Writer's block

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I only realize now just how much my writing has deteriorated (I mean look at this sentence - it sucks!). I am no longer capable of spitting out English with perfect grammar and diction (or at least something close to it), and thusly, it has affected my manner of writing as well. My most recent blog posts are never without a tagalog, bisaya or conyo word inserted somewhere. My sentences... are so kalat (SEE?!?) and sometimes my ideas simply do not connect

I'm struggling to write in English! (the world's going to end now) I sincerely hope that this is just a phase, and that I would quickly recover. I have yet to write a final evaluation paper (for English) and I have my Lit finals to prepare for. Seeing as it is an open-everything exam, I predict that we would be writing a really really long winded discussion about why so-and-so did this-or-that or perhaps an explanation of certain references and allusions the story presents (the novel is heavily based on history). I believe that I would have to prepare a LOT of notes should I want to do well on my finals.

I suppose my dream - which is to have SOMETHING published on any school publication - is getting harder to reach. I know I should be writing... I know I should be blogging, but I guess my creative juices aren't flowing as much as they should be. (That, and my apparent lack of inspiration).

Practice, practice, practice. If there's anything I learned at all about writing, it's those three words. I know that if I would write often enough (and in straight English, hopefully), the quality of my compositions would improve. Sadly, I find it difficult to write about stuff (Is there anything worth writing about?). Either that, or my ideas simply do not last long enough before I could transfer them to the computer (read: short term memory loss).

I just wish that something -anything- would jolt me back to writing.

"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...

-nEOnIX

Adventure nasad!

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I had another round of 'firsts' yesterday - first time to ride the trains w/o my relatives around, first time to watch a movie (here in Manila) w/o Pisay people, and my first time to watch a HORROR movie. (whaaaaaaat???)

My English professor had deemed it imperative that we watch the movie 'Stepbrothers', in preparation for the Evaluation Paper writing module (or something like that). Unfortunately, the movie was 1) only showing in Glorietta and Greenbelt (both are in Makati, WTH) and 2) R-18.

A good number of my English classmates have already watched the movie (whether they sneaked in, or if they brought someone who REALLY was 18, I don't know.) and so we didn't give the age problem much thought. We had to address the first problem -- that being, how exactly do we get there?

We (Irwin, Weanne, Joyce and I) agreed to watch the movie after lunch yesterday. However, due to... rather unfortunate circumstances, Irwin was the only one who was able to accompany me. Of course, it just so happened that Irwin invited Leland to come along, and so it was just the three of us.

Leland was already at the rendezvous point - that left Irwin and I to brave the rigors of having to travel by LRT-MRT (i got train-sick. whaaaaat?). Sardinas ang daigdig, ang tula. I know, I've been through worse (MRT rush hour, anyone?) pero still, noh. Naligaw pa kami sa SM (our destination was Glorietta, mind you). It was tiring, but fun.

We hit a minor problem pagdating namin doon. Na low-bat si Leland. LOL. We ended up having to watch the 6pm showing (despite the fact that we arrived 10 minutes before 4pm) and so we had 2 hours to... well, rot. :) The three of us settled for DQ and we drank our shakes in the food court. We even ran into Gab. o_O

Grabe, kinabahan kami when we tried (and failed) to enter the cinema. LOL. CRAP. Nakakahiya. Oh well. Good thing we were allowed a refund. Sir Miggy was kind enough to let us watch another movie. ^__^

...and what do you know, the guys picked 100 feet. And I just had to go with them. There's no helping it, I guess. (Leland was holding the tickets, Irwin had secured permission from Sir Miggy). WAH. Of course, ako ang nasa gitna, in the attempt to ease my nerves. "It's okay to scream," says Leland. He'll scream rin naman eh, and if I don't scream, baka magkakaheart attack ako. o_O He has a point, but I have another defense mechanism. I attempt to rationalize what's going on in the ghost's head (however, since there's no telling what a supernatural entity would do, there really is no point. This is why I prefer sci-fi movies to horror flicks.).

We found seats just three rows away from the front. The screen filled my view. AS IN. ANG LAPIT. CRAP! We managed to predict when exactly the ghost would appear (hint: MUSIC). Irwin would partially cover his eyes, I would pull down my hood, and Leland would prevent me from doing so- BOOM! "AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!" (What do you know, Leland screams like a guy. :) ) I would say, "ah, this guy's gonna die", Irwin would agree and it would come true. (the way the murder was executed was beyond my imagination, however, and so we sat there, wide-eyed with terror and shock.

The weird thing was.. after shrieking my lungs out, I would laugh. Gigglesnort. I am not normal, I know. I guess I was laughing at the fact that my heart jumped at those opportune moments, and that I managed to scare myself silly. O_O

At the story's climax, we were startled so badly that one of my [spectacles'] lens popped. o.o Whaaat. I had to watch the ending with one good eye. Sayang.

Leland managed to fix my glasses in the food court after the movie (which meant I had to walk around half-blind for a while) so ayos lng. (Otherwise I would have to ride the trains half-blind.... whaaa)

We got back @ around... 10pm? :D

That was fun. That was really really fun. BUT! No moar horror movies PLZ.


-sigh- back to Critical Paper Writing...

"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...

-nEOnIX

LOL.

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Do NOT take this post seriously.

$h!t happens, i know. What I didn't know was that $h!t occurs quite often.

I WAS VERY HAPPY na walang stupid na nangyari for the month of August. :) By that, I meant that I didn't lose anything, I did all of my homework, and I was able to sleep sufficiently.

Tapos just recently..

• nagiging stupid/sabaw ako. I stopped being coherent. o_O I can't speak a sentence of pure tagalog without messing up. The word 'like' is now my new friend. (read: CONYO)
  
• (last week of August) DRAMA sa block.
  
• slept @ 2:30am on a SCHOOL NIGHT (OH NOES)
  
• I LOST/misplaced/dropped MY PRECAL BOOK.
• I FAILED to acquire a non-scientific calculator for Math LT

$h!t for the future:

• $h!t filipino reporting sa Monday. Wah. Bulol ako. EPIC FAIL.
• critical paper for English
• OMG NOVEL SA LIT FINALS HINDI KO PA NABABASA
• I need to find PRECAL Book
• other $h!t.

aww... $h!t. Pero "have fun with life :D" sabi ni Jotham, and so I will. Hindi nga lng talaga maiiwasan na may $h!t na nangyayari.

"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...

-nEOnIX

hala ui..

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WARNING: THIS IS A BISAYA-ENGLISH-TAGALOG POST.

hala ui... nalingaw na gyud ko kaayo diri sa ADMU. The people here are infinitely interesting! Haha. Although dili na ko ga - sige ug uban sa block (kadalasan diri ra ko sa dorm), lingaw ra gihapon ko sa akong mga kauban.

Maayo pud, kay dali ra ko ma-bore kung routine kaayo ang LIFE. Actually, routine na diay siya. On MondaysWednesdaysAndFridays, mata ko ug sayo, pukawon nako tanan akong blockmates (go to Kaye's room... Page Leland and Jotham..) dayon breakfast, unya Fil11, unya balik sa dorm/CTC to kill time before my next class. EN11 - LIT13 = Magtanga! :D Pag lunch, sabay dayon mi ni Irwin (usahay tua si Patricia[English blockmate], si Joyce, si Rap ug si Erwin [last 2 are Irwin's blockmates]). Didto mi sa Cervini cafe gakaon, kay layo na ang LST ug kanunay naga ulan. :D After lunch, usahay musaka ko to the dorm room to lessen my load, unya dagan dayon ko to my Math class (I'm nearly always late lol!). After math, I leave to do my service hours( although 1 hour nlng akong kulang karon.. yay!!). Kung Friday, after my usual 1 hour break (spent in the dorm, no less) adtu na dayon mi for INTACT. Kauban nako si Jotham and Leland mga inana na time. :)

Mas lingaw kung TTH. Wushu sa buntag (halos dili na ko mkamata.. lolz) at 8am (usahay. Maligo ko dayon balik sa dorm - and off I go to Math class. Hala, magpakababoy na sad ko (I eat in class, kanina ko lng nalaman na BAWAL. Lol. I was hungry!) while listening to the lesson. Lunch is usually spent with the block (Gonzaga Cafe) or with Leland (Cervini Cafe). Dagan napud to CS21A class (kanunay mi late, kay dugayan si Jotham!! <_<>"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...

-nEOnIX