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Meanderings...
11:32 AM November 05, 2008

...is the title of a chapter in our 6 1/2 year old story the Phoenix Pendant. Sadly, it's taking us too long to finish certain parts, hence we have tentatively abandoned it. Too bad though, that one had the makings of a really good literary work. *cough* Now, the same team who brought you ~~the attempts at completing~~ the Phoenix Pendant is working on a new original story, with no title as of it. Currently, the story centers around 3 youths of very different backgrounds, coming together to protect mankind from certain destruction. As familiar as that sounds, it promises to be really good, and our boss hates typical storylines, so there's a very little chance that we'll end up with such. ^^ There. Now it's official. There's no turning back now team! XD

So on with the rest of my life. Just as I suspected, my sembreak does end on Tuesday, Nov 11, instead of on this Friday which is Nov 7. That means the deadline of my sembreak game can be rightfully moved as it has been moved. ^^ My friday classes have all already announced that there will be no class that day. Woohoo~ We're pretty efficient that way.

And speaking of efficiency... I'm done enrolling. My star-crossed and obviously one-sided love affair with the class Hapon 10 has ended in vain. -__- After 5 years of hoping, and despite finally having been able to enlist the said subject on CRS, fate made it so that I'd have to cancel it for the most important subject of my curriculum, BA 123. *sigh* And there are no more slots to enter other schedules of the class too. :( So i was left with the next two languages that I'd like to take. Franch and Latin. Though I kind of love French more, Latin had a better schedule and had fewer slots, so I took that one instead. Well it's better than nothing. :( Hopefully Vigile still remembers her Latin so I can practice on her. XD

And speaking of languages, I'm currently reading a World Fantasy Award Finalist book entitled Faery Reel. It's an anthology of short stories by different Fantasy authors like Neil Gaiman, etc. Among the stories is Night Market written by Holly Black, the famous author of the Spiderwick Chronicles (it was turned into a movie recently, if you remember). What makes this story stand out for me (altough I've only read about 1/3rd of the book, is that it's set in the Philippines, and hence contains aspects of Philippine folklore and Filipino phrases and words to boot.It makes mention of mga enkanto, albularyo, "tabi tabi po", gayuma, sumpa and even paksiw na pata. XD She also sees a mananangal in some part of the story. ^^; It's pretty cool. ^^ Story goes this way: a girl has a beautiful older sister who falls ill after seeking shelter from a tamarind tree (with a nest of ants) during a rain storm. Apparently, some enkanto fell for her and is making her ill. Hence our heroine goes out and tries to save her sick sister. ^^; I'm not done yet, but it's pretty interesting so far. :D

And today, Tracy and I had a really fun date/gimmick. I don't really understand why it was so fun, it just was. ^^ At some point we just bought snacks in the grocery and then sat down to eat them. Literally just hanging out. It was practically a food trip too, cause we ate in Burger King as well. :p We also played the guitars, and we were *almost* screaming all over the place cause we were kept dying at some point or another (or at least Tracy was exclaiming loudly, I was biting my lip with intense concentration cause the more I react, the more I die). ^^ But I think the people around the area warmed up to us, cause they were giving us tips and even inviting us to play with them. ^^ And we got a free game. Hehe...We also played the ball throwing game I played with Levs, Ivan and Gil, and it's still super fun and addicting, no matter how many times you play it. XD We also roamed the grocery, which was strangely entertaining, and we particularly enjoyed ogling at the baking/cooking supplies they had there. I saw the pan I've been looking for! XD And I'm starting to notice that I'm developing a fondness for headbands. Is this the result of watching too much Gossip Girl? ^^

And btw, I finally have a laptop!! XD Yay! After years of saving (and not collecting birthday gifts from my parents), we were finally able to purchase one! A little belatedly, I admit, but better that than nothing, right? *Deja vu?* The deal was that I'd have to pay for half, like Bianca did for her laptop. It was about PHP1.5K out of my budget, but I guess that's fine, since we were buying it from one of my dad's friends (to get it cheap) and there was only 2 models to choose from. And I checked out it's price in SM Cyberzone and found out that we were actually able to buy it for about more than 10K less than it's retail price!!! Considering Rachel said laptops in SM are already cheap, I'd say we got a good bargain. Thank heaven that my dad has friends who are into selling computers and laptops. (My dad knows nothing about computers and laptops. He wouldn't even know what's over or underpriced for things like CDs, let alone a whole laptop. ^^) And vigile, don't give me that "kami 11k lang - or free - yung laptop" and all those price comparisons, cause I have a hard time with really really small keyboards (I've tried -_-;) plus this laptop is pretty cheap already. :p Your guess as to its price was off by about 10K as well. ^^

I've also been watching the 4th season of House lately. I soo love that show!!! <3 It is definitely, utterly, and totally my favorite US series of all time! I'm still in episode six, but there are already episodes good enough to make me feel a lump in my throat and almost cry. ^^; And it's funnier and smarter than ever before! I admit that it's too smart for me to follow at times, but you gotta love it. I was worried with the way season 3 ended, but the writers are obviously way too good to let this show fall short of its previous seasons despite certain handicaps. *gushy mode*

And finally, prank's up! I didn't really cut my hair very short. I just took a bunch of really good misleading pics cause my new haircut has layers that can be fixed to look like I have short hair. XD Forgive me for the joke, but it was on the list. The prank was meant to be a halloween one, but I'm a little more soft-hearted towards people who are easily scared this year. Probably because I'm starting to be one myself. ^^; I dunno why, but it may be due to the fact that in the past month (or maybe 2 months ago?) Vigile and I may have seen ghosts. I saw a lady in black sitting in the backseat of my car, while Vigile saw a guy standing outside her window. So weird and creepy. @_@ We're still not sure if what we saw what we think we saw, but personally, my possible sighting scared me quite terribly. T_T

Belated Happy Halloween everyone! Stay safe! ^^

PS: AME con happens this Saturday, Nov 8. Anyone wanna go? :D

come fly ~ gen