Prayer to St. Joseph of Cupertino

St. Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of examinees. This is a very powerful prayer. It has to be said before taking the examination. Once your prayer has been answered, don't forget to thank St. Joseph of Cupertino. :)

O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favor in the examinations for which I am now preparing. In return, I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Joseph of Cupertino, pray for us.

O St. Joseph of Cupertino who by your prayer obtained from God to be asked at your examination the only preposition you knew. Grant that I may succeed in the (mention the name of examination). In return, i promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.
O St. Joseph of Cupertino, pray for me.
O Holy Ghost, enlighten me.
Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me.
Sacred Head of Jesus, seat of divine wisdom, enlighten me.

I just took my board exams last July 27 and 28. I wasn't very confident coz I know that I've been slacking for the past month so I was praying to St. Joseph of Cupertino non-stop every start of the exam. I got the results of the exam today. I passed! THANK GOD! Thank you St. Joseph of Cupertino. :))

Luffy Is Alive!!!

All is well with Luffy. :)

Luffy is my everdearest, 4 year old laptop. She was given to me by my parents and as my mom would put it, she is the product of their first months of hardwork in the US. Compared to the new laptops that have come out recently, my dear Luffy would certainly look ancient. She's heavy and she doesn't have a camera, mic and memory card slots, among other things. But I love this baby so much. She has brought a lot of joy, not only to me but also to my family and friends. She's been with me through a lot of case studies, papers, researches and projects. She stayed up all night, singing songs, when I'm alone in my dorm room and it feels a little creepy. There was a time when there were a lot of games installed in her, she's almost like an arcade. My family and my friends got a kick out of that. When I went to the US for vacation, she stayed with my nephew and God knows what she's been through.

My baby has been through a lot, indeed. She has undergone reformating countless of times, I'm amazed she's still working pretty well. But her recent injuries were physical instead of the usual virus-induced malfunctions. One day, I got home from work and she won't wake up. I knew that the problem was somewhere around the power source. I was a little busy so it was my sister who had her checked after a couple of months. (Yeah, I know. I feel guilty not taking care of her at that time.) It was confirmed that the problem was the power source/charger. We were advised to get her a new one. But when we looked for it, there wasn't one who matches her. Maybe because she's already old. I felt sad. I don't wanna give up on her 'cos no matter how old she is, she still means a lot to me. But there's also the reality that a day will come that she's gonna give up.

However, last night, after months of being in a comatose phase, she is back!!! Thanks to my amazing brother who fixed the damaged wiring on her charger and for putting back the missing screw in her screen. Luffy is really a tough laptop! Woohoo! She's working a little bit slower than before. And she's heating up quite fast now. But she's still doing her job. I still have plans of getting a new laptop soon. (I wish.) But no matter how many new laptops will come my way, Luffy would always be the best for me. :)

Let me see you work it, baby!

Let The Blabbing Begin

After a long time, I wanted to write again. :)

I can't remember when I stopped writing. Yesterday, I visited my Friendster account, which I have abandoned since joining Facebook, and remembered that I had a blog page there. The last entry was posted on 2008. Two years. Wow, long time. I used to write in my journal every night. (Well, ok. That was way back in my first couple of years in high school. Hehe.) I used to give my friends mushy notes every now and then even though I see them almost everyday. When we graduated in high school, I would post a weekly update on my life in our Y!group and I'd give them letters when I see them for summer, semestral and Christmas breaks. Then there's the aforementioned Friendster blog (which I doubt they ever did read). But then, one day, i just realized that i'm not writing as often as before. Maybe I got too busy with school, I don't know.

Truth is, I'm not much of a writer. I'm more of a blabber. Most of the time, I just rant and rant about whatever crosses my mind. Sometimes I make sense. Sometimes I even confuse myself. Haha! Sometimes it's just a load of crap. But then again, I don't write to make sense. I write because it's a way for me to vent out my emotions. Most of the time that I want to rant about something, or someone, no one's available to listen. I know that my friends love me and they'd be happy to listen to me. But they're just too busy these days and I don't want to make them miserable by making them listen to my endless rants about stuff (Embarrassingly, I've been ranting about the same "stuff" for so many years.) when they have their own problems to deal with. I write because it gets a load out of my chest. Sometimes, I start writing to rant about something that made me feel bad. By the time I finish writing, I can't remember why I was so pissed. It's a way to clear my head.

I never really wanted to create a blogspot account. I felt like I don't deserve to be on blogspot. Yeah. I seriously thought that if you have a blogspot account, you should write about something sensible. So why the heck am I here?

One friend told me before, "Bakit di ka na lang mag-blog? Imbes na mag-gm (group message) ka, i-blog mo na lang." I think he got annoyed from receiving too much messages from me. Hehe! So since I'm on a GM hiatus and it's kinda hard to keep track of the rants I've been posting on Facebook (Yeah. Weird huh? I like to keep track of the stupid things I say. Haha!), I decided to heed his advice. I'm going to keep an online journal! That's another purpose for blogs, right? :)

So, since I'm gonna feel guilty if I don't, I'm gonna try my best to keep my posts interesting. And if my definition of interesting does not match your definition, forgive me. :)

Yeah. I'm happy to be writing again. :))