Nearly Lucid.

I'm being nostalgic again.

2007-09-03T12:40:45Z

*Sigh* I''ll probably re-read OoTP and HBP.

Yeah, I've been hibernating.

2007-08-30T16:15:24Z

And now I post this. Haha.

O rly?

2007-07-26T13:49:45Z

Considering I love watching zombie movies, I'm pretty bummed that I got these results.

44%

I thought I could wait.

2007-07-21T05:00:31Z

My sister kaiweasley and I had a short discussion about how we would not buy Harry Potter Book 7 on the day it comes out. One, we are short on funds. And two, we both wanted to re-read the previous books since most of the details are a little murky now.

But apparently, I can still be quite emotionally immature. Because right after this entry, I am off to pick up my very own copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows in Fully Booked Gateway (and I made sure to call to confirm if they still have lots of copies left).

So I will be in hibernation for a few days to steer clear of spoilers. Better safe than sorry (and spoiled) :)

It's just you and me now, book. Sorry to my family, friends and boyfriend who I will be shunning for the next few days or so.

Overwhelmed.

2007-07-17T12:34:28Z

Amazing how things can change so quickly. How an opportunity- the type you would be really stupid not to try and take- can suddenly present itself to you out of nowhere.

If things go well, I might just have to take back things I said in the previous entry.

Independence Day

2007-07-16T14:25:24Z

Today, I am officially unemployed.

I will not miss waking up early to leave Quezon City to beat the rush hour traffic to Makati.
I will not miss having to be in corporate attire.
I will not miss dealing with people who do not understand their job.
I will not miss having to work late nights and missing family dinners.
I will not miss the erratic agency schedule that makes it impossible for me to sing with a band.
I will not miss coming home late and exhausted and very crabby.
I will not miss the deafening silence in the office or hearing just the constant clacking of the keyboard.
I will not miss not being allowed to use my iPod while at work.
I will not miss lugging around my laptop every single day so I can use it at work.
I will not miss not being able to stick to my regular boxing workout.
I will not miss getting yelled at by unpaid suppliers who follow up their checks that get held up in Accounting.
I will not miss working on weekends.
I will not miss the feeling of dread that I get everytime my phone rings.
I will not miss not being able to see some of my friends because I'm always too busy.
I will not miss not being able to do things like volunteering in church, trying out Capoeria or any other random thing I think of because work gets in the way.

There are probably a few more things that I will not miss but right now, I'm so happy to be saying goodbye to this.

Goodbye EDSA MRT on rush hour. And good riddance. :)

Must. Stay. Awake.

2007-07-05T02:58:27Z

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¿11ǝʇ noʎ uɐɔ .sǝʇıs qǝʍ

¡ʇı uɹɐp 'ʍou buıʞɹoʍ ʇɹɐʇs oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı ʇnq

Hibernation

2007-06-11T05:53:37Z

I'm in hibernation mode once again. Mostly because I'm finishing up my projects so I can leave current employer already. I resigned last May and now they're telling me that they need me to extend until end of July. Er, no thanks.

Anyway, there's this one project that I want to happen. But I don't want to talk about it just yet.

*keeps fingers crossed*

TV fandom

2007-05-15T15:20:44Z

I am loving Heroes and can not wait for the season finale. But after that, I'll be bored again and have to find something new to obsess about, especially now that they cancelled Drive. I miss Buffy. *sigh*

Like any of this matters now.

2007-05-09T00:34:12Z

You scored as French/Spanish/OtherLanguage. You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in a foreign language, especially French or Spanish as they have a greater use in today's world. But other languages could be useful to you as well, such as Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, or many others. With a major in a foreign language you could teach, or work for a company as a translator or foreign correspondant.

It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it.

Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests. A minor in a foriegn language is useful for ANY major. Also, business or political science are great minors for a foreign language major. Please post your results in your myspace/blog/journal.

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French/Spanish/OtherLanguage

81%

Psychology/Sociology

75%

Education/Counseling

75%

History/Anthropology/LiberalArts

75%

English/Journalism/Comm

69%

Religion/Theology

63%

Physics/Engineering/Computer

63%

HR/BusinessManagement

63%

PoliticalScience/Philosophy

56%

Visual&PerformingArts

56%

Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health

50%

Biology/Chemistry/Geology

38%

Accounting/Finance/Marketing

31%

Mathematics/Statistics

25%

WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
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I nicked this from my sister, kaiweasley

May 8, 2007 What is going on?

2007-05-08T08:16:04Z

Instead of Yahoo Messenger, I prefer to use Proteus. It's a multi-client treasure that lets me log into my Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, Bonjour, Rendez Vous, LJTalk (including Same Time) accounts using just one software. I also love the multi-tab feature, since I hate having a gajillion windows pop up & open. Cluttered desktops are just too painful for me.

Anyway, I don't know what's up with Yahoo today but I've been receiving some pretty strange messages from random people.

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B.

Okay but I must confess, when the first guy said he was a doctor from India, I *almost* considered talking to him if only to pretend I'm talking to Mohinder Suresh.

Yes, I'm such a loser. No need to tell me. Mwahahaha.

My cat hates me. And I bet she hates you too.

2007-04-28T15:56:07Z

My sister is having a party at our house with some friends. One of her guests is allergic to pets so we had to hide my dog Fiona and my cat, Cordelia.

For those who don't know, we named our cat after Buffy character Cordelia Chase because my cat is a bitch and isn't ashamed of it. She decided to remind me just how bitchy she can get a few minutes ago.

So I'm in the room with her, (I'm busy playing World of Warcraft, of course) and I hear this noise. The crazy cat managed to pull a newspaper page over her litter box, topple her food & water bin and spill water all over the floor. I walk over to inspect and she just sits there glaring at me. That's her way of telling me to change her water because it's not cold anymore. And that she hates me for not giving her some of my spaghetti dinner.

So we finally let her out. And I told my dad about it. An hour later, he enters the room with Cor and puts her on the desk. Dad goes "Oh, apologize for what you did." And then, Cordelia lets out this long evil hiss.

That's Cordy the Queen. I love it.

What's on TV?

2007-04-24T01:49:49Z

We have two house help, Yaya Belen and Yaya Bernadine, who we "fondly" call Bernard. They've been with us for almost 10 years (I think) and for the longest time, we used to call one Yaya Evelyn, only to realize that her name is really Belen.

Anyway, the boyfriend works as a TV writer. As part of my girlfriend duties, I not only watch the shows where he is involved, but I also promote & encourage people in our compound to watch it. I've tried to force them to watch Krystala (they didn't like it but my Lola loved it like crazy) and Kampanerang Kuba. So this happened last night:

Me: Ya, nanunood ba kayo ng Rounin?
Ya Belen: Hindi.
Me: Bakit? Ayaw ninyo yung kwento?
Ya Belen: Hindi naman.
Me: Ayaw ninyo yung mga artista?
Ya Belen: Hindi naman.
Me: Eh bakit hindi kayo nanunood ng Rounin?
Ya Belen: Eh kasi, HBO ang pinapanood namin eh.

Ay, sosyal. I love it.

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Dear My LiveJournal,

I'm so sorry for neglecting you but I need to level up in World of Warcraft.

Love, me

Seriously now.

2007-04-15T14:47:13Z

I should really be working. I have 2 designs due tomorrow. I should try and turn off my Airport so I won't be tempted to surf and actually get work done. Gaaaaaah. O__o

One last smoke break then I will start writing copy for the newsletter. Just a short smoke break, I swear.

*Sigh*

Apr 3, 2007 Sleeping with sisters

2007-04-03T08:43:11Z

Not in the incest kind of way, you perv. Most definitely not.

Every summer, in an effort to save on electricity bills, my dad gently reminds us to try and sleep in one room so that we only have one aircon unit running throughout the evening.

We all planned to sleep in my parents room. However last night, the mattress that Kai sleeps on finally had its LONG OVERDUE washing. So last night, my sister and I slept in the same room, sharing the same bed.

For the past couple of months, my sister has been sleeping in my parent's room. So lately, I feel like it's MY room, and mine alone. So, it was weird having her sleep in the room again, even more having her sleep in the very same bed.

It could be the nice evening we had making fun of my Dad's fake British accent and strong Visayan accent. It could also be the icky fake Mango juice that my mom tricked us to drink. Could also be the fact that she bumped my name off the high score list of Otis (by playing on Easy mode, just so you know. I beat her score by 1000 points anyway, ON THE FIRST TRY. Haha) Or maybe it was giddy-ness. Whatever it was, it made my sister Kai unbelievably hyper. And she just wouldn't stop talking. 0__o

I found myself saying so many times "Kai, please. Go to sleep. I have to wake up at 5:30am tomorrow." Haha. It didn't help that the lights were on because Kai *cough* was scared *cough* to sleep with the lights out. She finally let me turn them off, but insisted we hold hands while she tries to sleep. Ang labooooo!!!

Oh, and I had to promise that I'll create a playlist in my iPod especially for Dong Bang worship. So, now you guys know what I'll be doing tonight.

Ah, sisterhood. You have your days when you want to kill each other (like when someone insists on using the PC and the TV at the same time) and then days when you actually get along. In between, there are days when you help each other (like the time when the brush got stuck in my hair and she patiently cut the bristles one by frickin' one to untangle my hair, even if she had somewhere to be) and days when you make fun of each other. What I love the most though are days when we join forces against someone, say my mom. Like that time we had a mad giggle fit in SM and just couldn't stop guffawing. Mom gave Kai the evil eye and turns around. Kai motions and pretends to poke mom's eyes out, only for mom to turn around and catch Kai do the poking motion with her hands. Hahahahaha.

Good times.

Oh look! Yet another post dedicated to 300!

2007-03-25T11:05:19Z

I know, I know. Almost every blog/ column/ whatever else has an article dedicated to Frank Miller's "300". And yes, I know that I did my share a few days ago when I posted the comic strip from Ctrl Alt Del. (which is a cool website for gaming fans, by the way)

But I saw this You Tube clip and just couldn't resist sharing. I love how it captures my love affair with the men of 300. --> Oh, wait. That doesn't sound right. But you know what I mean. (I hope) Haha.

And since we're already showing scantily clad men, check out this fan video of World of Warcraft residents prancing around to Hagibis' "Katawan".

I've been wanting to play World of Warcraft for the longest time now and I haven't for 2 reasons: 1) I don't have time and 2) I can't afford it.

So for now, I will just settle for Warcraft III: Defense of the Ancients. Until I get reeeeeeealy tempted to sign up for WoW, that is.

Eventful Saturday.

2007-03-17T14:03:41Z

It's Saturday. I'm supposed to be sleeping in, wake up at around 2pm. Instead, I found myself in the office at 8am driving my dad's pick up and hauling stuff from the old to the new office. It wasn't so bad since I was done by 12nn. Plus, it's always nice to have something new to look forward to, in this case the new office.

Summer is really here and as if to make sure I don't forget, he gave me a massive headache to remember him by. So I decide to take a nap. Well actually, I feel asleep while surfing the net.

I wake up around 5pm and get ready to go to this event where a part of the proceeds will be donated to my organization. It's a college party, and truth be told I was bummed to go. It's a college party (with a fashion show) and maaaaaaan, thank God for the dimmed house lights that concealed my rolling eyes. Major workout ang eyeballs ko tonight. Haha.

On the upside, I came prepared. I brought the SO along so we can get bored together. He loaned me his PSP (Burnout: Legends is my lifesaver!) and he brought his iBook -which I'm using now to make this post. Yes, may (free) wifi dito sa Roxas Blvd. And in true geek form, I prefer to update my LJ and beat my Burnout highscore instead of smooch with the college kids and get free booze from the bar. If that isn't geeky enough, I'm raring to ditch this place so we can head over to Katipunan and play DoTA. (That's the network game, Warcraft III/ Defense of the Ancients for the uninitiated.)

Howell.

I <3 geeks.

2007-03-17T09:23:16Z

Champion 'tong comic strip!

I know everyone's been talking and raving about 300. I won't be any different since I looooooved it and can't wait to get the DVD.

And again, I <3 the strip.

Mar 15, 2007 Posting with Journler

2007-03-15T12:58:23Z

Testing to see if I dissed Blogger Beta with reason. If I can't post from Journler, there's always Bleezer. If all else fails, there's the copy-paste scenario.

But seriously folks, don't you just love free ware? For me, that's at the same level of love as finding extra money in your jeans pocket or realizing it's a Saturday and you can sleep in or having something new to obsess about. Right now, it's the last one for me.

Current obsessions now (in no order) are Heroes, Free Mac Ware, DoTA and reviving my mad fandom for all things Buffy and Whedonverse.

I *heart* fandom.

Off to make LJ avatars now.

--- edit. Journler post a success! w00t!

Look what we have here.

2007-03-15T12:08:19Z

So after letting go of the need to have complete creative freedom over my blog's template, I signed up with LiveJournal.

Sorry, Blogger Beta. Your snooty API whatever code doesn't play nice with my offline editor, Journler, who I heart now.

Now I have something new to neglect. Hooray.