I am Frickin' Joy!!!

I swear, I envy so many people’s talents nowadays. T_T

Specially Monty Oum’s creative talents. Imagine merging two of the greatest games ever made (Final Fantasy and Dead or Alive) and then fusing the two to create an awesome animation worth turning into brochure printing for, like a movie or something.

Yup, that’s Dead Fantasy… brain-child of Deviant Art user Monty Oum, and one heck of an animation.

I practically squeal when I watch this, being an avid FF fanatic. I swear, he makes Tifa looks so good and kick a$$. XD

It kind of makes me regret the fact that I didn’t take Fine Arts as a college degree. Maybe I would’ve been able to create an animation like this, even in Flash form. But anyway, even if I probably did something like this, it won’t look just as good. XD

I just wish someone would make a Tekken/Dead or Alive/ Final Fantasy mash-up. Aw jeeze, that would be so awesome! Paul Phoenix vs Ryu Hayabusa vs Sephiroth! Whoo-hoo!

To check out Monty Oum’s animation, you can visit his YouTube site for it.

I don’t care if I see him in patio furniture covers commercials, I just want to see more of Matthew Lawrence… hahaha!

Aw man! I can’t believe he is 30!

Talk about time passing by… ~_~

I had a huge, HUGE crush on him when I was a kid (in fact it was the same time my sister, Lai, developed a huge crush on Jonathan Brandis [R.I.P]).

I think it was the time I saw him in “Brotherly Love” where I developed a crush on him. He was so cute~ <3! He was around 15 at that time.

And when I saw him in “The Hot Chick” with Rob Schneider… sheesh! I almost didn’t recognize him! I probably never would if I hadn’t seen that smile of his made me swoon all the time when I was a kid. Hahaha!

Anyway, I hope I can get to see him more often again. I swear, it looks like hadn’t aged a day in his life.

MORE MOVIES WITH MATTHEW LAWRENCE!!! XD

I meant my hair, dude. XD

Yep, I’m thinking of getting a haircut. Back when I was in college, I had short hair (like boyish short) because it was all curly and stuff.

I’m thinking of doing it again, mainly because my falling hair worries me. It’s probably because I’m stressed or maybe because my hair is all damaged or maybe because I pull it up in a tight pony tail so often. I don’t know. I guess I just want it shortened so I can stop pulling it up so often. I makes my head hurt too much. ~_~

I’m thinking of getting a hairdo like Kuchiki Rukia of Bleach (the anime). It’s short and nice and I think it’ll go well with my round face. XD

Yeah… I’m gonna go ahead and get this kind of haircut. XD

Whew, I’m pretty sure that I’m going to need a drink after making this post. XD

I was watching TV with my sister the other day, when we came across this TV show about spirits and other alcoholic drinks around the world. And at that time, it featured the Philippine’s Lambanog.

Lambanog is made from the sap of coconut palms. Unlike wines that uses wine barrels for fermentation, the sap (or as I learned what Indians call “toddy”) is cooked in a giant steel jar, where it will be fermented and distilled into Lambanog.

The funny thing is, I drank Lambanog as a college student (harhar). We had one of those 90 proof Lambanog that was sold commercially. As it turns out, upon second distillation, Lambanog can actually reach up to 166 proof! Sheesh!

Also I learned a new recipe for lambanog, which I got from that TV show we were watching. It was called the “Flaming Frodo”, because the guy who invented it named it after the manager who was running the bar where he conducted his show (in fact, his whole bar was run by little people… how cool is that?)

Want to try it out? Here’s how you’ll do it.

STEP 1: Pour a shot of Lambanog in a small shot glass.

STEP 2: Pour a half a glass of San Miguel Beer on a larger glass, so that the smaller glass of Lambanog can fit in it.

STEP 3: Light the top of the Lambanog. Since it is, somewhat alcoholic, the fumes of the spirit will cause drink to ‘burn’ slowly.

STEP 4: Quickly place the shot of lambanog INTO the glass of San Mig. Once you have seen the two mix, and the concoction bubble, drink it down and enjoy. ^_^v

Hehehe. Hope I’ll be able to make one of these. Harharhar!

Haha. Nope, my camera is not broken, nor is my room on fire.

The white smog-like thing you see there is the Anti-Dengue Fumigation smoke that our subdivision is currently having.

Unfortunately, it smells like gasoline, that we had to evacuate the house for a bit and even had to bring our pet bird and dog with us. (I swear there ought to be insurance quote for pets ~_~).  Even after the smoke cleared up, there were a lot of gasoline drippings on the floor. Luckily, my lovey-dovey red Acer lappie survived. (yeah I sorta forgot to cover it up. Stupid me, eh? ~_~)

Anyway, as it turns out, we really needed it. A few weeks ago, a 7-year old kid died of dengue in our neighborhood. I’m telling you, the fever is scary as heck. I should know,  I got it when I was ten years old. ~_~

I just hope that other neighborhoods would get home treatments like these. It smells awful, but if it’ll keep people alive, then I’m all for it. XD

It’s a sad, sad week for some people right now. T_T

Of course, a lot of people have heard of the Quirino Grand Stand Hostage Taking, where 8 people have died after a decorated police officer Rolando Mendoza gunned them in a tourist bus.

Though many of the tourists were alive, still, the amount of bloodshed is horrifying and utterly disheartening.

Another saddening thing is that so many people are looking for somebody to blame. They have been pointing to the police forces, the media, and the hostage taker as well. They blame the police for being slow in the rescue and having no plan of action in rescuing the victims. They blame the media for covering the whole thing. They blame the gunman for taking a gun and using it against the hostages.

I am not really a woman of wisdom. I am just a blogger, a writer… who loves to think about these kind of things. And one of the things I’ve thought is that if there is anything, and I mean ANYTHING we could blame this on…

We could blame it for being what we are… for being HUMAN.

I am not defending anyone here. I am just merely saying that as humans, all of us are bound to do something foolish or drastic or stupid. As humans, we are afraid, we feel pressured, we get confused, and most of the times we forget how to make sense about this world that we do things that we normally don’t do.

Imagine, if you will, if you were in the shoes of the gunman, the commander of the police force, or even the hostages…

As the gunman… as Mendoza… how would you feel if you lived your life to make things better, to give your family the best possible life you could, and to serve your country to become a decorated policeman, only to have all your hard work shot down because you were accused of being an evil official…

As the commander of the police forces, who orders people in the line to save the remaining survivors, even as the gunman shoots at them, all the while praying that there are survivors and that you can bring this man to justice.

And as a hostage, trying to live their lives with their family, having a great time, then all of a sudden you’re watching a man with an automatic rifles walking around you, aiming the barrel into your head… watching others die in front of you.

My friends, all of these happened because of FEAR.

I am not saying that we shouldn’t be afraid. As humans, we are bound to be afraid. One man’s fear turned into one bus full of people’s fear, which turned into a whole nation’s fear, and turned into the whole world’s fear.

And this fear, I believe, would have been calmed… if someone only listened to this man, Mendoza, and UNDERSTOOD him.

Like I said… I am not defending anyone here. I’m just saying, that everyone (and probably anyone) in that situation, would’ve been afraid, and that is the reason why all of this happened.

But then again, if we were not human… then life wouldn’t be worth living now, wouldn’t it?

I want one of these. Seriously. XD

These are called Vibram FiveFingers… which are actually a pair of shoes, but when you wear it it feels like you’re barefoot. It’s been said that running without shoes improves your balance, and can strengthen your feet, ankles, and lower legs. Which is probably why forest inhabitants in foreign countries have such fit legs from running and hunting. If I had one of these, I’d probably lose a lot of weight, specially if you use apidexin uk pills along with the exercise. XD

Unfortunately, in modern Philippines, running with bare feet is kind of hazardous, since there are a lot of tiny gravels and minute shards of glass everywhere in our roads. I’m kind of hoping these will be available in here soon, but I have the feeling they’re going to be pricey. Knock of versions of the footwear are already avilable on Ebay, and they cost $80. Sheesh. ~_~

I’ll stick to my yoga and bellydance for now, but if these babies come out in the Philippine market, I’m buyin’ one! XD

Hahaha! This is just so weird. XD

Yesterday, during a black out here in our village, I was rummaging around my room for a flashlight when I came across this:

And in case you were wondering, yes, that is my Diary during my teenage days. I was missing the key to it though, but in my desperate search for answers (harhar), I actually ripped the lock out of it’s place.

I swear… diaries nowadays are so flimsy. Maybe I should, like, tattoo a barcode on the back of my head and install my diary with POS systems to open it. XD

Anyway, I was able to read it again, and boy, I now realize that my teenage life sucked. Hahaha! It’s so weird because in my diary, I keep writing about all these romantic ideals about love and life, and yet here I am, blessedly single and still alive despite the lack of my “knight in shining armor”.

Whew, this thing brings up a lot of bad memories. Hahaha!

Past is past. I should lock this up somewhere for future generations (or maybe reminding myself that “knights in shining armors” are now officially rare. XD

Yep, I miss my boys. XD

It’s been years since I’ve played Ran Online, and I’m beginning to miss my friends there terribly (or as I call them, my boys and my girls XD).

I’ve forgotten why I stopped playing Ran… probably because I’m having a hard time leveling. My level is not that high, but it’s not that low either. I just got into a certain stage where leveling seemed impossible without a lot of cash (which, clearly I don’t have XD).

But, although I spent a lot on that game, I don’t think I regret it. I’ve met some pretty cool people in that game, and I’m proud to say that my Ran boys and girls are doing great, even though we’re not playing all that much anymore. Some of them got married, others have moved abroad, while some are still happy and content here in the Philippines.

It sounds pretty weird, but even though I’m just their in-game “mother” (and some of them are much older than me XD), I’m still so damn proud of them. Hahaha!

Anyway, I’m playing a new kind of game (private server… harhar!), and pretty soon I’ll be blogging about my new round of “boys and girls”. But for now I’m just really missing my Ran “children”, and I hope that they’re doing very well… at least, they’re not as addicted to online games as they used to. XD

I won’t mind getting a social security disability insurance, as long as I’m going to be drained by a vampire like this one.

Yes, darn my sister for making me obsessed with True Blood and the Sookie Stackhouse series. I am SOOOOO drooling over Alexander Skarsgård!

I swear, he is one yummy Eric Northman. XD

I’ve been reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels for a while now, and having read the 10th book, I am now TOOOTALLY obsessed with Eric Northman. Even if Alexander wasn’t the one picked for the role (or if the TV show didn’t materialize), I’d still probably be drooling over Eric Northman.

Actually, I wasn’t a big fan of the Sookie Stackhouse series before. I have a very, very deep love of Anne Rice’s perception of vampires, and when Twilight came out… well, let’s just say that it’s not my cup of tea. I was actually very wary of Charlaine Harris’s work, but after seeing it on HBO, I began to love it, especially when I got to see Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) and Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis).

Man, I’d be so happy if I had a friend like Lafayette. XD

Anyway, although the TV show and the books are not exactly for prudes (harhar!) it’s still a pretty great view/read. Luckily, Charlaine Harris is still coming up with three books for the series, so fans like myself still have a lot to watch out for. XD

I <3 Eric Northman…>_<