I am Still Under the Gendarya Spell and I Need to Deal with It.

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I am Going to Try and Salvage My Old Multiply Entries.

This will be a long entry. I don't want to put it in separate post. Some will have photos, some will not.

I will post all of my entries except a few I would just be happier if left forgotten. I mean, what the hell? 2 years younger M. What the fuck do you think you're doing? 

Again, this is a very long post.

I am Feeling too Lazy for Descriptions.

So, yeah, I made another one. It's not really fan art this time. I'm getting too depressed with my failed GoT fan arts. 

Trying to experiment with the watercolor.

I actually have no goal for this one and just do what I want to do with it as I go along. 

The mess I work with.
I forgot to take a photo of the sketch, but you can still see the lines.

I Hate It When Ate Goes to the Mountain for the Weekend and Leave Me with Her Mess.

Believe me, when I say that this isn't one of her worsts. 

Not to mention all her  annoying questions where her fucking things are fucking kept while she's packing  her fucking backpack. 

I Learned that I Don't Listen to Myself.

I actually decided to try monochrome black watercolor painting. But half-way through it, I used brown. So much for following through a decision.
-_-"

For this one, I used a discarded folder I remember I have (and I have quite a few). I wanted a thicker paper so I reused the folder. Unfortunately, it wasn't white but a light dull ochre nonetheless, it would do. I can't be too picky.

lines using pencil.
I really unintentionally draw people like they're androgynous.
Ignore the shadow of my hand and camera. 

I sketched on the folder. I tried not to include too much details but it was hard on the hair. I liked how the lips curved on this one. I did not notice that the eyebrows weren't symmetrical, not until I was almost done. 

I Should Learn When to Stop.

Fuck you too, Watercolor-san. FUCK YOU TOO.

So.. uhh... I'm trying to learn learning how to use watercolor and failing miserably. I really fell in love with Agnes Cecile's style (go and google her!). But of course, I still can't do anything that remotely looks like her works but I'm working on it. And since I'm a super-noob in using this medium, I'm already feeling frustrated. The paper kept on curling, I don't know what I'm doing wrong with prepping it. Maybe too much water? But I haven't really achieved an acceptable one that it's getting really frustrating. It's already on to the point that I skip that step all together and proceed to sketching. -_-" (Curl, paper. CURL ALL YOU WANT!)

I'm Going to Do Some Food Dump.

So, this will be image heavy, very image heavy. The photos here were mostly taken using a mobile phone so the resolution sucks. But some were taken by a camera so they'll be a bit better.

Food were from a lot of different food chains and restaurants, while others were more random stuffs. 

This included Chic-Boy, Dampa, Max's Restaurant, Classic Savory, Friuli, Fancy Cakes, Banaple and other stuffs. 

I will repeat. HEAVY IMAGE-LADDEN POST.

I Went to Divisoria with My Family

I love my new distracting lovely neon orange Velma socks with my Bumble Bee flats. I wish I bought the navy blue leotard/stockings/whatever-it-was too.

It has been our tradition to go there for cheap early Christmas shopping for years. We go there usually around November to avoid too much crowd, although they're starting to thicken now. 

I am Lost.

You see them everywhere.

In the jeepney, I read a sticker "ARYA LANG PO SA UMAGA".

On my way home, I saw a sign that said "blah blah blah T. DROGO (it was OROGO)". [This is along Batasan Road.]

A picture book started like, "Long ago, in a castle surrounded by a wall... ". Which holdfast is this? Winterfell? Or is it Castle Black? But it has only one wall...

"Hello Kitty Christmas Painting in the North"one banner said. "IN THE NORTH?" I asked. "Jon Snow", my brain replied.

All these in one day. 

One does not simply walk back to Earth from Westeros.

 I might really am George R.R. Martin's fanghei bitch. 

I Could Not Resist

I saw this post in 9gag...

 And I just, could not resist.

Why?
Because Gendry.
Enough said.

I am Charlie.

No, not really, I know. But I miss Willy Wonka and Roald Dahl. And I miss my childhood.

It has been years since I last ate Nerds but when I saw this today, I know I must have it. :))

I Thought I Could Wait for a Year to Complete it.

"Yeah, right... "  was probably George R.R. Martin's answer. 

I'm around 1/3 of the fifth book right now. I'm trying to read in a much slower pace than usual because I don't know when The Winds of Winter would come out. And that would mean withdrawal symptoms... 

I Am Still Not Over It Yet.

I Like Random Shizz on A Song of Ice and Fire Because I'm High with these Cracks on Paper and I'll Write Them Because I'm High and I Want to.

Hopefully, this thing'll get longer and longer. 


Bastard Names

Snow - North
Waters - King's Landing
Stone - the Vale
Flowers- Highgardens
Storm - Storm's End
Rivers - around the Trident (Riverlands)
Sand - Dorne
Pyke - Iron Islands
Hill - West around Casterly Rock

I hoped that the bastard name at Casterly Rock was "Rocks"? LOL. That'd be pretty cool.
"Em Rocks". 

Houses and their Words

Great Houses

Stark - Winter is Coming
Lannister - A Lannister pays his debts Hear me Roar
Baratheon - Ours is the Fury
Targaryen - Fire and Blood
Tully - Family, Duty, Honor
Arryn - As High (with shrooms) as Honor
Tyrell - Totally not Gay Growing Strong
Greyjoy - We do not Sow (lol, just kidding)
Martell - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

I Have Dirty Hands. LOL.

You can actually see up to where I'm currently reading and there's no need for my super ghei butterfly bookmark. LOL.
(nope,that is not shadow but my grime)

I'm halfway through A Feast for Crows. *sigh* After the storm of A Storm of Weddings Swords, this one was... uhh.. not exactly boring.. but close to it. Really. The plot's pacing is waaaaay too slow. Seriously, a whole chapter for convincing an already totally-smitten character with sex charm of some plan which would only totally fail on their next appearance? George R.R. Martin can kill major characters in less than a page.

I'm halfway through it and there's still only 2 Arya chapters with around 300 pages in between them. Yes I am totally an Arya worshiper. They have a lot of random other characters whose POV kept on cropping up. In the previous books, extra characters' POV are only present in prologues and epilogue.

I am so Addicted to this Crack on Paper

Yep. A crack on paper. I have to agree on Finn Jones about that. Not three days has passed since I bought it and I'm done reading more than a third of it. And to think that I'm really trying to moderate my reading...

 I'll be needing to buy the next two books soon. And here I thought I could hold it until next year. ARGH. 

I SQUEALED SO MUCH ON ACORN HALL... and also a bit on Stoney Sept. Yeah that silent fanghei squeal, rolling in the bed, throwing things everywhere. SHIT Arya and Gendry! WHY ARE YOU TWO SO FUCKING CUTE!??!?! 

*squeal, roll, throw* 

And Ser Loras too. Gaah! I don't think I like Ser Loras this much on the tv series. I mean I like him but not so much. And I also like Finn Jones. The thing was, he's a bit of a weakling and vain in the series unlike in the books where he's more knightly and strong and kirakira. 

I Don't Even

know why I'm craving for these... 

I am Despised by Fate so I Gave Myself a Present.

And there's no logic needed behind that.

For completing my last semester's requirements, I gave myself these treasures gifts. 

I wanted a House Stark shirt but fate was harsh on me. No moderately cheap Pentel tubed watercolors either. Nor fruits in blueberry-strawberry crepe.

My day's only salvation. Well, that and Prima Blend. 
The creature on the left is sad because there's no available cheap House Stark shirt and he had to tattoo it on his skin.

Third book of A Song of Ice and Fire, A Storm of Swords. I just can't not buy it.

I had to buy that Best Buy water color.

I will try to test my nonexistent skill in watercolors. If only I'm a water-bender...   
I will be stealing using Ian's other paintbrushes.

 My end goal: an Arya fan art 

It might take months, years even, but I will.

I Had to.

The dregs of my last few days as undergrad student. Argh. Believe me that was just part of my last few requirements. And it feels so blissful ticking each of them, one by one. 

My drawing has to be included. 

I Had that Urge

When I woke up this morning, I suddenly just wanted to take a picture of my super glittery blue notebook given by Saki. 

I Unlocked a New Level

not really... 

But I did passed all of my requirements.... I think.

*waiting waiting*

I Had to Rush

Yep. My bed. I had to leave them like that this morning. 

I Woke Up Basking in the Morning Sun

Oh wait. I HAVEN'T SLEPT YET. and have not for days...

and still counting.

I Want Yakult 1.5 Liters.

Yakult everyday, everyday okay.....not.

Papers... fucking papers everywhere.

I Passed Some of My Requirements.

Today. I had an opportunity to relieve stress. JK. 

I was so Full.

Max's with the family. Daming food. <3 

I Approve of Seniority Power Play.

Everything's already said. *evil laugh*

I'm Almost Done with My Last Semester

This semester had made me realized something.

I don't want to be a teacher. Maybe I will, but not for long. I'm doing injustice to my future students for teaching them when I don't even want to. I'm also doing injustice to myself for doing something when my heart lies elsewhere.

I don't have the passion for teaching. I don't have the dedication. I don't even have the social skills needed for it. 

I might teach in a class. I might just do tutoring. I might do shadow-teaching. I might get a license. But I won't do it for long. 

I Suddenly Realized it was Already Morning

I found out that a single page will become six pages when transcribed in Braille. It was very tiring. I can only remember grade 1 Braille. I don't think I will get to grade 2 if I don't pursue career that deals with visual impairments. I can't hope to remember the contractions. 

EDIT

Of all the things that I'll get wrong... PANGALAN KO PA!  *facepalm* I didn't notice until I was at school without any slate and stylus within my reach. Clare. CLARE. CLARE. I hope my prof wont notice.

I was Exempted for the Finals

When was the last time? 

I don't think I have ever gotten uno for both of my exams in a single course. :)

I Found Out

I woke up late.. but not that late. I had time to print my professor's hand outs, somehow read them and prepare to got to school with a few minutes to spare. 


And then I found out that I was missing one other file, which turned out to be the longest among the other handouts. Slight panic mode ensued. My classmate Sir Erik was kind enough to go over his notes with me and some other classmates. (Thank you,sir.) 

I Confess

I know I was supposed to stop myself but I couldn't. I listened to Sweet Pool Drama CD. I was supposed to listen to it after my semester. (Hell, I was supposed to start on A Game of Thrones after my semester.) 

Makoto, Tetsuo, Youji and Zenya

I Ate at Hap Chan

I went to SM North Annex with some friends and was about to enter a Japanese resto when we noticed the Hap Chan beside it. I dragged my friends there instead. It turns out my friend frequents a branch of it with her family. I must say that I liked the place better than what we were about to enter. 

I Endured a Tiring Friday.

So last Friday, October 5, I went to SiLig inside J. L. Elementary School. It's in Paco, Manila which is around 2 hours away from home even if you get there through trains.

FUCK THE TRAINS IN THE MORNING. LRT 2 is somewhat okay. Since I boarded at Katipunan Station,the second station, it was a bit crowded and I wasn't able to sit down but the aisle was wide enough to have some space to stretch. LRT 1 was... I don't know... I felt I was able to empathize with sardines packed in cans and bottles. I wasn't able to get in a cable car until the fifth train arrived and when I got inside, there's nowhere to hold onto. One fat lady's bag kept on entangling itself on my bag and she kept on looking at me. FUCK OFF FAT LADY,

I Procrastinate

A fanghei cannot help but shed blood (from the nose) for an awesome fictional man named Jaqen H'ghar  and another awesome fictional man called Gendry Waters. 

I Tried to Write a Story Entitled "Flaw"

Flaw

Business trips. I hate them. Probably because I haven't gone to anywhere worth going yet. If the company needs to send an employee somewhere local and in the middle of nowhere, expect it that I'll get the memo.

I might have pissed off unknowingly my boss. I mean, it's not really my problem that I was born this perfectly beautiful, right? I have an ordinary face but it's too perfectly ordinary that it turns to be beautiful. It was like all the common people tried to use my face as a mold but failed.  I'm not going to be humble by saying I am not stupid either. I am smart and I am gorgeous. 

I Have a Short List of Western Series I Like

I am not that much of a fan of western series... but there are just a handful that I really like...

1. Game of Thrones
2. Sherlock Holmes

I Noticed I Like Quite a Lot of Seinen Mangas

Again, in no particular order. Most of these mangas are on the bloody and gory side... 

1. Akumetsu
2. Liar Game
3. Dogs: Bullet and Carnage
4. Claymore
5. Gantz

I'll List Shounen Mangas that I Like

I have a lot of Shounen mangas that I like. The first 3 are in order while the rest are in state of chaos and pandemonium not.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist
2. One Piece
3. Bleach
4. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn
5. Rurouni Kenshin

I Love These Josei Mangas

I actually prefer Josei manga compared to Shoujo manga. Yeah, sure, they're mostly about romance too, but they're not as silly (= irritating) as most shoujos. Despite having romantic emphasis, most of the josei plots have more material in them.

1. Nodame Cantabile
2. Cheese in the Trap
3. Shuukatsu - Kimi ni Naitei
4. Dolls (by Naked Ape)
5. Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru

I Like These Shoujo Mangas

Again, they are in no particular order..

1. Ouran High School Host Club
2. Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
3. Kimi ni Todoke
4. 1/2 Prince
5. Skip Beat

I Attended a Workshop

I woke up quite late so I wasn’t able to attend the morning forum. There were illustrator guests. It was one forum from the series of fora held in our college in celebration of literacy month. The ticket for the undergrads was only a book donation while it costs 120 php (I think) for the graduate students.

I just arrived in time for the afternoon workshop on story-telling. I bought a book from Adarna Publishing House for donation. It was a re-illustrated version of one of Rio Alma’s children picture books. I honestly don’t want to part with it because I really love the illustrations. It was Ang Alamat ng Palay. It was a good read.

I Tried to Make One.

My attempt on onigiri (I used the nori my friend gave me). The filling’s corned tuna. I just used regular rice so it disintegrated quite fast. 

.

i used to prefer colds than cough. but now i’d rather it be colds than that cough.i hate cough. i hate it. and i’d rather that i’m the one who got it

I Will Survive.

Oh yeah, I went home in a cab since I had a lot of stuff with me. Then I saw the cab’s plate number.

I survived. I am so fucking awesome.

I Want to be a Hikikomori Once Again.

I have been out for 12 days… so much for the daily entry I wanted.

I have been quite busy and will still be quite busy. These have been hell weeks for me. A lot of requirements had already piled up on me.


Recap for my past few days:

Last Sept 17, I went to CSB (College of Saint Benilde). I met with a few of my classmates and my prof. Good thing I did, since given my sense of direction, I would totally get lost. One of my underclassmen had a quite unforgettable experience with LRT1. I didn’t think I would even witness something like that happen in real life. She almost got crushed in a train door. HAHAHA. We had to pull her out. When she got out, we realized her backpack was still stuck and the train was almost about to move. We had to give a huge heave to save her. Pity since we were not able to capture it in photo. We were panicking. We were able to safely arrive to our destination (somehow). At the destination, we faced another ordeal. How to present our crammed FSL video presentation to a deaf class without wanting the earth surface to crack and swallow us all. It was embarrassing to say the least.

I ask

of all the titles available internationally, WHY THE FUCKING HELL are you translating Fifty Shades of Grey in Filipino? Why? Of? All? Titles?

Demmit.

Pleaaaaseee, people. Get some sense.

I’ll List Some Books I Want to Buy

in no particular order.

Series:

1. Harry Potter (hard bound)
2. Artemis Fowl (hard bound or at least all the covers of the books are in one style)
3. A Song of Ice and Fire
4. Hunger Games
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians

I Decided to Make Some Lists.

Yeah I did. I’ll probably add a few entries of just lists. Any list I could think of. Any list I want to think of. Anything goes. This is my blog anyway, so it’s my rule.




And here’s a photo of Gandalf the Grey being awesome.

I Hate Being a Poor Student.

Both my legs are a bit sore. It’s because I did quite a lot standing, walking, half-running around the (33rd) Manila International Book Fair today at SMX. I love reading books, though I’m a bit nit-picky with what I read. I’m mostly in love with teen fiction novels like Harry Potter (of course!), Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games, etc. I love book sales and book fairs. I just found out about MIBF last year and really did love it. I swore that checking it would become an annual thing. So I came for the second time.

It was like heaven.

Books! Books everywhere.

I Still Don’t Know What Title I Should Give It.

I have been off for quite a while. I’m not really busy. In fact, I’m procrastinating. I hate work. Anyway, I’m gonna go try and write a script/summary/whatever it is about the comic I’m gonna try to create. Here goes nothing…

It has been months since I started coming to this cafe. I go here every weekday without fail. I had almost bought this table for myself. It’s already like an unwritten rule that I must sit here from 5:30-7:00 pm. I had already established my niche in this small community. I work at that tall building across from this place. There’s a cafe at the ground floor of that building but I go here. The beverages in this place is quite ordinary and a bit on the pricey side. Their pastries are a bit too sweet for my taste. But I go here.

It’s because she goes here.

I am the Man (for Today)

I forgot to add an entry yesterday. Nothing much really happened anyway. I watched movies, ate a lot, procrastinate and slept. The life that I love.

Today was different. I had to go back to the campus since we had to shoot our FSL video project. The rendezvous was 11 o’clock at Palma Hall Lobby. We had to wait for one of our groupmates for 2 fucking solid hours. And she was the one who suggested that we move the shoot today instead of last Saturday. Yeah, so much for eagerness and punctuality.

I Wonder

How did Gangnam Style get so popular?

I Ask Myself “What Happened Today?”

The day just passed by without me doing anything productive. When I woke up, it’s already afternoon. I really didn’t do anything at all… I thought I could start some of my school works… Anyway, I’m supposed to be doing something productive today. We were supposed to shoot a video with my groupmates. We were supposed to translate a song into FSL. I might upload it here when were done if my internet connection allows it. I hate to think how much time it would take. Anyway, we had to postpone it because one of us is not available. Well, we still don’t even know how we’ll do it since there will be just 3 of us and none of us is a guy. *sigh*

I am Deciding on Some Shit

I was thinking of making a one-shot manga in webtoon format. I am still not good at drawing but I want to try. I also want it colored. I have no tablet so I have to do the sketch and inking in sketch pad and color it in Adobe Photoshop. I suck at Adobe PS so I guess I still have to learn how to use it. Maybe I should make it a personal project. It’ll probably take me a long time too since it’ll be my first time making a serious comic. I also need to come up with a story. hmmm… I’ll need some motivation...

I Got Dragged to SM North EDSA

Well, I actually I liked it. I went there with my three friends. One of them, I haven’t seen for quite some time. She’s a practicumer so it’s understandable. Practicum is gruesome.

And just like what I said at my previous entry, when we bond, we eat. We ate at Yoshinoya. We ordered their barkada meal platter worth 499 php. My half-Japanese friend added miso soup and I had assorted maki plate. The servings are a bit small for 4 person group. The dishes include 4 servings of rice, 4 red iced tea, 2 servings of gyuudon, chicken yakiniku and ebi tempura. (I forgot to take a photo but I might edit this post if they uploaded the pics.)

I did take a photo after eating.

I Dragged Some Friends to The Coffee Way

I promised myself that I would try to add an entry everyday when I made this blog (back when it's still in wordpress). And then the next day, I didn’t.

  

Anyway, yesterday I started the day by not coming to my first class of the day. I was cramming a paper I was supposed to pass that day for another class. I am such a lazy ass.

I had the nerve to take photos of stuffs while cramming for some paper. Well, it was half-assed anyway.

Anyway, the day somehow went fine. We tested the readablity of an article. I forgot the title of the article but it was a cut out from a local newspaper. It’s about animal therapy for autism. I predicted that it would be 9th grade level.

I am M.

 And right now I’m pulling my hair due to frustration. I can’t repair my laptop.

Its operating system was corrupted a few weeks ago and kept on turning off on its own. So thought it’s about time to get a new OS so I bought an new OS installer and tried to install it. TRIED.

I was installing the new operating system. It’s going on great but then,

I Greet Thee, O Lowly Creature

Hi there! I’m M.

- a confused happy alumna of UP

-an SQA Engineer who's still learning to code

-a new recruit in the table-top-games underworld

-a licensed teacher who's not sure if she wants to continue teaching stopped being a teacher to pursue something she likes more and is very happy with her decision

-an ex-Science teacher who doesn't know how to use microscopes

-an unfaithful but no longer in a Catholic school

-manga enthusiast

-children’s fiction book lover

-frustrated illustrator

-selective glutton

-still a techno newbie

-blogger noob

-otaku/hikikomori/fujoshi

-closet stalker

-fan fiction hoarder

-fanghei

-Sherlockian/Cumberbuddy

-buyer of Sherlollipops and Khanolly

-avid shipper of Gendrya

-a returning Sasusaku shipper

-a future wanderer

-beginner poi dancer

*sigh* this blog has been full of angst lately. Hopefully, that will stop.

*edited June 26, 2015