10.21.2002 :::
 
102102 recieved some pretty bad news today. well ill just tell you the story of how i got the news.. lastnight i heard that there was an accident.. and someone died and another was in critical condition. this morning i was asking why one of my friends werent in school today and someone told me it was b/c one of her friends died lastnight and it was one of her really good friends. she told me it was a guy from green run who was eighteen. i thought 'man.. hes so young..' then later afterschool i came home with my friend kristina tendilla and my mom told me that she heard some news about mark/kevins cousin (we grew up together back in the day) and i thought.. 'oh.. its probably something about wendell or derrick' and she was like no... not them. so i asked her.. well whats the news? and she said that he got into an accident lastnight. so im there thinking.. who? immediately i thought.. wait.. hes eighteen.. and hes mark/kevins cousin.. so i was like.. reggie?? my mom was like.. 'no. not him.' so me and my mom were just going back and forth of their family.. and shes like.. no.. no. no. so im like.. well i have to get back to school and you can just tell me later.. so me and kristina left to go back to school to pick up sheryl saliba and roberto jamora for the tallwood roots meeting. while in the car.. i dont remember who said it.. but they said.. 'yeah.. reggie was in the accident lastnight. and he didnt make it'.. and i was like.. what?!?! and iono. after that.. i was just kinda out of it..

its weird b/c i remember being at mark/kevins house when i was little. and we'd all chill together with my brother and reggie and reyjohn when we were kids.. when we all still hung out everyday. it was like our crew passed down from our mothers who all worked together. we would all just play video games. through the recent years.. i didnt really get the chance to talk to him. we werent ever really close. ive only heard the things hes done and whatnot. but when i heard the news.. i was like.. what?! nuh uh... but it was true. iono. its weird how even though youre not really close to someone.. when theyre gone.. it kinda nixes that chance of getting tight. its just weird. i mean.. i didnt really know the guy that he was.. but its still this reality check that hes not there anymore. rip rc.
**my condolences to everyone
--to the passenger.. i hope you get well.



filipino fact 102102In 2001, “The Flip Side,” a film about growing up as a Filipino in America, became the first Filipino American feature film to be accepted into the world-renowned Sundance Film Festival. The writer/director is Rod Pulido.
Source: National Asian American Telecommunications Association

::: posted by charlene at 10:53:00 PM

10.20.2002 :::
 
by the way.. here are your filipino facts:

october 18
Where did the term Pinoy originate? It is believed that the term Pinoy originated from the early Filipinos who came to the United States. The Manongs (uncles) as the "oldtimers" were also known to call themselves Pinoys to distinguish themselves from Filipinos living in the Philippines.
Source: Philippine History 101 website
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~flip/history.html

october 19
Filipino American, Angela Perez Baraquio, is the Asian Pacific American ever to be crowned Miss America.
Source: Miss America Website

october 20
the laguna copperplate inscription is the artifact that proves the existance of filipinos in 900 ad. "six hundred and twenty one years earlier than the previously accepted date of 1521 when Antonio Pigafetta wrote his observations during his voyage with Magellan." "The text was written in Kavi, a mysterious script which does not look like the ancient Tagalog script known as baybayin or alibata. Neither does it look similar to other Philippine scripts still used today by isolated ethnic minorities like the Hanunóos and the Buhids of Mindoro, and the Tagbanwas of Palawan. It is the first artifact of pre-Hispanic origin found in the Philippines that had writing on copper material." roots.
source: http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/lci/lci.htm and rina parilla for telling me about it

::: posted by charlene at 10:06:00 PM

 
102002 so here i am again. been a while but hey. at least i made it right? ill post up my fact later. right now im at the dearce household (we miss you jhon!) doin the thang. anyway. its been quite the busy... well while. been keepin busy with facs and all my as the ilocanos would say "adings" so to speak and keepin it real. a few days ago.. trained some new heads for the facs standard song: dahil sayo with rina and gin and liz holdin it down as alumni. doin pretty well. there are madd people that want to sing. i remember when there was only like 5 of us doing it. i remember watching where there would only be 2. man. listen to me talking like im an alumni! jeez. thats a scary thought on its own.. ill talk about that one day when the grass is green and the scene is right.. anyway. on thursday.. did some more dahil sayo training with the likes of jian & gin & liz& rina for some new heads and started with the revival of stomp with mark elefane. me and mark got kinda frustrated due to some heads who just roll in and ruin the rehearsal/training atmosphere. i mean. if youre not supposed to be there.. dont. and if you dont even come to the meetings or come to the damn school then why the hell are you at our rehearsal?? dont fuck up our routine just because you dont have better things to do. sorry. that sounded mean. but that was the emotion that day. i mean. things went well. but things also could have been a hella lot better. anyway. moving onto friday: had a secret meeting with the stomp heads and actually got alot done. had some heads there that shouldnt have been.. but they didnt get in the way as much. later that night.. went to the haunted hayride with the zero three. it was whack. i mean.. i wanted to get scared and all i got were cold hands and a mini case of the snuffles. me and alyssa were pretty upset slash disappointed that night. went out to return a movie.. went to wendys.. stopped by the school to see if anyone was still there going to their cars.. consoled mike. then dropped off alyssa and got back home around 1210a. saturday was pretty eh. stopped by mellanie andrada's bday to say happy bday (sorry for the eat and run!) then headed off to the cipher at odu. that was ok. high points: marco&jusin&bobby&trevor. they rocked it. oh. and ernie g was quite the character. as for isang mahal... lets just say that i was kinda disappointed. i mean.. i know their words were strong. but i just wasnt feelin it as much as i did with some other acts. i met them.. sorta.. introduction.. eh. i was disappointed with that too. i expected iono.. something like how we got tight with 8th wonder and oa. but iono. there was no clicking. i didnt feel the "i could chill with you" vibe that i usually get. it was weird. so we bounced. it was me & liz & alyssa & mike & my brother looking for somewhere to go on a saturday night. thought about stopping by jeremy paule's party.. actually we did.. but we didnt get out of our cars. so we ended up going to my house and chillin there for a bit. then liz & mike had to go home followed by alyssa. so i just watched tv. quite the sat night spent. anyway.. today.. just ran a bunch of errands. went to steve dennis's casa a buncha times. homer called and we talked for a while. did some catchin up with each other. talked about "drama" and how much he has and the lack of that i have. played some final fantasy tactics (yes dennis.. tactics.. none of your seven bs) cuz im the n.e.r.d of rpgs and the ps2. speaking of n.e.r.d.. acutally bought their album finally (i dont believe in burning unless for the purpose of mixes and unavailablity) for eight dollars at best buy. good one. this week will be hectic. it will be quite the crazy stuff. homecoming.. shirts.. facs.. rehearsals.. apeng paper.. apeng in general.. summit... ack! im already going crazy and it aint even monday yet.

::: posted by charlene at 9:57:00 PM