I didn't realize that burning data DVDs can take forever. About more than 30 minutes per CD. @_@ So I had about 7 CDs to burn, and a lot of time to kill. Tsk. So while I was staring at the laggy computer as it did what it had to do, Bianca started watching Hell Girl/Jigoku Shoujo. At first, I was totally unimpressed by the fact that the same thing kept happening over and over. And then the episodes started to change, somewhat. There was one where the person who logged on was the evil one, therefore she was sent to hell, one where a person actually confessed to her sins, one where a person who contracted earlier finally died and was collected, and most shockingly, 3 where good people were forced into hell. T_T And then, a storyline is developing too. The anime is no longer segmented per episode, but a continuous story, involving a psychic kid and a journalist. Hmm. Getting quite interesting. Plus the actual grudge stories are improving. :D

We didn't get to finish the series (though I think we're halfway?) and I didn't finish my data burning because it was already past midnight. @_@ Tired~

So when I fell asleep, I found myself in an alternate reality where the Hell Girl exists, in our world. There I was in UP, fuming with rage, frustration and anger over something/someone that/who really exists (but everything was WAY exaggerated). 0_o I think at some point in the dream I was so angry, I almost burst into tears, and was finally (I think) marked with the funky hell girl tatoo, meaning I had sent someone to hell. 0_0 Freaky. I didn't like it at all. Not only did I feel the misery some deep hatred and shame, I also felt the horror of those people in the anime who were forced to send people to hell. X__x I didn't like it one bit and I'm so glad it isn't real. T_T

Chapter 2: National Elections
There are times when I painfully feel how much it sucks not to be a registered voter. I've been recently getting well-acquainted with the who's-who of the senate race, and have participated in TWO mock elections already. So much so that I kind of want to vote for real, considering some of the candidates I like are a bit in danger of losing, while some I don't care much for just might win. Eck. And unlike the previous elections, where I pretty much felt like I'd rather not vote ANYONE, this time, I actually kind of want to lend a hand to our democratic system. Hm. My PI100 class' nationalism must really be rubbing off on me. ^_^;

Sig made me watch a lot of new series last week. I'm starting to feel the "So many things to do, so little time" phenomenon. ^^; That's on top of my new and old downloads, my new and old books, old and new DVDs, etc., etc. But then again, it's always best not to run out. XD This week, I intend to bust into Sig's house and force her to let me watch Liar Game! XD Check it out too, along with the Tracy anime. (Guess why we call it that? XD)

The play was at 7 pm-9pm, and I had to commute since my mom was still in her angry mood. All the while I kept thinking: "This play SHOULD be good. >:( Or else.. Grr.."

Anyway, I've never watched a play in UP before, so I was a bit surprised to see people from different ages participating in the play. Some were really old, and some were really young. But I guess that's how it is. ^^;

The play was nice. It made me think: "I should really watch more plays. Tsk tsk." It even had a lot of quotable quotes. Considering I'm not very sensitive to such things (not as much as Vigile, probably, who finds and underlines them in almost every book she reads, or even Aji, who texts them to people after finding them in TV shows) .

The play didn't have any amazing and heart-stopping twists or surprises, but the story was not at all typical. Plus I didn't expect a lot of things, and the acting was really really good. The troupe was obviously very into acting. I gave them all a pretty hearty applause. ^^

All in all, I liked the play, save for the fact that I was positioned between some girls who were obviously fan-girls of some actor in the play. -_- They kept enumerating what previous roles they've seen who in and they even managed to spoil the ending for me. Thanks a lot whoever you are. -_- And on my right, a mother and son tandem were seated, mumbling something about "texting Erap, etc." I was a bit surprised, I mean, it couldn't possibly be THE Erap, but then the son says: "Is Erap allowed to have a cellphone?" Plus they were holding some check. Hmm... Curious. Definitely curious.

Chapter 5: Jeepney rides
Well, when the play ended, I commuted home. And in the jeep, a bunch of people who didn't know each other started talking amongst themselves about the play. (It's amazing how sociable some people are. 0_o) It started with a humble: "So did you guys like the play?" until they were pretty much discussing their life story. 0_0 Their dreams, their plans to shift, what course, where they want to works after, their hobbies. Grabe. No joke. That's what they were talking about. It totally amazed me how a bunch of strangers can suddenly make friends that quickly with each other. Their luck I suppose. ^^;

Another weird jeepney ride happened as I was on my way to school last Friday morning. (I've been commuting to school since Friday morning, when my mom's angry mood started. Menopause sucks. -_-) The jeepney driver was overly talkative, telling us all about how foreigners stop a jeep when they want to get down (with an overly loud shout, I hear) and how we Filipinos, by contrast resort to knocking on the jeepney ceiling, sometimes barely heard (which is what one passenger did to make the driver start the lecture in the first place). He went on and on about how we were going to progress in this world if we never speak up. Hearing the words pag-unlad and stuff (a usual lecture I hear in class) from a jeepney driver was pretty interesting. Plus he said it all in a cheerful and joking manner, so much so that all of his passengers had to grin at his persistence. (It was a long speech too. It was still going on when I had to get down).

Yes! This is it, the first field trip I've ever attended in my apparently uneventful college life. XD Although truth be told, I wasn't really looking forward to it since it seemed overly tiring and info-overload-ish (it consisted of a lot of stops, about 3 historical houses, 3 churches and some burial sites at least) turns out it was a lot more fun than I expected, since my groupmates are total "camwhores" and stuff. XD

Unfortunately, due to the fact that my phone was less than 2Megapixels, we barely employed it in our "photo shoots". Hence, I have very little pics to show you. Maybe some other time when my groupmates have uploaded the pics taken with their 3 MP phones and digital cameras. ^^; At one point, we were so engrossed in taking pictures of ourselves that we didn't realize that the rest of the class was heading back to the bus and we still had not looked around the Mabini Shrine. ^_^ Oops.. We took a quick look than ran for it, although we still took pictures anyway while "running for it". Hehe..

We had to take out an entire city from our planned stops since we didn't have time left, thank goodness, cause we got back to UP at around 9 already. Call time that morning was 7 am, so I was already up and commuting at around 6. Any later then 9pm, considering I still had to commute home, would have reduced me to a trembling blob of tired jello. @_@

But I liked the houses. :) I thought some of them were really pretty, and despite the creepy furniture, I kind of liked the the architecture. Maybe, when I grow up, I'll build my house with a stairway like Rizal's house. ^^ I didn't like their walls though, but the open airiness was nice, and the fact that, unlike most houses today, the 1st floor didn't seem too far from the 2nd floor. ^^;

Well, the bus trip was okay too. We were made to watch really a lot of movies, some really old one too. The first one, Internal Affairs was so old, their computers monitors only showed a pitch black screen with boxy green letters. -__- Plus it was action too. The second was good, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, followed by MouseHunt (so-so movie). The last we watched was The Gods Must Be Crazy. @_@ Crazy movie. At first I thought it was a documentary or something, but in a way, i thought it was interesting. ^^; They explored some new perspectives, like those of the bushmen (natives), which I found really interesting.

I really pitied one of the bushmen when he was put in a prison cell. At first he was put on trial, and when he was first brought into the court room, he saw that there were a lot of people so he smiled at them and none of them smiled back. T_T He didn't understand our language, and we didn't understand his. Then he was put in jail cause he didn't know there was such a thing as private property. His translator said bushmen were simple people and didn't have a concept of walls and have never seen them before, and now he's trapped in them. He would surely die. T_T And then they showed him, looking out at the tiny patch of sky through his window, just staring at it all day, not eating or understanding what was happening. T_T Sad.. But it was, overall, supposed to be a funny movie I think, so the translator was able to work out something for him.

Anyway, I'm losing track of my thoughts. Back to my field trip. XD I didn't buy any pasalubong cause I barely had money left (^^;), plus my favorite treats were unavailable. Oh well, it's nobody's funeral. ^^;

Interesting huh? First time in my life I've ever seen such a sign. ^^;

come fly ~ gen