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Long time no blog! Anyways… a bit of an update on my blog. I have a Shelfari account! It’s so cool! I now have a list to keep track of the anime I watch, the manga I read, and now the books I have read! I didn’t put a lot though… like the Sweet Valley books I’ve read and such… It’s just too much of a hassle. But generally I really like the interface of Shelfari. It’s a bookshelf, and it can segregate your list into books I’m planning to read, books I’m reading, books I’ve read, and favourites, I own, and a wishlist. So it’s a good thing to keep track of what I’ve read as well as to see what other people have read so I have an idea on what I might want to read/buy next. I think I might put whatever review I come up with there as well. I’ll probably just copy and paste from here though.

So if you have a shelfari account, add me if I know you personally. http://shelfari.com/hirika

Sophomore 2nd Sem Schedule

I’m quite happy with my schedule when it comes to the fact that I have blockmate-classmates at last. I wasn’t able to coordinate with them last semester so I had my Hi18 class by myself. This semester, the only class I don’t have a blockmate in is NSTP.

I’m sad with the timing of my classes though. I don’t know if I can manage to wake up in time for PE every MW. Perhaps I could have gotten a better PE time but I didn’t want to take up sports and I was really aiming for Taichi and that coincidentally happened to be the only time that fit my schedule since I have an 8.30 class. 

I’m really excited about JSP 1 though. I hope out teacher is good and hopefully he likes anime so we can have some anime projects :3 I can write AIUEO in Hirigana as of the moment. ?????

Yeah… It’s a bit late to post my personal to do list for the sembreak since more than half of it has been spent already… and then 80% of that time has been devoted to sleeping like a vampire. Chomp-Chomp. I’m a bit sabaw while writing this cuz according to my vampiric sem break nature… it’s still supposed to be my sleeping time.

1. Get Driver License ( I’ve been postponing this. I hate driving, but it’s kinda fun to say I can…somewhat. )

2. Fix Table  ( I finished fixing most of it today [7-9am], on my birthday no less XD , with the help of my maid bec I’m so kiddie and allergic to dust. I can actually see it now O_O XD )

3. Practice Designing ( Well… I practiced digi-coloring and realized how annoying it is to do so bec Adobe PS is supppperrrr slooooowwwwwww… so I stopped. Then I made myself a business card with a sad excuse of a vectored me, which I haven’t had printed yet. )

4. Play FF9 ( I was doing so on the first week of the break… but I’m too lazy to do nah… I just want to sleep the sem away… which I am doing actually. )

5. Buy Clothes/Shoes ( I don’t want to spend money. I ish poor. Sadsadsad… But I need to buy new shoes and I want to buy a new dress for semi-casual occasions. )

I’m turning 19 next week, the last of my teenager years. Sometimes I can be mature considering my age, but I’m still a child at heart and will always be.

I really love toys. I even remember when I was small, I’d always look forward to Christmas, hoping to get something new and fun to play with. I was especially jealous (to the point that I’d feel like crying but I’d hold it in because it was impolite to my gift-givers) at my younger brothers because they’d always get something interesting that I’d want to play with. Being a girl and being older, I’d always end up getting clothes. Even now, I still enjoy toys. I like stuff toys the best. But I still can’t help but get attracted to toys meant for younger kids such as sand boxes, dolls, and the like.

Last night, at the 15th floor of Strata 2000, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas; we went to the launching party of Pocketful of Kids. Pocketful of Kids is a interactive ‘toy village’ which encourages the development of toddlers and kids in different aspects of their lives. They mostly carry international brands of toys, and the best thing about the place is that it’s safe and fun!

The whole place was absolutely adorable! It was a bit small, bit it was very well designed. The place was like a mixture of a toy store and a daycare center and reminded me of tv series for kids. There was a LIBRARY where they have books from Fully Booked. At that moment, they had the Twilight Series (which was meant for the parents probably), as well as children’s books. They also had a COFFEE SHOP where you could buy pots with seeds to grow in your own home. There were also some cooking materials there that were shaped like gardening equipment. Next to the door, there was a BANK, where you could buy food and drink during your stay there. There was also a TOWN HALL nicely went with the whole little village image. There was also tree which they said was going to be interactive so the kids could talk to it. There was a THEATRE area which I think might be the dining area. And lastly, there were shelves and shelves of interesting yet affordable gifts that were sorted according to the age group they were meant for. The toys were also sorted into various categories which enhanced learning abilities such as WORD SMART, PEOPLE SMART, NUMBER SMART, etc. But aside from toys for kids, there were also toys for adults such as boards games like The Game of Life.

I really really really enjoyed the place and I think you would too. It’s a place not only for the little kids, but also for those who are still kids at heart like me. There were many people much older than me at the event, yet they acted even more kiddier than me. It was really a fun sight and site. :)

Last Thursday, Mom invited us, my sister and I, to an event at the Top Shelf of Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. It was a launch party of this project called The Manila Outdoor Gallery Art Route by the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP). What they did is that they gathered 29 artists, and with the environment as their theme, challenged them with billboards as their canvas. (Although only 10 artists had their works on billboards, the other 19 had them on electronic billboards) These billboards can be found in the major highways in Metro Manila like EDSA, NLEX, etc.

I really like their concept! More so because I am a Fine Arts Student. Art is usually viewed as something expensive, something middle class and lower class people can not afford and can not obtain. Art is also viewed as something limited to rich people’s homes or in museums. We learned in FA101: Introduction to Aesthetics, with Fr. Rene Javellana, that art isn’t something limited to these common descriptions or definitions. In fact, art can not be defined because it is constantly changing. Art is anything and everything. Art was once viewed as only those inspired by the Classical era, but now, even scrap metal can become art! (Refer to my previous post about Ral Arrogante)

Art is available for everyone and you don’t need to go to museums to find art. Art is all around you, in the environment. You see art everyday without knowing it; from shops to furniture to advertisements… You just have to change your own definition of art. Besides, “Beauty is the eyes of the beholder.”, right?

So this project was something I considered really great. Art should be available to everyone and what better way to communicate your ideas than to showcase them on billboards which people see everyday especially when stuck in traffic? And the theme was a common but important one, environment. Traffic is a cause of stress, and is a health hazard because of all those car honking, smog, and minutes of not doing anything. The artworks then become stress relievers, as well as a way to communicate, for those on the road.

The launching was simple yet elegant. They had this cool fountain made of wine glasses with a champagne bottle pouring red liquid over the glasses. They also served a small dinner, and gave a short but concise talk about the project. There were also miniature versions of their artworks available for viewing that night, and a few of the artists were also present at the launch.

We got to meet MM Yu! I didn’t remember her name at first but my sister reminded me. We saw her artworks at the Ateneo Art Gallery before. My sister got her autograph for me and we got to take pictures with her.

We also met Kuya Az. In fact he was the only person my sister and I truly knew that night. We go way back since high school when he coordinated a drawing class workshop during one of our fairs for the Computer Club. The last time I saw him was probably… back during the time when I still cosplayed. That was probably 2-3 years ago. How time flies~

After the event, we went downstairs to go book hunting. Oh how I love bookstores! But it makes me sad also bec there are so many things I want, and my list keeps on getting longer, but I am unable to buy them bec I’m poor. There were a lot of design books I wanted to invest in and buy… but I didn’t have the money. Defeated, I sat down at Starbucks on the 3rd floor and read their magazines (specifically Meg Magazine) while waiting for my mom and sis.