Kiwi

AHHHHH!
Ampohtanayan! Putragessss!
*fumefume*

Ito na yata ang isa sa pinaka-nakakabaliw na linggo ng buhay. Sobrang daming gagawin di ko alam kung saan ako magsisimula!
Pero kaya ko toh...iniisp ko nalang talaga yung "linaga" sa kasabihan na:

"Ang may tiyaga may linaga"

Putragis na linaga yan! matitikman din kita! dalawangt linggong ikot lang sa impeyerno, makikita ko rin ang hagdan papuntang langit. HAH! Asan na nga ba yung Virgil ko??

Ahaha! Successful ang 3rd Acquaintance party ko. Overdressed ata kami. Tae. Oh well. Maganda pa rin kami. MWAHAHAHHA!



Tangena pati linggo walang pahinga. Punyeta talaga.
Kinabahan pa ako kagabi kasi akala ko nasira ko nanaman yung isa sa pinaka-iingat-ingatan naming gamit sa bahay, ang TV.
Ang TV na kaligayahan ng nanay ko at nagsisilbing "sanity" naming dalawa. Kaya pagwalang TV...
walang TV.

Nalungkot talaga ako, pero alam ko namang wala talaga akong kasalanan. Topak lang yung lintek. Antigo na kasi eh. Haaay. Magkapera lang ako talaga... Kanina ayos na daw sabi ni Mamoy kaya, thank you Lord!

At ngayon oras na para lumayas dito dahil napupuno ko lang ng mura ang page na to.

Trabaho na uli!
Hayaaaa~~~

As you've been hearing from me, I'm in hell. For the second week now. Thank God my soul and spirit is still intact, I am still sane.

I miss long sleeps. I miss the blissful feeling of waking up from a siesta nap. I miss being a batugan or being a couch potato, although my TV is still on a strike. I miss getting lost on the World Wide Web and nothing to care about my reality (except of course for bladder matters).

I spent the night at my classmate’s house for a group project. Although there are still some things to finish, we're almost there. I think I'm getting fond of layouting. It is a creative activity after all. Oh, and I love the foods! The ice cream....gyah. Too good to remember. This sem, I've been spending several nights for group projects at my classmates houses. We're that busy. I'm just thankful my parents understand the situation and allow me to go.

I'm just sort of frustrated that there were some precious time wasted and I had to sacrifice my time for hours of nothingness, instead of working on papers for my major.

From proj. 8, I went to Mega Mall to meet my brother and Tita. I was seeing some cosplayers, so maybe there was a convention. I don't know. My world has been revolving some weird directions lately; I'm really not able to update myself about anime and the likes. Gaaaah. I miss going to conventions and shopping for small stuffs from the booths. I take it as a souvenir. Then there was some small incident that made me shook my head, perhaps in amusement or plain misbehavior.

I was in line to pay the item I took and behind me was a really giddy Korean guy. My purchased item was already being put in the plastic, so I stepped aside to give way to the person next to me. So I waited for my item as the lady stapled the OR on the plastic, then, when she was about to give it to me, the Korean guy thought it was his so he said something "@!#gisgjbhgdj" so I was thinking maybe he thought it was weird for the lady to give something not his. Of course that would be weird! So I immediately grabbed the item and told the Korean flat in the face: "This is mine" and even showing it to him. Then he was laughing all over the place while giggling "Sorry! Sorry!" because he understood my English apparently. I walked away in an instant. I was really amused from his reaction while I contemplated on my behavior. I'm really tired and sleepy, that would be my excuse but I think that was masungit of me. Koreans might think Filipinos are unfriendly. Gaaaah.

On the way home in the taxi, I slept. After drinking stresstabs, I went to sleep.

I woke up around 8 but stood up to open the TV, 20 minutes afterwards. I'm scheduled today to watch Music Station on Animax because the guests are really good today, but because I opened the TV 20 minutes late, I wasn't able to watch Utada Hikaru and Porno Graffiti perform, as well as the Single Ranking and Music Topics segment. Damn it. But I was able to watch from ARASHI to the last performance. Ehehe... there was some Ohmiya (Ohno x Ninomiya) implications again, insinuated by the other members, as always. They are really good friends...and fanboys of the two. Although I like the Jun x Ohno pairing too. I heard they are very close. Then of course, the reason I had to cut my rest to watch TV, was because L'Arc~en~Ciel performed! WEEEE~ and I love it! Their new song really reminded me of old Laruku songs, those songs I love.

I haven't been a really good fan lately, because after the release of AWAKE [album], I haven't supported their other projects. I really miss them so I researched a bit on what have been their activities for the past months.

Previous releases:

[Album] Kiss

[single] Daybreak's Bell
[single] Seventh Heaven
[single] My Heart Draws a Dream
[single] Shine

_{*not in chronological order of releases}

Concert:

"L'Anniversary" (2006)

15th Anniversary concert @ Tokyo Dome, Nov. 25-26

 

For a more detailed report on their activities, this is from an article of Wikipedia:

_{Late 2005–2007}

_{Following the AWAKE and ASIALIVE tours, L'Arc-en-Ciel's members turned their attention back to their solo projects. tetsu began recording with a new band called Creature Creature. yukihiro rejoined acid android, which released its newest single, "Let's Dance", on 2006/04/05. acid android joined Mucc, another Japanese rock band, to perform two concerts in Shanghai, China in April of 2006.}

_{HYDE composed the music for "Glamorous Sky", the theme song to the manga-based film, NANA starring Mika Nakashima, a j-pop singer. This was seen as a landmark step for HYDE, as it was the first time that he composed music for another artist. His most recent solo singles are "COUNTDOWN", the ending song for the Japanese release of American movie Stealth (released 2005/10/05), and "SEASON'S CALL", the opening song of new hit anime Blood+ (released 2006/02/22). Both singles topped the Oricon chart. HYDE's next solo album, "FAITH", was released in Japan 2006/04/26, accompanied by a five month tour throughout Japan between April and August of 2006. After signing on with Tofu Records, four small concerts were scheduled in San Francisco and Anaheim, California in the United States. HYDE made his U.S. debut in July of 2006, the first of L'Arc-en-Ciel's solo projects to extend internationally. On August 23, Ken released a solo single entitled "Speed."}

_{On November 25th and 26th, 2006, L'Arc-en-Ciel played two shows at the Tokyo Dome to celebrate their 15th anniversary, entitled "L'Anniversary". A poll was created on the official website during the weeks before the concert which allowed fans to pick which songs they would like to hear at the event. The concert was later shown on the WOWOW channel on December 23, 2006. It was also broadcast on February 8, 2007 on Korea MTV.}

_{Once L'Arc-en-Ciel reunited, the band released the song "SHINE", which was used as the opening song for the NHK-BS Anime, Guardian of the Sacred Spirit ~Seirei no moribito~. They have kicked-off their Mata Heart Ni Hi Wo Tsukero 2007 tour in Japan. L'Arc-en-Ciel released their first single "Seventh Heaven" last 30 May 2007, which topped the Oricon charts for 2 consecutive weeks. They have released new song called "My Heart Draws a Dream", used in Subaru's latest commercial. This single recently came out on 29 August 2007 and it made the #1 spot in the Oricon Weekly charts. Aside from this, L'Arc-en-Ciel will be releasing other new material: "Daybreak's Bell" is to be used as the first opening for the anime Gundam 00 which will be released on October 10th;in November 14th and until December 25th there will be a limited edition of a new single called "Hurry Xmas"; an album is set to be released in November 21st, entitled Kiss; two DVDs will be available in September and December (L'Anniversary Live and Chronicle 3 respectively).}

_{Here are the new songs that they played on Mata Heart Ni Hi Wo Tsukero 2007 tour: ｢Spirit｣ ｢Yuki No Ashiato/雪の足跡/Footprints in the snow｣ ｢Bye Bye｣ ｢Pretty Girl｣ ｢砂時計/Hourglass｣ ｢ALONE EN LA VIDA｣ ｢THE BLACK ROSE｣}

_{Recently, following the release of KISS Album, they have announce their TOUR 2007-2008 called "THEATER OF KISS" that will be held from December 22 to February 17. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Arc~en~Ciel#Late_2005.E2.80.932007)}

Future plans:

Aug: New Single My Heart Draws a Dream
Sep: L'Aniva 15th Live DVD
Oct: New Single
Nov: New Single & New Album
Dec: Chronicle 3

_{*credits to a forum I can't remember what. But thanks!}

 

I'll try to update once Finals are over, so I'll settle for now with that and try to gather new medias of this band. Well, I've been a fan for almost 6 years now, and I owe it to Laruku that I exposed myself with other types of Japanese music. And of course, I owe it to my friends who convinced me to watch Chronicle I and II which led me to this addiction with Laruku and the foundation of my love to KEN. ^^

I really giggled seeing Ken at the guests’ area of MS today. Ehehe. He looks the same, a little older, but the same. Hyde looks a little haggard; I hope he takes care of himself, especially his voice! He's been under operation before, so I hope he takes care of his health. Tetsu's eye bags are getting waaaaaay ugly. I hope with the money he's making, he'll have them operated. It looks really awful on him. Oh well, it goes to show how hard-working he is as an artist and as Laruku's leadershii~ Yuki looks the same! He looks 25! Nyahahaha~ He likes Avril Lavine so his style is a little punk, but hah! Don't underestimate the skinny guy! He can play the drums like a tornado! I think I heard somewhere that his drumming speed is beyond average. Cool~ apart from the *eherm* physical similarities with Shun Oguri, I think Yuukie is a really nice guy. And he likes looooong hair. Envious.

Okay, just to give some pics of Laruku:

_{This is one of the best pictures I've seen of them. From the right to left:}
Ken Hyde Tetsu Yukihiro

_{If I am not mistaken, this is from their Niji days, the period when Yukihiro replaced Sakura as drummer of the band. Hyde is soooo pretty in this picture and he looks like a girl. Eyeliners and eyes hadows really suits him. Even Yukihiro's hair is short! Totoy na totoy... Tetsu looks like a mother (well, according to them, he IS) while Ken looks like a "mama-san". NYAHAHAHAH! XD}

_{Ahaha! I just find this picture really cute. Which reminds me, Laruku have active in the US for quite sometime so I'm glad they are back in Japan. I don't want them to end up sounding like an American band. That would be the worst.}

_{From the SMILE Album promotions period. I really want this boxes! I wanna make one!!! XD}

Waaaah. I have to start on my paper now. I really should be ashamed of myself for being such a slacker, but I can't help it. I really defy insanity so I'm aiding myself with things that pleasure me.

DEMO!

Before I go, I just find this really funny! I found it while browsing for torrent files. Nyahahah~ For those who knows Dir en Grey's Shinya (one of my fafas) and his background will find this pretty funny:

_{(japan-music) [single] Shinya Ohe + Johnny Thunders - Great Big Kiss (1988)}

NYAHAHAHAHA! I really can't imagine Shinya, the timid, quiet but oh-so-cool-drummer of DEG in rollerblades and shinny vests! NYAHAHAH! XD

*deeplongsigh*

Finally, I can say hello to long sleeps and siestas. Hola! Hola! 

I just feel so good that I've survived the semester, well, at least for now. Until clearance day come, I'll effin' make sure I remain bouncy and happy with earthly pleasures from here forward!

itaga mo yan sa bato!

We, the disciples of "Soranian" school of thought would like to say thank you to Tenoco park for providing the perfect atmosphere to discuss literature. Waaaah. Lit Crit killed me. No matter how much I love Miss Rivera because I learn a lot from her stories (am I the only one that enjoys that?) and she's a good teacher. She bases the concepts to examples so it's easier to grasp. The problem is, you have to prove you're not just there to learn, you have to squeeze the answers from her, so you have to pose a problem/question first. We're just not used to that sort of method. We're so doped on being spoon-fed with information, it was a shock.

Speaking of being in a state of shock. I was with Mao this morning on the way to school. We were updating on each other's week and school matters, when I said (and realized on the spot) that collage for me is a big big change. In the beginning I was shocked, almost nervous at the thought of making tons of paper, one after the other and sometimes at the same time. And now, I feel despair...despair for the hours I sacrifice to attend for my paper works and I can't even watch a single yaoi! paksiyet!

I'm really tired so I should go now.

Hello sembreak... 

HUWAAAAAH!!! Tsinansingan ako ng pusa sa boobs! Putrages na Wendy yun! Kala ko bading!!! >_< kuso~ I can't believe I was molested by a cat.

HUH.
Anyways~

Huwah... It's been five days since Sem break started. Ahh... I'm loving it. And I think my hair is loving it too. Why? It finally came down to me that I'm really balding, and I'm not even a man so I shouldn't have alopecia or something, darn it! So I consulted the web for some beauty tips. Actually, it's more of an emergency.

If a check list of that information I just read on the major causes of hair loss is given to me, then I have mine all checked. One of them is poor physical conditioning. I'm big, but I'm not healthy. I'm fat. I admit I really eat a lot, and that's double of what an average person consumes. I'm not even exaggerating, sadly it's true and I can't control it. I have a poor physical body because I don't exercise. I don't like flexing my muscles but I like walking, that's the only exercise I could give myself. Then, there is lack of sleep. I'm in college, papers and reports pile up one after the other and time is never enough so even when the owl is awake already, I'm still working. These last two weeks of this semester, my average hours of sleep is 1-4 hours, then it's back to work. Of course, when you have late night work, you need coffee. According to an article I just read earlier, caffeine is a memory enhancer because it makes our brain alert and because it is liguid, the whole body consumes it as it is beaing carried by the blood. However, too much caffeine is also bad. Too much work causes stress and everybody knows that stress is dangerous and could lead to death. Well, I am stressed with too many things, not just school, of course there are family problems and problems with money. (lubog na ata ako sa utang. shikusho! ~_~) And then there is the dreadful unbalanced diet. I don't eat much vegetables and there's rarely any fruits in our fridge. sometimes I forget to eat and I usually snack on cookies and junk foods when I'm on my overnight work, so hello flabs.

I'm planning on asking my dad to buy me some hair grower pills I saw on the net, but of course, any chemical supplement is a waste of money without self-discipline in taking care of one's health. So maybe I'll go with my Tita to the gym this sem break. If I am not mistaken, I still have two weeks to fulfill this promise exercising and cutting off the puyatan, I had enough of that. Or, I can always use my brother's jumping rope! My vain older brother advisec me that as long as I'm sweating, ergo, fats dripping, then that's exercise. Yosh!

MWAHAHAHAH!!! I've finished downloading the whole "Hanazakari no Kimitachi E" dorama! WEEEEE~ I'm so proud. Although most of the episodes are from youtube, the quality isn't so bad and they are not pixelated in full-screen mode, plus the subs are really good. Well, there is just one really really sad event because of this drama. The Hana Kimi japanese live-action (I'm specifying this because there is an earlier Taiwanese version) are 12 episodes in total. I finished with the 6 episodes from youtube first, then the 7th episode is in .avi format because I was an ass not to wait for the uploads (an so I found out the youtube DLs was better because it doesn't have a really good resolution and it's a larger file), then the 8th to 11th episode from youtube again. Episode 12 (the final episode) was a little hard to find so I settled with the bittorrrent file from SARS fansub. After the 3 hour download of the 1Gig+ file, I was overwhelmed by the uber clean resolution and sweet heavens good subs of the file. Hello God~ But! Since I don't have a DVD burner, I don't know where to put that big of a file. My desktop PC's hard disk space is almost closing to nothing and for Christsakes how fast it is now, while Dante... I don't even want to discuss Dante's HD. Then I saw from Stage6 a .divx upload of the last episode with only 300MB size, so I had to settle with that to go with the 11th episode in one CD. T_T I'm sad because so far that's the biggest download I've ever had and to just trash a 3 hour labor by my PC and DSL modem is really heart breaking. I feel like a geek talking about gigs and MBs and hard disks like these, but I guess I've always been. And I just found out another addiction I've been harboring since the time I first handled my first internet experience.

I'm a DOWNLOAD addict. At first of course, that's a necessity if you want to obtain something from the net but it has become an addiction for me somehow. Songs and videos are my collection, so I download everytime I log on the web. But I noticed that some of my downloaded files are simply counting the days that I will play them or listen to them for a minute atleast. The process of downloading itself, the bliss of knowing that I am benefitting from someone or something is my addiction. The need to download just about anything when I'm in the net is so strong it frustrates me sometimes when I don't know what else to download. So I always have to have a new interest so I could search and download again and again ana again to my ego's content... Weird, huh? No, it's more of a greed I think. Because I'm hoarding. Tsk. Oh what a pig I really am.

On a lighter note, my deviant account is finally alive again! WOHOO~ And! I was able to buy a "Howl's Moving Castle" keychain from the Kid's section of SM Department store for only 15 php! MWAHAHAHA! Kakoii~

As Sem break began, I immediately planned what I should do for the duration of this college holiday. I listed them down. ^^

READ! (and finish of course)
Bob Ong's "MACARTHUR"
Laura Joh Rowland's "SHINJU"
Anne Rice's "Christ the Lord"

David Sedaris "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" 

WATCH!
Hanazakari no Kimitachi E (drama~ almost finish!)
The Pianist
Heart of Glass (Although this movie really intrigues me since the synopsis at the back of the DVD says: "in order to create the perfect atmosphere of trance and sleepwalk, the entire cast acted under hypnosis", the material itself disappointed me. Some parts doesn't have an audio. Sayang! I think it's a rare find since the film is German and was produced 19 years ago. Tsk...)
Nobuta wo Produce (dorama)
Gokusen 2 (dorama)
Onegai Twins (anime)
Waterboys (dorama)
Swing Girls (Japanese movie)
Attack on the Pin-up Boys (Super Junoir movie ~ Korean)

Exercise ~ oh yeah!

 

JA!

Sometimes I can't help but be impressed at myself~ OH YEAH BABY~

*dances around like a nitwit*

I was able to make the DVD-RAM that my dad sent us as a DVD-WRITER! WOHOOO! At first, me and oniichan were arguing with my dad that it was only a DVD/CD-Rom but my dad insisted that it was also a writer. Then I took it home this week because I don't have a DVD-rom here at my other house and I wanted to watch the "Winter Secada" OAV that Ate Madi gave me. Then, I did a little experiment....

DVD...

Burn DVD-file

Mashita DVD-Ram...

Burning....

MWAHAHAHAHAH!!! It's ALIVEEEEEE!!! *thunderBGMinserthere*

Ehehehe....now I can backup my files and format my 6 year old desktop PC. Here comes mommmy Sampo-chan.... (damn it, I sound like an old-perv -_-"

 

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I'm just glad I replaced AVG with NOD32. It's a fiercer anti-virus if you ask me. To hell with that krag.exe worm! MAMATAY KA NA!!!

 

I'm also giving Dante shots of Ad-aware and Spy-sweeper softwares for full protection. 

Now if you'll excuse me, all these techy work is making me hungry~

CARBONARAAAAAAAA~!!!!!!

*pigpigpig* 

 

*buntong hininga*

Hindi na ako magpapaligoy-ligoy pa. Bilhin niyo ang libro ni Bob Ong na "MACARTHUR".

Tanginangyan! Nakakaiyak na nakakatawa. Paran buhay.

Ang ganda-ganda.
IDOL! XD

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_{ang cute ng title ano? Isa sa mga linya yan ng libro. Ano? Bili na!}

 

*phew*

I went on a trip to the mall alone just a while ago. It was fun looking at stuffs, but I wish I had more money with me because there are so many things I want to buy in that place! I just had enough money with me to buy something of importance and I went there with a goal and a set budget. Unfortunately, that's always never followed and so my money now, again, is running out.

I like going to places alone but of course, I don't hate the times that I have somebody to talk to when I'm window shopping, it's just that being alone in some places gives you more space to observe and collect ideas, don't you think?

Since it's almost Christmas (mind you, Christmas season in the Philippines starts when months of the year already ends in "ber" ex: SeptemBER, OctobBER....), I began targetting things I could by next month or so...

____ MARKET (1st Floor)
This place is pretty cool, because it's a tiangge. I feel more at home in places like these rather than boutiques and department stores, plus things are rather cheap. Things to look forward to:

* Cute organizer (made in Korea)
* Lady bug coin purse
* Kawaii Tank plushy
* Metal lunch bag
* Strawberry designed gift wrapper

National Bookstore (1st Floor)
I make it a point that whenever I visit the mall, I also visit a bookstore. I dunno, it's more of a ritual for me. ^^ I don't read that avidly nowadays, but I want to read a lot of books in my lifetime. The NB in Market Market is well organized, I'm saying this because I've been to some branches that are NOT well-organized. I just find it funny at the same time quite disappointing that the Gay/Lesbian section is now gone. The gay books are constrained below the manga section (which was not present before). I saw the book that Cheska told me (no, that was more of a lamentation moment) about: At Swim Two Boys. It occurred to me that I never paid attention to teens' books, but I did read one Sweet Valley High volume for a book report which I know was a bad bad decision. Huwah... there's so many books I want to buy!!!

* Maureen Corrigan ~ "Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books"
* Paolo Coelho ~ "The Devil and Miss Prym", "The Witch of Portobello"
* Gabriel Garcia Marquez ~ "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" (Then I saw "A Hundred Years of Solitude" which I had the opportunity to read but was unable to. I dunno, I couldn't go on. And to think that book is really something~ Oh.... T_T)
* Anthony Burgess ~ "A Clockwork Orange"
* Nick Joaquin ~ "The Woman Who had Two Navels "
* F. Sionil Jose ~ "Sin", "Ermita"

JAPAN HOME CENTER (4th Floor)
This store has branched out, but this was the first that I visited. Things range from 55 pesos to 88 pesos, nothing more nothing less. Sugoii ne? I just hate that sales lady that kept following me. I know that they offer service to the costumers, but please! She made me feel like I was a shoplifter! Do I look like one?! I really wanted to glare at her so at least she'd move a feet away from my shadow, but I was modest enough to just walk away. Hmp. Demo, I Want to buy...

* traditional tea cup
* Laptop cusion bag (this, I'm quite uncertain. It's pretty chep: 88 pesos. But I dunno about the material itself. If it's made in Japan, then I know it's a good quality, but the look of it... I dunno...)
* Big Nail cutter with polka dots design (who'd say Nail cutters are dull?)
* A pack of 4 special papers (really cute designs. One of the papers is like a Kimono)
* Chopsticks
* 2 for 55 php batteries (4 for each pack ~ sadly they're for remotes and flashlights only)
* File case
* CD case
* Home slippers
* tatami mats
* transparent umbrella (Akie! hontou gomen~ I lost that one you gave me!)

CD-R King (4th Floor)
CD-R King is a good store, if only the sales ladies are friendlier. They are very SNOOTY. I mean it. Even if you try to being friendly with them, especially if you look younger than them, the snootier their approach. That's why sometimes, they're fun to annoy. I wanted to buy an earphone but I could not decide which one I like so I kept asking and asking for another one, although I know that the audio quality of a different design is still the same. I guess the attendant I got was patient with me so she just went on with my demands and I stopped eventually. I bought one that's comfortable in the ears. From this store, I still have to buy...

* USB Hub
* 7 DVD-Rs (can somebody tell me what's the difference between DVD-R+ and DVD-R-?)
* 10 CD-R
* 2 CD-RW
* 128 MB flash disk (for school files mainly)

ALL THINGS 20 Pesos (3rd Floor)
Nyehehe~ I like this store. There's always a lot of people, meaning we just like cheap stuffs, but useful nonetheless. I wanted those:

* Paper Fan (It's the same paper fan that I have at home with the Chinese design and characters back to back, but the wood holding them together is rather thin so I know it could easily break. Well, I can still make use of it...hmmm....)
* key chains
* Panda Mechanical pencil
* Really large paper clips with design (it's huge!)

Broadway Gems (1st Floor)
I usually buy my earrings here. Oh yeah, the sales ladies are friendlier. I swear.

* Fishbone earrings

Then, I went home. Hungry and it was raining. On the way home, I bumped (or no, he was about to hit me with an umbrella in the face, good things my reflexes are still alert despite the cold) into my friend Emil. They still have classes and defences while I go to the mall and post to my blogs! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Meanie. And oh yeah, I saw a guy a while ago who have ripped pants. Okay, so that's "in". But his, hah! Sana nag-shorst nalang siya dahil buong hita niya eh nakikita ko! Nagmumura pa! Hala ka dyan!

*code switch*

Bago ako magtapos, may iiwan muna ako. Bukas ang sagot.

Paki-basa lang po:

Sa tagal ko nang nababasa ang "babala" na ito, hindi ko pa rin mawari kung ano talaga ang ibig sabihin, dahil hindi siya gumamit ng mga bantas. Kung iisipin niyo, nasalalay ang ibig sabihin nito kung saan ilalagay ang nararapat na bantas, hindi ba?

Yun lang! ^^V

All the while I was telling my little trip to Market Market, Glorietta 2 was already crushed, huh? And while I was enjoying my stroll in that mall, Glorietta was about to be bombed.

Fuck. This is a really scary world we are living in.


And my mom kept warning me to stay away from malls nowadays. I said yes, but is any place safe, anyway? Just like when my dad told me to change routes going to and from school, tell me, would it keep me from harm?

Take care of yourself guys~ and be alert, ne?

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I just finished watching Nobuta wo Produce. It's really a nice teen drama, tackling about the importance of friendship, being true to yourself and believing. Youth.

The scene when Nobuta ran across the hallway because she was already able to laugh and smile, was really beautiful. She changed so much, and so did Shuji and Akira. They were able to change each other for the better and I think that is really important in a person's life. Being able to find friends that will be there for you even if the whole world has turned their back on you, who will believe and tap you in the back, saying: "it will be okay." Isn't that heartwarming?

Yaoi tidbits:

*code-switch for a more effective yaoi-fangirl raving*

eheherm! Cute ang Nobuta wo Produce, at gusto ko nga sana na maging si Nobuta at Akira, tapos si Mariko at Shuji, kasi mabait naman si Mariko. Si Akira, siyempre, favorite ko kasi ang kulit tsaka si Yamapi sya (okay, bias). Kaso lang...

Ehehe...may mga times kasi (actually, lagi pala toh) na si Akira masyadong touchy-feely kay Shuji. Ehehehe~ Parang sila! *lipad sa ere* *balik sa laptop* Kung hindi nakapatong ang kamay sa balikat, nakayakap si akira kay Shuji~ ang lambing lambing! XD XD Lalo na yung ending~ haaay. Sila pa rin ang magkasama. Si Nobuta na ang nagsabi: "You and Shuji are one", nyehehe~ at may habulan pa sa dagat at tampisawan sa tubig ang dalawa sa huli!!! nyehehe~ well, two gorgeous guys na laging magkasama, at "bestfriends", come on! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Mwahahaha!!! May digicam na uli!!! XD Kodak-chan has a new brother. Cybie will be remembered forever.

 
Tita called me this evening to inform me that there's a digicam offered to her for 5000 php, an Olimpus 5.1 mega pixel camera. Knowing the brand, you couldn't go wrong with the quality. I just have check it for myself when I go there~ wohooooooo~

My mom said it might be a nakaw. Well, I dunno if I should be worried about that. Let's see~

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 XD XD XD

*giggle*

Jeaho / Yunjae is LOVE.
This picture made me flip. NYAHAHAHAHA! I am a total fangirl~ 

Oh, I think I haven't mentioned here that I am a big TVXQ/DBSK fan. I love their leader Yunho "u-know" Jung and their music is really amazing. They can dance like a tornado or seranade you with an acapella. Either way, they are an amazing group. Maybe I'll make a special post of them one of these days, including the "couples" in the group!!! XD

That's YunJae/JeaHo or the JeajongxYunho/YunhoxJeajong couple. The omma/appa of the group. WEEEEE~ I haven't been updated lately of the group's activity but I frequently check the community for this two. Credit goes to http://www.community.livejournal.com/jeaho_youngwonhi, the infinite source of YunJae evidence~ if you keep track of this two, you'd think they really are a couple, including the controversial Cartier rings that they "share" according to speculations. Well, if it IS true, then they are like Kazuki and Wataru of Only the Ring Finger Knows, ne?

XD XD XD

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Of course!!! Last but not the least.... *drumroll*

 

 

Tapos na ang kalbaryo... wala ng tinik sa lalamunan ko at hello UST~ makakasama pa kita ng isang semester at naway hanggang sa susunod pa na taon! Maraming maraming salamat sa aking amigang si Cheska, sa kanyang walang pag-aalinlangang pag-tulong sa isang nangangatog sa kaba at hindi malaman ang gagawin sa sarili na kaibigan~ thank you sa pagtingin sa grade ko Chesu! *hugs* punyetang eleap yan, ayaw pakita yung grades ko!

hinihintay ko ang sagot ni cheska sa YM kanina, nakapikit, sarado ang dalawang kamay sa ayos ng isang dasal at tinatawag ko na ang Diyos at walang sawang nag-pa-pramis na magpapakabait na ako. Saliwan mo pa ng background music ni Brahms na Symphony no.1 4th movement, feeling ko may mga taong nagma-martsa na sa likod ko para itapon ako sa bagong hukay na lupa. Diyos ko, Diyos ko, Diyos ko... ika nga ni Señora sa aming mga nerbyosa at nerbyoso. Naalala ko tuloy, tagilid rin pala ako sa Spanish... tapos nakita ko na isa-isa ang dikta ni Cheska....

zner_ddreamer: nakita ko na grades mo
otaku_yuki: T_T
otaku_yuki: sabihin mo na....
zner_ddreamer: wait lang
zner_ddreamer: comp 102 mo 2.25
zner_ddreamer: Fil 2 mo 1.5
zner_ddreamer: kay Tanlayco 2.25 ka
otaku_yuki: kamusta naman yung background music ko,,,, classical na pang suspence
zner_ddreamer: Nonfic mo 1.75
otaku_yuki: T_T
zner_ddreamer: poetry mo 2.0
zner_ddreamer: Spanish mo 2.75
zner_ddreamer: PolDy mo 2.5
zner_ddreamer: at litcrit mo, hulaan mo ilan?
otaku_yuki: uhm....3.00? 5.00? 4.5? *ngato* putangina nanginginig ako...
zner_ddreamer: hehe
otaku_yuki: bakit kasi puro drums naririnig ko sa symphony na toh!!!!
zner_ddreamer: 1.75 bruha!
otaku_yuki: o_o
otaku_yuki: di nga?
zner_ddreamer: OO MANIWALA KA
otaku_yuki: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
zner_ddreamer: )
zner_ddreamer: congrats
otaku_yuki: <
otaku_yuki: >:D<
otaku_yuki: *teary*
otaku_yuki: ohmygawd
otaku_yuki: buhay ang Diyos!!!!
otaku_yuki: )
otaku_yuki: shakti napintas!!!!
zner_ddreamer: pasalamat tayo sa diyos at mataas siya magbigay
otaku_yuki: oo nga....


MABUHAY!!! Buhay pa ako!!! wohoooo~

_{*next post: ONGAKU: on the BLOCK (I'm still waiting for the pics)}

 

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Ang sarap matulog ng may kayakap. Ang sarap sarap maging baby kapag katabi ko yung nanay ko. ehehe~ nakakapagod kasi yung Ongaku, kelangan ko ng masarap na tulog bago lumarga papuntang Bulacan.

 

Maganda sa Bulacan, ano?

Malamig, mahangin, walang masyadong polusyon... minsan naiisip ko kung ano kayang naging buhay ko kung sa probinsya ako lumaki. Eh kasi, di tulad ng iba na kapag bakasyon eh lumuluwas pauwi sa mga probinsya nila, ako wala rin naman. Sa Abra sana, sa may lolo't lola ko, kaso sobrang layo pakiramdam ko walang TV doon, pero sabi naman ng nanay ko meron. E, ewan, iniisip ko lang siguro masyado kung paano makikisama. Lalo na kapag pinakain nila ako ng ampalaya! Diyos ko po! Alam kong candy lang yung sa lolo ko, pero talagang hindi ako kumakain ng amplaya! Kaya yung lolo ko kahit 76 na, nakakapag-karpintero pa rin, ako 19 lang, ulyanin, bingi, panotin na at rinarayuma pa ata. Hala ka diyan~

 

_{Ang kapatid kong si Jom na carbon-copy ng tatay ko! Pati height! Walang hiya, napagiwanan na ako...mukha tuloy akong bansot! Mali kasi yung pose niya eh! Wala tuloy masyadong dating yung pic! GYAR!}

Nagpasama kasi yung Tita ko na dalawin yung mga kakilala nilang mongha sa kumbento. Alam niyo ba yung Carmelites Sisters? Hindi ko nga sigurado kung tama ba, basta tama yung "Carmelites" na parte. Sa ilang beses kong pagbisita doon, ngayon ko lang nalaman yung tawag sa kanila. Basta alam ko, mga madre sila na hindi lumalabas ng kumbento, mga ilang beses lang sa buhay nila o kung kinakailangan at bawal ang pagtingin sa salamin. Bata pa kami ng mga pinsan ko, dumadalaw na kami sa lugar na iyon, na ngayon ko lang rin nalaman ang adress.

Sa katunayan, naligaw pa nga kami, kasi naman lumagpas na pala kami. Akala ko rin kasi sa may Malolos yun eh, sa may "Tabang" lang pala (tama ba?) kaya sumakay kami ng jeep na "Meycuayan"/"Malinta" *(hanep sa names noh? May ibig sabihin ba yan? Tagalog tsaka Spanish, diba?) papuntang Guiguinto Cruz, tapos andun na yung lugar! Wohoooo!!! Nakarating din. Masarap mag biyahe papunta doon, matagal nga lang kahit walang trapik, kaya kelangan may dala ka laging libro o fully charged ang mp3 mo kung di mo tayp tumunganga at mag sight-seeing.

Ang tahimik nung lugar! Kala mo walang tao! Sa loob pa nga pala yung kumbento kasi seminaryo muna. And yes, marami akong nakitang mga binatilyong may itsura at nagpapa-pawis sa court, pero siyempre, madre ang pinunta ko, hindi manghalay sa mata ng mga nakalaan na kay Lord...uhm!

_{Ito sila! Yan ang mga Carmelites sisters (paki note lang ako kung mali) kasama ang Tita ko. Yep, talagang andyan sila sa likod ng bakod. Ever since, ganyan na nila kami tanggapin bilang bisita. Bawal talaga~ kahit yung mga pagkain, may dadaanan lang na kabinet na may umiikot ng patungan palabas-pasok sa kanila. Hanggang mano lang kami, walang beso o yakap, pero one to sawa ang daldalan! Ehehe~ naku-curious ako sa pressure cooker nila. antiguo daw kasi.... 3 hours... ehehe.}

Ang totoo nyan kasi, may tita ako na Mother Superior dati, kaso kinuha na siya ng esposo niya (sabi niya kasi, kasal siya kay Lord) kaya nagdala kami ng bulaklak at kandila, at ice cream *(oo, kumakain sila ng ice cream, pwede). Akalain niyo yun, sa halang ng kaluluwa ko, may ganyan ako ka-ispirituwal na kamag-anak? Malay niyo naman, magka-calling ako. Ahaha~ sabi nga nung isa sa mga mongha, depende kung anong calling yan: Spiritual life (yun nga, life of celibacy and dedication to the Lord), Married life, or Single life. Kapag pumasok ka naman daw kasi sa kanila, for 5 years, every year, magkakaroon ka ng reflection kung gusto mo pa ituloy yung pagma-madre, kaya marami kang time para mag-isip at buoin ang loob mo. Kung kaya mong isakripisyo ang buong buhay mo para sa Kanya, at makontento sa simpleng buhay sa loob hanggang sa mamatay ka. After 5 years at nandoon ka pa rin, wala na daw atrasan. Ibig sabihin desidido ka na. Sa nakita ko naman sa kanila, walang nagsisi. Yung dating tinggin ko sa mga madre na sobrang konserbatibo, mahirap makita sa kanila kasi ang kakalog nilang lahat! Marunong makisama ba? Marunong din mamintas, pero di naman nakakasakit. Di ko lang akalain na gumagamit ng word na "masagwa" yung mga madre, pero siguro kasi may TV, PC at DSL, tsaka isang cellphone sa loob kaya updated ang mga sister~ bonga! XD Dati di ko sila nakakausap kasi bata pa ako, tsaka lagi namang yung mga matatanda yung kausap nila, ngayon ko lang talaga sila naka-chikahan. Yung isa nga galing pang UST, Comp Sci! At anak pa siya ng direktor ng Registral! Hala~

Yung lugar, parang park na garden na parang paraiso. Ang tahimik, madaming puno, may lake pa. Ang ganda. Naalala ko tuloy yung harap ng chapel doon, playground naming magpi-pinsan, ngayon ako nalang ang naglalakad doon, ako nalang nakakaalala... *sigh*

Bandang hapon na din nung nakaalis kami kasi napasarap yung usapan. ^^ Gusto kong bumalik doon~ ang ayoko lang talaga yung lasa ng tubig nila. Blessed kaya yun? hehe... matanong nga next time...

 

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_{ang first grand Bulacan trip ko nga pala ay noong 18th birthday ni Lola K! di ko kasi nagawa yung post~ gomen lola!}

Wah~
Finally, I'm posting again! nyahaha~
I know this is very late but anyhow, I'll presume some people might still be interested in some con-report or some sort. Oh what the heck!

I wasn't suppose to attend this year's Ongaku, but since my friend Aia promised me a treat, who am I to reject that? Haha! We talked about that a week before (on Aia's birthday) but if Mao didn't remind me the night before, I would've slacked off in our house the whole Saturday.

I guess there comes a certain age when asking permission to go out at night would not be a hassle anymore, and thank heavens I'm in that age! MWAHAHAHA! We were supposed to head off to the venue before 4, because Mao was appointed photographer of the event, but because of some difficulties, we left around 5. But that's okay. Filipino time. Hello~

We arrived there by taxi and the sun was just setting. I was amused by the type of clouds that greeted us by arrival. There weren't much people yet, some organizers and performing bands and then us. Aia's friend, Elijia arrived and was introduced. He and Aia were cosplayers that night, Mao was a photographer, and I was....uhm. Haha~

We walked around for a while and looked for some store to buy drinks and load. We were amused by the street names like "Jupiter" and "Planet". Now, where were we? Hehe~ and then we saw a sign board that really made me squeeze in surprise.

Now, that's fate, I tell you. Fate.
By the time we came back, the number of people outside increased. Since Mao was called to do her job already, we went across the street to a pavement where we could sit. Then Mao came back and introduced Gin (a fellow yaoista and Thomasian) and then Gin introduced her new friend, Karl.

Finally, the event started. We paid for our tickets and found a pretty good spot inside the bar. I like the place. It's a thousand times better than the last Ongaku's venue. We had good seats and a table atleast. The place wasn't that crowded until later on.

I'm sorry if I'm writing and narrating horribly, but it's the best of what I could remember and make out of my mood today.

The bands were of course very good, specially the band that covered Maximum the Hormone song (although I haven't heared a song from the original band) and of course PPF. We weren't able to watch NEOtaku perfom because we had to go home as it was quite late.

The cosplay...uhm, there were only six. And as I said, two of my friends are part of that six. I also was able to chat a little with the Die cosplayer and she won! Yey~ I really like her because she was friendly. I forgot the character of the guy (who I thought was a girl) who won first place, but he was cute. Then, there were two Lolitas (one of them said she was a mixed Ariel and Marimar). Aia cosplayed in an "ero-guru" (erotic-grotesque) fashion, a sub-category(?) of Visual Kei. I really like the jacket and make-up, bakla! And of course, the crowd favorite, Eli with his crossdressing, candy este! Oshare fashion. Nyeheheh~ the host said he looks like Sekime of Hana Kimi. Ows? Erm... There were some guys booing him and I just had to give them a glare because he's with us and I was routing for them like crazy, even though I was the only one left in our table, since Mao was at the front taking pictures, the two in the catwalk, Karl was infront too videoing the whole thing and Gin already left. T_T

After the announcement of the winners, we went home---by taxi, again. Sosyal!

Till next con guys! Ame na ba? Wohoooo!

Pictures:

_{Dahil manyak kami...}

 

^{awwww.... muy pagod mi mejor amiga!}

_{my companions for the night: Eli Mao Aia and Karl (Gin went home already)}

_{Gin and Karl
Nice meeting you people!}

The zombie and the Geek:

_{^{Micchie: Eh?}
Aia: Eh?
Ate sa likod: Hi~}

^{Aia: Kamusta make-up ko? Hrrr....
Micchie: a-ayos l-lang pp-po...
Ate sa likod: (bulong) siyet, di ako kita!)}

_{Micchie: Sumpain ka!
Aia: HU-WAAAG!
Ate sa likod: (kita na ako!) Hi~}

Si ate pala yung bida...hehe.... V^^V (kung sino kaman, sowee~)

^{mao and the Die (of Dir en Grey) cosplayer}

^{nakanang yan oh! Angas ng mukha eh! Nyihiiii~}

^{puma-fangirl eh. Tae, mas maganda siya saken! ownowws!}

and...

^{ohmay gohlay mga geud! tama ba etong nakeketa koh? nag-kamot ba ng dudo ang taong ire? NYAHAHAHAH! Nung nakita ko talaga itong picture na toh, tawa ko ng tawa! MAHAHAHAHAH~~!! Eli, kung makita mo man ito, sorry talaga! PEro...MWAHAHAHHA!!!}

and...

_{Ang kyut kyut ng video na toh! Ang astig lalo nung mga nag-isip lagyan ng sub. Naalala niyo pa ba yung mga kalaban ng bioman noon? Ngayon alam ko na ang mga pinagsasabi nila. Ehehe~ basta ang cute niya. The best!}

And that concludes my so-called con-report. Adieu.

 

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All pictures courtesy of Mao.

 

EGA SAI NA!!! Sino sasama sakin?