Get Frustrated

Posted on January 17, 2008 at 7:44 pm | 9 Comments
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As I write this, I’m sitting on a chair on the fifth floor of one of the buildings in school with my energetic and noisy classmates, and at least eight instructors in our room. My blockmates are waiting for their turn to perform a certain activity in front of one of our professors and as I am already done and passed with flying colors in our activity, I decided to write this.

Actually, I don’t know what will I write. I guess, I’ll just let my mighty 0.5 mechanical pencil lead my hand. You see, thoughts and ideas are overflowing in my mind and I don’t know which topic I would expound. More than that, ideas would sprout from nowhere like wild mushrooms at the most inconvenient time (e.g. while you are shopping at the mall), and when I get the chance to put my thoughts into writings, I’ve already forgotten them. My ideas are as if they were place inside a top hat and a magician transfigured them into a rabbit or a bouquet of roses.

Currently, I have two articles marked as drafts here in my blog (one of which is my original essay that my professor had marked with “Lifted Article?”). The other one is my own account of one of the most tragic events in my life which still needs further revisions. Besides, I’m waiting for the right time to publish them.

As I’m writing about blog entries, I may also write something about my LiveJournal account. It has become stagnant — mosquitoes started to treat it as their abode — and the entries that I posted there were just excerpts of my entries here. I guess, I’ll revamp it and make it as my private blog. I have so many things that I want to write and publish in the Internet but are not intended for the whole public to read. But I always forget or get lazy to revamp my LJ whenever I get the chance to do it. My other blogs has entered hibernation as well and I don’t know when I’ll be able to update them. I’m also planning to open again a photoblog but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to maintain it. This is the main reason why I hate maintaining multiple blogs. I cannot maintain them due to my busy schedule. But of course, this blog is updated more often than my other blogs.

Well, I guess, I’ll end this entry so I can draft my review of one of the books that I have recently read as I still have loads of free time.

Note: This was originally written two days ago. Today, I have successfully revamped my LJ account. I will also post my review of Marti Leimbach’s “Daniel Isn’t Talking” later or tomorrow.

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2007 in 7 Lists of 7

Posted on December 30, 2007 at 9:16 pm | 10 Comments
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It’s been my tradition here in my blog to post a yearend entry (2005, 2006). I usually post the most memorable things that happened to me from the very first day of January until December in my year ender specials, and in 2006, I’ve also included a list of my favorite entries for the whole year. But this year, I decided to make seven lists of seven. The lists talk about the best of 2007 except for the news category. I’ve also added notes here and there, and some are potential spoilers so be warned!

Most of the things that I have listed below are in either chronological or alphabetical order.

Books

This year, I was able to read 15 books, almost twice than last year. I really had fun reading this year.

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — JK Rowling: The ending of Harry Potter’s epic tale was really fantastic. JK ended it with a fitting finale. How I wish there is a sequel to this book, but then, the time has come to end this very fascinating story.
  • The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini: I like this book very much. Furthermore, this is the best book I have read in my entire life. Unlike other fiction reads, this book is realistic. I recommend this to all, but most especially to those people who are not hooked into books and to Afghan refugees.
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini
  • The Chinese Cinderella — Adeline Yen Mah: [My Review]
  • Youngblood3 edited by Artura, et al: If you’re into Filipino literature, this is the book that you should buy. Very entertaining. And this is not fiction, by the way. [My Review]
  • The Dogs of Babel — Carolyn Parkhurst: The weirdest book I have ever read. It’s about Paul, a linguist, who tries to teach his dog how to speak. No, not because he’s out of his mind but because he wanted to know the real cause of his wife’s death. The words Parkhurst used in the ending of the story were really strong. [My Review]
  • For One More Day — Mitch Albom: Another tale about death. Yes, it’s a good book, but how I wish Albom would explore other topics. [My Review]

If you have read these books, you would notice that most of them are sad stories, but yeah, the characters lived happily ever after.

Songs

Entries

  • Faulty Schedule: My craziest misadventure this year. In this entry, I wrote how I spent almost 12 hours… in the mall.
  • The Perfect Duo: Chemistry and Zoology: You would fail these two subject if you don’t know how to memorize. And would you believe me that I enjoyed them? Haha.
  • The Divine Subjects: A review of my subjects back in first year, second semester. I used Dante’s concept in his Divine Comedy to give the final verdict for each of my subjects.
  • Stinks and Sells: I particularly enjoyed writing this. It’s my own version of what’s in and what’s out.
  • Big Surprises: The story how I acquired my notebook.
  • Let’s Talk About Grades (Part 2): What I realized in these posts was that grades aren’t everything.
  • Signs and Symptoms of Stress: The title says it all. I had a good time writing this and rereading it makes me laugh. XD

I know that the title of this entry says that for every list, there are seven items. But I have to break that because I reckon I have more interesting entries this year. And so we continue…

Web Apps

  • Last.fm: A cool way to discover music.
  • Google Reader: This one is a bit old, it’s been out since like two years ago. But it deserves a spot here.
  • Twitter: Who doesn’t love Twittering, eh? It’s enjoyable even though there is a maximum of 140 characters per tweet.
  • Sxipper: This one is actually a Firefox plugin. It can automatically input your information in every single form. It can also remember and generate passwords for you. A similar service is Clipperz.com.
  • del.icio.us
  • Flickr
  • Google Apps: Sign up and get your @yourdomain.com mail. All of the essential features of GMail are included. There are also other available applications that you can use.

News

Unlike the other categories, this one does not talk about the bests of 2007. These are the breaking news here in the Philippines. Majority of these are bad news.

  • Bus Hostage
  • The Glorietta 2 Blast: What’s the latest developement? Have they solved this?
  • Mariannete Ampere’s Suicide: A very very sad story
  • Erap’s Pardon: No way!
  • House of Representatives Bombing
  • The Peninsula Hotel Siege: Trillanes, please spare the hotels. Lol.
  • Peso’s Increasing Value: How come we cannot feel it?

Bloggers

I had fun reading your blogs! Keep on writing interesting blog entries!

WordPress Plugins

Yes, I know, most of things/persons that I have listed above (Especially in books, songs, web apps, and bloggers) were not published/released or didn’t start blogging this year. But then, this is my blog. Haha.

Well, I suppose, this is my last entry for this year. May everyone have a prosperous 2008! Rock on!

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