November, 2008

Hello, December.

30Nov 08

Post tags: Entertainment / Film and Movies / Life / School —
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Cool. We’re on the last day of the 2nd to the last month of the year! December here we come! And.. as usual, the previous months felt like just a breeze. School was pretty fast as well. Last year (frosh year, 2nd term) it was pretty slow.. because I was having so much fun only to experience a bad ending because I failed one subject at the end of that term. Oh well. I got over it and I’m taking that subject again next term..

I don’t get why my two other blockmates are excited to take that subject again.. I don’t feel excited at all, only scared. What if the class we get we’ll be like us ..a very noisy block? Problem with me during that time I took that subject, our block was too noisy.. etcetera, etcetera. I COULDN’T CONCENTRATE, that’s why. Sad. I don’t want to elaborate cause I might offend someone.

I’ll be serious this time, promise. I don’t think anyone can distract me at that class.. all of them passed that subject already. :whistle: Damn smartasses. =))

Oh oh, there’s three weeks left for me and I’m so done with school! I mean.. only for Christmas Break. If not for my 1 minor subject (NSTP) I would be off school by 2nd week but nooo. *sigh* Geez. I plan to sleep every single day, wake up early, be productive, try to eat healthy (I tend to not eat much when I’m at home, no I’m not dieting..), and REST. Next term I won’t be having 2 days worth of no classes days.. all thanks to that subject I am retaking. :hmph:

So how do you plan to spend your Christmas break?? I bet you’ll just Plurk ALL day long. )

I watched Twilight last Friday and my initial reaction was “S’ok”. Next day I realized the following: (sorry if you get offended but what the hell.. we have different perceptions/interpretations of the movie, but I reccomend you to click the spoiler link, IF and only if you’ve seen it)

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1. The part where James gets to accidentally sniff Bella’s hair…. Bella’s stoned reaction is just LOL moment (for me.)

2. There were so many laughable scenes on the movie (IMO)

3. They skipped hella lots of parts. What I really looked forward to was the stage where they were getting to know each other..

4. …Also the part Edward says Bella’s car is too slow =)) .. yeah that whole process would’ve been lovely to see in the movie

5. Charlie is so funny.. he brought the film to another level with his serious yet funny attitude, lol.

6. I never imagined the house of the Cullens looking like THAT. while reading the book I pictured their house to really look like a mansion.. like the White House .. or rather elegant looking not modernist and minimalist.

7. I found out later that it was Rob Pattinson singing on the background on that one scene (yung parang may ngumangawa, haha.. ugh, I don’t know how to translate that word, sorry)

8. Ayiene already warned me beforehand that the epic “Do I Dazzle You?” line was not in the movie.. I forgotten about it while watching the movie. Found out later it really wasn’t in the movie. So is the “You’re intoxicated by my very presence” line, BOO! (Correct me if I’m wrong, I didn’t bother to read Twilight after finishing it months ago, haha)

9. At first I thought Rachel Lefavre would’ve been better as Rosalie in the movie, but after seeing Nikki Reed act her role out.. just perfect. She’s bitchy alright, but Rachel’s like…. angelic looking but evil, ya get me? My impression on Victoria was “goody 2 shoes” at first, but eventually, as Laurent said “Don’t underestimate her”. Rosalie looked bitchy from the start. )

10. Jacob was so fucking convincing on the movie. I love him. WHO’S EXCITED FOR NEW MOON? ;;)

11. Kristen Stewart really got me on the “transformation” scene. Hahah, her hyperventilating (hmm? correct me if I’m wrong) convinced me BIG TIME. Poor her.. but um, laughy-laugh here and there. Edward over sucking the venom was pretty ) too. Oh noe, mean me. Sorry but that’s just an opinion.

Noticed how I didn’t talk about Edward “Everyone’s Man” Cullen? I’m out of words to compliment him, and um, no it’s not because “OH MY GOD EDWARD IS SO HOT!” but cause.. way before the movie even came out.. there was so much of him already from the trailers to his popularity rising above the roof. He played it well and I’m satisfied already, especially the biology lab scene! (I hope I don’t spoil anyone with this, haha).. I just wasn’t looking forward on seeing more of him anymore, I was looking forward for the scenes with the other characters (such as Emmett and Jacob :whistle: )

I give it 4/5.

There goes my Twilight post, hahaha.

Thanks for the good feedback about the first vlog btw.. I might do one again but not anytime soon. Maybe next lifetime, if time permits. It’s gonna be December tomorrow, pretty excited for that!

..Even though it means a lot of rushing here and there to finish the projects before the deadline. Y’know me, always wanting to get done with things as soon as possible. I have to make a magazine portfolio, photography portfolio, more plates, reports, etc.. I’ll sort it out later. )

December will be pretty busy for me as well in the society department. =)) I have 2 debuts to attend and.. hm, I haven’t found what to wear. I don’t like wearing the same dresses in the events I go to, unless they don’t know each other. Gets? Say I go to event A wearing a white dress, I won’t wear it to event B unless it’s really a different celebration.

Have a happy December everyone!

Embarrassment

22Nov 08

Post tags: Life / School / Video / WordPress —
Comments: 24 Comments

So out of boredom and sleepyness, I decided to make a VIDEO blog entry. *gasp to the nth level* I seriously never thought I would ever do one in my life, because:

a) I’m shy.
b) I’m not good in public speaking (tho I still wonder how I got a high grade on my public speaking class last term).
c) I stutter and not to mention the minor grammar mistakes. :doh:

*is extremely red right now*

Well if I suck.. don’t rub it further on my face, haha. I am aware of that! I just wanna try and I won’t lose anything if I do, right? XD And I suppose if I start doing this kind of thing now, IF I do it more on the next coming weeks.. I could improve myself. Or not. )

Oh crap. I forgot to plug mah domain commentors on the vid! Ack my bad. Next time, if there is a next time. =))
…..I’m still sleepy. Oh well, best if I start on that vector before I run out of time (like always).

Impenetrable packaging issues

4Nov 08

Post tags: Books / Domain Talk / Life / My Computer / School —
Comments: 20 Comments

HURRAH! SO-STELLAR HAS REACHED 10K HITS! :yay: :dance:

Wala lang. I was browsing around Amazon a while ago and noticed that they’ve invented a new packaging system which looks hella easier than the normal packaging that products have. They call it the “Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging”, it’s the first thing you’ll see when you go to their homepage.

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I guess I’m one of the many who can relate to this kind of thing. Especially when I got a new HDD for my birthday 2 months ago, the packaging was really a pain in the rear to open. I even got paper cuts cause of the plastic packaging was too hard to pry open, even with the use of a cutter! Took me more than an hour to open it actually, and it wasn’t fully open.. I was only able to cut a smallish horizontal opening and I had to get my hands inside the package to get the product itself. In the end I got a lot of paper cuts and finger cuts. (lol, is there such a thing?) If you read the ‘letter’ at Amazon, I can definitely relate to the ‘Wrap Rage’ term, a lot.

So far, the Frustration-Free packaging feature by Amazon can be found on selected Toys that they have on sale. I hope they implement this on their gadgets as well, especially on products with packaging like the one on my HDD. As if I’ll get to buy any gadgets at Amazon.. too expensive and shipping will definitely cost an arm and a leg. Better keep on wishing for a trip to the US to personally shop for gadgets (since they’re cheaper than here in the Philippines).

Have I told you that my latest hangouts on the net are Amazon and eBay? Ever since two weeks ago I’ve been looking at some books at Amazon then at eBay to see if they have auctions for it, y’know.. cheaper way to get those ‘wants’. Jullia got me in to go eBay mode again. Sadly the local eBay in my area doesn’t have any of those books on auction. I was also eying the first edition of Heroes graphic novel at both sites to see which one is cheaper, and after sometime of research I gave in and went o buy the one I saw at eBay. Later I figured out that the reason why the one at Amazon is expensive is because it’s the hardbound copy. I don’t really need a hardbound copy and besides I don’t like them in the first place so I went ahead with a softbound cover of the book. Last word I got from the seller was the tracking number of the package so I’m really excited to receive it! Been a long time since I’ve done any transactions online. If only I can sell stuff internationally again that would be fab, I’d love to save up PayPal money again. :dance: But because I don’t have exactly a lot of time right now to go back and forth to the post office, that would have to wait.

But I really need money right now. I’m starting to be POOR because of buying art materials (specifically materials for my FREHAND classes) which eventually goes to waste because the prof doesn’t accept it and I’m forced to re-do everything again. Right now I’m procrastinating.. end up doing it when it’ll be too late. I’ve never had financial problems like this before. I get too shy to ask money from my parents now.

I also have to plan/find a good place to shoot within this month. For my photography class, our final project is to create a coffee table book consisting of 6 (minimum) photographs, but I believe I can do up to 10. Problem is, I don’t have a definite place to do a shoot. Suggestions, guys? If possible (but you can totally ignore it and just suggest away) I hope it matches my ‘criteria’.

Not too far from the city

Cheap entrance (someone suggested me at Plurk a place where the entrance is just PHP 5, lol. But I guess I can stretch my entrance budget to 200-350, something like that)

Photo-taking is allowed (what’s the use if the place is beyond infinity in terms of beauty but I won’t be allowed to ‘capture’ it, right? There ARE places like that.. I just don’t know where exactly.

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There are flowers, lots of them. Or a nature vibe.. like really pretty trees and the like.

This marks the end of my post, lol. Oh .. for some reason I wanted to plug my wishlist, hahaha. IDK, maybe if someone who has a lot of money drops by my site and may be in the mood to be generous, please buy me something! Or or, a domain name will do. :heart:

In case you might be wondering, I’m not moving out *if* I receive/buy a domain. It looks like Google is never going to give back my PR 3, I have to find out another alternative to earn money through blogging. Wah.

I tried so hard
and got so far
but in the end
it doesn’t really matter

$200 and AlotOfIt

3Nov 08

Post tags: WordPress —
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Hey guys, I joined this contest at AlotOfIt.com and the prizes look pretty neat.. read ahead if you wanna know more.
(The $200 cash prize really looks delish, haha. I don’t have much Paypal money right now, that’s why. Ooh, that’d be an awesome early Christmas gift to me, haha. Miracles might happen for all we know.)

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