Tep is Happy Today

Today, I turn 20.

I feel so old... But oh well. I can't make myself stay 17 forever. I kinda miss that year...

I had a blast today. Really. I was up by 6am because I was gonna have breakfast with my friends at 7:30. I arrived kinda late (15 minutes late to be exact... or was it 16?). My other friends had a 9am class so we had to hurry. We did enjoy that brief moment of company. I love them! The four of us who didn't have class today hung out a few minutes more. We went for another round. It was a buffet after all. :) I felt like puking after that.

So, there were 3 of us left. Since Eastwood (the mall part) was still closed, we took a cab to Gateway. It was too early for movies. I can't watch The Simpsons with them because I was gonna watch it with my friends later. So we watched Blind Dating. Chris Pine was oh so cute!

But before that, before Dimpsy left, we did a little photoshoot:





That was a lot of fun. Medyo malabo lang nga ang camera ko... Argh!

So after that, I went to Greenhills to meet my high school friends. We had to hang out for about an hour since we missed the 3:00pm showing. I was feeling tired so I was a bit silent. Maybe the weight of the big 2-0 is bearing down on me... My friend said that I'm "officially" single now. Well, haven't I been for the last 20 years?! What's the difference now? Well, maybe because time is running out? I don't know. I've kind of come to terms with being single...And maybe for the rest of my life. Because hoping is one way of hurting oneself. At least I won't be super disappointed when no one comes along.

Anyhoo, we watched The Simpsons! It was a bit corny at the end, but overall, the movie was just hilarious! I love it! I still can't get the Spider Pig song out of my head! I'm gonna download that later... I love the orchestra twist they added to it.

I got home at around 8pm. Another food fest began! I'm full to the brim right now. Some relatives of mine came. I was tired (still am) so I wasn't much of a host...Sorry guys! But I just absolutely love my cake...

I know know, this is like, absurd for a 20-year-old. But it's my birthday. And I pick what I want. Lol! It's a bit small, but it's great. :) I think the cake people who made this thought that I was cuckoo or something. My brother said that when he told them that he was having the cake made for a 20-year old, the woman laughed. Ha.


I haven't sliced through Harry yet. Maybe tomorrow. Or next week. Or maybe I'll preserve it forever...

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!! And thanks so much to everyone who greeted me! Thanks! You absolutely made my day. :)

MIRACLES EXIST!!!!!!

We won!

We won!

We did!

Seriously, I almost cried right after the clock went 00.0. I cannot believe that we won. I'm really sorry for not believing in our team. Well, based on past experiences (when I already am in ADMU), we lost. A lot. And I mean a lot a lot. Thinking that we were up against DLSU, many people, including teachers, were saying, "Do you think we'll win?" I was thinking, yeah well... I'm not quite confident that we will, but I hope so.

And we did!!!!!

I'm just really really really happy. I want to thank GOD for helping us out and blessing us with unbelievable players. Thank you so much Lord!

I'll stop here, because unlike some people I know, I don't rejoice in other people's misery. Unless it's Voldemort's. But we now what happened to him.

What, haven't read Deathly Hallows yet? Well...did you know that

HARRY AND RON SLEPT TOGETHER!!!

I See Ink

Since my internet cable in my room is broken (has been for about 2 weeks now) I've been using my brother's computer for my net needs. He likes it when I stay here in his room. That way, he's got someone to annoy. I, however, miss my own space. I really really wish they get that cable fixed ASAP. I can't go on like this forever!!!

Okay, I actually have nothing much to say. It's just been a pretty gloomy week. Nothing's really wrong, it's just small things. I guess the fact that the last HP book is just around the corner is really affecting me. It's weird. I never thought a book would affect me this much. But it's been 7 years (for me at least, think of those who started reading back in 1997!!! A decade of waiting!), and it's in my system. Hopefully by August I'd feel better.

There's much org stuff to do. I've got to write two articles. I haven't started yet. I swear I'll have it done by tomorrow... I promise!!! I'm last-minute-girl. That's my superhero name. You know I'll get it done, and properly.

I'm sorry. This is another waste-of-your-time post.

Oh, the ink? My brother is repairing a couple of printers here. The ink bottles are in front of me. And there's a Spiderman bucket too. I think that's where he keeps the repair instruments. There also are syringes here. Not that I'm scared of needles. I'm just not comfortable in front of syringes. I still have a scar on my butt.

OotP the Movie

Well... It was good enough.

Okay, there wasn't much enthusiasm in that answer. As much as it pains me to admit, I was a bit disappointed with this one. It's the trailer thing. The trailer of OotP was just so amazing that every time I saw it I wanted to cry because it made me so excited to see the movie. But the movie came short of the trailer. I did like the movie, but I know that I didn't love it when it ended because there's this feeling I had like the one I had with the third movie (although I've now seen the beauty of that). When the credits rolled, I was like... Okay... That was it? There was something missing. I don't know what. But it kinda left me hanging.

I must say though that the kids have grown up a lot in every way. Their acting have become fantastic. I guess being around award-winning actors like Gary Oldman and Maggie Smith has paid off. I felt the angst and loneliness of Harry and the love of his friends. Although I'm still not very comfortable with their present Dumbledore... He's too stern for my taste.

One of the things that disappointed me was the show of Fred and George. I expected the chaos to be...well, more chaotic than that. Bigger fireworks. But I guess the one they did was okay enough. The dragon firework was pretty cool, and the way it destroyed all the decrees.

I also didn't love the abruptness of Cho Chang's disposal. But I guess they needed to do that because Harry ends up with Ginny in the next movie and they didn't have time to introduce Marietta, Cho's friend who was the real culprit. Then again, Cho was made to drink Veritaserum so it wasn't really her fault. Poor Cho. Even though I don't like her cahracter in the books very much, I still feel sorry for her.

Come to think of it, maybe the ending was what left me hanging. I really expected Harry to be so angry and pissed and unreasonable after the incident at the Ministry. I guess it's another time constraint problem. I really can't see why they can't afford to add what, about 10 minutes to the movie. I mean, hello, Lord of the Rings ran for almost a full 3 hours. They didn't have problems. OotP was only on for about 2 hours and 30 minutes. Would it kill them to have it at 2 hours and 40 minutes? After all, they filmed a total of 4 hours or more, right? Anyway, the ending showed Dumbledore and Harry having a heart to heart talk. True, Harry was still mad, but it went over like he was just annoyed. I wanted him to be yelling at Dumbledore and destrying things and stuff like in the book. I mean, Dan can do that, easy. Maybe they didn't have stuff to smash... I mean, this is a very crucial moment, a moment that makes Dumbledore and Harry very human. In the book, this was the moment when Dumbledore, for the first time, was truly sad and sorry and Harry was kind of taken aback by that because he's never seen Dumbledore that way. In the movie, Dumbledore was like, stony. Stern. I really want Michael Gambon to have more emotion. Make him smile a bit! Dumbledore in the book does, even though the times are dark. Make him cry even, or even just sad. Hopefully in the sixth movie he does the death scene well.

The MoM incident was fantastic though. I didn't expect the ghostly swooping entrances from the Death Eaters and the Order. That was such a cool thing. And the duel between Voldy and Dumbly was awesome too. Voldy is just plain creepy. When he possessed Harry, Harry looked like a zombie. That moment really tugged at me and that's when I cried, when Harry was having those flashbacks. I don't know, I cried not only because Sirius died. I guess it's also because I'm proud of Harry. I'm proud of him because he chose to be on the good side even though he has the power to be on the bad side. I also cried because those flashbacks showed how much he's gone through, and how much Ron and Hermione have gone through with him. It's been a long time, and I feel like I've gone through the same things. I've watched them grow and get hurt and I get hurt with them. And the looming release of the final book of the series added to that feeling...

What will life be after Harry Potter?

I felt really awful that day. It's just everything. I know it sounds weird bordering on absurd that I am this much affected by just some books, but like what Emerson Spartz said in Mugglenet's book, those outside the fandom do not understand. I've been a fan since I was 13. It's been seven years. Having something as a part of your life for seven years is not something that can be easily forgotten. It's not something that I can easily get over.

I feel really lonely too. Because none of my friends, even my family members, really know how I feel. I mean, I try to make them understand, but they just can't. Ever since I was a little girl, I had this fascination with the moon, witches, ghosts and goblins. Halloween is even my second favorite holiday, although we don't celebrate it with trick or treats here. That's one of my most dreamed of thing, to be able to go trick or treating. But hey, I'm way overage now. It sucks. Even before I discovered Harry, I already loved his world. My first fiction book that I asked my mom to buy me was the Halloween Party of Sweet Valley Kids. After that, I got hooked with Goosebumps and Fear Street. When I was 11, I even drew witches and jack-o-lanterns and a skeleton and cut them out and tapes them to my ceiling and my wall. I played spooky music all night. They looked at me funny though, because I was celebrating Halloween by myself that day.

Then I met Harry, and it was like I found home. I knew I belonged there. It's kind of painful to know that I'll never go to Hogwarts. I never got my letter. But maybe I did. Maybe by feeling this way, I was really there. I'm part of that world. And I love it.

07.07.07---> Lucky Day?

Today was supposed to be a lucky day. A lot of couples chose this day to get married because it's supposed to be lucky. Three sevens. What a once in a century thing.

I didn't even realize that today was supposed to be a special day until I heard it over the radio. I tend to forget the date.

Of course, I'm skeptical about these things, but nothing wrong is going to happen if I wait and see right? So I did.

Well, my day didn't start out great at all. i was supposed to meet my friend at the mall to watch Transformers this morning. The movie starts at 10:30 am so I set an alarm for 8:30 and for 9:00, just in case I'd fancy a 30-minute extension. I always do. And although the mall is just a 10-minute drive from my house, I still wanted to be up fairly early because I am so not a morning person so I move really really slow. But alas. The maid walked into my room to wake me up. I thought it was around 8 am because she always brings me breakfast or a cup of milk around that time everyday. Well, this was one of the days when she decided that I didn't need breakfast. I asked her what time it was. She said 11.

I would've filled up a well if I paid a quarter for every curse word I uttered that moment.

I was so embarrassed and sorry. I mean, okay, I didn't really invite my friend. I was planning on watching the movie alone but he overheard me talking to my other friend about it and he said that he'd go with me. So I agreed. Still, standing someone up like that is just really awful. I mean, if it were me, I'd be pretty upset. I sent him a text message right away, apologizing. Well, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't reply, but he did. He was upset, but I don't know. He said he'd just eat a steak and he'd feel better. Lol. Happy food always works. Hopefully he's feeling better now.

So after that, I fell asleep again, woke up and had lunch, and fell asleep again for about half an hour. I know. I live the life of a pig. Then I got up, washed up and got dressed. I'm meeting my high school friends for badminton.

It wasn't a surprise to them that I'm late again. I was about an hour and a half late. Lol! I'm just that lazy. I mean, it's Saturday. Please allow me this time to be a sloth. Busy days lie ahead. I played a couple of sets, but they were already tired and a bit hungry, so they decided to go to the mall next door to eat. I was there for about an hour only. It was 4pm. I wanted to catch a 5 o'clock showing of Transformers so I told them that I'm heading home. Seemed like a waste of gas. Sorry, Dad. But anyway, they decided that they'd go with me to the mall near my house and they'd just have dinner there.

Traffic was heavy. We got to the mall at around 5:30 already. The movie starts at 5:50. I went a couple of floors down to buy some chips to munch on during the movie and also earphones for my mp3 player. Mine's been broken for like, a month already. I got my brother's earphones, and that broke too. Now I bought the expensive one by Sony so I'm sure that it'll last long.

Anyway, I still had to buy drinks when I got back to the cinemas but there was a line. Ugh! I was about 5 minutes late for the movie and I didn't see the very start. I'd just wait for it to come out on DVD. But it was awesome. Transformers was awesome! I remembered playing with those robots when I was little. Being the youngest, I got hand-me-downs from my brother, including toys. I didn't mind. I was a tomboy when I was young. I didn't know their names back then though. But now I absolutely love Bumble Bee!

BEE-OTCH! \m/

Optimus Prime was cool too. He was huge. I remember playing with that truck thing before. I had a hard time transforming him into the robot. They were really funny too. Funny robots. Hmm. Weird. Shia grew up huh. I remember him in Even Stevens. He still looks adorable. And Josh D. He's one big part of the reason that I wanted to watch Transformers. He's just so so hot! Fergy is so damn lucky. Anyway, I don't know. He didn't do a lot. The only cool thing he did was that motorcycle thing where he slid and shot the legs of one of the Septicons and killed it.

Did you know that the person who voiced Optimus Prime is the same person that voices for Eeyore?

So anyway, after that, I had to go home. I was thinking, maybe I'm gonna get lucky now. Maybe someone will offer free samples or whatever free stuff. Or Pizza Hut at the ground floor would suddenly give out free slices. But NO. What happened was my mom and dad kept on calling me on my mobile and I can hear them, but they couldn't hear me. So I was screaming "HELLO?!! HELLO?!!" at the mall and everybody was looking at me. Lucky, huh.

When I got home, I didn't get to eat much dinner because I was still full of the chips and Snicker bars that I ate in the movies. So now I'm kinda hungry. But my brother brought home some cold shrimp salad and it was great!

We watched Harry Potter 4, sort of like a refresher for the upcoming fifth. I'm really excited. Still made me cry a bit, that ending. Poor Cedric. I bet I'd need a box of Kleenex next week. It's Sirius this time...

So now, July 7, 2007 has gone. Still nothing. Nothing lucky or whatever. Maybe what's lucky is that my mom didn't kick my ass for not telling her I was going somewhere and watch a movie alone. But I was kind of expecting another kind of luck. Like, say, *someone* sending me a text message, just to say hi, or my long time friend who said that she's gonna hang around here yesterday, whom I waited for but didn't show up.

Well, it's official. The 07-07-07 myth was exactly that, just a myth, after all.