i'm a little teapot

1. The epic love story of Romeo and Juliet Romina and Julius as told through the medium of traditional Filipino verse had me rolling around in stitches xD

2. I first encountered Rafe Bartholomew when I read his article on the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry on the New York Times. Then I finished his book on Philippine basketball the other day. (Which I liked very much, despite not knowing much about the PBA--college basketball is more my thing, heh.) When a google search on the man revealed a promo vid he did for a meet-and-greet in New York last year, I think I fell in love. HAHA.

3. I still haven't studied for next week's comprehensive exams, la la la.

OR: Which concerns several TV shows.

1. ( On Supernatural 7x01 )

2. Allison Harvard is back on ANTM: All Stars! I hope she wins this time, I really, really love her <3

3. QI started Series I two weeks ago, and I didn't even notice. I'm really looking forward to the Brian Blessed episode. :D

4. I watch far too many shows for my own peace of mind. I still have to finish Monster and Gintama in addition to all of my shows' new seasons T__T (Sleep? What sleep? SLEEP DOES NOT EXIST IN MY WORLD.)

30 Day Song Challenge, day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou (1/3 Pure Emotions) by Siam Shade (6th Rurouni Kenshin Ending Theme)



This was the ending theme song for the anime at the time when I wrote/drew a series of RK/Samurai X fanart manga with my friend Liz back in grade school, featuring Kenshin doing laundry and Kaoru being pregnant. Oh, and Tomoe was involved, somehow. (HAHA WHUT.) I will always associate our wacky prepubescent hijinks with this song. :D

1. 30 Day Song Challenge, Day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

Igen og igen by Nephew



This song reminds me of Natacha, my cousin in Denmark, because this song was played everywhere when we were there. The title means "Again and Again," and that's the only part of the song that I understand, haha.

2. This made me think thinky thoughts at 4.30 in the morning. I got it from my class's tumblr. It's like our version of postcard secrets, only there aren't any postcards involved:

Kung mga baso tayo lahat, may mga taong masaya nang kalahati ang laman. Mediocre. May mga taong pupunuin ang baso. Excellent! Pero may mga taong hindi titigil hanggang umaapaw na ang baso. Magis. Aba eh kalokohan pala magpaka-Magis eh. Una sa lahat, sayang tubig. Pangalawa, nakakapagod dahil hindi mo alam kung kailan titigil, kung kailan sapat na.

(If everyone had a glass, there are people who'd be satisfied with filling it up halfway through. Mediocre. There are those who will fill it to the brim. Excellent! But there are people who will never stop until water overflows. Magis. Seeing it that way, being Magis is ridiculous. First, it would be a waste of water. Second, it's exhausting because you don't know when to stop, when you've given enough.)

Am I doing the right thing? Am I meant to be a doctor? The only thing that stops me from giving into those doubts is that I'm happy doing this, juggling medicine, public health, and management classes. Yes, the public health and management classes detract from the medical subjects, especially when I end up working on our research topic instead of studying for our weekly exams, but that's a really short-sighted view of the situation. Whether I end up in a clinic or in the communities, the soft skills that are being taught in those "extra" subjects are important. It doesn't matter how good a clinician you are, no patient will come to you if you don't know how to manage people.

Of course, I could just be rationalizing everything. Ateneo is really good at brainwashing its students. ;p

Okay, so I was trawling youtube for videos of The Civil Wars' live performances (which you should check out because they're AWESOME), when I had a brainfart: Poison and Wine is Dean and Cas's breakup song OH GOD.

(Joy) Your hands can heal, your hands can bruise
(John) I don't have a choice, but I'd still choose you
(Both) I don't love you, but I always will



Joy sings Dean's parts and John sings Cas's and this is perfect for them WHY ARE THERE NO FANVIDS YET? I want my weekly dose of WAAAAANGST damn it. ;__;

1. My 8-year-old brother, over dinner: "Supervillains are so stupid. Why do they want to blow up the world? They're just going to blow up themselves!"

2. I've decided to do the 30-Day Song Challenge over at FB. And because this journal needs more content, I'm going to cross-post the song entries here.

Day 01 - Your favorite song

Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars:



There's something about the way their voices blend together that makes me want to listen to them all day. It doesn't hurt that the guy looks like a musically-talented version of Johnny Depp. (I love the man, but he should never have been Sweeney Todd *hides from die-hard fans*)

3. I HAD NO IDEA MARK IS WATCHING A:TLA. I AM MIGHTY PLEASED. :D

4. Misha Collins is TROLLOLOLOVELY HAHA.

1. I was disappointed with the HP7 film. It didn't really suck; it's just that everything was so much more epic in my head. That said, the actor they got for Albus Severus is just precious. I want to squeeze him and keep him in my pocket, hee. :D

2. I resolve to use random song lyrics for the subject line every time I can't think of something to put in there. Just because.

3. I noticed that I'm becoming more and more passive-aggressive as I grow older. I don't know if this is a good thing or not.

4. I should stop going to Fully Booked when I don't have any money. I found out earlier that they finally re-stocked the Arthur Trilogy, which excited me at first. But then I realized that after buying new earphones, splurging on food last night, and buying the travel-sized version of Cluedo, I don't have enough left to buy all three books. DAMN IT.

5. For some strange reason, I woke up with Feel Like Dance by globe running through my head the other day. And since I don't really know the lyrics, my mind substituted "Feeling mo ikaw si Marimar, 'yun pala ikaw si Corazon," instead of whatever the lyrics for the chorus are supposed to be. I love the fact that my brain could still remember the stupid words us kids came up with when we couldn't be bothered to look for song lyrics.

6. #5 prompted me to look for the other Japanese songs from my childhood. So now I can't stop listening to Pizzicato Five's Sweet Soul Revue. Which I am embedding here, because I love the proto-Shibuya-kei look of the video:

After every Medical Parasitology lecture, I get the urge to gulp down all the de-worming agents I could find. It really doesn't help that I have an inordinate fondness for sushi, sashimi, kilawin, and ceviche. Brr.

I thought I was ready for the new school year. I was kind of excited, even. Then I saw my schedule for the next 4 weeks:
( in which a supposedly non-clinical module has far too many clinical subjects for my peace of mind )

Goodbye, personal life. I think we'll only meet again once I've adjusted my sleep schedule from 4.5 hours a night to just 3. (Methinks the tabs I'm going to accumulate for all the upcoming big bang fics will number in the hundreds, I can already tell. D:)

In case you've forgotten, you have comprehensive exams on Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, and Histology all to be held on Monday. That's a lot of exams crammed into just one day. And you've barely even cracked open your textbooks.

Stop watching and/or reading articles, talks, and lectures about economic and social reform. Stop thinking thinky thoughts that have nothing to do with what you're supposed to be worrying about. While they are indeed interesting and edifying and triggers your inner activist to get up and save the world one injustice at a time, it would not really help you in the long run if you fail your exams.

Sincerely yours,

Superego