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| Thursday, December 30, 2004
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What I got for Christmas.
A mini Ipod wasn't really on my Christmas list, since I'm not a techie freak! But when I asked my Mom what she was gonna get me in lieu of a fancy shmancy debut, she asked me, "Well, what do you want ba?" Tamang tama, I was reading MEG magazine, and I just told her "An apple green Ipod." (Without EVEN thinking!) =) Well come Christmas morning, there it was! A square box right under the tree! They didn't even wrap it! Well, since then, my Ipod and I have been inseparable! I take it with me to bed, in the car, ... and EVEN in the bathroom =) Now THAT'S multi-purpose! *lol*
Syempre, every single expensive gift has a string attached. My Mom launched into this mini-talk of how much she and my Dad loved me THAT much... =) *aw*... THEN, she started making me feel guilty for all the sins I've committed. (Smoking!!!) I think my Mom's annoying that way. She knows I just can't stop smoking yet... and everytime she lectures me, I feel the need to just light up a cigarrete right there and then! But still, I love her to bits! She gives this puppy dog look that makes you wanna break down and cry when she's expressing her "love" for you... It's what I miss the most when she's not around. My Dad on the other hand, is more of the quiet type. He doesn't verbally express his feelings, but I can feel it everytime he gets me something I ask, just like that... or everytime he hugs me out of the blue. My friends always tell me how lucky I am to be so spoiled... and my siblings say the same thing. The other day, my sister said something about how I was getting all the nice things, and how I can have anything I want. Of course it made me feel guilty... and everytime my parents get me something which they don't have, I start to hate all the attention that I'm getting. Still, I'm glad that my siblings don't take it against me, and we still have a great time when we're together.
I now realize that the greatest Christmas gift is not a shiny green Ipod, an apple Laptop, or even a car... This Christmas, I realized that the best present is your family's presence itself! The presence of their love, their happiness, their appreciation of you. I'm so grateful for everything I have, and I'm treasuring every bit of it. I'm grateful for the people I love, and who love me in return. Through life's ups and downs, I love my life... it just can't get better than this.
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| Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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Why LOTR is hella boring!
I think I'm weird. Wait. I AM WEIRD! I'm the ONLY person alive who hasn't watched a full movie of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. Ever since the first movie came out in 2001, I've only managed to watch bits and pieces. 15 minutes into the movie, I start to doze off! Since the movie is 3 hours long, I wake up in between, watch a bit more of what I can't follow, and doze off again! It's happened sooo many times! I've tried watching the same movie on HBO, at 10 in the morning, and I still end up sleeping! I've tried taking coffee while watching the movie, but to no avail. As much as the rest of the human population say that LOTR is the greatest EVER, I just can't relate. I've never seen it. (Fully, that is) And I have concluded that LOTR is waaay too boring. For my nerves, for my attention, for me.
The LOTR marathon started on Monday. Daddy, Tolkien's BIGGEST fan alive, wanted to watch the first movie, "The Fellowship of the Ring." Since this was one of those rare moments where I actually get to watch something with my family, I was determined to stay awake! But by the time Saruman revealed that he was on Sauron's side, and the wizards had this "mini war," I was already catching some zzzz's.
Tuesday night. Time for the second movie.... This time, I was REALLY determined to stay awake. I made my sister tell me the story of the first one... the ending at least, so I could understand a bit. She did, and I was able to follow what was going on. Again, I dozed off! But this time, it was 30 minutes into the movie. An improvement I say! But not enough to make me watch the whole thing, and be able to relate to my LOTR fanatic friends.
Now it's Wednesday, and tonight, I bet you a dollar Daddy's gonna end the marathon with the last movie, "The Return of the King." This time, I'm REALLY gonna watch this, and STAY awake. Watch this space for updates on how that goes.
*Now I wonder why it was never this way with Harry Potter. I loved the three movies shown so far, and I never fell asleep once. Maybe it's the fact that I "KNOW" that LOTR is 3 hours long, and I "KNOW" that I can't keep still for that long. Purely psychological? I don't know... But weird? Hell yeah! LOTR fans could kill me if I say that I found their movie b o r i n g! But hey, StarWars? Goodness! If I fall asleep 15 minutes into LOTR, I fall asleep when the "Copyright" thingies are first shown. StarWars? Haha! That's ONE BIG BLOG!
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| Monday, December 27, 2004
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The Christmas Spirit
Technically speaking, Christmas is over, but everyone's STILL in some "Christmassy" mood. People love Christmas. There's no denying that. When I was little, I HATED the fact that my birthday falls on Christmas Day. I could NEVER celebrate my birthday on that same day, because I was born on the same day as you-know-who-come-on! I was merely an assistant to the superstar. But now, I'm in college, and living far away from my family. Now that I get to spend ONLY Christmas vacay with them, I'm treasuring every single second with all my heart!
 Last night, I celebrated my 18th birthday. There was no fancy shmancy debut or whatever. I found that "tradition" way too corny for words. I always have. So I asked my parents to give me a simple celebration instead. Like a small dinner. The only restaurant I could think of was Chili's and so there, we invited the people we were closest to in the world. Dinner was so much fun! We stuffed ourselves silly with fries, chicken, pasta, celery, and different kinds of dip. We took pictures, and told stories. We watched my sister and her boyfriend canoodle, and make "lambing" at their side of the table. We laughed our guts out! Oh Lordy! THAT we did! I'd laugh because Debbie was laughing, and she'd laugh because of my laugh. So we'd all just laugh away, and keep on laughing... Everyone was happy. And even more so, me. This was what I always imagined my birthday celebration to be. None of those parties with cake and baloons. I liked it simple. It was better that way. 
The waiters sang Happy Birthday for me.It was sooo weird! The last time I experienced that, I was still a kid with no boobs! So I was sooo blushing! It was kinda sappy... but in the weirdest way, it made me feel good. Special.
After dinner, we went roaming around in Seef Mall. Mango had this sale, and it was so much fun rummaging through the racks and looking at clothes I knew I couldn't wear anytime soon. Mom had bought me and my sister two MNG bags earlier, and the night couldn't have been more complete.
Okay, my hands are freezing up now... I'm starving and I'm a bit lazy to type some more. Belated Merry Christmas! =)
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| Monday, December 20, 2004
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Tongue piercings...
*I hate it when people catch a glimpse of my tongue stud and they always double check if they've seen right.
*I hate it when they ALWAYS never fail to ask if it hurts! For the nth time ever, NO it doesn't. At all... but it really varies on a case to case basis... But hey. Ur'e asking ME right?
*I hate it when conservative people immediately label you as some bitch with a cult, just because you have an unusual piercing in an unusual place..
*I hate it when my Mom catches me playing with my stud, and launches into an entire 1 hour sermon and horror stories about my tongue splitting in half.
Hayy... the things some people think...
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| Thursday, December 16, 2004
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Only in UP! Hehe...
Running around the school stark naked in one of UP's busiest buildings is every guy's nightmare. But for the hundreds of people (85% girls, 10% media, 5% guys/gays)... it's pure entertainment. This is probably one of the reasons why UP is the most controversial school around. APO fraternity's neophytes run around the building showcasing their hoo hoos, as part of their initiation into the frat... It's shameless I know... but hey, it's tradition!
It was super traffic along Katipunan today! It was going to be my first time to see a bunch of naked men live, and very much publicized. My friends and I agreed to meet at the AS steps at precisely 11 am... and I arrived at 11:30... only to find the entire building chock full of people! Security, and media were everywhere, not to mention the bazillion girls who wanted to take a peek at something you don't see everyday. The place was packed with people, so it was freaking hot! (Kinda like a rock concert). Loadsa people brought cameras, video recorders, the works! I found it amusing at how many people would actually go through so much trouble just to see something like this!
Sadly, because of the loads of people, I only managed to get a glimpse of the running hoo hoos rushing by. Uh... to put it frankly, I FINALLY realized why the higher batches say that one Oblation Run for anybody is enough. Really, there was NOTHING to see! (*Hint Hint*) Hahaha.
After the crowds subsided and me and my friends hit the ladies'washrooms for touchups...me and Friaz headed off to the tiangge areas, to get some henna tatoos done. I got a butterfly chain tatoo done on my lower back, and another butterfly tattoo at the back of my neck. Friaz got a free "sun" tattoo on her left leg... and afterwards, we took alot of photos with my digicam... just in time for the lantern parade at 4:30.
It was my first lantern parade, and I've never experienced a fiesta in my whole life.. So this was my first time to see papier maches of cartoon characters, huge colorful lanterns, bands, and faculty people in embarrassing cotumes (bikinis etc...) Hehe... It was pure shameless fun! It was as if the entire university turned into a preschool, with college students laughing their hearts out, scrambling to get the candy thrown at them. The entire scene reminded me of the Festival of Fools from the cartoon of Hunchback of Notre Dame (which I so adored when I was a kid).
I really am enjoying college life. I really am... and I don't have any regrets whatsoever. Studying in UP is sooo much fun! How many other universities can boast an Oblation Run and a lantern parade? Hmmm....
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| Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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The idiots in all their glory! =D
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WE ARE NOT A COUPLE! abe me and mao!
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by some hut... =p
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This pic reminds me of The Virgin Mary... don't ask why! Haha...
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| Saturday, December 11, 2004
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From birth controversies to note pet peeves and SML... cool week!
Wednesday Dec 8- One of the biggest controversies in my life happen to be the fact that my sisters and I, were born on special dates. I was born on December 25 (Xmas day), Gabrielle was born on June 19 (Rizal's bday), and Maricon... today... December 8. Because of my incredible credit usage, I didn't get a chance to text her earlier, so I just posted a bulletin post on friendster greeting her. Obviously, thanks to the bombardment of useless posts from other friends, and those boring surveys people always find time to do, my sister didn't see my bday greeting. Result- She sent a tampo text to me, jokingly swearing senseless words... hehe... Gosh! I miss my sisters! We're all such dorks!
Thursday Dec 9- The only class I had today was Communication 3, and I went to school 4 hours earlier because we had this presentation, and we needed to practice. But because of my addiction to cigarrettes, I arrived 10 minutes later than the appointed practice time! Grrr!!! Those blasted cancer sticks! In class, after our presentation (which went okay), we had this activity where your classmates had to write their first impressions of you on pieces of paper (anonymously of course). I was a bit happy with SOME. Some slips said that I was outgoing, energetic, had good communication skills, and smart. The negatives ones were-- snobby, (what's new?) talkative, oh and the most painful one was... SMART but OVERconfident! Hmmm... I figure only a threatened fellow classmate would dare write THAT! Me? Overconfident? I swear I had NO idea that I portrayed such a cruel impression.
The higlight of the night? I got to spend an hour chit chatting with my crush at the Sunken Garden before I had to head to Starbucks Katipunan to study.
I managed to get through most of my notes, but then, to mine (and everyone else's annoyance), someone's car alarm went off in the parking lot, and it kept on alarming for the next two hours! I tried to shut the darn noise by closing my ears, but God, can YOU even take on SUCH a NOISE? Thanks to that blasted car, Starbucks and some of the other restos nearby lost all their customers in a matter of minutes! The rest of the night went by with me studying for my Geog 111 exam the next day... and forgive me for my silly little observations, but my prof sucks at english grammar! His notes are sooo damn confusing and he has this recurring habit of mixing up his tenses....=( Pet peeve pet peeve!
Friday Dec 10- The BIG exam day! Michelle texted me last night saying that she went for a consultation and her inside scoop on the exam was that we needn't memorize! If I did follow whatever she said, I wouldn't be able to answer anything! I managed to answer a few... but to my annoyance, I think I'm gonna flunk this exam! Grrr! Anyway, glad to have my classmates agree on the same thing.... It's nice to bring other people down with you... hehe...
By around 6 pm, I rushed off to Starbucks to meet one of my guy friends... We chitchatted for a while, and had SanMigLight at Piao's in Xavierville. All in all, I was glad to be in his company, cos he always had something to talk about, and we kept on bickering at each other, for laughs... Hehe... We spent practically nine hours together, after making tambay at my apartment's patio... =) After a hectic day, I'm glad that it ended well... Nice weather too don't you think?
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| Monday, December 06, 2004
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if looks cud kill
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| Saturday, December 04, 2004
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The Boy diaries...
I just unearthed this ancient email from an old friend... and Gosh! This is sooo true... and may I just say, applicable to my current situation... Boys boys boys... *sigh* No amount of Cosmo readings and male manuals will EVER enable you to figure out what goes on inside their heads...
The problems with GUYS:
If u TREAT him nicely, he says u are IN LOVE with him..
If u Don't, he says ur SUPLADA. (*snobby*)
If u DRESS Nicely, he says u are trying to LURE him;
If u Don't, he says ur BADUY. (*corny*/outdated/weird?.. how the hell do u translate baduy?)
If u ARGUE with him, he says u are STUBBORN;
If u keep QUIET, he says u have no BRAINS.
If u are SMARTER than him, he'll lose FACE;
If he's Smarter than u, he's GREAT.
If u don't Love him, he tries to POSSESS u;
If u Love him, he will try to LEAVE u.
If u don't make love with him., he says u don't Love him;
If u do!! he says ur EASY.
If u tell him your PROBLEM, he says u are TROUBLESOME;
If u don't, he says that u don't TRUST him.
If u SCOLD him, u are like a NANNY to him;
If he SCOLDS u, it is because he CARES for u.
If u BREAK your PROMISE, u Cannot be TRUSTED;
If he BREAKS his, he is FORCED to do so.. apparently he doesn't have a choice!
If u SMOKE, u are a BAD girl;
If he SMOKES, "it's part of manhood".
If u do WELL in your exams, he says it's LUCK;
If he does WELL, it's BRAINS.
If u HURT him, u are CRUEL;
If he HURTS u, u are too SENSITIVE!! & sooo hard to please!!!!!
If u send this to guys, they will swear that it's not true.......
but if u don't, they say u are selfish.....
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| Friday, December 03, 2004
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That goddamn circle
You know how they say that life is a circle? Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down? Well, just yesterday morning, I thought I was on top of that goddamn circle. I sure as hell didn't expect that by the end of the day. I'd be at the pits.
Rather than fill you with the gory details of the night before- and the terrible feeling of the morning after...... I'd really like to get something off my chest.
Why the hell is it that the one person you thought would be different from all the rest turned out to be a certfied asshole? It's nerve-wracking to think that first impressions NEVER last, and there's always a price you have to pay for those goddamn "akalas." Akala ko kasi... yah yah yah!
I hate having to have to go through this! I hate the fact that I have to clean up my mess, and sincerely pay for whatever I've done. I hate having to think that some people are just sooo goddamn fucked up in their psycho brain that they'll even attempt to take advantage of you- when you're not even aware of it! I hate the fact that I was being so blind to everything that was going on. But thank god it wasnt worse.... if i can recall anything... that much I know.
Most of all, I hate having to blame myself for all that's happened... because on my part, I swear I had no idea....
AAAARGH! I'm so pissed off with everything! How can some people be like that? Why are people like that with me? Why does this ALWAYS happen? Why do they always want what should'nt be?
Shet talaga! What the fuck is wrong with me?
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