damn it's tres aves all right

i think the surprise went really well, aside from the fact that only a few turned up. the highlight of the whole thing was, of course, deciding to watch mulawin the movie. of course, we were there to make fun of the whole thing. i was halfheartedly considering to spoil the whole ending to the incoming batch, but i decided against it. ganoon ako kabait eh.

the best scene of the movie (when i say best, i mean the funniest) was the scene where a fly was perched on angel locsin's left breast. this is obvious because she was wearing a white blouse.

i guess the fly likes it there. i don't blame it. :P

it's all so funny

the day started out at midnight, getting our presents from the tree. the lord must've been smiling down on me when i opened the tourney pack that i got: all three rares were red, and sitting at the top of the pile was char. yes, the lord is smiling down on me.

afterwhich i opened all the presents i'd gotten during the party two weeks ago, and i have to say that i have never been adorned with as much bracelets than this year. i considered wearing
all of them but my intense foresight gave me this warning:

"if you wear them all at the same time, you'll look so emo."

and with that, i went to sleep. (by the way, i absolutely love the wallet iris gave me, next to angelic's bracelet. they're like, the best presents so far.)

waking up at 5, we readied for our annual christmas mass over there in tagaytay (because it's so damn close *wink*). halfway around the trip we thought one of our tires was flat - finding nothing, we moved on and stopped at the nearest caltex so that my father could take a piss. (i have fond memories of that one - it's where the retreat bus stopped and bought some buko pie. unfortunately i did not discover my penchant for buko pie until later that year.)

trying to move out of caltex, we heard a grinding noise beneath the chassis, and we couldn't move forward. we inspected again, and look! bearings all over the floor! the rest, as they say, is history, and we didn't pursue with the mass - we were all too disheartened, even after a jolly cup of yakisoba. not to mention, sleepy. so my uncle just picked us up and drove us back home, while directlink towed the car for free! woo!

moving on, we had the moran family christmas party (we would have a bascon christmas party only if the rest weren't abroad) and the best things i've ever gotten were two big cans of ultimate chocolate chip cookies (that's what it says, ultimate) and the ability to make bubbles! (by blowing, of course, through a small whistle.) the inner kid in me, unleashed.

and now, i look forward to tomorrow, because tomorrow is another day. ;)

the time is now

it's the time when everyone gives gifts, cheer is in the air, and the networks are clogged because everyone is texting each other. (dammit.)

merry christmas! ;)

the weather outside's frosty

hey, what do you know. i don't think no one is reading this blog as of now due to the holidays, and i don't think i can blame them. anyway, it's december 23, and my sister sam is probably going to or in singapore right now. christmas is two days away, and it's sort of crept up on me (like my birthday last year).

the weather outside is wonderful. just this morning at 10 am or 11 am or so, it was colder than usual (sans wind). today's temperature was really low. i love it.

anyway, i look forward to opening your gifts tomorrow night (and starting to eat the chocolate sir john and julian gave me). i just wish i could spend christmas midnight talking to someone else on ym again, just like last year. i just wish.

a few plugs for people:
leiron (it's his birthday on the 26th! be sure to greet him!), wowie, ryan, jam

looking back, i think MNM is just a glorified, modernized, and revamped version of the old edge and christian formula. when you break it all down, the concepts are basically the same, especially "for those with flash photography" (both the paparazzi and the fans, respectively). they're both tag teams comprised of handsome individuals (and capitalizing on it, heck, they've even got the long hair) and both tag teams have the chemistry.

i've been impressed with the tag team since their debut on smackdown, to say the least. now if only the heart throbs were pushed harder and had a makeover - those tights are pathetic.

and... as much as it will pain me to say it, i will reveal the secret in a few days' time.

revelations

the secret... i will reveal soon. really soon. as in a week from now soon.

of unfinished business and blog preferences

i think it's already the most infamous story to happen this week to the whole batch - the story of how 200+ students weren't able to finish the algebra test. the next most infamous story is of junior-a, though - the story of how many junior-a students failed physics. (the exact number, i do not know.)

i didn't take like 40% of the tests that seriously, anyway. but if i fail physics, i know that at least i didn't go down without a fight.

moving on.

i was reading wowie's blog earlier and i chanced upon an entry of his where he states that "LJ is for wussies". i respect wowie's opinions very much since i know him very well, and here's what i have to say about it.

i hold both blogger and LJ accounts for the reason that they're double the number of my "canvasses", if you will. both are pretty much open, thank you very much. i seldom post friends-only posts in LJ. the reason i post my friends-only posts is because i want to vent some frustration without attracting the people i refer to in such a post. you could say that i don't have the balls and that i'd rather start yapping to my friends, but such friends-only posts of mine are spur of the moment "emotion-posts".

i do agree that a more open blog promotes an open forum-like interactivity. and most of the time, i've got the balls to say what i mean, in spite of those who are watching out for me. (i do know that the danger is real.)

but do know this: there are really some things that you really need to keep to yourself or to your closest friends. a blog is, after all, a diary for the tech-savvy. i do agree with what wowie said in the very last line, but some things are really meant to be kept secret from most of the web.

a pleasant rearrange

it's been a while since i last posted. mind you, last week was hell, even with a day removed. thankfully i got through cl, t.h.e., and p.e. (false alarms galore), and the only scar i had was failing the algebra long test (damn you, mental blockage).

anyway, i would like to state a new opinion.

i know and you know that i've been ranting about hale since they became hits with the oh-so-damn-gullible masses. at home, i'm rather indifferent to hale when it comes to my brothers listening to them - i practice common courtesy, even if they don't. i don't switch the channel or change the song if they're watching or listening, respectively.

i heard on the radio about their second of two tagalog songs, kung wala ka. i thought it was going to be a vocal flop like kahit pa was. i caught it on the myx premiere (blame channel surfing) one morning, i think. i brushed it off at first after staying to it after a few seconds - due to my anti-hale impulse.

then i heard the song playing on the radio. due to said common courtesy, i didn't change the station. then - it was then, i heard the violins.

they were beautiful. i fell in love with that violin riff. you could say that i was impressed with it.

of course, i couldn't really say much about kuya champ's vocals, but cher, i'd have to say that that song scored a point for the hale team.

shocking, isn't it? (rodney, no spamming.)