Animo?

Last Wednesday, i visited DLSU with what could possibly be one of my last visits ever. I usually go for delivering Keiko Collection stuff, (and hanging out with my sorely missed blockmates and friends) but a) a lot of events are coming up and i can always deliver them there, and b) stock is practically gone, anyway, yay! Everytime i visit Taft (ever since i transferred) i always end up feeling nostalgic. I miss La Salle, i really do.

 

I miss the campus. I miss the Grecian inspired buildings, the SJ walk, and the long walk from Andrew to South Gate. I miss seeing more than 10 friends in a span of an hour, i miss Agno fishballs and Lair. I miss Nomimono and the variety of restaurants in EGI. I miss Andrew Building and the looooong line at the elevators. I miss the high tech Andrew classrooms and the oldschool ones at the LS Building. I miss the booths lined up in the Central plaza.

 

  

I miss the spirit. Not the "I Bleed Green" spirit, but the spirit of freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of style and just freedom in general. I miss the energy and the vibe of the place, and i miss the culture. People cared for causes but didn't care for petty high school gossip. (Although some still do) 

                                                     Me with Dan, one of my favorite girls <3

But most of all, i miss my friends. I miss overeating during breaks and during class. I miss plugging the iPod in the classroom sound system and having between-class mini-parties. I miss stressing over grades together. I miss group works and fail volleyball. I miss locker room bonding, making libre, sharing shampoo and life stories, and sharing umbrellas when it'd rain. I miss having acoustic sessions with the block, and singing to cheesy 90s songs with them. I miss first impressions debunked, and hating on inept teachers. I miss, i miss.

I wouldn't have survived first term, first year college without these girls. (Missing Dan, Jus, Nikki, Sara and Laureen in the photo! And the rest of Advertising Block 21 as well.) They say that you'll forever remember your high school friends, but college friends are lifelong friends, too. I guess there's truth to that saying, after all. Walang kalimutan ah?

The Top 10 Romantic Comedies

Okay i admit, i'm a romantic comedy buff. But deep down, who isn't? Everyone loves that feeling in the pit of your stomach when the guy gets the girl, and it ends happily ever after. I mean, everybody loves a happy ending. Even the most cynical of all cynics or the hardest of hearts wants to have their own happily ever after.

I like action movies and suspense thrillers, (i hate horror movies! you can call me chicken... i'll attest to that.) but my most favorite genre of them all is romantic comedies. There's something about them, something so sweep-me-off-my-feet esque that makes me love being a girl. But there's also the aspect of those things not always happening in real life. But that's the allure of romantic comedies: They take us away from the more often than not brutal reality of love, and puts us right in the middle of a story we want to play a role in.

I haven't watched all the newest romantic comedies out there yet. (coughvalentine'sdaycough) But here i'll outline my personal top 10 romantic comedies. I won't put the synopsis anymore :)

10. 27 Dresses

This movie was jampacked with humor and love and irony. Irony because the leading man, James Marsden, is a cynic. He hates marriages and weddings, while his leading lady, Katherine Hiegl, simply adores them.The irony of all ironies, is that he is a very famous writer of a wedding column, and she's his biggest fan... and yet he doesn't believe in what he writes. James Marsden's character is absolutely ADORABLE, and i wish someone like him existed. His character is totally my type, hahaha! Anyway, the movie is hilarious and the script is fantastic.

9. Keeping the Faith

If there was an award for most original storyline, this movie would win the title hands down. The story follows childhood best friends Jacob (Ben Stiller), Brian (Edward Norton), whose long lost childhood buddy Anna (Jenna Elfman) comes back to town. They're both in love with Anna, but the thing is, Jacob is a rabbi, and Brian is a priest. The film is a HILARIOUS and unorthodox story of love, religion, and well, love love love. And the soundtrack is great, too.

 8. Hitch

Hitch was a very educational film, because i learned a lot of the tactics men used to woo women! Anyway, Alex Hitchens (Will Smith) is "a date doctor." He helps guys who are inept at courting to at least get a date with the woman they're attracted to. Make no mistake, he doesn't help them get into their pants. Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) is a gossip columnist who's sworn to track this date doctor down, when her best friend is jerked off by a guy who was Alex's client. Well coincidence of coinceidences, they fall in love. But the film is loads of laughs, very educational, and really sassy to boot.

Five Minutes isn't enough to write a decent poem

If the past has won and the ballots few

When the cards are in and faces are new

On and off the wheel even when skies glow blue

When there's nothing else i can say or do

Between cobblestone streets and people we meet

When i can't keep my head up or keep still in my seat

If the present is determined by what has been

And the down, down, downs keep rolling in

Frustration grows and patience wears thin

Amidst the debate between obligation and sin

Between cobblestone streets and people we meet

When i can't keep my head up or keep still in my seat

When my future is set on crystal sand

And everything else is lifted up to the Creator's hands

When i only feel like i alone understand

And i'm on the precipice, dangling upon a delicate strand-- 

--of Destiny and time, and time and Fate

They say that good things come to those who wait

Book Review: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

"... I'm reaching out and she's right there and right at that moment the amps amplify and the music takes on such a pulse that it becomes my heartbeat and her heartbeat and I know it and she knows it and this is the point where we could break apart and that would be it, totally it. But i look into her eyes and she looks into my eyes and we recognize it - the excitement of being here, the excitement of being now. And maybe i'm realising what a part of it she is and maybe she's realizing what a part of it I am, because suddenly we're not crashing as much as we're combining. The chords swirling around us are becoming a tornado, tightening and tightening and tightening, and we are at the center of each other. My wrist touches hers right at the point of our pulses, and i swear i can feel it. That thrum. We are moving to the music and at the same time we are at a stillness. I am not losing myself in the barrage. I am finding her. And she is- yes, she is finding me."

The best hodgepodge of run-on sentences i've ever read.

I'm not going to talk about how imaginative the storyline was, because it wasn't. I'm not going to talk about how inspirational the book was, because it was a simple story of two very different people finding each other, and connecting through music.What made the book so special, for me, was that it was real. Each line, each

sentence, each paragraph was raw emotion and unadulterated teenage romance. It's so simple, yet so captivating because it draws you in, and makes you fall in love with the characters, then hate them, then root for them... then fall in love with them again.

Professors.

So for my first real blog entry, i'll talk about teachers.

Just as school is our "home away from home," teachers are like our parents in school, and with that, they have a lot of responsibilities. This is very timely for me, because just today, i had just about HAD IT with one of my professors. I'm not going to be naming any names of course, but let's just say that i am not the biggest fan of professors who feel like they know everything.

I've had my fair share of inspiring teachers, especially in high school. A lot have invoked a passion in me for a lot of things, and i owe a good percentage of what i know to them.

Here i'll outline the types of professors i've encountered in my lifetime. (or those with a majority that can be classified into a type, anyway)

Yayyy

Hooray for me! I fixed the layout of the blog! Of course, all credit goes to the girl who made it, i forgot her name. *facepalm* so well yeah, i guess this is my "public" private blog. Public because it's my only blog i won't lock, and private because no one knows about this. Ha! Sooo till the next few posts!