We all love happy endings

Soap operas have been always a part of each and every Pinoy's life. Even before the Chinovela Mania have started here in the Philippines, we already had our own sets of soap operas; which are by the way in my own opinion are very corny, very very very predictable, so very unrealistic and really unoriginal.

I may sound very unpatriotic here but, it's really a good thing that Koreanovelas came. And the Philippine TV industry should really produce these kinds of soap operas so as to not bore their viewers with their overly-repititive storylines. At least we could see something new. But although these Koreanovelas are often "amazingly so amazing", it is of no doubt that there are also Koreanovelas that are amazingly terrible. And I, as a big fan of Korean media had a taste of the latter part; and I would not want to bore with you with my narrations of those experiences.

The past few days, I have been recommending Kdramas to some of my friends whom I found out that are also a big fan of those. And whenever they ask me for Kdramas that are worth-watching, I always, always recommend my top 4 favorites:

My Name is Kim Sam Soon

"Dance like no one's watching. Sing like no one's listening. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt before. Live like there's no tomorrow."

This is the first Kdrama that urged me to buy its original DVD [it was a very impulsive decision]. And it features Daniel Henney (although his not the leading actor here). It's very funny and very awww-y at the same time. The story revolves around a 29 to 30 year old girl called Kim Sam Soon, single and overweight, who is the third daughter of a rice mill owner. She doesn't have a college degree although she is a pattieseur with a Le Cordon Bleu certification. And everything else changed when she applied in Bon Apetit, a fine-dining restaurant owned by a 27-year-old rude and angsty bachelor.

Spring Waltz


"If you truly love him….if you genuinely miss him, someday you can meet and love him again…. Just like us playing a hide and seek during our childhood days,…. no matter how deep he hides himself from the world, and disappear from my sight, he who hides shall be somewhere out there…..always be waiting for me, the tagger. Regardless of how often failing to catch or missing each other’s ways, at the end of the day, your most earnest desire and pray shall lead you to him……only to meet and love again."

If you have watched the first three installments of the Endless Love Series [Autumn in my Heart, Winter Sonata, Summer Scent], then you must really watch this last installment! Unlike the first three, its ending is not tragic though it would really make you bawl. Among the 4 installments of the Endless Love Series, this one really made me cry in a lot of episodes. And yes, it is a very happy ending. :)

The story begins with Eun-young’s plane ride to Austria, where she happens to sit next to Song In-na, who is on her way to meet her childhood love, Jae-ha. However, Jae-ha (a.k.a: Chris Y), who has now grown up to be a young, accomplished pianist in Austria, seems not pleased with meeting In-na again after 15 years for some reason. Eun-young, on the other hand, excited about her first overseas trip, bumps into Phillip (Jae-ha’s manager and best friend), who has mistaken her as In-na whom he was suppose to pick up at the airport. The four meets, each in different turns of circumstances and incidents, and their story of love, fate and destiny begins.

Full House


Everyone who have watched this Kdrama would add this to his own Kdrama favorite list. This drama proves that everything good starts from sweet platonic love. :)

A naive, cheerful, albeit somewhat reclusive writer, Ji Eun is swindled out of everything she owns — not by strangers, but her best friends! Stranded in another country, she is determined to get home, only to find that all which is precious to her has been sold. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she has to "sell her soul." A story about love and heartbreak, sadness and self-preservation. In spite of it all, Ji Eun manages to be humorous and endearing - even when her heart is breaking.

Love Story in Harvard


This is my all-time and most favorite among the four! Its storyline is very original and unpredictable. And forgive me for saying this very very mushy statement: this is my dream love story. Watching this made me want to rush time and get to Medical School and fall in love. Haha. :)

The story is essentially about the lives of Kim Hyun Woo, Hong Jung Min/Alex Hong and Lee Soo In. Hyun woo and Jung Min, both first year Harvard Law students, are rivals in class and for the affections of Soo In Lee, a Harvard Medical student. Jung Min applies himself more and as such is the favorite of Professor John H. Keynes (the strict Law professor). Hyun Woo, who had a hard time adjusting to the workload in the beginning, falls into the bad graces of the professor. However, Hyun Woo perseveres and eventually wins the respect of Professor Keynes and his classmates. Both men meet Soo In and fall for her. This intensifies the rivalry between them.

Promise, all these are worth-watching!
Di kayo magsisisi. Haha. :)

Sources: Wikipedia, Youtube

Runs in the blood. Haha

Out of 7000 Bar examinees, 1893 passed.
And I'm so proud of my Ninang Idol! :)
I know you won't get to read this since I won't let you [haha], but I know someday you will get to read this; I want to tell you that you inspire me so much. You've been always my role model since I was a kid. My parents would always say that I should be like you, VERY hardworking, studious, responsible and really really very smart. I remember when I was a kid, I didn't want to drink Sustagen but Mom told me that when you were small, you used to drink Sustagen that's why you're like that kaya I was forced to drink. Haha. See? That's how much I idolize you... :) And I seriously thank you for giving those talks to me; for telling me how much you believe in me. You're the person I really want to be when I enter the 'real world' awaiting me. :) Good luck to your International Law studies in NYU. :) I just woke up to check the results out in the internet. :)

trivia: this person who was a consistent Dean's Lister and A-list student at the Ateneo de Manila Law School was not good in Math as a grade school and high school student. And even now, she admits that she isn't. Hah! Hmmp! You also see big things come out of people who aren't Mathematically gifted. Bleh. Haha. :)

We beat the odds together

My stock knowledge still sucks.
It even sucked more.
Cr - chroNium --> Fcuk this. I'd fail Chemistry 17 in college
Antimony - At --> and here's another.

I know I'm bored and there's nothing to do but I swear I am SO NOT coming back to that channel because when I'm there, I feel stupid, I feel that I type soooooo slowly, my self esteem goes beyond the darkest depths of Purgatorio. And I also know that this is so shallow; thinking it's just a silly, often inaccurate trivia-flashing channel in mIRC. But for me, who takes things seriously most of the time would just want to say: I don't need a reason to feel like a loser.

I went to Ever Gotesco today to have my picture taken for this UP whatevs that I have to submit and on the way to the studio, I met my grade six Math teacher. And it's funny that he still recognized me and he called me 'Clarissa'. When I was in grade school, I used the name 'Anna' and teachers would keep on calling me 'Clarissa'. In high school, I used the name 'Clarissa' and most teachers kept on calling me 'Anna'. I don't know what to do to them! Haha. Okay, so that's not what I would want to talk about. My teacher asked me what course I'll be taking up in College and I told him that I'll be taking up BS Biology and he said why not BS Math or any Math-related course. I told him there's Math in Bio and I know that he knows that I won't do good in any Math-related thing. He knew that. And he just laughed. How mean. I was honestly offended. His laugh wasn't some kind of a joke. The way it was was some kind of an insult. Yes, I know since I stepped on pre-school that Math is not really my thing but what the hey! I am good at and I can pull off everything else aside from Math.

So that was another strike to my very bruised ego.
Scrutinizing.

Akala naman nila.. hmmp!

Gusto ko nang pumunta ng Baguio or somewhere else isolated from people around me. I'm starting to be anti-social again. People make me insecure. People make me feel I'm lower than anyone else. :( People's company is depressing.

Gusto ko at kailangan ko ng Creative Writing classes!

I'd try this thing for summer 2007:
As much as possible I won't get online, unless I'd check my e-mail, Friendster and update my blog. I won't stay that long in Y!M for the meantime. I'd confine myself inside my pugon-like room and I'll read books. Not fiction books. School books. There's the Bio book, the Chem book. And maybe I'd try the Physics book. We weren't able to finish those books when I was in high school so I would want to finish at least two. I'd watercolor on my sketch pads. I'd just sleep. Text some friends sometimes. Basta, I'll be geeky. Ang bobo ko na. Sarap umiyak. :(

And oh, I'd start sleeping early/.

Akin ka nalang

Forget the title, I'm having bouts of Last Song Syndrome.
LSS? Yes.
Uy, yun pala ang meaning ng LSS.
Haha. Never mind again. May jologs kasi eh. Haha.

So what am I up to these days? Wala. I hate to say this but summer's really boring me to death. I've done nothing but sleep, drink water, sleep and use the computer. Oh another thing, I'm texting now (not that I really don't before). What I meant was I'm texting very often now since my friends seem to be unreachable through landline phone these days. So if you know my number and we're friends, text me. If you're a Globe subscriber, there's 97.9% probability that I'm gonna reply. Haha. If you're a Smart subscriber, well give it a try, let's see if I'd reply. Haha. Blame Globe's UNLITXT service. :)

My stock (or is it stuck) knowledge sucks. The past 2 nights I've been in to this mIRC trivia thing wherein they will flash general knowledge questions and then you'll answer. I suck at the scrambled letters which you will unscramble to form the correct word. I hate those things. I don't even give it a try sometimes. Fortunately, there are true general knowledge questions and with these, I just realized that I have not stuck that enough knowledge in my puny cerebrum. Questions in History, English classes and in Chemistry. A big fraction of the questions flashed were very familiar to me. It's just that I forgot. I suck. I should not be forgetting those things; especially those Science terms that I know I would still be using in College and in the future. :( It's a good thing that I still remember Julius Caesar, aorta, rutherfordium, lobotomy and such.

On the bright side of things, I got my progress report last Friday and I was so awed with my grades. I don't know how those things happened; considering that I really had a lot of things to do in the last quarter. I was so engaged with extra-curricular and I had a lot of absences and half-days. The last quarter was the most stressful quarter I had. I had to do most of the parts in every project (I even did three which was supposedly for 8 people). I even had this feeling that those grades might not be mine since there are a lot of really brilliant people in my class (it's not a matter of how many merit card awardees, you have in class, you know). BUT AAAAAAAH. My Pinoy grade is so sad; my English grade, too. For the past years, those subjects have been my highest; it's the other way around now. :( Prosec's a big bitch. Kinarir ko na nga yung final paper eh. 98-->96. What the hell. When I saw my Math, Accounting and Anal Geom grades, I just wanna scream because of overwhelm-ness. Haha. :)

I hope that my class card in College would be like that always. :)

I would like to do new things this summer. I won't grow if I'd just pig out and bum off here. I seriously want AND need to take Creative Writing workshops. I suck.

Overall, I suck.