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I used to be of the impression that friendships never end. A fight is only a misunderstanding that can be easily resolved, distance is a cloud that gets lifted right away on the utterance of the long missed 'Hello,' that a friend made can never be unmade, not really. I truly believed that if friendship is true, it is so forever.

But reality is not made of assumptions, or impressions, or forevers. Even if two people may not wish it so, some friendships need to cease, for the alternative is worse, either for one, or both of them. The friendship is over, it has run its course.

I used to be of the impression that friendships are the easier type of relationships. There is no such thing.

Laguna road trip!


Two hundred..
two hundred...
two hundred...
two hundred...
two hundred.....
TEN!


Heheheheheh!

It was a good trip, even if the EK was a disappointment. It was one of those rare moments that I felt like "one of them". It feels really good to be one of the boys. :D

I can't believe it! I've been saying it ever ever since! (Well, not exactly, but close.)

Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite! Check it out.

Now, I'm officially a fan! XD XD XD

**discovered from this blog.**

I've been smoking incessantly over the last couple of weeks.

It's not fair.

It's SO not fair.

:(

Busy busy busy!

After work, I'm went to a reunion of Alpha students at UP. Afterwards, I needed to go to Sidd's mom's wake. Then to Pioneer for the geek fight thing Roar invited me to.

The Japanese food at the event was soo delicious! I also got to meet lots of cool new people, though it's kind of embarrassing that I've forgotten most of my Japanese.

Nihon-ryori wa sugoku umai ne!

We couldn't go to the wake because Sidd's off to Singapore already, so I was able to go be in time for Roar's Geek Fight thing.

Geek fight's really realllly cool! It made me want to study up all over again and all that, since I'm like so behind in my geekness. Also, I found out I don't have that much guts when it comes to contests and guessing, I used to be really good at this! I should have realized earlier that it was an extremely lucky day for me. :D (But maybe also, I was sorta intimidated by the company.)

Imagine. No traffic on the way to UP. Ken offered to bring me home! And after I so mercilessly picked on him! Oh, and I met this really cute guy who Roar said went to school with us.. I don't remember him at school though. Must be one of the good guys crowd.

I did commit a super faux pas. One of our team mates' brother, turned out to be someone I know. Specifically, Sidd's boyfriend back in.. 2007? I wanted to ask about Sidd being in Singapore, so I did. It totally slipped my mind that Sidd was with this other guy the last time I saw her. No, it did not occur to me that it might have been a bad break up. Syeet!

Quotable Quote: "We need you for the Sex!"

:P (the sex category, that is..)


I look yucky.



Group pic! Roar said I looked happy, but this is actually my "I'm uncomfortable!!!" look.

I think there really comes the time in the life of a woman when she will encounter, the D.O.M.

I have nothing against old guys, really. Any close friend of mine (probably about 5 people) will tell you I like hot guys; after which they get +'s according to certain criteria (+ if he looks gay, + if he's old, ++ if the dude's married, +++ if he has kids, etc). The deal with dirty old men, is that,

1. They act all pa-swabe, probably to overcompensate for their lack of that overrated commodity youth. Dude, you're old! Shouldn't you be comfortable with yourself by now?
2. They always manage to "accidentally" mention it in conversation how rich or successful they are. If you're gonna brag, don't be pretentious about it!
3. They think they can offer you something that you want. Like money. It's usually money. Blech!
4. It's destructive to a person that somebody would think of them like they would think of a whore. It casts self-doubt, and is insulting! It's like, when a D.O.M. preys on you, you look to yourself and think, "Do I look that poor? Do I look that desperate? Di naman ah..."
5. Even if you'd like to be friends with them, just for the sake of being friends with them, YOU CAN'T. I believe I don't have to explain this.

Okay, so maybe that's too strong of an opening statement. But! If you've seen the things we've seen and heard and deducted, then maybe you'll think twice about being adventurous and trying out this new player in the fast-food-steak industry.

The first time I tried it, was in Galleria, I was alone, and it was near closing time. So I kinda understood it that they didn't have any rice anymore for the meal, nor drinks, nor desserts. The girl at the counter looked stoned, too. She didn't sound apologetic at all that they were out. Okay then, I ordered a Diablo Burger. It wasn't spicy. At all. As in, Andie would have complained (she doesn't like spicy food the way I do.) If their condiment was Tabasco, I would have taken it out of revenge. But it was just, was it UFC or Mama Something? Anyway, I figured it was late and maybe they did sell out, which made me feel happy for them. The guy who was cleaning tables was as attentive as a 10 year old, so I had to bully him into giving me things like tissues, and following my order up. But he never complained or made a face, and since I was late, when I stood up to leave I left a kind word as well.

So. A while ago, Andie and I were hoping to catch a movie at Gateway, but we arrived to late, so we decided to just eat. Andie wanted meat, Pancake House was too expensive, and we were both not in the mood for House of Minis. We thought of Butter Diner, which was nearby at Shopwise, so we went in that direction. I saw TendeRoasts and was surprised since I was positive it wasn't there the last time I was around that area, which was fairly recently. (Gateway's like my new Katipunan.) Anyway, I said, "They serve steaks, wanna try it there?" and she said, "Okay."

We come in, and Andie asks (fairly loudly) what a mousshake is. Only, she pronounced it, "moo-sha-ke," not "moos-sheyk," so we had a laugh over that. Then we went up to order. I asked if the rice can be substituted to mashed potato, but the girl said they didn't have that anymore. She was fat and had a pimply, oily face, and rough hair. Andie placed her order, and the girl asked for drinks. Andie asked what flavors of shakes there were. Get this, she scratched her scalp with the pen she was holding and told us that the only available drink was iced tea. Andie said, "Okay, iced tea then." When she was gonna write that down, the pen wouldn't write, a testament to her oily scalp underneath that hair.

Okay, I'm not just being mean here. While she was taking our order, there was shouting from inside, from the dining area, it was just so disorganized. And the counter! It was in disarray, total mayhem. The platform thing, where the cook was supposed to put the orders that were up, was very small, but it wasn't the size that was worrisome; it was the pile of dishes that have gathered there. Get this, while we were paying, we saw the 'cook' put the order on top of the dirty dishes. That was just, so wrong.

Okay, by now we were both extremely queasy. Then, the other waitress girl comes into the dining area with some food and says loudly, "Number 66? Nasan ung number 66?," and Andie had this like wtf look on her face. We also noticed that a lot of people were antsy and have been waiting for their food a long time.

We offered all sorts of theories as to why the store was so disorganized, and why the staff were so.. not customer oriented. We would have left, except that we'd paid already. We asked if we can just get the order to go, and transferred to Butter Diner (original plan). Amidst chicken and eggs, we theorized who could be the owner, how the whole things reeked of no planning, no marketing research, etc. and how stupid it was that they have 2 branches (or maybe more) when their system is.. oh wait, what system? That probably the service people were hired through an agency and didn't receive any proper customer care training. That the rich stupid owner just put up his business and left it, never checked what was happening, no he was busy eating at all the posh places since he has so much capital since he can perform a fast and wide operation like that.

The meals now sit on a table across my laptop in their styrofoam packages, take note without the iced tea. Sad.

Theme song for the night: The Ordertaker by Parokya ni Edgar
Word for the night: Moo-sha-ke (distant cousin of shiitake)
Most disturbing thought of the night: What if Manny Pacquiao owns TendeRoasts?

If feelings can be let go of/ as easily as words/ I'd have said it so/ a long time ago.
If it can be done/ as one does with ropes/ I'd have done it already/ and swam to shore with you

But what is this game/ A meaningless tug of war/
Not giving in/ nor putting out/ it makes go awry
It's got to stop/ today/ it's got to-- 02/22

February 14, 2008

Many good things happened today.

1. CLOTHES: I got to wear a shirt at work that I would never wear at work had it been any other day. It's one of my current favorites right one, a recent ukay find! XD


2. MANGA: I bought 4 new manga volumes!!!


3. UPDATE: (<-- ?) Night Out at Cafe Xocolat!!!  Since I'm too lazy to cross-post,  I'm just gonna raise my arm and point to the link in the date of this entry.  It's gonna direct you to my Multiply page where I put the pictures and stuff. :)

Last Friday, as I was going home from work, my sister asked me to buy her favorite drink from CBTL, which would be Caramel Coffee Ice-blended.  As it was a warm night, I decided to have an ice-blended as well.  I saw a tasty-looking dish, Spinach Feta Quische, which I also got as well.  When they called my name, I checked the package, and noted the box underneath.  I touched it and it was cold, I was gonna ask the woman if they heated the quische, but I thought I might as well eat it cold, since I wanted to get home already.  Besides the girl was kinda cute so I admit I was distracted.

When I got home, lo and behold, the box wasn't for the quische, it was just a holder for the two drinks.    So i threw a hundred and five bucks down the drain.  Well after awhile I still couldn't get over it so I decided to go back, and Mi offered to accompany me.  We rode the jeep, but instead of Calumpang which goes nearer Gateway, we got on to a SIlangan jeep, which would drop us off at the jeep terminal.  Anyway, as we were nearing Ali Mall, I thought maybe we should get off from here than on the jeep terminal since we would have to pass by Farmer's Market, and that would be an olfactory treat.  So we told the jeepney driver, "Sandali lang po," which is what most people say when getting off at an uncertain spot (like when the driver wasn't able to properly go to the side). 

The moment my foot touched the ground I was like, "Did we pay..?"  and I sure as hell can't remember that we did.
Mi said, "I don't know..." and I know that she realized it too that we didn't.
...
"Walk away!  Walk away!!!" and we strode as fast as we can to the other side of the road facing Ali Mall.
It was only when we were near Meralco Araneta-Center extension office that we were able to burst out laughing loudly.

XP

AM BACK!!!!

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will be back-dating (?) soon. :)

November 8, when I, , officially became the owner of manga BOOKS! Books, volumes, tanks, whatever you call it, man! *swoons*

I could never make myself buy those 600 peso volumes... but I sure as hell would settle for 140 bucks!!! XD I bought three... :guilty

1. Gravitation vol. 4 (Murakami Maki)
Why I bought it:
a. It's 140!
b. It's Gravitation! XD
c. I didn't catch this part in the anime since in the ending, the CD kinda jizzled out.

2. Deus Vitae vol. 1 (Fujima Takuya)
Why I bought it:
a. It's 140!
b. The art's so pretty!!!

3. DOLL: IC in a Doll vol. 4 (Mihara Mitsukazu)
Why I bought it:
a. It's 140!
b. It's Mihara Mitsukazu!
c. Super pretty art! Gothic clothes and shit! Great writer too! --> this one's kinda redundant, since (b.) pretty much sums this up

XD XD XD XD XD

Tags: manga

I can't believe PINK made me cry... xp

"Dear Mr. President"
(feat. Indigo Girls)

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you

This would probably be my last update for this blog. I'm planning to close it. Operative word: planning. I don't know how to yet, so it probably won't happen anytime soon.

I'll probably open one up in livejournal again when I've staunchly decided that I really will delete this current one. The way things are right now, the probability is big that I might change my mind again.. hmm. But I really want a new blog. :(

In any case, I'll be more around now cause I got net connection from home now. Yeah baby! XD

Sorry, I'm really not in the mood to update right now. But I want to ask people (LitSoc, RO, DS, Intact, RodCon, whathaveyou) if they're available for a get together at the end of this month? Yeah, am thinking of 31.

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Wanna say more but.. blerg. Just reply here/text me/email me/whatever. Will probably feel better and more coherent tomorrow.

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I wish.

Maybe it is only my stupid arrogance, that makes me think that the sun would not shine as brightly, should the moon decide to never show itself ever again...

REAL LIFE UPDATE
1. I'm home. I'm back in Katipunan.
2. I'm still unemployed.
3. I think I'm done with wearing black... after all, it has been almost two years.

Erm.. I think that's all for now.

The long due manga rotation is here. Finally. Sigh.

A lot of criticism has been targetted towards shoujo manga, and that's why it makes me real happy when I find ones that I actually liked. Given, these 'shoujo manga' that I like are usually laced with horror, homosexuality, or utter weirdness that they may not be considered soujo manga at all, but what the hell! What matters is that I liked them! I only hope that for the time being at least, you can forget your pre-conceived notions about 'shoujo' manga and enjoy these offerings!

The Dress

Yoon Young So x Ju Hee Cho | one-shot | entropy

Basically, the story is about two girls who get into a gory catfight just because of a dress... but in this case, the winner was less than glamorous, or lucky, for that matter... hehehe

one-shot

No Title

Itsumi Mitsu | one-shot | ephemeral dreams

A light and funny manga without much dialogue; you get to know why in a minute. The plot revolves around a young girl who is dragged into helping a disoriented, lost, and non-Japanese speaking foreigner get his bearings... I love this manga cause it shows how people communicate more than words... Very nice!

one-shot

Hidari Te

CLAMP | one-shot | be with you scans

A young kid believes that while you are asleep, monsters will eat the parts of your body which are not tucked in properly... is he just crazy, or is there possibly some weird, inexplicalbe truth to his madness?

one-shot

A House in Venice

Giovanni Matioli(s) x Vanna Vinci(a) | one-shot | lavendar-tinted

Another vampire story! This time the stage is set in Venice, and a young student finds cheap lodgings at a beautiful, old, dark villa with an eccentric, handsome landlord with irregular hours (they always only meet at night) and who bears a remarkable resemblance to the nobleman in the 18th century painting in one of the museums...

one-shot

Hajime

Otsu Ichi x Obata Takeshi | one-shot | akatsuki-manga

A cool (hair-raising, well, at least for me) story about a lie that takes human form. Hajime is a girl that was invented by two boys to put the blame on when one of them was in danger of getting into trouble. But one day, they come across a girl with exactly the same characteristics as that which they imagined Hajime to be.. but only they can see her.

one-shot

Yugamism

Fujisaki Ryu | one-shot | inane

This is a cute story about a young scientist who studies yugamism, or distortions, as they occur in the space-time continuum. For some reason, this particular guy has a really great ability to create distortions.. and it happens most of the time when they are together..? But usually at those times, he's just always angry...

one-shot

Utopia of Homosexuality

Sang Eun Lee | 3 vols | JanimeS

The main characters are a homosexual couple. No, they are not together. Why? Because they are a lesbian girl and a gay boy. Nuff said. ^ ^ I love this manga, not only because of the pretty pictures, humorous honest-to-god plot and the terror older sister, but also because it mirrors my idea regarding relationships: It doesn't matter who you like, love is more important. Please try this manhwa!!!!

1 | 2 | 3

Semi-Eternal Happy End

Masada Shuu | one-shot | ushi

You can get anything you want, anything you ever wished for. Here's the catch: you have to choose between that and another equally important thing, A or B, no and's.. and there's no going back... This really had me in its grips... I found it really disturbing (in a "Shit, what if..." way)!

one-shot

Vitamin

Suenobu Keiko | one vol | Storm in Heaven

This is one of my abso-abso-absolutely favorite manga! The plot is about ijime, or bullying in school. Funny thing is, I only started to cry at the latter chapters, (the part where she resolves issues with her mom) not in the bullying parts... Please try this!

one

If I Became a Beauty One Day

erm.. later, I'm lazy | one-shot | erm.. later, I'm lazy

This is one of a few one-shot manga in the 7 Ways(?) to Become Absolutely Beautiful manga tankoubon. The story is fairly typical, with the exception of the girl with the axe. That picture... really made me want to carry around an axe in my bag too. XD :lol: Read to know what I'm talking about!

one-shot

A Cat That Loved A Fish

Yoon Mi-Kyung | one-shot | megKF

Actually, I've read this so long ago that I've forgotten the details... gomen. -.-" But from the title, you know that it's about forbidden love, right? All I remember is that i loved the art style and the quiet subtlety that the mangaka used... I think that combined with the beautiful art and sparse dialog made to create a very powerful impact on me.

one-shot

Boy-Girl

??? | one-shot | ???

This is a cute little story about a tall and handsome person that gets confessions from girls all the time. However, they get turned down instantly.. a young boy of the same age witnesses such a confession accidentally, and admires the person for being tall and handsome (since he's short). However, ...well, it's the case of the man is a lady.

one-shot

Hi! I just discovered and joined this community,50bookchallenge reading about it from http://www.librarything.com/groups/livejournalers. It's a really cool thing, LibraryThing is. ^_^

Since I'm new, I think I will start by a monthly counting (as I saw a few people doing... I'm just copying.. -_-;;). So, to be able to finish 50 books by next year, I should read 4-5 books per month. !!!

Okay, I'll start with my planned reading list for this month (October):

1. A Natural History of Love by Diane Ackerman
2. Lolita by Nabokov
3. Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson
4. Violin by Anne Rice
5. Communist Manifesto

^.^ Pretty ambitious I should say. But I think it's doable, since I just got unemployed.

x-posted to alenurd, litsoc.

Anyway, I'm not up to a proper manga rotation yet, so I'm just sharing some random scans as of now. They are of course all SasuxNaru. ^.^

( scans here... enjoy )