15 minute blog

Now it's only 8 minutes because my internet took that long to load the page. Just felt like blogging because 1) it was getting lonely 2) im procrastinating and 3) i feel like writing. So. here it goes.

*6 minutes*

Crap. I told myself i was going to finish this blog before 11pm and start studying. Let's see how good I am at time management. lol, 10:55!

So. you know what? i've been swearing alot lately. It goes against my own moral values i know, but now i realize why people swear. its so liberating (and i figure this out at 18 years old. talk about being a late bloomer. damn). and once you start it can get pretty addicitng. however, after a few liberating days of throwing caution to the wind, my liberation was brought to an abrupt stop a few nights ago. the incident went something like this:

*in the office, kristine and i are doing homework*

kristine: migel, can you help me with this?

*i go over to her but stub my toe on the way*

migel: SH*T! mother-
kristine: migel, stop swearing.
migel: what? i didn't swear. (i honestly didn't realize i was)
kristine: *with all seriousness* you were. please stop. i don't find you awesome anymore.

and so we made deal where i have to pay 20 pesos if ever i swear and she has to pay the same amount if she says the word "awesome" or starts acting all "gangstah" when im around. and honestly, i'm not the type of person who swears so my whole swearing episode was going to phase out sooner or later. what's kinda sad though is the fact that i started swearing so late. LOL, i mean, ppl usually start around 12.. or 13 or something. oh well, i guess it was a phase i had to get over with. PLUS, what person wouldnt want to appear "awesome" to their siblings?? haha


moving on quickly to school (i suck at time management. it's already 11:21. my new goal: 11:25) i love my subjects. they're interesting and i enjoy all the teachers (with the exception of my stat teacher. i sit on the 2nd row and i STILL can't hear his wispy voice. it's no louder than a teaspoon dropping!) and i vow that i shall be the ultimate experate of HIRAGANA when the sem's over!! Gosh, Japanese is so much harder than i thought. it's really really fun though :)


Song i've been listening to lately: Man in the Mirror by MJ

11:23!! yes, i achieved my goal! (sorta)



Rest in Peace Michael Jackson! Music wouldn't have been the way it is today if it weren't for you.

idle thoughts + chicken pops

having come home late from buying a new pair of school shoes, i found myself sitting alone at the kitchen table with a bowl of chicken pops for dinner. having no one to talk to i was left with my thoughts as i absent mindedly munched on my beloved chicken. i don't know how, i don't know why but for some reason my mind lingered on one particular topic: friends. my friends. i realize i have so many people in my life i call friends. people who return my smile when we happen to come across each other; people who I empathize with about wretched teachers and unbelievable work assignments; people i laugh with when we need to relieve the stress; people i talk to about the latest gist and youtube sensations (lol) and the list goes on and on. even though i have a lot of people i call my friends, i only consider a few to be my really close friends. what surprised me though was the realization that they were divided into 3 groups - groups that nurture different parts of my soul and will always have that special place there in the four chambers of the only cardiac muscle of my body.

1) we all have that inner child somewhere deep within us. a lingering memory of the happy moments where we were once carefree, untroubled and light-hearted. the innocent delight of simple wonders was a part of childhood people usually left behind once they got older. what people don't realize is that it's important to keep our innerchild alive. not to be childish, but to be child-like towards the things life has to offer. im blessed to have friends who keep my innerchild alive. when together, i remember what its like to be a child again. i laugh more freely and i look at the world with better eyes. from unicorns to starfish to leprechauns, with them i remember that there just might be magic in this world.

2) have you ever been the person someone goes to when they need to pour their heart out? when listening to their story its an emotional roller coaster because their sadness is your sadness and their joy is your own joy.. to be able to connect with someone like that is something i wouldn't give up for the world. may it be an innate yearning to be part of society or simply a desire to be needed, everyone wants to feel belonged some way or another. such friends make me feel like i belong somewhere even if its just a small part of this world. they need me and i need them. we will always be a family outside my family.

3) and of course, there's always that person or people you feel comfortable enough to spill everything to.. every secret, every mundane detail.. the time flies when you talk because you can talk about anything (and everything) under the sun. from destiny, love and fate to which dip tastes better, honey mustard or garlic parmesan.. you tell them things because you know they'll take you seriously - your hopes and dreams, your fears and doubts - and that they'll offer the truth no matter how painful. such friends help me believe in myself... because they believe in me.

i realize that even though i only have a few close friends, they've given me more than i can have ever imagined. i'll forever be grateful and blessed to have you guys in my life. <3

after all those thoughts, I gaze down at my now nearly empty bowl of chicken pops and realize one more thing --

these chicken pops must be drugged.

summer end

wow, so summer was supposed to end yesterday but because of this whole swine flue epidemic (pandemic?) we get an extra week of summer, which is cool nowww but it's going to cut a week of sembreak or christmas break so i wish school just started already. i already had my mind set and ready for school since last week i had to wake up real early for the first years 4 day orientation progam. but then i find out i have a whole week to bring my mind back to idle-summer mode which'll only make it so mucher harder for me to start school next week cuz i'll be feeling all lazy. grawr.


summer itself on the other hand has been really great :) truly one of the best, i can't believe it's actually ending. it feels like just yesterday we had our IS farewell party but in reality its been what.. nearly 3 months? that phrase "time flies when you're having fun" is an understatement. i learned alot abut myself (like how i tend to sleep in moving vehicles. alot. i honestly never really noticed that before. i guess the fluid movement sort of lulls me to sleep. haha) and learned new things (did you know if you floss twice a day you have greater chances of living up to 100??). also during this summer i've become addicted to the ellen degeneres show. we don't have disney, or hbo (asdfjdka) or hallmark (the biggest loser!) soooooooo i watch ellen degeneres alot :D im such a tv bum.

hmm.. lets see.. things i've done during the summer:

1) got a twitter!
2) enrolled in the gym (bwaha)
3) got my driver's license! woohoo!
4) facilitated the first years (fun stuff)
5) went to the davids concert!
6) ate kukuracha (i have no idea how to spell that.. but it's like crab.. only it looks like a scoripion/alien thing. really and apparently kukuracha is translated to "cockroach". *shiver*)

hmm.. yeah, i was planning on coming up with 10 but its nearly 2am.. so i'll do that later.


all my classes start at 11pm!!!!!!!!! isn't that awesome or what?? :D