About this blog + before Xmas

What's up people? I decided that apologizing before every update isn't necessary anymore - every update would just be equal to an apology XD

Anyway, I've been going gaga over DeviantArt lately. According to Google Chrome, I visit dA more than I do Facebook. I just love the art community there - very supportive, and there's no bashing at all (very much unlike Youtube - do you see the comments people leave there? T_T). Pleasr click here in order to see my art (which still needs improvement - honestly XD)

So last December 22 Ashleiy gave me a treat and brought me to the Podium's Australian Hair and Beauty College. I got a makeover; she had her hair trimmed. (*Pics from Ashleiy's)

Ashleiy

Kring with awkward smile

Also, I finally met Ashleiy's boyfriend! Ashleiy's one of my really super-duper mega close friends, and yet I've never met her BF even though they've been together for a year now! T_T So it was good to FINALLY, FINALLY meet him XD

Hi, Papa Paolo!

My high school barkada had a Christmas party afterwards :) (as in right after my date with Ashleiy LOL) We had so much food, and it was super fun! The catch, though, is that we had to bring our partners - and you know, pretty much everyone in the barkada has a lover already T_T My friend Roseanne and I became partners; Dian's boyfriend, Emman, couldn't come, so that made us the Three Musketeers XD

That's us! Sorry, the pic's too small -_-

(L-R) Shan, Dian, Joan, Jenny, Hams, Me, April

So to change the topic...

I don't want to give my blogger up! T_T I've had so many previous blogs that I feel like I need to stick to this, or else I'll give up writing altogether. So even though I update rarely, please know that I have no plans of abandoning my blogger <3>

(Did you know that I actually had plans of being famous through my blogging? AHAHAHA! Pretty much like Xiaxue, yes? I thought, "Hey, I write well, plus I'm spontaneous and a pretty fun person, PLUS I never run out of ideas, so there really is a chance!" But because I don't update regularly, it'll take a LONG while before that happens XD)

Oh and I'm sorry to my online friends whose blogs I haven't been visiting lately -_- Sorry, weird things pop in my head whenever I'm at the computer chair - I totally forget to visit blogs and go to other KID-FRIENDLY sites, instead <3>

The Question on Finding Someone

To those whom I have promised to make art for:

I'LL STILL DO IT. :)))

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It's so funny how, while everyone who matters to me changes, I still remain the same.

The change: relationship status.

They were single, and now they're in a relationship. Or they were in a relationship, are still in a relationship, and are now happier than ever. Or they were in a relationship, broke up, and got back together with their significant other.

My friends seem to have found someone they deem suitable for themselves... we're all in the same age, so why haven't I found mine?

HAHA. I'm sorry; I'm making it sound like sad news, but it actually isn't :)) I just find it weird that my friends have found someone whom they feel they fit perfectly with, whereas I have only gone as far as finding someone whom I think looks really cute XD Why? What is the chemical formula of love? Do people really find someone whom they have perfect chemistry with even though they're still on their teens? Or are my standards just too high to find someone who'll click with me?

I think... I better sleep. I've been sleepy for a week now.

From the Storm to Art

Gah, it's such a pity that I always start my blog posts by apologizing, but anyway - sorry, blog, that I was too lazy to update you -_- There are actually a couple of drafts here in my dashboard, but I didn't bother finishing them.

So - updates!

I. Storm

Hoe's everyone doing? I hope you guys are all well and accounted for. The storm didn't bring any damage to our house at all, even though we live in Cainta. Our subdivision was 80% flooded, but no water entered our house, and it didn't flood our part of the road, either.

The following day after the storm, though, I took dad to the airport, since he had a flight to France. He woke me up at 6 AM, and since we both thought that I was only going to take him up until outside the village, I didn't bother eating or washing my face. But heck, it was A BIG MESS in Cainta - and Marikina, for that matter - that we had to go straight to the airport. We arrived at 10:15 AM, and due to the HELLISH traffic at Marikina (severely devastated place - you'd think such devastation was only in the movies), I got home at 5 PM :|

II. School

It's now officially my sem break :D I actually have pretty good grades - they haven't been released yet, but our prof's gave our standing at the last day of the class. The first sem has been so easy - I hope it's just as easy next semester.

III. Crushes

None as of the moment. Nothing of the sort's happening right now XD

IV. Hobbies

I've focused on my art since two weeks ago; I really want to draw well and become literate at Photoshop. Because I needed motivation, I opened a free art request - people over at DeviantArt asked me to draw stuff, and I did. Here are the results:












For a descriptions, click on the picture. It'll open a new tab, unto the website where I put 'em :D

IF YOU'VE GOT AN ART REQUEST, TELL ME! I'D BE HAPPY TO DRAW WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DRAW - BUT I DON'T ACCEPT PORNOGRAPHIC STUFF, YEAH? XD Not because I don't want to, but because I haven't studied the human anatomy well yet. HAHAHA KIDDIIIIIING!

2009 Christmas wish list!

I remember September 1. At such an early date, people were already greeting each other a Merry Christmas. Tweets, Plurks, and Facebook statuses read "It's the start of the 'ber' months! Merry Christmas!" Most if not all of my friends thought it was ridiculous: "The heck? Why's everyone so worked up? It's only September!"

I'd empathize, but actually, I find the excitement quite thrilling. I mean, is there any other country wherein Christmas is celebrated in as early as September? Where people are excitedly telling their friends to buy them gifts for the holidays? Where Christmas carols are, at the start of the ber months, the background music of McDonald's (go to McDonald's Katipunan XD)?

Which goes to my main topic: the wish list. I've already thought about it, but whenever I ask myself what I'd like to have, my mind goes to a blank. It's like - there isn't an item that I'm dying to have. Is it a sign of contentment, or of aging? T_T Gah.

I've rummaged through the deep recesses of my mind :)), and I found some items which I've been wanting for a long time already:


iPhone/iPod
Probability: Hmm... about 40%.
I have a taste in music no radio station could satiate; thus, I need an iPod with me wherever I go. (Wait, what? If that's your only demand, why not just an mp3? You're so maarte Kring ha!) PLUS the fact that MP3's couldn't keep up with the huge amount of music I have. See, I'm a gamer, plus I'm kinda into Japanese stuff (geeky, geeky). Whenever I play a game, or watch a show (whether it be Japanese or not), I download a copy of its OST, so that the memory of the game/show stays with me. So, aside from the mainstream, rock, alternative, RnB, etc that I have, a huge chunk of my music is geeky music.


Wacom Intuos Tablet
Probability: 0.1%
Because I'm active in DeviantArt, I have constantly been inspired by graphic artists who create their works digitally. Digital, as in via computer. I mean, HOW THE F DO YOU MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THIS IN A COMPUTER?? Do you.. draw it on MS Paint? o_O *shoots self* Then I found out that they do it using the Wacom Intuos tablet. What happens is, you connect it to the PC, draw on the tablet's screen, and voila! Your drawing, while you're working on it, is immediately put in the computer. You don't have to scan your art works anymore, plus it'd be a whole lot easier to color them using Photoshop or SAI.


Teeth Whitening
Probability: 30%
I have a condition called fluorosis - that is, I was overexposed to fluorine when I was a kid (I USED TOO MUCH TOOTHPASTE ;_;), so now I have mottled teeth. Some parts of my teeth are white; some, yellow; the uneven color of is very obvious. So PLEASE ;_; I've been asking this for two years now. Bleach my teeth, mum, dad!!!


Vans slip-on
Probability: 70%
These shoes are soooo nice! They're really comfy, plus they look great on any outfit. I want my first pair this Christmas! I hope I'd get these - every year, my parents buy us siblings new outfits to wear for the holidays XD So I'll tell 'em I want a pair of Vans slip-ons.

Good luck nalang sakin, di ba? Hehe. But compared to my Christmas wish list two years ago, the items here are more realistic (except for the tablet) XD

Yuna and Tidus

Sigh, this scene still gets to me <3 It's been... 3-4 years, I think, since I last played FFX, but this has got to be one of the most kilig scenes ever~

Speaking of kilig... what's the English word for it? Swoon? I don't think there's a translation that really captures the meaning of it :)

Quick post! Just inspired by the video <3

When you've got lots of time in your hands...

Hee. I haven't updated for the longest time (Hm, I've been using that as an opening line for quite some time now)! And the longer the time I don't blog, the more stories I accumulate! So, shall we start? :D

I. Barkada
Last Thursday Shan, Joan, Jenny, Maja, Nikko, Ame, and I got together to swim at Ame's condo. I had BV's (bad vibes) while on the trip to her place - I even cried, the hell - but because my friends aren't the type to make a big deal out of it, I eventually felt better emotionally. Thank goodness, these guys know me well.


Me while driving Kiko


...The people inside the car. It's amazing how these guys find ways to fit themselves in the car. Both Ame and Joan were at the passenger's seat XD


After eating, Ame, Joan, Maja and I went swimming


Playing... water wrestling? LOL XD But eventually I switched with Maja and carried her instead


While we were swimming, Jenny and Nikko spent some quality time together...


...and Shan studied. Nursing *sigh*
I got home at about 10 PM. Thank god I talked to mum over the phone before going home - it was in that conversation that she told me off XD HAHAHA, it's not my fault she forgot that I was going to go swimming!

II. Photo Shoot



Last August 15, Ashleiy, Elisa, and I went to UP Diliman to do a shoot. It was for an exhibit in which Ashleiy's part of; the official pictures are going to be released on Sept. 15 or 16, I think. Anyway, the theme of the shoot is coffee, so you'll see us holding mugs in some of the pictures.

Note: Please, please don't steal the pictures!

So, here are the people behind the shoot XD



Elisa Aquino
Thunderpopcola.tumblr.com

Ashleiy Kasala
Ashleiy.multiply.com

And, well, me XD

Here are some of the pictures which I edited. These aren't the final pictures; I haven't seen them yet, actually.










Elisa's actually 2 batches lower than us, but despite that, she's a really good model! Really confident and comfortable in front of the camera. She actually teased me and said, "Ate, you can't do my poses; you're so stiff." Sorry na XD

I hope that I'd be able to have more shoots, since I would want to show the pictures to my future son/daughter. Hahaha! Yun pa rin yung dahilan? XD

III. School
With regards to academics, I can say that my performance this sem is much better compared to the last. The only problem I have as of now is Fil 14 (Kring, Fil?! But you speak Filipino!). I'm not failing the subject! It's just that I need to catch up in order to get a good grade.

With regards to more personal matters *ahem ahem* HAHAHA! Once again, I can't share my story in public -_- If I know you, though, and you want to find out, you can ask me personally or email me. I can't divulge anything because... well. These matters aren't like before. They're more, er, complex?

Oh! I have a happy crush! :D For some reason, I always get attracted to guys who look like Gerard Way.

Here's the scene.

I had a meeting with my Comm group mates last Tuesday. When we finished, I got out of the room, and crap - through the windows of the building, I saw that it was raining hard. I thought I had my umbrella with me, so I rummaged my bag, only to find that it wasn't there - I left it in my car. How was I supposed to go out of the building?

As if hearing my complaints, God answered and told me to scan my surroundings. Then I saw him - the Gerard Way guy, whom I of course know personally :)) - walking in the rain, a big umbrella in his hand. Since it seems to be the only solution, I ran towards him and went under his umbrella. He was a gentleman, offering to go with me to my destination, but since we were heading towards the same area, we just talked about random things :) Hehe.

Anyway, gotta scoot! I have to finish a project -_-

wrist red, anyone?

I've been thinking about my future and whether or not I'll be happy with what I'd be doing. I would most probably end up in Unilab, since dad works there and has [unknowingly] convinced me to get a job in his company (the perks! The car! The free gas! The travels! And the fact that you aren't holed up in the office all day!).

But really... I'm afraid of what my future holds. Will I be happy and successful? The latter is important for me to get the former.

I would really want to do something that I love. Maybe something artsy, like... making video games? LOL /wrist red. Or doing what Ramon Bautista does? I don't think I can cope up with a 9-to-5 job; my school attendance proves it. I just want to do something that I love, or something that requires minimal effort but pays big (Oh goodness. /wrist red).

I should start a business. Probably a food business, so that after all the initial fuss about the planning and locations and money has been done, I can just relax, and whip up some ideas for my will-be servants every now and then.

Okay, I'm just screwing myself. I'll just be a Hollywood celebrity.

Thank you for giving me Hyde

Dad got home from Las Vegas last Tuesday. He knows I've been wanting an iPod (I was supposed to get one for free but it didn't push through), so I expected it to be his present for me. But no - that wasn't what he got me. It was this:

An Acer Aspire One netbook. A netbook's like a laptop, only smaller and lighter. You wont get back/shoulder pains from carrying it with you in a bag. Thanks, dad ;___; I really am touched. You always finds ways to surprise me.

It sounds so goth-y, but I named my netbook Hyde Lovelace (a guy). Hyde's a cool name, whereas Lovelace, well, I got it while I was doing some Facebook tests :P

Anyway, my brothers and I goofed around with Hyde, since he has a built-in webcam.

O hai thar 8D


Kyle, Kring, Bryan as usual goofy selves


"Bryan... you did take a shower, didn't you?"


Bryan's still thinking of a way to piss me off. *Pokes Kyle*


Gasp, look at those iron-hard abs!


"Ate, let's go upside down!"
Also, last Friday, my grade school mates and I met up after... WHOA 7 YEARS. We were a big, happy group back at 6th grade, but we stopped hanging out when we graduated. An overwhelming feeling of nostalgia hit us while we were chatting in Facebook, so four of us met up in order to plan a reunion party.


Yum McDonalds! Bea (@ left) is video chatting with us all the way from New Jersey. Good thing Hyde also has a built-in microphone :)


Ngaaaw, here we are showing Bea our grade school graduation pictures! Joca (@center) is holding my picture (left hand) HAHA


*Heart* we miss you, Bea!

I also hung out at Joca's place yesterday, since I was dismissed early at school. She lives in Concepcion, Marikina while I live in the part of Cainta which is near Taytay, meaning we live far away from each other XD

Me with Joca's pet poodle, France!

Here's an interesting fact to all Boys Over Flowers fans: Jo Carol voiced over Ha Jae Kyung's voice! Jo Carol is a talent of ABS-CBN since two years ago, when she won Hero TV's dubbing contest. Aside from BOF, she's dubbed loads of animes, too!

See this site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxTqqzOPyhw
You'll hear her at around 02:23 :)

See how Hyde helped me reconnect with my friends? ;_; I'm really happy. I have to thank dad again.

I wish Blogger were a bit like LJ.

Many of my blog readers know that I'm a very open person, and that I have no problems sharing my life. May it be academic/financial/familial/love life - I'm willing to share even the minutest details of it. HAHA. I actually have a shallow story right now, BUT. I'm not willing to share it to the cyberspace :))

There's a catch, though! Since I can't keep my mouth shut, I'm going to share it with my online friends whom I trust (meaning I've known them for quite some time now :)). If you happen to be one of them, just email/chat with me at kaslacson@yahoo.com! and I'll tell you ;)) HAHAHAHA Sorry, I just feel that it's kind of wrong to spill the beans in my public blog, but compared to Zohan and the others (...so you know it's about a guy XD), this story's, as I said, shallow :)

Cold feet

This would be one of my typical before-I-go-to-school days:

*Alarm rings and I wake up*

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Hrrm? *still half asleep* ...Oh God, I haven't completed my required 8 hours of sleep... and I'm still sooooo sleepy... should I go to school or not?



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...If I don't go I'm going to miss a lot of lessons... who knows, next meeting I may not be able to understand the flow of the lecture anymore, and end up cutting more because my lack of comprehension would eat up my motivation... but then again, if I go to school... I don't think I'd get what my prof's saying, either, coz I'm still sleepy... *obviously biased*



Hmmm... maybe it's better not to go to school... my rationale justifies it... anyway, it's just one day... *drifts off to sleep*

It's just one day.
Which accumulated to a week. And eventually to the maximum 9 days of allowed cuts XD

Well, that was last school year. "No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up" --- Ever since I read this quote, it kind of dawned on me that lots of people go through the same laziness as I do, but they at least do something about it. It's an eye-opener.

Funny how some quotes don't affect other people, but hit others like a smack in the head XD

P.S. I'm freezing here. I'm at McDonalds Katipunan and decided to write an entry since I've got nothing better to do -___- Sorry for the typos. My feet are literally cold so I couldn't think straight.

Blast at the past (with my future son/daughter!)

I am now in too many social networking sites.

I've got an account in Blogger, DeviantArt, Multiply, Facebook, Plurk, and Tumblr; the last three I only joined recently. Way too many accounts, IMO - I want to delete some of them, but I've already posted a bit of content in them, so it's hard to do so.

ANYWAY!
When you look through your old pictures, do you imagine yourself looking at them 25 years from now - together with your already-teenage son/daugher? I always have, but it's only now that I decided to blog about it :D

I would really want to be close to my future anak (that son/daughter in english)- I want him/her to treat me more like a friend than a mother. And that, of course, includes me sharing with him/her how I was like "during my time". I could already imagine my anak giving me an amusing look while s/he's browsing through my photos and saying something like, "WTH, Ma, this picture of you is hilarious/disgusting!" And I'll be all, "STFU! You've got my genes, noob!"

I give to you some of the pictures I'll be preserving in order to show to my future kin XD
(OHOHOHO SORRY The pictures are limited to the ones I have in the PC D: I'll have a decent entry about this topic soon, with pictures covering a greater scope!)


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You know, anak, I didn't like posing in front of the camera. See the awkward pose. YOUR GRANDMA MADE ME DO IT T_T


...but! In spite of that, I always got hounded by the Filipino paparazzi. Goodness, you don't know what it's like to stay at home, afraid to go out D:

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I had a really pretty dress at my high school's Senior's Night.


But I ended up messing around with it. See awkward pose with my partner HAHA

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While all my friends were drunk out of their wits (and ended up sleeping in their puke)...


...I was sober! HAHA! So you better not think of drinking, mister/miss! (Wait, am I sounding too moralistic here? O_O LOL)

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...You know, I wasn't lying when I told you I was - and still am - hot. See your ninangs (aunts) in the picture? I know you can barely recognize them here - they're very fat pigs now that they're at their 40's. Good thing I stayed fit.

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We were a weird generation. My cousins liked smelling each other. Look at them closely. They're making gestures.


But, you know, I love my family to bits! We were so weird and so gay - some outsiders were actually scared at us (not joking) - but I was happy about that XD

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Whew! Too bad the pictures covered only a minuscule part of my life, but I'll definitely be looking for older pictures! This post was fun to do!

Wait... there's another picture here...

Oh.



That part where I was sober? I lied.

Crossing borders makes you smarter. Fact.

Last month, I read somewhere that trying out new experiences stimulates the brain, therefore making one smarter. Since then I've been facing my fears and trying things which I normally wouldn't do. I have embarrassed myself a couple of times, and others I just found so nerve wracking that I thought I was shaking.

Let me enumerate some of the prominent things I've done just over the course of the last four weeks:

1. Applying for the Ateneo Dance Troupe.

You know, this is something the sane Kring wouldn't do. EVER! I've actually had an interest in dancing for a long time though, but it was only last year that I got to acknowledge that dancing is something I actually enjoy doing. So I applied for CADS (Company of Ateneo Dancers), and man, I SUCKED HARD during the auditions! They made us practice a dance for 2 hours, and I was so todo-bigay that by the end of the practice (and the beginning of the judging), I was so worn out that I couldn't move a single muscle -____-

At the judging room... this has got to be one of the most embarrassing moments of my life so far. I just stood in front of the panel, and since I was so drained of energy, my mind went completely blank. Needless to say, I didn't bother knowing whether or not I passed the auditions.

But it's actually surprising 'coz I still feel satisfied. After all, I got to experience the auditions, and the experience was actually the primary if not the only thing I was after. So meh, I lost nothing - except the hundred bucks I paid as the application fee, that is.

2. Applying for Ateneo's literary organ.

I know my strength lies in writing, but not having joined an org for about three years still makes the prospect of being interviewed nerve wracking. Plus, we're talking about the Ateneo here - I know from experience that you couldn't get away with just pleasing and making bola to the profs/interviewers, so I had to prepare myself in more ways than one. Oh, and this actually happened just a while ago. I hope I pass.

3. Being shameless (makapal ang mukha).

I have been shameless for a long time now, so much that I fear I may appear to be an attention-seeker. But to hell I'm not! Being shameless actually runs in the Lacson family, hahahaha - no, seriously T_T

Anyway, being shameless takes you a long way in life. If you aren't brazen then you wouldn't get what you want! You only live once, so better achieve what you want to achieve.

Straight to the point: I asked for my crush's number. As in, "Hey, can I get your number?" WAHAHAHAHAHA. Apir? Apiiiiir! XD

...So it makes me proud of myself that I'm actually crossing my limits. Hell, who would've thought that stepping out of one's comfort zone is actually... fulfilling? Not only that, in doing so, we get to be smarter, too! x)

P.S. What the hell was I thinking when I decided to put those cute kitty-cat emoticons -___- I'm actually being corny.
P.P.S. That (points to the last kitty-cat smiley) wasn't my expression while I was asking for my crush's number.