2011 Recollections: Jampacked (with little spaces sa corners), Colorful, Assorted, Roller Coaster, Mash-ups

Bago ko ito isulat, tiningnan ko muna ang year end blog ko for 2010.
Aba, written in English! Napressure tuloy akong mag-English din this year.
Pero hanggang pressure lang 'yun, mas masarap pa ring magsulat in Taglish. :p


Nahirapan din akong bigyan ng isang magandang title ang 2011 ko. Sobrang dami kasing nangyari, roller coaster talaga. Kung baga sa kanta, medley or mash-ups. Kung baga sa isang pack ng kendi, assorted. :) Parang walang theme na matino. Pero narealize ko, ganoon naman talaga ang buhay. Hindi lang naman ako ang may ganoong pakiramdam. :p Hindi siya annual event na pwedeng magpalit ng theme every year. Every day ang buhay natin ay event itself. Pwedeng may magkakasunod na araw na parepareho lang ang theme, pwedeng iba-iba sa loob lang ng isang araw. :)) And sometimes, ang theme sa particular event sa buhay mo ay kung paano mo tingnan ang sitwasyon.


Anyway, here goes. :)

~January 2011~

::Nag-celebrate kami ni mama at ng pinsan kong si Reyna ng New Year sa Bicol. Unang beses ito sa buong buhay ko. Ang saya sa neighborhood ng tita ko. Ang dami kasing bata. Tapos 'yung tita ko, saktong 12mn, nagpapasabog ng maraming barya sa maraming bata na nakaabang na sa doorstep ng bahay niya. Pati si mama kasali. =))

::Bought my first camera phone! Ang saya-saya ko nun kasi sobrang ito 'yung gusto ko at last stock na siya. :) Alam kong hindi siya mamahalin pero gusto ko na siya at kuntento na talaga ako sa kanya. :) Unang-una sa lahat, nakakapag-FB mobile ako kahit walang wi-fi at walang load. Secondly, nakakapagbasa ako ng ebooks. v^^ Thirdly, napapakikinggan ko anytime ang mga paborito kong mga kanta. Lastly, nakanood na rin ako rito ng anime episodes habang nasa byahe. :))

::'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away.'  - wizard

~Seven years have passed so quickly

And it seems like yesterday

...

I don't forget the promise we made

Still the same star shines above us~ New Years Day, Ellegarden. :)

Hmmm. :S

Narito na naman ang panahon na natatakot akong masanay sa isang bagay kasi pakiramdam ko, mawawala rin naman.
Parang ang lahat ay simula lamang.
Kasalanan ko ba?
Hindi ko rin naman alam kung kailangan kong bigyan ng effort upang huwag na lamang itong mawala.
Sana sa lalong madaling panahon, ito ay magwakas na.

UP After Lantern Parade :)

Wala kasi akong naabutang pumaparadang lantern. Kahit 'yung tipong mga nagaayos, nagliligpit, etc. As in wala. Haha. Sobrang busy kasi sa office. Hindi rin ako nakapag-halfday dahil nakakahiya naman sa team lead ko. :p Tapos OT pa nang onti dahil may pahabol pang support. Kawawa naman si Guillard, nag-leave siya para sa event na 'to. -.-

At nang finally pupunta na kami ni Guillard sa UP, wala kami agad nasakyang taxi. Nag-bus na lang kami eh. And then nilakad from Philcoa to UP. :)

Ang star sa likod ni Oble

Buti na lang sabi ng napagtanungan ni Guillard ay hindi pa nagsisimula ang fireworks. :D
So lakad-lakad muna kami. Hanggang isa-isa naming nakita ang mga batchmates. :) Nag-ala Santa Claus lang naman si Guillard habang nagdidistribute ng mga regalo niya mula sa isang malaking supot ng SM. As for me, tunay na pagkakaibigan at presensya ko na lang muna ang regalo ko. Hehe.


Nakakapagod ding maglakad-lakad at maghintay at lumilingon-lingon kahahanap sa kanila. Dagdag mo pa ang kahirapan na ma-contact sila dahil minsan nawawalan ng signal.

Finally, the fireworks! :)

Nang makita namin ang unang liwanag ng fireworks, lumapit na agad kami. Hirap na hirap akong kunan sila ng pictures dahil hindi pa pala ayos ang settings ng camera ko. Obvious naman sa shot ko sa taas. Hehe. Kaya vinideo ko na lang. :) Pagpasensyahan na ang kaguluhan ng shot ko, kasi naglalakad ako niyan. Tapos mukha pang giyera 'yung sound. XD

Medyo maraming puno pero keri lang. Napansin ko lang na mas mabilis matapos 'yung fireworks ngayon kesa noong mga nakaraang taon. Hindi kasi ako nagkaroon ng stiff neck this year eh. =)) 

Dreams

And I curled up on bed

Finding warmth from soft dreams

Playing sweetly in my head

Rain

Random

Kindness never goes unnoticed.


But sometimes kailangan mo naman ng konting recognition para mas ganahan kang palaging tumulong.
Ang hirap kapag LAHAT ng credits ay napupunta sa iba kahit alam mong may kapiranggot kang na-contribute na may malaking nagawa o naging key para masolusyunan ang problema ng nagpapatulong sa'yo.


Imbes na nakiki-bask ka sa glory ng tao na 'yun, you can't help but feel cheated. USED.
Pero siguro, hindi tunay na kindness ang nanghihingi ng recognition.


But, hey, I'm not an angel.
I'm not a martyr. Really.


There's a reason I feel this way.
And it's because I'm not perfect. I falter.


But I always strive to give kindness without asking anything in return.
So I am actually feeling guilty about writing this.
Dahil alam ko rin naman na hindi lang ako ang hindi perfect.


*Deep sigh*

-ERASER

Septimus Heap Book III: Physik by Angie Sage

Septimus Heap Book III: Physik by Angie Sage

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is way more engaging than the first two books! :)



The plot, quest for eternal life, is perhaps the common denominator of all fantasy/magic books. But Physik made it unique by incorporating time travel through pairs of glasses, a Spirit Seer with a pet cat that transforms into a panther by night, a young dragon with a very good appetite, and a single-toothed creature that inflicts the Sicknesse, and many more. :)

I also liked the sort of old English language that was used to further emphasize the mood of 500-years-ago. :)

Favorite line:

"Now 'tis Despoiled," Marcellus sighed. "But the Hour is against us. It must be bound as it stands. 'Twill show that, tho' Man may strive for Perfection, he will Ever fall short. 'Tis the way of the Worlde. But a few Spottes of Ink will not divert my Purpose."



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I Hate The Smell Of Smoke Coming From A Cigarette

>.< Alam mo 'yung nanunuot na amoy. Na parang nasa katawan mo na rin after mong mabugahan ng usok ng sigarilyo.
Bakit ba kasi kailangan pang manigarilyo ng mga tao?


Ano bang masarap sa paglanghap ng usok.
May kaibigan akong hindi ko maintindihan ang punto sa pagsasabing nakaka-relax kasi ang paninigarilyo. Nakakawala ng tension, stress. 


Nawala nga stress mo, stressed naman ang lungs mo. Pagtanda mo, stressed ka lalo at ang pamilya/friends mo dahil sa lung cancer mo. Pati si Mother Earth, stressed. Hirap na hirap na nga siya sa pag-filter out ng mga kemikal sa hangin, lupa, at tubig tapos dadagdag ka pa.
Pwede namang humanap ng ibang paraan. Lie still, pikit mo muna mata mo, breathe in, breathe out while listening sa music. Makipagkwentuhan muna. (Para sa mga geek, laro ka muna ng isang round sa gameofnerds or minesweeper.)
Sa mga paraan na ito, healthy ka pa. Pati mga tao sa paligid mo, healthy.


I'm sure naman ang mga kemikal na ginagamit sa paggawa ng sigarilyo ay may healthy uses din. Sana doon na lang ma-focus.

DFA Online Passport Application and Delivery

Last October 14, 2011 I scheduled an appointment at DFA to get my passport. It was really convenient because getting an appointment is done online. Just visit the DFA Passport Appointment System site, click the Set an Appointment link at the left hand side of the webpage, and follow the instructions given. :)

When you arrive at DFA, they sort the people according to their appointment times but it really pays that you arrive at DFA earlier.  Because, as long as the office can accommodate the number of people inside, the guards will let the people fall in line. My schedule was at 8:30am, but they let me in as early as 7:45am. :)

I asked that my passport be delivered, so I paid an extra charge of Php120.00. 

I was so happy when I saw the LBC package last November 16, 2011. Haha. :)

With that, I must say 'Hello, World!' =))

Septimus Heap Book II: Flyte by Angie Sage

Septimus Heap Book II: Flyte by Angie Sage

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There were more action than the first book, which is nice. :)



Favorite scenes in my mind:

1. Nicko's and Septimus' escape from the wolverines - thanks to their long-lost shape shifter grandfather, Grandpa Benji, who now lives in the Forest as a tree.

2. Jenna's in the nick of time escape from a land wurm.

3. The fight in the sky while Jenna, Nicko, and Septimus ride the Dragon Boat back to the Castle and Simon pursues them using the incomplete Flyte Charm and Thunderflashes. The Dragon Boat got hit by a huge Thunderflash and it drops to Jannit Maarten's boatyard. Thankfully, Septimus, Jenna and Aunt Zelda are able to revive him using the Transubstantiation Triple spell.

4. Septimus' and Beetle's trip down the Ice Tunnels.

5. Spit Fyre's first Flyte.

6. The reassembled skeleton of Dom Daniel as it tries to reach Marcia.

Now I'm on to the third book in the series - Physik. :)

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Starbucks' Cranberry White Chocolate Mocha

Currently loving Cranberry White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino of Starbucks. <3

Berries! <3
Some say they're a bit sour, some say they're too sweet.
But, it's really perfect for me. :)

One more to go!~ =)
And take note, I haven't yet spent a peso. v^^
Thanks to all my generous friends. =)

SCANDAL Band ❤: CUTE!

I took some snap shots of Scandal band's CUTE! music video. :)

And I thought of posting some of them. :)

SCANDAL Band ❤: K-On! Ending Song Don't Say Lazy Cover

The Real Life K-On! :)

I want to belong in the audience. >.<

*Credits to youtube.com.

Special thanks to my VLC player for the snapshot feature and GIMP for stitching my snapshots. :)

And to Margot. For finding this vid and sharing it with me. <3

Noong Pumasok Ako sa UP

...iniisip ko kung tama ang desisyon na ginawa ko. 
Dahil sa pagpasok ko sa unibersidad na iyon, twice a year na namomroblema si mama para matustusan ang tuition fee ko. Samantalang noong elementary at high school ako, libre ang edukasyon ko. Baon ko lang at panggastos sa projects. And even then, hirap pa rin. Buti na nga lang, walking distance lang ang high school ko eh. Hindi na ako namamasahe.
Kung tinanggap ko ang 100% scholarship na binibigay sa akin ng Miriam College noon, sa course na Communication Arts, ano kayang mangyayari? Wala lang, bigla ko lang naisip ngayon. :p

Naalala ko pa noon si mama, katabi ko siya sa computer habang ginagawa ko ang kauna-unahang registration process ko sa UP. Alam ko na naglalaro sa isip niya kung paano niya susustentuhan ang tuition ko, pero patuloy pa rin siya sa pag-encourage sa akin na kahit waitlisted (nakalimutan ko na 'yung mas eksaktong term) lang ako sa Computer Science, kunin ko pa rin daw. Malay ko raw baka magkaroon ng slot. Fortunately, during that semester, dinagdagan ang number of students na tinanggap sa course na iyon, so pasok ako.
Noong mga unang araw ko bilang freshman sa UP, sobrang loner ko. Ang laki pa ng break times ko so naglalakad-lakad lang ako sa kung saan-saan. Nalulungkot at kung minsan nagpipigil ng iyak kasi wala ang mga malalapit kong kaibigan. Halos lahat sila nasa Miriam. (emo much?)

Random

I have this nagging feeling that people don't really listen. :S

Septimus Heap Book I: Magyk by Angie Sage

Septimus Heap Book I: Magyk by Angie Sage

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A bit draggy. I can't help but find some similarities with Harry Potter. Haha. But I think, as I read the series, I'll get used to them and look at them as entirely different but amazing books as well.

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Life is Full of Twists and Turns

May mga pangyayaring hindi inaasahan. 
May mga pangyayaring inaasahan pero hindi nangyayari. 
May biglaang mawawala, may biglaang darating. 
May sorpresa bukas, sa susunod na araw naman, boring. 
Isang araw gigising kang masaya pero sa gabi matutulog ka palang malungkot.
Akala mo tama, mali pala. Akala mo mali, tama pala.
May mga bagay na hindi mo pinagplanuhan pero biglang natatapos nang matiwasay.
May mga pagdapa, pagtamo ng sugat.
Gabahang pag-iyak at sandamakmak na pagtawa.

Pero over all masaya naman, hindi ba? :) 

Ang buhay kasi, palaging nagbibigay ng pag-asa. Kapag gumigising ka pa kinabukasan, hanggat may sunrise, hanggat naniniwala ka sa pagpapala ng Diyos. :)

House Trap by Mike Mauthor

House Trap by Mike Mauthor

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rachel Evans is a sixteen year old overachiever who would take nothing less than to achieve her goal of getting into Dartmouth College. But Rachel’s life would never be the same once she stepped into the house of Alicia Hausefalle, the most popular girl in Wedds High School. Rachel was there to tutor her. She never expected to meet two strangers who were ready to end her life.


Background.

At first I was unsure of what I would reply to his email (which accounts for my delayed response, sorry v^^) because I really don’t know how to make proper book reviews. Eventually, I took the offer and told him that I can only say everything that I think and feel about the book. Fortunately, he told me that he actually liked it that way. =)

I am so happy that I accepted the author’s offer to give me a copy of this book so that I might make a review for it. I got no time wasted. And the book got me hooked by its first line.

So Here Goes.

The prologue has a gripping quality to it. Plus I can clearly see in my mind the setting and everything that’s happening from the peaceful-Christmassy-mood-of-the-neighborhood beginning to the traumatic-Halloweeny-aura-in-the-house ending. The scenes were playing in my mind much like a trailer of a suspense movie - the feeling that I’m not reading but watching as the story unfolds. I got so immersed that I had to remind myself that I might get late to work if I don’t stop reading.


The mood immediately changed to a lighter one as the beginning chapters introduce the characters. I met Rachel, who became a grade conscious student ever since her friends, dubbed as her closest, mocked her that she would never succeed in life because of her bad grades. I felt bad about this because my closest friends never discouraged me. Fortunately, there was Kristen, a friendly schoolmate and an active member of a church organization, who is always ready to lighten up a grumpy Rachel whenever Rachel thinks that she did badly in an exam. Of course, there’s this mean girl named Alicia, into whose house all the suspense, thrill, and a lot of breath-holding happened to me.

Suddenly,

I Won A Book Giveaway! :)

Yay! I won a book giveaway!

After hopping around to many book giveaway sites, Nocturnal Book Reviews finally picked my name as one of its lucky 100 Followers Giveaway winners. :)
I never knew that such panic and excitement can be felt at the same time while I was browsing for books at bookdepository.com. Before long, I had a lot of tabs open in my browser for each book that is on my wishlist. Haha.

The top three on my list at that time were Tales of Beedle and the Bard, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. At first, I chose Tales of Beedle and the Bard. But after so much careful thinking, I changed my choice of book to Fantastic Beasts because I thought that among the three, it is the most difficult to find in bookstores here in the Philippines. I have seen copies of Tales everywhere, and Quidditch was reportedly seen by my friend at a bookstore.

(Much to my surprise, the other winner is also a Harry Potter fanatic. Haha. :D)

To The Boy Who Held My Hand

It was the first and the only time

That you held my hand

In just a span of a moment

You made me feel that there is something between us

But somehow destiny never allowed

We were then seatmates.  Freshmen and looking for friends.

Different courses we were taking. Only one class we shared.

Funny how we saved each other’s seat.

Whenever one wasn’t yet around.

When we barely knew each other

And we could sit anywhere we want on.

You were always better than me.

Understanding everything immediately.

At night we shared thoughts.

We asked about each other's day.

How we think about things.

How is it to be a big brother

And how is it to be an only child and a daughter.

How is it to feel love when we were much younger.

Came junior and senior years,

We barely see each other and speak.

And at crossroads when we meet,

We say hi like we were just ordinary former classmates in the last semesters.

Until that commencement day.

Was it just a longer-than-normal congratulatory shake?

It was the first and the only time

That you held my hand

In just a span of a moment

You made me feel that there was something between us

But somehow destiny never allowed.

SCANDAL Band ❤: Taiyou to Kimi Ga Egaku Story

~The Story Drawn By The Sun And You~

My Cousin's 21st at La Mesa Ecopark

Last October 18, 2011 we celebrated my cousin Erlie's 21st birthday at La Mesa Ecopark. :)
It was a Tuesday, which coincided with her day off but not with mine so she forced me into filing a vacation leave. :p I figured that my presence could be the best gift that I could give her so I didn't really think twice about it. :)


Preparation. And because it has been our greatest frustration to document everything that we do together, I finally bought a Canon PowerShot A2200 14.1 MP digital camera. :) Hooray! :) Thanks to Alyssa's credit card I didn't have to pay for it right away.

Since we planned to prepare things early, I decided to shop for groceries and sleep with them the night before. And in my haste, it felt like I brought too much - swimming attire, super large towel, three shirts, toiletries - but I was only able to bring one pair of shorts. >.<


The Big Day. We rode a taxi from Marikina to Ecopark for 200Php.

We were lucky because the taxi driver allowed the six of us to fit ourselves inside his car. Haha.

Things To Do

1. Study Android game development.
2. Finish my Introduction to Databases online class lecture videos and assignments at Stanford.
3. Make poems, poems, poems for submission to different online/print magazines/books/collections.
4. Try to make another super short story.
5. Finish reading Nightmares and Dreamscapes, The Dark Tower IV, and Septimus Heap I.
6. Blog about my cousin's birthday celebration at La Mesa Ecopark.
7. Finish watching Dae Mul.
8. Update my planner.

Vampire Sestina by Neil Gaiman

I wait here at the boundaries of dream,
All shadow-wrapped.  The dark air tastes of night,
So cold and crisp, and I wait for my love.
The moon has bleached the color from her stone.
She'll come, and then we'll stalk this pretty world
Alive to darkness and the tang of blood.

It is a lonely game, the quest for blood.
But still, a body's got the right to dream
And I'd not give it up for all the world.
The moon has leeched the darkness from the night.
I stand in the shadows, staring at her stone:
Undead, my lover... O, undead my love?

I dreamt you while I slept today and love
Meant more to me than life - meant more than blood.
The sunlight sought me, deep beneath my stone,
More dead than my corpse but still a-dream
Until I woke as vapor into the night
And sunset forced me out into the world.

For many centuries I've walked the world
Dispensing something that resembled love - 
A stolen kiss, then back into the night
Contented by the life and by the blood.
And come the morning I was just a dream,
Cold body chilling underneath a stone.

I said I would not hurt you. Am I stone
To leave you prey to time and to the world?
I offered you a truth beyond your dreams
While all you had to offer was your love.
I told you not to worry and that blood
Tastes sweeter on the wing and late at night.

Sometimes my lovers rise to walk the night...
Sometimes they lie, cold corpse beneath the stone,
And never know the joys of bed and blood,
Of walking through the shadows of the world;
Instead they rot to maggots. O my love
They whispered you had risen, in my dream.

I've waited by your stone for half the night
But you won't leave your dream to hunt for blood.
Good night, my love. I offered you the world.

I thought I lost my copy of this poem. This is my first look of Neil Gaiman's world - dark, magical, mysterious, twisted, out-of-the-box, yet full of life and heavy with emotions that sure pierce the readers' hearts. :)

If you guys didn't notice, the poem is actually composed of six six-line stanzas that ends with six words found at the end of each line - dream, night, love, stone, world, blood - and a three-line last stanza (tercet) that groups those six words into three.  Also, the first six stanzas kinda form a loop with the last word of the last line being the last word of the first line of the next stanza. Get it? :) I've highlighted the words in red font color to easily understand what I mean. For more information regarding a sestina poem, click here. :)

I got to know him from my Literature tutor from my last summer classes at ADMU. He was then teaching us some poetry writing styles, I think. Since I read Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples I wanted to read more of his works. Unfortunately, I haven't started collecting his works yet. XD

>:(

THIEF

We are supposed to be unique.

So please do not copy MY style.

You are not my super bestest mega BFF so that I could feel all giddy and excited whenever we have the same dress, same shoes, same cellphone accessory,

same ultimate crush.

And hey,

I believe that even the super bestest mega BFFs of all time do not share the same toothbrush.

EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW.

Don't make me want to have the power to kill you by just thinking about it.

SCANDAL Band ❤: Haruka

‎

~Namida nante nagasanai yo

"Owari" ja nai "hajimari" sa

Yakusoku nante iranai yo ne zutto omotteru kara

Itsu no hi ka kanaerareru ai wa kimi no soba ni aru

Kitto kanarazu mata deaeru haruka hanarete ite mo

(I won't spill any tears

It's not the end; it's the beginning

I don't need promises, because I'll always think of you

Someday it'll come true; love is by your side

Surely we can meet again, even though we're far apart)~

Currently Watching: Kaleido Star OVA

Korean Film Festival 2011: 7 Different Colors of Love

Last September 24, Au and I went to SM North for the Korean Film Festival 2011 with 7 Different Colors of Love as its theme. We were able to watch two Korean films for free! Thanks for the invite, Au! <3


The films were both heartwarming. They tackled life's struggles of losing family members, friends, and jobs as well as life's winning moments when one reunites with loved ones, finds a sense of purpose, expresses his thoughts freely, and achieves simple yet grand dreams.

"SECRET REUNION” – (Starring: Kang Dong Won, Song Kang Ho). Song Kang-ho, an ex-agent of the National Intelligence Service who is very  careful about his actions, is paired with Kang Dong-won, a former spy from the North. 

Song’s character was released from the NIS six years after the gunfight which happened in the heart of Seoul; however, both men keep their identities hidden from each other.


This one is a little disturbing with all the bloodbath~ around. But went quite funny in some scenes especially when the main characters started living in the same house. :) 
For me, the movie spelled betrayal, trust, friendship, longings, freedom, stand.



“THE HAPPY LIFE” – (Starring: Jang Geun Suk, Kim Yun Seok, Kim Sang Ho, Jung Jin Young) - The plot revolves around three former members of college rock band, Volcano, who were reunited by the death of their leader. At the funeral, a young, jobless lead guitarist Gi-Young (Jang Geun Suk) suggested that they reform the band with him as the new front man.

Totally funny but also inspiring. :D The actors were so natural you'd think the characters they portrayed were all shaped according to their personalities. :D
For me, the movie spelled friendship, dreams, hope, and smiles. :D

Guillard's Twentieth!

Hihi. Naaaliw lang talaga ako sa pagkakakuha ko ng picture na ito. Ang genuine ng ngiti. Hahahaha. =)))
Dinner at Gumbo sa SM Mega. Sakto sa Mega F%D Sale ang birthday niya, kaya uber busog kami - buy one take one na malaking slice ng strawberry choco cheesecake, at free seafood jambalaya. :)

I Love Bo Sanchez' Words This Morning on our Radio

Every Sunday my father tunes in to a radio station to hear Bo Sanchez' teachings. :)


For this Sunday:


We judge, condemn, categorize or label people quickly because we think we know all the facts, but actually we do not know: 1) the external facts — there are a million angles and perspectives in a person’s situation which we do not know about; 2) the internal facts — we must not judge a person because we do not know what is happening within him, and 3) the spiritual fact that we’ve been accepted by God despite our weaknesses.


I've read this somewhere already, perhaps from one of his posts, and it has always been the reason I always try to give the benefit of the doubt whenever I start to conclude something negatively (minsan nga lang, late). Actually, ito rin ang isang lesson sa Guidance subject ko nung high school na hindi ko malilimutan.


But sometimes, I can't help myself. Sobrang tahimik ko, pero kapag nagsalita ako nang minsanan puro panget na conclusions agad nasasabi ko tungkol sa kung ano lang ang nakikita ko.


Ano ba 'yan, late. Hindi pa maayos ang suot.
Hindi ko naiisip kaagad, baka nasira alarm clock niya.
Baka may inasikasong biglaan at mahalaga.


Pambihira naman ang kotse na 'yun! May-ari ng kalsada?
Hindi ko naiisip kaagad, baka may emergency kaya nagmamadali 'yung kotse.
Baka may isusugod siya sa ospital.




Sigh.


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Tinkering with Android: Hello, Android! Ü

Oh yes! Finally, I said hello to Android. Haha. :)
In my last post, I thought I was doing something wrong that's why I don't see the Hello, Android app working.

Thank you so much to this post from anddev.org, I finally realized that I just have to play around with the emulator much like anyone would do with the real Android phone. Hahahaha. I'm such an ignoramus. >.<

So here's what I did:

Wait for this loading screen to finish.

Tried clicking around this screen until I happened to...

Tinkering with Android: Help Wanted

I am attempting to study programming in android.
But as early as the Hello World app, I am already stumped. >.<


After following the installation instructions for the Android SDK (I installed Android 3.2 API Level 13), and ADT Plugin for Eclipse (my version's Helios), I then proceeded to the HelloWorld app tutorial.


The first time I run it, I got this from Eclipse console:


[2011-09-17 13:28:46 - Emulator] invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe.
[2011-09-17 13:28:46 - Emulator] Hint: use '@foo' to launch a virtual device named 'foo'.
[2011-09-17 13:28:46 - Emulator] please use -help for more information


Apparently, the android sdk has a bug for paths which includes spaces. >.< My sdk is installed in "F:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\". So I manually changed the path from Eclipse in Window->Preferences->Android to "F:\PROGRA~1\Android\android-sdk\".


However, there is another problem:
[2011-09-17 13:58:23 - HelloAndroid] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'my_avd' is not available. Launching new emulator.
[2011-09-17 13:58:23 - HelloAndroid] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'my_avd'
[2011-09-17 13:58:55 - HelloAndroid] New emulator found: emulator-5554
[2011-09-17 13:58:55 - HelloAndroid] Waiting for HOME ('android.process.acore') to be launched...
[2011-09-17 14:00:14 - HelloAndroid] emulator-5554 disconnected! Cancelling 'com.example.helloandroid.HelloAndroid activity launch'!


So I tried uninstalling EVERYTHING and reinstalling EVERYTHING. T_T And this took almost like forever. T_T

(T_T)

Avril Lavigne: Wish You Were Here

~I can be tough, I can be strong

But with you, it's not like that at all..~

Avril Lavigne is the first singer I went crazy with back during my high school days. I can still remember myself religiously copying and memorizing ALL the lyrics of the songs from her first album (generously given to me by Margot as a gift, and she has since supplied me with the rest of Avril's album until I got myself a job, haha.), Let Go, so that the lyric sheet (is that how you call it? XD) that comes with it would not get too creased. We actually got our barkada's theme song from that album - Anything But Ordinary. It goes like ~I'd rather be ehh-ni-thhhing but ooordinaaarii, please~ Haha, as if you can hear it. =))

Avril really went beyond the ordinary pop-rock singer when she surprised all her fans with the release of her third album, The Best Damn Thing. I was like, 'What happened to her?? What's with the pink-color-themed album?? And there are sexy songs! How will I sing them out loud like her other songs??' XD But being a fan I still memorized them all. My favorites from these album include Keep Holding On (used as the OST for the film, Eragon), When You're Gone, Runaway, and Innocence.

Why Do We Live? :|

I ALWAYS wonder why we live.

And sometimes I wonder why I ALWAYS wonder why we live.

:|