Wendy run away with me

The other day, I decided to go to ATC alone because I was dead bored at home. So I commuted all by myself. I walked from the Alabang Hills Village gate to ATC and I felt so proud of myself because I did not get hit by a car IMAGINE THAT. Joke. While walking along the road, I imagined myself being a college student and doing it all and you know, making ends meet so I could survive. Just like what a normal college student would do. I thought about all the jeepneys I have to ride, all the bus stops I have to remember and all the traffic I have to deal with. All those thoughts made me wonder the whole time I was walking and wondering around. That's why I love being alone. I could wander around aimlessly without having to mind other people's business. 

So yes I arrived at my destination. The first thing I thought, wow I'm thirsty. So I went to the supermarket and bought a half & half. I've been craving that for days and I was nothing but thankful for myself. And I had a walk around the mall and looked at the things on sale. I visited Artwork I swear at that moment I felt disappointed. And excited. I promised myself that I would come back to buy myself a shirt or two. I saw this Lomography exhibit and I almost cried because they were all expensive yet beautiful and it was so frustrating because all I ever wanted was to have decent cameras and take pictures of everything. My cries huhu. So then I went to Mochiko to forget about the aforementioned misery. I expected to have a cookie dough flavored mochi but they happen to be not available which is sad. So I had an Oreo mochi instead. I was happy. 

I sat down in one of those round chairs in front of Mango and looked at people. But then I got tired and I fell asleep. I have no idea how that happened but I enjoyed my sleep. Plus I was wearing my favorite sweater and everything was perfect. Then I woke and met up with Lara. We went to her mom and sister and her cute, little nephew Joaquin. He's so cute. We bought two boxes of Krispy Kreme and came back to them. I separated ways with Lara since they're going to have dinner ad I didn't join them because I didn't want to interrupt them hehe. So I went to Powerbooks and read The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring. Now I know more things about the Fallohides, the Stoors and the Harfoots. I know the places they like to embark on and their source of living. These hobbits are cool. I have to read the series soon okay.

My dad arrived and we had some dinner. We were running late since the movie was starting in 30 minutes. We had hurry and so we ate our red carbonara as fast as we can. Two minutes after the beginning of the movie, we made it. A big yay for us!

Series of Nights

Yesterday was very productive harhar. I finally had the time to do some sketching and here's what I did. It was pretty boring yesterday soooooo:

The hand ay look good but look at the fourth finger huhu. But I think that will work because it looks.......okay to me.  

I'll finish this and I'll make more soon! I might even scan the "Skelly Hand" and do some editing and print it and sell it as stickers. I can smell business.

Merry (a bit too late) Christmas!

My dad and I spent our Christmas with my aunt in Pasig along with their friends. Christmas for me was kind of boring, I don't know why. Last year's Christmas was kind of fun but this year's was...okay. I think New Year will be fun since the whole family's gonna be here for the reunion! Anyway here are some of the things we did on Christmas day:

Christmas dinner harhar

After dinner, I stayed inside the room and talked to my friends, wishing them a Merry Christmas. I really didn't have anything left to do so I spent the night reading. The visitors left so I decided to play 2k12 with Kuya JC instead mehehe. Of course he won but it was a fluke win. JOKE HAHAHA. It was actually my first time to play the game since whenever I have the time to play, it's either they're using the PS3, or they're busy (meaning, they can't let me borrow), or Kuya JC is playing with his friends or his friends are using the PS3. You can never win. So I end up just sitting there in a corner and watch them play silently. No, I am not bitter.

~*~*~Instagram skillzzzz~*~*~

The next morning, we headed out to Rockwell to have lunch and watch a movie. We were basically torn between 34768932 restaurants because we can't choose. We then opted to have lunch at Sumosam. I am now in love with their food. Everything was good and tasty huhu. It was very delicious I almost cried joke.

 Assorted sushi hohoho

Osuyaki rolls~~~ This is my favorite of all I wanna marry it

After an eventful lunch, we decided to buy tickets for Sisterakas but the tickets were all sold out aww. I went to Fully Booked, anyways weeeee. I saw a lot of books from my "to-read" list and God, was I disappointed. I wanted to buy those books but I don't have enough money so I stared at them for a long time and told myself to get a grip. I hate talking about the lack of money. I really hate it.

So by afternoon, my dad and I watched this mini concert. The choir was really good, it  gave me goosebumps. Really. They serenaded the crowd with a lovely Christmas ensemble  and I  missed being a part of a church choir. Right after the mini concert, my dad and I  heard mass at the chapel in fourth floor. There were a lot of people in the entrance so we decided to just stand outside. We weren't able to finish the mass because my dad was dead tired so we decided to sit down in Cibo. 

 My dad ordered this VERY strong espresso. I gave it a try and EW. It was so bitter and it was so strong I almost puked huhu. 

And then my dad got me this. ALLELUIA. After 2743298473 years of begging him to buy me a copy. He said he doesn't like the book because it had "no substance and story". But he bought it anyway, as a gift. Yay for me, then. 

~The~ Candy

If someone gave you a Made In Candy brand of candy, appreciate it. Because I just found out that the designs between the candies are made manually. Yes, they do this magic using their hands. They roll the big chunk of candy and they pull it to make it thinner. And when they cut it into small bite pieces, you can see the design in the middle! It looks so cool and fascinating at the same time because it's hand-made. Cool beans.

Rockwell never looked so pretty.  This may not be the best Christmas for me but I had fun with my dad. Can't wait for new year, though!

Happy Holidays!

Way-yay-yay-yay-yay I don't ever wanna be here

like punching in a dream breathing life into my nightmare

I'm currently here at home, evidently doing nothing. This day was so lazy hmmm. I practically stayed in the room and enjoyed my time because it was cold and and I wore my sweater the whole time, hence my last sentence. I killed time by reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. It's a very good book. The narrator is a nine-year-old child Oskar Schell. And he lives in New York! I'm halfway through the book and I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow--or maybe later, if I can. 

I'm finished with my Geometry PT and I'm happy. So happy. It looks perfect. For me. Now the only thing I have to worry about is my eco bag for SS and the commercial for TLE. I have not heard from my group mates yet, but I hope I will. Because I want to get it over with so I could enjoy my vacation and do lots and lots of things without worrying about school, which makes me a bit panicky.

Anyway, I am now productive. Again. Thank God. Even though I'm out of paint and all the supplies need I'm still fueled to do the work with my trusty pencils and Playon Colors. It's sad when you're out of pain. Depressing. But I'll soon get some new supplies since I have a lot of Ninongs, Ninangs, Lolos and Lolas, Titos, Titas. And my dad. Heheheehe I hope you get me hihihihi. 

Anyway about my Christmas Wishlist for 2012., I forgot to put something very important there. I think I deleted the picture right after saving it to my computer which is dumb and which is why I wasn't able to upload it and which is why I forgot. But whatever.

I've always wanted to own a record player. My dad's family used to own one. Boy, the stories he would tell me about the things that used to hail their house! They used to have a collection of vinyl. Especially records from The Beatles! God, I'd kill to have my own. But much to my dismay, they don't have it anymore. I wanted to scream and choke and just die, right then and there the moment he said it. I might sound like I'm over exaggerating things but huhuhu I really wanted to have it. More cries. 

And I hear Astrovision sells vinyls! I'm totally going to have trip to Astrovision soon and let myself engulf in a musical trance and dream of having my own collection of records. From Florence + The Machine to Vampire Weekend and THE NAKED AND FAMOUS and Two Door Cinema Club and Mumford and Sons and The Killers and EVERYTHING. But seriously, if I have enough money, I'd get this baby right away and enjoy life in the grandest way possible. 

Oh and speaking of my Wishlist, I found a typewriter in Rockwell last Christmas! And here's the catch: it's worth Php 21,000. Yes, more than twenty grand for a typewriter. My dad and I were seriously flabbergasted. So I told him my plans on getting the typewriter from my grandparents house and he said YES. YAY. I'm sooooo excited to have it because 1) learning the typewriter means learning something from the past, which amazes me and 2) I could definitely pull off a Courier font a LEGIT Courier font! Hooray for me!!! This font would be nicer. And it's one of my favorites along with Georgia and Helvetica. (Plus the ribbon costs only Php 16 in Office Warehouse!!!)

I hope you're all doing okay. Happy Holidays!

The Beginning, and the Middle, and the End

19 KATHERINES AND COUNTING...

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun--but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and may finally win him the girl.

(Warning: MAY or MAY NOT contain spoilers. But it sure will. So please, avert your eyes if you haven't read this yet or are planning to read this in the future. Thank you.)

The first time I read this novel by John Green, I was busy with school work and am working on something. Of course I had to stop and continue doing my Performance Tasks because I'm a good student...joke. But yes, come Christmas vacation, I pretty much killed my time reading this. I loved how John Green wrote this book: from being a whiny child prodigy to a sappy teenager who cannot move on from The Katherines. Colin find themselves in Gutshot, Tennesse, not expecting a Eureka moment. They land themselves on a job, live in a pink house and interview the oldsters and employees from a textile factory. Also Colin's complex equations on when will a relationship end and who will be the dumper/dumpee is pretty complicated, but it actually works. All the awards to Mr. Daniel Biss.

And Colin thought: Because like I say I tell someone about my feral hoghunt. Even if it's a dumb story, telling it changes other people just the slightest little bit, just as living the story changes me. An infinitesimal change. And that infinitesimal change ripples outward--ever smaller but everlasting. I will get forgotten, but the stories will last. And so we all matter--maybe less than a lot, but always more than none. 

The last line always gets me. I'm sorry if this review sucks.

Christmas Wishlist 2012

Since it's almost Christmas and I have nothing to do except spend the night reading and waiting for the baked mac to be cooked, I'm gonna leave this here for kind people who would hesitate on buying me a gift. 

Nikon D90 (or any DSLR) - I've been wanting to have one since the day we sold our D60. Any brand or model will do. I still have a camera, though. It's a Sony point and shoot and it has been with me for...years. It used to be my mom's/dad's but they decided to hand it down to me. Point and shoot cameras are very user friendly gadgets but having a DSLR is still better and practical since you can learn by just experimenting and taking random shots. This is quite pricey huhu.

Instax Mini - Who doesn't want to have their own Polaroid, right? It's very pretty but it's very pricey huhu cry with me.

Books - self-explanatory. Also just so you know the number of books I have to finish is very overwhelming it scares me. 

Typewriter - We actually have one! My grandpa used to own one and my aunt just told me that I can have it! I guess this shouldn't be on my wishlist anymore, but I'm sooo happy to hear the good news. And excited to try it. When I was younger I used to play with it in our Space Pure (our water station) and pretend that I was my grandpa's secretary. I would type "sadgjsagdjsgfjds" HAHAHA. I haven't seen for a very long time and now I can't wait to get home and have it. I hope it's not broken, though!

Rucksack - I once joined a Rucksack giveaway contest but I didn't win aww. This looks cute and I would love to have one of my own so I could feel like a legit outdoor adventurer with all my camping essentials--but of course that's not going to happen because 1) I'll probably use this as a school bag and 2) the number one reason. But if life decided to  be more outgoing I'll use this said rucksack. Wow what did I say.

Harry Potter bracelet (any kind) - I can't find one on any store, which is sad. I always dream about having owning one. So whenever I write down something, I would see it on my wrist and and get all giddy and gooey inside and then I would remember the very first time I read the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry Potter never gets old.

Watercolor Set - I'm running out of watercolor huhu. And no, not the Reeves and Sons watercolor set (first picture) because I know I won't be able to get one here in the Philippines and shipping fees are too pricey. I hope you get me. But anyway, yes I'm running out of watercolor and that's really sad. This only cost a couple of bucks so I think you'd be able to get me one hehehe. 

Acrylic Paint - I'm running out of Acrylic Paint, too. Life is so sad. My old set of acrylics are yelling with pain since I've been pushing them too hard beyond their limits, a.k.a. squeezing the tubes so hard they're choking. They're begging me to replace them even though it's hard for them to accept the pain and grief. Kidding. PLEASE I NEED 24 COLORS OR MORE PLEASE HUHUHUHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Paintbrush - Don't get me wrong, I still have paintbrushes at home but they're slowly giving up on me huhu. The hairs are falling off due to a 8364783-year hardcore stroking on rough/smooth surfaces. In short, they need to be replaced. They've been with me since I was in third or fourth grade. I need new sets.

That is all for now. I know it's way too late for this since it's almost Christmas but you know what they say, better late than never haha. I hope you're having a grand time with your family and friends this Christmas! Merry Christmas, God bless! 

(I really do hope that someone out there appreciates this).  

Pink Velvet

Last Thursday, we went to Greenhills to do a little shopping. I got myself two shirts, one blouse, one cropped top, a new pair of jeans, a pajama set and accessories yay for me! I didn't get to see a fedora hat, though. I was preparing myself to have my own fedora hat but no huhu. Well at least I got myself new clothes and accessories for a very reasonable price hehe. (I have no pictures huhu).

Anyway, right after Greenhills we went home for dinner and had dessert at Larcy's in BF! The place looks soooo welcoming. That "cute" aura will surely be felt the moment you enter the café. The place looks so minimalist but very elegant nevertheless. It feels so English, that's why I like it there ehehe. And kind of Russian, too because of the chairs. The chairs look pretty, the plates look pretty, the cutleries look pretty, everything about Larcy's is pretty!!! I want to live there and spend my entire life. If only.

Anyway, my cousin and I ordered The Pink Velvet Cupcake (yes, "The".) It tastes so damn good I want to marry it. It's not undercooked nor overcooked; it's perfect. Plus the pink sugar on top and the pink cupcake wrap or whatever you call it-like I said, it's pretty. My dad, on the other hand, ordered the Banana Crunch. I never got to taste it, but he said it was good. Well I'm gonna be surprised if you found a bad recipe from them. 

 Their Frozen Hot Choco is too die for ugh. It's so so so good! If you're wondering why "Frozen Hot", then you're doing it wrong. Joke. Because they're from Larcy's, you can't just say no. Okay I make no sense. But whatever, I still love this beverage huhu. 

I'd love to go back there soon! I'd treat myself with yet another cupcake and a milkshake. I am in love with Larcy's now. I really am. I will surely come back and stay there for a very long time. Well, 4 hours before Christmas. Merry Christmas, everyone!

December 18

The very first highlight of my day was when I impersonated Sadie Saxton of the TV series Awkward. Chua (her name is Nina, but I can't seem to call her by her first name huhu) was in section 13's classroom a.k.a. Sam & Kate's classroom so I spent a little bit of my time with them. We gave our gifts to each other and voila, I was Sadie the next second. YOU ARE WELCOME.

Anyway, after an eventful trip to their classroom I headed straight to my room and handed out the "special" Christmas cards to my classmates. Chosen classmates. I can be mean sometimes, hehehe. I spent the entire day lurking around the campus since I got bored. Luckily, my "special" Christmas cards were printed last night! I was a businesswoman for a while since I kept on walking and running and skipping my way through a sea of people just so I could give the "special" Christmas cards to my friends. 

(Forgive me for not having photos of the "special" cards for I haven't got a decent camera with me.)

I promised Julia and Sam that I would produce a ~real~ mix for them. Obligatory "no one appreciates them anymore" comment. Well you still have Julia and Sam, though! Haha. The mixtapes include songs from Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, and of course, THE NAKED & FAMOUS! Why would I miss my favorite band, right? I almost added a David Bowie song for Julia's but I came to realize that Julia knows enough about the Bowie religion ehehehe. What an assumption.

Sam's mix contain a lot of dance-y songs since that female specimen loves to move around and shake her bon-bons. I decided to take it to another "vibe" and level. I hope she's dancing right now, if ever. 

Well this is how my day went. I'd tell you more but I can't since I don't have that much photos with me; they're all in Sam and Kate's cameras. I was a loser for a day because I have no camera with me. Hoping to receive the photos from Sam (and Kate)!

(Also because I can't wait to tell you the wonders of this very, very, very glorious day with my friends. Also because FULLY BOOKED (ATC BRANCH) IS ON THE RISE AND I CAN'T HELP BUT GET THIS FEELING OF EXCITEMENT, JOY AND GLORY INSIDE ME!!!)

I'm listening to Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto. I can't believe they're in a hiatus huhu.

All of this is tearing us apart

I was having a pretty bad day last Tuesday but I have forgotten everything since it was the same day I got my SVA catalog! As you all know, SVA (School of Visual Arts) is my dream school of all dream schools. But I guess I'll have to scratch it off for now--I REPEAT--for now because I still have other plans. But I promised myself that I'll be here someday.

So I opened the package and I put it on the wall immediately. Now I have a better reason for waking up in the morning despite the fact that I only get less than 5 hours of sleep sometimes because of school work. 

Fact. Well I'm not saying that I'm an artist but sometimes we gotta give artists a chance for them to show us their ideas and let ourselves marvel on how they created something amazing. Well well well don't I sound cheesy.

I never got the chance to get the last catalog issue so I can't really compare. But the illustrations look AWESOME and LOVELY and COOL and full of great material and substance. I want to be like these artists when I grow up. 

(Kindly refer to this post only other blog if you want to know more about my ~dreams and aspirations~ in life--if you want to and if you're interested.)

Oh, the joy...

It's a bit too late for this but we visited my lolo's grave last Sunday for his fifth death anniversary. Well the weather was lovely and so we sat on the grass and lounged for a while. 

My cousin Rian had a lot of fun haha. She can't get her toes off the grass and she kept running and walking and running and walking around. 

We left the place when it started to drizzle--and because we were hungry. So we had lunch at my cousin's house and ate good food. Grilled liempo and bangus, yo! And after a few minutes of preparing and resting our stomachs off, we left for Nuvali. We always pass by Nuvali whenever we go to Tagaytay or somewhere else but I've never actually been inside. What a loser. So I asked my dad to bring me there, along with my cousins. Yay me.

There were a lot of these koi swimming around, you could actually hear them squish and splash everywhere whenever you throw some fish feed!

We then stayed in Serenitea for a while. The whole time we were there, I was thinking about Eula Valdez being in the table opposite ours. It turns out that... it's not her. It's just a freakishly-Eaula-Valdez-look-alike citizen. 

Solenad and the sky.

Anf they have this cool House of Santa in front of Solenad! And yes, we took pictures. It really is Christmas. (Even with the hot weather.)

Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?

I've been watching a lot of movies lately and I blame the universe for not being productive and procrastination. I kind of blame school, too. 

(I promise you that this will be the last time I'me gonna talk about movies in two to three days straight. I just felt the need to blog about this certain movie for it made me whisper to myself, "YEAH I DO" or "SAME".)

 The Breakfast Club (1985) is a coming of age story about five high school students of  different stereotypes. They talk about themselves and discover that they're all in the same boat, how they think about the world around them, what they think of the people around them and how they got to where they are. 

I now consider myself a fan of Allison Reynolds. She's eccentric, weird, a compulsive liar, and different. But hey, she's a good artist! And her transformation at the end of the movie is a total jaw-dropping scene. 

Also, I really loved the part when they were headed to John Bender's locker to get some drugs and they were running around the campus trying to stay out of Vernon's way and they almost got caught but John Bender being the "supreme" creature that he is, has his own ways. Then again, he's freaking John Bender. 

If you've seen the movie Easy A starring Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast, the scene above would be familiar. Well, that's John Bender fist-pumping the air for he has found/done/accomplished something. Just like Olive, I'd like to see that happen in real life. "He won the girl!" Forgive my poor imagination and interpretation of events. 

*Cue Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me)*

"...and these children that you spit on,
  as they try to change their worlds are
  immune to your consultations.  They're
 quite aware of what they're going through...
        - David Bowie

(Considered to be the greatest high school movie of all time, I consider it now as my Greatest Run-away Movie of All Time or The Best Movie to Watch to Overcome the Spiraling Vortex of Lies and the Pain of Being a Teenager Fueled by Hormones.)