Pressure Valve

I'm under a lot of pressure.

Let's see, there's the writing contest I've been meaning to mail an entry to. Then there's the article I have to write for The LaSallian. Then I've got 2 quizzes to study for this Monday and Wednesday. On top of that, I have to pass a case study in our Data Structures subject, and a project proposal for my Object Oriented Programming class. Whew.

And to finish it off, I've got so many meetings to attend during the week, most of them at night. Guess that's why I haven't had a chance to update my blog in a while.

There's a good pressure valve I can use to release all the pressure I have inside me. That pressure valve is hard work.

I can get down to business and finish doing a lot of things tonight. I might even have some free time tomorrow night if I do so.

However, try as I might, I just can't turn the valve. Inherent laziness always triumphs. So you see, instead of doing my homework, I'm sitting in front of a keyboard and typing in my blog.

Touche.

Featured Blog [1] : The Diaries of an Allergic Reaction

[Note]
I've decided to start a new "topic" (for lack of a better term) in my blog. Every few days, I'm going to be featuring a blog which I think is pretty darn cool. So it starts.
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"Memories are just like that:
They linger when the person can't."

Being a voracious reader, most of the time I spend on the Internet are on blogs and other written articles I find interesting. I stumbled across this blog a few days ago, and I find myself quite addicted to it.

Raiza Katrina Abubakar's blog seems at first glance a typical girl's blog. Yes, I know I'm sometimes guilty of preconceived judgments (It's my horrible secret). Anyway, once you look (and read) deeper though, you'll find that the thoughts her blog contains are very profound, and very well written. I took the quote above from one of her old posts. Just one of the many lines that will strike out at you from the screen.

Aside from that, her style is solid and unconfused. She writes as only a person with very strong and honest opinions can, and that makes her entries at once serious and humorous. There will come a time a few minutes after you start reading, when you'll suddenly smile at the wistful craziness of life, as seen from her own eyes.

And for aspiring writers (like myself), we can't help but feel a twinge of admiration for a fellow writer who has made her mark in the world with her own unique style of storytelling.

At times crazy fun, at times thoughtful, at time provocative, at times heartwarming- you'll need to use the full range of your emotions when you read The Diaries of an Allergic Reaction.

Visit her blog.

http://www.tabulas.com/~machiavelli03

Something Quirky

My friend Wale found a weird blog by an anonymous guy.

Check him out.

He's really got something quirky going on in his blog. Check out the comments, too.

I only wish my site traffic could equal even half of his. Sigh.

Blast from the Past?

Because my Yahoo Messenger suddenly went on the blink, I checked my Firendster account, something I don;t usually do that often.

And..

You know, this is the first time I've realized the power of Friendster.

Sure, sure, it's cool and fun, and friend-ly, but.. what's the use? I can't see the usefulness of the site, although I love playing videogame. (Maybe it's a priorities issue?)

But then, a distant friend suddenly sent me a friend request. After 5+ years of not seeing each other, I was really kinda surprised.

"Woah!" was my first reaction.

"Aww" was my second delayed reaction. "Aww" not because she remembered me (Although, admitttedly.. Hehe, a little bit), but "Aww" because I thought of all my past friends whom I've lost touch with.

Friendster was just bumped one rank higher on my scale.

Dreaming Up Ideas

In an effort to publicize my blog, I decided to group message my Yahoo Messenger friends about this.

The first effort failed miserably. After a few days, I had the strength to try again. This time it backfired. I forgot that my most recent post was the one below this..

So.

I have a few ideas, including:

1. Emailing everyone in my address book. In my Yahoo and Hotmail accounts.
2. Advertising in all the blogs of all the people I know.
3. Advertising in all the blogs of all the people I don't know but have their addresses.
4. Download a bot that automatically does 2 and 3 for me.
5. Nada..

None of my ideas seem quite... "acceptable."

Oh.. And can anyone dropping by the blog please take a moment to comment? :)

Crushing on Someone

Bit of a Mischievous Post..

I'm like, totally, like, crushin' on like someone in school. Like, Y'know?

Hehe.. You know me, I'm in all respects, a guy, and as guys, we can't help but crush on someone. I don't know about girls, though. I feel bad for them, because compared with girls, guys aren't nearly as attractive. Hehe. ;)

C. is for that CUTE smile she wears whenever I see her,
R. is for those ROSY cheeks that are just begging to be pinched,
A. is for those ARRESTING eyes of hers that lock you into a gaze,
P. is for her PRETTY face, one glimpse of which instantly makes my day,
G. is GOD please help me meet her :)

Hehe... Up for you to fill in the initials of the name.

Oh yeah. My previous Post, In the Trenches, is kinda inspired by her.

College life in DLSU has its perks. :)

Gawad Kalinga?

Who would've thunk it? I mean, sure I've heard of GK a lot of times, and been on a lot of outreaches this past few terms in DLSU, but my GK experience last Saturday really stood out. For one, this was the first outreach where I felt we were making an impact. We were helping the workers build houses for the poor in the area, which was somewhere near Manila Bay. I sweated and I carried and I toiled in the hot sun, and I did see concrete results. I guess that's what made this a different outreach, concrete results.

It was a lot of fun, too. Although even I'm surprised I felt that way.
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I'll stop with my flame war against a certain someone. (See below post)

But I'll say one thing- Some people just aren't worth it.

However, my friend Red is still frolicking in the beaches of Omaha 1945. Goodspeed, PBM.
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Manny Pacquaio TKO'ed Erik Morales in the 10th round of an exciting fight. Proud to be Pinoy :)
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I didn't do any homework this weekend. Typical.

Silly Girl

It just goes to show you that it's totally futile to argue with a silly person. A person who reads with her eyes but understands with her ass. I mean, could I have made myself plainer in my previous post?

Never try arguing with a silly person.
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From: Silly Girl

if u want me to "SHUT UP", mind your own business and leave me alone....

sayo narin nggaling "Ayaw mo lang magpatalo." So as long as hindi nyo ako tinitigilan well, i don't think i'll SHUT THE HELL UP......

you kip on saying stop replying, e anong gngawa mo?!
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This was her reply to my message on the previous post. For the record, I only replied once, AND didn't spam the groups as I directly emailed her instead of posting this in the groups..

Haha. Sometimes you have to find something fun to do. However, once in a while, life throws you a situation like this and all you have to do is enjoy it.

So let's enjoy laughing at a silly girl's antics together, :)

*Flames are welcome. Comments are also welcome. Hehe.

Personal Rant

Taken from my compose mode at Yahoo Mail...
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Just please stop replying already.

Ayaw mo lang magpatalo.

Notice I haven't added any more messages to the groups, and here you are saying we should be good examples. Ano tawag mo sa pagtitigil ko mag reply?

It just bugs me that right after I post a reminder not to sned one liner stuff in the egroups, you replied with not one, but two of them.

So maybe you did reply with two lines instead of one.
Haha. Not.

So, to be rude, para, as you say, TANTANAN ka namin, SHUT THE HELL UP PLEASE.

--- staceyyu wrote:

> Ur askng me not to send spams or whtevr u call it,
> eh ayaw nyo naman
> akong tantanan... ü
>
> if u want me to stop, be a good example and might as
> well stop
> sending spams, comments or whatever....ü
>
> then, I'll shut up..... Ü
>
> --- In catch2T9@yahoogroups.com, MJ Abesamis
> wrote:
> >
> > Quoting two previous messages,
> >
> > Jensen already said something about messages like
> that.. and
> still.. you
> > kept posting SMS-like messages?
> >
> > "Hey I agree with whatever message #xxx said" can
> also
> > be considered spam.
> >
> > can be similar with...
> >
> > "okay.. If that's what you think ^_^"
> >
> > not in sense but, in its category as a spam...
> >
> > that's why Red reacted about your previous
> messages.
> >
> > Not to be rude but.. won't you ever learn?
> >
> > How about reading the messages.. and if you agree,
> and got
> something
> > worthwhile to say or something to add, then
> reply..
> >
> > if you just agree and your idea is that same with
> him.. then..
> don't send a
> > ONE LINER MESAGE..
> >

In the Trenches

The moment dawned when
I looked at her
Cherry-red lips,
Entrancing smile,
Disheveled tresses,
Knowing eyes,
Lithe figure;
And I started to love.

She wound her way
Along the dusty road,
She conversed
In subdued tones,
With her close circle of friends.
She looked
Unaware of
A stranger's longing gaze,
A stranger's wistful smile.

Unreachable. Untouchable.

A war broke out
Over the current state of the nation-
The nation that was my heart.

She had enveloped herself
In a cocoon of friendship-
And in something else-
In love-
In the love of another who felt like me.
She had them all.
Was what
I was planning to do
Breaking that cocoon?

The moment dawned when
I looked at her
Innocent expression,
Radiant aura,
Happy countenance,
Secure life,
Everything,
And I started to love.

And I started to think.

And I ended up
Losing the battle but winning the war.

Author's (This means me) Note: I have my own interpretation of my poem's ending, but feel free to think of it whichever way you want. (As if I could stop you from doing so.) Kel should know who I'm talking about. (Evil grin)

Life is an Ice Cube...

... It will melt eventually, but right now, it's cool.
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College exposes a person to so many different people. Well, I know college exposed me to a lot. Something just hit me during our Volleyball PE period this afternoon when I made a bit of a fool of myself in front of classmates I don't know. Looking at all the Star Scholars in the place (coincidence or conspiracy?), I've just made the realization that whatever talents I have, there will always be someone who'll be better than me. I may write well, but other people write well AND play the gee-tar AND look good ALL at the same time. I can only write well.

It's a humbling realization, to say the least.

In other news,
Youtube - A Place to Share and Watch Videos

Now this site has been taking a lot of my time, mostly because of my insanely-slow dial-up internet speed. I first learned of this site from a blog entry raving about a video showing someone who beat Emerald Weapon (FF7) in little over a minute. Having watched the video, my jaws dropped. Then I started thinking about videos to watch.

I've just finished watching the ending for Fatal Frame 2, the game that Jon will never finish, because we're all too scared to play it. I must admit though, that the game really good at scaring people. The ending's nice, and the song at the finish was really beautiful (although I couldn't understand what it was saying- Japanese).

I also watched a music video of Buffy the Vampire Slayer maded by a fan, for the fans.

Speaking of Buffy, I really miss the show. The Sooby Gang really helped brighten up some of my drab high school days. I especially like their relationships with each other and the witty banter and situations that crop up inevitably.

To modify a quote in the farewell strip of Peanuts:
"Buffy, Angel, Xander, Willow, Spike, Cordelia, Anya, Tara, Oz, Giles, yes, even Jonathan, the guy who had his own little sidestory drama going on- who can ever forget them?"

Har de Har

Let's see..

I've just finished my first entry in my soon-to-be-revealed fictional blog, although it's only 3 paragraphs. I've managed to make up a rudimentary storyline. Although the story goes as the mood wanders. Har har.

I've got a lot of homework and extracurricular stuff to do, BUT I'm lacking in ambition. I don't have the "drive to strive" (little rhyming fun there, folks). And I've just read in TIME magazine that people with ambition are those we see rise to the top. Maybe so. Help, please?

I want a girlfriend. Har har. ABCD... Har har.
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Just something I wanted to share, as this is my first e-group posting in quite a while:
(Taken from my DLSU CCS e-group)

Not to be "rude" (to quote someone here), but some of the past few
messages which are quite SMS-like are the reasons why I check that
little white box next to the daily digest of this e-group and choose
to "Mark it as Read" without even opening it. It's partly why I miss
important announcements, because I simply have no patience wading
through pages of spam to find the announcements.

There's a reason why we have an e-group, to get important
announcements, not to read everyone's opinion on the current hot
topic. If you have something worthwhile to add, it's cool to share,
but if your message is just a reiteration of what has already been
said, with the added bonus of being text-message-like in nature, then
please forget it. Or better yet, post it in our inactive forums where
you can sound off whenever you please.

Just a reminder, then. Not all SPAM are forwarded chain letters.
Messages like "Hey I agree with whatever message #xxx said" can also
be considered spam.

Please be considerate to people who don't relish having to clean their
inboxes 3 times a day just to find an important announcement.
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Har har.

Painted Over

It's already a new year, although I've been a little late in acknowledging it. 15 Days late?

I've grown accustomed to the tone of my blog, sometimes humorous, sometimes cheesy, sometimes enraged, and its look, always dark.

Haha.

So I decided to remake the look of my blog, and here it is. It looks much cleaner and simpler to me. I was guessing an eyesore from the previous look, to be honest. It felt like a stale joke. Now everything feels so... white.

*winks*

Hecticity

Hecticity - The state of being hectic.

E.g. "I have achieved critical hecticity."

Saturdays are 8:00 am - 8:30 pm. Can you believe it?

At least it's fun to chill out on a few selected days of the week a.k.a. weekdays, haha. Haha. Ha. Especially during those classes when that college cutee is a few seats over. Haha. Ha.

I'm planning on making a new blog, this time fictional but sort of a satire on my life or something like it. I'll let everyone know when I make my first "novellablog" entry.

It's kinda tiring to report about My Life Today here in my blog, not to mention redundant. Study, Play games, Talk about girls in general, Make fun of each other.. Blah blah blah, the list goes on. But it repeats. No fun.

Bu a fictional blog of a fictional character might brighten up my mediocre evenings. Hoohoo..