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TOMASINO FACTS.

2009-12-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

Nanggaling ang facts na ‘to sa ibang Tomasinong Alumni, at mga estudyanteng Tomasino na rin.Hindi kawalan kung babasahin mo lahat.

1) Kitang kita ang Manila Bay sa tuktok ng UST Tower.
2) España ang pangalan ng kalye sa harap ng UST ay dahil sakop ng UST ang lupa hanggang sa katapat nito at noong bibilhin ito ng gobyerno para gawing kalye, para pumayag ang UST na ipagbili ito, sinabi ng mga prayleng Dominiko na ipangalan nalang na Calle España ang bibilhing lupa na gagawing kalsada.
3) Ang seminaryo na binubo ng tatlong Facultad lamang ang kabuuan ng UST noong itinatag ito.
4) Walang gusaling pinapatayo sa loob ng UST na mas mataas sa Main Building.
5) Binuhat pa mismo mula sa Intramuros ang pinaka-entrance ng UST noon sa intramuros na tinatawag ngayong Arch of the Centuries.
6) Nasunog ang unang high school building na ngayon ay kinakatayuan ng Clinic.
7) Kailangan pa ng basbas ng Santo Papa mula sa Vatican bago maitalaga ang Rector magpasahanggang ngayon.
8) Mas matanda ang UST kaysa sa Harvard ng Amerika, DLSU, ADMU, at UP.
9) Ang pinakaunang Pilipinong Rector ng UST ay si Rev. Fr. Leonardo Legaspi, O.P. na naitalaga lamang noong 1971.
10) “University of the Philippines ” dapat ang ipapangalan sa atin noon.
11) Ang UST museum ang pinakamatandang museo sa Pilipinas na nag-eexist pa hanggang ngayon.
12) Ang pinakaunang aklat sa Pilipinas ay nailimbag sa UST.
13) Ginawang WWII military stronghold ang UST noong Japanese occupation.
14) Ang UST Main Library ang pinakamalaking library sa Asia.
15) Makikita sa UST rare books section ang ilan sa mga librong sobrang RARE tulad ng kay Copernicus.
16) Mayroong urban legend na nagsasabing pag lumabas ka raw sa Arch of the Centuries nang hindi ka pa grumagraduate ay mad’debar ka.
17) Dalawang beses lang nainterrupt ang pasok sa UST, nung First Revolution at nung World War 2.
18) UST ang pinakamalaking paaralan sa siyudad ng Maynila.
19) Ang lupa ngayon ng UST ay dating marsh.
20) Ang January 28 ay ang feast day ni St. Thomas Aquinas at ang April 28 ay ang foundation day ng UST.
21) Tinawag na “faculty” ang kinabibilangan mong college ibig sabihin yun ay unang inoffer dito sa Pilipinas courtesy of UST.
22) Among the Thomasian Martyrs, some of them were canonized as saints and the rest are beatified.
23) Ang mga nag-aaral sa UST seminary ay ang “cream of the crop” ng iba’t ibang Archdiocese sa Pilipinas at sila ay pinipili kung sinong ipapadala at papag-aralin sa UST Central Seminary.
24) Bago pa naging UST Growling Tigers , UST Glowing Goldies muna.
25) Ang first Supreme Court Chief Justice na si Cayetano Arellano ay taga-UST.
26) Ang UST lang ang may titulong “The Royal and Pontifical” among all the colleges and universities sa Pilipinas. Hindi considered ang “Animo La Salle” doon dahil pang-UAAP lang yun. Napagpasyahan ng Royal Family ng Spain at ng Vatican kaya nagkasundo sila na ibigay sa UST ang mga titles na ‘yan.
27) Sa loob ng Fathers’ residence, meron pang chapel at oratory dagdag pa sa mismong kapilya ng Unibersidad.
28) Tulad ng ibang simbahan, may bell ang Santissimo Rosario Parish Church na makikita lamang sa likuran nito.
29) Isa sa mga largest Catholic University sa buong mundo ang USTe.
30) Nagsimula lang tumanggap ng kababaihan bilang estudyante noong dekada ‘20.
31) Ang UST - AMV (Alfredo M. Velayo) College of Accountancy ang kauna-unahang at so-far ang kaisa-isahang academic unit sa UST na ipanangalan sa ibang tao.
32) Ang UST Main Building ang kauna-unahang earthquake-proof building sa buong Pilipinas.
33) UST Main Building Tower was then served as the Kilometer 0 , since it was the highest structure during its time of establishment pero currently nasa Rizal Shrine na yun.
34) Pinagpilian dati between Manila and a town in Cagayan, where Fr. Benavides was assigned before he became the Archbishop of Manila, kung saan ipapatayo ang UST.
35) UST pa lang ang unibersidad sa Pilipinas na tatlong beses ng binisita ng Santo Papa. Sina Pope Paul VI (1970) at Pope John Paul II (1983) and (1995) ay nakadaupang palad na ng mga Tomasino nung sila’y bumisita sa ating campus. Sabi nga ni Pope John Paul II sa kanyang message: “As a Pontifical University , Santo Tomas has a special right to the Pope’s attention.”
36) Ang UST Publishing House (o dating UST Press) na itinatag noong 1593 ay mas matanda pa sa mismong Unibersidad at second oldest kasunod ng Cambridge University Press.
37) Ang AB diploma ni Rizal ay galing sa UST (signed by the UST rector) kahit na tinapos nya ang kurso sa Ateneo.
38) Ang pinakabagong mahistrado ng Korte Suprema ng Pilipinas na si Justice Diosdado Peralta ay isang Tomasino.
39) Ang Faculty of Civil Law ng UST ay nakapag-produce na ng 6 Supreme Court Chief Justices.
40) UST was the first one to offer engineering programs in the Philippines.
41) Nakapreserve sa UST museum (main blg.) ang upuan ni Pope John Paul II.
42) Makikita sa UST museum ang mga artifacts nang sinaunang panahon, pati ang mga barya na ginamit ng mga Espanyol noong sila ay unang bumaba sa Pilipinas.
43) Ang UST ang kaisa-isang may hawak ng Highest PQA sa bansa na Level 2.
44) UST Faculty of Engineering is the oldest engineering school in the country founded in 1907. It’s first course offering was Civil Engineering. Roque Ruaño was both a Dominican priest and a civil engineer who headed the construction of the engineering building.
45) Si Dr. Pio A. Valenzuela ay nagtapos ng Medesina sa UST noong taong 1895. Isa siya sa triumvirate (and dalawa pa ay sina Bonifacio at Jacinto) na nagtatag at nagtaguyod ng samahang Katipunan. Sa kanya ipinangalan ang ngayo’y tinatawag na Valenzuela City sa bandang Bulacan, ngunit bahagi na ng kalakhang Maynila.
46) Ang araw sa Philippine flag was inspired by St. Thomas ‘s sun. Nakita ito ng mga ilustrado ng sila ay nag-aaral pa sa UST. Kaya ito nailagay sa ating flag.
47) Ang cross atop the Main Building symbolizes that UST is Catholic. It also means salvation. While the clock, surrounded by the “tria haec”, means history. So, they are salvation history.
48) Ang UST ay nagsilbing Ministry of Education noon. Tanging UST lang ang tertiary school noon , ang iba ay secondary schools lang gaya ng Ateneo, Colegio de San Jose , Letran, Colegio de Sta Rosa , St Catalina, etc. Hindi sila gagraduate ng walang approval from UST’s rector.
49) “Universidad de Filipinas” ang nasa diploma ng UST noon.
48) Noong panahon ng mga Amerikano, in-offeran ang UST na maging National University ng Philippines . Kaya lang magiging under ito ng gov’t. Hindi pumayag ang mga Dominicans kaya naitatag ang UP. (NU na UP pa. Buti na lang di pumayag sina father. haha!)
49) Ang “The Varsitarian” ang pinakamayaman na student publication sa bansa.
50) Hindi lang ito basta-bastang student publication dahil ang The V rin ang nag-oorganize ng Pautakan (longest-running university-wide quiz competition), Ustetika (longest-running campus literature competition), Inkblots (longest-running nationwide campus-based journalism workshop), etc. etc. kasabay ang paglimbag ng at least 12 issues per year hindi pa kasama magazines and folios.
51) Ang mga V staffers lang ang nakaka-access sa mga prohibited corners ng USTe at mga close-door events dahil sa makapangyarihang press ID.52) Ang tawag sa alumni ng V ay Amihan.
53) Noong 1938, Angel de Blas, OP, sets up the Experimental Psychology Laboratory in the University of Santo Tomas .
54) UST has won 34 UAAP Over all Championship trophies since 1958 in the Seniors Division and 10 since 1986 in the Juniors Division.
55) may 15 statues sa taas ng main building.. isa sa mga nandun ay cna st. augustine, shakespeare, plato, aristotle.
56) ung tria haec is spes, fides, caritas. hope faith love
57) ung chinese scriblings dun dun sa may likod ni benavides… mga pangalan ng certain na tao.. so parang puntod xa58) alam nio ba na almost perfect sqaure ung land ng USTE? speaking of land… ang field ng uste is not 1km.. actually its .70-.75km lng
59) dun graduate si onobonomonyon. wat.
60) UST lang ang nag-ooffer ng Asian Studies na course para sa mga undergrad sa pinas. :))) Wuhoo. K.
Im Proud.

BITCHY.

2009-11-22T00:04:00.000-08:00

1. Tippi - On the first day of the Mango sale, the sister of my friend was looking around and picked up a dress when a woman at the counter started screaming,”Put that down, that’s mine!” The sister of my friend looked up, looked at the woman up and down, raised an eyebrow, and replied, “Excuse me. You are NOT a ’small’”

2. Maximo - A supervisor once told a worker who has difficulty in understanding instructions, “Ang ulo, hindi lang yan pinapatong sa leeg, ginagamit din yan sa pagiisip.”

3. Springturns - A friend told another friend, “Naku, magma-makeup muna ako, baka magmukha akong yaya mo.” The other friend replied, “Wag na, magmumukha ka lang yaya ko na naka-makeup.”

4. Bennett - I told my then boyfriend during a fight, “Even on your smartest day, you’re not half as smart as I am on my dumbest!”

5. Riverbanks - “Ako, I was born beautiful. Ikaw, you were just born.”

6. Astroboy - A letter posted on a car windshield in UP: “Sir/madam, the parkng space that we have reserved is for the College Secretary, not for you. Guard.”

7. Shining - When I saw friend I haven’t seen in a long time, she told me, “Grabe, lalo ka pang tumaba!” So I told her, “Ikaw din, lalo ka pang pumangit!”

8. Eylek - Pag sinisingitan ako sa pila, nagpaparinig ako. I say, “Ang pilang ito, according to beauty. Mga panget muna.”

9. Gorgeous Bitch - “Unlike you, tinuruan ako ng mga magulang ko na hindi pumatol sa may asawa.”

10. Jose de vengenge - From the movie She’s The Man: “Girls with an ass like mine don’t go out with boys with a face like yours.”

11. Joe - “Maliban sa mukha mo, ano pang problema mo?”

12. Anfernee - I once told an officemate who kept on bragging about her new shoes, “Sale, right?”

13. Pong Pagong - I pointed a “7 items or less” sign to a clueless pasosyal at the supermarket. She bitchily answered, “I can read!” Sabay irap. So I shot back with, “I know, but can you count?”

14. Astroboy - “Tuwing nakikita kita, gusto ko mag-sorry sa eyes ko.”

15. Dru - “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be bitchy. It’s an involuntary reaction whenever I encounter ugly people.”

16. Astroboy - Man: “Hey baby, what’s your sign?” Woman: “Do not enter.”

17. Astroboy - Man: “how do you like your eggs in the morning?” Woman: “Unfertilized.”

18. Aeon- After receiving her pay slip and realizng how much she’s paying for tax, a sosyal
officemate exclaimed, “Ang mga poor ba nagbabayad din ng tax?”

19. Riverbanks - During a hike at Mt. Mayon, we had a maarte companion. When we ran out of water, our guide got us some from a ntural spring. The maarte girl said, “Dini-drink ba yan?” I told her, “Bakit, sa inyo ba ang water chinu-chew?”

20. Noel - Overheard from 2 kids talking. Kid 1: “Lahat tayo galing kay Adam and Eve.” Kid 2: “Hindi yan totoo. Sabi ng papa ko, galing tayo sa unggoy.” Kid 1: “Hindi natin pinag-uusapn ang pamilya mo, kaya wag kang magulo!”

21. Loipogi - A friend told his officemate: “I’m impressed. I’ve never encountered such a small mind inside such a big head before.”

22. Pachuchay - Bading: (envying a girl na crush ng crush nya) “Isang butas lang ang lamang mo sa kin!”

23. ACER - I was staring at an ugly bystander in their street. The ugly guy snapped, “Bakit ang sama mo makatingin?” I snapped back, “Eh bakit ang sama mo tignan?”

24. Persh - A friend once told me, “Ang ganda mo!” I answered: “Thank you, sana ikaw rin…”

25. Jose de vengenge - I told this to an ex: “I must admit you brought religion to my life. I never believed in hell till I met you.”

26. Gorgeous Bitch - “When a cashier tells me she doesn’t have change, I say: “And…kaninong problema yun?”

27. Em-em Unggoy - “Kung lahat ng tao galing sa unggoy, bakit ikaw, mukha kang kabayo?”

when tiresomeness strikes.

2009-10-31T09:36:00.000-07:00

i did this with paint. and uh, a little vintage effect with adobe.

nailed it.

2009-10-31T09:13:00.000-07:00

"we may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra."

i nailed it.

yes. believe it or not, i passed algebra. and im still on a full-on freak out. sheash! am i dreaming? hope not. haha. I LOVE YOU MA'AM DR! pgkatapos ng katakot-takot na kaba, nakapasa rin. WHEEEW!
i passed neuroanatomy too, unbelievably. so hopefully, pasado rin next semester. i just have to work hard and study hard. kakayanin :)) lalo na we'll have our chemistry na. i hate chemistry. who would want to study ions? not me. haha!

he/she is crushing on YOU.

2009-10-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

It’s natural to want to rush things, but anyone wondering whether a person has developed a crush on her would be wise to take it slow. A few weeks of careful observation is bound to tell a lot.

Body Language and Non-Verbal Cues That Reveal a Crush

Probably the easiest way for someone to gauge whether a person has a crush on her is to keep track of how often that person glances in her direction. It’s only natural. People have a hard time looking away from something that interests them, and a crush is positively fascinating. Anyone in doubt can keep tabs on how often that person’s gaze settles on her especially when she's in a group. If she's commonly being singled out of a crowd, it’s likely she's the target of an attraction.

If the someone in question is outgoing, then that person will most likely reveal a crush by smiling, teasing, cracking jokes, or flirting. These are all popular ways people try to impress or break the ice with a person who interests them. They might even use physical cues to hint at their interest such as pats on the shoulder, high fives, or friendly hugs.

If the someone in question is shy, he might unwittingly reveal an interest with telltale signs like blushing or stammering.
Since most infatuation comes on fast and furious, people are likely to notice changes in a new crush’s behavior toward them. If someone is suddenly very eager to spend time around him, is “accidentally” running into him in unexpected places, or focusing a lot more time trying to get his attention, chances are, that person has developed an interest in him.

hold off.

2009-10-30T05:01:00.000-07:00

october 28 2009. wednesday. 8:33 pm.

and so, yea. im still trapped here in this 4 cornered cruddy apartment with three little scamps downstairs. but i got a line from my parents' coversation one morning that we will go back HOME soon. i hope that SOON is NOW. i guess i still have to wait. im going to help my parents n lang with the cleaning para mas mabilis.
anyway, we went to letran today. i waited like, 3 hours outside the campus. i was waiting for my sis inside 'cause im not allowed to enter since i am not from their school. and so i waited very patiently outside for three bloody hours. after that, we went to UST and ate our lunch there. this day was very tiring. i nearly fell asleep when we were on our way home. good thing it did not rain but according to the news there's going to be a new typhoon and it's about to hit central luzon. i never would've thought of that.
good thing wala ng pasok.

have a break. have a sembreak.

2009-10-23T01:49:00.000-07:00

october 23 2009. friday. 3:10 pm.

OH REJOICE! sembreak na :) my most awaited break has come at long last. after a hard days work, we'll finally have our three-week-break. mamimiss ko ung mga nangyari nitong first sem kahit im so gunna effin' fail. haha. hope not. no. please, no. any, sana no one will shift to another course. this coming december, maeexperience ko rin ang paskuhan! weee~!
but there's still one heck of a problem. i think i'll soil my transcript because of freakin' ol algebra. im gunna flunk algebra! im going to take summer classes. NOOO! *screech. looking at the bright side, i'll still have baon and i won't be bored this summer. boredom usually strikes every summer. so, yea :)) as in, grabe kanina. it wuz so unfair. EFF! tlg. passe shit >:/ hope next sem's okay.

one two three, skipped.

2009-10-16T03:50:00.000-07:00

october 15 2009. thursday. 8:26 pm.
i skipped class because my mom told me to. and yes, im an obedient bitch :) it rained hard this morning so she told me not to go to school anymore because UST will send us home again. we're done with the lessons anyway. it reminds me, it's hell week again next week. ooh, boy. i have tons of stuff to review. college is different from high school. i say that a lot. it's true.
last week, i've found out that our dear directress, mrs. brown, died. it's really sad. she's like our second parent. she did everything to discipline us. but yea, many students hate her because she's strict. they just don't understand. i learned a looot from her.
anyhow, 2 weeks had passed and im still here in this filthy ol' apartment. the flood in our subdivision finally subsided. my mom and dad are taking care of the cleanup. hopefully, we get back home by next month. another typhoon is about to hit philippines. ugh, i hate it. i miss home. i miss straight-out internet service. i miss tyra, senora, bagwis and euka. i miss the dustballs beneath my bed. i miss WiFi. oh, take me home!

DOOMSDAY.

2009-10-01T03:50:00.000-07:00

NOSTRADAMUS

The most famous doomsday prophet is Nostradamus. He is best known for his book Les Propheties. He wrote his prophecies in a poetic style, in “quatrains.” Many of his prophecies dealt with disaster such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods and the coming of three antichrists. However his predictions are vague and people tend to apply his words to many situations. Some examples of his predictions are:

The year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror:
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.

The present time together with the past
Will be judged by the great Joker:
The world too late will be tired of him,
And through the clergy oath-taker disloyal.

The year of the great seventh number accomplished,
It will appear at the time of the games of slaughter:
Not far from the great millennial age,
When the buried will go out from their tombs.

Long awaited he will never return In Europe,
he will appear in Asia:
One of the league issued from the great Hermes,
And he will grow over all the Kings of the East.

EDGAR CAYCE

Edgar Cayce is the most famous psychic of the 20th century and probably one of the most famous ever. He gave over 14,000 readings while in a trance state. Many of his readings that he gave people were in regards to their personal lives. He gave advice on health, dreams, business and sometimes esoteric topics such as the Akashic Records.

A sample prediction follows:

"Watch New York, Connecticut and the like. Many portions of the east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions of the west coast, as well as the central portion of the United States. Los Angeles, San Francisco, most of all these will be among those that will be destroyed before New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear. This will be another generation though, here; while the southern portions of Carolina, Georgia, these will disappear. This will be much sooner. The waters of the Great Lakes will empty into the Gulf of Mexico."

Cayce also spoke of the origins of humanity and of the lost city of Atlantis. A devout Christian, he also discussed Jesus Christ and was concerned that his abilities may have been satanic in origin. Cayce predicted that the Earth’s axis would be shifted by the year 2001 and other major earth changes.

Cayce has an incredible amount of material to read. He spent his life giving people readings as his way of helping others. He was told during one of his readings not to give more than two readings in a day but he unfortunately did not follow that advice. The last reading he gave was for himself which he was told it was time for him to stop working and rest. He predicted the date of his burial, January 5, 1945 and was correct.

BIBLE PROPHECY

The Holy Bible is filled with prophetic statements. With limited knowledge on the subject, I will narrow the topic to the Book of Revelation, the last chapter in the Bible. The Book of Revelation is filled with strange and awesome imagery that is interpreted by many in different ways. Early in the book, it discusses the state of affairs among seven churches in Asia Minor. Then, the book starts dealing with the prophetic vision John (a servant of Jesus Christ) received from God.

John appears before the seat of God surrounded by angels of depicted in strange ways and one of the angels representing Jesus grabs a scroll with seven seals from the one who is sitting on the right hand of God. Only Jesus is worthy to open the scroll. At that point the prophecies of our future begin to reveal themselves.

From the Book of Revelation6:1 I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, “Come!” 6:2 So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.6:3 Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” 6:4 And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.6:5 Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand. 6:6 Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”6:7 Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” 6:8 So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.6:9 Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given. 6:10 They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” 6:11 Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.6:12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; 6:13 and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind. 6:14 The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. 6:15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 6:16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 6:17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
The amazing symbolism runs throughout the rest of the book and of course it is highly debatable as to what is to be taken literally or symbolically. Further judgements are released upon the earth in the form of seven trumpets, two witnesses, a dragon (the devil), the beast (the antichrist) and the false prophet, and seven golden bowls. The judgements passed on to the Earth and it’s inhabitants include:

Plague
Earthquakes
Hailstorms
Fire
Famine
Meteor storm
Lack of drinking water
And more

Eventually the prophecy leads up to the antichrist assuming world domination with his false prophet overseeing the one-world religion. The antichrist rules the world for a period of time until the battle of Armageddon. At this point, Jesus Christ returns to earth and destroys the armies of the antichrist. Then the false prophet and the antichrist along with the devil are thrown down into the lake of fire. Interestingly enough, the story continues to state that the devil must be released one more time after Christ’s 1000 year reign. At this time a final battle takes place with the devil losing and being vanquished into the lake of fire forever. At this time God’s kingdom is setup for eternity and all who accept Jesus as their savior are allowed access to the kingdom of God.

The summary above is brief and this book alone can be studied over and over in order to digest all the symbolism and meaning behind the words. The book of Daniel and Ezekiel contains many prophecies as well. Bottomline, it all has to do with the battle between good and evil, the sides people pick and the ultimate fate of their choices. Following evil leads to permanent separation from God and accepting the salvation through Jesus Christ gains entry to a eternal life with God.

LIARS GO TO HELL.

2009-09-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

How to know if someone is lying to you.

Suppose that you went to a friend of yours with a fake smile on your face, and then told him that you were sad, would he believe you?
No, he would never believe you because he can see the smile on your face; in other words, he has noticed the inconsistency between what you are saying and your facial expression.
You might think "Nobody smiles when appearing to be sad” and you'd be right on that, but I’m not talking here about conscious inconsistencies; I’m talking about unconscious ones.
Your subconscious mind controls many of your involuntary functions like that of breathing, sweating, heart-beating....etc. when someone attempts to lie they usually control their facial expressions and tone of voice, but their unconscious mind still controls all other involuntary signals like body language and respiration rate. These unconscious signals are what we will be using to detect if they are lying; if their words are consistent with their unconscious signals then they are saying the truth otherwise, they are lying.
This article is not about intuitive or logical tricks but provides lying detection methods that are based on deep psychological concepts and proven facts.

Signs that Show if Someone Is Lying

The following are signs you should look for when attempting to spot a liar:

Body Language:

Liars usually hide their palms and don’t sit straight while telling a lie. They also avoid eye contact at the time of the lie and generally use negative evaluation gestures if they feel bad while lying (For more information, check the full page on a liar's body language).

Eye Accessing Cues Mismatch:

According to NLP The direction the eye takes reflects the function taking place in the brain at the time. For example, looking towards the upper left side means that you are constructing an image in your mind while looking at the upper right side would mean that you are recalling an image. How can that be of use? Well, think about it, if someone looks towards the upper left when asked about something, he's probably constructing an image of the lie he's about to tell. This is just one sign that he might be lying.(See the full guide to eye accessing cues and liar detection).

Inconsistencies in the Story:

In different places and times, the story is more likely to change every single time it is discussed. He will forget a word, add something completely new, or remove something that he had previously mentioned. Regardless of the type of inconsistency, it shows he is lying.

Feeling Anxious:

Almost anyone who lies feels anxious, with various degrees depending on how professional the liar is. One of your concerns should be trying to spot his state of anxiety; talk as much as you can about the subject in order to keep him anxious. Check out anxiety body language in order to be able to detect anxiety.

Avoiding the Subject:

A person who wants to hide something will usually try to avoid bringing it up in the conversation or even talking about anything remotely related to it. Try to talk about anything related to the situation without addressing it directly and see if he tries to jump out of it into another topic.

Lack of Assertiveness:

Unless that person is a special agent who is professionally trained to lie, he will usually lack assertiveness while lying. His tone of voice will be lower and he will appear to be less confident.

Speaking Slowly:

When lying, the person will usually be making up events as he goes along, which will result in slower speech or even several complete stops to think about what he's about to say.

FLOODS.

2009-09-30T20:56:00.000-07:00

What causes a flood?

A number of factors can contribute to that imbalance, including:

heavy, intense rainfall
run-off from a deep snow cover
over-saturated soil, when the ground can't hold anymore water.
frozen soil
high river, stream or reservoir levels caused by unusually large amounts of rain
ice jams in rivers
urbanization, or lots of buildings and parking lots

There are two basic types of floods. In a regular river flood, water slowly climbs over the edges of a river. The more dangerous type, a flash flood, occurs when a wall of water quickly sweeps over an area. Almost three-quarters of the approximately 92 deaths from floods each year are due to flash floods.
Conquering the Flash Flood.
"Because the rainfall associated with flash flooding is so intense, it is among the most challenging problems we have in meteorology," Richards says. "Bottom line is, we don't do a good of predicting exactly where that type of rainfall will fall."
But that may soon change. The National Weather Service is responsible for predicting the weather and warning people about severe weather. Up until now, meteorologists could only guess when a flash flood would occur. Now, they have a new tool, called Doppler radars, which can track rainfall street by street. This should provide more accurate flash flood warnings across the country. The new radar systems should allow meteorologists to provide warnings before a flash flood occurs.

Controlling the river flood.

River flooding, while often more damaging to property, is much easier to predict. The land around a river is called a watershed. When rain falls on a watershed, the land "sheds" the water into the river. "It's almost like a funnel," Richards says. "It's collecting water over a broad area and funneling it this narrow strip that is the river."
Residents and scientists can tell when there has been an unusual amount of snow and rain, and they can see the river getting higher everyday. Early prediction gives emergency officials time to evacuate residents in the danger areas. For example, during the spring of 1997, the heavy flooding of cities along the Red River in North Dakota and Minnesota was predicted two months in advance.
Another winter-related cause of river flooding is ice jams. At times, large chunks of floating ice will pile up if they hit bend, bridge or other obstruction and stop the river's flow.
"The phenomenon is very like when you were on an Interstate highway in an urban area, and there's some sort of construction area where you go from a certain number of lanes to one lane," Richards says. "The traffic backs up."
The '97 floods in the Upper Plains states were caused by heavy rainfall during the fall. Water from that record rainfall froze, and snow then fell on the ice. When the spring thaw came, not only the water from the winter snowfall but also the water from the earlier autumn rainfall rushed into the Red River.

Human progress vs. Mother Nature.

Human activity that changes the surface of the Earth also effects the water cycle, and can cause floods. Buildings, parking lots and roads, replace grass and dirt with concrete. Under normal circumstances, soil acts like a sponge and soaks up a fair portion of rainwater. But in crowded towns and cities, rainwater flows into storm sewers and drainage ditches, and, at times, overloads them. An urban area can be flooded by an amount of rainfall that would have had no impact in a rural area.
The destruction of the nation's wetlands may also contribute to moderate floods. The wetlands are the swampy land along the edges of some rivers. When it rains, the wet soil and mud of a wetland acts like a sponge and stores the extra water. But much of America's wetlands have been drained for farmland or to build houses. The only place flood water can go is up and over its normal riverbanks and into areas where it can cause major damage.
Floods are primarily natural events. Human activity influences the frequency and severity of floods, but they are created by Mother Nature. There is no really workable protection against major floods like those that hit Grand Forks in the spring of 1997 and the Mississippi River Basin in 1993. Our best defense against floods is an understanding of the way people treat their environment and better weather prediction.

source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods/science.html

swimming in it.

2009-09-29T00:27:00.000-07:00

last friday, when we were about to watch the most awaited MR. AND MS. PSYCH PAGEANT NIGHT, hnd ko akalaing mapapaaway ung classmates ko. supposedly, hnd na dapat namin sila papansinin but they kept on saying bad things against us. sinabi nilang sumingit daw kami. my classmates confronted them kaya nagkasagutan sila. :/ grabe, porke't fourth year sila feeling na nila dapat may special treatment sa kanila. unfair naman yun sa iba dba? pare-pareho lang naman kaming students. they're so barbaric. they can say it naman in a good way. ang point pa, yes! fourth year nga sila. hnd ba dapat sila ung makikisama. don't tell me they made it through fourth year with that attitude?

nuff said. :))

last saturday naman, my parents and i were arguing kung pupunta pa ako sa outreach kc umaga pa lang umuulan na. eh, i have to. i want to help!

we enjoyed naman. ansarap tlg ng feeling na nakakatulong sa kapwa especially to children. the problem is, the rain won't stop. we, me and my ComAch buddies, were about to go home na when it rained really hard so we got stranded at kalaw street near luneta - i think? hindi na kinaya nung coaster. hindi na kami maiihatid kc sobrang baha na din ang espana. and so we have to SWIM our way to LRT. haha. :)) hindi ko inimagine ang sarili kong lumulusong sa baha. we were all freezing. kasagsagan ni bagyong ondoy nung pauwi na kami. pahirapan pa ang pagsakay sa LRT. sobrang daming tao that time. we all looked so kawawa. despite all, i can say it's a nice experience.

ang malala, yung mga grabeng naapektuhan ng typhoon. like marikina, pasig and cainta. chest-high na yung flood. madaming namatay. madaming pamilya ang nwalan ng bahay. makikita naman yung pagtutulungan ng filipinos in times like this. there's nothing else we can do but PRAY na hindi na pumasok sa philippines yung 2 more typhoons. powerful ang prayers so kailangan tlga.

LSS, evhur. :))

2009-09-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

To my favorite teacher
told me never give up
To my fifth grade crush
Who I thought I really loved
To the guys I've missed
and the girls we've kissed
Where are you now

To my ex-best friends
Don't know how we grew apart
To my favorite band
Sing along in my car
To the face I see in my memory
Where are you now

Where are you now?
Cause I'm thinking of you
You showed me how
How to live like I do
If it wasn't for you
I would never be who I am

To my first girlfriend
I thought for sure was the one
To my last girlfriend
Sorry that I screwed it up
To the ones I loved
Didn't show it enough
Where are you now

Where are you now
Cause I'm thinking of you
You showed me how
How to live like I do
If it wasn't for youI would never be who I am

I know we'll never see those days again
And things will never be that way again
But that's just how it goes
People change but I know
I won't forget you

To the ones who came
Who we're there from the start
To the love that left
And took a piece of my heart
To the few who'd swear
They'd never go anywhere
Where are you now?

Where are you now?
Cause I'm thinking of you
You showed me how
How to live like I do
If it wasn't for you
I would never be how I am
If it wasn't for you
I would never be who I am
If it wasn't for you
I'd be nothing
Where are you now?

so let's talk about INSULTS and SARCASM.

2009-09-20T05:26:00.000-07:00

i have read these interesting things, all about insults. have i told you that INSULT is my favorite word? :)) im not being mean but insult and sarcasm can also be necessities, ya know. :p

Without wasting any more time, here's the list:

Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh at you or pity you.

When someone's looking at an object (e.g. his wallet) and laughing --What, does your wallet tell jokes?

When someone does something extremely fast --You taking steroids?

When someone says, "I feel so stupid" --It's okay to feel what you are.

When someone is spelling something aloud --Are you taking part in a spelling bee?

When someone is counting random numbers aloud --Playing BINGO?

When someone says, "Hey, you wanna hear a joke?" --It's okay, you're a joke all by yourself.

Looks like I overestimated the number of your brain cells.

When someone says, "I feel so stupid" or something similar --That's an understatement.
When someone says, "I'm so short!" --No, you're *quite* tall.

Cheer up! You're still taller than my sausage dog!

Let's say you're looking at a picture on a book, and someone asks, "What's that?!" --A book. Duh!

When someone asks, "Why don't you talk to me??" --You're not worth talking to.

Talking to you doesn't bring any benefits.

When someone tells you, "John is so ugly!" --Gee, you remind me of him.

When someone says, "I've a pretty sister." --Whatever happened to the brother / sister?

When someone says, "Hey, do you know that (blah) (blah) (blah)" --Alert the media!

When someone says, "Oh, no! I've a pimple! What should I do about it?!"I've bigger things on my mind to think about than your puny pimple, you know.

When someone says, "Don't tell me you're gonna tell me your parents" or something similar --I do have a life too, you know.

Someone has a weird or funny name --Gee, your parents certainly have a weird sense of humour.

When someone says, "I don't know how to do this." --Ah, I'm not surprised.

When someone asks, "What's happening?!" --With your IQ, I don't think you can understand.

You're so dumb your IQ and shoe size are the same.

You're so ugly your parents initially wanted to name you Rover.

Your B.O. is so bad you're classified as a potential biological weapon.

When someone delays something...
That will be the time when you get your first grandchild.

That will be the time when [name] stops doing [something he always does] (e.g. That'll be the day when Jack's feet finally smell nice)

RIBBIT, RIBBIT!

2009-09-20T04:55:00.000-07:00

we dissected a frog, individually! and we have to bring our frogs home to study 'em. i named my frog FROGGY PERRY. :) stranger, meet froggy perry. froggy perry, meet stranger.

FLASHBACK.

2009-09-20T00:34:00.000-07:00

dahil hindi na ako nakakapag-update, eto na. :D

last july 24 we had our thomasian welcome walk. it's a tradition for a freshie student of UST to enter the arc of the centuries. actually, it was postponed pero it pushed through nung 24th. :) photos will be posted soon.
we had our Com Ach GA last august 29. hindi ko ine-expect na magiging supah fun ang GA. i've met new buddies. saya! then sa september 26 na yung first outreach namin. it will be held in kaunlaran high school. sa navotas yun so medyo malayo. :D excited na kami especially ADOR! haha. photos will also be posted SOON.
this friday, september 25. pageant na ng mr. and ms. PSYCH. -- going to support nathan and kia! :))
last sunday naman. LA, ren and i watched the UAAP cheerdance competition. unfortunately, UST lost. for ythe first time wala kami sa top 3. but it's okaaaay. champs pa rin ang salinggawi! :D *malas kc si ren. haha jooooke*

oh, rejoice! it's them. :))

2009-09-20T00:19:00.000-07:00

myra's dearest chocho, obvious guy and mr. watchamacallhim -- uh, i have no idea who this guy is but yes! last week, nalaman ko na name ni OG. so from now on, i'll call him "keke". :))))) thanks loads to ate pat cayanan for this pic. yuh, i stole it. :) but thaaanks!

dreams.

2009-09-19T23:43:00.000-07:00

super interesting ng topics sa GENERAL PSYCH. dream is one of the topics that amazed me. :)

SAD

To dream that you are sad, signifies a positive turn of events. It is generally a good dream foretelling good things are about to happen in your near future.

SUFFOCATION

To dream that you feel suffocated, signifies that you are feeling smothered by some situation or relationship. It also forewarns that your current love relationship will end in an extremely bitter break up.

REJECTION

To dream that you are rejecting something, indicates that there are feelings or situations that you want to be rid of. Alternatively, you may be refusing to accept a situation that is being imposed and forced upon you.
To dream that you are being rejected, signifies a lack of self-worth and alienation of others.

PARANOIA

To dream that you are paranoid, indicates your hesitance in moving forward in some situation or relationship. You are not ready for that major step in your life and are overcome with fear and suspicion.

MALICE

To dream that you have malice toward others, signifies that others will look down on you because of your ill temper. You need to control your temper.
To dream that others have malice towards you, denotes a false friend who is working on harming you.

more about DREAMS.

Dreams are fascinating things. Man has wondered for centuries about dreams and what dreams mean. There has also been much research into dreaming –when it occurs, why we dream what we do, etc. But, for all the wondering and research, there is still so much we do not know about dreams. However, here are a few facts we do know:

1. Researchers have discovered that each of us have at least four or five dreams a night. The dream state may last between one and two hours. If someone says they do not dream, they simply cannot remember their dreams.

2. We spend approximately a third of our life sleeping. Over an average lifetime, that equals to about six years of dreaming.

3. Mary Shelley claimed the story idea for Frankenstein came from a dream she had.

4. People who have been blind all their lives still dream. But, their dreams are formed based on their four other senses (touch, smell, taste, and sound).

5. One of the earliest forms of dream analysis was performed by the Romans. Dreams were often submitted to the Roman Senate for interpretation. The Romans thought their dreams were messages from the gods.

6. The average dream lasts between 10 and 15 minutes.

7. Studies have shown that while women dream equally of women and men, men tend to dream about other men more frequently than they dream about women.

8. If you awake right after REM sleep, you may be able to recall your dream more vividly than someone who has slept through to the morning.

9. Until the age of three or four, children do not appear in their own dreams. Children will not have what we view as adult-like dreams until they reach the age of 8 or 9. And, nightmares are very common in childhood.

10. You cannot be dreaming if you are snoring.

11. Polls show that up to 67% of Americans have had déjà vu while dreaming, with more women than men having had a dream of déjà vu.

12. The five most common dreams are that of falling, being chased, our teeth falling out, being back in school, and your spouse cheating on you.

13. At some point, someone started the rumour that if you dream that you die or hit the ground while falling in a dream, you will actually die in your sleep. This is an old wife’s tale – dreaming neither of these will kill you.

14. A 1980 study showed that 42% of people felt they had had a dream about something that later came true.

15. Dreaming is necessary. If people are prevented from dreaming, they can suffer from personality disorders and psychological problems.

16. It is estimated that about 50% of our dream content is forgotten only five minutes after waking.

17. Humans are not the only ones who dream. Many animals dream and scientists believe that all mammals dream.

18. Studies have shown that our dreams may be strongest when we are in REM sleep, the point at which our brain activity is most like that when we are awake.

19. Studies have shown that as many as 70% of all females and 65% of all males have had reoccurring dreams.

20. Alcohol, prescription drugs, and even certain types of foods can cause nightmares.

and so it goes.

2009-09-19T23:01:00.000-07:00

IM BACK FROM HYBERNATION!

COLLEGE, never a dull moment.

2009-06-27T23:53:00.000-07:00

why? ASSIGNMENTS. it pisses me off A LOT!

THE DAY I CAME OUT FROM A VAGINA.

2009-06-26T05:18:00.000-07:00

have you heard the song "sixteen going on seventeen"? it was sung in the movie THE SOUND OF MUSIC. i never get tired of watching that movie tho' it is already moth-eaten. lol. anyway. tomorrow, june 27, is the most spoilt day for the people around me. haha. gawd. am going to be seventeen tomorrow :( am getting old. that sucks. i so wish peter pan would just appear by my window one night and bring me to neverland. well, for rock-dwellers - in neverland, people NEVER grow up. :) uh- not literally. haha.

have i got something for you :)

2009-06-23T23:50:00.000-07:00

i haven't blogged anything about my life like forever but i still won't give a donkey's ass because i have been really busy recently. the first two weeks of college, well it's waaay different from high school. the teachers, i mean the "professors" are not that considerate unlike in high school. i have to get used to it in some way. any, who whould've thought that it's really a small world in our block. we're sorta connected like, his/her friend is actually a friend of his/her bestfriend and made friends with his/her grandfather's grandma and is actually related to his/her friend's closest friend and the likes. lol.
i've met new chums. they're nice somehow. it's a little easy-breezy for us to get to know each other. it's like we've known each other for a loooong time. they really are smart kookies, some are from elite schools.

ABC about me.

2009-06-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

i saw this one on someone else's blog i just don't remember. this is soo kewl :)

A - AVAILABLE: yes.
B - BIRTHDAY: june 27th.
C - CRUSHING ON: hayden christensen and ryan ross and, and uh- many more :)
D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: a glass of water.
E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO: my family and closest friends.
F - FAVORITE SONG: white horse by taylor swift.
G - GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: bears. cause worms are icky. i can't even look at 'em.
H - HOMETOWN: philippines, where the weather is too humid.
I - IN LOVE WITH: iced tea.
J - JUGGLE: i don't juggle :)
K - KILLED SOMEONE: planning to. lol.
L - LONGEST CAR RIDE: when we drove to a province called "you're in the middle of nowhere, dumbass"
M - MILKSHAKE FLAVOR: milkshake falvoured milk. how's that?
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: one, two.
O - ONE WISH: own the white house. ick. kidding :p
P - PERSON YOU CALLED LAST: no one. i want people to call me first.
R - REASON TO SMILE: when someone did an embarrassing thing.
S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD: boom boom pow by the black eyed peas.
T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: 11 am.
U - UNDERWEAR COLOR/PATTERN: what do you want me to do, like peep on my undies?! are you mad? it's blue.
V - VEGETABLE(S): carrots and lettuce. i love salads.
W - WORST HABIT: saying shitty words. just like that.
X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: a couple of times.
Y – YOYOS ARE: one word, ew.
Z - ZODIAC SIGN: cancer.

boring day it is.

2009-06-06T07:46:00.000-07:00

sheesh! the start of classes was posponed and moved to june 15 due to that frappin' H1N1 virus. it already have several cases in de la salle university which is kinda near UST. everyone's a little upset, including me. it is really alarming. the heavy rains are unpredictable i mean, it caused everyone to cancel some gimmicks. plus, the internet's a little shitty again so it's been really a very bad week for me. i so hope that everything will be good next week. im really excited about pacing to college. meeting new friends and stuff. it's 11:25 and i just got online. darn it. it's near midnight and im sorta sleepy. it's too bad i won't be updating much during school days. i will be concentrating on my studies. why? 'cause im a GOOD girl. haha. any, my sis got the chance to stay with us since classes were posponbed all over manila. something good happened this week after all. she'll be moving to her dorm next week. well at least she won't be home sick 'cause she've met her dormmates and classmates-to-be. they're cool and nice so we don't need to worry about anything. they are all smart people anyways. lol.

all time favorite TV series. GOSSIP GIRL.

2009-06-03T02:57:00.000-07:00

GOSSIP GIRL is one of my favorites. i also like one three hill and 90210. gossip girl is an American drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger "Gossip Girl," the series revolves around the lives of wealthy teenagers at an elite prep school growing up on New York City's Upper East Side.

season 2

As the summer vacation comes to a close, Blair Waldorf arrives in the Hamptons with James (guest star Patrick Heusinger). Although Blair is uninterested in James and is only using him as a tool to make Chuck jealous, he professes his love and reveals himself to be Marcus Beaton, an English Lord. Blair is interested in his title. Throughout the summer, Serena and Nate lead a fake relationship in order for him to continue an affair with Catherine Mason (guest star Mädchen Amick), a married woman. Blair and Chuck feud over saying those three little words. They attempt to seduce and destroy Vanessa, however, the night ends with Chuck telling Blair he has chased her long enough and that she must now chase him. Blair attempts to seduce Chuck with the help of Dan, but the attempts prove unsuccessful and the pair are once again faced with the dilemma of saying those three little words. Dan finds out what Chuck and Blair did to Vanessa and gives Blair bad advice, resulting in her decision not to tell Chuck that she loves him. Later, Chuck and Blair decide to wait for the future to be together.
Dan decides to try something out of his comfort-zone so he can write a story, and ends up going to Chuck for help. While Chuck educates him on the "ways of Chuck Bass", Dan defends Chuck and they both go to jail, where Chuck tells Dan how his mother died giving birth to him and how his father hates him for it. He takes this back when he finds out that Dan was using him to write a story. Dan writes the story anyway. Dan finds out that Nate is living in his seized apartment and invites him to live with his family. Meanwhile, Jenny ends up in an internship for Blair's mother, Eleanor Waldorf. However, Eleanor ends up using Jenny and not crediting her for all of her hard work. Agnes, a model for Eleanor, sees this and tells Jenny to quit, which she does, and the two start hanging out as Agnes introduces her to a new crowd of bad influences. She becomes rebelious, wants to start her own clothing line, and she decided she would become emancipated to do it. In the end everything works out for the best.
Frustrated with Bart, Lily and Rufus tell each other at the ball that they still have feelings for each other. Chuck overhears and calls his father, telling him to come immediately to the dance. Bart's limousine is involved in an accident on the way, and he dies.
Lily's mother reveals that Lily and Rufus had a child, although Rufus did not know. Rufus and Lily go off together on a search for their son.
Chuck's uncle Jack Bass (guest star Desmond Harrington) returns and tells Blair he will now take care of Chuck, much to Blair's annoyance. Chuck inherits his father's fortune as well as 51% share of Bass Industries. The Bass Industries chair people witness Chuck in his father's office with a group of prostitutes, and give the company to Jack. Lily is very much unhappy when she hears about Jack Bass's plans for Bass Industries. She hires a lawyer and convinces Chuck to sign papers to make her his legal guardian instead. Chuck decides that he wants to rejoin Lily's family making her the owner of Bass Industries.
Dan and Serena are accepted to Yale, but Blair is wait-listed. Serena learns that if she turns down Yale, Blair will be accepted. Blair, unaware Serena has been accepted to Yale, plots revenge on a new, young teacher, Ms. Carr, who had recently given her a B. When Serena learns this, she reveals to Blair that she has passed on Yale, and that Blair will be accepted. Blair invites the teacher, Ms Carr, to the opera as a prank. The headmistress informs Blair her acceptance to Yale is suspended, and Blair spreads a rumor that Dan and Ms. Carr are in a relationship. Serena becomes suspicious. Blair is discovered to be the rumor's creator, when Nelly confesses to the headmistress, and Blair is expelled.
Serena sees Dan and Ms. Carr in a coffee shop together, and sees Dan intimately comforting Ms. Carr. Serena captures a photo where it is displayed at a PTA meeting, and Ms. Carr is fired and Blair is readmitted to Constance Billard. Dan defends himself, but he and Serena break up. Serena admits to Ms. Carr that she was the one to take the photo. Dan later visits Ms. Carr, where the two kiss and have sex. Meanwhile, the headmistress decides to give Ms. Carr her job back, afraid of negative publicity. Reinstated to her job, however, Ms. Carr decides to take revenge on Blair and calls Yale, telling them she had been given detention for hazing a teacher. Blair's acceptance to Yale is rescinded and given to Nelly instead. Blair tries to find out who called Yale. In the meantime, Dan and Ms. Carr have been carrying on their affair, and have sex in the costume room. But Dan discovers that it was Ms. Carr who ratted Blair out to Yale, and ends things with her, telling Blair that it was Ms. Carr who called Yale. Blair tells Ms. Carr that her punishment will just be to 'live with it'. Ms. Carr leaves a note for Dan telling him she's returning to Iowa.
Chuck is mistakenly invited to a Skull and Bones society meeting by a mistress in place of his father. He becomes obsessed with Elle, the woman who met him there, and attempts to help her flee the country when she tells him she's in trouble. But he finds out that she was just using his money for an escape route, and when she leaves, Chuck goes to Blair's to wait for her there. Meanwhile, Blair sits in a bar drinking alone. Carter Baizen sits next to her and offers to buy her a drink, putting his hand on her knee.
Blair is devastated about what has happened to her life, so she goes to Carter Baizen for help. However, Chuck and Serena realize Carter is encouraging the worst of Blair by letting her loose and changing her to a new Blair. They clear him out, but Blair only gets worse. Vanessa urges Nate to reconnect with his family, despite the fact that they weren't there during his father's financial trouble. The Vanderbilts throw a party for prominent members of NYC society. At the party, Blair goes off the deep end, insulting everyone she meets, getting drunk, and seducing Chuck to no avail, as he says that this isn't the Blair he wants. Finally, everything hits her and she is devastated. Nate finds her crying and comforts her, reminding her that she is Blair Waldorf, someone who doesn't let a mishap get in the way of what she wants. Chuck tells Serena that he is losing her and she said fight for her. When Nate accepts an internship provided by his grandfather instead of going on a summer vacation with Vanessa that they had been planning for a while, she walks out on the party, leaving their relationship in the air. Chuck goes to visit Blair to tell her he loves her but he see's Nate's jacket after Dorota tells him she is asleep.
Serena decides to throw Jenny an intimate party for her sixteenth birthday, but things get way out of control when Poppy Lifton (guest star Tamara Feldman) turns the small gathering into a huge social event. In a moment of weakness, Vanessa agrees to help Chuck with a scheme having to do with Blair and Nate. Rufus learns that Dan will not receive financial aid at Yale and tries to figure out another way to cover the cost of his education.
Serena returns from her trip to Spain with Poppy and Gabriel (guest star Armie Hammer). Blair makes a secret deal with Nate's grandfather, William (guest star James Naughton), and Nate learns some disturbing information about his father's arrest. Dan takes a job as a cater-waiter to earn money for college, but is distressed when he discovers the gig is a Passover seder at the Waldorf penthouse and several of his friends and family are guests and he has to soon lie to cover up his actions.
Georgina Sparks (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg) returns to the Upper East Side after undergoing a major transformation. Chuck and Nate find themselves at a major crossroads in their relationship as it pertains to their mutual interest in Blair, he tells Chuck to man-up and tell Blair how he feels otherwise let her go. Serena finds her relationship with Gabriel growing more complicated by the day as she finds out he may have been involved with a scam to steal money from investors including Rufus, who invested Dan's college tuition money with him. Nate asks Blair to move in with him.
Blair pressures Georgina into making amends for her past bad behavior by helping her in a scheme to get the money back from Poppy. The rivalry between Nate and Chuck over Blair comes to a head. Lily hatches a secret plan to help Rufus with Dan's college tuition. In an effort to protect Serena's reputation, Lily puts Serena in jail for stealing a bracelet. Blair asks Chuck if he loves her or whether its just a game and he says it is just a game. Serena overhears and asked why he said that, and he says it was because he loves her, but can't make her happy.
In a flashback to the 80s, 17-year-old Lily Rhodes (Brittany Snow) gets kicked out of boarding school and runs away to Los Angeles, reconnecting with her parents, Rick (Andrew McCarthy) and Cece (Cynthia Watros), and sister, Carol (Krysten Ritter). Back in present day, Blair and Nate attend prom together, and the mean girls try to rig the votes for prom queen so that Nelly will win. But Chuck over hears them and votes for Blair 150 times so she will win and be happy. Serena and Lily don't see eye-to-eye over Serena's recent run-in with the law and Serena refuses to come out of jail until Lily apologizes. Blair and Nate break up. No Doubt performs in the flashbacks as an 80s band called "Snowed Out."
Gossip Girl sends out a damaging email blast at the Graduation commencement ceremony in which she calls Nate a class whore, Dan, the ultimate insider, Blair a weakling, Chuck a coward and Serena, officially irrelevant. She also exposes the fact that Blair had a one-night-stand with Jack Bass a.k.a Chuck's uncle on New Years Eve. It makes Serena so angry to have her secrets out for all the world to see, so she tries to unmask the real Gossip Girl. They text Gossip Girl and Jonothan's phone rings. It turns out that he hacked into Gossip Girl's server so he had control over the site but was indeed not Gossip Girl. The Identity of Gossip Girl is still a secret. At the after party at Nate's house, Jenny challenges Penelope and the Mean Girls in an effort to become the next Queen Bee of Constance. During the party, Gossip Girl sends another text to everyone, revealing a secret about everyone including Dan's relationship with Rachel, Blair's relationship with Jack Bass, Chuck sleeping with Vanessa, and more, adding that if anyone has a problem about it, blame it on Serena due to her obsession with wanting to find out who Gossip Girl is. Serena sends another text message to Gossip Girl telling her to meet with her alone, but Gossip Girl brings everyone to the bar she and Serena were meant to meet at alone. One last text from Gossip Girl says that she will keep making posts during college. Georgina Sparks returns, who requests to be Blair's roommate at NYU next year. Meanwhile, Nate, Dan and Vanessa unknowingly meet Scott (Chris Riggi), the presumed dead child of Lily and Rufus. Carter Baizen informs Serena that he's located the whereabouts of her father. Lily and Rufus get engaged. Chuck meets Blair in front of his limo and brings her all of her favorite things from Europe and finally says "I love you." Blair smiles and they kiss and it is the start of Blair and Chuck's real relationship.

season 3

The CW has renewed Gossip Girl for a third season, which will air in the USA on August 31st, 2009.

the most awaited NEW MOON TRAILER.

2009-06-03T01:52:00.000-07:00

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New Moon is a young adult fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer, and is the second book in the Twilight saga. According to Meyer, this book is about losing true love. The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest time of the protagonist Bella's life. It was originally published in hardcover in 2006. An upcoming film adaptation is tentatively set for release on November 20, 2009.

SYNOPSIS:

Isabella "Bella" Swan turns 18. Alice and Edward Cullen, the vampire she loves, throw her a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, she gets a small paper cut. Edward's brother, Jasper, is overwhelmed by her blood's scent and tries to attack Bella. To protect her from vampires, Edward ends his relationship with Bella, and he and his family leave Forks, Washington. Bella becomes severely depressed for months and seeks comfort with Jacob Black, a cheerful friend who eases her pain over losing Edward.
Bella and Jacob develop a close friendship, and she soon realizes that thrill-seeking activities, such as motorcycle riding, allow her to "hear" Edward's voice in her head. Meanwhile, Bella learns that Jacob is a werewolf. He and his fellow werewolves protect Bella from the vampires Laurent and Victoria, the latter of whom seeks revenge for her dead mate, James, whom the Cullens killed in Twilight.
Meanwhile, a series of miscommunications leads Edward to believe that Bella has killed herself. Distraught over her supposed suicide, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi, peace-keeping vampires who would be able to kill him. Bella and Edward's sister, Alice, rush to Italy to save Edward, arriving just in time to stop him. Before leaving Italy, the Volturi tell them that Bella, a human who knows that vampires exist, must either be killed or transformed into a vampire. When they return to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he has always loved her and only left to protect her. She forgives him, and the book ends with the Cullens voting in favor of Bella being transformed into a vampire after her graduation, much to Edward's dismay.

rainy days ft. WHITE HORSE.

2009-06-02T23:55:00.000-07:00

it's raining reaaally hard. im afraind of strong rains. there's nothing to do so i decided to just go online and hope that the power won't be out. oh please, oh please! anyway, im a little preoccupied right now but still, it's good that i managed to write a blog. LOL.
i love taylor swift's new song WHITE HORSE. it does bring up a rainy afternoon. plus, i love tay swift. she's soo talented. i love her songs like, a lot! so here. tay's WHITE HORSE.

Say you're sorry, that face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on, the days drag on
Stupid girl, I should have knownI should have known

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to come around

Baby I was naive, got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
I had so many dreams about you and me
Happy endings, now I know

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to come around

And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry

Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rearview mirror disappearing now
And its too late for you and your white horse
Now its too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late to catch me now

highly recommended movie.

2009-06-01T08:21:00.000-07:00

we've watched a veery good movie entitled quarantine. it's really spine-tingling. and i so love thrillin' movies. so, this is actually one of my favorites. it's really realistic.

CAST:

Jennifer Carpenter - Angela Vidal
Jay Hernandez - Jake
Columbus Short - Danny Wilensky
Johnathon Schaech - George Fletcher
Steve Harris - Scott Percival
Greg Germann - Lawrence
Dania Ramirez - Sadie
Rade Serbedzija - Yuri Ivanov
Andrew Fiscella - James McCreedy
Bernard White - Bernard

SYNOPSIS:

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.

repost: story made short.

2009-05-31T09:19:00.000-07:00

here's a long story but i'll just make it short.
*a flashback
i wuz first year high school then. they happen moved to our village. their house is actually next to ours. the owner of the house is owned by another person so, to make it clear, the owner rents rooms. it was a bright sunny day and i need to buy a napkin. take note, a sanitary napkin! darn! my period was in wrong timing. any, i was clueless that time. i was actually shocked to see that the store was open again and it's been a long time. so, i stepped there and rang the buzzer. then, i waited for a seller. and then it happened, i was inlove for the first sight. he is really cute! i mean. REALLY! then i started to talk and told him wut im gonna buy. a NAPKIN : i was soo embarrassed. to think, that for the first time i saw him, i bought a napkin. why, oh why? i really blushed when i turn away XD coincidently, whenever i buy a napkin, he's the one in charge on their store. ugh, wut could be worse that that?
so, that was four years ago. and now, their store was closed because his family encountered a tragedy. his father died. his father was a nice man. he's a --corny XD jokester too. he has nice parents. his mother is actually my mon's friend. i mean, they gossip, a lot! haha. so maybe the pain is sinking in now and they aren't ready to open the store yet. so, i have't seen him for a week now. and i was also informed that he just graduated college, that gave me an idea that his age might be 20. 3-4 years older than me. aww, i was about to enter college, and he just got out. that's really awful :(
hey, remember my blog when i was soo craving for a checkered blouse thingy and i said it was a must-have? well, tell ye wut? I HAVE IT! i actually bought two of them ~with different flairs and colors. haha. im really happy with wut's going on in my life. i mean, the party was a success, i get to enter college by june, my mom just got promoted on her job. really, GOD IS GOOD :D

12 midnight.

2009-05-31T09:05:00.000-07:00

drat. it's 12 midnight and im still awake. lol. well, tomorrow's the start of classes. but, not for some of us. im going to be a college student soon and our classes will be on june 9th. darn, we're soo lucky :p oh-kay, so it's been raining so hard lately. im really glad it stopped even for a while. i hate rainy days. i have a friend who loves rainy days i don't understand him. rainy season is quite icky. but it also has advantages. i mean, when it rains a lot classes will be suspended. how cool is that? lol.

anyway, my sis will move to a dorm soon and it's kinda sad because she'll be away from us for a long time. oh well, that's life. at least she's a scholar and it's really a great opportunity. our parents were a little distressed before because they are not sure if they would be able to bring us up to college. soo, it's a good thing that my sis became a scholar.

KRIS ALLEN: THE NEW AMERICAN IDOL.

2009-05-21T09:29:00.000-07:00

the finale of american idol season 8 has been really controversial. many people think that kris allen doesn't deserve the title. i am an ADAM LAMBERT buff, too. for me, adam should've won. i mean, if we're talking about talent here, he SHOULD'VE REALLY WON. from the very first week of idol search, my bet for top 2 was adam and danny because they're both good performers and they have the whole package and i was soo frustrated that danny gokey got voted off. frankly speaking, i d'no who kris allen was until he got onto top 2. he can sing, yes. but if i were to compare his performances to adam's, obviously adam lambert is waaay better. he is worth the standing ovation that simon gave him. i also think that the reason why adam lambert lost was maybe because of him being gay. i've seen many photos of him already but for me, it shouldn't affect his career. that's him and we should accept him for who he is. what happened was a discrimination to gays, i guess. i have a gay friend and it's not bad at all. being that kind of person doesn't make you a bad individual. anyway, that's america's choice and maybe adam lambert fanatics should respect the result of american idol 8. kris allen is talented too. well, he wouldn't make it to top 13 of course if he isn't. so let's all get over it. adam lambert will still have his own career. just like chris daughtry and other idols, they didn't win the american idol title but they now shine like the brightest stars. :)