Entries for April, 2006
April 2nd, 2006
That May Be My Favorite Sound POSTED AT 05:17 AM Anyway, today and yesterday were really uneventful. I went to Manila Memorial yesterday to visit angkong... god rest... and to the Chinese Cemetery today (actually it's more of a mausoleum) and visited the resting places of Aye, Grandma Connie, Aku Aveline, Pakong, Pak Pu, Mom's grandparents and uncles, and Go Yi Po. I miss them. Well, the ones i knew, anyway. I'm slightly saddened. I never knew so many things about my family until after they all died and the inevitable stories came up. I could cry. I also neglected to print a copy of the fukien lyrics and show Mom's relatives (because dad's side are all Cantonese/Taishanese, and therefore aren't that fluent in it, much less to read characters). I also got cracking at Cath's book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which is fascinating, and scary, and vulgar. Well, fascinating to me, scary to mom and dad, and just plain vulgar. Good entertaining-ish read. I also listened to Chinese music the whole morning and now I'm sort of tired. I wanna sleep, but we have to go to mass. I wouldn't be going this week (Mom banned me from going out because of my rashes, so I said since I can't go out, I won't participate in mass either. Two can play her game.) if not for Jackie's gift, which Kenn asked me to give her. Wonder what it is though... WHICH REMINDS ME! Kenn, thanks for the gift! (He's right... hmmm) He got me a Kelly Chen CD, which is so damn frickin nice to listen to, I listened to it all of yesterday and much of this morning. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. So that's all that's been happening... I'll just update ya next time. Emancipate
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April 3rd, 2006
The Week of the Uber-Gimmick POSTED AT 07:26 AM I guess it's because I taught her how to print documents, but she didn't mention banning me. So I guess that means I can go out again. I met Alexis in Podium with the original intention of simply handing her her Soph Night pics (waaaaay overdue by the way). I guess it's a good thing that I gave it to her today, and not during the school year. Otherwise, we both might have missed some valuable homework time. Not that I would have done homework, either way, but I'd have something to blame for that, thereby giving me an excuse to cram on Sunday, which my parents hate, and would have probably started a large fight over the following night, which I'd have to talk to my friends about the following day. I'm SO glad that's all behind me now. Anyway, so we got there, walked around, looked for a gift for Alexis' friend... what's her name? Let me ask... Okay, her status said "Pau-i, labo mo forever" so I assumed it was that because she left early to go to her friend's party, but it turns out, it was 6:30 so we could have left LATER. Argh. Anyway, so I ask her and Chai what the Pauline person's last name was. Chai says Lee. Allen Yu: what's your friend's name, Pau-y? Allen Yu: Pauline? Alexis Dy: pauline, yeah Allen Yu: last name? Allen Yu: Lee? Alexis Dy: yesh Alexis Dy: how Alexis Dy: 'd you know? Allen Yu: isn't her birthday in December? Alexis Dy: yes Allen Yu: ... Allen Yu: ???????? Alexis Dy: no, it's not her w/ the birthday Alexis Dy:  )Allen Yu: so... Alexis Dy: she's malabo for another reason Allen Yu: whose birthday is it? Alexis Dy: for several OTHER reasons Alexis Dy: bianca Allen Yu: Bianca what? Alexis Dy: tiam-lee Allen Yu: oh ok Allen Yu: THERE ................ Right. So anyway... Bianca... we're busy trying to get Bianca a gift... and finally, Alexis asks, "Where do you wanna eat?" Despite the fact that we're both trademark Indecisive, it only takes us a short while to decide. Dome. Where she ordered a Margherita Pizza + Earl Grey tea, and I ordered a Pepperoni + iceless water and we both got full and fought over the bill and left later on after a fascinating, very funny conversation. Walk around, we both buy a puppy thing (adorable!) and we slink around National Bookstore and comment on the stuff. So we enter a toyshop. I haven't been to one of those since... '96 when mom and i went to the U.S.'s Toys 'R Us. Alexis and I wandered around, she pointed things out, and when we got to the Barbie section, I mistook the "Ken" thing for a lesbian Barbie. Anyway, she gets me a tootsie roll pop and I eat it all the way until we go down and meet her mom (when I fully intended not to. ILANG!!!! Now I get how Mr. Young felt... That's just scary.). And then they left, and I sucked on the tootsie roll pop thing and bought some Tazo Tea (basic flavor. Goooooooooooooooooood). Joel finally came and I got home. Thus marks the beginning... of the GIMMICK WEEK!!!!!!!!! |
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April 4th, 2006
One of the Better Dreams I've Had POSTED AT 12:39 AM Okay, so it starts off with me, Alex, Andrew and Leah downstairs in our house's driveway, and there are three sets of people there, a guy and a girl per set. Then there's the guard, too. So the four of us stand closer to the gate, backs to the gate, and face off against the six. I guess we're supposed to fight, but strangely, it's only me that steps forward, and a guy and a girl step forward too. The girl is just weak. The guy is medium-build. I suddenly feel very angry at them, and the guy and I rush at each other and I spin kick his jaw. More beating occurs, and he keeps throwing punches and evading my blows but I eventually lad a few, enough to disorient him. I eventually hit the girl in between jump-kicks. The girl is knocked out, and the guy, i later snap his neck. Next set... Alex, Andrew and Leah still aren't moving. The girl, I just twist her arm behind her back and throw her down and she's out of the match. The guy, though, is fat. It takes a lot of effort and groin-shots just to knock him out. The last one doesn't step forward... the guy, I mean. The girl races out of the gate and suddenly Andrew follows suit. I swap a few blows with the guy before realizing Andrew's out in the street. Now this is where I "remember" in my dream that there's this disease spreading around ala Resident Evil but instead of turning you to zombies via a bite, it's if you absorb the substance (drink, inhale, eat), and it only affects children, turns them gray and eats at their insides. So afraid that Andrew might catch it while running to catch the girl, I bang at the gate, which I can't seem to open, and yell at the guard to open it (I don't know WHY i couldn't open it, I just couldn't in the dream). He does so and as I step outside, I see Alex and Leah haven't moved yet, so I shout "Come on! Let's move!" at them and then they're sparked into motion. We race to the right (I did a bit of looking around first, but I decided RIGHT on instinct), and at first, it looks like the normal busy streets outside our house, but then later, it somehow changes into the streets a few blocks away from my grandma's house in Oroqueta. So we keep running, and across the street, we see Andrew. He's shouting and pointing to the inside of a big house. "She's inside! Inside! Nasa loob yung babae!" So we run to the house and through the glass portion of the door, I see a figure in a pink top and white pants run up some steps. I kick the door somewhere near the knob (why am I the ONLY one doing anything here?) and we rush in after her. We see this really cool house inside, really, really big. Victorian style, lights coming in through glass panes above, then there're stairs to the left that lead to a large space in front, below, which is slightly messy, but there're paintings on the walls and a rug underneath, some scattered papers and everything is a shade of brown. There's a room to the right with a table for meals (with some grayish food on top) and a glass door separating another area of the room. So the girl appears somewhere at the base of the stairs and runs to the area beneath the room to the right, out of sight. I run to the right to catch her, and she appears there. I kick and beat her until she's knocked out, pressed up against the glass divider. I assumed this house was her parents'. Leah, Andrew and Alex start checking out the food, and Alex tells them "It's got that disease on it." noting the gray stuff, he means. Then we head towards the house to take care of the last guy, but I wake up before that. I Miss You by Incubus To see you when I wake up Is a gift I didn't think could be real To know that you feel the same as I do Is a three-fold, utopian dream You do something to me that I can’t explain. So would I be out of line if I said I miss you. I see your picture, I smell your skin on the empty pillow, next to mine. You have only been gone ten days But already I’m wasting away. I know I’ll see you again Whether far or soon But I need you to know that I care And, I miss you |
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April 5th, 2006
Yes, that's right POSTED AT 11:38 AM But anyway... today was great. Hung out with friends, went to whitehotsynthesizer's house and watched Closer, and played computer and stuff. MR. YOUNG, WHY THE HELL DID YOU RECOMMEND CLOSER TO ME???? OH MY GOD... LET ME TELL YOU! CLOSER? NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART. Moving on... I got to work annoyed, and was brash with everyone. Got home soon. I can't wait for the gimmick with Walter (!) and Kenn (!) tomorrow (!) because i just frickin miss hanging out (!) with the kada (!). Jackie's emailing... YAY! She'll bring back pictures and stuff... I MISS HER!!!!!!!!! *cries* Tomorrow! Guess what a Platinum Angel is? http://www.magictrade.ch/images/PlatinumAngel.jpg |
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April 7th, 2006
Walter... POSTED AT 01:35 AM Originally, Kenn and I were supposed to hang at his house and have a load of fun. I woke up yesterday and text Walter about details, etc... Turns out, I'm gonna get there late. I am dragged away to the office to do nothing. ------------------------EDIT----------------------------- Here's a little snippet of the text conversation Walter and I had while I was at the office and he was waiting Walter: Stay for dinner! Me: I can't, the parents would kill me... --Later-- Walter: But can't you stay for dinner? Me: No, sorry, like I said, the parents would kill me. Pai se and all that.. Walter: But I want you to stay for dinner, because you aren't even staying that long. Me: Death. Bloody and slow. Parents and knives. ------------------------EDIT----------------------------- Long story short, the driver was late, so I left for QC (with Alex in tow) at 3:30. We got to the badminton place of his at four, and Walter's house at 4:30. I am so screwed. Walter greets me with: You took your time. You're about... five and a half hours late. Well, hello to you, too. Haha! No, Walter's a great guy. He wouldn't REALLY do that... right? Anyway, his brother punches me in the shoulder, I enter his house and sit down and Walter continues playing his game, Onimusha, and I watch him kill the character's floating midget dad in Black Onimusha form. Walter also notes that Oni-musha = ogre warrior. Ehem. Right. So he finishes up, and we go upstairs. Once we get to the computer, Walter bares a lot of his shocking truths to me. When I say shocking... whoa. As in, he got annoyed cos I kept saying "Oh my God." over and over. Okay, this is a whole new side to Walter. So he tells me he's gonna go bath after we chat a little more, he plays a little music and I get started on setting Quest For Glory up on his computer. It seemed like it was just... five minutes? Seven at the most, but he was done bathing already. I had only finished the first version, when he came back. Tells me he changed his shirt. Because of that, I assumed that he decided not to bathe, but just changed. But then he had a certain flower-y scent about him. Soap. When I note that, he tells me he DID bath, and well, that's just too damn fast for a bath. Anyway... I set up the rest of the stuff and I show him QFG 1. After some time, he gets bored, and we stop playing. He calls Mitch up, we bother her for a very short while, and we take a walk (it's six). He leads me to the office, tells me about his work, his dad's work, things, then we head to the "other side", Phases 1 and 2. He tells me they're almost perfectly symmetrical. We walk around and he tells me about China, and stuff he did there with C/Karl, Rose, Mitch and himself. He then says "It's them na." Referring to C/Karl and Rose. ... WHAT??? YOU CAN'T JUST TRANSLATE COLLOQUIAL FILIPINO TO ENGLISH!!!!! IT'S JUST... WRONG! IT'S LIKE, IF YOU SAY "wala lang", THAT TRANSLATES TO "NOTHING ONLY" WHAT THE HELL WOULD THAT MEAN??? So there. I tell him just because you say "Sila na.", it doesn't mean you can say "It's them already." Yes, I could already sense my English getting better just talking to Walter. So he asks "Fine, then how do you say "sila na"?" I reply "They're together already." It's around this time, or a bit before this, that we encounter the humongous fish in the aquamarine tank floating around. Eeeeee. We go back to his house and we see dinner and Walter asks me if I eat... a) the beef (Yes.) b) the Brocolli (HELL YES!!!!!) or c) Chicken (paprika? YES, ANO KA BA??? (AHA! Another thing! You can't just translate "Ano ka ba?" or "Ano ba?" into English and get the same meaning across. When you meant to say "Of course, what are you thinking of/what is wrong with you?" or "What do you want?" (respectively), you'd end up saying "What are you So then he shows me the... jellyfish which the restaurant says is a jellyfish but his mom says isn't. So as Walter is testing out Avatar (episode 19 and 20) on the CD that I burnt, but as we do so, his dad arrives. With people from China. Lots of people from China. And I didn't particularly like that one of the Chinamen were asking if Walter could speak/understand Mandarin. It's cool, because there's only a trace of the Fukien accent on Walter's dad. Can speak Mandarin only with a slight accent. Anyway, we get up and leave, and go upstairs to watch The Matrix. It starts, and then Walter's mom comes home. I heard her speaking some Cantonese just before she entered. She asked how Walter's little brother (whatsisnameagain?)'s stomach was doing. He said it was okay-ish. So we keep watching til we're called down to eat, and Walter asksme if I eat Fungi. I ask what kind. He says the kind in the soup. Looks interesting... and Walter's mom says a bit of Cantonese to me. Sik teng? Sik teng. So we wash hands, sit down and start eating. Walter's mom doesn't get a plate, but a bowl and chopsticks instead. Hmm... so I had a bit of the soup later, and it's suprisingly... sweet. I've NEVER had sweet soup before. So Walter's mom asks if I can speak Fukien. I reply yes. She asks, "So are you Cantonese or Fukien?" I reply I'm half. Haha.. interesting mix, eh? Considering Walter and his siblings are half too... So we go for our second walk. We talk about almost everything, and then sit by the pool. Walter grabs my phone and checks the messages. And I guess we had this unspoken secret-swapping thing because I suddenly tell Walter about Mr. Young issues. Yes, now Jackie's gonna do all this weird stuff about me gay, uy counselor, lalalalala old stuff. Anyway, so we go back to his room, his little brother wanders around while we talk about the kada. Deeeep deep stuff. Too bad it's cut short by the driver. We talk about... issues. When I get home later, I call him up, and we chat til he has to watch and I sleep. That was a great day. |
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April 7th, 2006
Would you... POSTED AT 12:21 PM If I made a noise, would you turn to see? If I was sad, would you even mind my frown? If I raised a white flag, would you tell me to put it down? If I was hurrying home, would you block my way Just to piss me off, or to tell me "good day"? If I was going to try a new sport Would you show up for laughs or moral support? If I died a week from today Would you be right by my side, or far, far away? |
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April 9th, 2006
Rascal Flatts POSTED AT 12:27 AM Now, I just have to say, this album deserved a 300/10. I am thanking Alexis right now. Dang! Stand A nice, catchy song. Talks about one of the biggest truth when your life is troubled: Your anger makes you strong, and allows you to stand up and just say "Enough." I love the tune, the lyrics, everything. Nice. What Hurts The Most Remake of Bellefire, I believe. Or it was Bellefire that remade it. I don't enjoy this song as much as the others, but the way the Rascal Flatts sing it is exemplary. Beautifully done, and quite poignant. Backwards Hilarious country song! It basically tells you that Country songs are about human life, and it covers almost every aspect. So when you play it backwards, you get everything that's happened back. Great for dances, and it's nice to hear them throw this in the face of those idiots whose misconceptions of country music still stuck in banjo-strummin' country bumpkins. I Feel Bad I Feel Bad is one of my favorites. It's the theme song-of-the-century for those of us who have loved too much, and are drained and tired and just have nothing left to feel sad about. It's happened too many times, so excuse us if we don't break down and beg for you to come back, you bitch. My Wish WONDERFUL! The lyrics don't imply break-up--that's just an interpretation. The lyrics can actually apply to friends, family, love. Oh, how true to my life. Haha. It's a really great song. Pieces Again, it strikes true. When you know you love someone, and love being around her, but know you're better off when she isn't there. Great, great song. So very true. Are the Rascal Flatts secretly sucking out experiences from peoples' hearts and putting them into songs? Because it hits the nail right on the head. Yes I Do Saddish. True to me, but not as much as the others, which were just really great. Sung in just the right way. Non-monotonous lyrics, great vocals. To Make Her Love Me My least favorite. The focus is on God, then shifts to the girl. I didn't really like the representation. Words I Couldn't Say This one makes much sense. Regret, the words you couldn't say to someone, and now that they're gone, they echo. Sounds like a cliche but it's not. Me and My Gang I LOVE THIS SONG. WONDERFUL! The "gang" is actually all the country-lovin' people. And it says that no matter who you are, as long as you're Country, then you're in the gang. And you live the great country life. Cool Thing This song is vaguely reminiscent of Aaron's She Called Me Kansas. Romance + short, meaningful details + the girl of his dreams. Niiiiice. "Talk about a sunset." eh? Great, great song. Ellsworth This is a very nice glimpse into the past of your everyday American grandma. He Ain't The Leavin' Kind Now this reminds me of Aaron's Love Changes Everything. Except when in that song, the medium is Love, in this one, it's God. He = God. Great beat, vocals. Love it! Great way to end the album. You have to get the album. Yesterday, with the burgers from BK (which had "American" all over its taste), the dark evening lights, the great Country music, I have been missing Canada again. Mom and Dad didn't allow me to go out to dinner with the Tsinoy.com group. Walter's leaving for Canada on Friday. Henry's leaving for Korea on Tuesday. Christian's back. Jackie called. I could cry. |
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April 9th, 2006
A Chinese Name for Aaron Lines POSTED AT 06:47 AM Give Aaron Lines a Chinese name. I have been having a bit of trouble with some of the terminologies. A lot of the characters are so old, they don't even have meanings anymore. Others... are just weird. Anyway, here are the two I selected for "Aaron" °ªÈÊ (friendly + benevolence) è¨ÈÍ (a kind of strong jade + resilient/strong) (Simplfied) And here are the other alternatives: ?Ìš±•lšGˆì”²ÕOƒvžGËBÙŒòIø?×cèPìa Œã ®ÃMÆ–ß¼ŒÓ•ÇYÜœ—ªÄHã…øž (Traditional) Now what about his last name? I thought we might just translate Lines to Chinese which would come out as ëá luo2 or gua1. Somehow, I like Ai Ren Luo better than Ai Ren Gua. Anyway... In Cantonese, it'd probably have to be different. ÒÕÀ¼ (talent/ability + grace) (ng)ai6 laan4 ëá lo4 (Simplified) This is odd. I dunno... This is just odd. I don't even wanna think of Minnan. KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Actually, I probably should put 欸 (Traditional) which is pronounced "ei" in Cantonese, which is just right. But it's a "sigh" in Cantonese. So... it doesn't mean anything. |
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April 11th, 2006
It's Quiet POSTED AT 01:00 PM I finally finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I want to thank Catherine for giving me this book (which turned out to be for my birthday), because from a simple mystery book, which was fascinating as it was from the get-go, snowballed into more than a mystery novel. It evolved into one about deeper matters, about feeling and thinking and how emotions work. I deeply enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it. Walter will be leaving for Canada on Friday, which is the fourteenth of April, and coming back about a month, or a month and a day after. Kenn is going to Baguio tomorrow. Jackie and Katan are still gone. Alex is going to get his driver's license tomorrow. I will soon be forced to go to work the whole day. Thank God there won't be work for the duration of Holy Week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonight was not the best night. Funny how a simple family chat can snowball into bigger things. |
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April 13th, 2006
Going Away POSTED AT 11:42 PM I mean, after Jackie, I was just drifting. Then I called Walter up one day (or was it the other way around?) and that's where we got closer. And then he's going away now. For a month. He's leaving in five hours. Four and a half, actually. But I'm glad I was able to spend a considerable amount of time with him, at his house and online, on the phone. Unlike with Jackie, which I regret to this day and will never allow to happen again. I was over at Walter's house yesterday, and apart from playing a short few rounds of Onimusha and talking some Fukien with his mom (I thought it would be Cantonese...), I also went over to the swimming pool with him and his brother and helped him watch himself dive (with the handy-dandy camera phone). But we got talking. We did lots of talking. That was good. But this wasn't the kind of talking that we usually do, swapping problems and stuff. We talked about normal, fun stuff. I told him I still couldn't believe he was leaving for Canada tomorrow. I guess he phrases things a lot better than I do, because he voiced out exactly what I was feeling: It didn't feel like it was his last day. And then he said "Yeah, it doesn't, but that's how you cut tension. By just talking about normal stuff." In his extremely Walter-y fashion. So then I got thinking, and Walter told me I looked serious so I stopped. Sooner or later, I had to go home, but not before I was able to try my first gummy bear. Or, alligator actually. It was good. Walter and I made plans to call each other up this morning at five, but he never texted to confirm. I'll call him up later. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. I've got news from Henry from Korea, and the remainder of our straggler-comprised barkada will be trying to put things back together. |
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April 15th, 2006
Aaron Lines Dream POSTED AT 12:36 AM I don't know where it happens, but apparently, Aaron Lines is in his house/hotel thing. It's really weird, cos one part is like his house and the other part is a hotel. So anyway, Lesley and Pam (two other fans from the Aaron Lines message board, both extremely nice people) were present too. Lesley just picked me up from home, and brought me to Aaron's house and it was noon. I got there, we met, and we were supposed to take pictures, but no one had a camera. Aaron said he had an analog, so he brought it out and shot several pictures. Then I took some with my phone too, and we had dinner at the penthouse place. I dunno, there were more details, but I found it comforting. Aaron Lines. Some day. Soon. Or maybe next year. Haaaaaaaaay. Walter's gone. Jackie's gone. |
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April 15th, 2006
Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban POSTED AT 01:36 PM Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard I want to sleep with you forever, and I want to die in your arms In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us I want to honor your mother, and I want to learn from your pa And I want to steal your attention like a bad outlaw And I want to stand out in a crowd for you, a man among men I want to make your world better than it's ever been And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us We'll follow the rainbow wherever the four winds blow And there'll be a new day coming your way I'm gonna be here for you from now on This you'll know somehow You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now And I'm gonna make you this promise If there's life after this, I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm wet kiss And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll win your trust making memories of us Listening to: Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban |
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April 19th, 2006
Gimmick at the Podium POSTED AT 04:36 AM I had gotten to Podium about 15 minutes before eleven, which was the appointed time. The elevators weren't even on yet. I had me a nice Tazo Tea at Starbuck's and sat in the upper floor, and glimpsed Alen Tan getting out of his car. When i finished, I basically just walked around the mall for lack of anything else to do until the people got there. I also bought some load and texted them. Kenn and Christian arrived later, and we walked around some more. Even later still, Cath arrived and tapped me on the shoulder. See, I'd previously been staring intently at the elevators, checking she was there. She apparently snuck up behind me. Then Kenn and Christian snuck up behind her and tapped her shoulders. She was more suprised than I was. So she introduces us to her brother, Adrian, and Adrian to us. We then banter a bit on where to eat, and are even caught between three restaurants (I think it was Mini Shabu-Shabu, Burgoo and Banana Leaf). We go downstairs and check out Dome. After proceeding to the upper floor, we get ourselves seated on the couch-y area. To my left, Christian sat innermost, then Kenn. Then to my right, Cath then Adrian (who was rather obsessively playing his Gameboy Adv). Instead of forcing one of them to squish into their seats, I just pulled up another chair. So Christian shared his South Park song, Cath got scared by the Pokemon-ness of the conversation (Christian and Kenn both wanted a crack at Adrian's Pokemon Ruby). I ordered a Pepperoni Pizza (which I threw away later anyway) and a Crisp Noodle-Chicken salad thing. Christian had... I forgot. Cath and Adrian shared a red-sauce pasta, and Kenn had a BLT sandwich with fries (which Adrian later ate). Everything amounted to P1225.84, thanks to VAT and Service Charge. We split it as such: 1 P500 1 P200 3 P100 3 P50 1 P20 11 P5 1 P1 We decided the 16 cents would be the waiter's tip. So we left, I tossed the pizza, and we proceeded to the KTV area. I told them there was an orange room, a green room and a red room. The red one appealed to me, but the orange room was the biggest. But then I said we might not fit into the red one. But they went in anyway. Cath and I talked about Adrienne and something like "Crapola" (which Kenn later defines as crap + ola) while the others check the songs from the booklet. NO CHINESE???? Chai arrives with her mom and... someone. Kenn hands her the CD of Wang Lee Hom + Jacky Cheung + Jay Chou that he burned for her. Chai then thanks him and hands me the CD of the 38.something MB video of me Camwhoring everybody. Yes, Camwhoring. I tell her the bad news (no Chinese), but Kenn cuts in and tells us there's Chinese, just that it's in the other room, which was currently occupied. When I checked, the two women there weren't even using the room, they were just sitting, texting and talking. Christian begins singing a song, and I go to check what my balance is. As I'm coming back to our room, I see that the women have cleared out. I tell them that the other room is free, so Kenn pops into the other room and grabs the songbook. Kenn and I plop down on the couch, and leaf through the Chinese part. Chai suddenly appears later and sits to my right and we all eagerly get cracking on the songs. While Kenn goes on a CR break, Chai and I hear someone singing Baby, One More Time (Yes, the Britney song) in an adjacent room. We burst out laughing, sing along, and successfully freak Catherine and Christian out. Haha! Some notes: - Chai was born to sing. - Chai and Kenn are Blue partners - Kenn literally lying on top of Christian (scandal) is scandalous and ... just odd. - the machine kept giving Chai low scores, when she sang the best. - After a while, we converted to English, but the bulk of it was in Chinese, where Chai and I stumbled over some of our Chinese - There was this song called Hai Jiao Tian Ya, but it was in Mandarin. And by some totally different guy. I thought it would be similar to Emil Chau's version, but when i played it, it was totally different! Darn it. - There were no modern Chinese songs. No Phone Saat Ling, no Hoi Gok Tin Ngaai, Yi Lu Xiang Bei, SHAN HU HAI (YEAH, I KNOW, CHAI), Hen Xin De Yi Ke, Yut Lou (they only had the mandarin version! F) or the other nice things. - The only song that I sang even remotely close to "properly" was Ai Xiang Sui, and even that was pitchy and not well sung. - We stayed in that room for three hours. When we finally emerged, Kenn and Kerby started doing this horse-riding thing. Chai and Cath did this boxing thing, and Christian did his usual Dance Dance Maniacs thingy. I joined in with Chai and Cath, and played Air Hockey with Chai, in which she utterly crushed me. So we went outside, and Christian left, and Kenn obsessed with making himself smell good (by using Bench's perfume and taking a spritz) and... WALTER! He's online. Anyway, so Kenn goes downstairs while Chai leaves, and Cath, Adrian and I are left. We head over to a cafe called Breton, and Cath proceeds to order two "sugar and butter"s, and a Cafe Legois. I ask and she explains that a "butter and sugar" is a kind of crepe with just that... butter and sugar. A Cafe Legois is a kind of drink with coffee, chocolate and iced cream in it. I see the whole crepe prepared in front of me on a hotplate thing, and when i see the copious amounts of butter they used to marinate the thing, I automatically back off when Cath asks me to have a bite. The driver is horribly late, so I ask them to come with me to Starbuck's, where I order a Tazo Tea. But when it came out, they gave me the Raspberry flavored tea (which, in my opinion, sucks) instead of the base flavor (which rocks). Cath and Adrian leave a tad later after a conversation, and I wait for the driver while "Making Memories of Us" plays over and over on my iPod. Then he arrives and I go home. |
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April 27th, 2006
Please pray for Mrs. Lorraine Zarcal POSTED AT 03:07 PM Mr. Santos just informed me. You know what? She was such a great person. It wasn't fair. It isn't fair. I thought she'd pull through... she actually only received complications on Tuesday. She was so great to us. Grade five to Grade Seven, she was right there with us. I can't say she was the most well liked teacher, but she was undisputedly one the best. The way she taught was wonderful. The things she taught us were life lessons, which is really what a teacher wants to teach his or her students.. Xavier will miss her. I will go to the wake, because it's the least I can do for her after all she did for me. Please pray for her soul, dear reader. |
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April 28th, 2006
Life Things POSTED AT 04:30 AM I know, it's so not my type of game, but it's highly addicting. While Alex has been whiling his time away with his scenarios, I successfully finished two campaigns (Nature and Order) out of the six (Life, Might, Order, Nature, Death, Chaos). Nature: 5 levels. Entitled "The Tale of Two Lovers" Elwin and Shaera, elves, are in love. But a man named Lord Harke, who is one of the highest Generals in the Elven Nation of Aranorn, and probably the next in line to be the next Elven King, is also in love with Shaera. Harke's actions to take Shaera away from Elwin thrust all of Aranorn into civil war, and threaten to kill Elwin. Order: 8 levels. Entitled "The Price of Peace". Emilia Nighthaven, the daughter of a glassblower, begins the work to regroup a nation under the principles of Order and the name Great Arcan, aided by a Dwarf General named Tharj Orcsplitter. But when a Genie named Solymr and the Immortal King, Gavin Magnus decide to claim the throne, Emilia must act against them. Things are exacerbated even further when Magnus plots to use the Rainbow Crystal to bring about everlasting peace. But at what cost? I'm now working on the Death Campaign. Once I finish it, you'll get a summary. Elsewhere, I have been working in the office for the past week, and I've been there the whole day for the past week, which explains why I'm rarely ever online (and, Walter, why I never get to chat with you). I have been spending a lot of tiem at the store, lately, and bonding again with the gang (Restie, Mayeth, Robert) and even met a few new friends (i.e. Jay). Things have changed a lot, especially since the last time I spent a full day at the store was three years ago. That's all... more to come soon. |
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April 29th, 2006
Who Am I? POSTED AT 02:03 PM Who am I to say that I understand, when I can barely grasp my situations everyday? Who am I to tell others to be happy, when I'm dying in my own misery? Who am I to try to help others, when I can't even help myself? Who am I to wish you love me, when things are as they are? Who am I to build bridges between people, when all of mine are burnt? ... And yet who am I not to love, when that is our highest purpose? Who am I not to give my utmost in trying to understand, when i have the capacity to do so? Who am I not to be happy, most especially when I'm wasting away inside? Who am I not to help others, even at the cost of the self? Who am I not to love you, especially because it is you, and not someone else? Who am I not to build these bridges, if I have the right to burn them? |
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