Hi, I'm Jesse and I love coffee, tea, chocolates, and pancakes.

And what do you know, she likes blogging too. I am pretty aware that all my social networking portals basically contain the same introduction, and I am in no way motivated to change it for this one. So here goes my 'gasgas na' about me write up.

Jessica is of Hebrew origin, meaning “wealthy” (which she does not consider herself to be), while Sandra is of Greek origin, meaning “helper of humanity” (and she would like to think she is). She is a dreamer; the weirdest one being an archaeologist, to dig her way through the deserts of Egypt and discover firsthand if King Tutankhamen’s tomb really has a curse. She used to be a music goddess, but her career of memorizing lyrics and stalking bands faded when college hit her. Like the Qianlong Emperor, Jesse is a patron of the arts; she is currently in disbelief as to why none of her ancestors were ever artists.
January 31st
5:52 PM
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Ang daling gawing battlecry ang “press freedom” sa tuwing aakalain mong naaagrabyado ang iyong panulat. Subalit naiintindihan mo ba talaga ang kalayaang ito?

Huwag isipin na dahil binigyan ka ng pluma ay maaari mo na lamang itong gawing punyal na itutsok mo sa balat ng sinumang pumikon sa’yo.

Hindi dahil may bendisyon ang iyong laway ay maari mo na lamang duraan ang sinumang sasaway sa’yo.

Tanungin muna ang sarili: karapat-dapat ba akong humawak nitong pluma na simbolo ng kalayaang lagi’t laging ipinaglalaban at binabantayan?

Huwag maging katulad sa isang hangal na nangangampanya para sa edukasyon gayong hindi naman pumapasok sa klase at tila walang pagpapahalaga sa perang pinaghirapang trabahuin o utangin ng kanyang mga magulang.

Huwag maging isang malaking elepante ng kabalintunaan na komokontra kuno sa komersiyalismo pero kung makalamon naman ng quarter-pound cheeseburger meal sa isang mapanupil na fastfood ay parang bibitayin, at hilig pang i-upsize ang fries at drinks.

Huwag magtago sa mga salitang “aktibismo” at “press freedom” kung hindi mo batid ang hamon ng mga salitang ito.

Kung susulat ka, sumulat ka ng isang responsable at may dignidad na punto-de-bista upang malinaw na maipabatid kung kanino man ang iyong kuro-kuro o protesta, hindi sa pamamagitan ng isang mala-Cristy Fermin na blind item na kunwari ay isang matalinong lampoon. Alamin ang kinaiba ng isang matalinong pamamahayag sa isang walang-taste na tabloidismo.

Napakaraming mas mahahalagang isyu. Nasayang lamang ang kakarampot na espasyo na ginugol mo para sa iyong inakalang “exercise of press freedom”. Sana’y iniukol na lamang ito bilang panawagan para sa isang estudyanteng nagpapatulong maghanap ng sponsor sa kanyang pag-aaral.

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—  ~Sir Arjay Arellano
January 29th
10:44 PM
Via

I wasn’t able to drop by AS or BA everyday last week for AIESEC Week 2012, but I’m super happy I went to this one! Made the right decision of going back to UP after dinner in Katipunan, right in time for the floating lanterns! 

Photos (c) Elise Mendoza

elisemendoza:

AIESEC Week Spring Festival last Friday night :)

9:30 PM

Merit Award goes to Arthur Huang and the MINIWIZ team.

Saw Taiwan to the World: Trash to Treasure on National Geographic a while ago. It featured Arthur Huang, co-founder and managing director of MINIWIZ. ♥ 

I saw Arthur Huang a couple of weeks ago in Hong Kong. He was one of the MaD Award 2012 finalist, who eventually won a Merit Award. The Grand Award went to Mr. Jonah Nobleza, for the his social enterpise, Marina Gana Vida

Mr. Jonah Nobleza, Grand Award Winner for Marina Gana Vida at MaD Awards 2012!

8:55 PM
What’s for dessert? :)

What’s for dessert? :)

January 28th
12:16 AM
Tim’s phone is so mabait, it keeps on reminding me to pray! :)

Tim’s phone is so mabait, it keeps on reminding me to pray! :)

12:09 AM

I’m not really very adept with adjusting my camera’s settings to fit dark scenes, so I just decided to shoot bokeh images of the Katipunan Traffic (Photo 1) and the floating lanterns (Photo 2). 

January 26th
11:39 PM
Via
I see Bruno Mars. @_@

I see Bruno Mars. @_@

7:25 PM

Photo 1: I wanted to design my planner with watercolors and melted crayons. I sifted through my old stuff in the hopes of finding my old ones, and look what I found! Snail mails from my friends back in high school! You see, back in the day, I was the only person in my school who knows how to use the internet (I mean, literally. I had to teach my friends how to make Yahoo! email addresses and register to Friendster so I know all their passwords haha). See how jeje we were back then (how we write, not the idea of snail mails)? :P 

Photo 2: Since I got into the sifting part, I unearthed my favorite planner in my entire life—my Starbucks 2010 planner. I had a well-designed planner (chos!) and I actually wrote all the things worth remembering. I was super busy then, every box has something “to do” on it plus a lot of post-its. And photos, cinema tickets, theater tickets, grocery receipts, food wrappers, etc. 

So I totally forgot to discuss the second photo. :P It’s my friend’s Katt’s doodle. We were roomies in Baguio, and she was then transferring to UP Diliman (she transferred a year earlier than I did). The three of us (Jonah, May, and I) went home before going back to Baguio for our finals, but Katt’s exams were scheduled earlier so she was alone in the room for a week and by the time we went back for our finals, it was her turn to leave for home. So she left this little doodle on top of our then empty desk (we had one long desk divided into four). <3 Will forever be glued to my planners.

Photo 3: I got hungry. Mangoes and Bananas with fresh milk. :P

"The great moments of your life won’t necessarily be the things you do, they’ll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I’m not saying you can’t take action to affect the outcome of your life, you have to take action, and you will. But never forget that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life can change forever. You see, the universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings, and it starts to rain. It’s a scary thought but it’s also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you’re supposed to be, exactly when you’re supposed to be there. The right place at the right time."
—  How I Met Your Mother, Right Place Right Time (2009)
I still think this is the sexiest Adele song :&gt;

I still think this is the sexiest Adele song :>