'categorizing music': the simon cowells and the paula abduls

i hate 'categorizing' music, altogether with people who does. when i say this, im referring to people who 'categorize' music by genres and ONLY listens to their chosen genres. i have nothing bad to say to people who are loyal to their music genres, but i definitely have something against those who are loyal to their genres AND altogether diss other people who love another music genre.

one example is the 'rocker dude' (note: i have nothing against 'rocker dudes' but only to those who are 'rocker stupid dudes'). they say that rock is the only good music, and other genres sucks. they will follow up that people who love POP music sucks and that they're sissies! these stupid rocker dude dress trashy too (i think it's part in their mindset that dressing ugly is synonimous with having great taste in music! who the fuck knows?! then again, who fucking cares?!) i mean, do i have to dress ugly so that i can be labeled as "rakista"?!

same with the 'pop dude' (again, only the 'pop stupid dude'), they say that pop is the only great genre. most of these dudes dress like faggots, sad to say.

you get my drift? people categorize music so bad nowadays that they only listen to some genre(s), and then diss others they don't listen to. like i've said, not everyone but most. don't come up telling other people that this or that genre is the best, and then say that this one sucks as well as that one. don't be a freakin mozart! you're no music genius! you're just making yourself look stupid. i say there's no genre in music, POP included, that sucks. there's no bad genres, only bad songs.. so don't go up dissing people because they like this certain song, and you don't. don't be fucking simon cowells.

sad to say, there are schmucks who are fooled by the rants blurted out by those idiots i just mentioned above. they are brainwashed --leaving to believe those simon cowells.. believing this is the only great genre and that listening to other genres will make a loser out of you. this will force them to ONLY listen to this implicated genres and shut out all others. even if they like a certain song (which is out of their chosen genre), they'll try hard not to like it because they might be criticized by the simon cowells. these individuals are pathetic. let's call them the paula abduls!

i say there's really no bad music genre... only bad songs. sure, you like ROCK music.. but let's accept it, there are many awful ROCK songs out there. same with POP music. let's say you hate 'em, but you gotta accept the fact that there are actually good POP songs made. don't catgorize music and then hate others who listens to what you don't. it's cool to say that you listen to this certain type of music, but don't come down dissing others who doesn't like your genre.

reflecting

i've been thinking about lots of things these past couple of days. confusion, stress, and a lot of negativities are mostly the sum of these. but of all, frustration stands out the most. i'm fucking frustrated right now that im starting to hate people whom i used to like. my school works are getting the best of me. i'm not used to stress. when i'm stressed, i easily lose my cool. and when i lose it, i can be verbally abusive. this is something i've developed through years of frustration, and i hate every part of it.

dreaming of japan...

these past couple of days, besides draining my brain cells thinking of a thesis topic, im also day dreaming about japan! haha. im so exciiiited! hehe. this started when Richard asked me if i want to join him on his plan of getting a scholarship in japan and ultimately staying there! i think he doesn't know how psyched i am! dati ko pa talaga gusto pumunta ng japan! and the best thing is, my mom gave me the GO signal! :) i remember her exact words: "whenever there's an oppurtunity for travel, GO for it!" yay!! haha! these past days, ive been trying to give 'feelers' to my friends about my japan plans ("japlans!" haha).. most of them didn't take it seriously! haha.. some asked me kung magaapply ba raw ako na 'hosto' (male hostess) or kung sasayaw ba raw ako dun! hahaha! im sending feelers to them as early as now so that they won't be surprised when the time comes of my departure. :) im so excited at the thought of staying abroad, away in a foreign land where new oppurtunity arises! and much more, it'll be great because i would be with richard whom im friends with for a VERY long time now. we'll definitely have a great time there! haha! once we get approved, richard and i are out of heeere!! =p

nice day

yep.. it was actually a nice day for me today (which is very rare for me nowadays). nag aral ako kaninang umaga.. then nung hapon, test na.. ang hirap!!! grabe!! ineexpect ko kasi madali lang kasi sobrang dali lang ng quiz niya dati. grabe, nakakalito ngayon.. nag concentrate pa naman ako sa chapter 4-7.. eh yung lumabas, karamihan from chap 1-3! juskopo! buti nalang nanjan ang aking tagteam na si dom!! mission accomplished kami!! hahahaha! another joint collaboration! haha.. jk!

then after nun, sinundo na ako nila mama sa school. we went to sm mall of asia. this morning, she asked me if i want to join her to take my dad out.. lagi kasing nasa bahay naman kaya kawawa naman. i said yes.. so when she fetched me, i'm expecting na kasama si papa. it turns out, hindi na pala siya sumama kasi napagod na kaninang lunchtime.. pinasyal na pala siya. so it was just me, my mom, and my sis. ayun.. we ate sa teriyaki boy. sarap. then we went (window) shopping! haha! pero what started to be a harmless window shopping turned nasty.. i actually bought something again!!! ...and from TOPMAN ulit!! grabe.. i plunked down 6k bucks on that store just this past 2 months! haha.. una yung 4k jacket, then now yung long sleeve na polo! ang ganda kasi eh! black siya na pinstriped tapos may floral effect!! ganda!!! so i couldnt resist! 2k down the drain! hehe.

it was a nice day.. and this week? well, it was interesting but not all through nice. i probably flunked my OR test, barely passed my COBOL test, then probably have good grades with the SE test. wednesday was fun too! Dom and i went to PLM, tapos for the 2nd straight time, lumampas na naman kami! haha! this time, it took us to manila cathedral! ang ganda ng mga sights so we couldnt resist taking pics! hehe! then yesterday, friday, was also nice because i get to meet Rix after a very loong time! :) although our meeting was brief, it was still nice kasi i really missed her! :) dinalaw niya kasi yung tita niya na naka-confine sa hospital, eh since i was still in UST during that time, nag meet up kami! miss ya Rix!! :)

now that prelims week is over, back to thesis madness! go go go!

long way to the top...

grabe.. what a tiresome week this is. prelims week with difficult subjects like OR and Cobol, together with the pressure that comes with the fast paced thesis deadline. i had a hard time with my tests kasi kahit ngayon thesis pa rin yung iniintindi namin. wala akong tulog kasi nag aral ako ng OR (which didnt paid off anyway because the test was waaay too hard), tapos the next day pumunta kami ni Dom sa PLM para sa thesis research.

on the way sa PLM, lumampas na naman kami ni dom sa babaan!! for the 2nd straight time!! haha. puros kasi mga tsismisan yung inaatupag namin sa transpo eh! karma na naman tuloy! hehe. so yun, bumaba kami dun sa MANILA CATHEDRAL. from there, nilakad namin papuntang PLM. we decided to walk kasi nagandahan kami sa lugar ng old manila! yung manila cathedral, maganda rin pala.. bata pa yata kasi ako nung huling punta ko dun eh! tapos yung mga houses na nakapaligid, ang luma na.. parang panahon pa talaga ni rizal! hehe. hindi kami nakatiis at nag picture picture kami ni Dom! (SEE PICTURES in my MULTIPLY account; see sidebar). hehe!

so when we finally got there sa PLM, dinalaw muna namin yung tita ko. tapos ayun, sinamahan na kami papuntang library. sa awa ng diyos, may napala rin naman yung research namin. we happen to find some interesting topics as well as some algorithms which we think we can make use of. sana talaga eto na yun! *crosses fingers*

after PLM, Dom and i split up. punta siyang DLSU to visit her boyfriend, Jeff. ako naman, i returned to UST.. i decided that i'll study cobol there.. grabe, nde pa ako nakakaaral and the test is next day na! buti nalang Runie texted! we met up and decided to eat. may bago kaming na-discover na place!

TIKBOY'S BARBECUE is the new place to be! haha. its located on the 2nd floor of the UST Carpark/Accounting building. ok yung food sa tikboy's! sulit yung menu nila pero mejo may kamahalan nga lang ang barbecue nila. so yun, after eating.. tinuruan rin ako ni Runie ng cobol. salamat pre! ang laki talaga ng naitulong ng tinuro mo! :)

then today, thursday, i had my cobol test. madali lang yung test pero nahinayang ako kasi hindi ko nakuha yung simulation part ng test.. 20 points pa naman. its been like two years na kasi since i last programmed my last cobol exercise. nakalimutan ko yung pasikot sikot ng pag simulate! haha.. its too late na nung na-gets ko na kung paano nga pala kinukuha yung mga values sa input! sayang.. and besides, i didn't have a calculator with me kaya ang bagal ko mag solve! sayang sayang! :( pero ayos lang yun.. compared to OR, i did ok with this test! =p

its been an interesting week (if albeit tiresome one) so far. i'll have my last test on saturday for my SE class. i also hope to finish our new thesis proposal this week. wish me luck! :)

don't you hate it...

don't you hate it when you study so hard... you go to school just to study for a certain subject... you even skip sleep just to learn it some more... then come examination time... you flunk.

fuck it. this just happened to me. i hate it.

les miserables

this post is nowhere related to the victor hugo novel nor is it connected to my UBER favorite jrock band, malice mizer. im just fucking miserable right now. yes.. so miserable that im the most miserable person on god's green earth! bwiset na thesis yan! up to now, we still dont have a topic.. and some people dont seem to give a fuck. if that ain't a case for being miserable, then i dont know jack shit. prelims week is up and coming, and the thesis race is nearing its deadline. im so pressured right now. if i could point a gun on people's heads to motivate them, i would.

besides being miserable, this week had its great points too. i caught my dad watching a koreanovela! yay! haha. it seems, he's been following it too! yung re-run ng the truth sa studio 23 every lunch time! hehe. nakakagulat lang na he's watching (and following) it every day. he's the type kasi na mahilig lang sa mga hbo's and national geographics type of entertainment. :)

on other happenings, nag celebrate yesterday si alicia ng birthday niya! nagpainom! hehe. mark and i met in glorrietta para sabay na kami pumunta kila alicia. so ayun, kumain muna kami ni maki sa tokyo tokyo.. bonding muna. he shared his job experiences (kasi newly employed si mark! naks! congrats! hehe) and his recent team building. im really happy for him because i can see na he's really fulfilled sa job niya ngayon. i wish i was as happy as him while i was telling him the ire of our thesis situation right now.. :(

after dinner, we went to alich na. grabe! namiss ko talaga sila!! si alich, si rio, si jayjay, jm, terri! ang saya talaga kasi ngayon ko lang sila nakita after a very looong time. then sumunod din si mariek, joey (bf ni mariek), and karen! ang saya! nanibago lang talaga ako kay karen kasi hindi siya kumanta sa videoke!! pramis! siya kasi yung videoke queen ng CSB! every outing, nag uubos talaga ng barya yan para sa videoke.. tapos kagabi, hindi man lang hinawakan yung mic! hahaha! sayang nga eh.. she has one of the most beautiful voices i've heard.. ang taas kasi ng kaya abutin ng voice niya.. kaya bilib na bilib talaga ako pag kumakanta yan! dissappointed lang talaga ako na kahit gaanong prodding ang ginawa namin ni mark, hindi talaga siya kumanta! i wonder what's up, karen?! problem ba sa lovelife!? wahahaha. jk.

so yun, ang saya saya naman. medyo nagka-amats din ako! gin with four seasons kasi yung serve ni alich.. eh every time na mauubos, nagmimix ulit yung kuya niya (by the way, ang cool ng kuya and dad ni alich! the best! lalo na yung kuya niya! kwela! hehe). tapos ang anghang pa nung mga pulutan ni alich, inom tuloy ako ng inom, ginawa ko talagang juice ung gin mix niya. tagal rin eh. from 9pm to 2am ako inom ng inom! haha! before i know it, manhid na yung mukha ko! hehehe! tapos pauwi, nag taxi na ako. lecheng taxi yun, dagdagan ko raw ng 50 yung metro. i obliged nalang kasi may amats na ako tapos gabi pa (correction: madaling araw na). kay maki dapat ako matutulog kaso nagpapatulong si arvin ng photoshop related work eh. so yun, naghiwalay rin talaga kami ni mark.

when i woke up sunday morning, inumpisahan ko kaagad yung photoshop na pinapatulong ni arvin. may mga drawing kasi ng blender na kailangan ko raw kulayan. kailangan mejo realistic yung kulay at may "glass effect" yung glass area ng blender. i started 11, natapos ng 4pm. nagmix pa kasi ako ng kulay at kung paano ma-achieve yung glass effect. when i sent it to arvin, nagustuhan niya! touch rin naman ako kasi para may na-achieve ako. nung tinignan ko uli yung gawa ko, nasabi ko: "wow, ang ganda nga talaga!". hahaha.. yabang noh! hehe.

tommorow, i'll be going to UST for my gym session and to study for OR. hindi kasi ako maka aral sa bahay eh. masyado maraming temptation! hehe. so yun, one crazy week of fun and misery! i hope sana magka topic na kami sa thesis. ciao!

one and only you

One And Only
Parokya Ni Edgar

It took
One look
Then forever lay out
In front of me

One smile
Then i died
Only to be
Revived by you

There i was
Thought i had everything figured out
It goes to show there's too much i know
Bout the way life plays out

I take one step away
Then i find myself
Coming back to you
My one and only
One and only you

Now i know
That i know not a thing at all
Except the fact that i am yours
And that you are mine

Oh they told me that
This wouldn't be easy
And oh
I'm not one to complain


--tagal na ng song na ito, biglang nag play sa winamp playlist ko.. biglang may naalala ako..
tagal na eh.. bkt ikaw parin? :(

puyatan blues...

huhuhu.. eto nanaman kami ni dom. puyatan blues nanaman para sa thesis... its 1am na, and chapters 1,2 and 3 of the thesis is due later... and the biggest shit is that i have a quiz later in my OR class! grabe! struggling pa naman ako dun! sana naman may konting tulong kami ni dom, ano? mahirap talaga itong ginagawa namin lalo na kung maarte yung mga nag aapprove ng thesis topics. tanginang buhay 'to.