Thursday, October 26, 2006

drop it like it's haute!

the past few days have been extremely lazy. the only activity i have, aside from massive tv-watching is sketching. in my non-existent career as a designer-wannabe, this year has been the most productive. i have done around 20 pages of sketches.

yum. but when will i be able to execute my designs??!!

haay. if only we were rich. i could have gone to parsons.

in other news, still related to fashown, cynthia rowley is my current favorite designer. her designs are so fresh. check her out!
i'm sorry, but my brain is just not suitable for blogging today. if i go any further, i might turn out to be one of those saps who live to blog things like "dear blog, today i ate spaghetti."

wait, before i go you just have to see the coolest music video ever! ever! Here's Ok Go with Here It Goes Again
friggin hilarious man! how awesome is that??!! that gives me hope that working out on treadmills can be fun.

tell me about your sem break, darlings!
Mimose the queen

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 5:29 PM

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

back from vacay-shawn!

yay.

this is so weird. i'm partly ecstatic and partly depressed.
well, i got satisfactory grades in eng1. reason to celebrate? well, i fared better than my upperclass friends who went through the same prof years ago. then, i got my ideal grade in math11.

applause everybody.

the sadder part is that i got a 2 in kas1. that's not so bad at all, but everyone made me paasa (now, how conio is that?) that he's generous with grades. i found out later that i didn't get a very high grade because i didn't effing go on the field trip to bulacan.

sheesh.

i'm sorry but bulacan is not just my thing. you know, with the trip ending at around 7PM, my grandmother was pretty sure that i would get abducted by the marines.

hello? the marines?

impossible.

my uncle is an ex-marines guy. (this means you better not mess with me. hahaha.)

anywaaaay, should i or should i not trust the grades posted over at the crs, with the whole thing being unofficial? i'm getting confused because according to the ultra-reliable text message from my kas1 prof, i got a 2. over at the crs thing, it said i got 1.75.

did he already find out that i had connections in the marines?

hmmm.. freshies- why do we always have this wonderful notion of dedicating our college existence to getting good grades and running for honors?

in other news, anne and treisha are leaving me in the apartment next sem.
we knew from the beginning that anne would be staying with her relatives next year, but i had no idea that treisha really wanted to move out- somewhere in katipunan.

the reason? well,it's "funner".

i don't know. i feel really bad about that. it's like breaking up with someone. i felt under-appreciated, since my mom and i were the ones who found that apartment and made sure we'd have a place to stay for the first year at least. i know it's fair enough to let her make her own decision. of course, i can't force her to stay with me. for my part, i'd like to think i have been a considerate housemate.

i don't know. maybe, i'm just not fun unlike yssa,anjo,carlo and jackie. i try not to feel offended, but mutti says it's normal to feel bad about it. it would be unfair of me to get mad at treisha, but i just feel awful. i feel left out.

she's inviting me to move out with her, but i know my limitations. i may be really bratty but i can chose what's important over what's fun. this means, i'll be staying at the apartment by myself next sem. it's just gonna be me against the devilbears.

on the bright side, i can get drunk and do drugs in my room and no one will know.

well, that's too drastic.

how about just having some guys over? hahaha.

couch potato of the moment,
mimose the queen

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 6:28 PM

Saturday, October 14, 2006

soooo lupa.

OH MY GAWD.

I just found out this afternoon that we are not the only existing Task Force Cello.

Fuckity-fuck-fuck.

Some other people have been stalking him since last year. This is so unfair. On a happier note, I found out that he's not at all gay - because he has/had a girlfriend.

But what the fuck??!!!!

Come on.

Why am I always supposed to reach for the stars???!!!

Always the balance of nature- first my uno, then this.

I (don't) need a man.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 2:10 PM

uno yown!

hahahahahaha!

my hard work paid off!

drumroll please....

I got an UNO in socsci3!!!

yeaaaah, i know it's probably uno-able, but i am so thrilled because it's my first ever uno. i'm glad to know that it really showed that i learned a lot from that class.

also, this means i can demand an allowance increase! hahahahaha...

SocSci 3: Exploring Gender and Sexuality- a must-take!

finally! something to make me feel good about myself...

congratulations to the other members of the fab crew:
janica for getting an uno in a hellraiser kas essay test,
and edgar for getting 2 straight uno's!

cheers!

to fabulosity and beyond!

and now, off to math studies!

stay sexy!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 1:16 PM

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

TUMAYO TAYO!

since i can't come... i'll just invite everyone who has the time to participate in this meaningful event.. (see? i'm doing my job as UNAP advocate.. )

TUMAYO TAYO

Labanan ang Kahirapan. Tuparin ang Millennium Development Goals.

(Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals)

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

On the two days prior to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Oct 17), people from all around our planet will rise as one in a GLOBAL BAYANIHAN effort to tell the world’s leaders to keep the promises made in 2000 to make lives better and cut poverty in half by 2015.

Join 6 billion other voices speaking as one to MAKE POVERTY HISTORY! Join the TUMAYO TAYO PILIPINAS campaign and be one with our brothers & sisters across the globe in an advocacy effort to set an official Guinness World Record for the most number of people ever to Stand Up against poverty!

Within a 24-hour period, people from all over the globe will physically and symbolically "STAND UP" to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to publicly demonstrate to policy makers the growing global support for the achievement of the MDGs and for the strengthening of development policies worldwide.

NO MORE EXCUSES

Participate by organizing your own Tumayo Tayo event within the allotted timeframe - 6pm of Oct 15 to 6pm of Oct 16, Philippine Time. Register your event at the website, www.millenniumcampaign.ph. Other contact details are indicated in the attached documents.

You may also opt to have yourself counted at the Tumayo Tayo Festival at the Marikina Freedom park; or any Tumayo Tayo event already registered at the website. Text your individual participation to 2948 (Globe, Sun, Touch Mobile) or 3940 (Smart, Talk & Text, Addict Mobile) using the keywords MDG REG

The Tumayo Tayo Festival will have a Rock Concert organized by Rock Ed on October 15, Sunday, from 4pm to 9pm, featuring:

· Juan Pablo Dream

· Up Dharma Down

· Radioactive Sago Project

· Monster Bot

· Giniling Festival

· Brown Man Revival

· Protein Shake

· Juana

· Paraluman

· Calla Lily

· 6CycleMind

· Sandwich.

October 16, Monday, at the Tumayo Tayo Festival features an MDG Fair from 6am to 6pm, with launchings and exhibitions of MDG knowledge products, artworks, performance arts, film showings, etc; and with performances by Cynthia Alexander, Bayang Barrios, Bungkos Palay, and other artists.

WE ARE THE FIRST GENERATION THAT CAN ERADICATE POVERTY

For more information, visit www.millenniumcampaign.ph or email millenniumcampaign.ph@undp.org. You may also text MDG to 2948 (Globe, Sun, Touch Mobile) or 3940 (Smart, Talk & Text, Addict Mobile) for information, MDG updates and mobile content keywords.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 8:44 PM

fun and games!

my grandmother loves wowowee.

and because her TV's broken, i let her use mine.

Grandma: fun! fun! fun!

Mutti: fun! fun! fun!

Me: ugh.

Mutti: Don't be so antipatika. Why are you always expecting everyone to be as smart as you, UP people?!

Is that really the issue?
The thing with noontime shows and how they make me cringe is that they are so mindless. Of course we can't expect everyone to be smart, but we shouldn't make such a big show out of people being forced to do stupid things.

I know, sometimes it's good to have fun without having to think,without having to appear smart, but sometimes it's just poor exploitation. Am I being to starchy stiff upper lipped here? I don't think so.

Some of my friends think that sometimes I'm being too "elitista".

I don't think so.

I guess I'll just quote some lines from an Itchyworms song...

Halina at sumama
sa programa na pang -masa
hindi kailangang magaling ka
basta?t bibo?t bongga ka
wala naman kayong alam
(ginagawa kayong tanga)
laging sinusubaybayan

It's just so depressing to watch all these people pin down all their dreams on a noontime show. Sure, they can be fun and they can actually be entertaining. There's just this one question (still from the itchyworms song "theme from noontime show")...

Hanggang dito na lang ba ang masa?

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 8:10 PM

the aftermath

gaaaahd.

just how evil can the math department be?

i stayed up until 1 AM studying, but i think it didn't help much. dammit. i even went to school earlier, because ma'am alelie told us to take the morning exam.

Gwapo DAW kasi yung proctor.

Hallur?!! He's so not hot kaya.

Not naman that he's so lupa, but he's so that's entertainment tuesday group level.

So not worth waking up early.

As for the test, it was the crappiest of my three long exams. I figured that I probably got a looow score in that one. So, hello math books again in preparation for the finals.

Yesterday was sooo blah. Since, officially there are no more classes, I didn't get to see the fab crew. I felt so blah, so unloved.

That's why tonight, I'm reading the friendster testimonials of my friends. I can't believe how much they glorified me!

Hahaha.

and i'm still not over the Cello attack that Janica and Dash did the other night. I kept asking Anne and 3xa if that was really so lupa of me not to approach him.

They said no.

I prefer diplomacy.

Part Lupa, Part Fab,
XXmimose ze queenXX
To the fab crew: Save October 20th. Fabulosity awaits.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 7:44 PM

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

my neurotic friends

hello darlings! i am currently on a typing frenzy, in an attempt to pass my Creative Writing10 portfolio on time.

But first, let me recall a winning moment from yesterday's Cello-hunting activities.

I still could not believe they did it.

Dash and Janica, my ever kapal friends did the unthinkable.

"Kuya, excuse me po. Pwede po ba kayong picture-an? Kasi po last day na po ng sem, eh crush ko po kasi kayo.

"Huh? Seryoso ba kayo?"

"Opo."

"Ah,sige. Pero pwedeng wag solo?"

"Ok lang po. Thank you po talaga!"

And I am now being taunted by Dash for chickening out. I could not believe how embarrased I was for them. But then again, who said they were embarrassed about it?

all the fun in the world!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 12:34 PM

Sunday, October 08, 2006

brain drain

for those who are currently loaded with papers and exams, i recommend:

**super ice cold extra joss
yeah, i know it sounds lupa but it's pretty much effective. you have no other choice but to stay awake after drinking a glass.

**Boy Bawang
hahahaha... this one is fun, fun, fun! It's like munching on aquarium pebbles, perfect for keeping yourself awake at 3 AM.

**Lasing na Seaman Medley
Now this one keeps me sane. I suggest you start looking for those (really) old tapes or CD's with these songs.. (Good luck if you can download them anywhere)

1. Hotel California
2. Soldier of Fortune
3. House of the Rising Sun
4. and my ultimate fave.. I don't know the title, but it says "one day in the year of the fox.."

Where did I get those? From my Lasing na Seaman neighbors! Just when I needed a safe and conducive place to study, my lovely neighbors decided to have a videoke/pass-out party.

TO DO:
*SocSci3 prefinals paper
*CW10 term paper
*CW10 portfolio
*Study for Math long test
*Find outfit for RED SHIRT DAY

BTW, tomorrow is RED SHIRT DAY for UP Diliman people. It's our last chance this sem to protest against the upcoming tuition fee increase and other additional fees.

Nous combattrons!

Gosh, I'm so fabulously lupa!
XXmimose, ze queen!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 2:21 PM

Saturday, October 07, 2006

quickies: bite sized-bwahahahahas

last night, i went home late. i was wearing my weird skirt and my very reliable tsinelas, and way too much make up.

i barely put down my bags when my parents came to me and my very worried father, Vatti asked..

"Anak, magsabi ka ng totoo. Komunista ka na ba?"

Me: "Hilarious. I think you need to sleep now."

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 10:13 AM

Thursday, October 05, 2006

uber chakaness!

gaaahd! we are wasting time at kelly's technohouse chuva- some internet shop near the apartment.

and this guy, "Jofer" the ehem, shopkeeper has been watching me through a webcam in the other table. I didn't know it was pointed at me.

Gaaaaahd! JOFER, WAIT UNTIL I GET MY LAPTOP AFTER SEMBREAK! I SWEAR I'LL NEVER SET FOOT IN YOUR CRAPPY COMPUTER SHOP AGAIN! YOU ARE SO EFFING LUPA, YOU PERVO!

Why do I get harrassed so much lately???!!!! Just awhile ago, Jofer the orc commented that "Iba ang aura mo ngayon ha.." and kept staring at me while I was typing my English Paper.

Gaaaahd! It could have been okay if Jofer wasn't so much of an orc. Gaaaaahd! He's one of the most LUPA persons ever! Two weeks ago, "Froilan" the security guard of Breadwinner (a convenience store) asked me if I had foreign blood.

I was all like, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
(as in um-English talaga ang Lola niyo!)

He said, "Mukha ka kasing Indian."
and then he touched my arm.

"OH MY GOD!!!! FUCK OFF, YOU PERVERT! TANGINA MO!!!!! WALA KA NG CAREER!"

Is there something about me that just seems so inviting to the lowest of life forms? I mean, sorry talaga. They could have been Sam Milbys and Orlando Blooms, and their little perv game could have been fun.

BUT THEY ARE SO FRIGGIN LUPA!

This is why I am telling everyone to take SocSci3.

In other uber chaka news,
(I got this from the UP College of Mass Communication Website)

Mass Comm students are creative, dynamic and intelligent. Coming from across the country, and sometimes even from abroad, they have gifts gab and pen. At Mass Comm, they refine these talents, in preparation for the time when they will take the reins of Philippine and international communication and mass media industries.

This year, the College has nearly 1,500 students, of whom 23% are males and 77% are females. Four-fifths of them are in the undergraduate level.

What a wonderful male to female ratio! And hello???!!! How many of those males are gay??!!!

I say it doesn't matter, but why is the whole universe conspiring against me? Come on! I never shoplifted. I don't do drugs. Why can't I get a *decent* man?!

Answer me now.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 9:03 PM

written catharsis: a post-lupa reflection

Last Wednesday, we had our final meeting for SocSci3 class. So far, it has been the most influential class I ever took, in my entire life. After a whole semester of Exploring Gender and Sexuality, I can now safely say that I have gotten to know myself better. I have learned to respect myself and my sexuality more. I became more accepting of other people, and myself.

SocSci3 under Sir Michael Tan is definitely life changing. It has been, as expected, very liberating. If more people had a deeper understanding of gender and sexuality, and these two form the core of our characters, the world would be a whole lot better.

The funny thing was, after the lecture, we were given a post test. No sweat, just easy stuff like explain how vasectomy is different from castration. I got stumped on the last part though.

We were supposed to choose from the following to describe who we are at this age:

exclusively heterosexual
primarily heterosexual
bisexual
primarily homosexual
exclusively homosexual
others: please specify

It took me ten minutes to answer this. Months ago, I would have checked "exclusively heterosexual" without even thinking. Now, I am thinking that I do not exactly want to belong to any particular category. Not that I'm asexual, but it simply doesn't matter to me anymore.

Naturally, I am still your kikay party girl from hell. I just got a bit smarter and decided that maybe I am just primarily heterosexual.

XXXXXXX

In other news, I cut Math class today to type an English paper. It was just a friggin homework, but knowing Dr.Diva (my prof)- I decided to go OC along the way and produced a four-page report on the Philippine Language Crisis, complete with interviews of the former Associate Dean of UP College of Arts and Letters.

Lumalaban!

The sad part, Dr. Diva played deadma. She didn't show up!!!!!!!!! Gaaaahd. I missed Math class for nothing! Well, not exactly nothing. At least I outdid SnottyClassmateX by two pages.

Pee in your pants, dahlings!
XX mimose, the queenXX

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 8:28 PM

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

something for cello fans!

if we're really friends, and you promise not to squeal...
i'm gonna share with you a pic of the uber hotness guy eveeeerrrr...

pee in your pants, darlings!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 8:21 PM

so lupa.

i'm so lupa right now.

but it's all my fault.

well, it's not ctually my fault. somehow, i badly wished for stress for the past weeks, and because i am such a good girl, i get whatever i wish for-- and more!

at present i am loaded with:

a paper on eng1 about the language situation in the philippines
a portfolio in creative writing,including an essay on "The Isaw"
a pre-finals paper in socsci3 explaining how our sexuality is not dictated by hormones
and a lovely script for a puppet show in eng1

ooh! to make things more exciting, i have a long test in math11 next week.

gaaaaahd! i am so lupa.

i can't believe i've been to school for 20 weeks, because i feel like i haven't learn much- save for the cmprehensive introduction to sexuality and poetry.

i can't wait for sembreak. this calls for ice cold extra joss and a really hot guy!

Nous combattrons!

feeling lupa all the way...
XXmimose,the queenXX

to all my friends... please give me some love!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 8:16 PM

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Partaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!

after hours of hard work....

i finally got it!

i now know cello's name!!!!
you are mine, cello!
miiinnnnneeeeeeee!!!!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 5:20 PM

task force cello updates!

hahahaha! this is so sick. i am currently loaded with more than 10 papers, but i still choose to waste time looking for cello bits.

we are one step closer, team!

"Minnie B." (obviously not his real name), Cello's gay friend is confirmed to be a member of a known org in UP. (at hindi ito UP Babaylan)

aaaand, being the master stalker that I am (Sybs and Mia, I'm sure you'll be proud of me!) I *think* I got a picture of cello!

I think.

Come on! I'm a (relatively) good kid!

Give me some funnnn!!!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 3:32 PM

dance and be happy (and gay)!

Last Wednesday, my good friend Carlo and I went to the gym to watch Jhek's first ever dance recital in UP.

Wow. at may tickets pala ito. skechers pa ang sponsor. winner!

It was soooo much fun. We stood at the sidelines, waiting nervously for Jhek's modern jazz performance.

Carlo: Do you have a camera or video cam?
Me: Ay shit! I forgot! Camera phone lang dala ko.. Lowbatt pa! Darn!

Wow! Stage parents ito.

Anyway, we were so proud to see Jhek dance. Galing talaga! Too bad he didn't have a solo part. And too bad he's so tall now, cos he was always at the back. Never the less, he did really well.

Bading na bading!

Just kidding. You know I love you, Jhek. Hahaha.

For the best part, I'm sure all my friends who were there would agree that it was during a performance of the UP Filipiniana when two male dancers kissed.

Bliss.

And all the while I was crushing on one of the male dancers. I don't know if I am thrilled or crushed.

On the way home, I asked Janica and Jhek, "Why is it that all the guys I like are rumored to be gay, presently and/or previously linked to gay guys or worse, known to be openly gay?"

Jhek, being the smart BS Math major that he is (as if this matters) said matter-of-factly, "Kasi all these years, you were wishing for a hot, gay friend. See, God is very generous. Ayan, you got more than what you wished for."

Talaga lang.

Should I be affected? Ever since I came to UP I have evolved into a gay rights advocate, much to the surprise of well, no one. Lukaret ka naman talaga. After seeing Brokeback Mountain, I have come to realize (naks! epiphany ito!) that Love transcends whatever limitations we try to set.

I always tell my friends, they are lucky because I love them. I am not a very nice person, but I try to be loving. That's why I don't care if you are straight, gay or inanimate.

I don't even care if you're an asparagus.

I'm just asking you to try to be happy for me.

Haaay.. Kasi naman, Lance Bass why did you do that to me????!!!

Hahahaha.
I love you all, darlings!
XOXO mimose, the queen