Moseley at MOA

Since this week has been pretty light to us seniors because we are just having a very very very intense review for the NAT, I had a fast and boring and happy week. And yesterday was a happy day because...

• we only had classes 'til 1:40
• we just had 3 subjects for the day, yay for lazy teachers
• we went to MOA for a triple birthday celebration (weeee!!!!)

Karl, Erika and Jena freed us lunch and merienda hehe, Inasal + Mcdo. We ate and ate and rid the Vikings again and it was F U U U U U U N.

Inasal rice all you can hehe busog

obligatory class picture hehe I looooove this one

"ang kapal ng mukha ko?"

stolen shot on purpose hehe we're all so happy\

tambay tambay din sa seaside

Vikings hehe with "all or nothing" as the background song hehe I BELIEVE I CAN FLY

MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY: SUNSET

Oh my God guys, I got one thing off my bucketlist. I watched the sun set. Like, literally set. I watched it go down and fade away and it's just so beautiful and awes-trucking and I love God for making mini miracles like this. It's too good for my eyes to watch and it's just too beautiful. I love it.

I guess you gotta love Fridays, right? Amazing amazing amazing hehe. :3

We accept the love we think we deserve
Decisions shape the life we live
Lessons learned

But things they happen in our lives
And moments come up by surprise
And we must try to move along

Dear friend
I've been trying to start over again
But it feels like I'm falling
And I can't remember why
But I know, I'll get by
Cause in this moment we are alive
Dear Friend

Being happy and being sad 
Trying to figure out what's in my head
These feelings overwhelm my mind, yeah
But feeling sad and feeling blue
Those thought are gone when I'm with you
And in this moment we're infinite

But things they happen in our lives
And moments come up by surprise
And we must try to move along

Dear friend
I've been trying to start over again
But it feels like I'm falling
And I can't remember why
But I know, I'll get by
Cause in this moment we are alive

Dear Friend
I've been trying to start over again
But Feels like I'm falling
And things change and friends leave
Life doesn't stop for anybody
But in this moment we are alive

This song will forever remind me of Moseley. Since this was used in our trailer for our Humanities film, this has been the 'anthem' of Moseley. Every once in a while you can hear one of us belting out lyrics of this song - even the boys. It's simple and very Perks-inspired and I love it. 

Common Denominator

No, this blog post is not about Math. Patricia Pineda posting about Math voluntarily will only happen in either of these conditions:

• she has perfected a difficult Mathematics exam (probability: 0.0000000001%)
• she has flunked a Mathematics subject

Anyway, Common Denominator is a film production by IV-Moseley Batch 2013. It is in compliance with our Humanities project - to make a short film thirty to forty-five minutes long.

In the beginning, I have to admit, I was really depressed and disappointed with Moseley for not caring about this project. This has been given to us last December. We had a month to prepare. But we didn't. I was more than willing to do anything to just have this film produced. But no conference or meeting was ever made to discuss the story plot. Hence, we failed to pass the project on time. And even more sadly, we failed to be a part of the Manila Science history - our batch is the first batch to have such an amazing project like this. Anyway, I'm not gonna dig deep into how stressful producing this movie was to me (because laziness and lack of initiative and willingness and such). I'm really just glad to have this film FINALLY made. 

Writing the script, shooting the scenes, directing the characters and editing the film gave me so much inspiration that I suddenly want to do short films of my own. And I will. I promise that.

Also, I would like to thank Sir Tapar for everything he has done for us. I have always wanted  to have a teacher as concerned as he, a teacher just like Morrie (yes, from Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie) Sir Tapar reminds me of Katherine from Mona Lisa Smile. He started so many things and began new histories for MaSci. Sir is a really good teacher. He never fails to cheer us up. CineMascian was a success, and none of these would have been possible had it not been for this one teacher who plans on changing so many lives. And you know what? I think he already has. :)

With Knees Bent and Fingers Crossed

It's thirty minutes past eleven post meridian here in the Philippines already as I am typing this very first sentence of this very first paragraph in this blog post. It is already the seventeenth of December and thirty minutes later, it would already be the eighteenth which means that Christmas is just seven days away, the Christmas party is just two days away and drum roll.... the Carol 'Fest finals is just a day away. 

There are six sections competing for three spots in the finals in the second category - Moseley, Townes, Faraday, Lawrence, Berzelius and Burbank. The first four sections are senor sections, the last two junior sections and the last four are star sections. All six sections are exerting effort in trying to polish their own performances. Of course, no finalist would want to look ridiculous in front of a large crowd on Wednesday because that would just be plain humiliating. Besides, since this is our last year, and to some this is their first time to be a Carol fest finalist, Moseley has been exerting much effort in trying practicing for the Carol Fest.

We are to perform two Christmas songs - A Christmas Carol (all sung by the category b finalists) and a choice piece (ours is Carol of the Bells, Pentatonix Style :D) A Christmas Carol is a little okay already but we have been having some trouble in polishing Carol of the Bells. I really do hope that we'd be able to iron everything out tomorrow because God, I want to win.

Which brings me to my title - with knees bent and fingers crossed, we hope to win the carol fest. I am not a singer myself but I'd do anything and everything I can just so we win. I really really really want to and Moseley has been practicing and exerting so much effort and after everything I can say we do deserve it and please Lord, please give us the strength and ability to fix everything tomorrow. We leave it all up to you.

I pray so hard that we win. I really,really, really want to win. I hope Moseley bags even just the third place. If we don't, then that is by God's will. Que sera, sera. But we won't stop hoping for the best!!!!!