smeg = stress! mega exag grabe!

Wow, it feels like ages since I last wrote down anything for my blog. School has really got me working like a slave. It sucks when you get up in the morning to look at yourself in the mirror, only to be greeted by the world's biggest eyebags. It sucks that when you get to school, your teachers never return your long tests with any letter mark higher than a C. It sucks that I don't really get to spend real honest to goodness quality time with my friends anymore even when we're together because all we seem to worry about these days is school, school and school. Agh! The stress is just too much to take!

Imagine, this Friday, we have a group presentation for History and we have not written down a single word about the revolutionary clergy! Add to that my second long test for Theology which accounts for 17.5% of my grade! I haven't started reading on that either. Eeeeep. This is baaaaaaad. Do not even get me started on next week. Hayayay.

Everyone's starting to rethink the decision that put us into this miserable hell semester, the decision we made 2 years ago in the ignorance of our fresh-from-high-school-butts' youth. Is M.E. really all it's cracked up to be? Tsk tsk. We have got some serious thinking to do. Spend the rest of our college lives like this, or break free and get even better grades along the way? It sounds like an easy decision, but somehow it's not. I don't exactly want to leave "home".

things i've done.

I found this list on Kevs' blog and thought I'd try it out for myself. While I am a bit concerned about yes, perhaps incriminating myself, I realized that, heck, it's not like I have a hidden wild side to me. And... if it's about the lovey dovey stuff, I can always find some excuses. Classic example: been in love- who's to say if it was really love? Not that I ever had anything like that to mull over. It's just one of the easiest items to avoid!

Anyway, I'm gonna be putting asterisks before the items I've done.

smoked a cigar(ette)
madeout with a member of the same sex
crashed a friend's car
stolen a car
been in love
been dumped
shoplifted
been fired
been in a fist fight
snuck out of my parent's house
*had feelings for someone who didnt have them back - crushes count!
been arrested
made out with a stranger
gone on a blind date
*lied to a friend - and the feeling sucks.
had a crush on a teacher
*been to Europe - art, culture, history! *sigh*
*skipped school - college life and cuts. works fine for me!
slept with a co-worker
seen someone die
had a crush on one of your LJ friends
*been to Canada - a long long time ago.
*been to Mexico - just a stopover on some cruise.
*been on a plane - and i still hate the weird regulated nitrogen-rich air.
thrown up in a bar
purposely set a part of myself on fire
*eaten Sushi - tuna sashimi and wasabi, yum!
been snowboarding
met someone in person from LJ
been moshing at a concert
been in an abusive relationship
*taken painkillers - after I got my teeth pulled out.
*love someone or miss someone right now - don't we all love our friends?
*laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by - oddly fun!
made a snow angel
had a tea party
*flown a kite - back in the day (it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles kite!)
*built a sand castle - sand Parthenon and Coliseum! *laughs*
gone puddle jumping
*played dress up - who never went through the wear-mom's-lipstick-and-heels stage?
jumped into a pile of leaves
gone sledding
*cheated while playing a game - whoopsie!
*been lonely
fallen asleep at work/school
used a fake id
*watched the sunset - especially loved it in Santorini, Greece.
*felt an earthquake - my whole bed was shaking.
touched a snake
slept beneath the stars
*been tickled - wonder who's most guilty of doing this?
been robbed
*been misunderstood - hasn't everybody?
*petted a reindeer/goat - goat, reindeer's a bit exotic for us eh?
*won a contest - the little joys in life!
run a red light
been suspended from school
been in a car accident
*had braces - 3 glorious years...
*felt like an outcast - hey, it happens.
eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night (make that in one hour or less)
*had deja vu - more than thrice now!
danced in the moonlight
*hated the way you look - the morning after a nice long cry.
witnessed a crime
pole danced
*questioned your heart
been obsessed with post-it notes
squished barefoot through the mud
*been lost - in Little Baguio! *laughs*
*been to the opposite side of the country - Davao.
*swam in the ocean
felt like dying
*cried yourself to sleep - don't ask.
*played cops and robbers - kids will be kids!
recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers
*sung karaoke - and had a sore throat after!
*paid for a meal with only coins - merienda counts right?
*done something you told yourself you wouldn't - and ended up racking myself.
made prank phone calls
*laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose - embarrassing, but yes.
caught a snowflake on your tongue
danced in the rain
*written a letter to Santa Claus - i still like to believe he exists!
been kissed under a mistletoe
watched the sun rise with someone you care about
*blown bubbles - such fun!
made a bonfire on the beach
crashed a party
*gone rollerskating - rollerblading actually.
had a wish come true
humped a monkey
worn pearls
jumped off a bridge
screamed vagina in class
ate dog/cat food
told a complete stranger you loved them
kissed a mirror
*sang in the shower - every single day.
have a little black dress
had a dream that you married someone
glued your hand to something
got your tongue stuck to a flag pole - how do you do that?!
kissed a fish
*worn the opposite sexes clothes - a girl wearing guy clothes is forgivable. but a guy wearing girls' clothes is something else.
been a cheerleader
sat on a roof top
screamed at the top of your lungs
done a one-handed cartwheel
talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
*stayed up all night - just once, staffing for DWTL.
didnt take a shower for a week
pick and ate an apple right off the tree
*climbed a tree - tried at least!
had a tree house
*are scared to watch scary movies
believe in ghosts
have more then 30 pairs of shoes
worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say
gone streaking - what's streaking?
played ding-dong-ditch
played chicken
been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
been told you're hot by a complete stranger
broken a bone
*been easily amused
*caught a fish then ate it - well, technically, my brother caught it.
made porn
caught a butterfly
*laughed so hard you cried - when i make a fool of myself.
*cried so hard you laughed - when i try to stop myself from crying even more.
mooned/flashed someone
had someone moon/flash you
*cheated on a test - once, in grade school, once in high school! i intend to stop there!
*have a Britney Spears CD - and loved it too! *laughs*

So anyway, there goes! I haven't quite lived an interesting life eh? Not that I want to be putting asterisks on some of the ones written above anyhow! I'd much rather have my life as it is now. Although some of the things up there do sound pretty cool. We'll see. I've still got a whole life ahead of me. 19 years down, how many more years to go!

my new goal.

Oh yeah! After watching Adam Brody (I'm sorry if his name has to keep popping up like this. Forgive me, I haven't had a new celebrity crush in a while! *laughs*) on the 10 episodes of the OC's first season I've viewed starting Monday, I have been reintroduced to a piece of transportation that has long been forgotten and thrown into our dark and napthalene-ball scented bodega. My blue skateboard! Yes, I do have a skateboard stashed away somewhere.

When the Mighty Ducks were all the craze, I decided I wanted to try out both rollerblades and the skateboard. I did pretty well with the blades, but the skateboard was a whole other story. And since nobody around knew how to work it, I never had the chance to ask anybody how to ride it. All I could do was stand on it and lean slightly left or right for a really wide turn. Not much of anything really, so I sort of gave up on it.

BUT, now that I've seen Adam Brody cruising along through Orange County's portwalks looking all cool, not to mention cute(!), inspiration has yet again flowed through my veins! So, one of these days, I'm gonna go get that skateboard (although I'm sure it's pretty tattered by now), find some kneepads and get out on the streets to try it out again. I know the kneepads will look kinda geeky, but then, better safe than sorry! I don't want any more sports-inflicted scars on my knees. I've had enough, thank you very much. I've got one from tennis, one from cycling, one from basketball... and the list goes on. *hehehe* I'm so excited to get started! Who knows, if I get good enough, I can buy one of those cool skateboards with the neat designs! *excited by the thought of cool wheels* Who wants to learn along with me?

am i a nerd?

I should really be studying for my History test tomorrow but I still haven't gotten ahold of the outline I'm supposed to be using for my review. Oh, wait! Yipee! Well, it seems I just haven't been checking my e-mail in a bit. Someone sent it through Yahoogroups, alleluia! *smiles* Now I have a 14-page outline to drill into my head. After that, 2 pages of Theology notes to review for our quiz tomorrow. I hope the question tomorrow won't be too hard. I just got an F in our quiz in Philosophy. And here I was thinking I could climb my way to a C, whoopsie, I guess not! *laughs* Oh well, I'll just have to make sure I'll get only A's and C's (preferably only A's) from now on. Cancel the lowest quiz naman e.

Anyway, I'm beginning to think of myself as a nerd. All I ever write about here is school, school, school. But hmm.. nah, I'm not a nerd. I just find it easier to write about these mundane things than about anything that really has to do with me. Not that this has nothing to do with me, but.. I don't know... I just feel like, anyone who reads my blog won't really get a nice clean look at who I really am. Yaks, nagdrama! *laughs* Ah well, who says you have to paint a picture of yourself through a blog anyway? Then again, isn't this the whole reason we're blogging? To let others see a piece of ourselves? A piece of me, yes, but they'll never get to put the puzzle together if they don't have all the pieces. (Goodness, that hour and a half of Philosophy must have really gotten to me, huh?) *hehe*

frustrating...

I never thought this html business could get so frustrating! The computer I'm working on right now has two browsers, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. On Mozilla Firefox, I don't get to see the fancy scrollbar colors, but the size is perfect. On Internet Explorer, the scrollbar's perfect but the size of the box is too small. I don't get it! Which browser should I use as a standard? A lot of people are shifting to Firefox nowadays. Anyway, while I was able to figure out a solution to the "Comments" problem, I still haven't fixed the archive pages. I don't understand why they won't work, I just copied and pasted the same codes from my old design template. Waaah. Anyway, for now I guess the links for "Other Reads" will have to do. *teehee*

whoopee!

After a few hours of tinkering around with Photoshop and prowling through the net trying to find out how to produce the scrollbar thing on the side, I have succeeded in giving birth to a design that seems functional! Well, I had to forego the Tagboard, but oh well, I guess that's what the "Comments" option is for! When I find the time again, I'll have to fix the links on the sidebar.

Hmm...does anyone know how to make links around images transparent? I mean, so that there won't be another border that signifies it's a link? Am I making sense? *laughs* Anyway, I really should get to sleep now! Have to get rid of this nagging cough! It's going to be another boring day of school tomorrow. Good thing classes end at 10:30 for me! I get to go home early and watch a few more episodes of the OC! I got the inspiration for this design from the OC! You'll never guess how! Well, actually you could... all you'll have to do is take a look at the curly hair of the guy on the picture to your left. *nods head* Adam Brooooooody! *grins like an idiot* He's just too darn cute!

the aftermath.

Listening to: April Sixth- Dear Angel

Aaaaah! I can't stop thinking about that horrid Statistics test we had last Friday. And now, I don't understand some things about our case in Finance. I can get the answer if I use mathematical tricks like the geometric series, but I can't solve the questions using the formulas I got from our teacher. I don't understand why! *argh* I've tried using the formulas, with a little tweaking, and I've gotten the answers, but I don't understand yet why they worked. *laughs* Oh well, whatever.

Anyway, I'll have to remember to download the following songs when I have the time:

1. Bad Day- Daniel Powter
2. Stay- Cueshe
3. Pag-ibig Ko Sa Iyo- Moonstar 88
4. The Mixed Tape- Jack's Mannequin (sounds like Matt Nathanson)
5. Wordplay- Jason Mraz
6. Over My Head (Cable Car)- The Fray

Hey hey hey! *laughs* I decided to search for the formula for the calculation of future values for annuity due, and hey it works! And my formula works too, although I don't fully understand the reason why the formula I invented works! *laughs* I haven't gotten around to figuring out what to do with uneven cash flows yet though. I'll deal with that next time. *hehe*

Hmm.. I wonder if I should change my blog layout to something I cooked up. My brother says it looks nicer than this one, but then someone else said that this one's still better. So hmmm, whose opinion should I trust? :p *laughs* I'll decide one of these days.. besides, I can always change it back to this if the layout doesn't work out nicely!

dumdeedum...

I just realized that I haven't written here in a while! For the past week, it's probably because of that MEAnual I had to design and layout in just 5 days! Goodness gracious, it's a miracle Ferdie and I finished it with just enough time to get it printed for Wednesday's release! I can't wait to see my "baby" in print! *grins* Yeeeeey! I hope it turns out nicely! If it doesn't.. booo... I sacrificed precious hours of sleep for that thing! *hehe* Here's the cover!




Anyway, I still have around 60 pages of my Finance book to read but I'm really not in the mood for it. We're watching a movie in 2 hours so I'm kind of looking forward to that instead. Still, reviews for "War of the Worlds" haven't been good so I'm not expecting much. At least I get to stare at Tom Cruise the whole while. Still, I wish it were Brad Pitt instead! *swoons* I saw an old movie he starred in called "The Devil's Own" (with Harrison Ford) and he looked so handsome there, without the slightest signs of waning youth.

Babbling yet again. I wonder why I never get to write interesting things! All my writing skills have mysteriously disappeared. My brain is mush. I seriously do not want to read my Finance book! *whines* But I better get to it... read at least 10 more pages! Fine, fine. I'm off to torture myself with boredom now. *grabs Finance book grudgingly and plops down to read it*

let's kongo!

After typing and erasing my first sentence 5 times, I decide to forego all the drama, forget about grammar, and just type whatever comes to my mind.

I'm listening to Story of the Year's Sidewalks now after rediscovering it through a fun and brainless Nintendo Gamecube product of ingenuity called Donkey Kongo 2! Sidewalks is one of the songs you can beat the bongo senseless to! It's soooo fun, brings me back to those days when I'd jump around on the Dance Dance Revolution mat connected to our Playstation. The weird thing is, in concept, both games should be the same. Follow the moving arrows/circles and hit the appropriate things as they get to the line. But for some reason, I'm having an extremely harder time with Donkey Kongo! *laughs* But it's way way more fun, too, because you feel like you're this really cool chick who can whack things to a beat, and not like a flouncing bunny stepping on imaginary ants on the floor! Thing is, it's a bit embarrassing (well, that's not the right word) for a 19-year old like me to be going to my cousin's house just to play the game with my cute 6-year old cousin, Josh! *laughs* He has every right to be playing the game while I seem a little bit too old to be having so much fun, sometimes even more fun than he does when we play the duet mode together! Oh well... I better have all the fun I can before we get forced out into the real world. Who knows when I'll get the chance to just be a kid again?

rant rant rant.

Rotten luck + stupidity = bad day.

1. A random number of 396 means you don't get any decent class choices for the semester that decides your life!
2. 47,542.35 is not written as forty seven thousand, five hundred forty-two pesos and thirty-two centavos only!
3. A 7:30-9:00 class in the morning followed by a 4:30-6:00 class in the afternoon gives you a 7-hour and 30 minute break in between!

Can I cry? I was so irritable this morning after getting my classes because it just plain sucked to have all the classes close in your face. I couldn't get a decent class, I couldn't even get a decent schedule! I am so ready to go charging through the departments tomorrow in order to abuse my "athlete powers" and get my load revisions all sorted out.

On the other side of the coin:

1. While I got stuck with a Dacanay class, I get to be classmates with my high school kabarkada, Diane, again! Yeeey!
2. I got a "get-out-of-practice-free" card and had lunch with my friends at CPK.

So, today wasn't a total loss. Tomorrow is going to prove to be a difficult day though. I'll have to change the schedules for 4 of my classes, obtain a letter from the Athletics office, talk to all the chair persons of all 4 departments, and pay my tuition. If only I hadn't made that stupid booboo with the check. Anyway, past is past. I'll just have to get it done and over with tomorrow. For now, I'll relax and just chill. I've got to wake up at 5:30 am tomorrow. I have no idea what I'm doing manning the IAC booth, but oh well! *hehe* It's better than wasting time at home I guess. So I guess I better hit the sack by 9 to get my 10 hours worth of sleep! *hehehe* Ms. sleepyhead is in the house!