Blogging Bug Part Two

I seem to have been doing this a lot, but I find it a tad bit difficult to sleep lately. And while some people would scold me for that, I guess it's just because there are a couple of things that just don't want to go away. And it's not something an instrumental playing over and over will cure, either.

So what am I talking about this time? Well, I just up and realized that one day when I do travel on my own with Kai, I'd want us to escape to Japan and never come back. Harsh as that may sound, I'm semi-serious. (I talked about it briefly here in a previous entry: Japan!) Besides, I'm sure we could ask some of our friends there to help us find a place to stay - house-hopping isn't such a bad idea~ - and we'd be experiencing a culture we've admired for so long first-hand during our stay. ^^

I actually came online hoping that one of our friends would come online for a little bit. What you do with friends who have ESP, I have no idea. But I told myself I'd only be staying for 30 minutes before I tried to get some sleep again. A lot on my mind came up earlier that I burst into tears, actually. ^^;;

Well. that's about it. Happy Labor Day to everybody. Just a few more weeks of summer classes. ^^v

The Blogging Bug

I was browsing through my LiveJournal account (friends only!) and realized that I had more tendency to type up an entry about any subtle happening if I was in the mood for it. Where did those days go? ;A; I wouldn't really blame school to be a factor because a number of the entries I typed up detailed events (usually conversations) that happened back in high school.

Maybe I should start trying to do that again. Make this blog as active as I could. Take some pictures here and there. ^__^ (I was inspired by the J-Actor blogs I've been following xD)

Starting right now.

Earlier the second power out happened. It's such a pain because it cuts off the conversations I have with Kai and some of my Japanese friends. Today I was chatting with Yukio. He was telling me to sleep early (he and his friends care for us that much ^^b), and I was trying to make plans with Kai for tomorrow. But the power out happened, so I wasn't really able to finish conversation with either of them. *le sigh* These power outs come in the most uncanny timing. In the middle of the night.

In two days my siblings will be having their graduation party.... and I still haven't the faintest idea of what I'm wearing to the event. What's my desired profession, anyway? Does it even have a particular type of clothing? I have no idea. Hopefully I'll think of something before Sunday. In line with that, my mom told me to prepare something to say. So I was thinking of doing that now but my brain is starting to give me a massive headache to think straight so I'll probably postpone that to tomorrow.

Procrastination must run in the family.

Here's to hoping Kai and I get to go out and watch Iron Man 2 tomorrow. ^^

おやすみなさい～

(Good night~)

Music of the Night

April 29, 2010

Power fluctuated last night. Quite frequently. And it took about an hour before power finally came back. AT QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT.

It was dark as hell around the house, and not wanting to screw my eyes even more than I already do on a daily basis staring into the illuminated screen of my laptop, I decided to just listen to music from my iPod.

After a while, I heard some other music coming from the bathroom. My sister came out from a cold shower and was playing some tunes from her iTouch.

Goes to show that when in the dark, get emo and go listen to music. xDD

For Today

On the way home from school and already along our street there was this annoying thing that happened. There were these two kids who had balloons and stuff waiting outside someone's door; a girl and a boy. The girl was ringing the doorbell while the boy was throwing pebbles into the road.

The boy, having no regard for the consequences of his actions, picked up some pebbles and threw them at the car that was passing: aka ME. They hit the windshield and the roof. No scratches or cracks, thankfully.

-_______-

*mutters about stupid kids doing stupid things*

Anyway, it's finally raining!!! Not a massive downpour but a gentle steady fall of rain. I've been waiting for this all summer. It was getting too hot. @.@

And now I'm eating dinner alone. For the second night straight. *chomps on the fried chicken*

Farewell my Tumbler

....and by tumbler I mean an actual tumbler and not a Tumblr account that is non-existent.

Let me tell you a little info about this green tumbler I owned for about 3 years. I was invited to attend a week-long Summer Camp in DLSU College of Computer Science along with a few other batchmates. It was a great time when I met quite a number of my future schoolmates in ADMU.

Now what does this green tumbler of mine have anything to do with it? Well, I earned it for receiving the Early Bird Award at the end of the camp (which was dong by voting among us campers). xD

Shallow reason but hey, it works.

But then again it's telling me to find a new tumbler. Or get airconditioning installed into my room.

The Family, A Family

I was listening to my iPod earlier since I couldn't sleep and came up with this poem. This time around you never know what I may be talking about, so I leave you all to figure it out; who I dedicated this poem to.

The Family, A Family

I knew not the day, nor even the year,

when the tears that fell held meaning.

Not of sorrow but of joy,

perhaps the first conscious effort.

Overflowing, the tears fell,

almost unexplainable.

String and woodwind duet,
accompanied with emotion and sincerity.

A heavenly sound is created,

appealing to the soul.

Not a need, nor a want,

but yet I received.

At ease it brought me,

reminding me much of how to love.

The family, a family I recall,

comprised of the me that is I.

To be a daughter, or perhaps a son,

is what I want to exemplify.

To love... and love wholeheartedly,

just as sincere as the song I hear.

To the daddy and the mommy I love,

please continue to love me.

For everything that I am,

for everything that I'm not,

and absolutely everything in between.

SHINKENGER!

I met with Kai today and joined the family to dinner at The Old Spaghetti House in Techno Hub. Techno Hub has these decorative balls laid out that light up the different colors at night. So Kai and I took some pictures with them and came up with these:

Of course you can't see us since we didn't use flash, but what was important was the colors. I was with the red and Kai was with the blue. ^___________^b

Shinken Red and Shinken Blue!! (two different shades) xDDD

Mojikara Power!!! ^o^/

Oh yeah. Happy graduation to my two older siblings!!!!

Sweet Yogurt

Hai, two days ago I had a spontaneous meeting with Kai. We went to have some yogurt at Frutti Froyo where we each had our own cup to spend on. And as usual, hers weighed more than mine. xDD

Hai, here's a picture of today's treat. A little something to make some of my friends in Japan jealous. >D

Gummy bears, oreos, and my usual repertoire of toppings on my chocolate yogurt. This reminded me not to mix gummi bears with yogurt again. It takes too much time to consume and ultimately gets the yogurt to melt. xDD

After that we went down for some Starbucks where Kai treated me to a Chocolate Cream Chip Frappucino. And her debt slowly decreases by Php145. xDD She came over to dinner as well to spend some lost time together. ^__^b

Sushi

Yesterday I woke up to lunch to find that my mom had once again purchased that platter of sushi from the grocery that I always liked. And who am I to resist? Now that I think about it, I was never a big fan of maki/sushi/sashimi until that faithful day back during the preparations for the JSP Week in my freshman year.

Since then I've been open to try sushi, especially with Kai when we go to eat out at our usual Teriyaki Boy outing.

Last night was a different story. My dad had come home from Japan and brought along an authentic Japanese meal with some sushi and Futo maki. It was interesting to see them, and even more delicious tasting them for the first time. ^____^v

This makes me excited to go to Japan even more now. xDDD Wheeeeee.

Note: I hate wasabi!!! DDDDDD< *doesn't like the spiciness in my mouth* o(><)o

Japan!

Everybody's got plans to go to do whatever they wanna do after college. Bum around, find a job, travel the world, join a game show, what have you. Point of the matter is, there will always be that one ideal thing that a person wants to do; individually, with somebody they love or with someone they promised to do something with.

For my bit, there's only one general idea I want to do when I graduate from college: Go to Japan with Kai!!

It's a long-term plan. There's plenty to do and people to meet! If we're really lucky we can meet our favorite actors and get to see them during their projects which we're sure to look out for while we're there! I'd very much like to meet some of the friends we've had the privilege of chatting with online like Yukio, Kazuo, Tsuyoshi, Hibiki, Toru and Koji. @u@

For now we'll settle with chatting, and hope we get to eventually find our way over to the Land of the Rising Sun together. ^__________________^v

Ozine

Yesterday Kai and I went to Ozine Fest 2010. It was quite a blast, even though our costume wasn't 100% complete. ^__^

Here's a picture of us~ This year we cosplayed Sebastian and Ciel in disguise during the Jack the Ripper Arc and their visit to Viscount Druitt's party from Kuroshitsuji. Once we fix up our costumes, we'll be back to attend this year's UP AME with these same costumes. Look forward to it!!

During our walk around the con, I spotted a pair of Mix-style headphones! :D

Impromptu Date

So today I went to school to pay for my summer tuition (some 30K). I didn't really plan on anything else but that until Kai texted, asking if we could see each other today after her first day of OJT (on-the-job training) at ABS-CBN. So I thought why not.

Because there was no available parking in Teriyaki Boy, Katipunan, we relocated to SM Marikina where there was another branch that was practically empty. Ah the convenience of early dinners inside the malls. ~u~

And since it was early we suddenly decided to watch a movie. We did a coin toss since we couldn't decide between How to Train Your Dragon and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, both showing at 5pm. Diary won by the call of Kai's 25cents coin and so we purchased tickets. There weren't much people so picking a seat in the free-for-all wasn't much of a problem.

Now, I'm not all a fan of the series. I don't think I've ever read any of it sans the Do-It-Yourself book I skimmed through that I bought for Kai last January. But I definitely enjoyed watching it through.

Can't wait to pick up our costumes tomorrow afternoon! I think I'll go for a haircut tomorrow too~ ^___^b

Easter! Snake!

Last Sunday was Easter Sunday. And as was tradition with our family, we had our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Candy and prizes galore~

This was one of the prizes I won this year:

This reminded me of Agri from Tensou Sentai Goseiger... whose snake was painted by Alata. xDD

Marinduque

Went with Kai and some of her relatives to Marinduque last Holy Week. We got sick during the trip so we weren't able to attend the Moriones Festival. Instead, we spent some time swimming (no pictures thought, but the experience was gold~) and sleeping. xD

Here's a few pictures~

On the van to the ship

On the ship to Marinduque ^^b

The sun at the beach at our resort. :D

Lazy at the resort

At the pier heading back to Manila. Matching shirts!~

Cold and Coughs

I've been feeling unwell these past few days. I should really take that afternoon nap to get red of it.

And let's not forget having to take that Robitussin cherry flavored syrup and Decolgen and Strepsils. And sleep. And more sleep. Hm.

Maybe after enlistment. Just another hour.

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

I used to be deathly scared of cockroaches. Whenever I'd see one I'd run off and tell one of my parents or the house help to get rid of it for me. There were even times when I would literally climb up the door frame if I saw one along our second floor corridor.

There was even one point that we saw a flying cockroach that my dad shot down with a pellet gun he had stashed away. xD

I'm not so afraid of them anymore. I can kill them on my own now without problems. As long as I had a slipper with me at the ready.

Japanese Intros

こんいちは！

はじめまして。

トリシア　です。

アテネオ　の　がくせい　です。

今　三年背絵　です。

専門　は　コンピューター　かがく　です。

十九歳　です。

どうぞ　よろしく～

(Translation: Hello!

How do you do?

I'm Tricia.

I'm a student of the Ateneo.

Right now I'm a junior (3rd year).

My major is Computer Science.

I'm 19 years old.

Nice to meet you.)

Yes I was bored and thought of doing this for kicks. ^__^b

A little something I learned in my JSP1 class last summer under Ian-sensei. ^o^/

Arcade

When you hope on luck and talent to successfully play a game of chance at the arcade, you would normally not expect much. But there are just some instances when luck is on your side and you get something you want.

That's exactly what Kai did during our reunion last Saturday. She got me this cute keychain~ I only got to take a picture of it only now though. And I'm wearing my contacts today too~ ^___^

ほんとう　に　ありがとう　こいびと～

(Translation: Thank you so much, love~)

School's Out!

So today is the first official day that I'm free from all academic requirements. My sophomore year has come to an end. A few minutes ago I was computing for my Yearly QPI (Quality Point Index) and even in the worst case scenario of possible grades I might get from my subjects this semester based on my performance (save for 2 that I pretty much know the grade of), I think it's safe to say I'd be a junior once summer classes start.

I guess my immediate concern now is the outcome of my History Finals. I'm hoping I did just enough to at least get the minimum grade to pass the darn subject. Apparently I've got no talent for it unlike my dad, which is pretty disappointing actually. (><)

Oh well. Let bygones be bygones, and hope for the best. ^____^

The lowest I could get is about a 2.5 for this semester and a 2.9 for the year, which is still pretty good (1 is lowest and 4 is the highest on our scale). My best case prediction would amount to about a semestral QPI of 3.02 and a yearly QPI of 3.08. So yeah. :3

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Oh yeah, before I forget:

おたんじょうび　おめでとう　上島ーせんせい！

(Translation: Happy birthday Ueshima-sensei!)

For those who don't know, Ueshima Yukio is the director/choreographer of the TeniMyu franchise. Hope he has a great birthday!! ^o^/

TeniMyu Birthdays~

March 24 marks the birthdays of two TeniMyu personalities: Takigawa Eiji (Seigaku Cast 1's Tezuka Kunimitsu) and KENN (St. Rudolph's Fuji Yuuta)!!

It's always nice to remember birthdays like that. Now that I recall there are other birthdays coming up tomorrow and on Friday. So yei to that!

^o^/ ^o^/ ^o^/

Tensou Sentai Goseiger

I finally finished watching Samurai Sentai Shinkenger last Saturday and now I move on to the next Sentai Series: Tensou Sentai Goseiger!

There's a lot of new stuff to get used to (like realizing that I'm not watching Shinkenger anymore and shouldn't expect the familiar opening tune to start. :P), but Alata, Hyde, Agri, Eri and Moune are making things worthwhile~

Skick Tribe: Alata (GoseiRed) and Eri (GoseiPink)

Landick Tribe: Agri (GoseiBlack) and Moune (GoseiYellow)

Seaick Tribe: Hyde (GoseiBlue)

^____^v Crush those Warstars!

Reunions + Alice

So while I take a short break from reviewing for my Finals tomorrow, I wanted to make a quick entry on yesterday's events. Most prominently was the reunion with my grade school barkada. Kai was the one who organized the get-together, and it goes without saying that we're beginning to see a trend in these reunions: people are always late, we're never complete and there's always a consistency in the order which people get to the venue.

But before I go into the details of said reunion, allow me to take a little detour to discuss something else rather briefly. Alice in Wonderland. OMG. Kai and I watched it yesterday. We were about 30mins late since we were debating if we would still watch it despite having front row seats (which is bad for your neck), and ended up watching. It was my treat anyway. xD

And I've got to hand it to Tim Burton. The story was awesome and there was a great mixture of comedy, drama and subtle hints of romance. *coughIshipHatterandAlicecough* ^_____________________^

Truly awesome~ It was entertaining to recognize some of the voice talents (like Alan Rickman, Christopher Lee and Timothy Spall) as well as the cast members themselves (Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway).

Anyway, that aside, back to the reunion! To put things simple enough, it's nice to see old friends again. xD We really need to work on punctuality and proper planning, though.

Last Days Pt 2

Yesterday we had another Kodak moment with another of our teachers (at least for practically half of our block xD): Sci 10 Science and Society, Section L under Ma'am Favis. Awesome semester it's been. The journey ends March 25 when we take our final Long Test. Aww.

Here's the picture~ Pardon the blurriness. Sometimes this is why I don't trust other people taking the picture. (><)

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Progress

I hope to finish watching the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger series soon. ^___________^

Out of the 49 episodes, I'm finished up Act 43. It's been a fun ride watching this sentai series; it brought back my enjoyment in watching these types of shows (Power Rangers reminiscing, anyone?).

The next on my list is Tensou Sentai Goseiger!! It stars Tenimyu actors Hamao Kyousuke (4th cast Seigaku Kikumaru Eiji) and Ono Kento (1st cast Rikkai Dai Yanagi Renji)~

Last Days

It's never an easy thing to bid farewell to things, especially when you never realized just how fast time flies. As the days count down to the official end of my sophomore year, it pays to have a little Kodak moment to savor the moment.

Here's the first one of the bunch (if there ever will be any): Ps140 Electronics Sections A1 and A2 under Sir Toto. The picture's incomplete for two reasons: some of my blockmates left early and Tiff and I took turns taking the picture.

It was funny how one of our blockmates (Jun Young, the one just above me wearing glasses (I'm in red in the bottom there xD)) insisted on taking the picture because he wasn't very fond of being in pictures. xP Managed to get him to agree though. xDD Woohoo. Both CS sophomore blocks~

Math Projects

It's past midnight but I thought I'd take the time to compose a quick entry anyway while I'm still here. My initial excuse was waiting for my battery to fully charge but it finished just a few whee moments before I actually clicked on 'New Post' so meh.

So why am I up this late? Usually, regardless of schoolwork, tests to study for or readings that need to be read I just chuck everything onto my desk, shut Roy (my laptop) down and just plop onto bed with the lights closed and head off to sleepyville. The reason, my friends is a Math Project.

Why is that such a big deal? Well, so much as it's much easier working in pairs (which we are), Java isn't very easy to grasp unless you're a natural genius at picking up stuff like my partner Jason is. xP Lemme give you a little insight on what exactly we're supposed to do.

This is actually the second and last project we've had for our AMC125 (Calculus for Computer Science II) class that involves solving ciphertext and converting it into plaintext and vice versa. Basically numbers to letters and back with the use of nifty keys and stuff (particularly the RSA Cryptosystem, just so you guys know). Our deadline is on Friday (which is 2 mere days from now), and we were lazy bums to do it last week or the week before that, so we cram (though not to the max!) it until the week it's due. Wheee.

My head hurt a lot with this, but I got my part of the program (the decode method) to work smoothly (with a lot of help from Jason. Go figure xD).

I'm off to bed now. @u@ One less headache for the week~

^__^b

1 year and 4 months

Last March 9, during our 16th monthsary (1 year and 4 months), Kai and I watched the annual CSC play group which her mom was directing. At the last minute, Dad lent me the car so I had to meet him and find a parking space before I literally rushed out from MC to the nearby flower shop across the street to purchase a bouquet of flowers to congratulate Kai's mom.

Kai and I literally got front row seats for the play, and it was really entertaining and cute to look at the bunch of kids on stage dancing and acting (singing was an exception because the songs were pre-recorded).

After the play, we went backstage to see Kai's mom and wait for the auditorium to filter out the kids and their parents who came to watch. Above is a picture I took of Kai with the flowers her mom got. Ours is the one in the bottom with the red roses. xP

Not wanting to pass up the opportunity and abuse the mirror that was in the dressing room, I snapped a picture of us to commemorate the day spent together. I found the time to put on my contacts on today for the special occasion~ ^__^b

And finally, this is something I feel I should share. xD Kai insisted on having my picture taken with the doghouse at the left side of the stage (where apparently there was Blue from Blue's Clues).

And there you have it~

The Obscura Society

My high school barkada. These were the bunch of people I hung out with in my final year of high school. I miss these guys. We were a big group, but it was fun in the long run to have been able to involve myself with them and end up tight friends despite the lack of reunions (which we should start having again).

What really brought us together was perhaps Rina's migration to New York. Counting down to the day of her flight, we really bonded, from graduation practices until summer vacation before college started. We scheduled some sleepovers just to spend that much more time with each other.

To celebrate, here are a few pictures and GIFs that should give you a rough idea of the fun and randomness we had.

Taken last April 4, 2008, during our group trip to Manila Ocean Park, Cal's dad treated us out to Teriyaki Boy in SM MoA before we headed to Cal's place to sleep over.

This sequence of pictures depicts an epic chopstick battle between Cal (on left) and Rina (on right). Rina obviously lost. xDD

Taken last May 1, 2008, Mica treated us to lunch at Yellow Cab in Eastwood where we later on watched Iron Man. This sequence of pictures has Maru (on left) (who migrated to Canada) and MarMar (on right) doing the Caramel Dansen. xD This was epically and forever will be a part of the OS archive of silliness.

And to finish things off, here's a video I made for the group using Wonderful Days, one of the ending songs for the Prince of Tennis series:

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

I used to consume notebooks and filled it with stories in script format. The stories of which were of random, imaginative events that were centered around me and my circle of friends (barkada, as we call it) from grade school. Me, along with Kai and another of our friends Elena did this activity to our leisure.

I wonder where those notebooks are now...

Tears of Joy

Let me share an experience I had on the eve of my 19th birthday. If there was anything more endearing than receiving gifts like a digicam from my parents or new shoes from my grandfather, it's to have something made from pure talent sent your way, dedicated for you.

And that's where my friends come in. All of them have musical inclinations with instruments that they took some time off to record and send me their cover of a song. They each did it in pairs, handling a duet of instruments for the song they did.

The first was Tsuyoshi and Hibiki, who did a piano and violin duet of Ave Maria. Similarly, there was Koji and Toru who also did a piano and violin duet of Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera musical. Having listened to them both, I was, no doubt, touched. But ultimately, it was the guitar and flute duet of Eyes on Me done by Kazuo and Yukio (from one of my previous posts) that made me consciously shed tears of joy for what I believe to be the first time in my entire life.

I can never thank them enough for this. And I wanted to take this opportunity to do that properly. -^_____^-

J: Today is....?

こんいちは！

今日は私の兄貴の誕生日です！

とは、私の日本への入国を締結

(Translation: Konnichiwa! Today is my big brother's birthday! And that concludes my Japanese entry.)

A Diamond

I was browsing through one of my old notebooks and found this slip of paper dated March 10, 2006. I recognized it at once and thought of sharing it all to you. ^___^ I got this during my sophomore year of high school that our biology teacher left to us when the school year was nearly over. I hope you guys find inspiration just as I did.

A man once found a cocoon of an emperor moth and took it home to watch the moth emerge. One day a small opening appeared, and for several hours the moth struggled but couldn't seem to force its body past a certain point. Deciding that something was wrong, the man cut the remaining bit of cocoon with scissors. The moth then emerged easily - its body large and swollen, its wings small and shriveled.

The man continued to watch, expecting that in a few hours the wings would spread out into their large natural beauty. That didn't happen. The moth spent its entire life dragging around a swollen body and shriveled wings - it never did fly.

The man consulted a biologist to discover what had happened to the moth. He learned that the constricting cocoon and struggle are both normal and necessary. The struggle actually causes fluid from the moth's body to move into the wings, reducing the size of the body making the wings strong and larger.

The struggle and pressure you are under today is not without value in your life. Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond. I hope in the next few years, when we see each other again you have become the most expensive diamond this world could ever have. God Bless.

I will disclose my teacher's name for the sake of privacy, but when I, as well as the rest of her students received this very same story of inspiration, I can openly admit that at the time, it brought tears to my eyes. I may not have understood biology as much as I wanted to, but what I did learn from it is that everything has a reason for being done. And it all goes back to the the ideology that 'We are all precious'.

^___________________^ This is going to my memory box.

P.S. Today is my brother's 24th birthday. We'll be having a dinner party for him tonight here in the house. ^___________^v

Losing and Cherishing

They say that you only realize how much someone means to you when they've crossed over to the next life. For others, they've been convinced time and again how much that certain someone means to them because of the closeness they have. The realization that that person is now gone puts them in a devastating situation.

Now, why do I bring this up? That's because I know someone who lost his mother recently. Let's call him Yukio, but that's not to say that's his real name. Anyway, after finding out from some of his closest friends as to how he was taking the news, I really learned to sympathize with him and his family. I understand Yukio, who was quite close with his mother, and considering that she was his only parent left since his father's death.

I may not know how hard it is to lose a parent yet, but what I do know is that for Yukio, his mother wanted him to achieve the best happiness he could ever have. He has a successful career, and a family of his own to love and care for. From what I've been told, Yukio's mother was a really loving and understanding person, and loved Yukio's own family as much as Yukio himself.

I would like to believe that Yukio's mother would not want them grieving for her, but simply to keep each other close through this loss and continue what lives they live, the love she left to them being the thing that strengthens those ties.

And so I address this to Yukio: In losing someone dear to you, seek to cherish your loved ones even more than you have been thus far. In doing that, you will know that the love, care and support you've received from your own mother will continue on; in your heart and in the hearts of those you and your mother have touched.

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

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

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

Samurai High School

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

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

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

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

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

One cannot give up until the end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fencing

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

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

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

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

Tidbit 014

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

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

Futsal

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

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

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

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

Valentine's Day 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hopefully next year will be even grander of a celebration~