My father is safe, thank God. He talked to my mom and told her that the attack happened somewhat nearby. This just pisses me off so much. Those people are so unfair, they only ever think of their fucking selves. >.&l...
Sigh
May 31, 2004
May 30, 2004
Those fucking terrorists!
I just found out about what happened to that oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. That city is where my father is. And he's also working at an oil company with westerners. >.&...
May 26, 2004
Good Stuff
For the first time since I came here, I bought ice cream today: Haagen-Dazs Cookies & Cream which I think tastes exactly like my favorite brand in the Philippines [Magnolia]. Thus, I do not understand why Haagen-Dazs is so expensive everywhere.
Since we only have roughly two months left here...
May 25, 2004
Nasty things
Gwah gwah gwah! It's so hot! It's so dry! I need humidity! :((
Ok, for the first time, I am going to say it. Amazon sucks, especially Amazon.co.jp! You know why? Because I ordered this over a month ago and it's not yet here, and because no one has bought me anything from my wishlist. Heheh. ...
May 24, 2004
Oh yeah!
Annie and I were walking towards the supermarket when I asked her "Where's the karaoke?" to which she pointed to the second floor of the building and said "Over there." The she asked if I wanted to go, and I was like, OK! So we went!
A photo of a karaoke room, although the one we went to wasn't this...
May 21, 2004
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
I just finished reading the novel Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. This is the one where the main character is the mad woman who is the wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. In an earlier entry, I have mentioned that I was scared that this book might not agree with Jane Eyre....
May 17, 2004
Cable tv!!!
*bangs my fists on the table* I WANT CABLE TV, DAMMIT!!!
There's just so many things happening nowadays, and I don't get the chance to see them. There's the Philippine elections, the Indian elections and Sonia Gandhi, all the stuff going on in Iraq, the (just finished) Survivor All-Stars, the marriage...
Horrible horrible!
One of my friends sent me an email with a link to the video showing the beheading of Nick Berg. I don't know why I even clicked on it. Oh my God. It's just so so horrible...
[ADD-ON]
After I saw those pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners, I was feeling so bad for those Iraqi people. And then they...
May 12, 2004
WTF?!?
I know I said I don't care, but damn it all! Fernando Poe, Jr. is leading in the damned election counting!
Why are Filipinos so stupid? We're said to value education, but in reality, we're ignoramuses with deficient memories! How long ago was it that an actor, college drop-out of a president was...
May 11, 2004
Abuse in Iraq
The pictures of the abused POW's in Iraq are just so completely, utterly horrible, I can't find it in my mind to figure out what kind of insane thoughts those US personnel were thinking when they did that.
One of the photos of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
I used to think very highly of...
May 10, 2004
Philippine Presidential Elections
Three years ago, during the last elections, I couldn't vote because it was also held in May and I would only turn 18 on November that year. This year, I couldn't vote again because I'm here in Japan. Hmmm. Maybe I'm not meant to vote in my country's elections. (Who knows where I'll be in the next 3...
May 5, 2004
Red Brick Excursion
No doubt about it, the Minato Mirai 21 area is definitely my most favorite part in the whole wide world! Or OK, maybe just in Japan.
Today we went there again for the sole purpose of exploring the Red Brick Warehouse, which is a 100-year old building that was recently renovated, and is located right...
May 4, 2004
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
One of the classes I'm taking this semester is entitled Home and Abroad in English Literature, and for that class, we're discussing the unfinished autobiography of a classic English author, Jean Rhys. Rhys' most popular work is the novel Wide Sargasso Sea, which is the life story of Mr. Rochester's...
May 3, 2004
Buy, buy, buy!
Senso-ji, the Asakusa Kannon Temple
We went to Asakusa yesterday. It's this place in Tokyo with a huge Buddhist temple and with a long row of shops selling omiyage. To give more meaning to Golden Week, April, Annie, and I dragged our butts over and joined the throng of people who flock this...
May 1, 2004
Golden Week
A one-week break started last Thursday to celebrate Golden Week here in Japan. Golden Week is a yearly event that allows people to take a break, travel, or do anything they went. During this season, there's also heaps of festivals everywhere and a lot of things happening all over.
Flying kites during...