Exam season this week and I'm expecting my eyebags to grow bigger and puffier. I think I heard somewhere that eyebags are caused by water retention due to stress but my dad told me it's cholesterol. According to my dear father, his classmate during high school who's now an eye doctor/cosmetologist (kinda like that) told him that eyebags are filled with CHOLESTEROL. I seriously have no idea who to believe now, but I'm more on the water retention bit. Anyway, back to exams.

Physics, Social Science and Chemistry on Tuesday.

Eid on Wednesday so no classes!

Biology, Filipino, PE&Health and Math on Thursday.

Statistics (GRARRRR), English and Computer Science (BURN) on Friday.

So uhm, I won't be blogging until Friday I guess.. Or I'll blog on Wednesday night since I'd be studying the whole day.

Wait, did I just say that I was gonna study?! O_O

I. Cannot. Believe. I. Said. That.

Anyway, all I did today was study and tutor some people online. I also studied yesterday and uhm, played badminton as well. But I managed to finish Physics, Chemistry and Socsci today. I plan to review on those three again tomorrow night then I'd work on Math, Statistics then Bio. I'll just use half of my luck on Comsci.

So uhm, I'm about to print Hannah's research paper and..

hannah torralba: macey!! ok lng saio kung magpaprint kme research? we will pay you kahit magkano and will refill you with bond paper. we are inkless. while i am printerless. ol we need is sum1 to print

macey mapanao: uhm. pila ka page?

macey mapanao: ilang pages muna? haha

hannah torralba: hindi abot 30 but ilan maprint mo?

macey mapanao: basta less than 30

hannah torralba: ok.w8 lang

hannah torralba: macey! 29 macey mapanao: sige.

hannah torralba: TENX!!!!

hannah torralba: TENX!!!

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All For Love is playing in my head over and over again. At least it gives me a sense of hope and peace. <3>

Finally got home from a looooong day in school.

I'm glad to announce to the whole wide world that my dear groupmates and I managed to cram our full research proposal in less than an hour. Hopefully by now Ma'am Daryl's reading our paper.. Hahaha. Now that's over, I could finally have some sleep since I'm over with my Math homework. I guess this sums up my day today, eh?

Oh wait. There's more.

During English class, Ma'am Annie told us that the WHOLE BATCH will present the Indian epic, 'Ramayana' in the 2nd Card Giving Day. I was quite skeptical why 90 people would be involved if the only characters are.. Rama.. Sita.. and the monkey. But Ma'am Annie pointed out that we need a big crew. A big crew means lots of people to make the costumes, props, setting, everything on stage. Angel told me that she wanted to direct the play and I said that I wanted to be in charge of the costumes and make-up (hahaha I usually do the make up on my batchmates that present dances in school.. that includes the guys!). It would be really cool to do the make up on the characters of Ramayana since I get to play with black eyeliner a lot, and I get to be creative and stuff. I plan to try out those make up tricks I see in high fashion magazines. Also, Ma'am Annie said that the guy who will play Rama MUST be dark skinned. So dark skinned male Juniors, get ready!

Also, we had this activity in which we wrote our names in a piece of paper then we'd pass the paper around. Then, people would write what they think of you. Here are some of the comments I got often..

and yes, the ever perpetual..

• FAT.

While waiting for my dear researchmates to go online, I'll just blog. I wanna call them up already but, I feel kinda bad for bugging them too much. I was so agitated yesterday that I kept on blabbing on how the hell will I do our research during badminton.

Jann made a really good observation. She said, "Ate Danica's a senior and it looks like she doesn't have any problems. You guys are juniors and you're so full of problems!"

So, so, so true. I owe it all to Pisay. Grrr. Anyway.

Badminton training was okay. Had a good sweat, had laughs with people, played City Bloxx on Joey's cellphone, and told everyone that I'm bringing food on October 11 since it's my birthday on the 12th. You know what's really cool? Kuya Cee-em's gonna celebrate his birthday on October 11. TWICE THE FOOD! Hahaha. I told Ate Renren to tell Kuya Cee-em about me bringing food so we could talk about what to bring. Also, Joey promised that he'd bring two gallons of ice cream for Ate Renren and I. HAHAHA. But duh, I'll share the ice cream. I don't wanna make myself even more bloated than now. After training, Dar, Ate Danica and I went to Kopi Roti to eat and talk more.. And relax. I drank coffee as well since I had an all nighter last night due to Research. Their coffee is just DIVINE. For some reason. Not that bitter, not that sweet. Just perfect for a rainy night.

Got up today, went to church and dressed up again. I don't usually dress up that nice during ordinary days but it's more of a requirement during Sundays. I think I better get used to it already.

Now that I'm home for the rest of the day, I just have to sit here and wait. Patiently.

Research, research, research. Such a blessed curse to my life.

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Found this in my now defunct Multiply blog. I originally got it from Ninong Anlex's Multiply.

Host : Saan ang dream vacation mo?
Girl Contestant : Amangpulo.

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Host : What was the very first gift that you gave to your girlfriend?
Male Contestant : Uhmm...taptoy.
Host : What taptoy?
Male Contestant : Taptoy na teddy bird.

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Host : What's your ideal age for marriage?
Girl : Uhm, uhm, I am not sure....
Host : Hindi, kunwari ikaw, more or less.
Girl : Uhmm... more. (Crowd booing... ) Sige, Sige. Less, less....

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Host : If you had a foreigner friend, where will you bring him to showcase the beauty of the Philippines?

Girl Contestant : Bocaue.
Host : Bocaue. Why Bocaue? There are so many places in the Philippines? Why Bocaue?

Girl : Because it's a magnificent place.
Host : Which part of Bocaue?
Girl : The Bocaue Rice Terraces. (Banawe Kaya Yon!!)

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The contestant, presenting herself, talks into the mic and says, "Hi! I'm Cristine Reyes from Bagiuo...," and then she turns around, walks a little, goes back then yells at the top of her lungs! Then shouts, "CITYYYYYYYY!!!!"

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(From Little Miss Philippines)
Host : Anong gusto mo pag-laki mo?
Girl : Maging lalaki po!

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Host : Who's your favorite author?
Contestant : Danielle Steele
Host : Why Danielle Steele?
Contestant : Because, because...Danielle Steele, I like best.

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Host : How would you like me to address you?
Contestant : My address is Project 8, Quezon City.

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Host : What is your best feature?
Contestant : My graduation feature.

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Host : So tell us, why did join this contest?
Contestant : Me, join this contest, why did I. Thank you!

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Host : What do you want to be after you graduate?
Contestant : I want to be a successful Medicine.

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Host : Hindi ito boob, hindi ito tube. Pero tinatawag itong boobtube. Ano ito?
Contestant : BRA!

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Host : What is you favorite motto?
Contestant : If others can't why, why can't I!

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Host : What would you like to say to foreigners?
Contestant : Please come back.

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(From gay beauty contest)
Host : What is the one thing that symbolizes happiness for you?
Gay contestant : (Stops, thinks and then smiles.) EGGPLANT PO!

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Host : What is your typical day?
Contestant : I think Saturday po!

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(From gay contest)
Host : Ano ang advantage mo sa ibang contestant?
Gay Contestant : I think and believe na bilang isang bading......ano nga po ulit yung question?

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Host : Which part of your body is your best asset?
Contestant : (Believe it or not she answered) Si Melanie Marquez po!

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Host : What is your favorite motto?
Contestant : (After a long pause) I don't have a motto eh. (So the crowd starts helping her out. The crowd starts saying "Time is gold! Time is gold!")

Contestant : I have na po. Chinese gold!

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Host : If you were to describe the color blue to a blind person, how would you do it?"

Contestant : That's a very good question. Keep it up. (Then the girl turns and walks away.)

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Host : So, you're vegetarian, what is your favorite vegetable?
Contestant : I like potatoes, tomatoes, beans and what's that? KALABASH?

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Host : What is your motto?
Contestant : Actor! (Everyone starts laughing.) Aay, actress pala.

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Host : Who is your favorite fictional character?
Girl : JOSE RIZAL! (Crowd starts laughing.)
Host : Who is your favorite hero then?
Girl : Hulk Hogan.

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Host : If you were to become a superhero, what would your power be?
Girl Contestant : Uhmm... a bumble bee!

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Host : What is your edge over the other contestants?
Girl Contestant : My edge.... 23 years old.

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Host : What, in your opinion, is the ideal age for marriage?
Girl : Between 24 and 25!

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Host : How do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Girl : I'll be 28.

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Host : Describe your love one in three words.
Girl : Kahit nga po 1 word, kaya ko.
Host : OK, sige!
Girl : In one word, MY LIFE!

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Host : If you were given any special power, what would it be?
Girl : Power of Attorney!

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Host : So you like reading, who's your favorite author?
Girl : Uhmm, Shakespeare.
Host : What works of Shakespeare?
Girl : Hindi ko po alam eh.
Host : But he's your favorite.
Girl : Eh kasi patay na sya eh.

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Host : What is the biggest problem facing the youth today?
Girl : Drugs.
Host : Why?
Girl : Mahal eh!

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Host : What is the essence of being gay?
Contestant : I'm proud to be gay because what is naked is essential to the eye!

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Host : What makes you blush?
Girl : Blush on!

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Host : What is the essence of a man?
Gay Contestant : Testicles!

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Host : Hey, I heard you almost didn't make it, how did you get here? Did you ride or did you walk?
Gay Contestant : Of course, did you ride. What do you think of me, did you walk?

Ok. Hope that made you laugh. HAHAHA.

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Mariel called me up regarding the progress of the Methodology and JB just went online. Great, that's nice to know. Anyway.

I'm really amazed on how people remember Bible verses and what the verses contain. I mean, the only Bible verse I know by heart is John 3:16 since I always see it on people's shirts, on jeepneys, on signs in the streets, from Values Ed class, whatever print media there is available, etc etc etc.

I know what it contains.

Finally done with what-to-dos.

I woke up early to my surprise. So if that is the case, then I'd be expected to wake up late tomorrow.

PE was, blah. I didn't play since I already lost in 2 games so I found myself cramming for the Chem quiz and talking to Ma'am Pags and Katya. Chem was fine since the quiz was moved to Monday and we used the whole 2 periods for our lab activity. Also, the lab report is due Friday next week so I have lots of time to procrastinate and cram. Health was fun since they fed us chocolates! They said it could relieve stress but, could it relieve eyebags and dark circles under the eyes? Hahaha. Also, we took this emotional maturity test and I scored quite good. I mean, I'm not super emotionally mature but I am most of the time. But, I do have to improve on some aspects though. I agree to that since I tend to be childish and I don't like thinking like an adult. I'm a teenager for crying out loud. I need to have fun while I'm at it. In two years, I'd be all alone in Manila for college (hopefully). Anyway, after that was a super long quiz in Math and I hope I get a good score this time. Then we watched this super boring documentary in Socsci. It was Ma'am Wing who told us that it was boring so she pretty much allowed us to sleep if ever we got bored. I slept, I think.. Haha. After that was Research class. We finally had our consultation period with Ma'am Daryl and hopefully by tomorrow, we could finish what we have to finish.

After that, I played some detective game with Niña on Kestle's laptop and played volleyball with Barbie, Abbey, Ritz, Tame and Chelo to kill time. Ah, some exercise. I need it real bad. I don't like that sluggish feeling when I don't get to exercise. Great, Friday tomorrow! Badminton on Saturday!

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This just in. My aunt from Canada called my dad and she said that she's visiting us here from January 20 or 21 up to February 7, and she's bringing my cousins and my other aunt. This is gonna be really fun since the last time I saw my 2 aunts and my cousins was last, 1997? Not sure about that but I'm sure the last time I saw them was my last visit to Canada. I'm really excited since I get to hang out with my cousins and there's only three of us. The other two are siblings and are both 20+ years old. I remember my cousin commenting me on Myspace that she really wants to see me since the last time she saw me, I was 5 years old. So, weird. I wonder if they're gonna recognize me when they see me again.

The weird part? They're gonna leave on my prom night. I don't know what to say next. Lol.

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What the buck did I eat today?

Breakfast - beef with rice
Recess - two apples
Lunch - fish with red rice
Recess - ham sandwich
Merienda - kwek kwek, juice and balut
Dinner - ham and cottage cheese sandwich

I ate a lot today since I was tired. Time to cut off the calories tomorrow, if I could.

Right now, I don't know what to do.

I think I've gained better focus today compared to yesterday. Well, I woke up with a pretty bad start and I ended up eating a Kopi Bun for breakfast while on the run. Bio was the usual. Filipino was whack since Ma'am Ines made us sing that poem that we made. We didn't get a good grade but, Angel and I didn't really mind it. Hahaha. The quiz in Physics was real easy. Socsci was interesting since we talked about business stuff and all. Chem was dragging the life out of me. I prefer calculating things rather than the concepts and the like. I don't like talking about laws, principles, stuff like that. But that's reality, we cannot escape it. Math was fun since I thought proving trigo functions involved proving Geometry style. It only required algebraic proof so it was okay. English was, so so. The usual I guess. English speaking rule and all.

After the last class, Ma'am Sarah made us repeat our teacher evaluation for one teacher. I guess I don't need to elaborate on that one though. Then after that, I just hung around the classroom while walling using the pingpong ball. Got to chat with Grace and Ritz as well and I promised to teach them how to play badminton. Hahaha that would be fun! I could make a living out of it. Lmao I'm kidding. Then after school, I rode with the carpool and got down at Assumption.

Now that I'm sitting infront of the PC, I'm having second thoughts on whether to revise my RRL or not. I revised some parts already but I think I'll have to consult Ma'am Daryl first for added guidance. I'm not really confident in making the RRL after getting that 10/20. I admit I didn't have the checklist/guidelines with me so I'm gonna get myself a copy of that and uhm, work on my RRL. Just got to chat with Ma'am Daryl recently and she said that I could consult her tomorrow during Research period. We intend to finish it off by tomorrow since Friday is our VEP. Sometimes I with the VEP is like, optional. I mean, us Juniors NEED to finish our research work. I don't want to spend my weekend thinking about my studies and all. I only have 2 out of 7 days to relax. Or, let's make it 1 day out of 7 since Sunday is cramming day.

So if we intend to do it on Saturday.. Hopefully we'd just be doing the final compilation, the preliminaries, appendices and table of contents. That way, we'd just have to print it. Easy as that. Problem is how to fix the page numbers. Ohmygash.

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I ran into Ma'am Tenchavez a while ago and she asked me why I don't like my name and why I don't like being called 'Mary Clare' or, 'Clare'.

Let me ask you this. Do I look like a 'Clare' to you? The answer is obviously no.

The reason why I was named Mary Clare is because in 1992, the statue of Our Lady of Akita came from Japan and my mom prayed to her for a child. Also, my parents prayed for a child to Saint Clare. Their prayers were answered and boom, they had me. I guess the name 'Mary Clare' is okay as long as people know me as MACEY. I get a lot of comments like, "Mary Clare is a lovely name!" and I'm like, "Yeah but it doesn't suit me". And people make fun of me since the Filipino translation of Mary Clare is Maria Clara, who is like, the perfect Filipina. Prayerful, pretty, comes from a rich family, has a hot boyfriend (I know Crisostomo Ibarra wasn't intended to be 'hot' since he lived during the Spanish era but for exaggeration's sake, he's 'hot'), etc etc etc. I do pray but I don't come from a rich family nor do I have a hot boyfriend. And errr, me ain't pretty. Hahaha. Oh, did I mention that Maria Clara's super ladylike? Wow. I'm, so, far, out.

So people send me text messages like, "Oi Maria Clara.. Naunsa naka diha?", or "Pssst Mary Clare, asa na ka run?". WHATEVER. Call me Mary Clare or I'll hex ya. Nah, I'll just be, cringing.

The only person who can call me Mary Clare is my dad. And he only calls me that when he's angry.

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What did I eat today..

Breakfast - Kopi Bun
Recess - Apple
Socsci period - Brownie
Lunch - Chicken with red rice
Recess - Apple
Dismissal - Juice, balut and Piattos
Dinner - Bread and goat cheese

I WANT MORE APPLES!

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In business, a franchise only makes money in its first few months to make it look like it's making a lot of money. But after that, sales go low. I'll keep that in mind.

What the hell did I do today..

As usual, I came to school with groggy eyes and walked to class with a pace that of a sleepwalker. School was been eating the life out of me nowadays. I have headaches everyday due to the lack of sleep and rest. I was supposed to be absent today but I thought it was hard to miss out on the lessons so I sacrificed my good ol sleep for some neuron wracking action. We had a quiz in Bio and I was glad that it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be. Then in Filipino, we just had a discussion and I daydreamed since I was bored. Physics was okay, Newtonian laws of motion for the nth time in my life. We had an easy quiz in Socsci, an open quiz in Chem, an exercise in Math and a quiz in English. After that, I ate lunch (we had shortened periods today) and I lazed around after that.

Okay, I didn't laze around. I did research work.

As we all know, the preliminaries are due tomorrow for a 1.00 and I'm done printing it. Yaaaay! I think it reached up to, 10 pages? Hahaha then I played Monopoly in the late afternoon with Jp, Hannah, Angel and Jezreel. It's been a long time since I played Monopoly. I miss playing that bankrupting game. Lmao.

I had penne again for dinner. And I'm waiting for Bell to finish eating dinner so that we could chat again. Yipee. So that was my day today. The usual, day, forever and ever. Amen.

It's the second day of DACS, and I'm still sulking at the fact that my school isn't joining. Wait, we aren't allowed to join. My school is a PUBLIC SCHOOL, that looks like it's a private one. It's just LOOKS LIKE a private school. Wow. Anyway.

The first half of the day was better than the other half. The English speaking rule isn't followed yet so, I had a lot of time to blab, and blab, and blab. Comsci was yeah, the usual. I find Comsci fun when we do nothing and I have the freedom to surf the net. Unfortunately, we had an exercise so not much fun. After that was Socsci. Socsci is okay actually. The topics don't bore me at all. Then Chem was next. We just solved a few problems, a little discussion and then elective time. Our lesson in Stat today doesn't involve probabilities of this and that given this and that, which is a really good thing. Imagine, I got a perfect score in the first quiz then I failed in the next quiz. Wowwww. So much for good academic performance. But I do accept the fact that I'll never be good in Stat, even if it's way easier than Applied Math. Then Bio was up next and we discussed more about the lymphatic system and we're having a long quiz tomorrow. Well guess what? I haven't studied yet and I intend to do so if and only if I get up early tomorrow. If not, I'll just attempt to cram when I get to school. English was up next and we had more of those word play exercises that just squeezes my brain for some reason. Also, Ma'am Annie gave us an assignment that was like a mathematical equation but it isn't. For me it's like, the formula of a sentence? Lol. Kinda like Math, which was still okay. I'm getting the hang of those sines and cosines already. I hope I could get a 1.00 this quarter in Math. Ha, ha, ha. So much for wishful thinking.

During club time, we discussed about the banning of gadgets since a lot of students have reacted violently to this rule (I ADMIT I AM ONE OF THEM!). Ma'am Annie asked us to brainstorm on what measures to follow if we are to bring gadgets. As for us Juniors, we suggested that:

Right now, I just ate penne for dinner and I still have stuff to work on. So far, I'm done with my assignment in Filipino and I plan to cram my English assignment tomorrow. Also, I'm almost done with the Bibliography and I plan to do the Table of Contents tomorrow. I still haven't studied for my Bio test tomorrow and I don't intend to since my head hurts, again.

Did I mention that saying 'Tagalog' is a violation in the English Speaking Rule? Sheesh. Let's just all say, 'TAG-A-LOG!" Like tag a log. Lmao. So cornyyyyy.

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People always tell me to always think of what I have inside of me that others don't have whenever I feel bad about myself or insecure. Let's start with one thing about me, that I don't know if the others have.

*thinks hard*

I think I need more time to think. Suggestions anyone?

My brain is shutting down but my body is still working.

I left the house at around 10am to go to SM since my research groupmates and I agreed to meet in SM to work on our methodology. Prior to that, each of us had some parts on the methodology to work on so it would be easier. My task was to do the gathering of data, location and flowchart bit of the metho. Anyway, I met Mariel first at Coffee Dream while waiting for JB but we started working already. In between, I bought iced mocha there and a fish fillet sandwich from Roadhouse (2nd time this week!). Then about an hour later, JB came and he did his share of the work. I'm glad to say that we accomplished a lot of things today and we have hopes in getting a 1.00 in teamwork! HAHAHA. And that completes the genesis of our dear research proposal. Good thing Mariel volunteered to add the "finishing touches" in our metho draft. And, all of us already agreed on what chapter to revise for the final copy. JB's gonna do Chapter 1, I'm gonna do Chapter 2, and Mariel will do Chapter 3. Gah, the RRL and I will meet again. I still have so much stuff to add, it might give me a major headache for, a week? Oh well, that's life in Pisay. Er anyway, after finishing the metho draft, we saw Maxine, Hani and SM and I left for training.

Did I mention that my mom asked me to buy bean sprouts? Geez. My mom always asks me to buy veggies whenever I'm in the mall by myself, or with my friends. First she asked me to buy monggo. The second time she asked me to buy turnips. The third time she asked me to buy, I think it was guavas. WHATEVER. I don't have a choice anyway. Lmao.

So I arrived at Holiday an hour and a half before training. All I remember was eating the other half of my sandwich and, eating peanuts which EJ's mom gave me. Then during training, it was mostly footwork. Footwork's essential but the thing I don't like about it is that I can't "feel my feet" when I'm at it for a long time. It's just, weird. I feel my feet burning as it creates friction in my socks. And it made the muscles in my thighs ache. I guess the footwork bit was okay since Coach Leo told me my footwork was good (which I took as a compliment since I usually hear people tell me that my footwork sucks) but the way I played was HORRIBLE.

I didn't like the way I played today. It's like my mind was on shut down mode and I didn't even think I was in a game or something. Must be the stress, and one of its symptoms is lack of concentration. I do lack concentration since I haven't had a good night's sleep for the past I don't know how many weeks. I'm starting to feel that I'm losing my good momentum in playing badminton. My smashes have undermined, and I am also undermining. I feel so weak and, lost? I seriously need to focus on my game more. The stress is deteriorating my focus. Shizmssss.

So after training, I got dressed, chatted with the others and went home. I ate dinner and now I'm blogging. Wow, I do have a life. *sarcastic*

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I've been feeling introverted for the past few weeks already. I do interact still but, I feel introverted most of the time. I choose to spend time alone and engage in deep thinking. It feels, very, very, very, awkward. And my inferiority complex is overshadowing me again.

I wish there would be even just one day in my entire life that I'd forget every single freaking thing I'm insecure about.


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I think I know what I did wrong. *smacks self in the head*

Where do I start.. Okay. Here I go.

Today was.. Uhm, okay? I guess so. Actually, today was better than yesterday. PE was fun since I got a good score in the test, Chem wasn't as dragging, Health was okay (gah I'm so generic with descriptions.. sorry), Math was interesting, Socsci was funny since the movie we watched showed Richard Gere as a very flirty Lancelot (hahaha no pun intended!), and Research was, GAAAAAAAH.

Imagine, we photocopied 70+++ pages for research ALONE. Hopefully by tomorrow we'll accomplish something for our methodology and Mariel's willing to finalize it since I worked on the RRL. It's a good thing that my groupmates always find a reason not to skip their weekend activities. That way, I get to play badminton! Initially, we were thinking that we'd make our Methodology on Saturday but since Mariel had plans and I have my own plans, we decided with JB that we'd just do it tomorrow. I'm thankful for my groupmates since they really cooperate well and they have the same excuses as I do just to escape Research work. Hahaha GO NFA RICE!

So after school, my dad fetched me and Hannah hitched with me to SM. Han and I stayed in Coffee Dream while eating our fish fillet sandwiches. And yeah, her mom and my parents kept on chatting which was really amusing since they know the same people from far way. Lol! Speaking of fish fillet sandwiches..

It's more PRACTICAL to buy a fish fillet sandwich from Roadhouse rather than buying the fish fillet sandwich value meal in McDonalds. Why? The fish fillet sandwich value meal from McDonalds costs PhP 109, while the one from Roadhouse costs PhP 120. I know the one from Roadhouse is more expensive by 11 bucks but seriously, you wouldn't get much with 11 bucks nowadays. I mean, the one from McDonalds has a drink but the one from Roadhouse has a BIGGER sandwich with lettuce, onions and tomatoes while the one from McDonalds is so tiny and it only has tartar sauce. Plus, the fries that go with the sandwich from Roadhouse? Bigger, tastier, more delicious. I really recommend Roadhouse's food! GO FOR THE SIZZLING POCHERO! Yum yum yum!

So that was my super delicious dinner. Plus nectarines, which makes it even better. I can still taste the nectarine juice in my mouth. Gaaah it still lingers. I WANT MOOOORE.

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I found this one in Sophie Silvestre's multiply account (she's my batchmate in Miriam) and yeah, it intrigued me. I'm more of a Jacob fan but, sure. I'd agree to these statements!


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Thank God it's Friday! Finally. Some time to rest and relax. And relaxation means staying up late to blog and work on my story. Ironically, Fridays are supposed to be what I call "cool down" days but if you're someone like me, it isn't. Apparently, we have our RRL drafts to work on and the deadline for a 1.00 is on Tuesday. So far, I got to make around 1/3 of our RRL draft in the Comlab and Mariel and Jb are coming over to my house on Monday to have the other stuff done. It's good that I found some good references online concerning the location theory and the history of the rice crisis in the Philippines (which could make our RRL really, really long. hahaha). So yeah. I'll forget about my RRL for now and work on with my story. Har, har, har.

I didn't get to blog yesterday since I was too busy looking for more references and I had to study Bio. But as usual, I ended up doing the Bio thing right before Bio itself. It's a good thing that I had a lot of time to read a while ago. The down side is I had to carry that super duper heavy book. It's turning me into a hunchback, really. Anyway, it's okay. I only bring it when I need to cram reading assignments.

After class, I went to SM to meet my dad. We went to the grocery and bought some stuff. I went to NBS to see if there was Breaking Dawn already but, NOOO. There ain't any. And then after SM, we passed by Landco to buy some durian. Speaking of durians, it's already Kadayawan! Yaaaaay the durians are getting cheaper! And tomorrow's the FTC cup. So, goodluck to Joey and Robien who will be playing tomorrow. Hahaha. And yeah, I'll be training tomorrow. The tournament's on the 23rd already. Hannah and I really, really need to practice harder.

Now for some good news and bad news.

BAD NEWS: It's possible that we won't be having a prom this year.

Why? It's because each junior has to pay PhP1000. So far, Ma'am Mendoza gave us letters to survey if our parents are willing to pay. As for me, my parents are willing to pay. Ma'am Mendoza also said that if majority of the parents are willing to pay (I HOPE THIS HAPPENS), the Mancom will then decide to have a prom or not. Honestly speaking, I want to go to the prom even if I'm not thin yet and I don't want to wear a gown. Simply for experience. Your high school life is NEVER COMPLETE without your JS Prom. It only happens twice in your life so, cherish it. They said that our prom will be at the grand ballroom of Apo View and I think the food's buffet. Okay, we don't need a buffet since all of us will be dancing anyway. Why don't they just give us like a plate with fries and a burger? I guess that's enough. The prom's ain't about the food anyway. Hahahaha. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed though. GAAAAAH. =))

GOOD NEWS: New earphones! HAHAHAHA.

Now, the one I bought has a case! A better way to take care of my earphones. Hahaha. My dad's betting it will last for only 10 days. Gaaaah I will make it last for 6 months! Lmaaaao.

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Random pics, featuring Michael Ostique! Hahaha. XD

Backliners! Spot me!

Hi grass

Yummy yummy ice cream

The new shutter shades

Lovely sky <3

I think I better learn how to greet people here on my blog so..

Happy birthday Hanna my dongsaeng! Unnie loves you. <3

Sorry to those whose birthdays have passed and I haven't greeted here. I'll make it up to you, next year. Hehehehehe. Anyway, I'm gonna get to my story writing now! WOHOO!

It's good to back! Finally I get to blog again. The past days have been filled with excitement, stress, pressure, boredom, happiness, sadness, whatever emotion there is. Generally, the exams wasn't as, let's say, scary as I thought it would be.

Biology - NOSEBLEED. I guess that could sum it all up. But, I passed! 2.00!

Filipino - Similar to the summative quiz, it's just that there's an essay. It wasn't as hard as I expected it to be.

PEH - I'm sure my exam grade in PE will not be higher that 1.50 since my group got a 2.00 in the practical exam. I don't have a knack for kickball, okay? Hahaha. It's fun but I'm really not meant for sports that involves balls like, kickball, basketball, volleyball, and the like. Health was easy. Thank you Sir Mancao!

Math - I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THE MATH EXAM. I was expecting that there was proving of the theorem (WHICH I REALLY HATE) but THERE WASN'T. Actually, Sir Harold told me that he mentioned that the provihg part wasn't included in the exams. Okaaaay so I just forgot. =))

Physics - I'M READY TO FAIL. *hands down* The questions would have been easy if I listened to the class discussion. Hahaha. It would have been EASIER if I was gifted in Physics, which I obviously am not. I hope that I pass, but I'm sure that my grade would be less than 38/50. Seriously. =))

English - It was time consuming since we had to write this and that but generally, it was okay. :)

Comsci - I'm sure that I have around, 10 mistakes or more. Harhar.

Research - BLOODY ESSAY. Hahaha. I even had a debate with Ma'am Mendoza regarding the meaning of the sentence if the word 'on' was replaced with 'of'. There is a difference actually and Ma'am Tenchavez pointed it out to me when I asked her something. Anyway, it was okay. It just made my hand hurt after all the writing.

Statistics - I'm glad I got to concentrate well during Statistics (was it because SOMEONE wasn't there? yeah, yeah. that IS the reason!). Sir Joms even taught us how to compute for the standard deviation for ungrouped data using our calculators. WOHOO. The exam was relatively easy. Statistics is waaaaaay easier than Applied Math.

Socsci - I didn't get to study well, seriously. But it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be.

Chemistry - LAST EXAM. I'm sure with most of my answers. Hope I get a good score!

Now the exams are over, I could read Twilight (I FINALLY HAVE A COPY AFTER WAITING FOR LIKE, 2 MONTHS?!) for as long as I want to. Also, I now know the "exam style" of our teachers. Oh yeaaah. I finally have my Bio grade. I got 1.50. I was expecting my grade to be like, 1.75. My quizzes were 1.25, lab reports were 1.00 (thanks for the bonuses for passing on time), lab quizzes were 1.75, exam was 2.00 and my assignment was 2.50. I can't really blame Ma'am Tenchavez for giving me a 2.50 in class participation because I often sleep in her class. Mental note to self: NEVER EVER SLEEP IN BIO CLASS. EVER.

I'm also going to share about what happened last Friday. We had the cooking contest in school for nutrition month. I'm glad to say that we won 3rd place! Yaaaay! We cooked spicy beef, Kamameshi rice, chopsuey, four seasons fruit shake (purely fruit and ice but it tasted like heaven!) and the tropical fruit parfait with chiffon cake. Lithium won 2nd place and Proton won 1st place. At least we won something. Hehehe. Maybe what made us win was the table set up since we had Hello Kitty stuffed toys there. And the Hello Kitty toys were in Japanese costume (you know those ones that they gave when you bought Happy Meals? those ones. haha).

Gaaah it feels sooooooo nice not having to worry about school related things right now (except for Research). My carpoolmates and I decided to eat at Kopi Roti as a "celebration" now that the exams are over. Btw, it's Kopi Roti's 1st anniversary so they have this promo where you have to make 'bunot' a piece of paper and then you have a price! It's either you get a free dental check up (since the owner of Kopi Roti has a dental clinic in the 2nd floor of the building), a tumbler (which Edel got. lucky, lucky you) and 2 small boxes of Colgate. I got the Colgate! Finally I have toothpaste that I could use in school. I recently ran out of toothpaste. Hahaha. Also, we wrote a lot of stuff in their guestbook and Chino even wrote stuff like, "XOXO Gossip Girl" and the address was Upper East Side, Manhattan. I even wrote my address as Forks, Washington under some name I forgot. I think I wrote Isabella Swan or Edward Cullen? Lol. I forgot. I even wrote, "VISIT MY BLOG! http://hydroxide-mash.blogspot.com/ - macey". Hahaha. So much for die hard advertising.

But the coolest part? Back in June, my carpoolmates and I stopped by there and we wrote our name as "Carpool ni Manong Nick" and the address was Pisay SMC. We scanned through the guest book again and we saw beside that entry we placed last month was, "Hi Pisay! - Illumina '06". Cool huh? Some Illumina people saw it! HAHAHA. Ambot oi. I'm just soooo surprised! :) Ohyeah. The milk toast in Kopi Roti is just DIVINE. The toast just melts in your mouth along with the butter and condensed milk. It's just that your throat might hurt if you eat too much. Plus, you're gonna get fat if you eat a lot of that. Imagine a thick piece of toast melting in

warm butter and condensed milk. Imagine all the lipids and carbs in that. One small bite is enough, really. Hahaha.

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Speaking of Twilight, I'm not that 'kilig' with what I'm reading now. Maybe it's because I'm still in the part where Edward and Bella are in some meadow and stuff. Chapter 13, to be exact. Seriously, I think I'm really late in reading Twilight. Breaking Dawn is coming out next week and I'm still halfway through the 1st book. I'M SUCH A LOSERRR. Hahaha. I'm getting my copy of New Moon and Eclipse already tomorrow, and I already asked the lady in NBS in SM to reserve a copy of each for me. And I'm still going to ask my parents if it's okay with them if I also reserve my copy of Breaking Dawn tomorrow. I'm really taking what my mom said with conviction: "Spend your money on books instead, not on a digicam!". Anyway, back to me reading Twilight. Edward scares me, but at the same time I find him really sweet. Bella always gets 'dazed' by Edward. All she thinks is that Edward is like a god or something when they're together. I really hope that Midnight Sun comes out soon. Edward's point of view would be really fun to read since he's trying to stop himself from killing Bella. XD

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More random pics? Sure. :) I'm lazy to put captions. Sorry.

I'm glad to say I'm done with my own revision of my Chapter 1 in Research. All I have to do is wait for Mariel to go online, which I am doing right now. We'll just put all our ideas together tomorrow and we could finally print it. Good thing Mariel has a laptop and printer in the dorm. :)

Not yet Rizal, not yet; Sleep not in peace
There are a thousand waters to span
There are a thousand mountains to cross
There are a thousand crosses to be borne
Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews have
Grown flaccid with dependence; smug with ease
Under another's wing; Rest not in peace

Okay hanggang diyan pa lang namememorize ko. Nakakatamad talaga. As in, sobra. Ang ayaw ko talaga sa Chem labrep was hindi masyado madali intindihin ang redox reactions (para sa akin ha). I had to consume all my time looking for helpful references sa net but kahit na ok naman ang explanation sa net, wala parin ako naiintindihan. It's easier to learn kung may nagtuturo talaga. So hopefully tomorrow, maituro na sa amin ang redox reactions.

So after finishing all my requirements, I watched Hangeul Island (FT Island's show that was shot during their stay in Japan) on Youtube! Thank God na may English subs na. Matuturuan na din ako ni Wonbin magsalita ng Korean. Hahaha. So far, I only got to watch the 1st two episodes dahil tinatamad na rin ako manood. I actually got to learn two phrases in Korean. One was taught by Hongki and the other was taught by Wonbin. These are:

Sa ja reul ki woo da -- I keep a lion (taught by Hongki)
Woori Yeongwonhi Gachi Hamggeh Haja -- Let's stay together forever (taught by WONBIN)

Wala laaang. Naaliw ako sa tinuro ni Wonbin. Hehehe so very sweet. Sabi pa nga nya sa video to say it to all of your loved ones. Lol. XDDD Tska kanina, I posted a message sa message board ng Pops In Seoul promoting Paradiso. WE SERIOUSLY NEED A LOT OF ADVERTISING. So yun, naisip ko na magpost sa Pops In Seoul message board. Sana mabasa ni VJ Isak on TV ang message! SANA LANG PLEAAAASE. Ate Nins also posted a message. Hehehe. ;D

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Remember Jung Sungha? That 11 yr old Korean kid who's good in playing the guitar? Guess what. He played 'Anak' by Freddie Aguilar and posted it on Youtube (actually, it's his dad who posts the videos on Youtube.. I think). A lot of Filipinos actually commented on the video and they really liked it. Even I liked it. Sungha's rendition of Anak is really captivating. Magaling talaga siya na bata. Kaso nga lang sa video, wala si Sungha mismo na tumutugtog ng gitara tapos ang video is parang seashore lang. Pero sige nalang. Maganda naman yung music eh. Hehehehe. Here's the video if you want proof. XD

So that's my day today. Monday nanaman bukas at feel ko na malapit na ang exams. Gagawin ko pa ang bagong Bayani of the Week announcement. Hehehe. Babayoooooo.

After "waiting" for the earthquake, WALA PALANG EARTHQUAKE. It's just a hoax. Tama pala si Chris. Hehehe. Nakakainis nga kanina na-low batt cellphone ko kaya I didn't take much pics. Buti nalang pareho kami ng battery ni Jp so I borrowed his battery. Thanks Jp! So after camwhoring, we left school, I went down at Assumption and walked to Holiday Spa since my parents told me to wait there. Out of boredom, I finally finished my draft of Chapter 1 for Research. I didn't make it as complicated and I still have to encode it sa MS Word then I'll revise. Hahaha random thought lang. I think that a lot of good ideas come out of my mind when the color of the pen I use is really nice. Like when I was making my draft for Research, I used my purple pentel pen and I got to write down a lot of stuff. Teehee. Anyway, I saw Grandpa Mitch too and he told me na sasama siya sa bday celebration ni Hannah tomorrow at Pizza Hut. Yay! After that, my parents fetched me, went to bring the laundry, and went home. I had chicken pie for dinner again. Masarap man ang chicken pie ng Goldilocks eh. Paspas kaayo mahurot sa mga store ba. Hehehe. And now I'm blogging. And drinking Fit n Right.

I remember a weird conversation that I overheard when my parents were talking inside their room. The door was partially opened so I heard what they were talking about.

HAHAHA OKAY. =)) But I appreciate that my dad's trying to help me despite the fact that he's the one making my baon everyday. That's why parating masarap ang baon ko. Dahil si Daddy ang nagluluto. The most delicious food in the world is the food cooked with love. Kaya parating masarap ang lutong bahay. Depende lang sa ulam. =))

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RANDOM STUFF!

I'm currently reading The Zahir by Paulo Coelho. I noticed that in Coelho's books, the start is usually boring, the middle part is fun to read, and the end part is super unperdictable. Like in Veronika Decides To Die. I thought that Veronika would die talaga yun pala ginawa siyang guinea pig sa experiment ni Dr. Igor. Nagulat nga ako sa ending eh. Hehehe. But really, Coelho's books are really good. I have 11 books all in all. I need to more to complete the collection. Wala pa kase ang Twilight. BOOOOO. T_T

I'll post random pics again. Masanay na kayo. Hehehe.

Who wants to be one anyway? Nosebleed kaya ang Physics. =))

Mukha bang end of the world? Hahaha

Also during Lunch time, I was sharing to Nyka about what I saw on Listverse. There is such a thing as The Church of Google and Pastafarianism (aka the Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster). It is simply intriguing. Go judge for yourself. All I can say is that the human mind can do so many things, really. Amen to the power of neurones. Hahaha.

LOSER

LOSER

LOSERRRRRR.

So that's it for today. Dami pang gawin over the weekend. Waaah.