Paradisiad.

Here are some things I’ve tried out and their current status.

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Friendster. It was cool at first. I even made accounts of anime characters and wrote profiles on them. Lots of people added my characters then. I also had my own personal account… but I guess I’m not really one of the popular ones, also because I opened an account much later than everyone else, but I never got to make a 2nd or 3rd personal account. Right now, I don’t think anyone uses Friendster anymore. Maybe because there were a lot of Trojans on it. As of now, my Friendster accounts still exist because I still get email from them, but I never open my accounts anymore.

Facebook. I honestly didn’t want to make one. Based on past experiences, once the fad’s done, it really is a hassle. I don’t like to make accounts I don’t use. It annoys me. However I do have a lot of them. But in the end, I gave in because Facebook was a way to connect with my cousins from Australia. At first it was a bit fun, especially the Heroes game. I got a bit addicted to that one, and I also became OC with the layout of my profile. However just a few days ago, I decided to deactivate my account. I didn’t delete it, just deactivated it.

I never had and never will have a MySpace, Hi5, or any of those other social networking sites accounts.

Plurk. I dislike the idea of Plurk. It’s a stalking machine. Why do people have to know what you are doing everyday? All the time? It’s weird. Although honestly I’ve stalked people on friendster and multiply as well… but I don’t think I’ll create a Plurk account unless I give in to peer pressure bec people keep sending me invites and I just keep on ignoring them. Twitter had the same concept but I think I liked it more than Plurk although I did not have an account there. But my mom has both.

PHOTOS

Flickr. I have a Flickr but I don’t update it anymore. I use my… Multiply account instead. It’s Friends Only though. Or at least most of it is. At first I didn’t want to use Multiply for the same reason I gave a while ago, but I gave in because it was useful to me. Everyone posts their photos on their Multiply account and in order for me to view…well…pics of me, I have to have an account. It is also an efficient way to show people pictures I’ve taken of them.

I have a Photobucket account. In fact I have two but it’s for personal use. Although I only use one now. I created a new one because I became OC about my folders and blah, but I was too lazy to fix it.

BLOGS

I once had a Livejournal account under the name carauy. I stopped. I moved to Xanga under the name carauy. I stopped. I moved back to LJ under carauy. I stopped. I created a new one hirika. I stopped. I had another one called paradisiad. I stopped. I have a DEVIANTART and MULTIPLY blog. But I rarely use them. I had a paradisiad wordpress account. I think I have a hirika one too. I actually can’t say how accurate this is bec I created many accounts and lost track already. And this is my latest blog hosted by my significant other who probably never reads this bec he is too lazy.

Other accounts:

I have a lot of other accounts for many different things like forums and such across the net, but a lot of them are inactive. It makes me really sad. Maybe one of these days I’ll hunt down my accounts and delete them one by one.

OMGosh. I’m so relieved. My sem break is finally here. Well, I still have a paper and a presentation but I think I’m okay with those two already. Now I just have to wait for the grades of doom.

• I wish I could get a B for Theology… It’s really funny that the difference between a C+ and a B as my final grade was like… a 3 letter grade difference in the finals. I needed an A in the finals to get a B, and a C+ to remain a C+. I think… 
• In SA21, I got an A in my finals. Nerd. Haha! But I think I’ll still get a C+ in my final marks… possibly a B. I’m hoping it’s a B also. 
• I can’t determine my standing in my FA classes but I’m hoping for a good grade like B to B+.
• I’m hoping to get a C+/B in History class as well. Although I’m okay with just a C+ since my pre-finals was only a C. 
• I’m hoping to get a C+ in Fil although I really don’t know what my current standing is. 
• And then I’m hoping for a B+ to an A in my PE and NSTP. 

I’m aiming higher this year than my last. One of the reasons is that I think the subjects this sem are relatively easier than last year and also because the QPI requirement is higher now but that never was a problem for me and I’m hopeful it still wouldn’t be. I’m hoping to get a decent QPI though… I really want to go to Japan to study for a few weeks, maybe as a summer study program or as a study tour or something. All my siblings have gone to China for summer study/ a term and I’m the only one left who hasn’t had that kind of experience. I don’t want to study in China though so I’m hoping to get into Japan somehow. Problem is money. Japan is freakin expensive. I’m also a bit regretful I didn’t take Asian History. Maybe I would be eligible for a minor in Japanese Studies if I somehow get into a Jap language/culture program. I didn’t choose Asian History bec I knew it was harder especially those names. I’m really poor in memorizing so I opted for the easier history rather than pick the one that interests me. Maybe I’ll take Asian History some other time. Maybe.

Sembreak. First thing I’m going to do is sleep for a whole day or something. Then I need to get my license. I’m not confident in my driving skills. I don’t want a license. But I really need to get one bec my dad’s kinda old and so is my driver… I sense that in the future… I’ll be driving my family around all the time. I guess it’s not too bad but I also sense that I’d be really irritable in the future. I don’t enjoy driving.

I’m turning 19 this sem break too. My last teen year… it makes me sad. I hate my birthdays. In fact, the only thing I like about it is eating out, having cake, and getting money. But it makes me sad. I don’t want to grow up. I wish I could have stayed 16 forever.

I also need to polish up on my design skills and catch up on gaming time. I haven’t been able to touch my Spore account since…well…for a few weeks now. I also need to finish my FF8 game and start on FF9 and hopefully finish it. I also want to play a new MMORPG and I think I might play Atlantica Online Beta. I’m still downloading the client though.

Hopefully, I may also go out of town like abroad perhaps. Dad was inviting me to go to Xiamen with him. I want to take up on that offer… except my chinese is really bad. I don’t remember anything anymore.

Hoorah! We’re the Champions!!! It’s really great. I even got myself a glow-in-the-dark championship shirt with the signatures of the players on them And I just attended the not-so-awesome giant bonfire. Not-so-awesome because the mud in Bellarmine Field was mostly ankle deep, sometimes even past the ankle. O_O Mud Mud Mud everywhere. My feet have now been given mud bath treatment or whatever you call it. Oohh! But the fireworks were absolutely fantastic especially the last one because it (exploded?) above the BellField, and it was really high and huge. It looked like it showered gold sparkles over everyone. :3

Yet despite the Championship… I’m not really happy with the aftermath of our glory. It’s just really annoying. I didn’t watch the game live and thoroughly, plus I’ve only heard talks about the game, so I don’t really know much but this is what I think. (And I’m not a die-hard fan of basketball, or the UAAP, so I don’t really know much aside from what I hear.)

I think Ateneo did a really great job this season. I heard it was a clean sweep except for that one loss and I really think Ateneo deserved the championships. But all this annoying squabbles with La Salle is seriously pissing me off. Hold on a second.

Based on what people told me about what happened during the final game, this is what I think. I really think that complaining about the referees is really useless. As my mom said in her blog, any objections towards referees should be raised before the game. Once the game starts, you are to accept the calls made by the referees. Now, we are not positively sure if the calls made during the game was due to biases, but it really annoys me because we’ve all been through this before - many times even.

Ateneo has had their share of unfair calls in the previous seasons yet I think we’ve managed to accept our defeats with dignity. It really annoys me because the trash talks this year have been rampant and severe. Just because the tables have turned against La Salle’s favor, doesn’t mean they have to bad mouth Ateneo for being immoral and stuff like that. But I’m not all against La Salle. I think Ateneo’s been really arrogant about their win as well. Maybe it’s because we haven’t won in 6 years… but I think the giant ego should be controlled. We say La Salle’s a sore loser, and although I believe so also (sorry), I don’t think it’s proper to trash talk DLSU the way people have been doing recently.

I think we won as fair as a UAAP game could be (I mean referees are humans too. They don’t see everything the camera does. Plus, I’m pretty sure everyone does something they shouldn’t during the game whether intentionally or unintentionally), but we should not bad mouth La Salle, and La Salle should accept their loss with pride and dignity because they also worked hard. It really saddens me when I heard BOTH DLSU and Zobel did not accept their trophies? awards? It honestly doesn’t make sense about the argument that they weren’t called. How could they forget about it? Why do they need to be called out anyways? Why didn’t anyone go out to check or something? Even on the premise that no one called them.

Oh. Fyi. AdMU won… in both basketball and swimming. Blue Eagles, Lady Eagles (Swimming Team), and Eaglets? ( is that what they call the junior basketball team? )

PS. Pls. don’t get offended if I don’t approve of your comment. I reserve the right not to accept it if I think it will cause a fuss (in the event someone actually comes across this little blog of mine). XD

A friend of mine sent a PM to me on my YM with a link. http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/

It’s a site which gives you a few details about your birthday.

Here are the details I received!!!

Results for 28th October 1989* :

Beware. Highly Opinionated. (duh. it’s my blog. XD ) Semi-bashing some things. Praising others.

Graphika Manila. And Comments.

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It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog… But I have managed to update my wordpress by myself… although my blockmate, Ena, did tell me what to do. Yey Ena! I seriously need to learn how to code…

Firefox has also been acting up on me… So I couldn’t update my blog. I gave up and am doing this on Safari. Except, Wordpress on safari hates my line breaks.

RANDOM Updates about my life:

1. School’s been really hectic. We’re approaching the end of the semester and I can’t wait for the Sem Break… I really need to sleep in for a whole day or something to make up for lost sleep.

2. My whole family’s been sick… I was the last to fall…except I never got the fever… Just the colds and the cough…

3. I’m so poor. And so fat. And so heavy. It makes me sad. Stress makes me hungry.

4. I went to Graphika Manila! It wasn’t worth P650 but it was cool. I loved Tokidoki the best…of course… but I really loved Acid House’s music video. I loved Japanese themed things. I also really liked Collision Theory’s t-shirt design. I especially like how AJ showed how a panda design by his friend became an angry panda…into a saliva spitting crazed angry panda. It was cool. O.O I liked Pixar’s talk too! Although I didn’t really understand much. I didn’t have a background on 3d animation and couldn’t really understand the process of animating. We missed Robert Alejandro though… /sob

I’ll make a new update about Graphika Manila…if I have time.

Fee got an iPhone a while ago :3 I got to touch it second! It was a white iPhone although he wanted a black one. There weren’t any available anymore and he couldn’t wait any longer so he just got it. It was kinda hard to text though. I guess you have to get used to it. I’m just annoyed about the useless bluetooth and the no forwarding of text messages. As well as the 3G but no video call thing.

I guess I’ll wait until a better and cheaper version comes out.

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Nikon’s going to have a dSLR with video! The D90! This was one of the reasons I didn’t want to get an dSLR. I wanted a camera that could do video. But now that Nikon will release one… well… This would be one of my target cameras if I had the money. It’s 12MP and at around 60k. 60k is a lot of money… but for what you’re getting… It’s definitely worth it.

http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d90/index.htm

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I want an alarm clock. One that is hard to turn off the alarm bec I really don’t get up in the morning. I found quite a few I’m interested in.

1. Puzzle Clock

When the alarm goes off, it ejects the puzzle pieces on top and you have to find them and place them back on the alarm clock before the alarm stops. This is my last choice bec I think the pieces would not fly off too far and it would not take much time to put the pieces back on the clock.

2. Sfera

This is my target alarm clock bec I’m located on the top bunk of a double decker bed. It seems a bit scary if I had a normal alarm clock. I might kick it off and break it so this seems like the right alarm clock for me. It also works as a radio and as a dim light bulb. You lightly shake it to set the alarm and the music will fade as you sleep. When it alarms, you have to tap it to make it go into snooze mode. BUT! It would retract higher until you can’t reach it anymore and you’d have to get up and pull it down to shut the alarm off. The radio mode works by twisting the sphere.

3. Flying Alarm Clock

This is my third choice. As the name suggests, when the alarm goes off, the sphere on top flies around the room while making sounds. You have to catch it and put it back in its base to turn off the alarm. This scares me a bit. What if the propellers hit someone in the room? I share a room with all 3 of my siblings. It would be bad if the thing lands on someone or something.

4. Clocky

This is my second choice because it sounds safer than the flying alarm clock but basically works under the same principle. When the alam goes off, the clock will roll off the stand and ‘find a spot’ for it to hide in. You’d then have to find it and turn off the alarm. It supposedly finds a different spot everyday.

Sometimes email isn’t enough. I use Gmail and Yahoo! and they both limit how much you can send in an email. I don’t know the term for it. I’m not very techy but here is a list of some hosts I’m familiar with, along with some comments.

YouSendIt
YouSendIt used to be the best way to send large files over the net. However, perhaps because of it’s popularity, they require you to pay now, although they have free trials. I don’t use this anymore.

FileDropper
Although it can go up to 5GB of file hosting, and it’s a clean site, I don’t really like it much. The last time I used it, it was quite slow. But the first time I used it was okay.

MediaFire
I actually like MediaFire. It’s easy to use, and they even have folders and such. Although it only goes until a 100MB.

PhotoBucket
I’ve been using this for how many years now. I like the old Photobucket. The new Photobucket doesn’t like me and takes time to recognize my uploads. What I do is choose the old uploader option. :p You can upload photos and videos on photobucket.

I’ve been seeing this around and although I think I tried it out already before… I forgot the results…

[x] I know how to make a cup of coffee.
[x] I keep track of dates using a calendar.
[ ] I own more than one credit card.
[ ] I know how to change the oil in my car/bike.
[ ] I do my own laundry.
[ ] I vote every election.
[x] I can cook for myself.
[ ] I think politics is exciting.
[ ] I balance my checkbook.
[ ] My parents have better things to say than my friends.

total:3
[ ] I show up for school/college/work everyday early.
[ ] I always carry a pen in my pocket/purse.
[x] I’ve never gotten a detention.
[x] I have never smoked a cigarette.
[x] I have never gotten completely trashed.
[x] I have forgotten my own birthday at least once.
[x] I like to take walks by myself.
[x] I’ve watched talk shows.
[x] I know what ‘credibility’ means without looking it up.
[ ] I drink coffee at least once a week.

total: 7

[x] I know how to do the dishes.
[x] I can count 1 to 10 in another language.
[ ] When I say I’m going to do something I do it.
[x] My parents trust me.
[ ] I can mow the lawn.
[x] I can make adults laugh without being stupid.
[ ] I remember to water the plants.
[x] I study when I have to.
[x] I pay attention at school/college.
[ ] I remember to feed my pets.

total: 6
[x] I can spell ‘experience’ without looking it up.
[ ] I work out on a regular basis.
[x] I clean up my own mess.
[ ] The people at Gloria Jeans know me by name.
[ ] My favorite kind of food is takeout.
[x] I have gained weight since middle/high school.
[ ] The first thing I do when I wake up is get caffeine.
[x] I cant go out of the store without getting something I don’t need.
[ ] I understand political jokes the first time they are said.
[x] I can type quickly.

total: 5

[x] I have realized that the weather forecast changes every hour.
[ ] My only friends are from my place of employment.
[ ] I have been to a Tupperware party.
[ ] I have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job.
[ ] I have more bills that I can pay.
[x] Most of my friends are older than I am.
[x] I can say no to staying out all night.
[x] I use the internet every day.
[x] My wardrobe hasn’t changed for a while.
[x] I can read a book and actually finish it.

total: 6

3 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 6

Add up all the numbers and repost
this as: MY MARRYING AGE IS…
27

Late by a year. I want to get married at 26, have my first child (who is a boy) at 28, and have my second child (who is a girl) at 35. Alternatively… I would want fraternal twins (girl and boy) at the age of 28 or 29.

This will be really random. I’m really sleepy… but I really want to write this. Beware of the RANT.

1. UAAP. It’s really funny how some teachers’ mood depends on the UAAP. Poor students, our grades depend on the outcome of the UAAP. “Humanity, you never cease to amaze me.” - Morpheus, Sandman. Neil Gaiman.

2. HOMEWORK. I have so much stuff to do. I haven’t read the very very long Fil reading yet. I forgot to bring it with me to read over the weekend, and I have a paper due on Tues. At the same time, I have midterms part II of SA21 on Monday, as well as a paper for Theo. Then there’s the Sagala, which I haven’t done manual labor on. OH! And the paintings for Hi18 are due on Tues. I probably shouldn’t have committed to do half. I never realize how much work I need to do until I analyze it later on. Thurs, we have to report for FA 165 because our group was the last to present last week and we weren’t able to finish our reports.

3. There’s this really nice concept found at the MVP basement called the Honesty Store. It’s a cabinet full of chips and candy with prices labeled on the shelf and it’s up to you if you will pay and place the money inside the cash box or walk away. You could also put it on credit, get now; pay later. But it’s all about honesty. I love it! The only thing I don’t like is if you don’t have change… you can’t get your change bec the cash box is locked. I guess they can afford losing a bit of money if a lot of people don’t pay up; but I guess the loss of all the money people paid up for is too much.

Random: (as if it isn’t enough)

I need to finish my 5 hours left at A1 Driving (5/15 hours). I semi-forgot how to drive now. I really should have finished my schooling then and practiced contionously. Now that school’s started… I just do not have time. I really should start driving to school though, as practice and for practicallity. I’ll miss hitching with Fee though. I like riding with him even if he gets stressed over traffic. It’s like our bonding time, talking about school or problems or whatever.