bury me in this dress

Pakbet leader Rain Contreras decided to make me a Pakbet trainee. So once again, I’m part of the Pakbet podcast. *rolls eyes*

Topics discussed in this podcast are the following:

• Another Banchetto meet-up with Plurkers
• Bebigerls update
• Failon incident
• UP Cat Killer
• Jenijenjen song *face palm*

Our guests were Jenny and Dean.

Stream or download it here or at the pakbet blog.

http://www.archive.org/download/Mega-pakbetPodcast-Episode4/Mega-pakbetPodcast-Episode4.mp3

Several days ago, I learned from some Plurker friends about a UP student who gets his thrills from killing cats. The bastard, Joseph Carlo Candare, wrote a multiply entry about a cat he just killed inside the UP campus. He got a lot of angry comments for that entry so he made it private. Fortunately, google cached that entry and people were able to read the whole thing including some comments. Here’s a screencap of that entry.

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I’m a cat lover and what this kid did I find truly abominable. I hope that NIP or even the Chancellor is already doing something about this. The kid needs to be punished but it shouldn’t stop there. He’s exhibiting Antisocial Personality Disorder and what’s alarming about it is that the “thrill” he derives from torturing animals can escalate to grimmer things. There is a big chance that he’ll face expulsion since his action was against the law but I’m thinking that he’ll have more hatred with animals and humanity as a consequence. I know a couple of people who actually know the guy in real life and what he does to cats is just one aspect of him. According to them, he has always been a “naughty” kid. He almost set a laboratory on fire. My friends refuse to tell me other details but even just basing the issue on his blog entry alone, it is clear that the kid is disturbed and I believe he needs professional help before it’s too late.

Last night he posted several apology blog entries here, here, and another one he deleted. Sincere or not, he still has urges to harm. He can still continue torturing animals when nobody’s looking. The kid needs professional help like I said, but what irks me a lot are the behaviors of his friends who just let him do such acts. Even more enraging are his friends who defend the violence (read the comments). “Get off your high horse,” they say. Why? So that your friend can beat up the horse?

She’s my new macbook.

little box

I was torn between buying my new laptop here or Hong Kong (will go there for New Year). It’s cheaper in Hong Kong but I only have 2 days to look around there. I was also worried about how to take the box home and not get taxed. Hence, I bought the laptop here. Today was supposedly LiteWare’s last day of sale so I prioritized the laptop instead of going to UP for the Lantern Parade. I was set on getting the cheaper white macbook since…it’s cheaper (but has lower specs) but I calculated the price for RAM and HDD upgrades and decided it would be better if I get the black macbook (which I prefer).

i bought her a black clear case to protect from scratches

I have to go back to Liteware soon so they can assist me in migrating the files from my ibook to Ophelia. I won’t get THAT service in Hong Kong.

I texted April around 5 PM to ask about the Lantern Parade. She said it was about to end so I didn’t go anymore. It sucks that I totally missed it. Sucks even more that I’m seeing Plurk updates about the event and that it’s still going on right now. Ah well…I still have a new macbook!!!

Ophelia on Plurk

Macbook 2.4 ghz MB404 Black
 Intel Core 2 Duo
13.3″ Cinema Display
2 GB memory – upgraded to 4 GB 
1280×800 resolution
Intel GMA x 1300 Graphics w/ 144mb shared memory
250 GB Hard Disk Drive
8x Superdrive
Built-in isight
Airport Extreme and Bluetooth
SIN: W88323EA0P2 

My Halloween for this year was fun. I had a Medusa costume made. The dress was a big fat failure but the head dress is a winner. The costume is expensive but I don’t care anymore.

Jenny was with me and we had dinner at my uncle’s Figaro franchise in High Street. It was a good meal and even better because it was for free. A couple of my relatives were there, checking out the people and me in costume. I just let them be. Why deprive them of any fun, right?

jenny and me

Jenny and I finally went to Eternal Death Wake a bit past 9pm. Mag:net was packed and we weren’t able to get a table so we just sat on some speakers. The bands could only perform 3 songs each because of the long line-up. We rocked to Scarlet Tears which I am a fan of and Jenny is a convert now. When the noisier goth bands were on stage, we headed outside to smoke and chatter. We met some new people which was neat. I was complaining how the place was so packed and the heat was killing me. I told Jenny we’ll go home already (this was only around 10pm) but when we went down, I talked to Pola and Katrina and then decided to go with them to Cubao-X.

Pola and dementia

me and katrina

me and a drunk luigi

dott with my head piece

Pola and her boyfriend decided not to go to Cubao-X anymore so we dropped them off near Farmer’s Mart. There wasn’t much people in Cubao-X when we got there but we saw old UP college pals at Mogwai and they asked us to join them.

marla, dementia, lyle, and monra

dementia and jun

ianco with my snakes

Pola surprised us by arriving sans boyfriend but it was already late when she got there and we were about to go home. I didn’t get to hang out with Katrina and company because I was busy catching up with college friends. Sorry, Katrina. Jenny and I left around 2:30am because I needed to prepare for my out-of-town trip.

katrina, sam, ayn, jiggy, and me

I had a lot of fun at Cubao-X. It was more fun that Eternal Death Wake actually and I’m glad I went there. This year’s Halloween was a blast and I’m so glad I went out unlike last year.

The photos in this post were taken either by Katrina or Jenny. I couldn’t take photos because of my lashes.

Reposting from Fritz’s blog. I’m planning to send some of my UP photos.

Along with a group of UP bloggers, we have come up with a special project for the UP Centennial Month this coming June. It’s called “UP@100: Capturing 100 UP Moments“ – It is a Music Video Project which will compile 100 photos and videos from participants consisting UP alumni and students. It aims to capture 100 unique UP moments from 100 different points of view in the past 100 years of the University’s existence.

We are inviting YOU to join us in this endeavor.

Mechanics: How to submit an entry

I. Who can participate:

1. Any University of the Philippines Alumni.
2. Any University of the Philippines student.

II. How to submit your photo or video:

1. A participant can submit at most two pictures of himself/herself (alone or otherwise) taken in UP or during a UP event OR a 15-sec video of the participant taken in UP or during a UP event.
2. Each entry should have the the following information:
   • Name
   • Student Number
   • Degree and Course
   • Two to five words describing the event (include the year the photo/video was taken)
   • If it’s a group photo, please indicate your position in the picture.
3. Entries could be submitted by doing one or more of the following:
   • Sending them with file (photo/video) attachments/links to:
     • up100 [atsign] googlegroups.com or
     • admin [atsign] fritzified.com.
   • Posting the photos on their blogs and leaving the url as a comment on this official UP@100 post.
   • Uploading the video on a file sharing site and leaving the download link as a comment on this official UP@100 post.
4. Only ONE of the entries submitted per participant will be selected.
5. The deadline for submissions is on June 19, 2008. A day after the UP Centennial Anniversary (so that photos from the centennial celebration could be included).
6. The launch of the video will be on June 26, 2008 on all the organizers’ blogs.
7. A microsite will be created for the project where all (part of the 100 or not) the submitted photos & videos will be posted in sync with the video launch.

Here are more UP@100 coordinators: Coy, Juned, Benj, Ederic, Poyt, Gino, Karla, Kevin and AJ.

We are very excited in this project and I hope many of you can join! Looking forward to your great UP moments!

Maligayang Sentenaryo sa ating lahat!

1. Student number?
95-17199
2. College?
CMC

3. Ano ang course mo?
BA film and audio visual communication

4. Nag-shift ka ba o na-kickout?
Shifted from Speech and Drama. LOL

5. Saan ka kumuha ng UPCAT?
Sa CMC din.

6. Favorite GE subject?
Math 1 (GE ba to?), ENG 1 (tama ba? langya di ko na matandaan mga G.E. subjects!)
7. Favorite PE?
bowling

8. Saan ka nag-aabang ng hot guy sa UP?
Sa AS lang. Pero daming hot gays sa CMC

9. Favorite prof(s)
Prof. Leon Co, Prof. Lanuza, Prof. Avezado

10. Pinaka-ayaw na GE subject.
Socsci 2 na pukinangingnag teacher yun

11. Kumuha ka ba ng Wed or Sat classes?
Yes lalo na sa course ko. No choice!

12. Nakapag-field trip ka ba?
Hanggang UPLB lang for PE

13. Naging CS ka na ba or US sa UP?
lol

14. Ano ang Org/Frat/Soro mo?
UP Cast, Samaskom, saling ket sa UP Paranormal, tagilid sa Cineastes

15. Saan ka tumatambay palagi?
Usually sa ilalim ng skywalk sa CMC

16. Dorm, Boarding house, o Bahay?
bahay

17. Kung walang UPCAT at malaya kang nakapili ng kurso mo sa UP, ano yun?
Fine Arts dapat pero di ako nakapasa sa talent test!

18. Sino ang pinaka-una mong nakilala sa UP?
Si Kiss ata

19. First play na napanood mo sa UP?
Di ko matandaan

20. Name the 5 most conyo orgs in UP
Hiraya (lol), Aisec, Broad Ass, ah ewan. basta mga tambay usually sa AS

21. Name 5 of the coolest orgs/frats/soro in UP.
Tomo Kai, Samaskom (hehehe), UP Rep, UP Cast la na din ako maisip

22. May frat/soro bang nag-recruit sa yo?
meron nung first year ako. APO sorority. Meron palang soro yun!

23. Saan ka madalas mag-lunch?
Either outside UP or sa fishball ni manang sa harap ng CMC
24. Masaya ba sa UP?
oo

25. Nakasama ka na ba sa rally?
counted ba yung vigil?

26. Ilang beses ka bumoto sa Student Council
once or twice

27. Name at least 5 leftist groups in UP
Stand Up

28. Pinangarap mo rin bang mag-laude nung freshman ka?
Di noh

29. Kanino ka pinaka-patay sa UP?
Eek. Una ata yung kay Andrew na classmate ko nung first year. Isama na din si Alex Pastor na nasa facebook ko ngayon. Yung iba secret na kasi tropa

30. Kung di ka UP, anong school ka?
Definitely di Ateneo since di ako pumasa eheheh. Siguro DLSU.