January 2010
23 posts
I Can't Accept Not Trying by Michael Jordan
I visualized where I wanted to be, what kind of player I wanted to become. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. Why? Because when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
Some people get frozen by that fear of failure. They get it from peers or from just thinking about the...
Always ALMOST, always NOT QUITE
I just want a sign, any sign at all that all is not lost; that there’s still hope for us. Believing that I played my heart out and that maybe that I played a good game counts for nothing when all that’s written on that paper are the numbers of goals that the other team scored and that we scored zero. I don’t want to be put in the position again that when people ask me how the...
sorry...
I won’t admit it to your face, but I miss you…
Please don’t take it the wrong way.
Make a Wish
I wish to somehow relive a few moments of my life…
1) playing in the sala when I was a kid with my Kuya. He’d lift me up and whoosh me around; say that I was “taller” than him and stuff like that.
2) climbing on the rocks of one of the Caramoan Islands with my siblings.
3) scoring that winning goal for the Rexona Cup match for 3rd place game.
4) standing at “the...
“my heart has rooms that sigh with dust
and ashes in the hearth
they must be...”
– excerpt from the giant funeral song
-Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
(Stephen Donaldson)
please don't leave me alone.
The only way that I can keep myself from bursting into tears the way I have been sporadically been doing for the past few days is by staying wherever there are people. I can’t stay with my sisters because we’re all very emotional right now. I need people who don’t know what to do with me so that it would be too uncomfortable for me to cause them stress. I understand that its a...
Lord, if its not too much trouble, I WANT MY...
At exactly 3 am this morning, I woke up to the urgent ring of my phone. Its weird.I knew I fell asleep beside my sister. Where was she? I checked the caller ID on my phone to see who was calling. It was her, my sister.
Confused, I picked it up. All the while I was thinking maybe she went out and got locked out of the condo.
“April, wala na si Kuya.” she said.
I didn’t know...
UAAP Countdown:
1 DAY
Shit. THIS IS IT.
We’re already there.
This is so fucking stressful.
I wanna sleep, but I can’t.
I NEED to sleep, but I can’t.
Damn it. If there’s one thing that I hate, its continued sleep deprivation. And this week looks like its gonna be characterized by just that. Ugh… Hello eyebags! I need new concealer. I’ll have to put more effort into fixing my face before I leave the condo from now on then. Stress…
Whatever. These are...
Things I should not do according to my sisters
1) stay out past midnight.
2) drink alcohol.
3) go to clubs.
4) associate with bad people.
5) date.
6) smoke.
7) talk to Sam.
8) talk back.
9) get failing marks.
10) get stressed and grouchy.
uhm…. normally I get 4 out of 10 here….
I’ll get 9 out of 10 now. hahaha
I’ll make it 10 out of 10 once Jess starts bringing me along to go out with Jericho Rosales. HAHAHA
Things that could've sucked but turned out AWESOME...
1) Morning training: I woke up in a panic at 6 am thinking that training was supposed to start at 6am and then hurried over to UP, limping ‘cause I had an accident going over the gate last night. Despite the fact that I could barely walk properly cause of how painful every step was, Coach made me run 8.8km ALONE while everybody else trained at the field cause I wasn’t able to survive...
“Sacrifices must be made….. no matter how sad they might be.”
DAMN IT!
grr…. I’d been looking forward to going to Revolution, Powerhour’s new year’s party, since last frigging month and what happens?
...
For the WIN!!!
Today was a general WIN day! Why? Despite the emo-ness of my previous posts, this day made me feel like things are truly gonna be awesome; that I can make things awesome. It just takes a lot of HEART; just the will to go for the WIN.
Survived the pyramid runs and passed everything with flying colors!
Ball skills and finishing improved!
Speed endurance improved!
Economics exam results = PASS!...
Surviving the Pyramid
Holy crap, okay?!!!! We went through hell this morning. Seriously.
Warm-up: 12-minute run—- minimum 6 rounds… I got to 6 1/4 rounds. (i got slower :( ) —> cooper test? damn you mo-fo for inventing it!
and then…. the hellish pyramid….
6 Reps Sprint 100m then Jog 200m
5 Reps Sprint 200m then Jog 200m
4 Reps Sprint 300m then walk 100m
2...
D-DAY
Tomorrow, January 4th, is death-day in so many ways…
1) Team Fitness Test: I will so fucking fail this. Lechon, you are literally deadly. Damn it.
—> I’m panicking right now. waaaaaaaaaah!!!!
2) ESA Meeting for PBOX: oh shit. oh shit. oh shit. let’s hope they’ll be happy. I hate to admit it, but I’ve been too much of a slacker… And that’s not...
The Best Ending Next to a Happily Ever After
When you think about it, you win more when you gain a good friend. After all, while living the great romance makes your head spin and your heart swoon, you live it for the moment. True friendships last a lifetime.
Therefore, I finally agree. I’d rather be your friend than (maybe, possibly, or whatever) be your girl/girlfriend and be happy knowing that we can still have each other’s...
“On this day of your life, April Margaret, we believe God wants you to know...”