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Entries for August, 2006

August 9, 2006
Hindi lang kita tatapatan, lalampasan pa kita.
Posted at 08:26 PM

Its another year for me. Garsh, i really feel soooo old, and to think that I am already one year younger than the majority of people in my batch. Come to think of it, one actual thing really made me feel old : the UPCAT. Haha How can one entrance exam make a person feel old? It honestly would have that affect if people three batches lower that you are taking it. In a way, it is a bit liberating, but all in all, its just scary - pretty much like walking into a threshold (naks, vocabulary word yun ah!), moving into a sense of dissonance (strike 2 na!), one that leads me to this irresolvable unease (sablay yung ending wahaha). Hay, i feel old pero I'm not that old. Kainis. Pero I'm getting there, hopefully not that fast.

The year that was? In one word: explosive! wahahaha It just seems that everything restrained inside me went all out. Parang bulkang sumabog - naunahan pa ang pagsabog ng bulkang Mayon. wahahaha I could not remember any other year where I was more open to a lot of emotions, feelings and experiences. Normal lang naman ang pagiging roller coaster ng buhay pero eto talaga.. roller coaster in overdrive! Kahit papaano (aka “in a way” natupad din ni God ang wish ko sa kanya nung new year.) Could it be that the "China" inside me has opened up? haha

The year that will be? In the eternal words of Dorina Pineda from Bituing Walang Ningning - " Hindi lang kita tatapatan, lalampasan pa kita." wahahaha pero sa totoo, feel ko wala nang tatapat sa taong nakalipas - masyado lang talaga akong maraming naranasan last year. Pero who knows di ba? Maybe i have not reached my limit... or better yet, maybe I have no limit. Nah. Pero who knows?

Anyway, this time around I am planning to moderate the "explosion" of last year.. haha yung medyo spread out naman evenly instead of relatively short peaks. I also hope decisions of mine do not haunt me. Please lang. And I pray na financially, ok na ako. Medyo stable na ang aking personal funds ngayon - i just hope wala na ring mga surprises.

I wanted to blog about the papers that were returned to me the whole of this week but I procrastinated uptil this point. Ngayon, tinatamad na ako. Eto na lang: History = great. Philosophy = such a disappointment. Marketing = great. Hindi naman sa nagyayabang ako. Wala lang, kahit papaano I am glad that hard work pays off most of the time. (with much emphasis on most of the time.) Now, midterms are coming - a big chunk of the grade. OMG, as in I am soooo scared of midterms this time around, especially the one in theology.

Anyway, I still have to do some papers and still finish reading stuff for theology. I have this feeling that there is no hurry for reading the articles and yet I feel that I am already cramming. Weird? Tell me about it. Plus, we have our Pass Two for Marketing this coming Saturday. First ever planned sleepover ng marketing group this friday! I just hope we get to accomplish what we have to do.

Nga pala, tapos na yung free trial nung counter that displays the flags of all those who visited my site. Kainis! Kung kelan may bumisita na galing Bosnia and Herzegovina! Bakit ngayon pa? Sana merong mabait na magsponsor sa akin nung counter na yun. 12 US Dollars lang naman for one whole year eh... please? hahahaha

Bueno, yo tengo que ir. Adios amigos y amigas. Hasta Luego.

*nagfifeeling na naman ako magspanish. hahaha pagbigyan na lang, yan na lang kasi ang naaalala ko eh.*



Reading: Manuel Tejido - Si Sto. Tomas Aquino at Mga Isyung Panrelihiyon
Hearing: Savage Garden - Affirmation
Feelin'


August 20, 2006
Desperate Housewives
Posted at 02:10 PM

Another week has passed. All in all, it was mediocre at best. Although I am glad with the grade that I scraped for Philosophy and the thing that happened in Theology, it just seems that I could have done so much better. Next week is still part of this hellish midterms of this hellish semester. This just makes me wonder how cruel the person who designed the Management Economics program is. How can anyone carry this much of a load without going 'round the twist? Theology, Opman and Marketing all in one week, next week. I just hope everything comes back better, after all, there is no way but up if you're down right?

Anyway, despite my complaining of how much time i do not have to handle all these, I had the time to sneak 24 episodes worth of Desperate Housewives. *ahem* hypocrite *ahem* haha okay fine, i have the time if I want to devote time to it. I mean, who in the right mind would trade Desperate Housewives for Canon Law, the Principles of Christian Moral Life and other readings? My rating? Well, all I can say is that the hype surrounding Desperate Housewives is so underrated! haha I actually enjoyed this season more because it focused on two of my favorite characters : Gabrielle and of course, dear old Bree.

 

Desperate Housewives

 

I don't want to spoil those people who have not finished/started watching the series.. but there are just so many things that happened in Season Two - making everything ripe for a whole new season. Bree is sooo in the spotlight this season - focusing on both the good and the bad. Gabrielle on the other hand shows a whole new side to herself.  Too bad that its going to take a few months before they have pirated DVDs of Season Three.

By the way, for those who are quite hesitant because of the cost of actually buying the whole season, there is a new technology (DVD - 9 if I am not mistaken) that has the capacity to hold a whole season (yes guys, all 24 episodes) in one disk. That makes it so convenient! You don't have to keep on changing disks every three episodes! And it retails for about 70 pesos in Quiapo (the main reason why I am like so familiar with the area haha). Koreanovelas are also available - My Girl and the like. Even Jewel in the Palace (which has approximately 18 DVD disks' worth of episodes) fit in three DVD-9 disks - cutting the price to a mere fraction of buying all 18 disks! The main drawback is that there is no well-designed menu, just a basic menu giving you the option to choose which episode. But who the hell pays attention to menus right?

Now, I am actually sneaking a few episodes of House M.D. Season Two. Although I am not much of a fan, it got a hold of me after a few episodes. Well, I still got to do a lot of memorizing for Theology. Good luck.



Reading: Canon Law
Hearing: Damien Rice - Cannonball
Feelin' thankful