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Rose Colored Glasses

I like fictional, fantastical movies. Real life is just too meaningless to be made into a decent and interesting movie. When life takes a turn and becomes beautiful and meaningful, we're too busy and distracted to notice. We are distracted by the dull and mundane stresses of our day to day life and seem to ignore the urge to appreciate the beauty in our day to day interactions. Fiction appeals to us simply because it is fiction. It points out the beauty which we do not often see everyday. Life- Dreams = Work As Torey Haden said, The saddest part about being human is the depth of our ignorance. I really think we should put on some rose colored glasses once in a while.

THE BLAH LIFE

The Cook wins, just like I thought he would. Sure, the comments were not that good but Simon being the honest man that he is reviewed his comments and well... that was that. It was a landslide with 12 million votes in favor of David. Ah, David, the loving brother and former bartender has finally emerged as the winner of American Idol 7. I'm glad he won because for me, ever since he stepped into the audition room, looking as sloppy as he did and opened his mouth to sing, I knew. Rock star. Archuletta was pretty good and I have to admit, I was pretty worried about him winning, with all of his underage fans and his pop-ish take on contemporary songs. Overall I'd have to say that it was a close one for me. ____________________________________________________________ Can you imagine what David Cook and so many others before him have reached? When something takes you out of your bland lifestyle and puts you in front of flashbulbs and cameras, into the alluring life of fame, you becom

Crammathon

I am about three-quarters through my crammathon and I think I might just make it out alive. Anyways...I just wanted to get some thoughts down in writing. I think I may have found myself a new niche... but I'm not telling all just yet, not until I'm sure anyways. On other things, I'm using every trick in the cramming textbook to insert even more facts into my already almost exploding brain. I think it's working! I feel smarter believe it or not, that Adam Khoo workshop I attended on 2006 is actually being put into good use. Ooh yeah, believe it or not, I'm actually considering my CSAS teachers' offer to join some public speaking contest. Sigh... I think whatever I gain from it will be of use in the near future. Anyways, this coming break is the only school break that I'm not going back to the Philippines so... it's not like I have anything better to do during the hols. Anyways, the whole public speaking scare of 2005 seems to not bother me so much. My ego

Irked!

Four days equates to a more than substantial weekend but I am however sad to say that I don't think I've made particularly good use of it. There are three tests next week. I have started studying for all three. Started being the operative word. Started but not completed. I am swamped. It's a good thing I have a coping mechanism to keep me from getting too stressed. Unfortunately this strange coping mechanism of mine involves avoiding all work for as long as possible which eventually allows me to experience all of the stress in a short amount of time. Now THAT'S when I turn to coffee as my stress buster. In the near future, namely TONIGHT, I see myself burning the midnight oil to finish my PUO tutorial, study for the PUO quiz and last but sadly not the least, finishing up my freehand drawing assignment which involves me drawing part of the school . Sigh. It sure is a good thing that I work pretty fast. I wonder how on earth am I going to cope with my year three workload

Parents

My laptop is finally home. Sigh... Dad sent it off to be fixed. It's kinda fixed. It still turns off its wireless radios by itself which is terribly annoying especially when I try to watch a movie. Anyways, I've been stoning the whole day and well... I know I should be studying, with three quizzes in my near future but I also know that I'll probably pass. There are still three days to cram. Sigh, Friday passed by like lightning. Time keeps ticking past you. You have to keep chasing it, but it never runs out, except when you need it the most. I advice you, enjoy your time here for never can you relive a moment that has past no matter how hard you wish. I guess I have to say that no matter how hard I try to live with no regrets, I still have them, especially pertaining to my parents. I wish certain things could have happened differently and I didn't have certain experiences but truth be told, if my folks didn't do what they did, I would not be who I am today... and I

Deviated

*Note: For this blog entry not to end up in a debate in what is normal and abnormal, I shall define normal as a term synonymous with average and ergo, abnormal as a deviation from the average.- have to define or some of my more argumentative friends... I won't mention who.. will initiate a full blown debate. I love debates folks, but not today. Too tired. I will be stuck with strange people with whom I would have to cooperate with to get a decent grade. All right, I guess I'm not exactly the most normal person of the bunch but I'm in the 10 % deviation from the norm. Certain people in my group are pretty deviated towards abnormality. Haha! Kidding. But seriously... they are weird. Ah! Here's another thing. People that aren't normally weird are acting weird.

Dissapearing Act

Alone... at last. It's not like I dislike anyone or anything like that. I've been feeling all sorts of antisocial lately. I guess I'm just getting sick of considering other people's feelings. I want to be insensitive for once It takes less effort. Everything is not lemon drops and rainbows and it's exhausting to act like it is. Di ko maintindihan yung mga kaklase ko. Minsan naiisip ko na lang na ibang iba yung ugali nila. Lucky them. Sigh. I am overworked and underpaid, well not to mention the fact that I don't even get paid. Considering that I don't have a job. Kailangan ko ng distraction para di ako mashadong ma stress. I am in hyper drive. All the time. Three quizzes next week plus a presentation Sorry... I feel the need to embrace my national language. I find solace in solitude. Happy B Day Ayu!

Tick Tock

Sigh... days go by so fast and well... I just wish to be stagnant for a moment without being left behind. I feel like I'm chasing time, which of course always seems to run out. As a wise man once said, Time waits for no one so allright... I'm going to start running to catch up. On other things.... Mother's day was pretty nice I guess. I'm not really that close to my mum but well.. I know she tries her best. I got her coffee and Krish got her a mug. Thanks guys for bearing with my shopping needs :D. Shopping alone almost always sucks so it was nice to have some company. Thursday was good.... except for the obnoxious sales guy form Starbucks 'Nyways, my mum liked the coffee. Friday was a sort of lazy rush how oxymoronic for the CSAS deadline for the powerpoint slides. Sigh... I wish I liked my teacher, but well, she's just so darn unlikable. Sigh. I've got to revise for the F Path Quiz so... again, here's me chasing time. NOTE: I CAN'T SEEM TO STOP F

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Happy B day Maricon! Been very very occupied with work. I am so tired. I can't wait for friday for I must get some sleep. I really really need to sleep. Sleep deprivation makes me extremely cranky.

Boredom

A four day weekend would give one much time to do what she wanted. You would think that a 20 year old wouldn't run out of things to do. Watched Saw 3 online- Wonderfully Icky I've just finished a 250 gramme chocolate bar, Just cleaned the common toilet. It is now spotless, Tried to correct the F Path Assignment. Tried being the imperative word. Gotten eight chapters in to "Parasite Positive"-It's Brilliant! Checked my e-mail. Watched some trash on TV. And now, I'm working my way though an audiobook. (I guess I'm just too lazy to read the thing!) I can't think of anything else to do... though if it were up to my Mum , I wouldn't have a reason to be bored as she would send me off doing house chores, which would in reality, leave me even more brain dead than when I started. Menial work is so... what exactly? I don't exactly look down on people whose jobs it is to do these menial tasks but... well.. I just hope I won't be stuck doing them. It

Unlucky?

Yesterday was the worst lab session I've ever had in my whole history of lab sessions. Apparently, our lecturer has an anger management problem that she might have to get some help for. So It was around 8.20 in the morning and I was waiting for bus 8 to arrive. Sure enough it came at around 8.30, it was full so it passed the bus stop without really stopping. About ten minuites later another bus passed by, full again. 8.50, I finally got on a bus, barely. I arrived at the entrance and checked my schedule where the lab would be. I rushed to look for it but for the sake of me, I couldn't figure out where it was! After about five minuites of searching, I found it. I was late but a ray of light shone down on me and I was not yet 15 minuites late, I was not going to be marked as absent. When I got into the lab, I realized that Ms Angry was scolding the class for not handing in the pre-lab report. I had not done the pre-lab either. I rolled my eyes. I had had enough screaming and shou