These are the photos from Rock as Juan, a concert held in UP last 11/11/11 till around 2 AM of 11/12/11. Made me realize how I enjoy rock concerts. As soon as another one comes up, I would try going.
"Hijo"
A band played a cover of Two Door Cinema Club. Made me crazy because it was the first time I heard a TDCC song being performed live (or being so publicly discussed for that matter.) Also saw Pupil perform live. I stood for over 8 hours, until 2:30 in the morning to see the band live for the first time. It was definitely worth it. Ely Buendia, so we have met. YEHESSSS!
"The Squibs" - a UP Dil local act
Bassist from "Silent Sanctuary. Shinyyyyy!
Band: "Grace Note"
In case you haven't known, I'm a big fan of this guy. When Pupil sang 20-20, I looked like shit trying to hold in my emotions. Respect.
Seeing him perform live was just an awesome experience. Now, I can't listen to a Pupil song without chills. I'm sure I am more than a fan of Ely Buendia.
BTW: If you listen closely to the audio of the video, you can hear someone suggesting public nudity. That woman is my good friend.
I'm still looking for ways to put the photos I took of the concert on my blog neatly.
Hello everyone. No rants here because I know I have already shared my qualms about this semester's nightmarish schedule.
Tomorrow, Ateneo is celebrating teacher's day and classes are waived. I decided, because it is a special day, I must avoid spending it half-asleep in the dormitory. I plan to go to Recto tomorrow with a friend to scout for school books. I'm still doing the get-everything-for-cheap thing and I might score some at Recto tomorrow.
The week has been survived with the help of caffeine. Thank you God for coffee beans.
BTW, I got my iPod back from Iloilo and I am having a joyous reunion with portable music libraries.
I am now listening to the album Donkey, a pop/rock/electronic album by the group CSS. I suggest you try them out. Here is the first song out of the album:
So, I'll be bringing my camera tomorrow.
When the sun sets, it will be time for Rock for Juan. I will be seeing people I have always wanted to see in 3D live. I must practice poise and sanity tomorrow morning, may they be stronger than the fanboy in me and that they do not break in these coming testing tides.
I went into the Rizal Library today, a place I definitely am thankful for, and borrowed for myself two Sylvia Plath books. I just love her poetry and recently, I have accepted poetry into my life. Good decision. (Except that its nagging me about the time when I wanted to choose taking a Comparative Literature program over anything else. But I'm sure about pre-med.)
"Ariel" was the last collection of poems she wrote before she committed suicide. "The Collected Poems" is an anthology edited by her ex-husband - which through several heartbreaking circumstances could have drawn her deeper into her depression. Poets, rarely are they happy. But the honesty in the oftentimes vague words are so true its almost as if I'm reading emotions off paper.
Here is a poem by her that I really like. Its the one written on the cover of my Chemistry notebook:
Admonition
If you dissect a bird To diagram the tongue You'll cut the chord Articulating song.
If you flay a beast
To marvel at the mane
You'll wreck the rest
From which the fur began.
If you pluck out the heart
To find what makes it move,
You'll halt the clock
That syncopates our love.
Tragic. But not violent. The things we have to break for comforting information.
The mood graph is recording a constant supply of optimism, the forecast looks good. Maybe its the coffee or I'm just being successful at keeping an upbeat mood.
BTW, if you have the Yahoo! Messenger app on your dock, don't you laugh a little when you have to work on your desktop near it? Looks silly. Haha.
I just sent my Chemistry teacher an e-mail. I'm asking about a discrepancy between names for our laboratory activities. It has begun.
As early as now, I am almost certain that this semester will be a lot heavier than the last one. This week is like a practice of the new schedule. I already ran around lost two times sweating like a pig and dropping pieces of optimism. I also frequently stopped to halt the panic attack every time I remember how crammed my schedule is for Mondays and Wednesdays. The two buildings I have consecutive classes at are technically on different planets. How am I supposed to run under time pressure?
I'm not sure if its me or fear talking, but so far, everything has been extremely stressful. But if there is one thing I love about college, its the bearability of it all. Heavy but not the impossible heavy. After tanks of sweat, I might be able to get out of this sem still recognizable!
I'm doing my best on cutting costs because I realized how everything is so expensive and I have to do something about that.
Learned that by cutting up a Sylvia Plath poem that I really like, I can make my own notebook cover! Ok. Thats not a genius discovery and could have been a stolen from a kindergarten activity book but Sylvia Plath? Come on. Put your hands together. I'm also recycling notebooks from years ago that I have never used. In high school, when I spot a notebook, I buy it without any reason to except I can't imagine myself not having such beauty after the universe decided we meet. I knew it wouldn't be waste! I was like an ant stocking up.
So by deciding to save and staying away from retailers, I get to use notebooks that I bought before because they were of perfect size and paper texture. Perfect! Plus the yellow shade of old paper - heavenly. My pens should thank me.
Here, my friends, is a photo of me attempting to look like a badass. Of course, I fail. But what do you expect from someone who was once vegetarian?
I will be at the ROCK AS JUAN Concert at UP this coming Friday night. The concert is for a good cause so go grab your own tickets! Let's start this semester with Pupil (oh yes. I'll finally see Ely Buendia. Pray that I don't get overcome by his aura.) and a lot of other bands we all love.
Google the event. The file I'm supposed to upload (which includes the contacts etc) is giving me an error and as of the moment, I can't get another copy.
The flight was terrible. The cold -ber month winds also brought a lot of clouds. Turbulence, you piece of shite.
I’m keeping myself in a positive mood, trying to remove from my head the lingering fact that I just left most of me in Iloilo. Its easy to say I’m prepared for the second semester.
Positive thoughts, I am chasing after you and I will not fail.
So first up, here is a list of things I have done:
Looked for my mug. After an hour or so, I concluded it has slipped into a separate dimension. Bought another one.
Did the same for a water canteen. (Ha! By now you can see how much I care for my things)
Bought coffee and sugar. I curse the oligarchs in Nescafe for undermining the existence of men and women who like their coffee without creamer. Super instant coffee sachets, why don’t you come in 2-in-1? (at least I haven’t seen one)
Unpack bags. This hurt my muscles so bad.
Photos:
(Excuse me for these photos that do not convey the actual beauty of the live scenes.)
Still to do:
Create copies of class schedules. Inspiration: Remember getting lost during the first day of classes? Did it feel good?
Buy notebooks. Just a few because I don’t like taking notes.
So there. I just finished a fast food meal, a practice which I deplore. More to come. Is this independence? I won’t give my life for this.
Just joking. I love being in control of myself.
I wrote this after I arrived in Manila. I didn't get to post it because although I am in control of myself, the internet is being a whiny teenager in a "rebel-without-a-cause" phase. It shut down for about a whole day. Horrible!
