Artsy Fartsy

1. Laziness is not an acceptable excuse for anything.

2. It only takes a minute to make a lasting first impression.

3. Getting angry is just punishing yourself for the mistakes of others

4. Stress is just the price you pay in exchange for achieving something great.

5. Practice makes perfect.

6. There is always at least one person out there who has it tougher than you.

7. Your family will never judge you.

8. Some jokes are just sugar-coated insults.

9. Opposites attract.

10. Drinking is ok but smoking is not.

(english12 blog post #4)

Death has got to be my biggest fear in life. However, there are times when I feel that it is more painful to lose someone you love than dying itself. For me, with aging comes death. When I was younger, I couldn’t wait to grow up. I would always get so irritated when I wouldn’t be allowed to go inside the cinema by myself unless the movie was rated G, and whenever all of my older siblings could pass through the casino while my mommy walks with me using the longer route. The idea of being old at that time meant that I could do so much more fun things. Now that I’m a bit older and free, being old can get a bit scary. At 18, aging would mean having more responsibilities and control over my life. It doesn’t mean that there is no more room for mistakes, it just means that I’ll have to start setting my goals in motion. All I want to do with my life is to make my parents, and everyone else, proud of me. I want to be known as someone who actually got out of bed and did something meaningful with her life. As of now, I have no idea on how I’m going to make this ultimate goal of mine come true, but I do know that it is going to happen one day.

I’ll say it again, aging is scary. Some people say I look older for my age, what more when I actually grow older!? I really hope that I can have the courage and discipline to change my lifestyle so that I can at least age gracefully like the 95 year old lady in the video found in the link below. Although I’d have to agree that aging isn’t solely based on physical appearances, a healthy mindset is definitely important to retain youthfulness as well.

Question taken from: http://soulpancake.com/questions/view/74563/what-does-aging-look-like-to-you.html

(English12 blog post # 3)

In how many ways can 24 hours change a person’s life? Okay, I can’t really tell you the answer to that. Aside from it being impossible, the file labeled “permutations, combinations, and probability” has just been erased from my brain’s harddrive the moment I finished my math midterms three days ago.

First, let’s look on how the second of October has changed the lives of many. For some weird reason, this day has proved to be unlucky for airplanes. In 1970, a plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashed in Colorado killing 31 people. In 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 was hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashed into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people. Lastly, in 1996, Aeroperú Flight 603, crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70. Finding out about all these devastating events in the past coincidentally happening on the day I was born is freaky considering that I love to travel. It’s sad to think that whenever I’m celebrating my birthday, a lot of families out there are reminded of the loss of their loved ones.

On a happier note, in 1993, Guineans from West Africa were celebrating their 35th year of independence from France. Actress Camilla Belle happily blew out seven candles from her birthday cake after wishing that her first TV appearance the following day would be a success. 

Going back to my opening question, how much can a day, an hour, a minute, or even a second change a person’s life dramatically? One thing I know for sure is that at precisely 10:19am of October 2, 1993, a couple added more meaning into their lives by welcoming their fifth child into the world, me.

(english12 blog post # 2)

It’s weird how I looked at onions with disgust as a kid, but now that I’m a bit older, I can’t get enough of them.

After a long day of trapping myself in the library, my sisters and I grabbed a snack at a new restaurant along Katipunan, Sandwicheese!. We had high expectations for this place because we’re big fans of…sandwiches and cheese!

Sandwichees is definitely generous when it comes to everything they put into their sandwiches. I ordered their bestseller, Drippin’ Roast Beef. It had loads of roast beef slices and TONS of cheese; sundried tomato cream cheese, mozzarella, and Parmesan to be exact. But what really got my taste buds tingling were the caramelized onions resting cozily on top of the tender beef slices and right under the thick bed of melted cheese. As a kid, I would often pass my unwanted veggies to the nearest grown-up sitting next to me. My usual veggie victim was my dad. He loves bell peppers and onions. Be it sauteed, grilled, or raw, he’d be happy to eat them either way. Biting into that roast beef sandwich really made me think of my dad. Don’t worry! He’s still alive and well, but there’s just something about onions that remind me of him. Most of my friends pick on me for being such a slow eater but I ate this sandwich with extra slow speed just so I can savor each mouth-watering bite. I’ll surely come back for more!

Here are several different versions I made of the ICA fair shirt before the final design came out. There were a lot of things to consider like the cost of having multiple colors for printing, the number of storybook characters in the design, etc.

After a number of revisions, the fair committee president worked everything out and got the tee printing company print the original design. It was originally supposed to be the design for the fair committee shirt, but then people voted on it and became the official fair shirt. 400 of these shirts were sold for P150 a piece.

Below is a picture of me proudly wearing the shirt with my friend, Audrey, at the fair last 2010!

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We had a great team dinner at Yellow Cab. Important things were discussed, such as our upcoming projects and Vicky’s new pink hair streaks.

Shanice, Charmaine, Andi, Alex, Vicky, Mags, Isai, Kitkat L., Kookie, Kitkat P., and Ruth

ambushed smile. :))

My second attempt of submitting a tee design to threadless was out of pure boredom. It was summer vacation and I didn’t have anything else to do but play around in photoshop. I just made a vector of a polaroid camera since I’ve always wanted one and transferred it to a tee template and submitted it for fun.

2 days later, I got an email.

It got an average score of 1.16 out of 114 votes. It’s pretty low but who cares! You can check out the design on the website by clicking here.

It’s funny when punishment turns out to be really fun.

March 2011: One of the best months ever. 5 shopping days. 4 days of exams. 3 birthday shindigs. EK trip. First Korean haircut. ADMU confirmation. Grad Ball. And finally, my High School Graduation. But before that glorious/painful march in high heels onto the stage where I’ve waited 13 years to get a picture frame, practice makes perfect (or does it?). We had a total of 9 graduation practices. Being my punctual self, I arrived late to some of them which costed me 4 hours of my life doing community service. My tardy-mate, Melanie, and I worked on designing the HSO’s bulletin board for the next school year. Our assistant principal made a joke about how we should make the board fabulous because it’ll serve as our legacy in ICA. HARHAR! I wonder if the board’s still up there. Hmm…