I’m glad to see them together again since 500 Days of Summer! I watched this while waiting in First World Hotel in Resorts World Malaysia minutes ago. Thanks to Yahoo! and Tumblr, I got to watch this video - and glad I did! They look cool together, don’t they? 

This might be my last post for 2011 because I’ll be rocking around Resorts World Genting the whole New Year’s Eve today. Hold your horses, my review of 2011 will be up by tomorrow on January 2. 

Happy New Year everybody! May we all have a prosperous 2012! Thank you everyone for the awesome year! :)

Dad uses my nickname whenever he runs a marathon. Yup, I had a haircut :)

8. One lesson I learned in both high school and college: don't waste your time on a person who turns out to be nothing but a fluke.

I’ve been there and done that just like majority of the teenage population. I’ve been attracted to anyone who fit the description of the “ideal one”, but in the end all of them weren’t all that cracked up to be. I’ve been blindsided over their futileness. At first sight, they were approachable, sincere, and jolly. But when I got up close and personal with them, they turned out to be the opposite: shallow, oblivious of one’s feelings, and cynical. What a tomfoolery for me not to examine the contents of the bottle. It plain sucks to know when you find out that the one you’ve been daydreaming all night and fantasize to marry in 20 years is all smoke and mirrors. The one who fuels your fantasies is a dashing prince on the facade but a self-absorbed moron in reality. Whenever I look back at those moments, I would laugh it all off and tell myself that I should rejuvenate my energy on other more important things rather than finding my own leading man.  As some of my friends always said, having a boyfriend is not everything. As cliche as it sounds, there are plenty of fish in the sea. 

Long time, no thoughts? You bet. ☺

Thank God for standardized tests. Otherwise you’d never know who your real friends are.

Daria Morgendorffer

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Hi guys!

I missed this old blog of mine that’s why I updated the layout and made a post.

If you’re looking for my new blog, just click on The Candydoll in the navigations above. :)

“You’ve missed your childhood if you’ve never tasted Nutella.”

Just this Christmas vacation, I began to develop another food addiction and that is with Nutella. You can eat Nutella in several ways: eating it straight from the jar (which I do all the time), make it as your sandwich spread, have it as the dip of your junk food, and such. Nutella turned into my best buddy whenever I’m sitting in front of the laptop and watching a bunch of shows online. Who doesn’t agree that this is God’s gift to food lovers? I don’t have an addiction to chocolates unlike most people my age, but Nutella is the only exception. If not for that big jar in the kitchen of my parents’ flat, I wouldn’t have gained weight this Christmas! >:)

Now let me tell you about the events that took place between Christmas Eve and last night:

Christmas Eve - Mom and I went to Ion Orchard to do a little strolling which included a trip to Forever 21 and Mango. I forgot where we had lunch :)) We devoured on one large chocolate cupcake and a mocha frappuccino from Starbucks. After that, we went home and slept for a while before meeting up with dad once again at Ion Orchard. The three of us had lunch at a very yummy restaurant outdoors that served authentic cajun chicken and feisty baked potatoes. Subsequently, we had a long walk to a mall with a Forever 21 store to buy a sweatshirt. I was supposed to buy a Tinkerbell sweatshirt but we saw Sleepy and Kermit sweatshirts so I changed my mind. Out of my dad’s suggestion, I bought the Kermit sweatshirt! Before we returned to the flat, we bought some food for the Media Noche that night.

I’ve mentioned in my tweets that the flatscreen TV got busted so there was no way to entertain ourselves except the Internet and going outdoors. But on Christmas Eve, my dad urged to bring out the old TV and turn it on. Boom! It worked, and it made my dad so happy because he can watch his favorite action movies on cable again.

While waiting for Media Noche to be served, I was overwhelmed with the flood of Christmas greetings on Twitter and FB. Not to mention about my constant tweet spamming that night :)) For the meal, my dad prepared us chicken wings and rotelli pasta. It was so yummy we were full, and we went to bed at approximately 3 AM.

Christmas Day - Daytime was a total snooze; all we did was to sleep and park ourselves in front of the TV the whole morning and afternoon. At around 8 PM, we went to Marina Bay Sands and had dinner at Makansutra. Boy, the calamares there was the best and softest of its kind that I’ve ever tasted. I also loved the cereal prawns! When dinner ended, we had a photowalk at the Marina Bay, complete with the flashing lights. We managed to catch the last MRT train to Redhill at around 11:30 PM. On the sidenote, I was glad to hear the voices of my dad’s family back home in Cavite:)

Yesterday - Mom and dad’s restday from work! In a surprise turn of events, mom booked tickets for the whole family to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol at the Tiong Bahru Plaza. I was hyped to go to the cinema since I haven’t been in any since August during my blockmates’ double birthday bash at the Galleria. I really enjoyed the movie, and I think it’s the best among the four movies under the Mission Impossible serial.Due to my long period of sleep last night, I fancied myself to playing Tap Studio 3 on my mom’s iPhone and reading blogs until the wee hours of the morning.

Today was pretty dull. Why are all Tuesdays lame? I went outdoors only to buy my lunch and take mom to dinner downstairs. Mehhhh. I slept twice, first from 2-3 PM then 6-8. I even took an early dinner just to snooze everything off. Now, I wish tomorrow would be a better day.

Meet my new baby / laptop Quinn! Dad was supposed to buy me a Macbook Pro but I told him that I wanted a Sony Vaio Y instead. So yesterday, we went to Bugis and got this kick-arse lappy! One happy kid right here :)

Merry Christmas readers! Happy Holidays!

P.S. To all the people who greeted me via FB, Twitter, Tumblr, and text - thank you very much! <3 >:D<

A Dream Come True ☺

One reason I’m loving my life now:

THANK YOU GOD <3

Words cannot express how happy and blessed I am with my newest achievement. I didn’t expect this to happen, especially with my SCIENVC grade which almost ruined my chance to be a Dean’s Lister. After all the sleepless nights in front of my laptop finishing final papers and video projects, all the catastrophic events during lectures, and the endless cramming for our tests, my hard work finally paid off. In addition to that, I got this wonderful news with Christmas just around the corner. However, the road to this achievement wasn’t a bed of roses as mentioned above. 

Let me take you back to the start, shall we?

The dream of becoming a DL began in my first term of college. Actually, it was dad who motivated me to push myself to the honor roll even at least once. I already didn’t make it to the honor roll in high school and I won’t let it happen again in college. So in the first term, I tried to study hard in order to make my desired grades. Unfortunately, I didn’t get what I deserve despite all the effort I’ve put during the term. When the grades came out, I was really disappointed because I almost fell below the 2.5 GPA. On the contrary to my misfortune, many of my batchmates who went to DLSU made it into the Dean’s List. When I read about their achievement, I was really happy for them but I was also sad because I felt like I was the only one who didn’t make it.

“Just do your best and God will reward you in no time,” my mom advised me when I told her I fell short of the coveted 3.0 GPA. Surprisingly, my dad comforted me when he was supposed to act like the rage guy when I didn’t live up to his expectations.

Fast forward to the second term. I was having the time of my life in my freshman year in college - super cool blockmates (LR23), awesome loyal friends, and a kick-arse schedule. Life was never dull since then. Even with a social life, I never failed to balance it with my studies. For example, a paper due in a week would be accomplished four days before the deadline instead of the night before. In addition, no Facebooking or Tumblring (I tweet sometimes lol) while doing the paperwork to avoid any form of distraction that would repel me from my priority. Everything paid off with my satisfactory marks in my papers.

After all the sleepless nights, my isolation from my beloved blogs and social networks, the constant trips to the library, and the all-night researching, I finally got what I deserve. After millions of times reloading my MLS account, I saw the grades…and BOOM!

A 3.5 GPA :)

Thank you so much LR23 and friends, profs, parents, and Santa God for this wonderful Christmas gift!

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My Awesome Week

I’m supposed to wake up one hour later to fix stuff before heading to the airport today. But insomnia kicked me in out of excitement; so you are getting the answer if you’re asking why I’m blogging at 4 AM when I’m supposed to be sleeping. 

It’s obvious from the previous paragraph that I’m going abroad today. Yes, you’ve heard it right. I’ll be leaving for Singapore at around 10 AM and stay there for Christmas vacation - three weeks. When I get home on January 7, I’ll be with my dad. I hope he stays long for my 18th birthday. Moving on, last week was the best week I’ve had in a long time. Not only it was free-for-all (with the exception of Tuesday), it was also Hang Out With Your Friends Week. 

Monday - I went to school at around 7 AM and met up with Monz to have breakfast at Mcdo. At around 8:30, we passed our KASPIL2 and INTHROP papers then waited for Tisha and Kev at South Gate. Suddenly, I the latter two asked me if I could come with them at Robinsons Midtown just to hang out. I said yes, but Monz wasn’t able to make it because she met up with someone (ehem! :“>). So we went to Midtown. I had yummy pork chao fan at Chowking, tried my hands out on a bunch of computer games (including the Command and Conquer fail) and picked up a snack at Krispy Kreme. 

Tuesday - INTGLOS orals + another day at Midtown with the same peeps but this time also with Monz and her guy :) First, we had lunch at Animo Food Haus and Agno. At around 1 PM, we headed to William Hall for our INTGLOS orals. The weather was so excruciating I wanted to tie my hair but I didn’t have an elastic band :/ The orals went smoothly, with me as the third examinee. I was curious what Sir Punzalan’s smirk meant when I finished with my speech on poverty and development. At around 2:30, the five of us headed to Midtown where we played games and hanged out at Razon’s. However, Monz and I were really hungry so we ordered take-out at Chef d'Angelo. While we were eating, Kev was staring at our food so he ordered one from the same restaurant in order to satisfy his cravings :)) 

Wednesday - Waltermart before hangout at Monzie’s crib! Had two party-sized pizzas, mojos, and chicken from Shakey’s. Made chocolates while waiting for our order to be delivered =) After eating, we watched X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: First Class. We didn’t get to finish First Class because it was already dinnertime so we ate again and shared a lot of hilarious stories over dinner. At 8:45, Tisha’s dad brought me, Tish, and Kev home. When I got home, I was so dead-tired I dozed off to sleep. 

Thursday - My one and only lazy bum day of the week :) 

Friday - UST Paskuhan with my HS friends! I was supposed to meet with Khar but due to signal problems, we weren’t able to see each other :( But still, I was able to meet up with some of my IV-3 girls >:D< That night was also my first time to attend Simbang Gabi, and it was astonishing to see that gorgeous display of fireworks! Glad to see a lot of Theresians too ;) 

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All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run.

While I was having lunch at KFC yesterday during this horrendous clash of thunder of rain, I heard Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” playing over the stereo; it felt so good and made me energetic the whole time. I wasn’t familiar with the song until my blockmates played its official video on YouTube a few minutes before our professor in ENGLSTRESS arrived. Now I know how it got 45 million views - because it’s such a vivid song to love for the ages. I was really astonished when I found out the song was inspired from the incidents of school shootings around the world.

This past week, I didn’t open my Facebook and Tumblr for three days - that’s why my main Tumblr is spamming all of your dashboards right now. Who knows, I might be busy again tonight and tomorrow to finish my KASPIL2 and INTHROP final papers :/ But because I love my followers and friends so much, I took a rest from studying and now I’m updating everything for the purpose of not leaving it in the dark.

Yes, I wasn’t online because it was hell week. However, I wouldn’t have survived without the help of my friends and blockmates! Thanks y'all! :) Now let me breakdown everything that happened last week:

• Monday - Finished the FILDLAR final documentary video, starting from 7 PM to 6 AM (with a short nap at 2:30 AM then woke up at 3). It was one of the rare instances I did this in college. Back in HS, my latest sleeping time was 1:30 AM. But what I did on Monday night until Tuesday morning was whoa. For almost 12 near-sleepless hours, I was friends with Windows Movie Maker and YouTube.


• Tuesday - FILDLAR final documentary video presentation day! I’m so happy we got a 94!! Thank goodness our (sleepless) efforts were rewarded with something wonderful like this! :) 


• Wednesday - Before going to school, I went to DSWD to get my travel clearance. The rest of the day was cool even with the Chem LQ - mojos at Animo Food Haus then a laughtrip over the newest Chico and Delamar book @ NBS ;)


• Thursday - Last INTHROP meeting, had another laughtrip over Chico and Delamar while waiting for Tisha and Monz to finish their INTGLOS orals, lunch at Cerealicious, did the ENGLSTRESS final paper from 9 PM to 3:30 AM

Yesterday was the bomb. Morning was pretty lame because I didn’t get to attend the last FILDLAR session because I made final touches to my ENGLSTRESS final paper in the lib. At around 12:30, I met up with some of my blockmates at U-Mall then Mcdo. At Mcdo, we didn’t realize it was 10 minutes before ENGLSTRESS class, so we rushed to the elevator. Even though we arrived in the classroom at around 2:50, the prof wasn’t still there. At the same time, our block was in chaos because 1) a small cockroach was hanging in the ceiling, 2) after five months, Carol finally got our long-overdue block pics (haha!), and 3) it was the last day as LR23 :( Well, prof never came to the classroom but we didn’t waste time to have our final block pic taken. As soon as we got our final block pic, some headed to the 15th floor to submit our ENGLSTRESS final papers.Meanwhile, some of my blockmates and I stayed in the classroom and had some of our epic moments:

1. (Monz and I singing Lady Gaga’s “You and I”)

Me: Something, something about this cool blank guy…

Fe: (staring at his laptop) Ewwww Candice ganun pala type mo!

Me: Ano??

Fe: Mahilig ka pala sa BLACK guy!!!!

2. Before Sofia left the classroom, I hugged her goodbye. This is what happened:

Me (to Sofia): Sana blockmates na lang tayo forever.

Andrea: (sitting in her chair) Eh di sabihin mo sa registrar!!! =))

3. Paulo and I were talking about our PE for the next term.

Me: Paulo, ano PE mo?

Paulo: Bird watching sa UP.

Me: Di nga! =))

Since Monz needed to buy something from the drugstore, we along with Kev and Tisha went to Robinsons’ Midtown. Monz got to buy something from Mercury Drug when there was no Watsons’ branch in that mall; and we had dinner at Wendy’s. Their chicken is foodtastic. While walking in the mall, we came up with this conversation about Justin Bieber - and it was hilarious!

Scenario 1:

Me: (pointing to the Under The Mistletoe cover) Guys, I’ll give you this album for Christmas.

Kev: NO. I’d rather have #%^#^&**%%’s dead head rather than a Bieber album!

Scenario 2:

@ The Perfect White Shirt

Tisha: (pointing to the Little Miss Bieber shirt) I don’t know why the hell he’s got his own shirt.

Kev: Hmmm…only Bieber’s little fans.

Scenario 3:

Me: To whom can I give the Bieber Christmas album in our block?

Kev: You can’t give it to any guy in our block because everyone hates him!

At around 7, I got home, had dinner, took a bath, checked my Twitter, then went to bed at 9PM. Overall, it was a fun day ;)

BTW, I’m going to Singapore in eight days!!!

Two Weeks Notice

Mediafire is really crappy right now - I’ve uploaded the same SCIENVC videos a hundred times already for a span of THREE hours. 

Thanks to my very busy schedule, I failed to blog about what happened last week and this week. In bulleted form, let me tell you about what happened to keep you posted:

• November 22 - Went to UP after class to shoot for our FILDLAR video. We’re glad that we’ve heard some ghost stories inside the campus.


• November 24 - Super enjoyed this day! It was a road trip / FILDLAR video shooting in UST! 


• November 25 - Happy Friday with friends :) 


• November 26 - Last lab session + got a 4.0 as a final grade in LBYENVC! ;)

This week was hell because of the stack of requirements we have to accomplish for the last two weeks of the second term. In addition, a lot of things are due for NEXT WEEK. So if the past week was hell, then it would be more like it starting on Monday. In case you’re wondering why, here is the workload last week and this week:

• ENGLSTRESS ENGLRES final draft, final paper, survey report, and tally sheet


• KASPIL2 Final Paper 


• FILDLAR Final Documentary


• SCIENVC long exam and final video project 


• KASPIL2 Book Review (just for extra points in my final grade teehee)


• INTGLOS final oral exam 

Before yesterday and today, I abandoned my Tumblr for four whole days. Twitter was the only social network I updated; I only used FB to greet people on their birthdays and check on group feeds. The longest I ever did in a school week, since I used to check on my dashboard every day after school last year. Call me a slacker, but that was back when I wasn’t thought everything would come in my way. But not anymore because the work was tougher than I ever imagined. 

With this load I’m carrying right now, I am praying all of my efforts will be rewarded by a name on this term’s Dean List. I already have a 4.0 (my first ever!) in LBYENVC, but I am hoping that all the good grades would continue. Wouldn’t it be a fantastic Christmas treat to get in the DL for the first time? :) 

To all of the people who are following both my main and personal Tumblr, I apologize if I won’t be spamming your dashboards again this week. Just as soon as hell week’s over, I’ll make a comeback. In the meantime, you can follow my Twitter for your daily dose of my life ;)