Crossover

I felt the biggest change in my life the (mid)night I "crossed over". I felt like everything was changing. I was changing. It doesn't make sense, though. I didn't feel any difference the day I turned 18 or 19. Or maybe I did, but I hardly noticed. What difference does it have turning a day older than 19? 

The whole time I was 18, I felt like I was 17. When I was 19, I felt like 18. Now that I'm 20, I feel like I'm really 20 years old. Oh gawd. I am not getting any younger at all! Haha!

Twenty. Two-Zero. Wow. Really, I am overwhelmed. OA much. LOL. No, I mean, I can't believe my age actually starts with 2 already. I think and people expect that Ishould be more responsible, more aware and less dependent, but I still feel that I am not ready to face adulthood and the challenges that come with the package. I am not even sure if I am "equipped" to face this new stage in my life. Oh my gosh. Heehee.

Anyway, what is meant to happen this year will happen. I will enjoy being 20 years old as much as I can. So what if my (college) friends are 19? They'll all turn 20 next year anyway. LOL.

And check out the gifts I got for my birthday! I love them!

Brida by Paulo Coelho.Thanks little brother! You're the best! Di pa surprise surprise ka pa! LOL

A pair of uber cute pink, white and silver Royal Elastics flats.
Thanks mother! I've been saving up for these but she got them for me first. :D

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PS: Too bad, it had to happen on my birthday. Miss Ruth Rosit, our grade 7 (she was our adviser, too) and grade 8 English teacher passed away. We used to talk about her behind her back, but she was a good teacher really. And like my friend, PM, I feel sorry I said all those bad things about her. I knew she was hospitalized last time, but I never got the chance to visit her. :( Thank you Miss Rosit. May you rest in peace!

Things I have come to appreciate more since I became a level 3 nursing student.

CHAIR.
We spend about 6 hours standing up in the ward. Even if we have nothing to do, we are never allowed to sit down. The sight of chairs always brings us a sense of excitement.

TIME.

To be safe, I set my time to 10 minutes more advance than HSC time. Nobody can afford to be late especially during duty week, which sucks because I have to wake up really early like 3:30 just so I won't be late for the morning shift. On the brighter side, I think I have become more disciplined and time-conscious.

SLEEP.Need I say more?


DULCOLAX.
Nursery = stool exam. stool exam = Dulcolax.

I.HATE.STOOL.EXAMS. DAMN IT!

Welcome to the Converse (and Lomo) Century

Don't you just love Converse and Lomo? 

Best friends just won't leave your side. 
Mariel Antonette Juarez. Katrina Paula Gulmatico.
Photo by Arlene Sue Cuaycong
Edited by Mariel Antonette Juarez
Let's play.Mariel Antonette Juarez
Photo and edit by Mariel Antonette Juarez

A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.John Terence Ematong. Mariel Antonette Juarez. Katrina Paula Gulmatico.
Photo by Arlene Sue Cuaycong.
Photo Edit by Mariel Antonette Juarez.

Today is a free day for me and my classmates. I actually have some business in LTO, but I don't like to go there alone so I decided to postpone it. So, instead of going there, I edited some pictures (Suyaan naman na ni Anito Bes! hmp!). Okay, so I screwed up the second pic. LOL.

I love love lomo and I'm beginning to love Converse too. :D

Snow White: A Tale Of Terror

first of all, this is not a a real movie review. Just some random thoughts and insights about the movie Snow White: A Tale of Terror.

I remember seeing the title in one of my friends' blogs last time, but i don't remember whose it was. It seemed familiar, but I'm not sure if I'd watched it before.

I was really bored this afternoon, so I tried to do something that wouldn't involve much mind work. After exhausting Google and YouTube searches of "Johnny Depp", I decided to download the movie. But that would take hours, so I just tried searching for its trailer in YouTube. Unexpectedly, I found the full-length movie. haha. So I just watched it.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror is a much darker tale of Snow White. It is far far different from the one Disney popularized where there are singing animals and a Snow White who canNOT sing. LOL. This one is really dark and the stepmother's more evil. The closest thing to the Brothers Grimm version kuno. I don't know about that. I haven't read that version. hehe.

Anyway, the film began with Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman (yes Snow White's family name was Hoffman and her name wasn't really Snow White) in a carriage in the woods. There were wolves around there and it was really creepy. blablabla. Unfortunately, they met a carriage accident that caused the death of Mrs. Hoffman. But before she died she told her husband to save the baby, so Mr. Hoffman performed a Caesarian operation on Lilian so she could "deliver" the baby. Thus, "Snow White" who was really Lilian (or Lily), named after Mrs. Hoffman, grew up without a mother.

I Found Neverland

Since my brother wrote something about Finding Neverland, I will write about it too. lol. hisaan ko daan ya. haha. Joke. While he focused on the theme of the movie and the lessons he learned, I, on the other hand will talk about Johnny Depp. hahaha.

For the most part of the film, I wasn't really watching so I'm not sure if I got the message of the movie correctly. hehehe. Well, okay, I was but through the mirror because I was having my hair done by our helper. And for the most part, yes, Johnny Depp's accent distracted me! That's because I thought J.M. Barrie was british. I kept telling my brother that Johnny Depp was speaking in Scottish accent when he's supposed to be British. Little did I know that J.M. Barrie was, in fact, a Scottish author. LOL.

For those who do not know or just forgot, J.M. Barrie wrote Peterpan, one of the books I have NEVER read and did NOT like to read. I don't know why. Maybe I didn't like the idea of a flying boy who believed in fairies or going to a place where you will never grow up but meet a ticking crocodile and a pirate lord with a hook for a hand. I don't really know.

They say reading Peterpan from an adult's (though I'm not yet an adult technically) point of view is a different experience. I might give it a try one of these days.

And now, going back to Johnny Depp. In Finding Neverland, he was as hot as ever with that sexy, however distracting, Scottish accent. He really never fails to make me fall in love with him, that man. The first time I ever saw him was in Edward Scissorhands, and that was about 12 or 13 years ago. Of course as young as I was then, I still didn't know that men could be hot too, thus I never knew that several years later I would fall in love with the man who creeped me out by having scissors for fingers.

So, how did this affair with Johnny Depp (wahaha! asa! *repeat til fade*) begin? Pirates of the Caribbean. LOL. Don't ask why, but I fell in love at first sight of him in Pirates. It must be his eyeliner that caught my attention or his beard. Eitherway, I don't care. From that day forth, I firmly resolved (daw act of contrition eh!) that Johnny Depp will be the man I will spend the rest of my life with (LOL. asa *repeat til fade again*).

Seriously, Johnny Depp is the hottest actor alive. And even when he dies, he'll still be the hottest actor for me. hahaha.