Man the visa requirements were one of the most stressful things you have to do before you leave. There are just so many things to take care of such as DFA-approved birth certificate, diplomas, confirmation of this and that, certificate of this and that. I am preparing though to advice the next batch of people who’ll be going to JTA. I even wish that I did the visa requirements and interviews on my own because our international exchange office at school scheduled them so late! I wasn’t even able to get a UK visa but it’s all right. That’ll mean more expenses and I’m still trying to budget myself.

Next thing we needed to do was get travel insurance. There are so many options and it’s quite a challenge to choose among them. I am just glad that our service offers free auto insurance quotes and fast and free car ins quote . Our service also gave us a detailed brochure of all the ins terms and benefits.
Good thing dad’s friend is a travel agent so getting an insurance wasn’t that big of a problem but it’s choosing that’s hard. I am just praying for my friends’ and mine’s safety. And also the safety of our luggages. You have to be really careful with luggages because baggage loss and delays are a reality. My brother’s luggage was placed in the wrong airplane but thanks to insurance, he got it back safely!
Hope that everything would go well!

But you know what’s bad about this? Because you’re likely to break your heart 100 times too when you need to sell them away, or worse when they die. When our two favorite dogs died, it took months of mourning before my mom could recover and look at the world the same way again. It took a few weeks for me but my mom really took it bad. So whenever our dogs get sick now, they are immediately brought to the vet and given medicine at once.

Now even if our dogs have injuries, we can now purchase orthopedic bed for dogs! It’s actually the first time I’ve heard of this and I’m very grateful because there is such a thing. Do take care of your pets my friends. They are really important treasures.

I don’t recall the school having gym lockers. Haha you might have thought the school must check out some lockers for sale but of course they don’t. What we had instead were plastic boxes or real bags that we placed beside our seats so the aisles were always cramped. What I liked about this style though is because we can access anything instantly without standing up. And I realized we didn’t move classes much so lockers weren’t really that used…

But now that I’m in college, lockers are pretty helpful things. Especially when you don’t want dragging heavy stuff from one building to another. But I got used to it and I still bring big bags. Blame my old school for this haha!

I hate storms just because they can cause blackouts and they can probably kill people and also businesses so to prevent further damage, I suggest businesses to get a business insurance quote just like Alaska business insurance for those in Alaska and Hawaii business insurance for those in Hawaii since you never know when disaster or what may struck. It’s still better to be prepared. I wish I can say the same for my philosophy exam.

Why is Glee raking up the nominations in the Emmys? It’s the first time I actually tuned in but I can’t believe they actually GOT THAT MANY nominations in the comedy categories! And to think Community isn’t even IN THERE. Injustice! Parks and Recreations was mentioned so maybe I’ll try that series out sometime

Not that I don’t like Glee, I like it really. I’m glad for nominations of Chris Colpher as Kurt and Jane Lynch as Sue but the rest… am not sure. Am soo glad that Neil Patrick Harris got a nom as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother and Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang Theory. I really need to see the hype of 30 Rock and see if it’s really as funny and the other ones mentioned too. Gyah!

Anyway some Acapella versions of Glee songs, check the channel for more

I think my past 3 consecutive posts have started with me apologizing for not updating that frequently but I think I’ll just stop saying it because then my posts will have become redundant. And I don’t want to read the same thing over and over again (unless of course it’s Harry Potter or a good read heeehee) too so I’ll save you guys the trouble. I’ve just come to accept the fact that I won’t be posting like crazy like the past months. I actually can’t believe that I always post so few during June. *check my past archive XD* I guess it’s because it’s always the start of a new school year but this year it’s different. Actually this whole later half of the year will be different, I’ll be going out of the country in August and I can’t imagine being able to maintain my site for four months. Hell, I just realized this problem… I hope that I’ll still be able to update though!

It’s still a miracle that I still get comments THANK YOU SO MUCH!! And I’ve been getting 100 spam comments now a week and some I don’t even want to erase because of these *but of course you know they’re spam coz… uh why would a guy name “buy new home” say all those?*

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LOL really I’ve been really amused at the new spam comments! But of course then I’m starting to get pron comments too, UGH. A word from a spammer to you spammers:

“I truly pray spammers peruse these articles and take a look at how simple and easy it has been to be human and respect knowledge.”

Seriously, that’s what Sheri Rusboldt with i.p. address 173.234.122.5 said. So yeah spammers, BE HUMAN XD

I’ve been feeling so… I don’t know, weird (well I’m always weird…), desolate, emo and all that crap the past few weeks. In philosophy, I’ve learned that desorbitation causes these kinds of feelings and I think I am experiencing desorbitation. It’s the loss of not of something, but of SOMEPLACE, of the WHOLE thing/being actually. I mean think about it. If you lost for example a car key, you’d definitely be able to find it, because it’s tangible and all. But what if you *knock on wood* failed the biggest exam that would determine your future? What did you lose really? The test score? The feeling? What? You’ve probably lost the reason for living or something. Well… I think I’ve lost something… I’m just not sure on what.

For this post, I’m going to keep it short and let you guys do the talking. A friend of mine asked this question recently….

“If money wasn’t an issue, nor expectations from peers and family, what would your job be? What do you want do?”

Well I’d answer: founder of a wildlife preserve in Africa, South America and maybe China. I’d want to help in the environment. I’d also want to be a food taster, be in broadway, be a voice actress. How about you guys?

And some random links around the Web-iverse:
1. RACIST CASTING OF THE LAST AIRBENDER AND HOW IT’LL SUCK (AND IT DID SUCK WITH 8% IN ROTTENTOMATOES)
- I have a lot to say about this. I don’t understand why M. Night Shyamalan (who’s Indian)could not cast an Asian-American in the roles of Aang, or an Indian American for the good guys. They even chose Patel as Zuko who’s an Indian and he’s part of the bad guys. Really, read the article. It explains everything more thoroughly. Check out the Casting Call poster for Aang and tell me if it’s not racist at all. Man, I thought they learned their lesson from that HORRIBLE Dragonball movie.

2. Paranormal Activity#2 Trailer anyone?

- who’s in it for another ride? If you look carefully, there’s actually something wrong in the trailer XD

3. Cute music video starring Emma Watson (and her boyfriend! funny there’s more focus on Emma than the actual band). Say You Don’t Want It by One Night Only

I actually really like the music video Well cheerio guys!!!

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I think it’s time for a change and we need to really budget so I’m helping mom keep track of expenses using nifty sites on the web that can show graphs and tables. I’ve started last month and now we can see where our expenses come from. I also plan to do this so during my student exchange in France so that my parents can also have access and see my progress. This will definitely be a good practice in my opinion so that I’ll be able to save and help my parents.

Maybe it’s because I’m taking up philosophy but I do wonder. Do we do all these things because we want out families to be prepared? I mean death seems such like a selfish thing, you leave people behind without the power to comfort them or even tell them, I’m okay guys. You don’t get reassurances. You go off and walk that lonely path. But you get these insurances and then let them do the work for you. Do you attach a note? Oh yeah, you do add a will but still… anyway insurances are indeed helpful though because they are cheaper if you think about it rather than not having one but still we wonder about life and death.

Wizarding World of Harry Potter FINALLY OPENS TO THE PUBLIC!

Even if you’re not a Harry Potter fan, you must at least be excited for the fact now you can go in castles, DRINK BUTTERBEER (this will be the first thing I’ll do), ride dragons, ride broomsticks, go to Zonko’s joke shop, candy shop and I’m sure a WHOLE LOADS MORE after a few years of more construction and renovation. Good thing I’ll probably be able to go there after uh.. 5 years? Well that’s an estimate anyway and it could change but I gotta save meself some money first!

The cast of Harry Potter were there on the grand opening and it was simply magical! It’s best to check out the videos here and just be WOW-ED!

Does anybody plan to go there anytime soon this year? All I can say is that good luck with the early LINES (and to think that picture was cut, making the line even LONGER)!! I wish there was a floo powder system too or at least even a broomstick system! Too bad there’s no technology for that yet XD

I’VE FINALLY WATCHED FRIGGING TOY STORY 3!
I’m a Pixar baby through and through and I can recite all the films in chronological order and even directors to what films and also some trivia about them though I’ve still got a LOT to learn. So watching Toy Story is a treat! Toy Story isn’t exactly my favorite Disney or Pixar film but as a franchise, it’s the best there is! Check out the rottentomatoes link above and you’ll see all 3 Toy Storys with 100% rating each (except for Toy Story 3 at 99% because some douchebags “critics – 2 of them actually – like Armond White gave it a rotten rating. I swear that guy is insane because he also rottened Up, An Education while freshed Jonah Hex and then compared Transformers 2 to Toy Story 3…. you get the idea of my hate) and they frigging DESERVE IT. Toy Story 3 was such a compelling and moving film. I didn’t know that a franchise could build up to become better and better. We didn’t get this feeling watching Star Wars. Heck we didn’t even get this feeling in 99% of the trilogies (well am biased to my Lord of the Rings fandom so I say it’s equal to that) but Toy Story stands out.

Its marketing strategy calls it the GREAT ESCAPE but it’s more than that. It’s about moving on, dealing with friendship, growing up, making more friends and living on. It incorporates good humor and some slapstick comedy too but that’s what adds the charm to it. It was just too bad that some new toys were only given a few screen time. I would have loved to know more about the toys in Sunnydale. Ken and Barbie are HILARIOUS and you’ll be missing a few characters too.

All I can say is that you WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. I had super high expectations from this and again Pixar has exceeded the bar they set up. Unlike The Karate Kid remake (Kung Fu Kid) which was also awesome, I had super low expectations so going over the bar was of no problem. But Toy Story is another class of its own. There are flaws, some things that you may not like but that’s probably only 0.001% of the film. Mr. Potato Head by the way creates one of the most hilarious moments in CINEMA HISTORY. Okay that’s pushing it but it’s just me. I’d watch this film again and again.

OH!! 3D does nothing for it by the way. I suggest watching it in 2D where you can watch in peace. Watch Step Up 3 in 3D but NOT TOY STORY 3. Save yourselves some few bucks. The trailers had more use of 3D. And Woody and Buzz will be appearing in a short right before Cars 2 next year! We’ll still see them!

Watch the cast and crew talk about what’s in store for you guys

I don’t even want to comment about this anymore. I really don’t know what to expect. I remember watching smurfs and playing it on the video game and I can’t imagine them having a plot where they actually go to the REAL WORLD. And it doesn’t help that Neil Patrick Harris will be voicing one of the leads. How about you guys? What are your thoughts? I’m just… uh another popcorn flick?

California Dorks

Have you guys watched Katy Perry’s California Gurls official music video? It’s… um.. unusual and doesn’t really portray California (just a lot of girls and skin XD) at all but you’re in Candyland. So is that a metaphor of California? O_O Howell.

I definitely loved this parody video better though because maybe… I’m a nerd, a geek (am not sure if dork is the right term for the people he’s mentioning in the video) or whatever so it’s definitely a music video you can “get”. haha! Anyway I really liked it! I’d love to make a parody of something too.

For those wo want to sing-along, here are the lyrics!
SHOW ME DA MONEY ▼

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But where now is the element of surprise? I still love to think that birthdays are magical days that only happen once a year and you would want to feel special so getting something out of the ordinary would be great. Personalized things such as a personalized mug or something you’ve made or knit or what is always something good to give. You could get them customized t-shirt or funny trinkets and mail them over to your friend so that it’ll have that “far away” effect. Making your own gifts will help you with your Savings. There are tons of gifts ideas but really, you have to get to know your friend a lot so that no matter what you give, your friend will still be grateful for whatever it is.