Gel: Forgotten Realms

I'm Going Home

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:08:25 GMT

I'm going home.

Don't get me wrong. I am happy.

Frustrated because I think I have erased the farewell Kyoto pictures I have prepared.

Sad well, goodbyes are always sad.

And thankful to all the people who have helped me while I'm here in one way or another.

You know who you are.

Looking forward to seeing my family and friends.

See you guys after 11 hours... :D

I Left My Heart In Wapsi Square

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:45:09 GMT

For the past few days I have been reading a web comic I found from one of the forums I usually visit. The title of the comic is Wapsi Square. It is a story about three friends and their adventures and misadventures as they go about their daily lives. Well, I haven't really finished reading but I'll share what I have read so far.

The three friends are Monica (a busty anthropologist and also the main focus of the story), Shelly (works part time in her father's garage and as the lead singer in their band), and Amanda (a professional photographer).

What I love about the comics is how the author, Paul Taylor, manages to find a balance between real life and fantasy and everything in between. The characters seem so real and I easily fell in love with each one of them. It has probably got a lot to do that I can easily relate their personalities to my friends (Joyce, Ayen and Iya.. peace guys!).

The added spice of fantasy like the appearance of an Aztec god of alcohol, three chimeras appearing as three drunken college girls, and a silent dog who appears smarter than he looks keeps the comic fun and light to read.

If you have some time in your hand, try to read a couple of strips. As for me, I'm going back to read it. I want to know what happens after Monica literally set her self-doubt's ass on fire. :D

Oh, and here's the link: http://www.wapsisquare.com/

Burnt to a crisp...

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:47:54 GMT

My name is Faust Ashengray.

Faust to my friends. Half-breed to both humans and elves.

My adventures started when I joined The Order Of The Blades. I was about in my teens. In elf standards I was too young to start out as a warrior. And in humans, I was too old. Nevertheless, after years of training I decided to set out on a pilgrimage.

Along the way I met some friends. A human paladin, whose sense of justice is unequalled. A dwarven warrior, who relishes the thought of impending combat. An young elvish sorcerer, whose raw talent is complimented by his wisdom. The four of us have journeyed far and wide in search of adventure.

Well, rather than finding adventure, I think adventure found us. What is worse is that it was in the form of a dragon. A red dragon at that. With weapons at hand we charged and fought it for all we were worth for. I immediately blessed my allies as the paladin and dwarf charged fearlessly into the fray. The mage was already busy speaking some arcane incantations I vaguely know of.

Here I go. I said to myself. I drew my weapons and prepared for battle. I prayed to my god that he bless my shield and soon joined in on the melee. We thought we were winning. But the dragon, took one deep breath and unleashed hell upon us all. I was blinded for a moment and the heat was unbearable. Sensations of pain shot through my entire body. As I saw my friends suffer from the attack as well.

I knew at that instant I had to heal them. Experience dictated that I heal myself first. I was always have been that kind of a cleric. I heal myself first before I tend to others. But for the first time in my life, I felt that my friends right now we're more important. I had to save them. I had to heal them. After all, this is what clerics do. This is what I must do. What I am supposed to do.

I rushed towards tha downed paladin. Uttering some divine incantations you may not understand. I managed to cure his burns. He quickly stood up and rushed to help the bloodied dwarf in fending off the dragon. Our elven mage was not having much luck in penetrating the spell resistance of the red dragon. Damn lizards.

I rushed once more into the fray. I saw its tail lash out in front of me. I felt pain from my left torso and saw blood flow out of my breastplate. It was one of those times I wished that I invested my money on a full plate. Oh well.

I reached the dwarf in time to heal him. I managed to cure most of his wounds. Wow. I actually did my job this time. And at that moment, I saw another blinding flash of light.. of unbearable heat encircling my entire body. I was ablaze. Damn that dragon. He got me good. I could hardly hear my friends calling out my name and my sight was fast darkening. I'd like to ponder whether or not by healing them I managed to save their lives. You might be thinking I just prolonged their deaths. But I know the answer.

What I did saved their lives. And they managed to slay that dumb lizard as well. How do I know? Let's just say that my heroic act earned me enough points with my god that he gave me a second chance. Well that plus I had to give up the ass kicking sword he gave me in one of our quests.

Damn that god. He forgot to mention that I will be going back to my body with most of the burns still there. Well I guess since women dig battlescars, they might go crazy with burn scars too? Anyway, I'm alive AGAIN.

Next time I'm in a tavern or a town, I might introduce myself like this.

The name is Faust Ashengray. Dragon slayer.

Sounds cool right?

Thoughts..

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:42:19 GMT

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.

Sometimes though.. you often wonder what it is you gain when you lose something.. But maybe it is because we focus too much on what we have lost, that we do not see what it is that we have gained in return.

What do you want to gain? And at what price are you willing to pay just to get what you want?

wala lang magawa

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:04:05 GMT

and so i happen to read this blog post from one of my friends.. since i am not doing anything right now.. i decided to waste a couple of minutes answering it..

Where is your cell phone? in my left pocket

Your hair? huh?

Your mother? huh??

Your father? huh???

Your favorite thing? right now is my hd player..

Your dream last night? i dont remember

Your favorite drink? coke

What room are you in? 1001

Your fear? one fear has already happened.. so that leaves my fear of heights.

Where do you want to be in 6 years? sa pinas pa din..

Where were you last night? sa kwarto ko lang..

Something that you aren't? extrovert

Wish list item? laptop.. or to travel back in time..

Last thing you did? chat

TV? everyday

Your pets? nope

Friends? i dont get the question..hehehe.

Your life? sucks. well in comparison about a year ago.

Your mood? dont want to do anything.

Missing someone? yep.

Drinking? 3 nights ago ata..

Smoking? nope. never.

Your car? is still not yet invented.

Your favorite store? sofmap!

Your favorite color? blue

When was the last time you cried? 02/20

Who will resend this? dont care who..

Where do you go to over and over? MML office

My favorite place to eat? Rai Rai Tei / Bammy's

Favorite place I'd like to be at right now? likod ng ateneo..

untitled

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:05:16 GMT

Hi..

I really miss you..

Sorry.

Had to vent that out.

Random Thoughts 7

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:03:47 GMT

>>> Do you believe in happy endings? Is there such a thing? I don't know. But I'd like to believe there is.

>>> I recently realized that the song What can i do by the Corrs is really a very sad song. I have always thought it to be such a romantic song.

>>> Speaking of which, the answer to the question "What can i do to make you love me?".. really is nothing. You can never "make" someone love you.

>>> The past few weeks have been pretty much draining to say the least. Hoping to re-charge soon.

I really should be sleeping right now... Good night..

im home...

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:04:33 GMT

got to the airport only to be said that my flight was cancelled.

got transferred to PAL... lined up for almost over an hour...

and saw that my flight will board by 935 and it was already 9.

ran like an amazing race contestant and somehow made it in time but then again, boarding got a little bit delayed...

arrived in manila 45 minutes behind schedule...

got charged 2k by the customs for my xbox.

after eating and some chat fell asleep on the sofa.

woke up by 9:30...

though this was not so much of a good day for me... it is still nice to be home.

Love You Out Loud! ^_^

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:05:22 GMT

I was browsing and listening through some Rascal Flatts videos when I came across this song... and then came up with an idea to do this. :D

Love You Out Loud
By: Rascal Flatts

I have always been a little shy
I've always been the quiet
Type till now
And I never let my feelings show
I never let anybody know
Just how much I was so
Deep in love

First ever picture (before naging kami...)

But now that you're in my arms

I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud

A couple of hours before naging kami...

You keep bringing out the
Free in me
What you do to my heart
Just makes me melt
And I don't think I can resist
But I've never been one to
Kiss and tell
A love this true can't be
Subdued
So I'm gonna let out a yell

@Tagaytay (First ever out of town)

I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud

@Trinoma, gimik with Bebe

Baby, I want the whole world to see
Just how good your love looks on me

@Sagano-Arashiyama, (First date in Japan!)

I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud

@Enoshima Station

Baby, I love to love you out loud
Yeah, I love to love you out loud

I love you Nyan! ^_^

Link to video: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=mUGR2Tarttc

WTF is that kind of ending???!!!!

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:08:09 GMT

Disclaimer:
The title of this blog is directed to whoever thought of that kind of lame crappy incomprehensible ending for the movie The Descent and to all the people who contributed to its B- rating in Yahoo! Movies...

@Sir Govz: Tama ka nga. Two thumbs up ako sa sinabi mo. Di nga maganda yung movie! :D

*changes topic*

Just having those kind of nights when my gut is telling me something, and I'm hoping it is wrong...whatever it is.

*bored*

I could definitely use some buffs right about now...

*After 15 mins of editing*

I miss those times when...

Anyway, it's getting late. Maybe next time.

Happy Holloween!

just to break the silence...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:48:12 GMT

I'm not good at riding roller coasters.

I hate the feeling of slowly going up then having the expectation that you will go down eventually and so fast it would seem that you would be thrown out of the ride.

And whenever I start to feel/think that I am already falling, I tend to hold on to the bars tighter that sometimes, after the ride is over, my palms would be red from gripping too tight.

But even though that is the case with me and roller coasters, I still try to swallow my fear, and get on. It's because I've realized that much more than the fear I feel, the experience of being able to ride on a roller coaster with Hannah right beside me, is that much rewarding.

And I'm not just talking about roller coasters here.

Buhay Nihon

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:25:58 GMT

Day 0

First night sa nihon. Nakarating na ako sa ACT 21 ng mga past 10PM JP time. Buti na lang at nandun si Rommel sa tapat ng building namin. Hehehehe. Pagkatapos i-akyat ang mga gamit ko, dumerecho na kami sa Rai Rai Tei (nga ba?) para kumain ng ramen. Syempre libre ni Rommel yung sa kin as promised. Chasu Ramen na set yung inorder ni Marvs para sa kin. Di ko naubos. Grabe. Hehehe. Dami ng serving ng ramen may kasama pang rice at karaage. Ayun sulit ang unang dinner ko. :D

After nun, pumunta kami ng kyu kyu para bumili ng mga gamit ko. Naka 1000 yen din ata ako dun. Tapos nilibre pa ako ni sir govz ng choco sundae. Saraaaaap! Sa tapat ng ACT 21 namin kinain yung ice cream habang nagkwekwentuhan.

Pagkabalik sa apato, nag-ayos na ako ng mga kelangan ko for tomorrow. Namalantsa ng damit. Inayos ang mga nabili ko sa kyu kyu. After mag set-up at dahil na din hindi ako maka-connect sa internet, umakyat ako sandali kina Rommel para maka-chat ko girlfriend ko. ^_^ Ang ganda talaga ni nyan kagabi. Hehehe. Should have taken a screenshot before I went down... tsk tsk. Sayang.

Pagdating sa apartment, I finished unpacking all my stuff then went to sleep at around 2pm.

Day 1

Maaga ako nagising. Mga 630 PM pa nga lang. After preparing for work, nagantay na ako sa baba. I met up with Sir Govz and naglakad na kami papauntang Murata. On the way we passed by the headquarters of Nintendo. Asteeeeeeg! :D Then we went to 7-11 to buy lunch.

Pagdating sa office, after a few minutes, pinakilala na ako ni Sir Govz kay Ueda-san. Then kay Kanou-san. Then kay Hirao-san. After nun, I think kay Iida-san then nakasalubong na din namin si Yoshikawa-san. Good thing naalala ko pa mga names nila. :D

Binibiro nila ako na pera-pera daw ang nihongo ko... good thing or bad thing ayos lang. Medyo kabado din since first day. Then ipinakilala na ako kay Kawasaki-san. Nagtanong si Kawasaki-san in a very small but quick voice kung gano ko katagal sa MML magwowork (later ko na nalaman na yun pala tinatanong nya) but hindi ko nasagot kasi di ko nadinig. Ayun. Hehehe. Plus nagperfume ako. Though light lang naman naamoy pa din pala. So tomorrow walang perfume. hahaha.

After work (syempre di na binanggit ang anything about work), umalis kami ni Alwyn at pumunta ng Kyoto eki para bumili pa ng mga gamit ko. Heto na ata yung pinakamahal na ginastos ko so far. Mga 3K yen din on various items. Oh, and eto pala first train ride ko dito sa Japan. Hehehe.

After nun, kumain kami sa McDo and umorder ako ng spicy chicken and iced tea (Kasi di pwede coke. hehehe). Masarap ung chicken burger nila. Parang zinger ang dating. Pero yung iced tea, grabe! WALANG LASA!!! Hahaha. Pero enjoy naman ang meal kasi me and Alwyn got to talk on various stuff.

On the way back to ACT 21, nag-decide kami na maglakad pabalik ng Jyujo. We passed by Yoshinoya, KFC and yung supermarket na binilhan namin na medyo mura ang prices naman nila. Hehehe. Syempre napabili na uli ako dun. :D

Pagbalik sa apato, ayun. Setup uli ng mga gamit na nabili. Then tinry ko paganahin yung internet. Which now works kaso sa labas pa ako dapat ng apato ko magnenet. Salamat nga pala Rommel for helping me out with fixing my furnitures. :D

So mamya makakausap ko na din sa wakas ang mahal ko using my laptop!!! ^_^

Anyway, wala pa munang pics kasi ang hirap magupload eh. Jyaaa... at bababa na si alwyn anytime now. :D

Speaking of pickup lines...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:37:24 GMT

Speaking of pickup lines... I remember something funny that happened to me about 7 years ago? Back in college, we had an orientation seminar before classes began. One of the group activities we did then was to have a match as to which guy can say the best pickup line. I was one of the guys chosen to participate, but honestly I didn't know what they meant by "pickup line" during those days. Yeah. I did not know what a pickup line was. Haha. But I did not want to appear naive in front of my classmates-to-be so I said to myself, "What the heck?!" Luckily, I did not have to go first. So I managed to watch as some of the guys tried their best at "picking up" our facilitator. Our facilitator/girl/judge was a member of the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion (a cheerleader). I vaguely remember what she looked like but what I remember is that she did a cartwheel for us when she introduced herself. Anyway, back to my story. Come my turn, I still had no idea what a pickup line was so I just started saying what came to my mind at that time. I think it was some really mushy line I manage to come up with. Yeah yeah I guess I was already mushy back as a freshman. Funny thing is I won that game. Seriously. Though I forgot how and why. Lolz. ^_^

Ako din! (Gel's Avatar)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:48:31 GMT

Product of creating your own avatar at around 1:30 AM in the morning! ^_^

Gel Cartoonized

Which tarot card am I? Take a guess.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:32:41 GMT

Well, just so to have an update this week... Here's what I am as a tarot card. :D

<img src="http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/dragon/5.jpg">
<h2 align="center">You are The Hierophant</h2>
Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching. 
All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.
The Hierophant's purpose is to bring the spiritual down to Earth. Where the High Priestess between her two pillars deals with realms beyond this Earth, the Hierophant (or High Priest) deals with worldly problems. He is well suited to do this because he strives to create harmony and peace in the midst of a crisis. The Hierophant's only problem is that he can be stubborn and hidebound. At his best, he is wise and soothing, at his worst, he is an unbending traditionalist. 
What Tarot Card are You? <a href="http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot">Take the Test to Find Out.</a>

Defeaning silence...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:41:14 GMT

Wala lang.

Tahimik lang sobra sa multiply lately.

Hehe.

That was refreshing!

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:55:50 GMT

whew!

just finished taking a warm bath.

i've never felt this refreshed in a while.

sarap siguro nun kung tub sya tapos warm water. hehehe.

sayang talaga bitin yung niinit kong tubig to last the entire bath. hahaha. para pa naman may yelo ang tubig ngayon.

thanks nyan!^_^

あなたのことが好き。

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:38:30 GMT

Today, I was the speaker for the day. And here is the speech I have written. ^_^

「あなたのことが好き。。。」という時にあなたの彼女になる。その言葉は今までも昨日に言ったように私の頭の中に響いている。その約束をしてくれただけで、私はどれだけ幸せなのか知っていますか。確かに、数日後、あなたはその言葉を私に言いました。その景色は私の記憶から、多分一生消えないだろう。

トライシーケルを乗り、口任せの最中に、いきなりでしたよね。私はあの時にすごくびっくりでバカみたいな反応してしまい、あわてて、夜中なので多分半分の私が寝ていて、“はい？”を返事しました。あなたは素敵な笑顔をして、私の目を直接見て、もう一度言)いました。”あなたのことが好き。

涙が出るほどのうれしい私はまた笑い事の返事しかいえなかった。”。。。と言うことは私の彼女になりますか。”あなたはまた笑顔して、”しゅうじぎもんなのですか。”といいました。

あの忘れられない夜をおきたからもう6月16日9時間ぐらいがたちました。残念ながら、今、あなたはここにいません。この話を聞いて、おそらく、あなたの顔を真っ赤になるんだろう。それを本当に見たかったなー。

9月に会える可能性が高い。その時に今度こそちゃんと返事したい。”あなたのことが大好きだよ。”と。

On love and fear

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:47:25 GMT

Just some thoughts I'd like to share...

Why is love accompanied with fear? Why is it that when you love someone so much you fear of losing him/her? If you love someone so much and is afraid of losing him/her, can that be called selfishness or simply love? Does this fear of losing that important peson makes us do things that makes that important person feel otherwise? If so, then what do we do so that this fear doesn't take control of us?

Still pondering on those questions... Will write something about this soon once I manage to organize my thoughts. If you like, then you can share what you think about those questions. Please feel free to comment. Thanks! ^_^

You Don't Mess...

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:21:58 GMT

SPOILER ALERT!!!

...With the O'Connels!

And so we (Me, Joyce, Ayen, Cris and Roi) found ourselves at trinoma watching The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor at Trinoma. As much as I want to commend the movie for being action packed and a lot of times funny, something just was not right in the movie. I guess it might have been Brendan's wife was played by a new actress or was it the deja vu feeling I got while I was watching the movie?

Snacks @Trinoma Foodcourt

I'm still glad that the movie was still good for a few laughs. Jonathan was still as funny as always. Watching yetis kick a chinese soldier and then celebrate like a soccer player who just scored a goal had me laughing. But the scene I can't quite forget was when the enemy army fired their crossbow bolts into the undead good guys (yeah undead can be on the side of good too you know), falling down, then getting up again (they can't die since they are already dead), and then celebrating the fact they didn't die again was the best scene for me.

Like fire rising from a pool of water

While the old cast managed to pull it off, I wasn't quite sure with the young O'Connel (son of Brendan Frasier) and the immortal chinese chick was doing throughout the entire movie. It was like their love team was just placed there just to have a romantic angle for the movie. Nothing against them though. It just appeared that their son was more of a gigolo than a tomb raiding, gun swinging, mummy killing O'Connel to me.

With my newfound friend... Wall-E

My complaints about the movie aside, I pretty much enjoyed the third installment of the movie. It is still a movie worth watching on the big screen if you want to just sit back and enjoy.

On the way out...

I'm hungry. Time to eat something. Anyway, to Roi, Cris, Ayen and Joyce... I really had a lot of fun. Hopefully next time the other EdOphiles can come along as well. ^_^

Monthsaries Never Tasted This Sweet!

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:44:44 GMT

August 25, 2008.

For most of the Development 1 employees, this has been a day we all looked forward to. Yes. This was the day that Bossing, Couch, Gian, Edot, and DJ treated us. They ordered food from Pizza Hut and Ambers. Though it is the usual set of food whenever we were celebrating something here at the office, a treat is still a treat.

However, that was also the day before me and my girlfriend's 6th monthsary. For our 6th monthsary celebration, my girlfriend decided to surprise me by conspiring with my officemate Amiel (That's why I felt something was weird when I gave Amiel the P500 Hannah supposedly owed him).

A Red Ribbon Tiramisu cake before during slicing

Amiel. at around 3PM came up from the 5th floor area of our office carrying a cake. He then placed it on my desk and said, "Here's the P500 Hannah owed me." I was shocked. Then my girlfriend paged me to say if I already read the letter which was nowhere to be found. It was not on top of the cake at least. So I asked Amiel and he said, "It's inside the cake." Excited as I was, I was really going to open the cake to check, but luckily I noticed a folded piece of paper inserted into one of the box's flaps.

I read the letter and was about to cry from happiness that day. Luckily, my girlfriend held back on what she had to say for our 6th monthsary celebration. So I was able to hold back my tears of joy. I was really really happy.

I shared the cake (since it was big) to my officemates. Of course, I got myself a huge helping. I also gave Amiel a slice (sliced specially by me of course) as well.

That was the first time I ever tasted Tiramisu. And it was really delicious. I managed to finish the slice I took even if I already ate two servings of palabok, 2 sticks of bbq and a slice of pizza.

Like I've said, monthsaries never tasted this sweet.

What Angelito Means

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:33:38 GMT

What Angelito Means

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.
>>> Hmmm... I don't really think so. I was never authoritative to begin with. Nor am I aggressive. Lolz. Oh well, it is just an online thing.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.
>>> Hahaha. This one is very through. Especially when Hannah gets mad at me. I tend to over think stuff. And sometimes tend to over react.

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life.
You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone.
Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs.
>>> I agree to being introverted. And yes. Sometimes when I am too concentrated on doing something, I hate to be bothered. But there are exceptions especially if the person is just looking out for me, then I don't get grumpy with them.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.
>>> Wow. Touched. Lolz.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.
>>> My secret? Hannah Andrea Bautista. But I guess that's not really a secret anymore.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.
>>> Yep. I easily get excited over things and then get really disappointed if they don't materialize or come true.

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.
You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.
>>> I do love to being alone sometimes. I don't know much about traveling alone though. I usually prefer traveling with friends or with my girl.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.
>>> Yes. I sometimes tend to get serious. Which is why my girlfriend loves teasing me. lolz.

There you have it. What Angelito means. Well I'd say it is about 70% true. Pretty good for something that generates this type of personality profile based on name alone.

Thank God for technology!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:34:05 GMT

This is a 3-month in the making journal entry so please bear with me for a while.

About almost a month ago, my girlfriend was assigned to work in Japan for two years. If this age was still probably in the pre-cellphone / pre-internet era, then maintaining constant communication with her would have been really difficult.

But right now, I have come to appreciate the wonders of modern technology. It allows me to text her whenever I want to for only a peso. We can chat all day through yahoo messenger. I can also talk her using voice chat and see her when she has her web camera on.

Technology has made maintaining our now long distance relationship a lot easier. It has made things more bearable. So kudos to whoever created all these communication technologies! Haha.

Anyway, still 166 days left before Hannah comes home from Japan to spend a few days here in the Philippines for her vacation.

Just a little more waiting left to do.

Jyaa... till next time. I have to work now. Lolz.

How To Get A Seat Sa LRT 101

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:57:19 GMT

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Today, I was riding the lrt. I got a seat near the door since I got in at EDSA-Taft station so majority of the seats where empty. And as expected, the train started to get filled with people. One particular scene caught my interests. Here is how it goes.

Characters:
Babae 1 -> nakaupo na lady from EDSA-Taft Station
Babae 2 -> lady na sumakay at Buendia Station

Babae 2: Excuse me, hanggang saan ba tong train?
Babae 1: Hanggang monumento po.
Babae 2: ahh... eh sa kabila?
Babae 1: Baclaran po.
Babae 2: Bakit ganun? ndi sila nagsasakay sa edsa?
Babae 1: <looks at the lady...siguro di nagets yung statement>
Babae 2: Kasi andun ako. Ayaw ako pasakayin. Sabi sira daw yung train... (talaga lang ha....hehe.)
Babae 1: Galing po ako ng edsa. Dun po ako sumakay.
Babae 2: Eh dun din ako galing. Sabi nga di nagsasakay. Kanina pa ako pinahihirapan nung guard. Kung saan saan pa ako pumupunta... *blah* *blah* (at nagsimula na maglitanya si babae 2 sa harap ni babae 1...)
Babae 1: Sige po dito na lang po kayo... (tumayo at pinaupo si babae 2...)

And there you go! A very effective strategy if you want to get a seat in the LRT. Well, that is if the person seating doesn't ignore you. Hahaha.

A Fun And Interesting Open Conversation Class

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:06 GMT

Today was the first Open Conversation Class in Nihongo that I enjoyed. For the second half, we had an activity wherein we had to answer a set of questions or complete sentences. Then afterwards, the meaning/true answers were given to us...

I will show it in this format.
Q -> Question asked to us
A -> My answer to the question
M -> The meaning (according to Sensei) behind our answers

Survey 1
1.Q: You receive a book. What type of book is it?
A: Comedy
M: How I want to live (gusto ko kasi masaya!)

2.Q: There is only one different colored page. Which is it?
A: First Page
M: Turning point of my life (nagturning point na di ko man lang nalalaman...T_T)

3.Q: The ending of the book is?
A: In the end, I didn't understand anything.
M: The meaning of my life (hahaha.)

Survey 2
1.Q: A puddle of water is...
A: ...the reason why clothes get wet after the rain.
M: My true self. (d ko gets...)

2.Q: The kid is _______
A: conceited
M: It's how you are in front of the person you love. (ndi kaya ako conceited!!! ne mahal ko?)

3.Q: The me right now is...
A: very happy.
M: What you feel when you lie. (huhuhu. di kaya ako masaya pag nagsisinungaling...)

4.Q: A little...
A: ...bit excited.
M: My target/goal for this year. (Target kong ma-excite? hehe.)

Survey 3
1.Q: If you don't know whether you can get a seat or not before riding a train, what do you feel?
A: I have to "box out" so I can be seated. Let's do this!
M: Feeling I have before I get married. (it means na ang pakiramdam ko eh "I HAVE to get married no matter what!"?)

2.Q: You fall asleep on the train. Why?
A: I sleep late and tired from work.
M: One thing I can't give up after I get married. (kelangan maging breadwinner syempre. workaholic daw.)

3.Q: The train suddenly stops and you wake up. You are before, right on, or past your train station?
A: Before.
M: The time when you will get married. (hay... buti na lang. si mike past sinagot nya eh. hehe.)

4.Q: When you are sleeping inside a train, give the name of a person (opposite sex) whom you lean on?
A: Hannah Andrea Bautista
M: This is the person who will make you most happy. (awww... i love you mahal ko!)

DISCLAIMER:
All things written here are the truth. I have witnesses. (Sensei, Ma'am Kathy and Mike.)