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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