...and I am folding a stack of my used bond papers into sixteenths. Why am I doing such a queer (as in odd, strange, peculiar, bizarre, weird, etc. and therefore not gay =P) thing you might wonder. It's for George. Short for Georgina. Also known to be called by Georgie Porgie (owing to the vast amounts of fats accumulated beneath her wonderfully soft-and good-smelling!-fur), Furball (because that is what she literally is: a literal ball of fur), and occasionally.. bunny (cause my feelings toward Georgie are very similar to those for the real bunny - to a significantly lesser degree of course; but shhhhh don't tell the real bunny).
*gets up from chair to replace paper on George's cage*

Anyway, back to the paper folded in sixteenths. The thing about George is, she's bored very easily. Apparently running in the exercise wheel doesn't hold much of her attention. She prefers chomping down on her cage grilles. Which is bad. VERY BAD. As it can result in the breaking off of one of her teeth. And if that happens... the tooth might regrow INTO HER BRAIN. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Nope. Not good at all.

Not to mention. Her cage-chewing wakes me up. Seriously. It's amazing how four teeny tiny teeth can make so much noise when brought into contact with little strips of metal. Therefore, I have to keep clipping folded up scratch papers to her cage for her to thus attack, if I want to sleep and keep my sanity.

George has been known to have kept me up for three hours (recently), as I had to get up every half hour to replace her paper. It's maddening.

But all the same. I love George very much!! ^~^ She is the cutest pet everrrrr. (So okay, I know I said Henry was the cutest pet ever, but as she is no longer my pet, but a resident of heaven.... =c) I have so many lovely pictures. But seeing as my camera is zero on batt and the charger has mysteriously disappeared.. However, my phone bears a few cuddly pictures as well... =)

Okay I simply must stop talking about George. I talk of little else these days. Which I know must sound pathetic and/or sad. But you haven't met George yet. >=[

(It's 12:03 which means I spent fifteen whole minutes just talking about my pet. Okay change topic.)

Well, it's the second day of 2009, I suppose some sort of holiday report is proper. That or the New Year's resolutions thing which I think is lame. No one keeps them anyway. And if ever they do, it's by some random chance. I mean, honestly, who thinks aboutdoes something in the middle of June with the specific thought of her New Year's resolution in mind. Riiight.

So to summarize the holiday: it's been lovely, lazy, sleepy, wonderful, huggle, noses, books, cuddles, george, little food =o, and of course, bunnyful. All Ryuji and I did was lie down and sleep. That or play GUITAR HERO on his brand new DS (what a boy). Or go to quick trips to the Fort, Glorietta, Rockwell, Trinoma and Midtown. Or watch movies (A movie, really..) and then fall asleep less than halfway through (which brings us back to sleep).. Et cetera et cetera..

Oh but wonderful news I completely forgot! MY SISTER'S PREGNANT!!! I couldn't believe it. She just got married last October 25th and now she's carrying my future pamangkin! How... correct (?) can you possibly be? She got pregnant from their honeymoon (in Venice, to be exact), and on the 14th day of her cycle (known to be the most fertile time, as the woman is ovulating). It's just all so... precise. It's unnerving, really. I think, when my time comes, I'd like a bit more time to enjoy the new marriage.. I mean look at my sister. Just two months after the wedding and she already feels nauseous all the time. AND her jeans refuse to close anymore. But then again, I suppose you can't blame her. She IS 32 already...

I can't wait for the new baby to arrive. The kid is gonna be so spoiled. Not to mention, lamog. Hate to bring in the Twilight reference but, he or she (hopefully he!) will never be set down in a crib EVER, just like Bella's little baby half-vamp. I can just imagine. Me, ate Armi, ate May and my parents will be fighting over him/her here, and then KC's two brothers, sister and parents over at his house. And then there's the rest of the relatives on both sides. That kid will be loved. ^~^

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Tomorrow's Ryuji-and-Grace-cooks day. I'm so excited. =D

Just a rough draft to get me through the next few days. All my rock + psychedelic dance + happy music to keep me alive in jogging! I'll admit, some of my choices are so unlike me (Natasha Bedingfield =p), but I based it on a) like for song and/or b) sing-along-ability

Helicopter.Bloc Party.Silent Alarm
Banquet.Bloc Party.Silent Alarm
Staying Fat.Bloc Party.Bloc Party - EP
The Once and Future King.Bloc Party.Bloc Party B-Sides
What I've Done.Linkin Park.Minutes to Midnight
Dance Dance.Fall Out Boy.From Under The Cork Tree
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.Arctic Monkeys.Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Chosen Pessimist.In Flames.A Sense of Purpose

Pogo.Digitalism.Idealism
Flux.Bloc Party.Flux - single
Hummer.Foals.Foals
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.Daft Punk.Musique Vol. 1 (1993-2005)
Golden Skans.Klaxons.Myths of the Near Future
Don Gon Do It.The Rapture.Pieces Of The People We Love
One More Time (Short Radio Edit).Daft Punk.Musique Vol.1 1993-2005
Strobe.Friendly Fires.Cross The Line - EP
Cryptic    .Pin Me Down.Pin Me Down
Paris [Demo].Friendly Fires.Cross The Line - EP
1234 (Vanshe Technologic Remix).Feist.The Reminder

Between Us and Them.Moving Units.Dangerous Dreams
Emancipation.Moving Units.Dangerous Dreams
Pink Thoughts    .Moving Units.Hexes For Exes
Hands Open.Snow Patrol.Eyes Open
You're All I Have.Snow Patrol.Eyes Open
Mr. Brightside    .The Killers.Hot Fuss
New Sensation.INXS.INXS Greatest Hits
Our Velocity.Maximo Park.Our Earthly Pleasures
Is It Any Wonder?.Keane.Under The Iron Sea
When You Were Young.The Killers.Sam's Town
Tell Me.The Moths.Games/Wild Birds/Valentine 7" Single
Pretty Vegas.INXS.Switch
Take Me Out.Franz Ferdinand.Franz Ferdinand
Just Like Heaven.The Cure.The Cure Greatest Hits
Boys Don't Cry.The Cure.Three Imaginary Boys: Rarities 1977-1979
Unwritten.Natasha Bedingfield.Unwritten

the perfect daily meal plan.
and the perfect jogging music.


But back up. What's with all this? Ugh. Our UAAP comp uniform is MIDRIFF. Yes, TUMMY EXPOSURE. Holy shit. That's why coach made all the cheerdancers go on a diet two weeks ago. Our tummies have to be FLAT (like Lexx's - god they're so incredibly flat I jealous =c - or Mikee's - 4PACK.) and flabless. When we jump, our tummies must NOT jiggle.

Oh no.

It hasn't been easy. We're only allowed to eat oatmeal at night. Aka after training. Which is way too draining to starve ourselves after! And we have to do 100 V-ups and 100 side-to-sides every day. That part I'm not complaining. For some reason, I don't find it too challenging. Probably because of the systematic way I go about it. 20-20 till I finish.

Plus, we jog for THIRTY MINUTES before training every day now. That used to make me want to have long tests every night just so I could skip it, but now not so much anymore. I don't know, maybe my endurance/stamina (can never tell the two apart =p) is building, but I know that jogging/running is my hatest thing and by some miracle I actually enjoy it now.

Well maybe not enjoy it. But I can take it now. I don't die at the end! And I can maintain the jog all the way now.

ALTHOUGH, it's so much more difficult for me when I eat a heavy meal before training. Last week I was always so excited for the pre-training time to arrive. Cause that's the only time we're allowed to REALLY EAT. But I discovered that haveing the rice meal at lunch, and then just fruits before training gives me so much more energy!

My mom said that's because the rice meal was already digested come training, so the energy is ready to go. Plus, fruits aren't as hard to burn as rice, so I feel light when I jog.

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More jogging...
Silent Alarm saves me again. Haha my angry solace music in third/fourth year high school has come back to save me once again! This time with jogging. God, I love Bloc. Listening to Silent Alarm totally made jogging enjoyable for me. Plus: Helicopter and BANQUET perfect jogging music. Totally in pace with my steps. And energetic. Yay. x)

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I've been super responsible the past week with school work. But bleh, I had no choice! I have one prelab due on Monday, two postlabs on Wednesday, TWO LONG TESTS on Thursday (ORGCHEM and sa), plus a quiz on econ on Tuesday. Can yu say hell week?

Plus I have the first Theo paper due the following week. Gah.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have training til 10 every single day. But thank god I didn't fall into the usual reaction of paralysis. It makes me feel good that I'm still getting things done. I just have SA and Econ to study for. Incredible. xp

And yu know what's even more incredible? I still found the time to have date with my bunny this afternoon AND last night. =) Hihi workout + stare-into-space-in-his-living-room-while-his-mom-watched-HBO date last night. =p We were supposed to watch Hancock but we ran out of seats! We did that today instead. x)

I haven't written here in ages. Aaaaaaages. I haven't had the time to even GO ONLINE for the past few weeks. Only about once a week to check my mail (in which I discover about 80 unread e-mails every time). I can't believe it hasn't been a month since school started. I feel like I am already midway through the sem! (But no, unfortunately this is only the first out of four months of first sem.)

I'm kind of panicking right now. The helpless panic I hate the most. You know, when you feel overwhelmed with all the school work that must be accomplished, yet have no means - or time - to do it all now.

Those at the top of my list right now are: my econ homework (for tuesday), pre-lab (due tomorrow, nearly finished), psych long test # 1 (thursday) and theo readings (i am waaay behind). Then again there are the TWO post labs due next week, plus another pre-lab of course. Then there's my first Theo paper due in two weeks. And then the psych proposal, as well as SA paper... Aaaah!

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have TRAINING TILL 10PM EVERY single DAY (till 9 or 9:30 if I get lucky). SATURDAYs included. And if there weren't any SUNDAY basketball games which I have to be present at. Oh and did I mention the pompoms I have to make this week?

And the thing is, I have a feeling it's going to get worse. (Oh my god I can't believe it but) I'm part of the UAAP lineup - as in one of the 25 who will compete in the UAAP cheerdance competition on September 7th. And training for comp is always much longer, much more brutal than those who don't compete. *hyperventilate*

I need more time.

Seriously. Even though I've been doing this for six years - the whole balancing dancing and studies - I don't think I've ever felt this swamped. Oh god help me.

I haven't written in a while! Which is too bad because there's a lot that's been going on with meee just this past week. I have yet to write about... Kung Fu Panda with bun, turns-out-to-be-tolerable TTH sched, dinners out with bun's family at MOA and Makati (nyamnyam) and of course... the wonderful-ness of today!! And the sad postponement of barxary dinner tomorrow.

Ages ago, my high school barx (elo, mandee, myca, rach, alysa, rix, pj) assigned Friday the Thirteenth as our "barxary". It doesn't make any sense but we celebrate us every Friday the Thirteenth anyway. =P We were supposed to have an awesome "Barefoot Contessa"-like dinner tomorrow at Alysa's place. Unfortunately, it cancelled. Things just started falling apart. Alysa's maid wouldn't be there so no more formal dinner (just bbq which would have still been fun), I'd be super late cause I'd be coming from training (I'd get there around 10+ na), and then Rix suddenly couldn't go. Not to mention I don't have car tomorrow. Gah.

But but but. Today is even more special. It the thirteenth! The eighth thirteenth of being with Ryuji! <3 Hihi. 'Nuff said. ^~^

I just came home from having dinner with his family again. We dined at this "new" restaurant that just merged the old two restaurants that used to stand in its place. I forgot what it's called now (Cave Wer..something :P), but one of the old restos was "Carpaccio". Anyway, good food but I miss the woody, antique-y furnishings of "Carpaccio".

I had dinner with them on Monday too. That time it was at MOA. We had drinks at Mojito Bay at 6 - I had a "Halle Raspberry mojito" =P. Ryuji had a lychee coconut which also yummy but very sweet. After drinks we had dinner at "Highlands Steakhouse" which is like an offshoot from Tagaytay Highlands. We got soooo full. Ryuji and I ordered a filet mignon to share. We shouldn't have. His mother ordered 30 OUNCES of steak that we cooked right on the table - thanks to the magic of canned heat (:O) and a mini-grill.xp Oh god, I would only be too happy to avoid steak for the rest of the year. Or two. Ehe.

Our TTH schedule isn't so bad after all. I was so dreading it on the first day because bun and I would be separated, in two different classes, for three hours straight. I know it must sound ridiculous but this is coming from a couple who has had all their classes together (except Eng/Lit during first year). It was much better than I expected though, especially since after an hour and a half break, we're together in theo... in an aircon classroom! \:D/ And even though we're not classmates in Psych, we're in the same building, same floor, same time. :)

Ryuji and I watched Kung Fu Panda... oh no I can't remember when. :O Sometime in the last seven days. =P It was so funny! I didn't expect it to be so good, especially since I initially disliked Po in the trailers. He looked so ugly. Especially when yu compare it to my tare pandas! <3 But he becomes cuter in the movie. By a mile. =P

ok this is so long now i end this unceremoniously =p

Ryuji and Raisa are here in my room right now. =) Bun's brand new vaio crashed after he installed Deep Freeze. Looks like he froze a virus in. So ever since then his laptop - which I fondly call "Monoknok" (cause his Gmask is mononoke) - has been unusable. He reformatted it and all but now he is without anti-virus or MS Office etc.

Raisa came over today to lend us her future CEO of Microsoft-expert help. She installed Nod32, ZoneAlarm and other laptop mods. Right now they're playing Marvel Superheroes. They've been at it for a while now. The game looks so amusing - it looks like it came straight from an old family computer game.

Anyway, yay! I'm so happy we're doing the Monoknok mods here. I volunteered my house so s) I wouldn't have to leave, and b) since we need internet, my room is the only place to work in! I love having bun in my room. This is only the second time, and the first one was just to grab paper. He's generally not allowed in my room, being a) a boy and b) more than just any boy =P. But since this is the only place to work... Hee. I give myself a tap on my shoulder for my excellent strategizing. =p

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The orsem dance is finally finished! I had to change costume THREE times. Twice at home, and once at school. I was planning on wearing my cool black pants that I wore in our 'Props Division' concert at Orange (oh memories past!). But alas, I cannot do a proper straddle jump in it. Most unflexible. So I changed into my black jeans instead. But that one was STILL restricting. I had to change into my brand new Zara shorts instead. I didn't bring hot pants (cycling shorts) to wear underneath, but turns out I didn't need it anyway.

I felt so weird while I was dancing. Normally, I get super tired halfway into a routine. Complete with sweating, heavy breathing (or panting, more like) and thumping heart. But a minute into yesterday's performance and my heart was beating so hard! I wasn't tired yet or even sweating but I felt like my heart was palpitating. Total adrenaline rush. Result? Extra hyper hataw dance. I think that's the most hataw I've ever danced onstage. (The complete opposite of our Skechers Araneta =( ) Not that it was that obvious. Everyone else was dancing just as hard! =p

It's a GAP commercial, featuring Audrey Hepburn.

Ugh. So annoying. Please allow me to rant.

When I got home just half an hour ago from training, my table in my room was SUCH A MESS. It looked like someone turned everything over in search for something! So then I asked my mother what in the world happened to it, she answered.. "Inayos ko nga eh."

WHAT?!?!

All my jewelry and hair ties were strewn all over, my iPod cable and my Griffin iPod car adaptor were tangled on top of my folder. All my bangles were scattered! Ugh. It just infuriated me how she kept insisting that she FIXED my table instead of totally wreaking havoc!

Anyway. *Breathe*

Coach told me yesterday i gained weight. =S I knew it! I fuht. Holy. Huhuhuhu.

After a week and a half of nonstop eating, munching on gouda, oreos, fruits (the sucrose makes me crave more sweets =s) and chocolate.. Here I am. I noticed my arms getting wider. And my tummy doesn't flatten anymore AGAIN when I wake up in the morning.

I need 80 training. And core. =z

Speaking of...
It Orsem 2008 day 2 tomorrow! We're performing our routine first thing in the morning. As in first ever performance of the day. Oh no. I hope my body wakes up! And please let me do my front walk properly. I've been having trouble with it recently! I have no idea why. It was the first skill after the basic cartwheels, handstands etc. that I perfected. And now it's totally gone to the dogs! I'm supposed to do two in the routine but because the stage width is so short, four of us were cut back to one to keep us from falling offstage and breaking our necks!

I wish I just had to do an aerial in the passes instead. Strangely, I'm more confident with that skill.

Just wokey from nappypoo time. My naps always leave me disoriented. Especially when I have dreams in them. And this one was no exception. Can't remember what I dreamt about though. Just random every day things I guess.

I saw a BMW Z3 in school today!! in SEC parking. It was sleek black and small. I could imagine it racing down Katip at 3AM. Wicked. =P

And speaking of cars, from that hot hot Z3 to my... piece of junk haha. ;P The insurance on my white Lancer got renewed. After being so certain for ages that it won't. (No thanks to me. The insurance company's tired of repairing the damages I make to that car.xp) So that means no new car for Gracie this year. Not that I deserve one. (But hey! My grades are good, and I don't take drugs! Hahahahaa.)

And on another car-related note... One of my lifter teammates was promised a car if he only got B in all his subjects. Hmmph. Ryuji told me about one of his batchmates in CSA that got a BMW for just passing all his subjects. Wtf.

Oh no, Ryuji wasn't able to have his sched fixed so we'd be in all the same sections. As if having two different subjects wasn't enough! He has Fil 14 this sem while I have EC 102. Economics. Ugh. Without my darling math boy? ='c Not that that's the only reason I want to be with him in econ of course.

Oh well. I'll give the load rev a shot. Psych is kind of a lost cause because we have the same time slot AND same building. We're just a room apart. And as for SA, same time slot too but... Berch and CTC! =s

Oh well.

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Ryuji and I are going to Trinoma tomorrow I think. I need to buy a red tube top for my Orsem costume. I love Trinoma's location. It's the nearest decent mall. I haven't actually been there much but we were there on Monday and I saw a lot of good shops! :D

Ryuji and I watched "21"! It was... surprising. I already had a feeling we'd like the film, being about gambling (well not really =P), card-playing (Black Jack, tbs), and casinos. But I didn't expect it to have a richer story background. Don't worry no spoilers here from me, I end all recounting of the movie here.

Anyway, "21" was really good, even though I didn't really understand all the *choke* mathematical concepts behind the game.

Things are finally feeling like they're going back to normal - for me at home I mean. Even though it's only been four days since my newest (and costly) mistake, I feel things cooling down. And even better than that, I feel like we're receiving the blessing bit by bit. All of my sisters have no more objection (although to begin with, they weren't really against the whole thing).. I guess they were only against my... shall we say, unconscious, self-imposed solitude and isolation. (I know it's redundant. I'm making a point.)

And as for my mother, well I think she's always known from the start she's on board no matter what. No matter what she thinks or wants. It's all down to my father now, The last hurdle. But it's okay, we've got time. We've got all the time in the world. :)

I'm making bun's multiply layout now. I just started last night. I quite enjoy doing it. I'm just putting together everything he wants in it. He wanted crosses and skulls. *Roll eyes* Metal boy. Why am I not surprised. He also wants dragons in it. And mojitos. Hihi. I dunno about the drink but i think the dragon shouldn't be too hard.