yep..it's the fourth quarter of the year. actually, the year is about to end...and so is my life... just kidding. just recently, i had a surgery again on my butt, that fistula i got earlier this year was supposedly be removed from my system, but unfortunately, the previous doctor failed to do that. my case got worse and my family decided to have it removed totally again, this time in a different hospital and with a different surgeon. i am now at home, currently sitting in a very awkward position because i can barely sit properly because of the surgery. i am kinda recuperating from it and it's really getting me off my system. and oh, one more thing before i forget, i am diabetic at 20. yip, you heard it right. i am diabetic. everything that i got used to, like eating a lot and drinking all the good stuff plus smoking, gone! i was advised by my doctor to start isolate myself from them. my meals are controlled, 1cup everything everyday is my motto now. and on snacks, all i can "enjoy" are a pack or two of crackers and a glass of non-fat milk, also because of my high blood. at this age, i can't believe that i have all these things, like high blood and diabetic. though i believe these things are hereditary, but why does it have to be me who has to inherit these from my folks? well, i don't think i will be getting answers for that one now, but i hope it will be soon. you know what, after everything that has happened in my life, it makes me wonder, how long will i live in this world? i mean, these things that i have in me are known killers, serious killers, major killers and i am sad to say that i have them, at an early age. but i know, GOD has a purpose for everything and i know he loves me like everybody else. hmpf...i think this is enough for now. just drop by next time. xiao.

SILLIMAN OVERPASS CONSTRUCTION By: David Jhules Maceda The construction of the overpass project fronting the Silliman university elementary school and Silliman university high school is bombarded with protest by various student organizations in Silliman University. The construction of the said overpass will only add to the already existing problems of traffic congestion because the overpass itself is constructed on the shoulders of the road where the vehicles would usually wait for the students. Also, it will take the students more than a minute just to cross the overpass rather than crossing the street which will only take them about five seconds. The overpass project is also said to aggravate everything, from traffic congestion to possible accidents and injuries for children since they will have to take the stairs to cross the overpass instead of just crossing the street. Also, the overpass project was not consulted to the National Historical Institute (NHI) considering that Silliman University is considered a historical area and to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with respect to the century old acacia trees that may be affected by the construction. Furthermore, the street where the overpass is said to be constructed is narrow and is not a highway; so technically, vehicles would slow down with or without the overpass due to its location and its tightness, hence the construction of the overpass is impractical and unnecessary. Also, another cry of the protestors is that, instead of having the overpass, they should have utilized a construction of a parking area which is a lot more useful than an overpass since the parking area will serve as a waiting area for all the vehicles that would be fetching the students to and from Silliman.

for the past few days, its been raining like crazy and going to and fro to dumaguete to attend my classes is such a big problem to solve. no umbrella, no raincoats, no jackets, no sweater, no everything. its just it.

well, its been quite a boring afternoon. nothing to do but surf the net, watch videos on youtube, and blog away here. its been a tiring day and all that i can think of doing is blog my heart out. well, i guess that is just the way it is, i think. tomorrow is monday, and it means back to school for me. i cant think of anything else as of the moment, all i can say is, its a pretty boring much afternoon. hope the rest of the day goes well. =) peace!

Man shot to death by nephew By David Jhules Maceda Last June 12, 2008, a man was shot to death by his nephew in Barangay San Antonio, Municipality of Sibulan, Negros Oriental. At around 9pm in the evening of June 12, 2008, Mr. Pio Barandog, uncle of the accused, Mr. Adolfo Barandog, was shot to death in the act of defending himself in his own residence when attacked by his nephew. Earlier that evening, Pio Barandog was in their living room along with his family when his brother, Honorato Barandog, came barging in their house asking for help because his son was challenging him to a fight and was also seeking help after what his son did to him. Pio advised his brother to stay inside the house while he went outside the house to try and pacify his nephew. After a few minutes, they heard gunshots and found Pio lying on the ground clutching his stomach. They then rushed Pio to the hospital and was pronounced dead just before midnight. Doctors claimed that Pio died not because of the bullet that was found in his lateral abdominal wall, the part of which that had the most serious damage, but because Pio had heart problems and had a cardiac arrest while the doctors were preparing for the operation. A day after the said incident, the suspect, Adolfo, surrendered himself to the Sibulan Police station and was accompanied by a barangay councilor, Mr. Isabelo Eumague, of Looc, Sibulan. However, the suspect didn’t surrender the gun that he used in committing the crime. After the appropriate cases were filed, Mr. Adolfo Barandog was found guilty of the crime of homicide and was sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six (6) years to fourteen (14) years and eight (8) months of reclusion temporal, maximum and is adjudged to indemnify the heirs of the deceased victim, Mr. Pio Barandog, the sum of fifty thousand pesos (P50, 000.00) due to his untimely death. Also, he was sent to the New Bilibid Prison at Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, where he will be detained.

basing my write up from a court decision file in the year 1999, i was able to come up with a news article (dated June 12, 2008) that would somehow make or break me in my advanced news writing class. the actual write up will be the next post after this one. please, i would love to hear comments from journalists all over the country to help me out in my endeavor to become a journalist someday. leave notes and comments ayt? peace. love you all.

its about to be on peeps, and i can just feel it brushing through my hair. the school spirit is about to come alive again and do you know what it means? study, study, study. man, i just cant believe that im gonna do the things that i dreaded the most, studying. reading, writing, encoding and project making, its all about to happen very, very soon. well, of course there is a bright side to that one. i mean, you get to see your friends, get to do all those stuff with them, and just enjoy being a student. now, is that hard to imagine? =) peace... hope you'll kick off the school year right, coz i know im gonna. =) peace!

the school year is gonna be here soon. and damn, im so excited about the fact that im gonna see my friends again. well, iv'e seen my friends already, during the enrollment period, and the enrollment was one heck of a job, i mean, the sweat, the heat, the everything. also, we are gonna have new faculty members this year, and im excited to meet them. too bad our department is running out of students, our population this year dropped and i dont know how the department will handle this one. but i know we can make it through, we always do. =) i dont know if im ready for this year, but i better be coz there will be a lot challenges up for me. im gonna be on my 3rd year this year, and it means more news gathering, news making and learning new techniques to improve my skills in both aspects. then probably after this school year, im gonna be having my internship and i dont know if im ready for that one either. but im confident enough that i will be ready by then, i mean i have the whole year to prepare for that. i dont know if where im gonna have my internship, but no matter what happens, im gonna make sure that i will love every minute of it, doing everything at my best, and maybe at my worst too. damn, im so stressed out these days, i hope i can get over this stress-filled life soon coz i know that i have to be filled with this whole bunch of energy that made me who i am in my school. im known to be the joker, the laugher, the witty, almost everything that you could possibly think of. im the "entertainer" type of person, i always want to see smiles on everyone's faces around me so that id feel happy too, seeing them happy and all that... hmph... il be posting a lot in this blog very soon, the life and times of david the "me"... you'll be seeing a lot from this blog this year so better watch out for that. til next time... =)

i love this song... keep on rocking jordin. she performed this song on american idol "judgement day"

oh yeah! summer is almost over and it only means one thing... classes nasad... huhuhuhuhhu... ='( i can't believe nga in ato ra kadali ang summer... well, what can i say? time passes by so fast when you are having fun. aw? nosebleed...

its been a week or so since i got out from the hospital, i was admitted because i have this so-called "fistula in anu" and in multiple status and i have to have it removed or else it will get worst and mind you, it was the most excruciating, most painful thing in the world, i wont be able to do the things that i usually do and all the crazy stuff that it does to me, damn it drives me so damn crazy. but now, i am on the recuperating stage. i had an operation and it went well. the fistula is about to be gone by now or maybe in a couple more weeks i dont really know. but dang, the aftermath of the operation is still driving me crazy. but all the while i am thankful that i had the operation because it means that i wont be suffering from this agony for quite some time. others say that it will come back, i mean the fistula, but at least not for quite some time, as long as i follow the doctor's order. hmph.. aside from that, it's already summer here, and it means really hot weather and all that and i really love to go out and stay on the beach for a long time and just stay in the water for as long as i want. and oh, one thing. my friends are on their OJT. they are separated in two groups, the other group (composed of hannah, dawn, gen2, gretchen, and donna) are in cebu, the left for cebu a couple weeks back and the other group (composed of noriel, cathy, yanz, and carla khaye) which i dubbed the pure ilonggo group is leaving for davao today. damn, i miss them so much. i hope that they will all do fine and that they will be ok all through out the OJT months... hmph, if i didnt just stop for one semester, i wouldve been in either of the groups but im sad to say that i did and now im stuck here at home doing nothing all day and only worrying about what to do next after the other and it kinda sucks because its so damn boring and you know the feeling, i mean, doing nothing and just kinda waste all that time doing nothing... i really hate that. instead of being able to do a lot in a span of time, instead, i sulk all day and the only companion that i have is my cellphone, which i hate as well because nobody bothers to give me a beep or any message at all and the airtime that i have would be put to waste because it will reach its expiration time without being able to make the most out of it. hmph... life really gets boring in this part of the world. if i was so damn rich, i wouldve been spending all my cash away in some summer get away in an exotic country alone and just do all the exploring all by myself and just enjoy the moment. damn, i wish all of this would come true and i would definitely be the most happiest person in the whole wide world...

How about a round of applause A standing ovation You look so dumb right now Standing outside my house Trying to apologize You’re so ugly when you cry Please, just cut it out _[Chorus]_ Don’t tell me you’re sorry cuz you’re not Baby when I know you’re only sorry you got caught But you put on quite a show You really had me going But now it’s time to go Curtain’s finally closing That was quite a show Very entertaining But it’s over now Go on and take a bow Grab your clothes and get gone You better hurry up before the sprinklers come on Talkin’ about, girl, I love you, you’re the one This just looks like the re-run Please, what else is on _[Chorus]_ [ Take A Bow lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ] And don’t tell me you’re sorry cuz you’re not Baby when I know you’re only sorry you got caught But you put on quite a show You really had me going But now it’s time to go Curtain’s finally closing That was quite a show Very entertaining But it’s over now Go on and take a bow And if I want for the bad lies goes to you For make it me believe that you could be Faithful to me And here you speech out How about a round of applause A standing ovation _[Chorus]_ But you put on quite a show You really had me going But now it’s time to go Curtain’s finally closing That was quite a show Very entertaining But it’s over now Go on and take a bow But it's over now

i am undergoing an operation tomorrow... shit, you just don't know how scared i am right now, but they said i should stay relax and calm and never think about the operation.. well,ok.. i will do that... pray for me...

ever even wondered why i am so damn stressed out? well, first of all i never had enough sleep. I've been busy these past few weeks trying to figure out what to do with myself, no kidding. ha! ha! ha! i am just kidding. actually, i was very busy, but not because i am trying to figure out what to do with my life, but because of writing so many news stuff for major. it's so damn stressful, it will really test you endurance, patience and even you mentality, and to think its only basic news writing, but its already giving me headaches and all the kind of aches in the world. damn! well, i cant blame news writing for giving me so much pain and all that, it's gonna be finals week in 2 weeks and I've got to work twice as much as we did on regular days... shit! hmph... what else should i tell you? my life, these past few weeks, has been a roller coaster ride for me. i don't know what else to think and i am absolutely out of my league. i don't even have time for myself. and, oh yeah, my phone broke down this morning and it really got me pissed off when i asked my cousin to fix it (he fixes phones and computers and all that and he's one heck of a techno freak) because he kept on talking and talking and talking instead of listening and you know me, people with that kind of attitude pisses me off. honestly, would you like somebody yelling at you when you have something to say? i don't think so. what else should i talk about? there is nothing much that is happening around me now, except maybe for the fact that its a weekend and its so damn quiet here and you know it bores me so much, with my phone down and out, and listening to music could bore and just talking about anything here in the blog could really, too, make you boring. oh well, i think i'll just have to stop here for the moment. peace out.

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