Random Thoughts

Personality Cocktail

2004-08-11T14:22:00.000+08:00

hmm.. I quite agree.. haha!!

How to make a denise

Ingredients:

3 parts competetiveness

1 part silliness

1 part energy

Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Top it off with a sprinkle of curiosity and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

when can i get a job??

2004-08-10T18:38:00.000+08:00

I'm desperate.. I'm scared.. I don't know what to think anymore. It's only been 3 months since I graduated but I really want to work na!! I am applying for a channel editor position at yehey.com but it seems that the big boss doesn't like me for reasons I do not know. My first interview with them was with 2 channel editors and I seem to have left a mark, that's why I was called for a 2nd interview with the big boss, right? My 2nd interview seems fine.. He didn't even ask me anything about the position offered to me.. He just asked me about the stuff I put in my resume and I think I answered everything ok and sincerely. Anlabo! I hope I'd get a call from them soon, and I hope it's because they are hiring me. *sigh* I really believe I'm fit for the position. Please God help me!

Yehey is perfect in every possible way. It's an IT company; it's in Ortigas Center, more so in front of The Podium; the position fits me; it's not a call center (no offense to call center peeps); it's a 9-6 job -- flexitime actually, which is so much better; and the pay is ok (I'm not sure of the exact figure but since it's not lower than 10K it means that it's good and sufficient for a palamunin like me) . To top it all, I didn't even know of the opening. I just went to Discovery Suites to drop off my resume and remembered, when I about to leave, that Yehey is in the same building. So I asked the guard what floor it's located, went there and left my resume. Then, the guy who interviewed me told me to come back the next day for the interview. I was so thrilled. I mean, I have been submitting my resume to a lot of companies, and Yehey responded quickly. And so I thought, and still think, that God wants me there. But why oh why do I feel that Mr. Big Boss did not like me????

Please Lord, hear my prayer...

Nothing to wear

2004-07-23T01:15:00.000+08:00

My boyfriend asked me to come with him to his cousin's birthday party this Saturday. He told me that the theme of the party is the eighties but I don't have to follow it. But, I still need to wear something nice and semi-formal 'cause it's dinner time. And this is where my dilemma comes in. I don't have anything to wear!!! I haven't been going out for like... hmm.. I don't even know na.. I used to go out on gimmicks when I was in High School but when I entered College, my block's trip is different. They prefer house parties and inuman. It was a good thing though 'cause my dad's really strict. At least I haven't been grounded for a loong time now. And another good thing is that my boyfriend is not the type who loves gimmicks! He prefers chilling out at a friends place, listening to music, and drinking. So there.. I haven't been going out so naturally, I don't have gimmick clothes. We have a dress code in school, meaning, no sleeveless and mini skirts. So, my wardrobe basically consists of plain cotton tees and jeans. I have a few tanks that I bought before... it's a really good think that I'm into classics... so the tank tops that I used to wear 4 years ago, I could still wear now! But, I still don't know what to wear!!! I have a nice red blouse that my mom bought recently but my boyfriend doesn't want me to wear red!! ARgh!! He wants me to wear black but my black tops are mostly tank tops that are not too formal.. Daym! I sent him some MMS pictures of the tops that I'm thinking of wearing but he still hasn't chosen. He keeps on telling me to find something else. Haayyy.. I'm thinking of buying one tomorrow but I can't hitch a ride with my dad cause he's leaving early... So I guess I'm stuck with my black tank, red blouse, or yellow green venus top. I hope my boyfriend gets to choose something na...

Holding Hands?

2004-07-23T01:09:00.000+08:00

I chanced upon this quiz while I was blog hopping. Holding hands lang?? :) haha! But I agree that I like to be in constant physical contact with my special someone. I can't get enough of him!

hand holding - you like to be in constant physical
contact with your special someone but you don't
want to take things too quickly.

What Sign of Affection Are You?
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Bookworm??

2004-07-22T13:54:00.000+08:00

Got it here while I was blog hopping... :)

Bookworm...

Rules:
1. Steal it.
2. Post it on your site.
3. Bold the books you've read.
4. Add three of your own!

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Sorcerers philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The DUrbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Susskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnights Children, Salman Rushdie
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 1/2, Sue Townsend
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaids Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. Georges Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick OBrian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (also in my collection, but haven't read it)
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville (in my collection, but haven't read it)
162. River God, Wilbur Smith163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Gross-mith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera (currently reading it)192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews
201. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
202. The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
203. The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan
204. The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan
205. Fires of Heaven, Robert Jordan
206. Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan
207. Winters Heart, Robert Jordan
208. A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan
209. Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan
210. A Path of Daggers, Robert Jordan
211. As Nature Made Him, John Colapinto
212. Microserfs, Douglas Coupland
213. The Married Man, Edmund White
214. Winters Tale, Mark Helprin
215. The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault
216. Cry to Heaven, Anne Rice
217. Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, John Boswell
218. Equus, Peter Shaffer
219. The Man Who Ate Everything, Jeffrey Steingarten
220. Letters To A Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
221. Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn
222. The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
223. Anthem, Ayn Rand
224. The Bridge To Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
225. Tartuffe, Moliere
226. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
227. The Crucible, Arthur Miller
228. The Trial, Franz Kafka
229. Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
230. Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles
231. Death Be Not Proud, John Gunther
232. A Dolls House, Henrik Ibsen
233. Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen
234. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
235. A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
236. ALIVE!, Piers Paul Read
237. Grapefruit, Yoko Ono
238. Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde
240. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
241. Chronicles of Thomas Convenant, Unbeliever, Stephen Donaldson
242. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
242. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
243. Summerland, Michael Chabon
244. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
245. Candide, Voltair
e246. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, Roald Dahl
247. Ringworld, Larry Niven
248. The King Must Die, Mary Renault
249. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
250. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline LEngle
251. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
252. The House Of The Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
253. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
254. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
255. The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson
256. Chocolate Fever, Robert Kimmel Smith
257. Xanth: The Quest for Magic, Piers Anthony
258. The Lost Princess of Oz, L. Frank Baum
259. Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon
260. Lost In A Good Book, Jasper Fforde
261. Well Of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde
261. Life Of Pi, Yann Martel
263. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
264. A Yellow Rraft In Blue Water, Michael Dorris
265. Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
267. Where The Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
268. Griffin & Sabine, Nick Bantock
269. Witch of Blackbird Pond, Joyce Friedland
270. Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH, Robert C. OBrien
271. Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
272. The Cay, Theodore Taylor
273. From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
274. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
275. The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
276. The Kitchen God's Wife, Amy Tan
277. The Bone Setter's Daughter, Amy Tan
278. Relic, Duglas Preston & Lincolon Child
279. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
280. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
281. Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry
282. The Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum
283. Haunted, Judith St. George
284. Singularity, William Sleator
285. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
286. Different Seasons, Stephen King
287. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
288. About a Boy, Nick Hornby
289. The Bookmans Wake, John Dunning
290. The Church of Dead Girls, Stephen Dobyns
291. Illusions, Richard Bach
292. Magics Pawn, Mercedes Lackey
293. Magics Promise, Mercedes Lackey
294. Magics Price, Mercedes Lackey
295. The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav
296. Spirits of Flux and Anchor, Jack L. Chalker
297. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
298. The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, Brenda Love
299. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace.
300. The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison.
301. The Cider House Rules, John Irving.
302. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card
303. Girlfriend in a Coma, Douglas Coupland
304. The Lions Game, Nelson Demille
305. The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Stephen Brust
306. Cyteen, C. J. Cherryh
307. Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco
308. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
309. Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk
310. Camber of Culdi, Kathryn Kurtz
311. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
312. War and Rememberance, Herman Wouk
313. The Art of War, Sun Tzu
314. The Giver, Lois Lowry
315. The Telling, Ursula Le Guin
316. Xenogenesis (or Liliths Brood), Octavia Butler
317. A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold
318. The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold
319. The Aeneid, Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil)
320. Hanta Yo, Ruth Beebe Hill
321. The Princess Bride, S. Morganstern (or William Goldman)
322. Beowulf, Anonymous
323. The Sparrow, Maria Doria Russell
324. Deerskin, Robin McKinley
325. Dragonsong, Anne McCaffrey
326. Passage, Connie Willis
327. Otherland, Tad Williams
328. Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay
329. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
330. Beloved, Toni Morrison
331. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christs Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
332. The mysterious disappearance of Leon, I mean Noel, Ellen Raskin
333. Summer Sisters, Judy Blume
334. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
335. The Island on Bird Street, Uri Orlev
336. Midnight in the Dollhouse, Marjorie Filley Stover
337. The Miracle Worker, William Gibson
338. The Genesis Code, John Case
339. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevensen
340. Paradise Lost, John Milton
341. Phantom, Susan Kay
342. The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Anne Rice
343. Anno Dracula, Kim Newman
344: The Dresden Files: Grave Peril, Jim Butcher
345: Tokyo Suckerpunch, Issac Adamson
346: The Winter of Magics Return, Pamela Service
347: The Oddkins, Dean R. Koontz
348. My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
349. The Last Goodbye, Raymond Chandler
350. At Swim, Two Boys, Jaime ONeill
351. Othello, by William Shakespeare
352. The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
353. The Collected Poems of William Butler Yeats
354. Sati, Christopher Pike
355. The Inferno, Dante
356. The Apology, Plato
357. The Small Rain, Madeline LEngle
358. The Man Who Tasted Shapes, Richard E. Cytowick
359. 5 Novels, Daniel Pinkwater
360. The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Juliet Marillier
361. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
362. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
363. Our Town, Thorton Wilder
364. Green Grass Running Water, Thomas King
335. The Interpreter, Suzanne Glass
336. The Moors Last Sigh, Salman Rushdie
337. The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson
338. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster loved
339. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
340. The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
341. Pages for You, Sylvia Brownrigg
342. The Changeover, Margaret Mahy
343. Howls Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones
344. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
345. Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo
346. Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer
347. Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck
348. The Diving-bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
349. The Lunatic at Large by J. Storer Clouston
350. Time for Bed by David Baddiel
351. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
352. Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
353. The Bloody Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley
354. Sewer, Gas, and Eletric by Matt Ruff
355. Jhereg by Steven Brust
356. So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
357. Perdido Street Station, China Mieville
358. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte
359. Road-side Dog, Czeslaw Milosz
360. The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
361. Neuromancer, William Gibson
362. The Epistemology of the Closet, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
363. A Canticle for Liebowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr
364. The Mask of Apollo, Mary Renault
365. The Gunslinger, Stephen King
366. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
367. Childhoods End, Arthur C. Clarke
368. A Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
369. Ivanhoe, Walter Scott
370. The God Boy, Ian Cross
371. The Beekeepers Apprentice, Laurie R. King
372. Finn Family Moomintroll, Tove Jansson
373. Misery, Stephen King
374. Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
375. Hood, Emma Donoghue
376. The Land of Spices, Kate OBrien
377. The Diary of Anne Frank
378. Regeneration, Pat Barker
379. Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
380. Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia
381. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
382. The View from Saturday, E.L. Konigsburg
383. Dealing with Dragons, Patricia Wrede
384. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
385. A Severed Wasp - Madeleine LEngle
386. Here Be Dragons - Sharon Kay Penman
387. The Mabinogion (Ancient Welsh Tales) - translated by Lady Charlotte E. Guest
388. The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
389. Desire of the Everlasting Hills - Thomas Cahill
390. The Cloister Walk - Kathleen Norris
391. The Things We Carried, Tim OBrien
392. I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb
393. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
394. Enders Shadow, Orson Scott Card
395. The Memory of Earth, Orson Scott Card
396. The Iron Tower, Dennis L. McKiernen
397. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
398. A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L'Engle
399. Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy
400. Hyperion, Dan Simmons
401. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, Jon McGregor
402. The Bridge, Iain Banks
403. Practical Demonkeeping, Christopher Moore
404. Promethea, Alan Moore
405. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, Mark Haddon
406. archangel - robert harris
407. vernon god little - dbc pierre
408. ultimate spiderman - brian michael bendis
409. The Glamour, Christopher Priest
410. The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, Jeffrey Ford
411. The Third Person, Steve Mosby
412. Psychoville, Christopher Fowler
413. The Street of Crocodiles, Bruno Schulz
414. The Constant Gardener,John Le Carre
415. The Priestess of Avalon,Marion Bradley
416. The Mists of Avalon,Marion Bradley
417: Einstein’s Dreams – Alan Lightman
418. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread – Pat Robertson
419. Abarat – Clive Barker
420. The City of Beasts – Isabel Allende
421. The House of Spirits – Isabel Allende
422. Ameican Gods – Neil Gaiman
423. Coraline – Neil Gaiman
424. Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
425. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – JK Rowling
426. Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code – Eoin Colfer
427. Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident – Eoin Colfer
428. The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
429. The Invisible Man – Ralph Waldo Ellison
420. Ogre, Ogre – Piers Anthony
421. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
422. The Original English Translation of The Arabian Nights, (translated by) Sir Richard Francis Burton
423. Veronika Decides To Die, Paulo Coelho
424. A Walk To Remember - Nicholas Sparks
425. Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks
426. The Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells
427. Tuesday's With Morrie - Mitch Albom
428. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - James Patterson
429. The Love Story - Erich Segal
430. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl

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I added not 3 but 7! haha! :) I'm not so much of a bookworm!

My Harry Potter Obsession

2004-07-22T12:22:00.000+08:00

I can't get enough of Harry Potter and I can't wait for the next installment! I think I've read all the 5 book about 3-4 times already. I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night and I got a little depressed 'cause there's no more left to read... :(

I started rereading it when I saw the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner or Azkaban. I love how Cuaron directed the movie. It was short though and a lot of significant things weren't included but all in all it was very good. The visuals and cinematography (?) were great. I also love the transitions (the Whomping Willow, etc.)... the first two weren't smooth-flowing as this one. So there, I reread Book 3, then Book 4, then Book 5. I was crying buckets of tears last night when Sirius died, well mostly when Harry had recollections of him... :,(

I will still say that my favorite among the 5 books is Book 3, because of Sirius Black; then Book 4, then Book 1, then Book 5. Book 2 gives me the creeps especially when I saw the movie. The parcelmouth(?) dialogues of Harry and Tom Riddle just freaks me out! Book 4 is also good and action packed. The reason why I don't really like Book 5 is cause it's Harry's worst year in Hogwarts. I mean lahat na ng kamalasan nangyari sa kanya. Dementor attack, expulsion, Umbridge, Cho Chang, being banned from Quidditch, and of course the death of Sirius. Book 5 has its share of favorite moments too like "Snape's Worst Memory" but Sirius is really my favorite character.. And I still can't believe JK killed him... :,( Harry wasn't even able to use the 2-way mirror... waahh!! There are technicalities showing that Sirius "might" not have died such as the "sparks" that hit him 'cause the Avada Kedavra has green sparks whereas the color of sparks that hit Sirius wasn't mentioned. I hope the veil can be used. I hope Hary can still talk to Sirius... :,(

And now, I can't wait for the next installment Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince. *sigh* Harry Potter is now a part of my life. I commend JK Rowling for her awesome story-telling. Harry Potter got me to read when I wasn't a book worm at all.

Taray Queen

2004-07-22T10:46:00.000+08:00

I feel so liberated! haha! I don't think liberated is the right word but what the hell! hehe! I've never been mataray to people other than my siblings. I've always been courteous when answering phone calls. However, when our creditors started harassing us, I had to be assertive and cautious. I thought all of our credit cards have already been paid so I thought it's no longer scary to answer the telephone. You see, creditors have their own style of squeezing out information from the one they are talking to. See, when they call you up, they look for you using your first name (feeling friend), then they give you their first name also. It's not the usual, "May I speak to Mr. Juan de la Cruz" but "May I speak to Juan, this is Eric" So here you are thinking the caller's just a friend of your dad or something. Then there's this one time when my younger sister answered the phone and the creditor was like "This is the post office and you have a package that will be delivered to your house, what is your home address?" My sister was rattled and didn't know what to do.. So, without thinking that it could be our creditors, she gave the address of our grandma. My dad went ballistic and my uncle, the one living in my grandma's house, was furious because he was harassed by the creditor the next day. I think this is the last credit card that is unpaid, partly because my dad is furious at the creditor from their bank who has been caling us and the bank also does not want to negotiate. Gosh, even the multinational banks like Citibank are very courteous and has been accomodating my dad's requests.

Well anyway, so I thought I can already answer the phone knowing that I wouldn't be harassed and all that. But a while ago, to my shock, a girl called up and was looking for my mom.

Caller: "May I please speak to [mom's first name] "
Me: "She's not home, may I know who's calling please?"
Caller: "[her first name]. Sino to?"
Me: "Sino to? Saan to?" => I'm starting to have a tone already here.
Caller: "Si [her first name]. Sino to? Anak nya ba to?"
Me: "Oo, sino to? (with an irritated tone) SAAN BA TO? E BAKIT MO GUSTO MALAMAN PANGALAN KO? (very irritated now)"
Caller: "Ah, sa [bank's name], for record purpose lang"
Me: "OO ANAK NYA TO AND HINDI MO NA KAILANGAN MALAMAN ANG PANGALAN KO!"

Then I hung up while she was still speaking. I know I lost my manners but WTF! She has no right to ask for my name, I don't even know her! She has no right introduce herself like she's a friend or something. Gaga pala sya eh! E bat ko bibigay pangalan ko e hindi ko naman sya kilala! Well I think that suits her well. To hell with her!

After that incident, I have this light feeling. I don't know why. It's a liberating experience. I can't see myself doing that to someone, but I did! And I feel good about it! :D

jealous no more

2004-07-21T17:44:00.000+08:00

I was reading about my post about being jealous and all. It somehow made me realize that my thinking is so wrong. I guess this is the nice thing about blogging... You get to read your previous posts, contemplate about it, learn something new about yourself, know that you have to change it, change it, then move on! When I read it, I had this urge to delete it. What was I thinking? It was really so unhealthy to be living in jealousy and fear. I now realize that I can't keep on thinking that my boyfriend's going to cheat on me. I know I just have to always bear in mind that my boyfriend loves me as much as I love him. And if I know that I won't cheat on him, I know that he wouldn't also.

*Sigh* I feel so light. I don't want to be jealous anymore. :)

Trip to the dentist

2004-07-21T12:04:00.000+08:00

I have always hated the dentist because it has always been a painful experience. I have 3 pastas overdue since I was in highschool and I never came back. However, I have this 1 molar that has been giving me a problem since 1st year college. I bit something hard and all these infections happened to it. To make the story short, I went to the dentist yesterday. She told me that I need pasta, cleaning, braces, and extraction. She said she needed to extract the infected molar because it will just get worse. The idea's ok with me cause I am really getting irritated with that molar. It keeps on aching. But, I was also scared of the idea of extraction. It was my first time and I was alone. Dad left me and mom wasn't able to come because she was not ready when dad came to pick me up. So there I was having my first extraction without company. But it was ok, honestly. It didn't hurt. The injection was not painful. The actual extraction happened fast. The dentist's assistant was holding my head while the dentist pulled. It was pretty much ok and I thank God it didn't hurt. The blood was scary though cause it didn't stop bleeding til this morning, so I had to keep on changing the cotton. I'm going back to the dentist next week for my pasta. I'm scared. Pasta has always been painful. I guess I'll just have to pray again and ask God to send his angels to watch over me. :)

Hay Life....

2004-07-14T23:20:00.000+08:00

Here I am trying to be the less jealous girlfriend. I used to be a jealous girlfriend. Well.. I still am, but I'm trying to fight it. When I think about it, it all stems to possessiveness and selfishness. I want my boyfriend all to myself. I don't want him talking or having fun with other girls. I also think that it's also because he's a also jealous boyfriend. When our relationship was still on its first year, I wasn't allowed to text guys or be with guys. It was always an issue. So, I think I also got it from him. He may not be that jealous now... but I think it's also because I don't give him any reason to be. I am so aloof with guys; I don't talk to guys; I don't hang out with guys; I don't interact with them. And whenever a guy tries to talk to me or something, I get this scared feeling and start thinking of ways to shoo him or end the conversation. I just want peace. And I want him to do the same. I know it's not healthy and that's the reason why I am trying to change. But it's hard.. really.. Especially if I still stop myself from having guy friends. *sigh*

Survey thing

2004-07-14T12:51:00.000+08:00

I answered a survey I found in my email while I was cleaning it up... See I don't get to do anything productive here at home so I might as well clean up my email. We already have a housemaid (Thank God!) so my chores are completely wiped out, except for the occasional cooking, which I love naman. But I don't know why I am so lazy to do anything productive. We already have a new ref, meaning, I could already buy the ingredients that I need so that I could start cooking already.. I don't know.. Maybe being a bum affects my whole system. This is bad! I have to start doing something productive!!!

1. Name: -
2. Age: 20
3. Place of Birth: San Juan, Metro Manila
4. Biggest Accomplishment: as of now, graduating from college on time :)
5. Occupation: none as of the moment.. bum...
6. Hair Color: black
7. Marital Status: Single but unavailable :)
8. Biggest Fear: Death of loved ones
9. Best Friend: A, F, J
10. Favourite Time of Day: At night, before going to sleep.
11. Favourite Food: pork chop, salpicao, california maki and salmon sashimi, steak, chicken fingers, spareribs with salt and pepper, chicken teriyaki, french fries, my dad's adobo, pata, fried chicken, and kenchi with mushroom sauce. Actually, I really love to eat.. even if it doesn't show.. lucky me! :)
12. Favourite Color: blue and white
13. Education: College graduate
14. Happiest Memory: Kilig moment with A, Valentines Day 2001
15. Dream Job: Business Consultant
16. First Thing You Think Of When You Wake Up: What time kaya nakauwi si A??? / What time is it?
17. Last Thing You Think Of When You Go To Bed: I think of the things that I am thankful for and things that I need to pray about
18. Favourite Song: no faves, depende sa mood
19. Favourite Drink: iced tea, mango shake, sprite or rootbeer
20. What Did You Do Today?: I went to Podium and Mega to accompany my brother in buying his shoes, arcade, ate at KFC, lakad lakad sa mall...
21. What Time Is It?: 11 pm
22. If You Had One Wish What Would It Be? World Peace! hahaha! 2 things actually.. I want to be rich (so that my parents will never worry about money) and I want to my parents to accept and love A.
23. Rain Or Snow: snow.. Maybe it's the effect that it conveys in movies.. When I see snow (in the movies), I think the Christmas spirit, snow balls, snow capped mountains.. it gives me the impression of something beautiful and happy.
24. Why Are You Doing This Survey: bored..
25. What Did You Eat Today?: It's 9:56 AM, June 12, so I only had breakfast. I had hotdog, scrambled eggs and garlic rice.
26. Are You Closest To Your Mother Or Father?: Mother
27. Left or Right Handed: left
28. Last Song You Heard: Itsumo is always played in the malls
29. Last Person You Talked To: A of course
30. First Person You Talked To Today: Mom
31. Last Thing You Said: Oo kumain na ko
32. Who Are You Sending This To?: none
33. Do You Talk Regularly With Them?: with my friends? not much... I got to see J last week though :) she just got back for a vacation from the states
34. Biggest Regret?: nah.. no regrets dapat
35. Title?: hmm? what?
36. How Many Pillows Do You Sleep With?: 4
37. Thoughts At The Moment: I need a job
39. Siblings: 2
40. Who Will Respond And Send This Back To You: -

Rejected...

2004-07-14T12:40:00.000+08:00

Yes.. Once again, this entry is about looking for a job and being unemployed... I just found out last Monday that I wasn't accepted at Accenture... I expected it though.. My second interview was really bad and I already faxed my transcript so I somehow knew that I won't get accepted. I was still hoping for the unexpected though... I found out when I checked my email in an Internet Cafe in Eastwood Cybermall. See, my modem's fucked up so I couldn't connect to the Internet. Upon reading their email, I was just OK with it. The only thing that I was worried about is what my parents would tell me. I know my dad will be disapointed. I also don't know how to handle rejection.. Really.. That's why I am glad that I am a girl. Well, maybe God has something better planned for me. Accenture seems to be a good company, but if it is not for me, then I know there is something better out there. I just hope that it comes soon... coz my parents are kinda nagging me to find a job already.. *sigh*

50 First Dates

2004-06-28T13:03:00.000+08:00

I'm so loving this movie! I was really intrigued when I first heard of it. The title seems to be so romantic; to treat everyday as your first date; whoa, it's just every girl's dream! I've been wanting to see it when it was in the cinemas but unfortunately I wasn't able to.. so, I patiently waited for the DVD and I wasn't dissapointed! Firstly, the story is unique. Adam Sandler is Henry Roth, a happy-go-lucky bachelor who works in an aquarium in Hawaii, afraid of commitments, and hopping from one one-night-stand to another. Then, he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore) in a diner and became so smitten by her. Little did he know that Lucy is suffering from the loss of a short-term memory due to an accident, which means, she lives each day as if it was October 13, the day of her accident. Anything that happens that day will be forgotten the next day. Henry does everything just to get Lucy to notice him and talk to him until he reached the point when they are actually dating (with the help of a VHS tape that Lucy watches every morning showing to her what really happened to her). The conflict arises when Lucy breaks up with Henry because she knows that there is no future for them and she doesn't want to hold Henry back from living his dream. But of course, like all love stories, they got back together. I was thinking halfway through the film that Lucy might regain her memory. But, no! The movie ended with Lucy waking up, watching the video of Henry, and seeing them get married. And when she went out, she saw that she was in Henry's boat, with the backdrop of the snowy landscapes of Alaska, seeing her husband Henry Roth and her daughter for the first time. The movie is perfect. The plot is very unique, the ending is unpredictable and untypical. The characters really gel well, and their chemistry is just perfect. There are really teary moments and of course funny moments with the help of Ula (Rob Shneider), Henry's sidekick. Even the soundtrack is so cute! All in all it was perfect. I even watched it for the second time and I was still laughing and crying and gawd, it was really perfect. It's the best and my favorite romantic comedy so far. :)

Bored to death

2004-06-11T10:26:00.000+08:00

Once again I am here in the office, surfing the internet. I am not in the mood to go to my boss and ask for something to do. In the first place, I don't have a computer anymore. The one who replaced me has already taken over my computer; but since she's at our boss's desk right now, I'm using the computer. I don't know why I feel depressed. I just feel so out of place here. Good thing I still have allowance. It's the only thing that makes me happy now. Hope I could see my boyfriend later.. I really hope... :)

Almost Unemployed

2004-06-09T09:15:00.000+08:00

Here I am sitting on my desk.. It's my last week here in the office as an Office Trainee for my Internship. I just graduated last Saturday but my boss requested my partner and I to come back after graduation. Naturally, though with much hesitation, we obliged to his request, thinking that there still might be a chance for us to be absorbed in the company. However, much to our dismay, our boss has already found a replacement, which means that our services are no longer needed, be it as an OJT, and definitely as a regular employee. But, since our boss has a lot to do, he still needs us to help his new OJT, so.. i'm here!

As of the moment, I'm so bored, tired, even if I just got in the office.. I don't know why.. Maybe it's because the reality that I am almost unemployed is slowly taking over me. I talked to some of my smart-achiever-type batchmates, and they told me that they are having a hard time finding a 9-5 job; which means that call centers is the only option left for us fresh graduates.

I have nothing against people working at a call center, and I don't want to judge them. The reason why I do not want to work in a call center is this... My dad paid almost Php 500,000 for my tuition fee; so I don't want to waste the money he spent on my education. See, even undergraduates get accepted at call centers, and if that was my chosen career path when I entered college, I should have chosen to study at a cheaper school. It's just my opinion! I think I'll end up at a call center, anyway!