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Driver Tin gave me permission to link her! Yay! I visited your site, Tin! Isn't there a 'thumbs-up' emoticon around here? Oh well, I give you the thumbs-up anyway. Haha. Note to self: Personalise your blog, you lazy girl!
Sleep All Day
Sleep All Day is such a nice song. It probably comes in third in my list of Theme Songs right after Always Look... and Que Sera Sera. Ah... Wouldn't I just love to stay in bed all day. Mmmm... I learned some new things while I was talking with my sister early this morning. I now have some idea as to what happened on that dreaded Wednesday (Nov. 27) night. It's a bit sad really, but everybody has family problems. I just don't think that such things should just be slept on. I mean, you lash out at one another, screaming at the top of your lungs, and then you grow tired and sleep, and then the next day it's just supposed to be okay? I think not. Trivial things maybe, like the recent argument I had with my brother (also taking place last Wednesday), but as for other things... well, it doesn't work that way. There are times when I wonder if I actually have more sense than some grown ups. Haha! Scared you for a minute there, didn't I?
It's my father's birthday today, by the way. Happy Birthday, Daddy!!! He already had an early celebration last Wednesday (no... Really?!?! <--read with pure sarcasm), so I'm not sure if we're going anywhere tonight. I know we're dining out tomorrow, but that's in celebration of my lola's birthday. I wonder how old she is.
In Other News
You know, I've just realized how plain my blog is. I'll probably get around to making my own template, but I think, for now, being able to just type away is enough for me. I actually have this site that I've been working on rotting away in my PC. I always said that it will be up by summer of 2003, but I'm not so sure now. I haven't opened it in ages!!! Oh yeah, before I forget, Kathy gave me permission to link her. Those who do know her personally, however, will have to ask permission from her first, because she was kind of reluctant to give me the address. But of course, due to my amazing powers of persuasion and my natural charm (*whips head around to glare at protesters*), I was able to convince her to give it up. What can I say? All in a day's work! *wink*
Varignon must be very disappointed with me. I have failed to prove his theorem! I have failed to even understand the proof to his theorem! Alas, how he must weep to see such a failure! The Master no longer lives... Yes... I have been demoted to being Driver Tin's secretary this morning, when I took down math notes for her while she solved some problems for EEE23. The notes weren't very neat though, and I ended up putting little messages like, "hello, tin! wala akong magawa!" (rough trans: hello, tin! i'm bored!) I can't wait until the next math class!
I read a funny quote today. It goes something like, "I can resist everything except temptation." Words of wisdom from the true master! I wonder who said that. Oh well, I'll leave you to think about that exciting quote!
Break
Mmmm... the pleasures of guilt-free idling. I've now done all I can to finish my EEE23 homework, but there's a limit to my abilities (not to mention my patience), so I think I've earned this break. Ah... Sometimes twisting the truth for your own benefit is not so bad.
Anyway, it's Thursday night right now, and I'm enjoying some unexpected private time. I mean, what are the chances that I'll be left alone at home, free from not 1, not 10, but 5 other family members on a school night?! Ah... Hope that no one comes for another hour or so. Things have been pretty "exciting" and intense as of late, so maybe with everyone off on their own, they'll have a chance to loosen up. Maybe my parents need another trip to the US! Hehe... better yet, send me! Not to the US of course, but maybe somewhere in Europe. Right. Dream on!
I heard a funny, distorted version of Nelly and Kelly's Dilemma yesterday. A tricycle driver was singing it, and it went something like, No matter what I do/ All I think about is you/ Even when you like my boo!!! I never knew that Nelly was gay! Hahahahaha...hahaha...ha...haaaaaaa. *Ahem* That was just yesterday's comedy moment.
So. I'm just gonna be talking to myself for a while. Yeah. Hey, Chrissa! How's it going? Oh, a bit stressful, but I have a bunch of inmates (i.e. friends) who keep me (in)sane. I see. Insane is good, you know? Yeah, you think so, too? Amazing. I watched the Amazing Race earlier. Did you? Yup. I was so happy for John Vito and Jill when that blond guy (the host) anounced that it was a non-elimination race. Me too. I do hope that Teri and Ian (especially Ian) get eliminated next. Honestly, Ian's too much of a nagger! I know! I wanted to push him downhill when they were racing to the pit stop! Yeah, imagine him rolling all the way down along with his pack. *evil snickering* ----
Gah!!! What is this?! Three family members arriving at the same time! So much for private time. Oh well. I'll bond with myself whenever. See ya, Chrissa. Good night to you, too! Happy Thanksgiving! We don't celebrate that here. Oh. Right. I forgot. You always forget things. Whatever! Good night! Night!
Titles
Just a little bit of fooling around. My friends and I thought up some fitting titles for ourselves this afternoon. Yup. We were bored all right! I still have some objections as to being dubbed Master Chrissa, but that's already sort of stuck to me thanks to Driver Tin, (official driver because she's the only one with a car) also known as Teacher Tin! Madame Nikki is the fortune teller. She makes really good guesses when it comes to exam answers! Princess is something I decided to call Ivy because she looked really pretty during her debut. Plus you should hear her when she's all haughty! She's a natural! As for "Barber"... hahaha!!! Excuse me while I laugh for 5 minutes please! Heehee! It's pretty stupid, I know, but it's the perfect title for Nas! Sorry, Nas, but you brought it up in the first place! Heehee! Kathy and Phine are yet to be dubbed. I asked Kathy if she would like to be my slave or minion, but there were a lot of protests. hmph!
Political Party
I went to my friend's (Ivy, a blockmate of mine) debut last Saturday. She was recently elected SK Chairman for their barangay in Mandaluyong (you go, Ivy!!! woohoo!), and so a lot of political people attended her debut; no one really big, but I still found it amusing that a part of her guests consisted of other SK officers, councilors, and one vice mayor. Hehe.. It was a fun debut nonetheless, despite the fact that we (my friends and I) were a bit overdressed. But who cares? We looked cute!
The dinner was also quite an experience. Imagine this: the party was held outdoors, there was no moon and no stars, and I had my back turned from the center where the main sources of light were located. Really, I never knew how eating in the dark could be so exciting! It was even more exciting for my other friend, Kathy, when she was about to eat a part of her embotido, when she found a gold ring inside! I don't think any fingers were mixed in with the food though. The ring just probably slid off the owner's finger while mixing and mashing the whole embotido.
Evil Twin
I always thought that the doppleganger theory was a bit bogus, but something happened last friday that really freaked me out: I met my mom's "evil twin." I was commuting home, and since no buses were available, I decided to take the services in Landmark, and then this lady sits across me, and I was a bit shocked to see that she looked exactly like my mom! There were noticeable differences of course, but the resemblance was just so uncanny that I couldn't help but gape at her for a while. She had this evil, freaky thing going though. Her body was so stiff, and I really couldn't (and still can't) imagine how she could keep her back so damn straight even though she was sleeping... SLEEPING!!! It just boggles the mind. Honestly, if my mom was raised by ye old royal families in Europe in the past, that's how her bearing would have been. Freaky.
Damn. It's becoming an obsession. I used to be okay with being left alone at my house with nothing to do, but lately it has been such a strain. A couple of months back, I would have given anything just to stay home and do nothing, but now I feel that I need a distraction. I need to get busy. You know how the screensaver turns on when you leave the computer idle for at least a minute? That is how my mind works now. I don't see anything interesting to watch on TV, so I switch it off and then all of a sudden I'm back in dreamland. Yup. Trapped in the stupid make-believe world where I have a... what's the word... an ideal life. It's not always blissful there, but as it's ideal, I always make up solutions to my problems. I suppose this is not entirely weird. I'm sure other people out there do the same thing, but I don't think they're as obsessed with it as I am. I need to get busy. I should've gotten nineteen units.
Theme Song
So the first two days of 'real' school has started. I've met with all my professors and intsructors, and it seems that it's going to be a busy semester. I know that I was ranting earlier about wanting to get busy, but somehow making lab reports, solving problem sets, doing machine problems and burying myself in readings and books were not what I had in mind. I guess I should be careful what I wish for next time. It's not so bad when I really really think about it. At least now that school has resumed, I get to see my friends again, and God knows they're filled with enough nonsense and silliness to distract me from myself. Haha! PEACE! I luv ya all.
I've got a new theme song, by the way! Back in high school up until just this last semester, it was Que sera sera, but I've changed it and have now officially laid claim to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. I found the Nike commercial very charming and cute, although it did focus more on athletes rather than people like me who have to put up with lab reports and problem sets and academic stuff. But then I suppose it could always work for me as well. Mmm... the bright side of life. Could it be that I should be glad that I only have to worry about getting high grades instead of worrying about work and raising my family? And that I don't have to be troubled with disturbing thoughts about losing my job, because I don't have one yet. And that for this Christmas and for three more Christmases to come, I will still get gifts and am not yet obliged to give anything, because I'm not working yet. Ah... I feel better already. Updating this blog was a good idea.
I do wish I could whistle though.
Ah... Semestral break has come and gone, and I'm now trying to re-acquaint myself with that oh so complicated method of studying. *shiver* Hehe.. Who am I kidding? I don't even have anything ready yet! My notes from last sem are still in my bag, I don't have anything to write my notes on, and I'm still not used to getting up at 5:00 in the morning! At least I have a ballpen to start with. Haha! It seems it's not just me, anyway. I'm guessing the instructors and professors don't want to get up early as well, because as of yet, only my majors classes have met. *sigh* Too bad that it's bound to pick up really soon. Oh well! One thing that's good about this semester is that my schedule isn't has packed as last sem's. Can you believe that I can actually go home at 11:30 on Thursdays and 1:00 on Fridays? Ah! I am blessed...
It was my mother's birthday last Nov. 13. Happy Birthday, Mama! We had a nice dinner outside at Racks, and I ordered a sizzling Pork Ribs dish. While I was eating it, two thoughts crossed my mind. One was that it's a bad idea to eat sizzling plates when you're very hungry because you're just going to end up with a sore tongue, and another is that delicious sizzling plates are hard to find. I mean, it takes quite a while for them to serve you the dish, so when it comes, you're already hungry, so you start eating and then end up with, like I said, a sore tongue. My point? These dishes are just really, really hot! You won't be able to actually taste the food because you're too busy telling your brain to keep the food in your mouth no matter how hot it is. Heeheehee! Or, of course, maybe it's just me. I guess I was kind of bitter because they had the gall to tell me they didn't have Cream of Mushroom Soup!!! Hmph! Bah! I'll stick to good 'ol pasta next time.
I just got off the phone with another good friend Nikki, and I've just given her permission to link me. Ah... so much for the "what are the chances of people I know actually reading this" bit I was talking about yesterday. It's not so bad, but I guess I was just surprised that I even gave her the address to my blog in the first place (Hello, Nikki, if you're reading this!). If it were three years ago today, I would have said, "Over my dead body!!!", but then again, there isn't really anything written here that she doesn't know about. The only problem is, I can't write anything that she's not supposed to know about anymore. Hehehe...
Good Morning! It is 10:53 am now, according to my computer. First of all, happy birthday to my good friend Aggie!
Anyway, nothing much has happened since I last posted. I'm obviously bored out of my wits and wasting much money on the internet. I wouldn't mind spending a couple of hours here usually, but as Christmas is just around the bend, I really do have to brush up on what I thought was my best talent: budgeting. Haha!
Forgot to mention yesterday that Jenson Button actually visited the Philippines last Saturday, November 9. It was really quite an experience to see one of the F1 drivers in the flesh. Man... the Philippines is indeed deprived of F1 stuff. I know of people who have been following F1 for a long time, but I don't know how I could manage that considering how rare F1 magazines are around here. A big Thank You goes out to Mild Seven and Renault for sponsoring that wonderful event, and most especially to Jenson Button for being absolutely lovable! *smiles cheekily* The whole event was extremely fun, even if it was raining quite a bit... Okay! That was an understatement! It was raining quite hard, but really! Compared to a couple of conventions I've been to (don't ask... they're too embarrasing to mention), XLR8 was very nicely done. They made it a day for the fans, with lots of raffles and promos and stuff, and even threw in an autograph signing session. Kudos to Mild Seven and Renault!
Coincidences
It's really weird how everything just sort of happens and you find all these connections that are bizarre yet kind of creepy in a way. Take dates for example. Of all the dates that XLR8 could be held, they had to hold it at Nov. 9--same date that my classmate, Bryan, past away back in 1997. And then there's the first two races of the 2003 season: March 3 and March 17. My sister and I got hold of the schedules, and we burst out laughing when we saw those two dates, them being the birthdays of former crushes of ours.
It's not just there that these little things boggle my mind. I also sometimes marvel at how small the world really is, and I have no doubt that it's still getting smaller. When I first stepped into college, I always thought, "Wow... Fresh start. New friends. New image!" And then it happened that as the first year rolled by, I've found little connections like this blockmate of mine knew this classmate of mine from high school, and that one of my kabarkadas in high school is actually a third cousin of mine... And as of today, I could make this huuuuge web connecting everyone I know to well, everyone I know! I don't have time to explain everything really, but you'll just have to take my word for it. It's kind of like a soap opera without the drama and the soap. hehehe... And I quote my friend Matthew, "Para pala tayong Jologs eh!" (rough translation: "We're kind of like those people from Jologs!" Jologs being a local movie where the characters' lives are interconnected.) Hehe... right, Matthew. I'd rather not think of our situation that way.
And so... I think I've exhausted everything I have to say for now. Wanna email me for whatever reason? Addie is at the bottom.
Oh my stupid, annoying, brainless brain! That was so stupid of me to completely erase what I was intending to post! Serves me right for fooling around with the damn controls..
ahem... Anyway, obviously this is my first go at creating and posting on a blog. I used to think, "Why even bother posting nonsense on the net? Nobody cares about what happens in your life, so who's even gonna bother reading it?" And then it hit me. Hey! How convenient! The world is so big, and I'm guessing there are millions of people around the world who have blogs of their own, so what are the chances that someone I personally know would come by my journal? It's almost as private as any journal I could have here at home, and it's even safer because what do I care if some stranger finds out that I have a crush on so and so? And so, this blog was born... And woe to the people who actually come by here! hehehe
Let's first establish a first-name basis policy here. Here's how it works: I give you my name... and no matter how big the age difference is between us, if in the event that I do receive any email from anybody, just don't expect me to address you as Mr. or Miss or Sir or Dame... unless you're someone really important and I have this deep respect for you... okay scrap that. Any name would do! The titles Master and Teacher are already reserved for me and my friends respectively though. Oh whatever. Nobody's gonna email me anyway.
So as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by myself, my name is Chrissa. Yeah... it took me quite some time to decide whether I give that name out. hehe I am currently a sophomore at UP Diliman (that's a university in the philippines), taking up Electronics and Communications Engineering (oh... so that's why she's a bit off!), and I am doing good so far. I thought that by the time I hit 2nd year, I would spend most of my free time hounding teachers and clamouring for extra points, but thankfully it has only happened once. Hehe I expect the tally to increase this next semester though!
What else is there to say? Let's see... I love pasta. I love dogs! I am quite an avid anime fan. I love books so much. And I am a formula one racing fan as well. Actually, that's what occupies most of my time these days (UP registration, not counted!). Williams BMW F1 team has my complete support! However, McLaren is a pretty good team as well, and Kimi Raikkonen has my complete support over there. I really wish they wouldn't expect so much of him. Everybody's saying he's the next Mika Hakkinen, but damn the pressure! It would be absolutely fantastic if he does fill in his shoes, but if I were under the same kind of pressure, I wouldn't know what to do.
Ah well, I think I have to go now. I can feel the money draining away with each minute that passes in typing this thing. I'll probably post in a couple of days. Thanks for reading!
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