22nd Birthday

Two Saturdays ago was the day I turned 22. I remained in the dark with about as much as what I wanted, which I guess warrants the usual dinner party at home. The only difference, I guess, was the presence of mutual friends with Kai. So it wasn't so much of a waste.

As Saturday came and gone, I had yet to confide what I wanted from my parents. It hit me the following day that I wanted new glasses. And the rest, while not exactly history yet, is still in its festering stages.

But let's go back to what I received to save us all from my ranting. God knows I would. So my haul was different from past years without the usual wishlist to choose from. But the gifts rocked in their own way for being so different and unpredictable.

So this year, I got myself a Pikachu stuffed toy and a Challenge Accepted Meme Shirt from the Binamiras, a black paper pad from my nephews (c/o their mom), a Genius Voodoo Doll from TC and Kay, an Adidas Star Wars Jacket from my Uncle Noel and Auntie Shirley and a Harry Potter 1 book from Kai.

Last Wednesday, I received the glasses I had bought for myself that served as my parents' gift for me. The frames are Exte, and our favorite optical shop, Executive Optical, was the usual niche for eyewear of the family. :)

Birthday Celebrations

I normally don't splurge on giving gifts to someone, but I've known for some time that Kai is always worth spending for. Perhaps it's the whole "first love" magic of sorts, but somehow turning 22 is a big deal. So for whatever reason, it's my way of saying a wide array of things at one: "Happy birthday", "I'm sorry", "You deserve it" and most importantly, "I LOVE YOU".

So let's have a breakdown of the things I got her!

Tardis Pendant (The Blue Box by Tuxessories)
As she is a big fan of Doctor Who, I thought getting this for her would be a great way to start things off. The squeal was priceless. xD

Pink Galaxy Pocket (Android Phone, split w/ her mom)
After having a trusty XpressMusic Phone from Nokia for the longest time, it was time she moved forward with the times. This was actually because of the commercial we kept seeing on TV, and it was relatively cheap compared to most phones out in the market. Sweeping SM Marikina stores, we stumbled upon a pink version of the phone. Convincing her mom to half the expense, I paid for it for the time being and the rest is history. Happy Kai, happy me.

Severus Snape Lego Keychain (Hobbes & Landes)
During one of those long nights when I had to wait for my mom before going home, I decided to do a little bit of exploring around Greenbelts 1 & 5. One of the little shops I discovered was the hobby store called Hobbes & Landes. During my sweep of the place, I wondered what would make another fantastic gift for Kai and initially I found nothing. But all that changed when I spotted small Lego figurine keychains of several key characters. Among them hung three pieces of SEVERUS SNAPE ones. Inwardly, I spazzed. He was the only remaining Harry Potter character on display and both of us are, to this day, mega fans of Snape. So I snagged it off the shelf and paid for it.

Purple Hard Storage Box (Tickles, c/o my Mom)
My mom asked me what would be a good gift for Kai as she planned to get something as well. Originally, I had suggested to get a book. Kai had been eyeing Mitch Albom's latest book, The Time Keeper for some time, and I thought that would have been the perfect gift. But it was out of stock in the bookstores I went to. I was willing to shell out the excess of my mom's ceiling price but I lucked out.

Instead, I came to browse through the Tickles stall in Greenbelt. I thought a pillow would suffice, but as I was browsing the designed that were behind the counter, my eyes found these neat boxes! I remembered how Kai always complained where to store her wires, so I though it was PERFECT. It fit the price range my mom was willing to pay so it made the choice even better.

Om Nom Doll (Clipper)
The adorable green creature in Cut the Rope named Om Nom became a fast growing fad. Clipper was one of those stores that sold odd ball merchandise that bordered on cute and squishable. This wasn't any different. This sudden purchase when Kai and I were together comes with some sort of explanation. Since Kai is allergic when in prolonged contact with anything with fur, this made the perfect bed companion (when I'm not around) for her! She immediately took to it and was lovingly scratching Om Nom, much to my amusement.

Belle de Jour Power Planner (Fully Booked, paid remaining price)
Kai has always enjoyed having the BDJ planner. One of the perks this time around was a coupon that we plan on using up for our 5th anniversary next year. I paid for the rest of the overall price for her, so she felt pretty safe and content having it on hand.

And moving beyond the physical, material gifts, there were two extra gifts I gave her: a Yakimix lunch treat and agreeing to see Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 with her. A buffet is a grand luxury I'd avoid except on special occasions and I've been wanting to take her there so doing so to celebrate her birthday was very much worth it. Plus since we dined there on a weekday, we managed to enjoy the Eat & Drink All You Can! :D Truly a grand experience.

I LOVE YOU KAI! NOW AND FOREVER~!

Happy Birthday Yuya!

So because I don't want to pass up the time and opportunity, I just wanted to post to greet my 'twin' who turns 22 today!

お誕生日 おめでとう 松下 優也！
＼(^o^)／

Castle

Some weeks ago when Kai was sleeping over, we were flipping through channels and stumbled upon Fox channel, where an episode of Castle season 2 was airing. I had seen the commercial dozens of times, and I would see glimpses of this crime drama in passing before I switched to another channel. But on that night, we decided to stick to Fox and watch through the episode. Surprisingly, it was a witty crime drama that has an excellent balance of crime, drama and splashes of comedy. Then again, what would you expect of a partnership between a homicide detective and a mystery writer solving crimes together? Wit, banter and dancing around each other. That sounded familiar.


After grabbing both our interest by the end of the episode, Kai and I decided to try and dig up some more information, and found out that there were already 4 seasons! So of course, acquiring the first 3 was the first step to sate our growing fandom of this new drama. So much so that we've even gotten as far as throw lines at one another in the personas of Richard Castle and Kate Beckett, played by two equally talented actors, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic respectively.

After watching through the first season and currently on a season 2 marathon, I can say there's so much to work with and I'm looking forward to what Kai and I can do with this pair in the coming months.

That being the case, I'll close this entry with some birthday greetings!
March 27 (because I just unearthed the info): Castle's protagonist Richard Castle, Nathan Fillion

You and I

It's been quite a while since I've shared lyrics here, but I think this one deserves a place for sentimental purposes. One of the primary reasons why is because this was a song that I've heard when I was 9. My older cousins and parents, uncles and aunts sang this to my grandparents on their Golden Anniversary. The title's You and I by Petula Clark. It was only recently that I learned of the artist and retrieved the lyrics, but it sure makes one nostalgic.

But perhaps one of the more interesting tidbits about this song is that its meaning holds more than just of two people in a relationship, but of a family sticking together as well. Enjoy the lyrics!

You and I will travel far together 
We'll pursue our little star together 
We'll be happy as we are together 
We may never get to heaven 
But it's heaven at least to try 


You and I are going on together 
Till the time we have is gone together 
Watch the evening growing on together 
Growing older growing closer 
Making memories that light the sky 
That only time can make 
That only love can make 
That only we can make 
You and I 


You and I are going on together 
Till the time we have is gone together 
Watch the evening growing on together 
Growing older growing closer 
Making memories that light the sky 
That only time can make 
That only love can make 
That only we can make 
You and I


Finally, a quick shout out of a birthday greeting to Tenimyu Master director and choreographer of Season 1, Ueshima Yukio who celebrated his birthday yesterday!

Christmas in Boracay

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 wanted to take the opportunity to greet a very special actor/singer dear to my heart:

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!

  

Birthday Celebrations + Shirota Yuu

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~

Last First Day

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

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

Post-Defense

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~ 

Return of the Nyan

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

Lunch Trips

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~

Geekiness

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. So a happy birthday to him. ^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

Shin Tenipuri

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

Sore All Over

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.

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

Birthday Greeting

誕生日の挨拶。（たんじょうびのあいさつ） Tanjō-bi no aisatsu. trans. Birthday Greeting.

So with lack of anything else to post about besides the sad news that Uncle Joey was flying home to Winnipeg tonight, a birthday greeting goes out to Toboso Yana, mangaka of one of my favorite mangas, Kuroshitsuji!!!

Happy and Sad

幸せと悲しい。（しあわせとかなしい）Shiawase to kanashii. trans. Happy and Sad.

On the one hand, it's a celebration of birthdays: Slam Dunk mangaka's Inoue Takehiko. and Tenimyu Seigaku 5th cast's Oishi Shuuichiro, Tsujimoto Yuki. Happy birthday to him.

But on the other hand, my grandfather passed away this morning. ｡ﾟ(T^T)ﾟ｡ ｡ﾟ(T^T)ﾟ｡

Dry Cough

空咳。（からせき） Karaseki. trans. Dry Cough.

So for the past few days I've been plagued with a dry cough (not a sore throat as I originally thought). And last night I donned on my scarf and hat I got about two years ago and took some random pictures. It was funny how when I showed them to my girlfriend (two slightly different pictures) she pointed out how I looked like Hamao Kyousuke and Matsushita Yuya (left and right respectively). I dunno why but hehehe. v(^-^)v

And finally, greetings to Tenimyu Seigaku 2nd Cast's Tezuka Kunimitsu, Shirota Yuu on his birthday today!!! :*:・(￣∀￣)・:*:

Birthdays

誕生日。（たんじょうび）Tanjō-bi. trans. Birthdays.

The first birthday or birthday party for that matter where I didn't pull out a camera to commemorate the occasion. Don't take me wrong, of course; I'm not THAT vain. (￣∩￣# I guess it wouldn't be considered a birthday at all when not even a blowing of candles atop a cake or a singing of at least the final part of the birthday song was heard.

...................

How depressing. (￣Д￣；；

Wait, I think I do remember some people singing for me so scrap off that last bit about the birthday song.

Oh well. My thanks to EVERYONE who greeted and everyone who actually remembered without being prompted.

In other news, this entry was initially composed while sitting alone in a table at JSEC (JGSOM Student Enterprise Center) listening to my iPod, reminding me of someone's birthday. From the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy Episode Blue!

Current Track Playing: Double Action Strike form by Sakurada Doori & Ono Daisuke

I am speechless beyond words. Doori's singing voice has evolved to greater heights. Ono Daisuke is just as awesome as he always is.

So today I want to wish Tenimyu Seigaku 3rd Cast's Echizen Ryouma, Sakurada Doori a happy birthday!

In other news, I'm currently in the third case of the fourth Ace Attorney game, Apollo Justice entitled 'Turnabout Serenade', revolving around the murder of someone during the Gavinners' concert led by Klaviar Gavin, Apollo Justice's rival prosecutor. So much hints of this KlaviPolly pairing, mmmmmm~ (●´ω｀●)ゞ

20 Years Old

20歳. 20-Sai.trans. 20 Years Old.

Happy birthday to me~ And so I reach 2 decades of my life. And thus far it proves to be a subtle brand of celebration with various greetings via personal, thru text, Facebook or Plurk. Thanks to those who greeted so far, and thanks in advance to those who still would later on! o(^▽^)o

I'll be having a little lunch party with my relatives this weekend on Sunday to celebrate the occasion, so there's not much more I can really say at the moment besides this.(o^-')b

 Ｏｏ｡｡(￣￢￣*) I shall relax a bit before I go and have dinner with Kai later tonight~

Jya~ ☆-( ^-ﾟ)v

I'll probably add a picture to this post later on. x)