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May ganitong post na ako dati, LRT1 version naman haha sobrang active lang kasi ng imagination at critical thinking natin kapag nasa mga ganitong public transpo so ayan. Kating kati na kong itweet kanina to sa MRT kaso wala akong load so icocompile ko na lang sila rito :3

+ side ng MRT at - side ng bus:

1. Sa 1 week + kong pagmmrt dahil sa ojt ko, narealize kong hindi naman ganon kahirap magMRT di katulad ng pagrereklamo ng karamihan. I mean, oo masikip, tayuan pero convenient kasi malamig  at
2. kahit di ka nakahawak, ok lang hahaha di katulad sa bus, tutumba ka talaga kapag di ka humawak pero that means di kasi ganon ka-compact sa bus pero trust me, HINDI POSIBLE. at least, sa mrt posibleng maging compact(with the way na nakaayos yung chairs and hand rails and all, designed talaga sya para tayuan) E buong araw naman nakaupo sa office yung mga nagMMRT so what’re they crowing about? Naiintindihan ko yung iba though so kahit may upuan, binibigay ko na sa iba :3 
3. Kapag may bumaba sa mrt, ok lang kasi nagpapalitan talaga yung mga tao, kapag may bumaba sa bus, makakailang tapak muna aabutin mo kapag nakatayo ka. mahirap iexplain yung sa bus until maexperience mo :)) At maraming pintuan ang mrt whereas sa bus, yeah. :))
4. alam kong marami pa pero di ko na babanggitin kasi alam nyo na yun kagaya ng mas mura, walang traffic etc :)) dadagdaan ko pa pag may naisip pa kong worth sharing :)))

something in common nila:

1. Pareho silang nasa EDSA at laging sinasabi ng daddy ko na sobrang unpredictable ng EDSA, although alam mo yung mga rush hour talaga, magugulat ka minsan na kahit rush hour, maluwag at madalas, kahit di rush hour, maraming tao
2. In my case, from Boni to QAve, same lang yung time kapag nagMRT or nagbus ka. matagal din kasing makasakay ng MRT sa Boni and pagbaba mo ng QAve since kelangan ko pang magbus paSangandaan, matagal tagal din bago may dumating na Aircon Letre bus kasi umaakyat sila sa tulay -_-
3. Parehong may crime risk. Sa bus, maraming holdaper at magilan ngilang snatcher, sa MRT naman, maraming snatcher and im sure non-zero holdapers. matagal ko nang pinag-isipan kung ano ang less cruel, and i think id go for holdaper, at least alam mong kukuhaan ka nya at pwede ka pang magrequest na tanggalin yung sim card. Although mas malaki yung life risk mo pero kung ibibigay mo naman e. Snatching is for pussies. hahajk Pero syempre ayokong maexperience yan pareho, I trust my guardian angel naman :3

- side ng MRT at + side ng bus:

1. Sabi ko nga, SOBRANG CONVENIENT NG MRT COMPARED SA BUS. Walang challenge! Walang adrenaline rush! Kapag sasakay ako ng bus na rush hour, every part of my body works. utak ko, kung san ako dapat pumwesto, bilis ng mata para ako unang makaspot na may bus na paparating, bilis ng paa kapag nandyan na yung bus, arms panghawi ng tao kung kelangan hahaha, hands pangprotect sa bag at phone. E sa mrt, wala, pipila ka lang(at sobrang dali lang pick-up-in kung san yung mabilis gumalaw ang pila), maghihintay ng train, pag may dumating chill lang kasi konti lang yung makakasakay, bawal naman sumingit kung ayaw mong makuyog. May equality. Pantay ang chances ng lahat makasakay(well almost). Hindi napuput in use ang ninja skills ko :))) So although halos pareho lang ng waiting time sa bus at mrt, sobrang boring maghintay sa MRT. And mas maraming unexpected moments ang nangyayari sa bus, di kagaya sa MRT, parang paulit ulit everyday. same corporate people and some non-corporate people ang nakakasakay mo. wala lang. ganon talaga yung pagkaka perceive ko sa mrt so far.

pero etong nag iisang - side ng mrt at + side ng bus ang dahilan kung bakit ko mas gusto magBus <3 haha dauntless lang ang peg. but seriously, essential ang adrenaline rush moments sa buhay. o jusko ayokong maging robot.

So, I need to post another crumbling experience because I can’t find another stackoverflow question that I can answer. hehe. This is hard for me as well since I don’t have many sad experiences because I’m a very optimistic person, I can see the bright side on every situation.

This just happened last year, not a very distant past. January 3, we moved back to our old house, the one owned my mother’s grandparents, due to my grandfather’s wishes. A week after that, we were shocked to see that my grandfather suddenly became so weak so he was rushed to the hospital. He was confined there for many weeks and we were so worried because the doctors diagnosed too many disease on him. You see, my aunt’s death is still fresh from all of us because it has only been 3 months since she passed away and now, another one of us is battling death.

Doctors then declared that he will not be cured and we can only pray and wait. During this point, we started to accept slowly that he’s dying soon but hope is still not lost.

Then, fast forward to Friday morning, Jan 27, 2012, the day that I should be leaving for my CWTS camp, our dreaded day came. I cried in the shower and I told my parents that maybe I shouldn’t go to the camp but they insisted. They told me that we all already know that that’s gonna happen, it’s all set and everything’s gonna be alright. I’d be going back on Sunday naman daw anyway and I won’t miss anything. 

During the camp, whenever a memory of him came up, I secretly cried. During lights out and when I shower, I can’t help crying. We were really close and he is a wonderful grandfather. He had always said that I’m his favorite grandchild since I’m the eldest. And the last word he said to me was “Ingat” when I bid him goodbye before going to school the other day.

But as I said, I’m a very optimistic person. I know how to compose myself and I still enjoyed the camp. Though the pain is still there whenever we remember him, we can do nothing but move on and just believe that he’s still there, invisibly guiding us and keeping us safe.

When I read ‘a memory from your distant past that brought you crumbling into pieces’, I can think  of only one memory, my 2nd year 1st sem experience aka the CS 32 experience.

You see, we are the first batch that is affected by the new curriculum. hence,  we are the guinea pigs. We are the first batch to take CS 32, the new CS 21 and CS 30 all in one sem. And because of my foolishness, I take Physics 71 pa. hehe. 

That sem is nothing but hell. I cried every night whenever I’m doing my MP ‘cause I simply can’t make it work. I even cried And when I ask someone for help, they had lose hope na rin. I got suspended from my scholarship, failed all my CS 21 exams(and im blaming CS 32 MPs for this), and failed CS 30.

I experienced a DRP, a tres, kwatro that became singko all in one sem. and to think my lowest grade before this sem is dos! You can just imagine how terrible I felt about that.

I even thought of shifting out of CS and I’m thinking BS Math would be a good choice since my math grades are good naman and I will not be delayed too much. But then, my math friends are failing then so I realized, failing is an essential part of college life. 

So second sem, I gave CS 32 a second try with Sir Quiwa and dropping my previous CS 32 turned out to be the best decision ever! I really love how Sir Quiwa handles the class and not being able to meet such a wonderful and inspiring person means missing half of your life. 

This is a crazy story and I just feel like sharing it here. (Oh god, I missed microblogging hahaha) And it’s long. hahaha

So yesterday, diba pumunta kaming Cubao? And I bought a DQ MnM Blizzard. Nagulat ako na parang sobrang lambot and tunaw sya pero di ko lang pinansin, binalikan ko yung kapatid ko sa Chowking and dun ko kinain yung blizzard. Mga after 2 bites, may nakuha akong mga 1-inch hair. E di i was like eew. hahajk. Inalis ko sya ang yung chunk na kabilang sya(pero dahil nga medj tunaw, hindi talaga sya chunk so kung madumi yun kumalat na sya sa buong ice cream so di ko na lang inisip yun kasi sayang naman hahaha). Nakaka-lagpas kalahati na ko, ok naman tas binigay ko na sa kapatid ko yung the rest. Only to find out na nasa ibaba yung ibang buhok. Nakakita sya ng dalawa and hindi na namin tinignan pa kung ilan sila lahat, cinomplain namin. Medyo nahihiya ako, syempre hindi naman ako marunong magalit kaya sabi ko sa kapatid ko and kay Grace na sila na lang magcomplain. E sabi nila ako raw bumili e, kaya ko raw yun. haha.

So ayun na nga, nakarating kami sa DQ(dulo-dulo ang Chowking at DQ sa Ali Mall :))) and andun yung manager, sakto, inapproach ko sya. Sabi ko in a very nice way(nakasmile pa ko kasi nga lahat ng tagaUPD nakasmile pag nagsasalita :))), “Hello! Gusto ko lang pong icomplain tong blizzard kasi may nakita kaming 3 strands of hair”. Actually non-verbatim yan, di ko na maalala, pero close enough yan. Tas sabi nya, ngayon-ngayon lang to? Sabi ko, opo, pinakita ko pa yung resibo(thank God I’m a compulsive hoarder! haha). Tapos from then on, sya na yung nagsalita. Inexplain nya na guaranteed clean yung machines nila, naka-hairnet at caps silang lahat, yung MnM galing pa sa pack and that whole time, with the look on her face na di sya naniniwala. Pero nagpaprepare sya ng bagong MnM Blizzard(na normal na blizzard at hindi tunaw, porket dumating yung manager?). So ayun, we then go with the new blizzard without receiving any “Sorry”. Diba iba naman yung pinalitan sa inaamin na mali sila at nagsorry? 

Sabi ng kapatid ko and si Grace pagkalayo, dapat inaway mo! Pagdating sa bahay, sabi ni mommy, dapat in-AMALAYER mo? So you’re saying that AMALAYER! hahaha. So tinawagan ng kapatid ko yung head office ng DQ Phils para magcomplain. Inexplain nya nga na pinalitan naman pero parang di naniniwala cheverness and pwedeng maulit sa iba chuchu. Tas ayun, sasabihan daw nila yung manager and papatawagin sa amin para magsorry. Number ni mommy binigay ni jhoanne.

Kinaumagahan, kani-kanina lang, tumawag na nga tong si manager. Fortunately, gising na ko, i dunno how haha, and nakikinig ako sa conversation ni mommy tsaka nung manager from my tower. Non-verbatim to lahat: :))

Mommy: explaining things in a very nice way din
^This lasts a long while tapos…
Manager: May sinabi sigurong something like “sige po, next time blah blah, taga-saan po ba kayo?” hahajk basta di ko alam kung pano nag lead sa…
Mommy: taga-Caloocan. Sangandaan.
Manager: ayy dyan po ako dati branch manager, sa may Chowking
Mommy: Katabi ng clinic namin yun e.
Mgr: *nakita siguro yung complainant name Julienne Verano* aah kayo po yung Zarate-Verano Optical? 
Mommy: Oo. *si daddy nakikisabat na kasi kilala nila yun. tas nirerepeat ni mommy yung mga sinabi ni daddy* Ikaw yung asawa ng pulis diba? … Small world … Namatay pa nga yung cook nyo noon … Tatay mo pulis Valenzuela? … Aaah nakapag abroad ka na … Buntis ka nung mng ka dun diba? E ilan na anak mo ngayon? 
Mgr: blah minsan po bisita ko sa inyo, mataas kasi grado nung anak ko… 
Mommy: Sige lang *at nagchismisan na po sila hahaha* … Basta pagsabihan mo yang mga empleyado mo, di naman ikaw may kasalanan nun,ikaw ang masisira … *chismis ulit haha*
Mgr: *chismis* sige bisita lang po kayo sa Cubao blahblah

 So yun na nga. Moral of the story: buti na lang di kami nagAMALAYER. si mommy rin sabi buti di nya tinarayan umpisa pa lang kasi friends pala sila dati. At mukhang may free blizzards/discounted blizzards ulit kami pagpuntang Cubao. hahaha. Pero I know that this story may bring the employees in trouble. sana pagsabihan lang sila at hindi i-fire, Christmas pa naman. :(

And lemme get this clear, HINDI KO PO SINISIRAAN ANG DQ. The performance of one employee doesn’t affect the whole company IMHO. I <3 DQ. hihihi. 

and POOF! I became Koko Krunch!