Hearts Burst Into Fire

Again, a lot of props to my favorite metalcore band, Bullet For My Valentine, for providing me with the words which I utilized as the title of this post. It's the third track of their latest album, "Scream Aim Fire". Listen to the song HERE! [Powered by Mixpod.com]

I had your number a long time ago,
Back when we were young, but I had to grow.
Ten thousand years I’ve searched it seems and now,
Gotta get to you, won’t you tell me how?

Call me call me, Let me know you are there.
Call me call me, I wanna know you still care...
Come on now won’t you ease my mind, reasons for me to find you,
Peace of mind. What can I do to get me to you

I was just scanning through my previous blog posts in my Multiply.com site, I happen to have found this thing that I've posted last September 27, 2008 (click HERE to view it), and I just thought of posting it here, since nobody views my Multiply.com site anyways.

Oh, wait. Nobody reads my blog here too. Kind of doesn't make a difference, huh?

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Damn, lots of ideas to blog about, yet, I couldn't piece together my thoughts to complete all of these posts. I need to study for exams, it's lucky (funny for me to say this, since I don't believe in luck at all) enough that I did good on this World History long exam I've had last Thursday (about ancient Asian, Greek, and European Civilizations) without actually taking time to study. I don't want to take the risk again. I will still try to post stuff for my very loyal audience (population: 2; LOL)

Ah, what the hell. It doesn't matter. I just think that post is just...




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Just Another Star

First of all, props to my favorite metalcore band, Bullet For My Valentine, for giving me the words to put on this post's title. It's the title of a really cool song from either of their EP albums, Bullet for My Valentine (track #5, 2004) and Hand of Blood (track #6, 2005). You could listen to this song via the (click HERE to go there) Mixpod playlist I just created.

Anyways, again, I'd like to share what happened to me today, and no, it's not gonna take me that long.

When I woke up this morning, at about 6:45, it was raining, real hard. I went on with my usual preparations for school, hoping that the rain will stop soon and the classes won't get suspended today. I'm about to leave, but it was still raining hard. Oh well, according to 2 morning TV shows, only the pre-school, elementary, and high school students will not have classes today, including mentioned universities, which didn't include mine. Cool, classes are still going on in our university, but people there will most likely think that it sucks that they had to go to school on a storming day such as this one. When I got to under the nearest LRT 1 station, which is my typical means of transportation, going to school, it was all flooded there, and people are standing by all over the place, I even saw a classmate back in high school there, and a fellow PLM student, had no idea who that person is though, but I just saw the person wearing our university's uniform. Turns out, they know each other. But about a few minutes later, the PLM sudent left. The dude said that the person is going home already, since she thinks that the classes are going to get suspended in our school anyways. After a few minutes, he even left as well, since he thought the same thing about his university. And oh, he told me that the LRT is not operational, which led me to just think about my next move. I just stood there, thinking, should I take a jeep, or just go home? But then it was announced that the LRT is back online, so I rushed up there and took a ride. Almost 9am already then, my class is supposed to start 8:30am, damn it! My first late arrival. When I got off the train, it was still raining. the outside of the station is also flooded. Damn! So, again, I wasted more time thinking about my next move, which wasted more time. But then I saw this girl, waiting for a ride just to get across the street (yes, it was THAT flooded). She's also a PLM student. So it kind of got me thinking, why not just ask the girl if she thinks that the classes will get suspended or not, if she thinks so, then I'll just head on home, since the LRT station (where I came from) is just nearby, but if not, I'll head to school to find out for myself anyways. I was going to approach her, but she seemed to be approaching me. But no, I was just too close to the corner, where all the pedicabs (basically bicycles attached to a sidecar), even the motorized ones, are heading to pick up passengers. She got into a motorized one that was only supposed to go across the street, but before any other passengers could board, I asked the driver if he could take the vehicle all the way near our school, he sort of declined because it is a little too far away, but the girl spoke up and she also wanted to go there. That makes the two of us, so the driver agreed, for a price. 40 bucks each, I agreed, so we went on. Me, seated behind the driver, I kind of got into a little chat with the driver. We were talking about the weather, and crap like that. After we got to the destination, the driver only asked us to pay 30 apiece, since we were just students, according to him. I was rummaging through my little (yeah, like a ruler's length, and a third of a ruler's width kind of little) thing where I keep my money (which used to be my pencil case, from way back in the fifth grade) when the girl took out a hundred to pay for her share of the fare, but the driver said that he doesn't have any money yet, let alone change for a hundred. I have about 70 bucks (plus some coins) in my possession that moment, so I handed the man my 70 bucks (a 50 and a 20), and proposed that I will cover all the expenses, but the man gave me back the 20 and just asked us if we had 10 bucks. The girl took out some coins to cover that part, I bid the good man a good day and that about does it for the ride. When I were walking to school, it's still raining by the way (I'm wearing a rain coat over my torso, and my backpack, plus wielding a small pink umbrella all the time) the girl followed me and insisted that she pays me back what she thinks she owes me, but I insisted (back) that she doesn't have to worry because it's on me. I arrived at the campus about 9:30am, but I saw this whiteboard outside the main entrance saying that all classes for the day are suspended in all levels. Wow. I literally broke out into a sarcastic laughter. I was, like, "Great." I was about to head on home, but the girl really insisted that she pays me the money I spent for her, and she have backup this time, her (female) friend took out 30 bucks and offered it to me, but I just said no and "It's okay, really. You don't have to." I then told the girl to return the favor not to me, but to somebody else (since I really didn't need the money, so I just thought she might see somebody else who really needs the help). I also told her that since classes are suspended, I'm heading home already. But about a second after I turned my back, the girl said "Kuya, wait! Ano nga pla name mo?" ("Hey Wait! What's your name anyways?"), I turned and said, "Dennis. Call me Dennis." then I left. Okay, so I was kidding about that last part. She didn't really get a chance to ask for my name, since I was walking a little too fast, and maybe she didn't really care. I guess she'll never know, but then again, that's already cool the way it is. Just helping out a stranger, but not just a stranger, a schoolmate after all. So after all that, I'm finally heading home.

Damn, I think this post is about the same length as the last one. Too long, huh? Oh well. Thanks for reading anyways. :)

I really wanted to go to school as scheduled today, but I guess all that happened in the past few hours were just...


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Kanin Pa Lang, Ulam Na!

First of all, the title is a Filipino phrase which when translated in English, means something like rice serving the job of a viand, therefore a viand is not needed any longer.

Anyways, I just wanted to share to the internet what happened to me yesterday.

After class, which happened way too early than I expected (1pm to be exact), I decided to just take my mp4 player's butt to Ever Grand Central to look for a joint there to get it fixed (finally!), after I finish applying for a library card (finally!... Again!). So after I got my library card, I went to the cafeteria to order the regular fudge caramel brownie with nuts (yum...) to go, as I leave the cafeteria, I started consuming it while walking on my way out of the university, but all of a sudden, something (or someone, to be more accurate) caught my attention. I saw GMA7 (yes, one of the giants of the Philippine Television Networks) trucks, which meant that they must be shooting again for the afternoon soap "Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin" again (yes, AGAIN), which meant that there must be actors/actresses within campus grounds, or must be on their way, so I checked the University Activity Center if there were any present, and there was, two of them, actually! One was Rich Asuncion (plays one of Maxene Magalona's best friends in the story), and Jackie Rice (one of the lead actresses; plays Maxene Magalona's younger sister in the story)! And I was, like, "Holy effin' crap on an effin' cracker!" I'm not really a fan of Rich, and so does apply to Jackie as well, but damn, dude! I just, well, "fancy" miss Rice. She's not just an cool actress, but also an nice person. I literally just stood there, eating my brownies, while staring at how real nice she looks. Oh sure, like, why not just approach the person and hope to have a good convo while shooting is a little delayed because of the downpour of the rain. She was kind of busy being applied to with makeup by her makeup artist. So, yeah, I just stood there, and I think I looked weird, until I finished my brownies, which made me realize that I really have to go, so if I do get my mp4 player fixed early that day, I could head on home and do my assignments early, so I get time to just chill. So, having left the campus, I walked to the Central Terminal station of the LRT line 1. But I just had to stop and smell the roastbeef this time. I couldn't resist it, since it's been a long while since I last had one of those, so I had a roastbeef sandwich (A.K.A. "shawarma") with cheese. I took the time to enjoy the beef, the cucumber, the tomatoes, the lettuce, the dressing, the cheese, even the unleavened circle piece of bread that makes up the sandwich, but in the process, I kind of forgot that I was supposed to just get on with the plan, which is get home sooner so I'd have time to do more stuff, since it was too good, man. After the deed has been done, a mixed feeling of fulfillment and resentment (okay, so that's a little exaggerated) that came to me, but nonetheless, I still have to get on with the plan. Blah blah blah, got there to get the player fixed, blah blah blah, they're not able to do the job since the player has a defective part which they could not replace at the moment, so I head on out, disappointed, but I just remembered to buy a pen, since my black pen gave up on my arse already. Hahaha. I was hoping to get one of those cute little... Damn it, I forgot what that thing's called, but nonetheless, they didn't have a standard pen that has a little chain and a little plastic keychain thingy attached to it, so I was a little disappointed, but I never really needed it, so I just got a 4-color pen for about 13 bucks. On my way out of the mall, I saw something that I haven't seen in a while, again. Damn Hong Kong-style (supposed to be stir-) fried noodles got me. Couldn't resist it, I had to eat again. Hahaha. I ordered jumbo with 4 pieces of beef siomai. Running out of money, and time. Yeah, great, but I really had to, don't know why though, wasn't hungry at all. Anyways, I had it to go, ate it inside a jeepney and got my butt home. And oh, I got an energy drink on the way. What a bloody day, got my funds almost depleted, and I barely had time to do my assignments. But at least I got-r-done. Haha.

What's the point of telling this to everyone?

1. I just stood before Jackie Rice, and she was really cute!

2. It was a pointless, but totally relieving day.

3. I love to eat, mostly food items of foreign origin. It's one strand of the thin rope that keeps me from falling into the 'cheap people' category.

4. I'm really proud of myself for having the initiative to get my own library card, after a little over 3 years that I've been studying in my university. ; and

5. Because you're a god, and I am not, and I just thought I'd let you go... Oh wait, that doesn't have anything to do with my post, now, does it?

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Damn. Well, at least I had a deviation from the boring routine, plus I got to eat stuff on the way.

That's just real...



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Brock Lesnar? Hell yeah!

I know this is old news (damn oxymorons) already, but it's really never too late to celebrate the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion of the World, Brock Lesnar's successful title defense against the former champion, Frank Mir at UFC 100!

The champ is here!

The match is scheduled for 5 rounds of 5 minutes each. From the first round, I knew already that Lesnar's going to win. I mean, first knockdown of the fight, Lesnar's on top, and already doing some short-range blows to the head and torso, which I think, maimed Mir, which led to his bleeding face, and a little difficulty in breathing in the next round. First knockdown of the second round, I was a little surprised that even though Lesnar was in control of the situation, he stood up, which perhaps is because of his cockiness, being a wrestler himself, he could've just carried on with the fight in his favor. Until the second knockdown. Lesnar is dominating once again, but this time, they are against the fence already, so there's almost no way out. Lesnar started again with the short-range blows to the head, which eventually led to Mir not responding, so the referee had to stop the fight with a decision. Lesnar is victorious by technical knockout at 1:48 in the second round.

If you want to see a video of the fight, then just click HERE.


At least the Georges St.-Pierre and Thiago Alves bout made up for the real short fight that the two heavyweights gave us.


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Hahaha... I can't believe I just said all those. But what the hell, I have a few ideas, and drafts, but I have to publish something for now. That matchup would've been more interesting if Frank Mir brought his A-game with him. But I guess he waited for too long for the opportunity to make Lesnar submit once again, that he got knocked out before he even knows it.

OH! Happy 20th birthday to a good friend of mine, Jack Aldrin Ko Sigua! You're a great dude, my friend!

Damn UFC is just too...



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