Quitting the Writer's Guild

As of today, consider me as an ex-member of the Writer's Guild (WG). I'm quitting that organization for good. Reason? Simple. It's because of "internal conflicts".

I had an argument with an acquiantance of mine yesterday, and I was quite convinced that I was not welcome in this guild of which I have mentioned above. After all, what's the point of staying in a place where the majority hates you? But to those who believed in me there at WG, I am greatly thankful of your kind thoughts towards me. I hope that I get to work with you people again!

And the second reason: NEWS ARTICLES! They drive me nuts, I'm a poet for pete's sake! I don't just go around chasing scoops about some events that happen in CKSC. It just isn't my style. It is in my opinion that news articles are a big waste of my time as well as a big waste of my talent. Though to those news article lovers out there, I mean no offense to the article nor the guild. I just dislike that kind of aspect in writing.

Anyways, I still wish the guild the best of luck. After all, a great organization like it shouldn't go down without a single sign of great accomplishment (though they already had a lot of accomplishments). Guess I'll just have to continue my studies on hieroglyphs and continue my work on the novelette. So long, WG!

The Will of Existence

Yes, I know, you all might think that I've made another poem. Well you're all half damn right if you thinked like that. This poem, The Will of Existence (click here), is my first ever poem made, not The Death of the Dearest One. I've always been aware of that, it just happened that I lost the poem 2 years ago, and good thing that I found it about yesterday. I only found the draft though (in yellow paper), I couldn't find the printed one. Oh well, at least I found something rather than nothing.

Anyways, this poem is actually 2 poems, the older one is the original 2007 version, while the revised 2009 version is the 12th poem that I made as of now.

This poem served as my stepping stone to poetry and without it, I couldn't possibly discover my talent for poetry. Anyways enough talk cause I bet your itching to see the preview of this old friend of mine:

A lifetime beneath the walls,
Decisions limited within the halls.
Trapped within a frozen chamber,
Which none could ever hinder.

Please check it out and tell me what you think about it, but don't pm me if all your going to do is throw useless insults. Thanks...

Farewell, My Nightingale...

Made another poem here today, the title is Farewell, My Nightingale (click here). I made that poem for Sharmayne's departure. Yeah, guess it's just another one of those remembrance poems that I like to make, after all, I like giving simple yet memorable gifts (such as poems and letters).

I'm really gonna miss her, she is really a great friend as well as a great artist. Hope that we'll get to meet again someday. Anyways, here's the usual sneak peak of my poem, enjoy:

Farewell, oh farewell, my nightingale.
Never again shall I see thou wings,
Memories also, shall be told like tales.

Lastly, I wish her the best of luck, I hope that her talents and skills would be put into better use there at Singapore. Goodbye my friend, till we meet again.

Lose and Win

Oh well, today's the contest and guess I lost. I lost the 15 minute short story writing contest as well as today's oration contest. But don't worry, I'm not sad nor disappointed, cause I know that I did my best out there and for me, that is enough even if I go home without a medal.

I would like to congratulate the winners of the contest, you guys were the best! After all, like what I say: "There's no shame in losing to a master, the only shame is losing to yourself..." I look forward to be competing another contest soon, and I'm definitely gonna win next time!

Goodbye Part 2...

Great, after Matthew's departure a few months ago, another great person from 3-1 shall also be leaving us for better opporutinities abroad. Yup, CKSC won't be winning too many future art contests, cause Sharmayne Desiree Ng is leaving for Singapore on Oct. 7, 2009.

Yeah, we all knew that from the beginning, since she applied for that Singapore scholarship thingy, and she was really hoping that she'll pass the interview. Anyways, I do have to admit that I don't want her gone cause she's a great friend and all, but who am I to stop her from achieving that dream? It's better to just be happy for her.

Hey 3-1 pals, if any of you are reading this right now with wet and teary eyes, stop crying! We may be sad because a good friend of ours is leaving, but we must be happy, because we know that she is going to a much better place now. And don't worry, if ever I get rich in the future, I'll treat ya all to visit our pals across the world (sana nga...). Oh well, 22 na lang tayo, so let's make the best out of our remaining time together. And to Sharmayne: Just stay cool and never lose your touch, I'll be rooting for ya, wish you the best of luck!

One of the Eight...

Yup, it's confirmed. I am one of the eight (if I'm not mistaken) finalists for the oratorical speech contest. The contest is this Saturday (Sept. 19), 7:30 AM, at the Little Theater. I'm supposed to appear in business attire. Oh well, it's a good thing that I work as a teacher during summer, or else I wouldn't have a long sleeved shirt, slacks and necktie.

I hope that I would be the chosen one to represent the school for the interschool competitions, cause I want to show everyone that a poet like me can also be a great orator. Anyhow, wish me luck! XD

Oratorical Speech Contest...

Cool that I've entered another contest, I'm really becoming active this year, hehehe, anyways let's cut to the chase. I was one of the selected participants to compete for the oratorical speaking elimination round today, the piece that we(the participants) were supposed to memorize is a small portion of Catherine Tan's, she's the WG's EIC, essay. I'll go on ahead and place the piece here(I hope Catherine wouldn't mind):

"I say it is not! Why? Because education should not only shape up our brains! It should go beyond that by shaping up the total formation of a human being. It should be the reservoir from where we could derive not only academic excellence but also personal excellence! In that sense, education becomes life-changing. And it is in those life-changing moments that we could gather strength to move forward... I want all ears lent, and all eyes open. We, as modern people, could not reverse a lot of things. We cannot launch a troop to vanquish poverty. We cannot develop a vaccine to stop unemployment. We cannot invent a shield for our ozone layer. And we cannot devise a machine that would manufacture world peace. But we, however, can paint a picture of a brighter tomorrow. With education as the tool, and vision as the guide, changing the world would be our greatest masterpiece."

There's not much competition there, since most of the people there didn't took it seriously. The judges said that they'll be picking 7 of us to rise to the next level of the competition, but in the end, only 1 of us shall prevail. And the one that will prevail shall also be the one who will uphold the school's name by winning the competition against the other schools.

The results are going to be announced tomorrow, but my teacher told me that I was one of the chosen 7, in an implied way though. I can't stop thinking about it, but like what I always say: "I don't just join contests, I intend to win them!" (Confidence is what keeps me psyched up) Stay cool everybody! XD

Darkness

Hey, I got another new poem that I made, it's my 10th poem.(I don't want to consider Inspiracion as my 10th anymore) It's title is Darkness, please check it out on my DA (click here).
Here's a sample of my 1st stanza if you want to know:

‘Twas a silent night,
Crows that fly pitch black,
Darkness that knows no light,
Again shall I go back?

Once again, I invite you to check out my other poems on DA, feel free to comment, just do it in a nice way please. Thanks... XD

15 Minute Short Story Writing Contest

Today's the contest day for the 15 minute short story writing competition, it's pretty much challenging for me, since it'll be my first time to write a short story. I kept on yelling, "I'll win the short story writing contest", for the past few days. After all, confidence is the best way to get you pumped up before a contest.

The time that was meant for the contest was 2 hours, but we all found out that it only took about 30 minutes or so, so I got the rest of the time off. I'm supposed to go back there at 10am cause I volunteered myself to be marshall for the next contest for that day, photo-op.

Well, I'm sorta lazy writing here about what I wrote on the short story competition. (no one finished the writing cause the all needed more time, but I bet that the teachers did that on purpose to see what the unfinished work looked like) Oh well, there's still no results yet, but I'm sure that I'm one of the top, hehehe... XD

9.9.09

Today's 9-9-09, just got nothing to post... hehehe...

Happy Birthday Lynnette!

Today is quite an exciting day, cause it's the b-day of a friend of mine, Lynnette Chung. We (more likely my classmates) arranged a surprise party at Shakey's, and it worked out.

We (everyone who went there) all planned that we will meet in front of the school at 11am, and I was the earliest to go there, I was surprised cause we all agreed to be there at 11 not go there when it's already 11. Anyways, despite the delay, we still managed to stall Lyn for a few precious minutes and we made everything ready. Yeah, the party looks pretty damn plain and all but you know what they say: "It's not the looks that matter, it's the thought that counts."

When she came, we greeted her entrance w/ a happy b-day song, which made her cry. (awww natouch daw sya, hehehe...) Someone bought 2 cakes earlier and we ate it after eating lunch (mojos, chicken, spaghetti, pizza, etc.), after that, it was time for presents.

After all the trouble we did at the restaurant, we finally left and some of us went to MGA's house to do whatever we can find interesting that afternoon. We played Pusoy Dos and Heart Attack (cards were the courtesy of yours truly), and after that we played pure dare, and when we got tired of it, we made it into pure truth. We discovered a lot about each other (maybe I was the only one who got to know a lot about them since I didn't had a lot of bonding time w/ them in the past) thanks to that pure truth thingy.

It was a tiring afternoon, but we all enjoyed it, and that's what mattered. Guys, let's make another surprise party next time, hehehe... XD

Robotics Symposium...

Today was the day of CKSC's first ever seminar about robotics, cool that our class, 3-1, was one of the chosen sections to go and watch it. The guest that spoke for that day was Dr. Elmer Dadios, a professor in DLSU as well as a great engineer that had won a lot of contests in the field of robotics. Aside from the usual scolding and reprimanding of the assistant supervisor, everything was fine, Dr. Dadios explained those cool facts to us and he also advertised DLSU's College of Engineering, etc.

The thing that really interested us was one of his projects, the humanoid robot. Basically it's a robot that could stand on 2 feet, which is a very hard thing for engineers to do since balancing the entire robot w/ 2 feet only is quite hard. So he started out w/ a robot w/ 6 feet, then 4, and finally 2. The robot that they created was called the Quatrobot (if I remembered it correctly), it can detect obstacles, walk (it looks like moonwalking), kick and dance (everybody loved the robot dance).

Cool thing indeed, thanks to Dr. Dadios, we all learned something today... hehehe...

Sudoku Competition 2009

Today was CKSC's Sudoku Contest 2009, and it was nice that I was one of the contestants of it. Each class had 3 representatives and, well, I was one of the representatives of our class, 3-1. The other 2 were Lynnette Chung and Regine Li. We were hoping and expecting that Regine would win this year's contest again, but she didn't, too bad...

Anyways, the contest had 3 rounds, the easy, average and difficult, the 1st round is the easy round and the first 30 people to submit their papers with the correct answers shall go to the next round. I got lucky and passed the easy round... Just couldn't say the same for Lynnette.

The 2nd round is the average round, this time, they're accepting the 1st 15 people, I passed my paper early but I guess my answers were wrong so I didn't get to go into the final round... hehehe...

The last round, well, is the difficult round, I wasn't there to see it, since the people eliminated should go back to classes, but Regine was there cause she got through the 2nd round. But in the end, I heard that the 1st place went to a 4th year student, the 2nd place went to a 1st yr freshman, and the 3rd placer is a friend of mine, Ricsson Ngo...

Anyways, despite the fact that I got eliminated at the 2nd round, it was fun and challenging, hope for another good match next year... hehehe...