Yay!!  I was finally able to train again last Monday and Wednesday after a month and I'm so very, very happy! :)

Sure my body hurt like anything, but it was a good kind of pain-- a welcome pain. :D

I even got a Welcome Back present from Ren just this Wednesday-- a bump of cataclysmic proportions on my forehead!! We had a good laugh...  I was uhm... (how should I say this?)

IYAK-TAWA

that's the only word I can think of after she fell on me and her chin hit my forehead so hard that her tooth actually chipped!  It was great-- as I said, it was a welcome kind of pain. :)

I wasn't able to train today though; the bump was gone but my forehead still hurts a lot at the slightest pressure or movement.


It's all worth it in the end...

You're all worth it. :)

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To Lars:

You have been missed too!  Just so you won't say I didn't reply! :P  *Hee* Idol!! ^o^

Happy one month of not training!!

Sheesh.

For all the people who think their lives really, really, REALLY suck...



Look at the BIGGER PICTURE...





and think about it.

I did.

2 Weeks.  2 Frigging Weeks!!

That's how long I've been sick.  I don't know why it takes so long for me to get better.  At first I thought it was just this psychosomatic thing~ so I trained 4 days after I initially got sick.  That wasn't a very smart thing to do because I found myself unable to sleep that night due to back and joint pains-- and could barely lift myself off the bed the next morning.

I had a relapse.  (Something which our coach specifically warned me about...)

I was sick again from Thursday to Tuesday... went to the dojo on Wednesday, coach advised me to train next week just to be sure.

I don't know what the hell is wrong with me...  I just keep on having this perpetual headache which doesn't seem to want to leave me alone.  It just dulls for a while then starts pounding again.  I also feel so exhausted all the time even though I haven't gone to weights or judo training these past two weeks.  I have joint pains, migraines, nausea, exhaustion-- and just when I think I'm getting better, they come back, all at the same time.

Sheesh.

I want to get better soon, but I'm also scared that if I go back to training I'm going to get beaten up or just feel really sick again.

Add all this physical turmoil with academic and mental stress and you get...

one really sick person.

30 minutes before I'm shipped back to Katipunan...

My first complete week was-- I don't know...  I. DON'T. KNOW.

Last Friday was fun though-- dinner and vidoeke with the Judo Women's team with Coach Ali and Coach Cathy. :)

Everything else was draining~  Nosebleed level... ~_~  But it was a good kind of nosebleed... haha. :D

Weight training has again increased-- no less than 2 hours in the gym!!  It literally sucked the life out of me last tuesday, but I felt as fit as a horse when I actually finished it without fainting (or cheating :P)!!

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No long updates yet... I'm pressed for time~

I have to load my stuff... O.O

Goo-bayyyy Makati!!

Aw...  I'm finally LEGAL now.  Yay!! :)

(more comprehensive entry on my birthday next time... once I get the pictures from Benny :P)

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My schedule is kind of whacked this sem...  abounding in 7-9.5 hour breaks and the like.  Almost all my majors are during T-Th, which endangers me of having major examinations all on the same date-- and with no breaks in between!  Ugh! >,<  I tried justifying my choices by telling myself that it's the quality of the teachers that matter... and not the grades they give-- but thesuperficial A-hungry little voice in my head just won't let me be!  Haha... but it was all good after my first half-week. :)

Living alone is trying and tiring-- but I'm getting the hang of it.  Plus I have the bestest people coming over sometimes to help me with my chores since I such at any form of domestic activity.  *Scratches back of head*  Maybe Billy was right-- maybe I am spoiled. O_O;;

I got Fr. Ferriols for Ancient Philosophy... hehe, can't wait for the experience!  Funny thing though, during our first day-- roll call lasted for an hour! Haha! :P  I'm not classmates with my blockmates anymore for majority of our classes-- but we still have common classes though, which is great!  Our Theology (Introduction to the Old Testament) prof is so boring... (-_-) Even the nuns in the class were getting teary-eyed because of sleepiness!  And they're NUNS-- NUNS for heaven's sake!  What about us.. young, generally-normal people??! O_O Nyargh...  seriously, do I even know what I got myself into??!  I'm just going to have to find out for myself!

Anyhoo... I'll be out of the cyberworld from now on except on weekends or during occassional trips to a computer lab/shop since I don't have internet access there.  This is actually a good thing-- it reduced my procrastination time by 90%!! :D

So, that's it... how was your first day? :)

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To the MERKSHACK peeps:

Iniisip ko pa kelan inuman... kailan kayo free para maschedule na natin! :P

BEERDAY!  BEERDAY!  YAY! ^_^

I want a new violin.

I love love love LOVE Schuldig... but he got beaten up so he doesn't sound the same anymore...

no matter how much I tried to get him fixed.

Anyway,

if you guys know anyone who's trying to get a violin off their hands-- tell me!

I prefer a second-hand violin...

brand new ones have a tendency to be crappy.

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I can always ask my dad...  Yamaha just stocked up on new violins...

which are cheaper than my old one... but they look and sound sublime!

I hope he buys me one though...  my next recital is on September

and I'd hate to perform with an instrument that's not even mine.

Plus... I think after more than four years...

Schu would very much like to have a wifey~ :P

Also, I already have a name waiting haha.

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Look at my baby boy... :)  Taken around 3 years ago~



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Don't buy Hofner violins... they're more trouble than they're worth!

I finally got to go swimming this weekend!  I went to Subic with my family just for an overnight trip-- but it was all good!  Me and my sister stayed under the sun for so long in an attempt to get baked-- but the sun wouldn't cooperate!  All I got after rolling around in the sun for more than 3 hours under the blistering heat of the sun-- is a sunburnt nose... that's all-- and an injured foot!  Nobody told me (till it was too late) that there were so many sharp rocks underwater, and I only learned about them when I bashed my foot against one and ended up with two swollen and painfully wounded toes! T_T *sob*  But as I said, it was all good in the end! :)

The start of the school year is just around the corner and so is everything else that counts as major changes in my life.  Well, unlike my previous entries-- I'm not depressed about it anymore.  Haha.  Hmmm... it seems like my whole 1.5 weeks before school are already fully booked~ which is actually good because I've died too many times out of boredom this whole summer vacation!  I have Judo training and weights to thank for at least letting me keep my sanity (and new and improved health! Yay! :P)!

So what's up with my last few days of freedom?

June 04, 2007 - Got my regform and watched Pirates III (finally! :P)
June 05, 2007 - was sick and couldn't even go to weights... -_-;;
June 06, 2007 - whole day practice for Judo OrSem demo
June 07, 2007 - Judo OrSem demo and moving in of the rest of my stuff
June 08, 2007 - Registration
June 09, 2007 - Finally going back to violin class!
June 10, 2007 - Free day!! :D
June 11, 2007 - MY BEERDAY!! ^__^
June 12, 2007- Independence day!
June 13, 2007 - The school year begins!!  

Well... that's that.  I was just talking to Jepoy last night about how pressured I am by this coming school year...  I don't know why~ maybe it's because I still want to maintain the academic standards I've pushed myself to achieve last year, only this time it'll be harder because I'll be juggling it with my training plus I won't be with my blockmates as often as before. :(  But I'll just live by what my sister told me-- know what you really want and go for it-- no matter how hard it gets you just have to push and not let anything get in the way of that.

I have to be strong!

I can try... but -sheesh- I think my first week is going to be hell for me.  Haha.

CHEERS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR AHEAD! :)

I just finished Final Fantasy XII this morning... and I cried over the ending (yet again)! :P




Let me just say that FFXII has one of the BEST (and I mean THE BEST) story lines I have ever encountered (and believe me, I've encountered a lot o.O)!  It's amazing how Square Enix has created an engaging plot with the complete absence (ok... there was about .05% romance) of a love story.  Coming up with something that isn't reminiscent of the love stories found in its predecessors (namely FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX), FFXII has succeeded greatly in saving the Final Fantasy RPG series.  And that's an understatement, considering how much of a complete flop FFX proved to be (and don't let me get started on FFX-2 which is the epitome of Final Fantasy bastardization).

Ok..  I'll save the full-blown technical review for those who actually want it-- and if I'm not too lazy to do it haha.

Anyway, I highly recommend this to all the RPG gamers out there-- I trust that you won't be disappointed. :)

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School's just around the corner and I'm a bit excited to go back~

It's either that, or I'm running out of games to play. :D

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Just two more weeks before I'm completely ripped away from my comfort zone.

T_T

I hope you're happy where you are now Siris.

Your six years with us still seems too short...

but I wouldn't trade them for anything else.

Now that all the mundane shifting procedures are done, 
I can finally announce that my course starting next school year will be...

AB Philosophy (Pre-divinity track)

...and uhm, yeah~ I am serious.

Haha!! :D

Hmmm... I think College life will be a lot more interesting this year.


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Friday is rest day!!  Yay!! :)

My body feels so battered... but it's all good.

Just finished watching Peacemaker Kurogane! :)

Full Metal Alchemist is next... o_O


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* UPDATED Summer Checklist Update*

Books: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
RPGs: Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia, Shadow Hearts III: From the New World, FFXII, God of War II
Anime: Kyou Kara Maou, Basilisk, Weiss Kreuz, Peacemaker Kurogane, Full Metal Alchemist, Shadow Skill

Icing down my swollen face last night got me thinking...

I should really learn to leave my ego outside...

maybe then I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.

"Crawford, did you know... people's thoughts taste like honey~?"

-- Schuldig


There is nothing sexier than a green-eyed German telepath with an attitude.

Yep...  can't get any sexier than that.

Hmmm...  I suppose it's not surprising that I named my violin after you.

Before anything else...



I finally finished Shadow Hearts III: From the New World after roughly a week and around 50 hours of game time to ensure that I got the the good ending. :D  Seriously~ it took me around an extra 10 hours just to make sure of that!  It was worth it though... who would want to play for 40 hours and still get a bad ending?  That would suck. Haha!  I highly recommend this to all the RPG gamers out there.  Now I'm looking for Shadow Hearts II: Covenant!

I'm thinking of making actual reviews on all the Anime and RPGs I've played and will be playing over the summer so I don't feel like too much of a bum (even if I am acting like one :P).  Well if ever I do act on that-- you guys can probably find them here. :P  That is... if you think I'm credible haha!!

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In relation to my entry title...  I finally started my summer judo training last Wednesday!! :)  We also had our fitness test last Tuesday-- and it made me feel like an unhealthy slug!! x_x;;  Nyargh... seriously~ all the fat pinching, barbel lifting, and 'lightning speed' sprinting on my part left me feeling horribly unfit. T.T  I enjoyed our judo training last Wednesday though... but I think I would've enjoyed it better if I didn't get dehydrated during training.

I've never been dehydrated before, so when I started feeling dizzy during the rolling exercises (which were the very first ones we do even before stretching), I thought that it was just the heat.  However, during stretching, I was already feeling very light headed and faint-- it was a good thing that coach doused me with cold water!  I never thought that having a bottle of water emptied over your head could ever feel so rejuvenating!!  I threw up and had to pass randori though~  I can't train tomorrow either because we have this Department of Foreign Affairs to deal with at the same... grrr.

Weight training starts on Tuesday-- I'm actually excited but still really anxious.  It's my first time to actually 'work-out' and I'm scared that I'd embarrass myself yet again... like the time when my mom coerced me to go to gym during 2nd year HS and I got sick for one and a half weeks after the stress test!!  To think the stress test wasn't even half as hard as the stress test we took last Tuesday...  but I'm proud to say that I didn't get sick!! :P

Aw... besides all the horribly unhealthy results of my stress test-- I'm still proud that my ab strength is at level 4 out of 7 levels!!  Yay!! :)  I hope I get better at this...  I really, really, really want to better myself-- and to do well in the sport.

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In other news...

I just have to go to Ateneo to get my signed endorsement slips and get my load revision form and my shifting will finally be complete!!  Yay!! :D  Hmmm... it's weird~ but I feel as if this is one of the decisions that I feel so decided about.  I'm very indecisive, so it surprised me to find myself so sure about this decision-- even if there were so many skeptical comments about it.  Maybe the guidance person was right when she told me:  "That means you're on the right track!"

I certainly hope (and pray) that she's right.

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Also...

CONGRATULATIONS FLORY!! :D

HAPPY GRADUATION DAY!!

Today, Ateneo Law School...  Tomorrow, the BAR EXAM!!
(and next time... THE WORLD :P)

We're all proud of you!!

<3

I got my grades today...

I got into the Dean's List...

I made my parents happy.

I feel accomplished. :)

P.S.
I hate Danton Remoto though.