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Writer's Block: Not Even If You Paid Me

  • Jun. 14th, 2009 at 2:24 PM
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What do you think is the worst job?


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I can think of a couple. Security guard: because you just stand there for hours, you can't even have some downtime reading or something and Toll collector because you're just there giving tickets and change and your customers only buy one product. Booooring.

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Writer's Block: Divided Self

  • Mar. 19th, 2009 at 12:24 AM
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Do you behave differently online than you do in real life?

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Well, yeah, I do. This was my thesis, LOL, and the results showed others generally do, too. hahaha... It's the online disinhibition effect--you get to disclose more info online than you do offline.

Ok. Geek mode over.

Feb. 14th, 2009

  • 11:13 PM
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 They turn the water off, so I live without water,
they build walls higher, so I live without treetops,
they paint the windows black, so I live without sunshine,
they lock my cage, so I live without going anywhere,
they take each last tear I have, I live without tears,
they take my heart and rip it open, I live without heart,
they take my life and crush it, so I live without a future,
they say I am beastly and fiendish, so I have no friends,
they stop up each hope, so I have no passage out of hell,
they give me pain, so I live with pain,
they give me hate, so I live with my hate,
they have changed me, and I am not the same man,
they give me no shower, so I live with my smell,
they separate me from my brothers, so I live without brothers,
who understands me when I say this is beautiful?
who understands me when I say I have found other freedoms?

--Jimmy Santiago Baca, Who Understands Me But Me

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Keep Tryin' (tagalized)

  • Oct. 21st, 2008 at 2:01 PM
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Ahaha...

Keep Tryin' Tagalized - Hindi ako Sumusuko

Wala akong pakialam
'To'y nakikita mo sa mukha ko
Lagi nalang akong nagdarasal
Humihingi ng sobra
Di ako makontento agad kaya nga
Hindi ako sumusuko

Alas-dyes na komedya sa TV
Binabawi ang pagod sa trabaho
Di ko gusto na palaging nag-iisa
Mahalaga iyon, sa 'king paniniwala

Kumpara last year, ito'y lalo pang nakakapagod na
Ang parangal na nakuha ng humamon,

gusto ko 'yon

Wala akong pakialam
Kahit medyo nahuli ako ngayon ay
Gagawa ng makakaya
Pinaghahandaan yon
Di ba iyon ay parang tanga kaya nga
Hindi ako sumusuko

Ang totoo, 'ko'y labis ang gutom
Tinatago aking pag-alinlangan
Sa umaga, salamin ay nagpakita,
ng kahinaan ko
Gusto kong sirain yon

Magandang bagay, ang mangarap sa, gabing may buwan pero,
Tayo'y maging target, tumalon na sa putik
Halika na!

Wala akong pakialam
Pag nagpo-pose ako ng astig
Tunay na, ako'y laging lumalaban
Buhay ay mahalaga
'Kaw na aking nagustuhan ay dapa--t na
Mamahinga ka ng konti

Oras, tulad ng pera
Wag mo sabihing magpupulitika-- ka
Meron ka dibang pangarap
Pag-ibig, hindi pera
Ngunit kung naging syota mo'y
manggaga--wa
Ok lang kung mahal mo siya

Wala akong pakialam
'To'y nakikita mo sa mukha ko
Lagi nalang akong nagdarasal
Humihingi ng sobra
Di ako makontento agad kaya nga
Hindi ako sumusuko

Tinatangay ako ng mundo lang
Urong-sulong, ito'y napakalakas
Ano mang oras ang yong halaga, sa kin, siyang di, pwedeng, magbago

Sa lalaki ito'y palaging, hindi mabalik-pagmamahalan
Magiliw yon, Magiliw yon,
Walang katumbas na halaga yon
Sa tatay ko, wag na sumuko
Sa nanay ko, wag na sumuko
Sa kuya ko, sa kundoktor, sa 'kakasal, wag na sumuko


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Hikari (Liwanag)- tagalized

  • Oct. 21st, 2008 at 12:10 PM
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God, I miss doing these things. Wahaha...

Sing this in the tune of Hikari by Utada Hikaru

Liwanag (Hikari)

Ano man ang oras
Ako'y nag-iisa
Tadhana'y nilimot
Ngunit kahit ganon ay
Biglang liwanag bumalot sa kin, ako'y nagising nung
'sang hatinggabi

Tahimik kang
Nakatayo sa exit
At sa dilim ay
Kinuha ang liwanag

Tungkol sa mga bagong pangako
Baka lang ako'y hindi mapalagay
Gusto kong may sabihin, Ipapakila--la ko ang aking pamilya at
Tiyak na magiging close kayo!

Ano man ang oras
Tayo'y magsasama
Ano man ang oras
Dahil nasa king tabi
Ilaw na tawag ay 'Ikaw' ang nakahanap sa akin
'sang hatinggabi

Maingay na (Pag kay lumingon)
Kalsada'y ti--nahak
At nagsuot (Ibigay ang lahat) ka
Ng maskarang tadhana


Sobrang iniisip mo ang bukas
Tumitigil pag walang katuturan
Ngayon ay masarap na pagkain ang kakanin; A--ng bukas ay laging hinaharap
Kahit na hindi ko alam pa

Wag tapusin agad
Basta maglakad lang
Ok lang isa-isang
Puntahan ang bawat scene
Ilaw na tawag ay "Ikaw" ang siyang nagaaninag ng
'Sang scenario

Tayo'y muli pang mag-usap
Ng tungkol sa bukas na nakita mo
Ang TV mo ay patayin mo at tignan mo ako
Tignan mo ako

Gaano man tayo
Naniniwalang konti
Sa gan'to mang oras
Dahil nasa king tabi
Ilaw na tawag ay 'Ikaw' ang nakahanap sa akin
'Sang hatinggabi

Tayo'y muli pang mag-usap
Ng tungkol sa bukas na nakita mo
Ang TV mo ay patayin mo at tignan mo ako
Tignan mo ako

Tayo'y muli pang mag-usap
Ng tungkol sa bukas na nakita mo
Ang TV mo ay patayin mo at tignan mo ako
Tignan mo ako

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Nerdiness to the highest levels

  • Sep. 6th, 2008 at 10:19 PM
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Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test...

Pure Nerd

61 % Nerd, 22% Geek, 35% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.

A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.

A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.

The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.

Congratulations!

Take The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test at HelloQuizzy


Yesh. I'm a nerd. I guess it also shows in the dramas I watch nowadays...like Dragon Zakura, perhaps. And it's a drama on highschool students aiming for Todai (Tokyo University), so it's bound to be quite...nerdy:



In fairness it made me want to study some more...

On another (still nerdy) note, we tackled this kinda old psych study on attraction which showed that males are biologically wired to attract females in order to increase 'copulatory opportunities'. [Ah, yes...talk about euphemism (or weird academese, for that matter)]. BTW, the females criteria for attraction are mainly based on their future offspring...but without opportunities to copulate, how can you have babies? In other words...our attractions are driven by...well, you know what it is.

Ooookay, I'm stopping the nerdy talk now.



Newest addiction: Maou

  • Jul. 10th, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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Aaaaargh, I've been downloading the first ep at palagi akong nadi-disconnect pag nasa 3rd 100mb partition na ko!! yaaargh!!

But I can't stop myself from watching the OP credits over and over again! I love the song!


*dies from Toma hotness*

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Your Personality Type: The Dreamy Idealist

  • Jun. 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 AM
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Oookay...makes it sound like I have super high standards. But hey, I need to have high standards. :-P

Your Personality Type: The Dreamy Idealist

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Enneagram Type 9 :-)

  • May. 26th, 2008 at 9:44 AM
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This means that compared to the eight other Enneagram types, you have a strong sense of inner peace and stability that drives you to resolve conflicts, or potential conflicts, in your path. You're someone who can probably be committed to healing yourself and others while balancing yourself with a happiness that comes from life's simple pleasures.

Damn, I wanna go!!!

  • May. 4th, 2008 at 1:29 PM
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The Japan Foundation Grants an All-Expense-Paid Study-Tour to Japan
2008 Japanese-Language Program for Overseas Students (Outstanding Students)

The Japan Foundation, Manila will administer the competitive / qualifying examination and interview on 31 May (Saturday, 8:30 a.m.) for the 2008 Japanese Language Program for Overseas Students (outstanding students). The program is intended to offer outstanding students of the Japanese Language at universities/ colleges and other educational institutions the opportunity to visit Japan and to deepen their knowledge of the language, society and culture for the purpose of further encouragement of their study. Together with other country representatives, the Philippine grantee will be awarded a two-week study tour (September 10-24, 2008), hosted by the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.

The deadline for submission of the duly accomplished application form (with photo and Certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency of at least - Level 3) will be on Friday, 23 May. For details / clarifications on the above and other grant programs / projects and events, please contact the Japan Foundation, Manila (12/F, Pacific Star Bldg., Makati Ave., Makati City; tel. # 811-61-55 / fax # 811-61-53 / website: www.jfmo.org.ph). Applicants in the Visayas area will please contact the Consular Office of Japan, Cebu (7/F Keppel Center, Samar Loop cor. Cardinal Rosales Ave., Cebu Business Park, Cebu City; Tel. # 032-231-7321/22)

Summer break

  • Mar. 25th, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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Things to do in summer 'break'. hehe...

1. Study for Jap classes. I still have a long way to go in terms of Kanji~!
2. If things go well with my applications, hopefully, I'll have a job by then.
3. Watch the doramas/movies. Next on my list is Paprika, How to be myself, Binbo Danshi, and finish Proposal Daisakusen.
4. Finish Saiunkoku Monogatari...at least until the subbed versions in season 2...?
5. Hachikuro - shet, nakakaiyak ka parin Touma!
6. OMG, spring season na sa Japan!!! Looking forward to:
Last Friends - starring Nagasawa Masami (Rei in PuroDai), Ueno Juri (Nodame in Nodame Cantabile), and Eita (Mine in Nodame Cantabile)!!

Ryokiteki na Kanojo - Japanese version of My Sassy Girl

Zettai Kareshi - wee~!! Andun si Mizushima Hiro!

ACK!! Reality check! May take-home finals due pa ko bukas!!!

Saiunkoku Monogatari

  • Mar. 19th, 2008 at 7:08 PM
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Waaa~! Ryuuki is <3!!!

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JDorama Review of the moment: Hachikuro

  • Mar. 17th, 2008 at 11:38 PM
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Garr...I've only watched until episode 3 and I don't know if I will end up finishing this series :-(

Don't get me wrong, the series is really good (it has Touma!), and Touma was doing a really really REALLY good job as Takemoto Yuuta. As in. It's not surprising that he won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hachikuro *throws confetti*.

Buuuut....

The surprise for me though, is that I have a new ikemen to add to my roster:



Mayama-san! So geeky, but so dedicated. Hehehe...

Well...there. Don't have much time to watch other Jdoramas (and Touma is priority!) so I'll just catch up after holy week. Summer's soooo near....

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Movie Meme from Mara-chan

  • Mar. 9th, 2008 at 1:32 AM
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→ pick 15 of your FAVORITE movies!
→ go to IMDB and find a quote for each movie.
→ post them here for everyone to guess.
→ strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
→ no googling/using imdb search functions!

1. "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition." V for Vendetta -  Ridad (of course, favorite movie niya 'to, dapat alam na niya! :-)

2. "Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled. " - The Prestige - Ate Elea

3. "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and that before this battle is over, even a god-king can bleed." 300 - Ridad

4. "You don't know how lucky you are being a monkey. Because consciousness is a terrible curse. I think. I feel. I suffer. And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work. And they won't allow it... because I raise issues."

5. "I just want the person I love to love the person he loves."

6. "You wanted advice? Well here it is... straight from me to you... keep your paws off my underwear."

7. "The heart may freeze or it can burn. The pain will ease if I can learn... there is no future. There is no past. I live this moment as my last! There's only us... there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road... no other way. No day but today..."

8. "Open your mouth and eat this. If you don't eat food from this world, you'll disappear." - Spirited Away - Mara-chan

9. "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."

10. "What's the use of worrying about your beard when your head's about to be taken?"

11. "You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period."

12. "STOP! Lemme tell something to joo... I know size can be daunting... but don't be afraid... I love you! "

13. "I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade." The Holiday - Elea-neechan

14. "I love that word "relationship". Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that." Love Actually - Ridad

15. "No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved! You know, for a little bit? I feel like the maid; I just cleaned up this mess! Can we keep it clean for... for ten minutes!"

Since it's valentines...

  • Feb. 5th, 2008 at 10:01 PM
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...I'll just make do with my own ikemen paradise!











Bwahahahahaaa!!!

Jan. 31st, 2008

  • 11:23 PM
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Sometimes, it's just better to QUIT IT.

Darn.

Our computer is to the point of dying, if not from viruses, from obsolete-ness. First of all, it has NO USB port. Only a floppy disk and the CD-RW lets us transfer files to other computers--which is needed because we have no printer. And since it's getting more and more difficult to find obsolete printers (that connect via serial port), we have to make do with either e-mailing our papers or burning them in CDs so that we could print it in the nearest internet cafe. It's capacity is just 4GB. O_O The only thing that saved it from extinction is the additional hard-drive of 26GB we installed, scavenged from our dead computer (which was given to us and could only survive with aircon). Even THAT capacity will not be enough to hold all our files for long--we have burned too many CDs to show that. Even the little things--the fact that we could not make new folders (we always have to copy empty folders to make new ones), we're still operating in Windows ME (because the computer can't take XP), and the fact that I know, come thesis, I will not be able to install SPSS in the damn computer (because minarkahan na ng software yung computer namin--sheeet). I've had it up to heeeere with the friggin' computer, buong college ko na siya pinagtiya-tiyagaan!!

ICAN'TTAKEITANYMOREINEEDAPRINTERANDANEWCOMPUTERASAP!!!

Which is why I started buying kanina (there was a promo), only that my credit card did not approve of it. Kakainiiiiis. Kala ko pag-uwi ko, may bago na kaming computer...but nooo...ayaw ng credit card ko. Peste. Ayaw din ng dad ko (who believes there's still hope for the computer).

Whatever.

Bibili na talaga akooooh, garrr...(kakabaliw na frustration na 'to ah...)

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since this was fun...

  • Jan. 4th, 2008 at 12:58 AM
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LiveJournal Username
Do you watch anime?
Do you speak Japanese?
Do you read Japanese?
What if LiveJournal were an anime?
Pick a Beach Boys song.
The performer of the opening themeayaka_tintin
The magical girltaisa_ayase
The talking animalmagiqa
The lecherous old manslender_dragon
The teenager who uses ancient magic to win gamesboranzohn
The fifteen-year-old Japanese girl with blond hair and a D cupkyokou_kuroda
Number of seasons it would last38,258
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Maji! Nagkatotoo ang D cups mo! >:-)


LiveJournal Username
Your Primary Super Power
Cape?
Identitiy
Origin
Location of Head Quarters
Primary Costume/Uniform Colors
Why are you a Superhero?
Your Superheroic Codename
The veteran grim member of the teammilk_monger
The sexist and crass but annoyingly effective oneskyllo01
The bright-eyed novice or sidekickmilk_monger
The teammate that will eventually go evil or insankyokou_kuroda
The inept yet determined/reoccurring supervillaintaisa_ayase
The sinister Arch-Villain and team's greatest foeayaka_tintin
The perky civilian that keeps getting kidnappeddatenshiaoi
How often does your team actually 'save the day'?
93%
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Sex
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A compliment must be left byboranzohn
A complaint about you should be left bytaisa_ayase
Song lyrics for you to guess should be posted byskyllo01
A memory of you should be posted bytaisa_ayase
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beating 'boredom'

  • Dec. 31st, 2007 at 1:49 AM
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Just decided to take some memes (no, I'm not bored--actually, I have a lot to do for work/school--just killing time :-P)

You Should Date A Japanese Guy!

You're an interesting blend of traditonal and modern
And a Japanese guy is likely to be on your wavelength
Maybe you'll show your love by dying your hair the same color
Or get married in a traditional white kimono!


Ahahaha...lol. Did you see that, Touma? Pwede pa tayo! Ahahaha...joke.


Hachimitsu to clover, here I come~!!!


You Should Be a Politician

Confident, assertive, and dedicated - you know what you want in life and how to get it.
Stubborn and opinionated, you can stand your ground... even if it's unpopular.
And while you have strong views, you never overwhelm people with your opinions.
A true charmer, you subtly influence people into seeing things your way.

You do best when you:

- Work according to your own rules
- Can change the world with what you do

You would also be a good lawyer or talk show host.


Politician???!! Lol. Although may point din siya...

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Merry Christmas!!

  • Dec. 26th, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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Minna, merry christmas!

Lookie! I posted the pics from the trinoma insane gathering in my multiply site. I don't think I have it all posted yet...though. T_T I'll see if I could squeeze some more pics tomorrow.

Oh, and I found this from the death note LJ community and found it funny (by eltania):



LOL. Poor Light. hehehe...

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