Sunday, January 30, 2005

...Oh-sO-PINE...

We went to Baguio today because my mom had to work and Lolo Jun (my mom's uncle who's a balikbayan) wanted to see the city after a long time. Thanks for the new memory card, Lolo! ;)

Because I have a bigger memory card, I decided to fill this blog with pics (and because I'm too lazy to narrate what happened). Forgive me for the zits, though. I just had a facial yesterday and my face is all scabby. LOL.

Enjoy. :)

*From the viewdeck of SM Baguio

*This is the multi-purpose area for parties and mini concerts.

*Would you believe this guy with me is already my Lolo?

*62. :)

*Yellow Cab it is!

*A play of angling. I love this pic!

*Who doesn't love Cherry Coke?

*The eight slices of Garden Special pizza Lolo Jun and I shared while waiting for Ma.

*Lunch at Dencio's (John Hay)

*The company.

*CERTIFIED CAMWHORE.

*That's practically what we had for lunch! ;)

*The backdrop. Cool, huh?

*Mines View Park

*Good Shepherd

*So caught up on the backdrop.

*My mom. My pretty mom. My pretty, pretty mom. ~~Who gives my allowance. LOL.~~

*Bye bye, Baguio.

*The fog on the way home was freaky. Freaky freaky.

Saturday, January 29, 2005

...sMiTtEn??

Valentines Day is 16 days away and I dread its coming. It would be a day of flowers, mushiness, gifts, and whatsoever. In short, it's a couple thing.

On February 14, 2005, I will not receive flowers or even a sweet little note. It will be the gloomiest Valentines Day in my entire high school life. I've received bouquets for my first three Valentines Days in high school. ~~Now it's all over. LOL.~~

You know what the problem with me is? I'm in love with the thought of being in love. Hell, my parents keep telling me that I'm too young to think of such things, still I'm too stubborn to listen to them. Peer pressure? TRUE. Dwelling too much on romantic movies? TRUE. Wanting to be able to relate to love songs? TRUE. Why do music and love always have to go together anyway? ~~Grr.~~ Double GRR.

Why do we even hafta fall in love? Can't we just feel complete by ourselves? Do we always hafta use the line "You complete me..." for someone else?

Well I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow...

The answer I guess is YES from a 16-year-old's point of view. (Oh crap, I'm turning 17 this year!)

And I guess this means I'll remain smitten with being smitten for the rest of my teenage life. (Find me a life, please. I can't do it on my own. LOL.)

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

...mAd SeAsOn...

Man is a social being, they say. No need to argue. It's a fact.

Well, a lot actually happened today. I spent Biochem and Economics raising my hand to answer practically each question our teachers asked. Now I know how it feels to know what you're talking about. LOL. I haven't studied for discussions for quite a while.

Oh, and guess what? Looks like Val's having a prom date after all. And it'll be Alvin. Wow. Slap me, pinch me, KICK me if I'm dreaming. And I thought we agreed to go dateless? And why him?

Anyways...

I spent a couple of moments after PE with Mauro and Daryl. We discussed love probs as Daryl strummed a few songs. Yes, I kept asking him to play CRAZY FOR YOU. I asked Mau why there are just some relationships that can never be... ~~and why time or whatever element could not allow some people to pursue their feelings for each other~~.

After that, I fetched my mom and we went straight to Kicaco. (By the way, their mayo-wasabi sandwich rawks!) After that, we went to Mr. Nelson to talk about my prom gown. Believe me, it'll be SO simple you wouldn't even recognize me. LOL.

Oh yeah. THE PROM. And I'm still dateless. It's a good thing most of my barkadas are dateless too... for now. *sigh*

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

...LuCkY cHaRmS...

I just got ~~too~~ lucky today. :)

Exhibit A.
It was Filipino, my supposedly most hated subject. We had an oral extemporaneous speech exam which I unexpectedly aced and broke the record (48/50) with one point higher. It was my first time to get a one-mistaker in Filipino, and it happened just so naturally! (And dood, it was an EXAM!) And guess what, Bugs was there to see me! ~~(I wonder what he was thinking as I recited. Oh well.)~~ :D

Exhibit B.
I triumphed once in the Matira, Matibay drills in CAT. Because of that, I got to command my fellow privates for a while. And man, was it fun. Revenge, as I see it. LOL. ~~Even for just a while, I felt what it was like being a CAT officer.~~

Exhibit C.
My dad showed me a catalog of digital cameras. Woohoo. He's really buying me one before the prom! :)

Well, I guess this is Beginner's Luck as the Arab king from The Alchemist would say. It's up to me to realize my Personal Legend. And I'm going to make it happen, baby. :)

I'm feelin' so good, I knew I would
Been thinkin' about myself like I should
Cause not one thing can bring me down
And nothing in this world's gon' turn me 'round...

Sunday, January 16, 2005

...MaKe YeR mAmA pRoUd...

The USTET results are out!

And I made it again! Ooh, and I bagged a BS-BIO slot! :P

Now I'm gonna make my mom (she's from there, btw) damn happy! ;)

For those who haven't checked yet, here's the link:
http://webservice.mnl.ust.edu.ph/ustet_2004/login.asp

Let's just hope I pass UP too! :)

...a NiGhT wiTh ThE bOyS...

Today was Jester's birthday celebration. (Jester is an old friend from freshman year who transferred to study in Manila two years ago. His family's house is in the neighborhood too!) Anyways, I was pretty surprised that my parents allowed me (until 10:30pm) even if they knew 2/3 of the gang were boys. LOL. We had a KTV fest until 10:30 and right now, they're still partying at Padis.

The KTV fest was really fun. You could tell who the brokenhearted ones are. Paolo, Jessie, Je, and I were all in one corner screaming at the top of our lungs parts of the song we can relate to. Woohoo. Boys ~~suck~~ rock. LOL.

My goodness, and didn't I just declare myself a manhater a week ago? Honey, I've always been a person who sticks to her principles but I know it's only right for me to take back the manhater thing. I'm back to hating just players and jerks and perverts. LOL.

Now I know how guys party. It's a whole lotta fun with the dudes. If ever I'll have a guy, I won't be hard on him that much. Besides, he would know anyway what to do and what NOT to do. *sigh* And I've seen how my girlfriends' exes are affected by their breakups. ~~I just wish someone would feel the same about me sometime~~.

Boys will always be boys. And girls will always love boys. ;)

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

...Of tHiRd pArTiEs aNd jErKs...

First of all, I would like to ask all you guys out there why you pick dares on your semi-taken, semi-single friends to get some other girl's number without you knowing that your friend was taken all along and had no formal breakup with his REAL girl?

Then after that, you come clean when your friend finally confesses to his girlfriend. You tell the girl it was all a dare. Little do you know that THAT friend of yours spent the past week bugging the other girl through text and Friendster. He even quarrels with his girlfriend on the phone as he VOLUNTARILY makes the other one a hard-to-ask-for Friendster testimonial. And guess what? The girlfriend always had a hard time asking for a Friendster testimonial from her guy.

Now what is it about guys that makes them innately polygamous and insensitive to the maximum extent?

Why do they treat girls as their playthings, objects, toys, and bet/dare targets? WHY?

And I just can't believe how guys accuse their ladies of two-timing when they themselves practice it? Honey, I am so sorry for generalizing. I'm just here to prove a point. I just want to know why. And when my questions are answered SMARTLY and CONVINCINGLY, I promise to buzz off.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

...A wAvE oF cHaNgE...

Finally, I am back! Well, our Internet connection got waaaaay to sucky that it didn't connect 24/7 for the past two days. Because of that, I was given enough time to watch CNN. I just couldn't switch channels, except for Hey Arnold and Fairly Odd Parents. That tsunami thing got me crying for hours. I mean, that was the first time I cried over watching CNN!

Now I see why God temporarily cut off my Internet for 48 hours. He wanted me to see what was happening in the real world, not just the cyberworld. Almost every family lost a member, many kids lost their parents, many parents lost their children--and their lives will never be the same again. Just because of those killer tsunamis.

Imagine how lucky we are not to have been victimized by those walls of water. Still, I feel affected. I can't just sit here and watch these people all day, I thought. Then again, I'm still incapable of flying to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, etc. that easily. But wait a few years, world. I'll make sure that the next time you need my help, I will be there. I WILL HELP.

I began to quickly rearrange my future. All of a sudden I wanted to truly realize my dream to be a UN volunteer/ambassador. (Looks who's feeling quixotic™ once again! :D)

On a lighter note, I've accomplished a lot for the past two days. I've made a whole set of LJ icons and a new layout. I also made LJ layouts for anyone who wants them. ;) (Just message me! :D)

Also, I now know how to drive. Well, I still have a long way to go but at least I'm now an official student driver. I've even got my permit to show it! ;)