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.

Books before boys...chronologically.

I feel like my brain's slowly becoming ooze. It always happens when I haven't read finished any fiction novel for the past two months. So imagine me hungering for a good read. I look like a scavenger when I enter bookstores, actually. A month more of this would definitely upset my brain.

Hehe. No actual significance, I just wanted to put this in. HAHAHA RANDOM XD
Oh, by the way! I have a new crush!!! (HAHAHA, I know! My blogging peers wouldn't be so kilig about this news as they were when I first blogged about having a crush. I keep changing!) I know I change crushes per sem - I can't help it, I'm 18! My hormones are raging! Hahaha! Basta he looks like Brent Javier, only cuter (as in, more baby-like features) and more attainable. NYAHAHAHA (Wait, what? I'm actually expecting something to happen? xP)

I noticed that I keep crushing on cute guys. Not the tall, dark/mestizo, and handsome ones - but ones who look like, uh, kids? But with mature features? Zohan was one whom I mentioned profusely in this blog - even talked about him in parts - but other than him, there is Eric Salamat, a part of the AdMU Basketball team (meh, can't find a decent picture. Search him in Google if you want :P).

So, pictures. One of my closest buddies, Joan del Monte, celebrated her 19th last June 15. Yeah - more than a month ago (I'm slowly beginning to realize how much I'm ignoring this blog...).

The cake I bought for Joan! But wait, why are there two 19's? See the video to find out! :)


Joan with us. I'm wearing the white Joker shirt! :)

And here's a video of the celebration!



There! I hope I updated enough!
And the vlog... -_- Oh my goodness, I have to put that aside for the moment. I actually have to do more important videos for my Com124 class (that is, Basic Video and TV Production).

Oh, and since I'm in a playful mood, I want to add a bit of trivia about myself! HAHAHAHA

I'd like to call myself an artist, but if you put me in line with other artists, I would most probably be the noob-est of them all. I'm freaking serious! I have crappy performance with my artwork of choice (that is, Japanese-style illustrations), but I'm pretty good at doodling and coloring.

Okay! I'm happy with what I've written! My brain is less oozy now :)