ahh, i'm here in the luxury of free internet! typing at the library
sure needs a lot of privacy and rapid speed (because you'll never know
when a terminal's vacant... and that's not the usual case.)

since i'm almost running late, i just want to say that chivalry is
NOT YET dead. i experienced a little dose of that this morning, and
i'm really thankful for the little things that means a lot. that's all.

aaahh!!! i'm laaaatE!!!

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CHRONICLES OF A GROWLING STOMACH
Subtitled: Let's Get 'Fizz-ickle' and Other Matters

ok, so this is my first major entry in a (hopefully) fantastic series depicting my psychotic, perverted self biding time away in college freshmanship. (i'll give you my newest vocabulary word: BLOST meaning "blog post". i'm tired of typing "blog post"'s everytime i want to convey that YES, i love writing in this little ironic journal. calling the Webster people...)

1) let's get fizz-ickle (d'oh, the MAIN topic!)
yesterday was my first time attending a formal PE class. i've dreaded tuesdays (from now on) because of this... getting permission to skid out of class (which i'm not wont to do), walking approximately 2 miles, 7 minutes tops to get to the annex and damn i'm not exaggerating, the thought that i'll reach home almost EVENING time, and the worst: changing into nerdy PE attire. how ghastly can a loose-fitting mint green shirt and skimpy-short shorts look to you? and the fact that there are only 2 loos nearest to the annex! one is just beside the room (lights very dim, a little dirty, cramped, and SMELLY... and usually it's locked because of conscious girls) and the other, at the back of the football field which takes a longer stretch (and man, is the ambiance opposite!)

and so, after a quick walkathon from the RdP building to the football field did i decide to change in the adjoining 'better' CR. (felt like the rabbit in "alice in wonderland"... "i'm late! i'm late!") i went into the shower cubicle and zappily donned my nerdwear... and the rest looked like people have just seen a Swiss Guard on ramp or something. my usual conscious self was activated while walking the stretch from there to the PE room (because the shortcut was uh, barred.) imagine my white legs contrasting with the blackness of the skimpy short shorts! really, i'm attending a class for the nerdy bunch! (and who said I WEREN'T ONE! *puny laugh*) how i wished i were the sporty ones... at least their outfits looked more decent compared to this! i guess the bystanders across the field were pretty much accustomed to the green-ness. but still... ugh!

(discretion: i hope no uste people reads this! i *might* get incarcerated!)

what followed was a very boring, dragging lecture on physical fitness. many things in this particular class reminded me of my old home, sjcs: the lectures of course (the lesson was very similar to how we started pehm last year... zzz), being sheltered when in fact it's imperative to do this sort of stuff outside, the atmosphere (same as the first), and the teacher. i saw many PE teachers here that's umm, on the "heavy" side. again, the sj pehm teachers i've encountered were umm, like that too. i know that physicality is not the gauge to be really heathily fit, it's just that there's a bit of irony in this case. heheh.

the good thing? well, at least i can get along with people i meet in the class, and i'm excused for my very valid lateness (just don't do it frequently dear). so, till the next tuesday. i fervently desire that this class gets to PUMP IT UP, lest i doze off on it!

2) oh cutie, where art thou?
i repeat the damn rule: BOOKS BEFORE BOYS! but as a sane specimen of the female species, it's not forbidden to look around and notice guys "with the factor", right? but so far, search results show NONE. none in my classroom, none in the corridors, (i think) none in the building, and none... well, let's be hopeful! maybe i just don't notice them hanging around like wallflowers or my periphery isn't up to superior cutie radar standards. most of the men i see are g-a-y (the downside of putting commerce and arts in the same building), so pardon me for not seeing the light!

3) geek in action
i'm *trying* to change my study habits lately. i'll put my draft here:

no using of computer (esp. the INTERNET) unless i really need/want to. limited to 3 times a week.

after dinner, START DOING MY HOMEWORK!

cut-off time: 10 PM so i can get enough rest.

study in advance whenever possible.

make personal notes aside from class notes.

there. next time i'll print one out for myself.

JULY 1: ORIENTATION DAY! cheerio! :)

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THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)

aaaah!!! i'm so PSYCHED for this film! not just because i love the book, but the teaser's got me shaken! well, the Mona Lisa thing wasn't really the thing, but the CAST... tom hanks (my favorite actor, though he wasn't who i'd choose to be robert langdon..), audrey tautou (gee i wonder how she'd be sophie...) .. the most interesting factor for me in the roster would be ian mckellen as leigh teabing, and paul bettany as silas. leigh and silas ARE actually my FAVORITE CHARACTERS in the book (no surprise, i'm a baddie lover! i can't help having a soft spot for these guys!) and i like these actors! so what more could i watch out for?! i... can't... wait!!! :D

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well, it's final: THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS IS THE CHAMPION.

no hard feelings (just a soggy heart), partly because i do admit the spurs is a heavy match against the detroit pistons... they played well during the first 2 games (that made me a little discouraged, but nevertheless...). and the fact that the pistons didn't do well in the fourth quarter (with the spurs doing 3-point shots adding the apprehension), and of course, tim duncan (the mvp) as the decisive factor in the final minutes. i felt happy for them, and all the hugging (haha) and patting on the heads... to see that these people have slugged (nah, "played" is much better) till the very end, it was refreshing that the 2 teams respected each other and displayed sportmanship. i've never seen such a class act.

well, till the next season. :)

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1) schizolayouts
i've been thinking of changing the blog layout for quite a while (since the final stretch of my vacation actually) ... you know, i have "short attention span" on many things i get used to... like i refurbished this skin's color just two weeks after i started blogging here... been scanning for good things at Blogskins but so far, none has caught my eye (either they're too graphic, or gothic, or too stuffed to blog at... like many boxes and scrollbars) so, i think this pinkish-ness has got to STAY...

2) my life so far
after one week at the royal and pontifical USTe (haha i like the sound of that), i can say i'm pretty adjusted to my environment. the "stranger in a strange land" phase no longer describes my status... yeah i do admit i had a "bawling episode" three nights ago, feeling sort of lonely and worthless, self-pitying and self-destructing... the usual. maybe it's just the fact that i'm being childish about leaving the old behind and sticking in to this whole new chapter. NO SPOONFEEDING ANYMORE! right. i've met a number of nice people in my class, been trying to have the "chummy" mood going on (quiet don't get me nowhere dawg!), and persevering (although not much... maybe after the NBA finals!) to study hard.

i like it that the commerce building is very near, because i'm not the type who's gonna explore the in's and out's of this very big university... besides, i don't have the feet and sweat glands for that. so, aside from the one i'm currently sheltered at, i check out the central library which is just a few feet away! (coming to school early has benefits!) man, is it HUMONGOUS! it probably has ten floors or something. (i only reached the 5th or 6th... humanities?) it has a wide, very wide selection of books (divided into subject matter) and well, it's airconditioned so it's always good to chill myself out ... it's my second day of exploring, so i don't really know the whole library system (BUT i got to surf the web for free --- and UNauthorized! sneaky!!) and i like the modern books they have in media-related matters... very interesting. i think this has got to be my newest favorite hangout. (NERD! NERD! NERD!) :)

3) sjcs
my cliched saying goes like this: you can take the person out of the school, but you can't take the school out of the person! i think it's very true for all of us judenites who have this "I MISS HIGH SCHOOL!!" spasms once in a while... i've experienced this. being uniquely foreign in a sea of faces with absolutely no one you know in class, you tend to remember "damn, i wish i were back in fourth year, talking to so-and-so and laughing and chit-chattering AND NOT being idle in my seat!" (well, maybe that's probably just me.) and so whenever you meet a former judenite, you can't help but really REACH for the person! or when you're really bored (or sleepy), you tend to think of many things you did or had back in high school. i don't really miss SJ, i think it's more of the "bond" me and my batchmates have had for 13 years and so we have these shared experiences, our lives and times in sjcs that no other bunch of people will ever relate to. but life goes on and the clock is ticking...

4) max foster -- the "g" word?
i just read in the CNN fan forum that some person said my max is gay?!?! well, that's really eff-ed!! i can not accept that. totally. you're just jealous that he's MINE! *insert monstrous laugh* seriously, i don't buy that. he's probably just metrosexual. and in ellie's court of law, max foster is innocently masculine until proven guilty!!!

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yay! the NBA Finals series is tied 3-3!!!

there IS a GOD! Game Seven, here we come!!!!!

the Detroit Pistons WILL be the CHAMPIONS!!!

(haha, all this from a newbie basketball fan... i have been acting "bouncily" with all this hubbub since vacation! :D )

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caption: bust that girl and love that boy!

well, i had the sweaty/cramped pleasure to watch "batman begins" yesterday and i swear, cillian murphy is so f-ing handsome! i love his Lovely Bluish Eyes (you can *almost* hold them in your hands... it's really beautiful) and his Kissable Lips... unfortunately he's MARRIED! but anyways, i want to see more of him! he's HOTT!!! (and my mommy agrees!!) :-D

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yeah, i'm still breathing.

for the first 2 days of college it went pretty so-so, partly because i was still nervous and was so 'alien' to everything (new people, profs & commuting long distances *sweatdrop*). today went along pretty fine... i made good acquaintances and didn't feel very tensed-up or squirmy about living my life here. i'm getting suited to it.

now, please i hope they fix the AIR-CONDITIONING in the classroom! i absolutely can't stand that for one week!!!! :-|

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I'M READY TO GO?!

Tomorrow is My 1st Day of Classes and i'm feeling excited / nervous / jittery. so far i'm done spring cleaning and fixin' up my school stuff. i want to go to school, yeah, like my other friends (they're probably taking a break now)... wish me all the best..

i may not post here regularly, but i WILL do some check-ups. :)

HERE I COME TO SAlVagE THE DAY!

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i'm listening right now to my newest babe, the Windows Media Player 10! i love how it looks in my computer, being blue (windows xp blue, what a beautiful color!) and having delirious visualizations (unlike the old versions where you see "pineapple rings" -- totally tacky) plus, i got giddy after opening this download because i never really listen to WMP anymore... it's usually Kazaa-preview after downloading the mp3s.. which i'm thinking of dl'ing a the Kazaa v3.0 right now...

i like the features of WMP10, not like it changed or anything, but it's much easier to use for ripping, burning, sync-ing to portables... though i HEAVILY, HEARTILY wish i had one of those... heck, it wouldn't be long baby!!! plus, the cool thing is the "Rating System" where you rate the songs (5 stars for the best, that stuff)... the stuff you've rated will then be recalled in an Auto Playlist where it plays the songs with the same stars... and i assume they're your favorites! plus, you can instantly put mp3s to the library by simply playing it in there. the Library arranges your songs by album (alphabetical), so you wouldn't get lost even if you ripped half of the album in separate decades! i like how it organizes itself.... very neat! and the buttons & stuff are cute. maybe i just miss playing songs in a hip manner. for the moment, I LOVE IT!!!! :)

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i watched "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" yesterday and well, it's summed up in one word: Cutesy. i was excited about the whole thing before, mostly because... ahh... the "Brangelina" brouhaha... they're actually good-looking people (except that i'm NOT attracted to Brad and my dad keeps calling Angelina "Goldfish" -- the lips!) and who cares if they had something going on in this film? i'm not a fan of Jennifer Aniston anyway, he can divorce her anytime. (shoot me!) and i'd rather much prefer Brangelina than Tomatie!

why the "Cutesy" review?: i swear, it's not a "thinker" film... enjoy the sights and leave it at that. Brad does his best at looking good and Angelina does hers at pouting her lips. they're pretty ok, the plot's savvy but very monotonous... i'm not saying it's bad though. eye candy, stunts here and there, the little passionate scene (right after they wrecked the house down -- oh heavens, i LOVED their house!!!! how dare this production flame it away from meeeh!!!!)... just think of being entertained. i don't know why the hell was Adam Brody in here, but i think he's cute (in a geeky way or something). and i wish i were Simon Kinberg (the scriptwriter)... i read that he's very young and now he's being chased by producers for his creative plots... many of the big movies shown this summer were penned by this guy! damn! i wish i could make money like that! arrgh..

for the breaker: mom said the movie was C-o-r-n-y. so my rev's an angel next to that, don't you think?

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why am i experiencing childish mirth whenever there's a cartoon movie around? i'm not old, but i now have a definite interest in animation! my symptoms became very visible three months ago, when the movie Robots was out in the theaters... i was so into the whole shebang i persisted my parents to watch (but they said no!) and so i ended up dragging (well not really) one of my friends to the moviehouse. i'm so magnetized with celluloid magic: how they look, act, talk, whatever!

before that, i'm a regular potato for "Spongebob Squarepants", and sometimes "Blue's Clues" and "Dora the Explorer". i like the cuteness and the laughs of Bikini Bottom, whilst learning like a baby in the educational-geared shows. once in a while i watch the nickelodeon shows "Hey Arnold" and "As Told By Ginger"... they have nice stories.

to diagnose, i think i didn't feel the end of my childhood that's why i crave for these toons. when i was young, yeah i did watch cartoons but they weren't much... i think back then there was no "Cartoon Network" and i didn't like anime, which was my peer's favorite shows. (no magic powers for me baby!) i love them now, but i fear i might seem too weird for it. AM I?!?!

so when "Madagascar" came along, don't be surprised that i bit into it quickly! what intrigued me most was the penguins! they're sooo CUTE (however cunning)!!! the way Joe Penguin (the leader of the pack) say "this is all part of a whacked-out conspiracy!" and how they slide through the ship and karate-chop the sailor... haha! i liked the movie, it was very funny.

the funniest part was the "spoofs": like when they were all stuck on the island, Alex, Gloria, Melman was in one side while Marty had all the fun, there was a scene where they spoofed "Castaway" when a very bored Alex shouted to a ball "Spalding!" (? dont remember the brand)... and "American Beauty" where a hungry, steak-deprived Alex dreamed of laying in a sea of rosy steaks (steaks falling like petals!), it was very hilarious!

please... i'm still a kid at heart, don't criticize me! :)

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ok, my "last day" pics of the telemachus Mr. Max Foster:






heavy, ain't it?

i love it that he wore a nice tri-toned tie on my "last day viewing"... quite a fresh look over his other monotone-colored neckties. and he looks so handsome. i'll miss him. (my school sked prevents me... unless there's a miracle!)

being the narcissistic blogger that i am, i keep track of the URLs that referrer to my beloved schizoesque. and turns out most of them came from Google Searches! look at some of the search terms that came up my alley:

"max foster CNN" -- very frequent search (60%), i sure hope you love it here

"monita rajpal pics" -- about 20%, don't despair! i've posted her pics w/ him!

"Harry Potter downloads" -- eh?

"will Ron Weasley turn into Anakin Skywalker" -- now that's pathetic!

for people who got lost in the blog blizzard, chill out! you're bound to find interesting stuff here anyway... if you know what i mean!

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Y 11:55 PM

in love with moi

first, i'll cap this post off with two beautiful songs by norah jones that are lately stuck in my head. i love both songs for a while now, and i'm feeling romantic this time. don't ask why - just enjoy. :)

Those Sweet Words

What did you say
I know I saw you saying it
My ears won't stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
What did you say

And now the day
The hour hand has spun
Before the night is done
I just have to hear
Those sweet words
Spoken like a melody

All your love
Is a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
'Til it could fit on the head of a pin

Come on in
Did you have a hard time sleeping
'Cause a heavy moon was keeping you awake
And all I know is I'm just glad to see you again

See my love
Like a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
And then you appear

What did you say
I know what you were saying it
My ears won't stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
And your simple melody
I just have to hear
Those sweet words
Spoken like a melody
I just wanna hear
Those sweet words

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In the morning

I can't stop myself from callin'
Callin' out your name
I can't stop myself from fallin'
Fallin' back again

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

Dark like the shady corners
Inside a violin
Hot like to burn my lips
I know I can't win

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

I tried to quit you but I'm too weak
Wakin' up without you I can hardly speak at all

My girlfriend tried to help me
To get you off my mind
She tried a little tea and sympathy
To get me to unwind

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

Funny how my favorite shirt
Smells more like you than me
Bitter traces left behind
Stains no one can see

In the mornin'
Baby in the afternoon

You're gonna put me in an early grave
I know I'm your slave whenever you call

I can't stop myself from callin'
Callin' out your name
I can't stop myself from fallin'
Fallin' back again

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Y 11:31 PM

random strokes

are you thinking what i'm thinking:

yesterday, friday, was the very last day (noo!!!!) that i'll be seeing Max Foster on tv. next week i'll be up to school, and with the news that he's the permanent co-anchor of Monita Rajpal in CNN Today, i will have no means to see him. ever. isn't that frustrating? i'll be posting shots of my last MF viewing later. or tomorrow.

i've recovered (i think) entirely from this whole fever/colds menace. i found out my grandmother was also flu-ed like me from my last visit. so i think it's a "grand" thing. hope she's doing fine.

my recent addiction is the NBA Finals. i got 'infected' from my dad, who i think can be considered as a casual NBA fan. it started when he asked me to monitor the playoffs back then... so who wouldn't be obsessed? damn, i hate San Antonio Spurs for winning the first match! i've been rooting for the Detroit Pistons since their match-up against the LA Lakers in the championshop last year. (i love underdogs. and i'm pretty tired of kobe and shaq. good thing they won against miami now.) i hope they win again.

i'm not a fan of the "Batman" franchise, and i am not excited about the new "Batman Begins" movie, but if there's one thing that's intriguing me about it, it's a name: cillian murphy. i don't know about the actor, but it (the name) looks so cute! he plays "the scarecrow", batman's archnemesis in the film. cillian is pronounced as 'kill-ian' (when i thought it was with a soft C!) i dug up some facts about the guy, and he's an Irish actor. 29. and looking quite good. he's like the other version of tom welling.. in some pictures, you'll know what i'm talking about. apart from his name, cillian's probably going my subsequent infatuation. oh dear!

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well, it's only less than a week left and i'm having a sh*tty flu! ***aahh-choo!***

i woke up this morning with chills... since yesterday i've been with my best bud Tissue and sniffing all the way. it's annoying that whenever school starts i'm feeling physically L-A-M-E. with the constant slew of rain and cold weather (however much i like it), my defense department can't stand it! two hours ago, my head felt cracked, my joints felt ancient, i wanted to throw up, i had a hard time resting and been trying to sweat it out. it was terrible.

now, i'm feeling much better, although i'm restraining myself from moving a lot (read: using the computer) that's why i'm simply browsing the web for good stuff (read: Max Foster... and yahoo, the thread name looks cooler! thanks Vic!) ... and i'm surprisingly pleased i've got mail from friends! :)

i'll be (hopefully) back to being the Evil WebWoman this saturday, as i want to cover a lot of "last week topics" for the blog, and a number of MF pics to post, and uh.. many things more. just stay tuned.

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hello! it's midnight again. i know i'm expected to stay up this late on saturdays (now sunday) surfing the web for idle fun, but NO!!! i'm trying to fix my stinking cd-drive!

i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!! i HATE it!!!!!

my experience with the awful cd drive started last saturday. it ejected automatically by itself when i was surfing (at early morning), and kept repeating till i was closing the PC. and the trouble prevailed. it got worse (it looked like it's DANCING) the next following days, till now. but for the moment, it's silent.

i've been downloading virus removals, anti-spyware, and solutions left and right and i wonder if it will work. i don't know the cause of this thing but i read that has also happened to countless of others. they say it could be caused by a virus, a drive malfunction, PC problems or something else. the rubber band knocked out? or maybe DIRT? i'm not thinking of changing my CD drive or letting it be fixed... i don't exactly WANT to get my parents hysterical over the computer again, since (i think) i was the cause of its 2 past breakdowns. (me evil me!) i'm TRYING HARD TO PROTECT MY PC, OK? i've been updating the anti-virus for months now. i'm not downloading useless software... but i don't know whether the mp3s has to do with it. but for now, i'm fixing the problem myself. still working on it. wish me peace of mind. :-|

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guess what? i'm GAY! G-A-Y! GAAAAAY!!!! :P rofl...

seriously (when have i been serious??!), i took my first step to independence by commuting to my future school! though i have gone to ust many times already (around 4x), this is the first time i did it "almost" ALONE. (i don't call my 1-jeep ride plus walk to sj a journey then... it was too convenient!) and why 'almost'? well, i was really supposed to go solo this time (as a test for survival & stamina), but my over-protective mommy (how sweet) was 'quite' concerned about me, so she still 'escorted' me in going to the school. she said she was so frightful that i'm doing it by myself. she already went out of the house but went back again after reading an our daily bread entry called "Death Clock"! morbid, but that's holy bull! i'm not gonna be superstitious of anything. but she persisted. we did go together, except we pretended that we didn't know each other... we sat in different corners of the jeep & paid our own fare. now i knew it's a 15-kilometer journey from the 3 rides i mustered.

mom was summoned to work when we reached ust, and so i had to fend for myself (finally!) for the ride home. the reason why i went to ust was because of additional uniform orders, which i'll be claiming at the 23rd... a school day. before i exited the commerce building i lounged for a while in the lobby, with all the bulletins around. i looked at the huge post which said "BS Accountancy Graduates" with all the names listed, addresses and honors (if any). i'm overwhelmed, it was a long list but it was only a 150+ or so names... and among them were 20 cum laudes! i never thought there'd be a lot! i think there were three (or five) magna cls and a summa cl (?)... i skimmed too quick to keep track. as there were compulsory summer classes in the 3rd & 4th years to complete the units, they were to graduate by june. (i read the graduates were only confirmed last may 23.) but the point of the matter is, i want to study hard to become an honor student (something i never dreamed of anymore when i was still in gs/hs)... and there could probably be a chance to become one! i'll probably launch into my own "I Have a Dream" speech if i talk about this any further... wish me luck anyway! :)

the three rides home was pretty bearable, except for my teeny weeny mis-ride. MIS-RIDE??? well, getting out of the college gate, i immediately boarded the jeep on the way out of the road... little did i know that it's the WRONG jeep! i *actually* thought all jeeps going out of that road will lead to my stop! arrgh! so when the jeep turned to a small alleyway, i went out and walked to the main road again. thankfully, i saw the real jeep and got a ride a few seconds after my hullabaloo. (darn, 5.50 wasted!!) i managed the 2 remaining rides back home without much fuss. and I SURVIVED!!! i may have gotten curious looks from passersby and was still quite a headless chicken (no, BIG BIRD!) while crossing the road, but it was a good first time experience. at least i won't have to get that jittery on the first day of classes. yahoo! :D

(p.s. did you know i was so SLEEPLESS last night just thinking of my first road trip?)

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(Left) Max Foster on BBC; (Right) Max Foster on CNN

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i've been dying (exaggeration!) to know if my taste is right.. that i'm gonna choose BOTH! you can't argue with me, i'm a MF fan. :)

and speaking of max, it's a little sad to know that i'll be seeing him (if richard quest doesn't come back and *ruin* my 3-hour fantastic viewing time) for only about a week's worth left. i've got to go to school by the 15th and there's probably NO WAY i can catch cnn today or biz int'l since it coincides with my activities... arrgh! they say that everything has its end; must THIS be sacrificed? *dunking my head in the toilet bowl* NOOOOOOO!!!!

so for the next few days of CNN heaven, i'll be savoring whatever moment there is of my "summertime dreamboat".

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(i'm giving my box of a computer the disk defragment right now, so while waiting -- what seems to be more than an hour now -- i decided to type my advanced post.)

i spent my sunday without going out, which hasn't been done in about 2 months now. (no movie, so stay in the dog house!) isn't it incredible? at least i can lay it low and relax, look for a good pursuit (i cooked hotcake muffins!), and well, do nothing (again) but in a more austere day -- heck, it's a SUNDAY! i also got to watch two shows i'm pretty interested on (when channel-surfed in occasionally on weekdays) on MTV:

1) boiling points

i don't exactly like the concept of this "hidden camera” show, because it's quite annoying"

an actor from the show poses as some employee (say, on a movie theater).

the impostor then bothers the heck out of an unsuspecting customer/victim by messing up things (say, doing orders wrongly).

there's a time limit for all the nuisance (say, 6 minutes.) when the victim jerks off, he's out.

the victim who manages to keep his composure till the end of the time limit wins $100.

i certainly don't want to be a victim of this show, I might fire up immediately because I have (I think) a low tolerance for pesky pranksters. I have seen "boiling points" around 4 times already, and while in the start I told you I disliked it, the whole thing was (actually) irresistible to watch! (it's like exposing my 'bitch' side: i indulge at watching other people's miserable encounters, though I'll kill the dopeheads if it happens to me! ... BUT in truth I'm a very mild-mannered person.) you get to see how these unsuspecting customers react within the time limit (some bear 'em, others whack it out and shout expletives), and once they're told they've been taken for a ride, they register two seconds of shock ("oh ****, I'm on national tv!) and just laugh it off (and if you're the $100 winner, you look more bewildered, smile wider and laugh louder. I noticed.) i wonder if the show is even for real.

but anyways, "boiling points" plays on their motto, "it pays to be patient." i have seen one this very sunday where a male customer in a retail clothes shop tried out some items, and when he took them back to the saleslady (I think he's buying one), she said that he has to pay also for the items he fitted. it's the 'policy' of the store. he relaxedly said, "no way. i have been in the retail business, and I've never heard of a policy like that." she was going to charge him $25 more, she had his credit card, and it's her "right". the whole charade went on for the 8 minute-limit, and he didn't show a hint of annoyance or anger towards the woman throughout. he remained cool and composed, just insisting calmly that it's not right to charge him for clothes that isn't even his size. and when the act was foiled, he just blinked and said, "really?" and smiled with the dough. Whether the whole thing was genuine or for show, his behavior was certainly admirable and ought to be an example (for me & you), that you don't have to be confrontational (or turn into the Hulk) given a very blasted situation. hulking-it-out won't make matters sit well, it only aggravates everything else. be as serene as Gandalf, darling. you might even win a hundred bucks. ;)

2) pimp my ride

here's a more light-headed show. just don't get the "pimp" word here wrong:

a whacked-out, faded, eyesored automobile gets a snazzy makeover.

and I think it's for FREE.

i absolutely LOVE "makeover" shows, more inclined on rooms and houses. and now, I'm into pimped-out rides. it's the thought of turning some ugly living spaces into some haven of elegance and personal style. permanently. (unlike "people makeovers" that fade away and test subject's back to being a geek 24 hours later.) like the types of "knock first" and thom filicia's magic in "queer eye for the straight guy". ...hmm... i fancy thom giving my "compost pit" of a room an "architectural digest"-type of a bust lift... with satin curtains and a cool surround system, and a small hang-out bar. dream on! :p

"pimp my ride" is hosted by xzibit, a rapper/actor, and he digs out the sore-eye of a car (of the winning vhs-sender?) to this company called west coast designs to refurbish. it's fun to look at how the "before look" looks like, with the paint chipping on the bumper and broken stereos & windows to the occasional must-be-rat-eaten upholstery. in wcd, they've got a team of 'car stylists' (that's how i'd like to call it) to whack the car to its cool side. they sort out a new way to make the car look like a dang good ride, and they also include the consumer's taste (like what's his hobby, sport or personal dig) to the ubermobile. the results usually are AMAZING... the cars look so brand-new (even if it's a chevy '65 model or something), they've got the state-of-the-art sound system, and some car kitsch to enhance the megadrive. you'll ogle at the car and smile (maybe enviously) at the screaming, "i can't believe it!" car owner. he's just so lucky.

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