Mariane's Narratives

wow! may na... ilang araw na lang bday ko na! hehe...
pero xempre bago yun, kailangan munang matapos ang summer classes ko...
kahapon lang pasok, nagmeet kami ng barkada ko... first time naming nag-encore... hehe, kanta nga ako ng kanta eh... sintunado naman... i enjoyed it naman kaso ang init lang dun... electric fan lang ang nagbibigay ng hangin sa amin... we were complete maliban kay MARY IRENE TOLENTINO LABID na hindi namin ma-contact, as in! oh well, baka nahumaling na siya sa mga boylets niya sa plm... either that or nasa cebu siya ngayon nagsu-sunbathing...
niweiz, nagkachika chika kahit papaano, nagkakalibot-libot rin kahit paano... and siyempre, nagkalimutan rin ng mga problema kahit paano...
hay nako, may iuupload na naman akong bagong pic sa friendster ... galing sa celepono ni MARY ANN QUIYAN TOUGAN... wag ka, ericson t700i (tama ba? watever!) lang naman yun....
ngayon naman ay parang kabaligtaran ng kahapon kasi medyo hindi ko feel pumasok... patayan na naman sa pe... eh bad 3p, mali pa yung nasuot kong uniform... nagcycling ako instead of jogging pants... bute na lang hindi halata yung black pants ko... hindi ako nasita...
nakakatuwa rin naman pala si mam caces... nakakamiss rin kahit paano.... medyo natantsiya ko na ang timpla niya eh... basta gawin mo lang yung pinapagawa niya aprub ka...
ayun lang... til tomorrow...

six days to go na lang ang summer classes ko! woohooo!!!!! grabe, natiis ko ring magklase under the scorching hot sun and natiis ko ang 2 hours of boring lecture sa isa ko pang class!
as for the surviving caces issue, well, i have survived her kasi last day of dropping ngayon... and i didn't drop her subject kahit na surefire 5 na ako run... as if naman magagawa ko yung mga pinapagawa niya nang ganun-ganun lang no... oh well, di bale na basta i didn't give up on her...
as for my env sci class, i'm still hoping na makauno ako run... lumabas na ang 2nd exam namin and my results were a lot better... 1.25 na un... final exam ko na lang ang habol ko... bahala na....
mas marami pa akong pinoproblema ngayon about my shifting... well the paranoid in me is bugging me with two things:
1: ba journ- a classmate of mine told me she received a text message yesterday about the schedule of the essay exam. not that i didn't know but what bothered me is that i didn't receive any text message regarding that. i mean, if they (the journ dept.) had my number why wouldn't they contact me? if they didn't have my number then it means they didn't receive my application form! shit talaga... iniisip ko n lang na may problema yung cell ko... hay naku... good news is i don't have to absent myself from my pe class (9 kasi yung essay exam) dahil 9-12 pala yung exam... i was absent from pe yesterday kasi dahil sa puyat. that was my third out of three allowed absences kaya mega over worried ako na hindi makakapagpe sa monday bute na lang...
2:ba socio- the essay exam and interview will happen after the socio dept has deliberated kung sino yung mga natanggap na applicants... kaso worry ko naman baka mali yung nakuha kong application form and shit...
putangena talaga i worry too much... hindi ko na nga lang iniisip eh...
anyway, uchenna and joyce won amazing race 7! yahoo! bute na lang sila instead of fucking rob and amber... i so despise that couple! oo na inggitera na ako sa inggitera pero basta i so hate them...
for the meantime yun muna.
til next time! tata!

OMFG! Daniel Radclfife said in an interview done by the Weekly Reader:
Do you have one favorite scene?
I did enjoy the graveyard scene in an intense kind of way. Remembering all the scenes does become a blur. There's also another scene in the bathroom in a hot tub that I enjoyed.
Wow! My most favorite GOF scene is going to be part of the movie! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
ok i'm stopping...
a few more months and...
ok i said i'll stop...
[ daniel half-naked?! woohoo!!!!! ]
:p

An office manager at Wal-Mart was given the taskof hiring an individual to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found four people who were equally qualified. .. An American,a Russian, an Australian and a Filipino. He decided to call the four in and ask them only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get the job.
The day came and as the four sat around theconference room table the interviewer asked, "What is the fastest thing you know of?"
Acknowledging Dave, the American on his right, the man replied," A THOUGHT. It just pops into your head. There's no warning that it's on the way; it's just there. A thought is the fastest thing I know of."
"That's very good!" replied the interviewer.
"Andnow you sir?" he asked Vladimir, the Russian.
"Hmm.... let me see. A blink! It comes and goes and you don't know that it ever happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of."
"Excellent!" said the interviewer. "The blink of an eye, that's a very popular cliche for speed."
He then turned to George, the Australian who was contemplating his reply."Well, out at my dad's ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall there's a light switch. When you flip that switch,way out across the pasture the light in the barn comes on. Yep, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of."
The interviewer was very impressed with the third answer and thought he had found his man. "It's hard to beat the speed of light" he said.
Turning to Eleuterio, the Filipino, the fourth and final man, the interviewer posed the same question. Eleuterio replied, " Apter herring da 3 frevyos ansers sirrr,et's obyusto me dat the fastest thang known is Diarrhea."
"WHAT!?" said the interviewer, stunned by the response.
"O I can expleyn serrr ." said Eleuterio . "YOU SEE SERR, DA other day I wasn't Peeeling so good and I run soo fast to the CR or bathroom, But, before I could THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, ay 'tang ina, I already had a big tae, ka-ka or poo-poo in my pants.
Eleuterio is now the new "Greeter" at Wal-Mart.

i'm so happy for my tru prend, MARY ANN M. ARAO, because she has passed BA Philosophy at UP Diliman. She's legitimate to enroll at UP in the incoming semester, if she decides to study at UP already, which means another one of my tru prends is near me. Ang saya-saya... di na lang kami ni em ang magme-mega bonding sa Starbucks, kasama na si Arao!
sana she decides to enroll at UP para at least, may isa pa akong tru prend dun. Kung puwede ko nga lang ayain silang lahat, why not?! Pero it's not really because I want to have a constant companion (I mean, I survived a whole year of being with myself during my free cuts, no?!), I just want to be with my tru prend. Naku, kung mababasa siguro to ni Arao, maluluha yun. Hehe...
But ultimately, the decision is in her hands. I can influence her to do what I want her to do but it is still her decision, and I have to respect it whatever it is. Hindi ako nagpapaawa effect ok? Basta I understand completely
Niweiz, just found out that Tom won Survivor: Palau. Good for him. Only few who played the game the way he did and worked hard to win actually succeeded to become the Sole Survivor. Ian was dramatic to do that but it's his decision and siguro, no regrets na iyon.
Also, kanina natapos ang essay exam for Journ and hell, I don't know what will come out of it. 60 applicants ang from Diliman, while all the others were from other schools. Tough ang competition and I dunno if I'll be able to shift to Journ. Basta I did my best and I'll gladly accept what will come out of it. Yung sa BA Socio naman, next week pa so wait na lang.
Ala nang third exam for my Env Sci class basta raw umattend ng class tomorrow and on Wednesday, kung hindi, magta-take ng finals next Monday. Well, wala akong balak na i-forfeit ang .25 additional grade ko kaya hindi na ako magfi-finals. Sa Wednesday malalaman ang pre-finals grade namin and I hope 1.0 yun kasi sa pagkaka-compute ko, uno yun. Pero ayoko na ring mag-expect, wait and see na lang.
On a side note, naiiinis ako sa GMA 7 because they are so insecure. Binalik nila ang Full House para itapat sa Meteor Garden kasi mababa ang ratings nila. I'm actually naiiinis sa dalawang networks na ito. All they think about is the fucking ratings, not necessarily considering the quality of their programs. Puro na alng gayahan, patalbugan, payabangan... ala bang pagalingan ng quality?!
Oh, Mariane, easy easy hehe.
Affected na naman ako masyado... Basta ayun na muna, til next time, bye!

sociology department called yesterday and told me that i was already admitted. they didn't tell me, however, what to do next. so i went to thier department today only to be told that i should go to as 101 to ask for further procedures. when i got there, as 101 people told me that i should go to the sociology department to ask them what to do next. well, in the end, the as 101 people told me to come back later so that they can sort out thier procedures.
i feel glad that i have been admitted to sociology, although i doubt it's going to be that easy. i know there will be either an interview or an essay exam afterwards and that's what i am asking these people--the schedule of the interview/ essay exam. not very confident i would do very well in those but i am still hoping because i do want to shift to ANY course because if not, i am suuupppeeerrrr delayed in my current course already. whatever the outcome, i will gladly accept.
anyway, the bad news is one of my diskettes got damaged and unfortunately, it was the diskette containing all three draco/hermione fics of mine. the two of which had backups in my hard disk but the other one, the longest one, had none. oh well, if hardwork visits me today, i'll rewrite it.
because of this event, i backuped all my files so that even if my diskettes crash, i still have those files.
my env sci class concluded today, meaning all i have to worry is my pe class tomorrow and on thursday. i plan to watch some movies on those days, star wars and some movie that will attract me, i suppose. i am still nervous about my pe practical exam. well, as usual, i'll try my best and let whoever that person controlling my so-called destiny do the rest.
that's all, til next time!

well, tapos na ang summer ko!
kanina lang ang practical exam namin sa weight training. required to pass the exam is 3 or more finished exercises out of the 5 na hinihingi. unang pinagawa sa amin ay situps na, well, i fucked up. unang tayo pa lang, ala na. sumunod ay modified push-ups which i did a little better pero hindi ako nag-last ng 1 minute as mam had wanted. next was the half-squats, wherein you will carry a barbel resting on your back while doing squats. did that well enough, i suppose. second to the last was the dead leaf, wherein you had to carry the same barbel with legs and back straight while leaning your trunk forward and back. nagawa ko naman. huli ay ang bench press, wherein lying on your back, you have to carry a barbel on top of your chest, up and down. basta ganun yun. nagawa ko nung second try.
whatever the results, i am happy na tapos na.
well, tiningnan ko rin ang socio curriculum and realized na may foreign lang pala run na required. if journ doesn't accept me, i'll pursue sociology na.
ayun lamang, adios!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY TRU PRENDS!
MAY 20- MARY ANNE LAGASCA REYES
MAY 22- MELLANY MADRILEJO MONTEMAYOR
MAY U HAVE MORE TO COME! AND I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH!

on a side note, i am currently obsessed with Rurouni Kenshin (aka Samurai X) angst fanfictions all because of Linay's Broken Pieces (search it at Fanfiction.net and read it)! the bloody fanfic is soooo awesome it has given me major hang-overs! hay naku..
it also inspired me to write a rurouni kenshin fic na currently, ay untitled. it's on its planning stages and i do hope it turns out well.
i'm planning to buy the kenshin oavs although i know magkaka-hangover din ako dun, pero nonetheless basta bibilhin ko...
ayun lang, til next time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY TRU PRENDS!
MAY 20- MARY ANNE LAGASCA REYES
MAY 22- MELLANY MADRILEJO MONTEMAYOR
MAY U HAVE MORE TO COME! AND I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH!

on a side note, i am currently obsessed with Rurouni Kenshin (aka Samurai X) angst fanfictions all because of Linay's Broken Pieces (search it at Fanfiction.net and read it)! the bloody fanfic is soooo awesome it has given me major hang-overs! hay naku..
it also inspired me to write a rurouni kenshin fic na currently, ay untitled. it's on its planning stages and i do hope it turns out well.
i'm planning to buy the kenshin oavs although i know magkaka-hangover din ako dun, pero nonetheless basta bibilhin ko...
ayun lang, til next time!

I haven’t posted the wonderful details of last week so eto me, ikukuwento na sa inyo some of the days lang ha, kasi yung iba uneventful):
May 24, Tuesday:
Lumabas na ang results ng Journ. Didn’t pass pero I’m ok. I expected it. I mean, the competition was tough, over 130 students applied for the meager 38 slots for Journ! Maybe my journalistic skills have been dulled by time. Anyway, the department decided to forward my application to Communication Research Dept. for apparently, no one shifted nor transferred to that department. My essay exam was scheduled the next day and my interview on Thursday. Both were scheduled 8:30 am at the Comm Res Dept.
May 25, Wednesday:
Did my essay exam, coming in a bit late (around 15 minutes), and went off to join my tru prend Arao (btw, she’s admitted sa BA Philo so ayun, Iska na rin xa! ), in her transferring processes and fetch my other tru prend, Tougan kasi ililibre kami ni Em sa Yellow Cab, Libis. Bday kasi ni Em nung Sunday kaya mangblo-blowout.
The usual questions in the essay exam appeared, as in why do you want to shift to Comm Res, What do you think is Comm Res all about, and What do you think a Comm researcher does. I think I did pretty well but I wasn’t overly confident. Still I did the best I could.
Anyway, nagkita nga kami ni Arao sa University Registrar para kunin sana yung admission slip niya. Kaso pang-number 81 pa siya and 11:00 na nun. Ang usapan namin nila Em ay 1:00 so she decided to finish her papers and shit the next day.
Sinundo na naming si Tougan sa SM, gave her our gifts and then went to McDo Katips para makipagkita kay Em.
Well the rain sent in torrents of water that caused the heavy traffic na nagpadelay kay Em. She told us na hindi na lang siya sa Libis manglilibre kasi open space raw yun tapos umulan baka hindi kami mag-enjoy. Sa Rob Galle na lang raw. Who were we to decline?
So ayun, chika galore kami muna nina Arao for like two hours dahil nacaught-up nga si Em sa traffic. Pagdating niya, hinatid na kami ng mom niya sa Rob Galle and ayun, deretso sa Yellow Cab (at around 3).
Grabe ang laki pala ng pizza run! Masarap naman siya in fairness. Kaso walang sinabi ang pizza eating powers ko. Tatlong 18-inch pizza slices pa lang, naduduwal na ako. I enjoyed it a lot naman. Pero ewan ko ba, nasanay na ang tastebuds ko sa Pizza Hut.
After that, nanood kami ng House of Wax. No, I didn’t throw up the contents of my stomach, kasi all throughout the movie, nakatakip ang mga mata ko. Hehe. The paranoid that I am. I hate suspenseful, gory movies kaya eto mega-cower ako behind my eyes.
Don’t watch it. It’s a Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip-off. From the first victim of the killer to the defect of the killer hanggang sa mga survivors, ay naku, Texas na Texas! As expected, when Americans say it’s a horro movie, they mean it’s a gore movie so expected na yung mga tinatanggalan ng limbs and shit like that. Happy lang ako kasi namatay si Paris Hilton. Hehe. Hate her kasi eh.
After that, mega-window shopping. Hay naku, dinala ako ng mga tru prends ko sa kakikayan. Kulang na lang maging for rent for makeup ang mukha ko dahil sa kanila. Enjoy naman kasi ngayon ko lang na-realize na I’m a Boho fan (bohemian fashion). I like the dangling earrings, the long, crumpled skirts and the vintage blouses. Someday I’ll have the patience to make myself up. Not today. Someday.
Mga bandang 9 na kami nakauwi and I have to say, I enjoyed it a lot! Sobra! Mega bonding talaga… sana maulit.
May 26, Thursday:
Had my interview which turned out pretty well. I surprised myself na kaya ko palang magsalita ng fluent English. The interviewers were very nice.
After non, sinamahan ko si Arao sa medical niya. Well, hindi niya natapos before 11 kaya kumain muna kami sa Rodic’s para matikman niya ang world-famous tapsilog nito. She liked it of course.
After that, I left na kasi andami pang gagawin ni Arao. I decided na since maaga pa naman, manood muna ako ng sine. So ayun nanood ako ng La Visa Loca. I arrived halfway through the story so siyempre, I stayed on for the other halfway of the story.
As usual, sa dulong-dulong row, dulong-dulong upuan na naman ako umupo. May tumabi sa aking lalaki, which I did not mind at all because that seat wasn’t mine naman. Na-surprise lang ako dahil he kept looking at me whenever may nakakatawang scene. Tapos biglang nakipagkilala. I gave a false name, sabi ko Marie ang pangalan ko. He started asking queer questions like where I lived, what was my landline, if I were available that day… basta freaky. Siyempre, nag-panic na ako kasi feeling ko may masamang intention siya. So I excused myself, kunwari napanood ko na yung scene ng pelikulang iyon and stood up. I practically ran to the exit and went to SM Annex para umuwi. When I looked back to check kung sinundan niya ako, wala siya. Grabe, ang freaky talaga.
I promised myself na hinding-hindi na ako uupo sa dulong row, dulong upuan pag nanood ng sine.
As for the movie, maganda naman siya. Smooth ang flow ng story. Robin acted fine. The comedic scenes were, well, comedic. Nabibilib na talaga ako sa Unitel Productions. They make me want to watch Filipino movies more.
May 27, Friday:
Birthday ko na! Sa Splash Island kami nag-swimming kasama sina tru prends May, Arao and Tougan. Em wasn’t allowed kasi malayo raw (bleh, dudumugin kasi yun pag sinama). Si Elmer naman may pasok. Sa AMA na pala siya.
Siyempre hindi niyo naman kilala ang mga taong to. Di bale, one of these days I’ll make them some profiles.
Anyway, ayun punta kaming Splash and tried almost all the slides. Hindi kami nag-dos supremos and king pilipit kasi dapat alang t-shirt. My kasamas thought na baka raw umangat yung bra nila kaya hindi na lang.
Coward that I am, I had to undergo a lot of convincing para mag-slide sa Magellan’s Drop and Big Bam Boo. Masaya naman pala yung mga yon. The former was my fave slide. Nakakaasar lang ang pag-akyat. Ang taas eh! Nakakahingal.
I really had a great time with my friends and I wish na maulit yun.
Happy rin ako kasi regalo sa akin ni Arao Sponge Cola CD (yoohoo!) kaya kinabukasan, mega kinig na ako run.
I’ll have a separate post on the CD review.

Ni-release ang results ng Comm Res today and I passed! Kaya kanina inasikaso ko na ang medical ko, clearance, and TCG. Babalik pa ako sa Wednesday para tapusin yun lahat. Sa Friday pa naman ang enrolment namin eh.
Ayun na muna, mahaba naman yun di ba?
Sige, til next time!

So this is my Sponge Cola “Palabas” CD review. Not really the best one but will try to be helpful and objective.
Anyway, on to my review:
I expected a lot from this CD considering how every known blogger friend of mine raves about it. I also sort of got interested with buying the CD noong narinig ko sila sa isang program ng Campus Radio na kumanta. It was a live concert broadcast sa LS. At that time, the song that blew me over was Jillian.
The overall feel of the CD is angsty and love-ridden. Love-ridden kasi halos lahat ng kanta dun mare-relate mo sa love. Angsty because, well, rock ang tinatarget na genre ng Sponge Cola although hindi siya rock na as in Slapshock or Eraserheads. Pop-rock ang dating, which is fine by me kasi they do it as wonderfully as they could naman.
The CD layout wanted to give you a feel na Palabas nga lang iyon, kaya may mga film reels and credits stuff dun. Not that I care it’s done that way. Basta maganda music kahit terrible ang CD layout ok lang.
On to the songs. They’re all good, maganda ang guitars, piano and drums kaso ang vocals medyo sablay. Mahina ang audio ng boses kaya minsan I had to strain my ears to understand what Yael was singing. May lyrics naman, that’s true kaso yung sa track 4, Neon, hindi kumpleto. Bakit kaya? Oh well…
Almost perfect ang blending ng mga instruments kaso minsan medyo off-key ang guitars. It’s even worse kapag live na silang kumanta. Yes I’m a fan but I am trying to be critical about their performance. Konting practice pa.
Of course I have some favorite cuts. Unang-una ay ang track 10, Una. Ewan ko ba kung bakit pero basta gusto ko siya. Nakakaantig. Parang ang sarap kantahin. Sumunod ang akala kong magiging favorite song ko dito, track 7, Jillian. I loved the lyrics, the voice, and the melancholy feel of the song. Sumunod dun ay Jeepney na talagang heart-wrenching ang chorus. The rest were pretty ok. I also appreciated the sensible lyrics.
As a whole, I liked the CD. Buy it on original copy and listen to it all day long. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
BTW, regalo ito ni Arao sa akin.
PS. Pasensya na kung medyo bangag ang review. Hindi pa kasi ako naliligo eh. Hehe..