When There’s Nothing to Write…

Posted on September 8, 2008 at 5:10 pm | 16 Comments
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I read books, listen to music, and watch TV. I’m aware that it’s been over three weeks since I last updated my blog, and I’m really sorry for that. I don’t know if it’s just I don’t have something to share to you or I am already getting tired of blogging. Hopefully, the latter is just a product of my imagination.

Home ScreenSince yesterday, my Lolo’s second death anniversary (where a big roasted turkey was served for lunch, no I didn’t eat it), I’ve been trying to brainstorm on what to put on my next update. I decided to make my own review of the apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. Well, I’ve been planning to make one ever since I updated my iPod touch’s software to the iPhone software 2.0 (which I had to buy online). Yesterday, I started to take screenshots of the various apps I use. As a proof, check out the Flickr photo set I’ve made. But obviously, this is not the review I’m talking about. LOL. When I try to start my post, I always find myself starring at my monitor.

So what am I doing right now? I’ve been flipping channels for the past eight hours. The local networks were airing cartoons this morning so I switched to the cable channels. The following are some of the shows I’ve seen today:

I declare The Moment of Truth is the craziest TV show I’ve ever seen. LOL. It’s a very simple game show, but it could leave your life devastated. As what the name of the show suggests, the contestant has to tell nothing but the truth. The questions were too personal. There was this question that goes like: “Do you keep a spreadsheet of the names of the girls that you’ve slept with?” Crazy, eh?

Last Sunday, I found out that our cable provider has added Nat Geo Adventure to the plan we’re subscribed with. It was only today that I’ve seen some of the shows in this channel. There was this program where they featured people climbing huge rocks without any ropes. It was amazing. I didn’t know that it is possible. Cool.

Over National Geographic Channel, I’ve watched various shows. NGC never fails to amuse me with their shows. On a related note, if I heard it correctly, in one of National Geographic Channel’s documentaries, it claims that you’ll spend a total of 19 days in your lifetime just for looking the remote control. Now, that’s a big waste of time.

Uh, this post is getting random-ish. I should end it soon. Just a final note, okay? I’ll try not to use Google and any of its services for a whole day (or longer) sometime this month. Yes, it’s a challenge. And I’m pretty sure it’ll be hard. I use Google on a daily basis. It’s the only thing that makes me keep going. Whatever. Oh well, it should be fun. We’ll see if I can live for a day without Google Search, Feedburner, Reader, Calendar, YouTube, Calendar, and whatnot.

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Stinks and Sells II

Posted on June 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm | 4 Comments
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I thought it’s time I should make a second part of Stinks and Sells. Besides, since I’ve been stuck here at home for the past days, I really don’t have anything to tell you as evidence by the lack of updates. Yeah, whatever. This one looks long, but it is not. Haha.

Here we go…

Is Twitter stinking?
And will Plurk sell?
Our maid stinks
She’s messing with my appetite and it’s annoying, really.
Death Cab for Cutie sells
But DCFC’s “Plans” sells better than “Narrow Stairs”, IMO
The new Indiana Jones movie stinks
It’s the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my entire existence
The new favicon of Google stinks
Sorry, but I really hate it
I want to watch Kung Fu Panda
Alas, I don’t have moolah… it stinks
Going back to school stinks
And being a junior stinks too
‘Cause it means I’m getting older
SmallWorlds sells
Uh, have you heard of it?
My blog starts to stink
That’s because of the lack of updates
Dora the Negrang Lakwatsera still stinks
And I think Spongebob doesn’t stink anymore
(I realized it’s not for kids, if you know what I mean. Haha.)
This Grass Text Effect sells like donuts
I just wish it’s not complicated. Haha.
I’m running out of ideas to make this a bit longer…
And that simply stinks
I noticed that majority of the things I’ve mentioned stinks. Blah.
Uh, how come I can’t think of something that sells?
Pinoy Idol stinks
I can smell it without even watching a single episode of it
I’m betting Survivor Philippines will stink too
David Cook sells even better than donuts do (haha)
And I’m wondering when he’ll release his next album…
That will surely sell
Firefox 2 was a sold out
But Firefox 3 will surely beat its ancestor
Shaving stinks
Me doesn’t like it
I’m just glad PBB is almost over…
It’s one of the stinkiest TV shows evah!
I guess, I should do this regularly
Because I really enjoy doing it.
I hope this post will sell (haha)…
And that you are not stinking!

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Summer Classes

Posted on April 9, 2008 at 10:41 pm | 13 Comments
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So yeah, my visitors are starting to deplete. And I will not wonder anymore if in the coming weeks, Google Analytics would report to me that the number of my visitors will plunge to two-year low. And that’s because of the shortage of new blog entries here and I haven’t returned comments lately. Yeah, I know, it’s my fault. But then, I was too busy. Busy with school work (refer to the post below), reading books, relaxing, and most of all… preparing for my summer classes.

Yeah, you read that right, I have summer classes. So I can’t say that I’m an incoming junior… just yet. Actually, I was in school yesterday to enroll myself for the summer classes. Good thing, I didn’t have to spend the whole day there (the last time I enrolled, I spent the whole day in school, it was totally a waste of time). I got there very early and I finished everything I had to do in just a couple of hours or even less. I was the ninth student to finish the enrollment process. Yeah, the early bird catches the early worm!

So now, this summer, instead of going to beaches, have an adventure somewhere in the country, or just be a bum here in my scorching room surfing the Internet, reading a nice read and follow the latest development on the rice shortage in the country, I will be in school, stressing my self. Also, this could also mean that I’ll not be able to go to iBlog4. I cannot really believe this. I’m already tired of thinking about school work. I still haven’t had a decent rest. And in just a few days, hell will dominate my world again. The worst thing is that I’ll be in school five times a week, from morning to afternoon. My schedule really sucks. Come on, Satan, please, spare me! I just hope that I will survive the summer heat.

There are so many things that I want to do but my two-week vacation is almost over. I guess, I have to postpone them. One of the things that I really want to do is to revamp this blog. I’ve mentioned in my Twitter account that I’ll change the theme of this site and everything. But I’m really not in the mood to make a new one. I already know how will my next layout should look like but I’m really lazy to do that now. I guess, for the mean time, I will change the banner of this current theme and hopefully, I will also find a good background image that I can use.

Lately, I’ve also started reading books again (I’m trying to read at least 20 books this year). So far, I have already read three books this year. Seventeen to go! (Sorry, I haven’t updated my “Books” page) But I’m not sure if I’ll get to my target as for sure, I’ll be tremendously busy for the rest of the year my college life. Right now, I’m reading “Atonement” by Ian McEwan. I’m enjoying it but there were parts where I felt bored. And oh, just before I move on, I want to say to Briony (a character from the book) that you’re stupid and you took it all wrong!

Last Sunday, we went to Quezon City and we visited two malls. Lol. I still don’t get it how TriNoma became a triangular mall and SM North Edsa’s The Block never failed to make me awe me with its magnificent structure (see the photos that I took in The Block below). For nine straight hours, we were in the malls that I mentioned and by the time we were going home, I really felt exhausted. Actually, that was my family’s so-called outing this summer. But I still hope that after my summer classes, we’ll go out of town and have a real excursion. That day, I bought three books: “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri1, “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon (finally, I’ve got a copy of this book), Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi” and Story Philippines’ latest edition which I confirmed that it’s not a magazine for children (read “Isabel Jimeno’s Price” by Jonathan Jimena Siason to know what I mean).

I guess, that’s all for tonight. Oh, I forgot to mention that I didn’t fail in any of my subjects. As a matter of fact, my grades are really okay. I have the chance that I’ll be a college scholar next school year. Dunno if I should be happy with that. We are just really required to attend the summer classes. I really don’t have any choice, unless I want not to graduate in time.

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  1. She’s got a new book called Unaccustomed Earth but I’ll just wait for the paperback edition of it. [↩]

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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!

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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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Oh No! It’s June Already!

Posted on June 2, 2007 at 9:00 pm | 24 Comments
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Now that only eleven days are left before school begins, I still haven’t prepared anything. I still don’t have the school supplies that I would need like notebooks (Corona and binders), ballpen (0.5 or thinner than that), paper (yellow pad and Corona bond paper), and other things that are essential for students. Well, I’m not really inclined to get back to school because school is hell, moreover, college is fatal. Lol.

I’ve got three reasons why I don’t want to go to school, on the top of the list is that I don’t want my course. Two, I would have a new set of classmates, I still don’t get it why they had to reshuffle us. And the last one is that I hate my schedule.

Here is a preview of my schedule: M 9:00am to 3:00pm, TTH 7:00am to 5:00pm, WF 9:00am to 5:00pm. That means, I would be spending more time in school now, and by logic, you’ll also get that I would be spending less time in surfing the internet.

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It’s time again to share to you some delicious links that I’ve dugg from digg.com and del.icio.us.

  • There’s a new feature in Google Maps called street view, we can now tour the streets of San Francisco, Las Vegas, Colorado, New York and Miami without leaving the comforts of Google. Sure, there are other sites that offers this same feature, but I think this is better because you can have a full 360° view of a particular place. You may also want to read this funny article about the top 15 Google street view sightings. There was this one who was caught trying to break into a house, and this one shows two girls sunbathing. Lol!
  • Before my vacation would end. I want to do this. I can’t still believe that you can calculate the value of pi by just throwing frozen hot dogs! It sounds crazy but it looks like it’s true.
  • Did you know that CBS bought Last.fm?
  • Another must-do for those people who are still stuck with dial-up (and even those people with a broadband connection but want their browsing experience a bit faster), hack FireFox.
  • This is so amazing: Microsoft Surface. I want one! Lol.
  • It’s official, Google has acquired FeedBurner.
  • This one is not yet on digg.com and del.icio.us, but you should know this, especially if you know Neil of es2pido.com. He won a notebook computer, a digicam, and a whooping PHP 100000.00 from Eat Bulaga’s On the Spot. After reading and knowing some facts about his life, I can say that he really deserves it! Oi! Neil, balato naman jan! I can give you my bank account. Haha. Lol. Joke.

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Lol. No, I don’t have any plans on starting my own podcast, you would not want to hear my voice. I’m just doing some wordplay. But then, it would be great if I can have my own podcast.

[EDIT] Finally, my new layout is up. I’ve lost count of how many themes that I’ve already used, so I don’t know what the version number of this theme is. My codes are valid (except for CSS) but I still think there are few bugs out there. So if you found one lurking, please report it to me.

This theme is a bit, shall I say, thinner? It’s a big mistake. I should have made it a little more thicker. The photos that I posted here won’t fit on the content part. And now, I can’t do the necessary tweaks because I don’t have a decent graphics editor installed on Snidget. And the computer where Adobe Photoshop CS2 is installed is on haywire-mode. (I have other options that’ll solve this problem, though I prefer doing the option that I presented here, I don’t have any choice but to look for an alternative solution.)

It is 800×600 pixels (and up) friendly. I tried it with both IE7 and Mozilla Firefox but it looks better with the latter. [/EDIT]

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