Presidential Forum

The Presidential Youth Forum will be held this Friday. I'm actually looking forward to it (mainly so I can say "I saw the future president of the Philippines in person"). On the other hand, I'm a bit nervous that my current views (biases) of the presidential candidates will be changed. I was already wooed to root for Gibo Teodoro the other day when I received a baller band from one of his supporters. What if I turn my back on my candidate?

I'm pretty much set on voting for Richard "Dick" Gordon this coming election, with the only basis being his credentials. But what if he's not what we need right now? What if our country needs someone more charismatic? Nahhh... Gordon deserves to win, though I know for a fact that he won't. In all the polls that have gone around, Gordon receives less than a percentage of the votes.


Anyrate, I really do look forward to this forum. I hope that whoever wins this coming May will do this country some good . . . And nominate me as a Supreme Court Justice!

Blunders

Currently sitting at the GnW computer. The Campus Journal Awards is ending, the only thing left is the distribution of certificates.

"Hey L. Could you help make the certificates? You just have to type in the participants' name and print it afterwards."

Simple task if you do it right. But from past experiences, I don't always do the right thing. To my credit, I did what they told me to do: I typed and printed the names of the participants who were on the list -- all 100 of 'em (it only set me back 840php). The problem is that I used the wrong certificate format. It all looked to same to me -- Recognition, Participation -- what's the difference? What really matters is the correct spelling of the participants' name. How was I to know that the Certificate of Recognition was actually to recognize the winners. We're probably better off giving them certificates of Excellence.

Which is what we did.

O Boring Nights

When I returned to the Philippines earlier this month I had my computer taken away from me by one of Asus's service representatives. The large crack that had formed on the rear hinge of my laptop was a design flaw, and under Asus's 2-year global warranty, they were obliged to replace the casing of my laptop. We'll call you after 4-5 working days, they said. They escorted me out and I was as happy as any customer would be when given free service.

After 4-5 working days I failed to receive a call. I came back and demanded for my computer, but they apologetically inform me that Asus currently did not have the parts. It'll take 3-4 weeks, they said. I was upset that they hadn't told me this information before, but given the situation I couldn't do anything but walk away in defeat and wait another 2-3 weeks.

During this time I sit at home with absolutely nothing to do.

I generally finish school at six in the evening. It takes an hour to commute home. From seven onwards I do the following things: eat, shower, read, clean my room, and play guitar (also, I recently started "working out"). I realized that this routine takes three hours of my day, which means by 9:30PM I'm in bed wondering why my evenings seem so short.

I can't do my homework because assignments are sent through email, I can't do research because journals are now found online. And surprisingly, I'm beginning to feel like textbooks are obsolete.

What I'm trying to say is that . . . I dunno . . . I should learn how to cook.

Note: I had my cable disconnected last December, so no TV