Earsplitting Volume

Posted on May 18, 2008 at 3:46 pm | 18 Comments
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iPod touch med grön Apple-sockaEven though I have an iPod touch, I’m not one of those people you see in public places especially in public utility vehicles and malls with their earphones on and listening to music. I love my ears more than music and I don’t want to be deaf and use hearing aids.

The volume on my iPod is currently set on 25%. I usually don’t go beyond that point except for attacks of the LSS. The engine of the vehicles and other roadway noises simply drones the music that comes from my iPod, so instead of increasing the volume, I simply turn it off. Besides, there are other things that I can do during my jeepney rides. I usually study my lessons while waiting to reach for my destination. Sometimes, I read books to avoid boredom or if I’m with somebody that I know, I chat with him/her about various things: demanding and perfectionistic instructors, how I miss my high school life, insensitive blockmates, and toxic subjects.

Okay, back to the subject…

So when do I use my iPod? I use it whenever I’m in my favorite place in school: the library or anywhere there isn’t much noise. The library has been my cradle, it’s where I feel at peace. Hu? What am I talking about? Well, if you had very noisy blockmates with mouths larger than a car’s tire, you would know what I mean. There are times when I even go to the library just to listen to music. Lol. I’m really thankful that the library is just a few steps from my room.

And oh, lately, I’ve been listening to music during my Rizal class. Everyone in the class couldn’t hide their boredom. Some talks with their seat mates, some are busy pressing on their phone’s keypads, others would even dare to sleep. Good thing my professor sits on the back of the room while listening to the reporters. That’s why I dare myself to listen to music even though my class is going on. And I’m pleased to tell you that I wasn’t caught… ever. Actually, during my last three Rizal classes, I was not only listening to music but also reading a book that has nothing to do with the Philippine’s national hero.

While on the subject, I just want to mention that I really don’t know why we have to study Rizal’s very detailed life. I think, the authors of the book that we are using included all the information that they could get about Rizal. I don’t know why almost everything has to be precise. Some of the not so important events that happened to Rizal were also well documented. As a matter of fact, there are times when the book mentioned not only the date but also the time when this and that happened. Aren’t the basics enough?

Take the following excerpt as an example:

… the two tourists [Jose Rizal and his friend Maximo Viola] went to Brunn. According to Viola, “nothing of importance happened” in this city.

Why add that if “nothing of importance happened”? Duh. And now… I’m bombarded with unimportant dates, names, places, and events that I’m not even sure if I could and how I would apply them once I landed with a job. Haha. (I’m not saying that RA 1425 aka Rizal Law should be abolished. What I’m saying is that the basics are enough, we don’t need to know all the places Rizal visited during his lifetime. Besides, what sense of fulfillment would you have if you memorized them?)

Before I close this entry, I just want to talk a few things about Death Cab for Cutie’s latest album: Narrow Stairs. First, I want to say that it’s a nice album, but not as good as Plans. My favorites from the album are: Your New Twin Sized Bed (I can’t get it out of my system), Bixby Canyon Bridge, No Sunlight, I Will Possess Your Heart, and You Can Do Better Than Me. And oh, have you seen I Will Possess Your Heart’s music video? Well, Death Cab rocks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-yP7mb8UE

Well… you look so defeated lying there in your new twin sized bed. XD

PS: Yesterday, iTunes mistakenly recognized my iPod touch as an iPhone. WTF.

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Fast Food Fanatic… Plus On Getting Stranded

Posted on May 10, 2008 at 9:20 pm | 12 Comments
Filed under Bulky Books • Featured Flicks

Fast Food Fanatic

In the Million Insect Storm, the Constellations Form Since the fourteenth of last month, I’ve already eaten once in Tokyo Tokyo (I love their Ebi Tempura), three times in McDonald’s (I’m a cheeseburger fan), and four times in Jollibee. Maybe, there is something that they add in their meals they prepare which makes me and their other patrons come back for more, be it their specialties and even their desserts. I guess it’s Monosodium Glutamate (or betsin in the vernacular)… But MSG in desserts? That’s weird.

This all began back in the start of the second term when I met my friends who just can’t get enough of Jollibee and McDo (and when we get extremely long breaks, we even go to the mall to try other fast food chains). Prior to that, the only place where I frequently ate my lunch was in the school’s cafeteria. I’ve grown I’mune to the food they serve. Every vials that they prepare seemed to taste like with what I call generic foods (fried chicken, pork chop, etc.). But since those people I was with were fast food fanatics. I was forced to eat either in Jollibee or McDonald’s almost everyday.

I know, it’s not healthy, we can’t be exactly sure what are the ingredients of the foods that they prepare. Besides, we know for a fact that foods that were deep fried (like fried chicken and French fries) are rich in saturated fats. Seriously, I need to stop and control from eating such food1.

The only benefit you get is that there is only a small possibility that you’ll get contract diseases due to spoiled food. And in the event that you get such, you can sue someone and get compensation.

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On Getting Stranded

Because of my high school friends’ persuasions, I decided to turn up to the meeting they’ve set a few days ago. I was hesitant at first because the previous week was another he’ll week. But yeah, in the end I met my HS friends. And we decided to watch a movie… guess what we watched? Due to unfortunate circumstances we watched Iron Man. I’ve already watched it last Tuesday and I didn’t imagine that I would watch it again. I had fun though. The last flick I watched twice in the big screen was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

After the credits were rolled (where we saw weird credits, there was a chef and even caterer, drivers) and the bonus snippet, it was time for me to go. This time, I had to transfer to another jeep to get home from SM Pampanga. It was drizzling when we left the mall. But when I got off the first jeep, the drizzle turned into a massive pouring of rain. I was stranded. Everyone in the street looked for a shed where they could stay for a few minutes, and that included me. With this, I’m grateful to the Burger Machine stall where I stayed for a few minutes to wait for a jeep. I was only stranded for ten minutes or less. I even posted a tweet while I was waiting. I was like calling every single saint known to man for the rain to stop, but it didn’t.

By the time I got home. I was totally wet. My pants especially the bottom part was wet. The back of my shirt was wet. My handkerchief was wet. My hair was wet. My Chucks were wet (my socks were spared though). It was as if I had a bath on the road! I’m fine now. I got home safe and sound, and as what I’ve posted in Twitter, I’m dry now.

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After other people blaming so many bloggers, this time, it’s my turn to blame Jmar.

NAME 10 THINGS THAT STARTS WITH THE LETTER “M”

  1. Moo MiniCards: After getting 10 free MiniCards, I ordered more to give to my friends.
  2. Mitch Albom: One of my favorite authors. He’s a great author!
  3. Multiply: I have a Multiply account, but I don’t update it frequently.
  4. Moleskine Notebook: I want one but they’re expensive!
  5. Microsoft Office: Do I really have to explain this?
  6. Maroon 5: One of the bands that I like
  7. Mega Series: NGC’s Mega Series makes me go wow always.
  8. McDonald’s: Just refer to the first part of this post. XD
  9. MacBook Pro: I want one, but at this point, it’s very impossible that I’ll have one.
  10. Music: <3

I don’t want to be blamed so I’m not tagging anyone. Haha.

  1. But I still don’t know why I’m not gaining weight. [↩]

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Messing With my Schedule

Posted on May 7, 2008 at 8:55 am | 8 Comments
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I hate make-up classes, especially if they’re announced only a day before (worse, on the same day). I don’t like to compensate for such thing especially if I’ve already scheduled something for that time and day like making a draft or returning comments. I believe that time is gold so I’m really strict with my schedule (of course, except for school related things). I hate wasting time, that’s not in my vocabulary. As a matter of fact, I say “You’re wasting my time!” to my friends whenever they’re delaying something or whenever they keeping me from going for something that is useless.

Yesterday, I should have only taken my midterm examination in one of my major subjects and I was free to go home. It took me about an hour and a half to finish answering 100 brain damaging questions. But because my instructor had set for a make-up class which was originally from 1-3PM but was later moved to 3-5PM, I was forced not to go home. Sorry, I’m not that type of student who skives classes. It was really annoying. Good thing, I didn’t planned to go out with my high school friends on that day, or else, they would have killed me by now.

I finished answering my examination by 11:00. All-in-all, I had four hours to kill. Going back home and return to school three hours later was never an option to me on how I wanted to kill my four-hour break because it’s uneconomical and I didn’t want to spend an additional of at least 1.5 hours in a jeep. That left me with two choices: either go to the library to continue reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel and abuse the Internet service or go to the mall and watch a flick. I chose the latter and I was able to tag two friends to go with me.

Because it was unplanned (yet another on the spot decision), I didn’t bring any street clothes. You see, we’re not allowed to go to the malls — worse, to the movie house — wearing our uniform. But I had no options left. Besides, my two friends told me that they’re doing that (going to the cinemas while wearing their uniform) always and were never caught.

We bought deluxe tickets for Iron Man but instead of heading to the deluxe seats we went to the premier seats. Lol. Bad. Bad. Bad. There was no one who was guarding the entrance to the premier seats so we climbed the stairs and we had an instant savings of Php 20.00! Lol.

Well, Iron Man is a good movie, it’s based on the Marvel Comics of the same title. The acting skills of the cast was superb. And of course, the special effects was really good. The only downside was that I was able to predict correctly a few things.

After watching Iron Man, we rushed back to school for our make-up class. Nevertheless, I had fun. XD

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On My Way Back Home

Posted on August 21, 2007 at 8:45 pm | 16 Comments
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For me to get back home, it will be either I have to hop on three different jeeps. Jeeps in Angeles City could be really confusing especially if it’s your first time to take a public vehicle there even though they are color-coded (e.g. If you are in SM City Clark and you want to go to the City Proper, hop on to a blue jeep). Or I have to ride a tricycle and one jeepney.

I prefer the latter option because with that, I can get home earlier. Traffic in Angeles City, especially in the City Proper is terrible!

I spend thirty pesos just to get back home. Pretty expensive, eh?

On the jeepney ride back home today, we (that’s I and some of my blockmates) were talking about our latest topic in Ethics… family planning. Our voices were a little bit louder than usual, but I didn’t notice if the other passengers were looking at us. You know, we were talking about various methods of contraception. And what we’re discussing is like crackers, everybody likes talking about it. So it was a bit strange that nobody was looking at us.

Christian: Alam mo ba na puwedeng tawaging prophylactic1 ang condom? (Did you know that you can call a condom as prophylactic?)
Digi: Talaga? (Really?)
Ruiz: Ay, gusto ko ng ganun. Matagal na akong hindi nakakatikim ng ganun! (Hey, I like that. I haven’t tasted that for a while).
Christian: *shocked, eyes are bulging* ANO? (WHAT?)
Ruiz: Ang sabi ko, gusto ko ng Tofi Luk. (I said that I want a Tofi Luk.)
Christian: Ah, prophylactic or condom ang pinag-uusapan namin at hindi Tofi Luk. (Ah, we were talking about prophylactic or condom and not Tofi Luk.)

That conversation was really crazy. I thought my friend was missing the taste of a condom. Haha. But it turned out that he misheard me and thought that what I said was Tofi Luk (it’s a chocolate bar, by the way for those who don’t know it) instead of Prophylactic.

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I’m back at home, in our kitchen, surfing the internet. Roar. I really hate this. If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might have noticed my complaints about my loss of privacy.

Recently, our phone line was busted. It looks like those people who fixed our gate had cut our phone line accidentally. My father reported it, and it took PLDT’s linemen two or three days before they got here. They said that they can’t do nothing with our phone line (Eek! Excuse me? You can’t? Why? You are incompetent, right?) so they created a new line.

And now, since we can’t use the old line, I have to go downstairs in our kitchen, where they put the new line just surf the internet. I hate it because I don’t have any privacy. My siblings could see what sites do I visit. And my parents are complaining why I am using my notebook, Snidget, for hours in just a single day and my father is asking my what sites do I visit. On the other hand, my mother has been asking me if I still study because I use my laptop excessively.

I badly want our old line fixed. What’s more is that I can feel my back aching because I don’t have a backrest here in our kitchen. It’s really uncomfortable!

  1. I’ve known about this back in summer when I was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s performance in Extras where he played as a boy scout. In a particular scene, he was holding a prophylactic. It was really funny. [↩]

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