grimace looks more like barney's obese grandfather! =)

the color of my new layout [which is NOT my favorite color =)] reminds me of GRIMACE... maraming nagtatanong kung ano ba talaga si grimace. according to googlism:

- grimace is not a lump of purple jelly
- grimace is not a butt
- grimace is a hero
- grimace is barney the dinosaur's brother
- grimace is the most esoteric character in history
- grimace is a big fuzzy purple fellow
- grimace is the driver for yet another show
- grimace is widely accepted as a figure of evil
- grimace is a large furry purple fellow
- grimace is ronald's special pal
- grimace is a mcdonald's character
- grimace is what you get on the face of your kid if you don't buy him a happy meal
- grimace is the guy from boiled pudding
- grimace is a sweet potato
- grimace is the man

haha. wala lang. para sa ating enlightenment, ito ang isang article galing sa wikipedia:

Grimace (or "The Grimace") is a fictional character who was once part of the marketing campaign of McDonald's. The McDonaldland character was a large, jolly fellow who looked like a large purple gumdrop with small arms and legs. He was known for his smiling face and simple demeanor.

In the first cycle of McDonaldland commercials, Grimace was the "Evil Grimace", with several pairs of arms with which to steal Triple-Thick Shakes. After that first campaign, the character was revised to be one of the "good guys", and his number of arms was reduced to two.

Today, Grimace is generally portrayed in McDonald's commercials and merchandise as a sort of well-meaning doofus, whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to the more serious and mature Ronald McDonald. His trademark expression is "Duh..."

Grimace is a fantasy character, and not intended to "be" anything specific. However, ever since the character's introduction there has been much speculation (though much of it tongue-in-cheek) about his appearance. Because the majority of McDonald's characters more or less directly represent a food product sold at the restaurants (i.e., Mayor McCheese, Fryguys, Chicken McNuggets Buddies, etc.), many have naturally tried to guess as to what, if any, food product Grimace is supposed to represent. A common speculation is that he is supposed to be a giant McNugget, though there are many more fanciful attempted explanations. In reality Grimace's "official" role, according to McDonald's, continues to be to represent the chain's famous milkshakes. However, he does this out of love for the taste, and not because he is in any way a shake-based creature himself.

---~*~---
"i am the one
who believes in all that you say..."

we went to the mall today to get myself a new pair of shoes. i bought a pair of white keds microstretch sneakers...


the tag says breathable, stretchable, comfortable... at ibabawas ito sa allowance ko. hehe. =)

wala lang. tapos, we went to the grocery. kumuha ako ng almond jelly at black gulaman [impluwensiya ni ate josephine na araw-araw gustong kumain ng black gulaman =)]. at kumuha rin ako ng maraming coffee [but i'm not yet addicted to it naman]. ewan ko, masarap lang talagang kumain ngayong sembreak kaya marami akong kinuhang pagkain like:

- oishi plain salted natural [really?] potato chips [taste so much like lay's classic but cheaper =)]
- shrimpballs
- crabcakes
- hershey's extra creamy milk chocolate nuggets w/ toffee & almonds
- samba white chocolate bonbons [discovered through the benevolence of sir baclig =)]
- chips ahoy

wala lang. 'yan ang sample ng mga junk food na kinakain ko. hehe. =) i think i'm gonna eat all the way 'til classes resume. buti na lang i never get fat. hehe. =)

my new layout is so purple. oh well, pwede na rin. makilala pa kaya ito ng gumawa ng template na ito? kung anu-ano na ginawa ko dito eh. hehe. =)

---~*~---
"and i just wanna stay with you
in this moment forever
forever and ever..."

look into the mirror... what do you see?



did you see yourself? if you did, have your eyes checked. hehe. =)

may inuwi si nanay, si nanay, sa bahay...
sinabit niya, sinabit niya sa dingding ng bahay...
pinasok niya, pinasok niya sa loob ng bahay…

i was looking for something to do yesterday and i found a pirated vcd of feng shui. [yes, our family harbors pirated vcds. that's a secret, okay? hehe. =)] since i'm bored to death, i decided to watch it. anyway, people have been telling me that it's a good one.

well, what can i say? so-so. it was not as scary as i expected it to be. not much like the asian horror films i've watched, but it was a close attempt. i think it deserves credit for its new-fangled plotline, but the makeup and prosthetics were quite disappointing. the ghost of the bagua mirror, lotus feet, was ghastly but not scary. as a matter of fact, i think she looks funny [mala-espasol ang dating] hehe. =) plus, there was an awful twist on the death of the people who looked into the bagua mirror wherein one's death occurs in relation to one's astrological birth year. i found lotlot de leon's death quite absurd. she was born in the year of the horse, and i was wondering how in the world could she be trampled upon by horses in a typical urban neighborhood. surprise, kabayo ng plantsa at mga bote ng red horse beer! hehe. fine. oh well, at least the writer was able to come up with something.

here are a few rave reviews [...that i don't totally agree with. hehe =)]:

Mrs. Cory Aquino – "It's suspenseful every step of the way… kailangang may kasama ka kasi masyado nakakanerbyos. It's really scary. No time to relax, waiting for those moments. Kris did a good job. She scared all of us. I think it's her best so far."

Dr. Vicky Belo – "Nakakatakot! Di na 'ko makakatulog mamayang gabi. Kelangan ko na ng bodyguard. Ganda! Grabe it was so scary!"

Fe Reyes, DTI – "One word… hair-raising! I recommend it. Please watch it."

Ricky Lo, The Philippine Star – "The ending alone is worth the admission price. The best of Kris!"

Jerome Gomez, Star Studio magazine – "Di ko ine-expect na ganoon ka-entertaining ang pelikula."

Rikka Dylim, ABS-CBN Talent Center – "It was really scary. Di ko siya kaya!"

Carlos Agassi – "Congratulations, Ms. Kris, Direk Chito, Star Cinema, and ABS-CBN. Pang-international! Sobrang nakakatakot! Napasigaw nga ako, nakakahiya eh. Good movie! Nakakatakot! Nakakagulat!"

Angge – "Di ako makapanood! Afraid ang beauty ko 'day!"

who's angge? hehe. anyway, the movie was okay naman. but it's not something that i would want to watch again, kahit daw "ang hindi manood, dadalawin ni lotus feet..." hehe. =)

---~*~---
"comin' down the world turned over
and angels fall without you there..."

listed below are a few odd things i've learned last sem:

from history 5...
- new human organs: pulse, spirit, phlegm, bile [what?! hehe. joke. =)]
- the bureau of quarantine SERVICE is absolutely not the same as the bureau of quarantine SERVICES.
- the board of health OF manila is also different from the board of health IN manila.

from humanidades 1...
- huh?! meron ba akong natutunan dito?! hmmm... ah, words like tsisborger. hehe.

from humanities 2...
- after the architecture part of this subject, terms like cantilevering, post-and-lintel, pointed arch, flying buttress, groin vault, cornice, frieze, architrave, pediment, and the like enter my mind everytime i see buildings with prominent architectural features. errr... lots of these stuff in intramuros. haha.

from chem 31...
- i'm a total disaster when it comes to organic chemistry, but it's possible to pass the exams even when you don't listen to class discussions.

from physics 51 lec...
- oh, i never learn anything from the physical sciences. i never liked them... hehe. =)

from physics 51 lab...
- ewan.

from bio 25 lec...
- you absolutely can't eat breakfast in class. banned.
- when studying for quizzes, memorize stuff which don't even seem to matter so you won't be surprised. remember: right is right, wrong is wrong, and incomplete is wrong.

from bio 25 lab...
- cats who end up [quite literally] in dissection labs are poor creatures. just imagine the horror of extracting a cat's brain and wrecking its [extremely-hard-and-requires-the-use-of-a-hacksaw] skull and vertebral column in the process [mukha nang corned beef ung laman ng cat namin after], dissecting out its eye, and cutting through its muscles all over, including its tongue.
- again, when studying for quizzes, memorize stuff which don't even seem to matter so you won't be surprised. remember again: right is right, wrong is wrong, and incomplete is wrong.
- math exams can be disguised in the form of biology exams.
- i still don't know which rbc/wbc to include when counting.
- when one experiences nausea and/or vertigo, it's because of those vibrating hair cells and endolymph circulating in one's ears. whatever. hehe. =)

all in all, that's 21 units! next sem, 19.5 na lang. i hope i don't have any problems with my subjects because i don't wanna go through the rigorous change mat process again! lagi na lang akong minamalas sa registration. errr... i hope i get the pe 2 walking lec friday sked. haha, parang weird ang pe na 'yan pero mas okay na kaysa sa kung anong sports, baka bumagsak pa ako doon. sana rin may nat sci 4 na ako dahil ayoko ng nat sci 1 at math 1. physical sciences at math na naman un eh. errr...

i had a haircut yesterday. trip lang. =) i started reading the solitaire mystery and it's so much like sophie's world with all the philosophical stuff and book-within-a-book style. but i'll have to read it anyway because it was a gift to me. =)

gusto ko ng cable tv!!! haaay... i watched an episode of born diva yesterday. grabe, mag-undergo ka ba naman ng facial surgery na gising [hopefully anesthetized naman]? the surgeon was already like lifting the girl's nasal cartilage and making incisions along her eyebag area. how far will people go to satiate their vanity? grabe. i also watched kontrobersyal and it featured student prostitutes lurking inside malls. kawawa naman sila, ung iba nagtratrabaho para sa pamilya pero ndi alam ng pamilya nila ung work nila. what if their parents watched last night and recognized them? hirap na talaga ng buhay ngayon...

i went to hear mass kanina. good girl. hehe. =) ndi naman ako catholic eh kaya i don't go to mass often. but when i do, i go to the our lady of the annunciation parish along mindanao avenue. it's the only church i've been to which has the risen christ as the central figure. and yes, it's a catholic church. i'm a protestant k'se so it's okay to go there. my dad's a catholic and i went with him this afternoon.

it feels good to laze around after a semester's bloody work. exaggerated yata ung bloody. okay, hard na lang. have to recharge for the ominous semester ahead. ominous? yes. lots of embryology + biochem + more physical sciences esp. those parts which i really hate [i.e., optics and the one with resistance, capacitance, and kirchoff's law]. waaah!

i'm babbling, ain't i? stop me... i'm gonna watch the haunting on channel 2 later. =)

---~*~---
"and when the stars fall
i will lie awake
you're my shooting star..."

godsy: kanina ko lang napanood ung vcd ng "10 things i hate about you" na binigay mo. haha. tagal 'no? salamat! =)

witty comedy, indeed. the dad here is the hairdresser [paolo/larry miller] in "princess diaries"!

however, i find this very disturbing...

"Would any of you be interested in dating Katarina Stratford?"


Wimpy Loser: "Maybe if we were the last two people alive, and there were no sheep. Are there sheep?"

haha, ewan. now, this scene reminded me of our zoo 10 lab frog dissection days...


mga alaga ni mr. villegas

wala lang. bumili ako ng nmat reviewer kahapon. P600+ okay na rin kaysa kung review center pa. sayang naman ung break kung mag-aaral pa rin ako 'no! there's a part which tests perceptual acuity or visual sharpness. hell, nakakahilo. i wonder if we'll be allowed to turn our questionnaires around during the exam. =)

jasmine and sandara are invading the television. mcdo, smart, bench, tekki, rejoice, maxipeel, fres... anything else? sana may cable dito sa bahay. na-miss ko tuloy ang pilot episode ng "carnivale" sa hbo. tsaka gusto ko ng etc. hmmm...


monette's poringsss!!!

waaah! si ma'mon maraming poring! i want more poring! i want more poring! i want more poring!

---~*~---
"it's alright, i'm okay
i think god can explain..."