8:11 PM
January 29, 2005
Chem Hell
Grabe, pag-nag-aaral ako kailangan ko kumain! Tuloy-tuloy, depende kung ilang oras akong nag-aaral. Sabi ko nga kay Bianca na paglumaki ako at nagtatrabaho na ako ng 8 office hours a day, tataba talaga ako. ^^;
Tapos na rin ang exam ko sa Chem! Hirap! >_< Nakakaiyak! T_T
Pero buti nalang masarap ang pagkain sa bahay... ^^ Medyo napasaya ako! Hindi ko na nga maisip kung ano kakainin eh. ^_^
1:36 AM
January 28, 2005
It just has to be geeky. ^______^
I went to this blog place, and i clicked a link that was supposed to tell me what my name represents. Top of the list was: *drumroll* GEEKY! ^_^
1:29 AM
| You Are 12 Years Old |
12
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. |
11:30 PM
January 27, 2005
So Busy...
I've been so busy lately, all my sisters seem to do is party in comparison. T_T And it's kind of true. Bern is going to attend her pre-prom, once again proving to the world that she has the better share of fashion sense among us sisters. O_o You should see her picture... It'll make you grin. ^_^
1:32 AM
GMIK!
Weird, but it seems like it's EVERYONE's time of the month, and everyone's getting sick because of this, more or less... >_<
Anway, we ended up in book heaven a while ago, literally where some books go after they've been discarded (meaing they died in the book world. XD) kidding... ^_^ BUt it was really unexpectedly nice there.
Salamat Kimmy!
And we had 2 gimmick dinners tonight, and in one of the dinners, everyone began talking about me, cause Tracy acquired a new talent of copying me... it was impressive... amusing.... hehehe...
And it was all because Vigile suddenly decided to bring up some topic I'd rather not mention here. -__-
Ulitin ang GMIK!!! XD
3:09 PM
January 24, 2005
Blogging...
Today, Vigile and I were struck down by a mysterious stomach-concentrated epedemic... Long story, we just both got sick. Maybe Tracy is too... Because the last thing we 'ate' in common was a snack at Celebrity where all three of us played tennis together for the first time. Interestingly, my theories on tennis deterioration proved to be accurate, and Vigile now adamantly insists we get a trainer for fear of deteriorating to such a shameful level as ours. Yup. And the Australian open has been going in, sometimes even in two channels at once. I don't watch cause I've seen too much of Agassi. ^_^ Not that I have anything against him, its just boring after a while.
Watched Kat-tun last Saturday, and I was able to see their Christmas concert. Stacy's right. Their appearance (minus Koki's) is actually improving, all of them. *nods in approval* Good, good... And they have a ton of new songs... I wonder how Vigile can even keep track. *thinks*
Had a "mega-reunion" last Sunday, dubbed mega because of the incredibly large scale reunion that it was. There were even professional musicians playing the whole time. (Poor guy on the saxophone probably can't talk too much today after blowing into his sax for such a long time. ^_^) And we have an aunt who generously gave us a... get this... WEB CAM AND MICROPHONE!!! Now we can talk to our US-based cousins like we're on the phone! SAYA!!! (but it's so special I can't seem to manage to split it open. T_T)
A relative told me I was still getting thin! ^_^ *flattered*
Watched Gilmore girls... does Parishave a new fling? With a REALLY old guy? Or was that someone else? >_0
Heard that Stacy had to watch a film called Family who Eats Soil (or something like that). I heard from a classmate that it was horrible... Aida from Math 100 had to watch it for Socio 10. Good thing I have another teacher. And the tickets were sooo expensive too!
Ulitin ang tennis with TRACY!
Still deciding if I should pursue this AIESEC thingy... imagine, travelling.... And now's the best time because this is their only 2nd sem application. It's shorter now, and *most probably* easier. At least that's what I've heard.
And we had a weird activity in Eng 1 class. Imagine, an autistic kid and a varsity player in a broken MRT, what story can you develop? And this is with entirely random characters too...
TENNIS with Tracy! (Except I think I've exceeded my membership consumable for the quarter. -_- Imagine!
And tomorrow I'll be heading for CCP to watch the best of the UP College of Music. ^_^ I know it will be good, but I hope I don't get too tired. ^_^
A bear just killed me in T_b_a. -________-
I like Calvin and Hobbes. ^_^ And Vigile should see the latest issue of READ magazine, it's featuring Isabel Allende, interviews, her past books, etc. Nice read. :)
2:02 PM
January 22, 2005
Perspectives can change overnight
Just this afternoon i attended an orientation for the world's largest student organization, AIESEC. I was a little wary about attending it at first, but thanks to some VERY wise words from Teo McDohl, a.k.a Tracy, I went anyway, and I found it VERY interesting. :D It's an international organization where I can get Int'l OJT, if I would want to avail of it as well as very useful training for future jobs. I talked to some of the people there, they were really nice, and even Charm admitted that the application here might probably be better than the one in C.E., which is not too bad at all anyway. Stacy, sali ka rin sa org na'to! They have an Ateneo branch, and imagine, we can go on international conferences together! ^_^ There was a girl from Japan there at the orientation, Yuna, and the whole org seemed pretty interesting to me. And you'll learn SO much from it too. I plan to take it as a challenge, and I think it's practically another step at improving myself. Gee... big shift of perspective. I, Ms. Pessimism, am looking at one of my particular faults from an improvable angle?!?!? Weird. Suddenly, I realized what it would feel like to finally start working, and even working abroad. I mean, it could happen. And in a few years, at that. Imagine that... such a big realization.
Next, in the orientation, they made us close our eyes and imagine our grave stones! Particularly, what's written on it. I dunno, but I couldn't imagine it, except for my first name. ^_^; And a month, September? I dunno why... But anyway, it got me thinking: What would be written on it? Some people don't have a say in such things, but others write their own before they die. An epitaph. What would I have in mine I wonder. Some mundane common "beloved...etc" on it? I'd become one of those faceless graveyard nobodies who after a few generations, will have a very dirty grave marker who passerbys don't even bother to look at and then nobody would be able to imagine, Who was this Genina? What was she like? Just another one of those facless, monotonous life-livers, a "beloved something..." I'm depressing sometimes, but think about it. I don't make sense, maybe, but it's a reality anyway.
And another thing, I've been reading Lestat again... TuT I so love that novel! ^_^ Even if I can never get around to finishing it. It's so full of beautiful descriptions, and Anne Rice is such a good writer. To be able to write from different angles in different ways for every Vampire, it's amazing. My Eng1 teacher often emphasized that the delicate balance between what you reveal and what you don't create a particular effect, and in the case of Lestat, we see everything from his point of view, as limited as it is. ^_^ It's amazing. For instance, in his POV, Gabrielle was merely pitying him, but in truth, she really cared, as obviously revealed by how she cried after Lestat got mad at her for hiding his precious package. TuT TuT TuT TuT
Vampires have a way of looking at the world, and reading the book and seeing everything from their eyes just gives one a new perspective of things. And these particular bunch of Anne Rice books is not explicitly you-know-what, so it's a good new perspective. ^_^ Just stay away from the Mayfair series. ^_^;
*ok, girly corner. And you won't ever see this again in a LOOOoong time, so deal with it. ><*
I had a freaky dream last night. In my dream, there was a REALLY good-looking guy (whose face I can't remember at all~ faceless dreamboys -_-) and apparently, in my dream, I had a crush on him. ><>
BTW, it's 22, Vigile's day... TxT And my cousins recieved the chanuyo na... i hope we didn't disappoint them. ^___^
4:43 PM
January 17, 2005
My English 11 teacher diagnosed me with a short attention span... the answer to the miserable question: 1) why can't I ever finish the novels I begin to read??? But good news, I was reflecting and counting exactly how many novels I read last year: about 10. YAY! :D
4:21 PM
The Calm before the Storm
I'm still drowning in a pile of massive homework, except I REALLY felt like blogging, so here it is. ^_^ This is going to serve as a form of procrastination for me, the calm before the storm, so to speak. Anyway, have you guys noticed the strange weather we've been having? Not that I'm complaining. I
love the weather in fact! The overcast (but not gloomy) skies, the strong and cool breeze... what's not to like? It's been bothering me a bit though, I suspect that these strong gales of wind are soon going to herald in a big-blast-of-a-STORM, and everyone knows we (our country) can't take such a thing. -__- Afterall, the winds blowing for the past few days have been reminiscent of storm winds, yet not a single drop of rain has fallen. Hmm... -__- *suspicious* Plus, the clouds seem to signal that there will be rain soon, and there never is! Oh well... Next topic!
My English 1 class has really got me thinking a lot... (and mind you, this IS plain old English 1: Basic English: meaning grammer, sentence patterns, etc) Maybe it's because my teacher is really quite good, (not in a Ferminian kind of way though, a bit more interesting, but no offense... she's more like a more knowledgeable, up-to-date and outspoken Ms. Winsor, actually. ^_^) Anyway, she's making me question my already unexistent writing skills. Especially in the area of Poetry. T_T I lack confidence as it is! Anyway, I sometimes talk eloquently, but Nicholas Cage was right in National Treasure, people don't talk that way anymore... My teacher says chances are blog poetry=bad poetry, and she goes blog hopping at that! So ashamed... TxT Whatever, my style is my style, and if I do manage to ever write a poem, it'll just be privately for my eyes only from now till eternity! >_<>< *babble babble*
And my teacher, continuing her thoughts on blogging, (and she's not against it, she actually requires her students in her writing classes to keep one.) mentioned that blogs are for people who have no one to listen to them. Sad, almost pathetic if I didn't know better. -__- I mean, a blog is a good way of release, at least I think so... because you get the full (most of the time at least) benefit of anonymity and that way, you don't bother the people you know that much... especially since (silent? ^_^) people like me have a lot to say. Just look at the length of my entires and imagine if I called you up everyday and told you each and every one of those in greater detail and with emotion. We'd both eventually go crazy. ^_^ Whatever... I just can't take offense... u_u Moving on...
I really like my English classes though. Both 1 and 11. :) I hated English 10 even worse than I hated Chem. But my current english classes are cool. :) I'm glad I took them up. :) I learn a whole lot of things each meeting, particularly things I didn't think of or notice before, but I understand now. :) I suggest people take up my teachers as well. Though my Eng 11 teacher gives hell-hole-hard exams, you get several packets of poetry (some of them quite rare in fact), you get to understand poetry SO MUCH better (I used to dislike e.e. cummings, but now, I find his work interesting) and you learn to write good poetry, as defined by my Eng 1 teacher, who also gives out rare and interesting sotries, as well as interesting bits of detail about pretty much everything. ^_^
And I challenge everyone who wants to take up this challenge! (just say so, ok?) Let's try writing a Sestina! XD
But I wonder....
Before I end, I'd like to add that as of today, I have officially fallen into the state of bankrupcy, and there I will remain until the end of this
Temptation week, because Marge took away all my money... TxT First Chanuyo, now this... I wonder if I'll continue to be bankrupt each and every week... TxT
3:57 PM
January 15, 2005
*SwwooOOoooshH!*
Vigile is a great writer and Sig comments on all blogs but mine... T_T
I also had my crappiest rpt training session today, everyone was speechless at how bad my shots were... and I figured out it was because I was impatient and took the wrong stance. -__-
And I learned I was in the wrong English Yahoo Group all this time. No wonder the announcements, etc. never reach me. Grabe, I could have flunked! 0_0
I am now *officially* the last person to join the eng 1 yahoo groups. -_-
Btw, IF I was to change my nickname so that people dson't have such a hard time thinking it's
Jolina etc or even plain pronouncing it... what would you suggest? I'm not sure if I'm serious about this, but humor me. :)
good luck...
i feel lost and sad for you...
1:07 AM
Windy, windy day...
Today was a VERY windy day... *whoosh whoosh* Almost like a storm without rain. ^_^ I loved it, most of the time, anyway. It was, incredibly cold when I woke up, I thought it would rain, even. ^_^;
Anyway, last wednesday, I lived just like a Postmodern speed robot, with every activity timed by the minute. I woke up at 8:30, got ready, ate breakfast, etc, and by 9:30 I was at amoranto training. Studied while resting for 30 minutes, shot 10 shots (+30 dry fires in between each) for a timed 30 minutes each, Then at 10:30 I ran of and got a jeep, sped through Metro Manila traffic and got to Katipunan at 11, competing several times with other commuters for a spot in the single waiting jeep. *tired* I would probably have been so stressed had it not been a VERY delicious meal and a nice get-together with my friends to end the string of stressful hurry. :D I had a nice lunch. :D Unfortunately, I can't really say that I had good training day. Cause around my second shot, my arms began to shake. Terrible. They're so weak and untoned. T_T Some of my shots didn't even graze the target altogether. SHAME!!!
Another thing I'm deteriorating at is bowling. I don;t even want to think about it. >_<
I'm also done with my Socio report. Hits and misses... but it was ok overall. :D At least I'm done! ^_^
Well, as for the events of today: I had a landslide-of-a-snakebite-deadly-killer-torturous-slap-me-in-the-face-and-please-burn-it Poetry exam. It was hard, to say the least... T_T I was late for class to begin with, and when we were going over the answers after the exam, I realized that my notes contained such deficiencies, and I myself was incompetent, and thus I did not do too well in the exam. T_T So ashamed... And you probably know how bothered i get when I know I've done terribly at something important. T_T But thankfully, today wasn't all bad. For one thing, my last 2 classes were cancelled! Yeah! XD And tonight I spent the most of my time finishing up the
Chanuyo. Finally! It's out of our hands and ready to travel to Chcago towards it new owners. \^_^/
And today I heard a little bit more about my grandma's circumstance. Right on, I'm going to apologize to my friends. Sorry if I always mention my grandma here. It's because lately my mom seems to talk about nothing else. Almost. You guys don't have to read this anyway. I put it in my blog mostly for my cousin's benefit. I wouldn't mind. ^_^ Anyway, back to the topic, I learned today that my evil tita has taken her martinet ways to an entirely new level. She apparently has taken full control over my grandma's bank account and ATM. Evil... --___-- Won't go into detail anymore, cause France worries that when my cousin's family comes back, there's gonna be a very big, violent clash. Not good...
And back to the lighter side of things, Bianca tells me that there a 4 most influential stories in Eastern (jap or Chinese??? Sorry... we're rather unsure about this part) culture. Anyway, 2 of the 4 are *drumroll... dumdumdumdum* SUIKODEN and SAIYUKI!!! Woah! Yay! WAh! Gah! Yosh! Galing! Yahoo! ^_______^ I love Genso Suikoden and I also like the Gensomaden Saiyuki anime! \^_^/ The third is Soul Hunter, another anime I like, and the fourth was something Bianca was unfamiliar with, and thus forgotten. ^_^;
BTW, tambay week turned into Crads week as our love for games like speed and bluff were elevated to a new level. A love for magic card tricks also transpired. :D
And I am now, once again, on the
Devil's Road, meaning I'm reading Lestat again. ^_^; After a year...?
9:06 PM
January 10, 2005
Tough Week, Tough day, Tough Luck.
Last week was horrible, aside from it being a full 7-school-day weekend, (with me studying my eyes dry till midnight for all of those days and waking up early still for school) the week also ended badly. In fact, I was feeling so crappy that when I texted vigile, it was all full of grammar mistakes, and I didn't even notice... -__- She just told me about it. Which was too bad cause I was hoping I'd enjoy Sunday, cause that's when my test was finally over. Instead, I wasn't really too happy with it. Like I told Vigile, that's what happens to incompetent, overconfident, crappy, lazy students like myself. And there are, somewhat unfortunately for me, not too many of those in my Econ class and College. T___T It was also annoying to realize that I've been going about with Econ in the wrong way, so much so that I actually considered dropping the class. I was even looking up the dates of dropping deadline. (Imagine, me, the obsessive persistent non-quiter, deciding to quit this class?!?) I felt that pushed to the edge. Anyway, having such a strikingly horrible realization, I realized that I had so much to do. T_T I should have taken to heart Vigile's study habits. Seriously. So now I have an entirely new list of things to do, like my new econ prob set, reading chap 5-7 of my econ book, reporting for socio (cross-referencing with my econ book), etc. I don't really want to enumerate them all here, right now. T_T But I assure you I'm not to happy with myself for letting so many things pile up. :(
Anyway, sorry Kimmy if I haven't been able to give you any IP suggestions. Our chem lab group was supposed to have a list of tentative last friday, but a groupmate didn't turn up so we have NADA on that part of my checklist of things to do. We also need a chem project, you see. If anyone would care to suggest anything, we'd be glad to have some ideas for it. Any feasibly sensible ideas for that matter. ><
*Can everyone tell that I AM stressed out and troubled?*
Graaaaaaaaah... And I just realized that I printed out the CHANUYO all wrong!!! X_x *dies*
And I just learned that my mom had to take my grandma to the hospital yesterday. She just went there on a random visit, and it turns out my grandma has been TERRIBLY SICK for a week!!! And my evil aunt didn't even bother to take her to the hospital. I was so horrified. For some elderly people, my grandma included, are ver, very frail already and need special attention and care. For her to get sick like that and left alone just because my aunt thinks it's a waste of money to go to the doctor (but obviously not to go out on movies as she does with her friends, -__-), that's much to horrible and selfish. Man! She lives on my grandmother's savings and she can't even take the time out to bring my grandma to Church or, more importantly, given the circumstance, to the hospital. Such arrogance. >_<>__<>
Anyway, tomorrow is my reporting for Socio, and we haven't consulted yet, I don't know why. This is terrible.
~~~For a little splash of sunlight on a currently bloody and darkened cold mind~~
Bianca passed Ateneo. First choice. And so many Blue Batchers didn't... 0_0 *GO YELLOW!* But she's more concerned about her UP *naks* results, which may come out in a few weeks. *croses fingers* I'm now sure that she 1st choice was Comp Eng in UP, though she now wants to shift to Computer Science. In Ateneo she took Humanities, cause she loves reading (and literature and writing, etc.) and a little bird somewhere *shrug - i don't really know where* told us that Ateneo specializes on the humanities. And she actually took this up as an elective, with Sir Fermin as the teacher. It seemed to me that MCHS Hum is a less condensed version of UP Eng 12, but what do I know... We also have an aunt (no not the other one) who's a graduate of Ateneo Hum, i think, and Bianca adores this particular relative's job. I won't go into details, but it involves reading a lot of really, really good and new books for free (like the Rule of Four, etc.) and getting a lot of complimentary gift checks from good bookstores like Power Books. It's a really nice job, if I do say so myself. Perfect for Bianca in many ways. Besides, she gets to do what she does, and with adequate pay too... :D But Bianca seems to be more bent on getting a Comp Sci degree from UP. :D Anyway, CONGRATS BIANCA! :D
And Bong's fave Kat-tun mem is Junno... a particular highlight of my day today involved a bunch of pictures attached to a CD. *big smile*
1:11 AM
January 05, 2005
A note inspired by my other *responsible* half...
Stacy's lucky to get things in order so quickly. Just today, I realized that I have a report due on friday and I haven't read the 2 books I have to read for the report. I didn't even have the chance to get it from the library... T_T Plus, tomorrow, I have to go consult with the teacher about my report, and I don't have anything prepared. I also have to read 5, not 4 chapters for my econ exam on sunday, but can't cause I'm busy with my socio report till friday and I have a marketing seminar on Saturday. I can't even train for the shooting compet the RPT's gonna hold in Feb, or finally purchase this thing for RPT. T_T I'm flayed with activities right now, and roasting over the open fire of the past holiday, I don't know how I'm gonna get through this... T_T
BTW, Bianca has a new blog address... click on the link in my sidebar. :D
11:08 PM
January 04, 2005
New News for the New Yer... :)
I started going back to school last Jan 3, and I must say it was kind of hard to get back in pace with normal school life. Me and my friends, having resolved to tighten our belts in the effort to put a little weight into our pockets and out of our bellies, have resolved to walk all over campus instead of riding the jeep, unless absolutely necessary. In all truth, despite my earlier declaration of not having a resolution, being around people who have resolutions have actually affected me enough, so much so that despite all my years of trying, the year I finally resolve to not have a resolution will probably be the only year I've had one, so far. Ironic. Anyway, resolution 1 is to keep a close watch on my spending. 2. keep a close watch on the number of books i read, hopefully to be able to list both down too. For the book thing, I have a goal to read at least 10 books for the whole year. In response to resolution 1, Vigile, Bong and I have devised a humble saving strategy of
Temptaion and Fasting. Nothing drastic, we just wanted to use extravagant names. ^_^;
Anyway, I know I can be fickle sometimes, but I think its a good resolution, and I've never been able to think of a good one before, so sue me. I'm typing this online right now... *tsk, tsk...* and have to cut this short anyway cause I learned that some people don't read long entires anyway. I figured just as much.
Vigile also gave me a very pretty wintery card. Though she might hate me for this, I admit that I was a
little flabbergasted (??) that she wrote on the card. ^^; Weird that I should think that. It's a Card for goodness' sake! But it was such a pretty card. T_T I think i'll buy another one if I see it again in some bookstore. *eyes widen in realization* Oh no... my temporary Winter obsession seems to have escalated a bit... tsk, tsk... must have gotten too attached to my lay-out. -__- Well, Vigile is autumn, afterall, and Sig dwells within the Spring of the Lotus, (a little joke, nvm)....
Well, just wanted to add that on the night of January 1, in a vain and sleepy attempt to finally read my econ chapters, I decided to go join bernice on her daily marathon of torture. Although her DWoT often lasts for 4 hours, I only had the stamina to join her for 30 min. (Imagine that... -__-) It was 1 am then. Afterwards, I managed to force Bianca and Bernice to walk home so I could go home, and we had (for the first time in a long time) our very own
Chanuyo. It was nice way to end the first day of the year, just sitting and talking about a lot of things.
BTW, about that Daily Walk of Torture, I was just commenting to Bern a while ago that her walk is pretty effective, since I only joined her once and today, I recieved 2 comments that I grew thin, the complete opposite of what is expected to happen during Christmas break. In that respect I am very lucky, sort of. ^_^
11:00 PM
^_^ HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERNICE!!! ^_^
6:16 PM
January 01, 2005
New Year's Entry
And here I go on another ranting spree...
Last night, despite everyone's slow "run" to poverty, the Philippine skies were lit with brightly colored flowers of light as the world welcomed Year 2005. My neighbors, beginning early, let a continuous barage of blasting fireworks throughout the night, ending only at exactly 12 mn, much to our relief. As usual, they employed the noisiest possible firecrackers to blast away the last hours of 2004, leaving behind a VERY thick smoky cloud and a VERY dirty street afterwards. Seriously. Every year we are forced to close all our windows shut because we once made a mistake of leaving it open and our curtains turned black with their soot. -__- we also end up with a very dirty garden and roof every year 'coz all their rockets seem to land in our roof. -__- That's because they not only own the house in front of us, they also own the empty lot beside us, and this lot they use every year in their apparent need for noise and smoke. -__- And they are VERY NOISY. As they were beginning, one of their louder-than-gunshot firecraker gave a really loud explosion which set the alarms of all their cars on and I think our house shook a little with that. Bern was outside then and she admitted that she felt the air really slam into everything in waves of impact. -__- This year however, we have another neighbor at the end of our street who seemed geared up to join in a fireworks competition with our next-door neighbor. They, however, chose beauty over power and gave a wonderful display of very pretty lights. ^^ Our neighbor's fireworks had little light and more sound. -__- I know, I know, I'm getting to sound evil and bitter... but it isn't really fun getting your ears blasted continually throughout the night. Some of their fire crackers sound like a gunshot ring in your ear, and I know how loud it is cause I've heard it 2 meters away without ear muffs. some sound like a continual pattering of rocks on our ceiling. And when I went out in the morning I DID find rocks in front of our house... *suspicious* hmm... Anyway, even though we were kind of trapped in till 12, as soon as our next door neighbor stopped, I ventured out to join bernice and it was such a sight I literally stood there for a few minutes with my mouth hanging. It was a beautiful night. The moon was very pretty and our street end neighbor were still letting Recca-like fireworks color the sky, (again) literally. The sky would actually turn red or green or blue or violet for a split second! WOW! And our subdivision is actually lucky because we happen to be residing a few distances away from the only "Perya" in QC. Pasko Pasiklab and their fireworks can actually be spotted from here. I'm not sure, but I think the fireworks of QC circle as well. ^_^ New year is great, but when I heard about Singapore deciding not to celebrate it and instead use the money for the tsunami victims, I kind of felt a little guilty that the Philippines isn't doing the same. ^_^ And all because of Chinese superstition and the claim of needing enjoyment amidst tragedy... *sigh* That's life... I didn't participate in any of the superstitions though. Not the wearing red, the coins in the pocket, the jumping at exactly 12mn to grow tall, nada. And my family didn't have any fireworks this year. We're being more practical. ^_^
We had a very tasty
medya noche (did i get the spelling right? Am I even using the right term??) And then waited for the new year watching TV and playing T_b_a. ^_^
Anyway, today we went to Manila. We were supposed to hear mass in San Agustin, but there was no mass. ^^; We brought my grandma to the seaside and had a nice family-sort-of-gathering, then we had lunch in a YakiNiku restaurant. A good one, too. Then we took coffee (or in my case, hot chocolate) in Starbucks. Starbucks looks nice. They have a nice wintery-theme going, and I must admit I'm really starting to like winter. ^_^ I even saw a really cute red starbucks mug with snowflakes all over it. It was nice but expensive, oh well...
Then we dropped of our grandma. Hmm... See here Cara and Trina!: she can barely walk now. She walks, but at a VERY slow pace, and always with somebody helping her. So sad. But I realized that if she died, my mother's family ?MAY? never be as strong. u_u She's the backbone keeping them all together, seriously. So come back soon, cause I'm sure it will make her happy to see you guys. Her house is dark and lonely now without you guys. u_u And you-know-who is torturing her. >_<
Titanium rocks! ^_^ Geeky... you know what, some fire works explode into orbs and some into discs? I wonder how they are able to formulate such things when mixing up the chemicals of the rocket. o-o *geek mode*
