Rain

It's been raining...

Great video =)

Rain
by: Patty Griffin

It’s About Time!

UP rocks! Sa wakas! Yahoooo!

For UAAP viewers it is a fact that the most exciting and temperature rising hard court brawl championships belong to the Ateneo and La Salle. But the cheer dance competition will always be a monumental battle between UP and UST.

After settling for several runner-up awards in the past few years, this year, the University of the Philippines Pep Squad regained its rightful title as the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition Champion! I would like to commend the judges for realizing that it’s about time to get over with recycled routines and appreciate the essence of genuine innovativeness, creativity, originality, uniqueness and I’m too lazy to write the rest.... hehehe.

The UP Pep Squad

(This picture was taken in 2004)

Payo sa sarili: I should be watching the competition on TV. It’s soooo super possible coz it would be unrealistic for me to watch it live given my current situation :p. I had this theory that I’m one of the jinxes kaya natatalo ang UP. Four consecutive years, man! Nanood ako ng live- olats! Baka masyado lang silang na pressure at kinabahan sa presence ko (joke!). hahaha

Congrats! UP Naming Mahal!

One of the Saddest Songs I Ever Heard

It’s a true story (according to the band).

A video of the song as performed by a choir...



The Only Love I Had
(Venice)

Once upon a time
A long time ago
I thought that I should leave you
I thought that you should go
I never really said goodbye
I never even heard you cry
And after all this time, it's hard to say
The only love I had, I sent away

Ah, but you were young
Younger than I knew
I hope you can forgive me
I was younger too
I really thought that I could see
What was best for you and me
Though after all this time, it's hard to say
'Cause the only love I had, I sent away

Sometimes as I lay here in the dark
I wonder where you're sleeping
If you think of me at all
Are you warm?
Are you happy where you are?
Do you sometimes feel like weeping when the summers turn to fall?
Do you think of me at all?

And so I send this out
Wherever you may be
To tell you I still love you
You're still a part of me
And if you could ever find a way
I'll be hoping for the day
When you can smile at me and tell me it's okay
That the only love I had, I sent away

Six Strings Attached and a Video

I’m not really good at playing the guitar. I can only strum several chords and I tend to look for songs which are relatively easy to play. I don’t have the patience to study the complicated ones. Fortunately, some of my favorite songs have easy chords =). Despite my amateurish state as a guitar player, Mike and Kara, my classmates, told me that I should learn how to play the bass so that we could have our own band and have some fun. hehehe (but before we reach that far, we need to pass our subjects this sem!)

Btw, last Thursday I was able to discover (by myself) the simple chords to Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough by Patty Smyth feat. Don Henley. Pretty weird huh? It was a hit way back in 1992. I was grade one then.

In case you're not familiar with Patty’s song, here’s a video.

The Other Tale of Pig Tales

(1997)
A Novel by
Marie Darrieussecq

Summary:

"I suspect that any publisher who agrees to take on this manuscript will be heading for trouble," admits the unnamed female narrator of this brash first novel, which is set in France in the not-too-distant future. The narrator works in a beauty/massage parlor and becomes distressed by her gradual transformation into a werepig. Much of this progression is documented by her increasing appetites for food and sex, but also by her ruddying complexion, narrowing eyes and the appearance of a corkscrewing tail (Publishers Weekly).

The Other Tale:

The novel Pig Tales is not just a story of lust and transformation. It is also a story of the role and status of a woman in patriarchal society. The novel tells its readers the issues being faced by a young lady in her day-to-day activities and her continuous struggle in order to lessen her inferiority complex and her fear of being rejected and abandoned by the men of her life and by the society where she belongs. The character of the young lady is a representation of women in various societies who are confronted by power relations and gender issues.

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