Sunday, April 13, 2008
- a tale of good news and bad news and the absurdity of it all -
I love making lists! ^_________^
I would often list down my schedule for the day, then make another schedule for the week, and another schedule for the month. Then the next day, I'd rewrite the whole thing all over again. I'd make a list of CDs I borrowed, and another list of CDs I let friends borrow. I'd make lists of birthdays and family occasions, and make lists of things I should do or remember or buy. And I just love making all sorts of lists!
The most recent list I made is the so called MISAKICHAN'S ULTIMATE MASTER LIST OF BACKLOGS (as of April 1, 2008) which is a very systematic record of the CDs/VCDs/DVDs that I have yet to watch. Click on the image to enlarge and see the stuffs that I've allowed to accumulate over the past two years. *sweatdrops* The list is absolutely absurd! LOL Everyday I'd look at it and ask myself over and over, how can I possibly finish all these in let's say, 2-3 months time?! It's impossible. And yet, I still can't help but continue to borrow and burn and download and buy and allow the backlogs to pile up. It's a disease, I know. It's a very freakish disorder I have that I can't seem to control.
The good news is, for the past 2 weeks, I've finished watching and thus have crossed out from the list the following titles: Aria the Animation, Kanon 2006, Sola, Galaxy Angels, Wolf's Rain, Shinobi, Sugar and Spice, Gegege no Kitaro live movie and Prince of Tennis live movie. I've really been trying to use all of my free time to watch as many of my backlogs as possible. I still feel though that my pace is very slow, but hey, I still need to work and I also have some responsibilities at home so I really can't devote ALL of my time sitting in front of the PC.
The bad news is, hehehe, I've also added the following to the list: I, My, Me Strawberry Eggs, Seirei no Moribito, Tactics, Weiss Kreuz, Full Metal Alchemist the movie, Le Chevalier d' Eon, Jigoku Shoujo seasons 1 and 2, Kaze no Stigma, Heroes season 1, Fly High and Ying Ye 3 + 1. In addition, I'm currently downloading Itazura na Kiss (japanese dorama), REC, Hatenkou Yuugi, ongoing animes Vampire Knight, Special A, Itazura na Kiss, xxxHolic Kei, and ongoing Taiwanese doramas They Kiss Again and Fated to Love You...
X_____X * s h e e p i s h *
With that quantity of backlogs, I doubt if I have the time to actually discuss these videos that I've watched. Gone were the days when I can still make anime/drama reviews. There are just simply too much material but so little time! I wish I can write about the animes I've watched last month (Trinity Blood, Mai Hime, NHK ni Youkoso!, Grave of the Fireflies, Paranoia Agent). I really want to share what I think about them. Umm... maybe (hopefully!) next time.
Oh yah. I haven't even considered the number of books/mangas that have also started to mount up because I simply don't have any more time to read now. I guess that's another separate list, and another separate story. XD
Saturday, April 12, 2008
When I first heard of the Don Moen Worship and Revival Concert, I was actually very interested to go. But since lately I’m sort of on a tight budget and I didn’t know who to go with, so I was having second thoughts. Then earlier today I finally decided not to go, and made plans to visit my friend Joey. It was a last minute message around 3pm from Catherine that changed my mind. She said she got complimentary (read : FREE ^____^ ) tickets for us! Although the seats were a little far from the stage and we really can’t see Don Moen up close (aw... and no matter how we look at it, he IS a bishie even at his age ^o^<3), but we were still very happy because we were able to go to the concert!
The event was held at the Pelaez Sports Complex, and I guess there were around ten to fifteen thousand people who went worshipping GOD tonight! Praise GOD indeed! We sang lots of songs, some of which we’ve been singing since high school and have memorized by heart. But he has new songs too that touched and moved our hearts. One of these is He Never Sleeps from his latest album, Hiding Place.
To be honest, I’ve been having a lot of heavy burdens in my heart since last year. I’ve been feeling miserable and guilt-stricken, and I just can’t seem to get the load off. But recently, I’ve just given up struggling, and decided to simply lay it all down to GOD. It’s actually useless and tiring to run away all the time, when you can actually just run home into the loving and forgiving embrace of your Heavenly Father. I feel that the past two weeks I have more consciousness of GOD’s control in my life, and slowly, I want to return to Him. Slowly, I want to bring back that burning passion to always put GOD and His will first in my life.
And GOD knows my heart’s desires and He indeed makes a way! I feel that everything just fell right into place and we were able to attend tonight’s concert and experience spiritual revival and healing. It was so much fun, plus I feel so blessed and grateful and so fulfilled.
Yey-ness and praises for GOD!
P.S. The above video is beautifully made by the way. Whoever made it, thank you so much.
If you like the music, try searching for more Don Moen music videos in youtube, then after, you can try listening to another great Christian group Hillsong.
Labels: christianity, events, music
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
There were actually 4 main events which happened last March 2008 which kept me away from my blog. Let's review them briefly (so that I can move on with my life XD).
Week 1 - March 9
We had a meeting with other alumni from our NKVS scholarship to set our mission/vision statement and goals. It was held in one of the retreat houses here in the city. It actually felt weird because a lot of the people who went were actually consultants already and were in fact our teachers before. So it felt like we're on the same level because we used to have the same scholarship grant and we're all physicians now, yet at the same time, it also felt like we were not just at the same level, cos face it, there is a huge gap between our age and social/professional status. I somehow felt so small and useless there. I wanted to do a lot of things and say some more stuffs yet I felt like I am unable to.
I didn't feel very happy but at the same time I just tried to be indifferent about it.
Week 2 - March 13 to 16
These 4 days were hectic but at the same time happy and memorable days for me! It's because my boyfriend came over to visit me! YEY! (^o^)v It's been more than 7 months since we've last seen each other, and although we communicate everyday through calls, it's just not the same when we're actually together. It was also very exciting since it was the first time for suoh-san to come here to CDOC and to meet my parents and friends. We also met our fellow members from the CDOtaku forum.
We went to many places (or just whatsoever my city has to offer, ehehe ^^" ) but mostly we just ate and ate and ate. XD My father even joked that suoh-san prolly gained 5 kilos after his short visit here! LOLx But overall it was a new experience for him, riding the motorelas and going to places that I've been telling him about.
Oh, I almost forgot. It was also my birthday that time (the 14th) so it was really a blast getting to celebrate it with those I love and are important to me.
Absolute YEY-NESS! (^__________^)v
Week 3 - March 18 to 23
Then I got a week off from work since classes already ended in Hosanna. I stayed at home most of the time, still recovering from the exhaustion of having gone out to many places with suoh-san. But during the Holy Week break, my sister came home from Cebu, and although it was just a very short time, yet I'm happy to see her again. Being the only child at home now has its perks too, but my sister will always be my sister and one of my best friends.
She also had my Sony Ericcson k610i phone fixed, since it kinda went bonkers already and I had to send it to their service center in Cebu. But it got locked back to Smart again! I almost laughed at the irony of it. I guess it's my fiddling with it in the first place that has already cost me so much money and effort. But now it's as good as new, so I then decided to just leave it that way and sell it. I really loved that phone, but I guess we're probably not just meant for each other.
I was thinking of buying a new phone, probably a Nokia 6300, but I was very hesitant since I'm really very broke these days. But luckily, my auntie from cebu sent me a birthday present and guess what it is? It's actually a cellphone! I really felt like praising God for His goodness because it was very unexpected and yet so timely. And it's really funny because my new phone is actually one of those China phones and for some really weird reason, my auntie has decided to pick out a pink colored phone with lots of Hello Kitty designs on it! It looks like a toy (or as my sister describes it, a calculator XD). And erm, I really don't like Hello Kitty. XD Nevertheless, I'm very thankful. It practically has the basic features I need in a phone (camera, video, audio player, expandable memory, bluetooth etc) plus it's touch-screen too! Hehehe It's really cool.
Week 4 - March 25 and 29
It was then back to work for me and on March 25, I went with my employers on a church dedication/medical mission to two places, Tuburan and Bulua, in our city. Tuburan was like so so so so far away! I didn't even know that such a place existed and is even considered as part of our city! Anyway, it was a moving experience for me to see different types of people but having the same heart to worship and praise one God. But after the service, I was then "attacked" by so many people seeking medical attention and free medicines! It was very exhausting, having to examine so many patients at such a limited time! I think I saw almost a hundred patients, in just 2 hours! (1 hour in Tuburan and 1 hour in Bulua). I felt a bit unsatisfied with such haphazard way of doing things, it is just not my style. But with the constraints of time and with the urges of my employers, I couldn't do otherwise.
Then on March 29, we had a beach party in celebration of CDOtaku's 2nd Anniversary! For those of you who don't know, CDOtaku is an online community which I (in a way XD) helped organized back in 2006. It's mostly composed of otakus from my city, CDO (hence the name) but we also have members from other parts of the country and even outside the country.
Anyway, the said event was held at Lopez Beach in Opol. I then realized that it's been such a long time since I've last been to the beach. Preparing for the anniversary also made me exhausted because I got really (unnecessarily) worried about so many things. But God is good and He never fails us. Everything went smoothly and we had more than enough food and activities. It was also fun meeting the members from online because I can finally give faces to the names.
For a detailed summary with pictures of the anniversary beach party, please read Reply #214, which I made for the forum.
Anyway, I hope that sort of explains my one month long absence.
I was really busy last month, but I was actually also just plain lazy too. XD
Labels: events, friends, fun, gadgets, life
Saturday, April 05, 2008
UNFORGIVABLE!!!! NO UPDATE FOR MORE THAN A MONTH!!!I know. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Well, the past month of March was indeed pretty busy for me. So many things happened, and add to that an attack of extreme laziness. O___o But still a month of no update is unforgivable. I know you all missed me. Ehehe.
I’ll make a comeback entry soon (yes, soon!) detailing the events that occurred last month. But for now, I want to share something I’ve unearthed from my stash of collected items from long ago.
This was my test paper in Civics (aka History) when I was still in Grade 4. I was probably still 9 years old that time. Reading my answers for the essay questions never fail to make me laugh. I will type it the exact way I wrote my answers.
(Civics Exam – February 18, 1992)
1. Describe the situation in the Phils. during the Japanese occupation. 3 pts.
ans : The Filipinos were suffering hard. And When you are not captured, you could run for how many miles and hid in the mountains. You can only eat there cassava and papaya. It was very hard. They are so cruel. I don’t like their ideas. They tortured people before they kill them. It is hard to live in the past. Sometimes they send spies so that people could be captured.
2. In your own opinion was the bombing of the 2 cities justifiable? Why? 2 pts.
ans : Yes, it is justifiable because the Japanese were so cruel at that time. They were no longer people of this nation or world. They were already animals that are bad. If the Americans have not saved us, we might have been killed by now. They throw babies and hit them with the sharp thing in their guns. I don’t know what we call them. But it’s good for them to surrender. They were finding a way to destroy their country. They at last, surrendered because if they did not surrender, only one thing will happen to all of them, they’ll all die at the hands of the Americans.
(Civics Exam – February 25, 1992)
(Questions 1 and 2 were enumeration questions.)
3. In your own opinion do we need the U.S. bases? Why? 2 pts.
ans : No, because if they will stay here, we will be joined in a fight and the Philippine will be bombed bec. of the U.S. bases. They might kill several Filipino people working there. They would rather get out of the U.S. bases and looked for another job or she/he will die and if he/she will die, nobody will feed his/her family. They will serve as an invitation to foreign rulers. The prostitution and social sickness increased. Many women who want dollars make themselves as a prostitute and sometimes the sickness of the man will transfer to the woman. Then the baby they will have no father and will not survive bec. it recieved sickness from the American.
4. Today, are we truly an independent country? Why? 2 pts.
ans : No, because American factories are already build here and we prefer American goods and stores. Just like Mcdonald’s. If it was not build then people would go to Jollibee. Anyway, we do not need any rulers. I believed the Filipinos how to take care of themselves. We do not really need them. They just served as our shield or protection. In my opinion, we do not really need them.
Does it kinda remind you of, “ahahaha… I’m sorry… I’m only 17?” XD But in fairness, I received full points for all of my answers. (Ack. What was my teacher thinking back then!?! XD) But I really like Jollibee more than McDonalds even until today. Guess that makes me patriotic? XD
I hope this first post after a month long hiatus can bring smiles on your faces.
Oh, I know you just can’t help but laugh.
