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Self-disappointment's a B*tch
Mar. 13th, 2012 | 09:25 pm
Today was not a very good day... Not that it was bad. It's just that today marked the first time in maybe a long time that I've become disappointed in myself, and it's bothering me to the point that no amount of distractions (eating out with a close friend, reading fan fiction, getting a massage in Nuat Thai) can make me forget just how much my self-expectation has not been met.
Am not going into details because sadly, I'm not the type to divulge specifics. Point is, something happened that I knew should not have happened but I let it be. I LET IT HAPPEN. And I was too cautious to stop it. And that's what's sad about it. Because for me, it's worse to have done something wrong when you knew it was wrong, than to do something stupid because you were not aware of the negative sucks. And I'm hating on me right now for being the worse kind. It didn't help that I shut down when I realized my mistake. Which made things so much worse (at least in my book) because when I shut down, I have stage fright and suddenly, everything's all muddled up.
It also doesn't help that I was called on it... Now, I'm all for constructive criticism, but I'm feeling worse than bad because I knew what was wrong and I didn't stop it. It would have been easier on my conscience if I didn't know what was wrong when it happened. But yes, I knew. And am babbling because I feel so guilty and bad and I just want to let it out before the day ends.
At least I know now that I should fight when I think I need to fight and just throw aware my inhibitions... In short, I should trust my instincts and hold my ground... And start reading the rules of court again to boost my morale.
There, all better now. I will now sleep off the one-hour Swedish massage I just had because my back is starting to feel sore.
Yey! I'm feeling happier now. Thank you, fishbowl existence... <3
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On being lonely
Oct. 5th, 2011 | 02:47 pm
So I'm here.
I haven't really written anything in like, forever. Would like to make school, the bar and then work as excuses to my inattention to this journal. Technically, they are. But really, if I wanted to, I would still write. Long ramblings on anything and everything. But I didn't. Oh well.
Moving on, it's been 4 days since I arrived in Canada. it was pretty cold at first, the kind of cold that seeped through your clothes and made you shake involuntarily, like Korea in February (which I do not want to experience ever again. I was born in a tropical country; I plan on staying in one). However, by the 2nd day, it was pretty hot and my fantasies of walking in the park everyday were shattered because I got sunburned and will not go out again until the sting stops. So much for exercising.
So why am I in Canada? To visit relatives. More specifically, to accompany my grandma so that she could visit her son (aka, my tito). I would have been one happy camper watching Arashi's variety shows and my backlog of tv series had I not so inconveniently forgotten to bring my netbook's charger. I brought the netbook all the way her just so I could stare at it and wish that it was actually solar-powered (why aren't there any pcs that are powered by the sun? That would be sooo much more convenient - except when you're living in any of the poles).
So now I'm left here for 22 days with basically nothing to do that I had so joyously planned beforehand. Well, except for exercising, which I don't think I can do for the whole day.
It's lonely. Lonely because I don't have anything I particularly want to do, to do. Lonely because I don't have anyone to really talk to. Lonely because the people I can talk to are thousands of miles away and have a 12-hour time difference from me. It's just lonely.
And when you're lonely, you suddenly feel the difference between being alone and being lonely. I'm all for being alone. I can spend one week by myself and still not feel bored. But being lonely is totally different. I feel bored, restless, and my mind tends to wander.
I'm going to stop here. Not because I have nothing to say (I have a lot to talk about), but because it is hard to spill your guts in writing using the qwerty touch screen of an iPod touch.
Will return to show some pictures later.
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sem break starts... now!
Oct. 29th, 2008 | 07:19 pm
location: net caf
mood: 
thoughtful
actually, 2 days ago :P
at exactly 12 midnight last october 27 (technically, it was october 28 already), after 17 hours in school (yes, you read it right. 17. SEVENTEEN), my 1st sem in my 3rd year in law school has officially ended.
YEHEY!
not that there's a lot to rejoice about....
let me sum up my 1st semester in one word:
SUCKY.
so i guess having mock trials as my last finals was something to make such a bleak semester seem brighter.
a mock trial as a final exam was a pretty nice experience... i mean it was pretty nerve-wracking... i started law school with the idea of being more of a research-based lawyer.... meaning no litigation work, no "objection, your honor!" kinda thing... so i was pretty thrown off by an oral final examination that was all about litigating and "arguing" with the opposing counsel...
but it turned out okay... after 6 hours of waiting for our turn to come, more than 2 hours of moot court seemed pretty short... shout out to my team mates arianne, kaye, fifi and patch for doing a super job... and i'll forever be indebted to our two witnesses noel and rob for giving up their sunday night and whole monday just to be the two extremely handsome and tall witnesses our case required...
fun, fun october 27 day (except maybe for the 17hours in school thing. with 5 groups and more than 2 hours per group, it was a LONG day)...
anyway, my end of sem resolution is when i survive this first semester (nov4 is the judgment day), i promise to
1. buy a rules of court codal
2. study. as in STUDY.
hohoho, as usual pray for me guys.
at exactly 12 midnight last october 27 (technically, it was october 28 already), after 17 hours in school (yes, you read it right. 17. SEVENTEEN), my 1st sem in my 3rd year in law school has officially ended.
YEHEY!
not that there's a lot to rejoice about....
let me sum up my 1st semester in one word:
SUCKY.
so i guess having mock trials as my last finals was something to make such a bleak semester seem brighter.
a mock trial as a final exam was a pretty nice experience... i mean it was pretty nerve-wracking... i started law school with the idea of being more of a research-based lawyer.... meaning no litigation work, no "objection, your honor!" kinda thing... so i was pretty thrown off by an oral final examination that was all about litigating and "arguing" with the opposing counsel...
but it turned out okay... after 6 hours of waiting for our turn to come, more than 2 hours of moot court seemed pretty short... shout out to my team mates arianne, kaye, fifi and patch for doing a super job... and i'll forever be indebted to our two witnesses noel and rob for giving up their sunday night and whole monday just to be the two extremely handsome and tall witnesses our case required...
fun, fun october 27 day (except maybe for the 17hours in school thing. with 5 groups and more than 2 hours per group, it was a LONG day)...
anyway, my end of sem resolution is when i survive this first semester (nov4 is the judgment day), i promise to
1. buy a rules of court codal
2. study. as in STUDY.
hohoho, as usual pray for me guys.
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rant time (and selling time :P)
Sep. 22nd, 2008 | 07:39 pm
location: room sweet room
mood: 
annoyed
music: haru haru - big bang
I AM NOT A SIZE 7.... just because people my height have size 7 feet does not mean i'm also a size 7.... in fact i'm a size 6.... so please stop assuming i'm a size 7!!!
moving on....
i'm selling a copy of twilight for 300 pesos... it's new but a little rough on the edges (literally)... haven't read it yet, but my mom bought a copy in the airport a few hours after my brother gave me one... so now i'm selling one ^_^
moving on....
i'm selling a copy of twilight for 300 pesos... it's new but a little rough on the edges (literally)... haven't read it yet, but my mom bought a copy in the airport a few hours after my brother gave me one... so now i'm selling one ^_^
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new moon
Jun. 3rd, 2008 | 06:10 pm
location: room sweet room
mood: 
cheerful
music: wind beneath my wings by bette midler
yesterday, i finished reading the sequel to twilight.... it wasn't so bad... actually, i enjoyed reading it.... not so much cheesiness (probably because when edward reappeared, the book was almost halfway done....).....
hmmmm, it kinda reminded me of harry potter book 2, i felt like i read a filler.... a good filler, mind you, but a filler nonetheless... although thinking back, book 2 wasn't really a filler FILLER because it turned out that the apex of the story was connected to the subsequent books.... so maybe that's what stephenie meyer did in new moon....
anyway, my elementary classmates and i had a reunion of sorts in promenade, greenhills last may 29... i brought along some pictures, and my friend hana took a picture of the pictures i brought, one of which was this:
can you guess which one i am? keke this was taken i think in kindergarten... in my old school, JASMS, we don't usually change sections, so if you've been classmates since nursery, then you're basically stuck with each other until 6th grade kekeke.... the person i'm with is rachelle, one of my closest friends in my earlier years.... unfortunately, she wasn't able to come to our little gathering....
here we are now:
(clockwise from top left: hannah, miel, me, hana, bert, sarah, jason, phine, and jezrel)
(from left: hana, sarah, me, miel, jason and jezrel)
hana, sarah and me ^_^ sugar plum group (yucky, i can't believe i'm divulging our barkada name :P our other two groupies, lovely and rachelle couldn't come)
two days later (may 31), my high school classmates (techno people) had a reunion of our own to celebrate 10 years of friendship (and mayhem :P)...
(clockwise from far left: rachelle, jihan, kat-kat, andrea (seated), ploplo, phillip (seated), lyka, me, divine, mai and dianne)
(from left: lyka, me, mp (being all gooey and sweet :P) and melissa)
(clockwise from left: jessen, me, jihan, kat-kat, melissa, andrea, divine, dianne, rj and mai)
thanks to lyka for uploading her pics!!! ^_^
well, that's all... will post some pictures again since my net is being all friendly and fast on me kekeke ^_^
hmmmm, it kinda reminded me of harry potter book 2, i felt like i read a filler.... a good filler, mind you, but a filler nonetheless... although thinking back, book 2 wasn't really a filler FILLER because it turned out that the apex of the story was connected to the subsequent books.... so maybe that's what stephenie meyer did in new moon....
anyway, my elementary classmates and i had a reunion of sorts in promenade, greenhills last may 29... i brought along some pictures, and my friend hana took a picture of the pictures i brought, one of which was this:
can you guess which one i am? keke this was taken i think in kindergarten... in my old school, JASMS, we don't usually change sections, so if you've been classmates since nursery, then you're basically stuck with each other until 6th grade kekeke.... the person i'm with is rachelle, one of my closest friends in my earlier years.... unfortunately, she wasn't able to come to our little gathering....
here we are now:
(clockwise from top left: hannah, miel, me, hana, bert, sarah, jason, phine, and jezrel)
(from left: hana, sarah, me, miel, jason and jezrel)
hana, sarah and me ^_^ sugar plum group (yucky, i can't believe i'm divulging our barkada name :P our other two groupies, lovely and rachelle couldn't come)
two days later (may 31), my high school classmates (techno people) had a reunion of our own to celebrate 10 years of friendship (and mayhem :P)...
(clockwise from far left: rachelle, jihan, kat-kat, andrea (seated), ploplo, phillip (seated), lyka, me, divine, mai and dianne)
(from left: lyka, me, mp (being all gooey and sweet :P) and melissa)
(clockwise from left: jessen, me, jihan, kat-kat, melissa, andrea, divine, dianne, rj and mai)
thanks to lyka for uploading her pics!!! ^_^
well, that's all... will post some pictures again since my net is being all friendly and fast on me kekeke ^_^
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the signs were right in front of me but alas...
Jun. 2nd, 2008 | 12:42 am
location: room sweet room
mood: contemplative
music: 비밀 (Secret) by kim dong wan
i was too preoccupied to take notice of them....
so i've just read twilight... so i loved it.... so i googled it....
and what do i find?
that it's actually followed by 3 more books.... the last one still to be released... and a movie's in the works (or is it finished already?)....
what's bothering me is that i've known about twilight since last year and i haven't really paid much attention to it.... blame it on law school and the fact that no one's actually lent me a copy (until now).... but my law friends have been hinting about it to me since i can't remember when.... poor poor loser me.....
about the movie.... errrr.... is it just me or are the cast really not that good looking..... well, at least not good looking enough for me to be dazzled by them... anyway's excited about the movie...
and a new book... wow... i was thinking of buying twilight asap, but since there happens to be a new book coming out .... i'm contemplating on whether i should wait for its release and then buy the whole series in one go.... or do a piece meal thing.... is two months too long a wait?
so i've just read twilight... so i loved it.... so i googled it....
and what do i find?
that it's actually followed by 3 more books.... the last one still to be released... and a movie's in the works (or is it finished already?)....
what's bothering me is that i've known about twilight since last year and i haven't really paid much attention to it.... blame it on law school and the fact that no one's actually lent me a copy (until now).... but my law friends have been hinting about it to me since i can't remember when.... poor poor loser me.....
about the movie.... errrr.... is it just me or are the cast really not that good looking..... well, at least not good looking enough for me to be dazzled by them... anyway's excited about the movie...
and a new book... wow... i was thinking of buying twilight asap, but since there happens to be a new book coming out .... i'm contemplating on whether i should wait for its release and then buy the whole series in one go.... or do a piece meal thing.... is two months too long a wait?
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twilight...
Jun. 1st, 2008 | 10:14 pm
location: room sweet room
mood: 
hyper
music: the rose by bette midler
wow, i haven't posted for a long time.... time flew by so fast that before i knew it, it's already been 31 weeks since i wrote anything in here....
will not bore anyone with a recap of the last 31 weeks of my life... most parts of it i have already buried deep down in my (very)subconscious (is there i a word?).... suppression is best if you're living a fish bowl existence....
but moving on.... i just finished reading twilight by stephenie meyer..... and i must say..... it was like reading roswell..... small town.... high school... normal girl who happens to be saved through impossible means by a not so human guy.... who happens to be drop dead gorgeous.... girl falls in love with guy.... who also happens to have fallen in love with her even before she did.... guy's secret is revealed.... and girl has entered a whole new world, with danger and romance lurking (and even hunting)....
the book certainly brought me back to my early teen years, when i was obsessed with buffy and roswell.... while some kids enjoyed watching dawson's creek (i want to hurl just thinking about that series), i favored something more on the occult side... i guess that's why twilight appealed to me.... the supernatural, vampires and forbidden love rock!!!
the book was a little cheesy though.... once they started being physically gooey with each other, the pick-up line-like statements started coming in.... one such statement that particularly made me stop reading to just laugh away all the corniness that the line evoked was: "Bring on the shackles - I'm your prisoner." i know, i know, it doesn't seem to be that cheesy, but if you read the context (it's on page 302 of the book, upper left part - i memorized the area of the page where i read it kekeke), it so very is (yucky, that sounded so wrong and non-english)....
anyhoo, cheesiness aside i really loved the book... i'll probably buy my own copy when i go to a bookstore next time.... the only thing that bothered me was when the lead girl, bella, started nagging edward (i am sooo going to name my son after him) about turning her into one of them.... i was mentally screaming that if edward turned bella into a vampire, that that would ruin the book for me FOREVER..... i almost had a heart attack when bella was badly hurt and near death (or so it seemed) or when she was with edward at their prom.... i thought that if she did become a vampire at the end of the book, then that would have been the most cliche non-ending in the entire universe (of course i'm exaggerating)....
so there.... twilight.... i'm going to read new moon in a while... after the euphoria of reading twilight has disappeared (or at least faded)....
THINGS I'M CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO:
1. double-breasted pea coats (i'm on a buying frenzy even though the only thing i want to wear in this weather is a wifebeater and shorts!!)
2. the color RED
3. mister donut bavarian donuts
4. roswell (just finished rewatching the first two seasons.... the third one kinda sucked so i didn't want to torment myself by bothering with it)
5. american idol season 7 (david cook!!!!)
6. sophie kinsella's can you keep a secret? (i think i've read it thrice already.... this summer alone)
7. bette midler songs (i'm watching her live perfs in youtube, and i dunno what started it... maybe it was her the rose song? and did you guys know that that song was actually part of a soundtrack of a movie of the same name which she starred in, and which was loosely based on the life of janis joplin, who i don't really know, but will probably research on later (meaning tonight)?)
8. stephenie meyer's twilight ^_^ i think this is going to be my next harry potter :P
will not bore anyone with a recap of the last 31 weeks of my life... most parts of it i have already buried deep down in my (very)subconscious (is there i a word?).... suppression is best if you're living a fish bowl existence....
but moving on.... i just finished reading twilight by stephenie meyer..... and i must say..... it was like reading roswell..... small town.... high school... normal girl who happens to be saved through impossible means by a not so human guy.... who happens to be drop dead gorgeous.... girl falls in love with guy.... who also happens to have fallen in love with her even before she did.... guy's secret is revealed.... and girl has entered a whole new world, with danger and romance lurking (and even hunting)....
the book certainly brought me back to my early teen years, when i was obsessed with buffy and roswell.... while some kids enjoyed watching dawson's creek (i want to hurl just thinking about that series), i favored something more on the occult side... i guess that's why twilight appealed to me.... the supernatural, vampires and forbidden love rock!!!
the book was a little cheesy though.... once they started being physically gooey with each other, the pick-up line-like statements started coming in.... one such statement that particularly made me stop reading to just laugh away all the corniness that the line evoked was: "Bring on the shackles - I'm your prisoner." i know, i know, it doesn't seem to be that cheesy, but if you read the context (it's on page 302 of the book, upper left part - i memorized the area of the page where i read it kekeke), it so very is (yucky, that sounded so wrong and non-english)....
anyhoo, cheesiness aside i really loved the book... i'll probably buy my own copy when i go to a bookstore next time.... the only thing that bothered me was when the lead girl, bella, started nagging edward (i am sooo going to name my son after him) about turning her into one of them.... i was mentally screaming that if edward turned bella into a vampire, that that would ruin the book for me FOREVER..... i almost had a heart attack when bella was badly hurt and near death (or so it seemed) or when she was with edward at their prom.... i thought that if she did become a vampire at the end of the book, then that would have been the most cliche non-ending in the entire universe (of course i'm exaggerating)....
so there.... twilight.... i'm going to read new moon in a while... after the euphoria of reading twilight has disappeared (or at least faded)....
THINGS I'M CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO:
1. double-breasted pea coats (i'm on a buying frenzy even though the only thing i want to wear in this weather is a wifebeater and shorts!!)
2. the color RED
3. mister donut bavarian donuts
4. roswell (just finished rewatching the first two seasons.... the third one kinda sucked so i didn't want to torment myself by bothering with it)
5. american idol season 7 (david cook!!!!)
6. sophie kinsella's can you keep a secret? (i think i've read it thrice already.... this summer alone)
7. bette midler songs (i'm watching her live perfs in youtube, and i dunno what started it... maybe it was her the rose song? and did you guys know that that song was actually part of a soundtrack of a movie of the same name which she starred in, and which was loosely based on the life of janis joplin, who i don't really know, but will probably research on later (meaning tonight)?)
8. stephenie meyer's twilight ^_^ i think this is going to be my next harry potter :P
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Beyond Expectations.... Not!!! T_T
Oct. 27th, 2007 | 08:13 am
location: home sweet home
mood: 
blah
music: too little too late - jojo
Gosh, it feels like forever since i wrote in here... been really busy....
It's my 2nd day of "freedom"... no cases to read, no codal provisions to memorize... it's so liberating the minute i stepped out of my property law prof's office after an oral exam... although i DID NOT do well on that exam, just the fact that that was my last test made me grin from ear to ear...
But i guess time flies when you're having fun... some grades are out and i just have to say... it's a happy moment when you surpass your low expectations, but it's another thing to have your low expections turn into reality... i guess that's why i'm so disappointed right now... just goes to show that even if you say grades don't matter, they still do... especially if it means staying in school or flunking out....
i'm dreading getting the rest of my grades T_T
Pray for me please...
It's my 2nd day of "freedom"... no cases to read, no codal provisions to memorize... it's so liberating the minute i stepped out of my property law prof's office after an oral exam... although i DID NOT do well on that exam, just the fact that that was my last test made me grin from ear to ear...
But i guess time flies when you're having fun... some grades are out and i just have to say... it's a happy moment when you surpass your low expectations, but it's another thing to have your low expections turn into reality... i guess that's why i'm so disappointed right now... just goes to show that even if you say grades don't matter, they still do... especially if it means staying in school or flunking out....
i'm dreading getting the rest of my grades T_T
Pray for me please...
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crybaby
Aug. 2nd, 2007 | 04:18 am
mood: 
sad
music: eternal flame - the bangles
i haven't had a good long cry in awhile, so it must have really strained my eyes when I did so yesterday... until now, my eyes are still smarting... and everytime i think of the reason why i cried, i feel like crying all over again... i'm actually relieved of what had happened, but it doesn't really stop me from shedding more tears about it... i dunno why i'm being highly emotional... i'm way past adolescence... but i guess everything feels like a strain now... i'm not saying i'm not happy... but there's just something niggling at me... and thinking too much is not helping...
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more afterthoughts (and comments for the comments - does this make sense?!)
Jul. 24th, 2007 | 04:16 am
location: room sweet room
mood: awake
music: how to save a life - the fray
since my net has the suckiest connection (ever!), i'm just going to comment on the comments here, along with added thoughts i have (which conveniently popped out after i'd already logged out and closed my lappy)...
- i missed hogwarts during the first part of the book.... it always seemed that EVERYTHING happened in hogwarts... good thing the finale was set there....
- and what the hell happened to harry and quidditch? i missed quidditch here... and harry didn't even fly a broomstick during the whole story...
- and speaking of hogwarts, i'm really curious if harry, ron and hermione graduated... did they put in another year in hogwarts, or did they accept their drop-out status since they're already famous anyway?... (at least harry is... and hermione's got brains so she wouldn't have a problem looking for a job, i'm not so sure about ron though...)
- and i must say, voldermort's really not such a formidable villain here... i mean, he's killed a lot of GREAT wizards, and then a 17 year old kills him? i feel insulted for those GREAT wizards who died in his hands...
- hmmm.... and i never really got the power of the deathly hollows... is it suppose to make you not die? or is it suppose to make you master (of) death? is there a difference? hmmmm.....
okay, moving on to comments for comments (mine is in maroon):
from leechunsa:
No Gab, he took off his glasses because Goyle could see well ^^ It affects you so, cause remember Barty Crouch Jr. had full use of Moody's revolving eyeball, and if he could see well as Barty Jr, then he wouldn't have to use that one well would he? :)
hmmm, maybe i'm just thinking from the 2nd movie's perspective... if you check movie 2 (which i am sure you very well have)... harry had to wear his glasses when he was goyle... that's why i got confused.... keke i'm actually too lazy to verify this from the book itself... oh well, i'm sure you'll be able to know ^_^
AHH, All of you wanting Harry to be alone I hate you. LOL! I bet everyone just went, "I bet Angel died of happiness in this one" hahaha, well I did. SO WUT. LOL! I think that JK didn't put in much RHr happiness cause you know, Hr isn't like that, she's more of secretive when it comes to personal life, I dunno, and Ron's not very touchy either. But heyy come on, they got 2 kids, what more to ask for? HAHAHAHA. You needed details on how they actually made them? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
dear, i don't think ron's "not very touchy"... he almost ate off his ex-gf's head while they were (always) snogging in book 6... and what's with ron always putting his arm around hermione?!?!!? keke ron... not very touchy? i don't think so....
and I remembered you Gab when WONWON went, "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you," said Ron, "but no pressure." HAHAHAHA. It's the NO PRESSURE part. HAHAHAHA. So you. I would've thought this is why you love Ron so much, he reflects you so. HAHAHAHA <33
hehe i'm touched... enough said ^_^
But I'm glad at least you aren't soooooooooooooooooo disappointed, it's still in top 3. I was actually scared you wouldn't like it. I love the book like that, I want everyone to at least like it :)
the only book i hated was book 5... all because it felt too angsty for me... sorta like when you're reading it... it kinda sucks all of your cheerfulness from you (think dementors)... that's why i don't like to read it again...
PS. I did the LJ cut XD
what's an LJ cut? never mind... thanks ^_^
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Date: Jul. 24th, 2007 01:03 am (local)
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Christ on a cracker, did you not just HATE that crapilogue? It was so twee, so precious, I started to vomit butterflies and rainbows. SO TWEE. Ugh.
hehe i just love how you said "crapilogue"... i didn't even read "READ" it the first time... scanning it was painful enough... i was thinking... "what the hell?!?!?! i didn't know this was a fairytale!!" it's like saying "...and they lived happily ever after." at the end. gaaaahhhh!!!! i wanted to hurl your laptop (which i couldn't, for obvious reasons :P).
It just felt so tacked-on. I would have been so much happier if JKR revealed tidbits about their careers, the way they dealt with their loss (George, most especially, because losing a twin is akin to losing a limb), the way they rebuilt their lives. But what did we get? Albus Severus? Scorpius?! Oh, JKR, you are now forbidden to name anyone.
keke i feel you.... the ending was really, really.... can't say the word.... i actually felt cheated because we've all been so well-acquainted with all the characters (and not just the 3 musketeers)... and ms. rowling gives us 2 couples with children!?!?!? oh my gosh... and the names!!!
i think ms. rowling has a fascination for flowers... lily? petunia? rose?!? rose was the last straw... i could hear the titianic sinking in the background...
and ALBUS SEVERUS!??!? can't it have been severus james? or maybe albus james? why didn't she just give one name for each child, and maybe let ginny have another baby with the name severus (with no albus)?!?!
and i feel bad about george... i wonder how he's doing now that fred's gone... who'd he share his magical games and tricks ideas with?... and it's twice painful since they're twins... i really appreciated it when somebody said to me, "why wasn't percy the one who got killed instead?!!?"
And Jesus, fuck, way to commit character assassination! What the hell was up with Remus and Tonks? Can you say "marriage of convenience?" And then they get killed off with nary a moment of heroism?
keke i love how you swear.. i actually downplayed all of the bad things i wanted to say about the book, lest i would seem ungrateful to the author... but alas, the flood gates have been opened so i am not holding back!!!!
i know!!! f*ck!!! it's like another harry potter's been born (except someone wasn't trying to kill him).... what's up with jk and orphaned wizards? (harry, neville (who's technically not orphaned but since his parents will never ever become uncrazy, it's the same thing, right?), and now ted (who's snogging someone named victoire... what kind of a name is that for a girl!?!?))...
and i would have appreciated it if remus and tonks' deaths were explained... at least we saw how fred died... but those 2... they were just in a pile with the rest of the bodies... even peter the rat had a more vivid death scene...
hoho, and speaking of peter the rat... don't you find it sad how all of james' friends died in the end? and they didn't just die... they were all killed!!! talk about being cursed...
There were just so many things I did not like about the book, but I found just as many things that were pure awesome.
1. NEVILLE AS A BADASS RESISTANCE LEADER. Come on, he kicked ass.
man, how proud i am of neville. i remember when he was just a kid who couldn't even walk or talk properly, and was always bullied... now he has the force, man!! (sorry for getting star warsy....)
2. Kreacher cooking steak and kidney pie/hitting Dung with a saucepan/leading the house elves, armed with kitchen implements.
i love kreacher!!! he's the man , ehem, i mean elf!!!!! speaking of elves.... why did dobby die!!!!?!?!?! it's not enough that hedwig died, but dobby had to as well!!! why did harry's non-human friends have to die!?!?
3. 'Ear, 'ear.
not sure about this one... is this the same as 'Arry?
5. "I don't think you're a waste of space."
haha dudley is sooo stupid...
too stupid i think.... maybe he has mental disorder (as in a clinical one....)
6. "He must have known you would always want to come back."
awwwww...... senti moment!!! that was really sweet... i loved how they hugged each other after what happened with the locket and the sword... it's always touching to see two boys (men?) hugging... in a non-gay, we're best friends kind of way (not that i have anything against the gay type ^_^)
7. Potterwatch.
waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! i almost forgot this one!!! loved it!!!! keke especially all of fred's comments (awww... fred!! T_T)...
some quotables:
"... And now let's move to news concerning the wizard who is proving just as elusive as Harry Potter. We like to refer to him as the Chief Death Eater.."
"... For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill people with a single glance from his eyes. That's a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has two legs. If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do."
"Well, who wouldn't want a nice little holiday after all the hard work he's been putting in?"
"... but the fact remains he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo when he wants to, so don't count on him being a long away away if you're planning to take any risks."
9. And my favorite moment of all: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" (Clearly, you do not mess with mama bear)
keke i love cat fights.... i thought molly weasley would actually growl at bellatrix...
Wow, instead of studying for property, sumulat ako ng comment sa lj mo. I fail at life.
hehe i think it's called priorities :P don't worry friend.. nakalimutan ko rin ang property dahil kay hp. hayop siya :P
And, this is so OC, but the grammar-Nazi in my head kept hitting me across the face with an anvil: I would have been so much happier if JKR HAD revealed tidbits about their careers, the way they dealt with their loss (George, most especially, because losing a twin is akin to losing a limb), the way they rebuilt their lives. But what did we get? Albus Severus? Scorpius?! Oh, JKR, you are now forbidden to name anyone.
oh my gosh when i read your comment, i suddenly had an OC attack... i reread what i posted and edited away!!! keke i don't usually reread what i've already written... lest i find it too crappy for words :P...
- i missed hogwarts during the first part of the book.... it always seemed that EVERYTHING happened in hogwarts... good thing the finale was set there....
- and what the hell happened to harry and quidditch? i missed quidditch here... and harry didn't even fly a broomstick during the whole story...
- and speaking of hogwarts, i'm really curious if harry, ron and hermione graduated... did they put in another year in hogwarts, or did they accept their drop-out status since they're already famous anyway?... (at least harry is... and hermione's got brains so she wouldn't have a problem looking for a job, i'm not so sure about ron though...)
- and i must say, voldermort's really not such a formidable villain here... i mean, he's killed a lot of GREAT wizards, and then a 17 year old kills him? i feel insulted for those GREAT wizards who died in his hands...
- hmmm.... and i never really got the power of the deathly hollows... is it suppose to make you not die? or is it suppose to make you master (of) death? is there a difference? hmmmm.....
okay, moving on to comments for comments (mine is in maroon):
from leechunsa:
No Gab, he took off his glasses because Goyle could see well ^^ It affects you so, cause remember Barty Crouch Jr. had full use of Moody's revolving eyeball, and if he could see well as Barty Jr, then he wouldn't have to use that one well would he? :)
hmmm, maybe i'm just thinking from the 2nd movie's perspective... if you check movie 2 (which i am sure you very well have)... harry had to wear his glasses when he was goyle... that's why i got confused.... keke i'm actually too lazy to verify this from the book itself... oh well, i'm sure you'll be able to know ^_^
AHH, All of you wanting Harry to be alone I hate you. LOL! I bet everyone just went, "I bet Angel died of happiness in this one" hahaha, well I did. SO WUT. LOL! I think that JK didn't put in much RHr happiness cause you know, Hr isn't like that, she's more of secretive when it comes to personal life, I dunno, and Ron's not very touchy either. But heyy come on, they got 2 kids, what more to ask for? HAHAHAHA. You needed details on how they actually made them? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
dear, i don't think ron's "not very touchy"... he almost ate off his ex-gf's head while they were (always) snogging in book 6... and what's with ron always putting his arm around hermione?!?!!? keke ron... not very touchy? i don't think so....
and I remembered you Gab when WONWON went, "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you," said Ron, "but no pressure." HAHAHAHA. It's the NO PRESSURE part. HAHAHAHA. So you. I would've thought this is why you love Ron so much, he reflects you so. HAHAHAHA <33
hehe i'm touched... enough said ^_^
But I'm glad at least you aren't soooooooooooooooooo disappointed, it's still in top 3. I was actually scared you wouldn't like it. I love the book like that, I want everyone to at least like it :)
the only book i hated was book 5... all because it felt too angsty for me... sorta like when you're reading it... it kinda sucks all of your cheerfulness from you (think dementors)... that's why i don't like to read it again...
PS. I did the LJ cut XD
what's an LJ cut? never mind... thanks ^_^
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Date: Jul. 24th, 2007 01:03 am (local)
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Christ on a cracker, did you not just HATE that crapilogue? It was so twee, so precious, I started to vomit butterflies and rainbows. SO TWEE. Ugh.
hehe i just love how you said "crapilogue"... i didn't even read "READ" it the first time... scanning it was painful enough... i was thinking... "what the hell?!?!?! i didn't know this was a fairytale!!" it's like saying "...and they lived happily ever after." at the end. gaaaahhhh!!!! i wanted to hurl your laptop (which i couldn't, for obvious reasons :P).
It just felt so tacked-on. I would have been so much happier if JKR revealed tidbits about their careers, the way they dealt with their loss (George, most especially, because losing a twin is akin to losing a limb), the way they rebuilt their lives. But what did we get? Albus Severus? Scorpius?! Oh, JKR, you are now forbidden to name anyone.
keke i feel you.... the ending was really, really.... can't say the word.... i actually felt cheated because we've all been so well-acquainted with all the characters (and not just the 3 musketeers)... and ms. rowling gives us 2 couples with children!?!?!? oh my gosh... and the names!!!
i think ms. rowling has a fascination for flowers... lily? petunia? rose?!? rose was the last straw... i could hear the titianic sinking in the background...
and ALBUS SEVERUS!??!? can't it have been severus james? or maybe albus james? why didn't she just give one name for each child, and maybe let ginny have another baby with the name severus (with no albus)?!?!
and i feel bad about george... i wonder how he's doing now that fred's gone... who'd he share his magical games and tricks ideas with?... and it's twice painful since they're twins... i really appreciated it when somebody said to me, "why wasn't percy the one who got killed instead?!!?"
And Jesus, fuck, way to commit character assassination! What the hell was up with Remus and Tonks? Can you say "marriage of convenience?" And then they get killed off with nary a moment of heroism?
keke i love how you swear.. i actually downplayed all of the bad things i wanted to say about the book, lest i would seem ungrateful to the author... but alas, the flood gates have been opened so i am not holding back!!!!
i know!!! f*ck!!! it's like another harry potter's been born (except someone wasn't trying to kill him).... what's up with jk and orphaned wizards? (harry, neville (who's technically not orphaned but since his parents will never ever become uncrazy, it's the same thing, right?), and now ted (who's snogging someone named victoire... what kind of a name is that for a girl!?!?))...
and i would have appreciated it if remus and tonks' deaths were explained... at least we saw how fred died... but those 2... they were just in a pile with the rest of the bodies... even peter the rat had a more vivid death scene...
hoho, and speaking of peter the rat... don't you find it sad how all of james' friends died in the end? and they didn't just die... they were all killed!!! talk about being cursed...
There were just so many things I did not like about the book, but I found just as many things that were pure awesome.
1. NEVILLE AS A BADASS RESISTANCE LEADER. Come on, he kicked ass.
man, how proud i am of neville. i remember when he was just a kid who couldn't even walk or talk properly, and was always bullied... now he has the force, man!! (sorry for getting star warsy....)
2. Kreacher cooking steak and kidney pie/hitting Dung with a saucepan/leading the house elves, armed with kitchen implements.
i love kreacher!!! he's the man , ehem, i mean elf!!!!! speaking of elves.... why did dobby die!!!!?!?!?! it's not enough that hedwig died, but dobby had to as well!!! why did harry's non-human friends have to die!?!?
3. 'Ear, 'ear.
not sure about this one... is this the same as 'Arry?
5. "I don't think you're a waste of space."
haha dudley is sooo stupid...
too stupid i think.... maybe he has mental disorder (as in a clinical one....)
6. "He must have known you would always want to come back."
awwwww...... senti moment!!! that was really sweet... i loved how they hugged each other after what happened with the locket and the sword... it's always touching to see two boys (men?) hugging... in a non-gay, we're best friends kind of way (not that i have anything against the gay type ^_^)
7. Potterwatch.
waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! i almost forgot this one!!! loved it!!!! keke especially all of fred's comments (awww... fred!! T_T)...
some quotables:
"... And now let's move to news concerning the wizard who is proving just as elusive as Harry Potter. We like to refer to him as the Chief Death Eater.."
"... For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill people with a single glance from his eyes. That's a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has two legs. If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do."
"Well, who wouldn't want a nice little holiday after all the hard work he's been putting in?"
"... but the fact remains he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo when he wants to, so don't count on him being a long away away if you're planning to take any risks."
9. And my favorite moment of all: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" (Clearly, you do not mess with mama bear)
keke i love cat fights.... i thought molly weasley would actually growl at bellatrix...
Wow, instead of studying for property, sumulat ako ng comment sa lj mo. I fail at life.
hehe i think it's called priorities :P don't worry friend.. nakalimutan ko rin ang property dahil kay hp. hayop siya :P
And, this is so OC, but the grammar-Nazi in my head kept hitting me across the face with an anvil: I would have been so much happier if JKR HAD revealed tidbits about their careers, the way they dealt with their loss (George, most especially, because losing a twin is akin to losing a limb), the way they rebuilt their lives. But what did we get? Albus Severus? Scorpius?! Oh, JKR, you are now forbidden to name anyone.
oh my gosh when i read your comment, i suddenly had an OC attack... i reread what i posted and edited away!!! keke i don't usually reread what i've already written... lest i find it too crappy for words :P...
