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time: 10:29AM

MAY 24.

one month before my birthday. i don't know whether i should feel happy or not about turning 21. it's making me older, but at least i'll be of legal age then here in america and i could go to any bar or club. and of course, drink like there's no tomorrow. hahaha. as if i do that. yeah right!

one week before i go back. again, the same mixed feelings, since i'll be separated from my family again, yet at the same time i'll be able to see my friends and continue my life in arki. i've been buying so much things, which makes me wonder if i'm gonna be able to stuff them all in my bags and suitcases!

one week before two good friends also migrate here. sad that anj and anna will be leaving the philippines on the exact day that i'll be boarding my plane for my flight back there. it's like we're switching places so we won't see each other for a while. but at least anj will be back after a couple of months, so it's all good... anj! my 2 months of not seeing you is now doubled! haha!

and,

one day before my blog turns three! wow. three years of blogging. i actually didn't think this thing would last this long. haha. i think i should give it a rest for now, coz i have so many entries in the archive already. finally opened a livejournal account due to jid-gox's persuasion (haha), but haven't made a single post yet. i just can't leave blogger... but we'll see. ;p

eh?

after a long long time, we finally meet on YM.
and now you're trying to talk to me.

should i reply?

hmm.

i don't feel like it.

for now, maybe.

sorry.

nothing much

so the schedule's been messed up and the plans didn't push through. but i finally got to visit atlantic city, with all its tall buildings and casinos along the coast. we went inside the casino knowing that i'm not really allowed to, but what the heck. it's only a month left before i turn 21! i managed to play a few games while looking around and making sure that no security's gonna catch me. hahaha.

but i didn't win anything. we even lost a few bucks. *karma*

***

two weeks left and i'm going back again. my parents keep on telling me to just stay here instead and continue arki somewhere else around here. i've actually considered it, but after some serious thinking... nah. i still want to get my undergrad in UP. my alma mater since i was six. besides, i only have two years left before i stay here for good.

sorry dad and mom.

drowned alive

date: may 6
time: 12:04pm

so my "live tour" (haha!) starts today, and in a couple of hours, we'll be taking the train to new jersey. but i'm not gonna bring the laptop with me, so i'm making this post before we jet.

i went to Lincoln Square yesterday afternoon to see david blaine inside his big fish bowl. he's staying in the water for a week (since this past monday), and then he'll attempt to stay inside the water without any air support for nine minutes or more, hopefully beating the outstanding record of 8 minutes and 58 seconds.

of course i took some pictures. i could have had a picture with him beside the bowl, but the line is so long and i had to pick up my mom somewhere else.

my mom, sister and i will go back there on monday evening, when he does the death-defying stunt. i'm pretty sure the place will be very crowded.

here are the pictures.


the poster i saw at the place


david blaine inside his fish bowl


a closer shot. david waving at the people.


many many people

update in pictures: Battery Park, New York

sculpture title: the immigrants (well i'm one!)


go ahead, pig out, gain pounds. tsk tsk. haha!


too small for a big city, eh?


the waters of NYC. brrrr.

random things

heck i don't know what's up with me, coz i suddenly became a book reader. people know that i'm not into reading novels and stuff... but now it's me who's going in and out of bookstores and searching for good books to buy, even online (i should blame xtian and edpat for this, haha). i'm reading the da vinci code (just now? loser! haha again), and seriously rushing it before the movie comes out on the 19th.

***

ah. speaking of movies, mission impossible 3 is now showing on the theaters. have to see that, but a movie ticket here costs like 10 bucks.

***

i know it's still a little early, but i'm already starting to look for schools here where i could take up my graduate studies. i browsed the websites of Parsons School of Design and Columbia University, and read about their programs and application requirements.

and reality bit me. i should really be working my a** off during my last two years in UP arki (oh, not just UP, but the philippines). if i do want to take my masters here, i should stop bumming around and work on lots of good output. a portfolio's one of their requirements here, which i honestly do not have yet. *gulp* i should start working on that. compile everything nice.

haha. procrastinator jas. stop fooling around.

***

i've roamed around almost the entire city of new york, but only with my mom and sister... or worse, only by myself. and of course it's not fun being alone. yeah, the places are beautiful, but having no one to see them with sucks bigtime.

how dramatic.

still here! haha.

so i haven't been posting lately, simply because i don't feel like it. hahaha. it's may already anyway, and a month is left before i go back.

my mom and i planned our trips for the entire month. and after a few minutes of thinking and talking, and a little bit of arguing, here's what we came up with:

MAY (tentative)

6-7 - Hamilton, NJ
8 - Lincoln Square, NY (to see david blaine's underwater stunt!)
9 - Bronx, NY and Newark, NJ
14 - Coney Island, NY
15-19 - Toronto, Canada
20-21 - Atlantic City, NJ
27-29 - Boston, MA and Washington DC, MD
30 - Hamilton, NJ
31 - JFK Airport (back to the philippines!)

and it's like, the Jason Molina Live Tour. wahaha!

if all these plans push through, this month's gonna be my best vacation period ever. i wouldn't be bored like i was for the past weeks, since we'd be enjoying the trips and days would pass by faster till i get back.

updates about my past weeks when i post again. gotta sleep now.