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Tala :]

The Fault In Our Stars

So I'm done reading (as in actually reading) John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and it's too depressing & tear-jerking & tragic a love story! I couldn't contain my emotions I looked stupid, tears falling at almost every flip of a page. :)) It's too sad I don't want to read a book of this kind again. Not to spoil or anything, but the death of * was so painful it felt like I just broke up with a boyfriend! HAHA oa. Pero, seriously :( oh, well.. that's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt. For without pain, we couldn't know joy. Ay wooow. Hugot! =)) lol that's to quote John Green. Here's another quotation that I particularly liked from the book: 'it's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.' Yes.. cos I admire deviance. I look up to people who are not afraid to be themselves, like they have their own mind & the confidence to stand by their own principles in life. People who don't simply go with the flow and conform to the norms of this society. People who are not afraid to be 'different.' That's really sexy. :D I guess that explains why I'm here blogging despite the hell week while pretty much all of my schoolmates are studying and getting ready for finals.. because I'm lazy. Joke! Not joke. Okay I shall study. One week to go before this sem ends! Mixed feels but more on sad, I guess. I think this is the first time that I will ever be sad about the ending of classes, the feeling's now foreign. The last time I felt this way was back in high school, specifically fourth year. I'm usually just happy whenever sem ends cos I have nothing or no one to miss about school. But this time I swear I'm going to miss people, knowing we won't be classmates again next sem.. woah overly attached classmate! HAHAHA okay. I've already had enough drama c/o The Fault In Our Stars. Okay I'll end here. Okay.

Disclaimer: Photo not mine. Credit goes to the owner. :D

Love love,

Tala :]

Now Showing: The Conjuring

Sabi ko 'di ako manunuod ng The Conjuring. Kahit inaakit pako ng friends ko. Not because I'm scared. Me? Scared? Duh. :p kidding aside, I thought I don't want to watch it 'cos it's too mainstream. Okay, I'm not saying I have anything against mainstream, calm down guys. It's just that The Conjuring-related posts are almost EVERYWHERE on the social media. Is it really that good to get too much attention? Call me skeptical or what, but I'm thinking it's yet another capitalists' 'marketing strategy' that I don't wanna bite. Dati nauso iyong bibili ng ginituang ice cream aka Selecta Magnum sabay post ng picture sa Instagram, Facebook, etc etc. It got a lot of people into purchasing overpriced ice cream that others claim to be but a glorified Pinipig which is about five times cheaper compared to Magnum. So was it worth my fifty pesos? Let's just say I did not buy ginituang ice cream from my own money, thanks to my daddy. =)) and I'm not gonna buy another of it from my own pocket 'cos I'm poor and there are things that are more worthy of my fifty pesos. Another recent hype is Mcdo's McSpicy. Left and right people kept on posting McSpicy pics, saying nice things about it, telling how good it is..and I personally find it effective 'cos I got lured into buying McSpicy myself. =)) PG ba! In the context of the social media age, if you want something to click, aside from the use of conventional tvc, make your product 'trend' on the top social networking sites. I liked McSpicy, btw. :p worth ittt. :)
Obviously, I did watch The Conjuring though I said I won't. :p haha! Call me pacool, kupal or whatever but it really is overrated. Nakakagulat pero 'di naman exagge sa takot!! Kaasar pa 'yong mga nagpopost ng banned daw The Conjuring after two days na showing. May sinapian daw kase habang nanunuod ng The Conjuring sa cinema. May proof ba? May article ba about it? Sneak preview lang naman pala August 12-13 showing. Sasabihin niyo banned. Tsk tsk. From what I read it will be on the cinema tomorrow, Aug. 21. Hmm. Kanina kaming 4 nanuod sa bahay nila Ate Paye, Sis Maymay, Kuya Ron for free. Half na kami sa movie. Biglang sabi ni Ate break nga muna. Bili muna tayong snacks. Bumili sila Ate Paye & Kuya Ron sa labas. Pumasok nako sa kwarto nag check ng Twitter. Dahil turtle mode na naman connection namin, wala lang, napatingin lang ako sa time...

O.O 3:07 PM. shiiit. Takbo ako sa sala. Sigaw pako ng sigaw. Tinatawag ko na si Sis Maymay. Hinde ko pa siya makita kase nag off kami ng ilaw. Wth=)) (pero syempre may screencap pa talaga for this blog's sake..haha). I swear nag panic talaga ko sa 3:07 na time. Imagine there are 1440minutes in a day! What's the probability of a clock striking at 3:07. Ano ba naman 'yong 2 out of 1440 (correct me if I'm wrong..mathematically challenged e:)))! Sakto pa sa panonood ko ng The Conjuring. Sakto pa sa 3:07. Srsly (Ohhh.. hinde pala natakot ah. Haha!). Anyway as I have said it's just okay. Depends on your taste. Whether something's good or not is highly subjective and may vary from one person to another. Will I watch it again? Of course...not. Ayoko nga=)) Gugulatin ko pa sarili ko. Will I recommend it? Watch it on the cinema if you're rich and you have more than enough money to waste. If not, then there are cheaper, more economic ways to watch movies. You know what it is! :)

Love love,
Tala :]

What I've been up to..

August 12
Slept late. For more info, see previous post -> Virtual diary :)

August 13 (Tuesday)
Wasn't able to finish my matrix for Polsci199. Haggard. I had to do it inside the bus, during Chem, while typing notes in Econ, in the main lib just before Polsci199 class..you get the idea. Good thing Bea reminded me that the matrix wasn't due yet. So I still have until Thursday to cram. So yey :) Hmm. Although I got a low mark on our long exam in Econ (1pt shorter than my target grade to get a TRES in ave.), it's okay. At least I passed this time. I swear I'M GONNA PASS ECON190.2!!! Or not. HAHAH=)) I did my Anthro report when I got home at night. Too tired from all the cramming so I took a nap...a very long naaaap:))

August 14 (Wednesday)
Woke at 2am. Read my part for the report..fell asleep again. Absent si Bianx sa PI. Bored na'ko. So I just focused on listening to my prof 'cos he said we'll have our exam next meeting. Shocks. Spent my 4.5-hr break doing ppt and reading my report at the main lib then meeting my groupmates at AS lobby before Anthro. Our group won in a game wherein you have to come up with an evil plot to kill a specific victim (from low to high risk victims). I must say my groupmate will make a good offender. Haha. Prize: CHOCOLATES!!! HA! I'm so lucky with my groupmates :D then our turn to report..I was so nervous (?) I looked like I would die any moment. I have this irrational fear of public speaking..I don't even remember since when but it got worse during fourth year high school, I guess. That is why I hate to report in class or speak in front of a crowd. I get so cold, my heart palpipates like crazy, my voice shaky and it's difficult to breathe! I suspect it's a phobia. So you can imagine how relieved I got when the report was over..then gossip girls mode with my groupmates after class. Haha! It was soo fuuun. :) BENTA NILA=)) We stood by the gate after class and next thing we know it's already 7pm. Haha! We thought SC was missing out on a lot because she already left. Really happy to be a part of their group, thanks to my prof! At home I went on cramming the rest of the journal articles. Ang damiiiii.

August 15 (Thursday)
Still cramming like forever... pagod na talaga ko. Sobrang crap na ng output ko. My prof told us our review of related lit. will define if she's gonna ask us to drop or not. That's due Tuesday next week. I can't afford to be lazy and irresponsible again..or else hello Polsci199 next semester! Again. With all the time, sleepless nights and stress I have already invested I don't want that to happen. Went to church after class, ate dinner when I got home and skimmed through our PI syllabus. I was so sleepy. 'Di ko na talaga kinakaya magpuyat + byahe + aral. Sana talaga nagdorm na'ko. Hmm. So I set my alarm at 1am and slept by 10pm.. and woke up at 5am! shit O_O I didn't study nor did I do my reaction paper. Pa'no na toh.

August 16 (Friday)
So I was doomed. But life must go on huh labo :)) I wrote my paper and left home at 7:30am. 1hr left (class at 8:30am). Paniiiic mode. I rode a cab (70pesos each HUHU ang mahal grr) then made it to school before 9am. Wahaha, lucky talaga! Wala naman usually cab doon. 'Di ko alam bat that time meron :D The moment I saw the questionnaire I was so thankful that I just slept the whole night. Ang hirap. Fill in the blanks. As in if you haven't been actually reading the works of Rizal you won't be able to answer. Ako last nagpasa. Bilis matapos ni Bianx. Feeling ko talaga nadalian 'yon. Haha! Nahihiya lang saken kasi hirap na hirap na'ko! Walked with Bianx to CS to get my allowance (from the atm). Went to Caloocan to get clothes to donate for our org's event. Missed my lola so much! So happy to see her agaaaain! Back to UP to submit old clothes. Not mine. Haha those were my cousin's. Mcdo Philcoa to meet Cess fresh from UPLB. Went to my faw Rosalie's. Planned a group study and ended up watching a movie, eating dinner, taking pics..and studying for a maximum of 10 minutes. Haha! We needed to go home 'cos it's late so we didn't really study. Happy day :)

August 17 TODAY
Too. Much. Homework. I haven't done anything productive yet. I'll study in Anthro laterrrr. :) will cook dinner then study. Sige. Anthro na talaga. Bye :D

Love love,
Tala :]

Virtual diary

..I think that describes this blog--it's a virtual diary. For all I know, a blog is supposed to contain stuff most people can actually relate to..like there must be one topic/subject and posts must be related to the chosen theme, e.g. food, fashion, hair, music, games, art, photography, etc etc. In my case, I always try to update this from time to time it's like a record of what's happening to me during the day..and the night. So is this already a blog?! I don't know. Haha! But sure you can consider this my virtual diary :)

As of now, it's 4:44 PM. Naiinis ako. Not sure if it's Senioritis but I really cannot drag myself into doing anything acad-related. I'm so lazy I'm at my worst. I hate myself I hate everyone I hate the world!!!! (Ang OAAAA :p) Tomorrow I have something to submit for Polsc199.. I haven't even started anything but I'm already quitting! Ayoko na talaga mag review ng journal articles. Grr. Hirap kumilos pag 'di mo gusto 'yong ginagawa mo. Ang hirap. I already want to end my suffering but I'm not doing my job to graduate the soonest hayz. Sabi na ni Allen mas maganda mag-thesis ng second sem. Sana nakinig nalang ako. Bakit pa kasi na-excite ako maubos Polsc subjects ko? One sem lang naman pagitan? Simula palang kasi anticipated ko nang babagsak ako sa Polsc199. Kaya gusto ko first sem para may chance pa ng second sem. Kung simula palang second sem ko na tinake tas gagawin ko na best ko dahil last na 'yon. Sana 'di na'ko naghihirap ngayon. Haaay, mabait pa naman prof ko doon. Matutulog nalang ako. Really not in the mood. Sana feel ko na mag-thesis. Kailan pa kaya? Lifeeee.

10:59 PM - Just woke up. Dinner muna tapos Polsci199 homework na. Shocks. 15 journal articles pa 'yon. Matatapos ko pa kaya 'yon. 'Wag sana ko makakatulog. Or else..deads. I also have to do my report for Anthro..what am I doing with my life. Woh!

Love love,
Tala :]

Happiness Is Not A Destiny, It’s A Choice

Cliche, indeed. True, could be. I don’t know. People say we should cheer up, even in times of distress; think positive, no matter how difficult the situation is; stop thinking too much, we are only creating problem that’s not even there; and believe that, after all, everything’s gonna be all right.

Easier said than done, I say perhaps I’m only trying to quote God-knows-who but basically you get the idea. How can you cheer up when you can’t find a reason to be okay? How can you not think about something that is awfully significant in your life or should I say someone hahahaha? How can you smile when your heart is shattered and all that? I mean, really.

Whenever I feel down, it is not in my vocabulary to pretend to be strong and act like everything’s fine. I cry when I’m hurt, I say it when I’m jealous, I show it when I’m sad, I curse when I’m mad. Chos! Hehe I don’t curse. But seriously I don’t want to fake smiles; to me it is more dramatic and so tear-jerking I could win an Oscar. I’d rather tell the world how miserable I am and lock myself in the room for a week because I want to be alone while I drown myself in tears— and yeah win FAMAS award at least. It’s so hard to “choose” to be happy in the midst of heartache, that’s bovine ordure (unless you are one heartless jellyfish, right?)!

Okay, sure, that has always been my perspective ever since whenever I’m going through things. But I guess, sometimes, there is nothing wrong with trying to be someone you are not, yes? Maybe it’s about time I betray my profound love for pessimism. By all means I’m giving it a try. Dear happiness…

 I choose you :”> hahahaha ansaveh

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August last year's feels directly lifted from my old blog. What's with August? Why do I get the same old, feels every time? Fast forward to September please!

Love love,
Tala :]

Oxygen pls!

*breathe in* *breathe out* *breathe in* Aaaahhh! HAHA can't believe Brenan Espartinez replied to me on Skype!!! Crush ko since first yr or second yr HS? Hmmm I think it was my 18th birthday when he greeted me on Twitter (@jongetzz). It was one of my most memorable birthdays ever because Brenan himself wished me a happy birthday. Hihihi! Too bad I deactivated that account and it got deleted for real. Sayang talaga. I'm really in love with Brenan's voice. I still cannot get over with his singing and dancing of Burn-Usher. Kaya kahit hey there lang yan. Feeling ko kumpleto na one year ko, perfect! <3

Love love,
Tala :]