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Truth or Dare Can Be Fun [11-17-09 at 8pm] [ mood | pensive ] [ music | Jars of Clay ] This question struck me while listening to Kris Allen's song Live Like We're Dying "And if your plane fell out of the skies/ Who would you call with your last good-bye?" Who would you call and what would you say? SPARKLE

Stylish Sweatpants.... who'd have thought? [11-16-09 at 10pm] [ music | Beat It- Michael Jackson ] Picture is copyright of Betty of Le Blog de Betty. More shots of the outfit can be found here. At first glance you wouldn't even think they were sweatpants. Who'd have thought we'd see the day when sweat pants would look all right or at least only half-bad. Betty as pictured below takes sweatpants to a whole new level. I think cut, color, and accessories are the key here. Her sweatpants don't look baggy on her and the cut is all right. Grey is also a great choice to help keep a level of sophistication. The high heels and black jacket add oomph to the outfit and help detract attention from the sweats. It's also great that she didn't pair it with a matching grey hoodie of the same material as the pants. What do you guys think? SPARKLE

Dree Hemmingway & the Girls in Glasses [11-15-09 at 11pm] [ music | Volcano, Damien Rice ] Dree Hemmingway (great-grandaughter of Ernest Hemmingway) looks GREAT in these shots. I love the simplicity of her outfit, even more so because the pieces are so simple which makes any regular girl capable of recreating this look. :) I'm also loving how her hair is swept up and away from her face and how her make-up looks so simple, clean and natural. Pictures by Tommy Ton of Jak and Jil. No copyright infringement intended. Another thing I'm loving are these shots of different girls wearing the Girls in Glasses t-shirt by Danny Roberts. It's proof that 1) you can own a piece identical to someone else but wear it your own way and 2) a simple t-shirt in your closet can be reinvented so many different ways and suit so many different styles and attitudes. That is the beauty of fashion. :) Picture is from Igor + Andre No copyright infringement intended. 2 SPARKLE

I will send all my loving to you [11-6-09 at 5pm] Things I'm Loving Right Now Loving Leah!!!! - OH MY GOSH!!! This movie is quite possibly turning into my favorite of all time!! I REALLY REALLY LIKE IT! My mom caught it first on TV and told me bits of it over lunch the next day. I happened to catch part of it on HBO that afternoon but was left hanging when I left to go shopping. I was so desperate to see it and find out what happens etc. that I got up at 5AM the next morning to watch it. I had a hard time going to sleep in anticipation of it!! :)) I could laugh at myself for how crazy I am about this movie. I'm planning on watching it again at 3 AM tomorrow morning as I think that's the last showing on HBO. Dr. Jake Lever is a successful cardiologist and a non-practicing Jew. His estranged older brother Benjamin is a Rabbi, with a young wife named Leah. Jake is stunned when Benjamin dies suddenly, but not as stunned as when he is told that, under an ancient Jewish Law, he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on Benjamin's name. The only alternative is to go through a ceremony where Jake must deny his brother's existence. For Jake who idolized his brother, that's unthinkable, so impulsively he suggests to Leah that they get married and maintain a secretly platonic relationship. Eager to pursue her own dreams, Leah accepts. Their oversimplified plan to live separate lives under the same roof proves challenging. Jake's girlfriend Carol has little patience for his new "wife", and Leah's overbearing mother decides to pay a visit to check in on them. Romance and comedy ensue in this quirky tale of falling in love after marriage. I love so many things about this movie. Jake's smile after he falls for Leah!! GAH!!!!! *sigh* :D :x   This picture taken from Garance Dore This is a photographer named Cedric The heart his wife embroidered on the inside pocket of his shirt. As Garance says "Ah! Pfff. Little things like that, they just get me!" 3. These pictures makes me smile Love this :) This too. Kinda Max from Wild Things :) More pictures to follow hopefully. Must dash I gotta get ready to watch a movie with my Mom! Have a great weekend everybody :) SPARKLE

Filipino Antics or is this the world in general? [11-2-09 at 8pm] I remember reading a column of Robina Gokongwei-Pe in the Philippine Star a few years back. In this column instead of writing she gave way to her friend who gave up her job to become a public school teacher teaching grade 1 or 2 students. Her friend related her experiences dealing with these children. It was an eye opener for me. Young grade school students would bet money even if it was just 1 to 2 pesos on games of jack and poi. They didn't know how to line up properly and if I recall correctly few practiced decent oral hygiene which resulted in many cavities. The column ended with lines to the effect that if you're wondering why the country is as undisciplined as it is with people not knowing how to line up in bus terminals etc. than this early behavior life was an indicator of why. I'm mentioning this because more and more I'm noticing this lack of discipline around me and it's starting to really irritate me. Incident 1 A few weeks back I was lining up in the supermarket to avail of a promo on Orange Juice. It was a two step process that involved lining up twice, first for validation of your receipts and then to purchase the OJ at it's promo price. While lining up for validation some confusion and possible line cutting occurred because the group had formed two lines, one in front of each lady at the promo desk, only to be told by them that there was only one line. When it came to purchase the OJ, there were two cashiers servicing the promo items and only one person ahead me. The only problem was that she was straddling both cashiers which were placed next to each other on a table. I had to walk up to her and ask "Saan ka pumila?" (Where are you lining up?) before she moved to one cashier leaving one free to service me. Incident 2 I love Halloween and dress up every year. As a child when I trick or treated I made sure to say trick or treat while asking for candy and thank you afterward. From there I progressed to handing out candy to the trick or treaters that come by our house. We decorate the house and I compile a Halloween playlist that we blast out the front windows. My sister, my cousin and I dress up and sit out front handing out the candy. I look forward to doing this and take pictures of the cute kids and the cool costumes. Sometimes since we're dressed up too, parents pose their kids with us for pictures. I don't mind, it makes me happy knowing I'm part of the Halloween memories of a young child. The part that irritates me is that kids forget to say trick or treat before asking for candy. To me it isn't enough that you walked up to a random stranger and stick out your hand or bag in silence expecting to be served. I think some form of social acknowledgement and courtesy should be present. I understand if their young say 2 or 3 years old and can't talk very well yet, but many of them, older ones included had to coaxed into saying it. I would refuse to give out candy unless they did first, coaxing them by saying "What do you say?.... Trick or?" and at times lecturing them saying "Noong panahon ko, lahat kami nag "Trick or treat" bago kumuha ng candy." While doing this, I was met with many blank faces and guardians who had to coax them to say it though many times their guardians were equally unaware and I had to coax them too. I do give credit to one mother who heard me coaxing her son and told him "See you do have to say trick or treat?" I understand that many of these children that trick or treat in our village are from outside and of families with lower income to whom Halloween is an opportunity to get free candy, with even the adults that accompany them trick or treating. I get that English might not be their first language and the simple etiquette of saying trick or treat might not occur to them in their desire to get as much candy as possible. I also concede that many of the houses that participate in handing out candy delegate the task to the housemaids who would be just as clueless since they themselves most likely did not celebrate the holiday and thus they don't see the importance of extending a greeting before receiving candy and instead just hand it out as they has been told to do by their employer. Thus the whole etiquette of trick or treating is not practiced by a majority of trick or treaters. But I think it's still important that there be some form of verbal courtesy extended before candy is handed over.  Again this goes back to the lack of certain values in Philippine society.. Though I am happy and thankful for the children and trick or treaters who said thank you once they received their treats and there were a number of them who did. Incident 3 On my birthday 3 days before Halloween my parents and I had lunch with my Dad's old secretary, Juliet and her husband Justin, who is Welsh and their 2 young sons. They live in the U.K. and were here on holiday. During the course of conversation Juliet mentioned that Justin was shocked by some of the things he saw. Such as more than one person riding a motorbike and without helmets to boot. They went on a picnic in Tagaytay and he was shocked the people just left their trash behind them.  My mom and I agreed with him, that Filipinos lack discipline, but the point really hit home literally and figuratively during Halloween. While my sister and I sat handing out treats, a large group of kids ran up to us eager to get treats. I watched them approached and saw one young boy throw his empty juice pack on the extension ramp of our garage and continue on to me. I called him out on it in front of the whole group, telling him to pick it and up and not leave it on my driveway, and refusing to give him candy till he did. He stared blankly back at me. I don't know if he understood what I said right away as I was speaking in English but my gestures got the point across, though he continued to stare back at me. His guardian told him to pick it up and he eventually did. Though that incident left me in a pretty foul mood and still does vex me until now, being such a prime and personal example of this lack of discipline that is present and how we have such a big garbage and litter problem, one that really came to head during Ondoy when Manila was flooded and drainaiges blocked due to garbage. When will people learn? It's not that their unaware, it's more that their apathetic or think someone else should take care of the problem. Incident 4 Yesterday I went to Powerplant Mall to watch a movie with my family. Afterward I stopped by the bathroom. When I was done I flushed and unlocked the stall door to exit. But before I could do so a Mom and her young daughter were in my face, a few inches separating us. The mom was telling her daughter "Go, Go, Go" moving her to enter the stall I had yet to vacate. The daughter for her part had the presence of mind to stand still seeing as she couldn't enter. Yet she didn't move either leaving me with little room to vacate. So, saying "excuse me" more than once I had to carefully maneuver myself out of the small amount of space between us and make my way to the sink. They entered the stall the minute they could. Leaving me annoyed with their behavior. This is an upscale mall with a fairly educated customer base yet even here people forget basic courtesy and in this case common sense. Even if the little girl really had to go and was peeing in her pants or something, they still should give the exiting user of the stall, room to vacate before entering it themselves, not doing so only slows down the process. Incident 5 Jaywalking!!! People still continue to forgo the pedestrian overpass and run across C5, a busy highway full of speeding cars.The government put up wired fences on the islands separating the two sides of C5, but wouldn't you know, people got pliers and cut open sections so they can continue their death runs across the highway. Are people so lazy to walk all the way to a pedestrian overpass and cross there, that they'd rather risk their lives running across several lanes of the highway. Even pregnant women do this!!!!! I was discussing this with other people and someone mentioned making the fences electric, until someone else mentioned that if they did that the shanty towns on either side might start connecting wires to the fence and across the highway using it as a way to power their appliances. WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THE COUNTRY'S LIKE THIS? P.S. I'm interested to hear other stories like this. Please share if you know any. 2 SPARKLE

I want this to be my last entry as a teenager on my last day as one [10-27-09 at 1am] [ music | Sweet and Low, Augustana ] Switchfoot has a song called "Let That Be Enough" with the lines: "It's my birthday tomorrow /No one here could know /I was born this Thursday/ 22 years ago." Those lines come to mind when I think of birthdays and the song as a whole seems to describe a part of how I feel about mine tomorrow. The short story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, does a great job too. "What they don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one. And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't. You open your eyes and everything's just like yesterday, only it's today. And you don't feel eleven at all. You feel like you're still ten. And you are—underneath the year that makes you eleven. ... Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That's how being eleven years old is. You don't feel eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even months before you say Eleven when they ask you. And you don't feel smart eleven, not until you're almost twelve. That's the way it is." I don't feel ready to no longer be a teenager. Twenty, a young adult. Like Sandra Cisneros says "It takes a few days, weeks ...sometimes even months. In my case it could be years, but lets hope for better. It takes time to fit a new layer of age over the preceding layer. They say your twenties have a lot of self-discovery in them and I'm all for that. I'm all for growing and self-empowerment and positivity and more life and vitality. Here's to hoping twenty will be a great year! Cheers! 2 SPARKLE

Paying It Forward [10-17-09 at 9pm] An Open Letter to the Universe and one person in particular Dear Female Graduate Student in the annex building of the lib yesterday morning, Hey! Its mean that random girl who ran up to you asking if you had change for a P100, as you sat looking at books in one of the carrels near the check-out desk. You didn't have change, instead you gave me P20 to pay my P12.80 worth of photocopy. I was shocked and hesitant to receive money from a random stranger but you told me it was okay. I should "just pay it forward." I wished you a happy sembreak and ran off to pay the lady at the photocopy. I just want you to know that, I did pay it forward. After I ran off to pay the photocopier, the lady still didn't have enough in change for the P20 you gave me. It's the end of the sem, the school's empty and no one is photocopying readings anymore. I let her keep the change and she said thank you. Part of the reason my photocopy fee was 12.80 was I got 4 copies 2 for me and 2 for a friend. At the end of the class that same friend asked to borrow P20 for a jeep home. We went to the caf to break my P100 so I could giver her money. On the way there I told her about your kindness. At the caf the cashier gave me five P20 bills. I gave my friend one. I paid it forward! Have a happy Sembreak!! SPARKLE

Gives Me Hope [10-13-09 at 10pm] [ music | Rain falling down outside ] Katrina introduced me to this site called Gives Me Hope. GMH for short. It's like FML but for optimists. I LOVE IT!! I went through every single page on the site and than bookmarked it and added it to my toolbar so I check it everyday. It just brightens up my day. It even got me started on doing my own operation beautiful post-its that I leave around. :) Two of my favorite posts are here below "This morning as I was packing lunch, about to leave for work, my boyfriend danced into the kitchen singing a made up song consisting of only my name over and over. When he saw me, he turned red and said "Oh, you're still here". Sneaking a peak in the daily routine of someone who really loves me GMH." -Posted by Spider "At my college graduation everyone is allowed to take a loved one with them as they walk across the stage. The last girl to walk across held the arm of her 90 year old grandpa. As they crossed the stage the chancelor read her grandfathers name. He graduated 60 years ago but didn't get to walk his own graduation because he was fighting in WWII. GMH." -Posted by truepeace09 4 SPARKLE

Toy Story 3 [10-13-09 at 8pm] [ mood | excited ] It's been 10 years since the last film BUT... You've got to hand it to Disney/Pixar they know how to make a good film! I just saw the trailer for Toy Story 3 and already I'm laughing. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!! :D :D :D Love the song they used too. CHECK OUT THE TRAILER HERE I love it when a series incorporates a growing up phase especially when you grow up with it. When the first two films came out I was in grade school and so was Andy the toys owner. Now he's off to college in this new film and so are a generation of kids who watched those first two films in 1995 and 1999. :) Can't wait to see this one. SPARKLE

BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS!!!!! [10-8-09 at 10pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] ONE BIG FIGHT!!! BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS AND CHAMPIONS IN 3 DIVISIONS!!! WHOOOOO!!!! GO ATENEO!!!! 150 YEARS AND GOING STRONG!!!! :D YEAH MAN!!!! My family crowded in the den and watched together. After we won my Ninong's text to my dad made me laugh the most. They've been Ateneans and friends since grade school. He said, "After150 years, it's good to know Mama Mary still loves her unworthy little boys." Reading it still makes me smile and looking at the gaggle of salt and pepper haired men who crowded the background of the TV screen as the winning players were interviewed, it's apparently true as well. These were men in their late 40's and 50's making funny faces, celebratory hand movements  and generally behaved like a bunch of teenage boys over the win. SPARKLE

The X Factor 2009 [10-5-09 at 9pm] I've watched this video everyday for the past 2 or 3 days! :) He does The Beatles R&B style! FTW! Also good is this video where the guy does Kings of Leon and get the crowd going :D This video which came as  a surprise. Katrina and I both ended up googling to find out what song he was singing in the end. :D He does Stevie Wonder and he can dance too :D SPARKLE

Ondoy [9-29-09 at 11pm] Great Moments Today My 3 siblings and I helping pack relief goods in the St. James lower hall. Seeing Katrina and Abbey and their siblings Sorting clothes for the relief packages.... this was interesting! Driving home that night with McDonald's and the Beatles after an afternoon spent doing good. French chocolate truffles for dessert. This news article on this 18 yr. old girl who fought of militants, who were tying to coerce her into marriage. YEY! FOR WOMEN POWER! Typhoon Ondoy has left so much distruction behind. Classes have been called off for the whole week in Metro Manila and some neighboring provinces. If you have not been severely affected, DO YOUR PART AND HELP OUT!!! To see pictures of the destruction click on this Ondoy related blog If your down south some places to give donations to or to go to help out are:St. James the Great Lower Chapel Hall (starts at 10 AM) Sacred Heart Church Hillsborough Red Cross Alabang (ATC, near National Bookstore and BPI- I think they do shifts till 12MN or more, not sure though) Viverre Suites Petron Gas Stations Listed here is are evacuation centers in Muntinlupa. Eight Barangays in Muntinlupa are seriously flooded. TV Patrol covered the area TODAY and had to use a boat to report as they passed through. Thousands of families need help and only a small portion are in evacuation centers. Many refuse to leave their homes. THEY NEED OUR HELP!!! SPARKLE

Funny Conversations [9-23-09 at 10pm] [ music | Electric fan ] Sechu: Are you stressed? Me: Not as much as last week. Sechu: Oh, there's cookies. :) (referring to my habit of baking when stressed which I did this past weekend after the hell of last week) Bettina: Put it in the tupperware where the grahams are. Sofia: Where? Bettina: The one with the crushed grahams. Sofia: Oh, graham. I thought you meant gray ham. There's no gray ham here. *Dec 23 at around 10-ish* Sofia: Are you staying up to open a gift? Bettina: I don't know. why? Sofia: Stay up, okay? Stay up! Stay up. Bettina: Are you that excited to open a gift? Sofia: I'm a kid. It's Christmas. Do the math. Sofia: Macau's in Russia right? Me: Hey Mich! I like your bag. (white Billabong shoulder bag with light blue lettering and red hearts) Mich: Thanks Gino: (turns and looks at bag, turns back) She's rich she has a Billabong bag. Me: (glance at my backpack then away) Gino: (looks) Oh you do too. Okay I'm poor. I'm surrounded by you two and the newscaster (Jess Mendoza sits next to him) Me: Crazy! You have your ipod right there. (on his desk) Gino: That doesn't count, it's old. (Jess comes in) Me: Gino repeat what you just said. *Gino does* Jess: Whatever! Guy 1 in art class to Guy 2 next to him: If GMA were hotter she would be able to get away with more things. Sir walks by: That is not true! SPARKLE

The calm before the storm [9-13-09 at 11pm] [ music | Electric fan ] I ended up not going to my Lola's and instead staying home to finish my Jeep paper. But I'm quite pleased with the results of that, plus there are bonuses to being home alone, one of which is choosing when to have dinner which in my case it was twenty to nine :D Tonight felt like a summer night. I had my paper done and time on my hands so I went for a run before dinner. I tried out my new ipod for the first time. It helps that it once belonged to my triathlete in training older brother so there were some great playlists to pump me up while I ran. Beginning with Love Foolosophy by Jamiroquai (I don't want the word I want you!) :D There's something about running through the village during dinner time. The streets are mostly deserted and I jog past houses whose lights illuminate people eating their dinner or watching television. It's calming in a way. Plus the nice cool weather of the ber months has come which makes jogging even more pleasant. I stopped by the adoration chapel on my way back home. Afterward, I walked the rest of the way with my ipod turned off just savoring the nighttime sounds and looking at houses. I like doing that. I examine their architecture and styles and silently comment on the oddities of some.  Came home to a lovely dinner of Arroz a la Cubana with fried bananas and steamed vegetable. My family once had a discussion of what you would want your last meal on earth to be and I chose this.  Bonuses of the day: My lola sent me some sapin-sapin (complete with toasted coconut) and pansit through my siblings. I devoured the sapin-sapin minutes after my brother said he'd brought it home. :) Hope you had a great weekend everyone :) SPARKLE

YEAH MAN!! [9-12-09 at 11pm] [ music | The ceaseless rain ] Things to be happy about.....forget about the upcoming hell week. I switched flip flops from an bead encrusted black pair to a spare pale blue with a much softer sole and a pale pink straps that I DIYed years ago by wrapping pale pink ribbon around the plastic straps and sewing the wrapped sections together for reinforcement. They're so much more comfortable and the wrapped ribbon elevates it in style. Finally, finally got a subscription to Teen Vogue at 25% off! :) Getting my first lesson in watercolors this past week. I was looking forward to this. It is indeed tricky and requires patience. I got the first plate wrong but still, I shall persevere. An improvement in my drawing skills. We had to draw David's face (as in Michelangelo's David) on a black cartolina with a white dermatograph (that pencil that comes with a string you pull to reveal more lead). I was kinda like 0_0. Thank goodness for graphing, it makes drawing faces so much easier. Hit 4 pages on my 5 page JEEP paper. I normally struggle a lot with Philo. MCA COSA Day being a lot of fun. Time when so fast while I was manning the booths and chatting up people to get them to participate. The Ad Secret Freedom wall was fun to read and post on, and I like holding games in the giveaway booth and handing out prizes. Presentation in Western Lit turned out alright. Ateneo won vs. FEU today. Dang! That was close, we won by 1 point. Bought Nanan this book she wanted for her birthday! It's fun to see people happy about the gifts you give them :) This grey CISV Germany shirt I unearthed from the depths of my closet. I'm wearing it now and it is SO COMFY! Ilog ni Maria lip balm and throat spray. I do love honey. A ham, tomato and green bell pepper omelet with fried quesong puti and toasted bread for breakfast. Followed by a bowl of Bunches of oats. Arozz a la Cubana with fried bananas and steamed vegetables for lunch. Spinach lasagna and roast chicken for dinner. Selecta Super Chocolate ice cream for dessert (I use to not really like Chocolate ice cream but this one was good). Followed by some great rambutan and lansones. Fulfilling my no jeans for a week challenge. I kept wearing skinny jeans every week for I don't know how long. So I decided to challenge myself to see if I could style myself to my liking without wearing jeans (skinny or otherwise) for a whole week. I picked a challenging rainy week too but I'm pleased to say I succeeded. :D I got an ipod for free. Sechu got a new one and gave me the one he inherited from Javier. It's an old blue mini but it works and I'm pleased with it. I now have something for when people in carpool play terrible radio stations or when I go for a run. Listening to Hear Comes the Sun. I love this song and I love The Beatles. (BTW Beatles rock band is out, I want!) It's fashion month!!  Going to my Lola's tomorrow and my cousins will be there... will be complete (fingers crossed) SPARKLE

Life is good because.... [9-7-09 at 10pm] Good Things from the Past Week 4 day school week last week and another one this week. Wearing my self-made Holiday from Real T-shirt to school and feeling great about it. Followed by this sorta cute boy staring at it as I walked past him in the corridor than mentioning it to his friend. :) Getting compliments on outfits. Moments like this solidify my desire to make the effort to look good. Like Harry Winston said, "People will stare. Make it worth their while." Nanan coming to stay. Dinner parties with LOVELY FOOD!! Laughing as my family discusses politics and hanging around with the only people who call me "Day" Bea DC's 20th Bday celebration! Catching up with old friends and meeting new people. The really cute/awesome dancing of one of my couple friends. It wasn't slow dancing but really cute dancing to an upbeat song. Getting a major part of the upcoming Ad Workshop in place. Sleeping in. Driving the pick-up. Driving down empty roads at night listening to The Beatles! :) Making it home before it really poured down. Giving myself a pretty good pedicure = saving money and getting better at painting my own nails. Practice makes perfect. Playing with Natalia Chocolate ice cream Vanilla panacotta with peaches Watching the Lizzie McGuire movie. I do like this movie. I love the Orchestral Suite and the landscape scenes of Rome! :) Touring Europe with your best friend! How lovely. Reading Harry Potter Reading the Time Traveller's Wife. A three generation female discussion on the appeal of Eric Bana, encompassing how awesome he was as Hektor and how you can watch him on mute. :)) Matt's facebook pic thingy which claims I am Famous!! EHH??? :)) Singing CISV lullabies with my sister. Winning at playing Speed. Laughing on the way home with Sechu and his friends. Knowing that despite all the school/org work.... life is still good. 2 SPARKLE

Nostalgia [8-31-09 at 10pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | Falling Slowly, Kris Allen ] 5 Things that remind me of my Childhood tskolate, and pan de sal with butter- My favorite breakfast as a child and still a meal I enjoy eating to this day. Silvanas- When I bite into one, I remember family gatherings and Sunday afternoons. My Lolo  would bring a box for dessert after Sunday lunch. They always were limited to one or two silvanas per person because we all wanted to eat them. I still dream of one day having a box of Silvanas just for me. I love Silvanas. Listening to Together Again by Janet Jackson, the first cassette (yes, a cassette!) I bought was Now 4 and I bought it because of this song. I was in the 3rd grade. :D The front cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Looking at it last night brought back memories of grade school. Harry is still so young on the cover of Book 1 and Mary Grand-Pre's drawings are not as soft as they are in the later books. Looking at the cover reminds me of just how long it's been. I remember being in the 4th grade, I was in the Montessori library reading about Harry Potter as the book of the century in the Time Magazine issue that named Albert Einstein as person of the century. Harry beat the Chronicles of Narnia and I wondered what was this book that beat out Narnia. Then Mom bought a copy for my older brother and I read it that summer, got hooked and have remained so for the rest of my life. I grew up with Harry. I still remember finishing the Philosopher's Stone wishing she would continue the series and being so pleasantly surprised to see an advertisement for Chamber of Secrets after the very last page of Sorcerer's. I also remember thinking J.K. Rowling was a boy until I read the author's bio at the end. That was so long ago. It still says J.K. is a single mum. How times have changed and years gone by. The tiny denim jacket hanging in my closet. It's collar is metal tipped like a cowboy's shirt and the upper portion of the jacket is embroidered with shiny fabric and plastic gems! How 90's and how do I love it! If I remember correctly my Lolo bought me that jacket and I would wear it whenever my siblings and I put on presentations for our parents. Complete with a backwards baseball cap. Those were the 90's! I still love the jacket, I refused to have it thrown out despite it no longer being able to fit me. I'm thinking I'll have the fabric reworked into a bag or used in another jacket. :)  What do you guys remember? :) 2 SPARKLE

Happiness [8-20-09 at 7pm] Mi razons para allegre. Tuesday carpool rides home. No school yesterday and tomorrow. Meaning a 3 day school week with a bonus 3 day weekend. Meeting up yesterday with Steph, who I have not seen in SO LONG!!! We watched UP and laughed and laughed than had Starbucks and talked and talked fashion, her European adventures, cute boys, books, movies etc. etc. FUN TIMES!!! Watching UP! This movie gets a separate entry because it is AWESOME. It will make your cry and laugh! I got teary eyed but held it in then laughed so hard the tears came out!!!! :D Meeting up with tinassee for a spontaneous lunch today. New song intros. Free cuts in COM 101 Finishing one more Philo Reading Reading People Magazine in the library. The nice boy in line after me at the photocopier, who didn't complain even if I exceeded the express lane's 20 pages and who offered to lend me money when he noticed I was a bit short on coins. Carpool ride home today with the sophomores. Browsing the Powerbooks sale. Dinner tonight The prospect of sleeping in tomorrow. Have a great weekend everybody! SPARKLE

Gratitudes [8-4-09 at 11pm] [ music | On Eagle's Wings ] I haven't done one of these in awhile and I figure it's about time. Gratitudes :D-- I am thankful for :) Seeing my cousins and hanging out with my family. Finally seeing San Rafael and Sonera. Playing with Natalia and Julien. Talking with T. Cathy about her scents. Going to Cory's wake. McDonald's at 1:00 AM after the wake. Answered prayers! Missing carpool and going home to sleep. Being able to answer my mid-term. Safely commuting alone for the first time. Working in Ministop and my JEEP companions there. Making soft-serve ice cream. Hanging out in the walk-in freezer. Going to Podium for the first time. Seeing the World Press Photo Exhibit. Gabby picking me up and stopping by Kopi Roti for a coffee bun. Miguel and his paraclete vs. parakeet. ;) That was a nice end to the day. Making it through the day on very little sleep. Passing my Philo test with a grade I didn't even expect to get. :) :) Talking with people in carpool. Re-reading bits and pieces of Harry Potter Reading Reader's Digest Fashion blogs Watching the replay of Cory's Necrological services Spanish Lessons No school tomorrow Hope everyone's having a good week. :) 2 SPARKLE

Scorett Studded Boots [8-1-09 at 2pm] [ music | Suicide Blonde, Jack's Mannequin ] I think these boots are cool. Medieval and modern at the same time :) ( More pics...people wearing them and the inspiration ) Pictures from Fashion Squad, lookbook and google 4 SPARKLE

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