Randomness

My favorite yet overused blog title. Yes, yes.

And here we go.



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I have been on leave since yesterday.

I ate at the former Jo'nis for merienda when I went to Makati yesterday. Their puto bumbong, was super special awesome.

It's the kind of puto bumbong that will induce a reaction as epic as the not-so-extreme reactions from Yakitate! Japan (i.e. forgetting your name, being transported to a better place for a few seconds but absolutely not changing history or going on a field trip in space riding a train).



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Pansin ko lang na nauuso ang mga remake/remaster/rehash/whatever you wanna call it sa mga anime ngayon. Two years ago FMA Brotherhood started. Last year was Dragonball Kai. This year we're going to have this:

RUROUNI freaking KENSHIN!!!!!!! This calls for a keyboard smash of happiness!!!!!!! L;JE4FOJIOWNVOAEWNVCIOWEFOIACNEWFWA!!!!!!!

It wasn't until yesterday that I learned that RuroKen was cancelled/cut short due to the filler episodes. Well, I wouldn't blame the Japanese viewers back then...by the time it got to the Feng Shui arc it was utterly ridiculous that I wished for Shishio to come back to life so Kenshin could fight him again. But now that it's back...and it's been confirmed that the Jinchuu freaking arc will be part of this new anime, I'm like OHHH EMMM GEEEEEE. If the art and music will be as beautiful as it was in the original, there will be more shaking and crying from my end. LOL


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And to end this post, I will direct you to this awesome video.

Gadgets, games and Goku/Gohan/Goten

I'm not feeling too good about myself this week. I feel like I'm walking in the desert and God is hovering a huge magnifying glass on top of me...yeah, that's a fun way to put it. Tapos while that's happening you put Desert Song in the background. Ayoowwwwsssss.

In spite of all the drama, I will focus on the good things. There's a lot to be thankful and to be happy for, despite this awfully depressing week.




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One thing that made me happy this week is the acquisition of a spanking new gadget. Lady Murasaki had to be retired after two years of service, and I think somebody out there deserves her now (yes, I'm selling her, but I'll tackle that on a future post).

So, people of the universe reading this blog, meet Dylan, my new Samsung Wave II.

Okay, I name all my gadgets, and when I give a name there's a meaning/reason to it. For example, my Nikon D5000 is Oberon because I thought a big, bulky camera that captures stunning photos should be named after something whimsical yet masculine, and the King of Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream fit the mold perfectly. My Sony Cybershot DSC-W35 is Cecile, after (yes you guessed it) Cecil Harvey - primarily because it's silver and lightweight. My hard drive is named Theodor (yes, after Theodor Harvey! I've got bromance brewing!) because it's silver and bulky, plus I usually transfer stuff from Cecile into Theodor (thus strengthening the bromance!), before Oberon's time.

Anyway, I digress - after much internal debate and selection of names, I decided on naming the phone Dylan. If you know your Welsh mythology, Dylan is a god associated with the sea (I think his name in Welsh means great tide or something); he was also called the son of the wave. Deliberate naming is deliberate. =D

And as if that's not enough, his first wallpaper is Squall Leonhart. See the connection? Gosh, I'm a geek this way. *facepalm*

The Samsung Wave II was released just last month. When I first saw this in the store I immediately included it in my wish list (along the tier of "good to have but not enough cash", haha!). But lo and behold, I chanced upon a store that had this on sale - with warranty! I still didn't have enough money to pay it in full (hence I had to resort to a little mendicancy), but I was able to pay for way more than half of the selling price.

Needless to say, I'm happy with the purchase. =D All I have to do is to get a decent lawit for it (probably blue), get a screen guard and a jelly case if it finally comes out (it's that new that the stores don't have both yet).

Best feature of this phone so far is THE SCREEN. IT IS SAMSUNGAWESOME.*drool*




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I've been playing Duodecim for two weeks now, and I have a few things to say:

1. Favorite new character - KAIN HIGHWIND. Especially if he's in EX Mode. OH YES. When he's in EX Mode I just stare at him and wonder why couldn't he stay in EX Mode forever...
2. Why did Square Enix decide to repeat the ENTIRE Destiny Odyssey for all 10 original characters?! Yes I know there's Assist now as well as new summons, plus a spanking new world map, but WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN? I finished Dissidia at least three times (I didn't find any good games to play in the PSP, okay?!), so having to do it again in Duodecim is a piece of cake anticlimactic. I want new storylines and new character action, but I know that won't come until I finished all 10 characters...AGAIN.
3. Favorite shadow mode thus far is Tidus (you know the reason why), next is Golbeza (you know the reason why too). I'm very happy with the Cecil and Squall shadow forms too. Frioniel's shadow form freaked me out in a funny way. Garland in shadow form looks like Greed in Hagaren. That freaked me out in a not-so-funny way. Cloud's shoes in shadow form are funny. 
4. Most disturbing thing I've noticed in this game: Tifa's boobs still bounce even when she isn't moving. Case in point - her victory pose. I'm a girl, okay...so don't give me grief about staring at pixellized boobs waiting for something to happen. And anyway, even before Duodecim, her jellies already had a mind of their own. Wahahahahahaha!

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The most epic thing happened today. I got the entire Dragonball franchise in Theodor. If this doesn't make sense let me make it clear to you:

Dragonball. Dragonball Z. Dragonball (NOT CANON!) GT. Movies. Specials. 

AYYY HASSS THEMMM!!!

I seriously don't know what to watch first. I think I'll watch the Dragonball Z movies first just to warm up, then start from the very beginning and work my way to the very end. This will take months, I imagine...but I'm not complaining! Mwahahahahahahahaha!

Well, this was expected

“Hang in there~!!"

 To all the victims,

This is truly awful, but please don’t give up,
and hang in there no matter what!

- Toriyama Akira

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So obviously, that thing for Saturday isn't going to happen.

[SPANKING NEW] TOUR GUIDE EXTRAORDINAIRE
Undecided JAPANESE song

THANKSGIVING MASS (aka the last mass of the academic year), March 23
Saving Grace

EASTER CANTATA
I Knew He Was Love
+ almost all songs, in backup

...which is well and good; that means I get to have a decent weekend.

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This isn't really surprising; I get texts like these once in a while. What pisses me off though is how people post it on FB like it's legit and set in stone, without an inkling of a doubt.

Some people had the decency to tweet "Is this true? Radiation blah blah yadda yadda Philippines etc etc?", which allows you to process the information at hand and confirm if it's true.

But going back to what I was saying...how hard is it to confirm information like this in the Internet? If you can tweet your status through text, how hard is it to turn your TV on to look at CNN or BBC if it's true? And if you've really been watching the news, you know that due to wind direction, radiation from those nuclear power plants is moving eastward.

It took all self-control for me not to comment "please go and be ignorant someplace else" on said person's status message.

Haaaaaaaay.

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Need to cut down on my eating. We had Saisaki during Sunday and Tian-Tian yesterday. No more, no more.

One foot on the door

MANNNDEYYYY. *hoarse wala-sa-mood voice* Haiiizzzz. I am drowning in paperwork.

I'll try and keep this simple.


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As it says in the post below, I got accepted in DLSU's MA program. I was told by this person here na lahat naman daw pinapasa. /LOLWHUTAMF Parang binuhusan lang ng malamig na tubig ang aking tagumpay, hahahahaha! Nevertheless, I'm happy that I passed this time around and didn't have to fall in line to get reconsidered like last time. And yes, I'm happy that it's with the Alma Mater. =D

That's one foot on the door already, but what I'm really waiting for is the result of my application for scholarship/financial assistance. It's kind of like my way of deciding if I'll pursue it this year or not. I'm hoping for the best, of course. =P


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Guess what I got over the weekend?

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!

The one leftmost is a 5-CD pack, but I was only able to get the first CD, which is all right cause I got what I wanted with the other CDs anyways. Plus the first CD contained most of the Dragonball songs, including Maka Fushigi Adventure (which is my fave!) so I was contented with getting that. Actually, I think that song has a higher play count that CHA-LA-HEAD-CHA-LA...hmmmmm...

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Will be coming home on a Saturday. Haaaaaaiiizzzzz.

Blast from the past

I don't know what led me to this. Probably all of it was a sudden whim; maybe a desire long unfulfilled that has finally resurfaced? Gosh, whatever it was it just came, and suddenly I was found wanting.

I asked around the intarwebs for a list of the Dragonball OSTs, and I was led to this forum. Then I saw this:

Math

I took the entrance exam for graduate studies last Saturday. What else can I say? THERE WAS MATH.

I'm really no good with Math. The only reason why I got decent grades with Math and its related subjects like Calculus, Trigonometry and Statistics was because I studied like heck for those and doubled my efforts with listening to professors compared to other subjects. But once I'm not in a classroom setting and I'm on my own and a test like this comes up out of the blue I will crash land like a noob. I don't have raw talent for numbers, at all. It's pure skill. And if it's a skill, if you don't use it often, it rusts away to uselessness. The story of my life with math, right here.

But the part that came after that was a reading test, which was way well within my comfort zone. After that was an essay part, that if you aced it you will be exempted from taking the English subject/s. I'm pretty confident with my essay; if anything, I really made sure that I gave it everything I got cause I'd save at least Php3K if I'll be exempted from taking the English subject.

I'd have to wait for two weeks to be interviewed by the department, then another two weeks for the result. An interview does not equate to a passing score in the test - it's all part of the process, so I was told. Le sigh.

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SUPER SAIYAJIN 2. FINALLY, I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN!!!!!

I'm just saiyan. OMG bwahahahah I can't believe I used that.