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Juggling studies and watching LOTR on HBO with a cup of cold M&S supposedly hot chocolate. That is how I begin the last 24 hours of 2012. I want my New Years to be free of workload, so I'm trying to get my academic life going on.

I AM GOING APESHIT! Chem lab quiz, Phar Latin terms, not to mention other subject readings and quizzes. Just thinking about the rest of the things we need to accomplish, I am starting to feel sick. ONE STEP AT A TIME! I constantly note myself. Everything will be done before I knew it. Just like how this past year has passed and gone.

What I'm looking forward to 2013 are more people to meet, more social circles, more spontaneous hang outs, more books read, and more work done. Less procrastination, more productivity! and by work, I mean studies of course. I know this is hard but I just got to do it. 2013 will be a good year for me, as far as my horoscope and Chinese astrology says on year of the rats :) I will be turning 17 and I wish nothing more but a better me and driving lessons! I thank God for another year and for not letting the world end last 21st. 2013 is also the start of my shorter summer vacation! (because of that frickin internship) I have to get used to this because I'll be enduring shorter breaks the next years. Hayyyy this is really college life, I guess? you're kind of free but loaded at the same time.
Ending this post with a tumblr "note to self" photo,

A Journey Through The Middle Earth!

Watched The Hobbit with my sister two weeks ago. Bless her soul for actually going!! She doesn't really dig these kind 'cause she won't have any clue of what is going on and usually asks so much.

Still pissed about The Hobbit being made into a trilogy. It's meant to be a prequel, it isn't supposed to be as long as the LOTR trilogy itself but I trust Peter Jackson nevertheless.

Anyway, The Hobbit was 3 hour long.. all worth it if you find it interesting to watch all those fantasy creature stories.

•  In the movie, you will find the part where the dwarves came barging in Bilbo's hobbit hole as amusing and RUDE as it was relayed in the book. Rude, because who the hell likes having visitors gatecrash your house, eat all your good food and mess with your antiques.. I was personally in sympathy with Bilbo in that scene! 
• The Shire is the prettiest thing!
• How Kili looked the cutest and undoubtedly the hottest of them all is unfair for the other dwarves especially for Fili! just look at the difference, I can't help but laugh knowing that they're in fact of kin.  But I must say some of these dwarves are quite attractive without the facial hair and feet and whatnot. Caveat: Do Not Get Attached With These Dwarves!! because you never know who'll die... HAH spoiler. 3 dies from the book.
• Gollum will forever scare the shit out of me.
• The movie ended with a Smaug sneak peek.

 I thought it'll just be two parts, but then again, many adventures and long transitions would still happen before they can really slay that dragon  so I get the 3 part movie now. (still pissed 'cause we have to endure a tormenting year's wait til the next part.) I think I will soon have to refresh my mind and re-read The Hobbit..

now off to some LOTR MARATHON :)

Getting Through the Zombie Apocalypse- Carnival Style

Yes, just like in the popular comedy film, Zombieland! It's the third installment of Outbreak Manila, a zombie-themed fun run inspired by the US-based Run For Your Life. Outbreak Manila first kicked off in Nuvali, Laguna last April 14 and was subsequently spreaded to the streets of Bonifacio Global City last July 28. Sadly, I haven't joined any of the past zombie runs but I'm itching to experience it, thus my happiness when they finally announced the next Outbreak and what better way to celebrate it than on the day of Halloween? 

12.31.12 OUTBREAK EK

It's most definitely hard to document things while a horde of zombies are pursuing you, but at least I tried. So just bare with the crappy photos. I actually tried to video, but when I reviewed it now, I got nothing but blurry, dark and lousy video records. 

Thanks to my Aunts for managing to win free racekits courtesy of Booster C and for accompanying me the whole time. 

The Outbreak tent

                               

Scouted for booths and tried to score some extra life/ freebies

Before the race. Wave 6!!

I tried passing through a horde which obviously resulted in a flag down

  

Awesome sauce!

                           

This thing ain't scripted......... I swear! :|

with mah homies! loljk, saw my favorite bloggers whilst on the run

this costume scared the crap out of me.

Finally! I survived w/o any injuries and 2 flags left, though I cheated and hid the other one :))

cool graffiti background 

                          

Definitely coming back..... Trick or Treat on Halloween is overrated. Try getting chased by a zombie next time ;)

Untoward likeness

I watched Perks of Being a Wallflower.. although it legitimately says "Perks of Being a Wildflower" in the cinemas I went to last Sunday. Epic fail (Rob Cinemas!!).

I was incessantly raving about checking this movie out, so when I got the chance, I rushed to the nearest theaters amidst all quizzes and exams the following day. I am so glad about the movie. It wasn't really out of context with the book. The plot was there, the vibe was there (I don't even know how to express what that 'vibe' is, you just feel it ), the famous quotable quotes were there! Perhaps it's because of the fact that Stephen Chbosky himself screen played the movie adaptation. I was unaware though that an untoward likeness to Patrick played by Ezra Miller would arise. All along, I know that my body's ready to fan girl over Logan (Charlie) instead, I fawned over Ezra!! He was just perfect in every sense of his role. He brought Patrick's character to life and steals practically every scene he is in.

 HNNG *squeaking*

Midnight babble

1. I am so hungry and I'm reblogging awesome food photos on my tumblr dashboard. It ain't helping 'cause it just made my cravings at an all time high. I hope there comes a time when we could just download food from the internet, that would be beyond anything ever invented!! 
2. accomplished and submitted my 9th hw in our Botany class...... which has a 7am deadline. I can't believe I actually am complying to this, knowing that this is not an obligatory task. Perhaps for extra points since I'm failing his quizzes.
3. I am weirded by the fact that I am supposed to be sick, tired and lethargic but I'm in front of my laptop.
4. I seriously feel a sore throat coming.
5. We just made it in the UAAP Season 75 basketball finals (UST) and I'm wishing that I get tickets for a game. If ever, it will be my third time commuting to the ever so far away MOA arena. It's the Blue Eagles vs. the Growling Tigers ! 
6. I feel all the ovaries-explosions from all those Zac Efron pictures. damn all u there at the fan conference. 
7. Should I squeeze time to watch my newly downloaded fresh from the piratebay =))) Teen Wolf  tomorrow or I just wait after the finals? since I hafta really review 
8. Can someone explain this Anti-Cybercrime Law to me? does it limit the privilege of netizens to actually fool around or bash people in the internet? 'cause if it does then a lot would be in big trouble.
9. Been a while since I posted here
10. 2 weeks more 'til sembreak! I.CAN'T.WAIT 
11. Stoked for PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER! Logan and Emma <3 (yes, we're on a first name basis)

Pet Peeves

I'm skipping the days. Supposed to be in Day 04- "What you ate today" but I haven't been in the mood to blog about my preferred nourishment so I shall let that pass. 

I am PMS-ing. Not sure with the term but it is that before menstruation period when you feel agitated, uncomfortable and irritated to merely anyone and anything around you. Seriously, though, everyone seems dumber when you're in that time of the day. Hence, this post :)

top 6 pet peeves list: (in no particular order)

1. When sales people follow you around while you're in a store. 
- It's like I'm going to steal something! I appreciate the assistance you wish to give customers but sometimes, please care to back off and let people decide on what they want. We know how to ask for your help when needed. No hate, but sometimes there are these saleslady that makes you so awkward to go around and "search" because they follow and constantly offer you things..... which btw we don't need since we still continue looking. I try to act cool around them, like not giving a damn, but I usually end up leaving the store. Screw you, you just lost one possible profit.

2. When you're in a hurry then suddenly all obstructions come your way.
- I do not know if it is just God's way of telling me to calm down but I deduced this pet peeve when I'm in a hurry for my 7 am class and people in front of me started walking real slow and I can't seem to make my way through them and I just literally trail behind their steps. :| I bet it's just all in the mind though.

3. When loud women (they're usually women) talks their way through people and cuts the line.
- Hello? I've waited a whole lot for my turn to order and you bunch of gals just talk loudly.. dominating people then suddenly, you're in front of the line now? GOOD JOB!

4. Jerks who don't give way.
- Be it in traffic, public transportation and others. Don't you just hate when guys take a long seat just chatting while elderly people are standing up? don't you lecture me with that equality thing people reason nowadays, but man, know how to be polite. In cars, too! I haven't started driving but when I do, I promise I'll be the total opposite of reckless, imprudent drivers. 

5. Throwing your trash in the streets/manholes/toilet bowls and doing it even explicitly.
- This act must no doubt be a crime. I am not from some green-peace-environmentalist-save-the-earth- campaign group but it doesn't need to take one to be fully aware of what you just did. Haven't this country suffered enough already for you to realize that littering even in the mildest most subtle way is unacceptable.

6. People who cough or sneeze without covering what needs to be covered.
- Plain disgusting! especially when they're near you. Don't go spreading viruses on people or worse, don't be a walking virus/threat to people. Simple gesture means everybody happy :)

Your school

I study at the royal and pontifical University of Santo Tomas. I've been pretty much accustomed to hearing people introduce UST starting with the phrase "Royal and Pontifical". There is something about those words that made me use them as well. As far as I can remember, it was discussed in our orientation how UST bore such titles.. Basically, royal,  since it was subsequently placed under royal patronage. Pontifical, simply because the pope is our homie!! :D and the rest is 400 year history.

Honestly, I underestimated this school, it's like everyone can get in prior to the exam but boy I was wrong. Easy admission but try staying. It's only now that I realize what a privilege it is for me to be studying in a school established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. (apparently the only in Asia.) I'm still a freshman so I haven't fully grasped the idea of being one proud Thomasian or Growling Tiger, but I'm getting there - except when we win UAAP games though.

Speaking of being holy/pontifical/apostolic, I still have to continue my Theology readings for the exams.... -_-

Relationships

I'm a teenager, I'm supposed to fall in and out of love all the time. That's what they do right? well, at least that's what Katy Perry's song Teenage Dream implies. I'm definitely no expert, I haven't been through much to be a pro on topics like this but I think I'm old enough to know my limits.

Trust is a really big word. I can't even trust myself in making the right decisions so what more confiding my whole being to someone else? I don't intend to offend anyone especially teenagers who are in boyfriend-girlfriend relationships but I don't believe in falling in love with someone you just knew for a few months now. Relationship means more than sharing the same hobbies / passion or relating to their lives. Again, entrusting your being to someone else is really a BIG thing.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not some numb hard like a rock kind of person. Books and movies always get me.. I often find myself saying "aww" and wishing that I'm the girl in the story or that that guy will eventually come my way. I like giving in to the fantasy of the romantic comedy genres. The smitten feeling I get whenever I see the super gorgeous Ryan Gosling on screen or the i-don't-know-what-to-do feeling when I see my crush in school. I'm also like any other teenage girl. I sometimes cannot contain the feeling to the point that I squeeze or slap a friend beside me. I know you know what I mean. and I also daydream for that perfect fairy-tale like love shit that everyone else hopes to exist.

Movies only taught me so much and I shouldn't base my standards on what I know, I'm still 16 and I have yet to meet so many guys. I'm still a freshman for goodness sake, give me about 12 months. :)

I'm ending this post with this cute adventure time gif ...

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

My name is Patricia J T. Yusingco. People call me Pat or Patrice but my close friends insist on calling me Patis, so I let them. I've been living in the playful streets of Metro Manila for sixteen years already. I blow out candles every 27th of March and I am a college freshman taking up BS Pharmacy in the royal and pontifical University of Santo Tomas. I am a Filipino, yes, loud and proud, albeit all the hostage crises criticisms and the world's corrupt countries' ranking. I'm also of Chinese descent, my father's father is a full China-man! kind of cool but I didn't get to see him and most of my grandparents for that matter. (all have been dead long before I was conceived except for my mom's mother)

I consider my height and weight average, over 5 feet and I'm-not-sure inches and a little over a hundred pounds. My hair has a mind of its own, it's black in sheer darkness but brownish in direct sunlight, although I've been planning to dye them. I got few strands of white hair, thus, evidence of my ceaseless stressing out. I'd like to think I can write but I just do it for leisure, and I do it to make sense of things that sometimes end up having no sense at all. I would love to write professionally, like as a career in the future, but I have yet to achieve that. I'm a self proclaimed bibliophile, I like books as a whole. I also love it when books have movie adaptations. Thought Catalog inspires me to write and read.

I dig hiphop and bboy. I have a thing for people who dance well. Listening to music gives me a sense of good vibes for the day ahead. If my ipod was not stolen, it'll probably crash by now from all songs I could have downloaded in there. I try to appreciate all kinds of music but my ears can't seem to handle the hardcore metal screaming type. Scouting for good old music from way back movie soundtracks makes me happy- that is aside from finishing a book and finally opening a new one AND smelling it.

My brain can't stop from having a conversation with itself. You see? daydreaming and talking to myself are some of my hobbies.

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life that's why when I grow up, I want to be a magazine editor. I also want to be a court side reporter, a film critic/analyst, a wildlife filmmaker, tour guide in Italy, an interior designer, corporate lawyer, forensic expert, barista at Starbucks, family doctor, and a triathlete, although I think what I really need for now is a long enough attention span to get through school. I am as ambitious as anyone can be.

http://fair-uh-vair-toh.tumblr.com/fair-uh-vair-toh.com
http://about.me/patriceyusingco

30 Essays.

Day 01 – Introduce yourself.
Day 02 – On Relationships in general.
Day 03 – Your school/studies
Day 04 – What you ate today.
Day 05 – Your definition of love.
Day 06 – Your day.
Day 07 – Pet Peeves.
Day 08 – A moment.
Day 09 – Your beliefs.
Day 10 – What you wore today.
Day 11 – Your siblings.
Day 12 – What's in your bag.
Day 13 – This week.
Day 14 – School stuff.
Day 15 – Your dreams.
Day 16 – Your hobbies.
Day 17 – Your favorite memory.
Day 18 – Your favorite book.
Day 19 – Something you regret.
Day 20 – This month.
Day 21 – Your favorite movies.
Day 22 – Something that upsets you.
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better.
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry.
Day 25 – A first.
Day 26 – Your fears.
Day 27 – Your favorite place.
Day 28 – Something that you miss.
Day 29 – Your aspirations.
Day 30 – One last moment.

I came across this "30 day challenge" on tumblr and since I want to be productive in this cyberspace world of blogging, I decided to give it a try here on blogspot, only better! kidding. I just did not want to label it as a challenge and pressure myself to accomplish it in 30 days because of the fact that I know I tend to procrastinate a lot. 

I kind of tweaked the essay topics so it would be more interesting for me to write (and probably for you to read) like in Day 02, it is originally "Your first love", in Day 14, it is actually another "what you wore today" so I just changed it to "School stuff", Day 16 is originally "Your first kiss" which I have yet to have so might as well change it to "Your hobbies" HAHAHA, Day 18 is originally "Your favorite birthday" and Day 21 which is originally "Another moment". Perhaps soon, I will also change some other essay topics prior to my current life musings. In short, I will modify a lot :)

EXCITEMENT AND TORMENTOUS WAITING

Another movie I'm waiting for is THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. I know, I know, all of you know this already. (I've read this last year and I'm planning to re-read this whole thing after prelim exams so as to refresh my memory of Charlie's thoughts although I still have a whole stack of unfinished books with me )

This Stephen Chbosky book fast became a popular "go to" book since I can remember most especially when they heard a movie adaptation and that Logan freaking Lerman and Emma Watson are going to be the lead stars. Well, I can't blame them. 

FIRST OF ALL, MY EXCITEMENT = I CAN'T CONTAIN ENOUGH THAT I OPTED TO TYPE THIS PART OF MY POST IN ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS 

IT IS TORTURE HAVING TO WAIT FOR GOOD MOVIES! I HAVE THIS ON SEPTEMBER AND THE HOBBIT ON DECEMBER.. NEARLY THERE? No. although come to think of it, there's only a month left haha!

wait. WHAT?

As I was making my blog about the movie "THE HOBBIT", I researched on it and found tumblr posts regarding it, being a TRILOGY.  *gasps*


Idk man, at first I was hesitant since it's the prologue of TLOTR! I mean, why make it as long as the main series? BUT realizing that if it pushes through, it's more movie time and more coverage! More years of Tolkien awesomeness! 


I personally like movies with more details.. I hate it when there are sudden switch of events and previous scenes are left hanging. I like to know what is going on at all times instead of wondering what's going on. Anyway, I think Peter Jackson knows what he's doing, he has done all 3 Lord of the Rings films right? besides, there's nothing we could do about it. Hopefully, though, it turns out to be the right decision.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Super psyched for this movie! I actually have read the book and it sure is entertaining. It has so much scenes and happenings that made me wonder how the director would depict those. Although I know that a movie adaptation rarely covers all events (even some important scenes) in the book, I am crossing my fingers that this film will justify J.R.R Tolkien's precious masterpiece.

Click for the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/

BILBO BAGGINS!!!

French movie, a first.

Since it's the least I could do to have fun (blame saturday classes!) and because it's Father's day :) we decided to catch a movie. I right away suggested to watch Madagascar 3 but of course my sister insisted on Kimmy Dora 2 HAHAHA! We were debating about how she has been like that ever since.. like when there's a good movie then she decides to want to watch a local movie instead.. there's this one time she chose this local movie over Transformers 2. ugh! I forgot what happened with that, but I think we ended up fighting and not watching any movie at all. Don't get me wrong, it is not that I hate local movies but sometimes those films are either predictable, corny or predictable haha.  Sooooo, we ended up watching a French movie instead! Shang's cineplex offered free admission to a French Film Fest.. and since it has been there for quite a while now we decided to might as well try it, although we have no idea what movie genre we're bout to watch. We thought it was cool because 1. it is free and 2. it's french! and interesting.

The title of the movie was "Roses On Credit (Roses à crédit)" and it has rated pg scenes.. so awkward to be seeing that movie with all the seduction and tense visuals. Anyway the main setting of the film was in the post-World War II era of middle-class France. Roses on Credit is the story of a newly-wed couple Marjoline, a beautician, and Daniel, who is attempting to create new strains of roses as they try to live a united life with very different goals, Marjoline gets involve in massive debts, and the couple's relationship begins to fall apart.

I felt sleepy during the film.. and that's not me, I always seem focus when I watch a movie inside a theater. Perhaps the sleepiness was solely to the fact that the movie is in French and I'm lazy to read subtitles, but I got the main plot nevertheless. I can't say it's worth every cent since we didn't pay anything, but I can say it's worth the time. Films like this which travels back to one of the rarely cited eras of film is something nice once in a while :)

College: Another step in my mundane life

Sure I have read quite a lot of "college tips" around the internet and I've also read most, if not all, of the "UST Freshmen tips" my future schoolmates have posted online, but I still feel scared and honestly, nervous on being a college student.

First of all, college is a whole new thing. You get to meet different kinds of people from different parts of the country. Unlike in high school, you get to be more free..  free in your time, schedule and whatnot. It's all about being independent and being 'out there' or feeling the quote unquote real life (do you guys get where I'm going at this?) anyway it's not like those are bad things but they scare me because all those are kind of out of my comfort zone or what I've been used to living for the past 16 years. 

Second, college life would most likely decide our future. Our performance in college would affect our forthcoming careers or it's just me? 

Third, I'm going to commute from Marikina to freaking Espana, Manila! The farthest I've commuted alone is up until Katipunan. Manila is way too far not to mention dangerous for me. Idk, that scares me above all.

So basically, I just want to share my sentiments on how excited (as much as I want to say excited, it's actually the opposite) jittery I am to this next step in my ever so mundane life. Although another part inside of me is agitated to start off college since I want to do a lot once I get there e.g join fun orgs, attend lots of events, meet new people and of course learn more.. Adjustments would have to be made and I can only hope for the best as it is yet to happen :) yet, meaning near.. and when I say near, I mean very near! less than a week's time now. 

I wonder how the royal and pontifical University of Sto.Tomas would welcome me. Will I prove to be a good Thomasian? Will my 4-5 years of stay in UST be filled with abundant and beautiful memories just as how my high school have been? Anyhow, what I really need to be doing is to relax. 

Summer's last rays

As they say, pictures are worth a thousand words, so I might as well just post some photos :D and since I'm still on a vacation hangover I'm too lazy to blog in words. This is Boracay yet again. just been there last year and boy it's still the same. haha

oha! fish-eye =)))

 This was a very unplanned trip. We decided we're going just a day before we actually did ;) talk about being very random. And since flights need to be booked weeks ahead there are no more choice but to take a ferry. At first I was hesitant to go aboard a ship but upon seeing the very accommodating and actually really comfortable place my opinion turned otherwise.

hafta say, ship food are better than airport food :))

this was right before sunrise. capturing this, I feel like a pro! not B-)

A reminder for everyone :)

got pancakes for breakfast! this is my idea of life!! 

Upon arriving we right away headed off to the famous Jonah's shakes. tried Avocado milk shake, Mango banana and Strawberry banana. All were good, they weren't famous for nothing :)

FOOD is one thing you'll never get tired of at Boracay.
 I especially love the grills and fresh out of the water seafood served just by the shore.

cheapest gelato! 100 for 2 scoops already, not bad.

henna tattoo

my sister's tattoo

A 4day & 3 night trip to this paradise is worth it.. escaping the hustle and bustle of the city's busy streets. Though I haven't tried any new water sports which I am looking forward every summer, the relaxation and appeasing ambiance of Boracay (on certain parts of the day) actually appealed to me. 

yehey finally had a summer thing going on! indeed at its last rays ☀☀☀

McReary-Time Reary

Did I say I'm a person who can never make up my mind? diverse and likes variation? If no, read my previous writings. So, while browsing.. I was staring at my blog title for quite a while and I thought of changing it into a simpler English catchphrase because if you haven't noticed my current blog title is in French. Being the occasional obsessive compulsive that I am with words, I kind of dwelt with the meaning of that french expression. 


"Je ne regrette rien- I have no regrets." 
Sure, we are bound to live life with no regrets and all but I think this isn't sensible. We go through life everyday and every now and then, we experience something that we totally despise which equates to regretting it. I can be completely honest, I have a list of regrets in life though not quite long, there still are.. from the uncomplicated  why did I go to this place? why did I buy this dress? or why did I eat this today? to the more important why didn't I pursue what I love? or why have I always been giving less efforts on academics? why I was a complete coward for not saying what I really want to say? etc. I suppose it would be a lot good if I say I have no regrets in my life, it actually gives you quite the boost to just live life but truthfully, ask yourself, do you really have NO regrets in life? no shameful feeling in you that you would actually want to do over? no apologetic conscious or reaction to any personal past acts? 


I am aware that there would be lots of regrets in the future. At one point I wish we could just press that rewind button and go back a minute before we actually made that wrong move. Of course we wouldn't change it all because that would totally change who we are now. Perhaps altering just one tiny moment would be cool :) I daresay the phrase "Je ne regrette rien" doesn't appeal to me now as compared to how it first appealed to me when I decided to make it as my blog title.. The more realistic phrase would have to be, live life knowing regret but learning from every single rueful detail of it. 


*only those who watch and has been a fan of the now defunct Disney show Wizards of Waverly Place shall understand my post title*

The Avengers

First of all, this is not a spoiler post. let's make that clear to everyone who is hostile to people bursting out movie scenes. Personally I loath spoilers and I try to prevent myself  from strangling people who do that. Most especially when cinema goers around you narrate the whole scene to their friends before that scene is bound to happen. (totally one of my long list of pet peeves) makes me want to go straight to them and slap them just like how one feels when the person behind  them constantly kicks the back of their chair during the movie. but of course I don't have the guts to do that and I'm not so violent like that. Ok, so much for my hate on spoilers.. I'll just narrate how my movie night went by.

We hurriedly ran to the ticket booth (if that's what you call it) upon arriving at the mall and not to my surprise I found a long line not to mention almost all filled seats at the screen. Nevertheless, I went in line while praying that there will be enough seats for the three of us. luckily, there still was. It was the last full show and I right away took it because I know this movie will be worth it regardless its time. We wasted time by eating and just walking around the mall until all stores have closed except the cinemas. there were long lines even in Taters. Until it's finally show time.. my dad slept through the first part of the movie, but wakes up during action-packed fighting scenes. haha.

3 things: Fun battle. Humorous. Scarlett Johansson. They actually did a pretty fair job at dividing the character scenes equally. Excellent script also, I actually memorized some of the funny lines in it. Since it's Friday and almost half of the city would be able to watch it already, more spoliers would be heard so I daresay don't check out any avengers tweets and posts if you haven't watched. (except this) 

Lastly, IRON MAN IS STILL MY BEST SUPERHERO! Tony Stark = too much swag. I got to say, I'll be shortchanged to any regular superhero movie I'll watch next.

Carpe Diem

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.” - Sylvia Path

That pretty much sums up my sentiments about my life. I feel that there's always no enough time to do and finish all things I want to accomplish. That I am horribly limited. I have my own bucket list, or as what I like to call it, 100 things to do before I die.. (though it's still half-finished)  and I'm hoping that little by little, I shall be able to cross out some things off my list which involves lots of traveling :) such as to bike around the Eiffel Tower, ride a gondola in Italy, visit Machu Picchu. Okay, before I go off topic and start blabbing about my list.. I feel that I can never fulfill all those places I want to go to just like how I can never read all the books I've been eyeing on and adding to my book list right now. The skills I want to learn and develop, the sports I want to try, the lives I want to experience. Which I tell you could go on forever, jk, maybe a fortnight. So, the reason behind that is exactly what's written above.


I WANT TO LIVE AND FEEL ALL THE SHADES, TONES AND VARIATIONS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE IN LIFE.  Ever since I've encountered this quote, I memorized this line because I feel that they're the perfect words to sum up my being (no, not really. perhaps just one part of me).. and it is also the exact comeback I want to say whenever people around me tells me that I can never make up my mind. Usually, we are designated to only one lifestyle and career in life that we'll master and love, but I can't find that one thing because of those bolded letters over there. I don't want to label that as being indecisive or a person with no direction in life, I prefer the term open minded. A person who wants variation and diversity. yes, I want change. Change is the one thing here that's constant and I like changes, it gives variations and divergence to life.. as long as they're changes for the better. 


 I just think that life is short even though it seems not in the meantime. Too short to manage all the things in my bucket list, too short to live and feel all the shades possible in life. And lastly, on a lighter tone, short to read all the books I want! But of course it won't be so short if one actually gets up, gets it done and Carpe Diem.

photo from tumblr

Fickle mind

I've encountered a tweet like this: "Course > school"- that wasn't really what I have in mind before.. I focus on schools/universities. For me, (take note, before!) it's only UP/ ADMU/ DLSU/ UST and others... if I don't pass to any of it, I shan't know what am I going to do with my life, I'll likely end up in a hospital or something, luckily I passed to 2 of em so I didn't had a breakdown.
Just so you know, Ateneo is really my dream school. aside from the fact that it's THE freaking ATENEO, second home to most of our Philippine heroes and breeding ground to lots of intelligent and talented artists, it has great ambiance and gorg people..  seriously, who wouldn't want to study there if given a chance (like free tuition and stuff). -- okay, that's just an intro..it has nothing to do with this post, and I didn't pass ateneo :| and UP although, modesty aside, I have high UPG :) what I genuinely want to babble about is my course in college which I'll try to express in the next paragraphs.

Originally, I opted for a Communication course on 3 of those top universities. I tried Pharmacy for UST, since my parents want that. I was very indecisive and unsure of fields that I'm going to take, while reading the degree program lists for every school, I feel I want to try different courses and just try what fits me most. courses like Legal Management sounds good, International Studies sounds interesting, Economics sounds smart.. so I really can't decide on which course. I mean, I know that I shouldn't choose a course based on how good/interesting or smart it sounds but I don't even know where I'm good at, I think I could do well in any of them if I just set my mind and pour my heart on it (except engineering because I've never been amused to applying math concepts in building structures, machines, systems etc.)

 soooooooooooooooo, what I really want to set forth in words is that now... I have decided and that's actually something for me, because I am someone who can never make up my mind. Call me inconsistent or that I have no direction in life but I say I'm just open to options. I've given up the communications course and I will study BS Pharmacy, I don't have inclinations to pharmaceutical drug components and such but I'll try my luck with it.. since almost all the elderly tells me to pursue it and that I'll have a bigger future in it. yeah, they say follow your heart and choose a course that is really what you want but I've decided not to follow that rule.. sadly, most of the youth population are forced to careers they don't really want and I daresay not just the youth but also adults who end up underemployed, I guess I'm one of them but I think it's too early to tell, who knows? I might be engrossed to pharmacy in the process. 

Currently, I lack summer adventures, hence this random post about education and school. haha

Graduation day ♥

Everyone seems that high school is the best thing that happened to them or that it's where best memories are made. yeah, but it is the best... so far. I live by what Homer Simpson always say. The way he adds "so far" in those kind of phrases.. I totally agree, don't end your life right away, It doesn't end in that particular best day so one must signify the 'so far' in it.  ayt? that's why I love the Simpsons! moving on, I will definitely miss high school, the transition period between being a kid to a teen/ to a young adult, that is perhaps the reason why it is so exciting and unforgettable. 

As soon as we sang the grad and farewell song it creepily dawned on me that this is really THE last day I'm seeing these people altogether. At the recessional, I was so happy that I forgot what I just realized a minute ago while singing. anyway, you'll never really know the value of things until you lose it or in this case, say goodbye to it. I never thought how those 4 years in high school have made me into who I am until now that I'm bidding it goodbye. High school was one hell of a roller coaster ride for me and btw I'm an adrenaline rush junkie who dreams of riding the world's fastest roller coaster ;) I could proudly say I learned a lot and that je ne regrette rien. Every single thing I've done and experienced in high school was all worth it.. I will remember through the years, the laughter, joys and tears (a line from our farewell song  haha) 

Years from now, I know I'm going to look back on how I was during my high school, on how awesome this ride has been for me and I know I'll be thanking Him for a pretty good journey he had made for me. 

We have our whole lives ahead of us.. better to make the most out of it. (as cliche as it may sound) and one more thing.. It's officially SUMMER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL! 

The day I kissed high school goodbye.. March 29, 2012 (I just needed to indicate that for future reference, so when I'm old and I try to scroll through my online blogs, I would know) 

ADIOS, BITCHACHOS!

Oxymora

If you've watched the movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, (which is an awesome movie by the way) you probably would remember the part where Oscar had flashbacks of him and his father's oxymoron retort while fencing (was that fencing?) anyway, since then I had a sudden inclination on oxymora.

So, I have been researching and found out a long list of oxymora. Of course I know what an oxymoron is, almost every literate person knows what it is. but for those who forgot, an oxymoron is when two opposing words are yoked together in one expression and makes perfect sense. One common example is the jumbo shrimp.. or serious fun, pretty ugly. This concept of "marriage of opposites" as what I've read in one site is what makes an oxymoron so fascinating. btw, oxymora is the plural form of oxymoron. It's not 'oxymorons' though that term is used by many people it still is technically incorrect, but some language scholars already consider it acceptable. But if you're a stickler for accuracy, use oxymora ;)

As much as I want to share lots of my favorite oxymora. I'll just give one per letter.. (some may have been looked up on the internet

A- Accidentally on purpose
B- Bittersweet
C- Clearly confused
D- Deafening Silence
E- Easy labor
F- Fuzzy logic
G- Great weakness
H- Hasten slowly
I- Increasing loss
J- Jumbo shrimp
K- Known stranger
L- Loosely packed
M- Mighty mouse
N- New and Improved
O- Original copy
P- Permanent change
Q- Quiet riot
R- Responsible drinking
S- Simply awesome
T- Thundering silence
U- Unspoken suggestion
V- Vertical horizon
W- Whole piece
X- got nothing for this
Y- Young adult
Z- Zero deficit

aren't they fun?

Palanca fuss

Retreat is nearing and I haven't started yet on these Palanca letters. I have made retreat letters before but I haven't really got the whole context and point of it. Sooooo, I searched the net (which is what I oftentimes do) and I came across with this article about it.

Basically the gist of the whole thing is that a Palanca is a letter of encouragement. 


I'll just copy and paste verbatim the introduction of the article: "Palanca is Spanish; it means to give lift, to rise. The word is used here to describe the effect of a letter of encouragement on a retreatant. On a retreat, a new retreatant can be overwhelmed, brought to tears by Palanca from family and friends, but in some ways, even more by those from complete strangers. 
* A Palanca means lever. A lever is used to lift and move heavy things, in this case the Palanca helps to lift one's spirit.

To "do palancas" or "send palancas" is to offer prayers and sacrifices. so it's kind of sacred and should provide some sort of spiritual encouragement. They're not supposed to be love letters or compliments or aids for confessing things. Anyhowwwwwww, I'll try to start with it tomorrow :)  perhaps ako lang naman nagsearch nito, so might as well disregard the real meaning and just write a plain positive and quite moving letter ;) hah

Time Flies

Earlier today, I just had my last, take note, LAST exam in high school (well if you're not going to count the NAT) It felt relieving, that glorious moment when you're done with it all. But I didn't feel that glorious moment until now :))

I personally, want to just pause and savor all the moments I had and shall have with friends. Just like a while ago, when my prom queen classmate treated us at this place called Qizia. (if I'm not mistaken) Funny and unforgettable moments and kwentos like that will surely be missed when we get to college. How time flies!! This senior year was really the fastest year for me. I can clearly reminisce those awkward first step in high school (taray, parang baby lang) haha, the time I wasn't really sure if I chose the right school for me to grow into, as a person.  The time I am slowly accepting the reality that this is my school and I should just make the most out of it and now, it's less than a month away before I graduate huhu  I WILL MISS MY FRIENDS. HOPE WE STILL HANG OUT TIL COLLEGE

*Pre-graduate depression*