it's all just a blackjack game

"kung may problema ka, magsuot ng maskara; takpan mo ang iyong mata, buong mundo'y mag-iiba" - eraserheads

hmm.. i'm in ctc right now, desperately trying to figure out how to finish hillary's "living history" by sunday.. the book consists of 800 pages and im still with page 132.. funny thing is i could have started reading non-stop right now instead of writing another stupid post for this blog.. we all have our eccentricities.

talked to don last night, he was forcing me into telling him this "secret" which i got from a former high school (i hope you know who you are) in exchange for another. pero syempre ako, the ever trustworthy friend, didnt spill anything.. don's late night calls (10:30pm at the earliest) kinda irritated my mom.. pero looking at the bright side, it became a constant source of fun.. heheh.. everytime don calls, i know what my mom would say: "ano bang meron dyan kay don? bakit kung kausap mo sya parang katapusan na ng mundo?" well ganyan talaga.. don is one of the very very few people with whom i could talk for the longest time.. la lang, sinasabi ko lang!! pang-asar sa nagbabasa.. hahah

free cut sa math kanina. by the way, mukhang nahirapan ako sa long test kahapon ha.. yun ang problema ko.. pero dahil nagsusuot ako ng maskara, mukhang di naman halata..

i woke up late this morning. 8am.. yup, late na yun for my MWF schedule, given that i spend at least thirty minutes taking a bath.. and i was texting julie pa.. that's really extraordinary cause i dont usually text in the morning.. not that i dont like it.. la lang..

speaking of texting.. kakairita ang sun!! heheh.. di na nga ako makatawag, puro sending failed pa.. pero if you think about it, nung nag-umpisa ang smart (ewan ko ang globe ha), ganun din.. mahirap ang signal,etc.. pero the thing with sun kasi, may signal naman na lumalabas!! full pa nga eh.. pero failed pag nagte-text!! pero ok lang.. the fact that they've invented unlimited is enough for me to "momentarily" give up my smart.. hahah... balita ko susunod daw ang globe ha..

4:25 and kumukonti na tao sa ctc.. so what do i do? hmm.. read hillary's autobio na!! hahah.. joke...

sige bye bye na muna... bye bye.. if you're reading this, i love you!! heheh...

went to bed at 12:30.. but didnt get to sleep right away, perhaps because of the coffe... woke up at 4am.. now that's nice!!! and i didnt sleep last afternoon pa, which i usually do...

all these because i needed to have a plant for es lab kaninang 7:30am... so i need to buy one.. and i need soil samples which, predictably, i also didnt have..

i'll never forget the shower..

had breakfast at 4:30.. my mom was one of the greatest gifts i've received from God.. i didnt expect i'd be having any breakfast at all.. tinimplahan pa ako ng coffee.. turned out breakfast and coffee were the two things i needed most for this day... it's already 5 minutes to 2pm and di pa ko nagla-lunch... and sobrang inantok ako sa math.. hindi yung antok na dahil sa boring yung lesson ha.. antok talaga na dulot ng puyat..

whew! thank God the "plants for sale" was already open as early as 5am.. and thank God again i made it in school early enough to be unnoticed nung naghukay ako ng lupa sa ctc para dun sa sample ko... konti lang tao eh...

now that makes me proud of myself...

i dont know if you'd buy this but i sometimes think that one good thing cramming gives you is a better ability to handle stressful conditions... like last night and kanina...

i've been this way for as long as i can remember... and i'm prepared for more.. hahah...

"so tell me do you wanna fly?" - eraserheads

whatever happened to tabulas? parang pumangit....

we had nstp kanina and nilibre kami ni benny sa world topps.. sino yung mga andun? ann, nathan, benny, lonn, stacy and ako.. parang ang saya cause you dont usually see all six of us together.. hahah.. la lang.. actually idea ni ann yun eh na tama nga naman...

at nilibre pala kami ni benny.. thanks benny! hahah...

im having problems with my studies now.. we had our first es long test yesterday and nahirapan talaga ako.. and then we got the first part of our lit midterms and guess what i got? C/D.. i know nakakahiyang ipost dito ang mga kabulukan ko pero talagang grabe eh... and math... ok pa ang calculus nung una eh... pero di ko pa nakukuha 2nd long test at medyo kinakabahan ako.. the quiz yesterday didnt help at all.. kung bakit pa kasi nakalimutan ko pa yung formula!!!! grrr... sorry for sounding grade-conscious pero that's what i really am.. that was how i was raised by my parents..

i dont know what to do... i know i can achieve my goals without having to get better grades but my parents think otherwise.. i wish i could say their opinion doesn't matter but i cant!!! what they think about my grades determines so much about the situation in our home..

they dont really pressure me naman eh... its just that i know what they want...

ah basta... ang complicated.. im sorry...

sige bye bye... take care all!

1. My friends greeted me.
2. nagsuot ako ng red.
3. nagpasalamat kay God.
4. di na kinuha ang P3.00 na sukli sa tricycle.
5. nagpasalamat ang driver.
6. binisita ako ng mga hs friends ko kahapon.
7. nagdala sila ng blackforest, ang aking paborito...
8. kung pano nila nalaman, Diyos ang makapagsasabi.
9. nilibre ko mga girl blockmates ko.
10. at nakatanggap ng regalo. salamat pala..
11. nag-iwan ng P23.00 na tip sa Max's.
12. mabuti't di kinulang pera ko.
13. si-nave lahat ng text msgs na bumabati sa 'kin.
14. naging mabait yung dating nagsungit sakin sa manang's.. alam nya kaya na birthday ko?
15. sinabi sakin ni ms. canilao: "i wont pick on you today because it's your birthday".
16. hinayaan ko na ang masamang amoy sa pe class.
17. first time kong makatanggap ng greeting sa first minute ng birthday ko. heheh.. thanks chill and marco!!
18. sobrang na-appreciate ko yung kahapon.. thanks alena, ara, ken, ramil, at john... alphabetical yan ah..
19. ngunit may hinintay akong greeting na hindi dumating.
20. kumain sa pizza hut.
21. nag-post sa blog..
22. ang astig nung corned beef...
23. thanks sa lahat

dahil birthday ko...

You Are 14 Years Old

14 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.

oh my me!!!! i just turned 17 and now this??? tell me guys, am i really acting like im 14?????!!!!!! oh well... maturity lang pinag-uusapan dito.. i'm not like some retard or something....

As a casual listener, I only ask three things from a song: a catchy and stirring melody, meaningful libretto, and a to-die-for singer's voice. Bamboo's album, As the Music Plays, got the libretto and the voice. The melody is yet to be interesting, since I started listening to the album only recently (some bands tend to make you develop an obsession to their tunes only as you listen to them more and more).

Bamboo Manalac's voice is the one thing that sets the band apart from their rivals. Bands today tend to invest more on their tunes and lyrics, forgetting that vocal talent is just as imperative in catching listener's attention and keeping them engrossed. Bamboo's throaty and cool voice would always be superior to that of Rico Blanco (who else could I compare them to?), his former co-vocalist back to his Rivermaya days. Hearing him (Bamboo) again after a considerably long hiatus is such a relief to all of us (girls especially) tired of contemporary Pinoy musicians who could offer us no more than formula love songs if not angsty music with vocals too commonplace for us to take seriously.

And speaking of love songs, I'm happy to announce that only two songs out of ten speak of love in this album. And they don't go with the cliches. In "Masaya", for instance, love is spoken about in such an uncaring, in-your-face attitude, you'd never get a piece of that self-pitying maudlin crap we all want out of the Filipino music industry.

What we find instead is an entry to their psyche, their ideas and insights that don't necessarily seek to prove a point or influence others. They don't even seek to be understood. Just wanting to be heard. Patriotism is an obvious subject in "Noypi", though I also see a few political innuendoes in some other songs. From "Pride and the Flame", we are greeted by the lines: "Gone... gone are the days when the west was wild". And from "Mr. Clay", we hear: "Peace and flowers will kill the superpowers / the fall of Rome is near". It's interesting to start dissecting into their lyrics and do some kind of criticism but that's another essay altogether.

On the whole, I can say that Bamboo's As the Music Plays is interesting what with its simple and light melody, intellectually-stimulating libretto, and Bamboo's wonderful, wonderful voice that haunt listeners for a long, long time.


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That was my first draft for my music review.. so whatcha think guys? all form of criticism are more than welcome...

Ram thinks Bamboo's lyrics are so bobo compared to rivermaya's..

and he wants me to note that the tune of 'masaya' is not masaya... gets??

ok... just critique this, ok? deadline's on wednesday... must get high marks... hahah