They're shocking, they're unconventional, they're ... [drum rolls please]
IMPOSSIBLE!
1. Go skydiving - I like to skydive more than I want to try bungee-jumping. If Nicole Kidman does it, so can I.
2. Eat insects covered in chocolate - Y know the TV shows that featured delicacies in Indonesia, I think, that are made from crickets covered in chocolates pierced on a stick? Hmmm, delicioso!
3. Join a professional orchestra as a pianist - I've always wanted to learn playing the piano and be great at it - as in Maxim great. And then I'm going to join an orchestra in a fancy opera house. Ooohhh-do-re-mi.
4. Stalk Natalie Portman for an entire day - and then get caught by the cops and have Natalie slapping me on the wrist with all the curses in English, French, Hebrew, Japanese, and Spanish.
5. Climb Mt. Everest - Maybe it's a show-off thing, y know, having my face printed on a flag driven at the peak of the highest mountain on the planet. Instant fame, I can smell.
6. Lead a rally protest - about legalizing aliens to come visit us Earthlings.
7. Learn Swahili - Imagine me speaking in a language that virtually no one understands and that's the point where you see why I have to learn it in the first place. Yup, another show-off thing.
8. Participate in a series of ghosthunting sessions in a haunted house or cemetery - Awooohhhh!
9. Stroll under the rain in a bikini - What?! Yup, you heard it wrong. Remember: anything hanky-panky is not to be taken seriously.
and last but definitely not the least ...
10. Shave my head.
Click here to see Jen's list of her Outrageous Things. We promised to do this list together over Cello's donuts.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Do It!
As academics are getting tougher and tougher and nights are growing shorter and shorter, the fun moments of college are becoming lesser and lesser.
And while I'm freaking out a little bit here and I'm seeing those 3's, 4's, and 5's everywhere, here are the things I want to do - effective immediately:
1. Spend a movie marathon day with Jen. Chick flicks are at the top of our list. Goodbye to my film critic mood for the meantime and get into those kilig movie moments for a change.
2. Grab a bite of every sidewalk food in U.P. You name it: isaw, fishballs, and whatever else they're cooking out there. My explanation? I haven't had fishballs in a decade and I still have no idea what isaw tastes like. Call me maarte but don't blame me, blame Mom for not allowing me to eat them!
3. Catch a film or an afternoon off with my blockmates. Our Pinoy Blonde gimmick was not pushed through so we're looking for another target date to hit.
4. Go wallclimbing. It's been a year, sis, a year! I have to flex my muscles again and I miss waking up then realizing that I can't move my arms.
5. Have a mocha binge. I know there's such a thing called caffeine addiction but have you haven't heard of a mocha rush, for sure. Yep, I have one.
6. Save up! Save up! Save up! I'm being too much of a spender now. That's the problem when you've got money in hand and of course, I have my allowance, and most of the time it tends to be more than enough. I spend much on food and it's actually good but shopping? Good Lord, stop me.
7. Read. I have lotsa Time Magazine issues here but I haven't read even a quarter of them. I keep on buying books but I don't get to the latter pages. So yep, I have to.
8. Update my scrapbook - I already produced this small bag of trash composed of play tickets, seminar name tags, my first flunked U.P. quiz, and an idiot freshman's college memorabilia that deserve to be preserved in the pages of my scrapbook with all the other souvenirs from my past life.
9. Go out with a guy ... Ahah! Nope, it's not what you're thinking. Just friends' stuff is enough.
10. Join an org - or not. I don't know. I haven't made up my mind yet. I have a club outside U.P. and I want that to be the center of my first sem extra-curricular activities. Joining an org is not exactly what I want to do this year ... especially if they tend to be so demanding.
And while I'm freaking out a little bit here and I'm seeing those 3's, 4's, and 5's everywhere, here are the things I want to do - effective immediately:
1. Spend a movie marathon day with Jen. Chick flicks are at the top of our list. Goodbye to my film critic mood for the meantime and get into those kilig movie moments for a change.
2. Grab a bite of every sidewalk food in U.P. You name it: isaw, fishballs, and whatever else they're cooking out there. My explanation? I haven't had fishballs in a decade and I still have no idea what isaw tastes like. Call me maarte but don't blame me, blame Mom for not allowing me to eat them!
3. Catch a film or an afternoon off with my blockmates. Our Pinoy Blonde gimmick was not pushed through so we're looking for another target date to hit.
4. Go wallclimbing. It's been a year, sis, a year! I have to flex my muscles again and I miss waking up then realizing that I can't move my arms.
5. Have a mocha binge. I know there's such a thing called caffeine addiction but have you haven't heard of a mocha rush, for sure. Yep, I have one.
6. Save up! Save up! Save up! I'm being too much of a spender now. That's the problem when you've got money in hand and of course, I have my allowance, and most of the time it tends to be more than enough. I spend much on food and it's actually good but shopping? Good Lord, stop me.
7. Read. I have lotsa Time Magazine issues here but I haven't read even a quarter of them. I keep on buying books but I don't get to the latter pages. So yep, I have to.
8. Update my scrapbook - I already produced this small bag of trash composed of play tickets, seminar name tags, my first flunked U.P. quiz, and an idiot freshman's college memorabilia that deserve to be preserved in the pages of my scrapbook with all the other souvenirs from my past life.
9. Go out with a guy ... Ahah! Nope, it's not what you're thinking. Just friends' stuff is enough.
10. Join an org - or not. I don't know. I haven't made up my mind yet. I have a club outside U.P. and I want that to be the center of my first sem extra-curricular activities. Joining an org is not exactly what I want to do this year ... especially if they tend to be so demanding.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Three-Dimensional
I'm really happy.
I know it's a peculiar first line of a post but it's true. Not everyone can say that honestly.
I feel complete. The things that I've always wanted to do are going to be a part of my life now. There is also the lasting idea that everywhere I go, I have friends and that I'm doing (or I'm going to do) something good and meaningful. I know I couldn't be more vague with what I'm saying but eventually, I'm sure you'll get it.
I feel lucky that it's the way my life goes now. I believe that God really intended to lead me there so that I would shift my life from two-dimensional to three-way. I can see more clearly now but I still don't understand why most people prioritize the less important aspects of their lives while there are so much more outside of that. They are just letting opportunity pass by without even trying to grab a part of it.
There is something I learned recently in a talk. [Paraphrasing the Pope] People who are talented, smart, and blessed are not meant to lead a laidback life. They are like made to be busy, to have at least a single thing running rapidly in their lives that they have to ride and drive. It is somehow like destiny but it's still one's own free will.
Who are these people? Don't look at me, look at yourself.
[ Am I sounding more and more of a welfare advocate every week? Yeah? Well, good! ]
I know it's a peculiar first line of a post but it's true. Not everyone can say that honestly.
I feel complete. The things that I've always wanted to do are going to be a part of my life now. There is also the lasting idea that everywhere I go, I have friends and that I'm doing (or I'm going to do) something good and meaningful. I know I couldn't be more vague with what I'm saying but eventually, I'm sure you'll get it.
I feel lucky that it's the way my life goes now. I believe that God really intended to lead me there so that I would shift my life from two-dimensional to three-way. I can see more clearly now but I still don't understand why most people prioritize the less important aspects of their lives while there are so much more outside of that. They are just letting opportunity pass by without even trying to grab a part of it.
There is something I learned recently in a talk. [Paraphrasing the Pope] People who are talented, smart, and blessed are not meant to lead a laidback life. They are like made to be busy, to have at least a single thing running rapidly in their lives that they have to ride and drive. It is somehow like destiny but it's still one's own free will.
Who are these people? Don't look at me, look at yourself.
[ Am I sounding more and more of a welfare advocate every week? Yeah? Well, good! ]
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
My Kind of Music
I never really was a diehard music fan. I'd never die nor kill myself because of music. But c'mon, who doesn't like music anyway?
Guy Berryman of Coldplay.
I've listened to different music genres and started with boyband pop music like everyone else my age. I mean, who hasn't gone gaga over the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls or even Blue, especially girls of the Generation Y? But then I've grown tired of ballads that idealize love or the lost of it. It was already all too lethargic for me.
Eventually the music of those pre to post-pubescent boys and girls reduced in popularity at some point and so I shifted to pop rock and discovered the likes of Blink 182 and Matchbox 20. It's sometimes a respite to listen to raucous but still-sensible rock lyrics other than crooning, sentimental pop love songs.
Then The Corrs entered the spotlight I put up while I was singing the lines of "All the Love in the World" in the shower. After all, it's not everyday you see an instrument-playing band of three girls and a boy with a tin flute, bodhran, and violin and still immensely successful. Have you ever listened to an Irish jig, or maybe one of The Corrs' instrumental singles like "Toss the Feathers"? It's a distinctive breed of combined country and pop rhythms that shouts "cool" and "mild" at the same time.
After a while, there was LeAnn Rimes, a young pop-country artist who sang the soundtrack of the hit teen film Coyote Ugly. Before her, I thought I was done with love ballads but I was wrong. Her voice, charm, unknown popularity, and gentle music are just right for me.
Despite the empathetic, unpredictable music of pop-country artists The Corrs and LeAnn Rimes, rock is still my kind of sound. I still enjoy listening to Matchbox 20 and also heed the songs of Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, and even of veteran rockers like Oasis, Lit, and U2. The irony of it is that I love rock but I don't consider Korn, Slipknot, and other notorious metal rockers as musicians but as noise-makers. They give me intense headaches, nosebleeds, and an aftershock of hating the world.
So if you ask me to describe my kind of music, I'm going to answer: definitely pop-country, rock, and a little dose of Eminem. How about you?
Guy Berryman of Coldplay.I've listened to different music genres and started with boyband pop music like everyone else my age. I mean, who hasn't gone gaga over the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls or even Blue, especially girls of the Generation Y? But then I've grown tired of ballads that idealize love or the lost of it. It was already all too lethargic for me.
Eventually the music of those pre to post-pubescent boys and girls reduced in popularity at some point and so I shifted to pop rock and discovered the likes of Blink 182 and Matchbox 20. It's sometimes a respite to listen to raucous but still-sensible rock lyrics other than crooning, sentimental pop love songs.
Then The Corrs entered the spotlight I put up while I was singing the lines of "All the Love in the World" in the shower. After all, it's not everyday you see an instrument-playing band of three girls and a boy with a tin flute, bodhran, and violin and still immensely successful. Have you ever listened to an Irish jig, or maybe one of The Corrs' instrumental singles like "Toss the Feathers"? It's a distinctive breed of combined country and pop rhythms that shouts "cool" and "mild" at the same time.
After a while, there was LeAnn Rimes, a young pop-country artist who sang the soundtrack of the hit teen film Coyote Ugly. Before her, I thought I was done with love ballads but I was wrong. Her voice, charm, unknown popularity, and gentle music are just right for me.
Despite the empathetic, unpredictable music of pop-country artists The Corrs and LeAnn Rimes, rock is still my kind of sound. I still enjoy listening to Matchbox 20 and also heed the songs of Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, and even of veteran rockers like Oasis, Lit, and U2. The irony of it is that I love rock but I don't consider Korn, Slipknot, and other notorious metal rockers as musicians but as noise-makers. They give me intense headaches, nosebleeds, and an aftershock of hating the world.
So if you ask me to describe my kind of music, I'm going to answer: definitely pop-country, rock, and a little dose of Eminem. How about you?
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