LSS OF THE DAY: "HERE'S WHERE I STAND"
From: CAMP [Movie]

Enrollment yesterday. We were actually hoping that our schedule wouldn't be so bad, but after reading our registration forms, all our expectations crashed and burned.

I got some info from Doreen.


MONDAY:
11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M --> PSY 218; Group Dynamics
5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. --> FIL 2 [Holy crap, I'm gonna die]
*Three-hour break? I guess I can deal with that.


TUESDAY:
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. --> APP; Art Appreciation [Hmmmm. I wonder what this is for]


WEDNESDAY:
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. --> SPN 1; Elementary Spanish. [I'm actually looking forward to this]
3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. --> PSY 210; Experimental Psychology [As long as its not Prof. Psychotic who's gonna handle us then I'm cool with this]


THURSDAY:
FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!


FRIDAY:
8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. --> LIT 103 [YAY!]
3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. --> BES 201; Psychometrics 1 [I think Kuya Sherwin mentioned something about this. I can't remember if it was a good thing or a bad thing]
*And what the hell am I supposed to do for four hours?!


SATURDAY:
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. --> MATH 604; Statistics for BES. [HOLY HELL. I'm really gonna die now]
*What a nightmare! Saturday class? And MATH? Their murdering me!!!



I'm kind of thankful that we won't be staying until nine in the evening. But still!


This is gonna be one hell of a year.

Labels: schedules, school woes

For now, let the pictures do the talking:



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with LEA SALONGA

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with RICHARD GUITTIEREZ

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I promise to make a really long post next time. I have so much to share!



I'll be going to Manila in a few hours for my enrollment.



Once again, I updated my story blog --> CRAPPY, MUCH? CLICK HERE.

WE HAVE ELECTRICITY! PRAISE THE LORD!

I have soooooooooooooooo much to say! But I'll wait until I've uploaded my pictures before I say anything.






Be patient with me, okay?

LSS OF THE DAY: "DREAM BIG"
By: David Cook

So, yeah, Dagupan's under a "state of calamity".





Last Saturday, May 17, 2008, we were in my room since the blackout occurred around 3 in the afternoon and the wind was already howling. By seven in the evening, our house was already leaking and the sounds of things being blown around were still evident amid the gale outside.





By ten in the evening, the winds died down a bit, but the rain was pouring HARD.





Everything was quiet by two in the morning.





We were up and about by five, surveying the damage that dear old Cosme was nice enough to leave us; just to remember him by, I suppose. Two of our kalachuchi trees, which Patsy really, really loved, fell; one whose branch completely tore off, and the other uprooted. The backyard was like a swamp, complete with littered leaves everywhere and even a few broken branches from the duhat trees. A part of the wall that separated our house from the neighbor's, partly made of yero and wood, tore off.





My Dad said that you wouldn't think that a storm passed through the night before, because it was already sunny and pretty hot the day after the storm. Without all the debris lying around, of course.






When we went around the city, the damage was even worse. Billboards were already leaning against the buildings, glass shards on the street from broken windows, walls completely torn in two because of fallen trees, electric posts and wires dangling on the side of the street, branches being held up by electric wires, wooden signs blasted apart; scary, really. We took pictures and a video detailing the damage in both our houses in Tapuac and Bonuan but I can't upload them right now.





And the worst part is, we don't have electricity and water. They said it will probably take a week, but others are saying that it might take longer because the damage was worse than the last strong typhoon that hit Dagupan. We're praying that they'll stay true to the first one.





Of course, we didn't want to stay in a place with no electricity and water; the mosquitos are enough reason for us to scram. So me and Patsy left for Manila on Monday, May 19. And we're still here! Dad and our brother, Ramon, just got here last night. We were in Anitpolo last night and we just arrived in Fairview this morning. We'll be going back to Dagupan tomorrow.




So, we ran away from our cave, to civilization.




We've been enjoying ourselves so far. We've been to Lea Salonga's dress rehearsal! Could you believe that? More details soon, I promise.











*drumroll*

DAVID COOK!

Group performance by this year's top 12. I just had to put it here coz I love this bunch.

To my fellow die-hard David Cook fans, LET'S CELEBRATE!

Labels: American Idol, family, MANILA TRIP, storm

LSS OF THE DAY: "I SING FOR YOU"
From: CAMP [Movie]

It's not RENT, but it's sort of like it.





Okay, AMERICAN IDOL. Loved David Cook, as always. David Archuleta could have done better. But both of them don't matter right now. Why? Because Syesha is OUT and it's gonna be a David-vs.-David finale. Anything could happen, really.

It's down to the final two. David Cook vs. David Archuleta. Who will be this year's American Idol? See you at the finale!

I've been bored out of my wits since I got back from Manila. Only my story blog's been keeping me busy. And I find a lot of inspiration from some stories on FanFiction. And of course, the Oviedo group on Multiply's been keeping me busy as well since I'm the main administrator. Gotta keep everybody updated, right? I just hope I can convince our other relatives to make an account.





I am on TWILIGHT HIGH. Yup, y'heard me. I mentioned in one of previous posts that I bought Twilight and New Moon when I was in Manila and I finished them both before I got home. I wanna read Eclipse, but I have to wait until Sunday to buy it; I can wait. It'll be soooooooooooooo worth it.

ROBERT PATTINSON as EDWARD and KRISTEN STEWART as BELLA





THE CULLENS

I think the guy who was on Carrie Underwood's "Last Name" and "Before He Cheats" music videos could also play Edward. I don't know his name so I can't search for his pictures.

What are you talking about? Lui, everything feels longer if your waiting.

Would you believe that my sister said that? And she has no idea that what she said struck home, BIG TIME.






Speaking of which; Danzel's been having problems lately and I can't help but feel hopeless. I really want to help, but I just can't.






He and his friend accidentally broke something at a computer shop and now the owner's asking them to cough up 15,000php; last I heard, he was still lacking 700php. I really hope they were able to pay up, or else they'd go to jail, as the shop owner said.






I've been doing a lot of daydreaming lately; it actually helps me generate ideas for my story. I think I'm gonna work on part 8 a little later. Read my previous entries if you wish: STORY BLOG. I love it when people comment. If they don't *shrug*






I'm not feeling very enthusiastic today. I guess EMO GIRL's a fitting name for me. I keep on forgetting to thank Lean and Enzo for that.





Does anyone know where I can have someone make a blog skin for me? I want to change the layout of my story blog. I want it to be something like a binder, the tabs can be the different parts of the story so you wouldn't have trouble looking for the last part that you've read. Any suggestions?

Labels: American Idol, emotions, headaches, pictures, problems, Twilight

I want Syesha Mercado..

OUT

LSS OF THE DAY: "HERE'S WHERE I STAND"
From: CAMP [Movie]

I was in Manila from May 1 to May 10. I had the greatest time, ever! I'll just say what I did during my stay and something more afterwards..







MAY 1 - Went to Manila with my cousin Erika, who arrived from the US a few days before. We almost didn't make it because she wasn't feeling very well. But she sucked it all in and endured the painful five-hour bus ride from Dagupan to Cubao; I even bought with me a lot of plastic bags in case she wanted to throw up. Once there, our cousin, Maui, picked us up from the terminal and we headed to her house in Fairview. Took a nap because we were so exhausted; Erika because she was sick, and me because I only had about two hours of sleep in the past twenty-four hours or so. Once we were okay, we went to the Podium (my first time to go there, ever) and watched Ironman; LOVED IT. Then we had dinner in Burgoo before going back to Maui's condo in Gilmore where we spent the night.







MAY 2 - Erika and I went to Fairview after breakfast, where we went shopping with Tita Marissa in SM. Then we met up with our cousins, Lean (pronounced as Lee-an; his full name is Leandro) and Enzo at Shoppersville; we said goodbye to Tita Marissa and went with the boys. On the car ride going to EDSA Shangri-La to meet up with their brother Carl, his wife, Audrey and their daughter, Bella, the boys gave me a new name: EMO GIRL. They wouldn't stop! Then we had a quick snack there before going to Antipolo, where they lived. Erika slept early but I stayed up watching the Southpark movie with Enzo and Carl.







MAY 3 - I was supposed to go home since Erika had to stay with her Dad but Tito Rudi and Tita Livy told me to stay because my cousins from Davao were arriving the next day. Once we dropped off Erika at the Fort, we went back to Antipolo.







MAY 4 - I watched Ironman, again, with Lean (he already saw it as well), Audrey and Enzo. I remember that Enzo refused to leave because he wanted to make sure that there weren't any last-minute scenes after the credits. So we waited, and sure enough, there was a scene after the credits. He wouldn't stop gloating about it after we left the theater :P Later that night, me, Lean and Enzo just sat around the TV and sang some songs while they took turns in playing the guitar; "jamming", if you will. Tita Astrid, Nina and Andrea arrived past midnight and we ended up staying awake until two in the morning.







MAY 5 - Since we were craving for burgers, we decided to go to Burger King and we asked Enzo if he wanted to come along. He said it was too near and it would be such a waste of time if he was just going to prepare himself for that. I compromised and told him that we can always go to Trinoma since there was a Burger King there. That got him. But when we arrived, the place was full so we decided to wait for some people to leave. We just stood outside, talking and joking and all of us could feel the stares that the other customers were giving us which only made us laugh harder. We noticed that some of them weren't even eating anymore and yet they still didn't want to stand up. After a while, we admitted defeat and left; but as soon as we turned our backs, the people we were waiting for stood up and left. By the time we looked back, someone else had already taken the table. So we ate at Brothers Burger instead; at least we still had burgers.
Then we went to Timezone; we even went on those bump-car thingys with guns that didn't even work! :D And we went on the carousel, too. Then we went to Dairy Queen for a really late dessert; we went back home after that. Lean and Enzo barged into my room that night since they saw that my light was open. Had a heart-to-heart talk with them.







MAY 6 - I stayed at home while the Davao girls went to the US Embassy for their interviews to get a Visa. Bonded with the guys again.







MAY 7 - Me and Nina accompanied Andrea and Tita Astrid to the airport because they had to go back to Davao; Nina had to stay behind so she could arrange her leave of absence from UP. Went to the Fort to kill time; ate in Krispy Kremes . After we dropped them off, Kuya Aga took me and Nina to Glorietta, where we went crazy at Powerbooks and splurged on Burger King, again. Then we walked over to Greenbelt and ate Haagen Daas. Walked some more; about six hours of walking :) We were on a mission to find Lean a birthday gift but had such a hard time that we settled for those big cards that they sold at Powebooks. Then we had a quick snack at Chowking and Juice Avenue. Nina and I ordered siomai from Chowking; but after we poured the soy sauce, we realized that it didn't taste right after we took a bite. Turns out, it was the sauce for the siopao. My tummy was complaining about the weird combination but I ate them all anyway; and that's when Juice Avenue came in. And this was the day that I bought Twilight.
When we got back to Antipolo, we got to work on Lean's gift. Nina had these colored charcoal thingys that you can smudge after you drew on a piece of paper. While we were designing the card, Lean poked his head through the door because he was looking for me. We threw nervous glances at each other and I saw that Nina was itching to push him away but he just said, "You guys are drawing?", to which I answered, "Yeah, because we've got nothing to do", and thank goodness he left it at that. We planned to give it to him at midnight so we rushed it. But while we were watching the replay of American Idol (we got back home around 9 so we missed it), about ten minutes before midnight, Lean went to bed. So we decided to give it to him in the morning.







MAY 8 - I was having a nightmare; I can't remember what it was about though. But I do remember someone touching my shoulder and I jerked awake, only to find Lean's shocked face from behind me. It was a miracle that I remembered what day it was, despite being a bit disoriented from the shock; I greeted him a "Happy Birthday" and gave him the card; I heard Nina's incoherent greeting from beside me; looks like I wasn't the only one. He read it while we were still lying in bed and laughed at some of the stuff we wrote. We texted our other cousins the night before to tell us what they wanted to say to Lean and we wrote them down. He thanked us and told us that we were supposed to leave for UP to finish up whatever Nina needed to finish. Lean's girlfriend, Erika, was there when we went downstairs. We ate as quickly as we could.
We were dropped off at UP and for the next two hours, more or less, we walked around the campus to find the people who needed to sign Nina's papers. Then we went to Trinoma for lunch at Taco Bell; and too cool off there as well. All that walking tired us out and it made us sweat so badly. Went back to UP and waited for Kuya Aga to pick us up. Big dinner at home. And it was the same night that I started the Oviedo group here on Multiply. And I think I finshed reading Twilight around this time too.







MAY 9 - Once again, we went back to UP, had a few problems with the papers but were quickly resolved thanks to Tita Astrid. When we were done, we went back to Trinoma, where I bought New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, then we crossed over to the Block where we looked around and ate at Wham Burger, then back to Trinoma for more walking and looking before Carl and Kuya Aga took us home.
The guys made me and Nina watch the Southpark movie again :P
It was already four in the morning but I still couldn't sleep. And since I didn't want to wake Nina, I used the light from my cell phone to read New Moon until five thirty.







MAY 10 - We woke up a little later than we planned so we were in such a hurry to pack our stuff and eat breakfast. When it was time for us to go, we had to wake up the boys to say goodbye; Lean and Enzo just mumbled and Carl wouldn't budge. Audrey was in the bathroom so we weren't able to say goodbye properly. Even Bella was still shy around us! But Tito Rudi and Tita Livy were there when we left so it was okay.
In the van, Nina and I talked non-stop. We took her to the airport first before Kuya Aga took me to the bus station


And so my Manila adventure ends there.







During my stay, I learned/realized/noticed a few things about myself, my family, my sorroundings and others. These are just some of them:

*I may look like a turtle with the amount of things that I stuffed in my bagpack, but someone once told me that I look like a cute turtle.

*I laugh easily.

*We may be cousins, but there are times when I feel like we're complete strangers.

*I space out more than I should.

*I still say "sorry" if I bump into someone, even though I know that there's a big chance that they won't notice me.

*Once I get an idea, I'll keep building on it and I wouldn't let it go.

*I keep on saying "Hay naku" instead of "whatever".

*My heart melts when I see kids holding hands with their grandparents.

*I like to take lots of pictures even if I really don't have to.

*I do have a life without the internet.

*It takes four years to build a wall, but only a few seconds to tear it down.

*The smog from Manila is unbelievably incredible--in a scary way.

*Even when I have so many things to distract me, there's always that one person who never fails to cross my mind. *sigh*

*I'm gonna need a new g-tech.

*I know a lot of songs, but I haven't memorized them all.

*Mexican music makes me jumpy.

*I could never say "no" to anything sweet.

*You look outside, it's sunny; but later on you'll hear the thunder rolling so loudly you'd think that it was right above you. No rain, too. Strange, but it's a natural occurrence in that area.

*I may look cool on the outside, but I'm really giddy on the inside.

*I blush very easily.

*Overpacking has more advantages than disadvantages.

*Riding the carousel with my cousins brings back so many memories.

*I cringe when people call me "Luisa" instead of "Lui".

*Coming up with boys names that will match with "James" is fun; the possibilities are endless ;) One of my cousins said, James Chewbacca. Makes me laugh everytime.

*The cool night breeze of Antipolo soothes me.

*I'm more emo than I thought I was.

*I wake up if someone touches me.

*I always use alcohol after I touch money.

*There's always that nagging voice on the back of my head, reminding me that if I arrived in Manila carrying only two bags, I'd better go back home with just two bags also. No more, no less. I have no idea why.

*I'm stubborn. Enough said.

*No matter what I do, I can't stop myself from repeating RENT when I listen to Tony.

*Strange as it may sound, I want to have my own baby right now. Maybe it's because I get envious of what I see between mothers and their children; to show them love and be loved in return. But of course, it's too early to be thinking of that.

*Nina and I could be mistaken for sisters sometimes.

*I don't get sleepy that easily.

*When I get so absorbed in a book, I won't notice that I'm hungry, thirsty or even if I want to go to the bathroom :P And I read really quickly because I want to know how it's gonna end.

*Maroon looks good on me.

*Edward Cullen, a character from Twlight, reminds me so much of HIM; not in a physical way. Well, not just Edward, but almost all the vampires. PM me if you want to know why. I'ts kind of embarassing.

*I think too much.

*When me, Nina, Andrea and Enzo were in Trinoma, I was thinking of possible titles for the album where I was gonna put our pictures in so I started scrambling the first letters of our names. To my surprise, I discovered that we formed "LEAN", who just happened to be Enzo's older brother, who unfortunately wasn't able to go with us at the time. So, in a way, he was with us because of that.

*..and yeah, I like making new names.

*They weren't kidding when they said that the campus of UP was HUGE. I never dreamed that I'd be taking a jeep around there. To aspiring future UPCAT-passers, always bring rubber shoes with you, just in case. Nina said there are times when you really have to run to get to your next class.

*I can survive without texting anyone or anyone texting me.

*Never leave me in a bookstore unless you keep my wallet away from me.

*I must have been really thin a few years ago for people to think that I've gained so much weight now.

*I always bring a big bag with me because it has everything I need. And my cousins dubbed it as "The Mother Bag".

*Whenever we go out, I'm always the shortest.

*I like to ask the same questions even if I already know the answer.






I think that's about it. I've probably bored you enough already. Hahaha!






I took lots of pictures and they're on my Multiply. But for you to see them, you have to be my contact.






I made an Oviedo group on Multiply, too. meetdaoviedorks.multiply.com
It was Enzo's idea. And you have to be an Oviedo to join and view the page.






I watched CAMP, a movie about these kids who go to camp to learn how to sing and act, like in Broadway. The songs are great! And Daniel Letterle, one of the guys in the movie, is absolutely cute!

How cute is he?

The other posters are too big.





I uploaded some of my favorite songs on my Multiply. It's open to everybody so feel free to download them. My favorites so far are "How Can I See You Through My Tears", "Here's Where I Stand" and "Century Plant". Try them out.

Labels: family, MANILA TRIP, pictures

NO LSS

My sister and I just got back from the Bangus Fest a while ago. SO MANY PEOPLE.







I swear, we were pushing and shoving our way out. And what was worse, my sweat mixed with my sister's sweat and the sweat of whoever I got squished next to; which was like, about more than fifty different people, more or less. One word: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.







My sister was already shouting at the people in front of us to move because they would move, yes, but when someone famous goes onstage (Mark Herras and Angelika dela Cruz were the unfortunate celebrities who were onstage at that time) they just stop and they complain that people are pushing them from behind. Like, HELLO! You were leaving too, remember?







My hair smells of smoke (from the grills and the innumerable number of people who were smoking near us) and sweat. My shoes used to be white; now their black from all the people who stpeped on my feet while we were still sandwiched. It rained earlier, right? That explains the black muck from my ankle to my knee. Disgusting.







It would have been fun, you know; it should have been fun. Parokya Ni Edgar and Bamboo were there, but, yeah, we couldn't stand it anymore.







And just when we thought that things couldn't get any worse, my sister's phone got snatched. While we were squished against Lord-knows-who's-sweaty-body, she said that she felt her phone "rising" from her pocket, but she pushed it back down; later, when we had a bit of space to move around, she felt her pocket, but it was gone. We tried calling it just a minute ago but it was turned off.







She said that she hopes that whoever got it actually deserves it. I'm just repeating what she said.







I wouldn't mind going back next year, but I'm going earlier. WAY earlier.







I'll be going to Manila with my cousin in a few hours. I won't say anything more about it until I get back.






Danzel texted me awhile ago. Quick conversation. But at least he texted. The last time we talked was probably a few days ago or last week.






I think I have a cold coming on. CRAP.

Labels: crap, shitty, sick, summer