Tuesday with Mancel

I got too sick yesterday morning to go to school. Nothing too serious, so I was already feeling better before noon. It just so happened that my friend Mancel was online around that time. We've been planning on meeting up again for the longest time and our plans usually get cancelled at the last minute. On impulse, I told her I'm free for the rest of the day and that we should grab lunch during her 3-hour break.

I took the MRT from Shaw to Cubao. I even bought a stored value card because I'm sensing more northbound trips in the next few months. I didn't miss Cubao, but being there brought back many memories. I went early because I wanted to go around Gateway for a while. Grabe, the couple of hours I spent walking around and whatnot felt very nostalgic. I missed Ateneo, my friends, and even me from two-three years ago.

When Mancel got there, we hugged right away. There were no awkward moments, which was to be expected from friends who didn't see each other for almost a year. We always manage to pick up from where we left off, which is good.

We had a super late lunch (3pm!) at Italianni's. Already finished with the appetizer when she remembered to take a picture of the food. We both didn't bring a camera so we used her cellphone.


Salmon Carpaccio, or what was left of it.


Seafood Cioppino

After lunch, I asked her if she's already watched Inception. She said no, but she's been meaning to. So, what did we do? We got ourselves tickets! It didn't matter that I've already watched it twice. I liked the movie, and I want to see her reaction on the ending! We got cotton candy, too, since we both love that.


Mancel looking super happy! Haha!

Watching it with her was a different experience, if you can believe it. Which is good! (I hope I get to watch it with my boyfriend, too. I wonder how that'll turn out. :D)

AND THE DAY WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE, if we didn't steal something from the arcade! The first time we went out since I transferred schools, we (this time with Kim) stole a small plastic ball from one of the games. Gateway was packed last night (there was an Iglesia ni Cristo concert that night outside Araneta, I think) and we couldn't steal anything without getting caught. So we went inside one of the videoke rooms and randomly selected a song to sing so we could steal that page from the song book!


The unlucky page :D

It was too late to do anything else at that point, so we went home after that. It was great seeing her again, and I do hope I get to see some of my other friends in Ateneo soon.

Oh, and next time, we're stealing an air hockey puck! :)

Book Haul!

I love reading books, and I've been collecting since I was in grade school. (Yeah, Sweet Valley, Nancy Drew and Full House Michelle books count!) It wasn't until high school though, that I started to expand the range of the books I read. The school library became my happy place, mostly because I couldn't afford to spend my allowance on books instead of food and other necessities (I stayed in a dorm).

I guess those library books grew on me and until now, I prefer older copies of books than the brand new ones. Whenever I encounter a book that used to be from a library, complete with the stamp and the borrowers form/list, I can't resist not buying it.

So to my book purchases from the past month!


Some new copies, but most are secondhand. I'll share some of my favorite books from that pile, and some of my past hauls as well some other time.

I don't go to book sales knowing what I want to have because I don't really know that much authors. I don't care much about that actually. A good book is a good book, so don't be afraid to try reading books you've never heard of. Also, I know this shouldn't be the way it is, but most times I really judge a book by it's cover! ;)

Snake

I just found out about from a friend's post in Tumblr that you can actually play snake in Youtube while waiting for a video to load! All you have to do is pause whatever video it is that you're watching, and then hold the left arrow key until a line appears. You know the rest.



Fuuuun.

The thing about blogs

is that they're useless. I've never been able to keep a blog longer than a month in my life. Mostly because I can't keep up with my thoughts.

This is not me making excuses for not updating this. Just saying.

Ursus Wehrli tidies up art

In this video, Ursus Wehrli talks about tidying modern art by sorting each piece of the painting by color, size and shape.

While browsing through the list of videos, this one caught my eye mainly because it has the word tidy in it. I'm prone to having obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and it goes more than being organized with my stuff and not being able to stand messes. Like the speaker in the video, I tend to deconstruct the things I see and arrange them in a way that would make them look like they're not just a random coincidence. So when you see me looking all contemplative while in the car, that's not me pondering about the serious things in life like how to end poverty or which nail polish color makes my fingers look less stubby. I'm most probably trying to make sense out of the UZU548 plate number I see in the car in front of me.

My weird obsession aside, the video also subtly points out that art in whatever form is subjective. There is such a thing though as taking it too far, or over-analyzing art like what Ursus Wehrli did. This can either bring up a new perspective on the piece, or totally bastardize the original concept behind it. We all see things differently, and that's what makes art fascinating.

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So we had to maintain a group blog for my Philippine Literature in English class. This week we were asked to each watch a video from ted.com then make an entry commenting on what we watched. I chose this and crammed the whole thing because I seriously just want to sleep.

And since I'm done, goodnight.

Changing my mind (again)

Today is the day that I decide to stick with Interior Design. CSB for 4 more terms then PSID, and then (hopefully) this: