Ten LRT lessons

          I'm sick and tired of the LRT's in the metro! They are so outdated and small! How could they possibly expect all the commuters to fit in those trains for ants? Are they crazy? Isn't it before you build something, you have to plan it first? What happened in the LRT's is the opposite. Instead of researching first for the number of commuters so the they could buy trains with the right capacity, they bought smaller and cheaper trains and renovated it later so 5,000 people can fit into it which is by the way, a stupid idea. Purchasing trains with wrong size led to an inevitable everyday riot and nobody can do anything about it. Being my only mode of transportation to La Salle, I don't really have a choice but to take the hell ride. Surprisingly, through this experience, I've learned a couple of things about life. Woah! I know right. Who knew you can get something from frustrations. Haha! Here they are:

1.  It's unforgivable to push woman during desperate times when boarding trains but it's okay for woman, with the strengths of Xena, to push men just to get in first. (Gender equality? I guess not.)

2. Woman should be given a seat inside the trains even though we paid the same fair. (The question is would they do the same for us?)

3. I improved my sense of touch (checking my wallet and cellphone if it is still inside my pocket every minute without even touching it with my hands).

4. I developed my swimming skills specifically holding my breath for long periods (if the guy in front of me smells like rotten eggs.)

5. I learned how to improvise. Since there are no proper door signage in LRT1 stations, I made my own. For example the "no spitting" sign is the door opening for the new train, while the "no entry" sign's the door opening for the old train.

6. I improved my body endurance. I can now withstand more nudges, punches and overall pain. (Result of an everyday "training").

7. I managed to stand on a wobbly floor.

8. I am now more patient because of  the slow speed of the aging trains.

9. I became more polite by saying "excuse me" frequently.

10. I discovered that most men seating inside the train are sleeping because they don't want their conscience to work and give up their seat to a woman. (Now that's a fact!)

Juan Carlos Benedicto

C31 BSA

Yumi's JPOP Series - 2: "AKB48" [Part Two]

Konbanwa~! Yumi here! ^U^ I am now going to rank my top four favorite AKB48 girls from #4 to #1 :)


4.
Maeda Atsuko
Birthday: July 10, 1991
Age: 19
Nickname: Acchan

Acchan was actually the first girl I admired in the group. She was the number one member last year and is currently the second most popular member this year. So far, Acchan takes the center position in the singles and in live performances. Of course it's because of her cuteness that I started to like her, but it was actually her dancing that made me admire her even more. I have observed how graceful and poised she is every time she performs. A video to prove it is this (she is at the center):

New York Anime Fest, Iiwake Maybe:

3.
Watanabe Mayu
Birthday: March 26, 1994
Age: 16
Nickname: Mayuyu

I really reaaaaaaaaaally like her super cute voice! Her high-pitched voice matches with her young and fresh look. Although she's almost the same age as I am, Mayuyu's cuteness is too....too cute!!!!!! >0< Mayuyu ranked fifth as in the popularity survey this year.


Nantai Renai Kuragekko:





2.
Kashiwagi Yuki 
Birthday: July 15, 1991
Age: 19
Nickname: Yukirin

Actually, I just noticed Yukirin's kawaiiness just recently. She's the leader of Team B and is also placed eighth in the survey this year. What caught my eye was her beautiful and pleasant voice in the sub-group Team PB's single, Enkyori Poster. Yukirin might look like she has a high pitched voice, but in reality, she possesses a quite mature voice ^U^

Yukirin's the one at the center at the start of the performance:

MY NUMBER ONE GIRL WILL BE.............

1.

Nakagawa Haruka

Birthday: February 10, 1992

Age: 18

Nickname: Harugon

OMGGGGGG Harugon is THE prettiest AKB48 member EVER!!!!!! >_____<; Her slightly husky voice makes her more kawaii! At first, I did not really noticed her because she was not very popular. But when she beacme a member of Watari Rouka Hashiritai, I  started paying close attention to her. HARUGON WILL ALWAYS BE MY ICHIBAN (Number One)!!!!!! >3<



Note: AKB48 rarely sing live when they perform sing and dance numbers.

Salt vs Inception

After being a college student, I wasn't able to watch any movie. I LOVE watching movies and yet due to so many assignments and academic things to do, I still haven't watched anything. That’s why on my desk, I have a note wherein I listed down all the movies that I am going to watch during the sem break. I even pity myself for not being able to watch anything.


Since I don’t have much time to go to the movie theater I wanted to introduce the major movies that I want to watch. These are the “Salt” and “Inception.” They are the two movies competing for the top in the US Box Office.

I’ve heard that some professors in La Salle gave an assignment on watching Inception and writing an essay about it. I wonder how mysterious and complicated the movie is. It is a science fiction action film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. I heard that it require a lot of thinking to understand it fully while watching the movie. It’s about a person entering dreams of others to obtain information that are not accessible is reality. So it’s like entering a dream and shifting to another dream and another again.

On the other hand, “Salt” is an action movie starring Angelina Jolie. As a CIA officier, she swore an oath to serve the country. Angelina Jolie as the main character of the movie, she shows drastic actions in the movie.

I hope that I will be able to watch any movie this weekend to relieve my stress and burden from the academic requirements :D

Kim, Woolim (Cathy) C31 ENGLCOM

Six Impossible Things

Alice survived Wonderland. Well, sort of...

Waking up in a world of uncertainties and impossibles, Alice experienced everything that was Wonderland... A place where, flowers are talking, rabbit run late, and potions and cakes make you grow or shrink, it's a dream. PERIOD.

I had my six impossible things too, you know:

If Alice had a potion that can make her small, I had a tendency to look down on myself.

Believe it or not, I may talk endlessly and somehow exude self-confidence but I still have a tendency to evaluate myself. Whenever, I'm alone I write things in a piece of paper like: practice English grammar, try getting on a diet, focus more on studies, you're losing yourself and blah blah blah... I question myself so much, that I am my own insecurity. In my family, I'm the only one who can't play an instrument and I feel so down already. They say, that it's because I was 'attention-deprived' when I was a kid... but I somehow fixed that. Highlight: somehow

If Alice had a cake that can make her grow, I have a pill called Cherifer.

Yes, I still take Cherifer! I'm a flat 5'0 and I want another number next to it. Hell, 5'2 is my goal, two inches to go!

If Alice's animals can talk, my magic eight ball always answered my questions, in yes, no, maybe and later.

I have two magic eight balls, the black and red one. I believe so much in things like charms, luck and magic eight balls that my family finds it amusing. But every time I was right, I always felt smug. I once shaked the eight ball and asked, "Will I pass UP?" Magic eight ball answered, "Definitely." My mom checked if I really did pass and when I got home, I did. I even had 'lucky' headbands and 'study' headbands that I wore to school whenever I needed luck, wisdom or fun. Yes, so far all of them do work.

If Alice's cats can disappear, my voice can disappear too.

Thrice in my whole life, I've lost my voice. All of them after Batch Cheering Competition. Splits, cartwheels and etcetera are deemed to be so easy that I can't do any of them, except bridge! So I show support with my loud voice, during those two days of practice and competition day itself, I never lose energy because I feel like if I lose mine, others will follow suit. So I'd rather lose my voice for a week or two than the whole batch lose their 'muchness'.

If Alice had Wonderland, I had Dollhouse.

Dollhouse is a series of short stories that I've written, a creative outlet. It's actually not very 'happy' since it revolves around horrors like enchanted dolls, voodoo dolls. porcelain dolls and Barbie. Yeah, I have a dollphobia. So instead of fearing them, I wrote a few to let out my fear... It was really fun writing about fears.

If Alice had to slay the Jabberwocky, I can pass the BSA program.

Can I really?

We defy reality when we live out our dreams.


We start doing the impossible when we've set our minds to it.


We stop just existing when we start living our lives.


Signing off,
Ana Raymundo of C31!