Thursday, July 13, 2006

Blogthings things

Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking

You aren't afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal.
You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk.

You should major in:

Philosophy
Music
Theology
Art
History
Foreign language


You Are A Jealous Ex

You're not quite over your past, and you are hurt that your ex is moving on
You're no longer in love, but you're not done with being pissed
Jealous of any happiness that comes your ex's way, you still can't let go


Your Stress Level is: 38%

You are slightly prone to stress, but generally you keep it under control.
You know how to relax and take things as they come, even when your worlds seems to be falling apart.
Occasionally, you do let yourself get stressed out, but you snap out of it pretty quickly.


You Are 30% Addicted to Blogthings

Okay, so you know how to take and post a Blogthing.
But you're no addict. (Hey, this quiz *proves* it!)
For you, Blogthings is more of a healthy habit.
At least, that's what you tell yourself!


You Play it Cool

You're not in your face, smokin' hot... and it's all by design
You have a carefully crafted cool persona, leaving everyone wanting to know just a little more.


What Your Sleeping Position Says

You are calm and rational.
You are also giving and kind - a great friend.
You are easy going and trusting.
However, you are too sensible to fall for mind games.


You Are 64% Lady

Overall, you are a refined lady with excellent manners.
But you also know when to relax and not get too serious about etiquette


You Should Travel to Japan

From freak sightings in Harajuku to awesome sashimi, you'll love Japan.
And who knows? You might end up on Japanese TV!


You Are 66% Evil

You are very evil. And you're too evil to care.
Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.


You Are 68% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded.
Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.
But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.
You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.


You Are Likely a Second Born

At your darkest moments, you feel inadequate.
At work and school. you do best when you're evaluating.
When you love someone, you offer them constructive criticism.

In friendship, you tend to give a lot of feedback - positive and negative.
Your ideal careers are: accounting, banking, art, carpentry, decorating, teaching, and writing novels.
You will leave your mark on the world with art and creative projects.


You Are a Seeker Soul

You are on a quest for knowledge and life challenges.
You love to be curious and ask a ton of questions.
Since you know so much, you make for an interesting conversationalist.
Mentally alert, you can outwit almost anyone (and have fun doing it!).

Very introspective, you can be silently critical of others.
And your quiet nature makes it difficult for people to get to know you.
You see yourself as a philosopher, and you take everything philosophically.
Your main talent is expressing and communicating ideas.

Souls you are most compatible with: Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul


You are


Your Five Variable Love Profile

Propensity for Monogamy:

Your propensity for monogamy is high.
You find it easy to be devoted and loyal to one person.
And in return, you expect the same from who you love.
Any sign of straying, and you'll end things.

Experience Level:

Your experience level is medium.
You probably have had a couple significant loves.
And you may have even had your heart broken.
But you haven't really dated a wide variety of people.

Dominance:

Your dominance is medium.
You tend to be the one with more power.
You aren't a total control freak in relationships..
But of course you don't mind getting you way!

Cynicism:

Your cynicism is high.
Sure you believe in love, but you know it doesn't come easily.
You scoff at "love at first sight" and "soumates."
You rather take the real thing, as unglamorous as it is.

Independence:

Your independence is high.
You don't need to be in love, and sometimes you don't even want love.
Having your own life is very important for you...
Even more important than having a relationship.


You Are Apple Pie

You're the perfect combo of comforting and traditional
Those who like you crave security


You Should Drive a Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra

You have an extreme need for speed, even when you're not in a hurry.
And while your flying by, you don't want to look like every other car on the road!


Your Ideal Relationship is Friends Only

Honestly, you're not really ready for a relationship right now.
And you prefer to keep things platonic, for now.
That's not to say that one of your friends could be dating material.
You're just taking a break for now.


Your Summer Ride is a Mini Cooper

You are all about unique, one of a kind adventures.
The only thing predictable about your summer is that it's unpredictable!


Your World View

You are a fairly broadminded romantic and reasonably content.
You value kindness and try to live by your ideals.
You have strong need for security, which may be either emotional or material.

You respect truth and are flexible.
You like people, and they can readily make friends with you.
You are not very adventurous, but this does not bother you.


Your Hidden Talent

You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system.
And while this may not seem big, it can be.
It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes.
You're just a bit behind the scenes, so no one really notices.


Your Values Profile

Loyalty:

You value loyalty highly.
You're completely devoted to your friends and family.
Even if they totally screw up, you're still there for them.
Just make sure they're equally loyal to you!

Honesty:

You don't really value honesty.
You do value getting your way, no matter what.
And if a little lying is required to do that, no problem.
A few white lies never hurt anyone (at least, that's what you tell yourself!)

Generosity:

You don't really value generosity.
Your needs always come first, no matter what.
And you'll possibly help someone else out...
But only if it helps you in return.

Humility:

You value humility highly.
You have the self-confidence to be happy with who you are.
And you don't need to seek praise to make yourself feel better.
You're very modest, and you're keep the drama factor low.

Tolerance:

You value tolerance a fair amount.
You are open to new cultures, beliefs, and ideas.
You have very few prejudices that you're aware of.
And while you are tolerant, you do stand true to what you believe.


Brainy Kid

In high school, you were acing AP classes or hanging out in the computer lab.

You may have been a bit of a geek back then, but now you're a total success!


You Are Wind

Strong and overpowering
A force to be reckoned with, no one dares cross you
You have the power to change everything around you

You are best known for: your wrath

Your dominant state: commanding


You Should Get a PhD in Liberal Arts (like political science, literature, or philosophy)

You're a great thinker and a true philosopher.
You'd make a talented professor or writer.


Your Power Level is: 67%

You're a very powerful person, and you know that all of your power comes from within.
Keep on doing what you're doing, and you'll reach your goals.


Your Power Level is: 67%

You're a very powerful person, and you know that all of your power comes from within.
Keep on doing what you're doing, and you'll reach your goals.


Your Driving Is is: 81% Male, 19% Female

According to studies, you drive like a typical male.
You're reckless, aggressive, and see driving as a game.
And while you like to live on the edge a little, you still know how to drive safely.


You Are Rocky Road Ice Cream

Unpredictable and wild, you know how to have fun.
You're also a trendsetter who takes risks with new things.
You know about the latest and greatest - and may have invented it!

You are most compatible with vanilla ice cream.


Your Political Profile:
Overall: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal


Your Emoticon is Cool

You're not feeling particularly up or down, just relaxed and calm. You're ready for whatever is going to happen next!


Your Career Type: Realistic

You are practical and mechanical.
Your talents lie in working with tools, mechanical or electrical drawings, machines, or animals.

You would make an excellent:

Carpenter - Diesel Mechanic - Electrician
Farmer - Fire Fighter - Flight Engineer
Forester - Locksmith - Locomotive Engineer
Pilot - Police Officer - Truck Driver

The worst career options for your are social careers, like social worker or teacher.


You Are Mexican Food

Spicy yet dependable.
You pull punches, but people still love you.


Your Inner Blood Type is Type A

You seem cool and collected, though a bit shy.
You are highly driven and a perfectionist, but that's a side you keep to yourself.
Creative and artistic, you are a very unique person who doesn't quite fit in.
People accept you more than you realize, seeing you as trustworthy and loyal.

You are most compatible with: A and AB

Famous Type A's: Britney Spears and Hilter


You Communicate With Your Ears

You love conversations, both as a listener and a talker.
What people say is important to you, and you're often most affected by words, not actions.
You love to hear complements from others. And when you're upset, you often talk to yourself.
Music is very important to you. It's difficult to find you without your iPod.


You Are 16% Abnormal

You are at low risk for being a psychopath. It is unlikely that you have no soul.

You are at low risk for having a borderline personality. It is unlikely that you are a chaotic mess.

You are at low risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection.

You are at low risk for having a social phobia. It is unlikely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement.

You are at low risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is unlikely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.


Your Love Style is Agape

You are a caring, kind, and selfless partner.
Unsurprisingly, your love style is the most rare.
You are willing to sacrfice your world for your sweetie.
Except it doesn't really feel like sacrifice to you.
For you, nothing feels better than giving to the one you love.


You Are 40% "Average American"

You are average because you support affirmative action.

You are not average since you don't drink.


You Are a Sarariiman!

Or "salaryman." Whatever. Treadmill off, treadmill on.
Most of the sleep you get is on Tokyo's extensive subway system, since you are putting in 14 hour days.
You're a workaholic who works hard for no overtime. And vacations? Forget about it.
You spend most of your trip hunting around for gifts to bring back all of your coworkers.


Your Brain is 47% Female, 53% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female
You are both sensitive and savvy
Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed
But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve


You Should Be a Film Writer

You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind.
You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life.
Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling.
And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!


On Average, You Would Sell Out For

$284,274


You Have Low Self Esteem 12% of the Time

Which can be translated to mean, you have high self-esteem and a healthy sense of self worth.
You believe in yourself, and you know how to be the real you. You love yourself, imperfections and all.


You Have A Type B+ Personality

You're a pro at going with the flow
You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer
A total joy to be around, people crave your stability.

While you're totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity.
Get into a project you love, and you won't stop until it's done
You're passionate - just selective about your passions


Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful

You've got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog.
Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights.
A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time.
You blog for yourself - and you don't care how popular (or unpopular) your blog is!


Your IQ Is 90

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average

Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius

Your Mathematical Intelligence is Below Average

Your General Knowledge is Below Average


You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!


You Are 20 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.


You Are 13% Vain

You don't have a vain bone in your body - almost as a matter of principal.
You demand to be judged on who you are, not what you look like.


Your Birth Month is May

Unique and creative, you seek your own path in life.
You love change and are able to adapt to any situation.

Your soul reflects: Sweetness, joy, and a complete life.

Your gemstone: Emerald

Your flower: Lily of the Valley

Your colors: Yellow, red, and green


You Are Sunset

Even though you still may be young, you already feel like you've accomplished a lot in life.
And you feel free to pave your own path now, and you're not even sure where it will take you.
Maybe you'll pursue higher education in a subject you enjoy - or travel the world for a few years.
Either way, you approach life with a relaxed, open attitude. And that will take you far!


Your Aura is Blue

Your Personality: Your natural warmth and intuition nurtures those around you. You are accepting and always follow your heart.

You in Love: Relationships are your top priority, and this includes love. You are most happy when you are serious with someone.

Your Career: You need to help others in your job to feel satistifed. You would be a great nurse, psychologist, or counselor.


You are Milk Chocolate

A total dreamer, you spend most of your time with your head in the clouds.
You often think of the future, and you are always working toward your ideal life.
Also nostelgic, you rarely forget a meaningful moment... even those from long ago.


You Are 12% Bitchy

You are practically an angel - both on the inside and outside.
You try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and you're even tolerant of bitchiness in others!


Your Inner Eye Color Is Brown

You're smart, thoughtful, and the ideal woman for most men
You are kind and easy to trust. Men open up to you like no one else.
It's this inner warmness that attracts guys - and makes you an instant soulmate.


You Are 8% Girly

Um... you're a guy, right? If not, you're the most boyish girl in the world.
And for you, that's probably the ultimate compliment.


You Are 61% Independent

You've cultivated your own indepedent interests and personal style.
But you're open minded enough to also embrace anything trendy that strikes you.


You Are Midtown

You love so many things, you don't fit into any one label.
Your city girl persona goes to a fancy restaurant one night and a dive bar the next.


You Are An Iris

You are a unique woman who needs a lot of novelty in her life.
An inspiration seeker, you often have to change scenery to recharge.
You don't deal well with structure or rules. You need to do it your own way.
Your ideal relationships are free and flowing. No one can tie you down.

Gosh that was fun... Haha



Monday, July 10, 2006

Life in General

Life is changing. I understand that fact, and a whole lot of people as well. These changes seem to manifesting in forms that catch my attention more and more everytime.

The most prominent and probably the most significant change I'm experiencing now is my "shifting of language" as I like to call it. I've been speaking English my entire life, well, as long as I remember anyway, but that pretty much signifies my entire life, doesn't it? Anyway, what I take pride in myself (although I probably shouldn't) is my ability to speak English, practically effortlessly. It is afterall my first language. I'm ignoring the fact that I'm Filipino and am living in the Philippines right now.

We were given an article by our English teacher about English globalization. English turning into a international language? It pretty much promotes English and is advertising that "you need English, people are handing over heaps of money to learn English", blah, blah. But that was written/published last March, 2005 that is, by Newsweek. I've been saying that it's literally "so last year". This year Time recently released an article quite similar to it, when comparing it by topic. Time's saying that Chinese is the new world, or is the upcoming, language.

That thought makes me want to cry though; I've been neglecting my Chinese classes for the past eleven years, and now when I'm old enough to understand these facts, I want to go to China to study the subject I've been hating for 2/3+ years now. Why must this happen? English has almost no more edge in job applications, it's Chinese now, damnit!

The second, and slightly more significant change in my life today is I'm starting to like drawing again... *collective gasp* Haha... I remember, after I first watched Anastasia, the Disney Princess movie (Disney seems to love making princess movies, I've no idea why), I bought a notebook with her picture in front, Anastasia in her ball (not princess) gown, the dark blue one if I remember correctly. I copied her, and almost made a very good copy, my downfall was the eyes. I had finished drawing her, but I couldn't, just couldn't copy the eyes. I think that it was that event in my life that stopped me from drawing. I used to love drawing, my life was like draw this, draw that, and so on and so fort, but that horribly "cheap" moment halted everything. Man, that sucked. If I hadn't stopped I might be drawing good anime today. *frowns*

The third, and totally useless change right now is that I'm starting to shift from Initial D to Kyou Kara Maou. KKM, I realize that that's what the fanbase is calling it for keystroke's sake, is slowing and steadily seeping into my mind, replacing the cars, and the not-so-bishounens of Initial D. See? "Not-so-bishounens"! What the hell! Shoo, shoo KKM, I'm not willing to give up Initial D yet! Espcially if I haven't finished the arcade stage yet! :P

Go away, KKM obsesssion!

But of couse, I'm the one and only one causing this change. I'm the one deciding to watch those episodes on YouTube! But I really do like the opening song... That won't change. Heck, even though I haven't listened to say... Noizy Tribe in ages, upon ages, upon ages, when my randomizer chose it randomly, I found myself nodding along to the song I used to love so much, such a long time ago, 1 year ago...

My, how life changes so quickly, why do things have to change...?

I'm not ending my post yet. I still have few things to get down, like a progress report(s), complaint, review, and a request. Meow!

I went to G4 yesterday...? Yeah, yesterday, I asked my mom to watch a movie, Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. Honestly, I had quite a few expectations from this movie. I hoped that it would have at the very least good race scenes, if nothing else. But even still with this meager hope, FFTD, failed.

When I watched it, the only plot I could indentify was that race, till you die, because the crazy dudes seem to have that philosophy. They really won't stop racing, regardless of the accidents and their hardly-existant skill. Death is probably the ultimate barrier. If you won't stop doing something bad for you, that, Death is what is in front of you. Actually it's in front of everyone, but continuing dangerous acts, would be like pulling it closer and closer to you.

Also, I was disappointed that I couldn't stop any Initial D cars, no hachi-roku... Although I think I saw an FD...

If I were to rate I'd give it a 2.5/5, because I liked the uber shiny, tricked-out sportscars these insane racers wielded.

Anyway, another report very much related to the previous one. I got to play again! Wohoo! Cheers and dances, not really. But I beat Kyouichi in Irohazaka, and cleared the entire Shomaru stage in one sitting! My car probably lightened the load, being the king car of that course and all. Happogahara was really hard though, I just skipped it. Added star to my precious RX8! But honestly, I didn't see any of the veterans.

All the really good players like Flup(?) it goes something like that, didn't pass by. The good players are usually around after lunch until before dinner time, but everyone there was a newbie. Some guy there said that I was good... Whoa, this guy is definetely new, I'm nothing compared to the seriously good dudes.

Also, I saw JV(?) there as well. He was playing Wangan Midnight this time around. He said that he had a hard time beating Impact Blue, and that he could drift, so he just transferred to Wangan, which is so much easier than IDAS, I will reiterate that time and time again. But he had a hard time with Wangan as well. Next time I see him, I'll tell him that he won't be able to get past these guys without practice. Before I couldn't even beat Tooru, for crying out loud, now he's a piece of point cake. I really don't like those kind of people, those who just give up because it's too hard, but that works against me, so that means that I really don't like myself as well... *shrug*

Also, if anyone reads this, and is applicable, I'd like help with Happogahara on IDAS. *cries* That was so hard, turn after turn, after turn, after turn, after turn...

And finally, Yahoo Answers... It's actually fun ^^ But I still like Google!

Mood- Pleading      Song- Wings of Fire- Neya Michiko & Kakazu Yumi a.k.a. Satou Mako and Sayuki- Initial D D Selection 2      Book- none so far       Game- none so far

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Initial D Special Stage Demo

Initial D Special Stage Demo 000

Just wanted to blog it so I would remember to watch it. :D

Samurai 7- Breaking the Habit

Samurai 7- Breaking The Habit


Wow... Do I only like Breaking the Habit AMVs?

A few images



Yahoo! Avatars

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Previous Day Post

I was supposed to type ths up last night after dinner, but when I was preparing to camp out at the computer for the night, my aunt came over to discuss some "stuff" with my mom. But anyway, I was just planning to put up the entry for my English journal. Ooh... We have an English journal... Yeah, we have to write up stuff for our Company profile project. I think we are to just write on days we did our project, like yesterday... Oh well...

Man, my mom's light is screwed, not to mention her ancient television as well.

"Since today is the PTC, Parent's & Teacher's Conference, we decided to schedule our company visit today. We agreed on meeting in school at around ten o'clock, all except Arlene (I do hope that I got her name's spelling right this time) arrived on time.

We ended up leaving school at around ten-twenty in the morning of this slightly dreary day. CE, Katrina, and Clarissa rode with my mom, while Arlene, Made, and I took a hundred-peso taxi ride, which Arlene and Made have to reimburse me for. Anyway, our taxi got there first, at about ten-forty, while our Corolla arrived a few moments later.

We got a brief briefing (I guess that's why they called it briefing...) from my mom, where she asked us what we were planning to do. Our group decided to do the plant tour first, and so she called the Production Manager, Mr. Chris Pasman, to us a tour of the production area. And although I've been there several times in my life, it feels different being there for the purpose of finding specific details.

He (Sir Chris) showed up around explaining the three different lines and the machines in it. We, but mainly CE, tried to take pictures but the camera was not charged and even we replaced the batteries, it still wouldn't stay on long enough to take a picture, But I don't think anyone over there would ming if we just used pictures from their database.

After our tour, we had a question and answer session with three important people in the company, getting the answers to the handout. I'm thinking of adding another unit/chapter about the security precautions they take both for the physical company and for the reputation or credibility of it. These three people are = Mr. Roberto Tionson, the Plant Head; Mr. Raymond Torres, the Production Manager; and Ms. Julie Cruz, the General Manager and my mother.

They insisted on keeping the financial details private, but they seemed more than willing to provide for our other requests. Someone from the company, most likely my mom, ordered Jollibee for our lunch, one-piece Chickenjoy, which we gladly took, since it was already one o'clock, our reserved manner we, generally, maintained vanished at the sight of food, free food!

After lunch, we took some pictures with our cameraphones outside the factory, since the factory area uses LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) in their machines, particularly their ovens, so they applied the "Turn off your cellphones, please" rule. Also, we decided to collect the calling cards of the officers who were kind enough to spend time helping us. I said "some" because we couldn't find Mr. Chris to retrieve a calling card from him as well.

And I wonder if all men put their calling cards in their wallets, unlike women who seem to have a special steel box for them, but that's seapking for the relatively high-position, professional women.

We finally ended our company visit at two-thirty. The others took a taxi to they-know-where, while I have to go off and continue studying Chinese and researching for debate.

Hmm... Maybe I should just make this the next post for my blog..."

And there you have it, my first English journal entry. Man, is it hard copying stuff onto my mom's computer. Haha...

Mood- Bored       Song- Wait Till I Can Dream- Tommy Heavenly6      Book- none yet       Game- Sudoku (:D!)

Monday, July 03, 2006

Philosophy blah...

First of all, I've been wanting write something about this. First Day High, the oh-so-popular commercial of Rexona. I admit, it's a cute, nice, whatever song, with nice give-away vehicles (I can't go off and say cars because the Ranger and the Duccati are pick-up truck and a motorcycle, respectively). And I wouldn't mind getting a Focus or a Mazda3, only problem is that I can't drive.

I mean, most of the Kamikazee are really nice, my cousins kept singing Narda during the summer, as a testament to that. Anyways, back to my original topic. But first I'll post the lyrics of the song:

FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

First day of school laging may kaba
Sino ba naman ang gustong mag-isa?
Sana may cute na makatabi
May bagong kaibigan tapos ng klase
Lakas loob, hanapin ang katropa
Sumabay sa sayaw!
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Umaapaw sa talino, To the BRAINY high!
Kung mayaman si papa,To the SOSY high!
Pag mahilig ka sa sports, To the MVP high!
Kung cool ka at astig, To the REBEL high!
Pag solid sa bait, To the NICE GUY high!
Itaas ang kamay
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Iba't iba ang hilig
Magkakasundo sa trip
Kung gusto mong sumama
WELCOME KANG MAG FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Taas noo, wag kang mag-alala
Tiwala sa sarili, wag ka nang mahihiya
Kumaway't wag kalimutang ngumiti
Sigurado'y sa iyo na may babati
(Hiiiiiiii!)
Lakas loob, hanapin ang katropa
Itaas ang kamay!
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Umaapaw sa talino, Do the BRAINY high!
Kung mayaman si papa, Do the SOSY high!
Pag mahilig ka sa sports, Do the MVP high!
Kung cool ka at astig, Do the REBEL high!
Pag solid sa bait, Do the NICE GUY high!
Itaas ang kamay
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Iba't iba ang hilig
Magkakasundo sa trip
Kung gusto mong sumama
WELCOME KANG MAG FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

F-I-R-S-T D-A-Y
FIRST DAY HIGH!!!
F-I-R-S-T D-A-Y
FIRST DAY HIGH!!!
F-I-R-S-T D-A-Y
FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Nasasabik sa unang araw ng iskwela
Taas kamay with confidence
LET'S DO THE FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

Iba't iba ang hilig
Magkakasundo sa trip
Kung gusto mong sumama
WELCOME KANG MAG FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

FIRST DAY HIGH!!!
FIRST DAY HIGH!!!

It's catchy, it's cute, and it most probably doesn't need a translation. Anyway, what's it about? My interpretation of it is basically stereotyping. There, checked spelling, if you want a definition click -> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stereotyping, mainly number two though. It pretty much places you in one of the classes: brainy, sosy, MVP, rebel, or nice guy.

When I watch that commercial (like every 10 minutes or so, when I watch ABS-CBN, that is), what goes straight to my head is, which one are you, when you figure that out, take your pose. But that's just wrong. If you have to set standards to fit in, in a group. It feels like, if you're really smart, you're a brainy, but not a sosy, MVP, a rebel, or a nice guy. It's like trying to fit a person into a surely molded box.

But humans are humans. No more than one person can fit an exact description. You can't go off and say, "Oh, you're so good with sports, you're in the MVP class. So you stay there and leave the other traits behind." Also, since you put a person in a class, you expect this person to have this so-and-so personality trait, and when they don't have it you ask questions about it.

All I can say to close that up is, "Stereotyping is wrong." People are unique, they were created that way, so there's no use trying to put them against a standard.

Second topic. This one is related to our History homework, or seeming series of. What is the greatest contribution of (insert civilization here) to civilization. I think anyway, since God didn't bless me with a photographic memory, I almost never remember the exact wording. Anyway, apart from God, I don't think a greatest anything exists.

Sure, there's a great, and a greater, but no greatest exists. A greatest anything, depends on a person's opinion, not on fact. Because in fact, there are a lot of amazing things, so how can you put a greatly useful item above another. Can you say that you can't live without fire, but can do so without a wheel. Literally, yeah you can actually. But without either, life's standard could return to the ones before Egyptians, because even though they lived thousands of years ago, even they had wheels, or derivations of it, without it there would be no pyramids, of which the Nile's Gift is famous for.

Point is, a lot of things are based on opinion, this homework is as well. So thankfully, there is no such thing as a wrong answer here. Unless of course I say that the Fertile Cresent's greatest contribution is the cell phone, which of course if false, because cell phones didn't exist back then. If you believe that they did, please see someone and check if something's wrong with you.

And the third thing I wanted to say is that I'm planning to make a new blog, or two. One for posting videos, curtesy of YouTube, and the other I might make into a mp3 rotation site. Nothing wrong with that right? :D

Mood- Expectant       Song- Arigato- BON'z- Kyou Kara Maou OST       Book- none yet      Game- none yet

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Kyou Kara Maou-Breaking The Habit

Kyou Kara Maou-Breaking The Habit

This is quite a nice video, it features Yuuri and his Maou counterpart. Also the song is from Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit. Obvious much, though.

Kyou Kara Maou

Ok, this is my candidate for new fandom... Haha... It's hardly serious like my previous addictions, but it's so FUNNY!!!

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Those two are from the ending song... uhm... I suppose I just realized it now that I really don't know what you call the opening and ending part before the anime... Hmm... Well, I suppose you learn new things everyday. :D

And as I was going to say, not only is it really funny (funny to the point that I'm clutching my stomach from laughing), it's humor is the one I really like, but usually only see in fics. It's yaoi humor... ROFL... But it has a really nice pair of opening and closing songs. They're rock, boy, poppish boy rock... Does that make any sense? Because I despise boy pop. In my opinion, Pop should be left to the female artists. I find it strange that boys singing in tones that even I can't hold... But the boy pop voice, is nice when mixed with rock...

If anyone wants a copy of it, feel free to email/tell me about it. That reminds me, I might put up a list, somewhere, where people can chose songs for me to send to them. The thing that is stopping me is pretty much the menial task of getting all of my songs on a list... A very long list... Oh well, I should get to that one day, as well as a lot of other things like finishing my other serious Initial D fic, and continuing The Devil Wears Prada book.

My days have been really hectic lately. They say, High 3 is the hardest of all the years in high school... Next week is long test week. The schedule being:
Monday - Algebra Long Test, Filipino Long Test, Chinese Vocabulary Quiz
Tuesday - Chemistry Long Test
Wednesday - Trigonometry Long Test
Thursday - Chinese Long Test
Friday - No Classes! Consultation Day (Parent Teachers Conference? Whatever)

When teachers group their tests together, I always say that it's a conspiracy... lol. And what a thing to laugh out loud about, I got a 90 on my Chinese long test... the looming test ahead... That was proabably the first time I scored a 9 figure in high school, for a Chinese long test that is.

Actually, I don't understand how we can have a Chinese long test scheduled when we haven't even completed the things we have to answer on that test... And second, people say that Trigonometry is hard, Accounting as well, this apart from the normal subjects we get every year... Trigonometry isn't really hard. It's just confusing, and you just have to be careful not mistakenly putting a wrong value on the hypothenuse slot. Apart from that, it's like rehashing what we learned these past years. That's why I actually like the Math Electives, but not Algebra, Statistics, Geometry, Trigonometry, are pretty much basic math skill pilled into one more new class, with some new terms added here and there and you get to use calculators. Although I'd like to say the same thing for Calculus, I can't because I don't know what happens in those classes in the 4th year.

Accounting... What can I say about it...? It's interesting, facinating, and I like our teacher, even though i still don't know her name, it starts with a letter "V" and "B", I think. I actually liked reading the first chapter of our textbook, my mom would probably think that it's a miracle. The basics are easy enough to understand... But the hard part is answering the workbook. *makes a face* Things that aren't mentioned in the chapter are brought out, and we're stumped. How much more clear about can I be? We haven't heard of some of these terms, therefore, we rely on the ever-lovable hula-hula method.

A while ago we had "Christian Education" class... I honestly preferred it when they called it Bible class. Basically, it's less of a mouth full... Actually, that's basically it. A while ago, our teacher discussed about the books of the Bible. She gave us handouts to supposedly help us memorize the books, or at least what happened, the basics anyway.

http://shiny-darkness.blogspot.com/2006/06/life-in-mud.html#links

She also said that it is wrong to think that "Life is but a wheel". If you're patient enough to read all my posts, no matter how long and babble-y they are, and actually remember a gist of them, I thank you, so much. A couple of posts back, I posted a poem, "Life in the Mud". It's basically about the rise and fall of your experiences in life. There are good and enjoyable parts, and there are times when it's tempting to just bang your head on a wall out of sheer frustration. I don't think life is but a wheel. My keyword is like.

Because I really believe that life is like a wheel, as I said, there are good and bad times. She also said that a wheel doesn't go anywhere, that we don't have any purpose or any where to go to . But I would like to counter that, a wheel is used to transport stuff, not to go in circles. Wheels go places, unless you hung yours up to render it utterly useless. So, if you understood me, somehow, life is like a wheel.

Oh, yeah... We're supposed to do a case study on the motions that were provided to us yesteryday:
- This house will criminalize HIV-positive patients who knowingly infect others via sexual means.
-This house will televise criminal trials.

I can think of one arguement for the opposition side, for the first motion. If an HIV-positive person gets married, and has sex with his/her partner, he/she is knowingly infecting his/her spouse. And I doubt that this spouse of theirs wouldn't know about their partner's disease (is that the correct term for HIV?), so obviously, they were consented by their spouse, and so they had sex, and they got infected as well. So I don't anyone should be criminalized for a case like that.

And apart from that we have to read up on a lot of other things, and we have to check out these two sites: www.debatabase.org & www.politicalcompass.com.

3rd year is hard enough, but I have these extra-curriculum activities to make it more memorable. *sigh* Just smile and make sure that you do your work. Oh, and I downloaded loads, well ten new songs... Yipee! :D My happiness is so cheap... haha...

Mood- Satisfied      Song- Hateshinaku Tooi Sora Ni- THE STAND UP- Kyou Kara Maou! Original Soundtrack      Book- my Chinese book      Game- http://addictinggames.com/mcdonaldsvideogame.html