The Fruit of my Labor and Other Things

My last post was a bitter post, you will not really enjoy reading one. I had been emotionally, mentally and physically drained up to now and I really don't know how to do something about it. My dad, bro and I planned to do some jogging tomorrow, if ever I can wake up early! But I think I really need some little exercise 'cause my body is breaking down. Oh well.

I just have to end my bitterness, and understand that the world is full of wicked, irrational, insensitive, immature, selfish people and there's nothing I could do but to deal with it. There's just one thing I now, I am not like you! *Grin smile*. :D

I just receive my early Christmas gift, I think last Friday. While buying some food at the cafeteria, Mich gave me and Keisha the certificate in Dean's Honor List! I was so surprised, so do Keisha. Actually, there's four of us who were able to join the List there's Keisha, Mich, Gena and Me! Yey! Clap hands. At least stress has a good thing for us. :D I really just want to show off so I had this pic...haha:

Apology for the poor picture quality.

The problem is: I don't know if I will be able to maintain my status right now. With all the pressure and stress that I am experiencing, uh, I must stop doubting. But really right now, I just have to do the best my 1000% best. My parents, of course, were surprised and happy because finally I bring home the bacon! Haha.


I just had my room a make-over. Well not really a make-over 'cause it's only the curtain that makes a difference. But what a big difference, my room was never that much cozy as before love the ambiance.

I am really showing-off. Haha.:D

At least this not a bitter post! :D

Life is Just Too Exhausting!

I haven't have the time to update some blabberings lately. The culprit? Stress.
Stress to the maximum, nth level that my body and my immune system is beginning to take its toll. I don't really feel good lately, in the sense that when you caught a bad cold everything that's in you suddenly falls apart, it's really frustrating and very excruciating. I hope schoolwork would not be affected with these breakdowns.

Nics and I watched Twilight. The movie is so good. Well, it beyond good, it's great! Robert Pattinson is sizzling hot. Period. The movie satisfies what Twilight fanatics have been dying for- a good portrayal of Edward Cullen and Robert perfectly portray the perfect man! Oh yes, like after watching it, you're so into Robert that you will watch it again. Though it's a very teeny-pop movie, it's still very entertaining. The only thing was, I don't feel really good about the whole Edward Cullen thing/mania/fanatics. Like the book or the movie is portraying the "perfect/ideal/unreachable guy". It is so unrealistic. Make girls fantasize about the E.C. guy which I think is really unreasonable. Ok, I myself do admit that E.C. is perfect with the enchanting smile, the hair, the to-die-for eyes, he's just the perfect embodiment you would certainly look for a guy, but an Edward Cullen does not exist or even if he does well, he is still not perfect. Edward Cullen is just way beyond. So twilight fanatics, don't over-fantasize E.C. ok?

Oh well, I've encountered some bad spirits while commuting to school after watching Twilight. She is just the meanest and the most evil person I ever saw! With her mean friends to add. Hindi ko na lang siya pinatulan 'coz I am a "civilized" person. I don't brag about something that is truly nonsensical to the extent that you are hurting someone's feelings. Though honestly I do really feel so small and extremely woeful, pathetic, wretched at that moment like I'm gonna burst and cry, I still control myself because I am not like YOU, who make little things like a big issue. Screw you!

End of bitterness.

Guess What?

Time really haven't given me a chance to post anything substantial here in my blog. But like what I said, I will do everything to post something here. Haha.

Last Friday, we had our Comm. Arts and we were given this activity to assess our reading skills. Try to guess what this paragraph indicates and comment me if you have the answer.

"The newspaper is better than a magazine. A seashore is a better place than a street. At first, it is better to run than to walk. You may have to try it several times. It takes some skill, but it's easy to learn. Even young children can enjoy it. Once successful, complications are minimal. Birds seldom get too close. Rain, however, soaks in very fast. Too many people doing the same thing can also cause problems. One needs a lot of space. If there are no complications, it can be very peaceful. A rock will serve as an anchor. If things break loose, however, you will not get a second chance."

Hint: The answer is simple. No literary meaning.

If you answer correctly this riddle, you will get a prize from me. So do your best to answer it. Goodluck!

My "Ideal" Guy

Beware, this is one of a kind post. Seldom I post such kind and seldom I will talk about it.... Boys, oh well, though i really don't have the highest interest to them. In fact, I really don't care about them. :D

Haha. Ok, maybe I bragged out a bit and maybe "someday" I "might" need ONE.

I am very picky and particular when it really comes to boys. Let me do the honor to get a detailed look on my ideal guy:

1. I want a guy who is taller than me. Now this thing is serious, it's really a requirement for a guy. And well, I think I will be having a hard time to find one. :D

2. Whom I can talked everything under the sun. This is a substantial thing for one guy to possess, I gotta talked with him from music, movies, books, latest happenings- everything, without getting bored. A good conversation perhaps. Haha. :D

3. I am into guys who are smart. Smarter than I thought actually, but really not that nerds and geeks that would end up having debate with me, oh please! I'm quite done with those. I want them to be smart in a "good" way, like sending me good books and making me poems.

4. I like clean/neat looking guys. By the way? Who doesn't want one? Can you stand a guy who has zero hygiene. A big no no to me.

5. Preferably, knows to play an instrument. It can be piano which I think would be great, or a violin which would be greater or just a drum or something.

6. Money. Um, this is quite controversial, some might think that I am too grasping or something, but I am just being practical. I won't elaborate it more. :D

7. Good family background. As far as I am concern, I want a guy to have a well-respected or low profile family background.

8. A good disposition. I want him to be kind, compassionate and most importantly religious.

9. Exquisite hands. I think this is bizarre but I really do look for a good hand. The first thing that I would really look in a guy is the hand and when I say good hand, it must be soft? haha. :D

10. Good relationship with his mother. They say that you can see yourself being treated by a guy the way he treats his mother.

This post is not a guy-finder post! haha. I might be mistaken, with all those requirements for a guy. I just thought this post would be different from my other accounts and like I said I don't have the highest interest to them... at least for now. :D

P.S.
Lota, I will miss reading your amusingly funny and interesting post. Hope that you will be back soon and hope that you will still pass-by on my blog, this will be useless without you! haha. :D

Very Odd...

Philippine bulbul
Yeah....bulbul (as in pubic hair) :D

A dedicated post for Taxonomy might help me with everything, especially we will have an approaching long test, so I have to make peace with it.

While having our Biolec, and take note, I am intently listening to it, crunching and munching every single word that I heard, listening it by heart, yeah. Then, while I'm seriously absorbing every term that I hear, my prof mention something. She is discussing the importance of having a universal scientific name for all organisms. Names of different organisms in different nations varies widely so there must have a universally, accepted name for a certain species. Latin was used because it is a dead language, nowadays really, it is no longer used as a dialect and only scholars way back centuries and centuries uses this language, so that no argument may rise 'bout not using their language as the basis for naming scientific names. She gave a quite number of examples and the one that really caught our attention is that when she says the species Philippine bulbul. At first, the words are quite fuzzy and I didn't really heard it clearly, I thought it was bold bull. But when my prof, said it over and over and over again, giggles and chatterings started to rise. Haha.

Philippine bulbul (Ixos philippinus)- is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

It was bulbul! A pubic hair! Bulbul in Filipino is pubic hair in English. Come'on, poor little bird. Given a name after a pubic hair! :D

I happen to have some Korean classmates who really can't relate at all this ridiculous joke, so my really interesting prof translate it for them and the rest is history....

I wonder who taxonomist named it for the poor little creature? And why the heck did he name that. Ok maybe he has his reasons. :D

Just take a look at the picture, does it look like a pubic hair? :D

Ok, maybe taxanomy is not that all lame, maybe some but not all.

I need some Sleep!

Addition to the clan. Microbiology and Biology.

I am typing these words right now, with my eyes half open. I just want to have an update, besides I miss blogging.

I have been stress-- school, myself and life. Whew! I have not been really inspired in studying Biology lately. Maybe because it's about that Taxonomy--- yeah, that's the reason why. It is so damn uninspiring to study such branch of Biology. The lamest of all, I must say. With all the construction of the dichotomous key and the phylogenetic tree, it really burns up everything in me. Give me Biochemistry, Zoology, Botany, etc. except Taxonomy. You know what? I am beginning to be afraid that my interest in studying Bio would eventually fade away because of that lame Taxonomy. Though, I am really trying my 101% to have some imagination working out will studying this Taxonomy thing, because you see, the reason why I love studying Bio is that I imagine things, as they are. It's cool. But my imagination seems to be hibernating these past few days.

Gotta love Taxo.... gotta love Taxo.... gotta love Linnaeus... gotta love Taxo...

I hope all those chants works. But right now really I need a goodnight sleep, which I doubt will never happen. Loads of reports, researches and bundles of books to read. I am gradually taking the toll of becoming a doctor. Still, I have so many Taxonom-ies to encounter. *sighs*

But really I am trying.....

:D

Worst of All Things or Maybe the Best

I just got home from a long day in school. And that long day got worse, when I got a period which included the energy-consuming dysmenorrhea and a terrible headache. Is there anything worse than that? ATPs (Adenosine Triposphate) in my body is really all consumed and I need a kick back to regenerate every cell in my body, perhaps a good-long sleep will do. Hmm... or maybe a good meal will do.

I am just having brief overview on what will happen to me this sem and I'm having a nightmare! Haha. Ok, maybe I just over-exaggerated it but I can feel that this is going to be rough and tough. With ballroom,2 english, taxonomy lecture and lab, psychology, oral defenses and thesis on the go can you consider it heaven? It's hell. Everyday, 7 am. That's very tiring for me. One more thing why I don't like 7am schools is because I cannot really bowel at those times. You see, I need to bowel early in the morning to make me feel good throught the day and to make my digestive tract work properly, but in my case right now, it seems that boweling at around 5:30 am seems so hard for me, because I think my digestion process at that time is still sleeping! Haha. Oh well, I really hate my schedule and with all those long vacant period! Long vacant period= Going to canteen= Buy food= Loose money.

Ok maybe this all dreadful things are too much for a day and like I said before I need a kick back to regenerate my cells. How 'bout I list all things that I love to help me feel a bit better:

1. Time alone. I feel very refresh whenever I spend time alone with myself, contemplating every right and wrongs that I have done, it's like having a conversation with yourself.

2. Good grades/remarks/praises. Ok, so maybe I'm a bit vain and all that, but really it feels good when you receive good remarks from people. It's very uplifting and encouraging.

3. Good music. Music is my constant companion whether I'm at home, school, etc. A good music never fails me, so it either inspires or makes me cry or even makes me put to bed!

4. Great book. Ah this one, can be my bestfriend. I can read a book all day long and really dig in to it. Too bad that my mom and I made a treaty that I should only read books on vacations, so no books for now!

5. Good conversation. I conversation with a friend or maybe a stranger! Good conversations motivates me more and just makes me feel good.

6. Fantastic Food. Who doesn't?

7. Ample time to sleep. Well, nowadays, I think I will no longer sleep 8hrs everyday, with my dreadful sched and truckloads of schoolwork, I really doubt it.

8. Exercise. I want to exercise... badly. But it seems that whenever I have the time, I just end up sleeping and eating more and just get lazy to exercise. But I really need a good exercise, oh well, ballroom will do the rest.

9. Coffee. Ah... this makes me feel better and helps me to stay awake!

10. Great shopping opportunity. I'm not really shopaholic or a shop-till-you-drop kind of person, but as much as I am concern, it's like a therapy. Shopping makes me feel better.

But really right now, I am having a bad headache a menstrual cramp, so off I go to bed and sleep!

'Till next time.

Learning to Love C. Linneaus

Before anything else, I want to congratulate Mr. Barrack Obama for making a history! Please... Be a good leader. :D

I just had my 2 majors today! Bio Lab and Bio Lec. The worst of it is that they are in the same day.
So, wish me luck during exams. Oh well, the gap between those two beloved subjects of mine are like distant mountains: 4 hours break! My oh my! My attempt in updating a post at school did not offered me even the slightest chance due to computer patch there. But I will really try to sneak some time.

My Biology this semester is ALL about the gruesome, compelling, nose-bleeding, morbid and terrifying TAXONOMY/SYSTEMATICS/BIODIVERSITY, whatever they maybe. Carolus Linneaus is sure a genius for constructing such branch of Biology, he is so genius that he made to think a way to make bio-students' lives harder and tougher each day. My prof in Biolec in the previous sem already warned us that Taxonomy is not at all a piece of a cake subject, sure it's sounds so boring, naming all the "unknown" species there is in this world, but sure I need to maintain my grade so as to not disappoint my parents and surely to not disappoint myself. My dad have been urging me to become a doctor since yesterday, don't know what came up to him. It's like being a doctor will only take a few snaps and voila! Oh well, a father's dream for his daughter....

I'm not really sure about this sem, I will have 5 units of Comm. Arts and a Gen Psychology subject, whew!

Oh well, I just want to share my latest blabberings about my life. I will really try my best to post updates as possibly as I can, but I am not promising anything.

So, goodluck!

Adios!

The Northern Lights

The best things in life are.... free! Yay! That's a song right?

Oh anyway. Hahaha.

I really can't think of any to post that really makes sense. Maybe I will post about Obama and McCain, but I am just too lazy jotting down political stuffs, or maybe I will post the latest economical issue, blah! that's too uninteresting, anyway we all know that the economical state of our country is still "under-developed" as always, so there is not much news about it. Um, how 'bout religion? That sounds interesting but really, when it comes to this topic, we can't avoid being biased, so let's just pass it out.



Ok, I found a target, how 'bout writing about "Aurora Borealis". I am dying to see this spellbinding celestial lights. I should have post it to my top most places to see. Can you imagine someone proposing to you with the Aurora Borealis right behind you? Ok, ok. I know you think that's odd but just imagine it. My! I am thinking mushy stuffs again.

Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights are curtains of streamers that appear in the Arctic and Antarctic parts of the earth. Scientifically speaking, the sun gives off high-energy charged particles (also called ions) that travel out into space at speeds of 300 to 1200 kilometres per second. A cloud of such particles is called a plasma. The stream of plasma coming from the sun is known as the solar wind. As the solar wind interacts with the edge of the earth's magnetic field, some of the particles are trapped by it and they follow the lines of magnetic force down into the ionosphere, the section of the earth's atmosphere that extends from about 60 to 600 kilometres above the earth's surface. When the particles collide with the gases in the ionosphere they start to glow, producing the spectacle that we know as the auroras, northern and southern. The array of colours consists of red, green, blue and violet.

In Finnish Folklore tales they are called "revontulet", which means "fox fires" a name derived from an ancient fable of the arctic fox starting fires fire or spraying up snow with its brush-like tail. No matter that in English "foxfire" is a luminescent glow emitted by certain types of fungi growing on rotten wood. The true story is that the sun is the father of the auroras.

Whew! That's a piece of information. But really, whenever I got to see a picture of an Aurora, I got butterflies in my stomach. Unexplained happiness and longing, I think. The light exudes peace and serenity that whenever I looked at them, it's as if I have been there. It's like a dream- a beautiful dream. Very hypnotizing.


au revoir!

P'u

P'u, in typical Chinese dictionary will give a definition of "natural, simple, plain, honest."

Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.
Ask me a riddle and I reply:
"Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie."

I have been reading "Tao of Pooh" once again like for the 3rd time. A book that simplifies everything and a book that is simply enjoyable to read.

Foreword

"What's this you're writing?" asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.
"The Tao of Pooh," I replied.
"The how of Pooh?" asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written.
"The Tao of Pooh," I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil.
"It seems more like the ow! of Pooh," said Pooh, rubbing his paw.
"Well, it's not," I replied huffily.
"What's it about?" asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word.
"It's about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances!" I yelled.
"Have you read it?" asked Pooh.

That was after some of us were discussing the Great Masters of Wisdom, and someone was saying how all of them came from the East, and I was saying that some of them didn't, but he was going on and on, just like this sentence, not paying any attention, when I decided to read a quotation of Wisdom from the West, to prove that there was more to the world than one half and I read:

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

"What's for breakfast?", said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully.

"It's the same thing," he said.

"What's that?" the Unbeliever asked.
"Wisdom from a Western Taoist," I said.
"It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said.
"It is," I said.
"That's not about Taoism," he said.
"Oh, yes it is," I said.
"No, it's not," he said.
"What do you think it's about?"I said.
"It's about this dumpy little bear that wanders around asking silly questions, making up songs, and going through all kinds of adventures, without ever accumulating any amount of intellectual knowledge or losing his simpleminded sort of happiness. That's what it's about," he said.
"Same thing," I said.

That was when I began to get an idea: to write a book that explained the principles of Taoism through Winnie-the-Pooh, and explained the Winnie-the-Pooh through the principles of Taoism.
When informed of my intentions, the scholars exclaimed, "Preposterous!" and things like that. Others said it was the stupidest thing they'd ever heard, and that I must be dreaming. Some said it was a nice idea, but too difficult. "Just where would you even begin?", they asked. Well, an old Taoist saying puts it this way: "A thousand-mile journey starts with one step."

So I think that we will start at the beginning...

---Excerpt from Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

While Eeyore frets... and Piglet hesitates...
and Owl pontificates...
Pooh just is.

I think Tao of Pooh is a book written in a very simple yet appealing manner. The author uses Pooh which is a silly, honey-doting, naked bear who just loves to wander and just to be giddy. The book also teaches basic Taoism. And I think, among Confucianism, Buddhist and Taoism-- Taoism suits me better. Why? Just grab a book and read it. Though it costs some amount of money, but it's really worth the price, because who will never be disappointed on reading it.