Soliloquy

All Nighters

2012-01-26T02:46:00.003+08:00

Birthday greetings:
January 24: Kuroshitsuji's mangaka, Toboso Yana
January 25: Tenimyu Fudomine's 2nd Tachibana Kippei, Sugawara Takuma and Gokaiger's Captain Marvelous, Ozawa Ryouta

Since it's been almost 10 days since my last post I think this deserves a picture to brighten it up a little. So believe you'll find a picture I snapped with Saeki some hours ago during the onset of my paper-writing cramming session. As usual, the class of Philosophy, when you're under someone like Father Luis David is no easy feat. As much as I have every right to say "I'm used to it" or "there's not need to panic" I still find myself procrastinating until the day before to cram everything in. And much like previous experiences with needing to output a hefty amount of pages as was the case last year, I panicked.

But thankfully I came home early enough to start, and finished just a few minutes ago, so I'm waiting for everything to print itself before I can hit the sack and wake up 2 hours later to hand the damn thing in. In some aspect of all this, I don't mind pooling in the effort. I mean yes, I could have given much more (I only went 2 pages beyond the minimum) but decided not to. Why? Because my mind has been on migraine-high these past two days I'm not understanding why. Dx

In any case, the end goal is nearly there. 3 more weeks of academics! Here's hoping I don't fuck anything else up along the way -knocks on wood- else I sacrifice my being able to graduate on time. Fucking hell, don't let that be the case. (><)

I've got a mock defense to prepare for later today so here's hoping it goes well. Jason and I are pretty much done with everything, so all that's left is to revise the paper and prepare for the final defense and we're home-free! Fingers crossed we get accepted into PCSC; it's always nice to be getting another publication and adding more stuff to my accumulating resume. xD

So with that, I bid you all good morning!

Dates, Recovery and Workshops

2012-01-14T14:59:00.001+08:00

Birthday greetings:
January 12: Seigaku 5th cast's Oishi Shuuichirou, Tsujimoto Yuki and Slam Dunk's mangaka, Inoue Takehiko
January 13: Lord of the Rings' Legolas and Pirates of the Caribbean's Will Turner, Orlando Bloom
January 14 (today): Nodame Cantabile's Chiaki Shinichi, Tamaki Hiroshi

So to kick off this blog, I want to start off simple by saying I've been plagued with a bad case of the colds and cough duo for the past few days, which explained my semi-sloth behavior in coming up with the sense of typing up a post for my blog. And so here I am, still recovering, but engaged in much activity in the early days of the new year doing things of the social and academic fancies.

So I believe safe to start off with the more exciting story of spending time with my girlfriend~ Now, one of the movies Kai and I have been wanting to watch this year was Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Personally I love the whole franchise because I've actually read some of the Doyle classics when I was still in the mood of reading. Much more so when I watched the first movie back in 2009. Now, This particular movie franchise took my interest in mostly due to the starring roles of Holmes and Watson portrayed by the awesome Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law respectively. Clearly my new favorite pair of detectives nowadays.

You can find the trailer of this movie below, though of course the release date varies across the world. Here in the Philippines it came out just last Sunday, but all the same, the movie is a must watch. Funny thing about the pre-screening. The movie was rated PG-13, and the ticket lady out front asked us how old we were. As if we looked remotely close to 13. Well as far as compliments go, that's by far most acceptable for me, and in my responding 18, realized that I'm, in fact, 3 years older than what I say. SO I'M NOT USED TO IT YET LOL.

Anyway, moving on. After out fun viewing of the movie that nearly lasted 3 hours, we drove off to Quezon Memorial Circle to happily find one of my absolutely FAVORITE Japanese restaurants open for dinner service. New Kamameshi House has been a place of dining for me and my family for as long as I can remember. We used to go there frequently to celebrate achievements and what not (graduations and the sort) to savor the magic tastes of their signature Tori Kamameshi Rice. It was absolute heaven to have eaten a kettle of it, and well worth the wait and money.
Immediately following this date, we move on to today. Earlier this morning after I took Kai home I attended a morning workshop that was organized by my thesis adviser, where she asked my partner Jason and I to give a talk on our thesis to the visitors from all over who came. It is for a fact that I was still feeling sick but I didn't want to let anyone down and not show up, so I went despite my sickness - which was more phlegm in the throat kind more than a cold, which ruined my voice and hence a bad idea - and ended up doing most of the talking as I later realized.
Well, regardless of that fact it was a fun talk, though it was rather sad that we weren't able to demonstrate our game to them, which would have been cool. But I do hope we got our point across. I'm actually looking forward to my Naga trip in February now after this. More stuff to include to my resume, haha!!
So that's about it. I've got some readings to do but I'm sleepy so I'm on the fence with what to do. xD Ah well.
Carpe diem.

APT 2012

2012-01-08T01:47:00.001+08:00

Birthday greetings:
January 7 - Tenimyu Rokkaku 1st cast's Kurobane Harukaze, Gokaiger's Sid Barmick and Fuuma no Kojirou's Ryouma, Shindou Gaku.

The Annual Asuncion Poker Tournament held every New Year's party here among our family happened tonight. It started fairly late since the Commissioner (aka my brother prominently) came late. A total of 15 participants including myself took part in the running for the top prize.

I won't go into details but I can say that I had a better run than last year's participation: so close to the final table and yet so far. I had a nice run towards the start, knocking out two former champions (1st ever and current champion) who was in the table with me.

SO YEAH, 9TH PLACE AIN'T SO BAD. ^_____^b

Welcome 2012!

2012-01-05T05:52:00.000+08:00

December 29: Tenimyu Seigaku 4th cast's Oishi Shuuichiro, Toyoda Yuya and Team Batista's Kakitani Yuji, Tsurumi Shingo
January 1: Tenimyu Hyoutei B cast's Akutagawa Jirou, Naitou Taiki
January 4: Tenimyu Seigaku 6th cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Wada Takuma
Janaury 5 (today!): Tenimyu Higa cast's Chinen Hiroshi, Hayashino Takeshi

Happy birthday to them all~

NOW! Welcome 2012~~

So since I woke up ever so early for reasons I don't understand myself, I decided to update my blog to kick off the New Year with some sense of good standing. Hopefully by the end of February I'll be scott-free with school burdens and expecting to march during graduation towards the end of March (and so the pun arises xD). TWO MORE MONTHS OF SLAVING TO THE ACADEME!

Well, I can't say it's a total wreck to have to do that. After all, my entire college life has been met with its highs and lows (which isn't to say my life outside school has been peachy). From the fun to be had in first year with a class production of Rent, to the epicness of a rocking Jap 1 summer class, the failures of ~~a bogus and unfair treatment~~ History class, met with the triumphs of placing second in the Futsal competition, coupled with the breezy time of Electronics in second year, to the audacity and stress of juggling the so-called terror professor of Philosophy and less-than-engaging Rizal class in third year, to thesis and final stresses of fourth year before graduation.

Yup, any and all causalities met along the way have been given the treatment of kings; ironed out and left behind as a trail of remembrance. Now we remember what is and what will be. In this case, there's the happy thoughts of doing a FUN thesis instead of one that drags you down. I think that's the point of it all, really.The fact that thesis has been a fun excursion up until now is thankfully because the topic at hand (a game, in essence), makes the journey to making it and developing it to more fruition is worthwhile.

And so the best trick is to make the MOST of what's to come, despite the stress the other subjects bring. Of course, this is me thinking not so much of the midterms for a CS subject I should be panicking about that are to commence tomorrow evening (maybe I'll worry about that this afternoon or tomorrow with the rest?), or any other deadlines or what's to come in the following 7 weeks of academic life that remains.

Here's knocking on wood that I don't do anything regretful for the next 2 months and give what efforts I can expend to better my chances of getting that last push to get the passing marks for all 19 units' worth of this semester to be eligible for graduation on time.

Christmas in Boracay

2011-12-27T11:32:00.000+08:00

So hello! I'm finally back from our Christmas vacation spent with family in Boracay~ It's been a while since I've been on hiatus; if Instagram wasn't so picky I would have already left you all with some pictures from my trip. Haha! But anyway, anyway.

Before we go into the nitty-gritty of my experience, I just want to take this time to greet the birthdays I've missed!
December 21: Tenimyu Seigaku 1st/2nd cast's Echizen Ryouma, Yanagi Kotaro
December 22: Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd cast's Kikumaru Eiji, Adachi Osamu
December 25: Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd cast's Inui Sadaharu, Nakayama Masei
December 26: Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Shirota Yuu

During our last day in Boracay, I decided to do a little sand kanji for my favorite actor Shirotan~ Granted the first kanji should be more compact, but it's not that easy to raise sand, mind you. x) But birthday greetings all the same~

It definitely took some time but it was well worth the effort!

That aside, onto some pictures! Our dad drove us to the airport early in the morning to catch our flight at around 7 in the morning. We managed to all get on the same flight as opposed to taking two separate ones, so all 19 of us rode on the same airplane headed for Caticlan.

Since it was just a small plane, it was a first to actually board the plane on the runway, and get down the same way. The airport (picture on the right)was very accommodating and modern, which was pretty neat considering the last time I came to Boracay was some years ago when I was a wee little child who came last minute. xDD

After that, it was a series of transportation via shuttle, boat and van just to get to the resort, which was all the way in Station 1. But boy was the trip worth it! We stayed at the Boracay terraces Resort, which is technically the last resort along the white sand beach, which was perfect since it was rather secluded.

Not surprisingly, swimming turned out to be a necessity despite the salty content. The water was cool and the waves that frequented coming our way was just another excuse to have fun in the sun. Sunsets always made it more and more breath-taking, a testament to an experience at the beach.

The afternoon of December 24, I went with a little troupe of hikers down to another resort called Nami, which is owned by my cousin's boss (who I met back during my time at the Global Enterprise Challenge). Here's me and my mom posing by the beachfront sign after looking at the place and having a very refreshing glass of Lemongrass tea

On our way back to our resort, we spotted someone in the distance. And lo and behold, it was my dad! He came up with an ingenious plot to trick my mom into believing that he wouldn't be able to come with us to Boracay this Christmas. He apparently wore a disguise and all but was thwarted by my sister's keen eye. My mom and I ran over to him to give him a big glomp. Uberly pumped to know that he would be able to join us for Christmas after all! For dinner that evening, we headed off to Guily's Island for a buffet and decided to walk along the beachfront. Below is a picture of me and my dad in front of Friday's during out walk~ The second picture is a family picture taken after our dinner.

After hearing 9pm mass, we headed off to Epic since our cousin was a guest DJ come Christmas Day (poster below). Of course it was a truly epic experience (no pun intended), but since I'm not one to drink I headed home early.

We made a return trip to the Nami resort for Christmas Day lunch care of my cousin's boss, and below you see a picture of me in front of the entire resort. It was gorgeous, but the steps and elevator brand it as a resort not for the faint of heart. Regardless, the view was to die for~

That evening, since the family was complete and it was raining, we just decided to call in for a Yellow Cab delivery (yeah there's a Yellow Cab in Boracay!) while we watched Shrek Forever After on HBO. Good times and good company especially. :3

The last three pictures mark our last day in Boracay before our return to Manila. It was a truly new experience, celebrating Christmas at the beach, but when you bring together the merriment and company of family there can be no greater experience. This is one to remember, and I'm more than grateful that we got to spend it together as a family. Until the next time, Boracay!

Christmas Break!

2011-12-17T21:27:00.002+08:00

So today was the first official day of Christmas break!!! Before I get into the nitty-gritty of my post, I just wanted to take the time to greet some people whose birthdays I missed:

December 14: Tenimyu Rikkai A cast's Yukimura Seiichi, Yagami Ren
December 15: Tenimyu Seigaku 5th cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu and Takumi-kun's Misu Arata, Baba Ryouma
December 17 (today!): Fuuma no Kojirou's Asuka Musashi, Kawakubo Takuji

Anyhow, these next two weeks will be devoted to parties and Christmas celebrations, but of course it didn't come cheap. Two days ago I finished the draft for our thesis paper, making sure that it's done well before Friday so I can use Thursday to relax. Of course, that meant that I had myself an early celebration by going out on a date with Kai that afternoon!

So last Thursday she and I went to Eastwood to have lunch and watch a movie. We originally wanted to watch Tintin, but they weren't showing it in their cinemas so we settled for watching Immortals instead. Admittedly, I was so tired from the night before that I nodded off during the dialogues, but I was perked awake by the fight scenes. Hehe. Lots of gory blood and epic fight sequences, and hot guys to boot. Hahahaha!

Tomorrow the family will be holding an exchange gift tomorrow night in lieu of the annual Christmas Eve celebration since we'll be going to Boracay for the holidays. I happily have my gift wrapped and ready to be given. ^o^/

On Tuesday I'll be meeting with my blockmates to have a Christmas block party. Surprisingly enough, the boys were the one who did the planning this time around, which was in itself a surprise. Let's see what happens out of it. Hahaha.

For this break I've got some things I need to do: write a PCSC paper with my thesis-partner, read some books for Philo class, and prepare for Theo midterms and Game Design LT. So much for a break. But then again, that's what cramming is for! xD

ALLS Christmas Dinner

2011-12-10T20:01:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday to ON/OFF, Sakamoto Naoya & Kazuya today!

So last night was a most interesting party! I celebrated a Christmas Party with my ALLS (Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences) family at school at Narnia! Okay, it wasn't really Narnia, but it was the epic house of my thesis adviser. It was great heading there with my fellow friends and teachers; the journey to and from, and the food!

^o^/

Fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun.

Thesis is almost done too, so last stretch this last week of class next week.

Early Morning Drives

2011-12-07T05:38:00.001+08:00

Birthday greetings:
December 3: Engine Sentai Go-Onger's Jo Hanto, Usui Masahiro
December 7 (today): Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd cast's Echizen Ryouma and Kamen Rider Den-O's Nogami Kotaro/New Den-O, Sakurada Doori

Today was the second time this year that I've made a long drive. The first was during this time when I brought my Mom to the airport. This early morning I brought Dad to his office that was practically the same area. Because it was early (some 4 in the morning) he was the one who drove to the place, and told me the needed route to take (which was only one unfamiliar turn before everything else became familiar from previous experience) to get home.

Got back home at around 5:10 since my class was (again) at 11:30, so there was plenty of time to spare (since I plan to nap after I move the car). Reason for subjecting myself to waking up early to bring Dad? To have his car available for use while he's gone until Saturday evening. Hoo-hum.

Anyway, will probably snooze once Mom and my brother are ready to leave and I've moved the car out of their way since I'm blocking their way.

Here's to a sleepless night ahead of me.

Birthday Celebrations + Shirota Yuu

2011-12-02T23:43:00.001+08:00

Before anything, I wanna greet Tenipuri's Fuji Syuusuke seiyuu, Kaida Yuki a happy birthday last November 30~

And now, on to the post proper.

So yesterday I had my birthday. My 21st. Much like most birthdays that fell on a weekday, I went to school, was greeted by some friends, classmates and teachers before going to dinner with family. Lunch was reserved to be spent with Kai, but she was plagued by sickness so we postponed for the weekend.

Last Tuesday during my 7.5 hour break, I decided to treat my fellow labmates to a pizza dinner; a rare treat since I never really was in the habit of doing that kind of stuff unless it was important. In exchange, they got me a nifty birthday cake, so it was a great early celebration~

This weekend is going to be busy since I can relax from all the schoolwork, having a lighter load than most weekends so far, both days practically booked. Tomorrow I plan to spend the day with Kai, go out for lunch, attend an event in the afternoon then dinner out. Then she'll be sleeping over since I have my birthday party the following day with the extended family and some friends. ^o^/

Finally, my fangirling for Shirota Yuu returned while I finally stumbled upon the song he sang with Backstreet Boys' Howie D entitled 'If I Say'~ It was released two months ago but it's still as epic as hell! \*o*/ You can listen to it below~

Semi-Expected

2011-11-26T15:13:00.001+08:00

Birthday greetings~
November 22: Tenipuri Echizen Ryouma seiyuu Minagawa Junko,
November 23: Tenimyu Hyoutei A cast's Ootori Choutarou, Date Koji,
November 25: Team Batista's Taguchi Kohei, Ito Atsushi!

Speaking of birthdays, my parents gave me an early Birthday/Christmas present that I've been asking for: an 8gb Apple iTouch!! When my sister was given hers, my parents asked me if I also wanted one. It took my some time before I finally agreed, so it wasn't a stretch to expect it coming after some time.

Funnily enough, I was swamped with writing my papers for Philosophy that my parents came home that fine Wednesday evening to have the case practically shoved in the back of my shirt. That being said, I actually already expected it, but when it did show up, it distracted me for a bit, but nevertheless was a motivation to get things done.

And now, some days later, I present to thee this entry and my new iTouch, Saeki! 8D (named after the epic actor who portrayed Eric Slingby in the second Kuroshitsuji Musical)

Catching Up

2011-11-20T22:53:00.001+08:00

Birthday greetings, because I've been away for a longer period than I expected to to blog (then again with school happening I can't seem to find the time to):
November 16: Tenimyu Seigaku 1st cast's Kikumaru Eiji, Nagayama Takashi
November 17: KAI and Tenipuri Tezuka Kunimitsu seiyuu Okiayu Ryoutarou

So, onto the next part of my agenda. Lately for school there's the usual lectures, assigned readings and homeworks. Not surprisingly, I'm tossed back into the world of coding that I realize my logic is not as refined as I had made it towards the end of last year (then again, I've slowly stopped coding unless required, like for thesis). But needless to say, I've gotten back into the swing of Java for one of our classes, and C in another. To suit my needs, I've armed my little netbook (named Agri) with the necessary programs (Eclipse, Dev C++ and Visual C# Express Edition+XNA Game Studio to be specific). That way my programming becomes portable, and I can actually work on thesis with the little guy.

Speaking of thesis, I'm currently starting on the art assets for Stage 2 (3/4 stages), which should take less time to design and prepare for the game. Implementing it will take a bit more time considering inclusion of a timer and what not. So this should be an interesting development. Hopefully Jason and I can get things rolling.

In other news, Kai introduced me to a dating game catered to our tastes. The theme? Prince of Tennis. Not surprisingly, it makes us go 'kyaa' xD. Should be fun where this goes. At least it's an excuse to start playing with my DS again once in a while.

First Week Out

2011-11-13T13:04:00.001+08:00

Before anything, I want to greet the follow people a belated birthday:
November 9: Fuuma no Kojirou's Kurojishi, Shirota Jun, Tenimyu Shitenhouji A cast's Tooyama Kintaro, Kido Yuuya and Tenimyu Seigaku 4th cast's Kaidoh Kaoru, Hayashi Akihiro
November 10: Tenimyu Hyoutei A cast's Akutagawa Jirou, TAKUYA

Also celebrated last November 9 was mine and Kai's 3-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Unlike previous years, we didn't meet to celebrate with a glamorous lunch or dinner to save money and pave the way to attend the upcoming convention: UP AME Monogatari that pushed through yesterday. Instead, we met the day after for a budget lunch at KFC, then spent the rest of the day at her house. I slept over due to plans of going to have our driver's licenses renewed to take advantage of my no class day.

Now more about the convention. Not a lot of pictures for sure, but a lot of interesting events, cosplayers seen and unexpected people spotted. For once, Kai and I did characters from different anime: Kai as Ayuzawa Misaki from Maid-sama, and myself as Ootori Kyouya from Ouran High School Host Club. Thankfully, not a lot of people came up and asked for a picture but there were still that handful of fangirls who did.

Of course, as fellow fans of anime and games, we also had pictures taken with several interesting cosplayers, including a Godot and Miles Edgeworth from the Phoenix Wright series and an Undertaker from Kuroshitsuji: Ciel in Wonderland. Other pictures included me being dragged into a group picture with fellow Ouran cosplayers where I had to shift to be a Fujioka Haruhi in a heartbeat since there was already a Kyouya. Hahaha.

Overall, it was tiring but a fun time since we found some interesting company and finds, including a cat hat (>w<) for Kai for her birthday, an interesting bell collar chained to a wristband (that we used to help her not get lost), a live-action Ouran drama DVD, several photocards of Tenimyu actors and a Sebastian mobile strap. Thanks to some connections I managed to find us a ride over to the general area (thanks again Keiko!) after halfway commuting. In essence it was a good experience but we're hoping that things relocate to a place closer to home.

And now, back to reality, back to school, back to some seriousness. Thesis and readings here we come.

Last First Day

2011-11-08T11:01:00.002+08:00

Ironic as the title of the entry sounds, it's *knocks on wood* the last first day of my college life, and I'm hoping that it will be a nice step forward to completing my college education.

Since it's Tuesday, I have an uber long break (7.5 hours to be exact) between my first two early morning classes, so it's a good time for both lunch and an early dinner, thesis work and reading time in between. I elected returning to Father David for my final Philosophy class, for the reason that I already have some idea of his teaching style. Notwithstanding, he claims to be more strict this time around but fingers crossed that he does lax a bit through the course of the already constrained time we have. Besides that, I also have my first and last Theology class in Filipino taught by the infamous Bobby Guev, who actually turns out to be very engaging despite the semi-nosebleed Filipino usage. xD

Another thing to note is that today is the birthday of my favorite chef: Gordon Ramsay! Hooray~ I wish I could say it's a cause for celebration but it would seem short-lived until I can get into the groove of things, especially once I've attended all my classes. For now, I'll end this entry here and feast on some good ol' Lechon Kawali for lunch. OuO

Playing on Accents

2011-11-06T15:09:00.000+08:00

Quick birthday greetings:
November 1: Tenimyu Seigaku 5th cast's Fuji Syuusuke, Hashimoto Taito
November 6 (today!): Tenimyu Seigaku 4th cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Watanabe Daisuke & Team Batista no Eiko's Kiryuu Kyoichi, Ihara Tsuyoshi
Happy birthday~

That aside, I wanted to talk about Puss in Boots. Kai and I went off to watch it some days ago and might I say, what an excessively cute, hilarious and sensational movie it was! You can't go wrong with cats, and adding Antonio Banderas voicing the rogue cat was just the cherry on top.

Now, with every movie and great actor, physical or voice over, it's a funny little habit of mine that I end up coming away with some sort of accent to do. Such was the case with Puss, but this has happened on more than one occasion. One such instance was Real Steel, where I came away with a nice Hugh Jackman accent that Kai was highly amused of.

But of course, there's always the showings of Hell's Kitchen, where I end up borrowing the accent of the infamous Gordon Ramsay with his British tone. It may not be up to par with actually sounding exactly like them, but close enough to make my girlfriend have a good laugh (or swoon) about. xD

Food and Chef Ramsay

2011-10-27T23:05:00.000+08:00

Starting off with birthday greetings:
October 26: Kamen Rider OOO's Hino Eiji, Watanabe Shu
October 27 (today!): Gokaiger's Ikari Gai, Ikeda Jun

Now, for these past few days during the semester break, I've definitely been spending more time browsing the internet and watching TV to catch up on stuff. Of particular interest to me was tuning in to regular screenings or replays of Hell's Kitchen 9 and Masterchef US 2 on Star World. Why?

Chef Gordon Ramsay.

I may not be a cook, but you've got to admire the man's blunt honesty. His professionalism and attitude towards people and food is admirable and infectious to say the least. xD 'Course, that doesn't include the swearing (at least to his magnitude verbally).

That of course got me interested to search through YouTube to watch segments from his TV show appearances, as well as his other shoes such as Kitchen Nightmares, which is absolutely bloody brilliant to watch! Now I'm finding myself in a fix and wanting to watch other shows and more of him and his attitude in and out of the kitchen. :D

Anyway, speaking of food, my sister came home with a plate of cupcakes today. Red velvet with cream cheese, she says, and the mini-cupcakes actually taste nice. :3

Last Ride

2011-10-22T11:41:00.002+08:00

Greeting several people's the first thing on my list, so here goes:
17 - Shinkenger's Shiba Takeru, Matsuzaka Tori
20 - Lord of the Ring's Aragorn, Viggo Mortensen
22 (today!) - Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd Cast's Momoshiro Takeshi, Takagi Shinpei and Gekiranger's Fukami Retsu, Takagi Manpei, also known as Ouran High School Host Club's Hitachiin twins!

Today was the release of our first semester grades. As you guessed, I'm already on semester break before resuming classes some two weeks from now. It would kind of explain the lackluster of postings to this blog since I was either lazy or busy spending time with Kai to make anything decent.

My QPI's going rather steady, being part of the average bunch of cats in the school sitting just under the 3.0 mark; my semester's QPI stands at 2.74, bringing my 4th year QPI to a 2.93 (3.88 for the summer), and my cumulative QPI to a 2.87 (reminder: 1 is the lowest and 4 is the highest on our grading scale). The minimum grade to be eligible for graduation is a 2.00, so I'm looking pretty good if I keep up the good work. ^o^/

So what exactly have Kai and I been doing lately? Well, hanging out basically, and spending time at a sports complex that my family's a member of, just to utilize the privileges. We ended up playing bowling, billiards and went swimming aside from feasting on the food, so it was a good run.

Oh, and we finally got our pictures back from the photoshoot we did last September! ^o^/ Pictures came out great! You can find the album of our pictures here. ^_____^

Last Hurdle, Real Steel and Avengers

2011-10-13T09:21:00.003+08:00

Thursday mid-morning and I'm back from my Economics Final Exam. I can admit that I don't know the fate of my grade until the very end, but I think I did alright. All that's left is for me to get through my Philosophy orals tomorrow afternoon and I'm home-free!

To celebrate the occasion and to psych myself up for the rest of the day, I came home to make myself some breakfast: my ever favorite Cheese Bread! ~u~

Now, because yesterday was the birthday of the epiceawesome Hugh Jackman, Kai and I decided to watch his latest movie Real Steel tomorrow to celebrate the sembreak! ^o^/ You can find the trailer below~

In other news and Marvel-related, the teaser trailer of The Avengers is out, and looking awesome! Out of this bunch I personally enjoy Iron Man, especially portrayed by the great Robert Downey Jr. This is sure to be part of my To-watch list this year!

Calm before the Storm

2011-10-10T22:17:00.000+08:00

First of all, happy birthday to Tenimyu Hyoutei B cast's Hiyoshi Wakashi and Gokaiger's Basco Ta Jolokia, Hosogai Kei!

So anyway, this week being finals week, you'd expect me to be hectic about the upcoming exams and orals that come with it. Not surprisingly, I slack off until I need to get something done. Schedule for my finals are as thus:

Tuesday (11-Oct): History Final Exam (11:30am-1:30pm) ; Games Design Defense (2:00 - 2:25pm)
Wednesday (12-Oct): Theology Final Orals (2:30-2:40pm)
Thursday (13-Oct): Economics Final exams (7:30-9:00am) + optional assignment
Friday (14-Oct): Philosophy Final Orals (2:30-2:45pm)

So as you can probably see, I'm booked for the next few days, so my time of panic has already started to settle in during this time. Hopefully things turn out okay for me as this semester draws to a close.

Wish me luck!

Close to the End

2011-10-08T13:37:00.000+08:00

So yesterday, I forgot to type up a blog entry to greet Tenimyu Hyoutei A cast's Atobe Keigo, Kato Kazuki. In line with that, I suppose I can also chuck in a birthday greeting to Kamen Rider Den-O's Sakurai Yuuto/Kamen Rider Zeronos, Nakamura Yuichi celebrating his birthday today!

Greetings aside, I want to take this time updating you all on last few requirements for school. We're down to the last week, the finals week of my 1st semester of senior year, and I'm somehow not pressured as I should be. Considering that the stress comes in the latter four days of the week (Tuesday-Friday) with 2 exams, 2 orals and 1 defense, I suppose out of all that I can say that "at least I can sleep soundly knowing my thesis is on track".

Collectively, it may only hold 3 units out of my entire college life, but that might spell the difference between graduating on time or not. So to consider it just as important since it's a year-long process of research and development, a cumulative of what we learned and what we'll leave behind.

So here's to a good end to the semester!

Happy Teacher's Day~

2011-10-05T20:32:00.001+08:00

So today is World Teacher's Day.

My academic upbringing, until now, has me meeting numerous individuals designated as teachers, allotting a lot of their time and effort to impart their knowledge onto us students. But something that's interesting is my little ability to be a different kind of teacher's pet.

Growing up from elementary through to college, I had a knack of befriending them outside the classroom. From frequent acknowledgments passing them by in school, to small talks about random topics, it's a real treat knowing that they're more than just teachers; they're people like us so getting to know them just a little bit more outside their facade as educators.

So here's to all the teachers who've touched my life. I'm grateful for all of you, helping me to become the kind of person I am today~

Fail Coffee

2011-10-04T18:53:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday today to Tenimyu Shitenhouji B cast's Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Sasaki Yoshihide!

Anyway, earlier today I was early for my 7:30 class; so early that I decided to get myself some coffee from vending machine, a rarity. I decided to get a Cafe Mocha since the description slayed me with a coffee + chocolate, no sugar somewhere in the mix. After I ascended three floors, settled myself down while waiting for the classrooms to be opened, I sipped on the substance, hoping that I'll keep me awake since I was sleep deprived from last night's series of events that ended up with me only getting roughly 1 1/2 hours of sleep.

Funnily enough, as soon as I finished my coffee I slumped into a power nap.

NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. =.=

Anyway, that aside, today I got to continue working on paper revisions for our thesis. I'm hoping to get them done before Friday so our adviser has time to read and make any suggestions before we submit it as a final requirement for the semester. It's fulfilling knowing we're on track with several of the non-Affective thesis groups in terms of getting everything in in time.

To cap off the day, I found out that I wasn't failing my enemy Philippine History; in fact, our professor even encouraged me that he I could get a B on the final exam if I put my best foot forward. Hope I don't let him down! After that, I accompanied Lev to help her learn how to put on and remove contact lenses since she acquired some two pairs from the Internet. It was funny watching Lev fumble with the soft lenses and constantly mutter how 'scary' the how prospect of sticking your finger into your eye was, but in the end she got it in and I think that's what's important!

Will be meeting with Kai tomorrow to spend the day to de-stress from the fast approaching Finals week. Last stretch and we're home free!

Random Quips

2011-10-03T18:41:00.002+08:00

So today we greet several Tenimyu actors for their birthday: Seigaku 1st cast's Momoshiro Takeshi, Moriyama Eiji, Seigaku 2nd cast's Oishi Shuuichiro and Gekiranger's Kandou Jyan, Suzuki Hiroki and finally, Higa chuu's Yuujirou Kai, Shinotani Hijiri!

Today was an interesting day. We (me and Jason, as well as TC and Rina) were interviewed for the Mind Museum set to open on the 15th of December later this year to talk about our ongoing thesis projects. It should be a lot of fun if and when I decide to grace the area of Taguig.

Anyway, the random quip I was mentioning for purposes of a title of this particular entry centers around the outfit that I chose to wear today:

JoyceR: Trish I like your outfit!
Me: Thank you~
JoyceR: Mukha kang Japanese street singer! [You look like a Japanese street singer!]
Jason: ACTUALLY... Yeah.
Me: Okaaaay xD
Jason: But you know, Japanese street singers are actually good.

So yeah. your call readers. xD

Post-Defense

2011-10-01T10:18:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was a stressful day. Besides it being the last day of the month - not that that's a bad thing -, Jason and I scheduled our second thesis defense to present recent developments, inclusive of our prototype. It was a happy time, and I must say it went well! Happy time~

TODAY, it's a special day today~ Happy birthday to Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd cast, Fuji Syuusuke, Aiba Hiroki today! Not really sure if it's some form of celebration, but I'll be meeting with Kai and her mom later in TriNoma for lunch and watch Glee 3D concert~

Affected by Typhoons

2011-09-28T18:07:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was a stressful day. It was a day of panic and boredom at the same time it was almost frustrating. Why, you ask? Let's look at what happened.

My typical Tuesdays would normally begin with me waking up to my 5 AM alarm since I usually hitch a ride with my mom early in the morning to get to my 7:30 AM class. Rains and strong winds were both a factor in effectively waking me up after every attempt at trying to get back to sleep.

The night before I read an email from our Economics professor (the ~~heathen~~ 7:30 class) that due to the storm and the UAAP Finals Game 2 that was originally scheduled yesterday (but was rescheduled to Saturday at 3PM), she wouldn't be checking attendance but would still hold classes unless the admin suspends class. After some contemplation I decided not to go to class. I was lucky enough to decide that as I received a text from TC at around 6AM informing me of the suspension of classes. Happy with that, I sank back to get more sleep.

About an hour or two after, I woke up to the strong winds pounding harshly against my closed windows. Seeing that my fan was still breezing, I noted that the power was still okay and decided to charge some of my electronic gadgets, foreseeing a possible power outage later that day should the storm pursue. I also had the impending dilemma of finishing our group's game script that was due today. It was on Google Docs so I had the mind to download it to Word should anything bad happen. Not long after that the power start to fluctuate and eventually die down altogether, so I was inwardly happy to have done that else I was screwed.

Wanting to save battery I shut my laptop down and decided to work on a draft of the chapters I had yet to write down on pen and paper. Satisfied after writing down two chapters worth of script, I decided to take a break and take a nap since the pounding rain and winds just give me nothing more to do but that. I awoke around 4PM when I realized that the power had revived itself. I managed to watch a few minutes of the Game 1 replay before the power died again. Bored altogether, my sister came into my room wondering what to do before I broke out the question cards from my Harry Potter Scene It? game to pass the time, considering we were both Potterheads.

Soon after, dark came after another nap, and we three sibling had an early dinner with what little outdoor light there still was before we were plunged into pure blackness that the evening brought. Rain continued trickling down and soon my dad, and my mom came home from their work, and we all decided to go out to grab some internet time since power had still to return to our house. What was ironic was that half our street already had power, so it was pretty unlucky for us to still not have ours back. We spent the time from around 7PM until 10PM at Flapjacks, Techno Hub leeching off the free WiFi and giving the parents an opportunity to have some dinner for the lack of any.

During that span of time I took the opportunity to have a chat with Kai who was alone in the house, which was never a good thing since their house had tendencies of flooding during typhoons so of course I was worried for her. On the back of that, I still had to update the script with the draft I had constructed and compose two more chapters before I could put a pin on it and consider it done. I never got to finish it until we got home, where we found to our dismay that there was still no power. We ended up going to bed with the lack of anything more to do.

So on one hand, I should count my blessings that compared to others, Typhoon Pedring handicapped us by chucking away our power most of the day. On the other hand, the power of Pedring that's swept away trees and flooded streets and houses, inconveniencing a lot of people is no laughing matter. Stay safe everyone.

Writing Fever

2011-09-24T00:15:00.000+08:00

So this little entry comes rather late for the simple fact that the very reason I'm typing up an entry this late into the night is because I've spent practically the whole day in front of a laptop typing away. Whether it's constructing words and sentences, backspacing or alt-tabbing to switch between windows to check sources, I can say that I spent a good portion of my day dedicated to getting thesis work done, which is actually saying something.

Between me and my partner Jason, I handle more of the paper content and coherence, as well as the art assets for the game, leaving most of the programming in his capable hands. I'll agree he tends to spazz out from time to time in agitation at failing to understand why his theory to get a method working isn't, but he gets the job done so there's not much for me to complain about. The guy's pretty smart in the programming department (the better among the two of us for sure), so I can count on him to get things done. It's all a matter of cracking the whip whenever necessary, especially when deadlines are looming.

Since he and I are one of the groups among the Affective thesis groups that are on par with the rest of the groups, I'm pretty confident that we can get our prototype working for our upcoming defense at the end of the week. Considering I've just sent the draft of our paper to our adviser crosses out one agenda off my writing list. Thankfully one less thing to worry about for the time being.

The other writing assignment I'm stressing over concerns the script for our game in our Game Design class. The deadline's on Wednesday and ideas are flying around in my head. Since I have the day planned out for tomorrow I figure I could get to work on that when I get home and just do things gradually from there. It's a fun and tedious task but at least I get to apply what I do for a hobby (roleplay~) with this assignment.

So after all that, I surprisingly come up with a lengthy post, which is a rarity among many of my blog entries. I'd add random smilies across the board but my eyes are closing and telling me to get some sleep if I want to even wake up to go to class tomorrow. So I bid you all goodnight~

Lunches and Coloring

2011-09-22T17:44:00.001+08:00

So just a little entry about today. After the longest time, Kai and I got to go out for lunch today! We decided to try out the Set for 2 over at Pizza Hut, and Kai was doubly surprised when I complained about her hogging the Caesar salad. YES I EAT SALAD NOW GO FIGURE. xD

Anyway, after that we went to meet with her mom to go and get her costume made for the upcoming UP AME we plan to attend. I'm still on the hunt for a blond wig if I plan to cosplay a character from the same anime as the one she plans to do - which will be classified until further notice - or just pull out one of my other costumes (most likely Kyouya. Right now I'm bending towards the latter idea since I miss the blazer. xD

And then of course there's my accomplishment of the day! I finished coloring a new manga page today that I wanted to share with you all from Shin Tenipuri Volume 2, Chapter 11, Page 1:

Field Trips

2011-09-21T19:34:00.001+08:00

Today we celebrate Tenimyu Seigaku 5th cast's Kikumaru Eiji, Takasaki Shouta's birthday, so a happy birthday to him~

Today I wanna talk about the long-short of our field trip to Malacanang earlier this afternoon. There were about 80 of us that went from our Philippine History teacher Sir Mendoza's various classes, and most of us opted to commute the route that Sir had suggested.

Prior to this, however, my earlier class had its fourth Unit Test on game ethics, then TC, Lev, Keem and I went to have lunch at a new place called JT's Manukan Grille, located at the 2nd floor of the FBR Arcade building along Katipunan. We sat by a mirror so it was perfect to snap some pictures.

After that, TC, Lev and I made haste to walk all the way to the LRT station where we'd be meeting with majority of the people before heading to Legarda Station, all the way out in Manila. It took about 20 minutes walking time from the station to Kalayaan Hall situated right beside the Palace.

We weren't able to take any pictures inside since they didn't allow us to take them on the tour, but we still learned and saw a lot. Won't go into detail too much since my mind is starting to go to jelly after the long tiring commute coming home. @.@ So yeah.

Kuroshitsuji Manga!

2011-09-20T17:32:00.000+08:00

I HAVE THEM!!!!

I went to WakuWaku earlier this afternoon with friends TC and Lev to get the first five volumes of the Kuroshitsuji series!!!

o(〃＾▽＾〃)o

Vol 1 Cover

Pictures below.

Vol 5 cover

Vol 1-5 packaged

Ah finally. Finally finally!! These are just the first five volumes, but I'm as happy as can be. Why?

For two reasons:

1. It's original Japanese manga :*:・(￣∀￣)・:*:
2. I can proudly say "I support Toboso Yana-san!" ☆-( ^-ﾟ)v

Sooooo yeah!

Can't wait to snuff through the pages in all its original language glory, pinch myself again and again that I have original manga in my hands. ﾍ(ﾟ∀ﾟ*)ﾉ

Happy day happy day!!

Return of the Nyan

2011-09-20T09:54:00.000+08:00

Good morning! (・∀・)

After my new haircut I'm back to having my nyan hat back on just because. ヾ(▼ﾍ▼；)

Above is my morning look on a typical Tuesday, in my usual spot in the new ALLS venue. Today's a sorta special day 'cause it's my godfather Uncle Pat's birthday today! He's my Sirius Black so to speak since he lives in the US so I only get to see him when we go visit or on rarer occasions, he comes home to visit. So hooray~

Not much to talk about save for announcing a new fanfic I'm composing as per requested by a good friend of mine. They want me to make a Tenipuri Momoshiro x Echizen Valentine's Day themed fanfic, and I took this morning to start it out. Hopefully I'll get it finished in the coming days. (o^-')b

Finally, later this afternoon after my 10:30 class and partaking in lunch, I'll be running over to WakuWaku to purchase those Kuroshitsuji manga I was talking about in some previous post. I can't wait to get my hands on them! Will post a picture with them later on when I get home. :D

At the New ALLS

2011-09-19T13:49:00.003+08:00

Hello friends!

I forgot to blog last week about the relocation of our lab! :D It's still in the process of being redecorated and stuff but in the long run it's much more spacious! :D You can tell too that my place is by the window, right across the door. xD Fail. Will upload another picture later of the other side of the room later when I get home. :3 EDIT: Added a new picture below!

The Haircut

2011-09-18T14:28:00.000+08:00

So I just got back from the parlor from another haircut~

It's always fun when I'm in the mood for a haircut since the first few days after I can be silly and have some form of semblance with my look-alike in some other part of the world, -coughMatsushitaYuyainJapancough- but sadly I have no recent picture decent enough to put side-to-side with mine so I leave it up to my readers' imagination, photographic memory or Google skillz . xD

Eventful Days

2011-09-17T23:46:00.001+08:00

Today is Tenimyu Seigaku 1st cast Inui Sadaharu, Aoyama Sota's birthday today! But more than that, today was a day of various events, a lot of them spontaneous.

So first was usual Saturday morning class. Woke up at 7, snoozed until 8, showered and drove off to class, thankful that Katipunan was not as crowded with the downtime of the ongoing Ateneo College Entrance Test or ACET. Got to school and parked by 8:40, in time for my 9am class that only lasted until about 11 in the morning so we could avoid traffic piling up with the rush of cars coming to and from Ateneo.

Since my parents were coming in later tonight I essentially had the rest of the afternoon to myself and decided to visit Kai again, who's sporting an aching sprain to her ankle. Spent the afternoon there until I went back home around 5:30 to wait for the parents to come back so the family can go out for a late dinner, which was at around 9pm. Mom had come back from Dubai and it could serve as an actual celebration for Dad's birthday last Wednesday~

We ended up eating at Red Kimono in Techno Hub. Ah, how rice makes you full. ~u~

Anyway, with every trip there's always some souvenirs, and here were mine~ Clockwise starting from top right I got a hat, a pack of KitKat Pop Choc, a blue Terner watch and a shirt. :D

Thanks mom!!! 8DD I shall happily nom the KitKat. ~u~

Lunch Trips

2011-09-14T14:52:00.000+08:00

So today is my dad's birthday! He went out on a flight today and won't be back until tonight, so yeah.

I went to school later than usual, so the usual premise of ordering from the school cafeteria was thrown out the window since I got to school by 11 (when delivery starts) and TC wasn't answering my text. So we just decided to eat out again!

In attendance this time around was just us three: me, TC and Keem. We decided to eat at Sinangag Station, a neat place located at the FBR Arcade building right beside Wakuwaku. There were a lot of interesting choices of '-silog' meals at affordable prices, so happy day~

EDIT: Pictures of Kim and TC~ :D

After I had Baconsilog, I shuffled over to Kuya Joma, owner of WakuWaku, and I spotted him putting a bundle of original Kuroshitsuji manga volumes 1-5!!!! So doing some quick thinking about what I need to save up for and such, I asked him to reserve them for me for purchasing next week. Can't wait!!!

Oh, and afterwards, we stopped by Dairy Queen so I could get myself a Blizzard and avail of the free 12oz-16oz upsize. Mmm Choco KitKat. ~u~

PHDQ Lunch and Dessert

2011-09-12T20:03:00.000+08:00

So today was a typical Monday. Since everyone was having a fresh start, that equally meant that more often than not the allowance we bring along for food expenses are of a high denomination, usually in the greater than Php100 bill category (in my case, Php500). So instead of doing the usual routine of ordering from the usual school cafeteria as we always do for lunch - and not to mention the fact that we were worrying ourselves over advisement that sat precariously close to our class time of 11:30 (it started 10:15), we just decided to break in the expensive bills and eat out instead.

In attendance were TC, Keem and Enzo. We headed off after our class and crossed the blue bridge, still undecided of our final destination. We passed by the new Regis Building where the new branch of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf was located, and my sister Tracy had spotted me and waved hello. xD Anyway, still undecided on where we go, I ended up giving the verdict of eating at Pizza Hut. That being said, it was all an ulterior motive leading up to eventually indulging in some Dairy Queen right beside it afterwards.

So after we seated, the Php198 Set for 2 Super Panalo Meals caught our attentions as we decided to get two of each; TC and I split one, and Keem and Enzo another. The Cream of Chicken was surprisingly good, as was the garlic bread. ~u~ It was funny how we were debating the stipulations of the whole '10 minutes or your meal's free' thing, but decided not to bother about it since the food was actually scrumptious in hindsight.

And then of course came the plague of temptation. I easily gave in and hopped over to the other side to get myself a 6oz Blizzard; the usual Choco Kitkat. TC however was having more worries about whether to try his taste buds at the Green Tea w/ Oreo Moolate. He eventually got one, and as we retook our seats, still not asking for the bill, we eventually did and paid accordingly. The long wait, surprisingly, was waiting for the change and the receipt (which was just Php4, mind you). I had already finished my Blizzard and TC was near halfway through his Moolate before we had reminded one of the servers to follow-up our receipt.

In the end, we decided that it wasn't worth ringing their bell (the one when you signal that you thought the service was good? Yeah). Ah well. Maybe next time.

Driving Adventures

2011-09-09T10:01:00.001+08:00

So today was a less-than-ordinary day.

Mom was flying out to Dubai again for work-related business and Dad wasn't going to be back until after lunch. And since my class wasn't until 11:30 - which in this case would be the only one who'd benefit - my dad asked me if I could drive Mom to the airport. Her flight was at 10:30, but of course she needed to be at the airport by around 8.

While I wouldn't exactly complain since I actually paid attention going to and from the airport during several other occasions, the experience is always different as a passenger and as a driver in my case so yeah. But a quick look at the map gave me the directions I needed to head back from the aiport since the route going would be covered by coaching from Mom.

So yeah, today, I woke up when I usually would for my Tuesday-Thursday schedule to bring Mom. Surprisingly, even with the traffic, we got there by 8 and I got here to school at around 9.

And today is mine and Kai's 34th monthsary!!! ^o^/

Tooty Frooty

2011-09-07T13:09:00.002+08:00

My usual fix of lollipops is back thanks to the array of candy here in ALLS! Frooty Pop or whatever they're called. xD And yes, I've been wearing my 'nyan hat' to school for the past few days and it's a tell-tale signal that I should seriously get a haircut soon since my hair is already flying away. xD Mmmm cherry and grape. ~u~

Anyway, today's another birthday celebration! Happy birthday to Shinkenger's Hanaori Kotoha, Morita Suzuka!

Ailing Body

2011-09-06T00:16:00.001+08:00

So for the past few days I've realized how my body has been aching in more ways than one. The prominent problems I've had lately concern my right wrist - which complains when I push myself up, and now my left ring finger for reasons I don't even know. I'll try sleeping on it tonight and if things continue to cause problems I'll go and visit the school clinic to get it looked at.

Actually, my dad already offered to take me to the clinic to have it checked since I came down to dinner with said finger taped to my middle finger just to keep it from bending since that's when I feel a sorta pain that I can't really describe all too well.

Now that I think about it, most of my joints seem to complain of pain every so often. I wonder if I should go see a doctor and get a check-up about all this. Ah well. We'll see where it takes us. For now I'll head to bed since it's past midnight and I have class in a few hours. Orz.

Oh, and before I forget the birthday greetings! Yesterday were two birthdays, Team Batista's Shiratori Keisuke, Nakamura Toru and Tantei Gakuen Q's Amakusa Ryu, Yamada Ryosuke! Today we celebrate Fuuma no Kojiro's Mibu Kosuke and KuroMyu2's Viscount Druitt, Fujita Rei's birthday!! So greetings to the guys!

The Arrival of the 'Ber'

2011-09-01T10:50:00.000+08:00

So September has arrived!

I think I wanted to kick this off with pictures from yesterday, because I was too preoccupied to make an entry. Maybe it was because I was ~~procrastinating~~ worrying over my orals today. xD

So a little background. Our adisier came back from her trip abroad and brought home this box of Giant Chocolate Pocky!!! And if anyone's wondering, the headband I have over my forehead is the instrument we're using for our thesis, and I was testing it out during this time. XD

Mmmm, a big stick of Pocky = more chocolatey. ~u~ I'm happy.

Those Normal Blog Entries

2011-08-30T15:09:00.000+08:00

This will be short and sweet, mostly because I'm not at home and I don't really want to spend so much time typing up needless things, and splashes of water are falling onto my palms. xD Anyhow, just wanted to point out that while the strong rains have ceased, the winds haven't around here so it's pretty neat to a point, but here's fingers crossed that the weather doesn't backfire, especially since I'm not in the house. @.@

Oh, and happy birthday to Tenimyu Shitenhouji A cast's Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Harukawa Kyosuke today!

New Hat

2011-08-27T16:56:00.000+08:00

So the family went out to lunch today at Kimpura, TriNoma to celebrate Dad's return from his Belgium trip. It was the first time we sat down at a teppan, where the chefs cook teppanyaki in front of you.

And since were were in the area, I finally bought something in Comic Alley after the longest time: Yei for a new hat~

Meow~

Rainy Commute

2011-08-26T17:37:00.000+08:00

One of few times I commute going to school and it rains when I leave the house. I surely had the mind to call a taxi instead but thought of the waste of money so there.

But today in school we had day 3 of our Improvisation Workshop which is basically the essence of our Game Design CS class. Lots of fun. ~u~

Oh yeah, it's Tenimyu Rikkai A Cast's Kirhara Akaya, Ookawa Genki's birthday today!

An Overall Good Day

2011-08-25T23:18:00.001+08:00

So today was a rather pleasant day, minus the overcast grey skies and light rains that greeted me exactly when I was walking around going places. Today was a day I took Kai out to lunch at Teriyaki Boy then dessert at Cerealicious; one of the few dates we have where I actually offered to pay for all things edible. Not that I minded since I was itching to get things back on track after the few misunderstandings we've had over the past few days. Plus she looked gorgeous so I ain't complaining. x)

What I would complain on was the service during lunch. It's almost quite nostalgic really that whenever bad service befalls me when I'm out with Kai, my temper is as quick to burn as my dad's whenever an order was forgotten or it was just plain wrong. Then again, that's the trouble when your server doesn't write the damn order down on paper. First it was assumed we were having it for take-out, then one of our sushi orders was wrong (Futo Maki instead of Tekka Maki). Since Kai's aware of my short temper I told her to deal with the servers so I wouldn't blow my top. But ugh. Jeez.

Then Cerealicious. Sweet, yummy, good. As simple as that. You can never have enough good cereal with snow milk like that.

And then afterwards, we parted ways and I made my way back to school with plenty of time to spare for my 3pm class. While waiting outside my classroom, I noticed that the lights were off, which was strange considering I recalled that there was supposed to be a class prior to mine. Peeking inside, I saw some things on the table and wondered if it was my teacher's (I'd later find out that said teacher was actually sleeping in there xD).

Anyway, while waiting, I finally got a text message from the ADSA concerning the parking violation appeal I had submitted some two weeks ago since I apparently parked in a reserved parking slot. Luckily, it was approved! But I was warned that should I ever get another parking violation I'd have to pay the fine. No biggie. Knowing what caused my initial downfall I'm sure not to make a repeat of it anymore so life was good. ~u~

Relocation

2011-08-24T15:20:00.000+08:00

So today we found out that our beloved ALLS venue will be relocating to another room in Faura. More space, thank goodness. ~u~ We'll be moving as soon as we can to kick out the MIS people in F206 (hehehe). But I'm looking forward to the new more spacious area. Yei~ Note that ALLS is a little niche for us thesis-making folk. It's our little home while in school. x)

Onto birthday greetings~ Yesterday's birthday greeting goes out to Tenimyu Rikkai A Cast's Niou Masaharu, Nakagauchi Masataka. Today is Harry Potter's Ronald Weasley, Rupert Grint's birthday. :)

Souvenirs~

2011-08-22T18:27:00.000+08:00

Dad just got back from visiting his mom in Belgium and came back with some awesome souvenirs. For starters, he got me a Brussels baseball cap. For someone who likes hats I have no complaints about adding more hats to the pile. And then there's the pièce de résistance: a Snowy keychain from my Auntie Trinket!

For people who don't know Snowy is Tintin's faithful companion and I've always liked him during my readings of Tintin comics once upon a time. It's a part of my childhood and we even had a dog named Snowy one time so having this makes me genuinely pleased. x)

Here's a picture!

Body Pains

2011-08-22T12:38:00.002+08:00

So last Saturday I attended the org Sportsfest, Clash of the Clans with a Triwizard Tournament theme. So there was Basketball and Volleyball with a twist, Quidditch, Dama and the Third Task. Hahaha. It was a lot of fun despite the body pains that followed.

I played everything but the Third Task (relay) since things were already delayed. Sooo yeah. Quidditch was no joke, a rough game. @.@ I tackled and played like it's football, no joke. Hohoho.

In hindsight our batch won, but I paid for that by all these with a sore body. And since I'm allergic to Ibuprofen medication I can't take Alaxan to ease the pain. Buh-humbug.

But in the long run, today I greet Tenimyu Hyoutei A cast's Oshitari Yuushi, Saito Takumi a happy birthday!

Creative Pictorial

2011-08-19T21:58:00.000+08:00

So with the holiday today my Creative Pictorial schedule continued this morning. Got out of bed, combed my hair, got dressed and zoomed off to school. I sorta kinda regret not having my pictures taken against the black background from the get go but that's okay. It still came out alright. 8D

The first one on the top left is the one I chose to be printed out. And what exactly was my theme for my Creative? Simple: Portraying my twin Matsushita Yuya! xD So you could consider this a cosplay of sorts. xD

Anyway here are some pictures from that pictorial~

And finally, a happy birthday to the mangaka of Flame of Recca, Anzai Nobuyuki!

Pictorials

2011-08-18T09:18:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is piling up to be an interesting day. Besides the no class day due to Quezon City Day, I conveniently scheduled my Creative Pictorial in the morning. What I plan to wear to it will be revealed when I get back with my soft copies. x) Hehehe.

But for today I just wanted to greet a happy birthday to KuroMyu's Eric Slingby, Taisuke Saeki and Team Batista's Fujiwara Makoto, Natori Yuko today!

Elizabeth

2011-08-13T16:15:00.003+08:00

So a lazy Saturday afternoon had me finally finish coloring this long overdue page of Elizabeth Middleford from Kuroshitsuji. Whee~

And finally, a birthday greeting to Engine Sentai Go-Onger's Esumi Sosuke, Furuhara Yasuhisa today!

Brainfingers

2011-08-10T19:58:00.000+08:00

So earlier today my thesis partner and I had a scheduled Skype meeting with Dr. Andrew Junker, one of the leading researchers with the Brainfingers software that we're utilizing for our thesis. It was quite the interesting meeting since we had projectors flashed everywhere.

We learned a lot and have plans of playing around with the software a bit more and start tinkering with the game code for our thesis. Happy for that. x)

In other news, I got a parking violation ticket earlier today for parking in one of the supposed DSWS Carpool slots. -.- Ugh. Damn it all. I'm handing in my letter of appeal tomorrow.

Still in other news it was Tenimyu Rikkai Cast A's Yanagi Renji and Goseiger's Hyde/Gosei Blue, Ono Kento's birthday yesterday so greetings to him!

Meet My Twin

2011-08-08T20:48:00.000+08:00

So this is old news, but it took a picture on my phone to bring this up another time. The best thing to do is show you what I'm blabbering on about.

So what are we looking at? Well, this is just me and Matsushita Yuya, a Japanese male artist I've been fawning over for some time ever since I saw him on the first Kuroshitsuji Musical. Some of you may notice some resemblance. And that is exactly what I'm blogging about tonight. One of my blockmates swiped my phone and spotted Yuya's picture as my wallpaper and asked me if it was me. And I said no, explaining that it was someone else and she commented that he looked like me. And then proceeded to pass it around to the group of whoever was in the lab at the time.

The verdict: Yes. It's confirmed. I have my twin. xD

Rant on Jeeps

2011-08-06T13:03:00.000+08:00

On the way home the expected traffic brought about by the University of the Philippines College Aptitude Test (UPCAT) did not surprise me after my Saturday morning class.

What was particularly annoying that got me peeved was two jeeps overtook me from both sides.

Inconsiderate bastards. -.-

Grad Pictorial

2011-08-05T19:03:00.001+08:00

Had my toga/casual pictorial for the yearbook earlier today. And if there's anything I learned, it's the following:

never trust make-up,
hair irons are cool, and
have breakfast prior to sitting down to get your make-up done :|

I almost fainted since I felt light-headed. Thank God for water.

Well, here's a result of that:

I also purchased the CD of the soft copies of all the pictures taken today so yei. x)

YakiMIX Buffet

2011-07-28T12:20:00.000+08:00

So yesterday was my Mom's birthday. As with the celebration we headed off for a special dinner at YakiMix in TriNoma. Not wanting to miss out we reserved three days prior to guarantee a table and actually getting in. xD

And it. was. IMMACULATE! I've never had so much Salmon. xD

It's always fun to enjoy a meal once in a while, especially if it's Japanese buffet. Grilling and nomming and dipping and what have you. It was a good meal. Thanks family!

Rummaged Memory

2011-07-25T16:12:00.000+08:00

So I was cleaning my closet some weeks ago and found a nice certificate. This was for my hosting during the JSP Week 2008: Nihon Festival Culminating Activity. Ah the memories. That was during my freshman year in college so yey~

Archer and Thesis

2011-07-23T21:59:00.001+08:00

So yesterday my thesis partner Jason pulled out a few souvenirs he got during his JTA in Japan. I immediately took interest in this figurine of Archer from the anime Fate Stay Night and he told me I could have it if no one's taken it by the time I left after lunch. And no one did so booyah!

In other news, we received the go signal from our adviser to schedule our proposal defense!! 8DD Finally! That game design document will be the death of me. Next on the agenda is the art components for the game. But after I relax.

Finally, birthday greetings to Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter!

Potter Shirt

2011-07-21T17:21:00.000+08:00

So as I was walking out of school I spotted a few Potter shirts that I couldn't resist buying one. x)

Props to WitTees for the design. :3

And belated happy birthday to Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd Cast's Kaidoh Kaoru, Kujirai Kousuke who celebrated his birthday yesterday!

Thesis Update

2011-07-19T06:54:00.000+08:00

So a quick update on my ongoing thesis with my partner Jason.

Well, we have a deadline of sorts to submit the proposal this week to our adviser. And perhaps the most challenging is integrating talk on agent design more than anything since it's the relatively new topic that we'll be delving into besides brushing up on the plot of the game.

Hoho. Thinking back I don't think I've really talked about my thesis very much. Maybe during the next entry I'll give you all the abstract. But for now, there's some Theology to study for!

Oh and because I was an idiot not to have composed this entry yesterday, a belated birthday greeting to Gokaiger's Joe Gibken, Yamada Yuuki who celebrated his birthday yesterday.

New Phone

2011-07-17T21:04:00.000+08:00

So today the family and I went to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 at SM Marikina. This was my second time watching since my parents wanted to watch it so hooray~

What's funny was in SM Marikina it was a free seating and the theater was hardly full, and the first two rows of seats in the very front were lazy boy seats. My dad and I decided to watch the movie there once we figured out how to recline the chairs. It was awesome. xD

And afterwards. AFTERWARDS I FINALLY GOT MY DREAM PHONE!!! TuT

My netbook webcam's a little blurry but you see the Samsung Champ Duos phone right there. One of the main reasons I wanted this was for its dual-sim functionality. I've been meaning to get a Sun sim for quite some time to avail of the unlimited texts and calls I could share with Kai. xD Yei~

Oh and before I forget, yesterday was Hyoutei Cast A's Kabaji Munehiro, Washimi Ryou's birthday!

The Dinner Before

2011-07-15T20:52:00.000+08:00

IT WAS EPICAWESOMESAUCE!!

That is all I can really say after watching the final movie. A lot of tears surely spilled for some scenes, but also a lot of hearty laughs for the small inserts of comedies splayed throughout the film. But as people have yet to watch it I'll leave out any spoilers for now and just talk about the hours prior to watching it.

So after my 10:30-12:00 class and enjoying from Baked Macaroni for lunch, I zoomed off to Marikina with a coded car to spend the rest of the afternoon with Kai at her place with intentions to leave at 7:00pm once the coding was lifted for the day and headed to Eastwood.

Of course as the showing was at 9, we went to have dinner at the usual place of interest: Teriyaki Boy! And as is the usual with us, we order ourselves some delicious Shake Roll. I took some pictures you can find below. :D

The Day

2011-07-14T09:23:00.000+08:00

Today is the day! The premiere of the last Harry Potter movie and as has been some form of tradition I gave myself since the 5th or 6th movie: I dress up a bit with the white polo and red & gold tie and bring along my wand originally made by my uncle and greatly modified (for one shortened and colored) by me for some prop. This is probably the first time I thought of taking a picture of things prior to watching Harry Potter but the phenomenon I've come to love so much is worth looking like a geek sometimes.

If only people knew I was attempting to cosplay. xD Who exactly, I have no idea. xDDDD

The End Is Near

2011-07-13T13:46:00.000+08:00

"Our childhood ends tomorrow." -Kai, July 12, 2011

That's what my girlfriend said when I showed her the tickets I got us (c/o an Ateneo org ACTM) for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

With the first book coming out in 1999 and the first movie in 2001, it's a bittersweet feeling to know that everything is ending tomorrow. The final book was released 2007 and tomorrow is the premiere of the final movie.

It's been 10 years over the span of 8 movies and I must agree that it is a phenomenon to get hyped up about, especially if you consider the parallelism during some instances when you read a book. Say you start reading the book the year it comes out in 2001 and you're 11 years old (like me!) so you're bound to immerse yourself into the world like Harry and Co. are. x)

This is bound to be awesome. ^o^/

Geekiness

2011-07-10T15:22:00.000+08:00

This post was actually a day late in creation and publication for the mere reason that I was jumping for joy on one end and bawling the next. Why? Lots of reasons.

But before I go any further I just want to greet some birthdays. Yesterday was a special birthday. Tenimyu Seigaku 4th Cast's Fuji Syuusuke, Furukawa Yuuta. Today is Tenimyu Yamabuki Cast's Minami Kentarou, Yazaki Hiroshi. So a happy birthday to the two of them. ^o^/

Now then, onto other things. First things first, we have results of the morning's class. Since it was a networks class we dealt with cables and what not. Yesterday we, learned how to make a LAN cable. Success below!

Then that afternoon, I was taking a nap to wake up to my dad coming home not long after with my new Acer Aspire One Netbook! 8D I'm composing this entry on it right now so the picture with the box is in my other laptop, so I'll edit that in later on. BUT, this wasn't all happy happy since I made a stupid mistake of wiping my USB clean while trying to make the other one bootable. After some searching high and low on the internet I finally found a program that could retrieve lost files. All that's left is to rename them and sort them out properly. Will take some time off my hands but well worth it that I got most of my files back untouched. TuT

Soundtracks

2011-07-08T23:08:00.000+08:00

So I rummaged one of my cabinets for my CD cases from when I was still saving up Php450 to buy them at Comic Alley or during conventions when it was a bit cheaper.

I separated them into two piles, so pardon me for the blurriness of the pictures.

So this is the first pile. My Saiyuki album collection. I still have some lacking apparently but maybe in the future when I'm hoarding my own money I'll search for the missing ones and complete this little collection of mine! ^o^/

These are the rest of my anime soundtracks. Quite a variety too. So from top left, then left to right in succession: Fushigi Yuugi, Detective Conan, Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh! (2), Gundam Seed, GTO, Rurouni Kenshin, Shaman King, Yakitate Japan, Get Backers (2), Fullmetal Alchemist, Ranma 1/2, Gravitation, Slam Dunk and Flame of Recca

Inside Jokes

2011-07-08T17:22:00.000+08:00

So earlier this afternoon I was spending my usual time between 12:30-3:30 in ALLS, and Dr. Wayne Patterson from Howard University, who was going to be giving a Cybersecurity Talk among other things tomorrow, was there. One interesting conversation that took place was when he was inquiring about the venue of a certain event that was going to be taking place at around this time when he was clarifying that it be 'on the roof' of some building in school.

I laughed, of course, and he was asking why.

Then I told him that it's more of a 'roof deck' than a roof because we mean that it's the top floor that could be considered the roof so there we go.

Some new terminology that he and I can laugh about whenever someone mentions having an event on the roof (which is not to say that it's actually on top of the roof itself). xD

Quotes - 04

2011-07-08T17:06:00.000+08:00

My days in ALLS are never without laughter. Recently from my previous CS professor concerning some food being passed around, tone very much like a Pokemon trainer. xD

"Jason, return!" - Ma'am Jess, July 6, 2011

When It's Cold

2011-07-07T09:47:00.002+08:00

'Tis the season of rain and with it, cold weather and rainfall naturally start a'brewing.

(＠￣Д￣＠；)

So that usually means dressing up and hauling out the jackets and whatnot to keep warm and dry - at least for the most part. As I was getting ready to head off to school when rain started to drizzle/pour. I was initially just supposed to bring along my Invitational Jacket (the red/black/white) one to battle the cold but thought I needed a hood too so I grabbed my Uniqlo jacket as well.

And so the double layer. ☆-( ^-ﾟ)v

I'm at ALLS right now waiting for 10:15 to come along so I can start heading to my 10:30 class in Kostka which is about a 5 minute walk away.

Notebooks

2011-07-06T21:50:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I desperately needed change to pay for lunch. So after I went up to the org room for the interview I stopped by the LS Bookstore and decided to buy a little notebook for Kai. She doesn't really fancy the Ateneo themed stuff so I normally browse around for general stuff and snagged this for her.

It cost me Php88.00 but it's well worth it since she enjoys doodling and writing so it'll be put to good use. ^^b

Rain, Migraines and Coke

2011-07-05T18:05:00.000+08:00

So today was another average, lack of sleep, unproductive day. Why? Two reasons.

1. It rained (hard) sometime in the afternoon during my commute home
2. I've been experiencing chronic headaches/migraines through the course of the day.

=______= I may need to sleep to get rid of this darn headache.

In other news I stopped by McDonald's for a snack and decided to grab myself a Coke glass and got my favorite blue color~

And finally, birthday greetings today to Fuuma no Kojiro's Rinpyo, Takahashi Tsuyoshi and seiyuu for Captain Tsubasa's Tsubasa Ozora, Hibino Akari.

Philo Reading

2011-07-04T14:15:00.000+08:00

This first semester of my senior year in college rekindled my reading skills. Most of my core subjects (inclusive of Theology, Philosophy, History and Economics) require me to read some sort of material that ranged from excerpts from books, articles and sometimes actual books in the case of Philosophy.

I'm taking Sir Principe for Philosophy 103 this semester (Philosophy of Religion) and as we're his only M-W-F class he asked us to read 4 novels instead of just one. But hey that's less readings and more story so I'm down with that. Now we have a quiz this coming Wednesday on the first two chapters of the book and I'm currently moving along Chapter 2 with ease.

What's particularly interesting is that while it talks about an apparition and all (which I assume is the central message of the story) there are constant descriptions of sex (which are thankfully not explicit descriptions) that I don't really mind. I wonder why. :/

Epic Fail

2011-07-03T22:47:00.000+08:00

So things didn't end up as we thought it would. Apparently my sister reserved tickets for tomorrow and not for today sooooooooooo we ended up not watching Transformers after all. Wanted to eat at Yakimix but was denied that too when the usual long lines stopped us. And so we decided to eat elsewhere: Italianni's. Whee.

Ah, weekend, what are you doing to us?

Surprise Movie Going

2011-07-03T12:22:00.000+08:00

So this morning before we headed off to hear 11am Mass my sister announced that she reserved tickets for the family to watch Transformers: Dark of the Moon later this afternoon. Considering she's a Transformers fanatic (among many things) I wasn't surprised, but since our family sorta has been watching all the previous movies together I guess it wouldn't be too much to expect to do it again. After all, it's been a while since we all sat down and watched a movie together.

Go figure. :P

Oh and happy birthday to Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Minami Keisuke today! ^o^/

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

2011-07-02T10:15:00.001+08:00

THIS MONTH IS THE MONTH!

Counting down to the worldwide release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, I can't believe it's almost over. I found this minute longer trailer that just. looks. so. damn. EPICAWESOMESAUCE. *o*

I've already got tickets reserved for July 14 at Eastwood Cinemas with Kai at 9pm so I'm looking forward to it. CAN'T WAIT!! :D

Watching this already made me see one of my favorite scenes from the book (Harry seeing his parents and the Marauders sans Wormtail) so I'm grateful that they stayed true to the book with that one.

Chicken and Dates

2011-07-01T12:40:00.000+08:00

So yesterday because I had a car I went on a whim and took Kai out to dinner after my class. I picked her up with the decision to head off to Max's Fried Chicken to avail of the Chicken-All-You-Can promo while it was still within the period (June-July 10). From SM Marikina we decided to head to the QC Memorial Circle branch instead where there were surprisingly no overflow of guests or even a line prior to 6 o'clock so happy days. ~u~

It was a fun few hours, but despite the rainy drive to and from I'm glad that we got to spend some much needed time together. Love you Kai!

Shiny Tezuka

2011-06-28T22:50:00.002+08:00

Because I had some time on my hands I decided to color in one of my favorite pages from the Shin Tenipuri manga so far:

Shin Tennis no Oujisama

Volume 5, Chapter 38, Page 9

Shin Tenipuri

2011-06-26T18:07:00.002+08:00

Shin Tenipuri, Chapter 50, Page 12

Since today is a special day, here's my birthday gift for Konomi Takeshi, Tennis no Oujisama's epic awesome mangaka! 8DD

Sleepovers

2011-06-25T11:34:00.000+08:00

So for the past few days the Philippines experienced Tropical Storm Falcon. And while it didn't have a devastating effect that Ondoy brought, it was still a lot of rain and it still caused floods in several areas. And one of the places that floods frequented was Kai's area in Marikina. So luckily/unluckily enough, I was originally meaning to sleepover at her place last Thursday but due to the heavy rains, turned the tables and she ended up staying with me instead. Until now she's still here with me. Hopefully things die down soon and things come out okay.

In the meantime, special birthday greeting goes out to Tenimyu Seigaku 4th Cast's Kikumaru Eiji, Takumi-kun's Hayama Takumi and Goseiger's Agri/Gosei Black, Hamao Kyousuke! ^__________________________^

ALLS

2011-06-22T15:09:00.002+08:00

From Laptop #2 at the Ateneo Learning Laboratory for the Sciences (ALLS), a little room in Faura where I spend most of my free time. Whether it's to surf or to research it's a lot of fun. 8D Right now I'm on said laptop, which is a big relief from having to lug my own laptop to school (since I commute a lot of the time and don't want to bring it along T^T). Hohohohoho.

Thesis stress has still yet to set in. But maybe when Gabby and Paul hand over their stuff, the gears will start turning. Maybe. I dunno. xP For now I think I should start looking for more references to beef up our thesis. If I can find any. @u@

What's fun here is that:
1. The place is airconditioned
2. There's free food - chocolates + hard candy = FTW
3. There's delivery service
4. There's a refrigerator
5. We get to hear stories from the teachers who usually come to work/pass the time and have lots and lots of laughs

That's a lot of positives I think. :D Yei~

And the happiest of birthdays to Tenimyu Shitenhouji A Cast's Oshitari Kenya & KuroMyu's Grell Sutcliffe, Uehara Takuya today! ^o^/

Lunch Date

2011-06-18T22:51:00.001+08:00

So today I had Saturday morning class. Sucks beans I know, but that's just how the dice rolls I guess. But since it ended early I went to pick up Kai at her place and waited out the lunch rush hour before driving off to Eastwood. And as usual, we spent some interesting time in the arcade. For one thing, Kai got me more animal keychains, hahahaha. AND, while I was playing Virtua Tennis 2, someone challenged me and I beat them twice before some other guy came and trounced me. I do not understand man pride. At all. xD

So yeah! After that the drive home was tedious since it was traffic everywhere. On the upside, I learned a new nifty shortcut. Ho-hum. ~u~

On to birthdays!
June 15 - Tenimyu Hyoutei B Cast's Atobe Keigo, Kubota Yuki and Rokkaku Cast's Amane Hikaru, IRE
June 17 - Tenimyu Seigaku 1 Cast's Fuji Syuusuke, KIMERU and Rikkai A Cast's Yagyuu Hiroshi, Baba Toru

Takumi-kun Series: Ano, Hareta Aozora

2011-06-14T20:19:00.004+08:00

The 5th installment of the popular boy's love movie series Takumi-kun entitled Ano, Hareta Aozora, is set to be out this August (in Japan)! The story sparks a conclusion to the love story between the titular protagonists Takumi Hayama portrayed by Hamao Kyousuke and Saki Giichi portrayed by Watanabe Daisuke. It continues from the 3rd movie (Bibou no Detail) where it focuses on the theme of eternal love. Can't wait to see this one! 8DD

There will also be returning characters and actors for this movie, including:
Misu Arata played by Baba Ryouma
Shingyouji Kanemitsu played by Naito Taiki
Shouzou Akaike played by Takiguchi Yukihiro, including a new character to the scene,
Minoiwa Reiji played by Takazaki Shouta

Finally, on another note, it's a great time to mention some birthday greetings today!
Kuromyu 2's Ciel Phantomhive, Nishii Yukito and Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd cast's Inui Sadaharu, Araki Hirofumi! Happy birthday!

First School Day

2011-06-13T18:06:00.000+08:00

It's back to school, back to school time! First day was interesting, but very, very hot. DDDDDx

And as with every new first day, new classmates, new teachers (well, sort of ), and new challenges. So before we even bother going into that (as I don't have the knack to do an all-out blog entry yet, I'll leave things like this for a while.

My special birthday greetings to Tenimyu Seigaku 4th cast's Echizen Ryouma, Sakamoto Shougo today!! 8DDDDD

Anniversaries

2011-06-09T11:27:00.000+08:00

A shout out of happy greetings to my parents on their 27th Wedding anniversary today! I'd post pictures to go with this but I can't find any in my stock right now. So there we go. 8D Hope they have a good day today~

And along with that, I wanna greet Johnny Depp a happy birthday as well!

A Few More Days

2011-06-08T13:18:00.001+08:00

So it's been a few days. I've finished with my OJT with Anino Games, I've paid my tuition for the upcoming semester. Senior year is starting soon and I'm quite inwardly excited to begin. All that's left to bid my summer semester adieu is to get through the Practicum Experience Presentation next Monday then it's thesis, senior year and more thesis. xD Fingers crossed for that!

Some birthday greetings I forgot since my last blog entry:
June 3: Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd cast's Kaidoh Kaoru, Yanagishita Tomo
June 4: Fuuma no Kojirou's Reira, Suzuki Hiroki
June 5: Tenipuri voice actor for Oishi Shuuichou, Kondo Takayuki
June 7: Tenimyu Seigaku 4th cast's Momoshiro Takeshi, Makita Tetsuya
June 8 (today): Tenimyu Fudomine cast's Ishida Tetsu, Miyano Mamoru

Nearly Done

2011-06-02T07:43:00.001+08:00

I'm in the final stretch. Last two days of OJT before I say goodbye for a year to Anino Games. They've been very hospitable to me as an intern and I'm thankful for all the friends I've made and the experiences I've gained throughout the 8 weeks of my stay here. It's always great to know there's someplace I can come back to and someplace that would love to have me so fingers crossed.

I'll miss working with the QA Dept, but hopefully I'll be back to enjoy more with everyone.

But first I need to graduate. xP

And let's not forget to greet our celebrant today! Tenimyu's Rikkai Cast Sanada Genichiro a.k.a. Mr. Tenimyu, Kanesaki Kentarou~

Dream Inn: Driftwood

2011-05-30T13:26:00.001+08:00

It's nice to see something a company's slaved over for quite some time come out on the client's portal for downloading. Luckily, I've had the privilege to test and play this game over and over, so I can proudly present, along with my fellow Anino Games friends the newly released Dream Inn: Driftwood for Windows from Big Fish Games!

I'm glad to have been a part of this hidden object game project coming into the company for my internship. Here's to hoping that the games I've seen will bear fruit and head out into the market in due time!

Get it here!

By the way, birthday greetings to:
May 27 - Glee Cast's Kurt Hummel, Chris Colfer
May 30 (today) - Shinkenger's Fuwa Juuzo, Karahashi Mitsuru

Paint Tool SAI

2011-05-25T18:10:00.011+08:00

So Kai introduced me to a nifty tool to color stuff in. In this case, manga pages. :D

For the time being I present to you two of my little works. :3

Tennis no Oujisama

Volume 41 Chapter 361 Page 9

Kuroshitsuji

Volume 12 Chapter 56 Page 27

Since I'll be finding this little tool nifty and fun I'll be putting up a page to store all my future artworks in found HERE. :D

Sore All Over

2011-05-24T11:01:00.005+08:00

It's been a busy day here and there, and now after Bowling last Sunday my arm is sore. And to cap it all off I'm staying home from work today to rest my developing cold and dry cough. I blame the ice tea.

I think I made things a bit worse for myself yesterday by going to work and purchasing myself a bottle of Nestea. Meh.

Anyway, birthdays.

May 18 - Tenimyu 3rd Cast's Kikumaru Eiji, Seto Koji

May 23 - Fuuma no Kojirou's Ryuuhou, Takeyama Takehisa and Tenimyu Hyoutei A Cast's Hiyoshi Wakashi, Kawai Ryuunosuke

And today, the most special of birthdays, myself or Matsushita Yuya's 21st birthday! 8DDDD

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

2011-05-17T07:17:00.004+08:00

The latest sentai series, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. Thus far it's the most interesting concept utilizing the 34 previous sentais. The five main characters offer just as much flavor to the show as the overall plot provides. It's quite interesting as well that the Gokaigers are around my age bracket (21-18), so it's a real fun watch every week. 8D

So far the episodes are really interesting and eye-catching; plus giving tributes to previous sentais and having a red of that series make a special guest appearance is always a bonus. Hehehe.

And with my inactivity from blogging for the past few days due to my OJT I want to take this time to list down the birthdays I missed:

May 4 - Kuroshitsuji's Sebastian Michaelis voice actor, Ono Daisuke

May 7 - Tenimyu Rikkai A Cast's Kuwahara Jackal, Jutta Yuki

May 15 - Death Note Live Action's Yagami Light, Fujiwara Tatsuya

May 17 - Tenimyu Seigaku 1 Cast's Kawamura Takashi, Abe Yoshitsugu and Tenimyu Seigaku 5 Cast's Momoshiro Takeshi, Nobeyama Toshihiro.

A happy birthday to you all!

Singapore!

2011-05-01T09:15:00.000+08:00

Hey there! I'm currently here at Changi Airport in Singapore, boarding a flight back to Manila in a few. Since there was free internet access here at the terminal thought I'd take advantage and type up a quick post with 6 minutes left).

I'll probably be getting back to Manila by the afternoon, so hopefully I'll be able to get in touch with Kai by the time I land and arrive at the terminal in Manila. Hahaha.

Don't have time to make a long post, but I will tell you to look out for my posts with pictures of our journey here (at least from the pictures and my memory).

Talk to you all soon!

U - Sisyphus

2011-04-29T06:04:00.000+08:00

My fanaticism for Shirota Yuu, or Shirotan began with Tenimyu. It continued with the various acting projects he's had big and small that I've had the opportunity to watch and enjoy (Samurai High School, Rookies, Rookies Sotsugyou,Team Batista and Koshonin among others). Now, he steps out of the platform of D-Boys and Tenimyu to pursue his solo singing career, going by the name U next month.

This is the PV of Sisyphus, one of the three songs included in his first single. The PV of the two other songs, U and Heart of Glass, also two epically awesome songs, are also available on YouTube in the same channel.

--It's been a while since Shirotan's wowed me with his voice. And these new songs are just giving me chills every time I listen to them. (~u~)

The song U is currently being used as the theme song for the JDrama Shitsuren Hoken, where Shirotan plays one of the lead roles named Kazuki Ayumu or Luke. This drama is currently airing, and I hope to find a subbed version to watch his acting prowess once more.

(>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b (>u<)b

Off to Singapore!

2011-04-29T05:50:00.000+08:00

Morning everyone!
I'm here at the NAIA Terminal with my family, spending waiting time at the Mabuhay Lounge (for passengers in Business Class). Our flight was originally scheduled for 6:15am, but it was delayed by an hour for "servicing" or something of the plane we'll be taking.

Not a problem, considering there's this wicked fast wi-fi connection and a desktop to boot. Hehehe.

So we'll be heading to Singapore this time around! It'll be my first time going there so it'll really be a new experience. I have my digicam ready to take as much pictures as I can (and remind myself to have my mom/dad take a picture with me in it xD) to capture the experience and share some highlight with you all when I'm able to.

So for now, I'll go update a few stuff while waiting for the boarding call, so hope to you again on Sunday!

HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK!

2011-04-25T21:18:00.000+08:00

After 3 years of waiting it has finally arrived!!! T^T
My high school year book was in the works (curse the printer) for many many months and finally, we have it. There are still some errors but on the whole it looks wonderful.

On the other hand, throwing some birthday greetings left and right. Yesterday (24th), one of Tenimyu's Kamio Akira actors Fujiwara Yuki, and Gokaiger's Don Dogoier/Gokai Green, Shimizu Kazuki. Today we celebrate Tenimyu Seigaku 1st cast's Kaidoh Kaoru, Gomoto Naoya's birthday!! So happy happy celebrations there~

News Here and There

2011-04-23T19:21:00.000+08:00

First of all, a belated happy birthday to Goseiger's voice actor for Gosei Knight, Katsuyuki Konishi, whose birthday was last Thursday!

Now, onto some random tidbits of information.

First is that I haven't really gotten to make decent blog posts both due to my laziness and work-related issues. And since it was the long weekend and much has already happened these past two days I think now would be the best time for such an entry, if only a teaser for things to come.

Two days ago I went with some of my family to Visita Iglesia out in the East part of the country, visiting seven different churches in the Rizal area. Some were quite interesting, if I daresay so myself.

Yesterday I spent the day with Kai, treating her to lunch at our frequent restaurant Teriyaki Boy Katipunan. Afterwards we visited a few churches close by for a mini-Visita Iglesia of our own. Then later on we came over to my place to spend some time waiting for people to come back to her place. Considering we haven't seen each other for more than a week this welcome day together was needed.

Tomorrow's Easter Sunday, and with it comes the traditional Egg Hunting! 8D It'll be loads of fun with candies and prizes galore. I'm looking forward to this more than previous years because Kai will be attending as well.

Plushies

2011-04-19T22:26:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday first and foremost today to little Nakamura Sakuya, who played Goseiger's regular supporting character Amachi Nozomu!

In the meantime, I wanna share a picture or two of my friend Nikka's plushie of Echizen

Ryouma in a Karupin costume. Ryoupin-kun, in short. xD

And earlier this evening my mom and I passed by Tickles in Greenbelt where I spotted the CUTEST hedgehog plushie!!!! I want it. ;A;

First Week at Work

2011-04-15T22:00:00.000+08:00

So Makati's slowly becoming a more familiar place for me after having gone there for work with my mom this past week. I just finished completing my first week at OJT as a QA Analyst/Game Tester for Anino Games, and I have to say what a thrill it's been so far. I don't even keep record of the hours I spend there (yet), but one thing's for sure: I'm making every second count!

I may end up exhausted at the end of the day but it's well worth it, considering the fun I get to spend in the office. I get my own workstation and get to play games ever so often for work that it's awesome. Of course that's not to say I just play and play and play. I look out for bugs and crashes which isn't as easy a task as expected.

Coincidences

2011-04-05T21:47:00.000+08:00

It was an interesting night driving home today. I just came back from taking Kai home and as I slowed to a stop just outside our house and honked the horn, I noticed that no one else was home, granted that it was already 9 in the evening. From my rear view mirror, I saw two sets of headlight approaching and signaled right to indicate that I was waiting for the gate to open.

As our house help finally came to open the gate, I check the rear view again and noticed that the first car also signaled right: my sister.

I drove the car to the inside parking space and set the gears to park, looking in my rear view once more to see my sister come in as well. And then moments later, my parents drove in as well! xDDDD

Coincidence of coincidence that we all came home at about the same time.

And happiest of birthdays to Samurai High School's Mochizuki Kotaro, Haruma Miura today! 8D

Shopping

2011-04-02T17:18:00.000+08:00

So today my sister and I accompanied our mom to do the biweekly grocery shopping, and taking advantage of the trip I got to get my mom to buy me a few things, INCLUDING:

A bag of good ol' Frooty Lollipops and

ARTEMIS FOWL: THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX

Finally, something to bring me back to my reading roots. Hahaha. xD

Practicum

2011-04-01T22:13:00.000+08:00

Woot!
I have an OJT with Anino Games as a Game Tester. :3
It's going to be a lot of fun. :)
Will be going to school next week to discuss things with my Practicum Coordinator but things look okay. :)

Happy birthday to Go-Onger's Sutou Miu aka Go-On Silver, Sugimoto Yumi!

Grades

2011-03-31T18:14:00.002+08:00

Grades are coming out tomorrow.

But the website that manages that has a tendency to update the grades accordingly. This time last year I created a little Excel computator to help me figure out my grades ahead of time, and it's helped me lessen the anxiety coming into the day of the releasing of grades. xD

One awesome thing about it is that we have this indicator if we pass of fail the subject, and I'm proud to say that I PASSED ALL MY SUBJECTS!!

^o^/ ^o^/

What's more is I think I'm actually improving without realizing it; my cumulative QPI is increasing more or less so I'm quite happy with that. So yay yay.

AND THAT OFFICIALLY MAKES ME A SENIOR. ;A; OMG.

Last Minute Ughs

2011-03-29T23:06:00.002+08:00

Yes, ugh. Stress has not come as annoying as this. I had to print out roughly 65 pages of my group's Philosophy final paper since the original one we submitted was misplaced. And we were asked to drop off a copy at the school earlier tonight which really got my pissed. So much for enjoying my break. -___-#

Anyway... now that that's out of the way I applied for a little company called Anino Games today upon referral of a friend of mine who currently works there and I believe I'm scheduled for an interview this Friday afternoon so cross fingers and good luck to me. Another trip to Makati here we go!

Finally, some birthday greetings before the day is done here. Tenimyu Hyoutei A cast's Mukahi Gakuto, Aoyagi Ruito and Team Batista General Rouge no Gaisen's Hayami Koichi, Nishijima Hidetoshi. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Makati Commute

2011-03-28T23:00:00.000+08:00

Accompanied Kai to Makati today via commuting so it was a little adventure in itself that involved a whole lot of walking! Fun fun day it was. :3 We got lost and found our way again that it was funny. xD

Happy birthday to Tenimyu Seigaku 5th cast's Echizen Ryouma, Takahashi Ryuuki today!!