You Are a Little Messy

You aren't the cleanest person in the world, but you're definitely not a slob. You clean up when you have the time, but you're realistic about what you can get done. Generally, you're pretty organized and tidy - though you may have a few hidden messes. You eventually get around to making things spotless, but you do it on your own schedule!

Are You Messy?

Eh... Not so. I usually don't bother cleaning up my messes... Haha.

You Are 70% Grown Up, 30% Kid

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature. Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

What Your Latte Says About You

You are very decadent in all aspects of your life. You never scale back, and you always live large. You can be quite silly at times, but you know when to buckle down and be serious. You have a good deal of energy, but you pace yourself. You never burn out too fast. You're addicted to caffeine. There's no denying it. You are responsible, mature, and truly an adult. You're occasionally playful, but you find it hard to be carefree. You are honest and genuine, but you are never tactless.

What Does Your Latte Say About You?

Battling Peer Pressure

So, why am I suddenly writing about a social occurrence, rather that simply the things I see, touch, smell, feel, and er... taste? But I do see peer pressure. Everyday. Obviously I don't just go to class and sleep throughout the day. (How would I have gotten my highest ever average for the quarter that way? ^^ 91.60 <- shocking) Peer pressure, although not outright is in our class, our batch, and definitely in our school. It probably is in yours too, that is if you still go to school. But anyway, I realized today that peer pressure isn't just about how you dress, your slang, your habits, but it also includes those little things you don't think about anymore.

When the class just suddenly decides to stand up, what do you do? Of course you join in and think that you missed something. I know I do. If one of the classmate you admire laughs at a joke, you haven't really thought about, what is your reaction? I know I just laugh.

Where was I going with this again? Er...

Ah, yeah, that we should take into consideration what we are doing. We might not realize it, but we might already be doing something unpleasant to the Lord's eyes. This kinda applies a lot to those graduating students, like me. We're leaving our tiny, kinda stressful haven, where we're pretty much protected from "bad influences”，in whatever form these may be. When we leave (and our teachers never fail to remind us how close that day is getting), we leave the safety zone. It may be pretty obvious and such, but I don't think we really realize how much we are being shielded from the world. We get bored with the monotony of our classes （speaking for myself here) and want to leave as soon as possible．I expect to have a lot of fun in uni, and actually enjoy the classes, as we are the ones to choose which ones we are to take and which not to. But at the same time, we loose the familiarity of our so-called tiny building along Pasong Tamo Extension, ahem, Don Chino Roces Avenue, 　I　ｍｅａｎ．　

Too much, er, what did you call it again, routine, and life becomes boring, on the other hand, without any sort of routing, life becomes unbearable. Ok, so I'm exaggerating. When we leave big school, and go to bigger school, everything's new and exciting, and a little bit terrifying, but I for one intend to enjoy the transition... Gah! I've gone way off track again. *sigh* Anyway, my point is, college life will be, hands down, totally different from high school. I'm sure! *glances around* Yeah... No more teachers you can approach and start a "chika" kinda conversation. No more lounging around the Guidance Office during lunch. No more same set of classmates and classroom day in and day out. No more MHCS... How in the world did 12 years go by so quickly?!

Ok, so the previous paragraph was rambling and babbling rolled into one. My real point is that we're going to be in a completely different atmosphere and a new set of classmates, who will most likely have a completely different set of values. We can't just bend to what they believe in because we want to fit in and be accepted by them! If we do, what were those years in high school for? Everyone says that elementary and high school are just stepping stones towards uni (which is the stepping stone for life), if we discard the values (not only the info) we acquired during our time there, what was the point? It all becomes a waste.

People are unique beings. A person shouldn't have to pretend to be somebody he/she isn't. And you can't expect someone to fit a mold you made, just because you want them to. We don't have exactly the same DNA for a reason. We are different. Let's savor the diversity.

You know, I really did intend for this article to end up a completely different way, leading to another article about hypocrisy and stuff, but now... Ah...

Pato Confessions

SCHOOL CONFESSIONS

[x] Talked back to a teacher.
[ ] Been kicked out of class.
[ ] Worn pajamas to school.
[x] Had your tooth fall out at school.
[ ] Gotten lost in your school.
[x ] Broken the dress code in school.
[x] Failed a test.
[x] Left class without asking.
[x] Missed a whole week of school.
[x ] Thrown up in school.
[ ] Been beat up at school.

HOME LIFE CONFESSIONS

[ ] Argue with your parents a lot.
[ ] Argue with your brother(s) a lot.
[ ] Argue with your sister(s) a lot.
[x] Have your own room.
[ ] Do your own laundry.
[x] Cook dinner once in a while.
[ ] Are loud at home.
[x] Wear pajamas when you are not going anywhere.
[x] You sleep long.
[x] All you do is watch television.
[ ] Your parents are divorced.
[ ] Your family makes you cry alot
[ ] One or both of your grandparents live with you.
[ ] You can't stand being with your parents

FRIEND CONFESSIONS

[x] You currently dislike one or more of your friends.
[x] You are jealous of one or more of your friends.
[ ] You have known a friend your whole life.
[ ] Your friends are all taller than you.
[x] You have been ditched by a friend.
[x] You have memorized a friends phone number.
[x] You have lost/forgotten a friends phone number.
[ ] You have been to all of your friends houses.
[x] You love most of your friends.

HABIT CONFESSIONS

[ ] You bite your nails.
[x] You have an odd obsession with knives.
[ ] You cannot sleep with the door closed.
[ ] You cannot sleep with the door open.
[ ] There is at least one sound you cannot stand.
[x] You write stories about mad cannibalistic serial killers (I used to. Read Akabane)
[x] You are good at telling lies.

LOVE CONFESSIONS

[ ] You currently like someone.
[ ] You want to kill one of your exes.
[x] You can stay commited for an unusually long time.
[ ] You get bored of your crush/bf/gf easily.
[ ] A crush/bf/gf has called you a bitch before.
[ ] A crush/bf/gf has called you self-centered before.

PERSONAL OPINION CONFESSIONS

[ ] You hate George Bush.
[ ] Abortion is horrible and should be illegal.
[x ] Gay marriage is fine by you.
[ ] Boys make better friends than girls do.
[ ] The beach is an excellent place for a date.
[ ] Pink is an ugly color.
[x] Needles aren't so horrible.
[ ] Human flesh tastes like fine aged veal
[x] You have plenty of secrets

HAVE YOU EVER CONFESSIONS

[ ] Fallen up the stairs.
[ ] Someone has tied your shoelaces together.
[x] Had a nail fall off.
[ ] Captured, Manipulated, or Destroyed a soul by Ars Falcis
[ ] Had surgery
[ ] Slapped someone across the face.
[ ] Killed someone.
[ ] Someone has called you a tease.
[ ] You have been to Europe.
[x] You have worn something inside out for a whole day

Taken from Neko's site.

I GOT IN! - ADMU STYLE

As Neko points out, this post was due for quite some time now, 2 weeks I think. I just haven't had the time to brag about this. >.

Anyhoo... Yipee!

LAST NAME: Cruz
FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME: Patricia May Tuazon
STATUS: Accepted
COURSE: BS PSY
SCHOLARSHIP:

^- And that blank after the scholarship part simply means that I'm not a scholar, duh. But I'm just saying this so no one misunderstands.

Now that this is over, I can now say in a very singsongy voice, "I'm going to Ateneo!" Read that 10 times and you've got it. What else can I say? How about our batch's passing rate?

I'm not sure how many took the entrance exam, probably around 60+, but one around less than 20 got in. That's about 20%... It isn't amazing, but it's better than UP's, although worse than DLSU's. None of the results were particularly surprising. The passing rate, I mean. The UPCAT's results were released much earlier than we expected. They guys proctoring us said that it'd be out by late February, but check the UPCAT site and you see results. I'd have to say that it's a bit troublesome to search for classmates. Only 9 out of 60+ passed. *wipes sweat* When it came to DLSU, however, almost everyone passed. You know I did. :)

Oh yeah, did I pass UP? Short answer: No.

And I don't particularly care, actually. Even if I passed, I wouldn't have gone there anyway, so it doesn't really matter to me. (Neko got all tense when she heard this piece of news though. She thinks she's just as smart as I am, but I'd have to disagree. She's 14, I'm 16. She confuses me a lot with this or that, which she throws into our conversations, where I'm left asking, "What is that?" Maybe she is as smart as I am, but then again, I have a 2 year lead in age. So what does that say about us?) Where was I? Eh... *gets distracted by Samurai X playing in the background* I'm lost, I forgot where I was going... Yeah, that happens a lot.

So, now, once again, I've forgotten the point of this post, oh yeah... I got into Ateneo... Since that purpose has been fulfilled and Slam Dunk is now playing, I'll leave the other posts I've planned to make till later.

I GOT IN! - DLSU STYLE

Ah, my first all caps title. You know what, I bet you that this will be a year absolutely full of firsts. Like right now, this is my first Love Earth shirt. And this is my first time visiting SM Bacolod. I've only seen one floor of one wing, and I'm not really amazed or anything. Not anything like my reaction to MoA... (Wow... It's huge...)

But lets's get straight to the hyperactivity-inducing point.

I GOT INTO DLSU!

Case No. : 09689
Examinee Name: Cruz, Patricia May Tuazon
School : Makati Hope Christian School, Makati
Degree : BS-PSYC
Status: Accepted (1st Choice)

You see that. Now I'll never be a ronin. I got that from the Chobits manga I was reading a week ago. Ronin - a student who failed his university's entrance exams and has to go to "prep"/"cram" school. (I'm not sure which it is.)

I know I want to get into Ateneo and hopefully into NUS as well, but it's a stepping stone. A first usually is succeeded by, well, other similar incidents. Hopefully, in a few weeks time there'll be a "I GOT IN! - ADMU STYLE" or "I GOT IN! - NUS STYLE" something of that sort.

Ok let me now, just take this opportunity to wish everyone a prosperous new year - hopefully. Let us remain hopeful for the rest of the 360-something days.

Staying Out Till Midnight

Really, is this something a sixteen-year old should be doing? I'm not sure about other people, but it sure isn't normal for me. It was the first time I stayed out this late with friends. And no, we weren't causing mayhem in strange dark places. So there.

You see, it was last Friday, the day of our school Christmas party. We had planned to go out to SM Megamall beforehand to have fun and make a memory of our last high school Christmas party. I had no real intention of staying in school, so I came in late. The party began at 8, I think, but I arrived a whopping 2 hours later. The purpose was to deliver the pressies and scram, but in the end I stayed, ate a bit, took loads of pictures (shocking) and ended up waiting till past 12 for Clarissa's driver to pick us up. Dani was late as well, so at least I didn't feel bad about being the one being waited for.

Right now, I'm just wondering where I can get a hold of the pictures and giving my present to Faye. I didn't notice that I left hers at home when I was packing up the presents.

Anyway... We waited a really long time in the lobby before we could leave. After that we waited in the car, and well talked about loads of stuff. Stuff I won't bother to disclose. Gah, what can I say? We had fun spending time together. How to express that is beyond my current capabilities.

When we got there, our original plan was to go ice skating. They chickened out however, because of the cold and because Dani was wearing a skirt. We didn't want to expose her knickers, so oh well. More money for other stuff. We went to the cinema to buy some tickets for The Golden Compass then onto to Timezone to kill some, well, time. We played Beatmania, Guitarmania, and the strange machine gun game. Of course, I played ID4 as well. But the machine there felt a bit strange. I can't explain it, but with my RX8, I'd usually win the start-up, but there, I lost it. Several times, in fact.

Wait... I forgot to use up my WOF tokens... Dang... Next time.

After that, we rushed up to the cinema, to the wrong one in fact, so we had to rush to the correct one making sure not to spill our popcorn. The Golden Compass was an ok movie. Dakota has grown-up a lot from the War of the Worlds movie, actually, I barely recognized her, apart from the fact that I saw her name on the movie, I wouldn't have even noticed that it was her. Except for her scream though. That hasn't changed.

After the movie, we roamed around the mall and found Comic Alley! Yay! There were so many soundtracks!! So many Intial D soundtracks! >.< In the end, I only bought 2 sticker sets and a Rukawa pin. I was looking for a Sakuragi or Akagi one, but found no other Slam Dunk ones. V.V Did I mention that I'm a Slam Dunk fan ? :D
There were so many Mokonas! But they were so expensive, P500+, so I didn't buy any. :(

Clarissa wanted to buy the Ashley Tisdale album, so we went to Odyssey and Astrovision (I think), but we didn't find any. It was after that that she received the text from her driver that he was hit by the car behind him, so he couldn't pick us up yet.

Reaction: What the hell?!

Of course we went into plan B/C/D mode and called our parents. We figured that we would just wait for the driver, after all, how long would it take?

Two hours later at Krispy Kreme, we realized how long.

At that point, the driver finally arrived and told us that he had to go to some MMDA compound in Ultra to make a statement of some sort. So, we waited for about 45 minutes in the car, wondering how our parents would sermon us. In the end, we brought Dani to school, her mom was waiting in front of the school, then I was brought home.

We said our goodbyes and goodnights. And that was the end of our little escape. It makes me wonder what wouldn't happened if Neko tagged along. I suppose we would never know.

Merry Christmas!

Gender Bender Survey - Taken from Neko

The more 0s you add, the more you agree with the statements. Measure your guy-ness!

YOUR GUY SIDE:
[0] You like hoodies. - when I first bought my semi-new Human shirt, I started falling for these
[000] You like jeans. - they're comfortable, so they're ok
[000 ] Dogs are better than cats. - Snoopy!!!
[00] It's hilarious when people get hurt.
[000] You've played with/against boys on a team. - basketball; they always win
[ ] Shopping is torture.
[ 0] Sad movies suck. - bleh
[ ] You own/ed an X-Box. - I've always wanted one
[ ] Played with HotWheels cars as a kid. - I have a tiny tricked-out 2007 Civic, which I bought last year
[ ] At some point in time, you wanted to be a firefighter.
[ ] You own/ed a PS, DS, PS2 or Sega. - same as the X-Box
[00 ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers. - Pink Ranger, go!
[0] You watch sports on TV. - sometimes. rarely
[00000 ] Gory movies are cool.
[ ] You go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps. - I don't even like baseball caps
[ ] You like going to high school football games.
[ ] You used to/do collect football cards.
[ ] Baggy pants are cool to wear.
[00 ] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people. - it feels awkward to have people in the room while I sleep
[0000] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[000] You love to go crazy and not care what people think. - oh year, pretend no one else exists
[000 ] Sports are fun. - adrenaline rush!
[ ] Talk with food in your mouth. - eew
[0 ] Sleep with your socks on at night. - sometimes, when it's cold

The Girly-girly survey - taken from Neko-san

1. How old will you be in 3 birthdays?
19... Wow, 19...

2. Do you think you'll be married by then?

Heck no.

3. What do you look forward to most in the next 3 months?

• Getting a new laptop
• Getting a new iPod
• Getting out of high school
• Getting the results of the entrance exams
• Getting back into tennis
• Obsessing over Snoopy
  

4. Who was the last person you called?
Eh... *checks cellphone* Mom.

5. Have you ever played a team sport?
Yes, basketball.

6. Who was the last person to text you?
Clarissa.

7. Who was the last person you hugged?
Snoopy.

8. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Was I sleeping yet? If not, rereading my Slam Dunk manga.

11. What were you doing at 11am today?
Taking our Physics long test. If it were not for that, I wouldn't have gone to school today.

12. How many states have you visited?
5, I think.

13. If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
Timezone. I know I'm shallow.

14. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Socks, with or without shoes, depending where I am.

15. Are you a social person?
Usually... no.

16. What was the last thing you drank?
Water, although I am yearning for more Peppermint Mocha Frappucinos.

17. Favorite ice cream ?
Sadly, I haven't had ice cream in a long time, so I'm not sure what my preference is right now. Although... it's probably still chocolate.

18. What is your favorite dessert?
Cake. Red Ribbon cake.

19. Whats your favorite color?
Black, white, blue, purple, silver...

18. What kind of jelly do you put on your PB and J's?
The only jelly I like is coconut jelly, wait, it's jam, not jelly...

21. Do you like coffee?

I'm ok with it, learning to love it.

22. How many glasses of water a day do you drink on average?
Who knows, I drink from a tumbler.

23. What do you drink in the morning?
Water/tea/nothing.

24. Would you rather kiss someone with or without a tongue ring?
Neither. Not looking forward to kissing anyone.

25. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
I sleep where I can still fit, as my pillows and stuffed toys take up half of my single-sized mattress.

26. Do you know how to play poker?
I wish I did.

27. Whats so good about Fridays?
School shirt day.

28. Any plans for this week?

Trip to Megamall tomorrow. Sleep. Read. Sleep. Play. Sleep.

29. Do you eat out or at home more often?
About the same.

30. How big is your TV?
Small.

31. Ever stolen a street sign?

I don't know how to.

32. Do you keep a piggy bank?

Not anymore. I think the old piggy is now with one of my cousins.

33. What kind of camera do you have?

My N90. (I want a Cybershot.)

34. Have you ever been in an ambulance?

Not yet.

35. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?

A pool. I don't want to get lost or swept away.

36. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?

Window.

37. Do you know how to drive a stick shift?

Yes, but it isn't in practice much.

38. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?

Starbucks, but after I get my planner, I intend to keep my money in my wallet as much as possible.

39. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?

Eh, no.

41. Can you roll your tounge?

Not sure. *tries* I don't think so.

42. who is the funniest person you know?

...

43. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

I have 4 with me every night. Nu-chan, Star, Daisy, and Mr. Un-named Bean Plushie.

44. What is the main ring tone on your phone?

Text - Disco Fire by Neo ; Call - One Touch - Ace feat. La Gatta.

45. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?

A few, most of them are nightgowns.

46. What is the color of your bedroom wall?

My wallpaper is the scenery of some peninsula, I think.

47. Do you shut off the water when you brush your teeth?

Yup, a habit developed by force.

48. Are you crushing on someone right now?

No. I resist any hint of a crush coming on at every turn.

49. Do you currently hate someone?
Shhh...