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The tv-junkie that I am 2007-01-30 09:40:52 I get excited during Tuesdays because I finally have the chance to download the next Heroes episode. I’m totally guilty of being an avid watcher of practically all primetime US-television that I can be found frequently stalking both Isohunt and Mininova (preferring the former over the latter). I download it the moment it airs in the States, so I’m up-to-date with everything.
Among those series are the following:
Heroes – I can’t even stress enough how hooked I am. And together with my fellow Heroes geeks (those who happened to encounter the show and those brainwashed by me), I can talk about it for hours.
Prison Break – I’ve managed to follow the show religiously since it premiered. It is getting really good. The fact that I can’t get enough of Wentworth Miller doesn’t help.
Grey’s Anatomy – This is the one show that I can’t help but end up bawling one episode after another. I’m serious. I end up crying every d
Blogathon 2007 [1] 2007-02-04 07:32:52 Like Lai, I needed to have some sort of motivation to keep this blog updates-full. Joining Blogathon 2007 might just be the answer to that. I just have to blog everyday for the entire month. Believe me, it’s not as simple as it sounds, but I’m up for the challenge.
The weather is still in its usual schizophrenic self. It’s windy and sunny at the same time. I feel the need to extra-moisturize because of the way this weather manages to dry my skin up. Argh. I think it also made me even moodier, and more contemplative than usual. I find myself even more alone with my thoughts and it’s scary. Existential moments are not what I need right now. Spare me the drama. I want to just be... February may hopefully be a better month. Yes yes. Bring on the love.
At least I’m not that stressed. I find time to oversleep a lot these days. Pambawi na lang siguro. It’s like I’d rather just sleep. Wonder how long this will last.
Oh gosh, there’s just
Of lazing around and my new fandom internet habit [1] 2007-02-05 12:10:07 Joining Blogathon proves to be much harder than I thought. And considering it’s just the second day! But here goes…
I have no classes today, which feels wonderful. The fact that school starts on Tuesday means that the week will be over as I know it, and that’s a good thing. I have so much to do though. Perhaps I’ve been a teensy bit complacent, but all is well. I know my priorities now.
This day is basically my chance to rest, catch up on some much needed pampering and continue my 24-fest. I’ve managed to have my nails done, while spending the rest of my morning and afternoon in front of the television. I’m totally feeling this bum day… lazing around, pigging out on Hershey’s Kisses, enjoying the first 6 episodes of 24. It. is. too. good. Jack Bauer owns me!
Lately, I’ve realized how I’m checking out more fandoms (if you’re an LJ user, you’d understand) than ever. It is sad. I’m lucky to have Jake sha
I'll wake up at 3 to continue [2] 2007-02-06 15:05:06 I’m literally swamped at this moment, but I decided to take a little breather to do my Blogathon duties. Sad. haha.
It’s almost 10PM here, and I’m nearing my usual school-night bedtime. I’m not one to tire myself out until the wee hours of the morning doing school work. I prefer to have some shut-eye and then wake up around 3AM or 4AM to continue everything I haven’t finished. It sucks because I have class at 7, which means I have to leave the house very early and will be having no real sleep. Oh well… I had time to do just that over the weekend. I’m used to my college sleeping hours. Bawi na lang uli.
Hell week has yet to come, but everyday provides me with a lot of things to do still. Thankfully, it hasn’t piled up yet. I’m seriously sleepy now. Boooooo.
Anyway, I finished watching episode 14 of Heroes, and I am floored. It’s too good. Rawr! Yawn. I’m sleepy na talaga.
I’m only halfway done studying for
Don't bother to read the cut, this proves that I just can't blog everyday [1] 2007-02-07 13:33:21 Of course the moment I actually have less to do the next day, I just want to rest up and stay away from the net.
After a long day, I’m just really tired. Coming to school at 7 to play badminton, have a quiz for Sci10, report for POS53, take my French1 long test, schedule interviews for our POS53 research work, and then end the day with BlueRep GA is both mentally and physically exhausting. I’m just glad to be home with only a Psych personality test to answer and a few readings for Theo to worry about. Oh but I just want to sleep.
I’m sorry if this is such a mindless post, Blogathon duties. Rawr.
I Love You Because (Dude, I'm talking about a musical) 2007-02-08 09:53:32 Just got home from another tiring day at school. T-Th schedules are fun because I have POS61 (Contemporary Political Theory) with my favorite teacher, Dr. Yu-Jose. She’s just so much fun, and so good at making our class pay attention without compromising all the political thinking. We all love her. But despite all the work from the past few days including my incessant whining over blogathon duties and my unhealthy obsession over Heroes, I’ve been feeling particularly really good. All the emo-ness from last week has subsided, and I have found some sort of solace for the time being. Schizophrenic weather or not.
Anyway, thanks to Ms. Sweet Charity herself, Geegee, I have newfound love over a new musical called I Love You Because (sans the blog entry title).
From Actor’s PlayHouse.Org: Dubbed "a modern day musical love story," I LOVE YOU BECAUSE is a sweet, funny and bubbly gender reversed modern day musical about the adventures of two brothers, one a stiff gree
Time for a Jason Robert Brown song to share 2007-02-09 13:35:50 The second week of Feb is fast approaching. Oh how time flies when your having fun. haha. I’ve been on an unusual high lately, so all is good. Basically had a lazy day. Or at least for the first half of it. I decided to cut my first class, then continued my reporting with Jake for POS53, and just basically enjoyed my French class. For everything in between and after, I worked with our POS53 research questions, hung out with the crazy BlueReppers, attended a Galian meeting, and just chilled with some of my blockmates. I was still in Ateneo until 5PM because our POS53 group had scheduled an interview with one of my former teachers for our research proposal. I’m just glad we had one down. I have this sinking feeling I’m going to be doing so much soon. Group works can be really overwhelming.
After hanging out with the BlueRep people, I discovered another wonderful song by the brilliant JasonRobertBrown
. I’m a huge fan of his writing. The Last Five Years by Jaso
Of series Saturdays, family affairs and Jam/Ben's birthday 2007-02-10 16:57:05 Only a few minutes before Feb 11. But I still have no plans on neglecting my blogathon duties despite such a busy day. Sigh. I had to cut my NSTP class for today because of a very important family affair that I had to attend. It was scheduled weeks before so I couldn’t just not go. It was nice seeing family friends after a long time. Basically, that event took up the entire morning and early afternoon. Upon arriving home, I just had to catch up with more of my series
. I just finished watching the new Grey’s, which was kind of a shocker for me. I watched two episodes of Smallville both of which are just really good. Lastly, I watched the recent One Tree Hill episode, leaving me all emotional at the end. Shucks. By this hour, I just finished downloading The OC and I’m thinking of watching it in awhile.
After my series marathon, I headed to my friend Jam and her boyfriend, Ben’s birthday celebration. I had time to catch up with my friends once again, especially Read more:Saturdays
Photos from my Coco Cabana celebration with Jam and Ben 2007-02-11 13:57:03 I’ve been working on something that I can’t say just yet. Perhaps in future posts I will. And since I don’t have much to blog about, I’ll post up a few pictures from last night’s affair at Coco Cabana
with the birthday couple: Jam and Ben.
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I need to be caffeinated for this [1] 2007-02-12 11:05:06 After classes, I went all over Makati to do errands for BlueRep. Mostly ticket sales and sponsor-related errands, which made me go all over the Makati business area. Ti-ring. Wa hoo. All for the love of my org. Yay.
I’m still swamped today. As the title points out: I need to be all caffeinated for my Psych long test tomorrow. Too bad I’m not a big coffee fan. And the only ones I can tolerate are overpriced ones from Starbucks that I forgot to pass by earlier. Boo. I’m relying on the overflowing stock of chocolates here instead. Let’s hope it works because I have lots to study for, and I have no plans on not finishing everything. I need to do well for Psych. The quiz-every-meeting-ordeal is proving to be a sour grape amidst my supposedly good grades, and it is annoying. Rawr.
Alright, I need to stray away from thy blog and continue to geekify myself. Buhbye.
Of stressing out over Polsci orals and a headache during Psych 2007-02-13 13:26:00 My head aches terribly. Ouch. This must be from lack of sleep and too much studying. Or something like that. Fortunately, today was a good day.
I got a bit stressed out just before my POS61 orals. Okay, maybe that’s an understatement. I was stressed out just before my POS61 orals. Orals have that effect, even if I studied and was basically prepared for everything. The minute it was over, and I got to answer something not too difficult, I was just overcome relieved. Too bad I had to deal with a Psych
test after. My head was aching while taking the test already, so I had to rest occasionally. The test was okay though. I’m hoping I’ll get a good grade.
Afterwards, I was just glad it was over, and I can go home rest and download Heroes.
Happy 13th to Jake and I. :) Surprising him after our last class was another priceless moment. Thanks to my wonderful friends: Jaz, Sarah and Billie for helping me out on everything.
I also found out that most of my high schoo
Of the hell week ahead 2007-02-15 16:25:55 I just finished memorizing the dialogue I made for my French class. I never realized coming up with a dialogue for ordering something in a restaurant could take up a whole hour. Gosh. But I do enjoy it. I never realized learning a new language could be fun that I end up enjoying every French class. There’s just no pressure. Compared to all the other subjects I’m taking, it becomes a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, French class makes me want to jet set to France tout de suite! Sigh. Someone take me there.
Around 11 days of blogging straight. I’m so proud. However, I realized I can’t do this blogathon thing every month. I’d much rather prefer blogging at times when I actually have something to write about. To the very least, participating in something like this helped me fuel the long lost desire to blog. Try checking out the archives and compare the number of entries I had for the last few months. It’s a shame really.
I will be at the mercy o Read more:ahead
, week ahead
Pondering on double majoring 2007-02-17 15:26:25 Recently, the block seems to be talking about what majors and/or minors to take. Advisements are coming up soon, so everyone’s busy pondering on the remaining years of their college life. As for me, I have been thinking about it hard. I’ve been fortunate enough to be offered the AB-MA degree for Polsci, which basically means that I can get an MA degree by my fifth year. No matter how tempting an MA degree sounds, I decided against it. My heart wasn’t just there.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my Polsci classes. More importantly, I’m doing really well with all my majors. Perhaps the only reason why I decided not to go for the MA degree was because if ever I do commit myself to another year in Ateneo, I would rather be studying something else. I would gladly devote another year to pursue my other interests and passions.
Sans the double
major dilemma. I want to double major in Communications. I’d settle for a minor, but unfortunately, there isn’
This Feb/March 2007, BlueRep presents 2007-02-16 14:52:44
It’s going to be great! Please come and watch. Tickets are available through ticketworld at 8919999! Read more:March
Loving Sundays 2007-02-18 14:54:43 I had a looooong blog entry typed up, and then Opera got gay and had an error. Argh. I’m too lazy to recall everything and type it up again. So I’ll just talk about something else.
Like how much I love Sundays
. It’s my favorite day of the week. There’s something so relaxing about Sundays, despite the fact that it’s followed by a school day. As usual, I spent it with my famil, which ended up with some major shopping for me. I’ve been so busy the past few weeks that I have forgotten how retail therapy works wonders. The brown suede jacket I got is absolutely beautiful. I’m still looking for an occasion to wear it. haha.
This week will be crazy. High School Musical opens this Friday. And as much as I am incredibly excited for it, I will have so much to do. Oh shucks. Back to work then. Read more:Loving
Things I miss during this Feb Hell week of mine: 2007-02-19 15:07:56
Performing with BlueRep.
Hongkong.
My 1st Sem teachers.
Basketball.
My English R26, Charlie’s Angels Crew.
Extra time to go out and watch a good movie.
Extra time. Period.
No slacking off and doing nothing 2007-02-20 16:11:52 A few hours ago, my lovely Psych group mates and I finally finished editing for our commercial. I’m thrilled to say it went really well. The excitement over our initial brainstorming months ago manifests itself over our final product. I. am. proud.
I’ve been devoting every break I have finishing our commercial, so knowing we’re done feels great. More than that, I’ve also been running back and forth, meeting people left and right for High School Musical tickets. Stress. Don’t even get me started on my other group activities such as meeting my Theo group and interviewing people for our PolSci 53 research proposal. At the end of the day, I arrive home mentally and physically exhausted.
I’m usually good with managing my time. This happens because I refuse to waste my time. I firmly believe: if you want something done, you can always set time for it. It’s a matter of priorities and discipline. I’d like to believe I have a good sense of b Read more:doing
Alas, it finally came 2007-02-21 15:10:02 Uhm. Breakdown.
The heat is so not helping. What sucks is that when I’m already feeling low, everything just seems to feel ten times worse. It’s like my personal torture.
I’ve been all over the place lately, and I am so tempted to escape all these and run away. Tempted, I tell you. But I won’t.
On the other hand, Heroes episode 16 was brilliant. The show gets better.
Wheee… back to all the stress.
BlueRep's HSM First Weekend 2007-02-27 13:43:17 BlueRep just finished its first High School Musical weekend. And as head of Front of House, it has been quite a ride. Nevertheless, I had so much fun watching the shows, hanging out with my wonderful FOH girlies, my absolutely amazing ushers, blueRep alumni, the production staff and even some of the audience.
My FOH girlies: Liza and Yel. Without those two, I don’t know what would happen to HSM. Love. them. Read more:First
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Bloated and Stressed 2007-03-08 09:24:44 Alas, I failed to finish my Blogathon duties. I was initially excited about it, but I just couldn’t continue blogging everyday. I blame it on the fact that there were just days that I was computer and internet deprived. So that is a good excuse, right? High School Musical took most of my time during the past week too. The experience was great, and I never knew I could have so much fun just being an FOH. It was one responsibility that I’m glad I took which turned out to be one helluva learning experience. No regrets.
A few more weeks till this SY ends, and I am beyond excited for summer. However, just thinking about the next few weeks fill me with both dread and excitement. As usual, it’s stressful. The work is heavy, and most of my teachers have no mercy. It’s scary. I really don’t want to rant about my acads because it’s depressing. Now I resort to food. Argh. I feel bloated. And stressed. Zheesh. It sounds like I look ugly.
Looking ahead, I
On being ambitious, group presentations and 300 2007-03-13 13:11:50 I have been yearning for some downtime lately. Being the busy bee that I am, people immediately assume that there is always something going on. Most of the time, they are right. Stress in its noun, adjectival and adverbial forms are constantly part of my constant updates. Oh sheesh. When I find myself less frazzled, I start contemplating on how my life has been reduced to. And yes, I don’t think I can complain. It is what it is. Of course, I find moments in between my constantly intense lifestyle that I ask myself why I do this to myself…
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I’m leaving you guys with a picture from our monthly 4D reunion held at Karen’s house last Saturday. I’m so happy that despite going to different colleges, we make it a point to keep in touch and catch up every month. Good times.
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Of my French orals and being weekend-less once again 2007-03-17 02:01:30 Last night (a Friday evening to note too), I was up very late to finish all the transcriptions for our POS53 Fieldwork report due Monday. It was a pain, and a total struggle. But thankfully, I finished it. It really didn’t feel like a Friday because I barely did anything else. I didn’t even have the chance to turn on the television!
Today, I woke up earlier than my usual Saturday wake-up time (without the joys of going to NSTP so early…) and tried to fix more POS53 stuff for our meeting later. There are so many things I have to accomplish by this weekend.
To enlighten you and possibly serve as my own reality check, this checklist could be helpful: POS 53 Field Work Report due Monday.
POS 53 Research Proposal due Friday.
Psych Long Test on Tuesday.
Sci10 Orals on Tuesday.
French
Album due Monday.
Heavy, dudes. The first two ones are killer already. I have mapped out all the hours of my weekend. My time-management skills can’t betray me now. The only cons
Onwards to the Finals Week 2007-03-20 13:45:15 Aaaahhhh… I just finished hell day number 2, and now I only have to work on our group POS53 Research Proposal. Needless to say that one is killer. It’s a 30% of the grade kind of paper that I just can’t dismiss easily. Argh and a half.
At least I have blocked off most of the things to do for the week. Despite the depressing days of worrying about my acads (specifically my Theo and Psych grades), I have done pretty well. At least for my recent requirements, tests, papers and orals. Let’s just hope it is good enough. The three 4.0s from Theo is sweet, and I can’t help but pause for a minute and just thank God. The last two Long Tests for Theo was hell, and I mean it to the hell-estness sense. It’s the kill-me-now kind of cry for desperation. Kahit na nadali ako sa objective part ng Theo, nabawi ko sa mga reflection papers ko. And yes, I meant all my 4.0 reflection papers. Sorry kung mayabang pero I need to boost my self-esteem after really, really c Read more:Onwards
So near yet so far 2007-03-28 08:26:29 What a loooong day. I just finished two crazy finals, so thank God for that. I just want to rest! Actually, the past few days have been extremely looong. After pulling another all-nighter with my POS53 groupmates last Friday, the next few days have been devoted to studying for my finals. However, before the stress that is this week, I still had the chance to hang out with the crazy BlueRep gang for Yen‘s debut held at Coconut Palace. (Yen played Sharpay in the recently held High School Musical.) The best part was the theme: Storybook. My friend, Emjo wanted to partner with me, so we contemplated on our costume for the past few days. We wanted to be deviant, but we couldn’t think of what to wear.
All pictures were taken by Jaja. Ang saya maging schizo grabe.
Alas, psychology class gave us a billiant idea. We decided to go as ‘paranoid schizophrenics’ complete with scrubs and all. So our brilliant idea was this: We were the only ‘real’ people in
Let's Celebrate! [2] 2007-04-01 16:16:04 Oh. wow. finally. I can hear it… the sounds of sweet summer sunshine (gotta love alliterations) blaring on amidst the can-be-unbearable heat. But I am not complaining. I have waited for this for so long, and now I am ab-so-lute-ly feeeeelin it! I’ve never longed for summer to arrive as badly as I have been (and with good reasons too!). And because I only have limited summers left (practicums and more school hullabaloo await the next few ones), I’m making sure I make the most out of this one.
I swear I’m a happy kid. Maybe at this point, I’m a little bit out of it just because I’ve been a slave to my computer for the past 7 to 8 hours or so. No matter how unhealthy that is, I am still thrilled with the output. Lo and behold, version 2.0 since the recent revamp: pure summery goodness for those who are just thankful that summer has finally arrived. Spare me the rants on the blinding colors because I am in love with it. I played with a lot of gradient Read more:Celebrate
Celebrating Sarah's Big Adventure [2] 2007-04-05 09:16:42 Yesterday, I found myself reunited with my High School friends to execute our little surprise adventure for one of my best friends, Sarah
. A few days before, my partner-in-crime Jazzy and I (picture on the right) wanted to have some kind of surprise for Sarah. It was just very fitting because we also wanted to see each other and celebrate the end of our school year. Finally, we decided to come up with the perfect surprise adventure ala Amazing Race. Whoopee. Problem is we had to recruit a little bit more than ten people for a flawless execution. And since it was terribly short notice for everyone, we were a bit apprehensive about the participants. Oh well. Being the resourceful, quick-thinkers that we were (haha), we were able to make do, despite only a few who confirmed. And I am soooo happy that most of my and Sarah’s friends were there to help out. Thank you so much, loves!
Meeting with my friends at Taters just before Sarah arrives.
So after submitting an overdue librar Read more:Adventure
Raving about Pan's Labyrinth [6] 2007-04-09 06:20:33 Once I caught a glimpse of the trailer for the Spanish film Pan’s Labyrinth
, I was beyond enthralled. And yesterday, I finally had the chance to watch it and was just floored by how brilliant it was. I haven’t been affected by a movie this much for so long. Beeing the big movie-buff that I am, I enjoy watching all kinds of movies even if it means subtitles. At the end of it all, no matter how supposedly bad a movie could be, I will eventually find something to my liking. But this is hardly the case.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
A gothic fairy tale set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a dreamy little girl who is uprooted to a rural military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. Powerless and lonely in a place of unfathomable cruelty, Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monsters both otherworldly and human. (www.tribute.ca)
It’s a fantasy movie lik Read more:Raving
Of Simple Pleasures, My 2ndYr QPI and a BlueREP Meeting [3] 2007-04-12 14:30:15 Tagged by my Polsci guru, April. Name five simple pleasures. A good dessert. Sweets do wonders for my mood. I can’t last a day without chowing down on something that will satisfy my sweet tooth. And I’m not just talking about the expensive ones or those that are restricted to chocolate or dairy. I’m also a big fan of fruits. In fact, I actually prefer a good fruit tart, pie or pastry over a chocolate cake sometimes. My favorite chocolate? Anything with hazelnut and lots and lots of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. A little slice of heaven right then and there.
Good conversation/company with good friends/family over good food. Priceless. May it be feeling sex and the city moments with my girl friends, honest and inspiring heart to hearts with my mom and dad, in-your-face, anything under the sun talks with my guy and girl buds (which always turn out to be this hilarious, laugh-trip episode), and light-hearted, series-engrossed to deep, intimate conversations with my bo Read more:Simple
April Overnight Reunion with my High School Friends 2007-04-18 05:14:49 Last Saturday, my high school friends and I got together once again for an overnight outing. It’s been awhile since we had an out-of-town activity like this. Despite only a few, cool, available people present, we still had tons of fun together. Most of them had summer classes and wanted to take advantage of their last few summer days before hitting the books the next day. Pictures will try to do justice.
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