I miss blogging.

Welcome back CM, it’s time to tell some of your new funny yet good stories, so here you go.

Almost a year or two na yata since the last time na nag-blog ako ng random. Maybe because kagagaling ko lang sa heartbreaks na siyang nagpa-wala ng gana ko sa pagsusulat ng mga random stories ko sa buhay, although hindi ko man ito pinopost or pinopost sa blog sites.

Chapter 1: What’s my name?

Last April 2015, I met this guy, and actually sa pangalan ko lang siya nakilala. Nagtatanggal ako nun ng production uniform dahil pupunta ako sa Admin office for some errand things to do, ng may isang guy na lumapit sa akin na Cadet Engineer, he asked my name at sinabi ko. Pero nahihirapan siyang i-pronounce yung name ko kaya pinakita ko yung ID ko sa kanya pero same pa din, kaya tinawag niya nalang akong “Cris”, sabi pa niya siguro “Cris” ang name ng Papa mo and I said “Yes”. After that umalis na ako tapos narinig ko yung sinabi niya sa kasama niyang CE din na “Pre, Cris daw name” pero hindi ko nalang pinansin or binigyan ng meaning yung moment na yun.

Few, days after that, hindi ko na siya napapansin sa Production or kahit saang area or maybe I’m too busy to notice him. Then one day, kinausap ako ng Engineer ko at nagkwento siya ng, “Neng, may mga Cadet Engineer sa changing area na pinaguusapan ka narinig ko kasi “Chrizia yung Kaizen” napatingin nga ako kaso hindi ko na naiintidihan yung sinasabi nila sayo”. Alam ko na kaagad kung sino yung mga yun kaya sabi ko nalang “Ah, yun yung mga new batch of CE na nagtanong ng name ko, yaan mo sila”.

Month of hiring sa company namin dahil may bago kaming product na siyang magpapaunlad sa company namin kaya sa Dept. namin madami ding mga bago kaya naging busy din ako para turuan sila at i-share yung mga knowledge na meron ako at i-guide sila kung paano ang kalakaran sa company at sa trabaho namin. Hindi nagtagal naging kaibigan ko din sila despite of being workmates.

Month of May 2015, nagku-kulayan kami ng mga ka-workmate ko sa isang boarding house. Hanggang sa isang moment nag-kwento yung isa kong ka-workmate na may nagte-text daw sa kanyang bagong CE, at nabanggit daw niya na tropa daw niya ako. Sa isip-isip ko nalang, yung moment of asking my name lang naman yung moment na meron kami tropa kaagad? After naman nun hindi na kami nagkausap pero sinabi ko nalang sa ka-workmate ko na “Ah, kilala ko nga yan, katext mo? Nako type ka nan” which is obvious naman dahil kinuha nga ang number. niya. Pero ang sabi naman niya, “Hindi, ikaw ang type nito ikaw ang binabanggit”, pero ni minsan hindi ko naisip yung part na yun.

Days are passing by, nagke-kwentuhan kami ng ka-workmate ko about him. Sine-share niya yung mga conversation nila, conversation na nagpaparamdam yung CE na katext niya na manligaw, na may gusto siya sa kanya. Natuwa naman ako kasi mukang okay naman yung guy, kaya sinabi ko sa kanya na “Oh? Muka namang okay yun ah di payagan mo siya, isa pa single ka naman” pero sabi niya, “Hindi naman nage-effort eh isa pa alam naman niya kung sino yung gusto ko”. Pero despite sa kwentuhan namin lagi about him, lagi ko siyang pinu-push doon sa guy na yun dahil nakikita ko naman sa muka niya kapag tinitingnan niya yung ka-workmate ko na okay naman siya.

Month of July, may malaking changes sa work namin since dumami kami sa department namin nagkaroon ng groupings, dito napalipat ako sa Plant 3 kung saan kasama ko yung mga bago kong ka-workmate, naging komportable naman ako dahil maganda ang environment at yung mga taong nakakasalamuha ko ay mababait naman. Hanggang sa isang araw, pagpunta ko sa may locker area malapit sa may guard area naming, ng nakita ko yung CE na nakilala ko few months ago at katext na ngayon ng ka-workmate ko, nagkakitaan kami at nagkausap, “Uy, anong ginagawa mo dito? Sinusundan mo si Talja no?”, “Dito na daw ako maa-assign e.”, sabay ngiti. “Ahh, di ayos paano mga gamit mo may locker ka na ba?”, “Wala pa nga, hindi pa ako binibigyan ng guard dito”, “Hindi ka sa guard hihingi may naka-long sleeve jan na nagi-issue ng locker sa kanya ka humingi”, “Saan ba locker ni Talja? Palagay naman muna ako ng sapatos ko”, “Nako, hindi ko alam code niya saka share-share lang din kami dito kaya punuan din pero itext mo siya malay mo naman”, after nun umalis na ako.

Pag pasok ko ng production, agad kong kinwento sa ka-workmate ko na dito na din na-assign yng katext niyang CE, hindi nagtagal niloloko ko na siya doon.

Hindi nagtagal, pinakilala siya ng mga Senior Engineer niya sa buong production support as new member of Process Engineer, at may mga projects din na humihingi siya ng support sa amin. Lagi ko siyang niloloko kapag nakakasama niya sa project yung ka-workmate ko, kasi halata sa muka niya na kinikilig siya so ako naman pang-asar hanggang sa napapa-hiya na pala siya ganun din yung ka-workmate ko.

Month of September, may isa akong malaking project kung saan halos doon na ako sa process na yun tumira kaa-aral ng time, process at line balancing. Siguro napapansin na din niya ako saka yung mga kadal-dalan ko sa mga operators hanggang sa lumapit na siya at tinanong kung anong project ko doon. After ko i-explain sa kanya bigla kong na-isingit na may nagkakagusto sa kanyang operator, nagulat siya kung bakit alam ko, sabi ko nalang “Kalat na dito sa line 1 kasi akala nila ka-dept. kita e tinatanong kung anong shift mo last week sabi ko C kaya ayun may nagkwento sa akin”. Pero alam na pala niya kung sino dahil yung babaeng tinutukoy ko ay naghuhulog na pala ng love letter sa locker niya. Hanggang sa yun na ang simula ng pagkakaibigan namin, kwentuhan ng mga kalandian sa kabila ng pagigigng busy sa trabaho.

To be continue…

When you’re walking backwards, don’t be afraid to close your eyes. 'Cause the truth is, darling, that everything will be alright. Alright? 

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“Heartbreaking love story is a must-see for fans of the book.”

Movie Background:

“The Fault in Our Stars” is an American romantic comedy-drama that teaches viewers to be honest, strong, and live life to the fullest no matter what’s thrown at them. This movie is based on the novel of the same name by John Green, starring Shailene Woodley who plays the role of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters. This film tells the love story of the two teenagers who has different forms of cancer that share their experiences, hardships, and form a strong bond during their sad and heartbreaking yet inspired and hopeful journeys through life.

I judge movies by the amount of tears I will produce while watching, and for the record I cried and cried. If sticks and stones will break my bones, well the lines in this movie totally broke my heart.

Therefore, “The Fault in Our Stars” gets major thumbs up.

Movie Breakdown:

Hazel Grace Lancaster (Woodley) is an extraordinary, clever and pleasant young girl who is dealing with stage 4 Thyroid cancer with metastasis forming in her lungs a form of cancer that requires her to use a portable oxygen tank to breathe. When her parents force her to go to a cancer support group, she begins to open up more about her experiences and meets several new people with same story, including Augustus “Gus” Waters (Elgort), a post-cancer patient with a prosthetic leg, he was also diagnosed with Osteosarcoma.

Gus is an eloquent, full of energy and confident. He instantly strikes up several conversations with Hazel at the support group, and they become fast friends. Spending more time together by bonding over Hazel’s favorite book “An Imperial Affliction”, Gus is not shy in his open declaration of his feelings and strong compliments for Hazel, who says she only wants to be friends because of her condition but clearly appears to feel something more.

Hazel starts to develop strong feelings for Augustus even though she tries to suppress these feelings. Because she thinks she is like a grenade. But still, the story continues as their relationship grows. They fall in love and together they pursue finding out more about Hazel’s mysterious book by contacting its author.

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Like many stories of this nature, the main character (Hazel) describes her viewpoint story and thinks aloud from time to time, which provides a form of background, explanation, and sometimes comedy-be-it-playful humor and dialogue, or dark, depressing content.

A good amount of the movie is filled with similar content as characters discuss their lives, conditions, regrets, and feelings about living, dying, and dealing with cancer. The thing that lights up the film is the chemistry and relationship between Hazel and Gus, the fun they have together, and the limitless loving moments or looks they share. 

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Willem Dafoe who played the role Van Houten, the author of “An Imperial Affliction” granted a trip through a “Make a Wish” type of organization (called “Genies” in the movie) to visit in Amsterdam. This trip of a lifetime only brings them closer as they fulfill their wish and spend some quality time together.

“The Fault in Our Stars” is the kind of movie that will make a sentimental, hopeless romantic or sensitive person choke up when seeing the characters cry or experience emotional, heart-felt moments – or when seeing the depressing condition some of the characters are in throughout the film.

It’s very poetic at times, talking about life, death, and love, and this content is complimented by the music featured in the film. Through all of the romance and sadness, there is a lot of comic relief in large part due to Ansel Elgort.

I do wonder if the film dragged on too long, as it could have ended multiple times. But as it continued, it appeared to have more to say and thus more time needed to tie things up.

All in all, this movie explores what it’s like to be alive and in love, and teaches you to make the most out of your life – even if it is a short one. It’s female-driven for the most part, well-acted, has a sweet story, and really makes you feel for the characters.

Part of the film deals with the book Hazel is obsessed with, which soon becomes one of Gus’ interests as well. Not happy with the ending and having many questions, Gus contacts the author Van.

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What I felt while watching “The Fault in our Stars”?

I laugh to Augustus Waters sense of humor. I cry and feel sad, but at some point I learn something like on how to live life to the fullest dreams and motivation like Hazel Grace. My too-emotional-part of the movie where I cry the most is; (1) When Augustus Waters confess to Hazel Grace that a recent PET scan revealed his cancer to have relapsed; (2) When Hazel Grace speaks eulogies for Gus during arrangement of pre-funeral, she quotes Van Houten about “larger and smaller infinities” and confides that she would not trade their short time together for anything in the world; (3) When Hazel Grace woke up in the middle of the night, heard a phone call then suddenly her mom and dad came into her room and she started to cry out loud……

I started to cry too.

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Kei, Hazel, Chrizia and EF, first year college tayo nung naadik tayo sa movies. Pupunta tayo kila Tin para lang kumain at manood. Minsan sinasadyang magpalate at minsan nagkakayayaan na hindi pumasok. Natuto tayo mag-iDate at madalas nalilipasan na lang ng gutom dahil sa paglalaro. Si EF na adik sa Ninja saga dati, gusto kong tanungin kung nilalaro pa ba niya yun hanggang ngayon. May nagkalovelife pero ang maganda dun e, yung tayo tayo parin yung magkakasama.

Tuwing babaha sa school hindi natin alam kung san tayo gagala o pupunta dahil wala tayong klase, habang nagkukwento ako ngayon naalala ko yung mga napagdaanan ng samahan natin. Kung gaano ako kagago. Sorry kay Kei, alam ko hindi pa tayo okay ngayon. Yung ilangan tuwing magkakasama tayo, yung hindi natin pagpapansinan, sorry kung bigla tayong naging ganito. Sorry.

1st yr - 4th yr, ang dami ko pang gustong ikwento. Ang dami ko pang gustong sabihin. Hindi ko man maalala lahat yun at hindi ko man lahat yung masabi dito. Yung Kei (Kevin),Hazel (Aylwin), Chrizia at EF naman yung kahit kailan hindi ko makakalimutan sa lahat ng kaibigan ko at nakilala ko ♥ Pits, kayo ang dahilan kung bakit naging masaya ang college life ko. Thank you.

*hagulgol* *lupasay*

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It’s Ysa’s day out. It’s her 19th birthday and we just celebrate it in their house, go to Cafe Ella to take chillax hours and went to UPLB again. :)