On The Contrary

Today, I got into a car accident. I wasn't in it per se, but witnessing your car get hit right in front of you by some stupid, stupid driver still hurts as much, in my opinion.

So my boyfriend and I went to the Shopping Center in UP to get some stuff printed. It took a while, since I had to get the files from my e-mail and there were a lot of people lined up at the printing area, and I had to have my printed file photocopied as well. Thirty minutes later, as we were heading to my car, this big blue Starex, who was parked right beside us, does a sharp turn as he was leaving and WHAM. He hits my left fender. I guess he was thinking, "Oh, did I hit something? Maybe I should move the car forward a bit more to make su--oh yeah, I think I did." since he still moved the car a good one and half feet. All I could say was, "shit, shit, shit."

Mister driver gets out of the car SMILING and scratching his head. "Hindi ko napansin na may kotse, nakatingin kasi ako sa one-way sign sa dulo eh." I got no apology from this asshole. His alaga on the other hand, (who's a freshman and a former ICAn, I found out later on) kept on saying sorry. Seriously, I wanted to stab the guy for showing no remorse at all. It wasn't the girl's fault in the first place, and she was the one doing all the apologizing. Manong driver's face was like ":j" the whole time! UUUUUUUGH now my car's missing an eye :(

The owners said they'd pay for damages, but for the meantime I'd have to drive around with one less signal light and a messed up fender. OH GOD I CAN FEEL THE STEREOTYPICAL THOUGHTS FLOODING IN. Maybe I should attach a sign that says "HOY SINABITAN AKO, OKAY" just in case.

On a different note, THIS WEEK IS GOING TO KILL ME. Hopefully this car accident is a good sign? That things can't get any worse? :|

Haven't written in so long. I feel that my brain cells have deteriorated a significant amount, leaving me with the vocabulary and writing skills of a ten-year-old. Wonder if they sell brains for cheap in Quiapo? UGH I knew I forgot to get something in HK! I could be speaking fluent Cantonese by now.

So anyways, recipe testing for our function commences in an hour or so, and I have yet to get the other ingredients we need. Cramming is an art, I believe, and the best way to master it is by using it in everything you do.

Yeah, I should go now.


On a quick side note, INTARWEBZ IN KEYZAWN SITEEEEH WADDUP!

I know it sounds geeky but daaaamn, Microbiology is so much fun! Well, generally tiring but very, very interesting. Getting to play with fire and crazy bacteria every Saturday is just awesome, awesome, awesome! Heeeee :3

Augh I haven't written in so long. My brain has already forgotten how to write sensibly! There hasn't been much to write about anyways. I've gotten used to all the craziness Life so often throws my way, I'm a year away from graduating (oh God hopefully), and I had a haircut (and had it colored, too!) three weeks ago! Heeeee :3

Ummm what else? Shet wala na. UP has used up more than half my brain cells that the only ones left are the ditzy-blonde ones I've been stocking up for emergency use, just so it still gets to function. Did that makes sense? Exactly.

On a final note, UGH ang dami kong gustong gawin na. I want to go to the beach! Play tennis! Start training for the swim team again! Go to med school! Eat at Heat or Circles or Spiral without having to worry about adding ten tons to my already steadily-inflating self! NYAAAAAH.

Hay, these hormones, how they enjoy taking over every time they get the chance to. Kung makapang-abuso ba naman kayo ng once-a-month visit ninyo, leche!

I now understand how a mother with a sick child feels like.

Our year old shitzu-poodle has been acting real strange since Friday and not even the vets can figure out why. He's been awfully deadma, not his usual self. He also walks really slow with his back crouched and he can't lie down properly either. We've been to three doctors already and they've all said the same thing: normal vital signs, no diseases or ticks we should be worried about. However, the third doctor goes, "bantayan niyo lang ng isang linggo, kung walang pagbabago ibalik niyo. Posibleng distemper yan though pwedeng hindi din, just in case lang." OHMYGOD the panic running through my veins at the moment it's not even funny.

The third doctor prescribed medication: calcium and some tablet for the nerves. Hopefully it's nothing serious. He still eats and all but he involuntarily pees (like in the car on our way home) and has shaky joints. We have all been worrying our asses off since Friday night. GAAAH D:

It was pouring like crazy earlier this afternoon and I couldn't leave the house for school, so Kevin and I decided to give our inner children a trip by playing in the rain. The water was unusually cold, though we didn't mind. A few minutes into our splash fest, we started to feel tiny solid objects. Lo and behold, ICE! FROM THE SKY! IN THE PHILIPPINES!!

So I was all, WAO WHAT THE HAIL IS GOING OOOON :D then I realized no, wait. This is NOT COOL. I mean sure it's something different and admittedly nakaka-aliw (I was waiting for it to snow even!! But I'm exaggerated like that) but it really is something we should be worrying about. It's bad enough that it's been raining since mid-April! Now we have ice rain! D:

MY FORKING CAR KEYS ARE MISSING!! UGH WHAT THE HELL. I decide to commute Friday and today and this is what I come home to! And no one claims to have used the car on both days! AND MY LAPTOP'S IN THE CAR!! AND THERE'S NO SPARE KEY!! GAAAAAH MOTHERFLOCK.

Hmmm is this a sign that I should start biking to places just like Monix? Hmmm do they allow bikes on the MRT? Hmmm... Okay shit. I need to find my damn keys.

But hey on the bright side I bought new pants and shoes for P350 and P350 respectively! Hooray for sales and regular-price items that are relatively cheap! And OJT today was awesome just like it is every time! And since we're touching on that matter, GUYS KAIN KAYO SA JATUJAK SA MEGAMALL SA MAY MEGA A SIYA KATABI NG WATSONS SA GROUND FLOOR (I think? Basta katapat ng St. Francis Square) AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF TOY KINGDOM! Free Spring Rolls for every full meal! Plus you get to boss me around!! What fun!

But still, keys D:

WHAT IS WITH ALL THIS RANDOM PRECIPITATION! Hello Sun, your shift isn't over 'til May. Grabe ka magtampo ha, nagreklamo lang kami na masyadong mainit, nawala ka na ng todo? O siya, sorry na. Balik ka bukas ha?

On less talking-with-inanimate-objects things, you guys should try the new Cookies and Cream cake from Red Ribbon! It is deliciously deadly I swear. Well okay fiiine I exaggerate a lot when it comes to food but seeryazlee ang sarap. Mmmmm <3

I just did what any wtf-is-this-weather type of person would do and had a haircut! God it feels so liberating, though I do feel strangely lightheaded. And it's weird, some kind of style I would have never seen myself sporting in this lifetime. But hey! The heat does things to you I guess!

And now I'm going to go ahead and do what any wtf-is-this-exam-event-tomorrow type of person would (and probably should) do and cram my ass off! AY SUMMER BREAK ANUBAAA YOU'RE SO EHLOOSEEEEEV

They say God never gives you things you can't handle, though I do wonder if he does sometimes just for fun.

I have the memory span of a fish, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to get this or not. The person's Y! id sounds really familiar though. Otherwise, this kinda freaks me out.

MUST I DO EVERYTHING MYSELF JEEZAAAAS.

So school's been at it again, stressing me out and pissing me off like the motherf*cker it is. Groupmates are being "consistently inconsistent" (Rillera, 2009), the rentals are going schizo on me again, and my issues are piling up like weekly subscriptions. I promised myself I'd give up Pessimism and Hate for Lent but they're just too much fun I can't resist!

In other things, I've been reading up on the Josef Fritzl case and I still can't imagine anyone being so inhumane. I mean incest in itself is crazy, but breeding SEVEN CHILDREN from your own daughter and keeping them locked up in the basement is just outright psycho. What's even more fucked up is that this guy looks like Santa Claus! Ho-ho-horrible.

I'm also torn between taking up summer classes and OJT-ing while summer job-ing. Bio 11 is a pain in the hiney during summer, I've been told. However, friends have also been telling me that OJT during the first semester makes for weekly headaches so I really don't know. I want to earn money but I want to graduate! UGH decisions, decisions. :/

So theeere, that's it. OH AND I LOVE THE JABBAWOCKEEZ CAN I JUST SAY. They're frekken ehmehzeeeeng.



Plus these kids have bright, bright (and possibly pimpin') futures ahead of them.



Dancers are likeomglove <3

It's summer it's summer can you feel it! Of course you caaaan especially if you're from this kowntreh. It's freeeekanHAWT! This coming from someone who can't stay ten minutes in an airconditioned room without a jacket, unless of course I'm asleep. I was supposed to write about losing my brand new old car and other things but I just remembered I have an exam tomorrow and I haven't studied yet so WHOOPS.

Oh CONGRADUATIONS TO ALL YOU GRATULATES!! Enjoy bumhood while it lasts!

I hate it when you do that.

I don't understand how I can have writer's block when it comes to school papers (i.e. one 40-page report due in five hours wtf) but can just clickety-click away on irrelevant things like LJ and Facebook. I think my brain has yet to mature to that level of understanding the concept of prioritizing. That, or it's just me being lazy and looking for other things to blame.

...Yeah I think it's the brain maturity thing. It has to be!

But enough about that. So yesterday was one of the most overwhelming events I have ever been involved in. A friend of mine who's doing her film thesis got me as her wardrobe head (yeeeeah I reacted that way too) which meant I had to contact all the talents regarding what to bring come shooting day, look for clothes that the talents didn't have, mix and match light and dark colors (the film was shot in black and white btw) to make them look good on camera, and other shit. I ended up doing more than I was assigned (i.e. PA, make-up (kinda), omg-we-can-save-time-with-this-idea! things, whatevs whatevs) aaand the amazing this is I actually enjoyed the whole experience. I mean yeaaah it was tiring and hella crazy but we pulled it off. And hello NONI BUENCAMINO KAMON. I got to talk to him like, a lot of times (i.e. "coffee po sir noni?", "eto na po wardrobe niyo for the next scene *explain explain*", "*small talk I forgot what about but we did talk about things other than the thesis!!*"). I was genuinely starstruck. I didn't get to take my picture with him though (MEDYO TANGA LANG DIBA) but hopefully he'll be there for the screening. I'd look better than I did yesterday by then anyways. Also, the people I worked with were all made of love and awesome and cookies! Yeheheeeey Castpers!

BUT WTF what scared me was the fact that nothing felt like work the whole time! I mean, oo sige I did feel the pressures of "putangina nawawala yung isang damit and the scene is in like 10 seconds k!!" but generally it felt good. Or maybe that's because it's something totally unrelated to what I'm taking up. BUT STILL natakot ako. Mr. Hoooy-shift-na! started rearing his ugly (well not really, gwapo naman siya in furnezz) head again and I had to control myself from going YES YES YES TAKE ME TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!

So I wrapped the feeling in a piece of paper and threw it away. PANGATLONG SHIFT LANG KASI IF EVER, K. But seriously, the twenty-four hour (literally) shoot was quite an experience. I'm keeping myself open to helping out in future ones so HELLO FILM MEYJERZZZZ make me your slaaaaave. Artista din pwede. I've been told that my hair looks good on camera. Free of charge shampoo sachet lang TF ko!

Anyways, before I go and drive myself crazy cramming, I heard this song on the radio and I don't know the title; the artist used Bob Sinclair's "World Hold On" and turned it into something like "Girl Hold On" (I'm hoping that's the name of the song?) so if anyone knows who sang it, do let me know! Thank youuu :D

It's cool how inspiration sprouts from the most unexpected places. Sure, procrastination gets in the way of more important things like fixing my closet of clothes and reorganizing the files on my computer (oh, and school things too), but surfing and stalking (the non-creepy kind, mind you) on the internet can really take you places. This new sense of oh-em-gee-I-want-to-do/achieve-so-much! has taken over me. A lot of things have been added on to my list of things to do before I die (or at least before I turn 25, whichever comes first) and all in one sitting! Damn, hopefully this feeling lasts longer than after I type all this.

Is it just me or is time zooming past like a race car on steroids?

So January's over and done with. I can't wait for summer (or the two weeks I'll have to settle with before classes) to come! LE BEACH LE BEACH!

In the meantime, check this out:




Pilipinos pordawin!

Won't be marching along with my fellow oh-fivers this coming graduation. I've an extra year plus a semester, which means I'll be having more of these coffee-guzzling, sleep-deprived marathons in the coming months, including summer. Hopefully I'm still alive by Friday. This week's gonna be cruheheeeyzeh.

I can feel it starting to grow! Though I still need a bit - no wait, make that a lot - of work, at least I've managed a few bitchfits (reasonable ones, ok!) here and there. It feels great actually, especially when you throw most of the irrelevant guilt out the window.

Speaking of irrelevant, I changed my user pic!

So school's been crazy as of late. Papers and reports and exams being thrown out to us like free candy during fiestas. We're not as eager though; at least I'm not. An upside to all this is at least I'm enjoying where I am and looking forward to where I'm headed. Plus we get to cook every Wednesday and feast, feast, feast! How cool is that!

Aaaand I've been wanting to train again but the parents don't approve of the time training ends everyday so I'm working on that. Admittedly I'm a bit hesitant as well; I haven't been swimming and I might end up killing myself after a hundred meters or so. That, and making a complete fool out of myself in the process.

Also, another fine, fine canine has gone ahead. Kevin's ten-year-old Shar Pei, Crumple, passed away last Friday. Another character of a dog; he knocked on the door when he needed to relieve himself and he always made this crazy noise (which I think is a dog burp? I'm not so sure). He had the appetite of three huge hounds and was super lambing. Sad moments, sad moments. You will be missed, gwapodog. Don't pee on Butch's territory now; heaven's big enough for the both of you. :)

What else, what else... Oh! Jed's in Aklan/Boracay/that part of the Philippines! I'm jealous ayhetchu! I should be there shimmying my arse off to crazy Ati-atihan music, too!! But no, I'm stuck here, studying (supposedly but apparently not) for an exam on Tuesday. PWEH.



Anyways that's it. And I miss theater. :(

stealz from Louellaz (forgot how to lj tag wtf)

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
-Lived a little.

Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
-Don't think so, since I've found myself repeating the same list all over again. I did keep the 'be more of a dork and less of a dweeb' bit though. I'm planning on adding 'stick to your diet and exercise plans, woman!' and 'aren't you supposed to be studying?' to the list. Hopefully those two I get to accomplish.

Did anyone close to you give birth?
-Yay for le first pamangkin!

Did anyone close to you die?
-In what sense? I've seen a few emotional deaths from a few close friends; that's about it.

What countries did you visit?
-Just did provincial trips this year. Planning on going to the land of the Koalas some time soon!

What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
-Self-esteem, common sense, and a whole lot of backbone. Oh, can I has moneez too?

What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
-I have the memory of a fish so even if I had one, that part of my brain with the etched memory has already disappeared.

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
-Losing all my halatang-galing-ka-sa-ibang-bansa-ineng weight :D

What was your biggest failure?
-Gaining the weight back D: (though it's more of a healthy aba-naparami-ata-kain-mo-nung-pasko-noh kind of figure now)

Did you suffer illness or injury?
-Fevers, colds, ebola, the usual.

What was the best thing you bought?
-Sanuks! (not for me, though LOL)

Whose behavior merited celebration?
-Pfft.

Whose behavior appalled you and made you depressed?
-PFFFFT.

Where did most of your money go?
-Food food fooood (both for school and for myself), clothes, unnecessary ang-cute-naman-nitey! things, gifts for friends/people, school books and photocopies.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
-A whole lot of things that turned out to be really, really, really disappointing.

What song/s will always remind you of 2008?
-Weezer's "Pork and Beans" for I don't know what reason. Maybe coz it captures the randomness of my 2008. And "Bubbly" by Colby What's-her-face.

Compared to this time last year, are you:
a. Happier or sadder?
-Happier I guess, if we're talking about this time last year as in this moment specifically.

b. Thinner or fatter?
-Thinner. Finally.

c. Richer or poorer?
-UGH CAN I HAS A RAKETS PLZ!

What do you wish you'd done more of?
-Been more assertive and vocal. Definitely working on it this year as requested by le kuya.

What do you wish you'd done less of?
-EAT! -> I'd have to agree with Louella on this one! Also, procrastinate. And whine.

How did you spend Christmas?
-Pigging out with family on Christmas eve, Pigging out with the boyfriend on Christmas day.

Did you fall in love in 2008?
-Yes, with the same person I fell in love with in 2007. -> AY LOOWELA PAHIRAM NG SAGOT!

What was your favorite TV program?
-I wasn't able to watch TV much, though The Food Network probably tops that list still.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
-Hate = understatement.

What was the best book you read?
-Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper! Lovely, lovely read.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
-Omar's There's Nothing Like This.

What did you want and get?
-A lovely black, white, and red striped jacket from F&H, plus permission to bring the car to school everyday.

What did you want and not get?
-A life. LOL and more of its surprises.

Favorite film of this year?
-Iron Man! Bolt! Yes No Cat Dog! Ay film lang daw pala!

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
-Bente-oh-no. Spent the whole day in school then my parents and boyfriend threw a surprise party for me at our grandparents' house.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
-A pair of Croc maryjanes and a free trip to Boracay. What? I'm easy to please!

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
-Comfy, accidentally color coordinated (from the shirt to the slippers to the underwear).

What kept you sane?
-Walking around places on my own, and jogging. And the company of people who speak laughter as a first language.

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
-SHIA LABEOUF <3

What political issue stirred you the most?
-The Jun Lozada series.

Who did you miss?
-A whole lot of people. Yes, including you.

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
-'Stop being so nice. Start living your life the way you should since it's YOUR life anyways and not theirs.' (Jed Segovia)

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
-"I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing" AAAY drama only!

The most touching experience you've had this year?
-Being reminded on a daily basis that you are loved by someone despite all the crap you throw their way.

What did you like most about yourself this year?
-I'm less of a kalat-kalat-everywhere person and leaning more on ay!-kalat-ligpit-na!

What did you hate most about yourself this year?
-Not being able to stand up for myself and all that drama shiz.

Was 2008 a good year for you?
-I guess it was okay; could've been better. I do hope 2009 brings in some crazy ass-kicking good times.