MY ADVOCACIES

The activities that I have participated and organized that are in line with my advocacies...

TRAININGS I'VE ATTENDED

The trainings, summits, conferences and other activities that I have attended...;

MY ADVENTURES

The places that I have been to, foods that I have tasted and things that I have discovered ...

MEETING PEOPLE

Very important people that I have met in conferences, summits, and other activities that I have joined in ...

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Written by oyyvernie in


being afraid

Afraid to commit mistakes?
Don’t be.
For it is in making mistakes
That we grow as a person.

Afraid or failures?
Don’t be.
For it is in failing
That we learn to stand up.

Afraid of taking risks?
Don’t be.
For it is in taking risk
That we’re able to know how capable we are in doing great things.

Afraid to change for the better?
Don’t be.
For it is resistance that hinders a person
From developing his or her skills.

Afraid to start again?
Don’t be.
Nothing may start easy;
But remember: what is most difficult is also most rewarding.

Don’t be afraid.
You’ll never know how far you can go
And how best you can be
If you don’t even try.

Let go of fear
For it control prevents you from living fully;
It isolates, restricts and
Separates you from the real you.

Learn to take a leap out of your comfort zone,
And discover how beautiful the world is, outside.


Written by oyyvernie in


what the hell happened to the students' freedom of expression?

"I'm going to find out kung naa ko student niapil ato [candle lighting ceremony] kay patay cla nako, ako mismo mag hatag sa ila ug Application for Transfer."
-Sir Matulin


I am a soon-to-be member of STAND (Student Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy). In this organization, we’re fighting for the students’ rights, especially for the right to education. And, these days, STAND was doing something to stop the administration’s plan of increasing the tuition.

Last month, I can’t remember what’s the exact date, someone texted me that there will be a candle lighting ceremony to be held outside the gates of USC-TC. Some members of the League of Filipino Students a.k.a. LFS (an organization connected to STAND) were also there.

It was a peaceful really. But because the primary reason of the tuition fee increase (TFI, as some students label it), according to the administration, is to increase the compensation of teachers, some of them gave a negative reaction to rally. That includes Sir Matulin (I don’t know his full name but he’s Russell Fernandez’ teacher in Spanish).

He said that he would surely give an Application for Transfer to those students who joined the rally. Eh? Is he that obsessed to get an increase in his salary? We do have the right, as students, to complain whenever there’s an increase in tuition fees, right? What the hell happened to the students’ freedom of expression?

I am not against or pro TFI. I am against what Sir Matulin have said. He shouldn’t do that. Can he? Will he even do that?

Written by oyyvernie in


Remembering someone's birthday

"di jud ka true friend kay wa ka kibaw sa akong birthday"
-Frances Cuyos
Remembering someone's birthday is very important for someone like Frances Cuyos. She even uses this as a basis if you’re her true friend or not. Geez, joke na? Eh?

But remembering the birthdays of your newly-found friends is not so easy for me. Perhaps, because I don’t usually bother to ask when a person’s birthday is. If someone tells me, or if I can see on facebook, that it’s my friend’s birthday, I would greet him or her. I would even text everybody and say, “oyy, it’s Frances’ birthday greet her. Here’s her number 0923******.”

I’ve remembered Khai Arciete’s birthday because Juliet Margate told me. Khai was very happy about that. She even said she loves me [photo]. ngee! Does saying ‘Happy birthday’ to someone make that person say ‘I love you’? hhmm. Khai did, but, perhaps, other people won’t.

Anyways, it is a celebration of the day you came to be, so, it has to be remembered.

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Malapit na birthday ko! Mark your calendars… APRIL 25! GIFT ha! Thanks!

Written by oyyvernie in


from friends to strangers? eh?


There’s this one person whom I used to treat as one of my friends. He was my classmate in high school. We’re now in college. We enrolled in the same university. For the first semester, we were in the same block section.

It was the first day of class when I saw him sitting somewhere. He was alone so I approached him and asked, “oyy, what’s your first subject?” [that moment, I didn’t know that block sections have the same class schedules..wahaha ]

“BA [business ad]”, he slowly replied. It was as if he didn’t want to respond. Like his approach was so cold and I don’t know what his reason was for acting like that. Did I do something bad? Or was it because of my lousy actions during the previous years we had in high school? Ewan. That was the first and the last conversation we had for the whole S.Y. 2009-2010.

For the rest of the school year, the two of us never really had small talks. Whenever we meet in hallways or in classrooms, we’d only stare at each other for a while,.. bang.. act like we didn’t see each other, act like we never knew each other. It’s so heartrending because he’s really been a good friend. But now, we consider ourselves as strangers.

It was February this year when our co-batchmate told me that this person promised to talk to me before the year 2010 starts [that's three months ago]. This person said that he wanted to change. And he was planning to start that change with me [he would befriend me :) ]. But that plan was never put to action. Maybe because he’s a little too shy to approach me or maybe because I’m too far that whenever he tries to reach out to me, I stay away.

My friends told me that I should do my part also. I should make friends with him. For so many times, I really tried to gather my courage and approach him but the fear of him rejecting me triumphed over me.

Ugh. So sad. I miss him.

I’ll end this blog post with a text message, “It’s sad when people you know become people you knew. When you can walk right past someone like they were never a big part of your life. How you used to be able to talk for hours and how now, you could barely even look at them.”

Written by oyyvernie in


three things women can do with men

“There are three things women can do with men,
-love them,


suffer for them,


or TURN THEM INTO LITERATURE”
-Stephen Stills




Stephen's absolutely right. Some of us girls fall for boys so quickly. We allow their "sweet-talk" to get us. We easily believe in their disheartening lies. We allow them to take advantage of our feelings. But despite that fact, we still continue to love them. We even write poems and songs for them. Isn’t that being masochistic?



We give them what they want. We're always there whenever they need us. Listen to them when they’ve got problems with their GFs, and stuffs like that. But, we never asked for a love in return. Isn’t that enough to please them? to satisfy them?

UGH. Were they told by their mom not to hurt a girl’s heart? These playboys need a rehab.

**hoy IKAW! Break my friend’s heart again. And hide in a place where I could not see you ‘coz i’ll seek vengeance for my friend jud. >.<

Written by oyyvernie in


Lovely Day by Park Shin Hye [lyrics]



Verse 1:
Salmyeosi nal ggaewojwoyo
My sunshine
Donghwa sok gongjucheoreom
nuneulgamgo
gidarilgeoyeyo


Verse 2:

Nun ddeumyeon
nae gyeote hamge hal love shot
Donghwa sok wangjacheoreom
nareulbomyeo
useojulgeojyo


Refrain 1:

Nado mollae du nuni
neoman geurigo
Ddo mollae dugeungeorin
gaseumi sorichineyo

Chorus:
I wanna love you
I wanna with you
Geudaedo neuginayo nae mameul
Naegewayo
jogeum deo dagawayo
nae mameul gajyeoyo

Everyday lovely day
maeil soksakyeo julgeyo
kaendiboda dalkoman
sarangeul julgeoyeyo

Verse 3:
Mabeome jumuneul geoleo
syallalla
Ddadeusan haetsalgateun
neoe miso
nareul deulchugin


Refrain 2:

Nado mollae gaseumi
ddo dugeungeoryeo

Du nune areutgeoryeo
ijeneun malhaebollaeyo

Chorus 2:
I wanna love you
I wanna with you

Geudaedo neuginayo nae mameul

Naegewayo
jogeum deo dagawayo
nae mameul gajyeoyo


Everyday lovely day
maeil soksakyeo julgeyo

kaendiboda dalkoman

sarangeul julgeoyeyo

Wanna love you wanna with you

Annajullaeyo
lovely day
nae mameul neuggyeobwayo

Yeongwoni hamgge hae


Rallaralla rallaralla
maeil haengbokman julgeoya
Kaendibosa dalkoman

sarangeul julgeoyeyo