QUEENLY THOUGHTS.

updating...

due to persistent public demand (notice the tag board? 2 members of the public!!!)

I have decided to update my blog after a week-long hiatus. haha. feeling hiatus na hiatus eh. anyway. i've got soooo much to write but i don't feel like writing. hehe. basta. i just don't feel like doing anything tonight. hi tin! she knows what i mean.

anyway. sige na nga, kwento kwento. so what good things happened to me over the past week? a lot. well dahil gusto ni Jb na ilagay ko ang aming big make-up. JB and I made up sa KFC. sa gitna ng aming friends. awww... tapos nagbati si abe at si cara. tapos picture taking na. (parang viva movie. walang kwenta and resolution at neurotically happy ang ending). so ayon. tapos nanood kami ng movie: santasantita grabeh... na-shock ako sa nakita ko. not that i'm playing the innocent girl thing, it's just extremely surprising to see "Becky" of the "sarah ang munting prinsesa" fame, Angelica Panganiban (tama ba spelling?) get it on (sorry for the term, it's just most accurate) with jericho rosales... they were making out and having sex throughout the movie... makes you rethink if the "child star phenomenon" is just an urban legend. grabe. i never thought angelica could french kiss that well! hehe. manyak. i have to praise the cast though, they were all good (not just for the bed scene) but it was just famas worthy (or not, since famas is very controversial for giving awards to "un-awardable" movies).

what else... uhmm... remember my action-packed weekend plan? uhmm, like all of my plans (hi ayla kahit hindi mo binabasa toh. ikaw lang ang nakakaintindi nitong sinasabi ko) it wasn't followed.

well, my supposed weekend filler (because of the juliefer induced cancellation of the climb), the convenant orientation was cancelled, but it's ok because i still had the play and the gig, right? but then again, i was ridiculously late for the play (i got there when it's about to end) because i forgot what time it was going to start so i didn't ask anyone to wake me up. after that, we decided to have lunch at KFC then we went to natio for some retail therapy (yeah right, retail therapy on school supplies? hardly helpful). as any laking national could relate to, this bookstore is just the best thing in katipunan (well, next to mcdo and jollibee and shakey's and cello's, hmmph. wag na nga best). i always have fun when i go there. anyway, we wanted to see a movie so we went to galle. when we saw the ticket prices for santasantita, we almost backed out. why? because if we did watch the movie, we would end up walking home. we didn't have fare money and we didn't have a car (much less a van which we really needed). pero dahil nga matapang ang hiya namin, we still ended up watching the movie, with most of us left with a few coins in their wallets. but we got home safe because abe drove us to up (i'm skipping the details now). anyway, i saw some home baked cookies and because i really, really, really love soft home-baked cookies, i wanted to buy it right away. i didn't have enough money though, so as a broker (haha, feeling... isang econ experience lang eh) i merged financial assets with steph and we bought a box. haha. there, i was in the jeep eating cookies and i was happy. clara was convincing me to go to the gig, but my mom didn't give me permission to go (ui, bago yun ah). since i'm this good daughter and i don't want my mom to not let me go to the holiday affairs that are sure to come, i didn't bug her much about it anymore. so there i was, at home, eating something (can't remember what it was), watching gilmore girls and i was happy.

so that's how my saturday went.

so as you all know, we only had two days of school last week and it was pretty much hibernation period for me. tuesday we went to shakey's and i talked JB, clara and abe into buying a spaghetti platter with me and i was happy. wednesday we had a jec meeting and we discussed the christmas party. we decided that the venue is going to be at the mcdo party place. since we were going to mcdo anyway, gabo and i were the ones to inquire about the whole thing (money matters, food, stuff...). i always have fun feeling important and all discussing important stuff. i didn't spend a single peso because pam didn't eat her KFC chicken meal so i ate it and i just asked for water (i've taken a break from softdrinks) and i was happy.

thursday, econ centerfold, computer, brownout, scared. lights back on, miss match, got sooo kilig and i was happy.

friday, sleep, sleep, sleep. and i was happy.

saturday, fruits basket (i swear that's what it's called), ek channel, and i was happy.

today, convenant orientation. i was happy. until.... haha. wag na nga. it's too corny. i don't even want to think about it anymore.

but now i'm happy again. yep, julie, you're happy. smile! (tin!!!)

Posted by juliecious at 09:20 PM | 1 paid homage

the song i have always loved but never really knew

These Days

by Bardot

Some days I couldn't get up couldn't get down I'm bored of everything
Somehow a little black cloud would rain over me would rain over me
Someone was making me mad good turned bad and I'd lose everything
To get you back just to get you back but...

These days, the world's all right, the sun shines bright, i'm kicking out the bad dreams
These days, I don't think twice, I walk on ice, and I'm positively somewhere
These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on and on...

I'm out of the fire and into the swimming pool sometimes
I'd drown my tears but the same old fears come back
Someone's been making me ill I bet you're still
A 2, 3, 4 letter word yes, you heard the pretty little bird's fly home, cause

These days, the sun kicks in, the good guys win I'm illegal in the back seat
These days I'm safe and sound not dragged down you wanna know the reason?
These days, the world's all right, the sun shines bright, I'm kicking out the bad dreams
These days, I don't think twice, I walk on ice, I'm positively somewhere
These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on and on...

Thank-you for not being here I feel better when you're not
Sleeping in my head tossing and turning an' messing up the sheets
The love we made was incomplete like the shoes on your feet
Same stuff I've heard it before that philosophy starting to bore me
Now you won't have to, smile and ignore me

These days the karmas right the sun shines bright I'm kicking out the bad dreams
These days I don't think twice I walk on light I'm positively somewhere.

These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on, long after you've gone
These days go on and on...

Posted by juliecious at 04:18 PM | ayos ah.

God Save the Queen

that's how my writeup ends. great noh? siempre, si JB pa. yeah boi, special mention. anyway, God save me, because i am piled up with writeups that need to be written (?)... pero i enjoy doing it naman.. hay. sana matapos ko na lahat. i'm running out of patience and good adjectives.

Posted by juliecious at 08:10 PM | ayos ah.

whoodeeehooo!!!

wala lang. expression of the day.. there's been lotsnlotsa "whoodeehoo-able" events today. besides, i'm trying to keep myself awake. i can't believe i'm actually considering not sleeping tonight.

i have a love letter to send someone:

dear you,

you know who you are. i miss you like hell. i wish we were together all the time, like we were before, before all this happened. before i had to go away. before i met someone else who made me believe i could go on without you. i miss the times when you're the last one i see before i sleep and the first one to greet me in the morning. i miss the times when we would share everything that has happened, when you are the only one who could see me cry and the only one who wouldn't mind having tears all over. i busy myself to not remember you, but when i stop and think, you're the only one who could make me forget about the hell that's been going on with me.

i am looking forward to seeing you, to feel you against my body again. i miss you so much, my dear bed.

love,

queen julie

Posted by juliecious at 09:46 PM | 1 paid homage

i cannot concentrate

i can't start writing my part of the paper because lots of things are bothering me... like, my layout. i love stars and pink and black (no i don't) but i want something different. i want an "about me" section too, like melai's :D and i want pictures too. i want pictures, period.

i'm also deeply disturbed by the fact that my wallet is getting thinner and thinner and thinner... like it wasn't empty before, i mean, seriously, how could that even happen??? scary. i don't know where all my money is going. could there be money-eating bacteria living in my wallet and feeding on my pitiful coins? gawd, that's low, even for bacteria. since the chances of the existence of this sort of bacteria is as thin as my wallet, i think my lack of holiday funds could be fully attributed to our daily katipunan "walk". why do we have to go there every single day??? what possible good could that bring us? damn peer pressure. in spite eating out everyday, i am still not gaining weight (no, i am sooo not fishing. i honestly want to gain weight.) my legs are still pitifully thin. i still cannot wear the skirts that i have been eyeing for a while now. oh... the beauty of it all, not for me, unfortunately. (eww, did i just rhyme?). apparently, i have been living way beyond my means and i have debts to pay up and that makes gift-giving this Christmas an impossibility. i mean it. unless santa claus really does exist and gives me the gift of cash within the next 72 hours, i will not be able to buy my friends the gifts that they deserve for putting up with my crap for the past year.

i am not selfish, really. i'm just broke.

with that said, i will now use my right to inform the public of my christmas wish list.

The Queen's Wishes This Christmas:

1) as my dear friends would probably know, i want a digital camera this Christmas. it would be best if it comes with a phone. (camera with a built-in phone? bago yun ah)
2) i want a hello kitty pendant, the same one that cameron diaz and nikki hilton have
3) i want a one-year subscription to Cosmo Girl, or people, or teen people.
4) i want a friggin' angels and demons hardbound book. ang tagal tagal ko na nagpaparinig ah, wala pa rin. tsk, tsk.
5) i want an eyeshadow palette, with the nicest colors that are easy to blend.
6) i want a good quality eyeliner
7) i want make-up in general.Ü
8) i want a jacket, or a boyfriend who could lend me his jacket. haha.Ü
9) i want a balldate, or again, a boyfriend who'd be my balldate.
10) i want a new cellphone, again, it's best if it comes with a camera.Ü
11) i want a collage of my pictures (i am not kidding about this one)
12) i want an iBook. please oh please oh please!!!
13) i want an iPod. kahit mini. basta pink.
14) i want a skirt that would fit me perfectly (this one's hard, i never fit beautifully into a skirt)
15) a nice Christmas dinner with my family. seriously. i just want peace and quiet. or booming sounds of reggae and r&b and pop and hip hop. whatever.
16) a compilation of my favorite songs (true friends, you know what they are)
17) something that could fix my eyebags and dark circles. please!
18) a good grade for the arp.
19) hiking shoes/sandals
20) ultimately, money.

now that that's settled, i'll go back to my ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPER in layman's terms, hell.

Posted by juliecious at 06:03 PM | ayos ah.

christmasy

hi! i am julie, the former hater of the christmas frenzy. now, i am the insanely happy girl (much like a princess, i tell you) who sings christmas songs like a deranged diva.

this is my christmas song for my ball date:

All I Want for Christmas

I dont want alot for christmas
there is just one thing i need
i dont care about the presents
underneath the christmas tree (no, i do)
i just want you for my own
more than you could ever know
make my wish come true
All i want for christmas is you (my über hot balldate)

I dont want alot for christmas
there is just one thing i need
i dont care about the presents
underneath the christmas tree
i wont even hang my stocking
there up on the fire place
santa clause wont make me happy
to leave a toy on christmas day (except if it's some great toy, like an iPod)
i just want you for my own
more that you could ever know
make my wish come true
All i want for christmas is you

I dont ask for much this christmas
i wont even wish for snow
I just wanna see him waitin
underneath the misletoe
I wont make a list and send it
to the north pole for saint nick
I wont even stay awake
to hear thoses magic raindeer play
cause i just want you here tonight
Holdin on to me so tight
What more can i do
Baby All I Want For Christmas Is you

All the lights are shining so brightly everywhere
so brightly baby
and the sounds of children laughter fills the air
and everyone is singing
i hear those sleighbells ringing
Santa wont grant just what i really need
wont you bring my baby to me

I dont want alot for christmas
this is all im askin for
i just wanna see my baby standin
right outside my door
i just want you for my own
more than you could you ever know
make my wish come true
baby all i want for christmas is you

haha. i am desperate

this one's for my family and friends. and it's christina aguilera's version. like i said, i am singing like a deranged diva. christina is just the greatest greatest picture.

The Christmas Song

Ooh, hmm, oh yeah
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Will help to make the season bright
And tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight, night

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two, ooh yeah
Though its been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you, ooh oh yeah, ooh oh yeah

They know that Santa's on his way, he's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is going to spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two, yeah oh
Although its been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas, yeah
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah ooh
Oh yeah to you
(Hum, hum, hum...)
Merry Christmas...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ok. basta, lots have happened. tell you later. if i have time. 'cause i'm going to my yfc Christmas party and a Protestant concert. whoooppeee! just what i need for extreme soul catharsis. joke lang. not that shallow.

Posted by juliecious at 12:38 PM | 1 paid homage

two weeks. WARNING: VERY LONG

ok. this is going to be one of the longest entries i've ever written (as if my other entries aren't long enough to begin with). i'm going to write two and a half weeks worth of events, so brace yourself.

Saturday, December 11:

I went to JB's for the triad meeting. i woke up early because i was just going to commute to her place. i knew exactly what to do - ride a trike to philcoa, then a jeep to *i forget where* then stop at seven eleven, then a "special" trike to JB's. OMG. disaster struck. the jeep stopped at the other side of the road, across seven eleven. and i'm not talking road, as in residential road. it's a friggin' highway, complete with a flyover. so what's a school girl to dO? probably something smarter than what i did. i walked to where other jeeps were, the ones that would get across that scary highway. as if it wasn't inconvenient enough, i had to walk for like, 30 minutes just to find a jeep!!! i couldn't cross that narrower road because of all the trucks. so finally, when i found a jeep to get me across the highway, i thought i could just breathe and be ok. so i stopped at seven to find a "special" trike, a red one. there wasn't any red trike, all i saw were yellow trikes, brightly painted as if taunting me. but, as i am very blessed, there was one trike driver who told me where i could find the red trikes. he was soooo nice. God bless him. unfortunately, the red trikes are still across another road, narrower than the highway, but just as busy. again, i could not cross. so i waited for other people to cross. then i finally found my red trikes... thank God. so there, i got to JB's house safe and sound. another ultimate blessing: in spite of that terrible, terrible ordeal, i got to JB's just in time for my favorite saturday morning habit - Fruits Basket. it was so great, like when i turned on the TV, it has just started, i mean just started. anyway, point established.

after Fruits Basket, we decided to get going with the paper. we were settled at JB's uncle's room and we had a computer each, Pam and I were on laptops and JB was on a PC. but we couldn't work there for long so we "relocated" near JB's room. we needed a computer each though, and JB's Brother's friend (we'll be calling him marvin sia from this point forward. you'll be seeing much of him in this entry) was using the other PC. finally, Pam S sucked it up and asked Marvin sia to get off our computer. so we were working, tralalalalalala.... the other mega event was this - i couldn't hold my urine much longer and i really had to use the bathroom. i ran down to the other bathroom and forcefully opened the door. lo and behold. marvin sia was there, sitting on the toilet bowl. we all know what a guy sitting on a toilet bowl is doing. it was so embarrassing. jumejebs ang rakista. it was so traumatizing. anyway, that's it for this day, i can't write any more, i'm bored already.

Sunday, December 12

Metro Manila Praise Fest. i actually felt quite guilty going to this event, when i knew loads of work was waiting for me at home. anyway, i went there and enjoyed 2 snow cones. wow. 2 snowcones all to myself. i wanted to vomit ice after that. anyway, mae needed cloth for her project and she wanted to go to SM. at first, i was just helping her make arrangements on how to go there. we asked jason to go with her, then of course, nikki too. before i knew it, we were all (me, mae, fatima, jason, nikki and paolo) off to SM. oh yeah, stanley (my pretty boy crush) was with us in the jeep. we found cloth and got out of there. sally went home right away but the five of us left ate at Ababu first. i don't really like persian food, but i must say the shawarma was good. then we went home.

monday, december 13

this day gave rise to a new malas day: "Monday the 13th". we were all too busy. i don't want to talk about it. i didn't go to katipunan today though.

tuesday, december 14

we had our exams for physics and CL today. i didn't study because i was busy with the english paper. the physics exam was manageable. but the CL exam, impossible. it was too hard! it was the exam that received most crap from me. i was inventing answers for almost all the questions.

wedenesday, december 15

exams for trigo and filipino. i also had my makeup longtest for math. the trigo exam was relatively easier than the makeup longtest! gawd, i used so much brain power today i can't even do math until now. we went to galleria for a quick holiday shopping. i only bought gifts for two people and i spent Php1000. that may be small for you, but it burns a big, ugly hole in my wallet.

thursday, december 16

we were supposed to go to the oblation run but we didn't want to cut classes anymore, i mean, it is the last christmas party of my high school years. i had fun eating, and bonding with my classmates over showbiz stuff. i can't believe how much we know about these people!!! i also had dinner with my barkada so i didn't go to gate way with niggaG anymore. we did our ultimate bonding activity. we went to a studio and got our pictures taken. we are so cute. haha. i love the effect that the make up gave us. ultimate high.

friday, december 17

yet again, i cancelled on a xaymaca thing. goodness. i must stop this kacornihan. i must go to xaymaca soon.

saturday, december 18

YFC christmas party. wahaha. the funniest thing happened. i got the "Most Outstanding Member of a chapter" award. who would've thought?? my friends wouldn't. haha. anyway, Mae and i were bonding. i even asked migo to join us for the simbang gabi. bad vibes, we weren't able to go because the party ended late. that's too bad because migo was going with us pala. aww mae!!!

sunday, december 19

i went to my first simbang gabi for the year tonight. it was just the anticipated mass because i know myself and i can't handle the dawn mass. anyway, we heard mass with mae and migo texted her. he was asking if were going to simbang gabi tomorrow (i.e. monday, december 20) and if he could come. of course mae said yes. haha. it was so cute. that moment. i knew they had it coming. nyahaha.

monday, december 20

this is the moment. i feel stupid being more excited for this day than the people concerned (itago na lamang natin sila sa ngalang chelsea at charles). i don't know, i'm just excited for those two. haha. this night probably doesn't even mean anything to them, but nonetheless, i was so excited. i went to the meeting place late, so as to give them time. haha. chelsea is soooo going to kill me for this. when we got to the church, i worked hard to get them to sit beside each other but my efforts failed. so our sitting order was:

chelsea, fatima, charles, the queen.

Paolo came in late and saw joax. they joined us and something magical happened (like i said, this means a greater deal to me than to anyone. haha) the order was changed it became:

paolo, fatima, chelsea, charles, the queen, joax

whooodeeehooo!!! just in time for the Lord's prayer. *smirk smirk*

but all that magic ended when mae lost her watch. she lost her watch. she lost her watch. goodness. we were looking for a little watch in a big church compound lighted only by christmas lights. obviously, we didn't find it. so i comforted chelsea with the thought of two hot fudge sundaes all to herself. that's just great, right? but before we went to jollibee, we dropped by paolo's house first because fatima heard renz was there and she wanted to see him. haha. after that little visit, we walked to jollibee philcoa. of course, i ate spaghetti and chocolate sundae. migo treated mae to a hot fudge sundae and large fries. great!!! after our little dinner we bought indian mangoes (i don't know why, but i just felt the need to include this little detail). we decided to walk to paolo's house again. batdenagen... all the gates were closed!!! apparently, 11:00 pm was late for UP village. the thing is, we ended up looking for a trike at claret. walked from philcoa to claret. i never thought such feat could be accomplished. we rode a trike to chelsea's and rested there for a while. then we were off again, to paolo's house this time. apparently renz had already gone home so fatima didn't drop by anymore. then to our house, well actually the street before our's. charles said the other guy in the trike was drunk. scary. then we were back at home, safe and sound.

tuesday, december 21

1:30 - i was ready to sleep. removed my contacts, washed my face, brushed my teeth, changed my clothes (well not in that order of course)
2:00 - not asleep
3:00 - still not asleep
4:24 - still not asleep
4:50 - still not asleep

all sorts of thoughts have already gone through my mind. i've thought of all the whooodeeehooo-able stuff that has and could possibly happen. i've thought of all the grrrr-able moments. i've thought of all the bad things that could've happened to us while we were walking on dark streets. i've thought of all the ghost stories i've ever heard. i've thought of all the things i want to happen. i've thought of the entire Ring picture. i've thought of everything. counted everything. shut my eyes, opened them wide. tossed and turned. i even tried to blind myself with my cellphone's backlight. still, i was there, awake. on an annoyingly alert mode.

Posted by juliecious at 09:28 PM | 1 paid homage

i'm back

haha like you felt my absence. well of course you did, like the death of the queen mother. wait, who is she anyway? hehe. i'm not making sense anymore.

so there, i'm back from a long vacation. haha. weird, it wasn't even that long. hmmm. i guess i've just outgrown the province type of vacation. hawanagowtopuertosomething!!! can't wait for the niggaG trip. i miss them sooooo much. and i miss fourone too! i miss: *insert list here* ayoko pala gumawa ng list, kasi parang ang corny. hehe. joke lang, di ko lang alam kung pano gagawin yung order kasi ayoko ng favoritism. hehe.

anyway, i want so say THANK YOU SO MUCH AT ANG GREAT NIYO to all those who read my last ultra long entry and to all those who tagged.

grabeh, nakakatouch naman na people care. haha. and i'm getting a new phone. finallY!!! a camera phone all to myself. i will it up with my pictures once i get my hands on it... on my birthday. haha tagal pa. pero ang matagal ay sandali lang. diba diba? sa FEBRUARY 27 nga pala ang birthday ko. hehe. i want gifts. you can still give me those that i have on my christmas wishlist. thanks in advance to those who care and have money. haha.

Posted by juliecious at 10:26 PM | 4 paid homage

I CANNOT CONCENTRATE YET AGAIN

i agreed to do this thing for my tito, for Php500.00. it was such a big thing 2 days ago, when i was sooo broke and i wanted to watch spirit of the glass/sigaw (i'm still undecided!!! maybe i'll watch both) and give decent gifts to 4-1 and my other friends. but now, i can't help but get lost in all the distractions. i am in front of the computer. what can i not do?

so like what i did with the english paper, i took a break from my break (see? i can't get myself to start) and blogged. i love my blog. i forgot about my golden blog day (when i reached 50 entries). it happened sometime last month. imagine, i've already written more than 50 entries (by now i must've written 60) and i'm still not sick of this? great. i think i'm learning to commit. hehe. labo. i remember i had this entry, the first or second one i think, i wrote there that after a few weeks i'd get tired of this and the thoughts would stop flowing so i better write while i still want to. well, it's been 5 months and i'm still blogging 'cause i still want to. great talaga.

anyway, i just had to write this great, great thing that i did...

i walked from mae's house to mine!!!

ang babaw considering i must've walked much much longer than that on a daily basis throughout my years in MC, but it's always different if you actually see the numbers of the houses go up and down (across hundreds, that's just great). so there, i walked and i'm a new person.Ü

ooohh... i haven't told you about my christmas weekend. well, as usual we spent it at my lola's at nueva ecija. i had fun, it was ok. my cousins are so cute. my cousin's boyfriend is so cute. haha. ahas alert! joke lang. like i said, i'm a new person. hihi. it was also this weekend that i got myself into serious energy draining work that is college. argh. me and my money-hungry mouth. eww. that doesn't sound right.

yesterday i went to SM with mae and fatima. mae was going to buy a cake for her brother's girlfriend but since we were already there, we bought migo and paolo their christmas gift. boy shopping is fun. i want to have my own kids to buy clothes for. i want a boy and a girl. i want twins. i want to be julia roberts. no, i don't. wag na nga.

i have more christmas shopping to do!!! sooo many more people need my love. hehe. and i don't have much money. whoever said that it's the thought that counts is the cheapest, brokest person ever. hehe. i don't want to be that. but i have to. you have to forgive me for the figurines (hiClara). what's wrong with figurines anyway? everyone needs good quality chalk to vandalize one's walls on a boring summer day. hehe. ang sama ko na. i'm turning into JB. joke jeybeebeybee... eww. that doesn't sound right either.

Posted by juliecious at 01:16 PM | ayos ah.

NEW LAYOUT

i obviously got myself a new layout thanks to PAM Q and that other girl from blogskins.com. of course, i chose the background, Imelda Marcos. she's my hero. when i grow up, i wanna be just like her. minus the schizophrenic delusions of grandeur and the über wild imagination. anyway, here it is, the new thing. i just hate, hate that picture of the princess there... what the hell is that doing there? i want it out. but i can't find a nice picture to replace it yet so it stays.

i need suggestions for the picture. or for the thing that would marquee in that box. my pictures maybe? yeah. my pictures. that'd be good. hihi. now i need some of my best pictures. gotta scour. bye!

Posted by juliecious at 08:05 PM | ayos ah.

woke up early for nothing

i could not wait to blog because i'm inspired by the freshness of my layout. have i mentioned loving Imelda?? yeah, i did. and i'll say it again!!!!!!

I LOVE IMELDA!!!

So in addition to my already long christmas wishlist (which as i've said doubles as my birthday wishlist),

I want that Imelda Marcos clutch bag from girl shoppe. please get me one of those!!!

it costs Php599... but i deserve it!!! please!!!! haha.

moving on... i woke up early today (8:30 a.m.) so i could finish the project i'm doing for my Tito (the one that would earn me Php500). he also asked me to print something for him, so i logged in the email he gave me and downloaded the document. when i viewed it... OMG to the 10000th power. What i was doing was totally different!!!! i could not believe my eyes. i was reading something alien to what i have been researching for the past 3 days... the one i started making a powerpoint presentation of.. the one i woke up early for... i got soooo pissed. so i texted my tito and asked him if i should just make him a powerpoint presentation of the written report i downloaded. he told me i don't have to. so there, i did everything for nothing. he has to pay me still though. he has to, he has to.

hay.. what an awful start. good thing i'm watching a movie with mae and the others later. i want to watch SIGAW!!!. yes, i have decided, sigaw is the better movie. anj told me that sigaw was so much better to waste money on than spirit of the glass. see, trailers deceive...

My tita is such a spoiler. after i told her i want to watch So happy together, she said, in a very plain, uncaring tone, "Eh mamatay lang naman si Eric". wow. great. now i don't want to watch it. i hate it when the protagonist dies... remember that Mandy Moore movie? (i swear i forgot the title)... i didn't cry, but i was sooo affected and was depressed for a week. OMG. this is so weird. i forgot the title of that movie!!! "Only hope" keeps on going through my mind... or "message in a bottle" but not the title of the movie. this is soooo weird. see? i've been thinking about it for 5 minutes and still, nothing!!! something's wrong with me....

ok, i'm done blogging. promise i'll make the yearender tomorrow.

Posted by juliecious at 11:00 AM | ayos ah.

YESTERDAY

I woke up at 7:14 am. I lie awake for 50 minutes, reading The Magnificat for the last 30 minutes. So why exactly am I blogging at 8:11 am? No, I am not one of the insomniacs who are bored and have nothing better to do. I just have nothing better to do. Hihi. And I also read this article from The Magnificat that talked about the UPCAT, ACET, DLSUCET, USTET and the rigors of ensuring a decent future for oneself. Then I realized how short the remaining time for agonizing anticipation is and how soon I'll be crying a river (either for happiness or sadness). Speaking of river, this joke just keeps me laughing. It's the corniest, corniest thing, but I find it very, very funny.

"'Denial' is not just a river in Egypt'"

. Wahahahahahaha!!!! LOL! LOL! I guess what makes it even funnier this time is the fact that I'm writing about my future.

Enough of self-torture…

So as I've mentioned yesterday, I went to SM with Mae, Fatima, Migo, Paolo and Paeng to watch SIGAW. And before I forget to do my little "Public Service":

TO PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A SCARY EXPERIENCE: DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT WATCH SIGAW. IT IS NOT SCARY.

Now that that's done I can go on talking about how my day went… In spite of that pitiful movie… Ok, that's it. I cannot go on without doing a review of SIGAW.

SIGAW

The movie has a predictable plot. Maybe because of my thing for horror movies, I've watched several movies and TV shows that have a similar story line (i.e. family of ghosts, the ghost reliving its horrifying death, the protagonist happens to be living in a haunted house, or in this case a haunted condominium unit). Jomari Yllana's acting is praiseworthy, though. He really looked like a menacing, jealous husband who would kill his wife and daughter at an impulse. Iza Calcado and "that kid from Starstruck that looks like Maxine Magalona" were good, too. That is, for a bludgeoned wife and daughter of the menacing jealous husband. However, I wasn't satisfied with the performance of Richard Gutierrez and Angel Locsin (save for Angel's scene when she was being beaten by an invisible attacker). They could've done it better, with less facial contortions that scream "Give me a bad review because I'm OA!". I must cut the actors some slack because there wasn't much of a story to work on. I guess the producers were banking on the bloody makeup to make up for its lack of an engrossing story and for the movie to pass as a horror flick. I also do not appreciate the inserts of the Richard-Angel love-team innuendo on scenes that do not require it. I guess I'm just a hater of mushiness as much as am a lover of horror movies. Sure, the movie had surprising moments (but that's hardly horror) and it is included in the Manila Film Fest, but if you're looking to get really scared, look someplace else.

There, review done. Moving on… We arrived late for the 1:55 pm movie so we decided to play at the arcade first. As I was already having fun, Fatima pulled me off the motorcycle thing because we were already late for the next showing. Damn. So there, we watched and I've already devoted an entire paragraph for that. After the movie, we went back to the arcade as we still had tokens. I played my last token, and before I knew it, I was going back to my old arcade addiction and I have already spent more than a hundred on games. Before, the goal was just to have fun, but soon after, we were looking to get more tickets. Then Migo and Paeng went home. I can't remember how many "last na" s we said. It's just so addicting. We didn't exchange our tickets for some cheap price though, because our goal was to get the cellphone (hi Paolo!). Wow, a few more thousand tickets and we'd have our own hard-earned Samsung MMS phone. After we were done wasting our money at the arcade, we went to Wendy's to eat. My only request when we were still deciding on where to eat was for the restaurant/fastfood to have spaghetti. So Wendy's it was and I cannot believe my disappointment. As my personal tradition goes, I bought two spaghetti meals right away. But when I took my first bite of my first spaghetti, I realized my stupidity. The spaghetti was soooo bad and the pasta was overcooked. Oh, how I hate overcooked pasta. Anyway, after that sad, sad eating experience, we went to a music store and looked for VCDs. We stayed there for over an hour because they were going to close up at midnight and the salespeople were nice. I bought Drumline. I do not know why I did, I just did. I haven't even seen this movie's trailer, nor was I aware of its existence before I bought it. Hope I enjoy it, though. So it was already 11:00, and my mom called. She was so mad that I gave Fatima the phone. Fatima was so worried that she'd get grounded, but I guess I'm just so used to my mom's angry voice that I got rather numb of it. Since there were no more FXs, Paolo's mom dropped us home. Their mom is so nice, and she's pretty too. Anyway, when we got home, my mom wasn't even a bit mad. She's just so frighteningly cool. She was even smiling! I guess she was just playing with our innocent minds. Hehe. I love you ma!Ü

So there, I lie awake for some time because although I said Sigaw wasn't scary, it did have some graphic images of dead people that will stick to you. I got over it anyway and I slept. Done blogging at 9:28 pm. It took me 1 hour and 17 minutes to do this. Great.

Posted by juliecious at 05:57 PM | ayos ah.

THE END.

2:24 I watched Drumline yesterday. Remember when I said I don’t know why I bought it? Now I know. haha. It’s an ok movie, but I feel a connection to it. (wha??) yeah, moving on… I have to put here that video from Fat Boy Slim called ______ (I forget) which I saw this morning on MTV. It featured cats, lots of them, living in a cat world managed by people (but you can only see their hands). Although I don’t like cats (hate them even) I found it very cute and enjoyable. The director of the movie was very creative and the “set” was great, with miniature everything from the human world that the cats lived in. nice.

Anyway, this is the

Great Year-ender Entry

Even now that I’m beginning to type this on MS Word, I still don’t know what to write. 2004 was a good year for me. I just can’t remember any remarkable event… hmmm. I don’t recall having a boring year, though. I guess I’ll just type whatever comes to my mind.

→ January was the prom month. My Junior prom was definitely what made this month unforgettable. And no, it wasn’t because it was some romantic night (I went stag, yeah boi!). I had been going back and forth on the decision to get a date or just go by myself. A few weeks before that, I was decided on going with a date. Then a week before, I decided I want to go by myself. Contrary to popular belief, going stag to your Junior Prom was not a bore at all. I had so much fun!!! Who needs a single date if you can dance with anyone? Haha. Kidding. I remember being the only one who went stag on our table and being the noisiest one at that. I loved my prom. It was Lovely (and I don’t use that word often)

→ My relatives from the US went home (i.e. Philippines, native land). I love it when they’re here. It’s like all possible money problems have been buried deep into their thick wallets. Haha.

→ I turned 16! Yeah yeah!!! Sweet sixteen? Not quite. Great sixteen? Yesss!!! This year has definitely been great. I don’t recall any drastic change in my lifestyle that seem to mark age 16, like being ultra sweet and romantic (if anything, I have learned to be more emotionally reserved), but I have definitely developed more into the person I want to be (i.e. Imelda Marcos. Haha.)

→ I became closer to God. I have learned to be more prayerful, even going to mass everyday for the first two quarters. I was also more active in the YFC and I have learned to commit myself to certain things that are required of me as a Christian. Yesss. That was hard.

→ I started blogging. I have a journal (obviously), the longest running one I’ve had. I have this diary (yes, the classic pink diary complete with the lock and key and that little extra called scent), which I have been keeping for 4 years now, but I only write on it every summer. Now, whenever I need to remember anything or feel a certain something, I just browse through my archive. Ain’t technology great?
→ I got addicted to YM, and deleted mIRC. I cannot believe how hooked I am to this thing called Yahoo Messenger. I go online almost everyday! I am online when no one is online. I send offline messages to everyone. I change status every 5 minutes. I IM myself. No, kidding. I’m not that sick,

→ I lost my vision. Not literally (in fact, I’ve gained that because I bought myself 6 pairs of contact lenses). I just lost this vision of getting honors when I graduate. It just feels like that doesn’t matter anymore. Tsk, tsk, tsk. If last year I had these first and second honors, now I fail the easiest tests. I feel bad, but not that bad. At least now my relatives have stopped thinking that I’m this super genius and they probably don’t expect me to pass UP anymore. There, pressure’s off.

→ NiggaG. One of the best things that happened to me this year was NiggaG. Hehe. This will sound super corny, but who will reach this part anyway? These guys are the bestest. Not that I need more slacking off, but these people are just the ultimate chillaxing buddies. See? I even get to widen my already bastardized vocabulary thanks to them.Ü

→Climbed my first mountain, swam my first waterfalls. I just love JEC. It helped me overcome, or at least face my fears (heights... gawd) and through it I had some of the most memorable experiences that a few could have.

→ I fell in love for the first time. Haha. Kidding. Let’s save that for next year.Ü

So, those are the personal experiences that marked my year. Outside this little twisted world of mine happened things that the whole world will remember (well, not really).
In no particular order:

→ FPJ died. Like I said, no particular order. It’s just the first thing that came to my mind. And something about this just keeps me laughing (no, don’t kill me, FPJ fanatics, it’s not what you think). Since I am an avid reader of PamQ’s blog, I of course know of her entry entitled Die FPJ, die!. Guess what happened? Haha. Sorry. Laughing at someone’s death is just evil, even for me. But I can’t help it. OurPresident killed the supposed Philippine president. I don’t know why these people keep on insisting that FPJ is the elected president. Even if he really did win, we should all be thankful that GMA cheated, because otherwise… you know what I mean. You don’t? IM me.Ü OK, FPJ was a great loss to the showbiz industry (but then again, it’s dying anyway, the King just went first), but what I don’t get is the exaggerated media attention his death is getting. Why the sudden concern? Especially by ABS-CBN who obviously backed GMA in the May elections? What hypocrites.

→ The super tsunami that hit South-East Asia. By now, the death toll has gone up to 130,000, and many more are still missing. I honestly wanted to cry whenever I saw/read/heard about this tragic event. Too many are dying. Many more will because of the diseases that the decomposing bodies culture. It’s just sad.

→ Bush won. Yes! He won! He won! I think I’m the only high school girl who’s happy with how the US presidential elections turned out. Oh well.

→ Stupid songs. More and more stupid songs are being released. I cannot believe how many Filipinos patronize this kind of “music”. How could you enjoy listening even dancing to a song that talks about a person’s flower? Or a hotdog? Or a kiliti? Or, this is where they went out of line, SPAGHETTI??? Not only are the sexual insinuations being tolerated, they are even being glorified as “clever” when they are just plain sick and stupid.

→ That was for Filipino music. What I find stupid about music from other countries, particularly rap music from the US is that the main theme is money, girls, and more money. Gone are the days when songs actually mean something and when videos are a showcase of art (yeah, that was sensitive of me). Now, songs and their videos are like a high school reunion; people showing off the riches they have amassed and telling the whole world how they rose up from being losers to “pimps”. Pathetic.

This is not a complete list of all the things that have happened in 2004. I just can’t think of any more. But whatever they were, I’m sure somebody else has written them on their Year-ender entry. 3:22. Wow. 2 ½ pages written in 58 minutes. Edited in 16 minutes.

So there, I’m done blogging. This is my last entry for 2004. Next year, more thoughts that you probably don’t care about will be written on this page to be kept forever and ever and ever. This is the Queen, signing off. See you next year!

Posted by juliecious at 04:58 PM | ayos ah.