PWEDE NA AKONG MAGPAPARTY! I won't have KASPIL1 finals, meaning I passed! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You don't know how happy I am right now! Thank you so much Sir Curaming! The only thing I have to worry about now is if I'll be given a failure due to absences.

I need your help. Is there any site you know where I can download the original soundtracks of the classic Disney stories (Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, etc.)? I already have Sleeping Beauty and Little Mermaid. If you know any site I can download all the other OSTs from, please comment on this entry or leave me a message in my tagboard. You'll be my HERO if you help me find any.

Anyway... I'M GOING HOME. Bye bye! Enjoy the summer, guys!

I'm under a really, really bad spell of Disney classics songs. For the past few days, I've been LSS-ing on the songs from Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Mermaid (I & II). I LOVE THE FEELING. hehe... I remember the days when I used to carry huge VHS tapes and would drown myself in afternoons of the Disney stories that I couldn't get enough of. An even earlier sign of that was when I memorized my whole Sleeping Beauty book when I was 2 or 3. I have proof - my mom has it on tape. I spoke very fast though, and my voice was so small. haha!

I'm considering my debut gown to be Aurora-Belle inspired. I'll also see to it that I'll have the VCDS/DVDS of the classic Disney movies by my 18th birthday. Yikes adik...

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I'm still not on vacation now because of ENGLSTRESS. Uggh I hate research papers! I'd rather be doing essays...

The last of my finals will be tomorrow. It's KASPIL1, wish me luck! I do not want to fail this course!

SERIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO START THE NEXT TERM RIGHT. No more lates, absences, and procrastination (I hope). Slap me if I do something wrong.

I want to go hooooome!

Vacation's over already? Oh well... Back to my non-stop internet hours... It felt so good to be back at home for holy week because I got to catch up on the thing I really miss like a home cooked meal, cable television, and of course, freedom from responsibility. On the other hand, my (really) short vacation was... Uhh... Just read on...

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You know how we girls would like to pretend a lot when we were kids? We'd be angels, fairies, and most especially princesses. We go about thinking we're princesses until we've outgrown our childish fantasies and realize that we don't live in story books dating once upon a time.

Story books are one thing, but dreams are another. I had a very, very, very weird dream last night. It's like this:

My friends and I went to a costume party where we had the craziest idea to dress up as the Disney Princesses. I came as Aurora/Briar Rose, Sleeping Beauty. Yeah, kiddy, I KNOW. It's just a dream anyway. After the party, we went back to our limousine (o diba sosyal), and we were accompanied by guys who came as the Disney Princes. The girls were seated on one side of the limo, while the guys stayed on the other. One of us broke the awkwardness and said that we should sit with our counterparts, so we did. I was last to move, as usual. I saw Prince Philip (Aurora's prince) and yay I did like him. Well, well, well, look who didn't have any partner - Prince Eric (Little Mermaid). I liked him too. haha... I sat in the middle of both of them. We talked and talked, but I ended up being really sweet with Prince Phillip even until we got home. Then... I woke up.

What's weird about this is that I felt like I'm actually wide awake in my dream. I know that the people who were in the limo with me were people I knew well, I just can't remember which of my friends they were. What's even stanger was when I woke up, I could still feel the Prince Phillip's hand holding mine. I couldn't remember his face either, but I do remember his warm aura. I dreamt of this same aura a few more times this week, and them I remembered that this aura was the one I've dreamt of a few years back (second year high school I think). I feel like I've known this person for a long time, and I feel that the moment that our paths cross, I'll know it's him. It's weird, and I've been freaking our ever since. Just kidding. haha...

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It was raining on the day that marked the start of holy week vacation, so Tito Ef, Tita Alma, and my mom came to pick me up in my dorm. We had lunch, then we went to visit my dad (after his angioplasty). I was really hesitant to visit him because I might start crying like I did when David was about to undergo his heart operation. It was the first time that I saw my dad in the hospital (ICU), and I didn't like it at all. There were a lot of wires attached to him - both arms, back, chest. I wanted to cry when I saw my dad, but I tried to hold back my tears by telling him about David's funny walk after his circumcision that same week. I made my dad laugh, but I wanted to cry again for some reason, so I went to the restroom where I cried my eyes out (and so nobody would see me). I got back to find my mom by his side. He reached both of his hands out to reach my and my mom's hand, but he couldn't grip our hands becuase he was too weak. My mom and I held his hands instead. He told us "imagine mo yun, my heart could have stopped beating any time" then he closed his eyes and told us that he wanted to rest. I couldn't help it anymore, I burst out in tears. Both my mom and dad kept laughing at me and saying dad's safe already, nothing to worry about. I kept my face buried under my dad's blanket for a few more minutes until I stopped then bid my dad goodbye and goodnight. Okey, so madrama daw ako. haha...

AND... My 18th birthday party might have to be cancelled because of all the money we spent in the hospital. It's okay though, I just want Daddy to get better soon.


I've been going back to my childhood habits this week - watching Disney Princess movies non-stop! I watched Sleeping Beauty first, Beauty and the Beast next, then Little Mermaid (because it was on Disney Channel). I just looove those stories, kinikilig ako. haha! And I giured why I don't like their sequels at much as the original - the princes are backgrounds already. AND! I already figured why I like Sleeping Beauty the most. It's the typical damsel in distress, knight in shining armor setting. The songs and the story's message relate A LOT to me too. "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream"... Yeah.

I've also been very preoccupied with playing The Sims2. I reinstalled everything because my old families were awful, even my alien family. haha! Also because the grades of the teens don't go up after C+, but even after reinstallation, they still won't go up. They do study, of course. Any ideas on how to fix this?


There was a satellite broadcast (177th General Conference) yesterday; meaning, our stake would meet in one chapel again; meaning, "kumusta na tatay mo" galore. I did experience what I expected, even from those who I didn't know. I was surprised that they knew that they knew I was my dad's daughter. haha... Some were kinda bummed that my dad didn't want visitors yet though.

Kinilig ako ng sobra, basta.

We went to visit my dad after. NO MORE CRYING. haha... I thought he'd still be weak or had even just a few wires on him, but when I saw him, he looked great! Except for the clots left by the wires, it was as if nothing happened. He had no cords or wires anymore, not even dextrose. He looked even better than he used to. Walang ligo yan! haha! He was filling the air with his laughter and even trying to grab our bag of chips because he couldn't eat salty or fatty food anymore. The doctors also found out that he had diabetes, which limits him to an even smaller choice of food. Tsk tsk tsk. Sinabihan na kasi eh, ayaw pa rin makinig. He didn't allow us to go to Starbucks that night either. Change diet na daw, baka masobrahan kami ng matamis. Wushoo, if I know inggit lang yun. haha... I was just so glad to see that my dad was finally okay. He'll just be staying in the hospital a little longer to rest.

It also made me really happy when my dad said "Jenn may assignement ka. I want you to finalize your debut plans this month". I was shocked that he'd still be willing to even think about spending again after the large amount of money spent on him. HUWAAAW. I was really happy to hear that my party can still push through! My dad spoils me oh so well.

MY DAY WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

Happy Happy Birthday Dan.


Anyway, I still have to finish my research paper for ENGLSTRESS while Alliv's not around to distract me. haha joke lang. Di ko kasi mapigilan sarili kong kakasalita pag anjan roommate ko eh. haha... KONTING TIIS NA LANG!

The days that i haven't updated were a living hell for me. It was pure torture, and I hated every single moment of it. I don't want to linger on the details anymore because I feel that I could break down in tears any time... All I can say is that there's too much stuff to do in school, so little time. There's stuff that I wanted to do, but there would always be things that won't allow me to do so. I've always been looking forward to the days that my dad would pick me up and I could spend weekends wth him and my family, but how can I when he's in the hospital because of a mild heart attack? Please, please pray for my dad's recovery...

I don't know why all of this is happening, but God must have a reason behind all this pain I'm feeling... I've been looking forward to so many things for summer, plus practices for the Regional Youth Conference has begun, but I guess I'm stuck with the reality that school's not over for me yet. I can't attend RYC practices yet because of it. Still, life as a Lasallian is hard, but worth it.

Anyway... Gotta go... Bye...

OH AND...

I've experienced a lot of unfortunate things for the past few days that I haven't blogged. In the same way, a lot of laughs camy my way. Let's start from the bottom.


I WANNA KICK SOMETHING ISSUES:

Top four goes to my short-term memory. The deadline our our annotated bibliography and outline for ENGLRES was TODAY. I totally forgot! I'll submit it tomorrow, I hope Ms. Parina will still accept late papers...

Top three goes to the foot wash by the pool in La Salle. I was walking texting Jek, I didn't see the foot wash. Both of my feet landed in the foot wash! My shoes, socks, feet, and part of my pants were soaking wet! Grrr...

Top two on my list goes to the idiot who stole my money in my room last Saturday. Yeah, in my room. How did it happen? I was the only person in our dorm unit then. I was finishing up on some paperwork while everyone was off somewhere enjoying the best day of the week. When I was done, I decided to take a bath before I left. While I was taking a bath, I heard the main door of our unit open, so I thought there was someone else. When I got out, there was no one. Akala ko minumulto na ako. It wasn't until Sunday evening that I noticed that my 500 pesos was missing. I searched my whole room, but I couldn't find it. I slept my worries off, but the answers to my hanging quiesitons appeared in my dreams. Everything I saw and noticed in my cabinet connected to my dream somehow. I dreamt about my pencil case being half open, my camera bag's zipper being on the side instead of in the middle where I always zip it up, and my cabinet being half open when I entered my room. I overlooked these, but thank goodness my dreams helped me figure things out. Also, I commuted last Saturday, and I don't bring big amounts when I commute, so I know I didn't bring it home. I have to cut down on food expenses because that 500 was part of my allowance... I didn't tell my mom about it yet either...

Top one on my list goes to the FORMAT option in my camera. Stupid format option! I was playing around with the options of my camera then I saw one named "format". I was thinking format of the picture like raw or the resolution of the picture, but to my terrible shock, all my pictures were being deleted one by one... ALL OF THEM. Stupid me... Why didn't I think that format could mean reformat like in PCs? *cries* I took a few more shots, a few's better than nothing anyway. I went back to my dorm out of frustration and started crying like an idiot when my roommate left. Darn was I attatched to those photos, and to think I don't have them in my laptop yet... The shots of Alliv and her huge lollipop, yesterday's tambays, and the many shots I took in PE earlier are all GONE. *cries again* Sorry, mansenti talaga akong tao eh... At least I know I had fun. Even if I didn't have the (tons of) shots with me anymore, at least every moment we spent laughing, kicking, warming-up, blah, blah, blah will remain a vivid memory forever. I'll miss you guys (A70) so much! Thanks for making my/our last PE a very, very memorable one.


I WANNA JUMP EXPERIENCES:

Top four goes to my Rob escapade yesterday with Alliv and her dad. I had a non-fast food dinner at last! haha... We also went shopping for Adrian's (Alliv's brother) graduation clothes. I didn't know that shopping for other people was fun too. The jokes of Alliv's dad still really crack me up - the three of us have been laughing our hearts our the whole time we were shopping! haha!

Top three goes to the Young Women. Our activity last Saturday was great! I wrote about it in my past entry, you can read it if you like.

Top two goes to the concerned citizen of the Philippines. Basta, "haha" na lang masasabi ko.

Top one goes to the testimonial Alliv received in Friendster last Friday. It seemed like just a picture, but after a few seconds, a very scary/shocking image would appear. Alliv and I knew the catch of this picture, but since we were under the topak spell that time, we wanted to scare ourselves silly. I was confident that it wouldn't scare me beacause I never got scared of the similar presentations I've seen, and I thought I've seen the most horrifying one already. Well, I was wrong. Alliv was kinda far from laptop screen, but I was really near. We stared at the picture for a long time and nothing popped out, so we thought it was all a prank. Just when I let my guard down, the most trrifying face appeared! I shouted like I've never done before - my echoed until the next unit! OMG that was so embarassing! I convinced myself that what I saw was just an alien, I'm not sure though. I don't ever want to see that picture again! Ria and Ate Yarra came to our room asking about what happened. They wanted to know, so we showed them. bwahaha... They, too, ended up screaming, but not loud enough to break my scream. haha! Though I was scared silly, I loved what happened because we all ended up laughing and doing other things other than eat and glue our faces to our laptops.


Every down has an up, we just have to patient and find it.