Wednesday, March 28, 2007 

Life is good ^_^

I'm still a little bit tired from my whole vacation (got back on the 26th), but I'm feeling good overall. There's lots to say, I don't know exactly where to start :-P I'll be back at work tomorrow (the 29th), although I don't know how that's gonna go - I've been out of work for 1 month - so I'm thinking maybe my nursing skills are a little rusty :-P And, I've become so used to just being a bum and enjoying myself that going back to a work schedule and stress might just kill me :-P But, we'll see...I'll let you know how I do...

So...my vacation was a blast. There's so much to do in the Philippines! If you can survive long distance traveling and hella-bumpy roads, you can see some amazing things and places ^_^ For the first few days I was stricken with some kind of stomach bug - I self-diagnosed myself as having gastritis (stomach inflammation) - I didn't have the runs, but I just always felt queasy, and I did have a fever for 2 nights in a row. I think the shock of foreign tummy bugs was the culprit. I also suffered from heat exhaustion from time to time during the trip. It's just too damn hot in Cavite! (well, my visit was during the start of summer over there). Plus, the air quality is very poor - pretty much polluted, and there's dust and dirt everywhere, so most times I felt so icky that only a shower could make me feel human again :-P

And...my boyfriend...I fell in love with him again when I first saw him at the airport ^_^ I thought to myself, "Wow...that's my boyfriend? He's so handsome in real-life! Wow!" Arnold was a gentleman and a very nice guy. His family treated me well, and I felt so welcome. They are a poor family, but they are happy, and very close to eachother, and I love that about them! I visited many extended family members, and I cannot remember everyone's names :-P And Nanay and Tatay's house (mom and dad) was small but cozy.

I stayed at 3 different hotels during the trip, and I have to say that the best hotel was the one in Baguio - called The Ridgewood Residence. It's fairly new construction, it's a beautiful cottage atmosphere with warm stone and pine wood construction. Everything is open air, since Baguio is pretty much air-con environment ^_^ I was freezing in Baguio, but it's such a beautiful and colorful place! You barely break a sweat, and the air quality is a little bit better and more fresher (except for the exhaust coming out of cars on the roads).

I had so much fun throughout my stay, and Arnold made my trip so memorable ^_^ He's a great guy, and I'm lucky to have him. And guess what...

I'm ENGAGED!

My man is poor, so my engagement ring isn't expensive or anything (it actually was very cheap ^_^)
but I love that at least he gave me a ring, to promise that he will marry me ^_^

So...now I will have to figure out how to bring his cute butt over here to Guam. I've got to apply or do something with Immigration...blah blah blah....to bring him over as a fiancee (sp?).

Oh...one more thing I found out....

On Saturday the 24th, Val sent me a text message saying I got mail from the Guam Nursing Board. I told her to open it, and guess what....

I PASSED THE NCLEX EXAM!!!

I'M NOW OFFICIALLY A REGISTERED NURSE!!!

Life is pretty good right now, eh? I'm just missing my babe...but I'll try to go back to the Philippines to see him later this year...I've got to beg my boss to let me go :-P

I'll blog later with pics...I'm still kinda lazy :-P

3/28/2007 11:25:00 AM | |

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 

...test-taking done...

It's now 09:08 AM. I just walked in right now. I'm done taking the test. I took it hella-fast. Not on purpose, it was just my pace I guess. I remember I was just as fast when I took the LPN test, finishing in less than an hour and finishing with the minimum required questions. I was one out of four peeps there and the first to leave.

Okay, so finishing early with the test and doing the minimum amount of questions (75 questions) can either be a good thing or bad thing. Let me explain.

The computer is smart. The type of test I took was CAT - computer adaptive test. So, throughout the questions, the computer was keeping track of how I was answering. If I was doing good in answering easy questions, it would set me up with harder ones afterwards. If I wasn't answering the hard ones correctly, it would step back down to easier questions - it's a back and forth kind of deal.

At the end of the minimum 75 questions, the computer determines if I had done enough to show my nursing competency. If it thinks I am competent, it would stop me at 75 thinking that I don't need further proof that I know my shit. It could also mean, however, that after 75 questions, I showed that I'm completely incompetent and further questions would be futile and I could no longer alter my scoring.

So, of course, I hope I showed the computer that I am competent enough. I won't get my official results until 3 weeks from now, and it will be via snail mail. The first people to know of my results will be the Guam Board of Nurses. Now, this can potentially be a very embarrassing thing for me.

You see, the pool of nurses on Guam is pretty small. Small island = small amount of nurses. Meaning we are bound to know eachother. The nurses in the Guam Board are all my former nursing instructors from UOG. So, they know me already. I would be completely embarrassed if the results given to them showed that I failed. They take any failure from their former students as their own failure as well. I don't want them to feel like that. And I don't want to feel ashamed that I couldn't pass the test.

I'm still praying to God and my guardian angel Jr. to help me pass this test. Yesterday I put some holy water on me. I'll let you all know the results in 3 weeks or so. In the meantime, I will try to enjoy my trip and get back to work next month. Keep me in your prayers, guys....

3/14/2007 09:07:00 AM | |

 

...gonna take the test now...

05:30 AM. All showered, dressed, having some coffee and toast now. Will grab an extra sugary bite en route. Will finalize final cramming in parking lot of testing center, in true cliffhanger fashion.

God Help Me.

3/14/2007 05:26:00 AM | |

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 

C O F F E E !!!

STARBUCKS COFFEE...HERE I COME!

I am so happy - once I'm back in the PI, I will be able to enjoy some Starbucks goodness

It didn't take long for me to fall in love with coffee - as a kid, we often drank iced coffee - I remember we always had a pitcher of it in the fridge. Then, my love for coffee really grew during college - I became bold and adventurous and experimented with gourmet coffees, visited coffee shops often, and drank coffee often.

Nowadays, coffee is essential to my being, especially on work days. If I'm off and I'm just at home being lazy, then I don't make an effort to go out and buy any coffee. But if I'm already out and about, then I pick some up along the way somewhere . And it doesn't always have to be gourment stuff. Sometimes I'm fine on just the regular joes available at the gas stations, provided I can add my own sugar and creamer amounts (which tend to be A LOT). I guess I'm not a black coffee drinker. The lighter my coffee, and the sweeter my coffee, the BETTER.

I like to think that I'm not addicted to the stuff. I mean, yeah, I have the occasional withdrawal headaches if I go days without coffee, but I tend to believe that I'm in control of my consumption.

So, instead of trying to finish my cramming for the test, I've found a neat little snippet to read - it's someone else's ode to coffee. I thought sharing it would be fun:

C O N F E S S I O N S O F A
N E W C O F F E E D R I N K E R .

BY JON FRIEDMAN

- - - -

This stuff is great! I'm 26! I always ignored it, thinking, "Why start a bad habit?" This is a terrific habit! I get more done in an hour than I used to get done in a week. Coffee! I bought a coffeemaker. It makes the coffee for me in the morning! I open my eyes and it's there! I can see! The difference between tea and coffee is like a merry-go-round to a rocket ship! I like rocket ships! Coffee! I want to go on a real rocket ship. Where are they? Cape Canaveral? Let's go! Coffee helps my creativity. I can come up with something creative out of nowhere. "Larry laughs like a lavicious lunatic!" See!? That was instantaneous! What does "lavicious" mean, you ask? I made it up. Doesn't matter! Coffee! I'm going to make it a real word! It means scathingly menacing. Use it! Hey, I should try improvisational theater! I'd probably be a riot on coffee. Yes and ... yes! Sign me up! Why didn't I drink this stuff in elementary school? I would have had straight A's. I could have taught the classes. Move over, Mr. Starchpants! Take a note: I'm going to teach a class! Wow! French vanilla! What's that like? Sounds delicious! Get me some. Cream and sugar? I don't need it. I ask girls to meet me for a cup of coffee. I talk the whole time! I used to be so shy! Sex! Yesterday, I called the bank to complain about fees! They gave me a refund! I can complain now. What's smoking like? Does it really relieve stress? I'm thinking about getting addicted to cigarettes! I'm going to buy the patch and work my way up! Now I see why all these things are so popular. I'm totally serious. This isn't satire. I have a lot of catching up to do! I wonder where I would be today if I had started drinking coffee earlier? It doesn't matter, I live in the now, now! I have to shit! Maybe I would have invented the Internet! No way! You think? I used to think about how we could talk to each other on computers before we actually did. But that's the difference. I used to only think about things. Now I do them! I better get to work on my retainatherm before someone else beats me to it! Retainatherm—think refrigerator except it keeps foods at the same constant temperature they went in with. Warm stays warm! Cold remains cold! Put a hot pizza in there and it stays hot! All at the same time! Retain-a-therm! Iced coffee! Haven't had that yet. I can't even imagine! You could drink it in the summer! Volleyball! There's a shooting pain under my left ribs. It's gone! Folgers crystals.

"When life hands you lemons, make coffee ... and then you'll have the desire to make lemonade."

Jon Friedman, 2004
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Cool, eh? Coffee is POWERFUL! LOVE!

3/13/2007 11:39:00 AM | |

 

I'm AVERAGE :-P

Val went on myspace and everyone was filling this thing out, so I gave it a try too...

but I realize that I'm really supposed to fall into the "Spoiled" category - 'cause there's things not listed here that are done by my family for me on a daily basis - cooking, cleaning, paying my bills, washing my car, washing my clothes, etc...those are things that really make me "Spoiled" :-P
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What do you have?

[X] Mother.
[X] Father.
[] Step-mother.
[] Step-father.
[X] Sister[s].
[] Step-sister[s] or half-sister[s].
[X] Brother[s].
[] Step-brother[s] or half-brother[s].
[X] cousin[s]
[X] Nephew[s]. (only have them thru cousins, not thru my siblings)
[X] Niece[s]. (only have them thru cousins, not thru my siblings)
[X] Cell phone.
[] Own bathroom.
[X] Own room.
[] Swimming pool.
[] Hot tub.
[] Guest room.
[X] Computer, Laptop or Desktop in your room.
[X] TV in Your Room (TV capable on my computer :P)
TOTAL: [11]

[X] Full size or bigger bed.
[X] More than 8 pairs of shoes.
[X] Sunglasses. (clip on shades for my glasses)
[X] Watch.
[] MP3 Player/iPod.
[X] Playstation (2 or 3).
[] Wii
[] xbox.
[] Dreamcast Sega.
[] Nintendo .
[] Gamecube.
TOTAL: [5]

[] Basketball hoop.
[] Air hockey table.
[] Pool table.
[] Ping pong table.
[] Fooseball table.
[] Trampoline.
TOTAL: [0]

[] nightstand.
[X] stereo in bedroom. (the computer is my stereo)
[X] DVD player in bedroom. (the computer is my DVD player, plus a small portable DVD player)
[] Have something from abercrombie and fitch or hollister.
[] Have shopped at AE
[] Own a Gucci, Dooney & Burke, LV, OR Guess, etc.
[] Wears Lacoste.
[] Parents give you debit card
[] Parents give you money
TOTAL: [2]

[X] Job.
[] Goes shopping at least once a week.
[] Expensive cologne/perfume.
[] AIM
[X] Camera/camera phone
TOTAL: [2]

[X] Electric or gas scooter/motorcycle/car.
[X] guitar/Drums/Bass guitar/ukulele
[X]Piano/Keyboard.
[X] Any other instrument.
[] Hammock.
[] Been on a cruise.
[] Traveled out of the state.
[] Had a personal trainer.
[] Expensive jewelry.
[] Met a celebrity/band.
TOTAL: [4]

[] Straightener/curling iron.
[] Have been to a batting cage.
[] Have $100 on you right now.
[X] Credit card or atm card,debit card.
[] Been to Europe.
[] Been to Hawaii.
[] Been to NY.
[] Been to Florida.
[] Been to Sea World.
[] Been to Disney Land.
[] Been to Las Vegas.
[]Been to the Bahamas//Jamaica.
[] Been to South America.
TOTAL: [1]

[X] Parents have a car.
[] Jet Ski/ snow mobiles
[] Camp regularly
[] Been to 5+states in the US.
[] 100+ buddies on myspace.
[] Parents own more than one house.
TOTAL: [1]

[X] Home cooked meal almost every day.
[] Been in a Limo.
[] Been in a helicopter.
[X] Own a camcorder.
[X] Own a laptop
[] Have 2+ working computers in home. With Internet.
TOTAL: [3]

Grand Total: 29


23 -- Ghetto.
24-34 -- Average.
35-45 -- Spoiled.
45+ -- HIGH MAINTENANCE.

Repost: put your total and what u are!

3/13/2007 12:27:00 AM | |

Monday, March 12, 2007 

Southpark Val :-P

Val and I played with the southpark site that Sabete pointed us to on her site. This is what Southpark Val looks like:


In other news, test-time is rapidly approaching, I have been unable to cram as much as I should, but, I've been feeling kind of low-bat lately. Well...I'll do my best...still, just wish me luck!

3/12/2007 08:20:00 PM | |

Friday, March 09, 2007 

Cursive handwriting? Plus poll...

I was skimming through the PDN today, and just glanced at the Handwriting Doctor's article - it was something about someone who writes in print letters and not cursive. I would have read the article, but as I was already done with breakfast, I deemed PDN reading time to be over as well

But, it got me thinking about the way I have been writing for nearly all of my life thus far. I hate to write in cursive. I hate is so much that I really haven't written anything in cursive since I was forced to learn it in elementary school. I even remember having such difficulty as a 3rd or 4th grader trying to learn such a messy-looking way of writing. I didn't understand why I needed to learn cursive. As a kid (with ADD, no less), learning cursive was a complete drag.

Some people may argue that it was taught to help us write faster. Well, cursive handwriting never allowed me to write faster. In fact, I write pretty damn fast just with print letters. And, do you ever see an application asking us to write in cursive? NO. It always asks us to write clearly in PRINT or TYPE. Why? 'Cause it's more clear to understand and read.

Right now, if someone were to force me to write something in cursive, I honestly would not be able to do it. I threw away such useless knowledge soon after I learned it. The weird thing is, I can still READ cursive, provided the cursive writing is legible.

So, I bring this up because I am concerned about my little Boogie Man. My boy has been certified as having a couple of learning disabilities - mainly fine motor skills - he still cannot write his name like other children his age. So, I hope that his teachers will NOT force him to learn cursive, as my boy is already having trouble just writing in print. I must ask his mummy about this, 'cause she has contact with his teachers and aides.

So, I now bring to you my very first poll! Please vote and let me know what's on or off your mind!



Should we STOP teaching cursive handwriting in school?


YES! Stop the madness! It's useless to learn cursive! We already have computers!


NO! Don't stop! Tradition is tradition! If I went through with it, all children should too! It can make you write faster!


Well, maybe we can teach them to only READ cursive, not write, as there are still SOME people out there writing in cursive.


I don't care what we teach children to write. They can write in alien, so long as it is clear and legible.


I don't understand the question/don't know what you're talking about/neutral like switzerland.


Free polls from Pollhost.com



3/09/2007 10:09:00 AM | |

Thursday, March 08, 2007 

Fun stuff ^_^

I learn of lots of cool links on Sabete's site, so here's the latest fun thing - create your own South Park character!

http://www.sp-studio.de/

So, here's my south park version of ME.


And...

While I was taking breaks in-between practice NCLEX tests, I did some OK Cupid quizzes :-P

=======fixed it now...it should be better to read and scroll========

4- the Individualist

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

* Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.

* Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value
myself.

* Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.

* Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy,
I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.

* Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting

What I Like About Being a Four

* my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep
level

* my ability to establish warm connections with people

* admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life

* my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor

* being unique and being seen as unique by others

* having aesthetic sensibilities

* being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a Four

* experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair

* feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved

* feeling guilty when I disappoint people

* feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me

* expecting too much from myself and life

* fearing being abandoned

* obsessing over resentments

* longing for what I don't have

Fours as Children Often

* have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games

* are very sensitive

* feel that they don't fit in

* believe they are missing something that other people have

* attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.

* become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood

* feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents'
divorce)

Fours as Parents

* help their children become who they really are

* support their children's creativity and originality

* are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings

* are sometimes overly critical or overly protective

* are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
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Girl Next Door

You scored 69 looks, 89 personality, 30 politics, and 35 sex drive!

You're nice and you have a great personality, but a lower sex drive than most, or you've never had sex (which I commend you for). You appear to be a Democrat or something resembling one. You'd be a great girlfriend, and maybe a great soulmate someday. Sex drive isn't as important as many people would have you think, plus when you get married it usually opens up a bit. Just find the right person for you (if you haven't already) and live out your life.
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Difficult

Your life has been 42% difficult.

Based on your family, money, political context, and personal situation -- during the important years of your development -- it appears your life was DIFFICULT. What does this mean?

Well, the "difficulty" of your life is a measure of how rough you had it. Relative to the world, you had a very, very difficult childhood. I'm not sure what "success" means to you, but whatever it is, you can achieve it. When you do, it'll be that much more impressive.

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Heavenly Cloud

Congratulations! You scored 17 CuddlePoints out of 22!

Cuddling with you, is like sleeping on a cloud... it doesnt get ANY better than that... You are the BEST Cuddler there is, and there isn't anyone (well... except maybe the Stone Slab) who wouldn't want to cuddle with you! In fact... Wanna come cuddle?
=================================================

Balanced

You scored 54 %Lefty and 66 %Righty!

Almost perfect, both your hemispheres are balanced. You can understand and accept both objectivity and subjectivity. You see possibilities and can make decisions. But there's still some room for improvement.
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3/08/2007 11:13:00 AM | |

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 

Change of plans

This morning, I finally called the Asia-Pacific Region Pearson-Vue Scheduling Center, and I tried my best to get my test date of March 27, but to my surprise, it wasn't available. The nearest or next test date from there was April 4th - but I'd already be back to work at that time...

So, I did what any insane person would do...I asked for something right before my trip - so I impulsively scheduled my test for 08:00 AM on Wednesday, March 14.

So, there's key problems with such a scheduled test. For starters, I haven't woken up so early like that in such a LONG time. What the hell was I thinking? I'll probably be half asleep when taking the test! Number two problem - remember my little "Biorhythm" plan? Well, I basically threw that out the window, because March 14 is a day where I am intellectually at the very LOWEST point possible. Actually, the whole of my biorhythm is in the very NEGATIVE end of the spectrum, so I'm basically taking a very important test on the shittiest day possible. I'm such a fucking genius, eh?

Well...I guess my impulsive error was due to my panic in such a crucial moment. Val told me to calm down, and just be glad that I'll be getting it over with and all, and I wouldn't have to worry about it during my vacation in the PI. Sure, I won't be fretting over taking the test, I'll just be fretting over the TEST RESULTS in the PI.

So, what the hell have I done? *shrugs* Now I really have to get off of my ass and start cramming some shit before the 14th. T-MINUS 6 days and counting. God help me...

3/07/2007 04:59:00 PM | |

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 

Remembering those days...

I've been downloading songs from the 90's that I sorely miss - the songs that I used to listen to during my high school to college years, the songs that I used to know how to play on the guitar, the songs that were the soundtrack to my life in that turbulent teenage/young adulthood time.

I'm sure you guys would remember these songs, so I thought I'd make a little list of what I've been able to get so far - and, if you remember any songs from the same era, please let me know, so I can download them as well ^_^

WEEZER "Island in the Sun"
WEEZER "Hash pipe"
WEEZER "Say it ain't so"
WEEZER "Buddy Holly"
ALANIS MORISSETTE "Thank U"
ALANIS MORISSETTE "Unsent"
ALANIS MORISSETTE "Uninvited"
ALANIS MORISSETTE "You Oughta Know"
ALANIS MORISSETTE "Ironic"
THIRD EYE BLIND "Deep Inside of You"
THIRD EYE BLIND "How's it gonna be"
THIRD EYE BLIND "Graduate"
THIRD EYE BLIND "Jumper"
THIRD EYE BLIND "Semi-charmed Life"
SYSTEM OF A DOWN "Sugar"
SYSTEM OF A DOWN "Toxicity"
SYSTEM OF A DOWN "Chop Suey"
SOUNDGARDEN "Black hole sun"
SLIPKNOT "Spit it out"
SLIPKNOT "Wait and bleed"
SLIPKNOT "(Sic)"
SLIPKNOT "Left behind"
HOLE "Malibu"
HOLE "Celebrity Skin"
HOLE "Violet"
HOLE "Doll Parts"
REEL BIG FISH "Take on me"
GOLDFINGER "Superman"
SUGAR RAY "When it's over"
SUGAR RAY "Falls Apart"
SUGAR RAY "Every Morning"
SUGAR RAY "Someday"
SUGAR RAY "Fly"
FOO FIGHTERS "Big me"
FOO FIGHTERS "I'll stick around"
FOO FIGHTERS "Next Year"
FOO FIGHTERS "Learn to fly"
FOO FIGHTERS "Best of You"
FOO FIGHTERS The entire album called "The colour and the shape"
OLEANDER "Why I'm here"
INCUBUS "Wish you were here"
STAIND "Fade"
STAIND "On the outside"
SALIVA "Click click boom"
P.O.D. "Alive"
FILTER "Take my picture"
DISTURBED "Down with the Sickness"
DISTURBED "Stupify"
DISTURBED "The Game"
LISA LOEB "Stay"
LIMP BIZKIT "Rollin'"
LIMP BIZKIT "Break Stuff"
LIMP BIZKIT "Nookie"
SUBLIME "Wrong Way"
SUBLIME "What I got"
SUBLIME "Santeria"
TOOL "Lateralus"
TOOL "Schism"
TOOL "Aenema"
TOOL "Eulogy"
CAKE "Never There"
CAKE "The Distance"
DEFTONES "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"
DEFTONES "My Own Summer"
DEFTONES "Change (In the house of flies)"
311 "Don't Stay Home"
311 "You wouldn't believe"
311 "I'll be here awhile"
311 "Do you right"
311 "Beautiful Disaster"
311 "Come original"
311 "All Mixed Up"
311 "Down"
VERUCA SALT "Seether"
VERUCA SALT "Volcano Girls"
GARBAGE "#1 Crush"
GARBAGE "Medication"
CRANBERRIES "Linger"
FIONA APPLE "Sleep to dream"
FIONA APPLE "Criminal"
A PERFECT CIRCLE "3 Libras"
NEVE "It's Over Now"

*this list is bound to grow...so stay tuned....*

3/06/2007 12:40:00 PM | |

Sunday, March 04, 2007 

pondering out loud

So, I went out to dinner with Val, Myloe, and Myloe's coworkers Kevin and John - we went to Gabriel's in Agana (italian restaurant owned by friends of Trev), then we had us some coffee at the 'Beanery in Tumon (the one across Westin - I forget the name of the building).

So, we sat inside of the 'Beanery, just chatting for a bit, and I talked to Myloe about the latest Bleach episode that I downloaded and watched. Myloe has yet to catch up in the series, plus, has yet to read the manga that I downloaded, so he is clueless about what's been going on. I talked about how I finally witnessed Rukia's zanpakuto in "action" - I mean, in "moving picture", and not just the manga stills - and I must've gotten so excited explaining this, that I may have raised my voice a bit.

Then Myloe started asking questions about the main character, Ichigo, as he wasn't sure what the heck was going on with him - and I hesitated to answer, for I would be "spoiling" the show for him - but someone buying coffee in the beanery surprisingly joined in on our conversation and answered Myloe's question. So, we ended up talking to him while he and his girlfriend were waiting for their drinks :-D It was funny, 'cause the girlfriend said "he's so into that show", and that just showed me that Guam indeed has a Bleach fanbase.

It was cool to just happen upon a fellow Bleach fan like that. He told me about two sites to visit online - one site for finding the standalone Bleach movie, and another site for learning about *new* anime and manga currently happenin' in Japan :-D So awesome!

So, now I will ponder out loud, the things that are racking my brain about Bleach:
*warning...if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, and plan on reading Bleach manga or watching Bleach anime, then all of what I will write here will be SPOILERS.*

You have been warned. Continue brave soul...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^




1. If Isshin (Ichigo's dad) is shinigami (death god), then why was he unable to save his wife from being killed by a hollow? I mean, where the hell was he?

2. Also, if Isshin is shinigami, why was he unable to protect his family from hollow attacks (the beginning of the manga series)? Was he scared to show his shinigami self to his children (knowing that both Ichigo and Karin can see spirits and thus would be able to see him?)

3. What the hell does Byakuya's zanpakuto really look like? Example - Ichigo's zanpakuto is called "Zangetsu", and inside of Ichigo's spirit world, we see him as a middle-aged, lanky, long-haired and scruffy man with shades, wearing a nice long coat with frayed ends. Another example - Renji's zanpakuto is called "Zabimaru" and manifests itself as a baboon creature with a snake for its tail.

4. While we're on the subject of zanpakuto - we all know Rukia's is called "Sode no shirayuki", but again, what do you think it manifests as - or what does its spirit look like to Rukia? It would be funny if it manifests as a snowman :-P

5. Yoruichi - we know she's of noble blood, has a family crest or symbol thingy - but why the hell does she have the ability to shapeshift? Is it somehow related to her family also having many magical objects? Is that her family's special power - magic? Plus, the "flash cry" move that she and Soi Fon do - can anybody else do that? Or is it only those two? Or is it only something that a shinigami in their special division can do? I don't really understand that "flash cry" move at all.

6. Benihime - that's Urahara's zanpakuto - and we know it's female. So, it's implied (or even stated, perhaps?) that female zanpakuto are rare. Why is it rare to have a female zanpakuto? And at that, what does she look like or manifest as?

7. Do you think Karin has the potential to become shinigami also? She can sense and see spirits, she can kick hollow ass alongside her Karakura fighting buddies Ururu and Jinta, so, one would think so, right?

8. What the hell is Gin to Rangiku? And how the hell can she maneuver as a shinigami with such big boobies? For me, they would kind of get in the way...

9. Just how old is Hitsugaya Taicho? Do you think he'll grow any taller any time soon? The poor guy is made out to be an elementary school kid mostly! No respect for a captain!

10. If Byakuya hadn't intervened in keeping Rukia from becoming a ranking officer, how high a rank do you think she would've gotten? 3rd seat? Less? More perhaps, say Lieutenant rank? We know she at least knows her shikai...

11. Wouldn't it be awesome if Rukia actually even knows her BANKAI?? That would completely kick ass. Love!

12. How the hell did Shiba Kuukaku lose her right arm?

13. I want to see the bankai of Urahara, Isshin and Rukia most of all.

14. Do you think Isshin belonged to the 4th division, since he's a doctor in the real world? I think his sealed zanpakuto kind of resembles the shape of the current 4th division taicho - I forget her name.

15. Vizards. A complete mystery to me. Plus...how did Rukia know that Ichigo had hollow powers?

16. Orihime - when will she grow some balls and just confess her love to Ichigo? I'm actually not rooting for this pairing though, I'd rather see Rukia together with Ichigo :-D LOVE!

17. Chad and Orihime and whomever else associates with Ichigo - I don't understand how being near and dear to Ichigo "spritually awakens" them...is it Ichigo's ever "leaking" spirit force that's doing it? And exactly how does it do it?

18. Rukia - how did she and her sister, Hisana, die in the real world? How did they end up in Soul Society together? I would've thought that they would've been seperated into different districts upon death...

19. Just how powerful a shinigami would Zaraki had been had he just gotten along with his zanpakuto? Is it still too late for him to befriend and conquer his zanpakuto?

20. Last one, I swear...at least for now....Why is the hollow hole of Ulquioa...however the hell you spell his name...why is his hole up towards the neck, and why is Grimmjow's down towards his belly button, and everyone else's just dead center beneath the breast bone? What makes their holes so special?

Okay...so enough pondering for one early AM. It's time to sleep :-D

3/04/2007 01:19:00 AM | |

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3/02/2007 03:52:00 PM | |

 

Benkyoushimasu!

^ that means I'm studying!

I started my annual leave on Feb. 28, and I'll be leaving on the Ides of March for the Philippines :-D I'll be meeting my boyfriend, Arnold, and traveling out of Manila for the first time to his province, Cavite. He lives in the town called Tanza, in case you ever want to look it up on google or something. He and I will also visit the provinces of Baguio, Laguna, and a place in Cavite called Tagaytay. I'll be there for only 10 days, then back on Guam soil March 26 early AM. I take my test on March 27. I rest on March 28. Then I'm back to work March 29.

What a schedule, huh?

Studying's been hard to do these past few days - I'm down with a nasty cold and post nasal drip - it sucks >_<

But, whenever my head is less stuffy, I try my best to at least flip a couple of pages of my review book. I'm a slow-ass reader, and tend to get sleepy after reading one page - so I'm thinking my studying tactics need to change - so I've located my NCLEX 3000 CD and installed the program. I'm thinking starting tomorrow, I should just be testing, testing, and testing to study.

So, y'all keep me in your prayers and thoughts and pray that I pass my test!

Thanks! LUFF YOU ALL!

3/02/2007 03:04:00 PM | |