According To Plan

We all have plans in life, right? So that's why when we have nothing to do but to plan what to do for the day or for the week, we scribble notes in a piece of paper about our plans. I knew mom scribble her must-buys on sheets of a 1/4 quiz pad so she can get started to save up some moolah to buy what she needs. For me, i could think about finding an unused or almost used up but not used for a long time notebook from dad's stuff & scribble it with my plans in life, what i want to buy & what i should know. It's not just about waiting for the time that the notebook that i bought last April will have it's pages fully written. That will be the go signal to buy a new notebook. But there's a time that whenever i found something interesting, but i can't buy it, i would jot down in a piece of paper that i want to buy that. (Like the cute eraser & the drawing book that i found at NBS last June 20 when i was buying a copy of the June 2011 issue of Candy magazine.) Ok, so, i know what to buy as of the start of the 2nd half of this year. Cheap stuff? I have it. Expensive stuff? Leave it to the 'rents.

But it's not just about listing down what to buy, but it's also about what to do for the day. Since i have 3 un-mailed letters to my former classmate, i was thinking about of when will be the right time to mail those letters. I know i can't drop by to the post office, right? But there are some sort-of quick post offices in some malls in the metro, right? In other words, i might mail my 3 letters to my former classmate on a mail center while attending an Anime con at SM Megamall? Bring it on! I can even write down on buying gifts to some friends & relatives, like buying a cute gift for my auntie who is just getting started to be an Otaku or buying cute gifts for my favorite best friend. All i need to have is a almost used but not really used for a long time notebook from dad. (About the ballpen? Oh, i have a lot, maybe i should afford on the ballpen refills so i won't have a bad time buying new ballpens.) So, i know what to do huh? Everything is according to plan.

First Half's Thoughts

The 1st half of this year will come to an end soon as we brace ourselves for the 2nd half of this year. But in my opinion, it was quite of a laid-back time, but with some excitement & thrill. I was thinking about having a haircut, but my mom doesn't want too. When will i get my Vic Zhou-like bedhead back, after this year's UAAP Games? NO! I was just getting started to buy an issue of Candy magazine month after month, it's a habit for now. But i never forget that time when i was window-shopping at a Nike store & i was flabbergasted that the Nike-Ateneo 2010 Team Jacket is 30% off. Until now, i was even wishing that i could have that, in size L to be exact. Yes, yes, i was daydreaming that i have that jacket after finding out about that on the first day of May. I was just window-shopping for bags, shoes, some clothes & the never-ending insanity for Ateneo goodies made by either Adidas, Nike or Get Blued or any Ateneo-affiliated clothing & lifestyle brands. But whatever it takes, the Nike-Ateneo 2010 Team Jacket is my so-called, prized possession.

Then, there was the beauty & food thing. Still stuck in my mind to buy the 2 different lip glosses at Saizen after i bought the lip balm on Christmas Eve back December of last year. (One is the usual tall wand while the other one is a cute small cellphone charm-like type that you can use in case of makeover emergencies, it's hanging on your phone!) But since i found out that my pink-colored vanity kit from 2004 is almost 1 year empty, i was trying to buy some cute cosmetics that i found at Tickles, Saizen & Marcella's. (Yup, i was trying the false lashes so far.) But when it comes on my hunger, nothing beats cravings of fast-food & Japanese snacks like Pocky & Collon. The perfect drink? Pepsi. As of this moment, i was craving for Pepsi Pinas after i found out about it on the internet & on TV due to it's catchy 70's-inspired action movie-like commercial between SPOG1 Alvarez & his nemesis, Boy Balbon. Maybe on my next grocery spree, i might buy that! My ultimate soup craving? LM Supreme Kari & Po-ku. That makes me collect more chopsticks for sure.

Now, July is on by Friday, right? Yes, by Friday, the 2nd half of this year is also near. But whatever happens in the first half, stays in the first half. But if you're determined to end the first half of the story you started in the 1st 6 months of this year, find it's ending before this year ends. 

July Must-Buys

Since July is just near, i just thought about what to buy this time around at National Bookstore after last Monday's discovery about a cute cellphone eraser & a drawing book by the time i bought a copy of the June 2011 issue of Candy magazine. (Haha, i definitely looked cute during that time because i didn't ponytail my hair & i just put my favorite brown-colored headband on it to look cute.) Hmm, i do even think about buying a copy of the July 2011 issue of Candy Magazine along with a drawing book & a cute cellphone-like eraser. The reason why i want to buy a drawing book since i loved to draw, but i don't have the time to draw due to my lazy schedule like listening to the hit Bruno Mars song, 'The Lazy Song'. So maybe, i would have some time drawing. Argh, i was even thinking about buying more pens like the Dong-A My Metal & Hexaplus pens. Wait, do you think all of my must-buys will be at the bookstore? Crap, i almost forgot about the Nike-Ateneo 2010 Team Jacket (& if ever, Team Shirt, both in Size L please) that i've seen in a Nike store last May 1. Ok, time to list down what i need to buy for the entire 2nd half of this year.

Last night, when i was sewing my little sister's black slacks, she told me if i have a hard time, i said yes. What i really need as of this moment? A sewing machine. Well, i just want to buy the one i've seen at SM Homeworld which is portable. A gateway for me to enter the world of fashion. There are some important must buys that i listed down from last year until the first half of this year. With my hair not yet long, getting it's desired length, i would not ponytail it & putting on a headband instead. & i nearly forgot, buying the stuff that i found from the past years. (Like the nail colors that i used in the past, from platinum, super platinum, emo colors like black & dark violet to cute pastel colors.) I would rather be trapped in Saizen where i can buy the cutest Japanese goodies that cost P85. It would be better for me to buy the 2 cute lip glosses that i raved for during the final days of December 2010 before i watched the 2nd Detective Conan Live Action Movie that makes me giddy for Shun Oguri. (Argh, do i remember that?) But for now, let my creative juices flow & save up some moolah to buy what i need. 

July, here i come!

Pampering Like A Baby

I suddenly remember those times when i was a kid, i could always use a bottle of Johnson's Baby Shampoo whenever i take a bath everyday. But sometimes, i could rather use it sometimes when i ran out of shampoo & then use a conditioner instead like Cream Silk Volume Up or Stunning Shine. The truth is, i suddenly have flashbacks of the times when i was a kid, using a shampoo like that whenever i take a bath. So yesterday, before i take a bath, i suddenly took the almost-empty bottle of Johnson's Baby Shampoo & put it on my toiletries basket. (& then suddenly, i was even thinking about buying a bottle of Johnson's Baby Powder in Lavender or Cooling, Johnson's Baby Cologne & Johnson's Baby Oil. (I won't bother getting dad's.) Sometimes, i'm just trying to remember the times when i was a grade school kid who is just discovering life at school before knowing the world of high school. (Gosh, i remember the insanity of 7th Grade where i almost go nuts finding out that 7th Grade is like the sneak peek of Freshman Year HS!) 

Life on Grade School was fine for me, the better was 7th Grade, i could remember a day or 2 before heading to school, my mom told me to pick 1 cologne for me, i suddenly choose Lewis & Pearl cologne in Rain. (The sweet smell reminds me of a light rainfall from July-September) Life on 7th Grade has a lot of firsts for a baby-minded but quite HS-ready me. First EVA unit, first collection of assorted Anime Laminated Cards, first time to listen to some Anime themes, first time to collect Manga comics, first time to try Campbell's Mushroom Soup, first time to collect Anime pics & so on & so forth. (I would give it a shot to have it a major-major repeat when i go back on track to high school to the insanity of Senior Year HS before entering the tension of college.) Although life in grade school is like a discovery for me, it was just like i just missed the times i used a bottle of Johnson's Baby Shampoo when i was from 1st to 3rd grade. Ok, i'll be posting blog entries about memories as of this moment, this sounds interesting.

Light Blue Blazer

It wasn't really started last Monday, but it started by accident, i remember i was watching Hana Kimi on TV on summer of 2 years ago, that was the time i've seen Hiro Mizushima on TV for the very 1st time in my dear life before he kicks some serious worm butt as Souji Tendou in his breakout KR role in KR Kabuto. But i said to myself that i want to have a light blue blazer like the boys of Osaka High School for Boys in Hana Kimi. So, i have a fling for blazers due to Hiro's roles as the funny & cool Nanba in Hana Kimi & the chef-in-training/heavenly-faced Kamen Rider in KR Kabuto. But i was just aiming for the light blue blazer he wore in Hana Kimi & the black blazer in KR Kabuto. (Should i make the ZECT logo so it can be sewn in to the black blazer? Maybe i should.) I don't want to be jealous to my dad & my little sister who has a corporate wardrobe. I guess i might have 1 one of these days due to my fling for a new look & trying to look nice. So, there was even a joke since Monday when we were at Kamuning's street full of tailoring shops, i told my family that i will have 3 yards of cloth for my blazer, but it's not enough. 3 1/2? It might work. But 4? Fine!

Hmm, while thinking of buying some white long-sleeved button down polo shirts, thinking of having tailor-made pleated mini skirts, thinking of buying pink/grey & blue/grey striped hooded tops & many more related to the world of clothes, i would rather have a blazer in my wardrobe. I've seen everyone wearing blazers not just in their corporate outfits, but in their casual outfits too. Reminds me of my little sister recommending me to shop at Forever 21. As would everyone know, the blazer is not just related on the corporate world, inside the office or at school, it's now associated with the casual world. So, i would rather have the 2 Hiro Mizushima-inspired blazers from his characters from Hana Kimi & KR Kabuto to have a fling of how Nanba & Tendou are played by one of KR's breakout lead actors of the Heisei era. For now, i'll be thinking about how much is 4 yards each of light blue & black cotton fabric at The Fabric Warehouse. Well, i guess i found my inspiration for wearing blazers! TY Mr. Mizushima! 

Cheap Thrill

It just happened yesterday, during the long weekend. I was at National Bookstore when i was just trying to buy the June 2011 issue of Candy Magazine with the lovely Blake Lively on the cover. By the time i'm heading to the cashier with my little sister, i was waiting in line when i stumble upon a cheap drawing book placed in a small counter in the cashier. But i don't have the chance to buy it, i just bought the latest ish of Candy mag instead. But, before that, i was also at NBS, this time at the basement of SM City North EDSA to check out some file cases, i was thinking about buying 1 for myself to put some school supplies & cute stationery that i've been collecting & sometimes used for writing letters, sorry for being a snail mail freak if that's the way i want to communicate to my former classmates. When we (my little sister, my little brother, my mom & i) were checking out file cases, i stumbled upon a cute cellphone-like eraser which is sold cheap. But uh, i'm saving moolah! But never mind, maybe i found what i really need by the time the college basketball season kicks off by July, a drawing book & a cellphone-like eraser! Hmm, let me decide about the other stuff including a file case.

So the plan is, by July, as i will buy the July 2011 ish of Candy mag by next month while i would remind my auntie to buy me the July 2011 UAAP/NCAA ish of Chalk magazine & remind my dad to buy a bottle of Enervon capsules & the Nike-Ateneo Team Jackets in size M for my little sister & size L for me from last year's collection of Nike-Ateneo Team Gears. I would buy a drawing book & a cellphone eraser for myself so i could get started on drawing. At least it's a cheap thrill anyway. But for now, think of when will be the right time to buy those 3 essential stuff by next month. But since i was thinking about what will be the perfect distance learning system for me if it's either the computer method or the old-fashioned teaching method which is either there's a tutor will drop by or the parent will be the teacher, i would even think about buying some important school supplies. (The weird part, i have a lot of pens as of this moment.) But for now, let's wait for next month for that to happen! (Or maybe i might buy more than what i mentioned here!)

Breaking Down A Speech

"Ang sino-mang Blue Eagle na pumupunta sa teritoryo ng Green Archers ay makakaramdam ng konting kaba."

That's what PNoy said when he was the special guest of honor during La Salle's 100th Centennial Year yesterday at the chapel inside DLSU yesterday. The La Sallites laughed over PNoy's speech since every La Sallite knew that he's an alumnus of the bitter rival of De La Salle University, which is no other than Ateneo De Manila University. I could smell the Blue Eagles vs. Green Archers rivalry vibe from every UAAP Season, mostly on the basketball games where the Araneta Coliseum is packed with La Sallites & Ateneans dividing the venue into a sea of green & an ocean of blue. (Once in 2009, to end the 1st round of UAAP Season 72 Men's Basketball Tourney, it was an all-out yellow-colored venue due to that it was a tribute to former President Cory Aquino.) So, it looks like our beloved president felt the tension of the upcoming Ateneo-La Salle games for this season's UAAP Games huh? Great job PNoy for that cool speech, i'll give you an Eric Salamat Salute to that! So, attention all Blue Eagles, do you feel tensed when you go to the territory of the Green Archers? Calm down. Everything will be fine.

While listening to Kim Hyun Joong's energetic solo track, 'Break Down' followed by Super Junior M's perfect track, 'Too Perfect', i told to myself that i laughed over PNoy's speech yesterday. Like a Blue Eagle telling to the millions of Green Archers that he feels a slight tension feeling on entering their territory. But the Green Archers laughed it off instead. This speech was unforgettable, i could even beg my mom a bunch of times of buying me the Adidas-La Salle Team Hoodie & Team Shirt due to that i now have some La Salle insanity. (But i still have some Ateneo Insanity too, duh!) That's what i called, welcome to the Green Archers territory, Mr. Blue Eagle President! But anyways, hope this speech can be heard from all of the La Sallites & Ateneans all over the world. Even if there are some Green Archers crossing the Blue Eagle Territory or Blue Eagles crossing the Green Archers territory, even there's some exchange of blows between arrows & talons, the legend of this age-old rivalry never ends, until we know who is the real boss of the UAAP Men's Basketball Games among these 2 teams.

Asian Pop Star For Dummies

It all started 1 year ago when i was on vacation at my Grandma's house, planning for the upcoming Toycon back then, i was at my Auntie's bedroom, watching TV when i stumbled upon her dresser. I found out that she's using a brown-colored hair mascara. I was thinking why she could use this, do i even think she wants to look like an Asian pop idol? I was even thinking of buying 1 for myself so i can look like either an Anime character or Asian Pop idol. (Even i can't afford to go for a hair color treatment at the salon or buy a home use hair color set so i can look like some Asian Pop Stars from Japan, Korea or Taiwan who has hair colors set in brown or blonde.) & then, there was also the black eyeliner thing, even the male Asian pop idols wore eyeliner to look more different. (I even thought that the black-colored eyeliner is used to look like a zombie, i think it worked for DLSU Green Archers Team Captain Simon Atkins to scare the ADMU Blue Eagles. That's what Simon did in his debut horror movie back 2 years ago.) Anyway, 2 things to be an Asian pop idol is hair mascara & a black-colored eyeliner. (or if you guys want, a home-use hair coloring set.)

After reading some magazines, books & internet references related to the world of K-Pop, i thought to myself that i was now also into K-Pop aside from J-Pop & C-Pop which is mostly knew from the start. But maybe aside from the music & the shows, i could focus more also on food, drinks, fashion & culture. Recently, i was craving for Korean food whenever we in the family could go to the malls for either lunch or dinner. I would rather crave for a Bibimpap even it's slightly spicy, whenever we go to the groceries, i would rather buy some Japanese snacks like Pocky, Hello Panda, Apollo & Collon. There was even a time that whenever we go to the salon, i always want to have Vic Zhou's famous bedhead. So i always bring a picture for reference. (C'mon mom, i want that hairdo!) There were some times that dad buys Asian-flavored noodles which i was the only one who craves it more, especially when it's Kimchi-flavored. But one thing's for sure, there's more than just music & tv shows in the world of Asian pop. 

More than just having Vic Zhou's hairdo or singing to the songs of Super Junior-M in Chinese or watching a marathon of Super Junior M's concerts, Asian Pop is everywhere.

Express, Not To Impress

I kept telling to myself that i'm not really impressing to my Auntie about whatever stuff my parents bought to me. Nah, i was just expressing myself, but this doesn't mean i'm impressing my favorite Auntie. It wasn't until last year, after i went on vacation on my grandma's house June of 1 year ago. It was a week before Auntie Misato & i will go to SM Megamall to attend Toycon. But the difference of parents & auntie is communication. I can talk to my parents personally, but on my auntie, i could always talk to her via text only. (I could visit grandma's house sometimes for a visit or sometimes, a vacation.) So, whenever we go to a big Anime con at SM Megamall, should i dress up nice to her? Ah, just dressing up in a comfy outfit, that's fine with me. (It's ok to tote a large tote bag & act a little awkward like having a slight back pain.) But the memories of grandma were expressed in some of the stuff my grandma, auntie & uncle gave to me. It was like they expressed it like i was the 1st grand-daughter. Even though i lived with my parents & siblings. But sometimes, there are times when there's tension in the house, i don't know who would i tell about it. But i always tell it to my auntie via text.

Everytime i texted my auntie about the tension at the house due to my mom, she could always tell me to calm down. Or even she could say that i was thinking of so many things. But Auntie kept telling me to calm down. (I was even thinking about of ice cream cravings like a strawberry ice cream in a Belgian waffle cone, just like the good ol' times of the past decade.) Yes, i'm still craving for the strawberry-ice-cream-in-a-Belgian-waffle-cone as of now like thinking of when will be for the right time to hit to the salon & get that cute Vic Zhou bedhead cut back without making mom freaked out of me thinking that i looked more of a guy. (I remember my little sister's joke that i looked like Ryan Buenafe, but i have Justin Chua's body.) Having Zai-Zai's famous bedhead could be great, this was his hairdo then before he cut his hair & make Maui Villanueva of the DLSU Green Archers cry because Zai-Zai's new hairdo resemble Maui's hairdo. Oh crap, this is my life after all. Expressing is ok, but impressing? Very awkward.

White La Salle Hoodie

I just woke up today, turned on the TV & surprised to see TV Host & Myx VJ Iya Villania in a white-colored DLSU Hoodie. I told to myself suddenly that i want that hoodie. Hope that it has a green colored version of the hoodie, just perfect to beat the chills of the rain & the incoming ber-months. That was after all of the crazy thoughts of buying the Adidas-DLSU Team Hoodie & Team Shirt that i kept begging to mom since last month. So, adding up in the list is the white La Salle hoodie. (But the weird part, mom has kept a lot of promises to me, aside from those La Salle goodies.) But somehow, the white La Salle hoodie & the Adidas-DLSU Team Hoodie & Team Shirt was the key for me to open up the so-called La Salle insanity. Yes, yes, i remember the silent attack from late Thursday night that i felt to myself that i brashed too much. Suddenly, i heard a banging sound, maybe it was the bang of the window. Hmm, this means it's an emergency measure for me to tell mom to buy me an Adidas-La Salle Team Hoodie & Team Shirt. (Plus what i kept telling mom to buy it for me, she promised!)

So, the white La Salle hoodie is included in those never-ending list of promises from mom with love. Included in the never-ending list of stuff that mom promised that she will buy for me is a golden brown-colored laptop, espresso brown-colored touchscreen phone which is reasonable, a bag, a pair of flats & many more. The La Salle goodies? It's included in the list of mom's promises. No matter how many times i bugged her just to buy the hoodies & the shirt, (Don't worry, the Nike-Ateneo Team Shirt & Team Jacket, both in Size L are both from dad with love.) maybe there will be the day that she just bought it after all of those bugging. Like oh crap, i nearly forgot about the cute bronze-colored vintage camera necklace that i found on a shop where mom shops for some clothes. Hmm, i think it was indeed true that the list of promises from mom was surely doesn't end at all. Sorry mom, you need to keep your promises even no matter how many times we argue & make up. In the end, only those promises will end a misunderstanding. Argh, i need to beg mom for that white La Salle hoodie.

Anyway, keep the promises, mom.

Recalling The Past Decade: Finding The Links Of A Missing Identity

From 2000 to 2009, uh, i know, i just found out about KR Decade back in 2009 after all of those times i was watching KR Blade & KR Hibiki on TV. The past decade thought me on how to become innocent, surpassing each moment or disaster in life. Plus, finding out new discoveries like Campbell's Mushroom Soup which started as the time my favorite Auntie told me to try one, but on December, i got it as a Christmas gift, far from receiving a copy of my favorite Manga comics. That was the time i was in 7th grade, finding out that i was on my way to High School. Now, it wasn't on the end of the decade where i found out about my real self, watching 2 KR series which was released one year after the other, i told to myself back in December 2008 to re-watch KR Blade from start to end since i found out for myself that i will surely have a crush on Kazuma Kenzaki. I was trying to re-discover myself until now, from the end of the old decade to the start of the new decade in 2010. I surely remember the time back in 2010 where after of all what happened in the past decade, i just want to find my real self.

So, it was back 2 years ago, at the hype of the KR Decade fever, i received my very 1st KR Toy, a KR Decade Capsule Toy. Although it was cheap, i have no choice but to collect more KR Toys until the start of 2010. Before heading back to Senior Year HS via home-study, i just want to ask myself a simple question, did i found my real self? Maybe yes, maybe no. Did i found my real self from eating a Starbucks Chocolate Chip Cookie that was the biggest cookie i've seen during my Sophomore Year HS life along with a Venti Hot Starbucks Cafe Mocha? Did i found my real self from watching Boukenger from start to end just because Auntie Misato just bought the DVD's that i loved to have? Did i found my real self from buying a Nike-Ateneo Team Shirt & Team Jacket? Did i? Did i? Maybe not yet, it wasn't on the month where i almost entered the dark side but it was brightened by a shining light when i found out the truth that my parents used to live in Katipunan in an apartment near La Vista. Welcome to the Ateneo World, Little Miss Power Rangers. I found out the truth that my fate will be changed with the decision of Chris Tiu leading the Ateneo Blue Eagles from 2007 to 2008. The truth is, my life is been connected by the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Shocking huh? But that was the truth. After being surrounded by a dark room full of monsters that was seen in some Super Sentai, Power Rangers & Kamen Rider series from October 16, 2006, a spark of light appeared, finding out the truth about my real identity.

Maybe it's not on that large chocolate chip cookie i ate once but want to have that with a Venti-sized Mocha drink or watching the 30th Super Sentai series & have those crazy daydreams related to Mitsuomi Takahashi or joining the Ateneo Blue Eagles on their road to the championship after Ryan Buenafe aimed the cold-blooded dagger 3 to secure the 3-peat. It's not on the cookie, the mocha drink, the DVD copy of Boukenger, the Nike-Ateneo Team Shirt & Team Jacket or all of the things i have as of now, after all of what happened last October 16, 2006, with the revelations of my real identity come out 1 after the other, do i even think i have blue blood flowing in my veins? What is Ateneo De Manila University to me aside from that was the school that exposed my little sister to co-ed higher education after being stuck in an all-girls school for a decade of her student life? & lastly, will i think the enemy i got is La Salle & not the teacher who puts me in trouble back on the day mother nature cried with me? I want to find the answers.

The truth is out, but i need to know more about the real me.

Break Glass In Case Of Emergency

-Break Glass To Get The Adidas-La Salle Team Hoodie & Team Shirt In Case Of Class Reunion Emergency-

-Break Glass To Get The Nike-Ateneo Team Shirt & Team Jacket In Case of UAAP Games Emergency-

-Break Glass To Get The Adidas-Ateneo Sesquicentennial Team Hoodie & Team Shirt In Case Of Either UAAP Games Emergency Or Class Reunion Emergency-

Attention everyone, it's UAAP Season again, now the opening games will be at the Marikina Sports Center, i feel like since 2 days ago, i was like i would look forward for the upcoming class reunion. Instead of showing up like a sore loser that i was back in October 16, 2006, i would show up like i was fresh from a UAAP Game, but most Ateneo-La Salle games held at the Araneta Colliseum, right? Right! But i would rather wear an Adidas-La Salle Team Hoodie & Team Shirt, have my hair bunned & act like nothing happened & instead, i want to act simple. Why La Salle & not Ateneo? I want to hide all of that so-called 'Ateneo Insanity' from June 2007 to March 2011 since everybody knows that i was that insane Ateneo fangirl, joining the 3-time champions on their road to reclaim their lost glory. I want the class reunions i will attend sometimes to be exciting, there might be some new faces to watch out for like Jessica Kim/Kim Hye Won, Carlo's friend from Anima & a friend of mine at Facebook who loves anything Japanese, we might end up talking to Toku over some food & drinks during the class reunion, exchanging information about Super Sentai. (We had fun talking to each other yesterday along with Carlo about life, getting to know each other & talking about Super Sentai.)

Starting up a 'La Salle Insanity' after 4-5 years of the 'Ateneo Insanity' could not be a piece of cake since it was memorable, but trying to be with the Green Archers doesn't mean i will leave my insanity to the Blue Eagles. Not really, still intact with Ateneo aside from joining to La Salle's insane moments. So, maybe i will welcome some La Salle goodies to my collection, right? Yup. But attending a Class Reunion that could push me to the limits, i would rather have my fingers crossed & getting ready for the unexpected. A lot of things do happen during class reunions. At least i would be ready to meet up with my former classmates. With my fingers crossed, i would take a deep breath & calm down. Don't press the panic button yet, Maui-chii.

Turning On My La Salle Mode After A Silent Yet Haunting Attack

12 midnight, it was Thursday back then, i give my mom a good massage even i was quite annoyed because i started to ask myself who gives mom this kind of pain that she could told me to stop my K-Pop listening sessions or pause the sleeping mode just to give her a massage. So, i started to be curious who is making this kind of pain. The truth is, i was shocked on what i said. Since i won't tell who make this kind of pain to my mom, then you will be curious-minded why. But suddenly, a silent attack happened, i heard a banging sound somewhere in the bedroom. I thought it was a ghost who did this, maybe i said too much & the culprit for mom's pain take back & started a silent attack against me. Oh no, i said that Sandara Park's ex-boyfriend will be the one who will destroy the K-Pop universe. I even asked mom if she could buy me an Adidas-La Salle Team hoodie & Team Shirt. Let me just admit, it was the so-called 'Dara's ex who will destroy K-Pop' was the one who did the silent attack. To my nervous, i turned on my La Salle mode & acted like the K-Pop destroyer will be attacked by a Simon Atkins-looking ghost from a horror movie that i saw last year where the DLSU Green Archers Team Captain played a ghost ready to scare the ADMU Blue Eagles, whose eyes were lined with eyeliner like how Choi Siwon/Andrew Choi looked in the Super Junior M MV for Too Perfect. 

But why with the Team hoodie instead of the Centennial Team Jacket that Simon Atkins even wore on UAAP Season 73 opening day back last year? Just because it was raining & i love hoodies. I was jealous of my little brother who just bought a hoodie for himself on a discounted price. Ok, so aside from the Adidas-La Salle Team Hoodie, i was also aiming for last 2009's Adidas-Ateneo Sesquicentennial Team Hoodie like what Larry Fonacier wore in a print ad back last 2009. As the rain started to fall, silent attacks does happen sometimes. I don't even think that what happened 12 midnight last Thursday was a warning sign. Just because i brashed too much, not really. Maybe i was just telling what's on my mind right now. Although 4 years of being a Blue Eagle was fine, but i'll give it a shot to give way to the Green Archers. So, i need to work on my entire body, just to fit in that La Salle shirt i got on my closet. Here i come, Simon Atkins the ghost, protect me in my sleep in case of a silent attack from someone i brashed too much in my mind & in my life.

Flow Of The Blue

The Eagle spirit never dies, it will keep it up to unleash it's mighty wings & taking flight on a higher ground, yes, you could rather think that i need to have my Ateneo collection increase, right? Right. I don't turn back & remember the time where i almost entered the dark side. I felt those weird thoughts that i want to cry since that unexpected day almost gave a bad wound in me, a wound that will never fade. But covering up in any Ateneo gear can be fine, just in time for the college basketball season where it's going to be a festival of colors & school pride of course. I was trying to save up some moolah just to buy some Get Blued Goodies from tees to lanyards to notebooks to bags & many more. I kept saying, i am not ready to attend a class reunion, just because the pain of the past still remains, i'll just head to the UAAP Games instead & hopefully, the PCCL games by the post-season came November. (The only thing i would rather look forward if there are jerseys, either retro or present from ADMU are for sale. I want to buy Nico Salva's jersey, so bad!)

I would even remember the first time i entered the Loyola Schools Bookstore aka LSB, LS Bookstore or any other term for you die-hard Ateneo fans who also knows the school aside from the team, i was flabbergasted due to that it was selling tons of hardcore Ateneo goodies aside from books, cute school supplies, Apple Gadgets (As of now, i was aiming to buy the 2nd Gen green-colored iPod Shuffle that i found on a website of a popular computer store, although the color is related to Ateneo's long-time rivals from a place called Taft Avenue.) Wow, Ateneo goodies on racks, display cases, shelves, tables, hu-wow! But i do also remember last May 1, my little sister & i window-shop for some Nike-Ateneo team gears at a Nike store inside SM City North EDSA & i was flabbergasted that all team gears that Nike made for Smart Gilas, San Beda, FEU & Ateneo were sold 30% off from it's original price! I was even wishing that before this year ends, i'm going to buy the size-L Nike-Ateneo Team Jacket! (Perfect to beat the rain, the chilly December wind that could bring Baguio to Manila & to cover up in case of a former classmate attack anywhere i go, but perfect to back-up the Blue Eagles to cheer them up!)

Ok, so what i need to do is to save up some moolah to buy those Ateneo goodies that i want.

Where The Eagles Will Go, The Archers Will Follow

Now La Salle joins to the Nike bandwagon along side with their bitter rivals, Ateneo. It's a sign that whatever path the Blue Eagles will go, the Green Archers will follow. Upon L.A. Revilla's return, it was just like 2008 all over again. Looking forward for the Nike-La Salle team gear could be a surprise in the wings, but maybe the jacket & the shirt is quite the same as Ateneo's. But this time, it's in green & white. Just like how Adidas created the team gears for both schools, seeing an Archer or Eagle logo on the back of the jerseys of all players, on the top of their last names. Ah, it's like those fun times whenever the UAAP Season is on the loose. But whatever it takes, the spirit of this old-age rivalry is still continue to surge. But i have to beg dad to buy me the Nike-Ateneo Team Shirt & Team Jacket which is both on a discounted price, hope i can find it & if given the chance, i will tell dad to buy it for me. Nah, i just want to be in the hip yet heart-stopping Blue Eagle vibe even there will be a time we in the family will watch a live UAAP Game. 

Either watching it on TV or hopefully watching it live, we could rather shout to our heart's content about the games, cheering for our favorite teams & at the same time, enjoying the day. Like it's better to excuse the upcoming class reunions on the 2nd half of this year due to the schedules of the UAAP Games & the post-season Philippine Collegiate Champions League. Talk about conflict of schedule & at the same time, i'm not ready to meet up with my former classmates after the October 16, 2006 disaster. I told to myself since March 16, 2011 that i'm not ready to meet up with them again. The emotional pain inside me is like a wound that stays for a few years but it will fade for a long time until it will never fade. In other words, i just want to recover for now, the recovery process is very long, but it's worth it, like how Simon Atkins wants to follow Kirk Long's path, or Maui Villanueva wants to follow Nico Salva's path. The Archers are following the path where the Eagles will go. Although on the hard-court, they duke it all out to fight for their team & school. But out of the hard-court, they can be good friends, exchanging stories & topics & at the same time, spilling the beans on each other, laughing on each other's jokes & celebrating the spirit of the legendary rivalry ever.

As of 2007, La Salle is following Ateneo's path now.

Recalling The Past That Gone Wrong

Last Sunday, i was flabbergasted with one thing i don't even want to recall. What was that? A former classmate of mine tagged me on 3 pics that i don't even want to see again! ARGH, i was just enjoying my new life & BOOM! A part of my past is there to tell me to remember the time, i said i don't want to remember it. But i guess there's a part in my past life back in the year 2006 where i had fun, but the day of October 16, 2006 just brought me to the dark side. But hey, i have no idea why i end up crying like a little girl back then. Like i ignored my former classmate's phone calls due to that i have a heartburn back then. Army-chan aka Rei was worried about me, should i tell her about the dark secret of mine that gives me pain? If only i have the right time, but if i'm ready to tell her about this, i would rather tell her about it & give her a hug, i really need some help right now. More than just getting myself surrounded with Toku-related toys & tons of pics of my favorite crushes. (Who's up for the dare to post some pics of Mario Maurer on my FB wall? Start a flood of it if you guys can.)

After yesterday's 4th straight pre-season tourney gone wrong for Ateneo against their bitter rivals, La Salle, i was thinking, should i excuse the next set of class reunions on the 2nd half of 2011 just to watch live games of UAAP & go to SM Megamall with my Auntie to attend some Anime cons? Just because i don't want to show up like the girl who i was last October 16, 2006. I'm just not ready to show up & cry & run away. Demi Lovato thought about what you can hide when you smile, although smiling is a good option to hide the sadness inside, the pain inside still remains like a wound that never fades & it will take years or it will never fade, it might stay forever. I just thought of forgetting who i was back on October 16, 2006 until i decided not to show up again, giving up my Senior Year at COLF just to head to ADMU & DLSU. Now, i will go back to school via distance learning aka home study, but when it comes why i didn't attend the class reunion, it's just a honest lie away. Wound might be healed & faded by the test of time, but the pain remains inside. In search of the things that could cheer me up, it might not be a piece of cake to find it. Being only in a room with a friend who is ready to know my dark yet painful secret is there to cheer me up.

There's no turning back.

Fully Loaded

Maybe it's just like the KFC Fully Loaded meal which is just a fully loaded box full of the yummiest must-have KFC meals. But what happens if i have a large tote bag which is fully loaded with stuff? Isn't it awkward to bring the bag wherever you go, almost easing a shoulder pain? I can handle it for sure. Sometimes, i don't want to be hungry a lot due to that i need to focus on shopping, just to buy what i want to have. So, i have this crazy daydream-worthy scenario in my mind that started by accident by the start of this month since i will give it a shot to attend this month's Toycon 2011 with my Auntie. (The scenario that i was thinking that will happen is the pick-up day of the stuff that i kept begging to Auntie Misato via text to buy it to me to cheer me up, along with the day of Toycon 2011, hope that happens on a Sunday, i hope.) Hmm, i guess it's not enough if i only have the book, Popped, i need more. So, this means i have a fully loaded Sunday came Toycon 2011 this month. But don't worry, i just found out for myself that i recently love large tote bags.

Last night, while i was looking for my little sister's jumping rope, i just found the gold-colored Bench/ gold-colored eco-friendly shopping bag that i can use when it comes on shopping. Maybe i can use that for the upcoming Toycon 2011 since i could shop for a lot of stuff that i really need. (What it doesn't fit on the large tote bag, pull out an eco-friendly shopping bag & it's A-OK!) Anyway, i can't wait for the day of Toycon 2011, hope everything will be quite like last year, i guess.

A Lot Of Promises

From mom, she promised me for the brown gold-colored MSI Laptop, Espresso Brown-colored Samsung Champ touchscreen phone, Celine flats & Celine bag. From dad, he promised me for the Nike-Ateneo Team Jacket (please add the team shirt & oh, both the shirt & the jacket are Size L, please.) Nothing can be insane like your parents' promises to you. I was even thinking that of all the promises my parents kept for me thru my 23 years of existence, some are become a reality. Yes, some of their promises become reality even if i didn't knew it. But anyway, promises are sometimes meant to be broken, but always, promises are meant to be kept & only time will wait for the promise to become reality in grant. Even there are some promises from my younger siblings & relatives like my Auntie who is an Otaku-in-training. She could always keep her promises for me after i bugged her a lot via text, in exchange of a granted promise, i was window shopping for a special gift for her. I would probably gave her a cute er, Kawaii stuff that i've seen on some malls like a Domo-kun keychain, Naruto Shippuden shirt or something oh-so-Anime. Just a lucky charm for her that she is just getting started to explore my colorful world.

In the case of my auntie's promises, i promised to her that i will read the book, Popped. & i did, i kept the promise. So far, i'm on Chapter 14. Phew, it took me some days within the entire month of May to read the book when i have the time. I was waiting for the biggest promise that might grant within the entire month of June. (Kinda like the promises of June, but back 1 year ago! That was the insane of them all!) But the day of granting that promise might happen on the day i will attend the 2nd day of Toycon 2011. Ah, i just don't mind about the heavy load in my bag, i can handle it, no shoulder pain indeed.(But i was just thinking about the scenario, i would gone bonkers for that if ever happened, i'll just keep my fingers crossed after all.) But anyway, whatever happens, if the promises of my parents become for real, hopefully all of what i mentioned here as i keep my fingers crosses, i would share it to my close friends & relatives. But in exchange, a gift will be a reward for each granted promise. Maybe a treat in my favorite resto? A cute gift? Whatever, i would rather think about that since i want to end the first half of this year with a bang. I wish if my parents grant all of their promises of what i mentioned here for me, i would wish i don't want to wake up in this sweet dream anymore, i just want to daydream, forever.