Cast your burdens..

They did it again.

Last Friday night, when I woke up from my afternoon slumber, my father told me that I was asked to sing during our Sabbath school program the next day. I didn't know what to song to sing! I browsed through my old music for a while and decided that I was going to sing "Light of the World" because it was quite easy to sing. Well, I actually haven't completely made up my mind about the song, so I ended up not practicing any song that night.

The next morning, as we were preparing to go to church, my dad asked me what song was I going to sing. "Hindi ko po alam. Duet nalang po tayo! (I don't know. Let's sing a duet!)", I replied. Then, he asked me if I knew the song "Lift up your hands". I knew the song, but didn't actually know the lyrics. So he wrote it for me. We were able to practice the whole song thrice when we got to church. To my surprise, we weren't going to sing during Sabbath school (preliminary service; the time for lesson study and small groups), but during the Divine service ("main" mass or the actual service)!! O.O Gosh. :|

Anyway, I kinda fluctuated when I sang it in front of the congregation. O.O It's all right. The message of the song is more important. Aaaaaaaanddd, it's the first time I sang a duet with my father in church! :D Next time, we'll practice more! No cramming? haha.

Here's a clip of us singing the song. I didn't put the whole song. It's just a combination of a few segments from the original clip. :)

Here's the link for "Lift up your hands" by Basil Valdez.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GwMfywNhUI

Yummy hands

Naked blood - a Japanese horror film I will never ever watch. O.O

Last year, Chi really wanted me to watch this clip of a lady eating her own eye. Unfortunately (?), Youtube banned us from watching it because we weren't 18. Now she's of age. So while we were in her dorm yesterday, she finally showed me the clip. She even showed me the clip of the same woman eating her own hand. :|

Gosh. It was so disgusting! Although I'm amazed out how they were able to make the scenes look very real, it still was very creepy, awful and disgusting. O.O The clips came from the movie Naked blood. Here is the plot from Wikipedia.com:

"A scientist named Eiji has developed a new chemical called 'MySon' that can turn pain into pleasure. He decides to put three girls who attend the experiment held by Eiji's mother in the test. Meanwhile, Eiji has a crush on one of the girls, Rika. 'MySon' influences the girls gradually. The gluttonous woman wishes to have the best food in the world, but she ends up eating herself. The vain woman wishes to have the thinnest and most beautiful body in the world. However, noticing hairs and pores all over her body, she tries to mutilate herself. Rika does not seem to be influenced by 'MySon', but Eiji finds out her secret and everything goes wrong..."

Yes, they showed the whole process of "eating herself" and "mutilate herself". :| My eyes couldn't take anything more than the hand and eye eating. So, if you're going to invite me to watch that, I'll pass.

-The hand scene got stuck in my head. I really hope that I won't be dreaming of it tonight. O.O

Zodiac Signs

Due to the changes in the alignment of the Earth caused by the moon's gravitational pull and the addition of a new zodiac sign (Ophiucus, the serpent holder), the dates of zodiac signs have changed. Apparently this change has been going on for centuries/millenia, but it is only recently that it has been brought to light. Well, I only learned about this a few minutes ago, so it's recent for me. :))

According to the Minnesota Planetarium Society, this is the new arrangement:

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16.

Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11.
Pisces: March 11-April 18.
Aries: April 18-May 13.
Taurus: May 13-June 21.
Gemini: June 21-July 20.
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10.
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16.
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30.
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23.
Scorpio: Nov. 23-29.
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29-Dec. 17.
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

That means I'm a Taurus now. I'm no longer a Gemini. :|

But let's see which suits me better. The italicized statements are my comments. :)

GEMINI

• dual personality (umm, sometimes? haha)
• changes mood from time to time (yes? :)) but not all the time!)
• hate to be tied down, but are entertaining romantic partners (so true. i love being single.)
• brains are subtle and brilliant, but lacks continuity of purpose (hmm. nope! i don't lack a continuity of purpose)
• most difficult to understand; can be hot and cold at the same moment; human puzzle (haha. i think i am! hoho)
• has sharp wit and excellent powers of observation (i'm a very excellent observer. :> i see every... wait. not everything, but i see stuff. :)) )
• makes a good raconteur, but has a tendency to exaggerate (i'm not a good storyteller!)
• excellent in diplomacy (i guess so during my high school years. i don't know now.. :P )
• has difficulty understanding what they want to achieve (hmm. i perfectly know what i want to achieve! i wanna be a doctor, superstar... nope i don't think i want to be a superstar. wait i think i don't want to be a doctor. wait, do i even want to be a doctor or a superstar? i want to be an astronaut! okay, i kid. haha. i'm gonna be a doctor.)
• natural communicators; ensures that people are not dull or mundane and will no doubt spend ages chatting to anyone about any subject (totally. i remember talking a lot to my first friends on the first day. :)) i think i told them half of my high school life already!)
• have an ability to see the weak points in those they meet (sometimes. :) )
• life of the party (erg. i don't think so. :)) i follow the life of the party. haha)
• can love passionately and yet be inconsistent. it is only their shield and diplomacy and exquisite tact that keeps them from making a mess of their lives. (how could i be inconsistent? ;;) )
• easy-going, cheerful, helpful, self-confident and calm. (i'm not easy-going, self-confident and calm. :)) )
• makes lasting friendships with Geminis or from September 21 to October 20-27, January 21 to February 18-27. (i dunno. i have no best friends born on those dates. xP )
• more inclined to suffer from what concerns the nervous system than anything else (i think so! OC and an over-thinker. :P )

TAURUS

• patient, practical and dedicated (kinda. xP)
• cautious when dealing with people, life, and money (not really on the money part. haha)
• curious power of domination others, even when not conscious of doing so (i dunno. i may not be conscious of doing so!)
• extremely faithful, with a strong need for security and a settled routine (yes. but i'm not faithful to my routine. :)) )
• very earthy but can be highly romantic and sensitive when it comes to love (yupsh. ;) )
• has great power of mental and physical endurance as long as excitement or determination lasts (yes, AS LONG AS EXCITEMENT OR DETERMINATION LASTS. it doesn't last long when i'm studying for certain subjects. haha)
• makes wonderful host/hostess (i don't know. never hosted anything. xP)
• have great taste in food (erg. i'm not picky. if i can eat it, i eat it. so i don't think i have a great taste in food.)
• good housekeepers (my room is soooo cleeeaaan. O.O)
• generally considered richer than they already are (hahaha. what?!)
• have good business intuition (hohoho. i make a bad businesswoman. :)) )
• affection more than passion (hmm. i think passion more than affection.)
• warm and sensual, with appreciation of the fine things in life (i just don't think i'm sensual. xP )
• strong-willed and often quite creative (hmm. sometimes? haha)
• kind and generous with friends; most faithful and loyal friends (yes.)
• will consider no sacrifice too great for the person they care for (yes.)
• fight with the most determined obstinacy in the open for they hate trickiness, double-dealing or deceit (who loves deceit? and i don't fight in the open. xP )
• easily influenced by their surroundings (before, yes. now? i still get influenced, but not easily. :) )
• too easily misled by their emotions, sensations, or affections (hmm. nope!)
• jealous (ahehe. a bit. xP)
• typically strong and silent, but often appear ignorant and willfully obstinate to others (naaah.)
• innate sense of harmony, rhythm, and color; often are very successful in music, poetry and art (music is <3.>
• almost all have a keen love of gardening and flowers (i love flowers, but i'm not into gardening.)
• make good, patient nurses and healers (yezz! doctah, doctah!)
• usually use force to achieve their purpose (only when i should. :P)
• warm, gentle, passionate and friendly person (i try to be. :) )
• perfectly know what they want (want in life? yes! ; want to eat, want to wear, want to buy? nope! haha)
  
• difficult for them to understand other people (nope.)
• slightly boring because of restraint and reticence (i'm so not restrained or reticent. xP )
• most lasting friendships with people born between August 21-27 and September 20-27, December 21 and January 20-27. (no best friends in that range either!)
• suffer with all things that affect the throat, nasal cavities and upper part of lungs (yes, yes, yes! always the sore throat/cough and the runny nose. tsktsk)

I got these from http://www.gotohoroscope.com/gemini-meanings.html and http://www.gotohoroscope.com/taurus-meanings.html

So what zodiac sign best suits me?

I think both. Can there be a hybrid- like a Taumini or a Gemirus? :))

But it really doesn't matter, because the stars don't define who you are and most especially don't decide who you're going to be in life. Naks. ;))

You're totally right! :D

ALL THE SLANDER AND DOUBLESPEAK.: Can I Haz Peeta?

I want a PEETA too! I wanna post a sentence from Mockingjay but my friend hasn't read the book yet. I don't want it to be a spoiler for her! She might read my post before reading the book. Bad Bad. :))

Unforgettables

I've been thinking of the past year and I realized that I want to share with you a few of my unforgettable moments! Although I've always been toxic in the university, I never fail to have those one-of-a-kind, worthwhile experiences with my dearest friends. I'm so amazed at how quickly time flies! It seems like yesterday when I was wishing Organic Chemistry would end because I severely lacked sleep. Imagine having to study Organic Chemistry for 1 month (Summer Semester)! We had exams almost every week! But now, when I look back at those moments, I realize that... I'M REALLY GLAD IT'S ALL OVER. BWAHAHA. LOL. Kidding aside (although it really is true. haha), I realize that those kind of moments brought my friends and I even closer to each other. We ranted. We cried. We laughed. We detoxified. We did them all together. Plus, those moments made me a stronger and simply a better person. (Oh really? haha)

Anyway, here are a few of those moments:

Btw,

Toxicity will never be over!!

1. Communications II

We really had a hard time with our professor during the first half of the semester. He was rather scary and he really was very picky on research topics. O.O When we finally got our topics approved, we went to UP Diliman to borrow the books we needed. Gosh. I was a Bio student who wrote about Microfinancing! :| It was a real challenge for me to write the paper. But I passed! Here we are in a museum in Diliman. This is after we returned the books we borrowed. Finally, we were done. :D

2. PE 2: Swimming

"Swimming, swimming in the swimming pool...." It was the song our swimming teacher taught us. I think it was his own composition. Haha. He loved giving us a hard time. He would give us "paddle" training until our legs hurt! His final exam was to swim 10 laps back and forth in a 50 m pool! He also told us to swim in a 16 feet pool! I did all of those things and still ended up with a not-so-good grade. Good thing P.E is GWA excluded. *sighs* At least I passed! ;)

3. Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry. What can I say? Only that I had a very hard

time!!! Well, the laboratory was okay. It was hard, but bearable. Lecture was the one that kept me wide awake at night. Naah. I was never "wide awake". O.O But still! I couldn't explain how hard it was! As I've mentioned earlier, it was taught in only one month and exams were almost every week. I'm glad it's all

over. Now I have Biochemistry to worry about. Yay! O.O So here we are making the most of our weekends! We went to 2 debuts. Haha. It's the first time I ever went to 2 debuts on 2 consecutive days.

4. Comparative Anatomy

My most favorite Biology subject and my most favorite lab teacher! :D Although laboratory was difficult, it was fun! Everything was so interesting! I was never sleepy during this 7-10 am class. Muscles. Bones. Arteries and Veins. It was cool touching and knowing about them. I would frequently imagine myself as a doctor/surgeon/medical student during classes. Enough about our amazing laboratory! Lecture was okay. We had a funny professor who loved to crack up jokes and make poems around 4 am. LOL. Yes, she makes poems that early. She's a gifted poet and she's smart too. :D I think she has a PhD in Public Health. We also have another lecture professor who would substitute our original professor whenever she is absent. She's more serious but never fails to catch our full attention. She's very good in explaining things. Very smart. Oooh. How I love Comparative Anatomy. ;;) Best biology subject so far. I learned a lot.

5. Biorhythm

I didn't plan on auditioning for this organization. I guess I have to thank my friend for putting that idea in my head. I enjoy being in this organization with these fun people. I love singing with them. Even though I don't really like singing with a chorale voice, it's still singing and I love it! I especially love the blendings too. :D Here we are before our very first performance for a benefit concert.