When Am I Ever Gonna Get Sick of This?

What I'm feeling right now goes beyond words. I cannot express myself properly because it's all so bewildering. So, I borrowed Taylor Swift's words. 

Teardrops On My Guitar 

[He] looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see

That I want and I need everything that we should be

I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about

And she's got everything that I have to live without

[He] talks to me, I laugh cause it's just so funny

That I can't even see anyone when he's with me

He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,

I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

[Chorus:]

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

[He] walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?

And there he goes, so perfectly,

The kind of flawless I wish I could be

She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love

Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause

[Repeat Chorus]

So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light

I'll put his picture down and maybe

Get some sleep tonight

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

He's the time taken up, but there's never enough

And he's all that I need to fall into..

[He] looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see. 

* I don't really own a guitar, I don't even know how to play one, but you get the what I mean.

Bella Cullen and I have the same birthday...

I know I've said this a gazillion times but time really does fly, doesn't it? 

It was this exact time last year when my roommate Anna and I were watching Billy Crawford's mini concert in the William Shaw Little Theater.

It was this exact date last year when I thought that bangs might look good on me. (I was very, very wrong about this.)

It's the big 2-0 tomorrow. 

I'm still having a little trouble with the fact that, in just a few hours, I will no longer have the right to call myself a teenager. 

It's mind-boggling.

At least I learned something relevant in Spanish the other day:

Cumpleaños feliz,

Cumpleaños feliz,

Te deseamos todos

Cumpleaños feliz :)

I don't want a man...

One of my favorite songs from Disney's Hercules is "I won't say I'm in love" sung by Megara and the muses. I've listened to most of its versions in Japanese, Korean, Thai, Malay, and Mandarin. But my favorites are the French and German versions. In French, it's called "Jamais Je N'avouerai". In German, it's "Ich will keinen Mann". I think the German version is kinda funny when translated in English (literally, that is). I love it.

Ich will Keinen Mann (I don't want a man)

Meg:

Wenn es für Dummheit einen Preis gäb     (If there was a prize for idiocy)

würd ich garantiert gewinnen     (I'd win it for sure)

Die Herren gehen mir auf die Nerven     (Men annoy me)

Das hab ich hinter mir,     (I'm over that)

Männer spinnen!     (men are mad!)

Muses:

Was willst du verstecken?     (What do you want to conceal)

Du bist in den Kerl verschossen!     (You've a crush on that guy)

Willst du uns erschrecken     (Do you want to scare us)

und ihn von der Kante stoßen?     (and turn him down)

Ändere deine Meinung     (change your mind)

sonst bist du allein und er ist nicht mehr da!     (or else you'll be alone and he'll be gone)

Chorus:

Meg: Oh nein! Niemals! Nie im Leben, nicht so!     (Oh, no! Never! No way, not like that!)

Muses: Gib's zu, du schwebst nur auf Wolken     (Admit it, you're floating on clouds)

Meg: Kein Liebeskram!     (No lovey-dovey!)

Nein, ich will keinen Mann!     (No, I don't want a man)

Ich will die Männer nur vergessen     (I just want to forget about men)

sonst werd ich's bitter bereuen     (or else I'm going to regret it bitterly)

Das ganze ist für mich gegessen!     (This kind of thing is past to me!)

sonst werd ich nächtelang nur noch heulen!     (otherwise I'd be crying for nights!)

Muses:

Was soll das Gejammer?     (What's the point of your lamentation?)

Du willst alles nur verneinen!     (You only want to deny everything!)

Das ist doch der Hammer!     (That's just about the limit!)

Es gibt für dich noch einen     (There's only one [guy] left on your mind)

Sei jetzt mal erwachsen!      (Act like a grown-up now!)

Mach jetzt keine Faxen!      (Don't be silly now!)

Mädchen, sag, sag, sag doch ja!      (Honey, say, say, come on say yes!)

Chorus:

Meg: Oh nein! Niemals! Nie im Lieben nicht so!

Muses: Du wirst schon sehen      (You're gonna see)

sag der Liebe Hallo!     (say hello to love!)

Meg: Es tut nur weh     (it only hurts)

Nein, ich will keinen Mann!     (No, I don't want a man!)

Muses: Sei still, du spinnst ja, du willst einen Mann!     (Shut up, you're out of your mind, you do want a man!)

Meg: So muss es sein, ich will keinen!      (It has to be like that, I don't want a man!)

Lasst mich, allein, ich will keinen!     (Leave me alone, I don't want a man!)

Muses: Sieh's endlich ein     (Realize it at last)

du bekommst einen Mann      (you will get a man)

Meg: Na fein, kann sein     (Very well then, that may be true)

außer ihm keinen Mann..      (no man except for him..)

* here's the imeem link if you wanna listen to it:

http://www.imeem.com/otakugurl/music/CPU2g0GM/i_wont_say_im_in_love_german/

Batangas...

It's been a while since I last went there. 

Almost six months, in fact.

I'm going tomorrow because it's my friend's birthday so we're gonna sleep over at her house.

I guess that means I'm gonna board a Batangas Star Express.

Huh.

Flashback.

It's the geek in me..

I'm supposed to be studying for my EURODEV exam on Tuesday. I've been doing that since this morning and it's really getting to me. So I'll stop for now. I was browsing through old files when I came across a list that I made a few months ago. It's a list of the books that I've read since High School (that's why I didn't include all the Baby Sitters' Club, Goosebumps, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Sweet Valley High stuff). The one's that I remember anyways. I updated it a little bit so the total's up to a 127 now and I highlighted my favorites. Why did I do this seemingly pointless task, you may ask. You know what, I don't really know why. I just felt like doing it. 

(J.K Rowling)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Quidditch Through the Ages

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

(Tamora Pierce)

Alanna: The First Adventure

In the Hand of the Goddess

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

 Lioness Rampant

 Wild Magic

 Wolf-Speaker

 The Emperor Mage

 The Realms of the Gods

 First

 Page

 Squire

 Lady Knight

 

 Trickster’s Choice

 Trickster’s Queen

(Stephenie Meyer)

Twilight

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn

(Meg Cabot)

The Princess Diaries

Take Two (aka Princess in the Spotlight)

Third Time Lucky (aka Princess In Love)

Mia Goes Fourth (aka in Waiting)

Give Me Five (aka Princess in Pink)

Sixsational (aka Princess in Training)

Seventh Heaven (aka Party Princess)

After Eight (Princess on the Brink)

Shadowland

Ninth Key

Reunion

Darkest Hour

Haunted

Twilight

All-American Girl

Ready or Not

She Went All the Way

Every Boy’s Got One

 

(Cathy Hopkins)

Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras

Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses

Mates, Dates, and Sleepover Secretes

Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors

Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles

Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas

(Niki Burnham)

Royally Jacked

Spin Control

 

(Carly Phillips)

The Bachelor

The Playboy

The Heartbreaker

 

(Louise Rennison)

Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging

On the Bright Side I’m now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

Knocked Out by my Nunga-nungas

Dancing in my Nuddy Pants

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers

Startled by His Furry Shorts

Love is a Many Trousered Thing

(Lemony Snickett)

The Bad Beginning

The Reptile Room

The Wide Window

(Jessica Zafra)

Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Short Stories

Womenagerie and Other Tales from the Front

Twisted

Twisted II: Spawn of the Twisted

Planet of the Twisted

Twisted IV

Twisted V

Twisted 6

Tw7sted

Twisted 8: Night of the Living Twisted

Twisted Flicks

(Bob Ong)

ABNKKBSBPLko!

Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino

Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas

(Nicholas Sparks)

A Walk to Remember

Message in a Bottle

The Notebook

(Cecelia Ahern)

P.S, I Love You

Rosie Dunne

(Dan Brown)

The DaVinci Code

Angels and Demons

(Paulo Coelho)

Eleven Minutes

The Fifth Mountain

The Alchemist

(Chinie Hidalgo)

The Blair Bitch Project: A Book of Bitchy Poetry

The Blair Bitch Bounces Back

Who Stole my Magic? (The Smart Girl’s Guide to Surviving a Breakup) by Jenny Manuel

Vince’s Life by Vince O. Teves

No Boyfriend Since Birth by Claire Betita

Wander Girl by Tweet Sering

Mr. Write by M.D Balangue

Almost Married by Tara F.T Sering

The Breakup Diaries by Maya Calica

Drama Queen by Abi Aquino

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Song of the Wanderer by Bruce Coville

The King of Torts by John Grisham

Una and Miguel by Lilideshan Bose

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

The Nanny (I forgot the author and it’s too obscure to search for in the net)

King Dork by Frank Portman

The Christmas Party by Janelle Dennison

Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah

My Brother, My Executioner by F. Sionil Jose

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lucia Lucia by Adriana Trigiani

Just Friends by Robyn Sisman

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus

Exit to Eden by Anne Rice

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

Lies my Yaya Should Have Told Me by RJ Ledesma

You Suck by Christopher Moore

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko