i'm a little teapot

Oh my god. OH MY GOD.

Friends, I WAS IN THE ELEVATOR WITH RICO BLANCO. RICO BLANCO LIVES IN OUR BUILDING.

*fangirl flail*

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Hm. It's really difficult to pare it down to just one word or phrase, so I'm gonna bend the rules a bit and list down my favorites:

1. je ne sais quoi: literally, it means 'I know not what' in English, but it's defined as that intangible quality that makes something distinctive or attractive. It beats 'whatness' or 'quiddity' in the long run xD

2. lagniappe: Cajun creole for 'gratuity' or an extra or unexpected gift or benefit. I first encountered this in my organic chemistry textbook, where at the end of each chapter, trivia about the topic is expounded on. (I think the authors were secret Cajun fanboys, haha.)

3. de nada: Spanish, 'you're welcome'. I love it because it has fewer syllables than its English equivalent, as well as its Tagalog equivalent (walang anuman)

4. memento mori: Latin, 'remember you shall die'. So much gravity and doom packed into just two little words. I also love the art that sprung up around the concept, especially the Totentantz art from medieval Germany (which I was able to see when we went to Lübeck xD)

5. Veni, vidi, vici: Latin, 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. It just sounds so much cooler in Latin. Plus, it alliterates! xD

6. bonkers: I love this word. Bonkers. BONKERS. I'M GOING BONKERS HERE. Hahaha. Yes. Um. Yeah. xD

7. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: Latin, 'It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.' As Wilfred Owen so aptly put it, it's the greatest lie ever told

8. ad nauseam: Latin, a term to describe an argument that has been continuing to the point of nausea. It sounds so much better and is much more descriptive than 'he/she repeated him/herself over and over until I had to fight the urge to vomit' xD

9. Anno Domini: Latin, 'In the Year of Our Lord'. Again, I love this because it's much more succinct in Latin than in English xD

10. Magis: Latin, 'the more'. I first encountered it at Ateneo. It's the philosophy of doing more than what is asked. I love it because it inspires me to do stuff I'd never thought I'd do. (Such as this list. The meme only asks for just one word, for cripe's sake xD)

Despite the heart attack-inducing system glitch earlier, I did manage to enlist properly. Here be my schedule for the next semester:

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I couldn't believe I haven't heard of this before! (That's what I get for not being so active in fandom, blegh.) You'd never guess that this was a fan-made film with a budget of only £3000, and that's all I will say about it.

Watch the film here.

I was reading this fandom wank entry, and the mother of all New Trek wanks, when I decided to read what I wrote about New Trek. Where I stumbled upon a typo of Biblical proportions (literally):



I love myself, sometimes. xD

Caveat: Before you read this entry, you must realize that (a) there is much use and abuse of CAPSLOCKSQUEE; and (b) I'm not a Trekkie purist in any sense of the word. So if you didn't like the movie on the sole basis of it messing around with canon (how could you add to Trekkie canon these days, anyway, with old GR gone for almost two decades now?), then you probably wouldn't like my opinion.

( That said, let the squeeage begin! )

Verdict: Awesome movie. Go watch it! You don't have to be a Star Trek fan to appreciate this Star Trek movie. It's a complete reboot for the series, a reboot I'm looking forward to following. They really ARE boldly going where no one has gone before. I can't wait to see what they'll come up with next. :D

Aaaaaaaaaand typhoon season starts once more. But it's only the second week of May. Why is it so early this year? :/

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In other news, I'm sicker than a sickly thing. Again. The nurses at Medical City suspected I have the flu when they examined me earlier. Several people jokingly asked me not to be the first carrier of swine flu in the Philippines. Why oh why didn't I get my flu shots earlier this summer?

Anyway, I went home early, on account of the fact that I'm liable to collapse in front of the patients during the activity (baking banana muffins, if you must know). That, and the sclera on both of my eyes were scarily red earlier, which seriously disturbed some people. I just wish I could go to work tomorrow, but that seems unlikely from what I'm feeling right now. Urgh.

I decided to visit my old blogs at Tabulas and Pitas this morning. Just to see how much I've evolved as a 'writer' (ha!). To my horror, I've just realized that

all my entries.

looked like.

THIS.

with fangirl japanese.

interspersed here and there.

like this, ne?

I'm veeeery tempted to delete all my entries on those sites. The only thing that stands in my way is the fact that I've forgotten my passwords. *headdesk* Oh well. On the plus side, I've reminded myself that I played Konde Adolfo for my class's production of Florante at Laura back in my 2nd year of high school. Cold comfort, I know, but still.

Started watching the Robin Hood BBC series, and it's crack, I tell you, CRACK. Plus, there are so many pretties that I couldn't stop watching. Only watched up to 1x07 so far, and the amount of Richard Armitage I've feasted on gives me a warm and glowy feeling inside. Hee. :)

Lumalabas ang kakulangan natin sa iodize salt pagdating sa mga trivia game show sa TV. Mapa Family-Feud, The weakest Link, o Gobingo, hindi pahuhuli sa pagalingan ang mga mamamayang Pilipino, lalo na sa kung mabilisan!

SET THE CLOCK….

( Host: Sa anong bansa nakatira ang mga Hindu? Contestant: hindunesia )

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Where the hell is my copy of Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?? I shall reminisce about my high school days, oh yes I will.