Unexpected Realizations

Running ahead of oneselfNOTE: This was originally written last night.

This day made me realize a lot of things. Things I didn’t expect, realizations I wished I never knew. But nevertheless, I’m thankful that I knew them. And I realized all of these just because of an incident… an incident where most of my blockmates’ real colors were revealed.

One of the things that I knew today is most of my blockmates are plastic. When you’re talking to them, they let you feel as if they are good friends, but when they only see your back, evil horns start to sprout from their heads. This was really evident during the incident that happened today. And by that time, I already suspected that some of my blockmates are doing that to me and all I had to do was to confirm it. True, enough, there are some who are doing that to me. I didn’t expect that, I don’t treat my classmates like trash. When we have something to do, let’s say a report, I’m the one who always sacrifice. I do the written report, the aduio visual presentation, and this and that. In other words, I’m spoon-feeding them.

Nowadays, it’s really hard to decide whom you’ll trust isn’t?

Some are calling me names, according to my source, it’s because I’m excelling in some of our subjects. Hell. What? God, ang babaw naman ng rason na yun! I don’t get it why they’re acting like that, they’re acting as if they’re grade schoolers! Actually, they always act like that, they’re acting like a mentally retarded child. Puhlease, I don’t give a damn to such people. There are other better things that I can waste my time with! They don’t deserve my precious time.

There are others who asks my friend who I am always with about our assignment in Statistics. They’re asking her why she’s not copying from me. F*ck! What they’re saying? So does that mean, if I have let my friend copy my work, then, they could just borrow it and have it duplicated? I guess, they’re too scared to ask directly from me. They know that I’m very mean. Haha. Besides, I won’t let them copy my assignment. As a matter of fact, I don’t even let my friend copy my assignment. I can teach them how to solve for the mean, and this, and that but I can’t let them copy from me. As for my friend, I teach him how to compute this and that, and never I have given the answers directly.

One more thing, this morning we had a report about Canada. I prepared an audio visual presentation for my blockmates (and because Feist is a Canadian, I used her song 1234 as its background music). I know that some would not appreciate it. Definitely, there would be some people who would not like it. But to announce to the whole class that our audio visual presentation is ugly? Hey, that’s different. They’re saying that most of the pictures in the AVP were used multiple times. I don’t know what made them think that. Can’t they just broaden their minds? The next time they’ll present an AVP I’ll shout to the whole class that their AVP is ridiculous!

But here is the stupidest thing, after our reporting we had a game, as a prize for the winner, we bought two packs of Choco-Mani, you know, those cheap chocolate bars filled with nuts that you can buy in sari-sari stores. My blockmates reacted that our prize is soooo cheap at walang kwenta. But right after the game, they were all clamoring for the soooo cheap at walang kwentang Choco-mani even though they’re not the winners. Again, they’re acting so childish.

They’re pissing me off and they’re getting into my nerves. Now, I don’t wonder anymore why I greet myself “Welcome back to hell.” when I arrive at school.

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2007 in 7 Lists of 7

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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Indie Playlist

The Postal Service Death Cab for Cutie
Augustana Snow Patrol
Gomez Imogen Heap
Feist The Fray
Hellogoodbye Regina Spektor

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan
Augustana - Boston
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Gomez - How We Operate
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Feist - 12341
The Fray - How to Save a Life
Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms)
Regina Spektor - On the Radio

You can see more of my favorite indie music in my Last.fm account.

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Thanks to Ate Rachel for giving me an award. I’m glad to hear that you appreciated me visiting your blog. It’s really nice reading your blogs about Yohan and your adventures as a mom.

PS: Forgive me for the very nonsense entry. This is just for the sake of updating my blog. Haha.

  1. Try to watch its music video, it’s so funny []

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