Neocreationism.

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2008-05-01T04:35:00.001-07:00

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2007-09-10T05:45:00.000-07:00

I have relocated. pls check out my new blog at http://www.alamatnghari.blogspot.com . I won't be posting here anymore.

2007-09-06T05:49:00.001-07:00

Grabe, nakakatamad na magblog...Pag ginanahan ako ulit aayusin ko talaga itong blog na ito pero sa ngaon tinatamad talaga ako.

2007-07-22T21:53:00.000-07:00

Got Harry Potter last Saturday. We were at National Bookstore by 5 am and we were second in line at the main gate. Stayed behind in Manila just for the book, after we got the two hp books we reserved for, we went home to bulacan. By eight am, I have uploaded a new friendster pic of me and the book. Well, sadly I haven't read it yet. I'm so tired of fourth year life, there is just no excitement. Sukang suka na ako sa str, every week na lang may paper work. And then there are the long tests and problem sets due this week. Not to mention the perio week a week after this week and the UPCAT tests the immediate saturday after the perio week. Do they even give us time to study for upcat? I haven't even touched on math yet, the only subject I have reviewed for is earth sci. I'm just to tired, good thing I have something to look forward to this days. Actually, 2 things. The first is the Pisay film we are going to watch at ccp this Friday. And then ofcourse, Harry Potter. I'll make sure to read harry potter on the ride home from UPCAT. AHH, if not for Harry Potter I would like to kill myself from too much tension. MAy dalawa pa nga pala akong post quarter---Chem at Quines, kamusta naman!

2007-07-19T08:30:00.000-07:00

By Saturday, July 21, 2007, 6 am in the Philippines, I do hope that:

The boy who lived lives and the Prince be redeemed.

I do hope for the best.

2007-07-14T00:31:00.000-07:00

pisay the movie trailer

2007-07-09T06:34:00.000-07:00

As long as feelings remain as such then I'm quite safe. The problem is, how to stop them. This particular feeling is strong, for I've never left like this in 8 months.

I do want to care but to what extent? Pano kung mabuking nya ko? Hindi ko nga alam kung gusto ko o ayaw ko na malaman nya.

Hay nako, maka kanta na nga lang:

How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me
I'm falling for you..

2007-07-07T23:43:00.000-07:00

So much for a Harry Potter layout, I'm quite happy with this orange layout as it is.

Something's been bothering me for quite awhile. Someone's making me feel something I obviously cannot feel.(is that a line from a movie?) Naiinis na ako kasi natratrap na naman ako ng emotions ko.

Anyway, sana di na magaway str groupmates ko, nahihirapan na kasi ako.

2007-07-07T08:16:00.000-07:00

new blog lay out. This is supposed to be a Harry Potter tribute. Soree sabo pa ang layout kasi gabi na, ningas kugon ako ngayon. May prob pa sa script kaya ayaw lumabas yung ginawa kong banner. Patulong na lang ako kay Boom. Boom patulong ha. Sana maayos ko na to bago mag July 11. Shame on me naan dapat matagal ko ng ginawa to, rarr.

Speaking of Rarr, Ra Ra Ra, mabuhay ang batch 08!

Hindi ko alam kung makakatulog ako agad, may iniisip kasi ako. Rarr, naiinis ako sa sarili ko ba't ba di ko mapigilan bibig, este, fingers ko. Sing daldal din nya ko e.

Mischief Managed.

2007-07-07T04:11:00.000-07:00

Nag sm kami ni HJ kanina at ang dami naming nakita. Si Maam Edulan, Si Popo at si Sara at si Mark and Yssa. At siyempre, haha si J-j-janella. Hmmm. Ala lang. Guess what, na-spottan ko ang Reyes Barbecue at siyempre kinuhanan ko na ng pic.

For those who are not aware, yun yung kinainan namin nila Bulette the very first time kong lumabas sa SM kasama ang friends, as in sa Maynila. Tas yun nga, uminom ako ng sinigang na lasang...Seawater! Muntik ko na talagng maibuga kay Bulette.

Well, hindi na nga pala ako si Giselle, just call me Peachy. You heard me right my name is Peachy. Part of shedding of the past.

Miss na miss ko na si Jay at Wendy. Hi Wendy!

Random post to eh pasenxa na. Hmm, concerning the Seventh Harry Potter Book, well, I should say, with what has happened, atleast I can still hope that Severus Snape is indeed good. Love yah Snape!

And the movie! I wonder why I am more excited about the movie. Maybe because the book will be the final one, I really suck at goodbyes. I hate withdrawal symptoms. Well, these month should really be declared Harry Potter Month, I should say.

Speaking of Harry Potter, if there's one celebrity I would like to meet before I die, it would be JK Rowling.

And of celebrities, haha, kanina sa sm, sa ilalim ng escalators, lahat may pics ni Kelly Misa. She's endorsing for a promo sponsored by Moto KRZR and Folded and Hung. Grabe si Kelly, si Helen of Troy yun eh.

What would Xena do?

2007-07-05T23:40:00.000-07:00

What would Xena do?

Wala lang naaadik lang ulit sa Xena.(past forward seven years ago.) Manood kasi kay tuwing 8 pm sa RPN9.

Tsaka manood kayo ng aking favorite show na On the Lot. Go Shalini! Go Princess Leia.

Ang saya kahapon, kasi birthday ni Maam R tas hindi namin alam kaya walang bumabati sa kanya. Tas tinext lang ako ni Sir Alfer kaya ko nalaman. Siyempre impromptu birthday celebration. Mega hanap kami ng cake. NAgmilagro may cake sa caf. Tas bumili kami ng coke at kandila na pambinyag. Tas nag isip kami ng pakulo. Dapat sana song and dance number kaso mas maganda ang naisip ni Honey na gantihan namin si Maam R sa ginawa niya sa amin last year nung merong may birthday. Ang eksena: mag aaway kami ni Ban kunyari(coincidentally, magkaaway kami talaga kahapon.), tas yun, may aawat dahil birthday nga ni Maam R kaya wala dapat mag away. haha tas mamaya ko na lang kwento kung ano nangyari kasi pinapaalis na ako nung librarian. baboosh!

Reclamation

2007-07-05T23:33:00.000-07:00

Reclamation.

No I am not complaining. I just want to declare that I have finally reclaimed my blog. No more global warming excuses whatsoever. I am reopening this blog for the benefit of me having one.

Emily

2006-12-18T21:49:00.000-08:00

My current fetish: Emily Blunt

Oh God she's quite pretty, she's a brunette for crying out loud. She's damn sexy too. I have watched My Summer of Love in You Tube, she's precious. I have watched the Devil Wears Prada a million times because of her. She's my current favorite actress. She's Michael Buble's girlfriend, awww.

2006-12-16T01:51:00.000-08:00

Shame on me!

Ngayon ko lang napag isip isip na wala akong sketch pad, shame on me talaga! Of all things, sketch pad pa ang wala ako. Kaya sa magreregalo sa akin ng sketch pad, mamahalin ko kayo ng buong puso. Kahit wala akong puso at least hindi ako plastic. I'm made up of flesh, hehe, at hindi ako bitch at impokrito..yoohooo..buti na lang di ba Janella..di tayo tumulad..

Happy Birthday nga pala Janella, advanced!

2006-12-14T22:59:00.000-08:00

Lee Young Ae -Singing(moon river)

Lee Young Ae sings Moon River. Forgive her pronounciation, not many Korean people can do what she does.

2006-12-14T21:43:00.000-08:00

yey! tapos na ako sa term paper at love story, choose your own adventure na lang. tapos for the first time sumunod ako sa page limit ni Maam R. yehey for me!wala akong masabi, gusto ko lang magblog, siguro puro videos na lang post ko. post ko din yung video ni Lee Young Ae na kumakanta ng Moon River pati yung trailer ng Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. cge. gawa muna ko choose your own.

2006-12-13T22:06:00.000-08:00

Lee Young Ae sings heyheyhey

lee young ae sing heyheyhey, so cute!

2006-12-12T17:36:00.000-08:00

Kyun Mi Ri is in Jumong! OMG! Nagwala kami ng kapatid ko nung malaman namin! Kyun Mi Ri! Choisanggung mamanyi! Natutulog nga ako noon tas pinakita sa GMA yung preview ng Jumong tas andun si Kyun Mi Ri kaya nagising ako bigla kahit na antok na antok na ako.

Ayan xa, do you see her, OMG so pretty! Saranghamnida. Pero shocks, kontrabida na naman pala xa, well magaling naman xa eh. Wah! I will definitely watch Jumong because of her, naku makabili na nga ng DVD box! Wah! pero mas bagay sa kanya ang donut wig nila noon sa Dae Jang Geum(Jewel in the Palace), kasi mas muka xang matanda ngayon, hehe. She's absolutely my favorite actress. Woohoooo kahit sa Dae Jang Geum kinakabog si Lee Young Ae at Yang Mi Kyung. Speaking of Lee Young Ae, nakakaasar yung nagtitinda ng dvd sa amin. Hanap ako ng hanap ng Sympathy for Lady Vengeance tas sabi nila wala daw sila pero nung isang araw nung wala pa akong pera meron sila. Hmmpp, tinatamad lang maghanap. R18 ang SFLD, pero for violence, shocks, pinakita pa na pinutol ni LYA yung daliri nya.

2006-12-08T17:30:00.000-08:00

Yay.astig panalo ang Be sa paskorus.yoohoo! hehe.ayos itong week na ito kahit na ang daming ginagawa. tas may alam ako.haha.akala niyo ha.tas may nakabati ako.haha.

Tas ang bitchy itchy ng iba.tas nagpunta kami ni chan at janella sa mall.kumain kami sa chicken bacolod inasal sa block.tas may nakita si janella na *toot* nagsmack.sheez.bakit di ko nakita?tas dami namin nakita na friendship.as in *toot*.yee.pero magbabago na kami ni janella.wish ko lang.tas ang saya saya ko kasi haha.tas wala ako sa class pic ng Cs sa grandstand yey! tas love na love daw ni sir alfer gift ko sa kanya.dinisplay pa raw niya sa cube niya.wahaha.tas uno daw ako sa pinoy perio sabi ni ate angel.tas nagkiller killer kami nila angel.tas ng apol kis kami nila ian, jay at popo.tas ng apol kis kami ulit nila angel at ian habang hinihintay results ng paskorus. tas yun nga, panalo Be.Yey!

2006-11-29T23:23:00.000-08:00

ano ka ba?patulugin mo naman ako, bakit ba ang kulit kulit mo sa isip ko?pero okay na rin yun, atleast, nasasabi ko sa sarili ko na masaya talaga ako.hay.para kang droga, not that natikman ko na yun pero yun ang ginagawa mo sa kin, nahihigh ako sayo. alam ko na ang perfect na kanta para sayo.

"Toxic"
Baby, can’t you see
I’m calling
A guy like you
Should wear a warning
It’s dangerousI’m fallin’

There’s no escape
I can’t wait
I need a hint
Baby, give me it
You’re dangerous
I’m lovin’ it

Too high
Can’t come down
Losing my head
Spinning ‘round and ‘round
Do you feel me now

With a taste of your lipsI’m on a ride
You're toxic I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I’m addicted to you
Don’t you know that you’re toxic
And I love what you do
Don’t you know that you’re toxic

It’s getting late
To give you up
I took a sip
From my devil's cup
SlowlyIt’s taking over me

Too high
Can’t come down
It’s in the air
And it’s all around
Can you feel me now

Intoxicate me now
With your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now
I think I'm ready now
Intoxicate me now
With your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now

wow pare, sana yun lang talaga yun

2006-11-29T18:41:00.000-08:00

ur the one keeping my sanity intact

and yet binabaliw mo talaga ako

ang tanging inaalala ko

baka matunaw ka na sa mga titig ko

ang ganda kasi ng mata mo eh

buti pa si manny pacquiao, mayaman na siya

ni hindi niya kailangan pumasok at maghirap sa Pisay

para yumaman

wahaha, magboboxing na lang ako

pra sa ganun,

hindi ko na kelangan pumasok sa Pisay,

makilala ka...

at malaman lang na hindi naman maaari ang nararamdaman ko

2006-11-29T18:33:00.000-08:00

kanta ni James Blunt

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful it's true
I saw your face
In a lovely place
And I don't know what to do
Cause I'll never be with you

Diyan naform yung lovestory ko para sa pinoy. post ko din dito

2006-11-29T17:23:00.000-08:00

naiinis talaga ako sa sarili ko, bakit ba hindi ko makuhang magbago. kahit anong gawin ko masarap pa rin talagang maging t***, ewan ko, andun yung thrill pati excitement.

ikaw kasi, kasalanan mo, ano bang ginawa mo sa akin, whenever i'm around you i'm on a high, mababaliw ako, pero hinahayaan ko na lang ang sarili ko para atleast masaya ko ngayon, well pag kasama kita masaya ako. hay ikaw lang talaga pumapawi ng kalungkutan ko nowadays.haha.siguro nagiging escapist ako.i don't wanna fall for u, ayoko ng bumalik dun, hay naku naku naku...

roll call ng mga taong nakakaalam:
janella
jay
chan chan
aika

hay di ka maalis sa isip ko, talagang binabaliw mo ko, hay dea dea bakit mo ko ginising? pero mabuti pa yun, gisingin niyo na lang ako, bago ako mahulog sa kabaliwang kong ito. unang una dahil masakit, dahil hindi pwede.

Gaze at me once
Enlighten me with your smile
Never let me go
Ever more as true
Vain as the wind from South
Embracing me completely

gauwsh, ayoko na talaga! Stop me! at ngayong walang pasok miss na miss na kita.hay.

2006-11-26T03:49:00.000-08:00

let me introduce you to my new friend..haha...si jerry...full name niya jeraldine...astig diba....half american xa, yung tatay niya sundalo....tas galing niya sa arts........basta go bestfriend...

2006-11-26T03:19:00.000-08:00

this is really bad for my mental health.

2006-11-21T15:46:00.000-08:00

Hello, malapit na ang birthday ni Janella, in short, pasko. Niloloko nga nya ako, sabi niya yung booth daw nila, picture with Jeseus Christ. Siya na ang may sabi nun ha, hindi na ako kaya siya na ang kikidlatan. Sumakit ang paa ko kasusunod kina Jape at ChanChan kaya ngayon di na ako sumasama sa kanila magstroll. Masaya kahapon, naupo lang kami nila MArianne at Chan Chan sa ilalim ng puno, nag str kasi si Jape. Tas nakagawa na ako ng first page ko dun sa long test sa pinoy, horror ang napunta sa Cs.

2006-11-10T21:36:00.000-08:00

Hay

hindi ko alam kailangan pa palang magblog para sa com sci

pero sige eto na nga

Nung thursday naulit yung wellness thinggy, at para kaming hinostage ng speaker doon, akalain mo, 50000 pala ang bayad sa kanila, akalain mo nga naman. Tapos ginanon lang kami sa loob ng classroom..parang kwan...hinostage....sana pala naghomeroom na lang kami. Tapos yung speaker parang noon lang nya nabalitaan yung game na pinalaro niya sa amin, tapos sasabihin lang nya yung mga bawal gawin pag nagawa mo na, akalain mo! Tapos nung una na marami pang namatay sabi niya 'Ganyan pa kayo ka careless sa totoong buhay?!' e hello, laro lang po iyon, not that we'll take it too seriously naman diba...asar...

Tas kinawawa nya si Maam R, pinagsulat ng hindi naman pala niya ididiscuss, parang...what for...hello....akala ko tuloy ako yung inirapan ni Maam R.

2006-11-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

yi...promdate ko na si Sir Alfer!!!!Yooohhooooo!!!!!magpapainom ako!!!!!!Wooohooooo!!!!Ang saya saya talaga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yey!!!!!!!!!!Adobo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hoohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pero nakakaasar lang nung Friday dinismiss nya kagad kami, hayy, con todo pabango pa naman ako noon tas ididismiss lang nya kami...that's so unfair....

Bati na kami ni banban...yehey...ewan ko lang kung ano itsura namin, mukha akong tanga as in...tas nalate pa ako sa Eng..hehe pero sabi ni Sir Alfer kay Chan chan, 'uy dahil sau nal8 c giselle' o diba kilig? hehe. Thankyou nga pala sa mga taong tumulong sakin, si Janelle, si Dea, si Tricia, si Ada at si Maam R...

2006-10-28T22:33:00.000-07:00

GO VICTORIAN!!!!

grabe ang gagaling nyo talaga.parang thursday night nawawalan na ako ng pagasa na ma pull off namin toh, pano ba naman, kinamay namin ang mga damit na yan, manual yan...utang na loob...hay salamat sa runway di ko makikilala kung gano kabait si Maam R at si Alfer..hay awang awa ako kay maam R, yung belt na suot nya, 2 inches smaller than her waist line, pinilit ko lang na magkasya...hay pero ang bait nya talaga, pati si Alfer...hayy...di namin alam kung pano namin nagawa ni ada yung skirt ni maam, di ko alam kung pano ako nakapanahi eh wala talaga akong alam dun...30 mins before the show nagaalala pa ko sa kung sino magaayos sa mga models...wala pang make-up si maam...tas pagsilip ko sa cr aun si maam nag aayos...keri naman pala eh...tas xa na rin nag ayos sa lahat ng models at ang galing nila ni tricia mag adlib!!! at eto pa astig, nanalo si alfer sa pagtayo nya, haha, tumayo pa lang yun ha..

sa totoo lang, bonus na lang na matawag ang pangalan namin sa best collection...dahil para sa akin panalo na kami...hindi kami nandaya...na pull-off talaga namin...at ang ganda talaga ng mga damit namin...ako sa sarili ko hindi ko parin maicp kung pano ko nagawa yun...ang pinakamalaking kalaban na tinalo namin ay ang mga sarili namin..astig pa pagdating ni maam samala sa dorm, pagkakita niya sa mga damit namin, sabi nya 'sure win na kayo'. at totoo naman e, bonus na lang ang matawag ang pangalan namin...mahalaga hinsi namin pinahiya ang mga models...at pati sa presentation naaus namin...at hindi kami nandaya...at nag kaisa kami, masaya pa, kahit yung hindi kasama sa team victorian tumutulong din.

laki talaga ng pagpapasalamat ko sa mga models, di ko alam kung pano ko kau pasasalamatan.

ngaun ko lang naramdaman sa buhay ko na kahit hindi kami nanalo ay sobrang saya ko pa din...

2006-10-22T01:19:00.000-07:00

hindi ako nananakit ng tao, well atleast not physically, hello bakit ko naman gagawin yun? kung may nasaktan ako physically di ko yun sinasadya. at sana wag din akong pagiisipan ng masama ng mga tao, lalo na yung mga taong di ko inaasahan mag iisip ng ganun sa akin.

at wag din kayong matakot lumapit sa akin dahil hindi ako nangangagat, hello kamusta naman ang malisya nyo.

at isa pa, sa mga hindi sumama sa sm nung friday, okay na din yun kasi di ka na talaga kasya kung may isa pang sasama. sikip sikip na namin eh.

tsaka malayo ang pagkakaiba ng kinikiliti sa pinapatay.

at walang nagpipilit na sumama sa pj, hindi nyo kelangan hintayin pa matapos yun para makaalis na ha, madami namang gumagawa eh kaya i guess okay lang yun.

hindi naman kasi sapilitan ang pagsali sa pj, ang ano lang eh, commitment yan.

2006-10-15T16:49:00.000-07:00

Ang feeling ng mawala sa akin ang pinakamagandang nangyari sa buhay ko ay parang namatayan. Irreversible kasi. Gusto ko man siyang ipaglaban, anong magagawa ko kung Diyos mismo ang kalaban ko. Ang gusto ko lang naman ay ang mahalin siya habang buhay sa paraan na natutuhan ko, napakasakit isipin na pati ito ay hihindi ko maaaring gawin. Napakasakit ding isipin na na hindi pala pag ibig iyon. Parang nagtratraydor ang pagkakataon. Napakadaming pwedeng kunin sa akin, bakit iyon pa? Ikaw ang pinakamagndang nangyari sa buhay ko, we are the perfect match, sumablay lang ng konti.Isa lang ang alam ko, hindi ko na kayang magmahal pa muli. You are worth the wait, at hindi lang basta paghihintay. Hihintayin kita ng isang buong buhay, at kahit pa sa mga susunod kong buhay. Hahanapin kita hanggang sa matagpuan kitang muli, hanggan sa maging tama na ang lahat, hanggang sa wala ng pagkakamali. Nobody can live me the way you did, and nobody can make you happy the way I can.

2006-09-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

I've just read the Alchemist. I can't believe nayon ko lang yun nabasa, hmmm, maganda xa infairness pero ewan ko ba..ever since I've read the Giver, wala ng nakatapat na book on that genre ever.. basta...da best kasi yung the Giver. Maski nga yung Gathering Blue maganda rin.. basta da best si Lois Lowry na other ng mga ganung klaseng story..ewan ko ha, halos pareho lang ang lalim ng story ng the Giver at the Alchemist pero siguro nasa pagsusulat na rin yun. Mas gusto ko siguro ang style ni Lois Lowry kesa kay Paulo Coehlo..masyado kasing suggestive si Paulo Coehlo eh, parang yung message na gusto niyang iparating sa readers, nasa dialogue na kagad, hindi mo na kailagang hanapin pa o iinterpret, babasahin mo na lang. E ang pangit pag ganun di ba? Parang hindi man lang nagtry try si Paulo Coelho, matatalino rin naman ang readers eh, hindi mo kailangang i spoon feed ng ideas, kaya ka nga gumagawa ng novel eh, sana nag essay na lang si Paulo Coelho.

O yun lang muna, isang work pa lang naman ni Paulo Coehlo ang nabasa ko e, hindi ko xa dapat i judge kagad, dahil hindi sya book, haha.

2006-09-29T17:32:00.000-07:00

Kahapon galing akong books for less and guess what I've found: Isang bagong bagong kopya ng League of Extraordinary Gentlemen na trenta pesos lang. Ang swerte ko talaga.

Kahapon super ultra mega wala akong magawa, walang kuryente, internet, tubig, ilaw...
Kawawa ang mga biktima ng landslide..

Grabe talaga yung hangin nung thursday, buong buhay ko, ngayon ko lang naranasan ang hangin na ganon kalakas, yung mga bubong ng kapitbahay namin tinangay. Tapos yung billboard ng puneraryang katabi namin matatanggal na. E saamin babagsak yun. Yung aso namin ewan ko a, baka natangay na din. Hay grabe, tumutunog talaga yung hangin... Nakakatakot...lakas pa ng ulan...pagpinapanood ko yung mga nagbagsakang billboard sa tv natatakot pa din ako..

2006-09-28T20:04:00.000-07:00

9/29/06

Para sa members ng forum ni chinthy, eto po yung explanation:What went wrong?The third inner rule of the palace girls is the most applied of all the inner rules in Dae Jang Geum. The summary of the application of the third inner rule in the entire series can be put into these words: Sacrifice the few for the benefit of the many.We have seen this reasoning take place many times in Dae Jang Geum. When Jang Geumâ€™s own mother, Lady Meong He Park was framed-up by the Choi family for adultery, she immediately had to be killed to protect the prestige of the palace girl community and in effect, the integrity of the palace.This event need not happen. Observing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl in Dae Jang Geum, even if their entire stay in the palace is, as described by Madame Jung, lonely, there are still little hardships. Except that you are not allowed to marry, their tasks are essentially light, especially the palace girls under King Joongjongâ€™s rule, who is described to be a warm-heated and forgiving ruler. The palace girls just have to strive hard and be responsible for keeping up with their tasks, which can be easy for those with perseverance since everything is provided to them. The palace girls are allowed to read and write, and get educated about not only food but history and government as well. They have access to certain books and are free to use the facilities inside the kitchen anytime if itâ€™s for their training. Their lives will be easy as long as they obey the rules.If the life inside the palace is not that heavy at all, why did the deaths of Meong He and Lady Han ever take place? Why was Jang Geum needed to be exiled to Genju Island? How come the once idealistic and loyal friend Lady Choi is, turned to be so ugly and wicked? Why was Geum Youngâ€™s principles destroyed? What went wrong? All the answers rely on the practices of the people of the part of Asia they belong in.Korea is a part of Monsoon Asia, where group effort and wellness of a community is more valued than individual growth. This is very evident in the series especially with the Choi family. So what went wrong with Lady Choi and the others? The main problem here is that they are attached to one family and one group of people. They are only concerned about the situation of their own small group and because of that, they are willing to hurt other groups that hinder their way. Taking Lady Choi for example, when they were just worker girls and her friend Meong He saw her put poison into the Queenâ€™s food on her familyâ€™s orders, she did not wish to frame Meong He up for adultery and watch her die, but she needed to protect her family and thus, she did so. Eventually, that became her principle in life, to protect the Choi family at all costs. The bad thing is, the group she vowed to protect doesnâ€™t really deserve her protection. When Lady Han was declared as the new Highest Kitchen Lady, she could easily have given in, but no. Her family has held the Highest Kitchen Lady position for five generations and she could simply not let it end, especially not in her hands. She asked herself to be demoted to the sauce department, but pleaded to Lady Han that she let Geum Young, her niece, stay in the kitchen because she has talents. She wants Geum Young to continue the legacy of the Choi family.Later on, she cooked up a conspiracy involving Jang Geum and Lady Han to the poisoning of the king. Because of this she was able to recover the Highest Kitchen Lady position for her family. At that time, both Lady Han and Jang Geum was supposed to be sentence to death as any forms of disobedience to the king will have to face death. However, Lady Choi did not want to do anything bad anymore, this is evident when she told Lady Han while she was still in prison that all of these, starting from Meong He, would never had happened if only they did not let their principles hinder the intentions of the Choi family. The death sentence was later on mellowed to exile and slavery because of Lady Choi. This is a proof that Lady Choi is naturally a good person, however, the selfish intentions of the group of people she was attached to hinder the way for her individual goodness to prosper.Until her last days, and in her death, she was still thinking of ways to save the Choi family, more than her own life. Because her attachment to the group hindered the way for her individual concerns to be voiced out, the only way she can prove herself is by not letting the Choi family go down especially in her time, which is not parallel to her niece, Geum Youngâ€™s view of her obligations to the Choi family.When she was asked by Lady Choi to place a written curse in the special kitchen in order for the son in the Queenâ€™s womb to become a princess, she accepts the job but says that she does it so because it is the fate of the Choi family and that she has to accept it, but she also noted to Lady Choi that she will definitely make sure that this fate will end in her time. Lady Choi did not believe her, because Geum Young was just like her at first.What about Jang Geum and Lady Han? Lady Choi told them that they could not have suffered if only they did not meddle. What can really have caused this â€˜meddlingâ€™? Why did they have to let themselves experience the hardships, just to fight for their principles, when other palace girls are busying themselves with petty in fights? Reviewing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl, they could easily have avoided the hard life, but the factors that contributed to the principles of Jang Geum and Lady Han is right there inside the kitchen, education.The mode of education inside the Choson royal kitchen can be viewed in a way that it provides for the growth of an individual, rather the entire group. If you are free to use any ingredient you want and facility to learn outside class hours, you can easily leave behind your classmates in their knowledge and be able to develop your skills on your own. Especially to people like Jang Geum and Lady Han, to whom a day without reading a book or two cannot be considered a day, taking advantage of this privilege is more beneficial to an individual, rather than it is to the group. If they are allowed to acquire a great deal of knowledge, they learn new ideas, and they also learn of the past behind their time and realize that things had not always been the way they are. Generally, the mode of acquiring education came in conflict with the situation of the society. Because of the education Madame Jung acquired inside the palace, she was able to form her principles; she was able to recognize that her mission inside the kitchen is to make a difference in the way highest kitchen ladies are chosen. She suggested to the king that they hold a contest instead of the head lady choosing the next to fill the position because her vocation is that for talents and good intentions become the sole basis for choosing the people to take over the positions, not wealth, family or influence. Doing so, she ensures only the best for her beloved kitchen, she wants to see fair play and democracy, but doing so too, changes a dynasty old tradition of passing down a position. Her way of thinking, the method she acquired that thinking and the changes she wants to do using the new ideas she has acquired can be categorized as a form of liberalism. The way she and Lady Han died is a good example to show us the dangers of liberal thinking in a colony. The Spaniards allowed only a small percentage of Filipinos, usually the rich, to acquire education. Other than that, the education that the lowly indio acquires is mostly on the Christian doctrine, a tactic the Spaniards have developed so that the Filipinos will have a firmer hold on their vehicle of colonization, which is religion. This may cause some of the privileged Filipino elites to fear change; they fear that their call for change may endanger them, the way Lady Han suffered because she voiced out her liberal ideas.This similar idea is one of the things that separate the East from the West. Liberalism and democracy are generally a western invention. Because westerners are not that attached to their family as Monsoon Asians are, they can be expected to have different principles, unlike in a family based society. When we say family, we mean a group of people following the same law, enjoying the same culture and as expected, one traditional way of thinking. During the series, we saw what happened tothe people who deviated away from these traditions. And because as we have said, liberalism and democracy is a western invention, the lives of the palace girls of monsoon Asia which welcomed these new ideas were persecuted.

2006-09-28T19:57:00.000-07:00

9/29/06

N Times--read on, you'll know why.UPDATES on MY LIFESo I have watched So Close for the nth time! Yup, that was indeed so close to burning the dvd!Plus, I, too, have watched the ending of Jewel in the Palace for the nth time, and it made me cry for the nth time. Grabe, I liked the ending so much because of the simplicity, I appreciated it very much. I think that's just what we need, simplicity. Now Jang-geum, you can finally be happy! I'm happy for you! It really made me cry, knowing how Jang Geum's life had been hurt by the colorful palace. Just as she have said, the palace taught her the wonders of cooking and allowed her to practice her medical skills, but it is also because of the palace that lost her mother and Lady Han. The palace may have made you think you own everything, but it will also take the most important things from you. I will not blame her for choosing not to stay in the palace, she knows she can serve more people outside the palace gates. I just miss the grandeur of the palace, but Jang Geum was right, inside, it was indeed a sad place. But finally she can settle down, be happy and walk the road she wants to take.I have watched Jewel in the Palace Special for the nth time too. To those who don't know yet, JITP special is a special tribute show to Jewel in the Palace. It is a pre-taped one episode talk show, featuring Lee Young Ae and Co. plus a lot of goodies, like the Bloopers and everything.That single episode ranked the fifth most watched show in Korea, of course, the number one is JITP the series.Sadly, my DVD copy of the show has no English subtitles, but as the worthy fan that I am, I sitted through the almost 1 and a half hours that is the show. So I was there, watching, without understanding anything but a few Korean words and the names of the actors. Thanks to Kyun Mi Ri(Lady Choi), I didn't really feel out of place. She was active with her gestures that I wa able to comprehend what she was saying. She talks so much! Ang Daldal! But I like her so much, she made the audience laugh all the time! She's a commeidienne after all(tama ba spelling!). But when she was asked to take on the role of a villain, she did so very well. Hay.. I like her so much, she is the one in the picture below the smaller one. A basta, thanks to her, may naintindihan ako kahit papano.So ang dilemna ko ngayon, mamamatay ako pag di ko nalaman ang pinaguusapan nila sa JITP Special, pero may solution ako: This summer, I will be taking Korean classes. Yes, I'm really going to learn how to speak Korean!Comments on Hong Ri-na(Geum Young, the one in the smaller pic), My Gosh!, she is gorgeous when she's not in costume, she looks really elegant. Magagalit ba kayo if I write here that she is even more gorgeus than Lee Young Ae? Okay, I already wrote it down. But maybe because, medyo hindi nagsuklay si LYA sa JITP Special. Basta, she really caught my eye, plus the actress who played Queen Menjong, she is really pretty. I love Queen Menjong, in fact, she is my second favorite character in JITP, right after Lady Choi. Hmmm. You see, I'm not your typical Jewel fan.---So far so good. Avisala Meiste!

2006-09-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

9/24/2006

Maraming kwento ang buhay...minsan malungkot, minsan masaya. Mahirap kung nagsisilbi ka lang na manunulat sa kwento ng buhay mo. Malungkot kung parati na lamang ikaw ang manunulat ng mga masasayang pangyayari, ng kaligayahan. Tila ba wala kang karapatang angkinin ang sarili mong kaligayahan dahil ito ay para sa kwento, para sa mambabasa. Dahil ang mga kwento ay hindi para sa may akda kundi para sa mambabasa. Unfair yun, unfair sa manunulat na nagdudusa.

Eto tanaga:

Sa Simbahan

Sa loob ng simbahan
Nando'n ang kaligtasan
Kapag lumabas naman
May pilay sa hagdanan

Inspired ang tanaga na yan ng isang Chapter sa Noli Me Tangere. Yung chapter tungkol sa simbahan tapos may leper dun sa hagdanan. Dapat kasi nang leper ang sinadala sa simbahan, hindi dapa tna nasa labas lang siya, dapat siyang tulungan.

2006-09-15T04:39:00.000-07:00

Sept. 15, 2006

Yoohooo.....kababasa ko lang ng bagong labas na Pugad Baboy, PG 18...hehehehe ang ganda....Payag na kayo, John Pratts as Luke Skywalker, Camille Pratts as Princess Leia? Hehehehe

Project Runway....Sana magawa namin....Nakakawala sa sarili ang pagcracram ng RRL sa UB, wala ka ng magagawa kundi tumawa na lang...sige tawa na lang tayo...imagine nagfirst bell na at five minutes na lang submission na. Meron ka pang 100 pages na kelangan ihighlighter ang important parts, 20 pages per minute, un ang rate ko kaninang UB, ASTIG!!!!

2006-09-15T04:37:00.000-07:00

Sept. 15, 2006

Meron pa kong isang kwento...isang araw nagpapachek up ako sa doctor, tas yung isang nanay dun, kausap nya nanay ko, tinanong nya, "May asawa na ba yang anak mo?" Huh! It's like first year high school pa lang ako nun, utang na loob!

Ganun na ba katanda itsura ko? Pano pa kaya next year na two units na ang Physics tas mas matinding STR at UPCAT? Hay hay hay Pisay

2006-09-15T04:33:00.000-07:00

Sept. 14, 2006

Todo na to....STR....tama nga sila, stress starts with STR....aaaahhhh!!! Ano na kaya itsura ko pagkatapos ko ng college? Losyang na losyang na ang lola mo....may kwento ako:

Bago ako pumasok ng second year, edi enrolment nun, nakapila ako tas may katabi akong parent. Tas nagtanong sya sakin," Magdodorm din ba yung anak mo?" Huh!, ako ang magdodorm hindi ang anak ko. Imagine! wala pang Geom, wala pang Chem nun, Wala pang Physics, Bio o STR....ano pa kaya ngayon....muka pa ba kong 25? 14 pa lang ako.

2006-09-15T04:31:00.000-07:00

Sept. 14, 2006

birthday ni Sir Alfer nung kahapon....yehey.....hihihi....ang bango nya talaga.....waw....yoohoooo........may ginawa akong haiku o, tingnan nyo:

Upos sa lupa
Bote na walang laman
Iyo ang mundo

Malalim ang meaning nyan pero madali naman isipin.....gogogo

2006-09-15T04:27:00.000-07:00

Sept. 13, 2006

Hello ulit......Parang Hellweek last week....sakit sa ulo, sobra......hay Pisay......tama.....magtiis na lang hanggan sa matpos......wala na tayong magagawa....unless magbayad ka or magpabagsak ka kung hindi ikaw ang babagsak........hindi man bumagsak ang grades mo katawan mo naman ang babagsak....hay pisay....

2006-09-08T05:52:00.000-07:00

ALFER BOY!

Hehe wala lang, Alfer mode na naman. Nakakatuwa lang talaga at model na namin si Ma'am Rod at Sir Alfer...Yihi..xempre naman ng malaman kong model na si Alfer navisualize ko na kagad susuotin niya...hehe....ang sexy nung theme eh....bagay sa model...tsaka gusto naman din nya ng victorian period....well...di ko pa napapakita sa kanya yung design ko pero alam ko bagay na bagay sa kanya yun....tsaka maganda na rin yung mga naisip ko sa choreo..well...isip isip.

2 araw na kong nagpupuyat sa design ni Alfer, pano kasi daming revisions e, pero worth it naman...si Sir Alfer pa....Yeh...Alfer Boy...Yooohooo

2006-09-08T05:42:00.000-07:00

Support RJ Jimenez sa PDA

Well kahit di ako nanonood ng Dos, support nyo si RJ ha kasi YFC yan eh!!! ASTIG!!! GO YFC!!!

2006-08-29T16:47:00.000-07:00

2006-08-26T03:38:00.000-07:00

What a day, hang ng hang ang ecove di ako makapagforum ng maayos. Rarr

2006-08-19T06:39:00.000-07:00

Ako Si Surpanakha

Ako na si Surpanakha, this is it, moment ko na to. Gusto ko talagang maging Surpanakha kaya kahit nung ginawa lang akong proxy, sige, go pa rin. Pero ako na ngayon si Surpanakha, Bwahahahahahahaha

Don't Cha wish ur girlfriend was hot lyk me?
Don't Cha Rama? Don't Cha?

2006-08-12T06:35:00.000-07:00

Pano ko ba masasabi sayong I hate you so much ng hindi mababasag ang puso mo? Bakit ba ayokong naririnig na umiiyak ka kahit na galit na galit ako sayo. Naiinis ako sayo, ano ba tong ginagawa mo sakin, nalilito ako sa nararamdaman ko. Gusto kitang awayin, pero hindi ko naman kayang makitang nasasaktan. Bwiset talaga!! Kung hindi ka dumating sa buhay ko hindi ako magkakaganto e, nak ng tokwa, hmmppp!!!!!!!!! Bwiset, napakainsensitive mo, nakakaasar ka talaga.

Pero bakit ba ganyan, hindi ko naman masabi sayo ito ng diretso dahil masasaktan kita? Teka, bakit nga ba ayokong masaktan ka?, napipilitan tuloy akong ikimkim itong galit. Kung hindi ka dumating sa buhay ko, natutulog na sana ako ngayon, hindi ako naiinis, hindi sumasama ang loob ko, pero kung hindi ka dumating sa buhay ko bwiset ka, hindi ako sasaya ng ganito. Iba ka kasi bestfriend e. Parang pagkakamot ng paa, ang sakit sakit naman pero ang sarap sarap pa rin, kahit magkandasugat sugat na ang paa ko sa kakakamot.

P.S. Mahal na mahal ko ang paa ko, kahit nasasaktan ako.

2006-08-12T06:29:00.000-07:00

ADELFA ASTIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-24T17:13:00.000-07:00

hello, ADELFA DA BEST!!!!

2006-07-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

Announcements!

About the Adelfa outing this Friday, July 14.

We'll be meeting sa Mcdo sa may kanto(sa may St. James) ng 9 am

Susunduin tayo dun ni Zim(well, pagdasal nyo payagan xa kasi wala tayng sasakyan, di tayo matutuloy)

Susunod na lang daw si Sir Martin

Punta kayo kasi pupunta si Jed at Kam ha.

2006-07-07T18:37:00.000-07:00

Rarr

Bakit ba ganon? Mag bebell sa gitna ng isang magandang kanta sa caf? Tapos pag UB o break, ang maaabutan mong pinatutugtog, kundi Para Sa "yo ay Gasolina?

Well sulit na sulit ang linggong to, bakit sulit?Chan Chan lang nakakaalam tsaka ako, e kasi sulit na sulit ang bago naming i i-stalk. Magugulat kayo pag nalaman nyo kung sino si "sulit na sulit" kasi hindi naman xa crush material eh, marami ngang may galit don.

Haha, e kasi muka xang laging bagong paligo, yun lang. Hehe, sige, may clues ako, 1. Sa A nagsisimula ang pangalan nya 2. Yung pinagsusulatan ko ng sinasabi kong ito ang latest talk-of-the-town tungkol sa kanya. 3. galing kami ni Chan sa cunicle nya nung Friday na walang flag retreat(kahapon)

Haha, alam nyo ng may cubicle xa diba, so malamang teacher xa, hehe

Hmmm, dami talaga nangyari nung linggong ito, lalo na nung thursday, hay grabe yun, akala ko mangyayari na naman na maawa ako sa sarili ko....buti na lang hindi....

2006-06-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

KAMILLE MISS NA MISS NA MISS NA KITA

hay sobra talaga, di ko na alam ang gagawin ko, pag dumadalaw ka sa Pisay, parang gusto na lang kitang titigan. Ang lungkot ko talaga kahapon, pano kasi, ngayon pa lang nag sisink in sakin na di kita makikita araw araw, kung miss ko ang Adelfa, lalong miss kita, mangulila pa nga lang sa Adelfa na pwede naman makita pagbreak, ang laki bagay na para sa akin, lalo kana.

Isa ka kasi sa closest friends ko kahit nung 2nd year lang tayo nagkakilala, proud ako sayo kasi napakamature mo, isa ka sa mga kaibigan na nasasandalan ko talaaga, at konti lang kayong ganon. Ang galing mong mag isip at mag react sa mga situations, tsaka sayo ko talaga unang nagamit ang words na "true friend."

Pag dadalaw ka ng Pisay ha amin ka lang, hehe, saglit ka lang sa kanila tas amin ka na ha. Tas yung Sto. Nino na bigay ko sayo, sayo na yun para alam ko lagi kang safe at lagi kang may kasama. Hay, wala ng kakalog kalog tuloy......

Si Jed sin miss na miss ko na. Hay, si Jed kahit ganiyan yan, kaibigan paring totoo yan, basta pag feeling mo ma high high blood ka na naman, text mo lang ako, lagi ko naman hawak phone ko eh, tsaka wag ka makakalimot, tawag ka namn sa dorm, bigay ko sayo number.

May plano nga palang Adelfa outing sa Eastwood sa July 14, fumigation yon kaya walang pasok. Kitakits tayo sa front lob ng 1:40. kung hindi 1:40 mga break nyo basta punta kayo sa hapon sa frontlob, pag usapan natin transpo. Contakin nyo na din mga punong abala, namely ako at si Zim. Jed at Kam, sama kayo ha.

At gusto ko na din magsorry sa isang tao. Jasper, sorry ha, well may natutunan ako ngayong linggo, evaluate your sources hehe, sorry Jape, o group hug na tayo. Ummmhhhm... Yey! happy na ulet!!! Adelfa RockZZZ!!!

2006-06-17T19:22:00.000-07:00

ADELFAN AT HEART

miss ko na ang adelfa, kahit anong mangyari wala talagang tatalo sa adelfa sa puso ko. ito ang section na tinatanggap ka kung sino ka at komportable kang kasama kahit sino, lalake man o babae. lahat kami jologs, kahit yung hindi jologs nakikiride. iisa ang expression namin "hitad"(jed miss na din kita). lahat kami kapuso, mula darna, encantadia, sugo, etheria, enca ulit, kss at jewel in the palace, sinubaybayan namin ng sama sama. si jang geum, ang mga sang'gre, si kim sam, mga kaklase din namin yon. umiyak din kami ng matalo kami sa fashion show noon(kasi naman eh).

mga adelfa sci galit sa mga _____ sci, eh sila din naman galit samin lalo na si palaka(di namin sinasadya na yun ang translation ng name niya sa enchanta, pero aliw na rin). ewan ko kung ano ang isyu sa mga tech. may teacher din kami sa art, haha, at ang mahal na mahal namin ay ang teacher namin sa pinoy na si mama edulan. si sir mardan na mabait, si sir martin na naghost ng aming outing(laki ng bahay nila), si maam dacs, si maam guilo na hilig gayahin ni edi at nagbigay ng sosyal na pronouncation ng "adelfa", si sir monti na jitp adik din(di ko makakalimutan ang chem presentation namin), si sir petri na hanep mag corny joke, si maam doplon na hanep din mag corny joke, english nga lang, si maam sarmago na nanay namin, haha lahat sila, bahagi narin ng adelfa.

higit sa lahat mga kaklase ko, namimiss ko talaga kaayo, nalulungkot talaga ko nagkahiwahiwalay na tayo, eniweiz, kita na lang tayo pag break na, or UB, or vacant.

basta adelfa lang ako.

alabsho all.

2006-06-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

Terms of Endearment sa Bestfriends ko:

Chanchan- bakla

Bulette- wala, bulette lang, bkt nga ba?

Dea- baby Dea, Dea baby

Jade- baby ko

2006-05-30T20:06:00.000-07:00

May isang tao, feeling nya lahat ng nangyayari sa buhay nya, concepts lang for a good story. E ayaw na nya yung ganon, well hindi naman sa ayaw. Alam naman nya na kailangang mangyari ang lahat ng yon, pero nasasaktan talaga siya, kasi yung kaligayahan na nararanasan niya ngayon ay hindi niya pwedeng ariin habang buhay. Alam niya na ang sitwasyon na ito ay hindi talaga para sa kanya, sabi nga nya good concepts for a story, pero pano naman siya, wala ng natira sa reality niya. Kaya nalulungkot talaga siya, at umiiyak sa sobrang sakit at panghihinayang, ang isa pa don, yung unang taong inaakala nyang magpapasaya sa kanya, hindi yun yung dumating, iba yung dumating, pero okay na rin daw, atleast napasaya siya kahit konti, tsaka yung unang taong ini expect niya, yung talagang makapagpapaalis ng lungkot niya, dumating na rin naman eventually.

Pero bilib talage ko sa taong na to, grabe ang powers niya, talagang nag effort siya para mapasaya yung taong inexpect niyang unang mag rescue sa kanya, mahirap daw ang ganon sabi niya, mahirap magpangiti ng iba habang ikaw ay lumuluha, mahirap ihold ang iba habang ikaw ay wala ng kakapitan, mahirap mangako sa iba na hindi hindi mo siya iiwan kung ikaw mismo ay nag iisa. Hindi ko alam kung saan siya humugot ng lakas para gawin lahat ng bagay na iyon, siya nga rin hindi rin niya masabi eh, well siguro nga kasi sobrang mahal niya yung tao, kaya lahat kinakaya niya basta't para sa kanya.

Bakit kaya niya ginawa iyon para dun sa mahal niya, bakit kaya ayos lang sa kanya ang masaktan siya ng ganon? Simple lang ang sagot niya sa akin. Dahil dati daw, tuwing gabi, kapag madilim na, parati siyang lumuluha sa mga bagay na nangyayari sa kanya na kailanman ay hindi nya matatanggap. Doon sa dilim, kung saan walang makakakita, doon niya iniluluha ang kanyang mga hinaing na walang nakaririnig. Ngunit ng dumating daw siya sa buhay niya, nakalimutan daw niya ang lahat ng iyon, matagal tagal na rin siyang hindi lumuluha sa gabi. Pero tinanong ko siya, hindi ba't kagabi lang ay lumuha siya? Ang sagot niya ay oo, umiyak ako kagabi ng dahil sa kanya, pero ngayon ko lang naranasan sa buong buhay ko na lumuha ako dahil sa lubos na pagmamahal, at kung mapait na luha man ang kapalit ng kaligayahang hindi maaaring magin kanya habang buhay ay kakayanin niya.

"Gusto ko ng mapanaginipan na magkasama kaming dalawa at masaya, dahil sa panaginip ko lang maaaring ituring na akin ang kaligayahang ito, kahit sa panaginip man lang, gusto kong magtira ng para sa sarili ko" yun ang sagot niya saki ng tanungin ko siya kung anong maihihiling niya, yon at ang "wag niya kong iwan kailanman."

2006-05-02T19:55:00.000-07:00

Have you seen EC's new look, astig, fansite na kasi eto, kaya go, tingnan nyo na, now na!

2006-05-02T19:49:00.000-07:00

have you seen Encantadiks Central New look? wow astig! Tingnan nyo, now na!

2006-05-01T17:50:00.000-07:00

My One True Essay

I have written several essays in my life, and I would probably overwork my hand writing hundreds more in the future. Most of the words I stitch around to make these essays were done so because they were required, some of my essays came to existence because either I was feeling incredibly patriotic or for the fun of it, but I hardly out of love. All my other essays were spun in gray thread. I was saving my best words, my most colorful threads, the best rainbow of a paper in which to write them on for the very first essay I will write out of love. I never thought I will find my essay in a place, a fantasy world at that.
I became enthralled as soon as I was able to discover another world existing alongside our own. So I quickly left all my gray threads, packed my best words, my most colorful threads and the best rainbow of a paper and headed for this world, Encantadia. Encantadia easily welcomed me into its arms and soon I was able to treat this world as if it’s were I truly belong. Saying that the world of Encantadia is wonderful is so an understatement. It was indescribable! Even my best words, my most colorful threads, the best rainbow of a paper I brought along with cannot put to essay what I saw here. That was before I even met the people.
Here in Encantadia, I was able to meet lovely and friendly people, and sometimes a few irritating ones but they never fail to surprise you with a few blasts along the way. Of them all, the greatest were the four royal sisters, Sang’gres they call them. Pirena, the eldest, what a fiery brave soul she had! She’s the one with the tall pride, but she knew how to break this pride to let other people into her. And once you are into her, you will know what she’s really made of, behind what you may find as a cold heart, is a soul who knows how to value love, friendship and loyalty. She maybe on the wrong side at some point in her life, but because of her fiery valiance, she was able to break her pride to ask for forgiveness. That is the best deal of braveness I ever saw in anyone, and the most which I can never forget. Amihan, the kind hearted. Her motherly soul never ceased to warm up the hearts of anyone who comes across her line of view, including Pirena. Her grace is like the air we breathe, we cannot live without it, she is for once and forever the Queen, that’s because she deserves to rule the people she has come to love. There’s Alena, the emotional one. She was glad she was not chosen to be the queen that shall replace her mother because queens are not allowed to take in a spouse and she wants to fall in love. She did get love, in the presence of Ybarro, a vagabond which later on would be revealed to be a King. Who could forget her golden voice, we don’t wonder why Ybarro fell in love with her. Her heart is like the flowing water, silent but deep, cold but relieves a thirsty soul. I will forever mark in my heart the taste of her presence. And of course, the last but not the least, and my favorite, Danaya, the youngest one. Bravery and loyalty are her strongest characteristics; she too is great in love, but rather weak at showing it. Nevertheless, she acted well beyond her age, she can even lead her older sisters and has proven it when she became queen. She never left the good side, and even in the worst conditions, she stayed with Amihan. She could easily have defended herself when Alena challenged her in a battle, but she won’t hurt her sister no no. That’s Danaya, a tough earth to break, a strong ground in which you can stand and lean on, a rich soil in which you can grow love. These are the Sang’gres, the royal sisters of Encantadia, but to me, they are simply a symbol of women power, people who knew how to love, with a couple of fabulous fighting styles at the side. They have proven everything that needs to be proven, they have loved each other, enough to change each one for the good. But I also knew one thing, they have loved me, and the thousands other mortals who escaped to Encantadia along with me, whom with respect, likes to call themselves the Encantadiks. And then, that’s the only time that I realized why my colorful words are no use to Encantadia, why it was indescribable. Encantadia was made of love, love is the leverage point that holds each Encantado, even the villains in place. Love is never meant to just be described, it is meant to be felt and shared. So I fold up my rainbow of a paper and stuff it inside the pocket of my jeans. I don’t need to write my essay no more, for I can clearly see my dream essay unfolding not only right before my eyes, I am actually taking part in it.
My journey through Encantadia was a long one, it was painful, I was rough, but still, I turn off the TV with a satisfying smile on my face because I know, I have been part of it in one way or another. But sadly, every good road we know has a fork, leading to different new worlds, yes I have more worlds to explore, more words to color, more people to mark in my heart and more essays to write, but I will forever return to that one good road where I have lived in my first true essay. But until then, I will long for the day that my heart will come back to the place where it truly belongs, Encantadia.
Before I found Encantadia I only believed in my essays and I thought that there was no such thing as magic. But in a wonderful world alongside our own, where words are a mere hindrance, magic truly exists, and love is its greatest form, until the end.

MAY 2, 2006

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ENCANTADIA GOD BLESS MGA ADIKS!!!!

2006-04-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

The First Jewel-of-Earth Awards for Television

for Jewel in the Palace

Best Actress: Kyun Mi-ri(Lady Choi)
Best Actor : Im Ho(King Jungjong)
Best Supporting Actress:Park Eun Hye(Yeon Sang)
Best Supporting Actor: -
Best Child Performer: Jo Jeon Un

Best Musical Score: Onara
Most Lovable Character: Seo Jang Geum/ Lady Han
Most Hated: Choi Seong Geum
Most Annoying: Young Ro
Most Remarkable escape-from-palace-scene: The lost flour incident

---watch out for Encantadia, Etheria ang Encantadia 2

2006-04-20T17:15:00.000-07:00

Queen Meon-jong, my second favorite character in Jewel in the Palace. Of course my favorite is Lady Choi. Please watch Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho tomorrow, Jessica will be interviewing Asia's sweetheart Miss Lee Young Ae a.k.a Jang Geum. I'm so excited, I can't wait!

2006-04-06T02:14:00.000-07:00

I'm leaving for Bohol tomorrow. The only thing I'll miss sa aking pag alis ay Encantadiks Central! mamimiss ko kayo! Bye bye!

2006-04-05T19:26:00.000-07:00

This song is far away by Nickleback

I just though tthat these is the best song for the best couple on earth! Danaya-Aquil
The lyrics in red are spoken by the sang'gre, and the one in blue is spoken by the soldier.

//:
This time, this place
Misused, mistakes
Too long, too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know
you know, you know

Chorus:
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
And you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

One my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up '
Cause you know,
you know, you know

[Repeat Chorus]

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know,
you know, you know

I wanted I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving
Hold on to me and, never let me go//.

* di ko kinaya, ang sweet!

2006-04-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

The next time you think that Hong Ri-na looks like an oversized China doll or a cross between a pillow and monthly period, think again, and have a dose of Anchor Wham!. She's gorgeous, for heaven's sake!

2006-04-03T21:16:00.000-07:00

Kyun Mi-ri and Hong Ri-na are so close, they even act alike! Photos c/o danayazuribi

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2006-03-27T01:04:00.000-08:00

Your Birthdate: September 27

You are a spiritual soul - a person who tries to find meaning in everything.You spend a good amount of time meditating, trying to figure out life.Helping others is also important to you. You enjoy social activities with that goal.You are very generous and giving. Yet you expect very little in return.
Your strength: Getting along with anyone and everyone
Your weakness: Needing a good amount of downtime to recharge
Your power color: Cobalt blue
Your power symbol: Dove
Your power month: September

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

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2006-03-26T22:31:00.000-08:00

N Times--read on, you'll know why.

UPDATES on MY LIFE

So I have watched So Close for the nth time! Yup, that was indeed so close to burning the dvd!

Plus, I, too, have watched the ending of Jewel in the Palace for the nth time, and it made me cry for the nth time. Grabe, I liked the ending so much because of the simplicity, I appreciated it very much. I think that's just what we need, simplicity. Now Jang-geum, you can finally be happy! I'm happy for you! It really made me cry, knowing how Jang Geum's life had been hurt by the colorful palace. Just as she have said, the palace taught her the wonders of cooking and allowed her to practice her medical skills, but it is also because of the palace that lost her mother and Lady Han. The palace may have made you think you own everything, but it will also tak the most important things from you. I will not blame her for choosing not to stay in the palace, she knows she can serve more people outside the palace gates. I just miss the grandeur of the palace, but Jang Geum was right, inside, it was indeed a sad place. But finally she can settle down, be happy and walk the road she wants to take.

I have watched Jewel in the Palace Special for the nth time too. To those who don't know yet, JITP special is a special tribute show to Jewel in the Palace. It is a pre-taped one episode talk show, featuring Lee Young Ae and Co. plus a lot of goodies, like the Bloopers and everything.
That single episode ranked the fifth most watched show in Korea, of course, the number one is JITP the series.

Sadly, my DVD copy of the show has no English subtitles, but as the worthy fan that I am, I sitted through the almost 1 and a half hours that is the show. So I was there, watching, without understanding anything but a few Korean words and the names of the actors. Thanks to Kyun Mi Ri(Lady Choi), I didn't really feel out of place. She was active with her gestures that I wa able to comprehend what she was saying. She talks so much! Ang Daldal! But I like her so much, she made the audience laugh all the time! She's a commeidienne after all(tama ba spelling!). But when she was asked to take on the role of a villain, she did so very well. Hay.. I like her so much, she is the one in the picture below the smaller one. A basta, thanks to her, may naintindihan ako kahit papano.

So ang dilemna ko ngayon, mamamatay ako pag di ko nalaman ang pinaguusapan nila sa JITP Special, pero may solution ako: This summer, I will be taking Korean classes. Yes, I'm really going to learn how to speak Korean!

Comments on Hong Ri-na(Geum Young, the one in the smaller pic), My Gosh!, she is gorgeous when she's not in costume, she looks really elegant. Magagalit ba kayo if I write here that she is even more gorgeus than Lee Young Ae? Okay, I already wrote it down. But maybe because, medyo hindi nagsuklay si LYA sa JITP Special. Basta, she really caught my eye, plus the actress who played Queen Menjong, she is really pretty. I love Queen Menjong, in fact, she is my second favorite character in JITP, right after Lady Choi. Hmmm. You see, I'm not your typical Jewel fan.

---So far so good. Avisala Meiste!

2006-03-26T04:24:00.000-08:00

hi, testing....

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2006-03-21T00:58:00.000-08:00

Your Flirt Quotient

You are 53% Flirt

How Much of a Flirt Are You?

4

2006-03-21T00:29:00.000-08:00

The Voice of Majika
Article posted March 20, 2006

Music is magic that almost everyone can attempt to conjure. But not everyone is as astig as Kitchie Nadal. The part-pop, part-rock princess lends her talent as the composer and songwriter of the theme of the latest telefantasya of GMA, Majika.

She shares how the idea came about by saying "Sinabi na nila yung story, how it will go. From there, na-inspire ako to write the song. Well, it definitely doesn't sound the like my usual kind of music so, na-excite na ako. I was really excited when I was doing it."

This is the first time that Kitchie was asked to write a song specifically for a television show. Despite her success as a solo artist, as a composer she has always wanted to create tunes that will compliment images on-screen."This is my dream come true, to write songs for movies, for soundtracks. Because I love movies" she said. In fact, she remembers being particularly moved by the original soundtrack of the film, Great Expectations.

As an artist, how much of the song Mahika is from Kitchie? How much of it is based on the story of the show?

"I think it's more of my influence. I have a little background about Filipinos believing in magic. I'm studying Psychology. I have a subject in Filipino psychology as in this sem. From there, doon ko nakuha yung mga ideas yung totoo, why are we so fond of magic, ganoon"she answered.

It was indeed a helpful coincidence because Kitchie was given only three weeks to compose and record the song. But the result was better than what the artist herself expected. GMA top executive, Wilma Galvante herself relayed why they chose Kitchie. "Usually, we get a traditional love song. This time, lumihis na naman kami. We thought, why don't we get Kitchie? Why don't we get a rocker type pero naririnig at naiintindihan siya ng masa? Lyrics niya, music niya. Nung pinakinggan namin, magical siya." she commented.

Listen and watch the magic unfold in Majika, weeknights during GMA Telebabad.

*article taken from igma.tv

2006-03-20T23:45:00.000-08:00

Finally, lyrics ng Majika, enjoy!

Majika
by:Kitchie Nadal(my luvs)
performed by:Kitchie Nadal(my luvs ulet)
OST, Majika

Aaah......aah...aah
Sa pagsibol ng araw
Nakikiusap na sa ulap
Mapalikas sa mapalinlang
Mga aninong bumabalot sa lupa
Bahaghari lang nais na matanaw...

Chorus
Majika...aaah
Ikaw ang tanging pag-asa
Binhi sa kanyang kinagisnan
Pagkat landas ay di na babalika...aan

Sa paghamon ng gabi
Bakas ng luha'y susundin
Patungo sa mapaglarong tadhana
At nag-aalab na lihim
Sa ngalan ng pag-ibig ay tutuklasin
(Repeat chorus)

Bridge

Kalawakan ay di likas sa binhi
Nadadala lamang ng ihip ng hangin
Kakapit at umaasa
Majika...
(Repeat Chorus)

d

2006-03-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

Young Mi Kyeong (Court Lady Han Baek Young) and Little Jang Geum will be arriving tonight. I am so excited! Gusto ko ngan kidnappin yung batang Jang Geum tapos palalakihin ko siya para pag laki nya may Jang Geum na ko!!! >___<

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2006-03-16T21:53:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry I ever allowed myself to get carried away by the stunning facade of the palace, it almost obscured my sight of you. I am sorry if my words of love have ever become too vague for you to hear, that with every mention of your name is tinged with shame. I am sorry that every night, I manage to sleep without seeking your soothing embrace, or without laying my eyes on that lovely face. I am truly sorry and now, I hope you'll allow me back to the solstice of your kingdom. I became light headed, having ventured into other more extravagant palaces, but I learned one thing: I cannot forget who I really am and whatever happens, Encantadik pa rin ako! at sa Lireo lang ako patuloy na magbabalik!

....

2006-03-16T04:24:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt at reviewing films.. And for the meantime, I will review the most recent film that I have seen well, not really, more of, the most recent film which caught my eye. It is So Close, a movie from the Hong Kong cinemas.

The movie revolves around two assassin sisters and one kick-butt woman cop. Linny is the elder sister, the one who performs most of the killings, while Sue(Zhao Wei) stays at home, working with a software her father developed to help Linny. This software is designed to tap at any security device at every building in the world. Her father originally wanted to give his invention to the cops but was killed for it. Later on, the sisters became assassins, killing criminals for other criminals for a living. They were very successful, not until a lady cop tackles their cases, detective Hong (Karen Wok).

You may find my summary very incomprehensive (that's why you should buy a DVD copy!). But my purpose here is to review the film.

I will start with the plot, and I would rate it to be quite outstanding, however, certain portions of the story may be quite under developed, like the character of Yen (Song Seong Hun), Linny's boyfriend. All the time in the film, it was as if, he was just an expectator and the manner of his character failed to mingle with the other characters. Yen's character failed to take of with the rest of the film, and all the time, he remained at the backseat while other less important, less dialogued characters were able to stay up front.

Another under developed part of the movie is the love story between Sue and Hong.(kind of makes me remember the disappointing endings of such beautifully created telefantasyas) They could do with more dialogues together.(hey! They only kissed once and that was merely a peck, kinds of make me think that that’s only Sue’s way of thanking people that saves her life, not a show of love and affection). Surely, if they are lacking in budget, I suggest that they should have just cut the unimportant and boring scenes of Linny and Yen. No, I am not saying that the love angle between Sue and Hong was wasted but it just doesn’t testify to Hong’s last words in the film, “ my relationship with Sue, a relationship between a cop and a bandit.” Seriously, the whole story could have just evolved around those words.(frankly saying, I could have done better.)

On the directing however, yes it could have been better. After Linny died, the directing died with her. What do I mean? Real directing has been replaced by transitions every 5 seconds (hey! This is a film, not PowerPoint!). Plus, they could have experimented more with the graphics. But what’s good is that, the director was able to keep the viewers on the edge, he was able to keep us expecting and craving for more after each scene, but it also has its downside, because if a director has the ability to make the movie flow that way, he must be able to answer to the viewer’s expectations.

However, the movie is worth watching the second time around, it even made me yell for a sequel even when I’m not yet through with it. I recommend it to everyone who wants a good laugh at the witty action scenes and the ones who love to always get thrown at the edge of their seats by a kick-butt movie.

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2006-03-16T00:57:00.000-08:00

This is Karen Mok, she played the kick-butt police officer Hong in the movie So Close. I don't know much about this actress, except that, she is Princess Leia's asian twin. >__<

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2006-03-16T00:06:00.000-08:00

This is Vicki(or is it Vicky?) Zhao Wei, you may remember her from Shaolin Soccer or more importantly, So Close. She's my current addiction as she is pretty, well, the hell I care.... what so astig is, she kissed Karen Mok.........

333

2006-03-15T23:55:00.000-08:00

more Zhao....

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2006-03-15T23:51:00.000-08:00

I loved this photo... reminiscing in the rain?.. I don't know, the hell I care.. as long as it's Vicki Zhao Wei!

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2006-03-14T22:25:00.000-08:00

Thank God the king of Enchanted Kingdom, known to many as the Dragon King, allowed us to stay at one of his royal chambers!

End of Journey.

Go down to restart journey.

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2006-03-14T22:22:00.000-08:00

That's Lady Neille(Edineille), trying out this cool new invention from this cool new kingdom.

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2006-03-14T22:20:00.000-08:00

Scholars of the Palace as the representatives of the Choson Kingdom for the Enchanted Kingdom.(Adelfa 2008).

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2006-03-14T22:17:00.000-08:00

After a long and painstaking journey.. finally.. the Kingdom of Enchantment!

....

2006-03-14T22:15:00.000-08:00

when she learned that she'll be taking the trip with a few other palace girls.

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2006-03-14T22:12:00.000-08:00

..and another one.

...

2006-03-14T22:11:00.000-08:00

The Palace Girl(that's me), is about to embark on a new experience by traveling to a new palace, the Kingdom of Enchantment(*ehem* Enchanted Kingdom for the slow ones). Of course, she coulsd not help taking a few snapshots of herself before going on the quest.

2006-03-03T20:09:00.000-08:00

Okay, I promised that my nest post would be yesterday but the thing is, I was watching JITP so I wan't able to update yesterday.

I'm so happy, sir Martin gave us a WOW! plus a perfect score for our research paper! This week became a week of goodbyes, as most of our last classes for each subject were held this week.(except com sci.) Ha, I miss my second year teachers so much! si sir Mardan, si Ma'm Doplon and the others especially Mama Edulan and Sir Martin(weh!). Yes its true, I didn't expect that I will like him and miss him especially with all the misunderstandings Adelfa had with him, but I really look forward to having a class outing with him. Being his student is really honorable for me. Sir Marts, I hope you are reading this, It's an honor for me to be a part of your class!

I intended to write something long, but since it's our perio next week, I can't. Good luck to all of us!

Avisala Meiste!

todo na to

2006-02-27T04:12:00.000-08:00

grabe, I am so behind schedule..

go ate yumi, kaya natin to.....

at ikaw naman chins, bibiyayaan kita ng konting kapal ng muka, ang konti ay okey lang... o game, practice tayo chins, irerecite mo ito tuwing bago ka matulog ha, okay 1..2...3...

1)Ang ganda ganda ko
2)Ang sexy sexy ko
3)Kamuka ko ang ada Danaya ko
4)Ako si Jang Geum at eto ang aking kwento(sabay takbo na tumatawa)

promise you'll feel good afterwards(I think). It works for me eh.

>>luv you all, gudnyt.
>>my next post will be on Friday, dormer kasi, unless I get this pesky thing called wifi on my laptop working.
..Avisala Meiste

ehem

2006-02-26T23:17:00.000-08:00

Ang isa ko pang mahal....

She is my favorite singer, and I think ay di na ko magchachange. I love her because behind such good melodies are the substance of the songs. Astig pa ang lyrics. And what I luv about her is that she writes her own songs...can't wait for your new album, as of now, I'm looking into buying Barbie the Singles, ang tagal ng labas nun, ngayon ko lang naisip na bumili<<<<

Pero sa april na ko bibili<<

Astig, nawalan nga ako ng isang kaibigan, napalitan kagad ng dalawa! si chins at si maureen.

Ang pag aaway namin ang pinakamagandang nangyari sa buhay ko last year, I found time to rediscover myself. haayy, buhay, parang life, pero astig kasi I hav no regrets, much to gain and much to thank for....

2006-02-26T20:52:00.000-08:00

leveling!!!

I am so happy, tapos na ang aming research paper, double it up na walang pasok ngayon, nakatulog din ako..

>>> grabe ang sakit ng balikat ko kakatype kahapon, buti na lang nandyan si chan chan para magmasahe<<<<

kachata ko si chins kagabi...dami naming napag usapan tungkol sa lovelife..........
astig nung guy na yon chins! sana malayo ang marating nyo !!!

kagabi nanood ako ng Last Samurai! fresh from working on the research paper kaya nakarelate talaga ako. I want to post something more serious eh, siguro later na lang. Plus, gagawa muna ako ng speech...

Grabe, ano ba ang nangyayari sa bayan natin? nakakahiya naman sa mga taga Leyte, natabunana na sila!

sige, post ulit mamaya, para sa mga members ng JEWELITP, saka ko na ipopost yung research paper namin pagka submit ko na.

baboosh!

heheh

2006-02-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

She is Lee Young Ae.

If I will use 2words to describe this woman...hey wait! can I use three words? You mean only 2 words?There is so much to say!

Okay..here it is..KNOCK-OUT BEAUTY! its self explanatory...

What am I doing at this late hour? The socsci research paper. No, I am not complaining, I am in fact, enjoying every bit of it. Come on, how many chances in your second year high school life do you get to write a research paper about JEWEL in the PALACE? Seriously...

I will stop, after today, I will say nothing. I will end this, tutal nakamove on at nag grow na ko. Heck<<-- di naman mahirap yon ha, I find it awful nga just saying your name.

Ayokong magsalita ng tapos, pero ngayon pa lang, wag ka ng umasa, that's the way life is my dear<>..

Well, ang labo ko..<<<

2006-02-24T07:57:00.000-08:00

I'm quite excited about our research paper in Soc.Sci. It's about Jewel in the Palace! Ang sarap gumawa ng paper, kahit antok na antok ka na, basta si Jang Geum! And Encantadia is quite competent ha, isa lang ang reklamo ko, asan na si Aquil?!?

My Name is Choi Chen Qing

2006-02-24T07:53:00.000-08:00

Para sa members ng forum ni chinthy, eto po yung explanation:

What went wrong?

The third inner rule of the palace girls is the most applied of all the inner rules in Dae Jang Geum. The summary of the application of the third inner rule in the entire series can be put into these words: Sacrifice the few for the benefit of the many.

We have seen this reasoning take place many times in Dae Jang Geum. When Jang Geumâ€™s own mother, Lady Meong He Park was framed-up by the Choi family for adultery, she immediately had to be killed to protect the prestige of the palace girl community and in effect, the integrity of the palace.

This event need not happen. Observing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl in Dae Jang Geum, even if their entire stay in the palace is, as described by Madame Jung, lonely, there are still little hardships. Except that you are not allowed to marry, their tasks are essentially light, especially the palace girls under King Joongjongâ€™s rule, who is described to be a warm-heated and forgiving ruler. The palace girls just have to strive hard and be responsible for keeping up with their tasks, which can be easy for those with perseverance since everything is provided to them. The palace girls are allowed to read and write, and get educated about not only food but history and government as well. They have access to certain books and are free to use the facilities inside the kitchen anytime if itâ€™s for their training. Their lives will be easy as long as they obey the rules.

If the life inside the palace is not that heavy at all, why did the deaths of Meong He and Lady Han ever take place? Why was Jang Geum needed to be exiled to Genju Island? How come the once idealistic and loyal friend Lady Choi is, turned to be so ugly and wicked? Why was Geum Youngâ€™s principles destroyed? What went wrong? All the answers rely on the practices of the people of the part of Asia they belong in.

Korea is a part of Monsoon Asia, where group effort and wellness of a community is more valued than individual growth. This is very evident in the series especially with the Choi family. So what went wrong with Lady Choi and the others? The main problem here is that they are attached to one family and one group of people. They are only concerned about the situation of their own small group and because of that, they are willing to hurt other groups that hinder their way. Taking Lady Choi for example, when they were just worker girls and her friend Meong He saw her put poison into the Queenâ€™s food on her familyâ€™s orders, she did not wish to frame Meong He up for adultery and watch her die, but she needed to protect her family and thus, she did so. Eventually, that became her principle in life, to protect the Choi family at all costs. The bad thing is, the group she vowed to protect doesnâ€™t really deserve her protection. When Lady Han was declared as the new Highest Kitchen Lady, she could easily have given in, but no. Her family has held the Highest Kitchen Lady position for five generations and she could simply not let it end, especially not in her hands. She asked herself to be demoted to the sauce department, but pleaded to Lady Han that she let Geum Young, her niece, stay in the kitchen because she has talents. She wants Geum Young to continue the legacy of the Choi family.

Later on, she cooked up a conspiracy involving Jang Geum and Lady Han to the poisoning of the king. Because of this she was able to recover the Highest Kitchen Lady position for her family. At that time, both Lady Han and Jang Geum was supposed to be sentence to death as any forms of disobedience to the king will have to face death. However, Lady Choi did not want to do anything bad anymore, this is evident when she told Lady Han while she was still in prison that all of these, starting from Meong He, would never had happened if only they did not let their principles hinder the intentions of the Choi family. The death sentence was later on mellowed to exile and slavery because of Lady Choi. This is a proof that Lady Choi is naturally a good person, however, the selfish intentions of the group of people she was attached to hinder the way for her individual goodness to prosper.

Until her last days, and in her death, she was still thinking of ways to save the Choi family, more than her own life. Because her attachment to the group hindered the way for her individual concerns to be voiced out, the only way she can prove herself is by not letting the Choi family go down especially in her time, which is not parallel to her niece, Geum Youngâ€™s view of her obligations to the Choi family.
When she was asked by Lady Choi to place a written curse in the special kitchen in order for the son in the Queenâ€™s womb to become a princess, she accepts the job but says that she does it so because it is the fate of the Choi family and that she has to accept it, but she also noted to Lady Choi that she will definitely make sure that this fate will end in her time. Lady Choi did not believe her, because Geum Young was just like her at first.

What about Jang Geum and Lady Han? Lady Choi told them that they could not have suffered if only they did not meddle. What can really have caused this â€˜meddlingâ€™? Why did they have to let themselves experience the hardships, just to fight for their principles, when other palace girls are busying themselves with petty in fights? Reviewing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl, they could easily have avoided the hard life, but the factors that contributed to the principles of Jang Geum and Lady Han is right there inside the kitchen, education.

The mode of education inside the Choson royal kitchen can be viewed in a way that it provides for the growth of an individual, rather the entire group. If you are free to use any ingredient you want and facility to learn outside class hours, you can easily leave behind your classmates in their knowledge and be able to develop your skills on your own. Especially to people like Jang Geum and Lady Han, to whom a day without reading a book or two cannot be considered a day, taking advantage of this privilege is more beneficial to an individual, rather than it is to the group. If they are allowed to acquire a great deal of knowledge, they learn new ideas, and they also learn of the past behind their time and realize that things had not always been the way they are. Generally, the mode of acquiring education came in conflict with the situation of the society. Because of the education Madame Jung acquired inside the palace, she was able to form her principles; she was able to recognize that her mission inside the kitchen is to make a difference in the way highest kitchen ladies are chosen. She suggested to the king that they hold a contest instead of the head lady choosing the next to fill the position because her vocation is that for talents and good intentions become the sole basis for choosing the people to take over the positions, not wealth, family or influence. Doing so, she ensures only the best for her beloved kitchen, she wants to see fair play and democracy, but doing so too, changes a dynasty old tradition of passing down a position. Her way of thinking, the method she acquired that thinking and the changes she wants to do using the new ideas she has acquired can be categorized as a form of liberalism. The way she and Lady Han died is a good example to show us the dangers of liberal thinking in a colony. The Spaniards allowed only a small percentage of Filipinos, usually the rich, to acquire education. Other than that, the education that the lowly indio acquires is mostly on the Christian doctrine, a tactic the Spaniards have developed so that the Filipinos will have a firmer hold on their vehicle of colonization, which is religion. This may cause some of the privileged Filipino elites to fear change; they fear that their call for change may endanger them, the way Lady Han suffered because she voiced out her liberal ideas.

This similar idea is one of the things that separate the East from the West. Liberalism and democracy are generally a western invention. Because westerners are not that attached to their family as Monsoon Asians are, they can be expected to have different principles, unlike in a family based society. When we say family, we mean a group of people following the same law, enjoying the same culture and as expected, one traditional way of thinking. During the series, we saw what happened to
the people who deviated away from these traditions. And because as we have said, liberalism and democracy is a western invention, the lives of the palace girls of monsoon Asia which welcomed these new ideas were persecuted.

dd

2006-02-11T06:01:00.000-08:00

Wonder what todos los sang'gres means? This is todos los sang'gres:

[IMG]http://i1.tinypic.com/nls76o.jpg[/IMG]

Actually, the pic is not complete, but I got the idea for the name of my url from this pic. The list of the name of all the Sang'gres from order of birth is here:

Minea, Cassiopeia, Pirena, Amihan, Alena, Danaya, Lira, Mira, Kahlil, Cassandra.

La lang.

dd

2006-02-11T05:49:00.000-08:00

This is taken from sunlight_pianists blog. If I am to make up for her for not asking permission, pls. visit her blog( ay shit na close ko na pala ang kanyang window.) Sorry po, sana maintindihan mo sunlight_pianist, interesting kasi to eh.

AFTER THE ULTRA STAMPEDE....

will we still dream of easy money?
will we still line up for a chance of 1 million pesos?
will we still camp for days just for a promise of a better life?
will we learn our lesson?when will we really work and love it?
when will we realize that game shows will not make you richer?
when will people open their eyes and see that they are being fooled by the show?
will we be blind again?
or will we learn to see the truth?wake up, filipinos.
study hard.

hi

2006-02-10T20:28:00.000-08:00

Avisala!

Well, so far today is a fine day. Later after lunch we shall watch I will always love you as I am looking forward to it. I had been thinking about what I wrote yesterday about trust, and how it holds the world together. Next, I want to talk about service, but not now, maybe tomorrow.

Let me tell you about my dream. When I ask people about their dreams for the future, they would usually reply me what they want to become, like a doctor, or a nuclear engineer. Those are not the answers that I want, as I firmly believe that what you want to become is much different from your dream. And I do believe too that such professions are only tools, or rather vehicles to achieving your dreams. Let me give you an example:

I have only one dream in life, and that is to seek and serve God with all my heart, and soul, and strength. But in order for this dream to become a reality, I still need to accomplish something else, I need a vehicle. And let’s say I want to become a writer and a film director, and I want my name to be pasted next to Brocka and Bernal, so that it is Brocka-Bernal-Diaz. I need to make sure that the profession I want to seek is in accordance with my dream of leading a life of service. That is, I’ll make sure that every novel I’ll write and every film I’ll direct will lead my audience closer to Him. End of lesson.

Now, I’ll let you in to the stuff that I like, or rather can live without the others too accompany them.

If I am to live with only one_____ it would be________

Gadget: my laptop, I need to write.
Song: Fire by Kitchie Nadal, it summarizes my life and what is to become of it.
Album: Kitchie Nadal’s self titled fist album. No questions asked.
Singer: Kitchie Nadal. It’s self explanatory.
Book: I don’t want to be plastic saying it’s the Holy Bible, no, its Harry Potter 4
Show: Encantadia, not Etheria, Encantadia. Jewel in the Palace comes in second, a very slim difference, slimmer than half of a strain of my hair after I’ve used Pantene green. My dyosa bang di mahaba ang buhok? By the way, Encantadia will return, its not a rerun. E kahit naman rerun di ako magsasawa.
Starstruck finalist: Jennylyn and Ranier move over, here comes Arci Munoz!
Expression: Leveling!!!
Friend: pwede bang wag mamili, I’ll rather have all of them or none of them if I’ll hurt others in the way.
Koreanovela: I want to give Jewel a chance so here it is. Jewel in the Palace.
Network: Syempre Kapuso, honestly, I hardly watch any other channel at all, it won’t be hard for me if our tv onnlt receives signals from Channel 7.
Website: EC! http://www.evades.net/encantadiks second na ang aking blog.
Ice cream flavor: cheese
Fastfood: Jollibee
DVD: My JITP series Charice sold to me.
Loveteam: Danaya-Aquil

Enough muna for today. I’ll keep n touch tomorrow.

Avisala Meiste!

If there is one word....

2006-02-10T05:12:00.000-08:00

I was bloghopping last Wednesday and happenned to pass by the blog of my friend Dea. I felt so flattered about what she wrote there, that she considers me as one of her bestfriends. Plus the deeds I have done to her that made her consider me. Before I thought that such deeds are just ordinary parts of my life, my obligation as a human being coexisting with other earthlings. I asked her personally why she considers me as one of her bestfriends and she replied, " Kasi mabait ka sa kin, like now, binibigyan mo ko ng chocolate." I was indeed sharing with her my Hershey's Kisses. But the I immediately replied, " Mabait ba yun, akala ko obligasyon ko yon bilang kapwa tao." That's when I realized, hindi pala ganon ang takbo ng mundo, not everyone shares, as if sharing is a miracle to some poeple, that's why this world have turned into such a drastic place.

If I where to choose a word that have helped keep this world intact up to now, its not love, nor hope, but trust. I hope you agree with me, but if this world had not been operating in trust, every man would have gone insane, ever since the dawn of man. Agriculture would not have progressed, communities would not have prospered and even the identity of one's self would not have been discovered. Indeed, without trust, the entire mankind could not have moved on. Up to now, I still beleive that our world and all of its nations are bound and held together bu trust, and that all other wars that happenned in the past , is still to happen and even the petty fights that ordinary people have established towards one another are a result of lack of osr shattered trust.

My favorite song

2006-02-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Avisala!

This is my favorite song.
Lyrics by kitchie
Sung by kitchie
Astig si kitchie

Fire

little child, did you throw the dice again?
black and blue paint on your wall
didn't momma tell you that she loved you so
even if her bones are dry to hear you sing and cry

trying to please the world at,
the age of seventeen
you kill your babies, and call it offering
a stench of truth a life for a life
to be kind is to be unkind

it took six sweet years of your life
you walk alone along with your
tea cold colored mind
subtly you pay the curse upon you
but the promise of the Man,
seeps through earth, grave and stone

chorus
you will seek Him with all your heat and soul and strength
you'll count all the cost, since you walk out the door
without a warning, you'll set the world on fire!!!

never appearing not to
emerging through unscathed
little god, you're cauterizd by sin
comfortable and seem to gain the taste of the fatherless

repeat chorus

I changed some part of the lyrics, very minimal. I changed the original article 'a' to the in the line, the promise of the man seeps through earth, grave and stone. The original line is, " a man". I change it because that's the way I feel. I believe that there is only one man whose promises will never fail, and if you've read through the lyrics, you'll know it's Him. "A' man is less specific than 'the' man.

Avisala Meiste!

Finally under the solace of sleep

2006-02-04T17:49:00.000-08:00

Avisala!

Since Monday I was sleeping under a steady rate, 3:00 in the morning, that's three hours a day.
No, I am not insomiac, but its because we are finishing our integrated project for the YMSAT week. We are ten in the group and sadly only two from our group are adept to Macromedia Flash MX so the work can hardly be divided. As a result, we have to endure sleepless nights for Kamille and Dea can only work in shifts. (I dont want to pressure them but as much as I try, I can't help it)

Our job is to create a ten minute Flash presentation about our topic, which is Science Literature. We chose Deception Point by Dan Brown for our book. Deception is an easy book for much of the topics discussed there, we already have tackled in our lessons.

LAst last night we had a sleepover at Marianne's house in Antipolo. It only took me A split second to love the place. I loved Cottonwoods subdivisions, everywhere has a 'homy' ambience. Sadly though, we didn't have much time to enjoy the place as all our faces out stuffed infront of our laptops' monitors. We can't hardly even call it a sleepover since we didn't sleep at all. And here is the good part(warning! sarcasm!) we are neither finished nor halfway.

Yesterday was cards out day. As expected, my GWA declined but happily, I have no failing marks. My father fetched me and my bastfriend and we drov e back home. After lunce, I and chan chan were soon under the covers. We were playing with our feet before the solace of sleep finally won over us.

Oi

2006-02-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

Ako Si Giselle, At Ito Ang Aking Blag.,
>>> Ako ay nadapa