nothing personal and boring this time. just something i found on multiply which i found really interesting. got this from claire's multiply.

61 signs you're a kid of the 90s in the Philippines. 

1. Masaya ka kapag naglalaro ka ng Tex at Pog. Kadalasan ang design dito ay yung mga palabas sa TV, mga drama o kaya anime, may dialogue pa. (ano nga ulit 'to? X_X eto ba yung round thingy na parang pinapatalbog or something?)

2. May comics pa ang bazooka. Kahit di mo maintindihan yung Fortune Cookie sa huli ay collection mo pa rin yun. (haha. so true. minsan binabasa ko 'yun. )

3. Uso pa yung tirador, yung gawa talaga sa sanga ng puno. (talaga? sa guys siguro 'tsaka sa mga nakakapaglaro sa labas ng bahay. haha.)

4. Ang mga babae naglalaro ng paper dolls na tigpipiso bawat isang set sa sari-sari store. (hahaha. sh*t. oo. pero 'di naman tig-pipiso lang no. haha.)

5. Kung lalake ka, siguradong may pellet gun ka. (yung kapitbahay kong lalaki meron nito. haha. naglalaro kami nun ng baril-barilan. XP)

6. Humihingi ka ng dalawang piso sa magulang mo para maglaro ng video arcade sa sari-sari store. Favorite mo yung Sonic, Mario at Street Fighter at Tetris. (kulong ako sa bahay eh. :/)

7. Nagwa-watusi ka kapag New Year kahit pinapagalitan ka ng nanay mo. (nope. haha.)

8. Meron kang sapatos na umiilaw yung swelas kapag iniaapak mo. Mas sikat kung iba-iba yung kulay. (hahaha~!)

9. Merong at least isang Chicago Bulls na shirt sa bahay nyo. Madalas number 23 pa yung nakalagay.

10. Pinapatulog ka ng yaya/nanay mo tuwing tanghali o hapon para raw lumaki. Hindi na kasi pinapatulog ang mga bata ngayon tuwing tanghali di tulad nung panahon natin. (ahaha. pero never naman akong natulog. XD)

11. Sinasabihan ka ng matatanda na may lalabas na pari o bigas sa sugat mo kapag hindi nilagyan ng alcohol pero in the end, betadine lang ang magpapatahimik sa inyo. (weh. may ganito pala?)

12. Kung babae ka, nagkaroon ka ng butterfly hairclips/rings. (aay, hahaha! yung nagwowobble pa yung mga pakpak. haha. mga grade 3 ata 'to nauso.)

13. Kung medyo may pera ang pamilya nyo, nagpabili ka ng Polly Pocket. (omg, oo. guilty. sandamakmak yung pinabili kong polly pocket nun sa toys 'r us. hahaha.)

14. Naglalagay ka ng Kisses (yung mabango) sa pencil case mo, o kaya sa isang lalagyan na may bulak, alcohol at tinutusok ng karayom para mabilis manganak. (na-try ko 'to. ni minsan di ko naman napadami. haha. XP)

15. May free stickers ng Disney movies sa loob ng Maggi noodles. (naaalala ko 'to.)

16. Pinapatunog mo yung takip ng Gatorade.

17. Ang mga stationeries na uso: Papemelroti, Tsukuba, Sashikibuta. Pwedeng ibenta, pwedeng trade lang. (haha. naalala ko na binenta ko pa yung zashikibuta ko nun for 20 pesos. hahaha. )

18. Pampalipas oras mo dati ang paglalaro ng Brick Game, at swerte yung mga may advanced version na may tumatagos na blocks para mapuno na yung gap sa loob. Mas advanced ka kung Tamagotchi ang nilalaro mo. Pinapakain mo, pinapatulog mo, at inililibing mo kung namatay na. At kung talagang kaya nyong bumili, Game Boy ang sayo. Pero kung wala ka talaga, yung laruan na lang na may tubig sa loob tapos dapat ma-shoot mo yung mga bilog sa stick na maliit. (hahaha. lahat meron ako, except yung game boy. never akong pinayagan magkaroon nun. ~_~)

19. Bago magsimula ang klase, nakikilaro ka muna sa 10-20, jackstone, langit lupa, ice water, taguan, dr. quack quack, tumbang preso, pepsi seven up at agawan base. Di bale nang madumi na ang uniform mo pagpasok ng classroom. (pang-hapon ako nun eh. usually, after class namin nilalaro 'to. meron pa ngang "mother, mother! can we cross the river?" na laro. pero 10-20 yung all time favorite namin. hahahaha~.)

20. Sinasabi mo sa kaklase mo na "Liars go to hell" kapag tingin mo nagsisinungaling sya. "Cross my heart, hope to die" kapag nangangako ka. "Period no erase" kapag gusto mo walang kumontra sayo. Kaya lang wala kang lusot kapag sinabi ng kaklase mo na "Akin yung factory ng pambura". pag inisip mo to ngayon matatawa ka na lng kasi ang babaw mo pala dati... hahaha.... (major lolz. meron pa ngang "ang mahuli..." at yung buwaya at yung mga mangagaya... eh, nakalimutan ko na.)

21. Sikat ka pag ang pencil case mo nabubuksan sa dalawang side tapos maraming attachments like magnifying lens, book stand, compartments na maliliit tapos push button pa. Minsan sa ibabaw ng pencil case meron pang maze, may maliit na silver na bola tapos itatagilid mo yung pencil case para gumulong yun, hanggang sa matapos yung maze. (hahaha~! tawa na lang.)

22. Di ka baduy kung ang notebook mo nung elementary ay may mukha ng artista. (hm, baduy rin ata nun eh. haha. ewan ko? may sariling notebook ang montessori eh... na may pagkalaki-laki pang logo ng eskwelahan sa harap. igh.)

23. Sa coolman mo inilalagay ang tubig na baon mo sa school. (nakikiinom lang ako nun palagi. hahaha.)

24. Nagpabili ka ng Baby-G sa magulang mo. (wala... di rin ako pinayagan. haha.)

25. Elementary ka nung nauso ang pager. Yun pa ang pinapangarap ng mga bata, hindi pa cell phone. (never ko naman nagets kung pano gamitin yung pager eh. hahaha. lolz.)

26. Meron ka pa rin ng pinakamalaking cell phone na nakatago na ngayon sa mga kahon. (loool. oo. grade 3 ata ako nun, pati teacher ko nakikitawag sakin. haha. grabe naman yun, parang wireless phone sa laki. XD)

27. Wala pang PS/PS2, XBox, Wii, atbp. noon. Family Computer pa lang, yung cartridge yung bala. Usong laro ang Mario Bros., Battle City at Rambo. (di ko naranasan 'to. O_o sa notebook ng tatay ko ako naglalaro ng games eh. yung makapal pa. haha.)

28. Meron ka ng isa sa mga ito: Family Computer, Nintendo, Sega, roller blades, brick game, Tamagochi, Swatch Watch w/ matching guard, Troll collection. (tamagochi lang meron ako. nakikilaro lang ako ng sega sa tito ko nun. hahaha.)

29. Alam mo ang mga linyang ito sa mga kanta: "Natatawa ako, hi hi hi hi", "Anong paki mo sa long hair ko", "Dahil sa bawal na gamot", "Mga kababayan ko, bilib ako sa kulay ko". (deym. hahaha.)

30. Isa dito ay theme song mo: "I Swear" by All 4 One, "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes, "Zombie" by Cranberries. (hm, wala akong kaalam-alam sa musika nun. nung summer class nga before mag-hs, inexcuse ako ni sir aris sa isang activity kasi sabi ko wala akong kaalam-alam sa mga kanta. lolz.)

31. Sumasayaw ka ng Macarena. (hahaha. now nostalgic. eto palagi naming sinasayaw ng mga pinsan ko para kay lolo noon. :c)

32. Alam mo ang kanta ng Spice Girls at may favorite ka sa kanila. Kung fan ka talaga, may poster ka pa at casette tape ka pa nila. (naririnig ko yung mga yun... haha. pero wala akong pakialam. gusto ko lang kolektahin yung sticker nila sa lollipop nun.)

33. Malamang ay naging fanatic ka ng isa sa mga sumikat na boy bands. (never. haha. op ako pag pinaguusapan ng mga tao yan. how ironic kasi ngayon ma-je na ako. oh noes. hahaha.)

34. Ang tinutugtog lagi sa radyo ay mga kanta ng mga banda gaya ng Eraserheads, Parokya ni Edgar nung nagpapalda pa lang sila, Alamid, Rivermaya, True Faith, The Youth, Afterimage at kung anu-ano pang pinoy bands.

35. Tape pa ang uso, di CD or MP3 players. Pag gusto mo yung kanta kailangan tantyahin mo kung ilang seconds i-rewind yun para mabilis paulit-ulitin. (haha. agree! pinapaulit-ulit ko nun yung tape namin ng "les miserables".)

36. Kinakanta nyo dati sa school yung "Heal the World", "Tell the World of His Love", "Jubilee Song", etc. (haha. "the great jollibee" biro namin dyan eh. )

37. Nanonood ka dati ng Power Rangers, Captain Planet o Ninja Turtles. Nagkukunyari pa kayo ng mga kaibigan mo na kayo yun at nagkakasipaan kayo. (ahahaha. pero hate-na-hate ko yung captain planet. ewan ko, pero hate ko siya. ew. hahaha.)

38. Di ka papagalitan ng magulang kahit magbabad ka sa TV, basta ang pinapanood mo ay Hiraya Manawari, Bayani at Sine Skwela, kung saan nakilala mo sila Teacher Waki, Ugat Puno, Palikpik, at ang buong barkada nila lalo na kapag nakasakay sila sa space ship o sa jeep na lumilipad.  (lool. naaabutan ko 'to sa umaga bago pumasok.)

39. Sinubaybayan mo ang Ghost Fighter at ang Dragon Ball. Naging favorite mo si Eugene at si Goku.

40. Niloloko mo yung theme song ng Voltes V kasi di mo maintindihan yung theme song: "Tato ni Ara Mina malaking cobra...", "Boltes Payb lima sila, pumunta sa kubeta...", "...Kontra Bulate!"

41. Napanood mo din yung ibang anime tulad ng Shaider, Sailormoon, Daimos at Maskman. Saulo mo pa nga yung kanta dun: "Oh maskuman kayo ang pag-asa.. Iligtas kami sa marahas na kadiliman... Kami inyong ipaglaban! Sugod, sugod laban maskuman, ipaglaban nyo ang katarungan.. Sige, sige laban maskuman.."

42. Sinubaybayan mo ang Sarah ang Munting Prinsesa, Julio at Julia, at Cedi. Pinanood mo pa nga yung movie version ng Sarah ang Munting Prinsesa with Camille Prats. ('di ko nagustuhan 'to. ~_~ pampalipas-oras lang kung manood man ako ng mga 'to.)

43. Alam mo din yung "Ang Pulubi at ang Prinsesa" with Camille Prats and Angelica Panganiban. (yiiz~! hahaha.)

44. Gusto mong sumali sa ANG TV. Pero alam mong hindi na pwede. kaya kuntento ka na lang sa panonood nito tuwing 4:30 ng hapon.

45. Batibot ang usong palabas. Akala mo nga mag-dyowa o mag-asawa sina Kuya Bodjie at Ate Sheena.

46. Alam mo yung tono ng pinausong kanta ng show na "ATBP.": Isa.. dalawa-tatlo.. apat-lima.. anim-pito-walo.. syam-sampu... labingisa-labingdalawa... labingtatlo... labingapat-labinglima...

47. Napanood mo ang Batang X.

48. Sabay kayo nanonood ng yaya mo ng Marimar. (nanay, yaya at ako. hahaha. seryoso. )

49. Nanonood ka ng kahit alin dito: "Okay Ka Fairy Ko", "Oki Doki Doc", "Abangan ang Susunod na Kabanata", "Palibhasa Lalake", "Ober da Bakod", at "Home Along Da Riles". (ay, oo! oki doc at home along yung mga favorite ko nun, plus bubble gang. haha. yung palibhasa lalake, natatandaan ko lang kasi may nakakatawang babae dun. )

50. Galit ka kay Clara kasi sobra naman talaga sya mang-api kay Mara. (ahahahaha! oo kaya! galit talaga ako sa kanya nun. XD)

51. Pinanood mo din yung "Villa Quintana", "Esperanza", "Anakarenina" atbp. (esperanza napanood ko. ~_~)

52. Mga love teams na nagpakilig sayo: Juday and Wowie. Jolina and Marvin. (never akong kinilig sa kanila pero natutuwa akong panoorin sila nun. haha.)

53. Alam mo yung commercial ng Tender Juicy hotdog na ganito: "Dear diary, Carlo sat beside me today. He's so cute! Sabi niya I'm pretty kaya lang I'm fat."

54. Kinakanta mo yung "Thank God it's Sabado, pati na rin Linggo..." at "Isa pa, isa pa, isa pang Chicken Joy". (hahahahaha.)

55. Nasa channel 2 pa ang Eat Bulaga at ang Mel and Jay. (talaga??)

56. Nakikita mo sa balita na may mga kultong nagtatago na sa kweba, kasi magugunaw na ang mundo sa year 2000, at yung mga computer daw bigla na lang mag-shu-shut down at mawawala na daw ang technology. (of course. hahaha. natakot ako nun, in fairness.)

57. Chinese variety shows ang palabas tuwing umaga ng linggo. (talaga? ang palagi ko lang napapanood yung tungkol sa japan. may babaeng nagiinterview ng mga hapon tapos ittranslate niya sa tagalog yung mga sinabi nila. hahaha. eh, my liking for japan goes waaay back. ~_~)

58. Matapang ka kung napanood mo lahat ng Shake, Rattle and Roll movies.

59. Narinig mong i-announce sa radyo yung death ni Princess Diana. Biglang nauso yung kanta ni Elton John na "Goodbye, England's Rose."

60. Nasa VHS yung mga movies na pinapanood ninyo sa bahay. (betamax kamo. hahahaha. tapos nun laser disc. 'di ko naranasan yung vhs. ma-sony kami nun eh. haha.)

61. Kung babae ka, naging crush mo si Leonardo di Caprio dahil sa Titanic. Kaya nga lang, bawal ka pa tumingin sa kissing scenes nina Jack at Rose. (no. nahilo kaya ako nung pinanood ko yung titanic sa theater. haha. first time eh.)

there are so many things i don't understand right now. the things happening right now are way beyond my control and i don't understand them--simple things, complicated things...

just yesterday, i was nearly crying in the car and forcing myself to stop. of course, i couldn't let anyone see me like that. it's not a matter of weakness for me, it's my pride. and no amount of tears would change anything under this circumstance.

i've been fine since then. but this time, somebody else is crying. i don't even know what i am supposed to do to ease the tension or something. something about seeing that familiar situation happening to someone else shocked me, and all i can do is ask "why?" "why this?" "why now?" "i'm supposed to be the one doing that!" i'm useless.

in my grade school days i was the kind of person to talk back and fight when poked. i don't care who it is as long as i get to defend myself. but since then, i have learned to contain myself. i have learned to be stoic and nonchalant. i would answer, but there's a limit to what i can say... because, i am a mere nobody. i'd laugh things off when i get hurt; i'd stay quiet when i'm being put down; i don't fight back. i've become a good girl haven't i? is this not good enough?

for many times i have been asked "do you enjoy making your siblings cry?" when i was younger. but i don't do that anymore, do i? sometimes, i want to ask back, "do you enjoy putting people down so much, that you do it to me all the time?" "is it so fun to make people feel like they are hopeless?"

i am no adult. stop trying to make me act like one, when i still can't do it properly. it hurts knowing that there won't be anyone helping you when you fall down. it hurts to feel hopeless and helpless all the time because you've been belittled so much.

i am trying my best to laugh when i get hurt. mada kizuitenai no?

even now, i cannot let anyone hear my agony. i cannot let anyone notice my tears. i just can't. because they won't understand. knowing about psychology without knowing how to use the knowledge properly is the worst thing i can imagine of it. i may not know any psychology, but i can empathize with other people. and i'd rather have it that way.

a year ago, i came to a resolution that i will never become such a person. sad to say, until now that holds true... and that aversion towards such people only grew stronger over time.

xxx

and of all things to happen today, why this? crap, i don't know what happened to my phone but it's now asking for my puk and i have no clue as to what it effing is! i've had that number for 7 or so years now. i hate this! this is what i hate about kindness. you lend someone something and they don't know how to take care of it. to top it all off, they abuse the kindness. for four days i did not have my phone because it was borrowed. akala ko naman sandali lang, inabot ng isang araw, di pa binabalik. sabi bukas, yung bukas naging kahapon.

i'm not the kind of person to tell you when to return what you borrowed because you should know when to return it. when you borrow something, you trouble the other person. at the very least, you should realize that you're troubling the other person by borrowing something that he/she is still using.

dammit. is there any way to fix this? crap. i can't lose that number now. changing is too troublesome. i'm desperate. haha.

actually, this was meant for yesterday. when i looked on the digital clock at the corner of my monitor screen, i saw a 12:44 AM glaring at me though. (karen, what happened to sleeping early?)

&;; camille and aby visited today. (uh, they can actually do so anytime but, yeah... nakakatamad. haha.) goldie had her review classes for college exams in katipunan, while aby and camille were dropped here... at home. camille and i played frets on fire and guitar hero all day, while the children played the oh-so-morbid half life 2 on ps 3.

&;; i realized that tita yolie is going to arrive here in the philippines in just a few more days. it's been a while... it doesn't feel so sad though. way back in high school, i would feel sad when i remember that most of our relatives are already in the states. the only ones left in here are camille, goldie, aby, tita cacar, tito andre, mama bella, tito eric and tita cathy (plus us). i still feel a bit nostalgic... but i don't intend to stay in america with them. haha. nihon e ikitai kara!

&;; tito ronald is also coming this july (after so many years). i don't know if he's bringing along tita my, carlos and christia though. the only ones who have yet to visit is tito rudy & his family. (but i wish kenneth and matthew could visit again soon. perhaps with tito aizee? so that i can finally see him for the first time. haha. ah, a tito i've never met before except through ym. ~_~)

&;; we're off to subic again next weekend. (ugh, sunburn much.) this time with tito andre and the rest. i miss trips like this. for the past few years, it's always just been us + camille. i miss living in rented houses with the entire family.

&;; i found a very interesting site while i was browsing. in exchange for your vocabulary's improvement, you get to donate rice to the needy.'twas so cool i ended up donating 5000 GRAINS of rice. lol. but seriously, it's a nice way to help others while learning and having fun. check it ouuut! dali~!

&;; and of course, something fandom-related. maou, the japanese remake of mawang, is official. yeah, it's already booked in arashi (ohno) and johnny's jr.'s (toma) schedule. hahaha. i also saw a news snippet about it earlier. ikuta toma looked so cool; he actually resembled uhm tae woong's kang oh soo. ohno satoshi was cool as well, especially with his black hair and all. i sometimes think they're gonna be able to pull it off. but another glance at riida ohno's face, i get reminded of the stocking head in "g no arashi" and constant "umai"s to almost every food he eats, which either proves that his taste buds are defective, or that he's a simpleton when it comes to food. rotfl. there's this nice comparison though, but i can't understand a thing because it's all in korean. (uhm, capability to read is so not equal to capability to understand.) pictures sufficed though.


xxx
ah, that incoherent second point irks me.

&;; i have actually mentioned "last friends" countless times already but this is the first time i'm going to try expounding on it. haha. i feel my capability of writing will never suffice what my mind wants to say about it. but then again, i was never good in any form of expression to begin with.

my analysis used to be here, but i thought, this journal is too random and unfitting for serious stuff as such, so i transfered it to my other journal. go look!! hahaha. (actually, nagmukha siyang isang mahabang paper na hindi pa tapos. >_<

**i don't take this journal seriously. really. even though i write in it like... every other day or so, most of what i write are just random thoughts that keep bouncing in my head. and a few random interests here and there.


&;; from last friends' most recent episode: episode 5 (eh, just finished watching. i need subs. >_<

sousuke to michiru: kimi o boku no mono. (it means 'you are mine', but it possesses a stronger sense of possession than just 'you are mine'. it literally means, 'you are my (thing)'.)
~ *imitates akira from nobuta: "akira shock!"* the first thing that went to my mind upon hearing that was: sonna no wagamama no hito ga dame to omoimasu!

ruka to takeru: sawaranai! (don't touch me!)
~ akira shock! i'm trying to understand why she had such a violent reaction.

michiru to takeru: jinsei wa kantan ja nai. (life isn't simple.)
~ i agree.

and if i didn't misunderstand it, then ruka's actually the one who suggested that it'd be nice if michiru chose takeru over sousuke. hmm.

ah, i'm still baffled.

&;; and from とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした:

i failed to guess the food asada mao (the figure skater) and matsumoto jun (the DoS arashi member) hates~! ah, crap. haha. asada mao did figure out what matsujun hates, but matsujun didn't guess her's right. so, he had to dance "a.ra.shi." and humiliate himself. har~.

matsumoto jun: chizu kirai nan desu yo... boku. (i hate cheese.)
~i never noticed at all! so it's the smell~. datte... arashi no shukudai-kun ni chizu to no tabemono ga ippai aru ne? zutto... ano bangumi ni chi-u ga taberu'n deshou? nande ano bangumi de chizu to no tabemono ni "kono tabemono ga kirai~. datte, chizu ga aru'n da~." tte zen zen ittenai no? kore wa hajimete ni kiite'no. sugoi bikkuri shita. haha.

&;;  aaaah. TBS is making a remake of mawang and it's oddly named, maou. haha. what surprised me is that riida ohno satoshi and ikuta toma are starring in it!! (uh, ohno?! in a drama?! that's a big surprise in itself.) ohno will be playing joo ji hoon's role as the lawyer seung ha, while toma will be playing uhm tae woong's role as the detective oh soo. will they both die in the end? (ah, ohno & toma die. >_< it airs in TBS on july every fridays at 10 pm. XP

~personal comments: though i am truly happy that ohno finally gets a starring role in a drama, and kouhai toma gets to be with him in it, i can't help but think it would end up being a comedy instead of a suspense drama. i think toma would be a better seung ha, but that's only my opinion. of course, if ohno is the one to get it, the viewership increases. but yeah, i would like to think that ohno is also versatile as an actor, since he acts in many various stage plays. i'll have to wait and see then.

edit: even after trying to imagine an ikuta toma kang oh soo & ohno satoshi oh seung ha, i can't. before i can even see them in their roles, i'd burst out laughing on my own. they're too funny. even if they stood still, i'd laugh at them! ...but i want to be proved wrong. i really do!

ah, sleepy.

random thoughts about prejudice and biases, because it came up in a forum discussion i was reading and because i'm not in a mood to write up a boring essay about this (besides, i don't normally write serious stuff unless i'm stressed, depressed or extremely hyped up... or unless it's really required).

racism: well, i doubt there's any country out there who does not have any racist citizens. no, i take that back. there isn't anyone who is not the tiniest bit racist towards one race or another. this is further elaborated in the avenue q song, "everyone's a little bit racist".

prejudice & bias: is not good. i will admit up to that much, but i don't condemn people who are like this (because if i did, i'd be against the entire human population including myself). but i hate those people who are overly biased and prejudiced to the extent that they refuse to see the other side's point of view.


i had one of those long conversations with my parents again about... eh, many things. my mother asked me why i don't speak in english at school when english is the language i've grown up using in daily conversations . my father kept quiet (it seems he can tell why). i also wonder why. i find it hard to do so... but i honestly think it would make my life a hell lot easier if i spoke in english. *okay, you can kill me if you want* i guess a nice balance between english and filipino is nice as well.

this led to me talking about something a classmate jokingly told me which really PISSED me last year. nobody knows this, of course. (or maybe i have blabbered it to someone and forgot. idk.) i'm not really particular about anything to be that pissed, except for my english. to be told by someone that my paper didn't have much grammatical and spelling-related errors because i was lucky enough to have used the SPELL & GRAMMAR CHECK feature in word is what i consider one of the biggest insults i could ever receive about my english. online, i don't give a damn if i make errors (okay, maybe i do. just not that much.), and i don't mind being corrected about my errors as long as it's said nicely (i would even be happy because that would save me from the embarrassment it brings me.), but when it comes to papers and stuff like those, i make sure that my english is 100% grammatically correct as much as possible. and i do not f*ck*ng ever depend on useless spell check whatevers, or much less use them, (i have proven the word spell & grammar check useless many, many times) to correct my paper. ('whatevers'. hahaha.) i am pretty capable of checking my paper on my own, thank you very much! only english and a few other things can bring out my anal retentive side.

it still pisses me until now.

ah, i got carried away. ~_~;; it wasn't supposed to end up like this. i meant for this to be a really short entry. crap. anyway, i just had to get that out.


what i really want to do now... make an analysis about "last friends"! i like how it realistically portrays some major issues in society. hmm, perhaps when i finally get subtitles for episode 4. (reading the preview in the official website gave me a headache, and i could only understand what they say 40% of the time. >_<;;)

i remember the first time i saw that in pauline's profile, i didn't get it. (yeah, yeah. i know, i'm slow.) but anyway, happy slip pwns! (internet lingo overload lately, don't mind that.)

so odd. everytime i'd watch this, i get reminded of pauline. (yeah, i'm your #1 fan, right? *damsel!*) give it a try, though. this is really nice! ^_^

another nice thing to watch when you're bored is weebl & bob. haha. this is the episode featuring the weighted companion cube from that extra game from the half life 2: orange box series, and it even includes that irritating kiddie song with creepy lyrics.

i'm sure i mentioned this here before, but that was like 3 years ago already. i used to watch these all the time, always waiting for the next installment of weebl & bob. haha. i even remember the apple pie pod that made rotfl so much. XD

hmm... i got this idea from a blog i saw earlier. i'm going to tally (or maybe put-into-schedule would be a better choice) what i watch every week. i don't think it would interest anyone, but wth. haha. note: one of the reasons why i watch these things is because we only have 1 television in the house (2 if you count the giant one which is being used as a computer monitor & HDMI playstation 3 thingy), and i am totally off-limits from that one, because everyone else is watching their shows (say... 6 other people), and i would rather not vie for a spot in their fixed schedule (but i do negotiate sometimes... like when i really want to watch something local. haha.)

MONDAY (月)	NEWS Zero / 23:27-24:27 / NTV Arashi no Shukudai-kun / 24:27-1:00 / NTV
TUESDAY (火)	Zettai Kareshi / 21:00-21:54 / Fuji TV
WEDNESDAY (水)	none
THURSDAY (木)	Last Friends / 22:00-22:54 / Fuji TV Himitsu no Arashi-chan / 22:00-22:54 / TBS
FRIDAY (金)	Music Station / 20:00-20:54 / TV Asahi Puzzle / 21:00-21:54 / TV Asahi
SATURDAY (土)	VS Arashi / 12:59-13:30 / Fuji TV Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen / 19:00-19:57 / NTV Rookies / 20:00-21:00 / TBS Gokusen 3 / 21:00-22:00 / NTV
SUNDAY (日)	Ryoukiteki na Kanojo / 21:00-22:00 / TBS
*5/6(火): 99 Plus / 23:58-24:29 / NTV *5/8(木): とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした / 21:00-21:54 / Fuji TV

*all in japan time, which is one hour earlier (ahead) than the philippine time.

i'd be watching hitomi too, but unfortunately, my streaming doesn't have NHK in it. >_< well, that's basically what i regularly watch nowadays. i hate thursdays though, because i am forced to choose between the two. and yes, i've become an arashi fan. XD perhaps ro player too? eh, avi's inviting me to join her in ro, and since i've been wanting to try it out since high school, why not? haha.

xxx

it's as if i'm not living in the philippines at all. that's... bad, isn't it? ah. nobody watches philippine television here anyway except for news. (even news is rarely watched nowadays, because the radio exists) it's always cartoon network, nickelodeon (we don't have disney channel. thank goodness!), american idol, are you smarter than a fifth grader or axn. ~_~

1;; it's been raining quite a lot lately. i wish it would be sunny more often because i don't like rainy days so much. it saddens me when i can't see much sunlight, from which i draw my energy from. yes, sunlight gives me energy. :) 太陽から気をもらった。when there isn't much sunlight, it's as if my energy drains out and i end up not having any initiative to do anything at all.

2;; i actually changed my, eh..., banner and color scheme. i've been wanting to do so for a long time already but i didn't know what to replace my old one with. finally~! i changed it to purple because the color seems royal... plus, because it's the color of {insert je idol here} from {insert je group here}. ah, that's kinda obvious. haha. unless of course, you know nothing of it. *meno resurfaces in my mind.*

3;; eng'g seems hopeless. they're full! still not letting go of any hope, though. i don't know if i should be happy or not. i mean, i like my class now. i really do... but a part of me tells me that this is the path i should take if i want to reach my goal faster. staying in ca can achieve that too, i guess, but it'll be longer. (i'm a person with no patience at all when it comes to things like these. all my patience goes to understanding people. haha.) it's almost may, still no response. どうしようかな～！

4;; fandom-related: i lol so much at jin and jun arguments. srsly{!!} especially the first one where jun's pitch goes up an octave. hahaha. but that's so old news already. ~_~ my sadism is exhibiting itself when i laugh so much at arguments such as those and of ohno&nakai. sometimes it's just so much fun when you irritate someone to the point that they can brutally hurt you. pikon people especially. haha. (i sometimes do that, actually. >_< i'm bad like that, yeah?)

5;; rainy days and mondays. yeah, they get me down alright. it's just fitting that my mother named me after karen carpenter. i'm beginning to love my name more and more too because in japanese, karen (the adjective) means: lovely or attractive (woman or flower). takao said so too, although he's dead now. >_< ang kapal~. hahaha.

6;; i've put a note on my seriousness which states: "temporarily going away". serious stuff tire me out. i'm not really that serious of a person, unless i'm in school. (in school, it's like: the switch to serious-mode automatically turns on or something.) even my writing has gotten less essay-like and more conversation-like. (which reminds me of the word 'like'. lately, though i don't realize it when it happens, i tend to like... speak like this. haha. i don't notice that i excessively use the word 'like'. "it's like... you know!" hahaha~.)