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When I was young and full of hope.....

I considered cup cones to be a snack, downing them like potato chips in all its plain appearance without topping it with ice cream. I could finish a whole box containing about 24 cup cones on my own. xD

And until now I still do that when I'm presented with a box of cones. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

Samurai High School

One reason or another, I had a feeling that this j-drama series would leave me with a good feeling of taking the time to watch it. Samurai High School, comprised of 9 episodes follows the story of one Mochizuki Kotaro (played by Haruma Miura), who is possessed by his great-great-great-great grandfather with the same name, a general from the Sengoku period some 400 years ago who died at battle.

By virtue, Mochizuki is a senior high school student on the verge of graduating and preparing for entrance exams into university, who gave no effort into studying and joked around very often. When he came to be possessed by the samurai after his visit to an old historical library, he gains a friend in the form of Nakamura Tsuyoshi (played by Shirota Yuu) after saving him from shoplifting threatened by some group of girls from their school.

After just watching the final episode, you learn to realize just how defining the plot is. It seems you learn a lot from a samurai possessing you. Hahaha. I think what I learned can be best summarized by what Kotaro said to his classmates and teachers in the final episode:

"I... made a friend. He is conceited, stubborn, and to make matters worse, he died at age 17. But he told me... "Although you are alive, you are not living!" This made me furious! But truthfully... I realized something. Because until I met him... I had always buried my true feelings by joking around. I... I had completely given up on myself. Now... inside of me, there are so many things that I've learned from him.

As long as one doesn't fight, one cannot win.

One cannot give up until the end.

One should admit one's mistakes... if... one believes there was one.

It's wrong to blame others for your own failures.

Do everything you can to live fully since you're on this earth anyway.

That is why... I will fight. Please let me fight!"

Admirable, wouldn't you agree? ^________________^b

I brand this J-drama series a MUST WATCH!!!!!!

Fencing

Yesterday, I attended my futsal class as usual and totally dominated the opposing team with a final score of 6-0. After the game, Coach Joel called out for about 5 of us since Coach Wawit from the Fencing team wanted to talk with us. It seemed that he was scouting a few people from the different PE classes.

I decided to try it out earlier this afternoon at the Blue Eagle Gym and I found myself in a little on the fence (no pun intended) as to decide whether I'd take it seriously and commit to it because of its pros (like the scholarship and all that since exemption from PE and NSTP is pointless for me now -_-).

The cons to it, though, are the training schedules and venues. I don't want to train in Pasig until 10 in the evening! DDD8 What's more is that it means less time to spend with my girlfriend. DDDDD8

So I tried it out and had a stab (literally) with handling two weapons; the épée and the sabre. I must admit, it was fun to learn. ^_________^b Next week the coaches are inviting us to attend the training and think things over the weekend. ^___^ Though I think I'm pretty much decided.

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When I was young and full of hope.....
I had a traumatic first experience handling a stapler when my mom came home from buying school supplies for us. With no knowledge of how to reload the staple wires properly onto the stapler, I accidentally stapled my thumb (oooooooooooooooow T~T) and blood naturally spewed.

Now I know where not to put my finger when reloading staplers. xD

Futsal

Indoor soccer's become quite a pinnacle of ups and downs this semester. The fact that I have it twice a week is a real stress reliever for me in more ways in one, which is usually the reason I attend each and every session.

The downside of it, though is that I'm really drained and my legs feel like jelly for the rest of the day. ~__~ The upside of it all, however, is that I can live my little dream of playing a sport I can write about with my own two feet. 8D

I lost count of the total number of goals I've scored since our first scrimmage game, but I can safely say I've contributed a whole lot to the class by being able to do what I can while I play. That's why I'm happy I've achieved 2 hat tricks for my last two games lately. ^___^b

NOTE: hat trick = 3 goals in a game. 8DD

Valentine's Day 2010

February 14, 2010. A day of hearts, and a day of special celebrations with your significant other. Love is all around, so that usual thing goes.

On this day, I was very much pleased beyond words to have been able to spend it with my beloved Kai, even if just for a few hours. I picked her up after lunch at her place - after I had gotten some gas for the car and some supplies from the grocery for dinner later - before we went to TriNoma where we watched Valentine's Day. We made use of the Citibank promo so we managed to get seats for the 4:30 showing.

The movie, despite its 2-hour length, focused on quite a number of relationships (quite reminiscent of 'The Holiday' back in 2004 or whatever year that was released), and love bloomed and flourished in its own unique way for each couple that was featured. 'Love all of the person, and not just a part that's easy to love'. That, above everything else, is the ultimate message I wanted to take from the movie, and both Kai and I were satisfied.

With the movie ending at 6:30, we headed home to have dinner prepared by mom, where even my siblings had their significant others over. It was a fruitful celebration because it was the first time I had Kai with me in that type of gathering on a special day. ^_____________^

Kai and I got each other stuffed animals for the occasion, even though last year Kai gave me a stuffed animal while I gave her a necklace. xD This year, I gave her a bear holding a heart while she gave me a dog with a heart on his ear. x3 Valentine's indeed.

After dinner, we had a little photoshoot where us siblings and our significant others had some pictures together, later on joined by our parents. That's the memorable part for me. Picture care of my sister!

To end the day, I took Kai home, joined by my sister and her boyfriend Kiks, subsequently taking Kiks home and passing by a relative's place to drop something off/pick up something before finally heading back.

Spending Valentine's Day after we've come so long... It's just wonderful. (>u<)b

Hopefully next year will be even grander of a celebration~

Cosplay

The world of cosplay or costume play is, no doubt, becoming more of a trend with the emergence of more conventions here in the Philippines, if not the whole world over. It's quite thrilling to see Japanese anime have this effect on people, actually.

On a personal level, I've got the chance to get involved and attend some conventions in costume, so it was always a fun experience.

Here's a breakdown of my cosplay adventures. The first costume I donned to a convention was back during the ToyCon held last June 14, 2008, when I costripped (cosplaying for fun without intention of entering the competition) as Hinasaki Mafuyu from Fatal Frame. Above is the picture I got with the pinoy version of Hard Gay. 8D

A few months after, I teamed up with my good friend Mica and decided to attend the Lights Out Yaoi Con held last September 6, 2008. I cosplayed Ootori Kyouya from Ouran High School Host Club while Mica did Tamaki.

A month later, I attended the UP AME Harujaku scheduled November 8, 2008 as Tezuka Kunimitsu from the Prince of Tennis alongside my girlfriend Kai who did Fuji. Perfect Pair for the win!

The next convention where I costripped with Kai was during the succeeding AME, UP AME no Jidai held last November 28, 2009 where I reprised my role as Ootori Kyouya while Kai was Haruhi.

To finish off the year, Kai and I attended the Cyberzone Cosplay Tour in SM Marikina last December 19, 2009. I did Ootori Choutarou from the Prince of Tennis while Kai did Shishido. Yei Silver Pair~

For this year's AME, or any convention in the latter half of the year (depending when the costumes are done), Kai and I have a new series in mind to cosplay. So you'll be sure to enjoy that. ^________________^ Until then, no spoilers yet.

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When I was young and full of hope.....

I had a knack for riding on a bicycle. Like most kids, I learned how by utilizing training wheels on them before I grasped the concept of balance required to operate a bike. Of course, that didn't mean I knew the concept of speed and control until I got myself into an accident in my own subdivision.

The streets along my subdivisions vary. Some are straight, some inclined. The particular road (that long, long road) where my house is (a corner house), has quite a few inclined paths. So when I was young I went out with the supervision of one of our helpers and biked down that street. During the slope downwards, speed picked up and I ended up falling off my bike and caused a nasty gash on my right knee scraping against the asphalt.

Traces of that injury are almost invisible now but it goes without saying that you can still feel and somehow see the marks left by that accident.

Moral of the story? Learn how to use the brakes. That never stopped me from riding a bicycle though. ^___________^b

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When I was young and full of hope.....I was a big fan of the Power Rangers. I think my favorite one at the time was the Yellow Ranger regardless who it was for the simple reasons that I was a girl and my sister was already the Pink Ranger.

Back when my family had the Super Nintendo to play with (it remained in my room until my cousin asked for it again), we had one game Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which became quite nostalgic because it entailed beating up bad guys, collecting these energy icons or something to 'transform'. Hahaha. Those were the days.

In the present time and moment, I find myself getting hooked to the Japanese version, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, starring TeniMyu's Aiba Hiroki as Shinken Blue, Ikenami Ryunosuke~

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When I was young and full of hope.....

I had a nice amount of play money bills that I used for various games I played with my siblings or cousins. Whether it was in the Philippine Peso or US Dollar form, we thought up of plenty of games to use them for like setting up restaurants, shops or what not that required payment. Oh the days of my youth when I had a toy cash register.

That was actually one of my dream jobs before; to be a cashier! xDDDDD

The silly dreams when we were little. *chuckles*

The Photographer Itch

Today I decided to take my digicam out and take some decent pictures after quite some time. Most of them, of course, turned out to be ones of sceneries or nature as I made my way to MC to wait for Kai's class to end. That's probably why I chose my new layout as such. ^^b

The first is a of a growing tree in Bellarmine Field in school. I feel kind of sad that the grass around it wasn't a lush green as the rest of the field was. But then again, the field in its entirety is pretty banged up.

The second is a picture of the Church of the Gesu in our campus. The 'vines' hanging from the trees are actually Christmas lights that are put up usually for the Christmas season. Though from experience that's just there all year round (unless I don't notice it enough when they put it down xD).

Finally, the third is a picture of the sky with the Philippine flag raised on its pole from the MC Lower Lanai.

New Dessert~

While I'm not a fan of yogurt, there's at least one place so far that's made me forget that their product was even yogurt to begin with. That place, of course, is Frutti Froyo. The newest establishment over at Petron, Katipunan, it offers a unique experience in yogurt distribution. Everything is up to you. You get to squeeze out just how much flavored yogurt you want, and decorate it with as much toppings as you want.

Note, however, that they charge you Php18/g. Good luck with that~

Last Tuesday, Kai and I decided to have lunch at Chowking, and I took that opportunity to take her to Frutti Froyo for some dessert. I got the vanilla & chocolate yogurt and decorated it with Ghiradelli Chocolate syrup, milk and white chocolate chips, and marshmallows. After giving Kai a taste, she got up and got her own self-serve. xD

You can't have enough of a good thing. ^__^b