First 30 day challenge for the year.. FAIL!

Sadly, I only got up to day 11. I got pretty busy with DANZ DISH 7, so I forgot to post on days 12 onwards. But here are my answers to days 1 to 11. Basically, I posted my answers on twitter but edited this document everyday for a little description of why or what I answered. I'll try answering another 30 day challenge maybe during summer when I'll be pretty free. :)

Day 01 — Your favorite song

Up In Flames - Coldplay

At the top of my head, this would be it. I don't really have an all-time favorite song because my taste in music seems to shift once in awhile. Anyway, I just recently got Coldplay's album, Mylo Xyloto. I quickly became obsessed with it and it's been playing on repeat ever since. I'm not emo (anymore) or anything, but I also heard the song while watching TVD. It definitely sparked some emotions.

Day 02 — Your favorite movie

Wicker Park

I've been pretty much a bum since December and I've watched countless movies. Even if it's pretty old, I chose Wicker Park 'cause it's so rare for a movie with a love story to have such a dark twist. I like the mystery and the soundtrack was pretty sick as well!

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Happy Endings, Terra Nova & How I Met Your Mother

Like what I said earlier, I've been bumming watching shows nonstop. I started watching Happy Endings 'cause of my sister, and I super loved the characters and their humor. Terra Nova, on the other hand, I just stumbled upon when I couldn't find anything else to watch. I ended up watching 10 episodes all in one night! & of course, I've always been a fan of HIMYM. I have all the episodes since season 1 and I still watch them once in awhile when I just need a laugh.

Day 04 — Your favorite book

The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

Choosing a favorite book is like choosing amongst all your children. It just cannot be done! --But if I really had to choose one, it would be that. I've always been a fan of David Levithan. Maybe it's his writing style. (Something that I've tried to imitate in my short stories as well) Or the perspective he uses with his characters.. I don't know. I just like it. My other choices were Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho & Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

"You were once wild. Don't let them tame you." --Isadora Duncan

I placed this quote on a sticky on my dashboard. And it just reminds me to live my 4th everyday. We're so intent to please what society dictates that we sometimes forget to be ourselves. The raw version of us is chained and shoved to the back of our minds, while another version of us, the "acceptable" version, is out fooling others what we try to be, but are not.

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

I'm terrified.

..to drive again, that is! After that f*cked up Wednesday after Izumi, I've been kinda traumatized. Like for a little while after that incident, I had difficulty sleeping. 'Cause sleeping meant closing your eyes and every time I closed my eyes, I pictured myself back on that street about to crash into something. But it's ironic how I posted this yesterday afternoon and at night, I was forced out of my will to drive. I had training and I didn't have a way to go. It was the slowest, most paranoid car ride of my life. But hey, I'm alive! & the car's alive! So I think it went pretty well.

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

This is a picture of me, Alex, and Drew going crazy over a banana taken in 2010. That was one hell of a year for me. And I couldn't have made it without these two (and Gio! But I don't seem to have a picture of him). Whatever craziness I had, they seemed to have it times 2! No matter what the circumstance, I was always happy around them. Man, I miss team 2010!

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Believe it or not, this photo makes me very sad. I didn't post it on twitter though, because at the time, I couldn't think of a photo to use. But the reason why I chose this now was because I really miss my friends. And I miss going crazy with them and taking wild random pictures like this one in a parking lot at around 2 in the morning. Oh high school. Good times, good times.

Day 09 — A photo you took

Took this for my photography class. One of my most shots from one of my most memorable random day. We went around Manila taking pictures of old churches, monuments, and statues. I lost my glasses midday and had to drive blind. It was awesome. --In this scary omg-we-might-die way.

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Here's me and my sister when we were about.. 4 and 5, I guess? I'm not so sure. But as you can see we were really into Minnie Mouse! And this photo was taken in my garage! --The same garage that I still have up to this day. My, my, how time flies. Look at those chubby cheeks!

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

This was taken for Danz Dish 7, LSDC-Street's annual (and my very last!) dance concert. The theme is somewhat fairy-like that's why I have feathers and other wild things in my hair. And straight angles are definitely not my thing (that's why I kind of look like a chubby owl), but I like my lips though.


I actually enjoyed answering them. I wish I finished all 30 days, but I can't control everything. You can only plan so much in your life. I do promise to try and plan out things more. :)

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.

First 30 day challenge for the year.

Day 01 — Your favorite song

Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Posting my answers on twitter, more specifically, here.

Sorry, I just felt like I needed to do something new. My life has succumbed to a routine of sorts. This is not what I wanted/expected for this year. 2012 has to be better. It just has to!

Hello 2012. You suck.

This year started out so well. For the first time ever in the history of my life, I was allowed to go out on New Year's. --And with no curfew nonetheless! The days that followed it were also pretty awesome. I got to spend time with my friends, hitting Opus and even Cebu! & to top it all off, I even broke my curfew a couple more times without getting caught.

Everything was going so well, until everything started falling apart. HA HA 2012 YOU HAVE SUCH A SICK SENSE OF HUMOR. On the 5th, Julio's (my lappy) back cover started peeling off. My warranty ended last September, but I had no choice. Dad took him to the Power Mac Store. Thank God it was really a problem of this type of Macbook, so it was covered by a special type of warranty. On the 8th, my phone died in Cebu. Yes, okay, it was partly my fault, but still. Now was the worst possible time to not have my contacts and a qwerty phone. It's freakin' Danz Dish season for goodness sakes! And last but not least, I crashed my car on the 11th. This was 140% my fault. I was pretty drunk and I was checking my phone. Boom. Crashed into a post. (Which I thought I didn't hit, by the way) And swerved on to the pavement. And a canal. Tire exploded, damaged my mags, broke the suspension, chassis and even the battery (no idea, but thats what the mechanic told my dad) Anyway, long story short, the right side of my car was hit pretty bad. I am an epic fail.

And now I have this money. Not a lot, but a fairly decent amount, which will all go down the drain because of all the shit I've been doing with my life. Yes, I have to pay for the damages. As well as purchase a new phone because the one I'm using now is my sister's old phone, which turns itself off on a constant basis. I won't even feel this money. It will prolly slip through my fingers like ice on a warm summer day.

Now I am grounded. Indefinitely. I'm not allowed to drive, drink, or even go out. I seriously had better expectations for this year. I just hope to God this won't be how my whole year will be. Please please please don't let it be this way.

I think I need a sunrise. I'm tired of the sunset.