sKiPpiNg sChOoL

I skipped school today.

Well, that is not really something new. I do not usually go to school on Fridays even though I have classes on Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. The only thing different for today is the quiz that I was supposed to write in Macroeconomics. The funny thing is I was all ready for it. Well, not entirely ready, but, still, I was pretty confident about it. I even finished my outlines for the chapter the quiz was going to be based on.

See, I told you I was ready. I was just stupid enough not to take it.

I was half-asleep in the morning when I was contemplating whether I should go or not. I would sit up on my bed, then go lie down. Then sit up, then go lie down again. (Don’t look at me like that! I know most of you do the same thing every morning.)

So I abruptly decided NOT to go.

Besides, our teacher came up with this thing regarding the credits we get for the quizzes she gives us. She gives us four quizzes for the whole semester, and the best three out of those four will be the only ones credited. So, basically, we can miss one quiz as long as we write the other three (and do good on them), without worrying about a lesser grade.

But I am NOT (definitely not) promoting “school-skipping”.

Even though I seldom go to class, I can still say that I am usually ready for it. I always sometimes do advance studying, and I have all the outlines to prove it. I even do most of my assignments beforehand so that I do not have to do it at the very last minute.

So, if you do plan to skip, make sure you have tackled all the consequences for it. Make sure that you will not lose anything, or if you do, it should be at the minimum level, and be sure that you will be able make up for it.

Or better yet, JUST DO NOT DO IT.

(This post is pretty ironic. I skipped school, and here I am talking about NOT skipping school. Geez)

YUI – Laugh Away

I was shocked!

YUI just released her new single “Namidairo” a little over a week ago, and now this?!

I do not mean this in a bad way, mind you. I was just a bit surprised about the sudden release of a new PV. I thought she would spend more time on promoting “Namidairo.”

The “Laugh Away” PV is, surprisingly, actually good! I do not usually see YUI smiling for the camera, and to see her actually act cute here is so refreshing. It kind of reminds me of her “I Remember You” and “CHE.R.RY” videos. But you’ll get to see a waaaayyy cuter YUI. How can she be so serious when singing, then go to being all prim and proper during her interviews (Have you guys seen the way she sits? Her back is as straight as a board!), then be all goofy on stage, then act really cute, then back to her serious face all over again? And she actually looks good in all those expressions!

Anyway, here’s her newest PV. According to the people from YUI-Lover, this will be included in her new album, titled “I Loved Yesterday” planned for release on the 9th of April. (Can’t wait!)

YUI – Laugh away

I have tried numerous times to just post the video here, but somehow, all the Laugh Away PVs on youtube always get deleted (I wonder why). So just click on the link to watch it.

 

Oh, and we actually get to see like a 0.5-second-shot of her band, which is a first! Here’s a screen cap.

I always find it funny when her band’s all hyper and head-bang-ing all over the place while she just sits there and plays her guitar so calmly.

And does anybody know who the kid is? He’s pretty cute. Especially in the scenes when he’s not smiling too much.
I found out who he is. His name is Hayashi Kento. Here’s one of his nice shots.

That’s about it! Watch out for the new album!!!

a sEcOnD gO aT bLoGgiNg

Alright!

This is my first “official” post on wordpress. The first two were previously posted on livejournal, and I just moved them here a few minutes ago. Don’t ask me why I chose wordpress over livejournal. It’s just that most of my friends use wordpress, so I thought it might be a bit better than livejournal, but how should I know. I mean, really. I’m still new at this.

This is actually my second go at blogging. Like I said, I used to have an account on livejournal, which was pretty much useless, seeing that I only had like three posts on there. After that, I just got tired of doing it because I was not really the type to rant about my life (or anybody else’s for that matter) on the internet.

But all of that changed.

I met some interesting people over a month ago on some group on friendster (If you do not know what friendster is, it is the same as myspace, facebook, and cyworld). At first, I just wanted to join the group because they claimed to be the pride of the city I was born in (Davao City, Philippines). So I thought, “I’m proud to be from Davao. Why not join this and actually become part of the so-called “pride” of the city?” So that was what I did. Click click, and there! I became part of the Davao’s Pride group in a matter of seconds! (Funny what the internet can actually do to your social life in just two mouse clicks.)

When I met all those people from the group, usually the ones who are most frequently online, they kept on ushering me to start a blog.

“But what would I write about?” I asked. “Anything!” They said.
Wow, that helped a lot.

Then they told me to check their sites out, so I did. And as I was reading their posts, I said to myself, “Hey, maybe I can actually do this.” I have seen and read a lot of blogs from various kinds of people, and, to be honest, I felt really intimidated by how they wrote their entries. People wrote them in such a witty way that you’ll never expect such trivial matters to be so humorous. Plus, they usually had a theme. Like, for example, a blogsite dedicated to an artist or something like that. Bottom line is I have never come across a blogsite with so many topics to talk about, which I found in practically all of the DP (Davao Pride) members’ blog posts.

So that’s why I decided to just write about anything. Absolutely anything. Even if it is a kind of spur-of-the-moment thing or a consequence of insomnia or just a rant about an idiotic issue. If those guys can do it, then I can as well! I mean, they are even getting paid to do it!

The hell with that!

cAn’T sLeEp

(This was an old entry. I just reposted it.)

It’s quarter to 4am, and I can’t sleep. I can feel my eyes dropping down, but whenever I find myself on the bed, I just can’t fall asleep! I have absolutely no idea why, but I just stare around the dark room and think. Think what? I don’t really know… It’s like a mix of everything: my finals, home, my friends, school… So many things run in my mind for the last few hours, and I just can’t seem to fall asleep.

So I just decided to write on this thing. I’m not quite sure if I’m going to be able to sleep after all this, but I’m just hoping that it will help, in some twisted way.

Ok, so where do I start?

Right!

NUMBER ONE: In Canada, I have ZERO social life.

And I hate it.

I can’t really say that I was popular back home, but I did know a lot of people. It even came to a point that wherever I go (in school), I always end up greeting somebody along the hallway, always have someone to talk to, and even always have someone to borrow books or calculators from whenever I need some. I’m even shocked myself whenever I think about this because I was never a sociable person. I was more of the quiet and don’t-give-a-damn-to-the-world type who you’ll always find at the corner of the classroom either sleeping or just have a blank look on her face. But somehow, it worked for me. I still gained a lot of friends and even came off as a funny person to some people (I have absolutely no idea how this came to be).

But where I am right now, It doesn’t work. ABSOLUTELY… no effect.

My aloofness and standard sit-at-the-corner-of-the-room habit has gotten me nowhere in regards to my social life. I’ve been in Canada for over a year now, and unfortunately, I haven’t made any friends. Well, I have made some at work, but now that I’m NOT working and just concentrating on college, it’s pretty damn harsh. I feel so alone with no one to talk to. Even though I have some friends from work, I’ve never really spent that much time with them for us to be “friends.”

I know it sounds pretty shallow, I mean it does for me, but it’s the truth. I can’t even believe that I’m complaining about such a small thing. I just realized that I’m so used to not exerting any effort when it comes to my social life that when I found myself in an entirely different place, I was kind of… well, I guess… lonely. I’ve never felt so alone in my entire life, and that scares the crap out of me. I miss home uncontrollably (but not to the point that I’m on the verge of tears, thank God!), and I always end up daydreaming of how it would be if I was back home. I mean, I’m so homesick that I even did something that I would NEVER IMAGINE myself do: write a freaking blog about it!

Oh well!

fiRsT eVeR bLoG

~fiRsT eVeR bLoG~

Ok… Uhm… Well… *cough* SO!…
hmmm…

*silence*

*DEAD silence*

Alright! So I have absolutely NO idea what I’m doing. Why am I writing a blog anyway? Oh, right!

Because I’m BORED.

And because this is my first blog ever, I’m gonna start with some introductions on what this journal is going to be all about.

It’s going to be about anything that comes into my mind. It can be about music (probably most of it will be), my life, hell, it can even be about celebrities’ lives, if I’m in the mood to rant about the entertainment biz! In other words, I don’t really have any main themes for this journal, unlike most blogs out there, with their respective users focusing their attentions on specific topics. Like I said, I’m kinda NEW at this, and I’ve never been the talkative type, personally or interactively.

Another warning: TYPOS and grammatical errors. English is NOT my first language, so it is expected that you may have to read my entries twice to get my drift. I’m also not used to any North American slang (although I am slowly learning it) and still trying to adjust myself to the Western lifestyle.

So, bear with me, people!

Let the ranting… BEGIN!