The past year has been quite turbulent, with violent storms and crashing tides, especially for my part. And I floated and sank, lost strength, and almost gave up on pushing against the currents. But still, I managed not to sink. And I somehow survived. Now, it's another year. New waters. New storms. It seems another one is heading its way towards me.
Here is a sort of bucket list for me to get by:
10. Eat something every waking hour.
9. Cook something bi-monthly to practice my culinary skills.
8. Learn to play harmonica or piano.
7. Pull off a great academic performance.
6. Go to Manila this Summer.
5. Get started with a fantasy literary project.
4. Practice writing more often and join the Palanca again.
3. Earn and save money for books and other stuff.
2. Meet up with some people I've always wanted to meet.
1. Regain my sense of purpose.
So long, 2012. Hello, 2013. Good luck, godspeed, God bless everyone!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Sunday, December 23, 2012
HAD FUN AFTER THE WORLD ENDED
December 22, 2012.
Went to HS Otakus gathering in McDo Lacson. Got reacquainted with familiar people. Ate a cheeseburger with fries for brunch.
Watched the Hobbit with Miloy and Kurt. It was awesome! Particularly loved the flashbacks to Erebor, and the scenes with Orcs and Goblins, and every scene with at least one dwarf in it. (oh, of course, Riddles in the Dark was dramatic as well.)
Decided to accompany Miloy a ride home. Took a ride in Kurt's car, the three of us. Finally know where Miloy's house is. Watched last part of 2012 on Miloy's TV. Now I know where to hunt her down if ever a bounty is placed on her head. MWAHAHAHA!
Got a ride home from Kurt. Watched Iron Chef episodes. Watched Disney's "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey. Played vintage (read: 1950's) music until bedtime.
Oh, and I forgot to mention: SURVIVED THE SO-CALLED APOCALYPSE FORETOLD BY THE MAYANS.
Here's to surviving another doomsday prophecy. Good luck, godspeed, God bless! And Happy Holidays to one and all!
Went to HS Otakus gathering in McDo Lacson. Got reacquainted with familiar people. Ate a cheeseburger with fries for brunch.
Watched the Hobbit with Miloy and Kurt. It was awesome! Particularly loved the flashbacks to Erebor, and the scenes with Orcs and Goblins, and every scene with at least one dwarf in it. (oh, of course, Riddles in the Dark was dramatic as well.)
Heard Miloy humming the Dwarves' song. Must've got LSS.
Decided to accompany Miloy a ride home. Took a ride in Kurt's car, the three of us. Finally know where Miloy's house is. Watched last part of 2012 on Miloy's TV. Now I know where to hunt her down if ever a bounty is placed on her head. MWAHAHAHA!
Got a ride home from Kurt. Watched Iron Chef episodes. Watched Disney's "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey. Played vintage (read: 1950's) music until bedtime.
"BAH, HUMBUG!"
Oh, and I forgot to mention: SURVIVED THE SO-CALLED APOCALYPSE FORETOLD BY THE MAYANS.
"What gloom and despair do you bring to the mighty Pacal? I would offer refreshments, but I have an apocalypse to prepare for."
-- King Pacal of the Maya
Here's to surviving another doomsday prophecy. Good luck, godspeed, God bless! And Happy Holidays to one and all!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
It's that time of the year...
...yet, living in a tropical country with no snowfall, you can't really tell if it really is that time of the year. Sure, people may flaunt their lights and decorations but it's still a freakin' tropical climate. The slight showers and typhoon that recently passed by are not making the situation for our climate better. Aside from slight inconveniences (waay klase, mabaka-baka pa dala kapote kag payong, etc.) and major devastation (especially in the south, which was usually a storm-free area), it sucked. It sucked away all the cool winds so it just got all the more humid. IT SUCKED; therefore, IT SUCKS. BAH, HUMBUG!
No. Christmas carols and Santa Claus will not be enough to convey that "wintry" atmosphere for me. For that, I must turn... TO AZEROTH. TO NORTHREND!
Keep your stinking workshop elves and their pansy-green clothes. I'd rather have the Vrykul. Oh, and I do bet that the Lich King can beat up the Jolly Old Red-Clad Bearded One's ass any day.
Good luck, godspeed, God bless!
No. Christmas carols and Santa Claus will not be enough to convey that "wintry" atmosphere for me. For that, I must turn... TO AZEROTH. TO NORTHREND!
Keep your stinking workshop elves and their pansy-green clothes. I'd rather have the Vrykul. Oh, and I do bet that the Lich King can beat up the Jolly Old Red-Clad Bearded One's ass any day.
Good luck, godspeed, God bless!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Death, Grief, and Hope
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."
-- George Eliot
"Our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
-- St. Augustine
"What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
-- Helen Keller
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."
-- Leo Tolstoy
"These are called tears. They come when we are so sad, so soul sick, it’s as if our hearts are so full of pain there’s no place else for it to go."
-- Taretha from "Warcraft, Lord of the Clans"
"I will not say "Do not weep", for not all tears are an evil."
-- Gandalf
"Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal."
-- Victor Hugo
"But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer..."
-- Samwise Gamgee
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."
-- George Eliot
"Our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
-- St. Augustine
"What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
-- Helen Keller
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."
-- Leo Tolstoy
"These are called tears. They come when we are so sad, so soul sick, it’s as if our hearts are so full of pain there’s no place else for it to go."
-- Taretha from "Warcraft, Lord of the Clans"
"I will not say "Do not weep", for not all tears are an evil."
-- Gandalf
"Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal."
-- Victor Hugo
"But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer..."
-- Samwise Gamgee
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Sembreak 2012 (Last Day)
Daw pirme ko lang 'ni ginahimo nga seremonyas...
Goodbye, Sembreak 2012... Hello, 2nd Semester...
Eraserheads - "Sembreak"
Goodbye, Sembreak 2012... Hello, 2nd Semester...
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Cyber Insanity
This might be the part of Youtube and the Internet that have been abandoned by reason and logic.
1. He-Man's Version of "What's Up?"
Three adjectives for this: "weird", "flamboyant", and "hilarious. (And I just can't hold back the urge to be amused when I get to the part with the dramatic "Don't Cry Out Loud" insertion, featuring Bird Lady.)
2. YOU SHALL NOT PASS (Techno Remix)
Ahh... Those four immortal words by the Grey Wizard of Middle Earth himself, Mithrandir a.k.a. Gandalf the Grey... and four words that every student dreads to hear from his teacher in Science or Mathematics.
3. "This Is My Peepee"
This video screams "PEDO!!!" and "EXHIBITIONIST!!!"
4. EPIC SAX GUY from Moldova Eurovision 2010
Oh... kay. Cheesy saxophone music, cheesy dance steps, cheesy attire... Only thing not cheesy in this video is the pelvic thrusting (or crotch-humping) of the so-called "Epic Sax Guy"... IT'S DISTURBING!!! O.o
5. Banana Song (I'm A Banana)
Uh... Random, non-sequitur, nonsensical... Barely any trace of sanity and/or reason here...
I suppose that there's a silver lining in the midst of all this craziness. Say, let's watch an 80's music video! Some good old nostalgic musical fun...
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Oh, goodness gracious... "Rick-rolling"...
1. He-Man's Version of "What's Up?"
Three adjectives for this: "weird", "flamboyant", and "hilarious. (And I just can't hold back the urge to be amused when I get to the part with the dramatic "Don't Cry Out Loud" insertion, featuring Bird Lady.)
2. YOU SHALL NOT PASS (Techno Remix)
Ahh... Those four immortal words by the Grey Wizard of Middle Earth himself, Mithrandir a.k.a. Gandalf the Grey... and four words that every student dreads to hear from his teacher in Science or Mathematics.
3. "This Is My Peepee"
This video screams "PEDO!!!" and "EXHIBITIONIST!!!"
4. EPIC SAX GUY from Moldova Eurovision 2010
Oh... kay. Cheesy saxophone music, cheesy dance steps, cheesy attire... Only thing not cheesy in this video is the pelvic thrusting (or crotch-humping) of the so-called "Epic Sax Guy"... IT'S DISTURBING!!! O.o
5. Banana Song (I'm A Banana)
Uh... Random, non-sequitur, nonsensical... Barely any trace of sanity and/or reason here...
I suppose that there's a silver lining in the midst of all this craziness. Say, let's watch an 80's music video! Some good old nostalgic musical fun...
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Oh, goodness gracious... "Rick-rolling"...
Good luck, godspeed, God bless na lang... Here's to another semester, I guess.
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