Wednesday, July 26, 2006
my PR teacher in uni made my day today :-)
i initially wanted to book for an appointment with him to discuss my course
outline, but because of our conflicting time schedules he suggested we just
discuss it over the phone.
my dilemma was whether to take 2 core subjects again like last semester.
most of you were aware that i had some problems and some major dramas with
one of my subjects last time, and i dread the thought of having to go through that again this sem especially that im still working full time.
but my teacher said i should take the 2 subjects--
he thinks i wont have any problems passing them and that they're much
easier than i think.
i also mentioned my proposed trip to europe next year.
im planning to stop on the 2nd sem of next year because i'll be away for 2
months.
at first he suggested that i should secure/submit a leave of absence before
i go, but later on the conversation he thought of this really uberly brilliant
idea, he said instead of taking a leave of absence, why dont i just do an
individual research paper while in europe, and he will supervise it.
inside i was like, are you serious? good thing he sounded like he was,
he was apparently impressed with my attitude and with my skills last
semester
and he believes i could pull it off :P
that was surely more than enough to boost my confidence level hahahaha
so before i go to my euro trip next year, i will be meeting up with him.
individual research paper usually requires up to 10-15 thousand words, not
just nonsensical blabbers and semantics that i often write :P
its not gonna be a breeze for sure, but at least my trip would be
multipurpose.
hmmm im all excited already, its all good so far!
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
ive gone blonde!!! well not totally blonde, not legally or anything, just a lil bit, but so far am lovin it hahaha!
dont you?
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Monday, July 10, 2006
i often joke about my last name coz it has a funny sound to it.
mind you, i wouldnt trade it for any other surname :P
but a few years back, ive since established that Goopio is a "polish" word.
and has a terrible polish meaning so yeah, i sort of believed that i have
Polish ancestry somewhere along the way hahaha
of course that finding sort of contradict to what i was told when i was
growing up.
my mom said that my father is of spanish heritage (like everyone else in
the phils) not Polish.
when i was a kid, my mom used take me to my fathers hometown (cebu) to visit my
relatives, and i used to be amazed at how beautiful some of my aunties and cousins were. they really looked like stars from a spanish soap opera (only that they
spoke cebuano and not spanish) and i often wished id grew up as pretty as them.
but the email i received from a new found relative from cebu, sort of fixed
all my doubts with regards to my heritage.
he said:
"every year during May , the clan has a reunion. we can trace relatives thru
our family tree going back to 1820. our forfather is Don Juan Goopio,
former governador cillo of San Remigio (formerly Canhagas)."
anyways, in grade school we used to study the spanish colonisation in the
philippines and i had this impression that Gobernador Cillos were filthy and mean and
greedy spaniards who just took any land they want anytime from Filipinos before, just
because they can.
i even pictured them as having pointy mustache and having curly long hair,
and having big guts too :P
gobernador cillos were spaniards appointed by the king of spain to govern
the people living in a certain town.
he is bestowed to owing the land up to wherever his eyes can see (so if he
was much taller, he can own much further)
how cool is that?
but now that i know my great grandpa was one of them, i take my word back
againts Gobernador Cillos,
i dont think they were all so bad after all hahahahaha
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
well yesterday was my 5th year anniversary here in australia, and what better way to celebrate than party with the girls :D
my hips and legs still hurt from too much dancing, but nothing that a good bath could fix!
here are some fun pics taken from last night, with my sexy bestfriend marissa
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