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I’m reposting this one by Rage Againts the Machine coz I want to listen to it , for my own pleasure. This is actually my kind of music…. hard rock.

But, I love this one by Daughtry’s too. Beautiful song !

About the result of my Physics exam…… ( coughs….. clears throat )….. I got 108 out of 150.  120 and over is A, and 119 and below could be anything. Our meanie teacher said that if  we got the equations correct, that would be 80% of total points for each problem. There was one that was 15 points total, my equation was correct but he gave me only 5 pts. I should at least get 12  pts for that. I’ll complain and have that changed. Okay, so I know I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel, but these additional  4  points could spell the difference between a B – or a B +.  (^_^)         Well, at least I got 108. My groupmates got 98/150 and the other one got 48/150 ! ! Holy Cow !  48 ? Didn’t we study together ?  The median average for this test was 89,  thank goodness….. I’m well over that, but I don’t know how it would affect my final grade.   *sigh *   I guess my effort wasn’t good enough.  You know, everytime i throw a piece of paper into the waste bin,  I see dots or imagine dots  showing velocity/acceleration and the path of the crumpled paper from my hand to the bin  =__=”   I’m starting to hallucinate.

Sooo, okay….. Before  I migrated here to WordPress, I talked a bit about my summer vacation in the Philippines on Windows Spaces.  It was one vacacion grande, unexpectedly a long one, 7 weeks long,  coz we couldn’t  get a ride home. It was the peak season, and our tickets were non – revenue…. in other words, mom and I were freebies. We get free tickets from Philippine Airlines.  Anyways, here are some pictures.

My aunt has a vacation townhouse in Bagiou, a mountain summer resort, north of Manila, the capital city, about a 6 – hour trip.  We stayed there for one week. My aunt’s place has a million – dollar view of the mountain ranges. It was a sight to behold, especially in the morning.

Above are rows of quiant vacation homes. My aunt’s is on the cliff, hanging for dear life. But, it’s got the best view of the scenery.

Kyahahahah ! That’s me sleeping, in fetal position. You can see the sliding door leading to the veranda.

We also went to a privately owned museum ( Ben Cab Museum ) over there.

That’s me at the entrance of the museum. Actually, it’;s not really a museum. It’s a painting gallery.

Anyway, this is enough for now. More later. I’ll run out of stuff to show here. < laughs >

So, I say bye, be good, be nice, be cool. Peace.

These videos  I’ve posted  are by a Hawaiian – born Filipino singer Bruno Mars. They’re quite popular here in the US  and I’m glad he’s a fellow countryman. But then , if  the video redirects you to YouTube, sorry, he he.

When I took my Physics exam last week, we were asked to present a picture ID by our teacher’s assistant.  That made sense. We knew of a student who had another student take the exam for him.  I told my father about this and he said a friend of his in college also did this……. the problem was, my father’s friend ( his wedding’s Best Man ) was good-looking, while the guy he asked to take his place had a face only his mother could love….. in other words, he was butt- ugly. o_o”     Another problem came up.  The exam watcher knew the brother of dad’s friend, so when this guy turned in the test paper, the watcher asked him if he was the brother of Mr.X.  The guy said yes , then the watcher said he definitely didn’t look like his brother.  Then the guy said, unfortunately, he was the illegitimate son . The watcher was stupid enough to believe that, hook, line , and sinker.  My father said if that was actually true, the guy’s mother must have been hecka ugly too. Aaargh, I know this story is in bad taste. But stuff like this happens. In fact, one of the Kennedys, I forget which one, was caught doing the same thing. Someone took  a Spanish exam in one Kennedy’s place.  Actually, my father’s friend was really very intelligent. They were classmates since elementary and highschool, and the friend was valedictorian in both. He and dad were best friends, and dad said ,at one point in their college life,, they just went wild. They didn’t study , thus their grades suffered. One time, dad  took an exam in Physical Chemistry, and when he turned in his final exam, he  had the temerity to ask  the teacher how many points he was supposed to get to pass the course. The teacher said 150. Well, the test was just 100 points. And dad said, stupidly, ” you mean, I’d fail ?” and the teacher said, ” duh, of course .”  @___@ Dad and his buddy also got involved in some fraternity fights. At one time, they were detained overnight at the campus detention center. Their parents had to bail them out. Ah, these two guys. Spoiled brats both…. children of well-to-do families. Friend’s family owned the biggest chemical company in the Philippines, while dad’s was political,  governor of a province there.

This is all for now. Today is Sunday. Church and work.  Stay cool. Peace.

This song is pretty meaningful to me. But aside from that, the song is just wonderful. Click and listen while you read on. That’s  my reason for posting some music here.

Anyways, lack of sleep finally caught up on me. I was pretty much in and out of  it the whole day yesterday. < laughs> Well, I only had one class , so I was home the whole day.  Funny thing, I was having a chat last night, around 7, I guess, but I could barely open my eyes, so off I went to lalaland, then woke up because I had a nightmare, that was about 9:30 PM, and the folks I was chatting with were still there, ha ha ha, so, I was like, ” hey, I’m back , so what’s up ? ” < grins >…………… ….. Oh, and the nightmare………… it was quite short, but scared the heck out of me……… I was in a runaway school bus, with no driver, and I was the only person there, and I was trying to veer it away from the cliff , then I woke up. I wonder if that had any significance.  o_Oa  <——– scratches head > Weird.

I’m sure you’ve had your share of pretty unforgettable nightmares, too. You’re abnormal, if you haven’t. Or you’re an alien. Well, I had this one that was so scary ( at least to me ), my heart was literally pounding when I woke up. Have you watched the movie ” Jeepers Creepers”? That monster was human – looking  wearing  long , black coat and tattered black fisherman’s hat.  Well, the monster in my dream was that thing.  And yeah, the thing was running after me, and I was running away. Then I saw some policemen, and I shouted for help. ” Officers, arrest that man, he’s going to kill me ! ” And I pointed at a man wearing a Hawaiian polo shirt with blue flowers print.  Well, in my dream, he was suddenly the monster. So, anyway, the police got him, and I headed home.  I went straight to my room, locked it, and , when I turned, the man in Hawaiian shirt was there, standing in front of me. End of nightmare.

Geez……

Anyway,  I think I’ve been spending waaaay too many hours doing stuff unrelated to school lately. …… blogging, chatting, reading Japanese comics. < I still can’t say the freaking word , (^__^);; > Eh. Japanese comics indeed. < blush > Ah, goody ! They’re going to release another chapter of Skip Beat this month, Oct.20. Two chappies this month, yay !  Waiting between chapters is driving me nuts.

I just had my hair streaked with burgundy color. The last  time I had it streaked was months ago, but, I think  there’s so much of burgundy this time. I freaked out when I first saw the result….. I was like, nooooo, I’m red haired ! But it’s okay now. I think. My classmates said it was cool. They liked it.   Whatever.

Well, time to go. It’s Saturday. Time to work and earn  some $$, no matter how measly it is. I mean, I’d holler for a dollar.

So,  bye for now. Be good and nice. Have a good day !

@_________@

Anyways, here’s a video for my own entertainment.  I’m a California girl, and I wish I was having fun like those girls on the video. He he….. Nah uh.  That’s LA. Not in my neck of the woods. I’m up here, waaaay north, waaaay yonder, near the foothills, among cows, mountain lions, bears,  farmland……This is Hicksville.  Yep ! We’re pretty laidback here. Nobody here wears wristwatches. Us folks don’t care about time. We look at the sun. Oh, look, the sun’s at the horizon! Time to head home. < laughs > Hmmm, I wonder where I can get emoticons.

Don’t get me wrong. I love it here. For one, there’s no traffic. We’ve been voted as having the most courteous  drivers in the whole of USA every year. And yeah, we’re pretty cool here, too.  Less than 30 minutes from here are vineyards…. ever heard of Napa Valley ?…. wine making country, the biggest in USA. They’re trying to make it look like the south of France, and yeah, it does  feel so Frenchie there…. well, I haven’t been to France, but you know what I mean.  And , about an hour from my place are ski resorts.  This is sunny California, but we do get our share of snow here. In fact, the lowest temperature ever recorded in continental USA  was here in California. ( exluding Alaska, of course )

So, okay, I just had my 2nd exam in Physics yesterday. < sniffs > I got 96% in my first exam, but this time? Oh, I don’t know. There were only 4 questions, 25 points each, and that means, one mistake, we get 75 %, 2 mistakes, we’re goners. ( >_< )  I managed to answer all four, but I’m not sure if I got them all correctly. My teacher is a meanie. Day before, we asked him what topics we should study, and he said, I haven’t done the test questions yet, and I tell you, it’s getting harder, and even if I told you, you’d all gonna fail, anyway.  What the heck ! What kind of answer was that ! I heard my classmate whisper, f @!#$%* ck  you ! It was funny the way he said it too. < laughs >

Oh, wow ! I had a good night sleep. Finally ! I needed that. Well, as usual, I fell asleep while chatting on Messenger, but I guess, they’re pretty used to that by now. < grins> That was quite early, though. Nine-ish ? Yeah, it was 9 PM. Maybe earlier.

It’s Fall now, well, since Sept. 21, officially, but it doesn’t feel like Fall. It was hot yesterday, something like 90 F. That was quite unusual. But, they say it’s gonna cool down starting today.  I’m a cold weather girl. Well, cool, not really cold. It can get so uncomfortable when temperature goes down to 24 F. Freezing point is 32 F. 24 F is  negative 4 C for you, Celsius users. Oh now I’m talking about the weather, and you know what means…… bye bye. It’s pretty much like you’re on a date,  the moment one starts to talk about the weather, it’s time to split up and go home. He he

Well, bye for now then. And as ever, stay cool, be nice, be good. Good day to y’all . < insert  pic of a rose here >

So, okay, I mentioned ” men in uniform” a while back. and that I wasn’t referring to men in “orange uniform “. < laughs> But now I am. (^___^)”” This is the third time I’m posting these little gems. They are inmates from the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The warden introduced dancing as a form of rehabiltation. This video of the inmates dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller has become the video on You Tube with the largest hits,  around 24 M  in 2 weeks.

The second video shows 3 of MJ’s top back-up dancers.

Here they are…. Enjoy !

It was an honor to receive the rough draft copy ( wonderfully fresh and unedited ) of  a book my friend, Alex, had written. I asked permission to proofread it on my blog, and she approved.  Alex, my friend,  be warned, I’m about to dissect it, so, please , don’t hate me.  * smiles * .  However,  I have to admit I’m not an English major, and for a long time, English wasn’t even my first language.  < laughs > I might even turn it from better to worse.  So, feel free to kick my arse if you think  I have been harsh and unfair.  Deal ?   Allright, here goes nothing:

1. Ch. One

” I…I think I’m dieing.”   [ ” I… I think I’m dying .” ]

The lone street light, elaborated the beautiful horror.     [ The lone street light elaborated the beautiful horror. ] * no comma after light. *

The pain he once felt was gone, replaced with the comfort of deaths arms.   [ The pain…… , replaced with the comfort of death ‘ s  arms. ]  * apostrophe after death *

The falling light did not let up, but the blood still shown through the newly formed snow. The mans gray eyes still open, starring forever into darkness.   [ The falling light…………, but the blood still showed  through the newly formed snow. The man ‘ s gray eyes were still open, staring forever into darkness.] * Also,avoid using the same word, like still, when usage is  close to each other.* < repetitiveness > Or, you can say , ” The man’s gray eyes were still open as they stared forever into darkness .”

Locked on his target he spoke. [ Locked on his target , he spoke.]  * comma after target *

He spoke so stoically, no emotion lingered in that voice. [ He spoke so stoically that  no emotion lingered in his voice. ] Or [  He spoke stoically, no emotion  lingered in that voice.] * Take out the word  so to preserve the staccato style of your writing. *

The pavement cracked with such force, that it screamed. [ …. with such force that it screamed.] * no comma after force *

The said target, fell backwards to the ground….. [ The said target fell backwards……] * no comma after target*

The target stuttered, his green eye’s wavered.[  The target….. green eyes wavered.] * no apostrophe in eyes*

Moving his arm he slung it left….[ Moving his arm, he slung it left…] * comma after arm*

The targets body slumped to the ground, and a few minutes later a dull thump was heard. [ The target’s body slumped to the ground. A few minutes later, a dull thump was heard.]

The voice once again spoke, acknowledging his achievement. Giving the man a last order. [ The voice……..achievement, giving the man a last order.]

His shoes walked over the sticky red substance with quite easy. Bloody footprints trailed behind him. The man stopped at a street light. Looking up into it. His features visibly seen. [  He  walked over the sticky red substance with quiet ease. ….. The man stopped at a street light, looked up into it, his features visibly seen. ] * ” visibly seen ” sounds awkward, though. Think of other words or phrase *

Specks of wet blood, painted his face.He stood there, silently. He was seemingly talking to something else, then the dead body below. [ Specks of wet blood , painted on his face. He stood there, silently. He was seemingly talking to something else, then to the dead body below. ]  * How about changing it to ” His face was painted with specks of wet blood? ” It still sounds awkward , but , specks of wet blood do not paint. They are painted on, or face is painted with…. *

Well, that’s it for my Chapter One’s amateur attempt to proofread a writer’s wonderful work.

Hahaha ! Are we still friends ?  Don’t hate meeeee !

I stand by what I said.

So…. okay…… I don’t wanna be a lawyer….. lawyers don’t go to heaven………. woops, sorry, grandpas * looks up to heaven *   I ‘m sure you’re both in heaven * ( ^__^)””…………..  No way I can be an engineer, either….. until recently, I didn’t even know which is which, is this pliers, or screw ? * sweat *……. * pouts *….. guy stuff …… I refuse to go under the sink to fix the plumbing  ( =_= )”…………………….. I don’t wanna be a doctor, either……… I don’t think i can handle the responsibility of someone’s life depending on my ” expertise “.  Secondly, I don’t want to cut up people, doing surgery or whatnot….. * Nurse, the chainsaw, please *…… aaaargh ! ………………….. So, I’m afraid i have to settle with being a microbiologist, peering into microscopes , like forever, or until I retire, anyways.  Hmmm, that’s a sobering thought. ….. * muses*……… maybe , I’ll go into forensics. After all, microbiology  deals with DNAs, too. I’ll help solve crimes. ……. put bad people in jails………….. and………….. ta dah………. I get to work with cops.  Yep ! Hot men in uniform !  Wooot !…………. ….. kidding !    \( ^_____^)/

Kidding aside, I do think women like men in uniform. < hey, not jail uniform…. i don’t like orange color >……. especially these , what dya call that ?, dress uniform ?  The all- white shirt and pants, with shiny brass buckles, shiny black shoes, and yeah, the sword…. there’s gotta be a sword.  Oh. They only use that for military weddings ? o_Oa

Ah, too bad I don’t have any new funny pic to post . I deleted most of them. I didn’t know I could share those funny pics on my blog. Bummer.

Anyway, it’s 7:53 AM. Top of the morning to y’all ! !  My class is at 12 . I hope I can still get a 2 hour snooze before school.

So, bye for now. 88 and stay cool.

Out of sight, out of mind…… thank you very much. I certainly do need a smack in the face.  Such crazy thoughts, huh….. Ha ha ………. Uhm, seriously though, *  I just want to know if you’re okay. *

I’ve been impulsive, cryptic, brain dead stupid  and rather vague lately, and I’m sure when I’ve thought things over, I’m going to delete this post. Come to think of it, I’ve been deleting posts.    What the heck…. This one stays…. Ganbatte !

Here’s another picture to cheer me up, again from the Philippines.

Roughly translated, it means, ” Reminder, use as gravy, not soup. Thank you.” < laughs> Crazy Filipinos.

I learned something yesterday. The Homeless in Great Britan is called Freegan, and pussy cat is puddy tat. *o_Oa *  London is one of the top 10 cities I’d like to visit someday. I want to see King’s Cross Station, and take a picture of Platform 9 3/4 where Harry Potter and other Hogwarts students board the train.  So, what are the top 10 countries  in my list?  1. Italy 2. England 3. Greece 4. Turkey 5. Spain 6. Scotland 7. Japan 8. Switzerland 9. Ireland 10. Jerusalem < Israel >…… What ? No France ?  France is # 11, I guess, mainly  just to see the ubiquitous Eiffel Tower, and Lourdes. Oh, and not to forget, the Mona Lisa. It is in France, isn’t it ?   ……….. And as far as Jerusalem goes, I’ll go when the coast is clear…. I don’t want some nasty person make a mincemeat of me… kaboom, if ya know what I mean…. @___@.

I just had a hilarious chat … I’m literally laughing out loud with his ” antics”, like so :

Friend: opens ya page and takes a gander in a few

Me: what does that mean?

Friend:gander to look at something

Me : What’s the origin of the phrase, why gander?

Friend: to stretch ya neck and gaze like a gander?

Me: how does a gander gaze?

Friend :  don’t know, like this  ??

      * stretches his neck and looks around *

LOL……… I  burst out laughing. …… I’m still grinning as I’m writing this……

Oh goodness, it’s 2:25 AM….. < yawns> ….. bye for now….. good day, y’all….. Peace! !

I promised myself I’d write one blog a day.  But, I don’t really want to write for the sake of writing. It has to be, at the very least , readable. Oh, sure, I do have a million things swirling in my head, my aspirations, my dreams, my hopes for the future. But I want to keep 99% of them private. Only 1 % is what I’m willing to share. Well, I guess, once in a while, you  get a glimpse of  the real me…………..  ( pause )……………………… Ah, but who cares ? I mean, seriously, who really cares ?

Well, I’ll just write to please myself.  Aaaargh. That was intense. ( grins ) ………… Let’s lighten the mood, okay ? To start off, check out this pic…….. this is another Philippine thingy. By the way, people of the Philippines are called Filipinos. Philippines is Americanized. The real name is Filipinas, named after King Felipe II of Spain , or Anglicized, King Philip II . Philip =Philippines; Felipe = Filipinas. Get that ? (^.^)…… here’s the picture…..

Ahahaha ! Only in the Philippines !  So scary ! No wonder….. my parents tell us that in the Philippines, parents sell their cows, chickens, pigs, farmland and whatever they can sell off to pay for their children’s education.  My family come from the same mold, with exactly the same mindset. That’s why, I study, study, study, become a doctor, an engineer, a lawyer………nothing less than that……………………………. oh, sorry. This is another story. He he  * sighs *

There’s a rumor going on in Washington, D.C. …………. an Obama – Hillary Clinton tandem in 2012. Hmmmm. Mom’s so excited about this. I;’m not. I want her to be President, Chief of the greatest army in the world. I want her to run again againts Pres. Obama in 2012. But, I know…. it’s just wishful thinking. It’s not gonna happen.

This is all for now. It’s Sunday. I go to church, then work.  88, stay cool, be nice, and good day to all. * waves *

Hmmm, Alex ?  I said I’d respond to your comment re Nazism. Last night, I watched this documentary about the Nazis on Military Channel. ( Yeah, I watch that all the time…. history nut here, too ). The documentary showed piles and piles of dead people ( I assume they were all Jews ) being bulldozed , mountains of human bones, and thousnads of people looking like skeletons, men, women, and children.  So, I stand by what I said. But , you’re right. It wasn’t just Hitler. Stalin committed atrocities againts Russian Jews, and againts his own people;  and being Catholic myself, I am saddened by the fact that the Pope , Pope Pius , didn’t say anything about what was going on  in Germany that time, not a word of sympathy for the plight of the Jews in Europe….. erase that….. he was in fact elated that Hitler was purging Germany of suspected German communist sympathizers, and, so as  not to rock the boat, and offend Hitler, the Pope decided to keep silent. So un-Christlike and unholy of the head of Christiandom.  What else…… the Hutus againts Tutsis in Rwanda, MaiLai massacre in Vietnam, Saddam Hussein againts the Kurds, the Crusaders, oh yes, the Holy Crusade, ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, and the little known history that during the Philippine-American war in late 1800’s , hundreds of thousands of Filipinos were killed by American colonizers. This little known fact is almost always ignored in American history books. The Philippines was an American colony from 1898 to 1945, the one and only colony the US ever had. I bet you no one knows that. Americans are freedom – lovers, not colonizers.  Hey, don’t brick me . I’m an American, too. I’ll die for my country. ( salutes )…… ah, but I digress. Where was I ? Well, never mind. Enough said. Let’s all just get along, shall we ? Muaaah !

Now , for a little amusement……………I just posted that pic of students taking exams in the Philippines…………. well, here’s a little honesty, also from the Philippines….. ( I came from the Philippines, so indulge, lol )

So, okay, what’s the punchline here ? The more popular hamburger joint in the Philippines is Jollibee, with a big fat yellow bee as its mascot…………….

Okay, gotta go to work ……

PEACE ! ! !

I got 100% in my Spanish exam. Yes! I took the test in Ecology, too, and I think I did well.  An ” A”, I hope…. that depends on how my teacher grades ” 2 – sentence answers “.

We have a project in Spanish. We’re going to demonstrate cooking a favorite dish, in Spanish, a la Food Channel’s cooking shows. My partner says not to worry, he knows how to make Fajita, I tell him my wonton soup is super delicious. It’s so easy to make Fajitas. We’ll get less points with easy to cook dishes. Well,  whatever. What’s important is we can demonstrate it in passable , conversational Spanish. By the way, do you know there’s a slight difference between South American Spanish and Castilian Spanish ? That’s what my Grandma said. Grandma taught Spanish in college. Well, first off, the accent is different. Non-Spanish speakers won’t be able to tell the difference, of course. Secondly, some words are pronounced differently. For example, in Spain, the letter  “ll ” ( double L ) is pronounced as ell – yeh,  much like the double L in “million”. Million is pronounced as mil-yon in Spain. In South America, it’s pronounced as mi – yon.  Paella ( my favorite dish ) is pronounced as pael – ya in Spain, but here in the Americas, it’s pae – ya. Okay, enough of Spanish 101. What do I know? I don’t speak Spanish, haha.  I want to learn Japanese, instead. Ganbatte ! Or is it Gambatte ?  (^_^)”

Hmm, what else……………………… oh, yeah, I’ve got a pic to show you. It’s a picture of   students in the Philippines taking an exam.  I posted this on my old forum, but it’s interesting enough to be posted again. Here it is ( I hope it comes out….. )

He he he….. This image does give a whole new meaning to the word ” Distrust “.  My brother and sister, who both went to school in the Philippines, told me they never experienced this sort of thing.  Cheating must have been so rampant and brazen at this school the teacher resorted to extreme measures, such as this, to prevent cheating.  First time I saw this pic, I thought it was a Japanese classroom, with students wearing white bandannas. lol ! As a student myself, I should be outraged . Instead, I find this hilarious. It could only happen in the Philippines. Haha.

Okay, this is all for now. It’s Friday. I only have one class, 10 AM to 10:50 AM.

Stay cool, be nice and polite, and good day, y’all.

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I won’t quit ! Keannu Reeves, save meeeeee !

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      I did it ! Woooot ! YES ! !  Alex, high five ! ! !  < happy dance >

I did it again. I fell asleep while chatting on Messenger. ^_____^;;;;;  Sorry, Alex ! Ahahaha  ! I could barely open my eyes when you messaged me. Anyways, yeah, quote ” I’ll show this blog who’s boss and rape it ’til I’m satisfied, ” unquote. ROFL  I love your choice of words, he he…… It’s very….. descriptive. Oh, and I do need to respond to your comment here re Nazism.  But, I have to think carefully before I do so.  I  tend to generalize, see…….. bad habit of mine, sorry.  I apologize. 

So, okay….. I’;m about to post the pics again. The first picture is a drawing of my reaction after reading Chapter 164 of Skip Beat. ( I’m just having fun with this, so indulge me, lol ) and the second pic shows why I fall asleep while chatting.  If the pics don’t show here, that means, operation was unsuccessful. But I swear I won’t quit.

Here goes nothing……………. I hope 5 th time is a charm…..