Thursday, May 24, 2007
RamblingTwo more days until my pseudo-summer begins. If you can recall, I made a list a few entries back about all the things I needed to achieve during summer. So far, in that list, I have done... none. So I have an entire summer's worth of activities crammed in two weeks. I'm hoping that somehow, I'll be able to achieve most of what I set out to accomplish. To me, the mark that I've fulfilled my goals is if I've redone my room. I'm starting on it this weekend. I promise. Also, I'm going to watch all the shows that people have buzzed on about for the past months. I've been too stuck on How I Met Your Mother (Which I still recommend to EVERYONE) and The Office that I haven't explored other shows (Plus the fact that Heroes has reached all time highs on the "cool" factor). What's so great about Heroes? What's so captivating about Grey's Anatomy? I shall soon find out.
I'm really excited about June. After a year and half, For True (Well, at least tentatively) is coming up. Depending on Daboise's situations in about a couple of weeks, we'll finally determine whether or not to push through with it. I hope and I pray it does push through (And I hope the For True Fourteen is complete). I still think the entire concept is so awesome. Also, on the 16th of June, my sister Pam is getting married (Again). It's going to be a big wedding as opposed to the relatively small (And relatively romantic) one on the boat in San Fo back in December. My sister's got to be one of the luckiest brides ever. Two weddings, two dresses, two sets of wedding pictures, two anniversaries! They'll be at liberty to say something like, "Honey, I forgot to get you anything for our anniversay." "That's alright, there's always our 2nd anniversary." Haha.
I haven't been studying for any of my exams or any of my lessons for that matter the entire summer. Bulakbol. I really don't mind. I'm past the point where I feel I have to prove anything to anyone. I'm having fun and the summer's been great, despite having to go to school everyday. And besides, it's not yet over. I've got two more weeks of immortality starting Saturday.
Zara (my labrador) got sick the other day. I don't think I've been taking care of her like I promised I would. She's okay now and I was able to spend a lot of time with her a while ago. I'm going to hire a dog trainer soon and hopefully, we can turn all that raw energy into something more, umm, subdued yet productive. Haha.
I'm getting more and more self-conscious about my weight and I hate the fact that I am. I mean, as a normal person with streaks of vanity and insecurity every now and then, it HAS bothered me before, but I've never let it get to me as much as I have now. And I hate that I am. I'm NOT fat. I'm really not. But my shirts are getting a bit tighter and my front side is protruding a little more. Haha. I know, I shouldn't bitch about something like this. Whatever. Sorry.
Oh hey, there's this song that I've been listening to for the past week. Has it ever happened to you that there's this song in your iPod that's been there forever but you've listened to it probably just once or twice? And whenever it starts to play, you immediately press the Next button? But then, one day, you decide, "Hey, let's listen to this song," and you instantaneously fall in love with it? Haha. Well, that's what happened with me and Overrated by Gavin DeGraw. Download it now!
Nuts. My nose is so itchy. You know what that means! Ahihi.
the adventure ended at 12:50 AM
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Fearless
Calvin sure got it right.
There are certain things that WE KNOW will end up as indistinguishable stumps. We all know that it's inevitable. These shiny, pointy crayons will become too dirty and out-of-use after a certain time. But that doesn't mean that we guard them with our lives, protecting the concept of near-perfection and safety that we, as humans, are so accustomed to. Because even though, one day, the crayons we use become dulled up and crappy, it will be refreshing and fulfilling to know that we used them to gleefully color the drawings that fill us up. The ugly mounded pieces of wax will leave their mark through the colorful masterpieces they create.
Ted Mosby said, "Here's the thing about mistakes. Sometimes, even though you know it's a mistake, you still have to make it." I'm all about mistakes. I've made a bunch of them. Even went down the slide again a couple times more with a few of them. And I'm not going to stop making mistakes. But that's okay, I'd gladly take them all. ;p
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I can't wait for this week to end. I'm finally going to do all the things that I said I would during the start of the summer. Woo!
the adventure ended at 2:09 AM
Sunday, May 13, 2007
I Don't Feel Too Well4/8/07 Around 4:30 AM, Somewhere between India and Singapore
It's utterly surreal how perspective changes everything. Here I am, 38000 feet above the ground, I look outside my window and see a vast spectacle of celestial spheres that are actually parallel to me. I needn't strain my neck and gaze up (as I would if I were on Earth), all I have to do is look outside to see countless stars, so close that I could just open up my window and pick them off with my fingers. Shooting stars from the ground dart across the sky, but up here, they actually look like they're falling. They fall so magnificently. Maybe they're shooting stars from the ground but are falling stars when you're up here.
And yet, the harsh reality suddenly strikes me. The stars outside my window aren't close enough to pick off with my fingers. For what is 38000 feet to the reality of millions of lightyears? What I consider as close is not as close as others may think. What I perceive as real is, to others, just as fantasy as the fairy tales I seem to try ever so hard to base my life on.
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Big Guy, help me on this one. Please.
Sigh.
Ah, screw it. I promised myself not to get bothered by such trivial things and it's high time I begin keeping my promises. Let's talk about something else.
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PRESCHOOL
1. Ano ang sinasabi mo noong bata ka pa na gusto mong maging paglaki mo?
- Weirdly, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Dino-freak.
2. Ano ang isang bagay na na-enjoy mong gawin noon?
- Bully the other kids. Flirt with the chicks.
3. Bakit?
- I was a bully then. And, um, I was enrolled in St.Paul College Pasig for pre-school (all girls).
4. anong age ka pumasok sa school?
- 3 or4 if I can remember.
5. Sinong 'buddy' mo noon?
- Kim Austria. Where are you now? Carmela Tumala. Lance Reyes. These two, I, amazingly, still know now.
6. Anong pangyayayari ang hindi mo makalimutan?
- When Kim confronted my mother because I destroyed her costume for the play. "MRS. ABASTILLAS! Iyang anak ninyo! Sinira ang costume ko na pinaghirapan ng nanay ko! Pagsabihan niyo nga!" It was adorable. Kim was always a bit bitchy and maybe that's why I liked her so much then. It was cute.
7. Kilala mo pa mga teachers mo?
- I don't remember her.
8. Iyakin ka ba noon?
- Yeah, a bit.
GRADE SCHOOL :
10. Sinong principal nyo noon?
- Ms. Emma Encarnacion.
11. Anong paborito mong laro?
- Teks. Ice Ice Water. Basketball. We didn't have PSP's back then.
12. May club ka bang sinalihan?
- Young Inventors' Society. Basketball Club.
13. Maingay ka ba sa klase?
- Yes. I got Sad Slips all the time.
14. May kinakatakutan ka bang teacher noon?
- Not really. I was a bad-ass. But I was afraid of Sad Slips, so that nullifies my bad-ass-ness.
15. Bakit?
- Because my mom would get very angry with me.
16. Pano ka pumupunta sa school?
- Driver! I miss being driven around.
17. Marunong ka na bang mag-commute ng panahong ito?
- Not 'till highschool.
18. Paano ka mag-aral?
- What? I studied?
19. Mahilig ka bang kumain ng tusok-tusok?
- Yeah! And the two-peso siomai!
20. Responsible ka bang estudyante?
- Nope.
HIGH SCHOOL:
21. Saan ka nag-high school?
- La Salle Greenhills.
22. May-CAT ba kayo noon?
- Nope. Lack of testosterone = surplus of homosexuals?
25. Kumakain ka ba habang nasa klase?
- Every now and then.
26. Tamad ka bang pumasok?
- Sometimes. But I never had it in me (until college) to not go to school just because I felt like it.
27. Sinong principal nyo noon?
- Brother Belleza.
28. Kilala ka ba nya? Ano tawag nya sa'yo?
- Yup. Mr. Abastillas! Haha.
29. Paano?
- Through SACB I guess.
COLLEGE:
31. School mo?
- Ateneo de Manila
32. Meron ka bang org na sinalihan?
- Association of Communications Technology Mgt. Kythe. AMA
33. Naniniwala ka ba na pag college ka na, matatagpuan mo ang true love mo at hindi sa highschool?
- No, not really.
34. Pano gumalaw ang mga tao sa eskwelahan mo?
- Everyone's got their own thing.
35. Sosyal ka ba?
- I'm told so.
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Two Names You Go By:
1. Jay
2. J (Do those count as different? Fine, make #2 "Jay-Ar")
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. Bohol Shirt.
2. Shorts.
Two Things You Want in a Relationship:
1. Understanding.
2. Trust.
Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
1. Write.
2. Travel and Eat. (It's a tie!)
Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. See preceding article.
2. A Vacation.
Two pets you had/have:
1. Black Labrador.
2. Belgian Shepherd/Mongrel.
Two things you did last night:
1. Went to Greg's brother's book launch.
2. Went to Greg's brother's gig. (two different brothers)
Two things you ate today:
1. Chinese food.
2. Chicken curry.
Two people you Last Talked To:
1. Andre.
2. Jorel.
Two Things You are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to mass.
2. Finish everything I need to finish.
Two Favorite Holidays:
1. Christmas.
2. My birthday? Haha.
Two favorite beverages:
1. Iced Tea.
2. Mama's Favorite from Bubba Gump's.
Two favorite TV shows:
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Office
Two favorite food:
1. Japanese food.
2. Thai/Italian food. (It's a tie!)
Two of your least favorite things to do:
1. "Intensifying" (Why keep doing it, then?)
2. Math.
Two things you want to do before you die:
1. Save the world.
2. See the Aurora Borealis
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Oh Oh Oh! Funny thing happened about this blog. During Greg's little brother's book launch, I told Mon and Andre that if (in the off-chance [knock on wood]) I die any time soon, they'd compile the blog entries I've written and publish it. So I'm set! Hahahaha. Mon said he would want to take care of the title though. Hmmm. I wonder what he'll come up with.
Anyway. It's a busy/big weekend. Let's get through it!
the adventure ended at 12:50 AM
