child's play--from Kaye

NUNG BATA KA...

1. Naglalaro ka ba ng Langit Lupa?
. A few times. Morbid rhyme un ah.

2. Natatandaan mo pa ba ang kanta sa Monkey Monkey?
. Nope. Never learned it.

3. Saan ka mahilig magtago pag naglalaro kayo ng Taguan?
. Behind the bookshelves or under my lola's aquarium!

4. Hanggang saang bahagi ng katawan ang abot mong talunin pag naglalaro ka ng 10-20?
. tuhod lang. Waaah.

5. Nagkasugat ka na ba dahil sa maling pagtalon sa larong Luksong Baka?
. Nope. Hanggang luksong tinik lang.

6. Ilang tsinelas na ang napudpod mo sa paglalaro ng Tumbang Preso?
. Five!

7. Ano ang madalas mong pamato sa Piko?
. broken toys. Seryoso.

8. Hanggang anong oras kayo inaabot pag naglalaro kayo ng Patintero?
. 9pm, assuming we started at 8. Andami naming laro nun eh.

9. Saan niyo nilalaro ang Shato?
. never played it.

10. Ano ang madalas na \"base\" niyo sa larong Agawan Base?
. mga railing sa Marikina riverbanks. Wahahaha.

11. Hanggang ilang jackstones ang kaya mongpulutin sa isang talbog ng bola sa larong Jackstones?
. two if I was lucky.

12. Ginagamit mo ba ang itim na stick para panungkit sa larong Pick Up Sticks?
. di ako mahilig dyan.

13. Saang grupo ka madalas pag naglalaro ng Cops and Robbers? Sa Cops o Robbers?
.Cops--ako ang tagabantay ng base kasi ako ang mabagal.

14. Madalas ka bang maging taya sa larong Habulan?
. Yes, unfortunately.

15. Malakas niyo bang binibilang ang mga numero pag naglalaro ka ng Nanay Tatay?
. Didn't really play that.

16. Gaano ka katagal maging taya sa larong Pass The Message?
. indefinite yun.

17. Naglalaro ka ba ng Tic-Tac-Toe kahit may klase?
. Oh yes!

18. Nakapaglaro ka ba ng SOS sa graphing paper?
. Sa ibang paper

19. Alam mo ba yung laro sa pad paper na Sabugan ng Tangke?
. nope.

20. Naniwala ka ba dati sa kapangyarihan ng FLAMES?
. Yep, at pati na rin ung Love Calculator.

21. Sa palagay mo, may katotohanan kaya yung hula sa iyo noon nung naglaro ka ng MASH?
. er, hindi kami mahilig sa MASH.

22. Nagta-tumbling ka ba sa larong Chinese Garter?
. nope.

23. Bakit sa taguang singsing pag malamig ang tenga iyon ang sinsabing may hawak ng singsing?
. never played tat

24. naranasan mo bang magreenactment ng mga napapanood mo sa tv?
. Books, plays, lahat na!

25. Sa tingin mo, malalaro pa kaya ng susunod na batch ng kabataan ang mga larong ito?
. Hopefully they never die.

Les Miserables---as staged by Temple Hill

The second "chorus" song of Les Miserables: sung by workers in Montreuil-sur-mer

Watched my cousins in their school play. Bel was the narrator, Angela was Fantine, and Fia was in the chorus.

random pics

Mostly the ocean park, but there's a rally pic here.

iluluwa ba ako ng sikolohiya?

Well, for the simple fact that yesterday, I got in touch with well, three of my other passions besides psych and politics: the sea, writing, and Filipino culture.

I went with my class to the Manila Oceanarium (see the photo albums of Jade and Nana). I can safely say it's worth the time and money spent for these reasons:

- we got to see an amazing variety of fish that we hardly ever see

-we got to sit in an underwater tunnel and be surrounded by marine creatures

-we got to sit in the fish spa. Goodbye calluses on my feet!

-we got to feed the rays. By hand.

When I got back to DLSU, I went to encode my group's INTSOCI stuff. When I opened my email, I found a letter from the Carlos Palanca awards, asking if they could feature one of my previous essays on the foundation's site. Needless to say, I said yes.

Then I went with my dad all the way to UP to catch "Orosman at Zafira", a work by Balagtas. Now after being traumatized by "Florante at Laura" as a high school girl, it is only to be expected that I'd at least raise an eyebrow about watching Balagtas.

Can I just say though that once again, I am awed. I swear, that piece should at least be mentioned or given some classroom time in high school.

meme from Lili

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

The Lines:

1. Phone call from God... Now if it had been collect, it would have been daring!
2. Well perhaps angels have no names, only beautiful faces.
3. Three out of five ex-boyfriends polled think I need to be in a constant state of crisis. Maybe I just give a shit.
4. I am now a checkerboard chick!
5. Name a shrub after me - something prickly and hard to eradicate.
6. Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
7. I'm on their blacklist - their roll of honor!
8. We'll have lots of sons and name them all after you.
9. Well hell's bells, if it ain't Felony Melanie.
10. Three days? How many sins could you have committed in three days? Come back when you have more time, please
11.  Dude, I service society by rocking, OK? I'm out there on the front lines liberating people with my music!
12. Can I have one last first kiss?
13.The French are glad to die for love. They delight in fighting duels. But I prefer a man who lives... and gives expensive... jewels.
14.My father was an excellent swordsman, monsieur. He taught me well. Now hand me that key or I swear on his grave I will slit you from navel to nose.
15.I know, I mean I thought a "gentleman" was somebody that owned horses. But it turns out, his short and simple definition of a lady or a gentleman is, someone who always tries to make sure the people around him or her are as comfortable as possible.

ecownomics

Got this from my dad

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and
then throws the milk away...

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.

SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk
of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow
has dropped dead.

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed
company, using letters of credit opened by
your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a
debt/equity swap with an associated
general offer so that you get all four cows back, with
a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an
intermediary to a Cayman Island
Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who
sells the rights to all seven
cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows,
with an option on one more. You
sell one cow to buy a new president of the United
States, leaving you with nine cows. No
balance sheet provided with the release.
The public then buys your bull.

THE ANDERSEN MODEL
You have two cows.
You shred them.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the
roads, because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty
times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called
'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat
once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of
vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high
bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real
situation.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you
and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part
of a Democracy... .

A SPANISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Your cousin is jealous and wants one, so he starts a
civil war over it!

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to
celebrate.

PHILIPPINES (version one)
You have two cows---but that's because you re not in
the Philippines . You left because
someone has to send money to your relations back home.
They are stuck with three pigs with voracious
appetites-- Mikey, Iggy and Piggy.

*gah*

Hm, so how have the last few days been?

POLITICS: After looking up and reading, I decided to take a stand. I attended the forum in DLSU. I don't regret going to last Friday's interfaith rally. Even if not everyone involved may be of the same mind or credibility, we have to fight for clean governance. Tama na, sobra na, linisin na.

SCHOOL: Compana homework. INTSOCI homework. INTSOCI docu. PSYSTA2. CWTS. Among other things to boot. There is just way too much to be done nowadays.

It's kinda weird that my life nowadays seems to be a bad case of literary deja vu: I'm living a life I read a little bit about in a favorite book of mine.