Alphabet of Plans 2.0

I made a list like this almost two years ago. A lot of things happened between the day I decided to write my goals and this day. I kept on changing my mind over one thing or the other. But then again, I believe making a list is helpful. It keeps track of my goals and what I have achieved so far—and also, the current status of my sanity.

Target duration: within 1-7 years

Plan A:

-Save some money, help my family

-Enroll in a Physics degree (or Applied Physics)

-Write in a respectable news organization about science

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can, travel

Plan B:

-Save some money, help my family

-Get a scholarship for a Science Journalism MA degree, apply and enroll

- Write in a respectable news organization about science (Dude, I’m actually thinking about New Scientist, Time, The Economist here.)

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can, travel

Plan C:

-Save some money, help my family

-Take a decent photography/photojournalism course

-Take subjects in science: Physics, Math, Biology

-Take MA in Media Studies (which should include a scholarship grant)

-Teach and write at the same time

-Create a small news organization specializing on science and technology

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can,  travel

Plan D:

-Save some money, help my family

-Take courses in Filipino, History, Physics

-Take MA in Media Studies or Journalism

-Build a Filipino news organization--Filipino broadsheet with other Journ friends (Hello to Paulo Tomacder. This is our dream.)

-Save some more money, buy a car, fund my parents’ retirement, help other family members if I can,  travel

And hopefully, within this year, or the next, I could:

-Buy (or be given) an MP3 player where I can also watch movies and play games (it should also have WiFi connectivity)

-Subscribe to The Economist, New Scientist, Reader's Digest, NatGeo, The New Yorker

-Buy extra battery pack, lens hood, wide-angle lens, zoom lenses for my Beau (camera)

I'm bouncing back, well at least, I'm trying.

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The end is near

Alternate title: My last post for 2010

This is not my best year. But it isn't a year in waste, either. I'd like to thank all the people, events and supernatural powers that brought me here. Thank y'all!

But for now, here's my take on 2010:
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I came from a family of superstars: Superduper Totoy Beebo (The Ultraelectromagnetic Final Installment, Part 4 of 4)

I think I will have to wait for almost 30 days more to see Totoy Beebo, the greatest brother in the world.

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I came from a family of superstars: Pop and his multiple lives (Part 3 of 4)

At this very moment, my pop is in the hospital, with all those tubes and machines. Probably he's been sedated again to be able to sleep.

By the grace of the Divine Providence, he'll be okay in a few days and everything will go back to normal.

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I came from a family of superstars: My Mama is a Super Momma (Part 2 of 4)

Name: Lucila Panela
Nickname: Lucy/Baby/Mama Bebe (to her pamangkins)
Hobbies/Interests: Insurance, Black clothes, Tagalog movies, food, Facebook, YM, Gumala
Favorite food: Cadbury chocolates and gulay from her gulay garden
Quotable quote: "Kung pagagalitan ka lang din, lubus-lubusin mo na!" (On convincing my friend to stay with us since she sneaked away from her house)


Whenever I tell people stories about my mom, usually about her internet-ing adventures, either people laugh or they'd say, "Nakakainggit naman mama mo." And those reactions are actually a pat on my back.

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