The Real Thing

Hey there everyone! How are you all doing? Me, I'm doing fine. I just realized that now is the real day for Chinese New Year. LOL. And by the way, does China and Philippines have almost the same time zones? If so, then today is indeed Chinese New Year. xD

Anyway, about this year, I found fascinating horoscope for my year, which is The Pig, and for my zodiac sign too, which is Virgo.

Here are some links:

• 2012 Horoscope for Year of the Pig
• September 12 Birthday Astrology - (That's my birthday BTW.) 

Well, to summarize what I've read, I learned that I tend to be lucky this year, and that's a "Yay!" for me! And in case you're wondering, yes, I do believe in these things. LOL. They're just too fascinating to ignore.

As for my birthday astrology, I do believe when they said this: 

"They are naturally happy and always look on the bright side. Whether they possess a great deal of wealth or only a nominal amount, they find a way to give something to someone who has less."

Now I know why I'm always drawn to helping others even though I shouldn't. xD Then it is pretty rare for me to think pessimistically on situations.

Aside from being fascinated with horoscopes, I also spent my day studying a bit for my special exam tomorrow since I was excused from the exam last Friday because of the inter school contest I joined, then I also edited some pictures because I was bored. And of course, updating Facebook and listening to music would never be cut off from my daily routine. :p But I doubt that when the signing of clearance comes.

Oh, in case you haven't noticed, it's almost Valentine's Day. I'm not really sure whether we'd have regular classes on that or not. Is this even a holiday? LOL. All I know is that this day would also be the foundation day for our school's main campus, so it is possible that we won't have classes on this day. How about in your school? Is Valentine's Day considered a holiday?

Hmm, how would you spend your Valentine's Day? :p Do you have a valentine? Any plans for the day? LOL. If you ask me, I wouldn't really spend my Valentine's with anyone except my family. I have a close guy friend but we wouldn't be able to meet on this day, but that's okay. We'll be sure to communicate with each other, along with my other friends on Facebook. xD

I don't really care if I'm single or not on Valentine's unlike the others. Besides, why should I care? We don't need a boyfriend/girlfriend to feel good about ourselves. :p #Quoting LuanLegacy. LOL

Speaking of LuanLegacy, here's his vid that I enjoyed watching this morning:

Do you agree on what he's saying? :p If you ask me, I do. xD

To those who have their special someones to spend with this Valentine's Day, I would like to remind you that you should not treat that day as the only day (along with your monthsary/anniversary) that you're going to express greatly your love for that someone like giving gifts, chocolates, flowers, etc. For me, I'd prefer to be surprised, like receiving something on an unexpected day. I'm a person who likes surprises by the way. :)

I'm going to spend my Valentine's as an ordinary day by the way because I'm not allowed to date anyone yet. LOL. I'll just enjoy having the freedom of being single, and having the feeling of being taken. ^^,

WOAH. A changed topic from Chinese New Year to Valentine's Day. I'm just this random and I have a wandering mind in me.

I guess that's it for now! I'm not sure if I could blog on Valentine's Day, so I should just greet you ahead on that! :D Advance Happy Valentine's, have a good one. Thanks for reading this blog post. ;)

Gung Hay Fat Choy! :)

I guess you all know its translation, right? It's Chinese New Year everyone, and you know what that means? All over the world it's already 2012. So, how was it for you? Did you celebrate?

If you ask me, we did the usual stuff like going to the mall and supermarket to buy things especially food. xD We also had our family picture today for the yearbook since me and my sister are going to graduate this March.

Speaking of school, I'm kinda paranoid already. Well, I'm kinda glad I still have my attitude of being too worried when it comes to school activities, and at the same time I'm alarmed since too much stress would be bad for me, and I know that I'm going to have a lot of those during the next few weeks til school ends. Wait, there's already more or less 6 weeks to go before school ends, and I'm both excited and scared. Why excited? I'm going to be in college already then start a whole new stage in life. Then scared? New beginning, meaning I'd be starting over again and strive even harder to be one of the most notable students in the new university I'll be in. 

Speaking of university, remember when I took the Xavier University College Entrance Examination/Scholarship Exam, or didn't I tell you in my blog post last November? Well, I passed both the entrance exam and scholarship exam, and here's the proof:

It's like ... a dream come true! :D I've always wanted to study at Xavier University, and it turned out that I'll be studying there after all! I owe God a lot! I didn't expect to receive an 86 GSA since I didn't prepare really well for the test because I had little time to prepare. My mother pushed me to take the test 3 days before, since she noticed that I've been neglecting it already, but in reality, I decided to take the entrance test the week after that. Anyway, here it is, I passed! LOL. What an achievement! I'll be a certified Atenean soon! :))

Going back, I guess you already know those activities I'm worried about in school. Oh, the life of an honor student who always seems to need high maintenance of her academics and extracurricular activities! It may seem fun if you know you're winning and doing good, but it will be a great downfall of feelings if you realize that you're failing them. In my case, I'm somewhere in between. But anyway, I'm caring less on whether I'd be Valedictorian or not, and I don't really know why, but then again, I guess it's because I conditioned myself not to expect too much since it will only lead me to disappointment, and viola, it worked.

February and March are fast approaching! I'm becoming scared and paranoid already. I wasn't able to update my blog regularly before these "hell months", how much more now? I would really feel sorry for my blog and my readers. :( I guess I have to sacrifice you again this time.

I hope I'd do better this 4th Grading. I don't know how I did last 3rd Grading though. I'm really paranoid. What if a lot of my grades decreased? Oh well, I guess I should expect a bad result so that I won't be emotional when I see my report card. I hope that works. BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN if a lot of my grades would decrease. I hope God will help me. I should remember to pray to Him always before I go to bed. I need His guidance, and I hope that my high faith towards Him would restore once again.

That's it for now! :) Thank you for reading. See ya when I'm free, and I don't know exactly when that is. xD

It's been a long time since I came around .. ~

Familiar lines? :p If you're a Gaga-fanatic, I guess you should know this. xD This is the first line of lyrics of her song, You and I. I don't know why it just popped up in my head when I was thinking what to put as a title for the blog post. But anyway, this really relates to me, my post, and my blog, and it's been a long time since these came around together, and that this also involves you, my beloved readers/friends, and I. Get what I mean? LOL

Anyway again, I miss writing in this humble abode of mine .. well .. I don't know if this could also be called "humble" since I usually brag about stuff here. (haha) So yeah, I really miss everything and everyone here. I've always wanted to go back these past few days but I've been very busy, and that I've nothing in mind to blog, or I didn't have enough energy and inspiration to blog anyway. Then my fingers and my mind were also too tired to express, and I don't know why but, I'm not feeling that enthusiastic anymore in blogging, and it's pretty much unlike me back when I was in my early months in the blogging world. I wish I could get back my enthusiastic and inspired self once again.

So, shall we proceed? You may be asking what I've been up to these past few days. I was not in the blogging world for 20 days, and that's a lot of days for me. I'll just tell you the highlights. :)

Taking a picture with the iPad (and I'm not bragging, but if you think I am, I'm really not. LOL)

I know, the protective case isn't such a perfect fit, but it serves its purpose ;)

Again, I'm not bragging about it. It isn't mine anyway. LOL. It's my father's iPad, and he just lent it to me and my sister for use.

About my phone (refer to my previous post), it's working fine already! :D Thank God I didn't pursue asking my parents to buy me a new one. I found out the cause of the phone malfunction, and it's when I use wallpapers and screen savers that the system does not provide, in other words, those that come from my own files in my memory card. I don't know why this happens though. I am sure my memory card does not have a virus, but I know that it has almost too many files. xD But then again, I can't help but add more files, music files to be specific, since my music in the phone needs to be updated. LOL. I'm trying my best to lessen music downloading anyway, and in fact, I don't download new music anymore .. just pictures. Haha.

During the first few days of classes, I gotta admit, I wasn't that ready and focused on school yet because I sorta got a "hangover" from the Christmas vacation we had. I mean, those memories of our experiences during the flood were still in my mind that time, and it's been 2 weeks since I faced my books and processed information. But good thing I was still able to cope up. xD

Another thing that's interesting that I knew these past few days was that I discovered for sure that me and the other candidate(s) for valedictorian were having the same thought: to beat each other up (mentally. LOL) and make sure "only I should win!", or "I hope she doesn't cope up with the lessons, or catch up with me". Thanks to my guy friend, I knew about that. And besides, it's pretty obvious already that this was what was going on between us. But I could honestly say that I am only thinking of "fair competition" on this, but then again, they kept hoping and trying to pull me down, and even convince me to focus on things other than my studies. -___- I really hate this.

I know it isn't pretty obvious but, I do hate it when people convince me to do something I don't want and I'm not ready with, like getting me involved in relationships. I am firm in my decision to set aside that relationship thing till I finish college, but most of my classmates say "now is the right time", or "are you together already?", "when would you be together?", "what are you both now?". I have this guy friend whom I'm close with, and others thought that we're already a couple, but that's not true! I know we have mutual feelings for each other, but since I know that I am not allowed to have a boyfriend at this time, I told him to wait for some time to court me. xD For now we're just friends, and I emphasize that to you and to everybody. And besides, it's my way of testing him whether his feelings for me would retain for a long time or not.

We also had our exams this week. The tests were fine though, not too hard, not too easy. I gotta admit, exams every grading period get even more challenging, and I'm worrying what 4th Prelim might bring. I hope God will help me this time.

Another thing, for the first time in my school life, I, along with my other team mates in the Metrobank MTAP Math Challenge, won!! We placed 4th to be specific. I am also very proud of the other contestants in our school because all of them won as well! :) All those times when we were excused from classes were worth it! I'm glad I was lucky that time, and guided by God. I thank the Almighty God for this! I owe Him a lot! :D

That was a pretty good start of 2012. ^^, First inter-school contest I joined, we won instantly. xD

And oh, JS Prom is fast approaching! But before that, many activities are yet to come for me, like the BSP/GSP Camping, Investigatory Project Final Defense, Capitol Courier article-gathering, and those prom practices and preparations. I don't like the venue we're after by the way. It's pretty far from where we live, and where most of my schoolmates live as well. Thank God it isn't final yet, and I hope it won't be.

As usual, I've been gown-hunting online. LOL. Here are some gowns I was eyeing on:

From http://priyankapresents.blogspot.com/2010/10/fairy-tale-dresses.html

From http://www.200shop.com/strapless-sweetheart-sweep-train-taffeta-wedding-dresses-cw0006-p-1705.html

From http://www.gothicweddingplanner.com/gothic-wedding-dresses-wedding-dress-fantasy/

From Google Image Search (I forgot the exact sources)

Well, this post is pretty long, so that would be it for now! :) Thank you! :D