| tim burton in wonderland?! |
[Jul/24/08; 4:42pm] |
tim burton is making his own version of alice in wonderland?!?
only one of my favorite directors and my favorite books evar!
hooray!
in other news, i need a new wardrobe.
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| just like what sarah (or y'know, ben gibbard) said... |
[Jul/7/08; 12:42am] |
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love is watching someone die
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| foiled plans + aching hearts = bleurgh |
[Jun/28/08; 12:27am] |
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so here's the deal.
i was supposed to leave for new york last saturday for my summer courses on literature and on education, but then mama (my lola) took a turn for the worse and so i had to postpone it.
monday morning, i left for new york. i fixed my NYU stuff, i checked out my dorm, i opened a bank account, i was about to get a local mobile phone, and i was able to hang out with some friends.
wednesday night, i got a call from my mom that mama is in critical condition, she couldn't recognize family anymore, and i have to go home right away. like in 12 hours. i rushed to be able to get a refund from NYU, and to entrust whatever else i need to fix to my dad.
thursday morning (ny time), i got on a plane back home, and friday night (manila time), i arrived.
my immune system's shot, and my heart is aching in the non-medical way.
we all hurt in our own ways, i guess.
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| state of the liver address |
[May/26/08; 10:47pm] |
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so, my liver's failing me.
it started this wednesday, a couple of days after i got back, in chili's with my girlfriends drinking bottomless strawberry margaritas to catch up. i only downed 3 mugs, and i stopped cos i was already getting woozy and certain working people need to go to the office the next day (hahaha).
i woke up thursday morning with a hangover like no other. projectile puking, anyone? hahaha. i tried to eat corned beef pandesal to try to absorb the alcohol in my system, but it was too late, and it wasn't pretty. (trust me. never eat corned beef when nauseous) so i wasn't able to eat the whole day, nor drink (cos apparently, my stomach couldn't stomach even WATER!) by 11pm i was already giving up on my life when the ER doctor (who actually looks like george clooney -- according to pammy) suddenly appeared in my room, armed with an IV to keep me dehydrated and alive through the night. then he asked to get a liver function test just to be on the safe side.
the next day around noon, i was finally off the IV, but still couldn't eat. the liver function test showed that my sgpt (some sorta liver enzyme) was 270+. the normal range is up to 30!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW THE HELL IS THAT POSSIBLE?! so they took blood from me again to test it.
that night, the test came back, and my liver enzymes shot up to 750++. that's like 25x higher than normal!!! hahaha my liver's dyiiiing. my tita ultrasounded me (is that a word?!), and my liver is FATTY. well, i guess, ok lang na fatty dun, at least natatago. hahaha. but there. i can't drink alcohol at all. the good news is there weren't any lesions or whatever, so that means i don't have cirrhosis nor hepatitis.
they don't know what's wrong with me yet, so i have an appointment with some liver doctor tomorrow. i don't really get it. I DON'T DRINK THAT MUCH. maybe it's from drinking too much antibiotics? that's what i get from being a sickly girl. take medicine for one organ, destroy another. so i *did* binge drink while on antibiotics, but i don't know if that can seriously damage your liver that much. it's crazy.
imagine being in boracay for 3 days and not being able to drink. i had to use up all my will power to just drink coke light while everyone else was enjoying nigi's happy hour. :( :(
so i pray that everyone's liver is GREEAAAAT and will continue to be great for at least the rest of our young lives. i've never appreciated my liver until now. it is an awesome chunk of internal organ that we take for granted!!! let's love it forever! take liveraide! or whatever! just preserve it while you still have it!!!
in the meantime, no alcohol for me. until i find out what's wrong, and then hopefully they can cure it. the liver regenerates, anyway, so LET'S GO LIVER REGENERATE NOW!!!
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| haaaaappy! |
[May/26/08; 10:25pm] |
haaaaaaappyyyy!!!
yun lang!
happy happy happy!
hahahaha! :D
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| 3 things |
[May/21/08; 1:13am] |
tonight, i can confidently say that there are 3 things i believe in.
1. that you are very very blessed if you can count your true friends with more than one hand.
2. that God has really really blessed me and i am very thankful for that.
3. i am flippin drunk like hell right now
oh and because i feel like it, there's a fourth:
4. love is the greatest thing that ever happened to me and... HELLS YEAAAAH THANK GOD IT HAPPENED. :D
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| real madrid - fc barcelona game! |
[May/8/08; 1:50am] |
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this is the post where i will pretend that i know things about futbol!
we watched the real madrid - fc barcelona game a few hours ago and it was AWESOOOOOME! the bernabeu stadium was jam-packed and the streets leading there were pandemonium.
we were there pretty early, around 830 to beat the crowd, but A LOOOOT of people were already there. we were just staying in this one part, waiting for the gates to open, when suddenly the crowd went ecstatic. apparently, we were in the area where the madrid players bus was supposed to pass. hahaha.
tangena ang gulo ang saya. i'll upload the video when i can... muntik pa akong masagasaan ng mga kabayo ng mga pulis. hahaha. tapos nag-wave samin yung mga players na nasa bus. bakit ang g-guapo ng mga futbol players?!?!
anyway, madrid beat barcelona 4-1. raul scored the first goal, then guti, then higuain then van nistelrooy. nagpahabol nalang si henry sa last part to give barca 1 goal. (i only learned about these players through my brother ahahahaha i am ignorant.)
SOBRANG SAYA, TALO ATENEO-LA SALLE GAMES!
MADRID CAMPEONES, OLE, OLE, OLE!
ps: they have a player named gago. hahaha. gago.
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| barcelona bonanza |
[May/5/08; 8:20pm] |
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i love barcelona!
there's culture, the beach, the city, art, and good food meshed in one catalunyan masterpiece! well, i'm not too crazy about their beach here cos it's man-made and they have to maintain in every year, but i'm not complaining.
they have the best street art here! because we're always walking in different cities, i began to take a liking to street art (or yes, graffiti). their canvas is the city, it can't get bigger than that. i'm loving all the spray paint, stencils and stickers. galing galing. bakit kaya yung graffiti sa manila ang pangit? tapos tatakpan ng "mmda art" ahahahahaha
oh, and i fell in love with this american tour guide who looks like casey affleck. hahahaha. we were supposed to go swimming today but he woke up late and it was cloudy. :( it's over, our one-day, one-way segway love. hahahaha. well, have a nice life cutiieeee. ahahaha. tangina sayang. he wants to work in the rainforest pa. how cool is that? huhuhu hahaha jologs
yun lang. i went to see parc guell, gaudi's casa and the sagrada familia today. then i went shopping in las ramblas. i'm pretty bummed that we're leaving for madrid tomorrow, there's still so much to see and do here in barcelona. i love this place! i'm gonna work here someday as a tour guide or graffiti artist or a doctor or something! hahaha
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| italy so far |
[May/2/08; 7:37pm] |
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it's been awesome so far, we've been to venice, florence and we're leaving rome tomorrow for barcelona. italy's bursting with art and life and you've gotta love it. what other country has ancient ruins that's like a 5 minute walk away from a street lined with designer shops? haha.
been having art/history/culture overload the past few days, bouncing from one attraction to another. i loved michaelangelo's david in the academia in florence. suuuuper laki niya. pati etits. ahahahahahahaha. but seriously, i was dumbfounded. sayang lang we weren't able to go to the uffizi (?) gallery to see the birth of venus (hindi live, weirdo. painting. harhar), it was fully booked already. i got a fever pa when we were there. a fever you can't sweat out!
on a completely unrelated matter, i just finished invisible monsters by palahniuk, and tangena, aside from his other books, pati pala yon super nagawan ng lyrics ng panic at the disco? hindi ba siya nagagalit nun? or flattered ba siya? isn't that like glorified plagiarism, if there's such a thing?
anyway. in ONE DAY rome, we saw the vatican, the vittorio museum, sta sabina peekhole, the coliseum, the trevi fountain, sta maria majora church, the triton fountain, and some other places i don't even remember anymore. hahahaha. ANDAMI!
rome wasn't built in a day, so why go around it in just one?!?! myghed.
went to the villa borghese a while ago, they collected awesome art. i loved loved loved bernini's (parang bellinis. sheeet sarap) apollo and daphne. also his david. super galing shit sana artist ako. huhuhu.
and as if having lots of art and culture isn't enough, italy is loaded with the hottest men in the planet! MAMA MIA!!! YUMMIER THAN PASTA WITH RICE! AHAHAHAHA. andami nila. tengksged to ged.
and that's all, my pumilee iz the most important fersonz in my looif. tenchu.
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| musee d'orsay on strike! |
[Apr/18/08; 11:17am] |
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just my luck, my favorite museum of all time is closed due to a strike so you can only go to the first floor, where all the sculptures are. van gogh, monet, manet, degas and the rest are being held captive! strikes aren't supposed to happen when art is involved! noooo. :(
it's really cold here now, specially when it's drizzling. it doesn't help that we had a night segway tour around the city. we were wearing neon vests that screams TOURIST! but i don't really care. i realized that i don't really care being seen as a tourist, cos really, that's what i am, so what the heck. i've got plenty of time to do the "local stuff" anyway. oo na, cool na kayo kasi di kayo tourist tapos pa-nonchalant lang. hahaha. whatevzzzz.
paris is always always stunning, even after three visits it will still strike you as one of the most (if not the most) beautiful cities in the world. it's AAAAWESOME (for lack of a better word), and will turn you into a wide-eyed tourist every flippin time.
and random celeb spotting: we saw cheche lazaro in the odeon subway stop. hahaha. kinawayan ko at nag-smile siya. kababayan! choz.
BUMA-BRYAN BOY! HAHAHA. woohoo!
segway at night in the rain, looking all touristy. ka-vest namin yung mga basurero sa paris. winneeer!
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