12.19.2010

Blogging Confession

I can be too conscious when I write online.

So let's just keep on dancing

As I previously blogged in my last entry, I had a blast at Aly’s Christmas / birthday party last Friday. FYI, her actual birthday is today. Before I blogged here, I posted on her wall a birthday message. Now what will you read below is the last Christmas in STC that I will never forget.

I didn’t really enjoy last year’s Christmas celebration because I headed straight home after school while everyone went out. But this year was different. The whole faculty shocked us with their dance moves to the tunes of the 60’s to the 90’s while all of us students were screaming our lungs out. However, the food was still the same: Shakey’s. Last year, I chose chicken and mojos but was very disappointed with the outcome because I got a miniature leg. This year, I was more satisfied because it was a chicken wing and rice with a softdrink in hand. Speaking of the program in our classroom, it was hilarious and memorable especially Angelica came back from her two-week student exchange program in Japan. We played turn-around games, Bring Me (I was the target of the game in the end) and camwhored with Cheska’s SLR. At exactly 11:40, my gang met up at Gate 1 and got picked up by Kath and Kharisse’s relative to drop us off at Aly’s house.

When we arrived at her house, we were welcomed by Aly’s mom who was dressing up for her Christmas party. We then had lunch but I wasn’t able to eat much because my teeth hurt. After that, we watched Coming Soon while we shared a bowl of buko salad. The movie was scary but a little over the top due to its gory scenes. We switched the DVD to Dear John when the movie ended but we didn’t get to finish it mainly of the reason we were bored and all of us were taking turns in opening our Facebook accounts. After a month or so so, I accepted all of my friend requests except from a stranger. While I was on the comp, my friends were playing Cranium and tuning up the videoke. What’s a day without taking pictures? For around 30 minutes we whacked Aly’s camera until the battery drained. When everything was settled, we made plans for next year. I got home at around 7:30, tired but happy.


(Credits to Aly for the pic)

Thank you Aly (the birthday girl today!), Gelz, Bevz, Kath and Kharisse for rocking my Friday:)

Here’s my note for you when you check you e-mail: view the Spam folder and you might see a message from your school magazine editor.

This morning, I was shocked to see Danielle’s e-mail in the Spam folder. I read it and it was all about our graduation annual. Beforehand, I was used to deleting messages from the Spam folder without checking the content first. But that thought didn’t come around my brain that moment. I viewed the link, messaged our class president via Facebook about it and saved my own copy of the questionaire. Now I’m feeling the perks of being a Theresian Magazine staffer in my senior year.

BTW, my news story “Celebrating The Good Times” made the cover page. Gimme a hell yeah! \m/ What a small but rewarding achievement for me.

In less than four hours, I will be off to Cavite to spend Christmas and New Year with my grandparents and cousins. I am so excited. I just hope there’ll be Internet access in there so I could update all of you. Oh, and have I mentioned that the DLSU results will be released on the stroke of midnight of New Year 2011? Let’s hope I’ll celebrate when the clock strikes 12.

My story blog is under construction, so stay tuned!

[No Doubt]

12.17.2010

December 17, 2010 ♥

Today turned out to be one of the best days of my life. After our annual Christmas party in school, I and my friends headed to Aly’s house for her advanced birthday celebration / bonding. It was a rockin’ afternoon. We watched this macabre horror movie entitled Coming Soon; we didn’t get to finish Dear John because we were bored. And throughout the whole day, we took turns in opening our Facebook accounts. Teehee. After a day of yummy food and camwhoring, I got home tired but happy.

Super great day. Plus, a lot of amazing things happened. More details in my next entry. :)

12.11.2010

I hate that mistletoe

I am loving every chapter of Dante Aligheri’s classic Inferno. These past few days were heaven in English class because we discussed all the sinners and their respective punishments. Imagine walking backwards and your head is tilted to the back or wearing lead robes. Want more sleazy scenarios? You’re in a pool of excrement (major grossness) and you’re being chased and coiled by the serpents. Now that is hell. It’s not just the hell we all imagined where the sinners burn in engulfing flames. In fact, Dante made it more resplendent: the details aren’t vague and for everyone to imagine.

In January of the current year, I made my birthday wishlist. Now this time, I’ll be posting my magnificent “in your dreams” Christmas wishlist. Click on the photo for a high-resolution version. 

This year, I want a lovely Jansport backpack, a tres chic Juicy Couture bag, a copy of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (I’ve heard it’s a good read) and a Nokia C3 Touch and Type.
My wishlist is very impeccable but it’s a long term process of getting all. I would have to wait for graduation and my 17th birthday this January to get (hopefully) some of these. I almost forgot to mention that it took an hour for me to come up with the Polaroid-styled Christmas wishlist? Thank you, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Portable. Using this version isn’t a pain in the fanny after all because it takes up less than a gigabyte.

Right now, what are you feeling? Check this out from my Tumblr page:
I’ll answer “like a plastic bag” because I don’t fly like a G6 nor wake up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy. Hihi :)) Moving on, I’m excited for the last week of 2010. On Friday, my kada will be going to Aly’s house for her Christmas party. And on Saturday, along with Tito Dilts we’ll be heading to Cavite where my dad’s parents and sister’s family live. I’m eager to see my cousins and grandparents again. It feels so great to spend Christmas with all of them. I really wish my dad and mom can spend the holiday with us.

All Time Low, you made my ears tillitate with your Christmas song. The only thing I didn’t like about it is the swear words. You really made my day yesterday when I heard your song because it’s amazing and funny at the same time. Now so much for holiday cheating!
[All Time Low]

12.06.2010

Rest Day Doesn't Mean I Ain't Gonna Blog.

Tumblr’s down the whole day today and it sucks. I spent my time browsing upgrades for my Windows XP desktop, checking out people on Facebook and updating my life in 140 characters via Tweetdeck. So how was my retreat, anyway? I enjoyed it so much. My classmates are the freakin’ best. Last year I slept in my dorm room feeling lonely. But last weekend, I slept at around 2:30 AM already because I was chatting with my classmates.

I hate the new Facebook profile. Can you imagine seeing someone’s relationship status right in your very own eyes? Yikes. Now how can you see the photos of someone you’ve been “following” if you’re gonna see all those juicy details about him / her?

Gonna post more sweet stories next time when I’m free. If last year my retreat entry was entitled “One Less Lonely Girl”, this year’s not gonna be about loneliness. It’s gonna be about how I spend one of the best days of 2010 with the class who cared so much about me.


*Let’s say hello to my new section Tidbits which features short summaries of my not-so-mediocre life :)

12.03.2010

Retreat

Today is our retreat, the last ever as a Theresian. A year ago, I chronicled here the story of how it turned out to be a disaster because I felt uncomfortable for there were enemies and plastics in sight. Instead of relaxation, I felt restlessness evident from not showing teeny-weeny shades of happiness and calmness the whole Friday and Saturday. I remember heading straight to Robinsons Pioneer with my mom as soon as I arrived in school and in the taxi I blurted out every horrible detail of the activity. When we finally arrived home some two to three hours later, I lied on the sofa and wrecked my mind with all the shenanigans I didn’t expect to happen. Imagine that, you go to school excited for your retreat only to return home with emotions of regret and dissatisfaction. Nevertheless, I say to myself that this year will catch its wave. Our class is the last to go to Tagaytay and experience one of the major highlights of senior year complete with a bonfire, lots of letter-writing, games and five meals in a day. What’s more with an overnight with classmates? Now that feels like a humongous slumber party.

I’m thankful November came to a close in a good manner compared to the last five years. I guess the “November Curse” is over. 

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

11.29.2010

Yo single people, I'mma let you finish but...

A world where everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend is not real life. Many people graduate high school without ever having a girlfriend or boyfriend.


11.27.2010

Forget about the world cuz it’s gon’ be me and you tonight

I want you to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world.

***On a lighter note, I’d like to thank Nice for receiving the Versatile Blogger Award and giving it back to me. :D

[Rihanna]

11.26.2010

Fact #001

I don’t give out my YM except to close friends only. I used to accept friend requests on Facebook right away but now I add up only people I know. I have a lot of pending follower requests on Twitter.

Don’t worry, I’ll accept all of your requests as soon as possible particularly during the Christmas break. I’m just too fed up with a lot of things.

11.20.2010

The Candydoll Files Is A "Versatile Blog!"

Nadine gave me this special award - a very first for The Candydoll Files! I’d like to thank her for this honor. Now I feel like winning an Oscar for Best Actress!



To accept the Versatile Blogger Award there are some rules to follow:

1. Thank and link back the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass it along to 7 blogs you’ve recently discovered and enjoy.
4. Leave your recipients a note, telling them about the award.

So here are some seven teeny facts about me:
  1. This blog was originally named Glittery and Candi-coated. 
  2. I dislike American Idol. Sorry to all fans but I think David Archie is the most overrated Idol contestant ever. I find him more over than Bieber.  He’s one of the runner-ups on Earth I cannot stand because he’s getting more attention than he deserves. I guess he’s being overtaken now by other Idol contestants (especially Lambert although I’m not really a fan of his).
  3. I like Quinn Fabray more than Rachel Berry, Blair Waldorf more than Serena van der Woodsen and Brooke Davis more than Peyton Sawyer.
  4. I hate tween stars here in the Philippines. Looking at the tween actresses make me want to form a loveteam with a hot guy or try to look like them.
  5. Back in fifth grade, I only have one staple fashion outfit: a hoodie.
  6. I suddenly took an interest in posing for the camera when I was in first year HS. :)
  7. Sometimes I want to turn my Windows XP desktop into a Mac.
So to these seven amazing bloggers, you’re receiving this award courtesy of yours truly! :D
  1. Nice (vannice95.blogspot.com)
  2. Pearl (stupify5.blogspot.com)
  3. Ica (chaoticwonderland.blogspot.com)
  4. Khay (thekhays.blogspot.com)
  5. Shekinah (therottendoll.info)
  6. Ching (thyaudaciousness.blogspot.com)
  7. HellaMay (star-drops.info)

11.16.2010

You’re the type of girl that texts all day and talks all night

I have no classes today. Usually when school’s out, I’m not in the blogging mood. However today, I have this overwhelming feeling of typing about my random thoughts. Forgive me if I labeled this after my current LSS / favorite NeverShoutNever song. I’ve been thinking about two things: the quote “be careful what you wish for” and my entrance exam results.

I shall begin with the quote. I’ve been reading Alexandra Potter’s book of the same title for two consecutive days now and I’m enjoying it. At some points I wished for a heather to be my answer to all of my problems just like the main character of the story. After receiving a heather from a gypsy, suddenly her bad hair days stop and she gets all of her wishes. But I’m not at the climax of the book yet since I’m halfway through the story. So far, it’s worth the read. 

If Heather Hamilton made a lot of wishes and all of them came true, then how about me? Let me tell you some of my wishes:
  • I wish to be skinny.
  • I wish to be a millionaire who never ran out of cash.
  • I wish I’m living in a very posh mansion at the elite villages of Manila.
  • I wish my height is 5'4" (I stand at approximately 5'1" ½ - 5'2" JSYK).
  • I wish to ditch my glasses forever and ever.
  • I wish I was a natural-born brain who doesn’t need studying to get excellent grades in school.
  • I wish I’m friends with the populars and Queen Bees.
  • I wish I’m a teen celebrity so I could have 100,000+ Facebook fans and Twitter followers.
  • I wish all the people I’m following on Tumblr and Twitter will follow me back.
  • I wish everyone in the world will say “You’re so pretty!” to me.
  • I wish no one will bully / ridicule me anymore.
  • I wish everyone likes me (translation: I wish I have no haters like the others).
Judging what you’ve read above, I desperately need a genie lamp. I’m the total opposite of all these things. A lot of girls my age have the same wishes as mine. Theirs is a little bit more superficial and cliche: be fashion models, marry Justin Bieber, have a walking closet with all designer clothes and be hailed as the most beautiful girl in the world. Yes, I want to be beautiful not because I want to be worldwide famous but for the sake of boosting my self-esteem. No, I won’t marry a celebrity but an ordinary guy who has God-given qualities and oozing charisma would be perfectly fine. And fashion model? Not everyone in the world is destined to be one. 

Why I wished for everyone to follow me back on Twitter? I know a lot of schoolmates who get followed back by every girl on campus who has an account. I’m following a dozen schoolmates and only half of them are following me back (particularly close batchmates). Jeez, I guess I’m not that popular enough to have bees in my microblogging honey. On Tumblr, I don’t know if “the blog who gets followed back by everyone” is existent. Probably not. I think I’m exaggerating at this thought. I bet Fashion Fever (a really great Tumblr dedicated to fashion) is following blogs but not all of them are returning the favor. You’ll be the judge to this.

I longed to be a teen star not in Hollywood but here in my very own country. Back when I was 9, I hated programs featuring kids because I desperately wanted to be a child star. But as I grew up, I learned to enjoy watching little tykes on TV and movies because I’m not in their league anymore. I don’t envy the girls my age who appear on foreign TV shows and movies because they don’t look anything like me. (sarcastic laugh) But here in the Philippines, sigh. I imagine the Pinoy teen stars who are all over TV these days: skyrocketing ratings of their drama soaps and youth-oriented shows, interviews in the hottest gossip TV programs, having a über-cute guy as their loveteam partner, always on the cover of Candy Magazine and everyone gushes how beautiful you are. All the things absent in an ordinary girl like me. But in several articles I’ve read, there’s always the disadvantages of being one. Number one, the paparazzi hurls their cameras on every little thing you do. Number two, the moment you do something dirty you get bashed by tabloids and fans turn back on you. Number three and most importantly, you have to be highly conscious of your looks and look young to be eye-catching. Maybe there’s still a lot of reasons why I should be happy I’m not a celebrity.

I personally don’t know anyone who doesn’t have haters. Whoever that person is, I shall give him/her an award for “Universally Loved Person”. But I guess he/she doesn’t exist. Whether it’s Formspring or face-to-face, there’s always someone who’ll put me down and insult every little thing that defines me. I hate the fact there are people who compare me to others only because I don’t fit their standards. Plus, there are those who’ll say “I hate you” on the Internet and appear as anonymous. Ten years later, when I’m on the top of the success ladder, I’ll face each one of them and say, “Look at what you did. You laughed at me and doubted my abilities when I was a nobody. Now I’m a somebody, what happened to your pettiness? Did it made you better persons?” Lesson of the story: put down someone and you’ll feel the bad karma one day. You cannot please everybody. One more thing: each one of us has been called “ugly” at least once in his/her lifetime. It isn’t worth the wish of swapping faces with a pretty girl / handsome guy because even so there’ll be still people who’ll speak out their envy and insecurity against you. Most of all, there will always be prettier and uglier people than you. It’s okay to be insecure but remember that it doesn’t last forever and don’t use that reason to put down others.

I’ve had enough with the “be careful what you wish for” thing. I’ll talk about the upcoming entrance exam results. I took the Big 4 exams: UP, UST, ADMU and DLSU. I am very about this. I don’t want to fail in any of these exams especially UP and ADMU because these two are my priority schools. I pray to God every night telling him to give me a chance to study in these two schools because I believe I have a bright future ahead of me and it would be a place for me to pursue my communication studies. It hurts to hear a lot of doubts by some schoolmates. One said, “How will you pass Ateneo and UP if your grades aren’t as great as the outstanding students’? You’re sure to pass nothing!” Ironically for her, it’s either UP, UST or nothing. Best of luck to the person who said this. I’ve read several stories that the average students passed ACET and UPCAT while the expected sure-passers aka the honor roll students didn’t manage to qualify. So to all of the people who said I’ll fail all of my entrance exams: grades won’t measure your intelligence. A lot of non-honor roll / average students did the impossible of being admitted to the top 2 universities of the country. Don’t judge a person by his/her academic performance. Who knows, the lowest-ranked person in the batch might pass Big 4. Not kidding about this because it happens in real-life. Like the wise men always say, nothing is impossible. God blesses the people who are being rejected / doubted and punishes those who exalt themselves and put down others.

[NeverShoutNever]

11.14.2010

I didn't feel the fairytale feeling

A few things why I changed the blog name to The Candydoll Files:

  1. Candydoll Domination seems inappropriate for this online journal
  2. The Candydoll Files documents my life, not how I dominate the world.
Last week has been very wonderful. Last Saturday I was at Elai’s to spend a weekend with her family and to attend her little brother’s first birthday in Max’s Quezon Avenue. It has been a long time since I visited her because we were both busy with our schoolworks. I really enjoyed the party because there was a lot of food, photo op and childhood nostalgia. Back at home, we talked a lot of random things and she gave me a lot of friendly advice. I’m so blessed to have a friend like her who’s sensible and cares so much. During the party, we played around her dad’s ala-SLR Canon Powershot camera. We felt like professional photographers.

The KASAMAHAN session held on November 4 was one for the record books. Number one, it’s the first time since February when the whole batch gathered together for the day. Number two, it turned out to be The Candice Leocadio Show. No, I’m not talking of my own TV program. Thanks to KASAMAHAN, I have morphed into a celebrity almost overnight. It all started on the day before the said session. Several classmates messaged me if they could grab some of my Facebook photos. I agreed since they’ll do it for educational purposes. Approximately fifteen hours later, I was on the giant screen of the historical HS Covered Court and in the eyes of 293 (minus myself) Theresian seniors and 10+ teachers. I was covering my face with a hanky the whole time while everyone was staring and laughing at me. Now I guess that when I leave STC, everyone will recognize me as “the girl who threw rice in a video featuring her vain photos”. 

It turned out later on that Sir Zaraspe (my Economics teacher) is partially responsible for The Candice Leocadio Show.  During our forum with a farmer in the IMC, he approached me and gave me a CD. I gave him a questioning look and asked, “Sir, ano po ito?” Sir Zaraspe replied, “This is your CD!” What the heck. I guess I’ll watch this video when I turn 25. Thank Sir ZOMG for that.

My computer underwent a reformat last night and now I’m in a whole new PC environment. Now I have to carry the burden of converting 500+ songs from YouTube to the comfort of my own home. To sum it all up, I have to re-download 50+ fonts, Plants vs. Zombies, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Photoscape and all of my Tumblr photos. 

This is my FML story.

[Katy Perry]

11.13.2010

Hello, new layout!

Finally, after weeks of procrastination, I gave my blog a whole new look. :)

11.04.2010

Whoa.

It’s possible to unfollow someone in Blogspot? I thought it is only Tumblr that makes the “negative sign” button infamous.

The Dark Wood of Error

Dante Aligheri’s Inferno is definitely the most bizarre book I’ve ever read. It’s not a children’s book. You have to read a canto (chapter) about ten times to get the picture. But you know what I like about Dante? He’s very witty with the way he writes. No one came up with a masterpiece like that before he did. A lot of people said he’s a better writer than Shakespeare. Too bad he’s underrated.

I’m spending the last 27 minutes of Thursday blogging this simple entry. I’ll be out from the cyberworld up until Saturday afternoon because I’ll be going somewhere. KASAMAHAN today was a clear picture to me that I want PALIHAN back. It was great to see the whole batch together again. Now I’m looking forward for November 17 when all of us will be trying our hands in farming. Hello, mud puddles and striking sunlight.

11.02.2010

Happy First Birthday, Tumblr!

Once upon a time, I was @lilmissdramaaa and I only had 100 followers. This screenshot was captured on January of this year. Back then, I was a neophyte to this microblogging website named Tumblr. Back then, Facebook, Twitter and Blogspot were my only Internet hangouts. But how did my life in the like-and-reblog universe began? It’s traced back to October 28, 2009, the day my Tumblelog with seven URL changes was born.

Several Theresians already owned an account when I first started. Before the fateful October day, I created a Tumblr five times then deleted my blog after five dashing minutes. In the beginning, I thought Tumblr isn’t very easy to use and it’s just a competitor to blogging platforms LiveJournal and Xanga. After several times, I struck gold when I named my blog as @candicecandice. Well, duh. It’s my Tumblr, I’m Candice and I own it. Now I’m David Karp. What was the next step? I followed my schoolmates and reblogged their most recent posts. I checked out Teentalk’s Tumblr thread and followed them. It was the onset of the infamous Tumblarity when I made an account. I was stuck with zilch. I clicked the link. After a week of Tumblring, I was shocked to see that I only had two followers. What did I do? I keep on following and reblogging. So the flock of followers came along.

It was on Tumblr I discovered Rage Guy, Forever Alone, Okay Guy and all the fantastic indie bands. I shared my layout-tweaking skills there. I earned more friends and gained the interest of people who like the same things as mine. I learned the decorum of blogging. I gained and lost followers. I got reblogged and posted original things with notes as a bonus. I encountered several issues such as the much-hated “Tumblr Famous” label (of course there’s none). I found out what it’s like to have anons on Tumblr Ask and they leave you all these messages of insecurity and envy.

At first, I was envious of the Tumblr users who have 1000 followers. A year later, 1200+ people have my posts on their dashboards. The secret? Follow interesting blogs, post great stuff, be friendly, share your talents.

Happy birthday to my Tumblelog. You’re thebest. Thanks for all of the entertainment! >:D

10.30.2010

The big screens, the plastic-made dreams

October 23 was the final Family Day of my life as a Theresian. It turned out to be the most memorable day I ever had for this kind of event. Aside from considering this as my last performance in our annual dance production, it was the first time I didn’t go straight home after the dance. In fact, I spent the whole afternoon with  the Lucky 9. It was a great day. My money headed to Foodtown - Chicken McDo, penne pasta, Milo and lemonade. What could I decribe about this? Oh wow, yummy! Along with my friends, we strolled around the HS Department and had a lengthy chit-chat at the Prep area. I went home at around 6 PM with a smile glued on my face.

The next day was my DLSU-CET. A lot of people who took the test ahead of me commented that it was a combination of UPCAT/ACET/USTET and the most difficult exam they’ve ever taken. When I woke up that Sunday morning, a feeling of excitement and nervousness rose upon me. I felt excited because I’ll be entering the plush environment of De La Salle University. However, I was nervous because I didn’t want to experience mental block while taking the test. After four grueling hours, I survived the exam. Boy, it was more difficult than UPCAT but tolerable. Some of the Trigonometry items weren’t taught in class yet (sine pi, etc.).  But at least I got to answer a lot of the items that appeared in the exam. 

Sembreak was boring because I did nothing but surf the Internet, download and watch movies. For this week alone, I downloaded The Little Rascals, Jeux d'Enfants, My Girl, The Chipmunk Adventure and Gross Anatomy. Just a little fact: I haven’t watched The Chipmunk Adventure and Gross Anatomy since I was five years old. Simply put, I last saw these fantastic movies thirteen years ago. Thanks to BitTorrent and The Pirate Bay, I was able to watch these films again. Now I feel like it’s 1999 all over. 


  • Dear Darla, I hate your stinking guts. You make me vomit. You’re a scum between my toes. Love, Alfalfa. 
  • If you were my kids, I’d punish you! If we were YOUR kids, we’d punish ourselves!
[One Night Only]

10.28.2010

Little Miss Theresian, Candice-fied


I haven’t posted a single artwork here for about four months already. Now it’s time for me to show my latest masterpiece - this time it’s different from the works I previously posted. This is the first time I colored my artwork using Adobe Photoshop CS3. It took me about 45 minutes to color the whole thing. If you’re going to use Photoshop for the coloring, then I advise you to be very patient because all the time will be worth it! 

Today is the first birthday of my Tumblr site @teenagedragqueen! I’ll be making a post about it soon! 

Little Miss Theresian, Candice-fied


I haven’t posted a single artwork here for about four months already. Now it’s time for me to show my latest masterpiece - this time it’s different from the works I previously posted. This is the first time I colored my artwork using Adobe Photoshop CS3. It took me about 45 minutes to color the whole thing. If you’re going to use Photoshop for the coloring, then I advise you to be very patient because all the time will be worth it! 

Today is the first birthday of my Tumblr site @teenagedragqueen! I’ll be making a post about it soon! 

10.24.2010

#04 Sidenotes


See those girls in campus who have a rockin’ social life, gorgeous looks, 100-ized grades and a hot jock boyfriend? Hell no, they ain’t perfect. You just don’t know their insecurities and problems.

This is what I do when I’m bored - Photobooth!Yeah, I love taking photos.

Sorry if I’m not the prettiest teenager on Earth.
Sorry if I’m not one of our STC Batch 2011’s 100 Prettiest Girls.
Sorry if I don’t get 18957573 notes when I post a picture of myself on Tumblr.
Sorry if I’ve been single since birth.
Sorry if I suck at conic sections and logarithms.
Sorry if I’m not filthy rich like Paris Hilton and Blair Waldorf.
Sorry if you think my nose resembles a pretty tomato.
Sorry if I want to be a billionaire so freakin’ bad as Bruno Mars says so.
Sorry if you think I’m pretty without any makeup on like Katy Perry.
Sorry if you think I’m ugly, I’m not awesome and I’m a loser.
Sorry if you think I should get a life.
Sorry if you think I’m dumber than a grain of rice.
Sorry if I never got drunk at a party.

With all of the sorry’s I made, one thing’s for sure: I’m not perfect.

I don’t care if you think I’m not good enough. There are a million people out there in the world who will open their hearts and minds in realizing who I am.

#04 Sidenotes


See those girls in campus who have a rockin’ social life, gorgeous looks, 100-ized grades and a hot jock boyfriend? Hell no, they ain’t perfect. You just don’t know their insecurities and problems.

This is what I do when I’m bored - Photobooth!Yeah, I love taking photos.

Sorry if I’m not the prettiest teenager on Earth.
Sorry if I’m not one of our STC Batch 2011’s 100 Prettiest Girls.
Sorry if I don’t get 18957573 notes when I post a picture of myself on Tumblr.
Sorry if I’ve been single since birth.
Sorry if I suck at conic sections and logarithms.
Sorry if I’m not filthy rich like Paris Hilton and Blair Waldorf.
Sorry if you think my nose resembles a pretty tomato.
Sorry if I want to be a billionaire so freakin’ bad as Bruno Mars says so.
Sorry if you think I’m pretty without any makeup on like Katy Perry.
Sorry if you think I’m ugly, I’m not awesome and I’m a loser.
Sorry if you think I should get a life.
Sorry if you think I’m dumber than a grain of rice.
Sorry if I never got drunk at a party.

With all of the sorry’s I made, one thing’s for sure: I’m not perfect.

I don’t care if you think I’m not good enough. There are a million people out there in the world who will open their hearts and minds in realizing who I am.

10.16.2010

Run baby run

I could say that this week has been very great especially yesterday.

I didn’t really enjoy the OJE in GMA Network Center last Monday. Some of the people there were snobby to us. However, I learned a lot from the reporter who gave us a talk on broadcast journalism and the tour guide was very friendly to us. The light part of the day was the picture-taking with some TV personalities including a DJ from 97.1 WLS FM. I think I’m not the only one who didn’t savor the experience because some did, too. As for the girls who went to Mowell Fund, it’s a long and funny story especially with the Machete thing which made me hilarious!

Yesterday was bonding time with the Lucky 9 girls. In fact, we six girls have another group name - the Sweet Six Teens. Our kada anniversary as Lucky 9 is on August 28 while SST is on October 15, St. Teresa of Avila (our school patroness)’ feast day.  Kath, Gelz, Aly, Kharisse, Bev, Aly’s little sister and I went to KFC Banawe to have a merienda. We had a great hour photospamming using Aly’s digicam and planning for Family Day and sembreak. Man, I’m so excited for the days ahead.

We’re the brand new KFC endorsers! Too bad Bev didn’t endorse her crispy fries :(

Top: (L-R) Yours truly with the spoon and fork, Kath with the fries (?), Kharisse with the Krusher
Botton: (L-R) Aly with the Pepsi, Gelz with the chicken and java rice meal, Bev and her signature pose :))

I’ve signed up for Nuffnang last week and I’m glad CD reaches about 20 visitors or more daily. But the purpose of my registration in the site is to earn money from my online journal entries. I hope I can reach the P2000 minimum cashout anytime soon.

I labeled this entry from We The Kings’ smash hit because the IV-3 / IV-1 band Countdown performed it yesterday for their Bandfest auditions. They were so freakin’ amazing especially they made a remix of the song and Thunder by Boys Like Girls. The crowd went crazy for them and the judges had stars in their eyes! I am 100% sure they’ll make it to the February 4, 2011 event.

DLSU-CET on the 24th, the day AFTER Family Day. Three down, one to go. And I can wait patiently for the results.

[We The Kings]

10.10.2010

Might like you better

This is a repost of my blog entry yesterday. I decided to remove the tag because I don’t think it was worth it. Plus, I think the facts I posted were too cheesy :P


Peace, Love, Faith
Photographer and Model: Yours Truly

 I got the ballers through Facebook when I saw a tagged photo of me with the baller collection in it. There were four: Shut Up, I’m Saying It Nicely (white), Peace Love Faith (pink, the one I own), our school motto (blue) and Edward Loves Theresians (black). The next day, Dani asked me if I would want to order one of the ballers. I replied that I will get the pink one. On Friday, she brought the bulk order of all ballers and I got the pink one. It was worth the P95 with its flexible design and über-chic print.

I have love written on my arms. Yay! 

This week marked the kickoff of ICM’s centennial celebration. As of this writing, it is 10/10/10! I think this day is historic because this date is once-in-a-lifetime and will never be in the calendars again. Last Wednesday was our torch ceremony. Although I didn’t like the environmental condition of the GS Lawn because the grass was wet and the sunlight was piercing our eyesight, it was a quintessential ceremony. The performers all did well including the members of the school’s maintenance personnel. The costumes were striking, the performers danced like gazelles and everything was well-prepared.

Friday was memorable. Have you felt the feeling of meeting a well-known person or someone who is in the family tree of an influential individual? I have. Our class visited the ICM exhibit held in the De Meester Residence. There was hella a lot of memorabilia in there - t-shirts, souvenir programs, old photos and AVPs commemorating the 100 years of ICM’s existence in the Philippines. I met a lot of nuns too. And while visiting the AVP room, I met someone I couldn’t believe I’ll ever have an opportunity to talk to.

It was Myriam De Meester, Mother Marie Louise De Meester’s (ICM Founder) great-grandniece.

I greeted her and she said so many words of wisdom to me. She shook hands with me and I was awed with her kindness and hospitality. All of a sudden, I felt the honor to have walked inside the AVP room and have this sparkling opportunity to shake hands with a family member of a person who changed the world. Wow! There were stars in my eyes. In my opinion, I’d rather meet someone like her than a celebrity who’s always in the tabloids.

On the same day, I found out my OJE (on the job exposure) venue for the communication arts group. I was somewhat disappointed when I learned our group will be going to GMA Network Center tomorrow. I only know 5% of the talent center while in ABS-CBN I know 95% of them. To add the pressure, all 23 of us will have to pay P120 for the studio tour fee. I might even not recognize any of the celebrities except the obviously-famous ones (like Marian and Dingdong). But if we’ll meet the news team, it’ll be okay.

I’m excited for our musical play to be presented in November. Guess what? I’m going to play as the evil stepmother in a Cinderella/Anastasia clash musical. I think it’ll be my second time to play as a villain; my monologue as The Fates for our Greek mythology presentation was the first. I’ll be the exact opposite - bitchy, devillish and someone who’ll make your life a living hell. Speaking of hell, I’m reading Inferno by Dante for English already. Man, I can’t understand the text. Social life? I’m excited for Family Day, the 26th and the 28th. I’ll be with my Lucky 9 friends! :)

Still, I’m obsessed with the Forever Alone meme.

“I know that Forever Alone meme. It’s a crying potato!” - Sam during CWJ class :))

[Amanda Blank]

10.06.2010

So let me be and I'll set you free


My favorite Internet meme collection (from left to right): Okay, Troll Face, Rage Guy, Forever Alone and Fck Yea. Thank you Tumblr for introducing me to all these faces of hysteria and random stupidity.

I’m LSS-ed over Maroon 5’s Misery. Great song but I don’t advise you to watch the music video. It’s kind of R-18ish for me. Haha! :))

[Maroon 5]

10.02.2010


This is one of the best bloggers I’ve ever known. She’s also one of my blogging buddies. It all started when Ching (the owner of the blog) followed me on Twitter and we began mentioning each other in our tweets. It so happened that a few weeks ago Ching’s blog was featured as Blogger of the Month. 

I recommend you to read her blog - you’ll be tantalized with her blog entries. Plus, she likes to read a lot of books too like me. 

***This is my first feature of the “Awesome People” section. I’ll be featuring more bloggers soon.

It needs a gentle hand to call it home

As you might have noticed, the comment form is off. Why? Since I’m tied up with schoolwork these days and I don’t get to check out my blog everyday, I don’t get to reply to all of your comments. However, I’d like to thank everyone who commented on my posts because I truly appreciate it. The “comments off” feature won’t be for good - I’ll enable it when everything is light like feathers again. 

For almost two weeks, there was a very big problem regarding our Internet connection. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Tumblr, no Blogspot. So what was the alternative to my boredom? Plants vs. Zombies. All those who played the game thought it was awesome so I decided to try my hand out one boring Friday afternoon. Poof! It was just one of the best PC games I ever played. Not to mention the pumped-up energy of the PVZ music video.

 

I know your type: tall, dark, and dead
You want to bite all the petals off of my head
And then eat the brains of the one who planted me here
I worried about the ACET (Ateneo College Entrance Test) for a few weeks up until September 19, my big day. A week before the test, I’ve come across random Internet blogs and articles saying how difficult the exam was. A day before my exam, I read a lot of tweets saying that the ACET was very hard. It didn’t stop me from praying the rosary the night before and going to Mass the next day. 
I did finish the test. Thank God for easing my anxiety and fears. The exam wasn’t hard as I expected. In fact, I found the English and General Information parts easy. Math? Thank goodness there wasn’t much of the nosebleed logarithms. But I’m thankful Sir Vilo taught us the lesson ahead of the ACET. 

Nothing great happened in the last two weeks except on the 28th when it was Lucky 9+1’s first monthsary. :) I wish on Family Day (October 24) the ten of us will get together again. And I can’t wait for our kada shirts! 

There’s a zombie on your lawn.
We are the undead.

I’m the sunflower and I have my entire infantry of plants.

[TV on the Radio]

9.20.2010

So much to do, so little time

How many hours do I sleep on weeknights?

Eight?

Seven?

Six?

Five?

FOUR.

ACET story coming up this weekend. :)

9.11.2010

Effy Stonem says...



My favorite quote from my favorite Skins (series 3 and 4) character.

Love Effy Stonem for her amazing and mysterious personality.

#002 Twitter, Facebook, Formspring, Tumblr.


For two months, I had a problem with my follower requests. Because of that, I was forced to publicize it. Then last Thursday I tried reverting it to private. I used a mock Twitter account to send a request and voila! The request was sent. You can follow me via @caaandiceee.

Facebook is now strictly for FRIENDS OF FRIENDS only. Simply put, only schoolmates and close friends can add me up. This is done to make my profile stranger-free. I’ll add up only people I know.

Formspring is closed - FOR GOOD. I cancelled it today due to lack of questions.

Lastly, I’ll post my Tumblr follower count for the
first time ever.



Fifty more to 1000. After that, I can breathe.

Thanks also to all those who commented on my last post. I’ll answer them next week after the ACET.

From now on, I’ll be naming my blog as Candydoll Domination - inspired by Pussycat Dolls’ last album. :)

9.05.2010

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

I haven’t been blogging a decent entry for two weeks. I know all of you are getting impatient with this so I’ll whip out a blog you’d want to read. And for the first time in this blog, I’ll introduce to you a story of me and my barkada. *wink*


Let’s begin with my grade school days.


Before I met everyone, I didn’t have a real barkada. It all began in 2005 when Kath became my classmate. In mid-September that year, we became seatmates and got along in an instant. I was really sad when she have to transfer to another seat. Shortly after Kath moved away, I experienced a lot of bullying leading to a trauma which stands up to this day.

My then-best friend was not a real friend because she didn’t defend me when I was being bullied by my ex-classmates. So for a while, I ate recess and lunch alone because no one would make friends with me. All the while, I confided to Kath and some of my other classmates who were very kind to me. I hung out with a group in Grade 6 but not all of them liked me. So when I was assigned to I-2 in first year, I was happy because not only there were a lot of friendly girls there but also Kath’s my classmate.

We started hanging out with each other that year. Our friendship grew closer and I was opened to a wide circle of friends. Our bond was so special that even when we were assigned to different sections in third year, we showed everyone that we were inseparable. But long before that, we were part of a group that I thought would last for the rest of our HS lives. However, I won’t tell you the exact details of how it all ended. Let’s just say that I’m still friends with most of them.

Just as the group dissolved, we went on our own ways. Back in November and December last year, I ate with some girls of my section. But it wasn’t the same as being with my close friends. There were even instances when I ate lunch alone (again) and headed to the library to read. It was like the old times. On the first day of our school intrams this year (January 5), I spent a very miserable day without saying a word in school and without anyone to hang out with. I was so alone. But the next day changed everything.

I found Kath and her twin sister Kharisse during a game of tiyakad. At recess time, Aly, Bev and Gelz joined us. The six of us had a great time that day. We played badminton, strolled around the school and watched our classmates play. In the end, I realized that the five of them are my real friends. From that day forward, we spent breaks together.

Last Saturday (August 28), all of us including our guy friends August, Ely and Moses (one was unable to attend because of an emergency), celebrated Gelz’ birthday party at her pretty condo unit. I was amazed with the way her room was arranged because she had a lovely bed and it was all neat. During that party we feasted over mocha cake, cookies and cream ice cream, spaghetti, Coke and rootbeer. We had a great time playing charades and swapping stories about everything that happened in our lives. I was supposed to meet my tita at Mcdo Retiro at 6:30 PM but because we enjoyed it so much I texted her that Ely will drive all of us home.

I didn’t eat dinner because I was full from spaghetti and ice cream. August told stories about pop stars, backmasking and illuminati giving us goosebumps. After dinner, Gelz toured us around the place and the camwhoring began. There were the “Three Musketeers” signs, the fail jump shots and such. When we were about to leave the place, all of us didn’t want to let go of each other because we were so tight. We began planning about the nine of us hanging out on Family Day (Oct.23).

In case you’re wondering, my barkada’s name is Lucky 9(+1). And who thought of that name? ME. While Bev and Kath were singing at the karaoke, I watched my friends playing cards. Then came the Lucky 9 game. That night while we were swapping stories, I told everyone that Lucky 9 should be our group name. So there you have it, you now know who my friends are. When I got home, I asked to myself, “What if I wasn’t there at the party”? I pictured myself at home, sitting on the computer and full of regret.

I haven’t told you about the USTET last August 22. It was easy but full of time pressure. My room was also very cold because of the aircon. I saw a lot of Theresians too but I didn’t get to see any of my classmates. The day went like this: I and my tita ate at McDo for lunch and ordered KFC Hot and Crispy Chicken (my favorite) for dinner. While I was taking the test, she already bought groceries for the week.

Tumblr update: I’m close to 1000 followers. Not to brag about it but I get an increase in followers everyday. In a few weeks (or days, if possible), I’ll be reaching the golden number. I promise you that the day I reach it, I will make a post about it. Follow me for I post interesting stuff from fashion to photography. Now speaking of followers, I’ll give you some tips on how to increase yours:
  • Don’t beg for followers. It’s very annoying to ask all of the people you follow to follow you back to increase the number. “Follow me, xxxxx” is the worst sentence in Tumblr. EVER.
  • Post stuff that interests you. Love fashion? Then follow fashion-filled Tumblelogs. A fan of art, All Time Low (one of my new favorites) and Strutting Leo? Follow them!
  • Be original. Make original posts and not just reblogs. Upload pretty photos from Flickr and We Heart It.
  • “Follow me and I’ll follow back” - NOT. Do you want your dashboard to be flooded with content you can’t stand and pure reblogs? Remember, follow back only if you like his/her posts.
  • DON’T USE TUMBLR STALKER. This will make you cry if you find out who your unfollower is. This is site must be handled with caution.
Have a Tumblr account? Then I hope these tips are very useful to you. Comment on this post if you want more tips!

[The Rembrandts]

8.21.2010

Because we're never gonna be as young as we are tonight

So much stress, so little time to blog a decent entry.

Recently, I’ve been appreciating a lot of indie music. I guess they’re more relaxing to listen to than hip-hop songs. Check out my iTunes and you wouldn’t see any hip-hop in there (except Kanye West’s Love Lockdown).

Wanna listen to a very fantastic cover of “Young”? Click this to groove to the tune of the cover of a very talented Theresian. Trust me, you’ll thank me for this brilliant discovery.

[The Summer Set]

8.20.2010

#001

“I hate to say this but I am very insecure of you. You have everything I don’t have. You’re beautiful. You’re skinny. You’re one of the populars in school. You’re filthy rich. You have all of the best gadgets in the world. Most of all, you have a really hot and gorgeous boyfriend. Not to mention that no one called you ugly for once.”

- Confession of a typical teenage girl dealing with insecurity.

8.14.2010

I don’t have time for another game

My first decent blog entry in 13 days. Is this the longest break I ever had? Don’t worry, I’m all cooked up for a new post. I’ve been hanging around in Tumblr and Twitter lately when I have the shortest free time in the world. Put an emphasis on shortest free time. Everyday I’m piled up with homework and quizzes to study but that doesn’t mean I’ll abandon this blog. I got a lot of comments from readers wishing me luck for the UPCAT - which happened last Sunday.

It wasn’t difficult nor easy. In fact, I only found Math as the mind-boggling section of the exam. Language proficiency and reading comprehension (sans the Filipino nosebleed) were eggs to the face. I was shocked to hear my classmates complaining how hard the exam was. I thought of what went right. I guess it’s the prayers I made every night. Generally, last Sunday was a very good day. I woke up at 7:30 AM, attended the 8:30 mass with Grandpa and left the house with my aunt at 9:30 AM. We first headed off to Tutuban for a power lunch at KFC (yummy!) and bought snacks to eat while taking the UPCAT. What were my snacks? A big bag of Piattos Cheese, a small pack of Oreos and Absolute drinking water. I enjoyed taking the LRT-2 because aside from occupying a seat, the train was air-conditioned. After the ride, we hopped on to a jeep going to UP where we encountered heavy traffic. Luckily, School of Economics was already near us.

The exam is a very long story since I took it for five hours. Eventually, I ate and finished my snacks during the course of the test. None of the IV-3 people were in m
y room but three girls coming from my batch were there. Before I went to UP and on the way home, dad and mom called me asking me how am I doing. I got home at around 6:30 PM and proceeded immediately to my homework.

I’ll tell you a confession: I almost wanted to quit my elective Creative Writing and Journalism.

Kinda shocking, eh?
Back in the first weeks, I only got a 9/10 in my Take 10 writing exercises. It was depressing to see my CWJ-mates rejoice over their perfect 10s while I only got a 9. It was very, very disappointing to know I’m part of the Theresian yet I couldn’t manage to perfect my writing exercises. I was like, “I don’t deserve to be part of the Theresian because I couldn’t get a perfect 10.”

Everything came to a head last Thursday. After two weeks, our Take 10 journals were returned. I browsed through the pages. I was shocked to see two p
erfect tens. I DID IT! I GOT A PERFECT TEN AT LAST! As the wise men say, nothing is impossible.

Haven’t I shared my obsession seven years ago? Stare at the photo below:

Leonardo DiCaprio was my celebrity fantasy for only two months. I wouldn’t fall for him if not for Titanic. On the summer of 2003, I went online to know more about his films. I watched Romeo + Juliet, The Quick and The Dead and Catch Me If You Can all thoughout my vacation. I was so obsessed with him I called his name like Lady Gaga did in “Alejandro”. I was madly into him my dad even scolded me for that. I met F4 and Meteor Garden and I dumped Leo.

How about you? Who’s the celebrity you’re once obsessed with? Share your answers by commenting on this post.

[Hey Monday]


8.01.2010

There's a party at the end of the world

So, do you like my new layout? For me, the one-week hiatus with a temporary layout was all worth it. I’ve been busy for the past few days and it was only yesterday I was able to go online freely. It took me about three to four hours to alter my April-May blogskin because I loved it so much. Since nothing on Blogskins.com tickled my fancy, I dug in my files and searched for the basecode. Voila! I got it and tweaked it all along. I’m glad I’ve got Amandine in my font list because this suits my current theme. So what do I call this?

Lipstick and Dynamite V3? Leave a tag on my chatbox or comment on this post. Meanwhile, I’ll answer the tag by my very wonderful online buddy Nice.



1. Are looks important? Why?
- I don’t know why teenagers are making a fuss out of their appearance. When I became a sophomore in HS, my looks started to matter. There are a hundred pretty girls in my school I’m very insecure of. Everyone’s telling them how beautiful they are. I suppose no one thinks they’re ugly. Me? I only got praised for my skills and good attitude. There are some people telling me about my looks but not as many as those girls. It sucks to know that most of the “simply flawless” people are in a relationship or have suitors. Thus, the misconception of the infamous “Single = Ugly” thought shadowed upon me.

But when you get to adulthood, I don’t think it will matter anymore. God doesn’t see you through your Angelina Jolie face. Have you read the Bible story of how David was chosen as king? If not, I’ll tell you. God sent Jesse to call all of his sons to be presented a
nd judged by God to be the next ruler of Israel. The first son was very handsome but the Lord rejected him for He doesn’t base a human’s greatness by its appearance. See that? Good looks fade, your pleasing morals don’t.
I guess this is the purpose of having wrinkles and saggy cellulites when we grow older. In other words, looks are temporary.

2. What are your plans for the future?
- Aim to pass all of my entrance exams (which I’m studying so hard right now), enter the world of theater and journalism, have a happy family, be successful, work for a magazine (if Candy still exists by the time I turn 20) and forgive all of my enemies.

3. Have you ever been in love? How does it feel like?
- Not yet. I’ve been unattached since birth.

4. What are your special talents?
- Creative writing and acting. I treat them not just as talents but God’s precious gifts.

5. What’s your favorite song for the moment, and why?
- If you ask about my current LSS, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream. The melody gets on my impulses. I like it better than California Girls.

6. What had hurt you the most?
- All those offensive online and real-life bashing. I hate the fact some people want to get rid of me even if I didn’t do something against them. There was even someone who told me her life will be better if I just left school because I was a curse to everyone.

7. Recall the best memory you have.
- I guess the day my family went to Enchanted Kingdom back when I was four years old. It was also the first time I ate KFC Zinger.
8. Are you loving your life right now? Why?
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Yes, because I have a great online life (thanks to all of my Tumblr followers and HYC friends for making me happy), a great set of classmates and friends and a loving family.

I’m done with my ACET essay. In fact, my dad read it via my e-mail and he loved it. UPCAT will be in a week away and I’m preparing for it. I pray hard to God every night telling him to guide me and for giving me an opportunity to study in UP or ADMU. But it’s not just the prayers that work. I make an effort to study after doing my homework.

I didn’t know that the little prince in the book (The Little Prince) was already dead after he met the snake. I was wondering how come he fell on the ground without a thud (like live people do) and suddenly disappeared. It was only then I got the picture. But overall, I love the book. Speaking more of it, I failed to blog about the staffers’ bonding last July 23. I had a great time listening to the editors’ narration of how they got the job, playing this
“grab me” game and sharing insights with the lower classmen. It was a great experience. I even found this year’s staff bonding more enjoyable than last year’s.

Wait, I forgot to tell you about my Basyang experience. Our house lost the electricity at 2:30 AM of July 14 and got it back by 10:30 PM. I, my mom and tita went to Tutuban to cool things off in the morning but there was 40% electricity there too so we didn’t get to enjoy our visit. For the rest of the day, I slept about four times and did my homework. When the lights went on again, I sat here in the computer to do my CWJ paper. Unfortunately, I notice
d that the Internet connection wasn’t working.

It was total FML for six days. I worried about my Twitter and Tumblr followers. I thought of HYC. I was bothered by my Facebook updates if there were any friend requests or notifications. It was total boredom for six days until 9:00 PM of July 19. I was listening to my iTunes playlist when I checked the connection. There were two lights flashing. I opened Mozilla.

BAM! THE INTERNET HAS RETURNED! IT WAS
A MIRACLE!

I was happy with my Tumblr because I gained 20+ followers. As for my Twitter, I lost some but regained a few after a few days. FB? I accepted some friend requests.

Before I end this post, here’s a typography I made during no Internet week:


I’M TAGGING EVERYONE IN THE TAG I ANSWERED. :)

[All Time Low]

7.24.2010

ON HIATUS FOR A WEEK.
I really have to study for everything. Wish me luck. Don’t worry, I’ll fix this blog layout.

I'm stupidly happy

UPCAT is coming up, I have to study for my three other entrance exams (ACET, DLSU-CET and USTET) so I I have to stay ON FOCUS. I don’t want to ruin my life for the next four years.

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I’ll fix this blog layout at the end of “study week”. Don’t worry, I’ll return the chatbox and comment links next week. Lovely readers, keep on visiting this blog.

Meanwhile, visit my Tumblr and Twitter for my daily ramblings and fancies.

[XTC]

7.21.2010

Sorry for the late update.

My Internet was crappy for six days and it was only on Monday I got it back.

Second, thanks for all those who commented on my previous post. I’ll answer them on the weekend.

Third, I’m facing a pile of schoolwork every single day.

You can have it all but not at once.

7.11.2010

We got a red light pornographic dance fight

I’m in love with Lady Gaga’s song “Beautiful Dirty Rich”. At first, I didn’t really like the song. But when I watched an episode of Skins with this song played at the beginning, I got the LSS bug. I really love Gaga’s songs and fashion and I personally think “Beautiful Dirty Rich” suits her personality best. I failed to blog about this in my previous post. One night while checking my chatbox here, I received two messages from a guest. Here’s what the first mesage said:

“Hey. Yung experiences mo sa classmates mo, grabe yun. You’re not ugly. Sila yon. Pangit ang ugali. Everything has a reason.”

The second message read as follows:

“-cont- Baka blessing in disguise yan ni God para sa iyo. Stay strong.”

I’ve been blessed with very kind readers. I’d like to extend my thanks to this person (whoever you are) for the warm encouragement. Now moving on, let me share to you my most recent planner doodle. It took me a day and a half to conceptualize this “plannerpiece”. I was inspired by @thunderpopcola’s drawing.




*Note: I originally posted this photo on Tumblr that’s why it’s named under shutupandsaycaution.


Let me tell you a secret about my hair: it’s naturally straight. But nine ye
ars ago, I loved Elai’s curls so much I switched to the springy look. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for me. What happened? I cut my hair. End of story. But have you ever seen me with curly knots without the chemicals and salon treatment? By some whisk of magic, I tie my hair up in a bun and put it down after a few hours. Take a look at my photo below:


Curious about straight hair? See the difference as you check out the next photo:


I finally got my ADMU application form and I am working on it. I’m still thinking of what I’ll write in the application essay as of this moment.

[Lady Gaga]

7.04.2010

Fine fresh fierce




This past Wednesday, I watched Eclipse with my mom and tito Charles at SM. We left the house early to avoid being stuck in traffic. As soon as we arrived at the mall, we immediately headed to the cinemas to get a ticket. But it wasn’t easy for us because by the time we got there, the line was VERY long. It took us about 20 minutes before we got three tickets because some of the cinema houses were not for regular screenings. At about 11 AM, we went inside and waited for the first showing to start.What can I say about the movie? Eclipse was fine but it didn’t turn out what I’ve expected. Anyhow, I’ll cite what I’ve noticed about it:

  • They changed the line “Isabella Swan, I promise to love you forever, every single day of forever. Will you marry me?” to “Will you do the honors to marry me?”
  • The action scenes were pure, raw explosion. However, I think the part where Edward bit Victoria to death was brutal.

  • After two movies of no dialogue, Jasper has finally spoken! Plus, he looks different now he has a new hairdo.
  • Jacob looks better than Edward. Enough said.

  • The best line of the movie: “Because I’m hotter than you!”

I was supposed to watch Toy Story 3 that day but for some reasons I can’t fathom, I was stuck in the plush seat watching Edward and Bella’s romantic scenes. I was kind of disappointed with the movie but it was worth watching somehow. Now from the world of vampires and werewolves we move on to the real world. As I said in my short note in my previous post, I have good news. So let me begin by holding on what you’re reading now.

Do you remember the time I told you about my re-audition for the Theresian Magazine? I found out about the change on the day before the tryouts (June 18). According to our editor-in-chief (oh hi Danielle!), we need fresh faces into the roster that’s why the old staffers are required to re-audition. So on the night before, I prayed hard telling God not to let me pass this opportunity. I told Him I worked so much hard for it and promised to balance everything in my life. The butterflies in my stomach became numerous as the time grew closer to audition hour. When dismissal time came, my heartbeat was running faster.


I had to go face-to-face with 40 other girls in the IV-3 classroom. It was very scary. Several of them were also outstanding students. My chances were slimmer than last year’s. The plot thickened when the editors gave two topics for our essay: one about the automated elections and the other about what a rightful leader should do. What added to the workload is a literary genre of our choice. Do you know what’s worse? We only have a very short time limit. It took me about five drafts to complete my piece. I wrote the best reasons why I should stay in the school paper. I wrote with a passion word by word my essay on why our nation still needs to use the automated electoral system in 2013. However, time wasn’t enough. I didn’t get to the literary section because the editors told us to pass our papers even if we’re not done yet. I went home with a feeling of nervousness and hopelessness. I said to my own little self, “It’s over.”

But no!

The miracle happened last Thursday during our flag ceremony.

MY RE-AUDITION FOR THE THERESIAN MAGAZINE WAS A SUCCESS!

I sighed in relief when I heard my name as part of the news section. Ahhh! Finally I’ll graduate with a two-year experience in school journalism. And being a Creative Writing and Journalism member myself, I’ll have the opportunity to write for the yearbook. So watch out for it by November.

Before I end this post, let me show you how I dressed up Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen via Paper Doll Heaven:




[Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg]