Chicken Sopas for the Reader's Bowl

Just What is Up with Blogging?

2009-11-15T22:06:00.013+08:00

I stumbled upon a blogpost my sister published - her first and last - around these weeks a few years ago. I was just starting out with blogging at that time, and she, ever the supportive, had this to say...

Up to now, she still has that same reaction. Haha.

Well, what can I say, ~~it's actually~~ I Love to Write ~~Day today~~.

Fisheyes and 'Fireflies'

2009-11-02T00:01:00.020+08:00

Caught Senior Year around this time a year ago. And until now, I wonder if my last year was anything like that. Sure, we were Boys are Back dreamers and we, too, wanted all - but we didn't get it. None of us had a tree house and a red cape. We lost in our last big game. And our final production number... Well, the CD containing our grad song got forgotten, so we had to do it without any accompaniment. How's that for a musical?

Also, our heads would be cut off the moment we were caught dancing on the school's rooftop or wearing a red toga on grad day.

HS life could pass off more as something from Owl City than any song from the franchise. But every now and then, we still get together and talk. Even if the prom stage, and practically every stage we had, were never as big and decked out as the ones in the movie -- friends were just as true.

Thanks to Carlo for the shot.

"The Only Japanese I Remember is 'Taikutsu Na'"

2009-10-18T14:25:00.020+08:00

My days have been like what's on our family TV lately. Partly Glee, partly The Wonder Years...

...and just about enough hints of I Survived a Japanese Gameshow.

If Today was Your Last Day, Then Gotta Live Like We're Dying

2009-09-30T20:37:00.008+08:00

If Today was Your Last Day - Nickelback

Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen

This Little Song

2009-09-16T22:24:00.015+08:00

Life's this little song I can't seem to sing alone.

As short as it is, these choruses are just too big

and these notes are too high,

I need some help to reach them.

And did I mention I cannot sing any kind of falsetto?

We all got our own tunes in our hearts,
but life is a little song that I cannot sing alone.

Even animated penguins seem to know that.

iPod Fact

2009-09-05T21:24:00.008+08:00

Kamae Iniguez:

i soo miss this nick carter album
hahaha
hay nako, kamae

Kevin Bautista:

Haha.
Edi pakinggan mo.
:)

Kamae Iniguez:

yun nga eh
HAHAHA
sinync ko na nga sa ipod ko eh
para masaya

Kevin Bautista:

Haha.
Teka, pwede iyon?
Isi-sync mo yung
CD tunes mo
sa iTunes?

Kamae Iniguez:

inimport ko galing sa cd ung songs

Kevin Bautista:

Pwede iyon?
Talaga?
Eh, paano iyon?
Haha.

Kamae Iniguez:

matagal na, kev
:))

Kevin Bautista:

Haha.
So, I can put all my CD tunes
in my iPod?

Kamae Iniguez:

YES.

Kevin Bautista:

Cool!

Kamae Iniguez:

(hay nako, kev. T_T)

Kevin Bautista:

(<-- Uber late sa balita.)

Kamae Iniguez:

the feature's been there ever since the iPod came into existence. LOL

Kevin Bautista:

O_O
Pasensya na.
Haha.

Kamae Iniguez:

hay nakow, kev
:))
i cannot believe you do not know that
:))

II.

Kamae Iniguez:

haaaaaay. di talaga ako makapaniwala
hahaha
literally LOLing

Kevin Bautista:

Ano ba 'yan. The last time you literally LOL'd
because of me
is yung dahil sa profanity.
Grabe naman ako.
Ngayon ko lang nalaman. Haha.

Kamae Iniguez:

HAHAHAHAHAHA
kev, when you insert an audio cd
sa itunes
lalabas ung cd
tapos, sa baba nung itunes window
may import button
:))

Kevin Bautista:

Sa Windows Media ako
nagpe-play eh.
Haha.

Kamae Iniguez:

hay naku, kev
:))
i wonder how you managed to survive with your ipod kung wala kang iniimport na kanta galing sa cd na binili mo

Kevin Bautista:

Downloaded songs sa iPod
CD songs are, well, sa CD.
Haha.

Kamae Iniguez:

ohmygulay
galing ka ata sa bundok
LOL
(well. taga-bundok ka naman talaga... LOL... as in tagaytay. )

Kevin Bautista:

Hey,
galing talaga akong bundok!

Kamae Iniguez:

pero, grabe talaga

Kevin Bautista:

:D

III.

Kamae Iniguez:

at least you can listen to CD songs in your ipod na!
(at most importantly, tao ka na. )

Kevin Bautista:

Yes, possiblities.
Bakit, I'm pretty sure there that there are tons of people in the world who do not know that iPod fact!
[People reading the blogpost, prove that statement right. Comment that you do not know that fact!]

Kamae Iniguez:

LOL

IV.

Kamae Iniguez:

mikki, may random question ako alam mo ba na pwede maimport ang songs ng cd papuntang itunes?

Mikki Tan:

yep

Kamae Iniguez:

yes!
(hahaha. may friend ako. ngayon nya lang nalaman na pwede yon gawin. at matagal na siyang may ipod)

Mikki Tan:

:))

Kevin Bautista:

Lourdes, may random question ako
alam mo ba na pwede maimport ang songs ng cd papuntang itunes?

Lourdes Marifosque:

oo..di pa pwede dati?

VI.

Kamae Iniguez:

LOL. TOLD YOU SOOO!
aren't you happy you learned something new today?!

Kevin Bautista:

Yeah, but not something that I should have known all along.
Haha.

What This Freshly-Turned-18-Year-Old was UP to

2009-08-20T23:23:00.019+08:00

Supposedly, I had classes 'til nighttime. But miraculously, I was done by the morning. So, I spent the rest of the afternoon with a plan of tying balloons to my house with the help of some friends I have not been with for a long time.

The day ended with family, dinner, a cake I can't pronounce, and a cocktail glass.

And tomorrow plus the rest of the long weekend, my relatives are staying over to celebrate, because life is fun like that.

Then, the very second that's over, I have to hit the books since it's Finals Week afterwards. Because life is real like that.

You just have to make it happen.

Because We All Have to Deal with the 'D' Word

2009-08-09T22:11:00.018+08:00

A text message in my inbox - the only one in it for that matter - says,

FUNNY but true THOUGHT-

In d PAST, nobody had a watch but everybody had time. Now evryone has a watch but NOBODY has time.

True, isnt it? ;)

Word. Especially when the term comes to an end and you have to deal with all those deadlines...

Here's a cool way at looking at it, though. :D

A Wrong Assumption

2009-07-25T22:12:00.003+08:00

I tagged along with my sister to our high school, as she was one of the alumni invited to speak for Career Orientation Week.

Seeing the students interested in the talks brought back memories - like how on the same week some years ago, I was in their position. One memory that stands out was when I was a junior who wasn't that much familiar with the college stuff. So, along with my classmate Cara, we went around each stall of each university that was there... until we reached Assumption College's.

And as I kept on asking the people in that stall all these questions, they just had to break it to me. "Ay, Sir, all-girls school po kami."

I made my way back to the classroom embarrassed for not knowing such a fact. "I'm so stu-", I told myself. But the very moment I could say "-pid", I missed turning the knob right and accidentally slammed my face into the door.

Profanity

2009-07-05T20:04:00.033+08:00

Weekend chats with Kamae are sometimes mundane, sometimes profound. This time, it's profane.

Kamae Iniguez:

buti nalang hsm is not a disney classic
hahahaha

Kevin Bautista:

who knows, maybe it will, maybe it won't. :P

Kamae Iniguez:

right now, it isn't
:P
it's just a hit
(i overuse :P)

Kevin Bautista:

hm...
i have to agree with you.
with the hsm opinion
(and the :P opinion)
:P

Kamae Iniguez:

mas may potential pa ang enchanted though it's relatively new

Kevin Bautista:

hmm...
true, but i don't think that any of those will be classics

Kamae Iniguez:

because they're not cartoons? hahaha

Kevin Bautista:

no
because to a degree, they are not profound.

Kamae Iniguez:

*nods*

Kevin Bautista:

hmm...
so, there.
but i did enjoy enchanted and hsm (from original to senior year)
i just don't think that they are profound.
we need profanity in disney films and all other films for that matter!

Kamae Iniguez:

profound -->> involves me crying in the ending
profanity? di ba bad words at explicit content yun? =))

Kevin Bautista:

haha

Kamae Iniguez:

LOL

Kevin Bautista:

:P
i take profanity as something deep
not bad words
and explicit content
we need profanity!
we need to cry at the end!
haha

Kamae Iniguez:

the dictionary says: profanity |prəˈfanətē; prō-|
noun ( pl. -ties)
blasphemous or obscene language : an outburst of profanity.
• a swear word; an oath.
• irreligious or irreverent behavior.

Kevin Bautista:

this reminds me, i will direct a disney film one day.

Kamae Iniguez:

hahaha. i'll count on that. LOL

Kevin Bautista:

oh, wait
ang noun form pala
ng profound
ay profoundness
not profanity

Kamae Iniguez:

LOL

Kevin Bautista:

my bad :P

Kamae Iniguez:

feel na feel mo pa naman pagsabi dun
:))
"we need profanity in disney films and all other films for that matter!"

Kevin Bautista:

super LOL!

Kamae Iniguez:

(oh no. we're going to pollute the minds of kids!)

Kevin Bautista:

it's a good thing that you corrected me
i might one day
go to disney
and keep saying,
"we need profanity in disney films and all other films for that matter!"

Kamae Iniguez:

i am literally LOLing

Kevin Bautista:

and the executives would be like O_O
i think that Roy Disney will personally hit me.
:))

Trees, We's and the Number 3's

2009-06-18T08:43:00.002+08:00

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be.

- Neil Gaiman, "Coraline"

P.S. Heaps of thank you's to all the people who's been part of this just-turned-3-years-old blog!

An Alice

2009-06-05T23:23:00.021+08:00

(A song inspired by a story of a friend)

Tweedledee, Tweedledum
Tweedledee La la la la la...

I was an Alice in your Wonderland
Ever so innocent, I couldn’t understand
Why all these rabbits, were running oh so fast
So tried to catch one, so I could ask

Then I was falling,
Then I was calling,
And all that could hear me, was a door

Who wouldn’t let me in at first
Then all my tears they burst and burst
And he wasn’t hesitant anymore

I was an Alice in your Wonderland
Caught up with you
And your butterflies
What else could be more grand?

You made me feel
Bigger than what I could feel
Until…

We came to the part, Where you danced and danced with the Queen of Hearts

And then I was falling,
But no one was calling,
‘Cause this wasn’t just a dream

Now I’m stuck with the Cheshire Cat
And mad men with their own funny hats
On which way to go
Oh, I don’t know

‘Cause

I’m just an Alice in your Wonderland
Ever so innocent, I couldn’t understand

Look What Greeted Me One Morning

2009-05-22T10:33:00.055+08:00

A Post-it note from my sister left on my bathroom mirror:

AFK Really Means "Away From Kevin"

2009-05-08T19:10:00.020+08:00

The weeks started on a very uplifting note with 17 Again and a praise and worship night at an Alabang church. Then came the school's Leadership Training Seminar, which was a fun learning experience - but was just hard to get that retreat feel when your subdivision can be practically seen from the retreat house. XD The coming days became like that, doing things of leisure and of duties.

For the shortest summer ever had, it sure's turning out to be one of the busiest.

Palawan, Anyone?

2009-04-22T20:13:00.047+08:00

First Day: City Tour

Second Day: Island-Hopping

Third Day: Underground River

Fourth Day: Dos Palmas

A Little 2009 Summer Update

2009-04-12T21:58:00.031+08:00

Yet again, today seems like the perfect timing to tell what's going on.

These past weeks, the family's been able to go back in playing tennis...

...plus, visiting our local swimming pool and even to Splash Island.

And just like last year's update, I'm off to bed early tonight. But not for the same reason of preparing for a flight. Well, I will do so for Palawan(!) but that's not until Saturday. You see, there's one big obstacle that will happen from Monday to Friday: Finals Week. Not to worry. Once that's out of the way, my real summer will begin.

Finally.

Meet Rowlock Holmes: A Puzzle

2009-03-25T23:14:00.009+08:00

As featured by K-Zone Philippines (Thanks, guys!)

Going out of his boat, legendary angler and detective Rowlock Holmes heard a loud [exclamation]. “You’ve finally made it!” It was Mr. Billy Bellyboat, Holmes’s long-time fishing partner and friend. He invited Holmes to support him at an annual fishing contest—the Big Bass Catching Cup. “I’m all set for tomorrow! My super effective, super secret bait is bound to catch me a winner once again!” Billy confidently insisted. “But there’s just something fishy going on lately…” “There sure is.” Holmes replied as he took off his boot and shook out a live guppy.

Billy continued and told Holmes about his wife he has been with for twenty years now. “She suddenly keeps on asking non-stop about where my secret bait is—like that nosy Sarah Zpook! She’s been out to get the golden trophy from me after being second for all these years.” Holmes thought for a moment and said, “Then, I have the perfect plan to find out just that.”

The following morning, Mr. Bellyboat took his wife out on a date in the middle of the lake. “Oh, Billykins, how romantic of you!” his wife sang out. Milliseconds after, she added, “Now, will you tell me about the secret bait?” But Mr. Bellyboat didn’t reply. He suddenly pointed out to the sunrise that was coming out and said, “This reminds me of our trip to the Caspian Sea on our past silver anniversary.” His wife nodded, “I remember like it was yesterday. Indeed, that sight was lovely.”

On their way back to shore, she insisted for the gazillionth time, “It seems to be a nice time to tell me where the secret bait is. Don’t you think so, Billykins?” Mr. Bellyboat finally gave in. “Sure, but, there’s just one thing…I’m not your Billykins!” Rowlock Holmes took off his disguise and cried out, “And apparently, you’re an imposter as well!” He cleverly unmasked the woman, who turned out to be Sarah Zpook.

Holmes said, “You could’ve gotten away as Billy’s wife and finally steal his super secret bait. But, you made a mistake that she would never have done!”

WHAT DID SARAH DO THAT GAVE HER AWAY?

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Check out the 1st comment of this post for the answer. :)
But before you do so... more summer pics!

This Day was an Epic Summer Day

2009-03-14T23:40:00.056+08:00

But that was today last year, not this time.

Right now, I'm up real late only because I've got two big tests and a major speech on Monday to prepare for. My summer doesn't start 'til the middle of April, and it'll only last for just one month. <insert O_O>

But I still got my reasons to be all smiles.

And it's not just because I already got my braces off.
~~Funky teeth no more.~~

I'm happy because finally, I'm putting that "Where attention goes, energy flows" quote into action. It does do wonders if you focus on the good side. But if I concentrate on making that coming one month the shortest but awesome-st, epic-est summer ever, I wonder if I have enough energy to make that happen.

One month, instead of the usual three...

Friday Made Me Do It

2009-02-27T22:41:00.046+08:00

This afternoon, I suddenly had a feeling of grabbing a camera and just walking around our subdivision for fun.

Then, I found out afterwards that it was a Friday and that summer's officially started.

Now I know why.

"The Five Things (and/or People) You're Loving Now"

2009-02-14T12:08:00.036+08:00

Reposted from my blog with Abby and Lourdes. It's Spread the Love Day, anyways.

1. Jon McLaughlin's "Four Years" - The most played song in my iPod yet. I had to draw its theme for one class, being high school and the life after that. This is part of what I did. Haha I am not an artist.

2. Planetary Physics - I remember how my most borrowed library book back at elementary was about stars and stuff. And I once again come across astronomy this term. It's kind of interesting. And I prefer this over the Physics with computations. >_<

3. 8 PM - The shows I watch at this time, that is. "Heroes" volume 3, "American Idol" season 8 and Net 25's "Convergence" are on the list.

4. Archie comics - Another rediscovery. I rekindled the reading of my sister's waaay back issues, and my interest for Jughead and the gang.

5. Friday sched - Going home to a weekend at such an early time... Now, that's love.

A Different Kind of Cold

2009-01-26T21:57:00.055+08:00

Last night, I read some scientists calculated that one of the last few weeks would contain the year's most depressing day. Then let's review what's happened to me lately, and see if we can find it, shall we?

Freshmen Recollection

The trick is to sign up the moment the school posts it up. Afterwards, fill the first batch list by signing yourself up with all of your closest friends. That way, 1) You'd know everyone there, and 2) You'll still get to experience Tagaytay's great post-Christmas cold -- which is now gone.

That was our case, and we are so going to follow that same advice next year.

The Day My Belt Broke

Yes, this just had to happen. This could've been one wrong day. Good thing my friends helped out. It wasn't long before someone called in someone to lend me a belt. I could only imagine what could've happen if they weren't around. My pants, in a second, would've fallen to the ground. (That rhymed, BTW.)

20th Campus Journalism Awards

My first big competition ever. I lost, though it didn't matter that much. I mean, I didn't crash and burn like I imagined. Besides, got to hang out with people I never thought I would.

Lately, I've been realizing just how awesome my friends are. So, about the most depressing day of the year thing?

Nah, I couldn't seem to find it.

The Year's Best Moments 2008 Edition

2009-01-03T14:08:00.050+08:00

It was a year of great long weekends,

of things to be left behind,

and things to say hello to.

But no matter where life takes us this time,

here's to another year to be Godwritten.

Happy new year, everyone!
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5. Long Weekend's Monday at Canyon Cove
4. High School Graduation
3. Friends's Visit on the First Day of Summer
2. Thailand Trip on the Last Week of the Year
1. Bohol and Cebu Trip with Family Last Summer

This Post isn't about Any of the Cullens

2008-12-16T22:00:00.010+08:00

My New Year’s Resolution is simple: To read more. Just check out the list of the books I actually finished this ’08:

My Antonia – And I only read this because it was a required read back at 4th year. It was amazing that I successfully ~~crammed~~ read this in one sitting, just in time for the quarterly exam on the following day. If you know me, you’d agreed that getting through that book in just. one. sitting. could be one of my life’s greatest feats.

Messenger – This was the only book I actually bought for the purpose of leisure. You could say that I've enjoyed taking trips to the Worlds of Lois Lowry. The novel was no The Giver, though it was a fitting end to a trilogy that easily became a favorite. Then again, I’ve read so little to actually say that it’s my kind of book. LOL.

The Little Prince – A birthday gift from a classmate of mine this year, I tell you, Baobabs... Asteroid B-612... Boa constrictors digesting elephants... What a weird read this is. I'm not sure if I interpreted almost everything correctly, but I think that I may have so. As strange as the novella was, I actually liked it.

I did manage to have attempts for other books, though they all went thwarted because of reasons this and that:

Island of the Blue Dolphins... Someone gave this to me 2 years ago. And I don’t know why 'til now, I can’t make through the 2nd chapter. So, it's a cycle of reading it, then eventually forgetting it, then reading it again, and - You get the point.

Youngblood 3... A book that kept me company on those nights I was fetched late. I read part by part when I dropped by National - until the day all the stock of it got sold out.

Twenty Questions... It’s one of those super thick Philosophical books in the college library. And even though I don’t have any Philosophy class, I started reading it. Apparently, anything ‘questions about life’-ish intrigues me. Eventually, I stopped waiting my hours off in the library in the early part of the semester. So, I never passed page 7. Maybe, next term.

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Adding it all up, I technically read only 3 books out of the 365 days I had. If you stack them up on top of one another, they wouldn't even be as thick as one of those Twilight books people are reading nowadays. So, yeah, I guess that I really should start to read more.

Maybe you should get me a book for Christmas. Haha Biglang ganoon.

They Say, "Reach for the Stars, But Keep Your Feet on the Ground"...

2008-12-05T19:42:00.064+08:00

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You know that your mind's been too occupied when you keep looking at the sky and it keeps smiling at you. But you don't even realize it did until you read about it on the 'net days after.

It's crazy on how I've been thinking too much these past days. And I'm not sure if things have really been hard for me lately, or if I've just been putting all this on myself. I remember writing in my Friendster About Me once, "If only, though, I would just stop worrying too much and stressing on big things & small things alike, then things would be a whole lot easier for me." That is so true. I'm learning, though.

Sorry if I wasn't able to update for almost 2 months after my last post. But no, my life hasn't been that serious. In fact, last week, we had a field trip for JPRIZAL (where the pic above was taken). The week before that, we went to Star City. And right now, I am currently enjoying a four-day weekend.

Here's a great time to catch up, and do the things I must and want to do to stop stressing myself. I am convinced that I need to.

Lose Yourself, Find Yourself

2008-10-15T22:44:00.060+08:00

It was last Monday when I had my routine interview for the Guidance Office. The thing's kind of a like a psychological test that the school requires. I signed myself up as one of the earlier ones to get it done with.

On that day, I was planning on keeping my answers simple and just lay low. But, as early as the general information, I knew that Ms. Jaymee, our guidance counselor, would find out on how gawky I can be.

"Pentecostal," she said as she read what I placed under Religion. "So, what do you mean by that?"

I was stunned for a moment. Even I didn't know what Pentecostal was! Apparently, when I was filling up the form during the Guidance's General Assembly, I genuinely didn't know what to put there. I know that I was a Born Again Christian, but I thought that putting was so not form-worthy. I wanted something formal. So, I just found the first person that had the same religion as me and just copied off her.

I confessed to Miss on what I did. And she was shocked, (To think that I got through 17 years and until now, I didn't know what to put under that simple box!) but she still wasn't satisfied. She went one about how Born Again Christian isn't specific enough. Then, I realized the same thing. Miss just gave it to me as an assignment, something she wanted me to find out.

Fortunately, things went smoothly from there. We had casual conversations on my life and how cool "Heroes" is. But (there just always just had to be a 'but'), it came to the part in the form we needed to fill some blanks. She read my continuation to I see myself...

...as a successful something, whatever that something is.

O_O I did want to sound safe and I may be unsure of my future. Though, that was probably too safe and a tad too uncertain. So, when she asked me just what that something was, it was another round of convincing her that I was making perfect sense. She ended up winning once again and I had my assignment number 2.

Discussing each one of them with me, she went through the page where we had to check the problems we were struggling with. She tackled on "identity" the most. It was unsurprising, really. A few minutes before that, she noticed what I filled in another blank. "10 years from now... I see myself as a successful something, whatever that something is."

She laughed out, "Ito na naman yung something na iyan." I replied saying that I was just like any other teenager, finding out who we are and what we want.

With that routine interview, I'm not sure if I unintentionally gave her a good laugh. All I know is that it was one interesting 30 minutes. And the next time I see her, I have to tell her about what my religion really is, who I am, and where do I want to go.

Find yourself, Lose yourself. It's a quote I saw a few days back and it seems a fitting title to the post. You think that after 17 years, you totally had everything solidified when you really got it all unfigured out. :D

Thanks to Neo for the picture off our free time after the Guidance's GA. They're spelling out our university's initials, if you haven't gotten it figured out yet.