stolen from aish.
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(a look back.)

the result of boredom and a trip to imdb.com
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(Trivia for 'The Dark Knight')

Yes, I am boooooored. i want to go out! hmm.. actually, what i really want to do is go shopping!! its so strange, for the past couple of days i've had this weird craving for.. colored tights!! i want red ones, and purple ones and i also want those with stirrups.

oh can i just share, i've been binge-ing (sp??) on yakisoba lately. its so weird how i eat it everyday, i may be msg-overdosed by now.

what an incoherent entry. pffffft.

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i have breaking dawn and i am haaaaaappy i ♥ timmypoo and trixie!

im only on page 195 but its been good so far! kilig! whoo hoo, edward forever. i hate jacob. ugh, go away!

went shopping this morning and oh my god, pocholo shopped more than me ha! i bought one top and he bought... a whole lot more than i did. haha. its okay, i had fun choosing for him. that boy cannot shop alone! for one thing, he gives up after like 30 seconds of looking through the racks. AND THEN he hates trying things on. plus, he automatically assumes that something wont be bagay on him! tsk tsk tsk. thankfully he has me shopping for boy clothes is boring frustrating though, just because the choices are so limited.

i am lusting after these beeyooootifuuuul pair of celine heels. damn. the malls are all conspiring against me, it seems like everything is on sale!! argh. frustratiooooon.

okay, back to breaking dawn

 

midterms.
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awww im kinda sad that im done with breaking dawn already because that means i have no edward-bella books to look forward to na!! i swear, stephenie meyer shouldve thought ahead and gone the harry potter route, making it 7 books instead of 4. but oh well. all good things must come to an end. and at least, it was a good end edward-bella forever!!! whoohoo. see, happily every afters still do come true. even for fictional vampire loveteams. hahaha

the schizophrenic weather has done many, many things to my immune system. thankfully, i am still upbeat and chipper as i can possibly be. strange considering how stressful everything school-related seems to be, thesis and our respondents being the  number 1 stressor EVER. please, please cooperate.  pleeeaaaaaaase.

 

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I Like For You to be Still
By Pablo Neruda

I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.

As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things, filled with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream,
and you are like the word Melancholy.

I like for you to be still, and you seem far away.
It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you:
Let me come to be still in your silence.

And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.

I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
distant and full of sorrow as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.
And I am happy, happy that it's not true.

POSTED AT 09:17 PM

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yes, break-up season is here again.

i always find it hard to think of comforting things to say to friends who are going through break-ups, good or bad. coz yeah, good or bad, it doesnt really matter. the person's still going through a whole lot of pain and yes, it also doesnt matter whether she was the dumper or the dumped. same difference.

one of my really good friends has been going through a rough time this past month and everyday i tiptoe around 'sensitive' subjects (like things that might remind her of what just happened, accidentally bringing up things about her ex or even just mentioning his name, or even mushy stuff about my own love life). i also find it difficult to give her advice because lets face it, in love there are no rules right? and no matter what other people tell us to do, our hearts just wont listen if it doesnt want to. we're all fools in love and sometimes we do the craziest things to convince the other person that we still love them, or to convince them to stay, or to convince them of whatever. so what may seem like a deal-breaker for me, may not be one for my friend.

whats funny though is just the other day, we were all having lunch and i was trying to think of patawa things to lighten the mood. and the topic of those 'sawi' songs came up. and how its always so timing, like just when youre feeling SUPER DUPER LOW and heartbroken... bleeding love plays on the radio. hahahaha. WINNER.

those songs that talk of love lost and broken dreams (and everything that comes along with it) ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST when youre feeling like your heart's being ripped out and torn apart and stepped on. HAHAHA. which makes it all the more hilarious when youre thinking about it, days, weeks, months after. which is exactly what i told my friend, "you'll be laughing at this one day, promise."

 

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CHRIS BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN.

 

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i was crossing a busy makati street today when it hit me that i only learned how to cross streets in college. and i tend to squeal (yes, im serious) if im crossing and then suddenly a car comes out of nowhere. sheesh. im a baby, i know. oh and i cant cross the street unless other pedestrians are crossing too. the rare times that i can cross the street alone are the times when there are zero cars on the road. hahaha.

and THIS is why i cannot live on my own yet. let alone in a foreign country. a few more years maybe?

POSTED AT 07:59 PM

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i dont understand how if i love shia so much, i couldnt sit and finish disturbia. i was only about 30 minutes into the movie when i realized that i was bored out of my mind and you know what i did? i fell asleep. haha. i really should change my whole chick-flick-only-mentality.

 

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chopped off my hair today haha its not as drastic as you can imagine with the term 'chopped off', but its still short. well, at least for me

also, cholo and i got to spend time together (very little time, but still. i'll take what i can get) and we even had our favorite... sbarro! i hate that we hardly see each other anymore but i guess thats the reality of work haaaaaaaaay.

 

let's talk about sex, baby.
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(because apparently the athletes need to find SAFE ways to entertain themselves when their specific event is over already)

sorry but am i the only person who's NOT amazed by the Beijing olympics? its become this huge freak show complete with fake kiddie singers and pre-recorded fireworks. and it used to be this really amazing display of skill, talent and national pride.

or maybe it still is. i wouldnt know, i dont watch on account of i got turned off by the whole opening ceremony scandal. this whole condom news bit is hilarious though.

POSTED AT 09:24 PM

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i just saw the piolo 'crazy for you' max's commercial and now im craving for max's fried chicken...

piolo is the cutest, i swear. so what if he's gay right? uhhhh lets face it, some of the cutest boys are gay. oh, and piolo is a wyeth endorser! i remember asking if he goes there often, and apparently all the secretaries have pictures with him and stuff. argh, im so jealous.

 

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i have to stop shopping. i think i made up for a few weeks' worth (of not buying anything) by going overboard and buying... way too much. haaaay. the celine shoes will be the last, i swear.

then the next time i will go shop crazy again will be... october? september is lean month, promise!!!

the ber months are coming up!!
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today: i had sbarro for lunch, i bought new shoes, i almost bought a new bag but just decided to put it on hold first so i can think (whoa, tums actually THINKS now before buying something!!! hahaha) if i really need another bag, i tried that new ice cream 'Pops', and i  just couch (bed?) potato-ed the rest of the day.

good, good day

tomorrow: i have no idea yet what to expect. BUT i am excited. yeay

more looooong weekends please? cmon gloria, you know you want to declare more holidays!! i have been vacation-ing since thursday. and i go back to school this wednesday pa. my mom was saying how i couldve gone somewhere like korea (korea??? labo naman) since i had all those free days. its okay, im totally fine just relaxing and catching up on my favorite tv shows and being all buhay baboy. there's nothing like bumming at home to make you all excited to go back to school (and back to work!).

i have gotten addicted to the green pringles. i cant remember what flavor it is, sour cream i think? basta, its sooooo good. and it doesnt taste unhealty like other junk food stuff do!! very, very devious these pringles manufacturers.

i got to watch The Buzz this afternoon and i was reminded yet again of why i like abscbn more than gma. hello, there are cuter boys on abscbn!! fine fine, gma has dingdong and jc de vera (who i met at an ac fair back in highschool haha) and sige na nga, richard gutierrez is cute na din. BUT abscbn has oodles and oodles of yummy boys. like sam milby!! and piolo!! my two favorites, even with all the gay rumors. they are wyeth endorsers too hahaha. oh my god and lets not forget john lloyd, john prats and that rayver guy who was shaina's loveteam before. there was also this guy, marc acueza (alam na alam) who wasnt really popular or anything but when we visited abscbn for a kkk trip back in 4th year, we saw him on the set of tanging ina and he was sooooo cute. christine and i were fighting over him (and he wasnt even really a celebrity!) and the cutest (and my original abscbn crush): rico yan!! i used to sit through stupid shows and telenovelas just to catch his eggnog commercial ("rico! isang box!"), and i remember that i only started watching studio 23 because he was a vj.

i could go on and on but there are just too many cute filipino actors!

okay, im rambling. zero coherent thoughts have come from me since.. the 4th paragraph?? haha. time to go! good night, world!

xoxo.
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i saw this tv5 (the new abc 5) advertisment in the papers last saturday, and they have this new show called 'Lipgloss'.  its funny coz i made a mental note to watch it (knowing that it was gonna be this sort of Manila-based Gossip Girl kind of show) then totally forgot all about it until i was reading a blog entry of my friend this morning. so, thanks to the wonders of youtube, i got to see the 4-minute long teaser that introduced the characters, the actors playing them, and the sort-of plot of the show.

why do Filipinos have to go and imitate all these Hollywood movies and tv shows? it was bad enough when Dawson's Creek was copied by abscbn back in the 90s and was named (surprise, surprise!) Tabing Ilog. now we have Lipgloss, which is more or less (or more) like Gossip Girl. there's the presence of a mysterious blog (and an anonymous blogger), two girl best friends (one of them being bitchy, hi blair), the boyfriend of the bitchy girl falling in love with the best friend, a chuck bass-y kind of guy who talks in this weird, affected, conyo accent, and a lot of extra characters thrown in just so it'd be more.. interesting? confusing? irritating? who wants to bet that each episode will have them all dressed up like theyre always ready to gimmick, party or travel? or that they'll be name-dropping designer brands like crazy? oh and lets not forget, that they'll be saying 'omg', 'xoxo', 'you know you love me', and calling each other by the first letter of their first names?? Filipino television is craaaazy, i tell you. the things they come up with! or rather, the way they copy things that have already been thought of. tsk tsk.

in fairness though, i havent watched a single episode of the said show. who knows, it might actually be okay! we might even like it. this could be THE SHOW that you stay home for and look forward to every week. right? yeah, right.

you know you love me. xoxo,

T.

wahahahaha

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today was a really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY GOOD DAY.

and i am haaaaaaappy. what an amazing way to start the week! i dont even mind that i have so much stuff to do, and so many deadlines to meet.

oh yeah, did i mention how good today was?

 

'Can you ever just be... WHELMED?
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Cholo was looking through my ipod movies yesterday, and i got the shock of my life when he asked, "Baby, what's this 10 things i hate about you? You hate me ba? hehehehe". i thought for a minute he was joking and then i absolutely died when he said, "Hindi nga, what's this nga? Is this a movie?"

Ohmygod. My boyfriend has been living under a rock. WHO DOESNT KNOW THIS MOVIE??? i think its because he really doesnt watch (what he calls) "chick flicks". that boy has been forced to watch movies like mean girls, sisterhood of the traveling pants, enchanted, and of course john lloyd-bea, hero-sandara, richard-angel movies because of meeeee. wawa

and then he starts watching the video and then goes, "Ah Heath Ledger pala 'to eh." Whoooo, eh di pa din niya naman alam yung movie!

(what i consider to be one of the greatest teen movies of the 90s!)

 

more on LIPGLOSS :D
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Lipgloss PILOT preview

surprise, surprise! the 'blair' character (named abby) wears those ribbon-y hairbands! the school uniform is this ridiculously short skirt paired with what else? knee high socks! their 'lipgloss updates' are sent to them via sms! ohhhhhmyyyyygoooood.  they should have just named it chismis babae or chikadora or something similarly baduy, rather than naming it lipgloss. pffffftttttt.

the 'party' scene is this pool party with the characters strutting around in their bikini tops and other summer-y party outfits (believable), playing volleyball in the water and fire dancing (hello, not believable). and that pinoy big brother atenean who plays the chuck bass character SERIOUSLY needs how-to-act-like-an-asshole-workshops coz his acting stinks. if he's gonna play the resident jerk, he should at least learn how to make it seem more natural and less forced/scripted.

its a good thing the actors are attractive. the "blair-serena" lead actresses are actually really pretty. and they seem so... above all of this. why girls, why?? hahaha. the video was too bitin that i didnt notice if the boys were cute. oh well. high school boys.

watch it!! see how philippine television has once again become a cheap imitation of everything hollywood!

im so staying home on saturday to watch the 2nd episode. watch with me, friends!!

rain, rain.. STAY.
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classes were suspended today. whooooopeeee. the sad part was, classes were suspended at 12noon. i dragged myself out of bed and braved the rain to get to my 8am comp&ben class on time. i wore my af1's which i hate doing  if im not in shorts, and i only do when its raining coz i hate getting my feet wet. i took the quiz, received my midterm grade, and was (as usual) bored out of my mind listening to sir magcase ramble on and on about job evaluation and wage blah blahs. the exciting part of my morning came at around 11, when sr. nilda's voice announced over the pa system that yes, the afternoon classes were officially suspended. oh, and she made the amazing suggestion to eat lunch first before going home. how... unnecessary. so assumption, must you ALWAYS force the cafeteria food on us so that the overpriced concessionaries can make even more money? tsk tsk.

im glad i got to catch up with hash though, who just came back from iloilo. it was so funny coz after a few hours of us sitting next to each other and making chismis, her telling me that she's a carrier of chicken pox (coz her niece has it) finally sank in. and i remembered this thing i heard (or read) that you can actually get chicken pox TWICE. and with me and my weak immune system, i wont be surprised if im one of those unlucky people to be hit with it again. so i was so worried and i was texting cholo asking what i was gonna do, etc. haha. hilarious.

*****

because i cannot stress enough just how in loooooove i am with david+victoria and their hotness

ohmygod theyre so hot, its freaky. like, how can they stand each other? do they just sit around all day in their mansion, gazing at each other's perfect faces and bodies and admiring their mutual hotness??

coz thats what i would do if i were married to david beckham. AAAAAAAAAH

victoria's actually a really interesting person too. and she's so funny! not the im-a-ditz-and-all-i-have-going-for-me-is-im-pretty-and-rich kind of funny, but an intelligent, witty kind of funny. to be honest, she even seems smarter than david. and her fashion sense is sooooooo galing. even if critics always try to find something to say about what she's wearing, i will always be a loyal posh spice groupie.

i love the two of them so much that i have videos of them on my ipod. my favorite is the 'victoria beckham coming to america' special i downloaded from youtube. if you havent watched it yet, go!!! you'll die laughing, i swear i also have this interview where victoria's the one interviewing david and theyre so freaking sweet, you wanna die. its so obvious that he loves her so much, which makes it hard to believe that he apparently cheated on her before.

*****

this is so sad, the philippines does not have even A SINGLE MEDAL. kahit bronze man lang... hoooooow embaaaarassing!

Medal Count-Yahoo! Sports coverage

oh well.

*****

he's AMAZING. even the camera man looks like he wants to die just standing so near him hahaha.

Olympic Golden Boy Phelps Eats 12,000 Calories A Day

*****

(and because today is the 20th...)

i miss you :(
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when i'm sleeping, he's working. when i'm awake or in school he's either on his way home from work, or already asleep at home.

oh and dont get me started about weekends. i swear, i will be the happiest person alive when the november nursing boards are over.

hay.

TGIF.
POSTED AT 10:58 PM

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after last night's pity party (for one haha), i got up this morning to cholo's wake up call. and when he said the usual 'get up na baby, youre gonna be late', i replied with the usual 'yeah im up na nga' even if i was still curled up under the blanket, ready to fall asleep again as soon as we put down the phone. then he goes 'no, get up na and come down to the front door'. it was the giveaway for his favorite good morning surprises for me so i knew right then that i'd really have to get up na and go down to see what he would surprise me with this time

awww this time, his surprise was he brought me breakfast! it definitely made my whole day! and i knew he was so tired from work, and he was so kulang sa tulog so more than the actual food, the effort behind it was what made it all so touching. after he left, i texted him to thank him again for surprising me so early in the morning and he replied with, 'i just want you to know that even if im so busy with work i'll still make it a point to always take care of you'. sweeeeeet :D it was the best way to start my friday thank you babe! i love you!

more of yesterday's happenings. haha.
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it was the last day of a very light week yesterday, so going to school for only 2 classes wasnt all that hard to do. it's weird coz another very long weekend is coming up for me (saturday-tuesday) so im falling back into the couch potato attitude again. MUST REMEMBER TO FOCUS.

*****

donna, wei, monique, xahn, christa, and a few others have been telling me that i've gained weight. the operative words are gained weight and not gotten fat or any other negative versions of the former. although if you really think about it, they all mean the same thing anyway. i was complaining about it to my mom and she kept getting mad and saying my body looks better now and i should gain around 10 more pounds for the wedding!! is she kidding?? NOFREAKINGWAY.

i dont know if i should take this seriously and become more conscious about what i eat, how much i weigh, etc. its just really good to eat and eat and eat and not worry about getting fat! but now that people have called my attention to it, its weird coz im getting paranoid about turning into a blimp. hello, the last time i weighed myself was back when carlo and i rushed mikko to the e.r. for his "fracture" (wahahaha). and i was a healthy 103 then. so i really dont see any reason for me to be all scale-conscious again and be weighing myself morning and night like i used to.

oh my god, i think i need to exercise!! maybe all this is because i've stopped dancing im actually planning to drop by trainings of the pep squad, just to get back in shape again.

okay, enough about my weight. i sound like i have an eating disorder haha. which i dont, thank you very much.

*****

prof announcing she's going to be gone for 3 weeks to fly to the states and be with her sister because her brother-in-law just died.

roma: ms. pasalubong!!!

roma naman. namatayan na nga yung tao, hihingi ka pa ng pasalubong

prof: cha wala bang mapapahiram na plane ang villamor sakin?
cha: meron ms. pero ikaw magpa-gas.

!!!!

*****

hash, olivia and i spent our (my) long break yesterday at the mall. it was fun just walking around, making chismis and not spending. we even had drama present brought about by an ex (an ex!!!!) who dropped by for a visit and was hunting us down. AVOIDANCE IS KEY hahaha. good thing there are such things as 'throwing the question back' and 'dodging the question'!

in rustans, hash spots a cute roxy bikini a mile away.

hash: oh my god girl, im going to die!
me: but its green!
hash: its okay, i'll be one with the lumot!

and of course, our debate that had us laughing our heads off.

hash: hay naku, ang taba niya ngayon. you wont recognize him!
me: bakit siya mataba? wait, dapat matuwa ka. coz that means he's not taking care of himself and trying to look good for anyone else!
olivia: unless.. hiyang siya na wala ka!
me: or unless mayroon nang ibang nagaalaga sa kanya!
hash: :S

needless to say, we did not make her feel better.

*****

another long weekend ahead again! please pray i dont be all gastadora and go shopping again tomorrow with my mom. my mom brings out the shopaholic in me. her and the never-ending supply of beeyoootiful things at the mall.

*****

"I lie awake and feel your nearness
I never wanted more than this"

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i dont think im meant to watch lipgloss. last week, i made a mental note to watch it and totally forgot all about it. today, i set my alarm for 4:45pm (since the show is at 5). and then i positioned myself in front of the tv, all ready to watch. at 5:10, i was wondering why it wasnt on yet.. i even got sidetracked and watched this sam milby - toni gonzaga movie while waiting. all the while though, i was checking to see if lipgloss was on, and it still wasnt. at around 6, i gave up and i was even complaining to cholo that maybe i got the schedule mixed up or something.

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT...

i was checking the wrong channel!!! apparently, its on tv5 which is channel 10 on skycable. the whole freaking time i was checking channel 24!! qtv!!! whaaaaaaat. hilarious im taking this as a sign that maybe its not my destiny to be a lipgloss fan. wahahaha.

at least i got to watch the sam-toni movie though. sam milby, i love youuuuuuuuu.

*****

this is now my favorite cry-cry movie. after i watched it, my head literally hurt from crying.

oh my god, im so making cholo watch this.

Ian: I have to tell you this and you need to hear it. I loved you since I met you, but I wouldn't allow myself to truly feel it until today. I was always thinking ahead, making decisions soaked with fear... Today, because of you... what I learned from you; every choice I made was different and my life has completely changed... and I've learned that if you do that, then you're living your life fully... it doesn't matter if you have five minutes or fifty years. Samantha if not for today, if not for you I would never have known love at all... So thank you for being the person who taught me to love... and to be loved.

*****

its a saturday night and my boyfriend is... home, asleep. all tired from review.

ohwelltowel.

i guess its just me and youtube tonight. boooooooooo

stolen.
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(when a guy misses you..)

my barkada's favorite book :)
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the best book on love and relationships!! read it!!

 

"at last one came along that fit just right. but all of a sudden.. the missing piece began to grow!"

"and then one day one came along who looked different.."

"What do you want of me?" asked the missing piece.
"Nothing."
"What do you need from me?"
"Nothing."

 

i miss this!!!!
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the catwalk

i love these!!
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(beautiful.)

zzzzzzzz.
POSTED AT 01:56 PM

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what a very, very useless acad week it has been. i have spent more time doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, than stressing over deadlines, work, or whatever. whhhhhyyyy. oh wait maybe the better question would be, whhhhyyyy am i looking for work and stress? hahaha

all this week has done for me is make me fatter, lazier and more bored. oh and lets not forget more ingenious in finding ways to amuse myself.

pocholo, lets beach soon please? i want need a break from reality.

on the weekend, lipgloss and my never-ending migraines :S
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(update.)