After you think that everything is goin so smooth, a big black dog will come from behind and bite ur butt (sorry, i didn't wanna say "ass" cuz kat said that's a cuss). This morning, I checked the mail and found that the Ciy of Arlington issued a warrant of my arrest. They are saying that i didn't pay for my moving volation ticket (remember the stop sign?) However, I haven't heard from them about the deferred adjudication! They said they will send me a notice in 4-6 weeks weeks and guess what, the didn't! Now, I have a warrant and a heart that is totally freakin out. They are also asking me to pay $217! That's almost twice the amount of the original ticket! They totally piss me off. Now, I won't be able to drive around arlington streets not worrying that there are cops out there lurking in the shadows ready to pounce on some college kid.

Now I don't wonder why there are so many terrorists that hate the government

I already emailed the detective twice. I also left him a message on the phone (he doesn't pick up on weekends, I guess). On monday, my first agenda will be to try to call the detective AND the Arlington municipal court. Three of my friends already told me not to show up personally as they might arrest me on the spot (how comforting of them). This being my first offense, I really have no idea how to deal with them. I am now scared to go there but I also don't know how to contest the warrant (because obviously, they didn't send me anything about the deferred adjudication thingy). I am also thinking of using the teen court to just do community service. Being in the UTA Volunteers can surely give me alot of opportunities in these kinds of situations.

I didn't really expect this to come this far after a pretty good week, including me being able to kat whenever her parents aren't around..... owell... life sure sucks.

also this afternoon, we were watching "Big, Fat Greek Wedding" and my mom was like "hindi ko kayo pipigilang mag-asawa ng ibang lahi, basta kelangan lang, Katoliko." Thought of me and my hunnie flash into my head. Kat is not Catholic and my Mama is already declaring her disapproval before she even knew. Owell. It always boil down to my choice anyway. i will never let my parents interfere with my love interest/s.

Another thing, we went to kohl's today and mama bought me five new shirts and two new shorts! yay! a fresh new set to my aging clothing line. but that happines is temporary. I can't keep myself from thinking what could happen to me in case a cop pull me over and arrest me for that oustanding warrant. gah... stupid cops! Stupid Arlington law enforcement (---kat)!

Ok. I admit I haven't been updating much lately (the past weekend, to be more specific). My Physics teacher decided to give us a lot of HW (Three chapters for the whole week). It was crappy timing cuz I also got a chem test last monday. More on that later...

Saturday: I went to celebrate "Join Hands Day" with the UTA Volunteers. T'was fun. We went with UTA Americorps and the Girl Scouts. We got to hang out with the seniors, chat with them and play fun games (Name Bingo and Trivia). It was a really fulfilling experience that made me miss my almost pointless conversations with my mother's side grandma. owell. My sis also adopted a dog from SPCA. he's a black 4-yr-old cocker spaniel named Branson. So cute! Of course I still love Piggy but the family have to move on... My girlfriend was suggesting we name him "Robespierre" and my sister wants the name "Radar" so we just stuck with "Branson."

Sunday: Mama and sis brought Branson to the vet and he/she (i dont really know) said that his ears have an infection. Now, he is under medication. Right now, like a new baby, he is the center of attention --- and he craves alot of it. he howls and barks whenever he is left alone in the house (or when he thinks he was). He also got destructive when we left him for church (he ripped a roll of bathroom tissue). bad dog.

The evening was spent with studying for Chem test, trying to figure out Physics HW and last, but not the least, speaking with my love.
Monday: after staying at the UTA Volunteers table for the freshmen orientations, I spent most of the day trying to prepare for my chemistry test that night even in my Uta Volunteers office hour. In chemistry class, the test was ok but harder than what I expected. i am expecting a grade lower than usual since im not sure with all of my answers. I am still hoping for an A tho.

They bought Branson a chew toy so the destructive tendencies are expected to be lessened.

Today, Tuesday: Went to school in the morning to do interest sessions. after that, I tried to do some of the Physics HW until monica called me to give her a ride to Albertson's. I obliged and it was fun. After about an hour, I proceeded to Parking lot and I called my hunnie. Can you believe that??!?!? I called my Kat on the phone!!!!!!! Finally!! She got a really nice lovely voice.. or maybe it was just me. owell. We talked for over thirty minutes and it was mainly about "how-was-your-day" and "gear shifts." we both think that we should do it more often so i will! That is so far the highlight of my day. This is surely a day to be remembered.

And yeah, I almost forgot, UTA Volunteers was in the Shorthorn (the school paper) for last Saturday's "Join Hands Day" activity. My name was supposed to be in there.

Mark Yebera? Who the heck is that!?!?!?

It is really easy to judge some1. It is so easy to frown at what other people are doing and set your own standards as superior to others. however, without knoowing the workings of the other people's minds and the details of the situation, we tend to condemn them in our thoughts. It is so easy to think that we are better than others.

I finally finished my Physics HW thnx to the Eric's Solution's Manual. Lucky me I met him in the Physics Clinic or I would still be scrounging for answers. Im happy tho because Dr. Black moved the due date next Thursday so i would have time to tweak the answers I got. It's cool cuz i actually able to do the calculations without any help but the cenceptual derivations are giving me some troubles. If only Physics werent Calculus-based....

....worst yet, Calculus III-based!!

Did I mention My sis bought me a game last Sunday? They are three games in fact but theya re in a bundle that is on clearance and is 50% off. In the end, it's just about over $10 with tax added. It's called Jane'sNaval Warfare collection. It contains, F/A-18, Fleet Command and 688(i). I aboth it actua;;y just for the flight sim (F/A-18).Yeah.. she can be nice to me at times....

When I got home, I was afraid to open the box cuz i won't be able to get a refund if i opened it and it sucks. I searched the net. I got great reviews so I finally decided to try it out. It didn't work!!!! It was is not compatible with Windows XP!!!!! Even running the exe file in Win 98 compatibility mode doesn't help! ...That lying Electronics boutique salesperson......

Luckily, I am resourceful enough to find a patch hovering somewhere in the world wide web. Now, I can play the sim in it's full glory. Except that it's keeps getting out of focus but I can deal with that for now.

Father's day (which was yesterday) was no fun. I was forced to go to the 9:30 mass because of the "holiday" which I didn't really want to do. i prefer goin to my 5:30 PM mass cuz i prefer being alone. After that, we went to this Japanese All-you-can-eat restaurant that features seafood and extremely inflated prices. For some reason my mom likes the idea that what we are eating expensive undercooked fish wrapped with ordinary rice. Not me. For a price of $23 a person, there is no way anyone can eat what it's worth.

Aftr that, we went to Best Buy to get a small refrigerator (see previous post/s why). I also looked for solutions on how to network my and my sister's PC's. After asking four salesppl, I decided to get a router and set up one of the computers as a server (prolly mine). I want a router since we are planning to switch to faster broadband or cable internet in the future (and dump stupid aol). However, my mom doesn't wanna get it, thnx to her constantly changing mind. My weird dad got mad (I really can't figure out why) because of his misguided intuition ("Magkapatayan pa yan habang nag-aagawan sa computer eh!"). We went back home but my sister decided to go to Grapevine Mills to return the Rottiserie (spellcheck plz) machine that my dad refused to take on father's day. Napakaarte talaga. grr.. My sis decided to go back to Best Buy to get the router herselfbut whe we got htere, her kuripot side got the best of her again and decided not to take it because it we would have to buy an etherneet cable. .. owell... Families...

Today is boring. I have been procrastinating alot to do my physics HW. I have no drive at all even tho it is graded. Prolly, I will just finish it tomorrow morning in school. I hope it is not too cold nemore in the library.

Chem was ok. Again, I both reviewed and reminisced about HS chemistry (If you can just remember Generalao' s explanation of Le Chatelier's Principle). Fortunately, Dr. Rogers doesn't do the shoulder-seesaw thing. it would not look flattering on him. I have a test coming next monday so I got to start doing the problems already.

T'was an ok day. I spent most of it talking with my hun. syempre, masaya. I just wish I can hug her or hang out with her. nevertheless, she still makes me happy. Ok, tell me that i don't have a life and I'll give you a million dollars for being right. Joke lang yun. Ala akong ganong kalaking datung eh. Kung meron sana e di bumili na ko ng bagong refrigerator. nasira kse yung ref namin. For some reason, it refuses to get cold. Cguro nagtampo. Ayan. Im just counting hours bago mapanis yung gatas ko. Pano na lang yung cereal ko sa umaga?

Yesterday was cool. In the morning, I got to do interest sessions again and we got a lot of ppl, thnx to Monica's excellent ppl skillz. It was many times more organized than the first one. That means we are improving!!!! yay!

after that, I went to Barnes and Noble to meet with Minh. After a couple of minutes reading airplane magazines, she came and we drove to Parks Mall (which is nearby), bought tickets for "Finding Nemo" at 1:45 and ate at Edo (in memory of Tesha.. lol). After finishing my beef rice bowl (yummy), we proceeded to watch out movie. Finding nemo is really cool. Cute and cleverly written. touching at times but didn't make me cry (well, almost.. teehee). Anyway, it was fun. After that, we went back to barnes and Noble cuz Minh wants to study math. After browsing religious books and some airplane books i decided to leave and go pick up my mom.

When I got home, I got to talk with CiJi and Kat online but my dad asked me to get off. so i told them i gtg. after 10 mins, i came back but they were gone. I waited but they didnt come back until my mom asked me to get off cuz she neede the phone. I just went to read and unintetionallly, i fell asleep. owell. to make the long story short, i wasted three hours of good time not talking to my hunnie =( owell.. i miss her. If only i can call her this weekend...

Nobody's on this morning. Even my Pnoi friends. Prolly they all went to Anna's debut party. Kakainggit kse wala ako run. I doubt i will be invited if I was there anyway so it's all good. Haaaaaay... Gusto ko nang bumalik sa Pinas!!!!!!

An OK day but very sucky towards the end. i told my hunnie i will not be able to chat with her online cuz Im goin to the movies.However, Minh got a new job so the plan was cancelled. Now im online but my hunnie is not. pretty unusual.. Now, I think I won't be able to talk with her tonight and tomorrow night because she has some band concert sumthin. if I'm unlucky, I won't be able to talk with her on Friday too because of her weekly Kokopelli affair. Haaaaaay...... I can really be incredibly stupid!
Neway, Chemistry was OK. Rogers is very nice. For some reason, our lessons seem just like a review of Generalao (senior HS) chemistry. It makes me reminisce about the "I.C.E. diagram," the molarities, molalities, catalysts and such. *Sighs* i never expected i would miss H.S. tha t much. Then again, I realized I didnt really learn anything in Pisay but the background kinda is made me readier. its such a weird feeling.

If Chemistry is going like a a brezze, physics is totally the opposite. We are doin electricity stuff and it seems like I don't remember anything! Everything seems new! i didn't even finish my HW! Owell. I just need to build my confidence I think. Then, i will have enoug self-esteem to try to work a problem out.

Speaking of Physics HW's (The subject we lovingly shortened to "P6" in pisay), I need the solutions manual for my book. I realized the ppl in my class use that extensively for the HW's so they have the advantage I don't have. So this afternoon, I set on a quest to know how much it is (so if ever, I can buy it tomorrow armed with my mom's check). My first stop was "The College Bookstore" on Collins. the helpful salesperson said that they don't have it. He told me that they dont have it in the UTA bookstore as well, and suggested to try Half-Price Books (even tho he admitted he doubts they carry it). I tried UTA bookstore. they don't have it in stock. I'm so unlucky. owell. i will just try Half-price books tomorrow and as a last resort, Amazon.com. I already checked and it seems they do have it in stock (im not sure if they have the right edition).
*We had a thunderstorm and the electricity went off for about 45 minutes so I had to add a couple stuff here after that. May brownuot din pala dito sa Texas. Wla lang.
Transmission ended:12:20 AM*

"There is a very thin line between being wise and being stubborn. learn to stand up for urself BUT also listen to what the other party is saying. In that way you can only profess ur true open-mindedness."

Bisggest b.s. I said. Sounded so wise but this kind of language makes me sound like a pressuring dumba$$ trying-hard philosopher. next time, I will try to shut up and avoid those "wisdom-laden" crap.

Yesterday wasn't a nice day. It was the 9th.. monthsary day. It was our second month, in fact. la lang. kakalungkot. I didn't even get to talk to her.. They say that distance makes the heart go... umm... i forgot. but im sure it is a good thing tho. I just believe im being like this again.. Waking up with a girl in my head and goin to bed hoping that I would at least talk to her the next next day... I'm going back to the old me...It calms my mind but I dunno if it is good or bad.. haaaaay.... im so unsure.

This morning, I left for school about 9:00 AM. We have this "interest sessions" for the freshmen orientation. There were organizations including the UTA Volunteers, of course. We set up in the Bluebonnet Ballroom but across us was for the UTA Greek Life. Syempre, the frats and sororities (sors?) got a hold of most students. We only got a handful at most. Not really alot. what we did with the ppl we got is made them create birthday cards for the kids at the YWCA daycare close to school. Every month we go there and celebrate children's bdays. We give them cards and bears (that we made ourselves). La lang. Masaya. That's what we asked them to do so there. At least, they got to participate in our volunteer project in their own lil way.

With my schedule being like this (organizations in the morning and classes at night), I really want to live on campus. Just imagine, on a typical day, i waste 2 hours of good time just for driving. Kung mamalasin, 4 hours pa! Pagdating sa school, wala nang amoy yung Axe ko. lukot na rin yung bago kong plantsang t-shirt. pauwi naman sa bahay, driving makes me sleepy. Di na ko makagawa ng HW kse nawawala ako sa mood. nakakabanas.

Kung iisipin naman, parang ok lang mag-stay sa bahay. napaka-hassle kse i-move yung mga libro and models ko. Kung sa dorm or apartment ako titira, I doubt if i can finish any of them. Since I moved from the Philippines, isa pa lang natatapos komg eroplano at yung mga halos tapos na, may mga naiwang parts/decals sa P'nas -- malabo nang matapos (maybe next yr ... ;). So yun. nakakainis kse kelangan pang magka-leche-leche yung mga bagahe namin.

I know it has been a while since i used Filipino this much. I just felt like it. So if you even care to know what they meant, just give me a holler so I can translate them for you, ok? Ang feeling ko.

....FONDER!! DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GO FONDER!!! la lang. I remembered.

Cge na. I'll go finish my Physics HW...

Last day of Life Teen today. it was really fun. We didn't have talks today, just games and game and some more games.I played i met sheldon, a sophomore who likes cars, bikes and other stuff. i see him lot but this was the first time i really talked to him. i also played with Becka and Becki and one-of-them's sis (Laura, i think). I forgot the name of tha game but it was the one with the table with airholes and a puck. It was a really fun night. I just thoug: would i miss going to Life teen? I really doubt it. I never really felt included anyway because they are really nice ppl. The Core team more or less do their best to make ppl feel included. It's my fault fot being O.P. Or maybe i will miss them. I wont be goin to the life nights after the 5:30 mass. I won't be talking to the ppl I met there. I won't meet the ppl in my small group and such. owell.It was an experince. I'm too old for them anyway...

At least i feel like that when they start talking about their high schools..

I feel somewhat down. kat already left but I feel our convos today wasn't "enough." Im not upset because she left me, but because i come to realize how unstable our line of communicationis. We only rely on the net (with webcam, fortunately) without phonecalls or whatever.. yeah, i miss her but i don't wanna be called obssessive. maybe i am but I still don't like the word...

ANYWAY, I hate how our timing is goin... today, we didnt have a decent talk. everytime im on, she gotta go and vice versa. It was like this since yesterday. The schedule sucks. yuck.. i hate that word, "schedule." bad experience in regard to relationships....
Speaking of schedules, my being a bad procastinator is bothering me again. i havent done any problems for my Physics HW.... owell.. from now on, i will set a schedule of doing stuff... hmmm.... i wonder when that scheule will be...

Im goin to see a movie tomorrow night with Minh. Fiding Nemo, I think. Me kinda excited. i really wanna see those fishies. haha. i sound like a child.

last night, blogger messed up my update again after I wrote a loooong post.... it's good it wasn't THAT long tho (compared to the last time). I can actually rewrite the stuff later.

Today was Ok. same old routine until after noon. i left at around 12:45 tho after lunch because I had to go get a haircut and go to the UTA Volunteers mtg. the haircut last a lil longer because of hairstyle confusion (as usual). After that, i ran late for the meeting. it was my fault tho as I opted to get my haircut in a such small time fram gap. In the mtg, only one member came. he is in my physics class (i forgot his name tho). Anyway, after that, I had a lil session with seth wherein he taught me stufff about my job as a communications committeee chair It was fun. Around 3:30, I went to the Library to meet with minh. it was cool. We had a nice chat about the usual stuff while she does her algebra hw and asking me at times. I tried to do my physics btw... but i ended up doing nothing. after that, we parted ways cuz i had to go to my physics class.

I have no idea how to describe the class or Dr black right now. It is ok and interesting but he takes a long time to solve things. Maybe it's just because of her leg condtion which is totally understable (he has to get off his feet for 2 weeks, I believe -- he's in a wheelchair). it's just most ppl don't seem to like him so far. or maybe, that's just the aura im getting from the ppl. Other than that, the class went on fine.

After that, I proceeded to the lab. I am originally scheduled on the Tuesday lab but from the events of today, I thought I would transfer to the Thurday one. the teacher told us we can do that since the Tuesday lab was somewhat overcrowded and the other one is relatively empty. I realized that Physics classes would really be a looong class so It is really a wise choice if i take the lab on the last class day. Then, I wouldnt have to worry about sleeping late or whatnot. Also it hink in the finals, i will have more time in the week to study. =)

"I'm not nuts but i do have them."

This morning, i woke up on a very interesting dream. It was a mix of "The Matrix," "X-Men," The Pianist" and "Star Wars." Add an evil clan of aliens with a queen whose purpose is to enslave (or sumthin) earthlingsand exterminate disobedient ones... umm... you get the idea. It was a really fun dream tho. we were sorta like an underground mutant society (X-men) but i am the only one that has powers ("The One" in "The Matrix"). I can recall that I can control anything -- ranging from powers such as telekinesis and mind-control (Star Wars). In short, we were just hiding in some apartment building with all our computer hardware stuff and the wolrd outside was somewhat war-torn (The Pianist). There were other details that I cannot possibly remember as the dream was such a plotless blob. it was a fun one tho. I would want to have dreams like that any day. It was so vivid and long (at least the stuff that i can remember but i can't sort out the order of details in between). Too bad it was only a dream...

Anyway, The days went fine, in the morning, i just watched TV, did a couple physics problems, chatted online and checked ebay. I got outbid on book that i really wanted to buy. bummer. Owell. There was a lil traffic on 360 near the Division St exit but the previous days were ALOT worse. I left for school around 4:30 and arrived around 5:20. Just a typical travel time. When I got there, i ran to the library to get online and talk to my hunnie. For some reason, the computers on the 3rd and 4th floors didn't have yahoo Msger like they used to! However, thanx to UTA's blazing fast internet connection, I was able to download, install, log-in and talk with my hunnie in just under 3 minutes! It was a refreshing conversation. It's always nice talking with her before going to class.

Chemistry went OK. Using my kakapalan ng mukha, i was able to borrow notes from the previous lecture class from the girl sitting in front of me. I didn't ask her name tho.. ruede lil guy.... Knowing what they had on the first day (that I missed) was a sure relief. Anyway, Mr Rogers (No, not the dead guy - kaawaan nawa..) wasn't around because he had to attend her daughter's graduation. We had a sub which was really ok. the lecture was pretty good and I couldn't ask more for clarity. I heard Rogers was better so I would really wanna see him lecture.After that, I drove back to my home....

Did I mention the aliens lurk in the midst of whte light in the attic?