Chronicles of Migz

The future as all of you know has alot in store for us whether it be good or bad and the future is always clouded with “uncertainity” (a word that is seemingly tagged always with future) as no one knows what to expect. Each and everyone must traverse the various junctions,crossroads and forks that life, destiny, fate, or whatever you want to call it enforces or obliges us to take.

We may go up or down (the area looks awfully familiar)

A year from now, if i’m lucky (and I do hope so), I will be graduating and finally I will be bidding adios to the university and by then I would be looking for a job which suits the course that I took for almost 6.5 years which is journalism. (thank god) maybe and just maybe I can land a job in a magazine or newspaper company.

Obviously, if I can’t land a job right on then I will have to settle with a call center as I have to start earning my money as soon as possible. (who knows maybe I might see you guys around)

2 years from now, who knows? I may just be a regular house bum living with my parents or maybe I may be a jet-set flying, party hard freelance journalist or maybe a night-shift call center zombie. Only time will tell.

Now that I given you a glimpse of what may become of me in the future let me get my little crystal ball and let me see what the future may have in store for you.

Em Timajo – will become a very well-known volleyball player both local and international but will end up cutting  his professional career short to pursue and finish his studies.

Nicko Wangag – is going to become one of the leading writers and may end up as an editor for MST because of his perseverance and diligence in work but due to being a workaholic he may not have time to tend for other things like love and relationship.

Precious Francisco – will have 2 more children both male and female. due to the constraints of being a mother she decides to leave the work to her husband and focus more on being a full-time housewife.

Gilbert Monge – is not going to be a media practitioner due to conflicts with several big bosses from a number of media outlets but rather he decides to go back to UP and start a career in teaching. Upon entering his first class he blushes red and smiles gleefully upon seeing his all-female class.

Emjhey Lacson – will discontinue her post as a writer but soon after quitting she will be discovered and become a singer. A few years of fame and fortune she decides to also call it quits and finally settle down with Claude.

Camille Makayan – is going to bum around but after a few months decides to take a chance in the modeling business wherein she becomes both a model and fashion designer.

Girlie Daliva – will pursue a career in broadcasting rather than journalism. she becomes a indie-film director and while directing her debut film she falls in love with her lead actor and gets married soon after the red carpet premiere.

Heidy Landrito – is going to work in a call center wherein she finds quick success as she lands promotion after promotion but due to work her lovelife dwindles also at a similar rate.

Jeka DelaRosa – due to her quirkiness and very friendly attitude she becomes a PR agent where she instantly builds up her fortune. She encounters lots of guys who fall head over heels for her but due to a twist of fate she decides to rekindle her relationship with a former love.

JM Javier – will quickly migrate to Japan wherein he would discover his real paradise of anime and j-pop but in the end he succumbs to the language barrier and becomes lost in translation and decides to return to the Philippines.

Joevie Guerrero – is going to start her own cult where she becomes the head honcho. Due to popularity her cult is officially recognized and soon she makes a lot of money and even gets her own tv station and channel to further promote her cult.

Pike Revita – becomes a call center agent and falls in love with a coworker. but due to pike’s excitement he and his love end up making a “love child” in his first try. Due to their blazing hot love for each other they happily get married a few months after.

Kit Perez – will pursue a career in scriptwriting where her script the “Black box” is quickly chosen as the next movie project. Soon after, Black box hits the big screen and becomes a rousing success. even with all of the success she decides to live in the outskirts of the city with her family.

Luisa H. Del Pilar – right after graduating she finally gets married and decides to migrate to France wherein she decides to try a career in painting.

Neil Javier – after experiencing a revelation and lots of thinking he decides to revert back on being Darius. he falls in love with a girl and gets married. But sometimes he still reverts back to his old self.

Fitz Teretit – will forget about writing and instead pursue a career in music wherein she completely drops her EMO image for a more heavy metal style. Her band usually fronts for the main acts.

Grace Palpalatoc – will reap the fruits of labor and hard work by landing a job in Summit media wherein she becomes one of the head honchos.

Claude Bonares – will still be working in a call center but will be also doing part-time work in a gizmos and gadgets magazine wherein he reviews videogames. He also drops his womanizing attitude and decides to settle down with Emjhey.

Sir Alex Maaliw – will retire from his career of teaching and will just travel around the world to explore the different attractions and of course meet women.

So there you go, no one knows if the stuff I just stated are going to be true but as I mentioned earlier the future is uncertain and that anything can happen. Good and bad things will come our way but all we have to do is be strong and let ourselves persevere thru the challenges we may face.

Guys, it has been a pleasure to be part of your section and surely I will miss all of you. Thank you for the friendship and goodluck to you all.

When the month of March arrives, a new batch of eager-to-leave graduates will bid their final farewell to their respective schools, colleges, and universities as they finally step into the real world where they have to start a new journey and traverse the many trials and tribulations that it may bring.

The new challenges may very well be daunting for the newcomers as presently everyone is suffering. Economic recessions, job cuts, financial problems have seemingly put the Philippines and the world in a deadly stranglehold where only the best can make it out alive and well. Add to the fact that every second, life in the Philippines only gets more miserable and degrading as the upper echelon of corrupt pigs in our government have only selfish intentions to save themselves rather than everyone. Yes, it seems the real world is a dog eat dog world where only the strongest can survive.

It’s true that studying may finally be over but it has to be considered that working has just began. Gone are the days of when we have to force ourselves to listen to a teacher’s nonsensical babbling  that “Gay Abunda” is a ” acclaimed”  journalist or numerous college algebra problems that you know deep down from the heart would prove useless on your course specialization but rather we have to work to be able to sustain our status and to be able to get ourselves in a better situation. Ironically, no matter how hard we have studied during our academic years we are released into a world where we have to learn to fend ourselves with only our determination as our guiding light but sometimes not even determination can make you go thru.

Who knows where we may end up? will we ever be the journalist that we have hoped and studied to be or will we be house bums still living dependently with our parents?

For now, I cant really say, as sadly I am not part of the graduates this time around. But right now I can already feel the tremors that come along with graduation. One of those is that I will no longer see and be in the company of the people who have become my closest and dearest friends such as Jeka, Claude, Pike and the rest of the journalism peeps since they will be departing UE soon. I also feel that the next school year will be tough without the people I have grown accustomed with. Although yes, I still got my 3rd batchmates around but it does not fit or feel right (also keep in mind that i’m the only guy in my batch).

But I have learned that things cannot change and that my time will also come that I have to leave and set forth on my own journey (which is basically already over due).

1 year from now hopefully I will also be crossing the path that others have crossed and only then my fight for my own future will begin.

Once in a while especially when problems are around such as the Gawad Silangan fuss and a science interview gone awry I often want to get away from it all and just go somewhere with the one person that I love (which is obviously Marge).

And among those destinations I would really like to take her would be Paris but due to the fact I’m sticking with realistic aspect (which is bluntly, because I have to be realistic also financial-wise) then I would choose my second option which is the summer capital of the Philippines, Baguio. Why Baguio? Between the uneven, hilly terrain, and huge network of criss-crossing roads is a paradise where you can simply relax without worries.

maybe sometime in the future...

And I guess because both of us really want to and are gearing to go back there since for Marge, her last trip to Baguio was way back when she was just 5yrs old. While for me, I was in Baguio a year ago when my uncle bought the whole family for an outing (that was actually my first time to go to Baguio).

I can easily visualize how my getaway plan (sounds quite sinister) would work. Of course, after my 9pm class and after packing our bags we would then set forth to one of the many Baguio bus terminals along Cubao-Edsa. Maybe grab a light snack and some refreshments before going in the bus itself if ever time allots. The bus ride from Manila to Baguio usually take 5-6 hrs and depends on what route the bus takes but anyway that gives us enough time and opportunity to get some sleep, eat, and of course, have a little chit-chat.

Session road

Once we set foot on baguio, I’m sure the cool, and chilly breeze will greet us and kiss our cheeks as we exit the bus. By then, we would take a FX ride (seeing that there are only few public utility jeeps in Baguio) to one of the transient homes along Gibraltar road. And after making ourselves feel at home we would then set out to see the sights that Baguio has to offer such as Minesview park where we can admire the breathtaking view of the mountains, the strawberry farm (forgot the exact name) where we can pluck fresh strawberries and even get a taste of natural strawberry ice cream and strawberry taho which is quite good actually, Camp John Hay leisure resort where me and Marge can have a nice little picnic within the grassy fields, Session road where we can purchase goods and of course, look for great buys from the countless ukay-ukay stalls abound, and finally SM Baguio (simply because it has a nice view of the lower area of Baguio).

At the end of the day, We would be back in the transient home together in the terrace with arms wrap around each other and we would spend countless hours just watching the stars way up in the outer heavens until the fog and clouds come down. Then as we lay down in bed, I would give her a kiss to thank her for such a great and wonderful time.

Anyhow, I really do have plans to make this date sketch a reality since it is already February and because both of us will be celebrating our first valentine’s day together, our 10^th monthsary, and of course, my 23^rd birthday. I’m so excited and anxious already for this getaway trip.

A lot of things have happened over the last 12 months there was DyLan performing live for the first time during the MTV campus crashers event.

DyLan rocks UE

The happy realization that I finally found a journ family.

jo6a- the unbeatables

jo8a-the bipolars

Discovering and meeting new friends both on and off campus.

Those were great moments but of course there’s one that stands out the most among the rest. Yes, obviously, I’m sure you guys know what my blog is about but that’s how I see it.

But the best has got to be when I finally met my special someone during the latter part of the 07-08 second semester. Her name was Marge Briones, she was my classmate in my Media ethics class which comprised of both BC and JO students, she was not really a standout in class as she usually was quiet and kept things to herself. She was a real mystery. At the beginning of the semester, we never and I mean NEVER talked at all, we were total strangers but once the month of January and February came things suddenly change. Why you ask? Because of a simple network site called multiply. (subliminal advertising)

So how did it come to be? Well, simply put I was new to multiply and I went on a searching spree for friends and classmates. What a coincidence that I came across her site which was full of blogs that were dramatic and full of angst as most of the blogs revolved around her ex-boyfriend. Funny enough that I started to gave comments in regards to her writings and how she should dump and forget her then bf. That instant period slowly paved the way to an unlikely friendship. Our status as classmates suddenly changed to friends. Slowly, unlike past classes, we started talking about different stuff from class lecture, sports, and of course, love.

And ever since I got her cellphone number we texted like crazy, morning to past midnight and at times it even came to the point where we would fall asleep from texting.

Anyhow, when summertime came, we decided to still see each other and go out at least once a week. It became a habit of ours to see and spend time with each other.

When April 18 came upon us, everything change, not in a magical way but in a way that can be best described as a return to glory. It was official I was her bf from that day on and she was my gf from that day on too. After that everything went full gear as we spend so many days and nights together in the confines of each other’s warm embrace.

I was happy and she was happy. Nothing more nothing less. Our relationship stemmed from disastrous pasts that we had from past and busted relationships before meeting each other.

When the first semester of 2008-2009 came, everyone and I mean everyone was shocked and awe upon seeing the sight of us holding hands. No one expected that we would end up together. It was quite weird actually since a lot of my friends especially those under BC tease me often about being under the radar while pulling my moves.

Anyhow, going back to present time, everything is somehow going great and swell although sometimes there are arguments and disputes that cannot be avoided. I believe from the bottom of my heart that having Marge as my gf was the greatest thing to happen to me during the year 2008 and probably she is the best thing to ever come to me.

happy...