Anthology of Snippets

[written July 3, 2009: but I fell asleep on the laptop.. so it was not posted. ]

Hey all, how is your long week? Me, I am so tired… So tired that I keep asking people for hugs – even online, but not so much offline. Since my last post, let’s just say that a lot of things has happened. I need to write them down so as to unload some of the weight that feels like lead in my heart, brain, and.. soul? This is bound to be a long post, so sit back, grab some coffee, and start hitting the down button.. or the mousewheel, whichever floats your boat.

Back to School Lurchie

Okay, I never thought I would go back to school. Sure, I mean, I always wanted to, but knowing myself to be a very deliquent student, I feared going back to school. I guess I lost the fear because last Monday, I enrolled myself at a Masters program at Silliman University. We have classes every Saturday only, which is cool – that means I have to go to school tomorrow. Hopefully, we will just get loads of assignments and be dismissed early so I can grab some Zzzs.. So that will be three subjects, that are computer related, of course, but I think this is somewhat geared for higher positions such as project management.

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Mind Musings, Tales from Home, Thoughts stress, unwinding

Sorry for being AWOL last Sunday. Anyway, here is the second Sunday Snippets for you to enjoy. Here is a quote from Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go.”, and at the bottom of it is the question you are to answer:

“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.

And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.”

“What do you think when you read the quote?”

Reminder: This is a free writing meme, so set your timers to 10-20 minutes and just write down all your thoughts about the topic, or not, and forget about the errors, the grammar, the spelling. Write fast, but do not rush. Ready? GO!

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Nonspecific Blah! Blahs!, Sunday Snippets Meme, Thoughts

They say you need to stretch well before doing anything really. This is my form of stretching for now. This is my stretching for writing. I need to do more writing so I can write with the speed of light… kazoooom!

Anyway, you know, I quit doing Project 365. LOL Yes, me and my short attention span did not have enough strength to go on a thorough Project 365. However, I have decided to do a daily posting of pictures – not necessarily captured daily. In case you are interested to see my photos, please visit this link: http://www.photoblog.com/neverdainty.

Next, we used to have this online radio called Wild Ride FM. Actually, it was a project of a chatmate of D and I, DJ Vhon. This was set up almost a year ago using my meager design powers. LOL. Anyway, I am quite sad because as of the moment, the radio is down due to some server problems. It could be out for good.. or not. I hope it does get back online.

Bursting with Creativity

I do not know about you, but these days, I am bursting with creativity. Ideas are popping everywhere, further inclinations towards art and music are apparent, AND the desire to do something else is just starting. As a result, I have created yet another site. However, I can assure you this is tad bit different. How so? Well, it is just me podcasting. LMAO. Oh I know I do not have a mow-du-lay-ted (modulated) voice, but I just wanted to take a spin on podcasting  – just so I know how to do it, and stuff like that. Methinks its good so I can let all the loose thoughts in my mind roam into one single container. Then again, I think a journal is better because I do not want to share ALL of my ideas to the public. Whaddaya think I am? CRAZY?

As of the moment, I am not yet ready to share with my readers my podcasting. Perhaps next week.

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The thing about stretching is that sometimes you stand up from your desk and do some things in between that you tend to forget your train of thought. Of course I aimed to write something.. but that something is lost… Maybe I will find it later.

For now I shall leave you while I gather my thoughts..

Coffee. cereals, and emotions anyone?

Nonspecific Blah! Blahs!

Kicking off Sunday Snippets, we shall start with a nice familiar question that goes:

“If you could be any person in the world, who would you be, and why?”

Reminder: This is a free writing meme, so set your timers to 10-20 minutes and just write down all your thoughts about the topic, or not, and forget about the errors, the grammar, the spelling. Write fast, but do not rush. Ready? GO!

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Sunday Snippets

I have always wanted to start my own meme but I really did not have the time to come up with the rules and regulations of the meme. Zee had me make the rules – which I did not intend to work on really, but I now I have.

Okay so Sunday Snippets is the name of the meme. Lainee Lang helped me come up with an idea to make it a free writing meme/prompt. Our inspiration was our EL 33 classes which helped us pretty much open the flood gates to our so-called “creativity”.

What is free writing? Please do not panic, it is really not a scary thought. As Mr. Wiki put it, “Free writing (also stream-of-consciousness writing) is a writing technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar or topic.” It means that you just write and write whatever comes to mind regarding the question at hand, irregardless of possible spelling problems, continuity problems, or even topic problems. (say what?!) Well, yes, topic should be in mind, but I guess it would be clearer in the RULES area of the meme.

The rules are pretty much based on Natalie Goldberg’s “Rules for Free Writing” but I added a few and twisted some here and there. The rules are as follows:

1. Set up a time limit of around 10 to 20 minutes for writing, and when the time is up, you should stop.
2. Once you have decided to start writing, make sure you keep tapping those keyboards, and do not even pause just to start at a nail or go over what you have read. Just write everything that is on your mind on that instant – be quick about it but do not rush.
3. Within the time you are writing, disregard thoughts of grammar, punctuation, spelling, neatness, style, or whatever. This time, the act of writing is important and not exactly the style or quality of your post. Think of it as an exercise.
4. If you run out of ideas regarding the topic, just keep writing anyway. If worse comes to worst, just write whatever comes into your head – just write until your time is up.
5. If you feel bored with my prompts (sorry, I will try to come up with really good ones), ask yourself what is bothering you, i.e., “Why do I dislike the prompt?”, “Why do I feel so tired today?”. It does not matter if it is far off base, just write about it.
6. Do not “spell check”, do not reread it – just post it. Just write a disclaimer at the bottom if you feel uneasy writing without double checking. You could redirect your reader to this blog for the rules.
7. Please try to visit those who have joined the meme.
8. Please include this banner before every post.

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FYI: You may not do it on a Sunday, really. You can answer it some other time. Just make sure you do answer it before I release the next question – which will be next Sunday.

As of the moment, I have no idea how to configure Mr. Linky, so I will update you as I go. I will, however, make it a point to link back to those who have joined.  Okies? Okay!

Suggestions, and violent reactions are welcome. I hope to hear from and read from you!

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Sunday Snippets free writing, memes, prompts

Written: June 9, 2009 (but I failed to post it… Sorry dudes)

Do you do Facebook? If you do, I am pretty sure that you at least have an inkling as to what Farm Town is. Yes, like Pet Society, Restaurant City, Mafia Wars, and all other apps in Facebook, Farm Town is one of those interactive games where people enjoy themselves immersed in a game that is as addictive as any drug out there.

I quote one farmer in the Slashkey forum who said:

“Farm Town is like Crack to people, is it?”

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Internet, blogging facebook, farm town, games

This afternoon, amidst all coding that I was encountering, I suddenly had the urge to get my hands on a coloring book and just color. Do you remember how it felt when you colored to your hearts content? The smell of crayons on paper, or maybe colored pens on the paper… Didn’t it smell like pure old fashioned fun? Even the act of drawing on paper and then filling in the spaces with just about any color you wanted gave you a sense of fullfillment or fun – whichever you prefer really.

Back when I was younger, I used to have loads of fun choosing which colors I was going to use, and to make sure that I did not stay out of the lines – or sometimes I added some other details on the page outside of the lines. My late uncle taught me how to color wonderfully. To me, back then, he was the bomb for coloring so … so… wonderfully. He taught me a trick or two – which I later learned is a common practice when coloring. But for me, I will always remember that it was he who taught me how to color.

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It's MINE!!, Nonspecific Blah! Blahs!, Tales from Home coloring books, colors, creative, fun

I guess you could say that starting Friday, the weekend was full of surprises and adventure. Not only did Frankie get to have his first trip to the Child Minding Center, but last Saturday, he also got his first “long ride” and first trip out of the city, oh, and his first night away from our bedroom. LOL

We were not planning on going with the rest of D’s family to Zamboanguita to celebrate his birthday together with his cousin’s birthday. However, we changed our minds and went after them. It was quite easy to catch up with them since D knows his aunt’s location in Zamboanguita. I know it would have been a killjoy of me if I did not go, but then I realized that I had no “other” things to do at home aside from my usual sitting in front of the computer. So we thought it was best to let the computers rest and stay away from the Internet even for one night. Besides, we were wondering how Frankie would fare on longer ride compared to the ones he is used to, especially outside of the city, and in another house for that matter. No questions asked about Sophie because she already left with the group as she was excited at the prospect of travelling already.

Suffice it to say that I sorely missed travelling. It has been YEARS since I have gone out of Dumaguete and the trip to Zamboanguita was a bit of fresh air – literally – to my computer-filled life. Okay, so yeah, I did bring Emily along, but that was only upon the request of D that we bring it because he was scared that since nobody was left at home, somebody might steal the computers (we locked away John (the PC) inside our room and padlocked it). I guess my friends’ predictions about me lugging a laptop wherever I go is indeed the truth. LOL

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Motherly Musings, Tales from Home out of town, trippin, Zamboanguita

June 5, 2009 – It was D’s birthday and we planned to watch Angels and Demons at the local movie theatre. Unfortunately, my work hours ended at 3 pm which meant that if we were going to leave the kids at the Child Minding Center where Sophie was going, we would have to come back and pick them up at 5 pm. Since Frankie and D arrived at the office at 3 pm, obviously the time was not enough to watch a full feature film, especially since the movie started at 3:45 pm (thereabouts).

At any rate, since we cancelled the plan on watching the movie, D and I still had to pick up Sophie at the Center. There, Frankie was wide-eyed and alert watching the kids move around the place. You could see his obvious interest, but he held back – like an animal scoping out the new territory or something. Sophie, on the other hand, being the little showgirl that she is, ran this way and that, showing her father the things inside the Center.

After a few minutes or so, Frankie said that he wanted to go to his “Ate Pia” so I let him in.

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Frankie's antics, Motherly Musings, Sophie's World daycare, firsts, kids

Last night, Disney Philippines gave a two-hour premier of Aaron Stone, one of its new television series that was just released this year. To give a short overview of the pilot and the first episode, Charlie Landers (portrayed by Kelly Blatz) is a 16 year old online gamer. He plays “Hero Rising” using an avatar called “Aaron Stone”, and is known for being the best player of the said game. His life changes quite dramatically when the  creator and owner of “Hero Rising” recruits him and in one way or another (plus some awesome gadgets) Charlie becomes Aaron Stone.  The series then follows his challenges both while playing the game and somewhat incorporating his moves in the game to real life scenarios when he battles evil-doers in the name of good.

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the episodes was, “what if children actually thought they could be something like Aaron Stone?”

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Motherly Musings, blogging aaron stone, disney, gaming