Books, Books, and More Books

7:09:00 PM ivannejuare 0 Comments

RETROSCI gave me a book for a birthday present. I bought myself a book for a birthday present. I bought another book on the same day. Yesterday I bought two more books. And now, I'm broke. I finished reading Big  Girl, which Retrosci gave me and I'm in Chapter 9 of John Grisham's The Confession. I said I'm gonna read it after my Law exam but I got depressed yesterday by my 114.1 exam so I started reading it...and now I can't bring myself to stop reading it. 

Books I've Read.

Books I still have to read.

This book madness is kinda making me broke. But I just can't help myself to stop reading and buying books. I've always love reading and it makes me feel better. I makes me learn many things, explore my imagination and enrich my vocabulary. 

Mind Boggling Kaisiqi

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For the past weeks my classmates had been solving this metal puzzles. I don't know how it started but the addiction is just contagious. Nadin, Donna and I bought a set of this metal puzzles called kaisiqi. I really don't know how to solve those puzzles without the 'answer key' and I'm glad our 114 exams doesn't involve solving kaisiqi 'cause I'm sure I'll definitely fail. The metal puzzles require patience. And for problem solving geeks, I guess they found their match. 




Unplanned Break Away

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Some things come when you least expect it.
Just like love. Or it can be more simple, like happiness. 

The past week was a 114.1 week. It's a week full of pressures and fears, and for some, sleepless nights. It's our second long exam and it's a determinant for our destiny for the next 2 or 3 years of our lives. Since we don't have class last Wednesday and Thursday, most of my classmates spent it studying. As for me? Most of those vacant time, I spent sleeping, facing my laptop, designing my wall and doing nothing productive. Thursday came and when I was finally starting to study, I got a call from my high school friends. They want me to come to CPU. I declined the offer, so they gave me another offer. They said they'd visit me in my dorm instead. I thought they're just joking. Then I got another call from them saying they're in UP and they asked me the directions to my dorm. Gosh. I couldn't reject them and say I got other priorities. So I went out with them, and my pocket didn't like it. I gave them a late birthday treat. I'm glad we didn't end up in some fancy restaurant coz I won't have money for the rest of the week. Anyways, I enjoyed their company, just like before. With or without gift, I still love them.

When I'm with my high school friends, I feel like I'm in a whole different world or atmosphere. When I'm with them I can be the immature girl that I am, without fearing the thought of being laughed at or criticized. When I'm with them, I just feel better. Planned or unplanned, being with them makes me want to go back to high school and never leave my comfort zone. This sort of things makes me miss them more. I miss the way we call each other different funny names, the way we'd make our math assignment on other teacher's period, eating our lunch on recces time, visiting the chapel once a day, hearing first friday masses, having processions which I used to hate, wearing those long sleeves uniforms...and the list goes on and on. I just miss them. Everything about them.








This coming Wednesday, I'm not looking forward to the cheering in Miag-ao but to spending another bonding time with my highschool friends. I definitely hope there wont be any change of plans. 

Je t'aime Eiffel Tower

3:23:00 PM ivannejuare 0 Comments

I don't know how it all begun, but I really got this sort of obsession or fascination on the Eiffel Tower. I don't know why but I just love it, even though it's nothing but a bunch of steel. Perhaps it has something to do with Paris. Ever since I always dreamed of going to Paris. It seems such a nice place and it's the City of Love.

I have several pictures of the Eiffel Tower saved on my laptop. Well, the views varies, so I have this inkling to really see for myself what it looks like. 


As part of my fascination, I had bought some stuffs which has Eiffel Tower designs and my friends, Donna and Nadin are very supportive of my love for Eiffel Tower that they gave me Eiffel towers stuffs on my birthday.


Donna made this for me as the header for my website which is part of the requirements for our BA 183.1 class.

These are notebooks and  I haven't figured out yet what to write on it or where to use it.


1st Paragraph of Chapter 18

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I finally turned legal last August 5. It's a special day since it's my 18Th birthday but there really wasn't any grand celebration. I just spent the day with my loved ones and friends. I didn't had a debut but my friends and family never failed to make the occasion more special by greeting me. My family even prepared a surprise for me. It's not much, but I enjoyed it. Of course, it rained. My birthday won't really be complete without it. I see it like a blessing from God. 

Donna made this for me and posted it in our room's wall.
When I got home, I wondered why the lights were off. When I entered the house, the only light was coming from the candles on my cake. I didn't really expected to have a cake on my birthday. A simple spaghetti by my mom would suffice. My hair is such a mess since I just got off the bus.




Instead of getting 18 red roses, I had 3 anthuriums. Haha.


When I got back to Iloilo on Sunday, I had dinner with my roommates, Nadin and Donna. We had been deciding where to spend my birthday celebration since last year. We thought of eating at Hamada, Steps of Rome, and to Greenwich with an 18 inches pizza. We declined those choices and thought of Crave Burgers since I'm really craving for it, but in the spur of the moment, we found ourselves on the doorsteps of Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria. While waiting for our foods, Nadin and Donna surprised me by giving 3 gifts: one from each of them and one from my beloved Retrosci Family. I thought they just brought their bags to keep their other belongings, but it turned out, it was intended to keep the gifts. 



Donna and Nadin really put effort in wrapping my gift. They wrapped it in 18 layers of gift wrappers. Just imagine the scene and mess I created. haha.
Eiffel Tower gifts from Nadin and Donna:)
Retrosci's gift. I already finished reading it:)
This is what we ate. I love the pizza but I love the dessert more. We even had a free dessert because its my birthday.
Oh. The owner of our dorm also gave me an ice cream. Aside from the gift I received from my friends, I also had gifts from my family. One of my aunts even gave me 2 one liter of coke. Haha.

This is from my mom. My friends call it 'Cinderella Shoes'. 
This is from my father and brother.

I really had fun with my 18th birthday celebration. I am so blessed to have those people around me. I couldn't imagine how my life would be without them.

This is just the start of Chapter 18 of my life, and the celebration is just the first paragraph. I still had many paragraphs to form...and many Chapters to start. So off I go now and make new sentences. See you next time!:)

Blue Mode

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I've been dying to see this exhibit since it opened but because of time constraints, I wasn't able to visit the gallery until yesterday. What attracted me to PG Zoluaga's exhibit is the fact that it is about BLUE, my favorite color. 










One of my faves:)













I think his paintings are great. I would like to have one of it, but it cost too much. haha


*The first 4 photos are not mine. I took it from my Hum1 professor's album:) As for the last 4 photos, pardon me if it doesn't look good. I just took it using my phone camera. The paintings look nicer in actual. 



Hachiko: The Faithful Dog

3:02:00 AM ivannejuare 0 Comments

At first I thought it's boring knowing that its about a dog. But later on I realized that it was a movie about Hachi. I read about Hachi in the internet sometime ago and his story captured me a lot. It's nice to have a dog like him who is so loyal and cute.



So last Saturday, I saw this movie entitled Hachiko: A Dog's Story. Well, since I read about Hachi, I kinda knew how the story would go. Nonetheless, the movie had me on the extremes. My brother and I were laughing during the first part of the movie and was saying how cute the dog that played Hachi was. But as the story progressed, I find it hard to contain myself and fight back the tears. I think I spent more than half of the movie crying. It was really a good film but the story topped it off. The actors did well in portraying their roles, and so were the dogs that played Hachi. I liked their choice of music too. 






Anyways, the movie just kindled the fire inside me. I really want to have a dog, although I'm afraid it might bite me. I'd like to have an akita, like hachiko, or perhaps a chow chow, alaskan malamute or a japanese spitz. But I don't think I could ever have one, because it has a breed which means that it has high price.



New Addiction

12:14:00 AM ivannejuare 0 Comments

It's the theme song of his movie A Special Symphony which is to be released this August. And I'm dying to watch it because he's in it!:)


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