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I'm Bored

2007-10-17T12:29:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I last posted. I'm just too lazy to update this blog so I may be leaving it alone. Once in a while, I'll be checking on all of you wonderful visitors to this boring blog. Anyways, I may not be opening this account as often as I did before. School also gets in the way.

Speaking of school, I'm losing focus. I'm not quite learning anything from the teachers here. Honestly, even if there's less work here, I prefer going to school in the Philippines. Oh, how I miss the pressure and the last minute submissions! I actually like having a lot to work on even if I complain like, a billion times about one subject. That's just the way I am.

So anyways, bye everybody!!!

Finally!

2007-09-24T13:21:00.000-07:00

Good news for those who are tired of hearing the same opening and ending songs of Naruto Shippuuden (Hero's Comeback and Michi~To You All)...IT WILL FINALLY CHANGE on the 31st episode, marking the beginning of a new season. The new opening theme is entitled "Distance" by Long Shot Party and the new ending theme is "Kimi Monogatari" by Little by Little, the same band that sang one of the opening themes of Naruto, Kanashimi Wo Yasashisa Ni.

Well, that's it. Does this count as a spoiler? I'll be putting it on the tags anyway.

Events That "Frightened" Me

2007-08-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

First of all is the lunar eclipse that happened yesterday, August 28, 2007. I read in the newspaper that a total lunar eclipse would happen at 4:51 am on the 28th. So I decided I'll wake up early to see what it looks like because I've always been wondering what an eclipse is like, lunar or solar.

But I have issues with the solar system. I don't know why but anything about the solar system, whether discussed in class or stargazing, or even a casual conversation, freaks me out, as in I always feel cold air blowing regardless of the weather.

So I was a little frightened that that night, I slept with my sisters, and not in my own room. I didn't wanna wake up alone in the dark where I can immediately see the moon from my window. After all, my window faces the west, where the moon would be early in the morning.

I was fascinated at the scene, though when the eclipse actually happened. The moon was just being "devoured" into the darkness with its outline still visible. When the moon was completly covered, it turned into a shade of orange and after a few minutes, completely disappeared from the sky. Freaky. Just typing about it makes me shiver coz like I said, I have issues with the soalr system. Last night, I again slept with my sisters.

Another event that "frightened" me was going to my new school. That happened to be the same day as the lunar eclipse. So I got up early to go to my school since there will be a lot of kids lining up to see the guidance counselor. When we (dad, my sisters and me) got there, the line was long and we waited for like 7, almost 8 hours, that day to get to the office, only to find out later that day that we weren't supposed to be in that long line [which, apparently, wasn't moving] in the first place. That line was supposed to be for Grade 11 students who want their timetables changed. We were just supposed to go straight to the office and get registered. So all that waiting was for nothing. So much time was wasted...

I wasn't "frightened" by the people, but by the secretary of the guidance, who, I must say, is the MEANEST, RUDEST person so far [in Canada]. She was so rude I just wanted to slap her on the face. She keeps saying "this ain't my responsibility so don't be like that to me" to the students who were also exasperated from waiting in the line. It was, after all, her responsibility to let the students know what's going on inside and the reason why it's taking so long. By the way, for each student, the guidance counselors take a really long time so in that particular day, where there were hundreds of kids waiting, only 40 got served. The rest, she says, have to make an appointment on the first day of school since they're not going to accept any tomorrow.

Can you imagine how waiting that long for nothing? I'm sure everyone will get angry and tired and impatient but she makes it worse by saying rude things to the students who waited 7-8 hours for nothing. I HATE, HATE, HATE her and I don't look forward to seeing her during the school year. Goodness, will I ever survive???

To all students coming back to school on September 4 (next week), have a nice school year!!!

Naruto Manga Spoilers! [Beware]

2007-08-25T07:52:00.000-07:00

I've just read that Namikaze Minato is the name of the Fourth Hokage and the name of Naruto's mother is Uzumaki Kushina!!! Oh finally, the names of Naruto's parent[s] have been revealed! I'm just not sure if the Fourth is Naruto's father but I strongly feel that he is. From what I read, Jiraiya does not state [directly] that Minato is the father of Naruto.

Kakashi? A candidate for the next Hokage???

Find out more from http://www.leafninja.com/volume-40.php.

Epsiode 25 Opening

2007-08-17T12:36:00.000-07:00

No spoilers this time, guys. Just more videos, the opening and closing of episode 25 with more scenes from the Shippuuden movie. Enjoy.

Randomness

2007-08-14T19:10:00.000-07:00

Hey! Guess what? I was able to answer all questions in one category while watching the game show, Jeopardy. The category was "You Can Speak Japanese" or something like that. I was all excited when that was presented 'coz I was testing my Japanese vocab, not that I can speak, but hey! I know a few words. Besides, they are only Japanese terms that are used in the English language. Easy eh? Some of the answers were: karaoke, futon, manga and bonsai.

More spoilers for the Shippuuden Movie. I'm not sure if this is true but I read that Naruto doesn't die. It's all Shion's dream and she prevents Naruto's death by using that bell thingie of hers. For those who don't know, Shion is the purple-eyed, blond-haired girl who can resurrect demons and predict deaths of people. She's the one to be guarded by Naruto and the rest of the gang.

Hinata-hime looks so cute in Shippuuden!!! You can briefly see her running with her teammate, Kiba Inuzuka and teacher, Kurenai Yuuhi in the opening of episode 24, which I have posted in my previous entry.

Alrighty, that's it for now. I hope I can still research spoilers to post here. More news and spoilers are going to be posted here, I hope. I'm giving a warning so to those people who detest such things, BEWARE: Stay away from this blog and never come back...

I'll also be adding "spoilers" to the tags of posts so y'all be careful.

Tales Of The Otori

2007-08-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

It all started with a story-telling workshop in a public library near us.

After the workshop, I was browsing through the bookshelf for something to read. Three small pocketbooks caught my eye. Just so happens it looks kinda Japanese so I picked them up. I looked at the summaries at the back and found them interesting, especially since the reviews tell that the books are really good.

And so I had them checked out.

I got bored reading the first part of the 2nd book of the series, Grass For His Pillow, but I continued reading anyway (people also say that the 2nd book was quite boring). It got interesting so I read on. Then, before I knew it, I was starting on the 3rd book, Brilliance Of The Moon. The reason why I started on the 2nd book first was because the library didn't have a copy of the first book.

I then requested the 1st and 4th book online. The 4th and last book of the series, The Harsh Cry Of The Heron, arrived first. It was really long but I managed to finish it in 2 days. That was awesome although the ending was quite sad. I felt like crying when I read it.

So anyway, now I'm currently reading the 1st book, Across The Nightingale Floor.

I've nothing to say about the Tales Of The Otori except, IT'S A MUST-READ!!! I'm quite speechless actually. The author (Lian Hearn a.ka. Gillian Rubinstein) is so good in writing. So enough reading my blog and get reading Tales Of The Otori...

Naruto: Shippuuden Episode 24 Opening

2007-08-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, people. The Naruto: Shippuuden movie has already aired in theatres in Japan last August 4, 2007. Basically, we all know that Naruto's gonna "die".

Anyways, I'm not going to babble about the 4th movie, a.k.a., the Shippuuden movie. Instead, let me share the opening of the 24th episode of the series, retaining the song "Hero's Come Back" by nobodyknows+; however, instead of the usual visuals to accompany the song, they used clips from the movie.

Also, I take back what I said about Shion in my previous post. She seems okay after all. In fact, I think I'm going to like her!!!

So, here goes...enjoy! By the way, the ending's (Michi ~ To You All) visuals have also been temporarily changed by more clips. If you're interested, I'll post both vids here.

Random Stuff

2007-07-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! Just from the tags and the title, you can conclude that this post really is about random stuff.

For one, the library in Morningside has become my favorite place to go. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being a nerd. It's summer break here for goodness sake! I'm not making myself a geek. It's just that the library is so cool. They have a lot of good books and you have free acces to the internet for a maximum of 30 minutes, I can request books from other libraries from the internet...The public library's a great place! I don't mind the bit-of-a-long walk from home to there, I'm just looking forward to going there.

Hmmm...It seems like I'm the only one who hasn't talked about Harry Potter. So here goes...The 5th movie was disappointing, as in with capital letters D-I-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-I-N-G! The trailer was cool but the movie is a let-down. If I may say so myself, it's short and sure, the fighting scene was full of special effects but a little too short for my taste. I'm not a fan of Harry Potter but it disappointed me. So there.

As for the 7th book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as everybody knows, has been released today. In the morning, after breakfast, the radio was on and I managed to hear something about a Quidditch field to celebrate the release of the book. Dad also said that a release party was held on Bloor Street, around midnight, when the book finally reached bookstores all over the world. Adrie, my sister, also has a copy, as an advance birthday gift from all of us. Feel free to visit her blog for spoilers for people who embrace them.

Sasori's real face is gonna be revealed in the next episode of Naruto Shippuuden, episode 21. Such news excites me, one who doesn't have a copy of the manga. That's all.

Has anybody seen both trailers of the Naruto Movie 4? The short one was pretty exciting, especially Shion's scream at the end. I got excited coz there were hints that Naruto dies, but who knows? He might not. However, the longer vision kinda turned me off, seeing Shion, and how Naruto "dies". I have nothing against the girl, I just don't like her. As for Naruto's "death", I'm disappointed that he got "killed" by something else, and not Akatsuki, Orochimaru or Sasuke. I think other fans would agree with me when I say Naruto can't die unless Sasuke, Orochimaru, or Akatsuki does it, and not something or somebody from some fillers. Although, let's keep in mind that Naruto won't die easily, and I am positive that he'll live. Otherwise, why make other episodes of Shippuuden if the main character dies? Right?

Family Barbecue

2007-07-02T18:25:00.000-07:00

Right now, we're having a family barbecue. My cousins, aunts, uncles, sisters and parents are out on the backyard having fun and chatting merrily while I'm here inside typing in the computer. I don't feel lonely or anything, just not in the mood to socialize with them.

Anyway, the food's great! In fact, my stomach hurts from all the food I've eaten. There's barbecue, sausage, mixed fruits, lumpia, pancit Malabon, siomai, ginataang mais and lots more. I'm really full but bored so I'm here. It's been a long time since I last updated. That's because I'm having a lot of fun and also because I am too lazy to type.

By the way, we already went to the Niagara Falls but we didn't ride the Maid of the Mist boat. Has anybody watched Bruce Almighty? There's a scene there wherein Bruce is in the boat reporting something about the Niagara Falls...The Canada side of the falls is bigger than the one in the U.S.A. It was a cool experience.

Me and my sister also took an evaluation exam to find out what grade we will be when we go to school. Just so happens we're both in Grade 9, or first year highschool. I don't want to be in the same grade as her and I don't want to graduate the same year as her!!! But it can't be d helped. I cannot go to Grade 8 anymore since I'm too old for it and the number of years I completed schooling is enough for me to go to Grade 9...

I also broswed through my cousin's French books and I couldn't understand any of it. French will be my main problem in school, as well as gym class and history class...Oh well, I just hope I do good...

Oh yeah, belated Happy Canada Day to all!!!

Canada = FUN!

2007-06-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

Well, finally, we're here...we're actually HERE!!! As in, in Canada!

I already have a lot of great experiences here and they are too many to mention. I do not want to write them all but I also feel I have to because this is something new. Anyway, I'll just have to write them as short as possible (here I go again).

First of all, the food's great! For breakfast on our first two days here, we had bagels with margarine and strawberry jam. As for breakfast this morning, we had sandwiches from Tim Hortons. For lunch and dinner, it's just ordinary Filipino food. They are good too, specially since our uncle cooked them...;-)

The libraries are awesome too. We got our library card just yesterday and I borrowed a Yu-Gi-Oh manga. That's one thing awesome too; they have manga in the library. Also, books and comics can be returned three weeks after borrowing while videos must be returned a week after.

Streets are real long here. For ordinary Canadians, the nearest library is only a "walking distance" but for me, that's already a really long way to go. Anyway, it's good excercise so I don't really mind.

Squirrels and chipmunks can be found almost everywhere here. They're cute but the bite so I stay away from them.

Oh well, this is all my tired brain can come up with for now so bye!

Wait, before I forget, I'm now at our cousin's house for a sleepover. It's been fun so far. We went biking around and we also got to watch a little of InuYasha. But it's now already sleeping time so bye again...

A Visit To My Alma Mater

2007-06-14T18:41:00.000-07:00

Today, we went to San Beda College Alabang, my school. We woke up early in the morning and when we arrived there, I didn't have the chance to talk to my friends because they were already having their flag ceremony. They went straight to their classrooms and so I had to wait til recess. Believe me, it was B-O-R-I-N-G waiting for almost three hours with nothing to do. Me and my sisters became insane and we doodled a lot on the paper. They also kept asking what time it was because I was the only one who had a watch.

Well, the wait was worth it anyway. I got to see my friends and say good-bye to them for the last time. I also got to wave god-bye to some of my teachers and I got to go around the school. It was kinda sad.

Anyways, after all the saying farewell, we proceeded to doing what we had to do which was to donate old uniforms and books to the college department. While waiting, we also gave some science equipment to the principal's office and got our immunization record from the clinic. Our dad also let us buy San Beda jackets; unfortunately, the sizes were so small and the biggest size was a bit short for my younger sister. We decided to buy it anyway, plus 3 San Beda stickers.

Won't Be Posting For A While

2007-06-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

That's right! I won't be posting for a long while because of business, as usual. Who cares about my blog anyway? I know only I do. So I'm sure it's okay if I won't update for a loooooong while. Alrighty, time to sign out now...

Farewell Party part 2

2007-06-06T16:00:00.001-07:00

June 3. A Sunday. So of course, we went to church at 10:30 but we were supposed to have lunch at our cousin's house, another farewell party...well more of a family gathering rather than a party.

Anyway, after Mass, we went home because mom and dad had to change clothes (from their lector uniform to more casual clothes). They left me and one of my sisters in the car because they'll only take a short while. I went to the driver's seat and pretended driving (how childish of me...). When dad came out of the gate, I asked him to teach me a little about driving. I already know the clutch, the brake and the gas pedals so we put that knowledge in action. I drove a short distance only because I am not of age yet. We went fast so I kinda panicked so I stepped on the brake, then my driving ended...Hahaha! That was F-U-N!!!!

Our dad then drove us all the way to Quezon City where our relatives are. Well, it was kinda boring since all we did was eat then, laze around. But there was one person who kept us entertained: the daughter of our cousin. She's still a baby so she's cute and she does all sorts of things. She also loves the camera. She kept posing everytime a camera was focused on her. She even does little dances and all sorts of cute stuff... I'm going to miss her. But anyway, she'll be going to Canada too because they also have an PR application.

A Kinda Extraordianry Day

2007-06-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

Now who would be thinking of winter when you're in the Philippines, a tropical country located near the equator, making it a hot place, meaning so winter time??? I suppose, no one...except people migrating to colder places...

Yes, last June 2, 2007, Friday, my family and I were accompanied by my cousin and her husband to a warehouse in Ortigas selling winter clothing. Imagine: warehouse = HOT so it's going to be much hotter since we'll be trying on thick jackets, and I mean REALLY THICK! So okay, there were only a few choices but we managed to pick some anyway.

After that, we went to Makati to eat. Since my dad didn't treat us during my birthday, we decided to do it last June 2 instead. We went to The Old Swiss Inn. We ordered cheese fondue, an assorted sausage dish and special corned beef. Believe me, even if we only ordered three things, it made us very full.

At night, dad's friend texted him that our computer's already fixed (thank goodness). So we got it from him. When he was showing us the new things installed in the computer, we were surprised because he put DOTA and Warcraft in it. Wow...none of us know how to play those and none are interested. Also, we're leaving already so why would we give it a try?

Farewell Party part 1

2007-06-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

Again, I'm going to keep this as short as possible since I'm in a hurry again. All these happened last June 1, 2007, Friday.

So okay, when I woke up, an aunt from abroad came to our house. I didn't even know she was coming and I never met her before. We only got to see her for a short time though coz we had to go to Makati City with our dad. In Makati, our dad dropped us off at Landmark where we bought miscellaneous stuff (e.g. bedroom slippers for me) and we also went to Glorietta and Greenbelt. Visit Sachiko's blog for more details.

At night, we went to Dampa in Roxas Boulevard where our dad's officemates were planning a farewell party for him. Believe me, there were plenty of delicious food there like Baked Mussels, Pork Inihaw, Lemon and Buttered Shrimps and Crabs, Sinigang Soup and some veggies too. After all the eating, some of dad's officemates sang karaoke. While the others were having fun, me and my sisters asked permission to look outside the restaurant where a DVD stall could be found. Adrie saw a Detectinve Conan DVD there so we looked and asked our dad for some money (thank goodness he gave us some) and we bought it.

At around 10:30, each of dad's officemates said a good-bye message to him and the singing continued. They kept passing the microphone to us to sing but we always refused. Then, later that night, around 11 pm. when no one much was left, we FINALLY tried the karaoke. Hehe...We weren't completely serious in singing. We kept laughing and it was so much fun! Then, we reached home at around 11:30 feeling very tired but happy.

Yours Truly's Birthday

2007-06-04T21:05:00.000-07:00

[Belated post] Yes, last May 30 was my birthday! Woooo! Another year older, meaning bigger problems and, more importantly, bigger fun!!! But hey, I'm not here to post about turning a year older. I'm just going to describe, as briefly (hopefully) as I can...Kind of in a hurry so it's gonna be short.

First thing in the morning, my family and I went to church to thank the Lord for my special day. Then, we went to Jollibee to eat breakfast (not your typical breakfast place but hey...), and on the way, I opened my gifts. From my two beloved sisters, a DVD of Alice Academy (thank you very much, Ate and Adrie) and sticker albums for my stickers of Bleach (only a few but okay...), from my parents, an MP4 plus a speaker where you can plug the player. From my lola, a T-shirt. Very cute...

After lunch, mom allowed us to go to a nearby internet cafe (yeah, you guessed right, computer's busted yet AGAIN!!!). I downloaded songs for my new MP4.

That's about it, unless you might be interested in the pasta we ate for dinner. But who'd want to know about pasta? It's just my mom's own recipe of puttanesca, which, mind you, tastes really delicious...

Weeeeee!

2007-05-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

Last Friday was one of the most fun days of my life. Well, the morning wasn't good as I needed to encode kitchenware that my mom was going to sell. I also helped a tiny bit in encoding the books. Believe me we have tons of books so it's tiring and boring work with all the typing and formatting. Right now, the list of books aren't done yet but hopefully it will. I will again be helping a bit in encoding, which I am supposed to be doing right now.

I haven't been posting a lot lately because the computer at home is busted...yet again. Anyway, there's nothing to post because most of the time it's just lie down on the bed and laze around. That is, until now. We have a lot of packing to do. The reason is written in my profile.

Okay, back to my main point. Last Friday night, we went to a newly-opened mall at north EDSA. Trinoma, that's the name. Only a few shops were open and most were restaurants. My mom and her high school friends are supposed to be meeting there and Dad, my sisters and I decided to come along. While they (mom and her friends) ate dinner, we also decided to eat since we're hungry. We just happened to pass by a restaurant called Recipes and they were having a dry run. We chose to eat at that place and when Dad asked for the bill, the waiter said, "Sir, are you asking for the bill?" Dad nodded but he said, " Sir, it's all right. Your meal is free since we're only having a dry run." We were surprised to hear that. My older sister even said jokingly, "Are we on Punked? Where's the camera?" Then, the manager just asked our dad a few questions such as "how did you know about this restaurant?" Even after we have exited the restaurant, we still couldn't believe how lucky we were to have free dinner.

We continued walking, searching for an internet cafe since I needed to check my mail in case somebody ordered something from the list of kitchenware I encoded in the morning. While walking, we passed by Comic Alley, a shop that sells anime merchandise. Dad told us to buy stuff we wanted since our dinner was free anyway (this is shopping that I don't mind. Other kinds of shopping are boring, especially clothes shopping. I know, it's kinda weird for a girl, right?). The saleslady there was wacky so we kept laughing while she recommended stuff to us. We were also the only customers there at that time. I still couldn't believe how lucky we are to have been there.

Plus, the chance of watching Shippuuden episodes is another bonus to the luck we had so far that evening. I checked my email and formatted something for only a short time so the remaining 50 minutes of my 1 hour was spent watching Naruto: Shippuuden episodes. How luckier could I have gotten???

That night, I kept thanking the Lord for what he has given me. It's nice to know I got a reward for my work that morning, though I was not expecting any. What can I say? Life is full of surprises...

What is there to post???

2007-05-09T19:18:00.000-07:00

As always, what is there to post? There is absolutely nothing to do here and sometimes I even wonder why I have a blog. Nothing interesting is happening in my life right now. Why do I even bother to type?

I hate shopping.

Fanfiction Frenzy

2007-05-04T16:50:00.000-07:00

It's so boring here and I don't want to do my scrapbook. So what is left for me to do? Well, surf the net of course! But what site to visit? Nothing. Nada. Soooooo...I visit fanfiction.net, where you can find many stories about almost anything, made by fans themselves! Woot! There are soooo many stories about Naruto, and that's good news for me since, like I mentioned, I have nothing else to do. I mostly read SasuHina (woah! Surprisingly not KibaHina, reason later) romance stories. Wahahaha! People (classmates, to be more specific), do not think I'm weird because, I am, after all, in my puberty years, which can also mean, liking romance stories and that kind of stuff. My parents don't know I do that, anyway. Alright, the reason why I read SasuHina stories is because that's my new favorite pairing. I guess I got tired of the KibaHina pairing already so I switched.

There's also one person that's keeping me happy, and not bored. Who can she be? My sister, of course! She keeps saying "dork, dork, dork, dork" and mumbling things to herself right now and that's making me laugh. Hehe, mababaw lang and kasiyahan ko dito sa bahay eh. I mean, I laugh at almost anything. So un-Arielle-ish, right, classsmates? At home, I'm known as "Diane" and I guess "Diane" is different from "Arielle"...

Back to fanfiction...there are two authors who I really like: Naash and Achillea. They both write really (totally unbelievable) angsty stories. Even if they write about the NejiTen pairing, which I don't really like, hey, their stories are interesting, keeping my eyes glued to the computer. Yep, yep, I felt tears coming out of my eyes as I was reading a story by Naash. Although a 7-chapter story (or so that's what I think), it's really, really good. As in really. Seriously.

New Favorite Song

2007-04-30T14:10:00.000-07:00

As my entry title says, I have new favorite song and it's all thanks to my sisters who love The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants books and movie. The title of the song is "Always There In You" and it's sung by the Valli Girls. It's an inspirational song for me and if you read the lyrics, which I will be writing later on, you'd know why I like it so much.

Okay, I'm sort of disturbed right now coz there are many visitors here. I'm just not comfortable when there are many people in the house, especially since I'm an introvert and I don't know how to act around them, especially since I don't know them.

Anyways, back to "Always There In You"...I like it because it talks about finding your inner strength, with a little help from the people who care for you. And here are the lyrics:

Baby girl, close your eyes

You don't know the strength you have inside

If I could I'd shelter you from all the pain

That we all must go through

But it's up to you

The road is long, it twists and turns

But everything in life, you live and learn

No one ever said that life was easy

Or that all in love is fair

But look inside your heart,

You'll find the answer waiting there

If you ever lose your way

You don't have to be afraid

Look inside, you'll find a friend

Who'll be with you to the end

Many different roads to choose

You're searching for the strength to make it through

But it was always there in you

Hopes can fail and dreams can fade

Rain can fall down on your big parade

Maybe love will take your heart or break your heart

There are no guarantees

But love will always find you when you just believe

If you ever lose your way

You don't have to be afraid

Look inside, you'll find a friend

Who'll be with you to the end

Many different roads to choose

You're searching for the strength to make it through

But it was always there in you

The strength you're longing to find

You know it's true

It was there all the time

If you stand stronger, work harder, reach for the sky

I know you will eventually fly

If you ever lose your way

You don't have to be afraid

Look inside, you'll find a friend

Who'll be with you to the end

Many different roads to choose

You're searching for the strength to make it through

But it was always there

It was always there

It was always there in you

Well, there it is! The lyrics to my new favorite song. I also had another favorite song but it's an old song and it kept playing in my mind over and over again that's why I got annoyed. The song I'm talking about is "Dragonfly" by Sponge Cola. Anyways, I pushed that to the back of my mind and what's playing in my head right now is "Always There In You".

Book Sale...?!

2007-04-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

Well, today, I sorta helped out at home. I put pieces of tape on books we're planning to sell...for a very cheap price. The reason why I put tape is so that my mom can write the price for each book. Okay, we're not a rich family so we're only putting on pieces of tape. Besides, who cares about price tags? Once you buy a book, you're sure to ignore or tear off the price tag, right? Never mind about that. Anyways, we got a lot of good books for sale: in GOOD condition, and has GOOD stories. But I didn't write that because I'm advertising. I just did it because...for no reason [sweat drops].

French...French...French...Jeez, I don't even want to study French! Why do some Canadians speak in French? I mean, only the people in Quebec are the ones who speak straight French. How many times have I mentioned the word "French"? I hate it. I hate, hate, hate it! I know it's the language of romance but I don't care. I'm not into romance and mushy peoms and stuff like that. I'm into anime, as you (whoever's reading this and the rest of my boring blog) can see. I'd like to talk more on that but that would make me the most annoying person in the whole, wide world. Sorry to all Canadians if I had offended you, especially those living in Quebec. That's just my opinion but I apologize anway.

Anyways, it's so hot nowadays. It makes me want to go back to the beach to cool off. I also want to take a bath more than one time a day but if I do that, I would be wasting a lot of water.

It's good to know that one, at least ONE of my friends is interested in Naruto. I won't be seeing Mikhaela much because well, if you read my profile, you'd know. I guess I'll have to email or IM her then. And, speaking of Naruto (uh-oh, here I go with Naruto again), last night, I was actually quite disappointed because me, Dad and Adrie were talking about Naruto and Dad said that he thinks "Shippuuden" is for young adults. Well, at least he didn't say it SHOULD BE, but still, he says he thinks it's more violent since there's a lot of deaths. I said I sort of agree because, as far as I know, the Akatsuki organization will play a big part there. I'll watch it anyway coz by the time there will be a lot of Shippuuden episodes, I'd be older, right?

Hmm. I wonder how Dana's doing. I keep visiting her blog but she doesn't post much. I also don't catch her online in Yahoo Messenger.

FINALLY...

2007-04-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

FINALLY, our computer's fixed! Yeah, here I go with internet surfing again, reading a lot of fanfics and doing some anime research [huh? Did I just write research?]. What I mean by "research" is visiting sites about anime I watch like…Bleach (hey, I just started watching it and I’m still not quite familiar with it), Alice Academy (what’s up with Natsume?) and Detective Conan (will Conan ever turn into Shinichi again?)…well, you get my point.

Just so everybody knows, I don’t practice drawing anymore. I somehow lost interest in it, especially since most of the time I’m watching anime.

Why oh why did I start scrap booking? Like I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I just gave myself homework for the summer. I don’t like doing it since I have a lot of things to document in it. Plus, I’m doing two right now, one for me to bring to Canada and one for my best friend, Dana, to keep.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to post this: Last April 20-21, 2007, we went to a beach in Batangas! Okay, hmmm, nothing special happened except that we were supposed to be staying there for one day but we kinda arrived late so we decided to spend the night there too. Laiya Coco Grove Resort was a nice place. We also went boating and my sisters and Dad went snorkeling…sort of…I didn’t even get off the boat because, unfortunately, I’m hydrophobic, meaning afraid of water. Well, not water as in water itself but what I meant was deep water. In short, I’m afraid of drowning. Anyways, it was a totally enjoyable experience. We even saw the outline of the island of Mindoro from the shore. The mountains were also a pleasant view. I really had a great time although my feet got really sandy all the time.

Ugh!

2007-04-13T15:30:00.000-07:00

Last time, I wasn't able to write everything I wanted to because time run out. Anyway, today, I'm also in an internet cafe.

As I was saying, I really enjoyed a story I copy-pasted from fanfiction.net. I'm going to continue reading the other chapter/s after I'm done writing this, if ever the author has updated.

I wasn't able to accomplish everything I wanted to do last time so I'm making up for it right now. I'm actually multi-tasking. I have four windows open coz I really want to visit many websites. Well, that's what happens when someone like me doesn't have a computer at home.

Hmmm. I don't like to talk about my hobbies and strengths but I think I'm getting better at drawing people. As always, I have problems with hands and feet but I think I'm improving, except that I don't have many hairstyles and clothes in mind. I also don't know what poses I can/want to draw.

So far, my summer vacation is boring. My daily routine is...wake up at around 8:00 or 8:30, eat breakfast, watch TV, get bored (and sometimes, practice drawing), eat lunch, take a bath, get bored, eat dinner, get bored, brush teeth and go to sleep. I wish I had something better to do. I'm not doing any chores so I'm free most of the time. And what can I do most of the time? Nothing. Period. Practicing drawing people often is tiring. I'm no bookworm. There are no good shows on TV. Daydreaming is fun but I run out of things to think/daydream about. Anybody got an idea for me to have a better summer vacation? Please use the CBox.

Well, now I'm just too excited to start reading the story from fanfiction so I gotta go...

Broken Computer "the sequel"

2007-04-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Waaah! The computer at home's busted again and this time, it's not the DVD-ROM that is the problem. Last time, I forgot to mention that it's broken because a CD exploded when it was inside the DVD-ROM. Cheap CD-ROM...

This time, our computer's been infected (hmmm. Is that the right word to use?) by a virus, or at least that's what we think. All the programs work perfectly fine except for the internet browser. Right now, I'm just in an internet cafe doing this.

Jeez. Today wasn't a "productive day" (hehehe. That's what my sister always says.). I did nothing to help out at home. I only watched anime most of the time today. I woke up at around 9 am, and I was supposed to watch Mirmo and/or Alice Academy but I decided not to. I just read something I had copy-and-pasted from the internet. Anybody know the site www.fanfiction.net? I decided to copy and paste one story there coz I somehow predicted that there would be something wrong with the internet and I had wanted to finish the chappies so badly. To fanfic members who are reading this: Don't, I repeat, DON'T get angry with me for copy-pasting a story. It's not like I'm going to post it as my own story or something like that. As you might have noticed, I didn't mention the title, author and number of chapters.

Anyways, I gotta go coz my time is about up. Still gotta pay for my internet time so it ends here for now...

Broken Computer

2007-03-31T12:10:00.000-07:00

The computer in our house is broken. What a big bummer...I still have no profile because I'm too lazy to create one. Anyway, who's interested to get to know me? I'm sure no one is but I'm still going to create one someday, just not now.

Today, I'm using another computer because, as I've mentioned, the one in our house is broken. I may not be able to post soon. There's nothing to post anyway. I'm only posting so I'll have something to do.

During my spare time, I like to draw even if I suck at it. Ever since I can't go on the computer, I draw to pass the time. I don't like hearing insults on the way I draw (especially with hands and feet) but I also don't like hearing compliments sometimes. I know I sound weird but that's just the way I am. Even my younger sister says I'm weird...

Whenever my younger sister and I talk, most of the things we talk about is Naruto. Hey, it's not my fault it's such a great anime. Blame Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the series. Most of the topics we discuss are about the fouth Hokage (I don't use Arashi coz I'm not sure if it's his real name or not) and about Sai. We don't know much about those two (we don't have the manga) so we just talk about what we know about them.

Hooray! I got many hits already. Although I don't care much about my blog [scratches back of head and sweat drops], I still care about the visitors. Yeah, yeah, I love you guys, blah, blah, blah. As much as I want to show my appreciation to the visitors, it just doesn't come out right. It sounds as if I'm sarcastic, right? Well, I'm born that way so please understand.

All I write here are just random stuff coz I can't really stick to one topic. Hey, I'm just exercising my right to express myself...Alrighty, since I can't think of anything else to type, I'm gonna sign out now...

Mendokusee...

2007-03-28T15:00:00.000-07:00

Mendokusee...That means "how troublesome" in English and it happens to be Shikamaru Nara's favorite line. I say it almost everyday because I'm too lazy to do anything, even to just type this post. I know I sometimes say, I'm here and I'm ready to help but I easily get tired so after a few minutes of D-rank missions (chores, in other words), I tend to say "mendokusee"...

Well, welcome to the life of the most boring person in the whole wide world...me! Even my friend during the school year tells me I'm boring and it's true. Yeah, I'm the laziest and most boring person in the whole wide world. If there's an award for that kind of person, I bet I'd win it.

I envy Shikamaru. Even if he's lazy, his IQ can make up for it. He has an IQ of more than 200 while I don't have anything to make up for my laziness. I just have to keep working hard and move my pencil/ballpen in order to pass school. Good thing it's summer vacation now. I don't have to stay up late to do homework. Honestly, I prefer doing chores rather than homework. I know, I sound weird but chores is something I do occasionally while homework is something I had to do everyday.

Looking on the bright side of life, my vacation will be long coz I won't be enrolling in San Beda College Alabang (that's my school) for the next school year. Why? Because me and my family will be transferring to another country and the school year there starts at September. We'll be leaving in June (which happens to be the month when the school year starts here in the Philippines) and upon arriving there, I won't be set to school immediately because we still have to fix some stuff. Besides, it's June. Who starts school there in June? There'll be only three months left for school so it's pointless if I go to school immediately.

Ah! Finally! I remember the name of our PE teacher already...look at my last post, in there, I said that my mind was full of Naruto stuff that I couldn't even remember the name of our PE teacher. Hehehe!

Oh well, later at night, I bet I'll lie awake for a long time again, thinking about Yondaime and Obito. I do that every night because I'm really interested in them. I don't read the manga because I don't know where to find them. I just hope the animators of Naruto would make the Kakashi arc into anime because I'm really curious about them.

As for Sai and the other jounin, I'm also curious about them. All I know is that Sai is an ANBU. I can't wait to watch other episodes of Shippuuden...

Lazy days

2007-03-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

Haaaaaaay! Summer na. Dapat nag-eenjoy pag summer, di ba? Pero ako, wala akong magawa. I mean, yeah, I wake up every morning at 9:00 (heh, alam ko late na yun para gumising) then, I eat breakfast then...wala na! The rest of the day is for nothing. I'm supposed to be helping around the house (that means chores) but mom isn't too strict about chores. I could've been doing my scrapbook (thanks self, you just gave yourself homework for summer) but then, I just can't help it but watch TV or surf the net all day. Nasasayang tuloy yung internet card...

Today, I'm really gonna shake the laziness off me and go around the house helping sort the books and CDs, which to bring, which to give away, which to sell...well you get my point. I just hope talagang magagawa ko yun kasi talagang tamad ako eh.

Anu ba yan! Puro Naruto na nga lang yung nasa isip ko. Kagabi nga lang, nag-uusap kami ng kapatid ko tungkol sa school tapos nakalimutan ko pa yung pangalan nung isang PE teacher at hanggang ngayon, hindi ko pa rin naalala...Teka muna, iisipin ko muna kaya hanggang dito na lang itong post ko.

Naruto - Shippuuden

2007-03-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

Ahahaha! I'm going crazy over Naruto! This afternoon, I watched four episodes of the new saga of Naruto, Shippuuden (or Hurricane Chronicles in English). The characters have really grown a lot! Naruto wasn't the Naruto I used to know. I must admit, he's become better and he matured even if he's still somehow mischievous. Taking the infamous bell test with their sensei, Kakashi Hatake, Naruto and Sakura show that they're already capable of beating their oh-so-good ninja teacher. It still makes me sad to think that Sasuke isn't with them coz he's too busy with Orochimaru.

Oh by the way, since Sasuke isn't with the team anymore, and a team requires three members, Sai (whoever he is), replaced him. Although I haven't watched the other episodes (only the Japanese are enjoying them, no fair), I also know that Kakashi will be temporarily replaced because he'll get injured from the fight against Deidara.

I know I sound corny but hey! This is my first post. Besides, I'm doing something else so what I really wanted to say went out of my head...I don't really want to type my sister's project. I mean I'm already on vacation. Why do I have to do school work?