I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but a mecha-nut gyaru would get a great deal of mileage out of this...

( Gunmadam in the cut! )

Thanks to the lovely and awesome erisdoll! ♥

Why do I see Allegretta piloting this? XD;;;

Also! I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with my fellow Transformer cosplayers teeth_for_eyes, juworu, retsu and batangbatugan of DeviantArt, plus warse_no_miko of DeviantArt and ilv (tama ba?). Had Daddy tag along with us. It was much more serious than expected, and hella confusing too with all the robots just being brought on without much introduction, making me wonder if the US military men were shooting friendlies at some point in time. But it was okay all the same, though yes I miss the campiness of the first movie.

Errrgh, should finish writing my fics already... >.<000

Trying not to be vague here, but I might actually be breaking my work contract if I go straightforward, so I'm sorry but if you're interested you need to drop me a line.

1) Working. HARD. As in, back-breakingly crazy ass hard. Like I posted in some social networking sites, many things are happening in this quarter - new projects, new accounts (I helped win TWO!). I need to really, REALLY, REEEAAAALLYYYYYYYYY focus lest I screw up and lose my opportunity to nail some of the important things I've always had on my gameplans. And before you even ask, yes, this means my social life - or what was left of it - will disappear from the face of the earth.

2) Getting fit so I can run at least 5 km on a 40-km marathon sometime in December. Let's see how this pans out especially now that my hormones and my period are screwing things up. X_x

3) Went out of town to visit jactinglim's place with chocolate_daze and mithlin_megil. By public transport (bus, albeit air-conditioned). Spent the night at her place, which is San Pablo City, with her family - meaning her sisters, her brother, her parents and her in-laws. Except for a minor mishap concerning cash (more accurately, the inaccessibility thereof), we all had a grand time. Ceej, no pressure introducing the YRT to your family ha! ;P

4) Attended a high school class reunion this past weekend. The best part of the night was when Frances, who had come home to Manila from SF, opened my eyes to a lot of possibilities, and pointed out that yes, we had all changed in some way ... in a "good kind of different." She was always the cool one that I idolised in our class, and she was always so friendly even to the other girls not in her circle. I never realised I missed her until that night, until after much thought I discovered that I was looking for people who were as open to the univers as her, surrounding myself with many of those people, trying even to be like her for others who were as hopelessly lost and stupidly clueless like me when my path first crossed with hers in the classroom years ago. ... It's very good she doesn't know I'm here on LJ yet as she also likes catching up on us through the internet a lot.

5) Learned how to play Rock Band ... except, of course, as in all other games involving motor skills and hand-eye coordination, I was terribly hopeless at it. Francesca HATED me. Sherry and Neko, who was also a total newbie in the game, had to keep saving me. X_X Denise had had a lot of cackles at my expense though so I guess all was well. XDDDDDDDDDDDD

6) My fortunes anywhere and everywhere have told me to go for it. What IT is, I'm not sure. Maybe I've asked for too many signs to guide me as I go through many situations - but even so, why do these signs all say the exact same thing? Do I just throw everything I've worked hard for away and start from scratch? Or do I plod on and do my best? "Go for it" is even more vague than this whole freakin' post. >.<

Ah well, it's WAY past my bedtime. Early morning phoner in 6 hours! >0</

Here they are:

1) Fall in love with and date a man.
2) Enter a long-distance relationship.
3) Forgive and allow people who have offended me and/or my sense of justice second, and even third and fourth, chances. But I still choose to extend this to a few though.
4) Re-establish ties that I chose to sever.
5) Wear short skirts and barely-there costumes. (I have viridianzephyr to thank for this one hahaha. ;P ♥)
6) Invest in my well-being, by going to the gym, getting massages when extremely necessary (it's cheaper than my chiropractor's consultation fee X_x), exercising and generally paying attention to my health. I can actually fall sleep at 11:00 pm now! \T0T/

Also, Many Happy Returns to jactinglim, who is one of my inspirations for growing up. ♥♥♥

Courtesy of Nippon Ichi Software America.
Thanks to Cory of Voyages Extraordinaire at YahooGroups and Puchimint of sakura_taisen for the news.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voyages_extraordinaires/message/3720
http://community.livejournal.com/sakura_taisen/134502.html

All I can say is that it's about freakin' time!!! >0</

1) GUESS WHO'S BACK - SETE GIBERNAU, ON THE 500CC-CLASS NO LESS!!! O_o I THINK he's on Honda, can't really tell when I need to keep turning my seat 90 degrees just to watch the race continuously. XD;;; Two thing are for sure though: first, he seems only to be on the race as a wildcard or a temp rider; and second, prepare for racing dramu. XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (Gah Gibernau, I still love you though you never made champ throughout your entire career. ♥)

2) Hiroshi Aoyama won his home race at the 250cc, yeah baby! dXDb \m/ He's a great talent and not bad-looking either, hehehe XD plus he speaks great English! ;D

3) Valentino Rossi's doing his signature "Doctor" moves again. Finally, at 19 laps to go, he seized the lead from Danny Pedrosa. But, if Rossi wins this it will only be his FIRST GP victory of the season. Rossi, you're such an old coot, work hard so you can retire as being the only known eight-time MotoGP champion. XD;

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! \^0^/

Subscribed at http://www.youtube.com/user/MotoGP. d8Db

That is all. ♥

{goes off to catch up on what she missed, namely the first races of the year and the post-race interviews}

A member from one of the Philippine arts-and-culture mailing lists I'm in emailed this:

( Message under the cut )

I'm suspecting it's from the 1950s-era Filipiniana collection, in which case I waaaaaaaaant. T0T

Ah, to be young and broke.

When I met up with interploy and defied all expectations of a relationship defined and nurtured by the internet.

It was wonderful, even if I ended up earning disapproval from my family and worry from some friends. Even if I live everyday with the difficulty of sustaining a loving relationship half a world away.

Hopefully, we'll be able to meet up again this year, fingers crossed.

First, as always, Many Happy Returns to uchihayukiko, who shares this day with me. ^_^

( So I decided to unwind and at the same time celebrate my birthday this past weekend... [Videos included in the list!] )

So I joined tcg_exchange...



( Cards after the cut! )

Meeting Professor Alexis Belonio is such a blessing. He's humble and self-effacing, he willingly shares his inventions for free on the internet (www.bioenergylists.org), he acknowledges God (Supreme Being for those who are more spiritually-inclined) as his Source of ideas, he finds it important to foster the spirits of invention and enterprise on his seven children, he would much rather keep working on and refining his inventions than let the justifiable glow of the RAE get to his head and his heart, and he realizes the need of finding alternate energy sources from existing waste material.

Plus his wife, Salvacion, is awesome and so supportive, and just as brilliant as he is. They make a team which cannot be classified into empty words. It is a shame she keeps getting relegated to the sidelines, but it is a testament to her character that she is very patient, considerate and untiring in her support of her husband.

I suddenly feel so small and insignificant. But on the other hand, I am still proud because I now carry a small part of him in my mind and heart.

Took this from kimivalkyrie. ;P

1. Answer each of the questions below the cut using the Flickr search engine.
2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
3. Copy the URL of your favorite photos here.
4. Then share with the world.

( Fun fun fun )

Laney's friend was feeling blah, and Laney herself was having a hard time shopping for clothes. So what's a feeling-fashionista to do? XDJoy to the rescue! (If it's private sorry na lang XD;;;) I didn't want to go at first because I was feeling tired and out of sorts, but in the end I enjoyed anyways. X3Mar, it was a pleasure to meet you. You really remind me of Ces, my college friend. ♥Laney, hope you got everything you were looking for! ;D ♥♥♥PS Sorry for ditching you YRT! We'll always have raep tiemz naman e. ;P ♥

One of my acquaintances posted all our old, grade school pictures on Facebook. I'm sure some of you here know exactly who and what that's about. ;P

I remember looking and feeling ugly and hideously fat, lacking total coordination during PE and most especially gymnastics class, being the one of the tallest girls in class at the time (this was before everyone else caught up with me during puberty, LOL), being angry at so many of my classmates, doing crazy things and stupid things (not like that's ever changed...), killing off sewing machines, having magic hands with craptastic computers, cramming loads of Individual Work, having one of the biggest barkadas the grade school department had ever seen, wearing stuff which seemed OMGAWESOME! at the time, occupying the entire driveway playing patintero, lunch on the covered court floors, retreats at Tagaytay, making friends with girls from bitterly opposing political dynasties (it still makes me happy that they seem to get along up until now), massive sticker picture love, booster participation during cheerleading contests, making friends, and of course, being in that yellow-and-white gingham uniform which made us so distinct to the world at large - and so laughable to other girls' schools. (Friends who come from said other girls' schools, aminin. XD)

Oh! The girl who unloaded our old photos was classmates with a girl who I consider my first love. And now, I am finally able to took at their class picture without feeling anything at all for that first love, except for a twinge of what might have been. (Naks, drama! But yeah. ;P)

But to be honest, even with all the shit that school threw at me, I will always regard my life in Poveda Learning Centre with fondness in my heart. &hearts;

We've already rung in the New Year here in the Philippines, so HELLO FROM THE FUTURE! 8D (Sorry. Always wanted to say that. XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)

Well, I wanted to watch the fireworks displays from our rooftop, which is a great vantage point to view fireworks displays from street parties in nearby areas. Unfortunately, the weather refused to cooperate, as it rained - which is usually unthinkable in December. Also, most of the party organisers didn't have as grand a display as they used to in previous years.

So, besides watching, I am now getting drunk in front of the computer, along with other like-minded friends. 8DDDDDDDDDDD Yay for online inuman (drinking spree)! \^0^/

Happy New Year, everyone! Cheerio!

Just saying Happy New Year to one and all. :D

... Damn, where did 2008 go??? D:

READ THIS (http://vicissitude-decidido.blogspot.com/2008/12/world-is-fucked-up.html) AND PASS.

Related reading:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141418/DAR-chiefs-son-5-bodyguards-face-charges-for-alleged-mauling-of-2-golfers
http://digg.com/people/Politician_mauls_56_year_old_and_14_year_old_on_golf_course
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081227-180232/DAR-chiefs-son-tagged-in-golf-attack
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/12/27/08/dars-pangandaman-complained-mauling-antipolo-city-golfers
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/dec2708/news_story1.htm
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=427438&publicationSubCategoryId=68

Those politicians are going down.

Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat!

( Sa wakas hindi na rin tinamad... )

Sa mga nakakaalala, may mga maiitim na balak para sa napipintong pagbabalik ng Cat's Trail.

Ito lang po. Maligayang Pasko!