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Yes! Chucks and Photoshop love. I'll be blabbing about my new chucks later on in this post.

*Photoshop Love.
I've been really addicted to Photoshop these days more than ever. I don't know and maybe this is one of my options to my future career. But 'll not be taking Digital Arts as my major course but maybe if I'm so diligent enough to study, I'll be taking it as a vocation course.

Previously, I've been picked to create posters and covers for the school major events this month. The first one was a poster for an international band competition. Yes, international. I was also surprised when I heard the word 'international'. I mean more people can see my work; not just my buddies at school. :) So here is my draft for the poster, not yet the final one. What do you think?? [Click to enlarge]

And I've also made a cover for our school's 14th Foundation Day Souvenir magazine. Its just simple so that the Foundation Day logo will stand out; not the backdrop or anything. Below's the draft of my work. :)

Since I've said I'm addicted to Photoshop, I've been updating my Photoshop album in my Multiply every now and then. Here's the last 3 artworks I've made this January. :)

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*Converse Love.

yey! I've shopped for Converse products this weekend and found absolute results to my soon-to-be collection of chucks and Converse stuffs... I've bought a cute red Converse bag and the black & gold leather chucks! Ppsstt! The leather chucks is the one Will Smith wore on the movie: iRobot!! :)

Here are my first shots of my new addiction.

The new collection.

Best leather chucks ever!

And here shows how this chucks is really special

Feelin' student w/ the red Converse bag

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*Other loves.

We've been practicing and practicing these days for the upcoming Foundation Day of the school. For refreshment, here are the things that keep my body temperature back to normal. :)

The Harry Potter Order of Phoenix UMD

Ragnarok Ep. XV
[I've been addicted to Ragnarok again... I missed the cute porings!]

Lindt Swiss Thins
[Most expensive chocolate in the world!] :)

I've realized this blog is turning into a 'photo blog' already since every entry contains tons of photos already... Hhhmm.. agree on PHOTO BLOG??

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This Entry Was Supposed To Be Published Yesterday.

Sunday, January 13, 2008; 5:02 PM || Link

Yes, the title says it all.
And I'm tired of making a new post since I already made one yesterday. The internet connection was gone in a *poof the time I'm gonna click 'PUBLISH POST' yesterday so.. yeah.

*Its raining again. A sign of depression and blue. And school's back again. A sign that I'm back to the reality [although I didn't want to].

I'm REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD to blog today. So you'll find this post dumb enough and the words are not that sriking to the eyes.

Oh, and I still have 2 things to do this weekend:

1. Do the draft of an international band competition poster
2. Start doing Investigatory Project Chapters 3-5

Yes I'm quite challenged to do a poster for an international band competition. I mean I love using photoshop and of course many people will see your work! Its really COOL! But speaking of cool, the inv. project thing is NOT COOL. I mean I'll be the one to do almost all researches again and my group mates are sometimes lazy to do it and pass the works to me. Its just unfair; I just want a high grade.

Anyway, the school's a whack right now. We're preparing for the 14th Foundation Day and so for the field demos. And when you say 'field demos', here comes 'dance practices'!! I REALLY HATE DANCING but I love the cutting of classes due to these rehearsals. :))

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I've recently changed my Multiply layout already. I've sticked to the white-blue combination since the new skin has the 'cute-factor' thing. To see my Multiply, click HERE.

Here's my cute header at my Multiply:

I've also been featured to Redlan's blog and also tagged me. [see tag at the end of the post]
*Thanks Redlan for always dropping here and appreciating my posts. Here's his recent header [and I'm there! :)] in his blog: (click to enlarge)

Oh, as I've said before, I've been craving to Hagen Dazs' Crispy Sandwich. Its so addictive!

And I missed starbucks already. Its almost a month after my last visit there. I want a FRAPP right now! :)

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My little sister Kyla just had her 1st Communion this morning. The kids are so cute at their attires. :)

I remembered the time I'm on my 1st Communion, I'm also excited to taste for the very first time the 'bread of life'. :)

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I've been tagged by Redlan. And this is my very first tag for 2008!

1. Name 1 thing you do everyday:
- uhm.. eat??

2. Name 2 things you wish you could learn.
- DANCE
- Blog using my feet

3. Name 3 things that remind you of your childhood.
- playing
- swing!
- playgrounds.

4. Name 4 things you love to eat but rarely do.
- Creme Brulee
- Banoffee Pie
- Green Mango shake
- Oreo cookies!

5. Name 5 things that make you feel good.
- Cheesecakes.
- Blog
- green tea
- SLEEP
- friends

I'll tag: Dex, Unidentified, CM, Joan, Henry

Labels: adobe photoshop, blogs, blogspot, boredom, frustrations, high school, me, occations, projects, school activities/events, sophomore year, weekends

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Just A Quickie.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008; 9:26 PM || Link

And I'm sorry for my 101th time that I haven't posting new entries here and you're going here now and then [special mention to: redlan. HAHA.] - "I will post your header on my next post bro. :)"

School's back again and of course here comes the rush and hesitation. Well this is just a quickie entry so don't comment if you like since I'll post another entry this weekend so do the replies on the comments of my previous post. I just posted this to let you know that I'M STILL ALIVE. Its a depression to leave your very own blog like what I did last November which I haven't posted my 14th birthday...

Anyway, our wireless keyboard isn't working properly also so my dad bought a new temporary keyboard for me. The wireless mouse is fine but the keyboard itself really hates me; another excuse of not blogging for days..

The first days of school for 2008 was quite fine. Missed friends but not the projects. Our quarterly exam scores were also announced to us and my scores are high enough to maintain being an achiever...

And I'm currently addicted to Hagen Dazs' Crispy Sandwich. Its so heaven next to Starbuck's green tea. :D

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Starting A Brand New Life

Wednesday, January 02, 2008; 11:10 AM || Link

I’m so happy and so dedicated to blog today. I don’t know why but maybe because of some reasons. First, it’s another start of a new year. I say: “Welcome 2008!”. Brand new year and I wanna start it with a brand new way of blogging. Second , I got a new set of desktop; now its wireless! Yes, a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, wireless WiFi internet and a Samsung 15cm flat-screen monitor! Who would not enjoy this techy set of desktop? Oh yes, I still remember what I’ve said in my new year’s resolutions. Its '#9. Stop being a gadget lover.' but what should I do? Our old keyboard is not working so it should be replaced with another one. So the new one should be better than the last one right? So we chose the wireless desktop so that it will last long and maybe, forever. [Now I’m thinking to make a new blog about gadgets and stuffs but NO. I won’t.]

But I still fulfilled my #9 resolution because I got that at the end of December 2007 not January 2008; Dec. 31, 2007 to be exact. So, I ended 2007 still as a gadget lover and now, try to begin 2008 with a simple life at the village. Making new friends and adopt to the new environment.

The village life

Our humble house

I love NATURE.

I just want to be a kid again.

Oh yes, I’m step-by-step finding my feet to my new simple life. I’ve realized we’ve got VERY hospitable neighbors beside and just in front our house. Besides, I have my friends at school here to turn to so why crave for very huge house instead of friends? ~~[so love both]~~... Well the season’s really perfect when we moved into a new house. I mean Christmas and then New Year. The air is so calming and refreshing and everyone seem to be whacky and joyous. The best time to adapt with them. :) And now I feel the NATURE. I never saw this back there on our real house since we lived in a building beside a highway; like a box for example.

This new year was the noisiest new year I’ve been to. Fireworks there and fireworks here. And IT WAS FUN. Better than having a new year with you and your family only in one building. Its like we were from the other planet or we are the only human beings on earth. Yes, we have marvellous fireworks but something’s missing. ‘People’. Anyway, we had a simple dinner before 2008. Just Gonuts Donuts, pizzas, fruits and pastas. And then we received a vegetable salad & wafers from our VERY hospitable neighbour as a welcoming.

Now its 2008. Few months more I’ll be a high school Junior. And I’m not ready yet. I just want to be a kid swinging in the resident’s clubhouse. Its fun to be a child you know rather than sticking up to your room the whole day listening with your iPod.

Labels: fun, me, occations, village life, weekends, whako

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Bringing Back Those Idle Moments of My Life

Sunday, December 30, 2007; 5:56 PM || Link

Before anything else, We've finally moved [for 3 months] at Sta. Rosa Village 1 and because of that, I'm now blogging with my new Smart Bro wireless internet HSDPA USB Modem! Since its hard to transfer our WiFi connection from our house at Cavite to here at Sta. Rosa Village 1. I supposed this is my dad's new year gift for me. :) It's so cool yet so SLOW but totally stunning. Below is my short review on it. Ü

PROS:
* Its like a cellphone! [with sim card and signals]
* Internet anytime, ANYWHERE!
* Can you imagine a handy WiFi modem?!
* 799 per month only; not 999
* Cute and simply amazing
* [Can connect to the PC at the school's Info. Tech. Lab to SPEED UP the internet connection. HAHA. Ü ]

CONS:
* SLOW.
* Bad signal on selected areas including my place. :((
* Suddenly disconnects the internet connection
* Only 40 hours free per month; what??!!
* Consumes much power to your laptop
* Extension of internet per month is P10 in every 30 mins.!
* Worse than the real Smart Bro WiFi connection than I thought.

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Yes, I'm having a brand new life here at the village. My life back there at Silang, Cavite is world's apart here. 1 neighbor turned into a hundred, busy road stunningly turned into roads filled with cars parked on each houses with blissful children singing us songs last Christmas. Despair changed into happiness yet contentment turned into unsatisfying feeling of mine. I remembered when I was young, I used to encourage my mom to transfer us into a village because there you can found your FRIENDS, SCHOOLMATES and 'PLAYGROUND'. But now, things was turned upside down, its better to live in a place where you can concentrate on your studies and do your homework rather swinging in the clubhouse's playground and sleeping over in your friends' homes. Yet we need sometimes to be HAPPY. Happiness can't be replace with contentment so I realized at this point of time that I SHOULD BE HAPPY that I'm living in a place where I can see people laughing and enjoying every second of their lives.

And now I realized that each coin I see in my wallet came from the hard work my parents did for us. Now, we have a temporary house. Small - especially the rest room, squared rooms and tiny kitchen despite of my huge room and wide balcony waiting for me after 3 months. I decided to LIVE AND HIP A SIMPLE LIFE for now. And to be in the hip with that, I'm playing a game titled Harvest Moon: Back to Nature on my PSP so that I can really feel how a simple life is. :)

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This post is turning sentimental and life-learning already although I planned to make this post a wacky one. So, I'll be bringing back those idle moments of my life before another year of the rat comes. All I can remember is the year 2000. So I'll start with that year.

2000 - New millennium. I'm still on our first house at Laguna and we had like fireworks display every beginning of the year. Its so cool on a life of a kid. And I used to sing when I was on this age.

2001 - Discovered how computers work. [I know I'm that nerd]
2003 - New house. Big adjustments happened and I learned how to be more independent than before.

2004 - Joined [for the very first time] the school's Executive Student Council (ESC) and an active member of the school's theater club (we call it: 'Teatro Caritas') :)

2005 - I joined a summer training on the famous Center for Pop Music Phil. since my passion is to sing when I was at my 8-12 years of age. Graduated elementary with honors.

2007 - The year I discovered how to blog. This is really the most important year in terms of my blogosphere. Here I found out how to express myself in words.

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I'm really addicted to Paulo Coelho's books right now. I've read his book: 'The Devil and Miss Prym' a month ago and its really good although it has an unsatisfying ending. I'm now reading his bestseller: 'Eleven Minutes'. Wise story and good reflections as expected.

And after books, I've been in a movie marathon this week. Below is the list of the movies I watched the whole week:

1. Stardust
2. Underdog
3. Eragon
4. 1408
5. Harry Potter 4
6. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
7. Flushed Away
8. Date Movie
9. 1408

*Yeah. That's the result of boredom in the house.

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Probably I won't post something here tomorrow or on January1 ,2008 so I'll be writing my New Year's Resolution right now:

1. DON'T EAT FATTY FOODS
2. Exercise.
3. Be more open-minded and friendly
4. Continue my Photoshop lessons
5. Go to Starbucks maximum of 2x a month only
6. Continue blogging.
7. Be more 'mature'
8. Stop being a gadget lover..
9. NEVER try alcohol.
10. BE 'ALWAYS' HAPPY! Ü

welcome 2008!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!! Ü

Labels: boredom, fun, its-my-house, me, movies, random stuffs, village life, weekends

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The house renovation is ALMOST done.

Friday, December 21, 2007; 3:14 PM || Link

HAPPY I'M BACK TO MY VERY OWN BLOGGY!!

And I almost completely forgot how to blog already.. :)

Actually, there are 5 reasons why I can't update this blog:

1.) VERY busy at school
2.) Hindi ko pa narereplyan ang mga comments sa past posts ko..
3.) projects and exams are too MANY to handle. (3rd Quarter at school na kasi)
4.) Our wi-fi connection ismad at me.
5.) REALLY tired and lazy to check this site..

Ayan. Kaya for 100th time,
I'M SO SO SORRY FOR ALL WHO COMMENTED AND DROPPED TO THIS SITE.

*Hindi ko pa tuloy alam pano babawi.. haayy.

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Anyway, I decided to change the layout of this blog.

I name my skin: It Ends Tonight/Stardust skin. Cute. Ü

Anyway, I discovered the glowing effects on Photoshop and its really FASCINATING. Here, check out 2 of my first trials on the glowing effect:

THESE ARE REALLY GREAT.
I used the 2nd one as my new header.

*What do you think of the new layout? Is the previous one (Fractal Wonderland skin) better?
I really need opinion from others. THANKS. Ü

*And I also changed my Friendster layout. Made the first photo above as the background. =) Check it HERE.

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And our new house is almost done! I was so excited when I see workers building my room!! And its almost finish! Whee!!

Free as a bird.

the rooftop.

looking down the busy road.

unfinished stair business.

working. working.

The balcony. :)

ang kwarto ko. [looks small in the pic.]

The planned architecture of the house/building

As a result, we will move to the nearest village which is Sta. Rosa Village 1 for 3 months.. yey! Gonna see my class mates every now and then!! Its just sad its only for 3 months; I wish a year or so but I'll be more contented to stay in the new house that in the village forever. HAHA. 'Sobrang ganda na kasi.' HAHA. :D

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We finally finished our AP play project. The rehearsals were quite tiring and annoying but seeing the actual play reveals ALL the hard works each contributed. Here are some photos during our props-making:

Doing the Leslie's Store props ;p

Me; brushing a shout-out for the background

I brushed Jhem's shirt accidentally. *PEACE JHEM!

Our very own work of art! :)

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Almost forgot! I got my very own Starbucks 2008 planner!!
If only you can see my face the first time I opened the planner. haha. ;)

I'm thanking my friends for filling up some stickers on my card. :)
So, as a result of my addiction, I've took some photos of my planner. ;p

Before unwrapping the holy planner.

WHEE!!

Like this page! :)

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Christmas '07 was really great and fun! Although I'm bored at the house this December, I've received my new buddies to hang with and here are some: =)

200g Ferrero Rocher chocolates!
from mom

new Bench flip flops
from Aunt Tin

3 new books! (Devil and Miss Prym, Green Suit, Eleven Minutes)
from me ;), Romina, Joan V.

'Blue Magic' stuff
from Erin

His name is Tootsy. =)

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I've also answered a cute tag-like stuff I saw from a site. You can also answer this but just credit me. :)

I AM

as handsome as: Brad Pitt

as hunky as: Tom Cruise??..

as delicious as: an Oreo-cheesecake!

as horny as: Zack Randall ;)

as smart as: a 60-GB PC

as tall as: my personal closet

as rich as: Bill Gates

as cool as: a refrigerator

as famous as: Spongebob Squarepants

as seductive as: Zack Randall ulit ;p

as fat as: Humpy Dumpy HAHAHA. :D

as thin as: a Moto RAZR V3XX phone

as hot as: Charlie Cox =)

as super as: Underdog

*SORRY. Ambisyoso ako. HAHA.,. =)

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I'll be thanking those who visit this blog often and to my close co-bloggers for having time checking for updates.. "A PLEASANT THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!"

And to all: "Merry Christmas and a blissful new year!" =)

Labels: blogspot, frappuccinos, friendster, frustrations, fun, high school, its-my-house, layouts, my blog ranking, projects, scheds, tagged, weekends

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The Longest Post Ever.

Sunday, October 21, 2007; 10:24 AM || Link

This post is so OVERDUE to my planned 'the day I'll be back on my blog'.. But by the way., I'm welcoming myself back to my weird world saying: "I'M BACK!!"..

I'm really feeling sorry for myself for leaving this blog alone in the cold, scary and fractal world wide web for about almost a month.. ;( I was SO busy at school., project rush and there goes our 2nd Quarterly Exams. I should have blogged last weekend but I should really prepare and study for my subjects especially A.P. and Bio.. A.P. really makes me sick. I mean I have to read 150 pages of the book in order to perfect it!! No one can do that except Albert Einstein of course..

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Field Trip was so last last last September and I'm sorry the memories in that field trip almost got rotten since I haven't post it last month..and now, its about 31 days after the field trip..

I'll just post few pics here but if you wanna see the whole album, click here.

First stop was 'Shroud of Turin' in SM MOA..

Nag stop-by sa Starbucks before going to Batangas [pwede pala yun??]

Leisure Farm is so calming!

Balasubas! ;)

At the Herb Farm of Leisure Farm Batangas

The hanging bridge was so fun!! :D

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I really had series of fortunate events and series of UNfortunate events..

After the field trip, I joined CodeRed magazine's contest for their next cover model.. And as a reward, I got my new PSP Slim!! I was so thankful and almost fainted when I touched my very own PSP Slim for the first time! I mean I've been craving to have that for years already but its more than I expected 'cause its the brand new PSP Slim, not the old one..

I got the Piano Black as the color since I can't find the Ice Silver one which is more I like but I'm already contented with black; the only problem is, the smudges are easily be seen unlike the other colors since black is shinier and sleeker.

As a result of my craziness, I've decided to have a hands-on test for my new PSP Slim.
To see the whole batch of photos, click here.

PSP Slim pack with LocoRoco UMD!!

19% Slimmer and 33% lighter?? That's COOL!

The re-designed UMD casing of PSP Slim

I've also added an album entitled 'Gadgets' in my Multiply where I took shots of my gizmos since I've nothing to do. See it here.

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Oct. 12, 2007 completes the series of my FORTUNATE events. We had our very first Biology Field Trip! We went to Los Banos and it was so fun!!

I brought my PSP Slim since I had a deal with Erin that we'll exchange our UMDs..
The trip was absolutely fun. We had a rollercoaster ride in the bus. HAHA.

its my first time to see a creek and cross to the other side! Its so fun. And its my first time to see a 'Mickey Mouse plant'; have you seen one??

I have the complete shots of the trip here.

The Museum of Natural History

The Group. Yeah.

Want some?? *Inhale the picture. :D

Shocking. ;)

Makiling Botanic Gardens entrance

Crossing the creek. Go Tr. Anne!

We had just crossed over a 6-inch centipede!!

The Kuppa-kuppa plant

The Mickey Mouse plant

Spidey!

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As I've said, there would be my series of UNfortunate events. Sad to say these but all the things that keep me smiling has an exchange of unpleasant and miserable things in life.

Projects. this is the number 1 reason why I can't blog on time so these are what you'll blame if you miss my words again.

I was rushing for my English and Filipino projects last last week. The more unpleasant thing is, the following week will be our 2nd Quarterly Exams! its like I'll be taking only 1 road out of 2.. What will I choose?? The road where I can submit projects on time or the road where I'll study and perfect the exams?? Don't you think it pretty hard to choose??..

As a result, I've passed the 2 projects and my Filipino project was chosen to be on the exhibit for our upcoming Foundation Day. And since I've wasted my time for my projects, A.P. exam was so HARD not just for me but to everyone. 5 days aren't enough to memorize 1000 words found in the 150 pages of the book!

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I'll be a part of next week's activities (Oct. 22 and 24) wherein I'll be the Question and Answer Facilitator of a talk to be held in our school on Monday (Oct. 22) and I'll be joining with my co-chosen students to culminate the Holy Rosary activity on Oct. 24. We'll be visiting LTI companies and pray the holy rosary as a part of the month of the holy rosary...

The sad part is, I'm not that prepared since I've missed rehersals because of these proijects and other practices in school. Rush. Hesitate. Die.

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Renovation of our house starts Oct. 22. I'm excited yet annoyed that will stay only at 1 room at the first floor since ALL the rooms, walls and everything upstairs will be ripped off and kablam. All to be demolished. We're now packing all things downstairs and some are for donations na lang..

Well all these sacrifices will be a worth it after the new Zen-like house will be finished. :)

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Only few more days before sem-break!!

Can't wait to blog and play PSP 24/7! ;p

By the way, I've added a 'Starbucks album' on my Multiply; go check it out here! :)

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Chucks and Photoshop Love.

Chucks and Photoshop Love.

Sunday, January 20, 2008; 11:15 PM || Link

This Entry Was Supposed To Be Published Yesterday.