getting ready

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
12:13 am US Pacific Time

I am now in the process of gathering all my thoughts, after almost a year now of being blank and searching for my thoughts and finding my passion for writing, I am glad to say that I am now ready to be back! :)

Latest trends for the Youth

With the birth of this new era, comes also the rise of modernization in our lifestyle and in our environment, and as days pass by scientists and inventors tend to discover more innovative ways in reconstructing the world to its all new appearance. With this kind of modern environment, how is the youth of today influenced in making decisions for their choice of life style?
To give an answer, I asked some fellow youngsters with their opinion regarding the latest trends in the market that has a strong following on the youth.

Internet and Media TV
Social or Online Networking, Web Blogs, E-Mail Advertising, and Online Shopping are only some of what the Internet has for you, the rise of this so called “New Media” has definitely been one of the most biggest influence of this generation’s life style. The internet has been widely used by many young people since it gives easy access to what we mostly desire for, with just a click of a finger the internet gives you everything in your hand.
Furthermore, Media and TV Entertainment influences us specially our young ones by shaping our thoughts to what we perceive in real life. One example would be celebrities and TV personalities who also contribute a roll in influencing the youth to their choice of daily life, from fashion down to the latest expression each young one aspires or tries to be like their favorite TV personality.
Easy access, comfort ability and entertainment are the three best traits of the internet and media TV that definitely catches the attention of this generation, which influences their life style the most.

Technology and other Digital Products
From early evolution to innovation, technology has truly proved itself and brought its way in making impossible to possible. With the rise of digital products like mobile phones, digital cameras, sleek television sets, other gadgets, and games; fashion or style for every youngster would not be complete without joining this technological trend. A trend which is definitely influencing not just the youth but almost everyone in our modern society.
For some people being “techi” is being “in” with style, for others these technological products help them in making life easier and enjoying, others use these products as basis of their financial status in life, the more modern gadgets you have the more likely people perceive you to be far-off wealthy, as of texting will always be a part of every Filipino’s life style.
Indeed, technology has rooted itself into the life of every individual be it young or young at heart.

Fashion
Through the years fashion has always been a part of every individual’s life, proving that fashion is truly ageless. With this generation, fashion has always been a hot pick for the young, from trend setters to being simple and unique; fashion serves as one way of expressing yourself to the world.
Nowadays, fashion seem to be more persuasive, people especially the young tend to wear what they see is good on others, one example would be the number of youths who wear skinny jeans and Muslim inspired scarf’s because they see it on celebrities on TV. Teens get easily influenced on the way they see fashion, making fashion as a domino effect to most youngsters, giving a reason “if one wears it, so can I.”
Fashion also has a strong following on the youth depending with their culture or interpretation about life, before youths wearing “emo” kinds of clothes are interpreted by others as suicidal and dark, but now wearing dark “emo” clothes is now a sense of fashion for those who are musically inclined with heavy rock music which have different kinds of interpretation about life.
Truly, fashion does have a variety of meanings it’s just up to us on how we interpret it with our daily life, what’s important is that we could show our uniqueness to the world as an individual and not as what we see on others, because fashion is simply being you.

Let's wrap it up!
With today’s generation of youngsters being bombarded with so many ways on how to influence us brought by globalization and modernization in this world, we should be aware and conscious enough in choosing the things that would influence us and our young ones the most, not for what is bad but for what is good. This is just the start of what is in stored for youth's like you and me who are now branded as “Generation X.”

My very first

I was suppose to post this long ago, but I forgot until I saw it on my files when I was cleaning up my computer's memory, well I thought of posting it now at least I could have something new to post here since I've been silent for nearly three months already. This is actually my very first article to be published and its on Central Luzon Business Week, the only business news paper of the central region of Luzon in the Philippines, this article was written when I was still in my college days, so it really brings me back to my college memories.

New hot spots for the new generation

With a newly branded world comes with its new generation and with this fast and innovative world the new youth of today also changes the way of its lifestyle. Here is my review of some of the new hang out places in Pampanga for youngsters and also for those young at heart.

Cold Spoon

Fresh frozen yogurt served at its best, this is what Cold Spoon is all about a new and healthy hang out place for the new generation, especially for those young ones who are health and figure conscious. Cold Spoon more commonly known as “frozen yogurt” gives you a perfect hang out place to chat and socialize with your friends while having a healthy dose of dessert, with its cool white ambiance and its Eskimo look structure gives you a feeling of heaven and earth combined. With its fresh open last September 2007, Cold Spoon has definitely made its mark in being one of Pampanga’s new hang out place for the new generation, being commonly patronized by youngsters, young professionals or “yuppies”, and college students not only in Pampanga but also as far as Metro Manila.

Owned and operated by a group of friendly and health conscious Koreans, Cold Spoon would give you several variations and flavors of frozen yogurts of your choice, from their Blue Berry best seller (which is definitely yum! yum!) all the way to the traditional Chocolate Chip, Oreo, and Caramel flavors and many more. Cold Spoon is definitely changing the taste buds of the new generation of Filipinos to a healthy but still delicious lifestyle. Located at Fil-Am Hi-way, Angeles City (more commonly known as Friendship Road), Cold Spoon is unique and original like you being the first of its kind in the Philippines. Have a break, hang out and treat yourself with Cold Spoon.

Cioccolo

If you’re in a food trip and loves to hang out with your family and friends on a late night dinner, then Cioccolo is the best new place for you. Located at the majestic Grand Royal Estate, Grand Palazzo Royale in Angeles City, Cioccolo gives you a perfect and quiet European ambiance away from the buzzing sound of the Metro. With its grand start as a coffee and cake shop late last year and now being a full pledge restaurant, Cioccolo is now one of the most patronized hang out place for those young ones and also young at heart, who has that one big love for food. This European inspired restaurant gives you a variation of International Food and Delicacies of your choice, with big servings at a very reasonable price putting your satisfaction always on top of their list. Some of their delicious best sellers are Roast Beef Belly, your choice of pasta, and Mexican food together with their signature best seller cakes and desserts like Pistachio and Ferrero Cake which is patronized and much loved by celebrities and super stars like singer and actress Agot Isidro and heartthrob Piolo Pascual.

Cioccolo, which is open from five in the afternoon up to twelve mid-night during Sunday to Thursday, and up to one o’clock in the morning during Friday’s and Saturday’s gives you satisfaction of hanging out on an afternoon and late night bonding with friends and family.

Gloria Jeans Coffees

With today’s generation of youths one of the best way of hanging out with friends is enjoying their company and socializing over a cup of coffee, weather hot, chilled, or ice blended Gloria Jeans Coffees gives you that best coffee experience of a life time. Being the very first international franchise in Central Luzon, Gloria Jeans is located at the heart of Pampanga along Olongapo- Gapan Road, Shell Northwalk, San Fernando City. With its “homey” atmosphere, friendly and courteous staff and crew, and together with all its other amenities, this Australian “Coffee” Company which opened early April this year in Pampanga is dedicated to give that total coffee satisfaction. Professionals, College Students, “Yuppees”, and other youngster’s and members of the social class could also hang out and enjoy their coffee at Gloria Jeans while reviewing or surfing the net with their free Wi-Fi access. Open from 8:00 A.M to 2:00 A.M the following day seven days a week.

Being branded as the newest hot spot in Pampanga Gloria Jeans is definitely a place for everyone to hang out and enjoy, for Gloria Jeans “where not just making coffee, what’s important is to treat our guest as Family.”

As I make my simple tour across Pampanga, I never knew that there were great and new hang out places for me to discover, so come on enjoy and explore the beauty of Pampanga.

My first seven pages

Today is exactly my first week back here in America the land as they say where dreams do come true and today also marks my first seven pages of my my new chapter in ife, to go over the past week everything has been pretty good with me lately, I arrived here safely, my relatives have been very supportive with me, and I'm doing all I need to do each step at a time in which I'm about to take my driving exam tomorrow and hope it will be just fine since its more strict here and people here do really follow the rules. For today, I attended the Sunday mass and prayed I lifted my thanks and gratitude to God above for always being there to guide and bless me with everything, specially with my studies through college in which He had never let me down, and now I thank Him more. for I had really testified that He is always beside me and had never failed to hear me and guide me with His light. While praying I was actually feeling tear drops running out from my eyes, they we're tears of happiness and thanksgiving to God which we're also tears that represented how sincere my prayer to Him that very moment was, how sincere I was in thanking Him in which everything really came from the heart. With this may God always bless me and you with all the coming weeks, months, and years of our chapters in life.

Amen..

I'm leaving on a jet plane

By this day (10-19-08) this would be my song:




ooh

all my bags are packed
i'm ready to go
i'm standing here
outside your door
i hate to wake you up to say good bye
but the dawn is breaking
its early morn
the taxis waiting
he's blowing his horn
already i'm so lonesome i could die

*CHORUS
So kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause i'm leaving on a jet plane
don't know when i'll be back again
oh babe, i hate to go*

there's so many times i've let you down
so many times i've played around
i tell you now they don't mean a thing
every place i go i think of you
every song i sing i sing for you
when i come back
i'll wear your wedding ring

*CHORUS*

and now the time has come to leave you
one more time
oh let me kiss you
then close your eyes
and i'll be on my way
dream about the days to come
when i won't have to leave alone
about the times when i won't have to say...

*CHORUS*

i'm leaving on a jet plane
don't know when i'll be back again
oh babe, i hate to go

i'm leaving on a jet plane
leaving on a jet plane x 8
on a jet plane

Before I shift the page

After so many years of counting and struggling as a student, finally here it comes I'm down to my last page of this chapter, after this night everything about me would some how change, from being dependent from parents to being independent and mature, in these following days of my life I expect to encounter more difficult obstacles to struggle, much heavier weight to carry over my shoulders, and bigger responsibilities to decide on.

So before I shift this final page to the next chapter of my life let me thank everybody who've been a part of this chapter, to all my classmates, mentors, family, friends, and of course my bestbro! and to everyone else, thank you so so much for being a part of me in this chapter of my journey, it has been a great experience for me that made me learn different things about life. And as I continue this journey may you still also continue in being a part of my story, this is just the start, and I'm so excited to see what's in store for me as we move forward.

As I open my eyes tomorrow, the world would also open its bigger picture to me. Because tomorrow this little boy in school is now a man that has learned and grown through experience and knowledge.

my last six days

I can't believe that I'm finally down to my last six days as a student, after five and a half years of studying, five and half years of falling but still standing and continuing to struggle, and five and half years of moving from three different courses, finally I could tell the world that I am graduating. Its been a roller coaster ride experience for me, from the tops and turns of school work and peer pressure, to the flips and wiggles of decision making, college life has definitely made me more mature enough to face the world.

I would definitely miss a lot of things with school, teachers, classmates, school activities, field trips, school organizations, and of course my daily allowance. I really couldn't imagine how fast time really flies, I could still remember my first day in school and now I'm about to approach the finish line in this leg of the race.

My faith has really helped me in reaching this finish line and so I thank God in giving me the strength to believe in myself and never made quitting as an option for me, even though I had failed for so many times HE has always been there to reach a hand to me and stand, He has definitely been my rock who I know that I could always count on, HE has been my light who never failed to guide me to right path of my student life, He has been my sculptor who had perfectly shaped me in what I am today, and with God's grace I am now ready to face the bigger picture of the world.

In six days I'm about to move on to the next chapter of my life, and with God's intercession I know I would make it.

Kailan nga ba?

I could really relate with this song, don't ask why. After listening to it then you'll know why.




Bakit kaya nangangamba
Sa tuwing ika'y nakikita
Sana nama'y magpakilala

Ilang ulit nang nagkabangga
Aklat kong dala'y pinulot mo pa
'Di ka pa rin nagpakilala

REFRAIN
Bawat araw sinusundan
'Di ka naman tumitingin
Ano'ng aking dapat gawin

Bakit kaya umiiwas
Binti ko ba'y mayroong gasgas
Nais ko lang magpakilala

Dito'y mayroon sa puso ko
Munting puwang laan sa 'yo
Maaari na bang magpakilala

REFRAIN
Bawat araw sinusundan
'Di ka naman tumitingin
Ano'ng aking dapat gawin

CHORUS
Kailan (kailan), kailan mo ba mapapansin ang aking lihim
Kahit ano'ng aking gawin, 'di mo pinapansin
Kailan (kailan), kailan hahaplusin ang pusong bitin na bitin
Kahit ano'ng gawing lambing, 'di mo pa rin pansin

Bakit kaya umiiwas
Binti ko ba'y mayroong gasgas
Nais ko lang magpakilala

REFRAIN
Bawat araw sinusundan
'Di ka naman tumitingin
Ano'ng aking dapat gawin

CHORUS
Kailan (kailan), kailan mo ba mapapansin ang aking lihim
Kahit ano'ng aking gawin, 'di mo pinapansin
Kailan (kailan), kailan hahaplusin ang pusong bitin na bitin
Kahit ano'ng gawing lambing, 'di mo pa rin pansin

Level Up

My very first article will be published tomorrow which is according to my editor-in-chief. I'm so excited to see it, cause its my very first time to have an article published on public news paper, and to think its on broad sheet. Before I could only see my articles on our college paper(during my former course), now its published on a regional business news paper.

Hope you guys get a copy! =D

Almost near the Finish Line

I'm a little excited and little nervous that finally ill be graduating from college around two weeks from now, I wish everything goes well for me after college. Well I think its just normal for most college students to feel this way, but I know that I'll be able surpass this, whatever is in stored for me in the coming days of my life. All I need is to trust in myself on what I can do, and never forget to pray.

OH NO!!!

It really sucks! Why? Cause I've been noticing that I'm gaining weight as in massive weight and that really sucks.. (aside from the gym which i am enrolled) I have to exert extra extra effort in doing something about it, cause I never dreamed in being fat again.

too much drama

A lot of things are happening right now with my family, too much, too complicated and personal for me to share it here on line, thank you very much for understanding if I haven't posted anything for the past weeks, I just wanted to shut up for a while and be silent. I am really confused with everything right now, I am so lost. All I can say is I cant stand the drama anymore, too much drama which is totally changing my family's history, I've been crying alone these past weeks and I've been trying to balance my emotions with my duties in school.

Well, I just hope I could move on easily and fast..

To mom and dad, i love you both..

chapters

I'm now learning to face another chapter of my family's life, and in eight weeks time I'm about to face another big chapter of my life. So many things had really changed, I could still remember back when I was just playing around in High School and now by this time I'm about to start my own life, now I could realize how fast time really flies, and step by step I'm now beginning to accept the realization of reality.

chances

I'm still taking my chances, I may never know that luck may grant me my wish and what I've been dreaming for a long time might come true..

We just never know.. I wish it will just come true..

I've been waiting for it since long ago and I won't stop waiting till the right time comes. My patience will always be my virtue, and my faith will make me continue to believe that dreams do come true, even though I know its as impossible as a fairy tale.

Something new..

Last night I was figuring out how to make my blog page more lively and creative, with this I thought of playing around with my settings and layouts. Finally, I found out how to post pictures and other stuff that I thought was very difficult for me to do, I never knew it was that easy as one, two, three. I just learned something new. Now, I'm just trying to figure out how to move my chatbox to a different position, just keep on visiting my blog for more and invite more readers too. =)

posible...

Balang araw magiging artista at sikat na celebrity din ako... Patuloy lang ako'ng mangangarap hanggang sa maabot ko ang pangarap ko na yoon... At balang araw ay kikislap din ng maningning na manining ang aking bitwuin... At masasabi ko sa sarili ko na natupad ko ang matagal ko nang pangarap... Walang imposible basta't mangarap ka lang, at ang pangarap mo ang siya'ng magiging tulay patungo sa rurok ng iyong tagumpay... Maniwala ka, dahil sa Diyos walang imposible...

First..

Today is Monday the first day of the working week, where in I also had my exam for my job application, if ever I'll get accepted this would be my very first job experience whatever job that is, just wait and see who knows you might see me on TV. hehehe.. Well actually, a friend of mine told me that CLTV 36 is looking for a new VJ for its MTV like program called Music Zone in which their former VJ resigned already so I just thought of taking my chance to apply for the position. Who knows I might be the one their looking for right? At least this could make me busy during the weekdays since I don't have class during those days, yup! you heard it, I only go to class during Saturday since I only have two more subjects left in school. If ever I get the position, of course I'll be very very happy, at last I'll be seen on TV.. hehehe.. =)

Aside from that, today was also my first day at the gym, actually my first day of going back to the gym after a year or so of resting, it was pretty cool though cause this time I'm in a "first class" gym, ahehe =) though its honestly much expensive to pay but its alright as long I get everything I'm looking for, thats why I'm really praying to get the job. Anyway, its feels good being back in the gym I missed the regular work outs that I've been doing before and of course its feels really good to go back in shape.

There were actually a lot of first for today, but it will take us long before I could tell you everything.. so thats all for now.. till next time..

Ciao =)