Un clou chasse l'autre.

the last time i went to our office, there's this dude who was classmates with my mom in high school. he told us i looked exactly like her. so in the car...

sugarplum: dad, do i really look like mum when she was younger?
dad: haha the dude said so, didn't he? you probably do. but not really exactly alike, i guess.
sugarplum: so who's prettier?
dad: your mom, of course.
sugarplum: hmph. i don't want to talk to you na.
dad: well of course i'll vouch for your mom. she is my wife, after all.
sugarplum: but i'm your kid!
dad: the original is always best, of course.
*silence*
sugarplum: does that mean you have ugly genes?
dad: no. don't you know that sometimes having all pretty genes can make an ugly kid?
sugarplum: that doesn't make sense.
dad: yes it does.
sugarplum: it does not. after all, two positives make another positive, and a positive and a negative make a negative.
dad: i never said you were ugly anyway.
sugarplum: oh.

hahaha :)

the much-awaited first day of classes finally came! it was fun seeing my friends and classmates again. some of them looked so different from last year. i was saying "hi, nice hair!" all the time. haha

anyway, i met four new friends this morning on the way to school. i car pool now. (there's this dude who lives around here and he fetches students to and from schools dowtown for a living.) anyway, three kids are from chiang kai, and one is from st stephen. one of the chiang kai dudes is a drummer. he asked me where i studied (duh. uniform) and if i knew this and that person. apparently, he's classmates with charmaine ong and julia ang is his cousin. so he knows quite a few people from uno. the other fellas didn't talked to me at all, so i don't know who they are. haha

school was fine. nothing important really happened. it's just too bad that we get to lug our heavy book every day since we have chemistry every day. oh, and i'm glad we get to have cory as our teacher again instead of baba. i mean, she's not my ideal teacher, but i like her voice way better than baba's. no offense. hehe

that's about it for the first day.:)
to someone: oh yeah, thanks for the book again. it'll really help.:)

to daddy:

happy father's day! i love you. hope you liked the ham and cheese omelet. :)

i watched a play at uecp last night. it was great! i love plays. i told only one person about this, but my lifelong dream is to direct one (or two!). and be it an awesome world famous play. hehe

well the play's title was "first name". we didn't get to watch the start (cuz we were late. boo.) but i guessed from what we saw what the story was about. a boy couldn't find his name in heaven. and then god said that he needed to say the password. and the boy couldn't figure it out. so god showed him the story of creation, noah's ark, king david's story, the prophets, and most importantly, jesus and the twelve disciples. in the end, jesus was the password. hehe

i loved everything. it was sort of a musical, and everything was wonderful. the songs weren't the boring type; they were actually witty. eve was so sweet, noah had this funny accent, and the david part was hilarious! there were screaming girls holding posters and all, like david was david archuleta or david cook. it was so cute! and his voice was so nice.:) hehe

well, that's about all i can say. kudos to the trumpets and uecp people..:)

it's saturday. i'm still sick (no, i don't have ah1n1). monday's coming fast. call me a nerd, but i'm itching to go to school. haha i miss my friends. i miss learning. i miss the campus(plus i wanna see the newly renovated facilities).

my school pride is just about bursting. no, i'm not just saying this. yeah, i know i diss my school sometimes, but i will defend it anytime somebody trashes its name. i know, i'm pretty weird. i guess for me, school is just like home. i can talk about the bad things about it with the other people of my home, but i can't stand other people from other families looking down on it. i may not like some things about both of them, but i would stand up for them forever. know what i mean?

anyway, that's all i can say for now. sorry y'all.

so i just finished taking alyssa's test on facebook. here is the conversation that followed. (in ym)

sugarplum: hm, sorry kung di ko napapansin ang scar and mole mo
sugarplum: but!
sugarplum: it means i'm not so shallow that i would care if you had a mole or scar there..
alyssa: that's okay. ndi nman lahat ng tao nakakapansin eh
alyssa: *tackles sugarplum*
sugarplum: haha why would you tackle me?
alyssa: cuz of ur remark
alyssa: it's not being shallow. it's being observant.
alyssa: lawl
sugarplum: hahaha
sugarplum: it is too
sugarplum: if a person tells you "tumaba ka" after not seeing him/her for a long time, chances are, he/she only cares bout your appearance
sugarplum: hahaha
sugarplum: meaning, he/she's shallow.
sugarplum: pwede naman sabihin niyang, you're still the same funny person or something like that
sugarplum: that's being observant too
sugarplum: hehe
alyssa: ndi ko din napapansin kung tumataba ang tao o ndi
alyssa: so that means im not shallow. im so awesome.
alyssa: yey
sugarplum: hahaha
sugarplum: yah!
alyssa: napapansin mo ba?
alyssa: bulag ata ako ehh
sugarplum: hindi rin
sugarplum: haha
alyssa: malabo mata ntin.
sugarplum: yah
sugarplum: or, to put it in a positive light, we're not shallow
sugarplum: hahaha
sugarplum: lalagay ko to sa blog!

and thus, here it is. hahaha

about the ivy league thing:
i guess schools are like movies or books. people say, "hey dude, this is a great movie. you should totally watch it!" or "ehmygawsh, that book is so fantastic. read it. you'll love it!" know what i mean? only after watching/reading will you really find out if it's all that or not.

in a totally different but still somewhat similar topic, some schools think they're the best and everything. maybe in the past they were, but as time wears on, systems change and teachers change. and most importantly, the kids change. i'm not name-dropping or anything, but there's a school which prides itself in providing the best education in the block, but in truth, it's no better (but no worse, mind you) than other schools. and the worse part is that the administration and the people in charge wouldn't admit that it's their actions that are wrong, and not the students'. they keep on insisting that it's either the parents' fault or the students'. it's not fair. even after better, older, and more experienced educators told them about how to make the school's system better, they still won't listen and they still don't want to change. you can't force a month-old bread down a baby's throat. what they are teaching to students now may be suitable for students in the past, but more often than not, those don't apply to the children of today.

i've been thinking (hurray for me! hehe) about self-development and whatnot. i believe that improvement starts from knowing what's wrong. so, dear reader, please help me. click that comment button and type something you find not-so-nice about me. so i can change and help the world be a better one. don't worry, i won't hate you if you post something like "i hate you cuz you're ugly" or whatever. hehe. (you can choose not to put your name. if you want, you can type your comments in the chatbox.) anyway, when i get to read them, i'll post them here.
thank you. i will really appreciate it.

1.) Anonymous said...

i think you already know the biggest flaw you possess.. as with the majority of the people here on earth, myself included, you know what you want or have to do.. you just lack the courage or initiative to go ahead and do it.. in short, you're lazy.. :D

June 8, 2009 10:42 PM

2.) Blue said...

i hate you cuz you're ugly. hahaha.

let's start. but remember this is completely my opinion.
first of all, i dont really see anything not-so-nice about you. why? we'll get to that later.
second, improvement doesnt really start by knowing what's wrong. at least that's how it is in my case.... sometimes. why? we'll get to that later.
third, so i can change and help the world be a better one. how altruistic of you.

I cant think of anything not-so-nice about you. Unlike what "Anonymous" said, you're lazy and that's your flaw or one of your flaws.

And we're the same. Im lazy, too. BUT. we still do what needs to be done. we're still responsible despite our inclination to slack off and do something else. It really depends on the person. Even if he knows what's wrong, he can still choose to stay the same or change. And staying the same is much easier. I guess it's just a matter of choice. But you have to be careful. Every decision you make brings out a consequence. Everything's connected.

What or who the heck made you think of this? But it's good that you want to change for the better. Just surprised with the sudden want to change.

to tell the truth, i don't have much to say about hayden kho or katrina halili and the big scandal. only that it's getting old and there's no need to talk about it so much. it only made the whole thing much worse. i know, people like gossip. but it's been more than a week, for crying out loud. and this isn't the first time something like this happened. but now is the only time people keep talking about it. just because the people involved are famous, everybody wants, no, needs to be involved. all i can say is that all the gossiping and the people pointing fingers.. well, it kinda makes everything for them hard to get away from. yes, they made a huge mistake. but i'm thinking it will be easier for them to fix if it weren't so publicized.

mistakes are supposed to be learned from, whether they are made by you or by somebody else. but then, i guess some mistakes can be only learned the hard way.