in grade school, we were tasked to memorize names connected to certain events. apparently, some things really don't change. in preparation for a monster test tomorrow, we were told to research on seminal works of 44 eminent psychologists. it will be a matching-type test.

while researching Erich Fromm, I found his assertions very interesting:

"Fromm ( Read more... )

today was the most unproductive day i've ever had during my post-graduate course. i was irresponsible, and i loved every minute of it.

usually, this is how a normal day goes: i leave home at around 11am, have coffee in starbucks until around 1pm (or 2:30pm, depending on what time i arrive or how much readings i need to digest), buy food in agno, ( Read more... )

@ a posh salon i won't name dahil wala lang:

stylist: ang haba ng buhok mo a! anong gupit?

me: layered na may bangs! *cheerful*

stylist: mag-bob ka na lang!

me: ... k.

he was holding the scissors after all.

stylist: san hati mo?

me: gitna. :D

stylist: wag na sa gitna. dito na lang sa gilid.

me: ... k.

he was holding the brush after all.

stylist: anong gusto ( Read more... )

in the psych dept faculty, i have exactly two other birthday co-celebrators. you think it's a good omen? ;)

i spent most of the day alone. like i predicted, it was something like any other day.

except i got birthday greetings. many thanks to those who greeted! i love you all :D

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The day I turn 22 is turning out to be just some ordinary day. Last year, I deviated from the usual routine by taking a "birthday half-day leave" from work then spending some time (and money) treating friends to drinks and my cousins/sister to coffee.

The year before that... um. I don't really remember.

Three years ago, I held a videoke party here at ( Read more... )

i would like to introduce my new favorite pokemon, Flaaffy.


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i swore i'd post this on my blog.

Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit
'Big Brother' completes detox in China after being fed spiked bananas

BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan.

The four- ( Read more... )

i. driving at night when you're tired and had little sleep .

Situation: Ate is driving. I'm at the passenger's seat. We're traversing that road (i forgot it's name) in front of Manila City Hall. It's nighttime, and traffic was hell. A jeep, whose driver is either suffering from diarrhea or ravenously hungry, tries to cut in front of us.

Ate: Ano ba ( Read more... )

(WARNING: CHEESY POST.)

Bugie and Yot: August 22, 2005 to present.

Sonnet XVII
Pablo Neruda

No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio
o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:
te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras,

(I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark ( Read more... )

from Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2008


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