You Realize there’s a cockroach-like bug in your car. On the seat beside you…

Or when a humongous spider lands on the wall IN FRONT OF YOU inside YOUR ROOM…

Or when a flying cockroach suddenly whizzes past by you and a FLYING CAT follows and flies by you to…

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Well do what I do and choose among these options a) Run like a sissy girl or boy b) Whack and miss it c) Whack and kill it d) Scream and panic

So I kinda did d for the first one, b and c for the 2nd one (I had to wait for the next night to find it still inside the room, I woke up with a bite mark…) and a for the third one. Well I didn’t exactly run like a sissy girl, maybe run with dignity but I was more surprised with Kitty flying past me chasing the flying cockroach rather than anything else. And I thought it was my chance to escape too! And for the bug inside the car, it disappeared once I got out of the car :/

So that’s how I open my post after a month. LOL! haha and I was hoping that it was going to be a dramatic post about graduation or job hunting, but no guys, I think bugs following me everywhere must be top news!

Haha hello again guys! But seriously I was planning a post-graduation story. I had it all figured out, I was going to make a playlist of my graduation songs and explain that but then immediately after graduation, I went to Hong Kong (after 6 years my friends!) with my blockmates and then went to the beach, Boracay (international friends, you seriously have to COME TO THE PHILIPPINES AND GO TO OUR BEACHES! PLEASE!!! especially THIS ONE!!) with my groupie and then I was all over for job applications that… I almost forgot I had a blog. Holy crap I wish I could be more concentrated on this. I’ll still go ahead and give you a recap of everything though as soon as I can! But also trying to keep my posts less than a thousand words, really I have to learn how to write less :/

It’s been amazing, the 4 year adventures in Ateneo. I felt like I died, was reborn and changed in so many ways. It’s a bit dramatic if you would say, actually maybe some who meet me would have told me I didn’t change at all. But there’s this new perspective you gain when compared to your high school self or 14 year old self. There’s definitely a change in the pattern and way of life. Problem is just living my dreams now. Finding them for that matter.

My Hong Kong and Boracay adventures will have to be written sometime this week! This is basically just an update telling you guys I’m still alive, being chased around by bugs. Also, I’m on a reading streak! On to my 12th book now! Wish me luck on reaching 50 again!

Some picture teasers:

Making the Rents Proud (ooohh medal!)

Hanging out at Ocean Park, Hong Kong

Fooling around Boracay, Philippines

I wanted this post title to be about the most important subject in this entry (in short not Joseph Kony, but Uganda itself). Just wanna explain

Everyone must have already heard about the Kony 2012 video that has become viral in a matter of days which basically is a

film and campaign by Invisible Children (organization) that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. – Youtube video description

Jason Russel, the director, spearheaded this organization when he and his friends went to Uganda, straight out of film school, and noticed the plight of many children under Joseph Kony and decided to do something about it. One might say that it is commendable and brave with what they are doing: trying to bring down a most wanted man and trying to raise awareness with this huge amount of publicity and charitable donations.

Here’s the video if you haven’t seen it yet

But if one actually sits through the entire 30-minute film, Russel actually talks about more on selling promotional kits, vying for Oscar nominations according to an article on New York Times and disregards the real issue of the Ugandans. (WTF SERIOUSLY, NOBODY EXPECTS FOR AN OSCAR, WTF)

There have been reports of the distribution of the donations with regards to where does the bulk of the money go to and most of the percentage go to promotional awareness programs such as this film, kits, staff and others. Through research, people have found out that the footage in the film was actually taken five years ago and that Joseph Kony’s army is weakening and has moved to Congo. The film simplifies the problem and constrains it inside a box and objectifies Ugandans.

One Ugandan blogger and activist spoke out (and actually countless others in Africa, they are now promoting to spread #WhatILoveAboutAfrica hashtag on twitter) and it would be worthwhile to watch this most honest, heartfelt opinion and video blog of Rosebelle.

Take note everyone that Joseph Kony ISN’T the main problem and you can’t just simplify Ugandans like what the Kony 2012 video has done. Please read her points on the role of America (should they be pictured like the Messiah always?) and on the stress and importance of local initiatives. I am not saying that The Invisible Children organization is a bad organization, it’s just the mission-vision of their organization is questionable and makes us wonder, do we really want to participate in this? We can’t just blindly watch the video and be moved with pity and then jump in the bandwagon. Everybody has to get their facts straight.

I’m sorry guys for not posting for more than 10 days now! Man am in a blogging slump but it’ll pick up! My classes have officially ended and I am just reveling in my freedom. I’ve been going to the gym for a week already attending Zumba, Bellydancing, Yoga, Body Combat classes and basically using the gym equipment too. Got this voucher with Chair for a bargain price using one of those coupon sites (we now made sure that it’s a dependable store, Gold’s Gym must certainly be!). One month free unlimited gym for just 750php! That’s only 17.5USD! haha Cool isn’t it? Loving everything so far and there are some quirky characters but I’ll reserve that for my next post. And of course wait for my ultimate graduation post and Steve Jobs biography review It’s time for reflection people!

Questions:
1. What are your thoughts on Kony2012 video? Do you agree?

I’ve just rewatched Gone With the Wind and I caught Scarlett O’Hara’s phrase, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE once again! haha Such a lovely quote/expression if you ask me.

So only 3 days left until the reckoning and I’m thinking of holding a giveaway of some sorts. There’s so many things that are happening this month (graduation, employment issues – i wouldn’t like to call it employment, I guess searching for yourself is better, a crossing of the threshold, temporary freedom, projects, 6 month anniversary with the Order of the Lions, etc) so I was thinking, to celebrate this grandiose month of culmination and beginnings, LET’S HAVE A BALL! A GIVEAWAY! I just have no idea what to give away yet or how it will happen. I must gather up some things… to give away first! Will keep you guys posted via twitter or I’ll make another post as to how I’ll make this happen. Do you guys want a giveaway though?? And maybe I’ll have another one in May to celebrate 4 years of bloggingness on this site. Or maybe combine it… HMM HMMM HMM

Thank you to everyone who has shared their ideas of the cyber bullying issue on my last post *pls scroll down to read it, I appreciate comments!* It is interesting that most of my readers didn’t care for the methods of hacking, (aren’t you guys afraid that one person can potentially infect you with a keylogger and get your info?? :O) and how it doesn’t equate to the damage that cyberbullying inflicted. I guess it’s “revenge is sweet” right? I would like to think that hacking is still wrong, same as cyberbullying and how 2 wrongs do not make a right. BUT IT FEELS GOOD TO FEEL SOME SORT OF “JUSTICE” at its most flexible sense.

I want to talk about now the issue of “LINSANITY”. No, you haven’t heard of Lin yet? Jeremy Lin?? Well don’t worry, I’m sure non-fans of basketball wouldn’t know about him but for Asian-Americans who do, and for anybody else who do love basketball, they’d know that he is the latest rising star of the NBA. Also probably just the 4th Ivy League student who played for NBA (HARVARD, HE WENT TO HARVARD O_O ECONOMICS DEGREE. O_O *STARES* Oh and also the FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN TO PLAY IN THE NBA (not from mainland China or Taiwan, though he has Fujian ROOTS! My ancestors came from there 8D we may be related in a soo soo soo distant past! LOL KIDDING). So yeah, that’s why they’re making a big deal out of him. At first though I just kept on reading A LOT OF tweets about this Jeremy Lin. My first though was, oh is he the one who replaced Yao Ming? From China? And then more tweets about his great plays came in and Facebook started to be flooded with a lot of Jeremy Lins (hey we’re Asians so… Chinese-Filipinos who love basketball so… there… XD) and I couldn’t take it and decided to check on who the heck is this guy. My brother isn’t here so I’m not updated with the NBA anymore.

And this is what I found.

A Youtube tutorial on “How To Get Into Harvard”. Heck he even collaborated with Nigahiga and Kevjumba BEFORE he became a star and no wonder who looked familiar coz I did see him in a vlog of Nigahiga a year ago when he was still in the Golden State Warriors and I was all, “WHO IS THIS TALL GUY?” and now he’s on the cover of TIME magazine and my dad is obsessed with him now. And my dad is obsessed only with Michael Jordan or Manny Pacquiao so this is a HUGE THING for him. It’s amazing how he’s taking everything with humility as he is a devout Christian and he just thanks the Lord for this amazing opportunity. I don’t know… maybe it’s a fluke or he’s going to choke midseason but I admire how down-to-earth he can be. This video proves that he has a great sense of humor (“if you already have glasses, GET BIGGER GLASSES”) and this hulabaloo isn’t inflating his ego (cough Kobe COUGH) YET… I hope he doesn’t change anyway. It’s also amusing to see how he struggles with speaking Mandarin but knows how to understand it and it parallels to any second generation Chinese immigrants in ANYWHERE.

So the world (NBA world) now has its eyes on Jeremy Lin… he better keep his game up!

And now I just want to end this with BRAVE. Coz I’m going to need a lot of courage this year. Definitely A LOT.

And come on, IT’S AMAZING. THIS 2 MINUTE SNEAK PEEK TRAILER IS FRIGGING AMAZING. I’ve already watched this 1000 times and I can’t get enough of it. Of Merida’s red hair. Of Scottish accents <3. Of how EPIC THE ENDING WAS. No spoilers guys. Just plain PIXAR AWESOMENESS.

I so want to get into Pixar... ANY JOB WOULD DO.

Questions
1. What do you think of the phrase, “Two wrongs do not make a right”. Agree or disagree?
2. Do you know who Jeremy Lin is?
3. WHAT DID U THINK OF PIXAR’S BRAVE?

APPRECIATE!

Okay I just wanted something to rhyme so pardon for the corny title. I just can’t get this thought out of my head so my pre-prepared posts just have to wait a little while longer to see the light of day.

You all know about the concept of Karma right? Or how about this quotes…

“You can run but you can’t hide
“Never bite off more than what you can chew”
“He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself”

Well I added the running part just because this person has already been THREATENED a lot of times. I won’t even divulge here the nickname of that… that… PERSON (oh do I wish I could use words of HATE but remember the title of this post XD) who has been actively cyber-bullying FELLOW college students, PROFESSORS, and even graduate students (she POSED as a graduate student but dearie we can sense that you’re an undergraduate here). So how again do you define cyber-bullying?

According to Wikipedia (yeah you can use it here in a blog but not in papers XD)

Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.

And if you read her blog my friends, it is FULL OF HOSTILITIES and what even disgusts me the most is that the commenters ARE THE SAME. They keep suggesting PEOPLE to bring down. Think of this girl as a Gossip Girl-wannabe. Seriously she “tries” to dig up dirt about them and uses baseless rumours to shoot them down. But evidently her research is just bogus and she makes FALLACIOUS claims such as how she branded this certain student to be a USER just on how nice she is in the pictures. WTF was that? She even bashed professors which is incredibly DUMB for her if she is a student who has no respect at all. Have your own opinions but if it leads to bullying and hate, you’ve crossed the borderline my friend.

I can’t believe that she thought that what she was doing is “for the greater good” because then it would lead my fellow schoolmates to have a voice. A VOICE OF WHAT MAY I ASK? A voice full of crap if you ask me. She’s not rallying for a good cause, she’s rallying for a lost one. Oh this girl has TRIED to hide her tracks and be anonymous but she wasn’t able to do a FULL research on hacking. She didn’t realize that she was creating enemies (DAHELL) by the hundreds and that one of her enemies could be a best friend of someone she bashed, who happens to be a Compute whiz (if you know what I mean).

So she opened a pdf file by somebody she doesn’t know (WRONG MOVE FOR ANY USER. WRONG MOVE. NOW THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL. DO NOT OPEN FILES WHICH WERE SENT TO YOU BY SOMEBODY YOU DON’T KNOW/DON’T TRUST. GAHD THAT IS A STUPID THING TO DO.) and it so happens that it was a pdf file within a pdf file containing you-know-what and KABOOM! Guy knows her identity and emails her about shutting down her blog or HER DAYS AS A STUDENT ARE NUMBERED.

Seriously, she was indeed an undergraduate student. HECK MAYBE EVEN A SENIOR AND WE ONLY GOT ONE WEEK LEFT. Smart move my friend. Smart move!

So now the whole community is applauding this guy for bringing her down in a peaceful manner. But of course ethics and principles come to mind and I would like to leave a question to my readers, was it the right thing to do? I meant the thing when he decided to keep this girl’s identity a secret AND HACKING (which is unethical but what about that hacking group called ANONYMOUS (they hack to CREATE BUZZ FOR HUMAN RIGHTS/RIGHT CAUSES and I applaud them for this)?. The professor involved wanted him to divulge her identity because she has just crossed the line too much and must be reported to the administration. Or should the guy keep his word, his agreement with this girl? How about the statement THE ENDS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS? So hacking was okay because we were able to bring this down?

Something to ponder on

AGAIN NO TO CYBER BULLYING OR BULLYING OF ANY KIND!

This my dears is why you shouldn’t open A HATE BLOG and expect to be anonymous forever and get away with it :>

Just wanted to share something really insane stuffs that’s been going on in my University the past few days (oh gosh why am I

writing something academically related again well not really…) such as…

THE RUNNING DEAD!

Our mountaineering society has decided to pattern it to a similar marathon in the US where people who marathon are also chased by ZOMBIES!!!

It’s a BRILLIANT idea if you ask me. I mean not only will you be able to get your usual “exercise” factor from a normal marathon, but you also experience THE ADRENALINE RUSH, THE FEAR, THE ANXIETY, THE SHOCK and everything that you imagine a Zombie chase scene would feel like. Of course it’s not a pleasant sight, I mean who would REALLY want to be chased by zombies? But this is a safe and “realistic” way of imagining it. There were only limited slots for the runners and zombies (would have LOOVED to be a zombie, I’ve been practicing my zombie skills after watching too many Zombie films and series — WALKING DEAD IS AWESOME, PLEASE WATCH IT. Just be patient with the first part of the first episode and you’ll LOVE the ending — and too bad I wasn’t able to use them Next time I guess??

//EDIT I found the original American marathon! It’s called RUN FOR YOUR LIVES and it’s FRIGGING HILARIOUS! Setting is really somewhere in the boonies and the zombies are meaner and the obstacles are crazy! LOL and btw SPOT THE NINJA TURTLES AND WALDO HILARIOUS! Oh my gosh I want to see this in action, but how could I get to America? I would probably need a payday loan!

Also one of my coursemate (hmm should I blot out his name? hahaa but more than 6000 people have seen it so maybe not… !) has now become a 9gag celebrity! Have you seen his reaction paper regarding a field trip to the Malacanang Palace (aka The White House here in the Philippines, of course Obama doesn’t live there)? Come on I’m sure you have seen this already!

TOTALLY GOT RICK-ROLLED! 9gag frequent readers would know this term since Rick Astley is such a great Meme My coursemate didn’t really have plans on posting this on 9gag, just Facebook but… you know how some of your friends just suddenly go to you and say, “OH WAIT ___ BY THE WAY I UPLOADED IT ON ___! DON’T THANK MEE!!” And that’s what happened to him. Friend apparently didn’t erase his name so he keeps on being googled and being stalked. He has got some pretty WEIRD e-mails and calls. And he has been featured on our local news channel as the ____ STUD (___ is my university name, I just don’t want this post to be googled that’s why I’m not going to give any specifics) I have no idea why they didn’t complete the word STUDENT and just wrote STUDE. Weird! Also he just got a call today and it’s from a BIG media company! I wonder what will happen… Stay tune!

So there, exciting events have been happening lately! OH AND 2 WEEKS UNTIL I FINISH UNIVERSITY.

I CAN’T WAIT.

*title taken from Google’s post regarding SOPA*

****UPDATE! AS OF JANUARY 20, 2012, SOPA’s mastermind Lamar Smith POSTPONED and will review the bill once again along with the committee and various Internet entities. This is GOOD NEWS but I am sure isn’t the last act of this World War Web

It’s been so long since I made a REAL blog post and not just a filler video to keep my blog running. Priorities priorities I say! I even ran out of pre-made blog posts that I wrote before. This is how delayed I am -_-

Several serious issues have blotted the start of my 2012. In short, my too optimistic self who says that 2012 will be a better year is in for an extremely CHALLENGING YEAR. My successes will be greater but so will my failures. I’m willing to make that hundreds of TRIALS just to get that right formula or fix the light bulb and this, standing up to a great issue is one of the challenges that not only I but THE WHOLE 21ST CENTURY GENERATION will have to face.

Almost everyone on the online world must already know about the business regarding SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP) as last January 18, 2012, the world wide web witnessed the largest temporary shutdown of thousands of sites in protest to these US Bills that the US government wants to pass. Some known sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit, and even simple blogs like ours joined hand in hand in this silent war against this atrocious bill. By January 19, 2012, US President Obama joined us netizens by going AGAINST SOPA and PIPA.

But what happened to this stand from Obama when just a FEW HOURS LATER, The US government and FBI sued and arrested 4 out of the 7 shareholders including the owner of file sharing sites of Megaupload and Megavideo. They took their domain and this what you see when you visit their page

I haven’t really explained SOPA or PIPA yet to you guys and maybe you think I’m just riding the bandwagon here because it’s “in” to be against them. NO! I think that everyone should be against this because of the “ripples” it creates for EVERYBODY. Do you realize that when SOPA is passed (or not, wtf did FBI just do? and HOW COME OBAMA DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT THIS yet he claims to protest SOPA), not only is Megavideo and Megaupload targeted, but EVERY IMAGINABLE SITE (which includes ALL FILE SHARING SITES, YOUTUBE, 9GAG, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, TUMBLR, WORDPRESS HECK EVEN MY BLOG, WIKIPEDIA, AND 99% OF ALL SITES) that can host copyright materials is a potential threat and will be shutdown. The Internet as we know it will cease to exist. Think of this analogy, SOPA treats it as a cancer so if they see that for example your hand has a cancer, they not only will chop your hand off, but KILL THE WHOLE SELF AS WELL. So even though Youtube has this agreement or policy that it is not responsible for the ANYTHING that is uploaded in their site, the bill will still target Youtube once a user uploads a whole movie or used a song in his music video. Because I can’t really explain the bill well and only give you scenarios, it’s best for me to leave the explanation to the experts.

Watch UK Law Graduate and Professional Gaming Commentator “Total Biscuit” explain SOPA

For those who prefer American accents, watch David Sohn’s explanation

And of course, the ever reliable Wikipedia (don’t use this as sources in high school or university dear students! but for blogs you can

The bill would authorize the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders against websites outside U.S. jurisdiction accused of infringing on copyrights, or of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. After delivering a court order, the U.S. Attorney General could require US-directed Internet service providers, ad networks, and payment processors to suspend conducting business with sites found to infringe on federal criminal intellectual-property laws. The Attorney General could also bar search engines from displaying links to the sites.
The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators from conducting business with websites found to infringe on federal criminal intellectual-property laws, barring search engines from linking to such sites, and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites.
The bill also establishes a two-step process for intellectual property-rights holders to seek relief if they have been harmed by a site dedicated to infringement. The rights holder must first notify, in writing, related payment facilitators and ad networks of the identity of the website, who, in turn, must then forward that notification and suspend services to that identified website, unless that site provides a counter notification explaining how it is not in violation. The rights holder can then sue for limited injunctive relief against the site operator, if such a counter notification is provided, or if the payment or advertising services fail to suspend service in the absence of a counter notification.
The second section covers penalties for streaming video and for selling counterfeit drugs, military materials or consumer goods. The bill would expand penalties to include unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content and other intellectual property offenses. The bill would criminalize unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten such infringements within six months.
The bill provides immunity from liability to the ad and payment networks that comply with this Act or that take voluntary action to cut ties to such sites. Any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement would be liable for damages.

And after everything, we can ask, “IS PIRACY THE ONLY THING THEY REALLY CARE HERE?”

NO.

They want MORE PROFIT. MORE BUCKS. MORE DOLLARS. So they eliminate competition from Indie film makers, programmers, artists and writers. They don’t want to share and instead EAT THE WHOLE PIE. So please I hope that you can include a STOP CENSORSHIP ribbon on top of your website to protest against SOPA and PIPA (well the bill has been postponed but doesn’t mean we can’t stop expressing our views and beliefs and be ready for the next battle as the American government doesn’t seem like to be waiting for the bill to pass to take action. Rapidshare could be targeted next).

Everyone must informed about this case. Everyone should be alarmed that this bill AFFECTS EVERYONE.

Questions:
1. Thoughts on this? Agree or Disagree?

One of the first people I’ve met here in the  cyberworld is Kisty! She has been there s my first host and one of my first friends here and taught me everything to know about wordpress! Just want you guys to know that this fashionista is holding a giveaway!!! DO JOIN! It’s open WORLDWIDE!!

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Hey guys! Just want to feature a rising Pinoy band that is composed of my fellow Atenean batchmates! Their music is actually quite different from the local Pinoy artists and it has a really good alternative so I’d suggest this to fellow 80s or 90s fans Check it out!

From their YouTube page:

Never the Strangers, after all, as the band members explained their name, comes from their love for music, how it is a common thread that brings people—even strangers—together. This unabashed idealism shows the age of its members, who are all still in college at Ateneo de Manila University.

Meet NEVER THE STRANGERS ACE Libre—lead vocals and keyboards, PJ LaViña—drums and percussion, FRANCIS Victa—bassist and JP del Mundo—guitars.

Never the Strangers is a band formerly known as Leonecast—the band Ace and JP carried over from high school to college. When they realized that they are already a different band from when they had started—half of the members are new, even the band’s sound has evolved—they decided to change the name to Never the Strangers.

When asked how they define their music, each member throws in: “New Wave synth rock,” also “keyboard-driven rock,” but they have songs that are guitar driven too—but they all agree that rock music is their main foundation, influenced by New Wave, alternative and synth.

and Satisfaction Brought It Back.

So which do you believe? The first phrase or the whole sentence? I kinda believe both and context is always important!

So when Discovery Channel started its Curiosity series, I was intrigued. Heck and they keep on showing the commerial for its episode on female orgasm and what it’s for narrated by maggie gylenhall. But what really interested me was their segment for….WAIT FOR IT….

WHAT IF U COULD LIVE FOREVER?

Yeah what would you do? Would u avail these medical treatments if it were possible? Andrew Sage (guy from myth busters) tries to explore this world and yep, freakily (is there such a word?) the technology we have today seems to be telling us that it is possible in the near 50 or so years. THEORY OF SINGULARITY GUYS! (try googling what it is. XD) I really liked the segment except for a few farfetched parts (a flying brain… Seriously? but…) anyway i’ll stop yapping and you can check it out now. Thank you Youtube for full videos and movies!

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY ▼

So it’s the New Year tomorrow. Besides asking a lot of questions, I do want 2012 to be a fresh start. So many thins will change and i am optimistic at saying that 2012 be an awesome year for me. I swear that today will be the last day of procrastination. I have to fix my life and find le reason! LE REASON! I even thought of a new tradition of writing down this year’s failures and achievements and burning it afterwards. Or maybe i should only burn the failures… Maybe oh dear i only have a few hours to decide xD.

So before I say goodbye and welcome the new year, a little plugging for my offline friends’ new spaces in the cyberworld!

1. Randz’ Randzomeness! I swear he has a knack for blogging and of course mixing and matching clothes! He even did a stint at Topman! So go scurry ahead please

2. Mariel’s Indeemand dot com! She’s a very curious girl who likes to snap pics at everything and anything! Also if she’s bored, she does these.

3. Nicole’s Fashion Blog! She’s an investigative journalist and writes well and is addicted to lashes, pink and SHOES! Man you should see this girl! Please head over to her blog!

4. JV’s Sociologist Chemist Chinese Blog! hahaha I hosted JV before but he’s on his own now with a new perspective in life especially shifting to BS Sociology. Go for what you want guys! But he’s still a Chemist at heart methinks!

5. Chair’s dreams and realities! One of my best friends and she has a lot of stuff to talk about especially gaming! She just recently returned to blogging (like me!) so please show her some lve. She also featured Inotia 3, A SUPER ADDICTIVE ANDROID AND IPHONE RPG GAME! I slept at 3 and 4am for this. And in 3 days am now a level 47 archmage. So yeah, TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF PROCRASTINATION!

6. GEORGIE’S FREE WORDPRESS THEMES! Hahah I haven’t really met Georgina personally but I loved her themes so much and have been a follower of her blog for YEARS now, I think that it’s just right to promote it. PLEASE DO CHECK HER FREE THEMES OUT

7. Oh this is just shameless plugging but do visit my Europe photoblog and instagram blog! Currently updating them. Can’t believe I left it alone for months now. Again 2012 WILL BE A NEW YEAR.

LOTS OF LOVE!

Thank you so much for the new visitors of my blog! Hallo and hope you guys don’t get bored here Sorry if I annoy some people but heck, you’re still here hahaha

I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY FANTASTIC AND YES NOT THE LAST HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 (UNLESS YOU BELIEVE ANOTHER THEORY LIKE ALIENS– CHECKTHISVIDEOSERIES :alien: :alien: ) TO YOU!!!
(stop 9gagging! XD)

Lol I forgot to put the…
Questions:
1. So would you want to live forever if you could?
2. Please visit one of my friend’s blogs and tell me what you think
3. 2012 will be… I will…

Last October 5 was indeed a truly memorable date. I woke up excited and getting ready for university and preparing for my Philosophy orals. I visited our thesis lab and decided to hang out with my friends. The minute I got in, a close friend saysngf

Friend: “Hey did you know about Steve Jobs leaving?”
Me: (thinking it was his resign) “Yeah! That’s old news, he’s been like that for a LONG TIME!”
Friend: “Oh really? Okay…”er
(after a few minutes)
Another Friend: “Man it’s all over how Steve Jobs died so suddenly…”
Me: “WTFJWEIOFJEOFHEKF387438UEIHW289*?”:l{u^rgi%! ARE YOU FRIGGING SERIOUS?”

An atomic bomb fell on top of my head and exploded my brains out. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even want to think about it, heck I didn’t even want to fathom how life will be different. I may be some insignificant person in southeast asia but the impact that Steve Jobs gave to my life… the fact that he built Pixar, Apple… they’re all so important to me and this tragic event is a life changer for me. I couldn’t help but tear up when I heard the news. Look at me you would say, pathetic me crying over some stranger’s death. But Steve Jobs isn’t some stranger just as Harry Potter is or J. K. Rowling. You feel like you know them because you have some sort of connection, no matter how frail it may be. Your worlds collide if I may be cheesy. Now I say farewell to this part of my Bucket List,

Meet Steve Jobs in Person.

Now I’ll never be able to do it, it isn’t physically possible. I won’t be able to go crazy and tell him THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL MIND!! I won’t be able to hear his brilliant ideas anymore. Steve Jobs is the reason why I want to work for Pixar or Apple. I still remember my first apple product, the ipod nano (WHICH IS STILL ALIVE BTW :D) which Steph my best friend and I were drooling over. It was the sleekest mp3 player out there and wasn’t bulky at all like the ipod classic. Heck 4gig seem so big back that and owning such a device would be a dream come true. Good thing my parents gave me the chance. And then came my 18th birthday. I had no debut or anything but my parents treated me again to my first and only Macbook Pro. It’s a DREAM because the interface, the flow, the design, the graphics, the performance was just suitable for me. Photobooth was indeed such a great invention too And Pixar was there since Toy Story, bringing me happiness and tears and being simply awesome. Steve Jobs made that all happen.

I admire Steve Jobs not only because of the great products he helped put together and sell, but also because he unlike other innovators shunned the spotlight. He was doing these things not for fame or glory (why would he stick with the same fashion for years then?) but he simply wanted to help people out of his genuine love for innovation. He gave us what we needed and not only what we wanted. I have this new perspective because of reading an article in today’s newspaper how Steve Jobs in his final weeks, just wanted to be with his family. He didn’t entertain fanboys because he was too weak and he didn’t want to be praised ALL the time. This is why… I hope he somehow felt my *quiet* fangirling. Like Steve, I’m not a crazy fan at all, I don’t push people HEY BUY APPLE PRODUCTS or hate all those Windows user. I hope that he somehow felt it and now I hope he knows how much I really admire him from afar. I hope that he was really peaceful when he left and that he was content with what God gave him even for a short while.
56 years old is just too young. Too young.

Yet I thank God for giving the world one of the most intelligent, most revolutionary, awesome human beings on the planet. He will be remembered by us through films, products and legend.

Thanks for inspiring me, for telling everyone to follow WHAT THEY LOVE. Don’t stop being foolish. Don’t stop being curious. Don’t stop living. He’s given me hope amidst this depression of mine. Grades aren’t all that. You just need the heart and the will.

iSalute, iFarewell, iMiss, iSeeYouAgain, I THANK YOU.

Watch his Stanford commencement Speech

Watch Pirates of Silicon Valley (Steve Jobs and Bill Gates docudrama)

Forever a fan <3