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! :)

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