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Going Garcia-Villa

LYRIC 17

Jose Garcia Villa

First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a sea-gull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird's flowering.
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem's cover.

In this poem, Villa extensively makes use of simile in every line. He is basically trying to relate to the readers what a poem is supposed to be. I say “supposed to be” because of the modal “must”. Therefore Villa is not merely stating what a poem “is” but the demonstrative criteria for what it ought to be. The poem sort of reminds me of Archibald McLeash’s “Ars Poetica”.

Let’s examine Villa’s use of oxymoron in this poem. How can the “sea-gull” be “musical”? And how can a “bird” “flower”? I guess what he’s saying is that poems must be able to elicit beauty out of the undesirable for innately, there is beauty in all things. And the “flowering” of the “bird” shows the literary genius that Villa is.

Mostly, if not all, the similes he made use in this poem are comparative to the ones that happen in nature. Therefore, in a way, Villa is saying that a poem must be “organic”. It should be living and as real as the things in nature. Because of its living character, it must be able to be apprehended by the human senses. It shouldn’t be synthetic. It should be able to carry with it emotions (“it must hold fire as well”). It must be a thing of beauty (aesthetics; “it must be able to hear the luminance of dove and deer”). Above all, a poem must carry with it a transcendental element, somewhat celestial to the point of being sacred. This explains the last line of the poem, “God, smiling from the poem’s cover.” All these things, he believes gives depth to a poem, not just mere words.

my french assignment... x_x

Mon Famille (My Family)

Salut! Je suis Philip Mamugay. J'habite à Fuentes,de Iligan ville. Mon père le nom est Jerry S. Mamugay. Il est quarante-quatre ans. Il travaille actuellement dans les Bahamas. Ma maman le nom est Maria Luditha P. Mamugay. Elle est quarante-trois ans. Elle fonctionne comme une école élémentaire professeur dans une école publique. J'ai trois frères et soeurs et ils sont tous plus jeune que moi. J'ai deux frères à savoir Marc Darrel et Vaughn pour. Le plus jeune dans notre famille est ma soeur nommé Mari Leigh Zyalcy. Mon frère Marc est dix-neuf ans et est également prise AB-English. Vaughn est onze ans – un an de plus que Zyalcy. Vaughn études dans une école publique tandis que Zyalcy est dans une école privée. Nous n'a jamais manger notre repas ensemble à la table à manger. Mes frères et soeurs et j'aime à voir dessins animés.

Hotel Discounts in Asia Pacific!

I've aways been the type of person who likes to travel. I like seeing new places, meeting new people, understanding other people's cultures, and having new experiences. Among the top bracket of my "Places To Go To Once I Get A Stable Job" list is Singapore.

Why, you ask? Because it's one of the most productive places in Asia. And it's also the melting pot of a variety of races that include both western and oriental. And since broadening my cultural experience is what I aim for, I believe Singapore would quench my thirst for that.

People say it costs a lot, though (what with the global economic recession and all). For one, there's the air fare. Second, you have to pay for a hotel to stay in. And since it's a vacation, you wouldn't want to be stuck in a shabby accomodation. That would certainly ruin the fun out of the trip you have planned to do.

Well, what if I tell you that you can go to any country in Asia Pacific without having to worry about how expensive hotel accomodations are? Yes, such a thing does exist! And it's in the very presence of Accor Hotels City Super Sale. With this promo, you can save over 60% on hotel accomodations by just visiting their website and booking online from june 23-29 for stays in the 10th of July and the 30th of September this year.

See?! It's an interesting offer! You won't have to cut back on the money alloted for having fun while being away since you'd then be spending less on grand city hotels on location.

Been wanting to take that trip to Malaysia or China or wherever in Asia? What's stopping you? Take it now! This offer's for a limited time only. Hurry because you can't afford not to! ;)

My 100 Songs (in no particular order)

BaBabe, I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin

2. Lightning Crashes – Live

3. American Boy – Estelle feat. Kanye West

4. Ang Huling el Bimbo – Eraserheads (yes, the Philippine music scene was once great before we all turned deaf because of novelty songs)

5. Say It Ain’t So – MoZella

6. Kindly Unspoken – Kate Voegele

7. Forevermore – Katie Herzig (because we are kids at heart)

8. Raindrops – Regina Spektor (this is just…awww…)

9. Not A Virgin – Poe (well, a song has to be written to say it)

10. Move Along – The All-American Rejects

11. Fascination Street – The Cure (there was a time when guys wearing make-up was deemed cool)

12. Coin-Operated Boy – The Dresden Dolls (it’s okay to be idealistic)

13. Dear Penis – Randy Travis (it’s okay to talk about your private parts and laugh about it)

14. Writing To reach You – Travis

15. Santa Baby – [forgot who] (some people find obese guys hot, so eat your heart out)

16. He’s A Tramp – Peggy Lee (for those philandering males who are loved because they’re jerks)

17. Save You – Matthew Perryman Jones

18. My Favorite Song – Skyler Stonestreet (so sweet… X_X)

19. Sea Song – Lisa Hannigan

20. I Don’t Know – Lisa Hannigan (determined to do something for a stranger…unsolicited flirting)

21. As Much As You Lead – Lex Land

22. One of Those Days – Joshua Radin

23. One Thing – Amerie (because she’s smart and you have to be turned on with just that…and in case that doesn’t do the tricks, she’s sexy too..x_x)

24. Scream – Chris Cornell

25. Wonderful World – James Morrison (you HAVE to love that guy)

26. Love Me, Please Love Me – Michel Polnareff (Jou souis fou de vouusss!!!!...^_^)

27. Henrietta – The Fratellis

28. Better Together – Jack Johnson (will make you want to fall in love…and heaven knows how much we all need it)

29. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien – Edith Piaf (helps you dignify the life you’ve led)

30. Milord – Edith Piaf (because French music is sexy)

31. Rejazz – Regina Spektor (convince yourself that after a break up, life goes on)

32. Beautiful Girl – Jose Mari Chan (if I were a girl, I’d have this song played on my debut party x_x)

33. Scar – Missy Higgins

34. Never Say Never – The Fray (it’s The Fray, man! Come on!)

35. How To Save A Life- The Fray

36. Maybe – Secondhand Serenade (a little emo song never hurt anyone, except maybe the emos themselves)

37. Joy – Bonnie Pink

38. Mamma Mia! – Abba (let’s face it, it’s catchy)

39. Piazza New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian

40. Fuck You Very Much (GWB) – Lily Allen (someone has to do the cursing for you)

41. Sea of Love – Cat Power

42. Smile – Lily Allen (for those who have jerks for exes)

43. Moonriver – Andrei Rieu

44. Africa – Toto (come on! you have to have at least one Toto song in your playlist!)

45. Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet

46. Toxic – Britney Spears (you damn right, Britney Spears!)

47. Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon

48. Hard Habit To Break – Chicago

49. Making Love Out of Nothing At All – Air Supply (what? I like to sing the karaoke. ;p)

50. 1234 – Feist

51. Your Body Is A Wonderland – John Mayer (just to get girls to sleep with you)

52. Never Say Goodbye – Bon Jovi (for the “losing the key” part and “losing more than that in the backseat”)

53. Woo Hoo – The 5, 6, 7, 8s (shows that a song doesn’t have to have a lot of lyrics to be okay)

54. Sophia – Nerina Pallot

55. Those Sweet Words – Norah Jones (jazz, baby!)

56. I Love To Singa – Owl Johnson (this is how my childhood was like)

57. Habanera (Carmen) – Paco de Lucia (proof that a woman’s love can be dangerous)

58. Penny and Me – Hanson (you don’t have to wear black eyeliners to whine while singing)

59. Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers

60. On The Radio – Regina Spektor

61. Ballade Pour Adeline – Richard Claydermann (I know this isn’t a song)

62. Canon in D – Pachelbel (this one too)

63. Still Loving You – Scorpions (shoot me now)

64. Burn – Usher

65. Kantorii Rodo – Unknown (Japanese version of Take Me Home, Country Roads)

66. The Scientist – Coldplay

67. Bad Things – Jace Everett

68. Sweet Memory – Melody Gardot

69. Like A Rose – Lucinda Williams (to tell you that sex is okay)

70. Indiana – Meg and Dia (that playing the guitar is cool)

71. Easy To Love – Sons of William

72. Alison – Elvis Costello

73. Hands Down – Dashboard Confessional (the best date you’ll ever have)

74. Standing In The Rain – Jamie Scott and The Town (it’s okay to be cheesy)

75. Paris – La Rocca

76. Highly Suspicious – My Morning Jacket (if you’re a man and you sing in falceto, we won’t judge)

77. Said and Done – Meiko

78. Bad Habits – Michael Tolcher

79. 10,000 Stones – Adrianne Gonzales (for extracting your guilt)

80. Always Love – Nada Surf

81. Small Things – The Audreys

82. Sleepy Tigers – Her Space Holiday (just to make yourself smile)

83. Boston – Augustana

84. Kataomoi Fighter – Go! Go! 7188 (a song doesn’t have to be mellow when it’s about unrequited love)

85. Ride – Cary Brothers

86. Home Sweet Home – Motley Crue

87. Apologies – Grace Potter and The Nocturnals

88. Mushaboom – Feist

89. River – [Gundam Seed OST] (you don’t have to understand the lyrics of a song to like it)

90. Love – Matt White (it’s really okay to be in love…*hum dum dum*)

91. This Is How It Goes – Missy higgins (premarital spats…you they’re not gonna last long)

92. Santa’s on His Way – Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys (because you have got to love Christmas)

93. Everybody’s Changing – Keane (the facts of life, honey…)

94. I Can Feel a Hot One – Manchester Orchestra

95. Wordplay – Jason Mraz (love this guy, okay?)

96. Yellow - Coldplay (think of this song when you watch The Simpsons)

97. Quiet In My Town – Civil Twilight

98. Sadly Love – Matthew Ryan

99. Love Is The End – Keane

100.Hazy – Rosi Golan and William Fitzimmons

Don't u know that I belong arm-in-arm with you?...

Crazy about Regina Spektor...

Look who I bumped into...

To His Importunate Mistress (To His Coy Mistress)

To His Importunate Mistress
Peter DeVries

Had we but world enough, and time,
My coyness, lady, were a crime,
But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot, striking fear
The hour is nigh when creditors
Will prove to be my predators.
As wages of our picaresque,
Bag lunches bolted at my desk
Must stand as fealty to you
For each expensive rendezvous.
Obeisance at your marble feet
Deserves the best-appointed suite,
And would have, lacked I not the pelf
To pleasure also thus myself;
But amply sumptuous amorous scenes
Rule out the rake of modest means.

Since mistress presupposes wife,
It means a doubly costly life;
For fools by second passion fired
A second income is required,
The earning which consumes the hours
They'd hoped to spend in rented bowers.
To hostelries the worst of fates
That weekly raise their daily rates!
I gather, lady, from your scoffing
A bloke more solvent in the offing.
So revels thus to rivals go
For want of monetary flow.
How vexing that inconsistent cash
The constant suitor must abash,
Who with excuses vainly pled
Must rue the undishevelled bed,
And that for paltry reasons given
His conscience may remain unriven.

I had fun making Ian's term paper

For years, heavy users of Internet games and chat groups have conversed in their own written language, often indecipherable to outsiders. Now, some of those online words are gaining currency in popular culture -- even in spoken form.

One category of internet games is the Massively Multi-player Online Games (MMOG) have been around for many years now, and over that time, gamers have developed their own language and list of terms and terminologies.

            This paper seeks to examine the language used by Filipino online gamers through looking in at the semantics of the terms that they use and as well as the morphological processes involved on how they were formed. We will also be drilling in how these online jargons are used in the context of MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games).

            MMOG, or Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming, is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the internet and feature at least one persistent world (a virtual world that continues to exist even after a player/user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent). In other words, MMOGs host a large number of players in a single game world, and all of those players can interact with each other at any given time.

            For this paper, we will solely put our focus on arguably the most popular MMOG in the Philippines, “DOTA”. DOTA, short for Defense of the Ancients, is a custom map made for Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. DOTA is a team strategy where players can choose sides and his own hero. There are two sides on the games, Sentinel and Scourge. Players on the same side fight the other players on the opposing side to win the game. The objective of the games is to destroy the opponents’ base together with AI (computer/artificial-intelligence) controlled units called creeps. Heroes start at level 1 and levels up to level 25. Heroes level up during the game while killing opposing heroes and creeps. Heroes gain skill when they gain additional levels. DOTA can be played as starting 1v1 up to 5v5. This could be against human players or AI controlled heroes which can be played on DOTA AI maps.

            We shall further specify the subject of this study by limiting the play of DOTA via Garena (a virtual coliseum that turns the whole world into one massive battlefield. In other words, it is a venue for MMOG players to pit themselves against other players from all over the world) and Local Area Network or LAN gaming (connecting two or more computers within the same physical space).

            The language used by these DOTA players is called elite speak, or more popularly known as “Leetspeak” and written as “l33t 5p34k”.

            As the Internet becomes more prevalent, leetspeak, including acronyms that used to appear only in text messages like "LOL" for laughing out loud, is already finding a voice (in spoken form, that is) in foreign lands and is also incorporated to the speech of Filipino DOTA players.

            Word formation addresses the processes for creating new words in a language. This does not mean, however, that the study of word formation only addresses how words are created that express concepts new to us current speakers of the language. It also does not mean that we cognitively "form" these new words every time we use them. Instead it investigates past and present means for creating words in languages (in this case, leetspeak).

Thus, this study will operate on the following aspects regarding the controversial leetspeak of DOTA players including terminologies that are essentially Filipino: 1) morphology – how the terms were formed, how they were derived, and the word formation processes involved 2) semantics – the original meaning of the words used and their intended meaning or the purpose; and 3) problems that arise in the craze that leetspeak has created. All these we aim to answer in this paper.

Happy Mama's Day!

Yes, it's the day for two of the most important women in my life: my mom and my grandmom. And I gave them each a cake from Red Ribbon to make this day more special than it already is. ^_^ aren't I a good lad? Awww.....

About the yearbook cover

31,536,000 seconds, 525,600 minutes, 8760 hours, 365 ¼ days, 52 weeks, and 12 months. All these make up one year. But the story does not lie on the numbers. It lies on the events that led to it. As many philosophers keep saying, it’s not about the destination, rather it’s the journey.

 This one final year of our academic life that we have managed to complete has allowed us to make new out of the ordinary. It has even given us the opportunity to undo what was unpleasant in the zone of orthodoxy. And that unpleasant thing is settling to mediocrity.

 For many years, IITians have been trained to strive for distinction, for excellence. And that is something that materializes itself in everything that we do. And this final year in college is composed of the things that we have done to achieve a seat beside the goddess of excellence.

 So the year is not just a measure of numbers. It also consists of units of toil and strife. Of loves lost and gained. Of lives touched and nurtured. Of friendships made and treasured. Of families given hope and young children filled with visions of their future. Of crumpled papers and spent money. Of INCs and flat ones. Of punctuality and tardiness. Of mistakes and improvements. Of past failures and current successes. It’s about the becoming of dreamers such as us.

 It’s these things that make up the story of a fantastic year. It’s about journeying through all those things in one year and being able to look in the mirror and like what you see: a better and wiser individual.

The night is young... Abuse it... x_x

...I have to post at least something in this blog... It's dying! So here is the article I made for our yearbook. ^_^ You don't have to read it.. Just rate my page a good old 10 to butch up my site's traffic... I will then be grateful! XD

Because the night is young...and so are we...

Every IITian knows how to balance their time studying and their time having fun. For the latter, most students prefer drowning their ears with the lively music of the 21^st century and blinding their eyes on the dazzling display of neon lights of the nightfall.

 Yes, the night is primarily made for rest. But for most youth, rest is anything that keeps their minds off school work (only for the meantime, of course). And so the presence of nocturnal destinations for a night of fun and unwinding with friends (no, not necessarily with beer *cough cough*) exist to help make IITians’ sense of exuberance and solidarity in proper check because what they need is a place oozing with energy and youth and they hope the place could rub those things back to them.

 Whether it’s at the town’s newest party place called Club Zinc with their assortment of techno, trance, and house music or at the campus’ neighboring club, Gatz Bar, where you can go to with your friends to hit the dance floor with people who actually know what the word “party” means by heart and by struts.

 Or, you could go to Bangkok Nights and feel uber safe with their high end security system so you can always feel confident to lose your inhibitions and have the most fun of your pre-adult life (celebrating the end of a grueling examination) while the night is young there.

 Not in the mood for dancing? Feeling for a subtle synchronized stomping of your feet and tapping of your fingers to the beat of the music in the background while lounging it out with your chatty friends who are as stressed out from school as you are perhaps? Well, there’s always Yom’s. You can eat a decent grilled meal there, too. Or you can always head to Pala-o and go to BatC and Iliganon for a table of friends and drinks (presumably coffee and whatever wholesome drinks they serve there).

 And there’s also one thing that IITians love to do most. They like to party on the side of the road with their comrades while watching vehicles drive by. There’s something pensive about seeing cars pass (don’t ask, it’s a teenager thing). They do it at Caltex and Petron (don’t worry, it’s safe and no, they don’t serve gasoline on your shot glasses). Nothing like a humble way to drink the night away, huh?

 Security? Check. Considerable amount of booze? Check. Goofy friends? Check. In-the-mood-for-party-and-destressing you? Check.

 Indeed, the night is made for rest. But for those who stop by these disco joints, no amount of booze in their system can ever take away their dedication towards school and their dream of having a better future. They’re still sober enough for that. Hey, they just graduated didn’t they?

The scent I love to sniff

A scent can do a myriad of things. It can make the wearer of the scent become a totally different person. Or it can make the wearer more desirable. It also makes a good impression. And for the people who smell the scent? They can even fall in love. A single good scent can become familiar to a person's nostrils and they associate it directly to the wearer.

Anyway, who doesn't want a good impression? I love perfumes. They make me smell nice and feel nice. What I most love of all is David Off's Cool Water in its two varieties, the "for men" and "for women". I love using both. They have this tintillating smell that tickles the nostrils and makes me want to sniff more. My classmates and friends like it when they they smell it. They even sense that I'm approaching just by the pleasing scent that Cool Water brings.

My mother, on the other hand, uses Victoria Secret Pure Seduction. I spray  some on myself once in a while. I like how its floral and sexy smell invigorates my body and makes me feel ecstatic.

There are other perfume scents that I love and I'd soon find them all in Scent.net. The destination for perfume and fragrance online. Love the smell, love the sell.

The long way down

My blog rank has decreased.... All thanks to being such an unproductive and procrastinating bum these past couple of weeks.... I need a stimulus... A strong one.... T_T

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Folklore

Here is the introduction of the thesis of one of my primary friends, Mai-Mai.... It's about literature... Give it a read.

The modernity and technological advancement of our world undeniably affects different aspects of our lives. Recently, many people are more concerned with looking forward as the rest of the globe accelerates toward a technological future.  We do not want to be left behind, in spite of everything. Thus, looking back at our cultural roots through in-depth research of the heritage of our ancestors such as the study of folklore seems more and more difficult. The interest in folklore seems to have lessened. (http://folklore.philsites.net/)

     Folklore is actually a part of our existence. This heritage is what we essentially adapt. Dr. Damiana Eugenio (1981) says that folklore is any bit of knowledge handed down from generation to generation, which describes or depicts the beliefs and lifestyle of the ancestors of a chosen ethnic group, is rendered unique to that group, and is respected as folklore. Included in folklore are folksongs which are songs belonging to the folk music of a people or area, often existing in several versions or with regional variations. (Eugenio: 1981) The folksongs are music that are transmitted orally (handed down through performance rather than with notation, and learned by hearing), are composed by individual who remain anonymous or, at any rate, are not remembered by name. (Usaraga and Cabalina, 2005)

     Nowadays, people can hear songs which are popularized by the aid of mass media. Most of us can even experience last-song syndrome as we hear contemporary songs almost everywhere we go. According to an online dictionary, Urban Dictionary, this syndrome is usually accompanied by subconscious by humming the last song you hear which has stuck in your head all through the journey and beyond. (Medic: 2004) These songs come into a very different style and theme which suit the taste of the generation.

     On the other hand, folk music is threatened to decline from its ritual habitat as a result of the intrusive fringes of modernity and the complementing technological advancement which tend to alter values, beliefs and practices. (Grolier Encyclopedia: 1995)

     It is also actually through the gateway of music that one can learn about Filipinos. In this manner, we need to know the reason why folk music, especially folksongs, should be preserved and promoted through recognition and appreciation of the Manobo folksongs.

Adding Variety to Word Recognition Exercises

Adding Variety to Word Recognition Exercises

by Michael Crawford

Volume 43, Number 2, 2005, English Teaching Forum

 

 

            This article introduces word recognition exercises as practical applications of the bottom-up reading model in teaching EFL reading. While various studies have emphasised the importance of word recognition skills in first language situations as a means of improving comprehension and encouraging learners to read, these skills have been neglected in the foreign language situation. This article argues that these exercises are particularly appropriate for foreign language use since they serve to stimulate beginner level foreign language learners to go beyond the first barrier of foreign language reading.

Reading is a complex process that involves top-down processes (i.e. prediction) and bottom-up processes (i.e. word recognition) but most pedagogy emphasize mainly on the first type of reading process. Luckily, a more homeostatic view has risen in recent studies and researches thus recognizing the importance of the often-neglected bottom-up process saying that the most elementary requirement for fluent reading comprehension is rapid and automatic word recognition. Like a gasoline is to the car, word recognition is likewise a prerequisite for reading comprehension.

This paper describes how word recognition exercises were successfully applied in reading classes at a junior high school in Japan. To conduct the study, word recognition exercises were devised and implemented and student feedback was sought on the design of the exercise. Results obtained from the feedback along with data from the comparison of word test scores of students taught using a traditional approach and those taught using word recognition exercises.

Paran notes that greater use of word recognition exercises should be done but he also underlines the necessity of actual reading since reading extensively helps improve the learners’ word recognition skills. In other words, reading programs need to motivate learners to do as much reading as possible thereby giving them a chance to improve their efficiency on reading. To do so, word recognition exercises nd activities should be enforced massively.   

            The author also claims that there are two challenges to be overcome when word recognition exercises are to assume a more vital role in L2 reading instruction and these two are: 1) convincing learners of their educational value, and 2) designing a variety of exercises so as to maintain learners’ interest and attention.         

            There are three ways that Crawford claims can provide greater variety in word recognition practice. In saying this, he gave out three proposals.

            The first proposal suggests dividing a standard word recognition exercise into two or three sets of words and be added with a different kind of exercise between them. By doing this, you provide further practice with the target words. Having word search puzzles, “jumbles”, unscrambling words, and the like are activities that best support this suggestion.

            The second proposal includes the changing of the format of the exercise. This can be done by making adjustments to the way the exercise are laid out on the page as well as to the way the learners search for the words.

            The third proposal is about adding an element of competition in each exercise given that speed is a vital component in these types of exercises. In doing this, doing word recognition exercises become more fun and exciting. This may even increase intrinsic motivation among learners once they start to compare their own skills to others and may foster more effective learning process.

            Word recognition deserves a higher seat in the reading curriculum judging by its benefits in L2 learning. Although variety is usually an obstacle in  increasing the use of these types of exercises due to its highly standardized format, the three proposals mentioned by Crawford help solve this problem. This does not say that standard exercise should no longer be practiced but rather this suggests that a more judicious use of a combination of the standard word recognition exercises and the ones proposed in this article is highly appealing. In doing so, efficient reading skills can be developed and ensures that potential gains are not hindered by monotony.

Busy Busy Busy

In line with my previous post, I am now trying to stop procrastinating and get on with the things that I've been tasked to do (like my report on Shakespeare's play entitled Coriolanus which is long overdue, by the way). I wonder how my other classmates are doing....

Work it, man!

I'm swamped with paperworks....paerpworks that aren't even mine to begin with. I'm currently "helping" my friends and classmates with their school work (in their effort to graduate on time) since I'm the only one within their age bracket who won't be graduating this March...

And I also hve this blogging task that I've been potsponing to do for months now.... I am realy in need of reprieve so that I can breathe! X_X

I wonder how living a life that is stress-free feels like....

The 4-1-1 @ ShopWiki

If you're looking for a search engine that allows you to access information regarding items to shop for, ShopWiki is the utimate answer.

During these modern times, it has been always applauded to be pragmatic in almost every way. People like it when things are done instantly and efficiently as well. These same princples apply to shopping over the internet. And ShopWiki lets you do just that. It operates just like Google, only more specific and more inclined to answering a shopper's key questions even if that means them not earning anything. Think of it as an online catalogue of all the things that you need to purchase. ShopWiki shows you buying guides that give you information and other comprehensive contents regarding the item of choice (even links to related products and other external links!).

And no that summer is fast approaching, you'll need to equip yourself with one of the most important summer accessories -- sunglasses! You can find the right pair (or pairs, if you're in to them that much) for you at ShopWiki! ShopWiki shows buyers all the necessary information that you need to know about the product (not just about the price) including safety tips, background of the poduct's importance, sunglasses buying tips, pictures of the latest sunglasses, and pictures of a variety of sunglasses best suited for male and females, and as well as a list of links to its major manufacturers like Bvlgari, Ray Ban, Ralph Lauren, Reebok, Gucci, and many others.

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It's Valentines...So?

It's Valentines Day tomorrow.

Why am I not concerned about finding a date like other people are? O_O

The Acknowledgment

My friends, Devie and Tin-Tin, asked me to make the "Acknowledgment" part of their thesis paper in exchange for a treat in Red Ribbon (and since I'm such a sucker for sweets, I took it right away!). It's weird coz aren't acknowledgments supposed to be non-vicarious? Shouldn't it come from the person who is meant to say it? Oh, well who am I to argue? As far as I'm concerned, I get a free snack -- cakes and all. ;)

Every endeavor we have gone through in the making of this thesis proposal would not have been made possible without the help of those people around us, who, in their own special ways have encouraged us to pursue this task.

We thank our thesis adviser, Ma’am Venus Parmisana for her patience and guidance. We would never have headed on the right track without her.

Our sincerest thanks to the other faculty members in the English Department, namely Prof. Rodolfo Yu, who has given us material for our Review of Related Studies, Prof. Sarcina Boyle, and Prof. Loreta Fajardo, for having helped us in analyzing the data we have gathered despite their busy schedules, and Prof. Rizza Eubanas, for being a very supportive year level adviser, a big thank you.

To our statistician, Neil Mamac, to our panelists composed of Prof. Frank Amarillo, who suggested this topic to us, and Prof. Miguel for her constructive criticisms, we are indebted to you.

To Sir Cris and Sir Ric of Coke and Pepsi for trusting us and for providing us with the necessary documents for the study, we can’t thank you enough.

We would also like to express our humble gratitude to the following people:

To Mai-Mai, Syrah, Ruby, Monet, Jana, Shane, Jesus for sticking around with us through thick and thin all throughout the making of this thesis paper. To Shane for lending us her laptop, to Raffy for helping us in encoding our research paper, and most especially, to Philip Hope Pequero Mamugay, for his selfless act of always checking if we’re okay and if we need any assistance. Our primary friends, your presence makes this paper even more valuable.

To our family members; our brothers and sisters for their care, and most of all, our parents, for having tried their best to support us not only financially but as well as in other aspects.

We would also like to thank Sam Lloyd Corpuz for being such an inspiration and a loving boyfriend.

Last but not least, to our ALMIGHTY FATHER for the wisdom and the strength. Without Him, we are nothing.

For everyone who has given us their thoughts and concerns, we would like to extend our cordial thanks.

D.E.V. and K.K.

One Tree Hill Season 6 marathon

Since I don't have classes on Wednesdays, and since our debate varsity is still recuperating from the 19th MPDC, I have the license to slack around at home in my room under my own filth (okay, I made myself sound like a pig)...

And I like the rainy atmosphere. Interchangeably listening to songs that are fit for this kind of setting (rain on the rooftops, cold air) and watching one of my all-time favorite series "One Tree Hill" which I downloaded via torrent (thank you, Jidai! xD)....

*Rooting for Brooke Davis!*

There's still next time

After 3 days of staying at Cagayan de Oro for the 19th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship (Asian Parliamentary Format) at Ateneo de Cagayan-Xavier University, I'm finally back in my cozy little room which is my own heaven.

Three of our team managed to break through the Octo-Finals and it was only my team which went on as far as the Quarters. I don't want to dish out the details of this stressful competition anymore (we could have won that last round against ADZU and proceeded to the semis!).

But it's good that we still belted out as much laughter as we did the last time. Now that's what I call consistency. ^_^