Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

This book is amazing. It's so touching, and somehow, it strikes a nerve because we know that it could very well happen. I found the bookwhile searching in the library, and I was really glad that I unearthed this treasure from the bottom shelf.

It's about a guy who is just your everyday friendly, semi-popular, nice jokester guy, but when the joke turns on him, he finds that his friends are all big phonies (like Holden Caulfield!) and he finds a friend in the most unlikely person, Big Ursula, an insecure, unhappy girl who also happens to have "prinsipyo sa buhay".

So, well, they become friends through unlikely circumstances, sticking together through thick and thin, and in the end... well, I'm not going to spoil it for you! :D

If you're an Atenean, find it (well, not now, because, duh, I borrowed it) and read it! It's not even boring or disturbing, just nice. Parang children's book. I love children's books. They're so cute and innocent and makes the world a little brighter.

I think I'm insane. I need chocolate. I need...

Okay. Compilation of things I need:

1. Food. Anything as long as it's edible.
2. A good cry. You know, it's been months since I last cried, no matter how much I try.
3. A crush. OH, for the love of.... what am I? A lesbo? Wake up heart! Get out and search for some cute guys!!! GO!!!! (Is it obvious that I'm desperate?)
4. The Nanny. As in, yes the show with Fran Drescher. Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
5. Meg Cabot.
6. A muse. As in, inspiration. To get writing. What's happening to me????? (Actually Meg Cabot can be my muse anytime. A serious lack of her in my life is getting me down.)
   

My life is sad. Don't expect me to make a decent post in a while.

I will never read a word of the Iliad EVER AGAIN.

Sob.

Keeping busy

I haven't updated for a while I guess, but I've been keeping busy.

1. I finished Paper Mario! :D Feels awesome, because I'm not really the type to finish a game I've started. Now I'm really excited. Next choice... hm, maybe Paper Mario 2 or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Wheeeee...
2. I read Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Book 2, which is The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. I loved it a lot. :) Made me cry. As did the first book.
3. I watched a lot of movies. First, Aquamarine. I loved it. Although it's a chick flick through and through, it taught a lot of lessons and it was funny. Great to watch if you're feeling down.
4. Movie#2: Cow Belles. Alyson Michalka and AJ Michalka! It was sorta great, you know, and I could pretty much relate because I have a sister and everything although I'm not rich. The guy, Jackson, was it? Cute. :) Kind of unrealistic, but hey, what do you expect? A documentary?
5. Movie#3: Phantom of the Opera. Okay, to be honest, I didn't like it too much. The one I watched was a VCD, therefore I did not understand a word. And my mother was talking on the phone VERY LOUDLY, so I was practically deaf. But I like the soundtrack. The phaaaaaaantom of the opera! :D
6. Movie#4: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It was cool. Sephiroth. Haha. Didn't like him much, because he wasn't even a character, just some boss bad guy at the very end of it all. Cool, yes; substantial, no. Besides, Cloud isn't even good looking.
7. Movie#5: Never Been Kissed. Drew Barrymore. Honestly, it was nice. The plot however is unreal. Especially the last part? With the baseball field? Yeah. And I don't think high schools accept students with no surname? And they look too old to be in high school. I don't know. The guy was cute. But old. Ah, whatever. He's a teacher anyway.
8. 5 movies. That's pretty much it. But anyway, that's all. Um, wasted my time chatting and stuff too. :D

Inspiration 101

Sa post ko kahapon I mentioned na na-inspired ako kay mrs adapon. and now na inspire tlga ako, not by anything or anyone though. gagawin ko ngaun, gagawa ako ng bagong blog, but this time there's a twist to it. I'm calling it "Inspiration 101", and it is all about the people that inspire me, whether it be my friends, family, teachers and of course, God. I'm still thinking about it, pero anyway, lagay n lng ako link pag meron na... hehehe....

But anyway, that's over with. Kwento na ako. hehe... kc, si sophia may pinahiram cya sa aking book. ay wait. stop. gusto kong i-practice english ko. ok!

Sophia lent me this book called "Both Sides of Time" by Caroline Cooney. Actually at first I didn't know it was by Caroline Cooney because there was a sticker on the front cover that covered the author's name. So when I opened the book, there on the back of the front cover was an ad for a book called "The Voice on the Radio" also by Caroline Cooney. You might think I'm just wasting your time or whatever, but honestly, this ad had an enormous impact on me. Why? Because "The Voice on the Radio" is a companion book to "The Face on the Milk Carton", my most favorite book of all time. Probably even more than "Avalon High"! Gasp. Haha, not really. They're tied probably. Anyway, "The Face on the Milk Carton" is a really really cool book that Abi lent me when we were in Grade 6. It was awesome! HAHA!

Fine, have to go. Bye! Tell me what you think in my tagboard! :D

Things I learned this summer:

1. How to separate DNA from a banana... sa Mapua to... really cool stuff. imagine seeing the white fluffy thingy coming out of the liquid banana mixture... tapos u get to see it under a microscope! haha... may picture sana...
2. Sudoku... sa in house nmn ito! Thanks to Bless, my neighbor na di ko kilala until nag in house kmi. hehe. nasa taas lng cya pero di ko cya nakikita! :P ang galing nga nya mag sudoku eh... kming tatlo ni danette nag aanswer. nakakamiss na tlga.
3. Masaya mag ingay sa mcdo. lalo na nung bday ni dianne krupasa. :) it was loads of fun! :D
   
4. How to commute to ateneo every single day. nakakatamad. but it was all for a good cause.
   
5. Matrices, courtesy of Ma'm Queena... galing nya super! anyway, matrices "make you feel like a computer". so true. I almost failed the test! C+ ata ako d2!!! T_T... Actually AJSS is the second time I took up matrices... the first time was just as horrible...
6. Linear Programming... this is just awesome! It's a great technique, but then again, it's math, so however awesome it is, it's just full of technical stuff that again, "makes you feel like a computer".
   
7. Combinatorics... I did better in this than in the others. Um... dapat lang. I have been taking up combinatorics in MTG ever since.... forever! Hahaha....
8. Nakaka-adik ang C2. Honestly. Sobrang tamis ng C2 lemon. C2 green tea nmn wlang lasa. masarap ang c2 apple at c2 peach. di ko pa natry ung c2 iced tea lemon whatever. ano ba pagkakaiba nun sa c2 lemon? hmmm....
9. sabi daw ung pasta sa ateneo parehas lng araw araw, iniiba lng ung sauce at toppings. i forgot who said that. haha. nabasa ko lng sa blog ng isang tao. :)
10. kahit na di ako naiyak nung aj graduation, namiss ko pa rin ung buong experience, tska ung mga lessons, and especially the people who were a part of it. thanks so much for it all.
11. advantage pala ung mga advanced classes na kinukuha ko every summer with mr roque. medyo parehas cya dun sa english namin sa ajss. :)
12. magandang libro ang catcher in the rye. marami lang ngang bad words.
13. super ok ang psychology. pero hndi cya ok kapag tinatamad akong mag aral ng notes na binibigay na halos xerox copy ng buong book na 400+ pages long. but still!!! i love psych. love love love. all of us should try it sometime. it was sooooooooooo cool!!! haha. why? kasi, its so easy to relate to. parang, lahat ng sinasabi ng teacher, i understand totally kasi i have encountered a case like it at least once in my life! gusto ko nang mag psych! hahahahahahahahahahaha. kaya beware pag kausap mo ko. i will psycho analyze you! haha. jke lng, i'm not that good. :P
14. i wasted the last few days of my summer playing sims 2 on the xbox. masaya pero walang kwenta. haha. whatever.

that is all!!! tomorrow i have to go to school for the teachers assembly. i dont plan to listen anyway. i plan to chat chat chat with my friends. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee.................................. :P

Lame, lame, lame... sigh...

Hello again! I'm not really supposed to be blogging right now as it's 11:21 in the middle of the night, but anyway, it's okay. I'm actually supposed to be revising a short paper but whatever.

I need essay writing classes. I'm horrible at essays. Honestly. I can't even bring myself to write something properly decent. It's a bloody process, I tell you. Geez.

But enough with that. I already finished "Catcher in the Rye". It was weird. Very weird. And disturbing because of all the swearing and reference to adult stuff. But I guess, I still need time to process the story. It was nice, in a way. I don't know. Just read it if you like. I liked it a little because our Philo teacher sort of explained it. I'll explain it here once I understand it. I hope.

I have to write a poem too. A stanza, actually. It's sort of a son to mother thing, and the image our group is going to use is a potter. Yeah, generic, but hey, who's complaining? Well, anyway, here goes. (I'm actually typing this as I think of them right now.)

Rough calloused hands on my once fragile frame
Perfected each and every curve, molding me,
And I have you to thank, my dear mother,
For looking beyond what you see.

Kind of rushed, but anyway, that's fine. Who cares. Haha. I'm just not inspired, you know? Sure there are cute guys in AJSS, but none that actually creates a spark, so ho-hum, life is boring without a crush around. I guess I should be satisfied with a guy who's my type and all, but he gets... boring. Am I mean or what? Ah. Whatever. :D

And on my tagboard, I wasn't the one who wrote the "Hello fans" thing. It was my sister. But I didn't remove it coz I thought it was cute... hmmm.... basta!

Thanks to you guys too, for reading my blog. I think my blog is getting boring, not like my Friendster one, but I'm turning boring without my friends in school. Really! I'm not my hyper little self anymore. I was a bit depressed actually, but I already found the solution to that. SUGAR! C2, ice cream, you name it.

And guess what? I discovered something. Jollibee's Coffee Jelly is really good! Especially the Jollibee in Masangkay. Mmmmm.... I got it with ice cream (P37, P10 pesos more than the original P27 without ice cream, but it is SO worth it) and I swear, I was in heaven.

Anyway, I'll just end here, because I think I'm ranting too much now. Till next time! Bye! Tag kayo ha!!!:D

P.S. to my batch/classmates: My sections for next year are Red and It. Ano section nyo? hehe :P

Second post

Ummm, yeah. Out of the lack of finding a better title, I grandly proclaim my second post's title to be... "Second post". How creative.

I don't know what to say really. Actually, there are so many things that I want to say, that I've forgotten what they are. Great...

But anyway, I'll just start with my experiences at AJSS. I'm actually starting to have fun, and you know, make new friends and all. I'm still my old self though, shy and unwilling to talk to others (i.e. make the first move). It depends actually, if the person is somewhat like me and doesn't have any "kasama" then I'd befriend her. But thing is, I'm just really shy around people I'm not close to. Honestly. I mean, I even become un-sarcastic! I really missed that part of me, you know. But I think I'm getting sarcastic again... I hope. :D

I'm reading this book called "Catcher in the Rye", which I guess is pretty interesting and everything, but is so... bad.... I don't know! It's got loads of offensive words and stuff about being horny and all that. Ugh. It would have been a good book, really. I would have stopped reading it weeks ago, but I need to read it for my Philo class, so well, there.

Right now, as I'm typing this, I'm also answering this survey (well, you couldn't exactly call it a survey... more like an "interview" of sorts) for the AJSS souvenir book. And the questions are just... I don't know, weird. Awkward. Not the sort I'd like to answer. But I have to answer everything, so I guess I have to. Hmm...

Here's the list:

1. Who are you in five words?
2. If you were to get stuck in an island with another AJSS participant, who would it be?
3. What class did you enjoy most during AJSS?
4. What class made you sleepy?
5. What's your fave spot in campus?
6. The worst lesson ever?
7. What's your most embarrassing moment here?
8. What did you find out about yourself after AJSS?
9. After this summer experience, what course do you think suits you best?
10. Which do you think is better: high school or college?
11. What's a new school subject you'd love to introduce?
12. What's your message to your teachers, classmates and coordinators for this 39th AJSS?

I'm still trying to answer them, actually. I'll answer them later. :D

So, till here. Bye guys, thanks for even bothering to read my blog! :p