So far, THIS IS THE BEST AD BY A PRESIDENTIABLE! The concept, the song – perfect! Except for one thing – the absence of Mar Roxas.

Hindi Ka Nag-iisa
Sasamahan ka naminKahit paligid ay madilimIilawan ang daanTungo sa magandang kinabukasan
Ika’y mamuno, kami ay susunodPagkakaisa’y ating itaguyodAng Pilipinas ay naghihintayHanda kaming kumilosHandang umalalay
Chorus:
Hindi ka nag-iisaSa pag gising ng bayanKami ay kasamaHindi ka nag-iisaIsasapuso ang dangalNang aming bayanSa tulong at biyaya ng MaykapalMagkakapit bisig tayo
Ituloy natin ang laban ni Ninoy at CoryNang bawat mamamayanPagmamahal natin sa bayanWag na nating itagoDi tayo susuko
(Repeat Chorus)
Sama-sama bawat PilipinoMula noon, ngayon at kailan pa manDi ka nag-iisa

Entitled “Siya na Nga”, this is the Official Theme Song of Noynoy Aquino

Download the mp3 file here.

SIYA NA NGA!

Aaaaaahaahhaah….

Solo:

Hanap ko ay tunay na kalayaan

Hatid sa’ting lahat, disenteng kabuhayan

Hanap ko ang isang tunay na pinuno

Sa kahirapan, lahat tayo’y ihahango

Chorus:

Siya na ba? Siya na nga! Siya nawa.

Tapos na sana ang matinding pighati

Siya na ba? Siya na nga! Harinawa.

Tanggalin ang tiwali. Itatama ang mali!

Aaaaaahaahhaah….

Solo:

Babalik ang aming paniniwala

Ibibigay muli aming pagtitiwala

Hindi ka na namin pababayaan

Hinding-hindi ka namin iiwanan

Chorus

Siya na nga! Walang bahid, walang duda!

Buhay muli ang pag-asang minimithi

Siya na nga! Walang bahid, walang duda

Tanggalin ang tiwali, itatama ang mali!

REFRAIN:

Gising na mahal kong bayan

Siya na nga, maari kang tumaya

Sa pagtanggol ng kalayaan, kasama ka sa

Laban na tapat, laban ng lahat.

Chorus:

Siya na nga! Walang bahid, walang duda

Buhay muli ang pag-asang minimithi

Siya na nga (Siya na nga!) Walang bahid, walang duda

Tanggalin ang tiwali, itatama ang mali

Siya na nga (Siya na nga!) Walang bahid, walang duda

Buhayin muli ang pag-asang minimithi

Siya na nga (Siya na nga!) Walang bahid, walang duda

Tanggalin ang tiwali, itatama ang mali

Siya na nga! Siya na nga….(REPEAT)

……SIYA NA NGA

After enduring heavy storms of exams and papers, IT’S SEMBREAK TIME! Yes! And I am currently making a cross-stitched protrait of Former President Corazon Aquino. I’ll post the pictures when I’m done!

And I have the previledge of making a speech before my former alma mater, Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos. I’ll be talking about Math in front of high school students. What about Math? I don’t know yet. I still have to create a topic for them to enjoy.

Bah! Lots to do this semestral break!

Computerized Registration System (CRS) is an online class management module in UP Diliman wherein students get to choose their classes online so that their registration process will be easier. It has been running since I was a freshie, and in general, CRS wasn’t kind nor cruel to me. Just so so. I usually need to enlist only one or two subjects.

Last Tuesday was the last day for students to choose their subjects. I picked out BroadComm 10, Nat Sci 1, Math 164, Math 211 and Math 128.

And the results where released just now.

Yay! For the first time in 8 semesters in the university, I got all the subjects I needed! So, in other words, my schedule looks like this:

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But then again, the CRS made me realize one thing: that I am on my final semester in UP (as an undergraduate, at least), and it feels very nostalgic. It feels like yesterday that I was a freshie looking for nonexistent rooms, or standing up when being asked by a prof. Time flies so fast. I wish that I can stop it, but no. But I can make my last sem so worth it. I promise to give it all. My acads okay, my proposed projects pushed through. Kaya ko ito! Aja!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit the seat of legislature of the country: The Senate of the Philippines. As a second-time visitor, I was intimidated with the aura of the building and its ‘inhabitants’. The men and women in these halls controls much of our lives, some of them even present in almost all of our TV screens.

I went there to meet with an associate of Sen. Kiko Pangilinan. Of course, proper decorum must be observed in times and placed like this. I had much difficulty being refined and gentle (because that’s my polar opposite), but the meeting went well. Whoo! The worst is over.

Since I was in the Senate, I’d better take the advantage. My companion escorted me to the 5th floor where the Senator’s offices are located. I had to get the contacts of Senators Villar, Escudero, Aquino and Madrigal (you might have a good idea what my agenda is right now)

The thing that most struck me in the Senate is Senator Madrigal’s office. OMG. It looks like a European hotel lobby, complete with European style furnishing and upholstery. Plus, the office’s scented. I really can’t help but to think how much money was spent to refurbish her office.

We went back to the second floor. I would have wanted to talk with Sen. Kiko’s associate more but sadly, she had work to do so she had to go. But before we parted ways, she escorted me to the session hall, were the Senate hearings are conducted. It was my first time to hear a Senate session live and alive (the first Senate session I heard as during the impeachment trial of President Estrada. I watched it like a full-blown teledrama).

I was just in time to watch it. After the preliminaries, it was Sen. Aquino and Sen. Roxas’ turn in the Senate floor. But since Sen. Roxas called in sick, Sen. Angara took over his place and deliberated with Sen. Aquino. They were debating about Resolutions #1981 and #1989, about placing the entire archipelago under state of calamity after the typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Watching from afar, I really can’t help but notice Sen. Aquino’s receding hairline. In fact, it was worse than ever.  Where’s Kris when you need her? LOL

It was very disappointing to see that none of the senators were paying attention to the deliberation. Lots of them were chit-chattng with each other, standing, walking around, like school children without their teacher. In fact, I could have listed those who are NOISY, STANDING, and NOT IN PROPER SEAT.

Frustrated with what I was seeing, I left the Senate around 4 pm. I ended my trip with a disappointed heart, seeing that millions pay for the salaries of these people and yet those 14 senators take those millions for granted (FYI, 14 out of 24 senators were present during that day)

So, Time Magazine had lots of fun mocking Obama on what awards he could win. Maybe I’ll have lots of fun too..

Obama and the Oscar

Wow, he wins Best Actor? For what? His biopic? That’s the first time an actor wins for a role portraying himself…Too bad Will Smith ain’t gonna get that Oscar too soon…and Meryl Streep better get a nomination for her Hilary Clinton protrayal…

(more after the break)

Obama and the MTV Awards

So, after Obama gets the MTV Music Award, Kanye West goes up to the stage and sabotage his President. And the Presidential security won’t go up stage because they never saw Kanye’s Taylor Swift sabotage and they are watching a replay.

Obama and the Pulitzer

Oooh, the Pulitzer! What, his book wins the Pulitzer?! No way! Damn, Twilight might even be better than that piece of muck! No way!

Obama and the Cy Young Award

Honestly, I don’t know what this is so I’m going to leave GMA’s BFF unscathed in here…damn!

Obama and the Olympics

…Is he even eligible age-wise?

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Source: http://www.gmanews.tv

Olympic silver medalist and 6-time US medalist Sasha Cohen withdrew from Trophee Eric Bompard because of injury. This is her official press release from icenetwork.com:

Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, three-time world medalist and six-time U.S. medalist, announced today she will not compete at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, the first event in the 2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, because of an injury.

After consultation with an orthopedic surgeon, Cohen was diagnosed with tendonitis in her right calf.

“I have been advised to limit my training for the next few weeks,” Cohen said. “My pain is subsiding, but I have not been able to fully train for Trophée Bompard.”

Cohen says she is confident that she will be ready to compete at 2009 Skate America, Nov. 12-15 in Lake Placid, N.Y. 

“I was looking forward to competing in Paris, and I’m sorry I won’t be there,” Cohen said. “However, I’m still excited about the rest of the season and am looking forward to competing in Lake Placid.”

Cohen announced in May her intention to return to competitive skating following a three-year absence. Her last competition was the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Canada, where she won the bronze.

Cohen trains in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., under the direction of Rafael Arutunian, a former coach of two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan.

Too bad Sasha can’t join the fun, but I hope she’ll recover and do well in Skate America.