The Ocean of My Being

The rules are: 1. Steal it. 2. Post it on your site. 3. Bold the books you've read. 4. Add three of your own! So, let's go... 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. 1984, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ** 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame ** 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens ** 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell 22. Harry Potter And The Sorcerers philosopher's ...

Your Brain Usage Profile: Auditory : 38% Visual : 61% Left : 47% Right : 52% BabyPink, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz. You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition. You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than t...

I have been wanting to blog about my enrollment and my subjects/courses this semester, but I decided to wait until I cooled down a bit so that I will be able to think straight and see the bright side of everything. I know how totally annoying it is (at times) to read about somebody just plain ranting and raving about how circumstances and all the powers in this universe are working together to ruin his/her life. I mean, I don't have anything against people writing about every single bad thing about their lives that you, sometimes, can't help but feel and say, "Oh, f*ck, life's really a bitch and there is absolutely nothing good about it!" It's just that sometimes I can only take so much whining and complaining. But then again, what are blogs for? And, I find it nice that some people use blogging to at least free themselves from all the feeling of strangulation that life (being a bitch) gives them. I will really try NOT to be one of those people who only s...

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Copy this whole list on your journal. 2. Bold the things that are true about you. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS: Type your comments after the statement if you feel like reacting to them. Just enclose them in parentheses. 01. When I was younger I made some bad decisions. (not very bad ones...) 02. I don't watch much TV these days. 03. I love psychodelic mushrooms. (can somebody please tell me what psychodelic mushrooms are?!) 04. I love sleeping. 05. I have loads of books. 06. I once slept in a toilet. 07. I love playing video games. (i have no patience when it comes to these things...) 08. I adore marijuana. 09. I've watched porn movies. 10. I watch them with my father. 11. I like sharks. 12. I love spiders. I think they're adorable, especially the ones with bright colours on their backs. (who loves spiders?!) 13. I was born without hair and I still have no hair. (thank God, no!) 14. I like George Bush. 15. People are cool. (some people are...) 16. I have ch...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This opening sentence of Jane Austen's " Pride and Prejudice " cannot be more true in our culture, the Meranao culture. I remember, about four or five years ago, there was this "Darcy-ish" young man who came "home" to our place after growing up somewhere else. He was the scion of a political and rich clan. He was a lawyer (fresh from the Bar exams at that time, I think). Oh, and he was quite good looking, too. He was, obviously, a jackpot prize wanted not only by mothers who had daughters, but by the daughters as well. I remember laughing whenever I saw him, in numerous occasions, being swarmed by females of all ages. There were some who were my mom's age wanting to introduce their daughters to the "man of the hour". There were also young women his age and slightly older and/or younger than he wa...

Hmm, it's been a while since I last posted an entry. I haven't been hanging around the Internet Centers/Cafes during my last days at home. I wanted to make the most of those days hanging out with friends and family. After all, I am not going to see most of them for a year (or maybe more). But, now that I'm back in Manila again, I'm back to blogging, as well. :) During my last days in MSU, I had a pretty hectic schedule. There were many things to do, many places to go to and friends to visit. Even with the elections over, there was still so much to do. The whole family was just so busy that we barely saw one another. I think I am the only one in my whole family who's not interested in politics. Some uncles and cousins ran for office so one could just imagine how busy everyone got. Good thing I had the CBP as an excuse for not going with them as they campaigned. But, after the CBP and after May 10, I had no more excuse so I had to go with them as we waited for the re...