Quick Update on Fourteen Plans

Plan number 4: Take the UPCAT.

I'm almost there! August 8, 2010. 06:30 AM. National Institute of Physics.

UP, here I come! :)

Can Be, Cannot Be

Drawing made by Clio.

It's been a while (again). So, anyway...

Four years ago, I seemed to like this person. And he's not that average person. He's way beyond normal. He's my greatest rival. I do this well, he does it better. I obtain something good, he does too. But not only better. The BEST. However, he's a nice guy... A thoughtful one, I suppose. And he doesn't know that I know that he liked me.

That was four years ago.

Now, I kind of feel that I'm feeling the same feeling as before (overuse of "feel", haha). Especially since he's been acting nice again. Maybe he's supposed to be nice because of our jobs. Or maybe it's just because of his nature. Meh, I don't really know. I shouldn't feel this. I cannot feel this. Because I think he likes someone else. And that someone else is someone that I don't feel... err.

Also, I've been suffering from a recent "heartbreak", and I'm trying to recuperate. I just cannot go to school one day and convince myself that he is "the one". I don't even want him to be "the one"!

I'm so confused.
VERY confused.


O_o

Fourteen Plans on my Fourteenth Year

Yes, I'm officially fourteen years old. And incoming senior. 

There are actually many things that I want to do and have, but were not done due to the fact that I'm a lazy procrastinator. And I'm young. So, below is a list of fourteen plans that I must (yes, must) accomplish before I turn fifteen. I'll post some updates (either on Facebook, Twitter, or here in FTC) whenever I finish one plan.

Here we go, fourteen plans on my fourteenth year!

FOURTEEN PLANS.

1. Learn how to iron clothes.
   Seriously, I don't know how to iron my own clothes. And now that I'm going to college soon, I must learn to be independent. That's why I want to try ironing some clothes. If my clothes get brown, er...
2. Learn how to cook simple meals.
   All that I could cook are scrambled eggs, hotdogs, and luncheon meat. I don't want to confine myself to those three. I envy some of my friends who could cook even the "complicated" kinds of food, say, carbonara, barbeque, name it. They could. I want to try to cook those things too!
3. Try to do the laundry. I'm asserting.
   Yes, I'm asserting. The only things that I wash are my underwear whenever there are menstruation stains. Please, even just for a day, make me do the laundry. Pleeease.
4. Take UPCAT.
   One of my dreams. Of course, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Er, unless I go to Ateneo on my first year, then decide to transfer to UP. I really want to accomplish this thing. And I know it will be, 'cause what's the use of reviewing for the UPCAT if I won't take it? Btw, it's on August 8.
5. Pass UPCAT.
   What would be better than taking the UPCAT? Passing it. Of course, it would be a very great honor in my part if I pass this test. Considering the facts that my parents are both UP alumni, and all of my fahter's siblings are also from UP. If I pass, I think I won't be able to stop myself from bragging. ;)
6. Take ACET.
   The second best university (of course, UP's first). Why would I let this opportunity slip through my hands? I'll apply too, and take the test. I'll never know, if I won't pass UPCAT, at least I have a savior.
7. Pass ACET.
   Of course, like the UPCAT, what's better than taking ACET? Passing it. And what's better than passing it? Passing both ACET and UPCAT. Woo!
8. Recite the Apostle's Creed without stuttering.
   From the "...suffered under Pontius Pilate..." until "...the living and the dead.", I stutter. O come on, there's so much D's in that part that I end up saying "He descended do da dead." It's kinda disturbing, actually.
9. Watch a (insert any team other than BGK)-Coke game scheduled at 7:30 pm.
   The last time I watched this live was... I don't think there's a last time.
10. Obtain an autograph/picture with/cellphone number(!) of MCruz.
    The ultimate fangirl fantasy. It would be very fulfilling if I achieve this. :">
11. Stay at the top. And experience falling down (I'm looking at you, Physics).
    Who says even smartypants can't get a D?
12. Be active in school.
    Aside from the school publication, I want to join other orgs. COMELEC (in school), steering committee, FI Youth. Oh, and try hosting some events. Great help, especially if I choose BroadComm as my course.
13. Learn a sport.
    I watch sports, not play it. And I want to get fit. Try badminton?
14. GRADUATE.
    More important that MCruz's autograph or whatsoever. More important than a PBA game. Of course, this is every senior's dream. And when I graduate, I am closer to reaching my dream. Hello, courtside reporting. Here I come.

Fourteen plans. These will be challenging.

The System and Last Night's Game

Today I found a new comic. And no, it's not Cyanide and Happiness.

As usual, I visit their site, then I look at the "Stuff We Like" section. And I saw The System. They described it as this:

Rosscott turns sign art into comic strips about life, work and how much everything sucks.

Hey, it looks interesting, I thought. So I checked it out. Yea, it's a nice one. Not nice, cool. After looking at some old comics, I found something that I could relate to, thanks to my new phone (I don't intend to brag about it, actually, I feel sore):

Click the pic to enlarge. Go try it out. Compute!

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In other news, last night's game was a bummer. Coke lost to BGK, tarnishing their 3-0 record. Damn. When I came home from church last night, I saw the dreadful scores: 32-15. In favor of, yes, the Kings. Dammit. And some minutes later, they replaced Marvin Cruz with Lanete! Fuuu...ntastic~! (with a hint of sarcasm, mind you)

And since the Kings won, I have nothing left to share. Well, except the ten points I was able to ponder on while watching the game.

Coca-Cola Tigers vs Barangay Ginebra Kings (04.04.10)

1. Oh, there's Marvin Cruz. Yay~!
2. Lanete really looks like the Muslim drummer/puppeteer from UP's Mulat Theater. Except that he's whiter. Don't worry, I'll post something about the theater and the doppelganger.
3. Allera = the next Fangirls' Fantasy? Yes, he has the looks, but he still can't replace James Yap. YET.
4. I hate Ginebra.
5. When will the Puref--este, Derby Ace Llamados play? I still am not used to their new name.
6. Scenario: Celino Cruz (BGK) has the ball. MCruz almost got it. But no.
   TV announcer: Muntik nang makuha ni Marvin yun, o.
   Me: Gumagamit din pala sila ng first names.
7. Win the effing game, Coke!
8. Sige, MCruz, magsama kayo ni Allera. Walang points pero may itsura. Mag-artista na lang kayo!
   *EDIT*Allera has 2 points. Hmph.
9. Scenario: David gets angry after realizing that the "foul" wasn't counted.
   TV announcer: According to Head Referee Mr. A...
   Me: Siya nanaman! Kaya naman pala hindi na-count yung foul e! Ang daya! Daya daya daya!
10. Wala na, talo na Coke. Hmp. At least dalawa ang gwapo. Sa inyo, isa lang.

Such fangirl perspectives.


That's all, for now. MCMari, over and out~!

Bisita Iglesia and Campaign Propaganda (from Livelancer)

Kung isa kayo sa mga followers ko sa Twitter, mapapansin niyong karamihan sa mga tweets ko ay naglalaman ng galit sa mga plagiarists. Gusto ko mang gawing subject ng article ko yun, hindi ko pa kayang gawing tactful yun. So, ito muna. Abangan niyo na lang na mapuno na talaga ako, at gagawa rin ako. Promise.

April 1, 2010. Oo, April Fool's day. Pero kung devout Catholic ka, isasantabi mo iyon para sa paggunita ng Maundy Thursday. At dahil diyan, Bisita Iglesia time. Pero teka, ano nga ba ito? Bibisita ka sa pitong simbahan upang mag-Way of the Cross. Or kung ayaw mo, bumisita ka at magdasal. Hindi ko inaasahang magiging memorable kahit paano ang Bisita Iglesia namin. Kasi naman, yung mga simbahang napupuntahan namin dati, ano... Ganito na lang. Katapat nito ang munisipyo. Bale, ang munisipyo, napakaganda. Parang mansyon. Ang simbahan naman, parang kinalambaan ng sangkaterbang kalabaw, binagyo ng Ondoy at Pepeng, at nilindol. Ang saklap. Ngayon, mga tipong parang airconditioned (pero malakas lang ang hangin), maganda ang loob, at maraming uri ng taong nakakasalamuha. Ang picky ko, 'no?


Read more and comment HERE. Thanks. :D

Ngayon lang hindi tinamad.

Makalipas ang pitong buwan...
Tapos na ang A(H1N1) break...
Nag-quit na ako sa ACP (take that, officers)...
Hindi na ako moderator ng TnT thread sa Adix...
Hindi na rin ako nagtatago kay Sir Waf 'pag nasa .ph ako...
Nasa Coke na si Marvin Cruz...
Nalaman kong bakla pala ang pinagpapantasyahan(?) ko sa school...
Nagtakwil ako ng kaibigan...
Campaign period na...
At hanggang ngayon ay pinaparusahan ako ng Chemistry...

Ngayon lang ulit ako magpopost dito.

Di bale, hindi lang naman dito ako naging unproductive. Sa dalawa ko pang blog, hindi na ako naglalagay ng kung ano pa. Dun sa isa, nag-epistaxis na ako kasi kailangan kong mag-English (mga Japs at Indo kasi audience ko), kaya iniwan ko muna.

Bakit ko ito pinakialaman ulit? Kasi... Inimbitahan ako ng isa kong kasamahan na mag-contribute sa site niya (powered by Blogger rin). First time yun, kaya nabigla ako. Sige, sabi ko, anong topic? Kahit ano raw. KAHIT ANO. Wow. Hindi restricted (The Manresan, ahem).

Ngayon, kung doon magcocontribute ako, dito rin. Susubukan ko. Friday, Saturday lang naman pwede. :)

(Ok, sorry kung magulo akong magpost ngayon. Writer's block pa rin e.)

Livelancer
First post ko: Patriotism?

Supposed to do a sample article. Made this instead.

Got 'ya, Marv.
(Credits to Redtangent, kahit hindi pwedeng i-save by right-click, nag-screen shot na lang ako. Kahit Atenista ka, nag-exert ka pa rin ng effort na kuhanan ng picture 'tong si Cruz. Thank you.)

Adik. Dapat gagawa ako ng sample article para sa "The Manresan", pero wala akong maisip na matinong topic. Tapos napadpad pa ako sa thread ni Marvin Cruz sa Peyups forum. Mga adik yung mga nag-p-post dun. May manager, may die-hard fan, may nagpapantasya. Gusto ko sanang makisama or mag-post dun, kaso locked na yung thread. Salbahe.

Ano'ng mga nakita ko sa thread? Ayun nga, mga "managers", die-hard fans, at mga nagpapantasya. Define each.

Die-hard Fans
Yung mga taong... nagagalingan kay Cruz. Magaling nga naman yung tao. Mga adik din sila. Define adik. Well, sinasabi nilang diyan lang sa Katipunan nakatira yung tao. Stalker? Nakita daw nila yung tao sa UP gym, may practice daw. Adik, stalker nga. Nandun yung teammates niya, yung mga hindi ko kilala, pati na rin si Jireh Ibañes. Bakit ako, hindi ko nakikita? Ang daya! HIndi nila tanggap na si JV Casio ang naging MVP nung season na 'yun. Para sa kanila, si Cruz pa rin ang MVP. At hindi magbabago yun. How loyal.

Managers
Ito yung mga taong nagbabantay ng thread ni Cruz. Teka, bakit by last name? Marvin na nga lang. Bawat post ng mga fans, tinitingnan, at makalipas ang ilang minuto, sasang-ayunan. Ito rin yung mga taong ipinagmamayabang na nakakaalam ng cellphone number niya. At tinututukan kung may load ba siya o wala. Kung pupunta sila sa kung saan man kasama ang ilan sa mga die-hard fans, at nakita nila si Marvin, sila yung unang makikipag-usap. Buti na lang "down-to-earth at malapit sa fans" itong taong 'to eh, kung hindi maiinis lang siya sa kakasunod ng mga tao sa kanya. *EDIT!* Manager nga niya yung namamahala ng thread. Nakita ko sa blog nung person. Adik.

Nagpapantasya
Mga taong "crush na crush" (este, "love na love") si Marvin. Sumasang-ayon sila sa mga die-hard fans na dapat siya ang MVP, pero may kadugtong. "... Gwapo ka pa rin." Adik. Ito rin yung mga taong sa tingin ko ay may picture kasama siya, at ipinagmamayabang sa buong forum. Yung mga may kapasidad na mag-isip ng adjective na related sa beauty at idinudugtong sa pangngalan niya. "Flawless pa rin!" Minsan, kapag sa tingin nila ay kailangan nilang mag-hinay-hinay, ganito ang nilalagay nila. "****less!" Adik.

Hindi ko na tinapos yung pagbabasa ng buong thread, kasi 40+ pages na, at matatawa at maiinis lang ako sa pagka-adik nila. At naiinis pa rin ako kasi UP alumni lang ang pwedeng mag-post. At hindi na nga pala ako pwedeng mag-post kasi sinara na nila yung thread. Sabi ko nga kanina, salbahe.

Sa PBAFO nga rin eh, nung tiningnan ko yung thread nila, ganun din. Kaso puro mga nagpapantasya lang at die-hard fans. Teka, bakit ko tiningnan yung thread? Mod ako ng kabilang forum, eh ako yung naatasang mag-fill up ng kulang na thread ng ibang players. Hindi ko alam kung paano yung format ng thread, at hindi ko alam kung paano i-spell ang "marvelous" (baka mamaya double L eh!), kaya tiningnan ko na lang dun. Eh bakit ako naging mod ng forum? Ibang kwento na yun. ;D

Dad's jerseys.

Last night, while my parent are eating dinner, I saw some of my dad's jerseys when he was in college. I was shocked, partly because it has the UP symbol in it. But the size of the jerseys almost matched my size, so it's been intriguing why my dad is that small during his college years, considering his built now. (Dad, if you're reading this, I'm not mocking your built before!)

Anyways, here are the jerseys that he wore before.

That's the jersey he had when he played for his course team, BS Agriculture. I don't know why it's "Aggie", but hey, that's NOT my dad's name. I think it's connected to Agriculture. :D

That's the jersey of the UPLB Varsity team. He's been very active in basketball during these years. Wait, there's more.

Self-explanatory. Men's dorm.

Alright. I don't know why the picture's rotated 90 degrees to the left. Anyways, that jersey was, I think, when he played for UPLB. I'll try to ask him later.


Four jerseys. Four years. Wow. It makes me wonder why he didn't join UAAP or PBA. But if he did, history would've changed. My dad would've been a coach, and our lives would be prolific. And I don't want that. I love my life now. And besides, I'd rather stick to being a fan that being the coach's daughter. At least I get to fantasize without anyone knowing. :D

Marigen Ibañes?

Would you look at that. Someone changed my last name. Who could it be?

Marcus, haven't I told you? If you're gonna change my last name, make it decent, like... Dillinger!

Anyways. I don't know what's the big deal with Mr. Ibañes. (Can't believe I'm so formal.) Ever since he got ESF'd (ejected, suspended, fined) for punching Cyrus Baguio (I still hate you.), I've been campaigning justice. Y'know, just for fun. Come on, look at my Twitter and you'll see tons of "Justice for..." tweets.

I don't actually like him 'cause of looks (Jared and Fona are much better, y'know!), but I can't deny the fact that I like him 'cause he's from UP. UP! (:O) Anywho...

It's the 5th of June. And 4 days later, it's the 9th. You know what'll happen on the 9th? The dreaded school. Nooooo!! (:O)

Losses and Gains.

In this photo: Jireh Ibañes. Sneaky little daredevil. Where did I get that pic? Hmmm...

Well, this is the first post of the monts, and since it's June already, it means that school is near. Did I say SCHOOL? Yep, that second home, that institution, that building that is the site of almost every learning experience...

Anyway, anyhow, we can't deny that fact that the first day's nearing... And since the title of this post is "Losses and Gains", let's talk about what we'll lose and what we'll gain when we go back to school again.

LOSSES.
We'll lose our free free time. Summer gave us the opportunity to do and have whatever we want. Long sleep hours, late sleeping time, unlimited internet, gimmicks... All these would be gone and will be gone for 10 months.
We'll lose our peace of mind? Why? Tests. Assignments. Projects. Lectures. Not to mention freakishly strict teachers and new administration. (Manresans, just so you know, we'll have a new directress-principal.)

GAINS.
Don't dwell on the losses. In these 10 months of staying in school, we'll gain knowledge. Alright, give me the "Duh" look. But it's true!
Add new experiences, friends, not to mention enemies. And we'll gain money when we're given allowance! Well, if you save some.

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See? It's like making a chart of Assets and Liabilities. (Ugh, Accounting.) So in this one week left, do everything you can! Like I said before, live fully, be cranky, screw up, and have fun! :D