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!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Staying Out Till Midnight
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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?
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?
38. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
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?
45. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
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.
Shhh...
Monday, November 26, 2007
Untitled
This is the first time where I simply cannot think of an acceptable title. This is the day where my mood jumps from miserable, to cheery, to sleepy (which isn't actually a mood), to downright passive. I'm back to my normal bored, sarcastic self this afternoon.
But what made my mood shift to the two extremes so suddenly... (usually it takes the longest while to get to even move)?
Well, last night I was once again cramming for my Filipino movie review on Mano Po 5 (don't ask why I chose it, btw, it sucks). I finished the darn thing at about one in the morning, so I saved it on my hard disk and mumubled to myself that I was sleepy. Then I went to sleep. Damn I hate my computer.
This morning, during our recess, I went to the library to print it out, as I usually do. When I clicked on the file, only the first paragraph appeared. "No..." *close, re-click* "Nooooooooo..." Crap, it's the second time this month too. It first happened with my El Filibusterismo report, I was almost done, with only two sections left, when I saved. Some uncontrollable error took over Word and it closed. Dang... Oh well, I thought. But it wasn't all right. When I checked my Flash drive, the file was gone! Poof! So, I got up very calmly and banged my head against my wall. I had no choice to start from scratch.
Now, what happened to my movie review wasn't as drastic, although it was a finished work. Only four or five paragraphs disappeared, compared to the eleven pages of El Fili crap I had to work on, but the disappearance frustrated me enough to tears. I decided to leave it for now and do it again at home. The thing was, when I returned to my classroom, still crying, no one seemed to notice until after I lifted my head and asked for more tissue. Did they think the heaving lump in the middle of the room was sleeping?
O.o
Fine with me.
After our Chinese class, we had our PE class, which is dancing. Swing, I believe. And, if I'm not mistaken, we just had our exam today. We fooled around. Danced around like... eh... Monkeys and ducks. That seemed to cheer me up.
Next was our English class, where we had a quiz. It wasn't actually a written test, but a declamation contest packaged as a quiz. Well, it was graded, so whatever. Teacher decides on what happens and what doesn't. So, we had to interpret the poems assigned to us and act out our interpretation. I made Snoopy my baby and pretended to be a widow. I do hope it came out that way.
That seemed to calm me down a bit.
It was around this point I realized that I forgot my wallet. This is actually the first time I've forgotten my wallet. My cash/change, yes. (P400 in TZ) But never my wallet. Well, I wasn't worried that it was lost or anything that serious, I remembered that I left it in my bag yesterday. So, I had no lunch. I'm not the type of person who is in favor of asking for loans (utang), but I was hungry and wasn't going to go on without my lunch. So, I asked various people for some spare change (like a beggar, I know) and said that I wasn't going to pay them back, because I was just asking for a tiny amount, ranging from P1 to P5.
In the end, I was able to collect P24, which was unfortunately not enough for a sandwich. But when I approached the "lunch lady" and asked for a tawad, she agreed (Yay!) and I got my lunch after 15 minutes of roaming the school for spare change. Lol.
Physics was next. Usually, I don't feel too sleepy during Science, but something compelled me to be true to my Pilipino self and take a nap after our watery experiment. When I woke up, one of my classmates was already reporting on his/her assigned kabanata in El Fili. Dang... (Sana hindi umabot sa akin!) I made that my mantra for the 2 periods of Filipino. And, finally, something agreeable happens to me, my teacher decides to continue it next time. Yay!
Herein ends my story, for the day.
I am so hungry, since I only have 2 stickers left to claim at Starbucks, I'm asking my mom for a treat there. >.<
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The P-Obsession
Let some craziness into your life and be healthy. Personally, I prefer the Peppermint Frapp of Starbucks. Well, just a quick post to laugh at myself and all my Ps.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Current Events #2
Current Events #2
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311025,00.html
Gays Deserve Torture, Death Penalty, Iranian Minister Says
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learned.
Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit that Iran believes in the death penalty for homosexuality after a spate of reports that gay youths were being hanged.
President Ahmadinejad, questioned by students in New York two months ago about the executions, dodged the issue by suggesting that there were no gays in his country.
Britain regularly challenges Iran about its gay hangings, stonings and executions of adulterers and perceived moral criminals, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) papers show.
The latest row involves a woman hanged this June in the town of Gorgan after becoming pregnant by her brother. He was absolved after expressing his remorse. Britain said that this demonstrated the unequal treatment of men and women in law and breached Iran’s pledge to restrict the death penalty to the most serious crimes.
A series of reported executions of gays, including two underage boys whose public hanging was posted on the internet, has alarmed human rights campaigners.
The Pet Shop Boys dedicated Fundamental, their Grammy-nominated album, to Mahmoud Asqari and Ayad Marhouni, who were hanged in Justice Square in Mashhad in 2005. Graphic photographs of the execution of the youths, who were under 18 when arrested, were released by the Iranian Students News Agency.
Gay rights groups in Britain, such as Outrage!, accuse Iran of cloaking executions for homosexuality with bogus charges for more serious crimes.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, the FCO released papers to The Times about the death penalty being used in Iran for homosexuality, adultery and sex outside marriage.
Minutes taken by an official describe a meeting between British and Iranian MPs at the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a peace body, in May. When the Britons raised the hangings of Asqari and Marhouni, the leader of the Iranian delegation, Mr Yahyavi, a member of his parliament’s energy committee, was unflinching. He "explained that according to Islam gays and lesbianism were not permitted," the record states. "He said that if homosexual activity is in private there is no problem, but those in overt activity should be executed [he initially said tortured but changed it to executed]. He argued that homosexuality is against human nature and that humans are here to reproduce. Homosexuals do not reproduce."
Nicole Pichet, a researcher who also took notes of the gathering, told The Times that the discussion began with British MPs discussing the underage gay hangings. Mr Yahyavi responded by saying homosexuality was to blame for a lot of diseases such as Aids.
Ann Clwyd, the Labor MP and head of Britain’s delegation, said yesterday: "It is of great concern that these attitudes persist and we made it clear what we felt."
Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Nigeria apply the death penalty for homosexuality, according to the International Lesbian and Gay Association.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Internet Deprievation Torture
The only thing worse than water torture I know and actually acknowledge in this small world I live in.
Yeah, PLDT has let me down. Our Internet broke the day Glorietta 2 did. So, for the past month, I've been miserably spending my time locked in that cave of a room I call my living quarters, a.k.a. my bedroom, crying. Well, not quite crying out of grief, but more of tearing because my eyes were tired from watching the telly for too long.
Why do I suddenly no feel like typing something up? Dunno, really. Maybe, it's because I'm not used to the computer I'm using right now. Well, our Internet is still broken, and I'm still sad.
Since my mom needed to check her mail, we're here at an Internet cafe, across the street from our apartment, tinkering with the computers. Whee...
I've got so much to say after almost a month of silence, but sadly not enough energy to detail each glorious event. Jeez bad timing, little red dot.
Lemme see... G2 bombing... *snaps fingers*... Intrams victory... Semestral break... Alternative Class Program (which just happened today).
So, we won during our Intramurals. Overall and for our basketball, which was of course fun. ^^ The 3rd years actually made me nervous, but I guess it would have been a closer match if they had gone full force, but they had a volleyball game against us at the same time, and it just happens that two of their really good players were very and pretty good Vball players as well. Well, no point in pondering it any further. Btw, I got a medal! Yay. ^.^
What I did during our Sem break... I went to my brother's house to play with his daughter, his son, and his laptop. My neice gets cuter everyday. My nephew gets more hypers. And Diablo II gets more enticing. At days. Sometimes, most of the time I couldn't care less. :P
We slept over last Thursday, I think , and I played until I fell asleep in their refused-to-be-airconditioned bedroom, which they let us sleep in. The next day, we went out to a wonderful place in Global City, Serendra. (I wanna go back!) Anyway, we just walked around the place and ate. Also, we went to this really cute place named Hobbes & (something), dang. There's only one Hobbes store there, so it can't really be missed. It was so cool, they had various collectibles and board games and baby stuff. My mom bought my neice a few new toys, while I got the Game of Life. I was thinking of getting Twister too...
Anyway, got to go. I'll continue this another day.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Blogging for my desmise
HBO is promoting the movie Superman Returns and as the lady on the telly said earlier it will be showing only showing until the 21st.
So, I watched my... first (?) Superman movie at one today, and what did I think about it? Well, it was cool and all that. Superman comes back and finds that he has a kid. Ooh... Superman and son. I think I like that better than Superman and cousin, Supergirl. Yeah, Justice League Unlimited crap.
But the only thing I'd really like to comment on right now is the immense silliness of the idea of Superman.
You have Clark Kent here. Some reporter friend of his clicks away on his camera, pointed at him. But, tadaa, no recognition. Brilliant. Even Lois Lane and her fiancee were talking about Superman, his vital stats and such, then the fiancee, Richard, suddenly notices that is the same height as Superman. Then they just shrug it off and go, "Nah..."
Hah. Really, creator of Superman, whoever you are. That was so silly. As so many other superhero flicks and comics, just put on a mask, concealing your eyes and you become unrecognizable. Or in Superman's case, just remove his glasses and he becomes his super-powered alter ego. And he slips it on, the people go and wonder, where'd Superman go?!
Yeah, if that's so in the real world, I could just take off my glasses and rob a bank, and no one would know that it was me... Ah... fantasy.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
AVG: Are you to be my laptop's savoir?
Gosh, I hope so. For some time now, my laptop (not the one I'm using to go on the Internet and such) has been infected by a virus. Actually, I'm led to believe an entire folder of viruses. Sucks, doesn't it? I do have Sophos installed, but it's ancient and can't be updated since my laptop's ability to go on the net has been, well, broken. Somehow. A long time ago. *sigh*
So, I've actually already downloaded AVG for my mom's computer, so I know it will be able to get rid of those annoying little worms. The most surprising thing of all is that the Sophos on my mom's laptop went poof!
A month ago, probably, I wanted to scan this computer, since it was getting all laggy again. When I clicked on the Sophos shortcut on my desktop, a window saying that it couldn't find the location of the program came up. Obvious reaction: wth?! So I went through the Program Files folder and found the Sophos folder empty. Shucks... What the hell happened here?
So, I tried to get Sophos back. Nope, couldn't do it, since, well, I'm penniless. (Mom doesn't know about this, btw.) So, I tried looking for other Anti-Virus programs that were free and found AVG. Whee~ And the next time I went to one of the school's computer labs, I found out that our school also uses AVG. At the very least, I know that it has my teacher's seal of approval. :P
Well, back to the present. I'm downloading it (at a pathetic rate, btw - 7 kb/sec) and waiting... waiting... and waiting.
Mythbusters... They're so cool. I was watching the show just before this, so the big rig myths are still fresh in my mind. Yep, I was watching Mythbusters instead of studying for my exams. Not that I study too much for it.
Of course, Chinese is the exception. Since no one can pass Chinese without studying, those who can't understand Chinese have to be a bit more dedicated. Yeah, that's me. Oh yeah, that reminds me. A few posts ago, I predicted that I'd pass my Chinese long test... Sad thing. I'll never try that again. It became the first one I failed this quarter.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Why I don't post much
Yeah, you've noticed the gradual decrease in the production of my posts. So what? What does it really matter? It doesn't or does it?
When I'm bored, that's when I post. That is, when I'm bored and inspired. Usually, I am bored, but unfortunately uninspired. Do I have no love life? No, I don't. It is nonexistent. The most love I express is to Snoopy, but it's just Snoopy, no reciprocation possible. Actually, I wonder whether that's why most of my love is directed at him, because it won't come back to me. Now, that's the most screwed thing I've ever written. Hands down.
Anyway. Let me just keep this thing up to date.
My semi-new blog:
http://aconspiracytoss.blogspot.com
- sporting a new template courtesy of Blogger Templates
My current tuning:
4-4-4-3-3
We just had a Chinese long test earlier today, and I'd have to say that I think I actually passed. Not to say that I've failed any of my long tests, thanks to the strange way of grading our Chinese teachers follow. But, I strongly believe that I actually passed this thing. Why? Because I actually studied the day before. And I usually don't bother, not counting the brief glances at my notes just to make me feel better about it.
Gosh... So uninspired. So lazy.
