UPM Lantern Parade and a Sleepover

Soooo, yesterday was the UP Manila lantern parade. Woo-hoooo [cue in party music here]. This is big news right here because I didn't join last year's parade as a freshie. Everyone in my then college, CAS (College of Arts and Sciences) didn't really make an effort to encourage people to join. Plus, I thought that it would be kind of corny to join the parade since it's a short walk to PGH and back, so yeah.

Me and my friends suddenly decided to join the lantern parade. I mean, we decided like on the spot, we didn't plan to go and all although we ordered a shirt-thankfully! My college now, CAMP (College of Allied Medical Professions) made it a point to make a career out of the lantern parade. I mean, everyone was just really into it-every single person (mostly juniors though because it's 25% of their grade in one subject. Hihihi.)

Anywaaay, we joined the parade and it was fun! One of the best experiences in my school life to be honest. Hooray to fickle mindedness, impulsiveness and spontaneity. We cheered, shouted, ran, walked, sang, danced and sweat. It was not only one of the best but it was also one of the most tiring! And you know what? It was worth it. Guess who won 2nd place for the best lantern and the title for Merriest Crowd? YOU GOT IT! We did, we did! :> :)))

I love my college. CAMP is simply LOVE. ♥

After the parade, we decided to go to Mel's place to hang out. We ate delicious dinner and played card games and I Never. Boy, some serious stuff were revealed ;) Ha. Ha. Ohh, stalking people took up most of our time :)) I failed to go home and I got to sleep at Mel's place. Actually, all of us did-Ancie, Jessica, Bia and myself. The only bad thing out of that was that I didn't get to attend the first day of Simbang Gabi :| FML.

Anyway, today, I got to fetch my sister from school right after waking up from Mel's place and eating brunch. Yes, I didn't get to bathe at all. Oh my god, like why am I really telling you about my total lack of hygiene that day? :))) For more information, I asked my sister to smell me if I smelled bad, she said no. SUCCESS :))) That was my first time leaving home and commuting without even taking a bath. Ewwwww. :| :))) I am seriously never doing that again, ever.

It was an eventful start of the Christmas vacation. Now it's time to be lazy and be fat. HAHAHA

PS: I am waiting for Mel to upload our pictuures from the "sleepover" :)))

Pseudo Christmas Parties

Today, I got to spend time with three of my group of friends.

First, I was with my closest friends in the block: Ishie and Carol. Benj was suppose to be there but he wasn't replying to any of my text messages or answering any of my calls. Gaaaah. Anywaaay, I got to spend time with them and ate lunch with them. Hihihi <3 I missed these people. I don't get to spend as much time with them as I did before because I shifted courses and we have different subjects now.

Second, I got to spend time with my best friends: Mel and Jamil. You can say I love these girls the most though. We rarely see each other but when we do, it's like we never even stopped seeing each other. Hihihi. Surprisingly, we haven't overgrown each other (despite knowing each other for about 10 years now) and hopefully, we won't either. So we went to Mel's place and watched Harry Potter and pigged out with some pizza and chips and nuts and everything! :)) Hahaha. Italicized watched because we didn't really watch. We just talked and caught up with each other. Mwahaha.

Lastly, me and a couple of SP lateral friends went to Rosanna's house in Dasma. It was kind of an SP lateral Christmas Party, except we weren't complete >.> Anywaaay, we played games and we made kwentuhan and everything. Hihihi. I love my SP friends too! We all have a general personality-fun and noisy and talkative. Hahaha. That's why it's so fun to be with them. I got to get home at about 1:00 in the morning.

So, even if I didn't really do anything today, I wouldn't call it unproductive since I got to spend it with some important people in meh life. My friends are awesome :> Time you had fun wasting is not wasted time. That's a quotation by someone famous I forgot. Haha. :) But it definitely applies right? Haha.

Ling Exam and a Happy Birthday to the most Awesome Mom, MINE

Straight to the point, the Ling exam was hard. It was a brain drainer. I really didn't expect it to be that hard. It wasn't Chem or Math hard, but it was hard considering it's a communications subject. Everyone else also thought so because all of us were whining bout how we think we failed the first and supposedly easiest exam of the subject. Gaaaaah, just kill me now. A shot in the head would be fast and painless. I seriously want to cry my eyeballs out but it's over and I can't really do anything about it now. Le sigh.

Fast forward to the good part, please? That would be my mom's birthday! Yaaaaaaay! \:D/ She just turned 36. Yes, I have a young mother. Anywaaay, a very happy birthday to the most awesome mother in the world. My mom is theee best of the best and I love her to death. :) I hope she had a great birthday even if we didn't do anything special. I feel so guilty about not being able to buy her a gift :||

Ma, happy birthday. I love you soo much, I hope I say that enough. It's been a rough year but know that I still love you and care about you the same. I know that you're stressed out because of a lot of things. Always remember that me and my siblings are always here for you though. Well, mostly me. loljk. :)) Anywaaay, a very happy birthday. :>

Agaaaaain, a happy happy birthday to my mom. I love her the most ♥

Twice on Television in One Day

I feel famous. looool, not really though. So I was probably in television twice tonight. Why? Today is the oblation run and I got to watch it for the first time. Also, my professor in Hum who was a former child star was featured in one of the programs in GMA and our class was one of the classes that were asked to participate. So yeah.

Sooo, our professor in Hum is a former child actor and GMA is doing a feature on child stars who are teaching right now. So voila, our professor was picked as one of the featurees (not a real word). Anyway, our class was at 7:00 and people from GMA arrived at 8:15 or something like that. They got lost; they thought it was going to be in UP Diliman. Gaaah. "Gusto ko sana sa class niyo yung kunan eehh, kasi dito madaming magaganda" Those were our professor's words. Mwahahaha. I feel flattered even if I know he's not even referring to me. :)) My appearance in television was confirmed by my friend. She said she saw me and my friend, Mary (who is beyond beautiful, by the way) when she was watching the news. So yeah. I'm too afraid to watch it since I probably look like crap. I didn't know so I didn't prepare, hahaha.

Anywaaaay, today is also the annual and the infamous Oblation Run. Brrrr- just typing it sends shivers down my spine. This year, I got to watch it for the first time and it was accidental too. Our classes dismissed at 11:30 and coincidentally, the Oblation Run this year starts at 11:30. I had no time to escape. Me and my friends were by the stairs and suddenly, the coordinators/organizers asked everyone to stay in place already because it was about to start. We were forbidden to go anywhere else-they said we might disrupt the flow of the run or something :|| TOTALLY NO ESCAPE. So me, Bia, Jessica and Ancie watched it together. Mary and Mel were at the other side of the lobby and they got to watch too. Mel and Mary are my friends who didn't want to watch it too, but got forced into watching it, like me. Hahaha.

Soo, yeah, I ended up watching it. It was shocking and gross, gaaaah. I don't get why people watch this every year. But I am somehow thankful that I got to watch it at least once. It's UP tradition after all.

Pillars of the Earth

Me and my mom just finished watching Pillars of the Earth and may I just say it is beyond awesome? :') It's soo beautiful and I bet it's even more so in the book. That's why I downloaded an E-book, but I still want a real book-hardbound and all! Anywaaay, the story's really captivating and it gets you hooked right away.

The Pillars of the Earth is just a mini-series so it only has 8 episodes. Plus, soo many known actors and actresses played in this series. Every episode is full of awesomeness and so much content. Gaaaah. WHAT IT AWESOME? This is pure awesomeness, I tell you.

So after I finished watching the whole series, I went into research mode and read about the Salisbury Cathedral and The Anarchy and King Stephen and all that shit. There's so much darkness in the show, Iike it. It's a happy ending though, just so you know- which makes me love it even more. Gaaaaah.

I am now off, to read the book and fangirl some more :') Here are some trailers to get you excited, that is if you ever plan to watch it. :>

Bia's 18th and Noli the Opera :>

Yooo, I kind of sorta just woke up from my 18 hour sleep. I had such a super awesome long and tiring weekend.

FRIDAY

Friday was the most tiring, obviously. The day started at maybe about 5:00 in the morning because I had classes at 7:00AM and the day NEVER ended. Sooo, as stated above, I had classes at 7:00 and my classes ended at about 1:00. I went home with friends since we were to prepare for Bia's debut. I didn't even get to sleep in the three hours that we stayed in the house before preparing. Anywaaay, we left the house at about 7, I think and we arrived at the venue at about 8:30. It was a looong ride considering that from Merville we only had to go to The Fort, damn traffic. :|

So Bia welcomed us when we arrived and she was soo beautifuuuul. I swear it, she was soo gorgeous, she was like a princess! :> Anywaaay, there was a program at the start, and then we all ate-the food was awesome! Hihihihi, I kind of ate a lot because I was honestly so hungry :)) Sorry for being a pig at a formal-ish party. Anywaaay, after eating, it was time for the 18 wishes which I was part of, hihihi. I have stage fright, remember? It's a good thing I didn't screw up giving Bia a speech though :>

After the 18 wishes, it was time to legitimately party! \:D/ We took some photos at the photo booth thing and we drank some shots and we danced and partied. It was seriously sooo awesome and fun. It was nice that the party was a complete and total over the roof success because the debutant worried about it. She was being all ~paranoid~ and stuff. :))

Capture booth photos by: Veluzar Fotografia

Adge and myself

Chem friends! :>

"Heartthrobs" of the laterals (Adge and Denzel) and myself.

SP Laterals, my loves :>

Adge and myself again. WE are camwhoring :))

Fab 6 minus Bia and Lee! :))

Photos by: Melissa Aman

Eeeek! We were all sweaty from dancing already! :))

Ancie and Jessica :>

Mel and myself :))

Photos by: Lara Tan

Me and ze birthday girl, after giving her a wish ;)

This is a wacky shot. I love my lateral friends :>

Laterals + Chem friends' table :> :D

Anywaaay, we got home safe and sound and in the middle of the night. I had to climb up our very tall gate in heels and in a dress because they didn't leave the house open. Yes, paint a picture in your head, why don't you? Anywhooo, a couple of my friends slept over because they had absolutely no way of getting back to their places. I don't even think "slept over" is the right word for it since we didn't really get to sleep at all! We just talked about a lot of stuff-life and all. LOLJK. :)) But really, we just talked a lot. Hahaha.

SATURDAY

I don't even know how I parted Friday and Saturday because I really can't tell which day was which, now that I think about it. It's all just ONE LOOONG day for me, really. Anywaaay, at this point, I already had 24 hours of totally no sleep. Mwahahaha. We had to wake up at about 5:00 to prepare because we had to leave at 6:00 because some of my friends had classes that day. PLUS, I had an opera to attend at UP Diliman. What the actual fuck, right?

Anywaay, we successfully finished preparing by 6:00-which is a goddamn miracle if you ask me because SOME of us are really really slow in preparing. Hahaha. You know who you are ;) Anywaaay, we got to UP Manila a little after 7:00 but it's okaay. At least it wasn't THAT bad of tardiness. Hehe.

I left UP Manila right away, since I had to be at UP Diliman before 9:00. Me and my friend Mary, were to meet up long before the opera started. In case you're wondering, we watched the Noli me Tangere the Opera in UP Diliman because we were required by our professor in PI100. So yeah, we were forced into watching it.

I got to UPD at about 8:30-9:00, my memory is a blur. I was in bangag mode by that time already. Hahaha. I met up with Mary and we were first in line to get in the theater. We got good seats-2nd row and center, boo-yeah! It's a wonder that I didn't fall asleep during the opera because I have to admit that there were some dull moments (Ibarra and Maria Clara moments, ahem)

Overall, the opera was amaaazing! That was money well spent! I am actually glad that we were forced into watching that because if not, I wouldn't have experienced it's awesomeness. The cast was a genius and so was the orchestra. The people who composed the songs are totally amazing! Gaaaah. The boy who played Basilio moved me to actual flowing tears and the little boy who played Crispin was oh so adorable, I just want to hug him all day looong! The cast had superb voices-naturally. They gave me goosebumps-good goosebumps, that is.

After that, I got home, slept and 18 hours later, here I am. :> It was definitely one of the LONGEST weekends ever. But one of the more awesome ones at that!

My brother is bad ass

My brother trended in the Philippines courtesy of his friends. I only helped oh so slightly that I don't think it even made a difference. Anywaaay, they trended him so he'd make a twitter since he's always missing in action. But stubborn as he is, he won't and he shan't. He doesn't trust the system.

CAMP Talent Show

Just got home from our impromptu plans with Bia and Jessica to attend the CAMP Talent Show. I didn't even know that the CAMP Talent show was today, I thought it was not until tomorrow. If I knew it was today, I would've dressed more nicely. Impromptu plans are the best-I didn't regret going to the talent show, rather, I had an awesome time.

Mel, Jessica and Bia and myself went to Vito Cruz for lunch and we just decided right there and then that we want to attend this talent show. Mel didn't come with us though, she still had classes. So it was just me, Jessica and Bia. We really just wanted to check out the performances and see new faces (ahem). The people performed per block so we didn't get to perform because we were all laterals-oh woes are us. But it was still fun being the sideline and watching everyone else, judging them within ourselves, loljk. We had a lot of fun watching all the blocks and batches do their things. We liked PT 2014 and 2013 most because they were the most entertaining to watch. The judges seem to agree because they were placed 1st and 2nd, respectively. SP 2013 took 3rd place. We watched all the batched except for the OT people because it was time to go, by then.

CAMP people are so game to everything. They do everything (humiliating or not) to entertain people and to have fun. I am happy to be part of this college. :) I admit, that sometimes, I feel out of place when there are college activities-which is understandable because I'm not originally from this college, I just shifted. And in a college that is almost always block-oriented, where in the world will you place us laterals, right? But even so, there are times that I feel that I belong and I am thankful for that.

I had fun today. I wish I brought my camera. I need to bring my camera all the time for more impromptu plans like these ones. I love my friends :*

Let's do this 2nd Sem \:D/

As of today, I have met all my professors and got a feel of what the rest of the 2nd semester is going to be like. And unfortunately, it looks like it's going to be stressful. It's only the first week of classes and I feel so stressful already. God, help me.

It's not like I don't like my subjects though and most of my professors are cool and/or awesome. BUT there are just too many requirements and reading assignments and everyone knows I'm not an industrious pupil. I am just going to die this semester, I know it. However, this is my last (hopefully not though) chance of becoming a college scholar and I'm not going to let it go that easily. Last sem, I missed it by .05 and it's all because of that Soc Sci. I hate profs who guess grades :|

Anywaaaay, I kind of went astray from the topic. I'm excited and nervous about this semester. I'm excited because of the coolness and the awesomeness that my professors will impart and nervous because I might not do well. BUT I WILL. I swear it right now, that I must and I will do well-not just well but EXCELLENT.

I like Humanities II and PI100 the most this semester and mostly because my profs in these subjects are too awesome for words\:D/ Hum is about the Arts and my prof is gaaaah-amaazing. Not only is the subject interesting (at least for me), the prof makes it more interesting. It's like being in a lively conversation with your friend everyday. My jaw hurts from laughing and smiling all through out the 1 and half hour class. He is the reason why it's not such a bummer to be at school at 7:00 in the morning. Dayuuum. My PI100 prof is another awesome funny man. I don't even realize that an hour and a half has passed because he gives you so much information and he does so in a very interesting manner. I seriously don't like history in a class very much, but he makes it so interesting to study. He knows so much about what he teaches and gaaaah-just awesome, ok? :))

I have 2 more DAC (Department of Arts and Communications) subjects which are Communications III and Linguistics 112-both of which scare the crap out of me :| First of all, Comm 3 is about public speaking and I'm a writer (duh, e blog) not a speaker. I have horrible, just horrible stage fright. I stutter and I forget what to say and Tagalog words slip in sometimes. Gaaaah. Half of our grade if not more, comes from the speeches and the interviews :S I am nervous as shit. PLUS, our prof is so strict, she scares me. Although she's really kind and she's trying to make the subject more appealing and I really admire her for knowing so much about the subject matter and successfully imparting a great amount of knowledge onto her students, she still scares me. Now, Ling scares me because we're left to our own to study. She doesn't teach soo, yeah. And I'm not the studying type so the fear is lurking around me.

My last subject that will affect my GWA is STS. It's a science subject concerned with new science and technology. I hate it because the prof is boring shit. She doesn't teach, she just reads the slides. Plus, she failed one of my friends who totally didn't deserve to fail. Yes, I have my biases already. The only good thing about this son of gun boring Wednesday class is that I have an attractive classmate who I can stare at while the prof blabs on about something I can self study on our reference which she, by the way, WROTE. It's the first time in UP that I have an attractive classmate. At least I can ogle at someone now. :"> :))

Speaking of ogling and the like, I have read something recently and it's been viral for a while now. It's an article by a UP student and it was published at Philippine Collegian and it made me so giddy and I could relate to it all the way, I don't even know why. This has kilig vibes written all over it, so ENJOY :>

Paano ka ba magiging akin?

(Unang nalimbag ang akdang ito sa isyu 16 ng Philippine Collegian noong 15 Nobyembre 2011.)

ni Ninalyn Uy

Isa lang naman ang pamantayan ko sa paghahanap ng karelasyon: ikaw.

Pero siyempre bola lang ‘yun. Gusto ko lang kunin ang atensyon mo, dahil hindi ko alam kung magkikita pa tayo ngayong semestre. Nababaliw na nga ako sa kaiisip kung ano ang kahahantungan ng “love story” natin.

Malas mo dahil mahilig akong magbasa ng Tagalog pocket books at manood ng mga Asianovela. Mula sa mga tauhang sinubaybayan ko, alam kong kapag nakuha ng isang babaeng hindi nagsusuklay at hindi naliligo pero kaiba at mukhang madiskarte ang atensyon ng isang lalaki, posibleng maging sila.

Kung bakit mo ba kasi pinipitik ang mga daliri mo sa harap ng mukha ko sa tuwing nagkakasalubong tayo. Lagi mo pa akong kinakalabit, at kahit na sitahin pa kita ng pinakamalulutong na mura, ngumingiti ka lang at tahimik na tumatawa. Tapos bigla kang magsisimula ng mga usapang may kinalaman sa akin—kung saan ako nag-hayskul, ano ang binabasa kong libro, kung masaya ba ako.

Buwisit na buwisit ako sa klase natin last sem, pero isa ka sa mga dahilan kung bakit hindi ako nag-drop. Kahit na naririnig kitang tumatawa mag-isa sa tuwing napapahiya ako sa recitation, at kahit panay ang turo mo sa akin tuwing nagtatawag si Prof ng volunteer, okay lang sa’kin.

Kasalanan mo kung bakit bigla kong pinag-isipan nang mabuti kung ano ang ilalagay kong profile picture sa Facebook. Kasalanan mo kung bakit napadalaw ako sa ukay-ukay nang mag-isa para lang, oo, mag-shopping. Nabasa ko kasi ang payong ito sa Internet: If someone’s flirting with you, please cooperate. Oo, walang biro. Pati mga payo sa internet, pinatulan ko na.

Hinanap rin kita sa Internet, akala mo. Nagbasa ako ng mga blog entry kung saan binabanggit ang pangalan mo; inalam ko kung sinu-sino ang common friends natin na posibleng magpalalim sa kung ano mang meron tayo. Pinagtanong kita sa mga kaibigan mo at lahat sila, nagkakasundong mabait ka nga.

Urong-sulong ka rin kasi. Hindi ka masyado assertive sa pakay mo sa’kin, kung mayroon man. Sa dami ng mga pagkakataong nag-usap tayo, hindi mo hiningi ang number ko kahit kailan. Hindi naman ako madamot sa “oo.” Hinihintay ko lang na gumawa ka ng first move. Nang tinawag mo ako noong huling araw ng klase natin para sabay tayong maglakad, nag-usap lang tayo’t naghiwalay na parang talent ni Kim Chiu sa pag-arte: wala lang.

Siguro nga wala naman talaga ako sa‘yo bukod sa isang kaklase. O marahil naghahanap ka lang ng Ate. Siguro kapag nagkita tayo ulit, tatango ka lang at bahagyang ngingiti pero hindi ka lalapit para makipag-usap. Kaiba ka rin kasi. Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit pero sa‘yo lang talaga ako natutuyuan ng laway at napapangungunahan ng duda at kaba. Siguro kasi sa lahat ng nagustuhan kong lalaki, ikaw lang ang hindi celebrity.

Sakaling makilala mo ang sarili mo sa akdang ito, alam mo naman kung saan ako maaaring puntahan o kausapin. At huwag kang mag-alala—hindi pa rin ako madamot sa “oo.” Aanhin ko naman ‘yun. ●

Isn't it sooo beautiful? :') Anywaaaay, I have to hit the sack. Let's spread the awesomeness this second semester. :D That sounded so geeky and nerdy and spongebob-y that I have to hide my face for all eternity. :))

Enrollment is Shit :|

I finally finished enrolling after three loooong days ;___;

Enrollment in UP is soo hard. I bet more so in CAS (College of Arts in Sciences) At least, in CAMP (College of Allied Medical Professions, my College) all we have to do is bore ourselves to death with all the waiting. Imagine waiting for your much coveted Form5, 10 hours a day just for the College Secretary to tell you to come again tomorrow. It is mentally exhausting. But still, enrollment is always so hard :( I hate enrollment days.

Out of boredom, we have resorted into petty made up games. We even tried builing a house of cards. And when we were successful, we would add another two and then another two and it's really never ending. We were like crazies. Other CAMPers looked at us weirdly. I would too, if I were them. :))

The only good thing that came out of this three-day enrollment is bonding time with my fellow SP laterals. Gaaaah, at least our batch of SP laterals are fairly close. I heard that in the other batches, they're not all that, well, close. I love my pseudo-SP block :) We are all of the same vibe, if you get what I mean? :))

Anywaay, I am just so happy to get my Form5 already. ;___; Tears of joy, right there.

16 units of hopefully easy subjects :> All GEs. My last chance of becoming a College Scholar. Don't fail me, second sem! :D

PS: I am hoping that I'm a college scholar for the first sem, but I'm waiting for my Soc Sci grade. Please, Soc Sci, be nice :) *Sana swerte ako sa darts at ma flat uno siya :">*

Ladybug and Cowgirl

Happy Halloween! We spent Halloween trick or treating at Alabang and staying at our Tito's place. Hihihi. He loooves Halloween. He has a custom-made Dracula outfit with dentist-made fangs! Eeeek. Yeaaaah. :> Anywaaaay, me and my sister decided to dress up for this year's halloween and go trick or treating. And sooo, we did! :))

This makes me miss my childhood. Plus, trick or treating was more fun then! They always had imported chocolates and good stuff for ze loot. But now, almost all houses just gave out mentos. Pssssh. :||

It was still fun though. Sooo many people (including people my age, by the waaaay!) dressed up for Halloween. hehe.

I loos so fat beside my sister. Ugh. I hate her and her unbelievable ability to stay thin. :|

Nails courtesy of Anna Magbanua :> Are they not sooo pretty and dainty? Yess, I am being a girl right now. Hihihi. I love my nails right now though they are somewhat ruined already :)) Thank you Anna :*

I don't know about you, but I'm here to party!

It's officially the start of my long-awaited semestral break! Well, finally? I seriously look like a zombie right now. So this sembreak is totally about resting and hanging out with non-school friends and fixing my god-forsaken room, okay? Because seriously? This place doesn't even look like a room anymore

And ooohh! I'll write this sembreak! I'll start on something absolutely fantastic. I wonder sometimes, how I did it; Writing 2 notebook fulls of a still unfinished story plus essay contests plus random poetic moments plus blogging plus school paper. I was a serious writing machine, wasn't I? Time to exercise my writing ~skillz~ again.

Ciao! :*

Chem Friends' Day :>

Today, I had the most amazing time with my Chem friends. Yes, the same friends I got kicked out of the library with. Well, the day actually started somewhat horrible because it today was the day of the exam! And not just any exam, a chem exam and everyone knows how much I loathe Chemistry. Gaaaah.

After the exam though, I had a LOT of fun with said Chem friends :> I treated them to Yellowcab (oh god, we just loove pizzas you know?) Actually, that's all that happened-Yellowcab and Cerealicious. But the time I spent with them was magical, really. The friendship was unexpected. I never thought I'd have friends in any class, other than my SP laterals friends, you know? But somehow, we found each other. Yuck. That line was a little too dramatic, even for me.

It's true anyway. I miss them already. I mean, it is our last time together-as CHEMISTRY friends. We even have a group in facebook that states Chem "Study" Group-and I think I have mentioned this somewhere in the other blog posts. Anyway, I really do miss them already. Chemistry was a whole less miserable with them around. ♥

I wish we found the friendship early on and I wish we could have spent more time together. One semester feels like two weeks when I don't want to let them go yet. A-ha! Another line that is much too dramatic for me. Help me, I'm not used to being all mushy and shit. Gaaaah. :))

Well, I shall stop now, before I get all too melodramatic on you guys. :))

Photos by Jerwin.

Day in an Orphanage

Today was my first time to visit an orphanage. I was soo happy, okay? The kids were so adorable and I didn't get to help out much but I got to talk to the kids and I carried some of them and so on. I want to make it some kind of a weekly thing-visiting and offering to help in the orphanage.

The orphanage is somewhere along Tayuman station in the LRT-it's kinda near school so that's good. I really want to make it an activity for me to go there and help out. I'd like to visit the children and just talk and talk to them. Also, help out with the feeding and stuff like that since the place is heavily understaffed.

I planned to take pictures of the kids and myself but apparently, cameras are not allowed. It's too bad because the kids were really really cute and smart and gaaah. I fell in love with them so much okaaay? ♥ I want to go back there soon! :> Hihihi.

Tiresome Birthday Week is Tiresome

SUNDAY (Actual Birthday)

Spent the day at home because it's my only rest day, remember? :))) So, I just requested for a lot of food. You wouldn't believe how much food was there. I wanted to eat EVERYTHING but my stomach was saying no. Pizza and fast food and home-cooked food. Gaaaaah. So much food=Happy Bianca. Anyway, besides eating, I replied to people who greeted me a Happy Birthday.

Thank you again guysss! I love people who greet me on my birthday. I'm the kind of person who just loves his/her birthday :)) So although a greeting is simple, I'm sure it definitely made my day :)

MONDAY

Hum II play- A Midsummer's Night Dream. All the efforts paid off for the play was beyond successful! Our grade for the final exam (the play)? A 1.00 baby! I am soo proud of our class. You go HUM II MHG! You go! :D Overall, I'm just really happy that it's all over and done with! No more staying late at classmates' dorm to finish crappy backdrops and shit-at least for a while, you know? I'm just really happy we did a greaaaat job!

My friends gave me gifts! And they're nice gifts! Thank you Mary and Mel! I love you both! :> They game me beautiful colored pens, a pretty notebook, a gift certificate and a wallet. Gaaaah~

I spent the rest of the day with Ishie and Carol. Benj was busy so he didn't go :( Friendship Over na kami, loljk :))) I treated them at Dairy Queen and McDo. I missed my closest friends from Block 8. Too bad, the four of us weren't complete :(

After treating my friends in Rob, I went to Katpag's place because Adge, Ancie and Denzel were there doing a project of some sort. Pluuus, Mel was there so I decided to come. I didn't stay long though. The project was almost immediately done when I got there so Mel, Adge, Denzel went to KFC to eat dinner and we went home. :>

Photos by Carol

TUESDAY

Tuesday was a day well spent with my Chem friends. (ahem, ahem) After our Chemistry class, we all had lunch together. Yaaaaay ♥ Here, they managed to peer pressure me into treating them after the Chem Lab exam (which was on Monday, October 17)

Lee gave us a name: Chem "Study" Group. Notice the quotation marks? That's because we don't really study. We gossip and talk about a LOT of things but we almost never study! :))) Anyway, since we are somehow a "study" group, some of us, Lee, Selena, Bia and myself, went to the library; others, Kevin, Jerwin, Gladys and Mark, had classes.

Our breaks were only up to 11:30 but we decided to skip class. Last week of regular classes=full on katamaran. Anyway, we skipped our respective 11:30 to 1:00 classes to "study" in the library. There were sooo much Lola Patola (UPM term) moments. I love my friends.

Anyway, typically we didn't get to study at all so we promised to study when Jerwin and/or Kevin joins us in the library. Jerwin came but no studying happened and instead, we even got noisier. :)) Thankfully though, Kevin came immediately after Jerwin, so we got a little studying done. We suck at studying. :|

Here comes my favorite part. We started to gossip instead of studying again. This time, our noise was too loud that the librarian went up to us and told us to get out of the library. WTF. She didn't leave until she was sure that we were gone. It was HUMILIATING. It's the first and hopefully the last time in my life I got kicked out of the library. Embarrassing, but hey, I really had fun!

Anywaaaay, later that day, I had to wait for Mel and Adge because they had a departmental exam in Math. I spent time with some of my blockmates because Jo treated us to Brooklyns! Yaaaay ♥

After Brooklyns, Adge, Mel and myself ate at Karate Kid. We finished at about 9:00 and when we got to V. Cruz to ride the shuttle. there was a looong line. Plus, when it was our turn already, they ran out of shuttles. How lucky, yes? We had to commute home. :))

Photos by Jem

WEDNESDAY

Report in Soc Sci. Nothing really happened. It's Soc Sci. Nothing always happens in Soc Sci :))

FRIDAY

I had an exam that day and I didn't study the night before. I watched a shitload of One Tree Hill instead. I studied at lunch and since I didn't have a Psych class, I got to study some more. I also entered the library again, after two days of completely avoiding it! :))

The test was okay. It wasn't as hard as I expected but it wasn't THAT easy either. At least Soc Sci is over. Gaaaah.

SATURDAY

Exam in Nat Sci. You know what? It's a good thing that I'm taking Chem 14. The test was relatively easy-only because I'm taking Chem 14 though. I think I wouldn't have found it easy if not for that fact.

And that concludes my uber tiresome Birthday Week. Happy Legalization to me! :>

OTH Love ♥

It's 3AM and what the hell am I doing blogging? Plus, I have an 8:30AM class later and I need to wake up at about 6AM (if ever I do decide to sleep, that is) Le sigh~

The reason is that I just finished watching the first season of One Tree Hill. And oh gosh, I just remembered why I love this show some much. I finished the whole season in a day and I have a massive headache now and more so later in class.

I missed OTH soo much! Nathan and Haley and ze writer Lucas and the bromance between Lucas and Nathan. Oh my gosh, I just seriously missed it all. Hihihi. I'm rediscovering my love for this TV show. I feel all so giddy because of Nathan and Haley right now. :"> Pluuuuus! The music in the whole shooow is just amaazing. My kinds of bands, you know? Gaaaah. Who manages the music in OTH? I want to seriously meet him/her. Great music dude. Great music. :>

Well, I have to sleep. I have class later. Chemistry, just kill me, please? You're killing me slowly anyway. Chem class plus Chem study session with the guys lateeer since tomorrow (the 8th) is our exam for Lab. :||

And the day after is my Birthday. Wooo-hooo \:D/

So, I really need some sleep. Gotta go. Good night morning! :*

18 things in 11 days :D

11 days to my birthday! I will not have a formal debut or celebration as much as I want to. Awwww. But it's okay. All Time Low was my birthday gift and that was more than enough for me. Although, I really wanted a formal debut in the past. Le sigh. If only I had time and money on a big ass celebration. But oh well. As I said, ATL was absolutely magical, okay?

I somehow imagined it in a beach, I don't even know why or how I;m going to get there. And I imagined me in a white dress all dolled up and pretty. Hihihi. I'm seriously just one of those people who love their birthdays so much. I like it when people greet me a happy birthday :> I start count downing to my birthday after my brother's birthday. Hihihi. Kahit na wala akong gawin sa birthday ko, the fact that it is my birthday makes me happy. :) And I don't even know why.

But for this birthday, I just want to spend it at home and lounge around the house. I JUST WANT A LOT OF FOOD, OKAY? I am serious. :)) If it's not in the house, I want a buffet. I just want to eat a lot on my birthday. And not be sick, please? Because I always get sick on my birthday >.> I want to stay at home with all 4 other member of my family and watch something we all like. I want unlimited supply of food! :)))) I just keep mentioning this food thing. HAHAHA.

Anywaaaay, since my 18th birthday is coming up, I iz going to post 18 gifts I would really really like to have and yes, some are definitely unattainable, but that is what birthday wishes are for. ♥

18 gifts

1. Sunflowers because I haven't seen flower shops that sell them and I've always wanted sunflowers ♥
2. A surprise! I don't know what kind of surprise but yeah. A surprise.
3. Something that effort was obviously poured on.
4. Books
5. A firework display just for me :))) loool.
6. Colored pens! And lots of them.
7. A concert ticket to the next show I want to attend :))
8. Gift cert from some clothing shop because people don't know how to dress me :)))\
9. Can I just please get money? :)))) loljk. But I don't really know!
10. A big-ass decent, pretty notebook. Seryoso, I want a notebook. One that's matibay and pretty! :))
11. A drum set! :)) loool. drumsticks would be ok. HAHAHA
12. Repair of my laptop. huhuhu. Keyboard and hinges and everything!
13. Triad necklace! 30STM thing :< It costs a lot tho coz it has to be shipped in
14. A day in the beach, okay? I know my birthday is soooo far away from the summer but I really really want the beach
15. EUROPEAN TOUR! :))) this one is highly impossible but whatever :))
16. Polka dotted shoes/skirt/bag. :))) I am seriously want something polka dotted.
17. Dresses~ OMG, seriously, I want a pretty dress. :))) Hahaha. I'm not exactly sure where I want to wear a dress but please, just give me dresses :))
18. A holiday :)))

But can I just have a lot of eating on my birthday? :))) I want to eat a lot talaga. I want to eat with my college friends, eat with my high school friends and eat with my family. Is that too much to ask? :)))) Now it's pretty obvious that I eat a lot and is going to grow fat when the time comes when my metabolism can't handle all the food I eat anymore :)))

Food on my birthday :)))) HAHAHAHA.

Pottermore LOVE

I finally got my Welcome E-mail for Pottermore. alsjflasjflasj MY HEART IS EXPLODING. this has been the most amazing suspension of classes ever because I spent the whole day on Pottermore. I opened an account in Gringgotts, I got my wand, I got sorted, I learned how to make potions aaaaand I cast some spells. Ugh. Too bad we can only finish Book 1. Chamber of Secrets is not open yet :(

Hi! My username is ChaserAsh115 and it kind of sucks but whatever, you know :)) My wand is Ash with Phoenix core, 12 inches and a quarter, hard. My core is the rarest and I have the same core as Harry Potter. My wood is the same as Ron. Hah! I almost thought I would be sorted into Gryffindor for that :))

Description of my wand:

Phoenix

This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards dislike.

Phoenix feather wands are always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken is one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands are the hardest to tame and to personalise, and their allegiance is usually hard won.

Ash

The ash wand cleaves to its one true master and ought not to be passed on or gifted from the original owner, because it will lose power and skill. This tendency is extreme if the core is of unicorn. Old superstitions regarding wands rarely bear close examination, but I find that the old rhyme regarding rowan, chestnut, ash and hazel wands (rowan gossips, chestnut drones, ash is stubborn, hazel moans) contains a small nugget of truth. Those witches and wizards best suited to ash wands are not, in my experience, lightly swayed from their beliefs or purposes. However, the brash or over-confident witch or wizard, who often insists on trying wands of this prestigious wood, will be disappointed by its effects. The ideal owner may be stubborn, and will certainly be courageous, but never crass or arrogant.

So Am I not awesome, yet? ;)

To add more to my awesomeness, I was sorted into my dream house: Ravenclaw. ♥ I have always wanted to be a Ravenclaw. I never wne through a Slytherin/Gryffindor phase. It was always Ravenclaw since the beginning. And you can imagine my joy. I seriously jumped for joy because of this. Imagine it: I've been dreaming of becoming a Ravenclaw since I was 10 or 11 and now, I have proven myself worthy. My heart is happy :')

And that, my friends, is the highlight of my day/night.

Please stay safe everyone? The storm is really scary. :S