Quicknotes

Hey everyone! I've been out of touch with my page lately. There are a whole lot of things happening during our third year and I feel invalid on not being able to feature it. Nevertheless, I'm gonna work out on it when I got my laptop back.

Last July 23rd, we had our English Got Talent. We've done a play entitled "Mary Claire". It's not a serious play actually, it's more on punchline but it's got story. Last night, we had our first ever Astro Camp on our school. And we all had fun ;)

Full blog coming up soon!

Meanwhile, I'm leaving this song out to you.

Song of the Day: Someone Like You by Adele

SOTD: Journey Medley (GLEE)

I super miss GLEE :(((

Archie's 3rd Time In Manila

Yes, all I can do is just watch a video. One day, I'll be able to see his concert. I MUST!

SOTD: Never Going Back Again

I won't be that same annoying attention-seeking hussy before. Because I want to take this very carefully and I really want this to be something :) #somuchlove

SOTD: Touch My Hand

In honor of my ultimate singer crush, David Archuleta's concert yesterday... this is the song of my day. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ARCHIE! <3

Sweet Sixteen

"No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river." - The Five People You Meet In Heaven


I started my day with a frown on my face thinking of what I would do for my sixteenth birthday. Yes, I'm getting old! When I arrived at school, a lot of people greeted me which made me high-spirited. To my classmates, thank you for the love that you showed me and Ate Julie today. You're the best III-LV!

I wanna thank Carlo, Joshua and Aline for treating me last Saturday to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. I super love you guys!

Second, to Jazz, Jueann, Adrian and B'anne for being such a good company to me through the years. I love you so much ABJ3! (Birthday wish: Magkabati na si Adrian and Jazz)

Third, to Glydel and JM who personally went to our room earlier to greet me.

Fourth, to Kaeremon and Aline (again) who've been working hard since last night to have people greet me. I super dooper love you! Also to Czam, Erica and Ate Irish (my twitter buddies) for greeting me last night :)


Fifth, to Jaiyo whom I thought forgot my birthday but in truth he texted me and I hadn't read it.


Sixth, to my personal friends who greeted me through Facebook and texts (Timothy, Kuya Darn, Angela, Angelo and a lot more!)

And again, to Glydel and B'anne for having HIM write that letter for me (kahit pinilit niyo siya) haha. I loved it so much and it was the one that really made my day.


To HIM, thank you for that letter. As far as I can remember, it was the first time that I received a letter from someone.


Of course, I wanna thank my family and GOD for giving me the life I am experiencing today. I would have never felt blessed in my entire life if I don't have these wonderful people around me :)


I LOVE YOU ALL.

EPIC.MAGICAL.PHENOMENAL.

I've always felt special because Harry Potter is always shown every July and always a few days away before my birthday which is July 18. When I was young, I only watch it because I thought Harry, Ron and Hermione are cute. In elementary, I became super die hard for this movie even if I haven't read the books. Just when I was in first year, when I got interested with reading books... I realized how serious the story is and just then I started to take it very seriously.

So today right after our practice Carlo, Joshua, Aline and I decided to watch it. Actually, Aline wasn't able to go with us because she needs to go with her family first. But all three of them treated me and I was able to watch it immediately. THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER! Thanks to the three of them. hehe.

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As for the movie. Ok, IT IS GREAT! No other words can ever describe it. I love how they made changes and how heart-racing every moment was. I'm hardly sitting comfortably on my chair! The Snape Story and the Resurrection Stone part made me cry the most. I actually thought I'd cry through the whole movie but no. Simply because even if it's a very serious situation, they can still crack jokes. The best part was Neville's moment. Now I know why he was trending yesterday. WATCH THE MOVIE and see for yourself!

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At ang gwapo ni ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER! (even if he's kind of sniffing while talking)

Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter

We're planning to watch it again next week and it's me who'll pay naman. haha! Oh well, I don't mind doing so... thanks to them I've got to watch it immediately <3

Harry Potter is truly the movie of the century. Yes, it's got haters but a lot of people love it. It's undeniably part of everyone's childhood and even those who haven't watch a single movie of it knows what Harry Potter is when they heard other people say it. Although I won't have another anticipated movie next year for my birthday, I'll always celebrate July as the my Harry Potter month.

"Help will always come to Hogwarts to those who deserve it." -Albus Dumbledore

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Three words to describe Harry Potter 7 Part 2: EPIC.MAGICAL.PHENOMENAL.

P.S: The Ron and Hermione kiss was the best kiss ever!

SOTD: Learning To Fall

I really love Boys Like Girls' version of Learning To Fall. It has been my favorite since grade 6! See for yourselves ;)

Special A

You've probably encountered this three years ago in TV 5? It's shown every 7pm in the evening and there's a two hour replay every Saturday/Sunday after Lipgloss.

Episode 1 Part 1

Special A is a Japanese manga turned TV anime and was aired on Japan last 2008. Luckily, the newly opened channel TV5 at 2009 got this show and when I've first watched I haven't stopped since. Apparently, this kind of story is very cliche but the humor and kilig effect of the show made it even adorable.

Special A is about seven students who are in a special class. They have super extraordinary thinking skill and abilities. They're actually ALMOST perfect. Hikari Hanazono has always been top two ever since she studied at that school which made her big rivals with  Kei Takishima.

Meet the TOP 7!

Ryuu Tsuji is the seventh amongst the seven. He's the one in charge of twins, Megumi and Jun that's why he can't concentrate that much in his study. So, during examinations, he tend to worry more about the twins than his own. He's an animal lover and can tame even the wildest one! (See what I mean about super extraordinary now?)

Akira Toudou is the sixth place and I actually thought she's a lesbian since she's very protective of Hikari when it comes to boys. She likes having tea. Akira also constantly beats Tadashi until she realized she's in love with him :) Sweet!

Tadashi Karino is the 5th place. He's the "loner" among the seven. He likes to do things alone and travel alone. He also loves eating sweets especially the ones made by Akira. I think he's in love with him ever since but he just doesn't know how to tell her.

Megumi Yamamoto. She's the 4th palce and actually everyone among my classmate in elementary loves her character the most. Maybe because she carries around the board and uses it as her form of communication. I don't actually know why she's like that but Yahiro (an old friend of Akira's) made her fall out of it. When she sings, a lot of people are getting mesmerized.

Jun Yamamoto, the 3rd place and Magumi's twin. He's just like her sister but he talks with others although he's shy and mostly refrain from arguing with anyone. I can't remember how that was but he's got a split personality that turns him playboy-like and makes girls head over heels charmed with him. He ended up with Sakura who was once in love with Kei!

Kei Takishima is the top one in the school. Ok, so I have to admit that he's really my crush. haha! He can always win anything without even trying to give much effort. He's in love with Hikari ever since they were kids. And above all, he's super cool! But, most of the time he turns disoriented whenever Hikari is in trouble.

Hikari Hanazono is the 2nd placer in the school and the main protagonist of the show. Kei beat her during a pro-wrestling competition when they were kids, since then she treated him as her ultimate rival. He hasn't called Kei in his first name but rather called him "Takishima". Prior to this, she's restraining herself from falling in love with him because she thinks it will only make woman weak. My favorite part of the show was when Kei was asking her a lot of questions that has the answer with a "k" sound in it. But when he asked what his first name is, she can't pronounce it properly.

I thought of writing this blog because of my Chemistry teacher's quote earlier: "Hindi lang umiikot ang kaligayahan ng isang babae sa isang lalaki." haha. Although I agreed on that, I just thought that when it's really time for you to fall in love, you can can't resist it.

So for the readers (readers?) who read my blog, you should watch this anime to learn something in life especially when you're a teen struggling between pride and love like Hikari. I don't know if it's still airing on TV5 since I heard it was being replayed but nevertheless, you can easily watch it on YouTube.

Nonsense fact: I named my teddy rabbit Yapee based on the name of the famous stuffed toy in this show. #lalang

Camera Glued

Well, it's not obvious that III-LV students love the camera so much that they want to have pictures on little events. Anyways, everyone has the right to do what they want and we pretty much do :)

These pictures were taken two weeks ago. Thank you again, Paul for thee pictures.

If I'd tell every single name of my classmates, there's a possibility that you'll get confused so, no. haha!

On the way to the Main Gate...

Jazz and Hendrix

Ok, so this is me trying to get a "stolen" shot but failed!

G'anne and Meanne

Jean and Paui

Chugs Chugs! with Cydrick and G'anne

Cydrick, Jazz, Jueann and me. As usual, tinamad na naman si Adrian sumama sa picture.

I dunno why I posed the "Pambansang Pose of Philippines" but oh well, close up!!! (And my hair is getting longer, I might get a haircut before my 16th birthday)

For an update, ABJ3 is on a sort of "cool off" in the present because of different circumstances. Not that all of us are mad at each other. Actually, I feel bad that Jueann's getting torn between all of us (gosh, I think I misspelled torn earlier on my tweet). I hope we'll fix this soon, especially me.

Another HP7.2 Video Dump

I can't think of anything to post today, I just happened to have dig in in Warner Brother's channel on YouTube and found these:

HP 7.2 "The Story of Snape Featurette" - This is one of the parts that I'm very interested in the movie and one of my favorite chapters on the novel.

"How dare you stand where he stood? Tell them what happened that night. Tell them how you looked him in the eye. A man who trusted you and killed him. Tell them!" --Gosh, Daniel really can put emotions in words.

"Harry Potter- A Look Back"

*sobs* Three more days here in the Philippines. I'm actually more excited for it than my birthday. haha!

SOTD: All That You Are

"And know that you are everything. Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars, all that you are." <3

Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox Twenty is an American rock band formed in 1995. Their current members are: Rob Thomas (vocals), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitars, backing vocals), Bryan Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan McMillan (drums, percussion). They have released four albums which are all hits internationally.

MB20's first debut album was titled Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) which was a certified diamond in USA. It includes the songs "Push", "3AM", "Real World" and "Back 2 Good".

Their second album, Mad Season (2000) charted top three on Billboard 200 and four times platinum. Includes songs like "Mad Season", "If You're Gone"  and "Bent".

Their third album More Than Who You Think You Are (2002) was not as successful as the first two but a lot of the songs are big hits on the radio. Like "Disease", "Bright Lights" and of course, "Unwell".

After the third album, they went on hiatus but once again re-formed on 2007 and released an album entitled Exile on Mainstream  and was a certified gold in USA. The album includes songs like "These Hard Times" and "How Far We've Come."

As of now, they're currently making a new album which for sure will be a hit. What's amazing about MatchBox Twenty are the awesomeness of the intros and tunes of their songs. They're very original plus the lyrics are wonderful.

Ok, so some of you maybe doesn't even know them. You might have heard the song "Unwell"? It was their most popular song on the radio and on Myx.

Other Matchbox Twenty songs that I love:

Push

If You're Gone

These Hard Times

http://www.youtube.com/user/matchboxtwentytv

Orange Juice

Last week, or maybe last last week? Can't remember. haha. Groups 1,2 and 3 were assigned to perform the oral reading. They were practicing during our off period in Social and since I'm not doing anything, I helped out on holding the manila paper.

That's me by the door and that's Paui and Hilary :)

Sige kuya, tingin lang! hehe But I think it's cute when someone's trying to read what's in front of him.

There, I'm helping them na.

Some of the readers!!!

Czam (zam), Paui (paw-wi), Faye (fa-ye) and Euan (yu-wan)

Angie, Hilary (she's not one of the readers), Jemma and Neriane

And again, the holders of the manila papers! Yay!

You might have noticed I was holding an orange juice in all of the pictures? I've been drinking that 200mL OK! juice for almost an hour! haha

Under the Sun

Who needs summer when you walk under the heat of sun to walk from your homeroom to your TLE room? And an additional picture taking for the winnnnnnn!

Btw, this was made by Cydrick. It's our section spelled using our names. He does it every year.

Ok, back to story.. here it goes! Looking very haggard pa.

Hair magic. LOLs

Yayyyy!

Finally, we arrived at the gates to the Big Grandstand. Whew!

Princess and Paui

We at the distance!

And closer!

Gora lang ng gora!!

Video Dump

Gonna dump these video clips from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 for remembrance. Nine days until the finale... feeling excited yet emotional at the same time. Hayyyyy....

Trio in the Vault of Bellatrix Lestrange

(My favorite and MOST AWAITED!) Ron and Hermione in the Chamber of Secrets

Draco faces Harry in the Room of Requirement

The Boy Who Lived Comes to Die

The Lake

Neville Versus the Snatchers Clip (I love you Matt!!!!)

Severus Snape Versus Harry Potter

Watch more videos here! :))

Last Days

Nine days from today and we're all saying goodbye to the movie of the century. And watching this video made me about to cry. Nothing will be greater than what Harry Potter has made us experience. It's like a scar etched on each of our hearts. But instead of being painful, it is a scar worth keeping.

"We always knew we were coming back, but now we know we weren't." But I would say, I'll a;ways come back to this.

ABJ3

I haven't been blogging properly for the past few weeks. So here it is, a proper blog :)

ABJ3 stands for Adrian, Brigette, Jueann, Jazz and me: Joyce. We became close just last year but our bond was like that of a bond of people who knew each other for a decade. One good thing about our group, it is plain friendship and not for popularity's sake. Maybe, book is one of the things that put us together, we all love reading novels.

This one was when we're on Grandstand for Earth Savers meeting. We're not really tanned, especially Brigette.

Yay!! Awkward much? This wasn't on timing. Pfft.

If we'd go back to elementary days, Jueann, Brigette and I were not close. We're enemies in fact. But I guess I learned that nothing really stops at a certain point. You'll meet your real friends when you least expect it.

For now, we are enjoying our Junior year and I'm hoping we'll all remain friends for our whole high school year. All I can say is, if you want a friendship to last long, be sure that you're really enjoying it and not because you wanted to be popular or perfect in the eyes of others. Best of all, love your friends even their flaws and be a good example with each other.

Photos taken by Paul Julo :)

Song of the Day: Before It Explodes

I actually thought the girl was Kelly Clarkson hehe Anyways, I liked this because Bruno is in it. You know, he makes a song powerful and heart-felt. And besides, I'm on the verge of exploding today.

Transformers 3

I've never been a fan of Transformers like EVER. When I try to watch it, I fall asleep. However, something about the trailer made me think of seeing it. Shall I? Help me decide!