Yeah, I can totally see it now. :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
I traded HK for EK!
I've been in my hometown of Davao for as looooong as I can remember which is approximately 22 years as already :) But nevertheless, I love my hometown. The people are warm and nice, the place is clean and safe, the food is great, and really cheap too. What more could you ask for? But a bouncing, happy-go-lucky girl like me deserves to get out and explore too right? I mean, you can't really discover everything in the internet. C'mon, I mean, you can, but it would all just be inside a big, black, boxy, flat monitor and pictures may say a thousand words, but not quite loud enough you'll hear it echo in your sleep. To make the ramble short, I wanna see the world! or the rest of my country, to begin.
But that simple dream was about to be fulfilled when ms. lucky girl=me found out that our company was going to go on a trip to anywhere in South east Asia, almost all expense paid. Ah! I could finally get inside the airport! finally ride an airplane! Oh, the excitement and thrill me and some of the air flight-deprived colleagues of mine felt. Hong Kong, HK, the great city of lights, here we finally come.
But, what luck~ , my Lolo visited his house in Manila before he went back to the US, and one thing led to another, I was in a plane bound for Manila. Yes, on a plane, how exciting! If it would be bound for HK, it would be more amazing but who cares at least I'm on a plane. Well, the flight was a bit uncomfortable and unstable but at least I got to see clouds. :)
When I got there, my Tita dragged me on going to Enchanted Kingdom, the Philippines' very own smaller, less exciting, less mascot-infested version of Disney Land (which is, in fact, located in HK -_- ) Well, that's what they said before I got there. But when I finally did, lo and behold, an amusement park has never been so magical in my eyes.
Well, the fact is, it's the only amusement park I've ever been into (poor, poor girl, I can hear you saying now). We got the ticket that says Unlimited Rides on it, it looks like an orange band that they tie around your wrist, before they release you to the wild. :)
The first thing we got onto was the EKstreme ride. It's the ride that looks like a very tall tower with 8-10 seats attached around its body. When you ride it, you slowly, (and I mean painfully slow) get carried to the very top of the tower. It's approximately 4 stories of a building, and without notice, they DROP you and within 3 seconds the ride stops. It wasn't really more of a ride, it was more like experiencing your very soul quickly ripped from your body as you dropped and left in the air to float and hover over you forever... I admit it, I think I never got my soul back, and whenever I remember the feeling I felt in that ride, I can hear my soul calling back... brrrrr~ *shivers*
Anyway, we got in on like all of the rides, and I felt like making a horcrux in each of them, leaving a part of my soul in each of it. My Harry Potter should be the Jungle Log Ride. The water drop was so terrifying, I thought I died and got resurrected by the resurrection stone. My legs were literally shaking when I got off. Whew~
And, through my Tita's very powerful convincing powers, the Space Shuttle was never left ignored. I didn't really want to ride a roller coaster that time, when my hands were so clammy, and I think I really was going to have a fit. Ill thoughts were flooding my mind, thanks to Final Destination 3. Anyway, I didn't really know how it happened, but I was sure it took some shoving and pushing and I was on the ride. The only crucial moment, my Tita advised me, was the travel up on the highest rail and the drop, which comes after the "click" sound. I really didn't wanna hear that "click" sound, but I managed not to faint by, well, closing my eyes in the entirety of the travel upwards. I managed to take a peek when we were at the highest point, and now I really regret peeking. The most awaited "click" came, and off we dropped!!! It was soul-ripping, not that I have much soul left, and I was glad I discovered the "shallow breathing" technique while we were dropping. It was really pretty cool. Just take rapid shallow breaths, and you'll survive any drop. With my eyes closed, I felt my body go up and down, left to right, my neck was all over the place, and after what felt like a minute and a half, the ride was over.
I loved the ride, I know my descriptions in the previous paragraph contradicts it, but I loved EK! And as we went home, I actually wanted to go back and experience it all over again. The thrill didn't get me addicted, I'm an adrenaline junkie, not a thrill-slash-suicide-junkie. Just that the excitement was too real, and too fun. It was so much fun I had for the first month of the year, and I think I'm all good for the rest of it. That was why the HK-Disney thing, I DROPPED it. Clicked my thumbs and dropped it. Know why? I know that rides there are scarier. lol!!!
But that simple dream was about to be fulfilled when ms. lucky girl=me found out that our company was going to go on a trip to anywhere in South east Asia, almost all expense paid. Ah! I could finally get inside the airport! finally ride an airplane! Oh, the excitement and thrill me and some of the air flight-deprived colleagues of mine felt. Hong Kong, HK, the great city of lights, here we finally come.
But, what luck~ , my Lolo visited his house in Manila before he went back to the US, and one thing led to another, I was in a plane bound for Manila. Yes, on a plane, how exciting! If it would be bound for HK, it would be more amazing but who cares at least I'm on a plane. Well, the flight was a bit uncomfortable and unstable but at least I got to see clouds. :)
When I got there, my Tita dragged me on going to Enchanted Kingdom, the Philippines' very own smaller, less exciting, less mascot-infested version of Disney Land (which is, in fact, located in HK -_- ) Well, that's what they said before I got there. But when I finally did, lo and behold, an amusement park has never been so magical in my eyes.
Well, the fact is, it's the only amusement park I've ever been into (poor, poor girl, I can hear you saying now). We got the ticket that says Unlimited Rides on it, it looks like an orange band that they tie around your wrist, before they release you to the wild. :)
The first thing we got onto was the EKstreme ride. It's the ride that looks like a very tall tower with 8-10 seats attached around its body. When you ride it, you slowly, (and I mean painfully slow) get carried to the very top of the tower. It's approximately 4 stories of a building, and without notice, they DROP you and within 3 seconds the ride stops. It wasn't really more of a ride, it was more like experiencing your very soul quickly ripped from your body as you dropped and left in the air to float and hover over you forever... I admit it, I think I never got my soul back, and whenever I remember the feeling I felt in that ride, I can hear my soul calling back... brrrrr~ *shivers*
Anyway, we got in on like all of the rides, and I felt like making a horcrux in each of them, leaving a part of my soul in each of it. My Harry Potter should be the Jungle Log Ride. The water drop was so terrifying, I thought I died and got resurrected by the resurrection stone. My legs were literally shaking when I got off. Whew~
And, through my Tita's very powerful convincing powers, the Space Shuttle was never left ignored. I didn't really want to ride a roller coaster that time, when my hands were so clammy, and I think I really was going to have a fit. Ill thoughts were flooding my mind, thanks to Final Destination 3. Anyway, I didn't really know how it happened, but I was sure it took some shoving and pushing and I was on the ride. The only crucial moment, my Tita advised me, was the travel up on the highest rail and the drop, which comes after the "click" sound. I really didn't wanna hear that "click" sound, but I managed not to faint by, well, closing my eyes in the entirety of the travel upwards. I managed to take a peek when we were at the highest point, and now I really regret peeking. The most awaited "click" came, and off we dropped!!! It was soul-ripping, not that I have much soul left, and I was glad I discovered the "shallow breathing" technique while we were dropping. It was really pretty cool. Just take rapid shallow breaths, and you'll survive any drop. With my eyes closed, I felt my body go up and down, left to right, my neck was all over the place, and after what felt like a minute and a half, the ride was over.
I loved the ride, I know my descriptions in the previous paragraph contradicts it, but I loved EK! And as we went home, I actually wanted to go back and experience it all over again. The thrill didn't get me addicted, I'm an adrenaline junkie, not a thrill-slash-suicide-junkie. Just that the excitement was too real, and too fun. It was so much fun I had for the first month of the year, and I think I'm all good for the rest of it. That was why the HK-Disney thing, I DROPPED it. Clicked my thumbs and dropped it. Know why? I know that rides there are scarier. lol!!!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Learn Korean
I'm a k-pop addict, thanks to a channel called Arirang, and tv dramas such as "Daejangeum", "Princess hours", and "Coffee Prince", i'm quite hooked. I can say Im quite updated, but never truly updated, if well, i don't understand a word their saying!!! My friends sometimes jump off their seats whenever i mutter some kind of weird incantanation or something, but it's just me polishing my hangeul.
Well, i've taken care of that, since the start, i've been trying to learn both korean and japanese (for the anime's sake...^_^)i've even developed my personal dictionary...and i keep on listening to korean pop songs to practice my comprehension...it's really quite a tough hobby...but at least i don't have to fuss over funny and gramatically wrong dvd subs...lol.
I would like to share some sites that have truly helped me in my baby steps to learning hangeul...haha...enjoy!
www.learn-korean.com
www.koreanclass101.com
and watching these vids of the show "let's speak korean!" in youtube..
or you can go to this website and download their FREE and Super cool korean flashcard software!
www.byki.com
well, i'm still in the process of finishing the dict...and i'm nowhere near the translators yet...wish me luck!
Federer wins French Open
Finally!!! After...what...3 year of loss to Spain's Rafael Nadal, and 3 silver plates, well, he finally gets the French Open GrandSlam that puts him beside Pete Sampras.
Well, all thanks to priorly unknown, world number 23 Robin Soderling who beat Nadal at the eliminations. I was personally quite shocked at that match's result, yet very hopeful that this would open the chance for Federer to truly get the title. Well, it did.
Soderling is no ordinary match too. He does have powerful aces, and his match with Gonzales was really entertaining. I can now actually foresee Soderling as the next favorite. He really is quite good looking, and he reminds me of the host of the "Amazing Race". Anyway, he does seem to have a tight and flexible body, but no match for Monfils acrobatic abilities...lol.
It was indeed a tight match, and i was literally begging SOderling in my seat to just give this one to Federer, he didn't seem to want to, but he was no match to the Swiss' amazing skills. One highlight of the event was when a fan jumped out from the audience and tried to offer Federer a towel, and wiped his head with it. TOtally uncalled for, shocking...truly. Well, he was taken care of.
As the soderling-federer match ended, (1-6, 6- 7, 4-6), it was none other than tennis icon and legend Andre Agassi who awarded Federer with his much deserved French Open trophy.Well, finally Federer gets the trophy and not the silver trays...and he gets to kiss it now. For me, he truly is one of the greatest tennis players ever.
trust and believe to avoid misery, a philosophy
How do we live our lives, that it may be distinguished apart from others? How can we say that we have truly lived it according to the way that is unique for us? In a world full of labels, where almost everything has a name, how can we stick to be those individuals, true and genuine inside and out?
“The Beauty of Faith and Trust”
We can live without worries, without the feeling of anxiety and fear; of pain, of doubt, and of uncertainty about the people around us. For me, people who live distrustful of others and always thinking ill of others are the loneliest of people. One who does not learn to trust people, or at least try to, will always end up forever seeking for truth and happiness in the most complicated ways.
How can we appreciate the beauty of friendship and of companionship when most of the time we are guarding ourselves, shielding it from anticipated attacks of hurt and betrayal, of secrets and lies, of hidden personalities and untold agendas. Why, in the very beginning do we even think about these ideas of other people? Is the world really that full of masks? Of facades and Tupperware faces, that most of the time we think too much and spend our days reading between the lines? Where is trust? Where is faith?
I have always believed in the thought that people are naturally good. That is the reason why I am a very tolerant person. I have always had faith and trust, that people are not going to hurt me, and that if they will, a certain deeper reason lies within. Some people say that I am stupid, that I am playing the blind one, the foolish and gullible one. But all I am trying to say is, I live my life in a kind of way where I do not let these type of negative ideas enter, and by doing so, rather than shielding myself from possible wounding, I am exposing myself to it, for in the beginning I pray that no one would try to hurt me. In this way, I have befriended all sorts of people, whoever they are and whatever they do. In this way, I believe that I am following the path on how it to be truly selfless, and of how it is to love without condition.
I believe that in a world where the words trust, faith and optimism seem unreal, I have to at least make myself and other people believe that they still exist.
In every action I take, in every smile I make, in every word that I utter, I prefer to be real, so that in turn, people may also trust me. That they may truly believe and sympathize with me in my times of trouble and pain. When there are people who are very cautious of the actions of others, I also believe that it is we who must be cautious on how we act and what we say to others. Why must we bring misery to other people’s lives, when in that way we are also bringing misery to our own?
I hear other people comment on what kind of person I am; kind, funny, and generous and one who is truly patient. I feel happy that I am able to be a person whom they can run to and whom they can feel that they are trusted. I feel happy that I am able to bring a kind of comfort to other people when they are with me, that they have faith in me as I do in them.
As I live my life following this philosophy, I am hoping that one day, when we look in the faces of our friends, and of the people we know, we see the true beauty of a person inside of them, good and genuine, one who will not intentionally bring pain to us. I am hoping that all people may learn the true value of how it is to trust and to believe in that something which may only exist inside our hearts.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Kids these days...
I'm 20 years old, but most people who don't know me would think I'm still 14 or 16. Maybe because I'm petite, and i don't really act my age.
I still like playing games with my younger neighbors such as "step-in", "tigso" and "lady look", and I still sport that typical short hair with bangs. I'm a kid at heart and i like it but there is a big difference between acting like a kid and actually being a kid.
I've been there, and you may still call me trying hard to play the part..but i can't help it, I'm surrounded with kids; screaming kids, shy kids, kids who think and act like adults, cute kids, neat kids, dirty kids, bullies, bullied kids, kids you know would be heartthrobs or losers one day...but i don't run a daycare, if you ask. Our house is like their "tambayan", it's an internet cafe/gaming area/park. Being with them is really one heck of a day.I'm constantly surrounded by screams of "ate, si ano oh!", or "aray, wag ba!", You know, one moment their fighting over a piece of banana cue or green mango, then their fussing over who gets to play counter strike next, they scream at each other like there's no tomorrow, but another minute, there they are, best buddies, playing "bahay-bahayan", "luto-lutoan"...biking around together, joking, laughing. And you'll never miss the occasional cries of pain brought about by their superb bicycle exhibitions and unprofessional brawling matches. They're so full of energy, you can't keep up with a game of tigso, and you'll be amazed at how kids respond to your questions, much more with the questions they ask you. They have a certain wit in them, sometimes, they'll make you feel they know everything...(but you know they don't'). They also have a certain issue about crushes, and the little girls whisper about it all the time...the boys always pick on the girl they like, and the girls respond with their expressions of "yuck!, eewwww! excuse me!"...a kids life is like an entire day of sugar rush... In the end, it's always full of laughs and then there's tomorrow to do it all over again.
We know that there's nothing serious going on for them for now, no responsibilities, no deadlines... We adults, as we've been there already, always think that certain experiences they have might scar them for a lifetime...maybe that's why we tend to be so negative towards kids, making them avoid things that we weren't able to when we we were young. Indeed, childhood is a crucial moment, but still i miss it, and would trade a fortune to get it back. Now that I'm grown, everything seems so distant, the whole world seems so real and sad...when i was a kid, it seems like friendship, happiness, high hopes and happily ever afters are truly forever. I may not be able to go back to truly being a kid, but i surely wouldn't say no to things that would make me remind of how wonderful it is to be one.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
key-lay world
I'm usually a tvxq/dbsk fan, but my attention keeps falling onto their younger versions...
SM entertainment, where the hell did you get these guys?
i just love their first single, "Noona, neomu yeppeo (replay)", as well as their song A.Mi.Go
and my favorite member is
Key...aahh..so dreamy.. he looks like a younger version of Hero..
Taemin can be a younger Max
Onew...Xiah maybe?
Minho can be Mickey, and Junghyun looks like Yunho..hahaha!!
neomu giyeowo!!
i think i'll be posting more about them in the future..
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