Blogsphere and Beyond
How do I start this post, many days after missing from blogsphere? Hmmm, here’s the best way I guess…. DAMN, I MISSED MY BLOG!
The Holy Week for me was truly a time for (forced) penance and reflection. After a whole day of station of the Cross and Bisita Iglesia and with confessions and masses attended, my parents whisked me and my brother off to Tagaytay for some “family bonding” time which ended up being sleep all day and pig out time. I also gave up drinking coke for the Holy Week (SOB!) so for a whole week, meals felt incomplete and unsatisfying.
While the whole Tagaytay vacation was not a total loss since I managed to add more pages to the story I’m working on– going back to work last Tuesday drove me nuts because so much work piled up. So two days later now, I’ve managed to finish everything so I can write once more. Hooray!
So what’s new with me?
1. I did a horror movie marathon Black Saturday. I saw The Grudge 1 & 2. I caught the SAW movies, The Eye, and Ring 0. Does Dead or Alive the movie belong to the horror genre? Because geez, I was ready to scream at the endless booty shots!
2. I have an article up at inquirerblogger.net’s Hackenslash site. What’s it about? ANIME! Do check it out at http://inquirerbloggers.net/hackenslash/2007/04/11/cosplay-heaven-at-ozine-fest-07 . Now that’s one of the things keeping me busy.
3. My story for Animax Awards is officially titled “YUME ONNA”. My best friend and Simon-ish best friend is reading it. His comment almost made me cry (in joy & frustration over being woken up) when it came in at 1:52 AM, “I love it! Waaaaah! Yuel is so annoyingly kawaii (cute)! Pero ang ganda joan! Bilis! Can’t wait!” Now that is music to my ears! Any proofreaders out there? That’s another thing keeping me busy.
4. I’ll be watching 300 for the 4th time this Friday. Kyaaaaaaaaaah! Ay, mali pala! Awhoo! Awhoo! Awhoo!
5. I broke my dating abstinence rule this week. In my decision to re-enter the crazy world of dating, Jojo’s song “How To Touch A Girl” has been playing like crazy over and over in my mind. I really do hope I find someone who knows how to touch a girl’s heart. Hehehe. ^_^
Rewind & Reverse
OHMYGOODLORD.
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Okay, my mind’s still reeling from two very separate issues but let me start with the more personal one.
I ran into my first boyfriend on my way out to buy lunch in Jollibee yesterday. And can I just say again, OHMYGOSH. I’m actually wearing a very silly grin right now and these feelings stirring inside me feels ageless. I haven’t felt this way in a long time, the sweetness of remembering your first love. And it was sweet, hearing his voice again and seeing all the changes in him. Well, I guess I just rattled a bit when he sort of swooped down and kissed my forehead– I think there was a one-armed hug thrown in somewhere but I was totally disoriented by the exuberance of his greeting. But it was the “after” conversation that still makes me cringe to this minute. The first few minutes was fine, it was still fun hearing from him. But towards the end, I wanted to ask for his number and maybe even tell him that if he’s not so busy, maybe we can hang out and catch up. But I more or less ended up lamely saying, “Hey, I’m just in Enterprise…” and I more or less gave him my number because I told him to keep me informed if he’s gonna be in a play again. AGHHHHHHHHHH! Couldn’t I have been cool enough for once to have just simply said, “It was really nice seeing you, maybe we should catch up sometime when you’re free?” But alas, the geek deeply ingrained in me has caught my tongue and left me speechless.
Now, here’s the second part of my rant. Kubo Tite, the mangaka of Bleach has apparently, KILLED OFF RUKIA!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOO (insert more O’s here)! I can’t freaking believe it!!! But the latest chapter, Chapter 269-The End Is Near, Rukia and the espada with the face of Kaien killed each other off. The espada’s body has disintegrated and Rukia was last seen with a broken sword in her stomach, bleeding heavily as she said that she’s coming for Inoue. But then the last panel showed her broken sword’s spirit leaving, signifying that the sword’s owner is dead or near death. *SOBS!!!!!* No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s like my worst dream— Rukia dying to make way for an Ichigox Orihime pairing. Kubo Tite, reverse this damage or I shall never watch/read Bleach again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Weekend
I can’t imagine a better weekend than what I’ve had these last few days.
First, the family trip got cancelled so I was able to push through with dinner plans with high school friends. Hooray!!!! It was great totally pigging out last Saturday in Makati. As we waited for our other friends, Laurice, Bryan and I had our first appetizers at Cafe Breton in Greenbelt 3. We ordered something light and sweet. I had fresh mango shake with milk and got the butter and sugar crepe. Bryan ordered the same crepe and added a blue berry ice cream to his order. Laurice opted to try the Strawberry Sundae. While waiting for our order I got addicted to Bryan’s cellphone game, Zuma and was autistic for the rest of the night doing nothing but playing and eating. After we met up with Maika, we headed towards Gilligan’s in Park Square. There we ordered the set A which already had fixed dishes of teriyaki chicken, sisig, pork barbeque and scallops. We also ordered two plates of rice to go with our mini-feast and an order of my favorite, Better Than Chicharon. Yvette got to Gilligan’s by the time Maika left and we stayed there for three hours, powering our way through the food until not a morsel was left. With our faces and bellies stuffed, we decided to walk around Greenbelt before going to Fuzion for coffee and dessert. Because our stomachs were already stretched to the limit, we decided to share desserts. I ordered white coffee and split a rocky road mudpie with Laurice who ordered cafe mocha. Bryan got the triple chocolate smoothie and split a cheesecake with Yvette who also ordered a fat burning tea. But of course, a long and serious food trip like that also meant that the ride home was also the shortest and the fastest. Hehe. ^_^
Another bright spot last weekend was finally, after two weeks of silence, Michiko has finally contacted me! *tears of happiness* I actually wasn’t able to read the email she sent me Friday evening but she texted me on Saturday morning to ask how I was doing and to tell me that she sent me an email. And yes, she’s back enough to tell me she wants to continue the story we made together. Uwaaaaah! ^_^ And I have so many things I want to tell her, especially about out anime blog. When she gets back here in Manila, she owes me a sleepover plus a long discussion of our plans.
Third happy weekend moment, the Otakuzine anime event in Megamall. I was with Gus from morning til late afternoon but only because he had to leave me alone for his, ehem date. MegaTrade Hall was packed to the rafters with anime fanatics, cosplayers and posers. Why did I say posers? Well, these are the people who only know anime on a superficial level and who only watch dubbed ones. But truly, the event was so much fun! I was in super fangirl mode on for hours! I even managed to convince Gus to wear the Poring (from Ragnarok) suit and wrestle with a kid! Bwahahaha! More details on the anime event on Otaku Shrine.
Cheers to a truly wonderful weekend!
Fantastic!
As I promised PK (AKA Pippin Protacio who has a kick-ass blog who everyone should check out), here is an uber shameless plug of his LJ: Punta po kayo sa blog nya kasi it has everything for everybody (i.e for the guys yung gaming, the girls could enjoy the anime and logical random thoughts thrown in). So please make sure you check it out kasi hindi na i-pro-proofread ni PK yung anime script ko if wala pa rin mag-comment sa blog niya. And I am so desperate for a proof reader. Hehe. So to read something awesome, either click here or go here: http://gzep.livejournal.com/ ^_^ PK, you happy now???? Read beyond the prologue or face my wrath when you get back here!
Now what anime script am I talking about? I’m actually working on something that will be submitted to Animax Awards (for more details on the contest click here). It’s more like a story for an anime show and it reads exactly like a novel. My work as PK described it, is a shoujo (girl) fantasy. So yeah, there’s a female lead (more like two actually), there’s magic, there’s action and there’s ehem, love. The premise is that of a somewhat alternate modern world and that there is a House/Family who runs the government. The main character aside from being born in the Main House, is also the ultimate proof of her family’s right to power. I titled it “SPECTRUM” since colors will be playing a huge theme in the story.
Actually, I’m still trying to think of a better way to describe it. And yes, if it reeks, I’m ready to start another story from scratch. I’m having second thoughts about actually pushing through with this story because it’s so fantasy-based (Ex. the two main characters have wings, there are people with “special powers”, etc) and yes, its hard to do it without Micchan. Waaah, decisions, decisions! @.@ But heck, I’m a fantasy nut— all my stories usually have an element of fantasy one way or another!
Blog-hopping yesterday morning, I came upon Gbert’s post about a visual personality test. My results indicated that I was a dreamer. The funny thing is, this test also showed results of people who best matched my personality and who the test considered to be good matches for me. PERO BAKIT PURO BABAE SILA? T.T Could this be a premonition of the future of my love-life? *Gasp* Oh well, the whole test gave me another story idea so it’s all good. And yeah, the story idea is way more astig this time around– I haven’t officially started yet but the working title’s “Dream Hunter”.
Anyway, I will be dropping off the face of blogsphere for a couple of days. Today’s my younger brother’s graduation and to commemorate this rather momentuous event, my folks and I are going on a vacation. Yes, I’m a very proud ate of a fresh college graduate. Well of course, I’ll be back in Manila to cover the Otakuzine event on Sunday but still, I’ll miss my blog! T.T Oh well, might as well take the no access to technology thing the perfect time to work on my two fantasy stories. And yes, to reread Terry Goodkind’s Blood of the Fold and Chainfire. ^_^ Now that’s what I call fantastic!
Don’t Give Up On Love
Last time I was in Cebu, I had my fortune told. Madam Luz told me that while I’m very lucky with career and finances and that I would get a lot of opportunities, my love life would be virtually nonexistent.
“Sa 2008 o 2009 ka pa ma-iinlove ulit,” predicted the Madam.
Ouch. Well, my eyes began to flash peso signs however as she moved on to say my ambition is well on its way and that I’ll get a lot of breaks this year. I guess dapat lang na swerte ako this year since it’s the year of my breathren, the Pig.
But of course, the fortune teller wasn’t done yet as she added that apparently, I will be hooking up with a foreigner. When I went, “Uwhaaaat???” she hastily ate her words and said, “Pwedeng Fil-Am din pala.”
Now I have no idea what my love life will be three weeks from now much more that far off into the future. My two weeks of dating abstinence was broken when I went out for coffee with Mr. NY yesterday. While I enjoyed the food very much, I felt as though love has eluded me once more. There with me was a perfectly nice guy but I felt nothing. And that absence of feeling is as lonely as hell.
Looks like I’m better off pursuing my no dating advocacy.
My friend Jay who’s been kind enough to listen to my complaints about love ym’d me about a song he heard while attending a concert in their place. He said it’s perfect for me even as he ordered me to download it off Limewire ASAP and get the lyrics. I listened to Sanctus Real’s “Don’t Give Up” song and I loved it. The beat’s perfect, its inspiring and the music is the type that moves you. So yeah, I may be on the verge of pulling the plug out on the whole concept of love but after all this… maybe I can wait. My dating abstinence thing is ongoing anyway. And I did strike a deal with my uber kawaii single and super nice bestfriend (shameless plugging for PLU’s out there) Gus to keep each other from doing stupid single things like 1. Have a kissing friend and 2. settle or contract a pseudo boyfriend. So yeah, I’m not completely giving up on love yet but I am so not going to look for it… if it finds me, well, good for me then. Here’s the lyrics of the song. Read the rest of this entry »
