a semi-charmed, so-called life || v.10: mars 2007

lundi, mars 26, 2007 Y 7:40 PM

love 2 love

Schizoesque's Two Years Young and Still Rockin' Hot!!!!!

... here's to twenty dozen more. =)

Y 7:30 PM

hullabaloo

an hour ago, i was glomping on mocca-strawberry ice cream and my favorite cinnamon roll. everything was luxurious. how i wish i could've stayed that way forever... :p

ah, summer vacation's on! still weary from the aftereffects of final exams and all the stress brought by you-know-what, although i can never recall the stuff i studied anymore. (it's the "trash bin method" for me all the time hahaha) ... goodbye second year, goodbye PE... i'm back as the professional slobmeister!

for everyone else who aren't finished with their terms yet, my unsolicited advice would be NEVER to lack sleep (or pull up a crazy all-nighter) before the all-important holy departmental. trust me, your efforts will only be put to waste. it happened to me in calculus (my first period @ 7am) -- stayed up late trying to make those equations, and i thought i knew it by heart -- until i rose 3 hours later in the worst state, my mind's all fuzzy i couldn't solve the problems! good thing we only had one part of the exam that day, so i was able to make up for the other half. i promised myself to have at least 5 hours' sleep before anything, even if i'm not confident of my knowledge... better to cram in the morning than forgetting altogether the * you labored at night! ;)

i don't have a definite gameplan for my (gulp!) final vacation, still deciding whether i'll be working or taking it easy. all i know is that i want to make this break of mine worthwhile... i want to be productive, i want to come off as a better person after this, i want money! (the last one ain't a joke!)

for the moment, i've got my self-mandated writing jobs to keep me occupied. after the joy of being published in PDI's 2bu, i've been wanting to write the perfect essay for Youngblood... just how should it be? cooking up some possible contributions, keeping an eye for contests, and still chasing that elusive topic for Palanca (ok, that ambitious dream has not taken off for the third year running!) ... think, think, think...

well, if things got lazy, i can cushion myself from the boring heat wave by ...what else, vegetating! stacked up are dvds of Prison Break season 2 (ahhhh michael!!!), The Simpsons, Tin Tin, and some movies i neglected since last year. for books, got HP6 (at last i get to read this on actual print and not that eye-straining, misspelled Adobe file!), finishing Eleven Minutes, and finally got a good secondhand copy of Grisham's A Painted House. i've also got the mp3 player for my music pleasure, hand-in-hand with that glorious piece of software called Limewire (it's loads better than Kazaa, downloading's terrific!).

and oh, i almost forgot the telly! i'm totally gaga over Grey's... the season finale's killing me, and i'm loving George more with his neat do :) ... not to mention i'm actually falling for Derek's sloppy-haired cuteness hahaha :p ... and omg, is Burke alive? (he's my fave doc from the team!) ... yes i'm turning into a ridiculous girly-fan! =p ... another would be the AR All-Stars -- heads up for the Rob & Amber elimination! totally unexpected but very much elated about it. i don't have a particular favorite this season, although i'm partial to Teri & Ian but then they were out as of last... leaves me with Uchenna & Joyce. still have no love for the beauty queens! and if i've got a five second quip for Phil -- "I so love you!!!!!!" =D ... not a regular watcher of Idol, no favorites yet... though i'm sad that the good ones got eliminated first. well then, hope the one who wins this season deserves it the most...

if i'm keen on it, i'll be headhunting for a new layout... thinking of a yellow or gray scheme.. cheers! :)

jeudi, mars 15, 2007 Y 7:09 PM

aw shucks, i'm famous

before i induce more nausea into my dilapidated life, a public announcement:

If you happen to get hold of a copy of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer's March 14, 2007 (Wednesday) issue, please turn to their Lifestyle -- 2bu! section, page E1...
my essay's smack right in there.

... i'm sooooo ecstatic! =D

if not, you can access the PDI web version of my article /here/.

P.S. Thank you so very much to PDI (and Dove) for giving me my big break (!!!)... it's been a big big dream of mine to get published in a national broadsheet! :)

now that's my ray of sunshine on a very cloudy day. :)

mardi, mars 06, 2007 Y 10:42 PM

lapping it up

it's the beginning of the end... *sinister music*

oh, time. time flies whichever way you want it, whether you're having fun or you're having one b.s. of a life. it won't wait for you, it won't turn back to ~~cover up~~ revert all the lousy things you've done. it won't be one to satisfy because the clock's frickin' ticking, and those cute little memories will simply fade somewhere in our recesses, waiting to be exhumed by our half-amnesiac minds.

three hell weeks left... we're already eating dust, trying to meet all these requirements (daily quizzes, reports, computer programs, one crazy play, and the departed-mentals) before we can savor our (last!) school vacation. as it is, i'm often in a dazed state of mind whenever march rolls around, getting horribly apathetic about school rules and studying in general. i'm wont to skip all these classes and just drop everything & go to la la land. but hell no, i can't! i've got my damn grades and my damn future at stake... waaaaah :(

the only luxury i actually have right now is food and sleep... especially the latter :) ... i don't know whether my brain can hold any information anymore... i spend more time outside these days than i do at home, and by the time i do arrive at home (nighttime!) i tend to drop dead and not open a single page of text. bah humbug! i swear, when all these presentations get done & over with by the weekend, i'll be in turbo-charged nerd mode again!

~~~

think happy thoughts:

one very good thing was that i won first place in the essay contest held among students of AMV in line with Accountancy Week (last November)... the one which i wrote sometime last year that i wasn't very keen about it? this was pure luck, honestly! ceteris paribus (lol), i'm mighty glad that i finally have some achievement in college. i was only notified last saturday, our medals given just this monday, and i'm wanting more *evil laugh* ... next stop, Ustetika! and the Palanca! ;p

mi primera inspiracion, the Fed is breaking records piece by piece! he's now the longest-serving #1-ranked player, tying with his idol Bjorn Borg for 4th most consecutive championships, and God knows what else he's accomplished! simply the man to beat... i love his confidence and i'm extremely happy for him! ;) ... and also with that, i've finally won my first doubles game!

the amazingly otherworldly good news that Muse will be coming to Manila! i'm still unsure whether the info i got is factual (will update), but they say that the band will be staging a concert on August 1 this year... let's cross our fingers! i'll be fighting tooth, nail and curfew to get those tickets! matt, i'm heeeeeere!!! ;p ... g'day!