Story Analysis and Summary: May Day Eve by Nick Joaquin

I was wondering how will I make this blog active even if I don't have topics in my head. So I decided to put my story analysis that I used last semester (first semester A.Y. 2014-2015) in our Philippine Literature subject. 

My professor instructs us to give the summary of the story, then analyzed it afterwards. For the analysis we are going to give the implications of the story, plot, theme and the inner conflict. Also, the realizations and the message of the story.

So, for my first entry, I chose Mayday Eve by Nick Joaquin.

SUMMARY:

The story started with a flashback. Dona Agueda was facing the mirror on Monday eve because her sister told her to do so. Dona Agueda really believed in her sister. That's when she faced the mirror, her future lover would appear in the mirror.

As soon as Don Badoy appeared in the mirror, they decide to marry each other because they believed in Anastasia. When they got their married life began to be miserable. Because of the fact that they don't love each other and nothing special happened to them. 

IMPLICATIONS:

The story implies that we should not believe in superstitions. In marriage, we should always consider love because love is the foundation of all.

We shouldn't force another person to love us in return. Instead, do something special in order for you to be loved back.

THEME:

The theme centers on intense remorse caused by wrong decisions. Like believing in superstitions.

PLOT:

The plot revolves around Don Badoy who live his life with regrets. He realizes that Dona Aguedaforces him to marry her.

INNER CONFLICT: 

He could not accept what he had done to Dona Agueda, a miserable life. He could not accept that he takes advantage of the superstitions.

REALIZATIONS: 

He could not undo what he had done.

MESSAGE: 

You are willing to make sacrifices for the one you love.

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So that would be all. Thank you for reading! You can leave comments. :)

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BULSU @ 110 ACHIEVING EXCELENCE AMIDST ADVERSITIES - 9TH OF DECEMBER 2014

Last December 9, 2014 is the opening program of the 110th Founding anniversary of BSU (Bulacan State University). Even though we are not forced to attend the celebration because of the bad weather due to typhoon Ruby, my friends and I decided to go to school. We have to pass to the case study in our Micro economics Theory and Practice subject.

Just to go to the real topic, I went to school at around 8:30 in the morning. But unfortunately the first program was already started, which is the Eucharistic mass. It was preceded by the Reverend father of the Immaculate Conception in Malolos. I like his homily. The message was like this, “You must remember your difficulties in the past, for you to become a better person. And also, “You must forgive in order to move forward.” It was such a remarkable word. Before I forgot, kanina nalang ulit ako naka attend ng mass since I always attend at Victory Church.

After the Eucharistic mass, it was followed by the presentation of the different BulSU Clubs like SaringHimig, HyperDynamics, BulSU Symphonic Band etc.Gov. Wilhelmino Alvarado was also there to celebrate with us. Unfortunately, Sen. Pia Cayetano which happened to be the guest speaker failed to come. By the way, she’s also a Bulakenya.

Makata Tawanan— Talentadong Pinoy Hall of Famer was also a guest. He did an amazing show to entertain us. I like how he delivers his speech and poem.  I also knew that he was a ComTech graduate at BSU way back 2001. Such a talented Bulakenyo. He is also with another Hall of Famer “The Ladder Balancer”. We’re very amazed by his talent. His from Marinduque. I forgot his name.

My friends and I took some photos at the stage. (Medyo nakakahiya kasi pinagtitinginan kami ng mga tao habang nagpipicture. HAHA) But what is important, we enjoyed doing the same thing together. :) 

(LEFT TO RIGHT): Jermainne, Lovely Jumaquio, Winnie, Cha and Me (Lovely)

Kakanin

AGAIN, HAPPY 110TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

(c) Lovely J and Cha for the photos

Life is short. We, people have only limited life span so we need to live it to the fullest. Now is the time! Take a change. Don’t waste your limited time. Start doing good things to others because when are you going to do that? We cannot go back to the past. Now is the time to serve God. Do it until the end of time. It is worth it by the way.

"A DAY WELL SPENT" 28TH OF OCTOBER

 Yesterday, October 28, 2014 we've been to Red Salon at Tomas Morato to get our hair a rebond.  We are well accommodated at the said salon. I just love their service and the ambiance was really good. I wasn't able to take the before photo, but here's my look after the session.

It's almost 3:00 pm when we finished. We ate our lunch at Lugaw Republic. We tried their best seller Pilu-gaw and Tokwa't Baboy. As shown in the picture below. (credits to google for the photo) 

After that we went to SM North Edsa to meet up with our mom. Since she doesn't eat yet they decided to eat at Kenny Rogers. Their desserts were great. We tried the brownie temptation. Shown in the figure below. (credits to google again for the photo)

It is a very tiring day for us. But it is all worth it. A day well spent with the family is the best day ever.

# 1 of 100: Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics is about Alex Fetcher (Hugh Grant) a crap '80's pop star. He was tasked to write and record with the reigning diva Cora Corman (Hayley Bennett). But Alex hasn't written a song for years.

Until Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) entered the scene. At first Sophie was disinclined to collaborate with Alex. As they work together, their chemistry heats up and finally composed a song Way Back into Love.

I just love the movie since I love music so much.

The world is not a wish granting factory.

"The world is not a wish granting factory." This quote is from one of the best selling novel and also a movie now The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

The quote implies that you must do something in order for your wish to come true. Because the world is not like the cartoons that you've watched. You don't have Doraemon, that can give you the things that you need. You don't have a fairy godmother that can give you a dress. You don't have a Ginnie like in Aladdin that can grant anything you wish.

So, you must work hard and do something to make everything come true. Dream big and work hard.

Sabi nga ni Grace ng My Destiny, "Fight lang!"

No matter what circumstances you are going through right now, always remember that "God is always with you." It may be hard for now, but for sure He will not let you down.

God is good. All the time.

Life is too short. You have to live most out of it. When you want to do something, do it now. Cause you'll never know, when it ends. Life your life to the fullest. Smile more. Be positive. Be outgoing. Find joy in the ordinary. 

Life Lesson #1: Appreciate everything.

Appreciate the air that you breathe. Appreciate the shelter that you are living right now. Appreciate the food that you eat. Appreciate your friends that you can count on. Appreciate your family that gives you motivation to live. Appreciate everything that you have right now cause you'll never know when it will be gone.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mommy! Words are not enough to thank God for giving us a wonderful mom. Thank you for everything. I will always be here for you no matter what. I love you.

That feeling when you need to set aside your wants just to keep them satisfied. There are times that I just wished I can pay all my tuition fees. And everything that I need. Ang hirap kasi ng hindi mo gusto yung pinag aaralan mo. Yung napipilitan ka lang kasi gusto nilang matapos ka kagad. Yes, I know na sayang. Sayang yung panahon na ginugol ko. Yung hirap, pagod, puyat, luha. And most of all yung pera ng parents and ate ko. Pero diba mas mahirap kung itutuloy ko yung isang napakahalagang bagay na hindi ko naman talaga gusto? Almost everyday naiisip ko, panu kung iba yung nakuha ko? Ganto pa rin kaya ako? O mas masaya at nag eenjoy ko? Ang hirap promise. I don't want to disappoint may loved ones and at the same time, myself. I know that everything happens for a reason kaya sana umayos na. Ang laki pa naman ng expectations sakin. Sobang nakaka pressure.

Life: April 2, 2014

Life: April 2, 2014: In the morning, my mom asked me if I am free to go with her to Calumpit. Because we will order the Fatima (religious item) that our Auntie i...

April 2, 2014

In the morning, my mom asked me if I am free to go with her to Calumpit. Because we will order the Fatima (religious item) that our Auntie in California asked us to buy. *fastforward* I saw how the statues were made. They do it hand crafted (mano mano). The people were amazing. Some painted the statue. Some furnish the statue just to make sure that it was perfectly done.

Photos while doing the statue

After we went to Calumpit, we went to Robinsons place Malolos to buy some stuffs. And after that we went straight to Malolos Bayan and went home. After that I went to BSU to meet Bianca and some NEW friends. They were so cool. Our first plan is to eat at Alejandra's but unfortunately it's not open. So we went to Twin's Plaza and then we decided to eat at the American style restaurant. But we change our mind when we saw the menu. HAHA. We hurriedly went to Razon's. 

At Razon's we had some girl talk. Ate Jackie Gan is the leader. She was the one who share some stories, jokes, share some experiences and more. We are just the listeners. :D Ooops! we share some stories and opinions too. She shared some miracles that happened to her life. Like, how she became a SG President (student government), how she got some of her material things, some of her memories with her father. Everything about her stories was simply amazing! The kind of stories that you want to hear every now and then without getting bored. We all laugh and laugh until we didn't notice the time that's running.

I've learned so much from them. Especially when God is the topic. 

• I've learned that there is no harm in asking you want as long as He is with you. 
• Nothing is impossible with Him. 
• We all need spiritual friends.
• If you want to be happy, BE CONTENTED.

And the most lesson I've learned is, to tell someone you how much you love them before it's too late. In my case she says that I'm really fortunate because I still have a father working abroad even though we're not that close. I am more fortunate than those who don't have. I need to appreciate those people more. 

Group Pictures (credits to Veanca) 

I am really grateful that I got to meet these awesome people, Veanca, Ate Jackie, Bianca. Looking forward for more gala and foodtrips with them. I am really tired today. I felt like I'm Dora the Explorer. Haha! But what important is I enjoy this day and learned at the same time I learned something. :) <3

032514- 12:06am. Kanina pa ko pascroll scroll dito, facebook, youtube, google wala naman akong napapala. Wala lang may magawa lang. Pero dapat nagrereview talaga kong sobra dahil nga finals na pero wala eh sobrang wala ako sa mood. To think na sa wednesday to Saturday na yung exams. Siguro ganun talaga, kapag wala kang motivation at hindi mo gusto yung ginagawa mo wala kang matatapos. Although gusto ko naman talaga 'to matapos pero bakit ganto? Nakaka ewan. HAHAHAHAHA. Reklamo ko ng reklamo na andaming kailangang gawin pero ako naman tong hayyy...

Pero sabi nga nung kaibigan ko, "Alam kong kayang kaya mo yan, Ikaw pa!" Haha! Nakakapressure pong tunay. Basta I know naman na ginagawa ko yung best ko. Makiayon naman sana ang tadhana sakin. :D

Ate Yesha Sali

I have this friend/sister on Tumblr that I really idolize in terms of blogging and also in designing her blog. Her name is Yesha Sali, 21 years of age. She's from Zamboanga if I'm not mistaken. She chose nurse as her profession. I think she's the prettiest nurse that I have seen in my entire life. She's kind and approachable. I love how she communicate with her followers and friends. 

When I saw her online on Tumblr, at first I have hesitations if I would talk to her. Because I know that she is totally busy and I don't want to bother her. But I tried even if I'm shy.

 I told her that she's good in making her blog nice and neat. And I also asked her where did she learned all of it, because really want to be like her. But today, I just saw her response. She said that google is a big part of learning and also tutorials. "It's just a trial and error", she said. She also told me that she'll be going to teach how to do those designs if she have time. And that really made me happy. A big thanks to Ate Yesha Sali. I'm really looking forward to it. :)

Credits to Ate Yesha's header

(c) Ate Yesha's blog

You're really lovely. I want to meet you in person. God Bless to this pretty lady. And may you continue to inspire us using your blog posts. More power to you and your boyfriend. ^__^

Am I not good enough?

Why do I always feel like that I'm unwanted? Why do I always feel like that I'm alone? Why do I always feel like that I'm not good enough? Why do I always feel like that I'm just an option? Why do I always got rejected? Why am I feeling all of these when all I want is to be loved and be happy? WHY?

Am I not good enough? I always have this fear. The fear of not being good enough. I did my best to be good. I did my best not to disappoint all the people that counting on me but it's always not enough. I don't know where to stand. All I know is that, I'm just a just a disappointment to everybody. And the saddest thing is I always disappoint... MYSELF.

Maybe, I am not really good enough. Maybe I should strive more. Maybe my best is not really my best. It hurts. I am hurt. Why am I feeling these all of a sudden? I want someone to understand me. Someone I can talk to. Someone who will listen and never gets tired to all my rants. Someone who would tell me that, "No, you're not a failure Lovely. It's okay. Nobody is perfect. I'm always here for you, no matter what happens. I'll never leave you."

But nah! I need to accept the truth that the people I trust with all my heart, will leave me eventually. Just like others did. People come and go. So for now, I need to be strong... for myself. I don't want to cry anymore. I'm really tired. Tired of being alone. All I want is to be happy. Is that that hard?

Welcome Back Kuya Bry! :)

030814. My brother is currently working at my cousin's spa. Located in Balibago, Pampanga. He's been working there for almost two months. Every Wednesday is his day off, so he's travelling from Pampanga to Bulacan at night and got home 11pm or worst midnight. We all know that it is very hard for him to be on that situation because he's not used to it.

Hi Kuya! This blogpost is for you. Today, we noticed that you are now mature. We, your family were really proud of you. You're really grown up now. May you continue your good attitude at all. Nothing feels better than witnessing you doing and enjoying your job. I know that you're doing this because you want our mom, especially our dad to be proud of you. You just proved that it is not too late to change. And you changed for the BETTER. God bless you Kuya. We are always here for you no matter what. Eventhough we didn't usually say "I LOVE YOU" to you but I swear we mean it. We miss you a lot. Take care always.

With Kuya Bry :) ♥♡☆

Forex.com

February 11, 2014

Forex logo (edited by Lovely :D)

This morning, February 11, 2014 I just don't know what came into my mind and I got to go online to check our account in Forex. "Our" because it is a group project and my email is the one that we decided to pass to our professor as an official account. The account that she will be graded on. To be clear to you (whoever reading this) I need to define what my topic I am talking about here in my blog post which is Forex. But what is Forex to be exact? The foreign exchange market (Forex, FX, or currency market) is a global, decentralized market for the trading of currencies. The main participants in this market are the largest international banks. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/) 

Forex.com Homepage

Now that we all know what is Forex (foreign exchange) is. It sounds interesting right? Because it talks about money. And it made me interested too. When my professor orients it and she said that it is a game. It fascinates me more. It is our project in our Finance subject. Our goal is to make our $ 50, 000 initial balance bigger. If our tradable balance became $ 49,999 below our final grade project would be 5.0 or 3.0 (as for effort in the documentation). Here is the basis of the grading system if we got the total tradable balance of: $ 62,500 =2.75; $ 75,500 = 2.5; $ 87,500 = 2.25; $ 100,000 = 2.0; $ 150,000 = 1.75; $ 200,000 = 1.5; $205,000 = 1.0

with my friends and groupmates

In the beginning, my classmates and I are really confused just to create an account. It's really confusing though, because it is the first time that we encounter that kind of game(?) But with the helped of each one of us, we definitely created it. Some of us created a sample account just to be familiar and know how it works. January 23, 2014 is the first day of our real forex account and it will end on February 20, 2014. It is a big challenge for us. Especially the one's with an internet connection at home, because we are the one who are really responsible for the account. It is a group project and we need to have a good cooperation as a grup. For me, I want this project to be individual. I'm not saying that I'm that good with this kind of task, but because I don't want my group mates to suffer if I got a low tradable balance since I'm the one who is checking it time to time. 

This project seems easy at the first time I played it because on the first week I gained a tradable balance of $86,000+. And I even taught some of my classmates on how to play it correctly. They messaged me on my Facebook account even if it's late and I answer it right away. It is a big sacrifice for me because even if I'm not in the mood to go online and I  really wanted to sleep is I need to do so just help them. They're my classmates and friends too, so I want to voluntarily share my knowledge with them. I just wish they appreciated all of it. lol

Forex made me realized so many things. It tested my patience, trust with my group mates which are my friends, setting aside some of my not so important habits. I think this is the most affected area--- by hobby in blogging and updating some of my accounts on other social networking sites. I surrender most of my time just to check and play forex. But I know that this is worth it. These past few days I'm really inactive to Tumblr and I really miss blogging. And even Tweeting (haha.) I just wish it's already February 21 so I can go back to my original scenario everyday. 

After a week of not checking our account and lay lowing due to some instance with my group mates, later this morning a thought came into my mind, "Nakakamiss din pala magforex. Nakakamiss yung nakatitig ka sa "positions" at iniintay tumaas yung value nung goods." So yeah. I'm back to Forex world. Welcome back to Forex World Lovely.

Currency Pairs

You can recover all your loss. "Tiwala lang." sabi nga nila. It is not yet the end. We don't have so much time left so we need to have extra effort. So, sa mga classmates ko na sure akong nakakarelate dito, kaya natin yan. Matatapos din yung stress natin. Malapit na. We can do all of it. At sa mga groupmates ko, sana naman nainitindihan niyo ko dun sorry by the way. I hope na natuto tayong lahat.

Sincerely,
Lovely

I'm Thankful for the People who Never Left

Words are not enough to thank those people who never left by your side. In good times especially the bad times.
For me, they are my strength. They are gifts that God sent to me that will help me to overcome such things that mold me become a better and strong person. In fact, they seem to be my guardian angel. My key to every close doors because they hone me as who I am today and I know that someday a door will open for a greater opportunity. I really can't wait for thing to happen. But I do believe that all hard to get are all worth waiting for.
For those people who leave someone in just a blink of an eye, I just wanted to say that you are not worth it. Some people are really  worth letting go especially when they are ones who caused your sadness. We all know that it's painful to let go of someone who's been a really big part of your life but you have to do it. If they want to go let them be. Just think that if they really want to be part of your life they will stay no matter hard it is to be with you. They will wait for you no matter what. They will stay the same no matter how many times you try to push them away. They will, they will. If they really love you and mean what they said to you.
Hence, if you experience to be left by someone close to your heart just remember this simple but very remarkable thought, "Some people are going to leave, but but's not the end of your story. That's the end of their part in your story. A new door cannot be opened until you have the courage to close the one behind." - Spiritual Inspiration. (I found that quote to a social networking site
that I'm addicted to. And I find that quote a meaningful one so I saved it on my phone so that I can read it anytime I want.) The quoation says it all. If they go, let them. If someone wants to be part of your life again. You'll never know what his/her intention but let them do so. Let them to stay. Don't push him/her again. What if he's going to be a big impact to your life? At least you try.
And to those people who's still here with me, thank you. Please stay. No matter ow hard it is to be with me sometimes. No matter how moody and "topakin" I am. Stay. I really believe that true friends never leave. They will definitely wait for you. So, I love you my friends. And my family too. I am really grateful that at least for now I've know who really my faithful friends and to those who are "walang pakialam" I let you go this time. We all don't really need each other.
To you whoever reading this, thank you for spending your time. Hope you've learned somethimg. And sorry for some dramatic expressions. It's just that I wanted to express my real feelings though writing. Have a great day and smile. :)