>> Saturday, April 29, 2006 ; 10:53 AM
Ang Init!!!
It's really very hot these days... I just woke up a while ago ang I found myself sweating. This is one thing I don't like about summer. The Philippines 30 something degree Celsius of heat. It just drives me crazy. My hair gets sticky, I need to almost always take a bath, my thraot is like a bottomless glass wherein the water doesn't even overflow in it. Argh. I want aircon! Hehehe.Oh well, at least, I'm away from school. That's a relief! ^_^ But... I'll be starting my review classes next week: 8 am- 12 pm. That time will be a "BIG" (yes, "BIG") change in my schedule. I'm this no-matter-how-early-I-sleep-I-still-get-up-late kind of person. I wonder how I'll be able to manage. I don't want to choose the 1- 5 pm time slot either, it will be eating up my day. Somehow, someway, I hope I'll get past that.
Courses... I know, everyone's talking about what they want to be when I grow up. College entrance exams are just about 4 months (or less) away, and I really do not know what course I am gonna take... No!!! Hopefully, I'll get my answer for that (course) soon...
-Kamae
P.S. It is so HOT!!! Here's a new template!!! Yey!
>> Tuesday, April 25, 2006 ; 6:49 PM
Untitled
I know, I know. I haven't posted for quite awhile. It's just today that I finally (again) had the guts to type the URL www.blogger.com in my web browser. I've been too busy doing other things, and happily (yes, happily ^_^) I've been doing the things I've always loved to do while I was on this short blogging break. ^_^Let's see... I talked more with my friends, I actually personally bathed our dogs again since I-don't-know-when, I already watch Pokemon (Wow! There's actually Pokemon again!!! Let's celebrate! ^_^), I have these own personal projects of mine, I surprisingly am able to read more, I sleep earlier... These simple things, I really love ^_^, I don't know why, but it makes my life more meaningful. ^_^ (Stop, Kamae... You are turning your post into a poem...)
Well, till then!!! Watch out! This blog thing's going to get renovated soon! ^_^
-Kamae
>> Thursday, April 20, 2006 ; 10:59 AM
Research (Woah)--- and God.
Stephen/ Ryu just reminded me of school... and Research - in summer. (Oh great.) Research - the subject that you spend grueling hours on, and yet is just a/ 1 unit in your total units which is 12.5 (Well, in 3rd year at least). Let's see. Research, or STR (Science and Technology Research) as we usually call it is one of those subjects that takes up your free time, including your lunch break and recess - also some extra hours after school, mind you. (You need to sometimes also risk your precious sleep time. huhu.) It's the subject that lets you go to the farthest corners known to man. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but we (well, some of us) were forced to go to the National Library, the inside-of-the-inside of UP Diliman where we discover some places not even known to the common man. (Woah. I think I am really possessed. ^_^) It's the craziest subject I've took up so far in my whole entire life. (I'm exaggerating again, ^_^ - but really, it drives me insane.)Oh well, what can I do?! ... Nothing actually. I need to bear one more year of Research before I hit college. And then, more research there (Woah, more research in college. What else can I want?! haha). Hey, at least I'm alive!!! ^_^ (Happy-go-lucky-Kamae mood again)
Well, some things can't be proven by research, take for example, the existence of God. The Big One up there. I owe a lot of things to Him (and I mean a whole lot ^_^). Well, even in research. Why?! Well, He gave me good groupmates, a kinda high final grade and the spirit to bear this torturous subject (including the teacher... hehehe.).
My final words?! Enjoy the summer while it still lasts!!! ^_^
-Kamae
>> Monday, April 17, 2006 ; 2:48 PM
Home at last!!!
Oh, Finally! I'm home! I am so happy! ^_^ I can't believe I was so homesick even if I was just away for 11 days. hehehe.Spain was really great. We visited Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Valencia and Toledo, if I'm not mistaken. These places are filled with history. I was so amazed with the fact that one church which dated back from the 10th century was preserved! ^_^ Hmmm... Let's summarize what I have done so far in my trip. ^_^
Day 1: Arrival at Madrid (April 7, Friday)
- We thought our luggage got lost! Nobody told us it was in another terminal! (Good thing there was this old Spanish dude that helped us. ^_^) Because of this, we missed our hotel transfer and we arrived at our hotel at about 1 o' clock in the morning! It was really tiring!
- Met mister Mario Lavina, a Filipino who now lives in Spain, in a grocery store; he gave us directions so that we can roam about town.
- Bought 1 Pokemon activity-something magazine ^_^
- Met our tour group; good thing there were 2 Asians there ^_^
Day 2: Madrid to Barcelona (April 8, Saturday)
- Many stop overs
- I bought 2 of those 1-Euro-each collect-them-all Pokemon-figurines-inside-the-egg in a vending machine in one of our stops
- We went to Guell park. Gaudi is an amazing architect. Wow. His works are just superb!
^Me in front of one of Gaudi's works in Guell park^
- Saw a fountain show. Really beautiful ^_^
^Me and my Dad in front of the fountains^
Day 3: More of Barcelona (April 9, Sunday)
- We went to Montserrat which is a totally beautiful place. It left me breathless. This is the home of the Black Madonna and a boys choir which sings at totally high notes. Really interesting ^_^
^Me in Montserrat^
^Me and my Dad in front of Sagrada Familia Church^
Day 4: Barcelona to Valencia (April 10, Monday)
- Nothing much happened here, we just went to the town center at night ang watched the Spanish-version of the prusisyon ^_^. There are these guys who wear high pointed hats. Weird...
Day 5: Valencia to Granada (April 11, Tuesday)
- We went to the Alhambra (Granada). The Alhambra is the most visited place in Spain, with about 2 million visitors each year. It is a Moorish and Rennaisance palace which is really beautiful. ^_^
^Me and my mom inside the Alhambra palace^
Day 6: Granada to Seville (April 12, Wednesday)
- Before leaving for Seville, we went and walked through the streets of Albaicin, a Moorish town which dates back in around the 15th century, if I'm not mistaken. It is a very quaint town located on a hill and it has a magnificent view of the rest of the city.
^Me in front of Albaicin^
Day 7: More of Seville (April 13, Thursday)
- We went to the Cathedral of Seville, this is where one of Christopher Columbus's tombs are in.
- Bought yet another Nintendo mag with a Pokemon ish in it. Wow. They make their May issues so early. ^_^
^Me in front of Christopher Columbus's tomb^
- We had a leisurely (I prefer to call it "torturely") walk from the Seville Cathedral to our hotel. We walked under the heat of the scorching sun and got lost at the same time! We reached our hotel after 2 hours pf walking and wandering around. We found "Angulo Diego Iniguez" by accident. Wow. Our surname is a name of a road in Spain! ^_^
Day 8: Back to Madrid (April 14, Friday)
- We went to Cordoba, an old Moorish city with something called as the Mezquita in it. The Mezquita is a Muslim temple and a Christian church in one package. It was really beutiful. You can see how the Christian style blended with the Muslim style of architecture. Their contrast was really great. ^_^
^Inside the Mezquita^
- Went to Plaza Espana, a building representing all of Spain built in 1921 for a so-called world exhibit. I have a trivia: This was used as Princess Lea's castle for the 2nd Star Wars installment. ^_^
^Me and my mom in front of Plaza Espana^
Day 9: More of Madrid (April 15, Saturday)
- We went to the Prado Museum and saw the works of Spain's famous painters, Diego Velasquez and Goya. Well, as an art and museum-lover, of course I loved this trip. ^_^ I saw the "Las Meninas" painting by Diego Velasquez here... Oh the memories of Art 2!!! *Shocked and freaked out* (Pisay people, especially those who are in the science stream, I bet you'll understand why this painting is so memorable for me. ^_^)
^Me in front of "Las Meninas" by Diego Velasquez^
- We got lost in Toledo. Oh shucks. Because of me!!! You see, I have this habit of buying postcards in every place I visit and I got engrossed in choosing the best one, so we were left behind by our group. My parents were sooo mad at me for a few minutes. Good thing it didn't last long. Since we were left behind by our group, we ran as fast as we can (we ran throughout Toledo - Oh boy, it was like a marathon, I tell you.) to the other side of Toledo, and back to the other side just to find our bus. My legs are aching until now. Ugh. o_O
^Me in front of historic Toledo^
Day 10-11: Going back home... (April 16-17, Sunday- Monday)
- We went to the airport, rode the airplane (I watched Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the airplane out of boredom.) and arrived here in the Philippines! I was so homesick! It's great to be back home!
Some Things I learned from Spain...
- Filipinos are all over Madrid and Barcelona!
- Spanish and Tagalog have more words in common than I thought I know!
- Spain is an incredible place filled with art and history!
- Pokemon is very popular in Spain!
- Spanish TV is like Filipinpo TV, only worse. They also have all their shows dubbed in Spanish, plus, their acting is so over-acting and it is very obvious that they are in some studio or something. hehehe.
- Don't think too much in buying postcards or else you'll get lost!
Well, till then!
-Kamae a.k.a. pokamaeniac
P.S. I'm updating the template of this blog again... soon. hehehe.
>> Wednesday, April 05, 2006 ; 4:49 PM
EB stands for "Eye Ball"
Oh great... Am I really that slow to get the meaning of modern-day lingo?! I've always been slow in all the modern-day happenings anyway... Take for example Sandara Park's "In or Out". I heard the real TV version a month after it became a hit. Wow Kamae, great job on keeping up with our pop culture. Just great.I just found out a while ago from a chat that EB is short for Eye Ball. Okay, honestly I thought it was a joke (poor me). I thought of it as the part of the sense organs that contain the cornea, lens, pupils, etc. After a while, I realized that "Eye" meant seeing the person face-to-face, while "Ball" meant a meeting or gathering. Hahaha.
This will be the last post I'm going to make before my 11-day break from the computer age. This also means a week break from watching Pokemon on Cartoon Network, and missing Tsubasa Chronicles in Animax (even if we don't have Animax, I love this series). Well, that's life. ^_^
I can't believe I'm trading all these luxuries for an 11-day trip to Spain, to some places like Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Granada, if I'm not mistaken. ^_^ Anyway, I sure do know that the trip's worth it because I love adventures (like Ash Ketchum... [Kamae's other self: Kamae!!! You're thinking about Pokemon again!!! Stop thinking about it for a while!!!]). Hehehe. I'm going to bring home memories that will last me a life time. ^_^ The Big Guy up above blessed me with these opportunities, and I don't want to miss them because this only comes once in your life. Hopefully, things will go smoothly while I'm away. ^_^
-pokamaeniac
P.S. If you do like Pokemon, people, please join our Filipino Pokemon group. ^_^ Just click on the link at the upper righthand-side of my blog. ^_^ Till then!
>> Monday, April 03, 2006 ; 4:07 AM
At last!!!
Phew!!! I already finished my new blog template!!! ^_^ It's still in beta mode though, because I'm still configuring some fonts and the comments are not yet working... I'll try figuring them out... ^_^Anyway, I hope you like the new look!!! The drawings you see are 100% originally mine!!! Finally, I was able to make a template that I really am contented with... hehehe... ^_^ Don't forget to tag and comment on my new blog look! Hehehe...
-pokamaeniac
>> Saturday, April 01, 2006 ; 9:01 AM
I am sooo bored...
Yes, I really am... I still haven't had more than 10 minutes of sleep since I drank a large-size cold coffee frappe drink last night... But I got to admit, that night was really a brainstorming/ brainblast night. Tons of ideas kept coming inside my head and I ended up making two projects... One is my drawing for my new blog template (which I might change again... Why do I have to be a perfectionist?) and second is Ash's hat!!! Yeah!!! I'm just adding finishing touches as of now! ^_^After chatting about Pokemon on the net for some time, and talking about these "projects" I still haven't done, I finally got enough inspiration to get a useless baseball cap, some textile paint and a brush!!! ^_^ I still can't believe I invested 3 hours of my time painting a hat... Anyway, it is worth it... I'm actually staring at it right now and it looks like it jumped out of the TV!!! Hehehe... Well... Let's just say, I'm bored, but I sure am happy!!!
Oh, about my blog template? I'm still looking/creating a real good one which I hopefully will finish tonight... Hehehe...
-pokamaeniac
