Level Up!

Two years have passed since I entered college and until now, I still hate the course my dad forced me to take. But that’s not what I want to talk about. In that span of two years,I’ve already mastered the right time and which jeepney to take to get to school at the right time. As an evidence, I’m pleased to tell everyone that I have a clean attendance record. No tardiness, no absences. Unless you would count that instance (I think I’ve mentioned it before) when I was marked absent during my Philosophy class because our instructor only entered our room with only a few minutes to go before dismissal with no notice that he would still meet us.

Back in my first year, I used to take a jeepney-jeepney-jeepney-jeepney ride. That nearly drove me insane, transferring from one jeepney to another was really a hassle. That was when I still gave more importance to money than time (less expensive but time consuming). The previous school year, it became jeepney-jeepney-tricylcle ride which was more expensive but faster. In just a few weeks days, I will be a junior student and that means I’ll be spending more time in school which could also be equated to less time for blogging and surfing the Internet, and not to mention less time for sleeping. I’m not sure if the usual ride that I take would be enough to bring me to school at the right time. I can’t really afford to be late for my classes. Besides, getting late is not in my vocabulary.

That’s why I’m thinking that I should get an apartment somewhere near the university. With that, I do not have to wake very early (I do not need the early worms anyway). I could also dedicate more time for resting since that would mean that I don’t have to spend 1.5 agonizing hours on the road.

But then again, there are a lot of complications. Actually, I could think of more disadvantages than advantages. Like, how will I survive? Where would I get my food? Fast food chains? Well, I’m old enough to stand on my own, but I really prefer going home everyday. Do I have to share the room with someone else? I prefer to be on my own, though. Where would we get the payment for the apartment? Electricity? Water? My parents have enough on their plates and I don’t want to give them another helpings of not-so-appetizing bills. And then, I have my biggest problem… Internet. You know that I love surfing the Internet and as a student, I will surely need it. Where I would get an Internet connection? SmartBRO? Thanks. I’ve read a number of bad reviews about their services, and I don’t want to be included in their fast growing number of disappointed customers.

See? There are so many disadvantages that I could think of. Haha. Call me pessimistic, but renting an apartment doesn’t sound good to me. Besides, if I were to get myself one, I would surely miss the stretch of road that I take, the numerous banks (especially the branches of Banco de Oro), gas stations, churches, branches of Jollibee and McDonald’s, the single flyover that I know of here in Pampanga, the irritating passengers in the jeepney, the passenger versus driver matches, the crazy tricycle rides, and everything else that I see every time I go to school and back home. What’s more, that means that I would have no time to review. Lol. You see, the only time I review (most of the times) is during when I’m in the jeepney. Hahah.

Of course, I could change my mind. XD

PS: I know, I’ve already blogged about this before, not as specific, though. So yeah, forgive me. There’s really nothing interesting that happened to me lately. I’m just stuck here in our house, but I’m definitely enjoying every bit of it. And I just felt that it’s time that I had to update this blog. Haha.

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Birthday Bash

chocolate-coffee cupcake with mocha ganache and mascarpone cream Okay, my birthday is more than seven months away and I haven’t attended a birthday party recently but this post is about a party… a party that I want to have. This may sound really absurd to anyone who reads it: I want to have a children’s birthday party! Yeah, lol. I know, it’s weird. As a matter of fact, thinking of it makes me laugh like a person who lost his sanity (or have I lost my sanity already?). But I’m dead serious about this one.

I want to celebrate one of my birthdays in a local branch of McDonald’s or Jollibee where I and my friends can fill our hungry tummies with delicious cheeseburgers, spaghetti, fatty French fries, deep-fried chickens, and sundaes. Of course, there will be party hats in assorted colors, a banner that says “Happy Birthday, Christian!” with Ronald McDonald or Jollibee and their respective friends as its background.

There will also be an emcee who will host parlor games but the games will be uh, adult-ish. Lol. We’ll play an edited version of Trip to Jerusalem. The guys will hold bananas just in front of their pants and these bananas will serve as the “chairs.” The contestants will be either females or gays (to make the game more exciting and funnier). The contestants will circle around the guys sporting bananas in front of their jeans while dancing like a GRO in a far-flung cabaret in the tune of a novelty song composed by Lito Camo (God, how gross is that?). Once the music stops, the contestants will try to grab one of the bananas. The one who will not be able to get a banana is out of the game. The process will go on until a winner will be declared. Okay, I’m exaggerating. Loot bags will be given to the participants. These loot bags will contain but not limited to chocolates and candies.

Of course, there will be a special appearance of a mascot (I really feel sorry to those people wearing those stupid costumes) who will give entertainment to everyone who is in the party. Either Jollibee or Ronald will dance like there’s no tomorrow. And we’ll see if we can make Jollibee dance a folk dance (preferably Pandanggo sa Ilaw) or make Ronald sing.

I’m sure everyone will enjoy the party even though every bit of it is very childish! Haha.

So… will you join my party? Haha. Magpapa-cheeseburger ako!

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Yeah. I have a new layout! Woot! It’s been a while since I last used a dark theme. I really like this one. I love its simplicity and the semi-transparent columns. But I’m not sure if this will work with older versions of the effing and the most ridiculous browser to me: IE. Expect to see some minor changes to this new layout in the coming days. A credit is due to this simple CSS trick to make semi-transparents columns and to imjustincognito’s amazing photo that I used as my header.

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Pentium 1

It’s inevitable, isn’t? There will come a time when the disk drive that we have will be in critical level, in other words, there will be scarcity with the available disk space that we have. That only means that we have to add more space, or delete a few programs and files, or move them to an external disk. And in my case, the unused space that I have is starting to deplete. To make matters worst, I don’t know which files and programs that I have to throw to the recycle bin. I also don’t own any external devices that I can use. The only means to backup the data that I can do is by burning files in CDs or DVDs and you know how unstable they are.

Moreover, I’m starting to feel that the physical memory that I have is not enough. Even though my physical memory that i have is a whooping 1 GB, I can feel that my computer is acting sluggish sometimes. During simple tests, I still have to wait for a few seconds or even minutes before my computer will respond.

I also have to upgrade a lot of things. Not only hardwares but also the programs that are currently installed in my computer which also contribute to the sluggishness of it.

Oh, it’s not my laptop that I am referring to but my brain. For more than 18 years, my brain has been abused, damaged, and over-used especially nowadays where I have to memorize a lot of things. Seriously, I badly need to shut down or just even hibernate it for a while. My brain hasn’t rested for almost a year now from school work. My brain cells are dying. And if I were to sell my brain, I’m sure, I would only earn a few cents because no one would like it and it’s overused!

A couple of weeks ago, I had to subtract something. Yeah, simple Math. God, I wasn’t able to get the right answer. The thing is, it took me five minutes before I realized my mistake: I used the minuend as the subtrahend, and the subtrahend as the minuend. How stupid is that?

All I want now is a very long vacation in a quite place far from civilization where I can rest for weeks, I don’t have to think about school related work, annoying blockmates, read unreliable text books, incompetent instructors, and avoid eating in fast food chains1 so that my brain could have all the rest it needs.

Of course, if someone out there is willing to lend me his or her brain, I would really appreciate it!

BTW, I’m now hosting Kathrin’s blog. She’s one of my oldest friends in the Internet.

  1. Since last semester, I eat in a fast food chain at least once or twice a week. God, they should abolish the branches of McDonald’s and Jollibee near our school. []

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