesn't exist in real life), we hailed a jeppney. Funny thing was, the conductors, as well as the drivers were British. They spoke with there common British twang. Weird it seems. As we arrived at the school, we decided to eat at Boodel's. Hay naku!

Dream no.2

This is totally different but I don't why, maybe it's just connected with my dream or what. Okay here it goes. It was a cold night. Actually, it was 9pm. I was all alone in my house. Then I decided to chill myself in the garden. Then, I've noticed Philippine Airlines flight PR 813 circling in the sky over and over again. And the noise of the engine is quite unusual. Worse, it was the Boeing 747-400 aircraft. It circled in the sky, and then reappears eventually on its route.

*On the Davao Control Tower:*

Air Traffic Controller: Philippine 813 go ahead.

813: 813 is now on 40, and waiting for clearance for final approach.

ATC: Philippine 813 you are not cleared to have a final approach. Runway 05 (zero-five) is not cleared. Use for departure of Cebu 965.

813: Philippine 813 maintains its altitude. Going on steady of 40 and circling about 20 miles from runway 05.

ATC: Copy that.

After 5 minutes

813: Davao?!

ATC: Go ahead.

813: Philippine 813 request to have an emergency landing. We had a minor problem on our engine no.3.

ATC: Request confirmed. We would abort the departure of Cebu 965.

813: Copy that.

ATC: Okay, Cebu 965 abort departure, request of a PAL 813 emergency landing has been granted. Please remain stand-by.

Cebu 965: Copy that tower.

ATC: Okay, Philippine 813, what's your position?

813: Still maintaining the 40 altitude and still 20 miles from runway 05. Circling at 20 miles NNE and dumping some fuel. Request for clearance tower.

ATC: Okay, Philippine 813 you are cleared to land at runway 05 and have a final approach of 10 miles.

*Inthe aircraft, the pilots are confused, their communication has been cut-off by unidentified circumstances*

After 5 minutes or so..

Tower: Philippine 813, what's your position?

*no answer*

Tower: Philippine 813 do you copy? (They repeat this over and over again) - until one ATC grabbed a binocular and was in total shock of what he had witness.

Manwhile:

I called my mom, and there we watched the horrifying incident. PAL 813 had this weird engine noise until the deadly silence went on. The light of the jumbo jet went off and good thing, the plane's still clear because of the moon's illumination. Somehow, the plane went on its final and deadly slope. The plane's engine went on again but it was too late. A clear sharp noise was clear, for the pilots struggled in the cockpit just to regain the height of the airplane. The jumbo jet's altitude was getting lower and lower until it finally crashed some 10 miles north from my house. It crashed in a plain field. All 500+ on aboard with this plane died in just a snap.

Weird dream, weird dream. I think this is the end.

Renz Marione M. Bulseco

12.30.06 - 02.30 pm - local time :: +8.00 GMT

Procrastination : A Student's Common Malady

Why Do Students Procrastinate?

There are many reasons why students procrastinate. Here are the most common reasons:

1. Perfectionism. A student’s standard of performance may be so high for a task that it does not seem possible to meet that standard.

2. Fear of Failure. A student may lack confidence and fear that he/she will be unable to accomplish a task successfully.

3. Confusion. A student may be unsure about how to start a task or how it should be completed.

4. Task Difficulty. A student may lack the skills and abilities needed to accomplish a task.

5. Poor Motivation. A student may have little or no interest in completing a task because he/she finds the task boring or lacking in relevance.

6. Difficulty Concentrating. A student may have too many things around that distract him/her from doing a task.

7. Task Unpleasantness. A student may dislike doing what a task requires.

8. Lack of Priorities. A student may have little or no sense about which tasks are most important to do.

How Do I Know if I Procrastinate Excessively?

You procrastinate excessively if you agree with five or more of the following statements:

1. I often put off starting a task I find difficult
2. I often give up on a task as soon as I start to find it difficult.
3. I often wonder why I should be doing a task.
4. I often have difficulty getting started on a task.
5. I often try to do so many tasks at once that I cannot do any of them.
6. I often put off a task in which I have little or no interest.
7. I often try to come up with reasons to do something other than a task I have to do.
8. I often ignore a task when I am not certain about how to start it or complete it.
9. I often start a task but stop before completing it.
10. I often find myself thinking that if I ignore a task, it will go away.
11. I often cannot decide which of a number of tasks I should complete first.
12. I often find my mind wandering to things other that the task on which I am trying to work.

What Can I Do About Excessive Procrastination?

Here are some things you can do to control excessive procrastination.

1. Motivate yourself to work on a task with thoughts such as “There is no time like the present,” or “Nobody’s perfect.”
2. Prioritize the tasks you have to do.
3. Commit yourself to completing a task once started.
4. Reward yourself whenever you complete a task.
5. Work on tasks at the times you work best.
6. Break large tasks into small manageable parts.
7. Work on tasks as part of a study group.
8. Get help from teachers and other students when you find a task difficult.
9. Make a schedule of the tasks you have to do and stick to it.
10. Eliminate distractions that interfere with working on tasks.
11. Set reasonable standards that you can meet for a task.
12. Take breaks when working on a task so that you do not wear down.
13. Work on difficult and/or unpleasant tasks first.
14. Work on a task you find easier after you complete a difficult task.
15. Find a good place to work on tasks.



Above all, think positively and get going. Once you are into a task, you will probably find that it is more interesting than you thought it would be and not as difficult as you feared. You will feel increasingly relieved as you work toward its accomplishment and will come to look forward to the feeling of satisfaction you will experience when you have completed the task.

Reflection:

Me, myself doing this common malady!

source: http://salaswildthoughts.blogspot.com

Renz Marione M. Bulseco

12.27.06 - 4.08 pm - local time

Text Scams

You know, I really hate this days when you had a bad internet connection. Arrghh! Well anyways, the weather for today is somehow good, actually. It's not hot and I think I like the weather today! Anyways, this is not a good idea actually to write in a blog, or what was I'm thinking?! Duh.

Today, for the first time in the history, I woke up, seeing relentless or something, nah! I woke up approximately 1 pm, more or less. Well I thought it was still 10.30 am or something, but because of the weather, the absence of the intense and unbearable heat of the sun, I woke up that late. But surprisingly, mom didn't scold me, well actually she actually didn't care about my sleeping habit not long since summer. Furthermore, mom understood me as well, thinking that during school days or what, I had an inadequate sleep - a mere less than 6 hours during normal school days and less than 3 hours during exam and even unit test week. Arrghh, now seriously.
During this yuletide season, I've been receiving a LOT of gm's (group messages) about there daily life and some sort of greetings of course. Inasmuch that I want to be 'in' in the society, since summer, Globe Telecoms introduced a life-long Unlimited SMS Service! Yeehah! Hurrah for Globe! Such things that I've been receiving like jokes, thoughts (which I erased it the moment I received such thoughts.. frankly..) and anything under the sun makes my day complete.. Really? Nah..

One day, I received this text message from my friend. It's quite funny though but it goes like this:

*on a text conversation:*

girl 1: Talaga? Nakita mo na ang girl? (Really? Did you see the girl?)

girl 2: Oo! ü (yep! ü)

girl 1: Hehe, maganda? (Hehe, is she pretty?)

girl 2: Uhmm, mabait naman din. (Uhmm, she's nice though.)

girl 1: Pero maganda? (But is she pretty?)

girl 2: basta mabait! (She's nice okay? Period!)

Nyaha! Just can't keep myself laughing so hard after I received his text message.
There are other types of messages, here they are:

1.) gm's - commonly known as group messages. Otherwise, it could be a 'mini-blog' wherein you could post your thoughts and the latest gigs and happenings of your life in your cp. Also, gm's would contain some shout-outs to your friends that is sent to everybody.

2.) greetings - To be precise, a normal teen like me would average 6 greetings per day. Dawn, morning, lunch time or nooniez, afternoon, dusk, and night time. This is also, by the way, another kind of gm.

3.) Thoughts and Jokes - Preferably, people send jokes and thoughts just to apply the deal of unlimited text. Some jokes would be rather funny or corny and thoughts would be inspiring or redundant. It's up to you now.

Well, folks, some texters by the way would be fun to text with or boring to text with. Mind you, if you feel that you're totally bored with your textmate like, if he/she answers only yes or no or whatever similar to that, nah, waste of time, leave him alone dude!

*It's really hard if you can't connect to blogger and friendster! Since for the last 3 days, internet connection has been bad, really really bad! Maybe this is the effect of the earthquake which occured at Taiwan last night that affected the telephone line of Bayantel, PLDT and other wireless connection which includes internet connection.*

Renz Marione M. Bulseco
12.27.06 - 03.51 pm - local time :: +8.00 GMT

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2006 pictures

Here are some events that changed the country for the year 2006:

Pacquiao became triumphant for two straight times from Morales.

Leyte Landslide - 13 days after the Ultra Stampede.

These 3 pics are the post-traumatic incidents brought by the Stampede. Relatives of the victims hunger for justice.

Leo Orracion and Pastour Emata reached the summit of Mt. Everest. Angat ang Pinoy!

The Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition - Kim is the grand winner!

Keanna was also the PBB Celebrity Big Winner

Yeng Constantino became the Grand Star during the finals of PDA

*anymore?*

*2 years ago, Dec. 25 - Killer Tsunami strucked Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kenya and Somalia that claimed almost 300,000 lives.*

Renz Marione M. Bulseco

12.26.06 - 06.25 pm - local time :: +8.00 GMT

Countdown 2007 - Yearend Special

Well, before 2007 comes, let me post som highlights regarding this oh-so wonderful year 2006:

*mind you, it really takes time to write on this blog since it takes time to extract all memories in my mind.*

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January 2006 - Welcome 2006! Well, we got back into our respective classrooms - Ruby. Arrghhh, makikita ko naman ang mukha ni Ma'am Lacson. Sheesh. I remember that my pimple outbreak really intensifies this period. Well, mom ordered three solutions to Dra. Gueverra and hindi na ako hiyang sa gamot ko, the effect backfires. My skin becomes irritated especially with the tretinoin lotion which makes my skin like a burnt charcoal- nah not exactly. Just imagine that my face was buried under the intense heat of the sun for about 3 hours or I was locked in a microwave oven for just an hour or so. Periodical Test Papers have been returned and so far, so good. In our music class, we had this new and 'funny' substitute teacher after Ma'am Cynthia. Why she's funny? It's because she had a funny accent and diction. Mind you, I just can't help myself to snicker ar what the heck. Seemingly, her project is quite tedious - Musical play and worse I'm the leader of the pact. Serously though, this is the first time of m y entire life that I got stressed in school. This month is also the Culmination Week and thanks to Cedric, I've got a part on the show, dubber nga lang but it's okay, it's was a worthwhile experience, after all. Manny Pacquiao also won from his opponent, Erik Morales. Itaas ang bandila ng Pinoy!

February 2006 - It's the month of love and I thought it was a wonderful month though I was wrong, definitely wrong. On the fourth day of February, it was an ordinary day but as early as 6 am, the crowd began to swell to approximately to 30,000 outside the Ultra or the Philsports Arena building. It was Wowowee's first anniversary to be held at that venue. But, only 17,000 would be allowed to enter the colliseum - a mere half of the crowd. This caused the outrageous Stampede in the Philippine Television History in which the poorest of the poor went to that event just to win various prizes showcased by the show. But the entire plan backfired. Thus the show itself got suspended and got back in the air on March 3. 71 lives had been perished and 800 are injured from this accident. 13 days later, another tragedy strucked the country. It was the deadly landslide in St. Bernard, Leyte which claimed more than a thousand lives on that certain town only. I remember that TV Patrol showed a girl, a survivor, staring blankly on the camera with allthe dirt and mud on her face. Her eyes are quite freaky which gave a creeps on that night. Text and email scams had began to circulate about these series of unfortunate events which occured every 13 days. Coincidence or not? God only knows what.This month is also the JS Prom which was held in our school only. But it was fun - from the food and services although I was so dissatisfied with my prom picture. Eeeww! Nah, Just pass this on dude. This time, I had this feud with my friend which happened to be my groupmate. I mean, I can't went to her house or everyone's house because it's too far and we had this intense financial problem. Naah, let be bygones be bygones. After we're atill good friends naman din. It was the launching of PBB Celebrity Edition - the day of the Ultra Stampede. This event was held at Baywalk, pretty cool huh? And the musical play? It was a success, TOTAL SUCCESS!

March 2006 - School years gonna end soon and I'm pretty excited because we'll not meet Ma'am Lacson's grumpy face again. Besides, next year would be a lot more challenging than we'd expected, mind you! We had our Farewell Party held on Mergrande Beach Resort and mind you, the weather was so cold that it rained for almost the entire day, eventually. I couldn't bare the intense freezing temperature of the pool and a miracle happened on this party. Mama Lacsy brought 2 buckets of fried chicken and some beverages. Awwwhh, how sweeeet! This month, me, Cokok, Mimi and Kim decided to enroll at the Summer Advance Class on Physics. Learning is fun dude! And for my final general average in my third year? 91.8. Not bad at all!

April 2006 - I was totally hooked up with my cellphone because of the Unli Craze! Mind you, every morning, I woke up in the morning and I would be surprised because I would received more than 60 messages purely made from gm's and greetings. I ventured every morning from my boring home to the school just to attend the Physics class. Keanna  Reeves was the big winner of PBB Celebrity Edition. It was also the launching of PBB Teen Edition. And my final grade for the advance class? 96%! Excellentus Mucho!

May 2006 - It was the first time when a Pinoy reached the summit of Mt. Everest. It was a triumphant goal although, for about two weeks, the news is all about the adventure and the perseverance of the Filipinos just to reach the summit with a height of 29,000 ft. Nakabibingi nga talaga minsan ang news eh. My sleeping time changed drastically. I slept at 2.30am wake up at noon. I was totally hooked up with the PBB Teens and I really adored Kim Chui but hindi na ngayon - overexposed na siguro. And also, almost all of my friends and schoolmates noticed that I really looked like Mikee Lee. Well duh, the hell I care but hey, thanks, it was a compliment. School is nearing and I'm pretty anxious about the life of a Senior.

June 2006 - Kim Chui turned out to be PBB Teen's Big Winner followed by Mikee, Gerald and Clare. Pasukan nah! Thank God, I belonged to Chrysolite class. So far so good, lessons are not that bad and I really like my classmates and the adviser itself! I think it's time to pump those neurons again for another life - the scholastic life. Time to save money too for Christmas!

July 2006 - Almost everyday, we practiced for our Mother Candida Song Composition in which I was the composer and the pianist in our section. Various praises and compliments came from my friends after they heard my song composition. Tired and exhausted, but still it was wirth it for we won the first place during the eliminations. It was really good and I want to repeat that momentous event after all! I gained friends to my new classmates and we had this special bond with each other and thus CTJ2x was established. Don't ask what that stands for dude. Secretoooohh!

August 2006 - This month is the birhday of yours truly, brother Mama Tza and  Milay. This month, I had this terrible 'text' fight with Bokbok. I mean, she's really that assuming and thought that she's that beautiful or what. I mean she's very conceited and very palaban to her freaking mom in which her 'moomy dearest' confronted me. Duh, the hell I care. Losers stick together - losers pa rin. Hahaha, palibasa walang breeding kasi broken family - oops! In this month, lessons are getting harder and harder and this was the time that I hated Economics that much.

September 2006 - It's DACS Meet! But due to our hard headedness and because we're too stubborn to deal with, we went to the Neo-ethnic presentation held on UIC in which we got scolded by Sir Puno on the spot! Whew! But eventually he died on the 29th day, the day before the Scout Festival. *Sniff-sniff*. Anyways, this month, was also our Retreat and it was sooo good and I want to repeat it. Just see my archives on my blog and find my entry all about my retreat. It was the first distribution of cards and thank God, I managed get the 4th place with an average of 89.6. Weee!

October 2006 - Lessons are really getting a lot harder than we thought but we had no choice but to study till dawn. At last, before I graduate, it was my first time to attend Patigamay Quiz Bee held on SM Entertainment plaza. But we didn't won, unfortunately but it was a funny experience though. Yesterday on that day, I also attended the Divisions Press Conference in Sports Writing. I even won the fourth place! Through this, I will represent Davao City for the upcoming Regional Secondary Schools Press Conference to be held on December 13-15, 2006 at Apokon, Tagum City! Also, on this month, Nagmamahal Kapamilya featured the story of David Eric Poarch or commonly known as the Coconuter. Check our his blog - http://coconuter.blogspot.com. Thus, it was my first time to Blogger! Yeehah! Got addicted to blogs though. Lastly, at long last, we had our Mangrove Planting (see my post..) at Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya, Davao City. Oh, just don't expect that you'll don't get wet in that area though the beach is white-sanded but the area is underdeveloped. Pawikan Sanctuary nga eh.

November 2006- It's sembreak and I had the chance to sneek-peek with the Pinoy Dream Academy. I really adored Yeng because she could compose songs beautifully and also Irish because she had resemblance to Lindsay Lohan. Also, I dreamed Sir Puno, just 4 days before his 40 days. Freaky and spooky though. I also attended 2 quiz bees - The Clash and the Barog Kalikupan Environment Quiz Bee. We didn't won the first but won 6th place on the latter. Stress week is much more frequent than it seems. Everyday, I felt to down and weary thinking that the teachers had been inconsiderate to us. The Social and Filipino Club had this field trip on Japanese Musuem and the Philippine Eagle in Calinan, Davao City - a mere an hour drive away from downtown. Manny Pacquiao, once again had this sweet victory from Erik Morales. I think this would be the end of Erik's boxing career. He's rich naman so he could venture on different business.

December 2006 - The last month of the year. We celebrated and presented our last foundation day. Too sad but we definitely enjoyed our last dance number. Schedules met to my affairs unexpectedly though. I had to attend the Regional Secondary Schools Press Conference in which it's the Periodical exam as well. Somehow, I managed to rescheduled the exam and I even got leakage on the three exams (ooppss! just see my 'confessions' entry.) During the Panunuluyan Presentation, I was the pianist and thank God, I only committed some minor mistakes. Yeehaahh! Oh, about the RSPC, I didn't won and definitely I can't go to Baguio City, huhuhu, too bad. But I had a wonderful experience on Tagum - those laughters that we had to deal with it.

2006 is surely a memorable year to me. Maybe, 2007 is apt to be a wonderful year or a dreadful year. Who knows? I don't believe on such fearless forecast by Astrologers because they're only made for entertainment and when it happens, it's only a coincidence. We are the ones who are responsible in cultivating and writing our own history - too humane to see. If were responsible enough, then 2007 would be a great year for everyone.

 

Happy New Year everybody! Cheers!

 

PS: Mind you, it took me for almost 3 hours just to complete this entry. Hope you like it!

 

Renz Marione M. Bulseco

12.26.06 - 05.31 pm - local time :: +8.00 GMT