Greenroom: Scene 1

My take on VIDPRD2, day one.

It was the start of the second term in school last week and we were to meet our new professors for the new term~

I came in late for my first Friday class, all thanks to the rain. Good thing Mr. V wasn't so strict about attendance. But I think I won't be late in this class again in the coming days. I don't want to be wasting my time seeing that my VIDPRD2 class will really be fully-loaded with activities and exercises.

I'm really looking forward to Doomsday though... It's this day we've set aside wherein we'd be shooting and editing for our Finals. Then come Birthday where we would be screening our movies, along with another class.

What I found interesting was Mr. V's teaching style though since he was very frank and honest to us--he didn't try to beautify his words for our sake. It did scare me but it got my eyes open; at least now I know what I should be expecting and how I should be preparing myself for those expectations.

He taught us a lot of new things (well for me) which should really be new anymore since they were supposed to be taught in VIDPRD1, sadly those lessons weren't retained in my thoughts.

Enjoyed the short film we watched just before class ended. We had to watch this silent film, which was about 100 years old already. It was in black and white, of course. Title was The Kuleshov Experiment. It was a very smart experiment, stitching together three elements which have no connection with each other but because they were stitched together, the brain forces itself to come up with a conclusion.

Well now, I'm cramming up my brains to write a decent synopsis for my finals... It's really hard coming up with something. I need to have more ideas...

CREATIVE JUICES, WHERE ART THOU?

I'll try to walk around to refresh my mind, get this writer's block off my head.

Fast Forward and Rewind

It's funny how we want things to move forward and speed up and when after that's happened, we them to go back to the way they were.

And sometimes we actually end up regretting why we wanted things to speed up... probably because we never got to grasp what was there when it was there.

*SIGH*

Zero Nine Times Three

I haven't blogged here in a long time. I've deserted my blog for quite some time due to school work, stress, pressure and even more stress.

Haha, but today, today is an extra special day!Today's 09 September 2009. Or 09.09.09.

Read something cool on the Yahoo! Home page about it. Thought it was amazing how Numerologists figure out stuff behind things like this. Read it here. It's really cool. :>


Anyway, it said something there about this day being significant and all since it only happens once in a century. And I was thinking how this day could be like any other day. But I actually felt that today was really actually different from all the other days in this year.

Well first of all, I had a hell of a good time with my friends. Don't get me wrong, I do, everyday, but today just felt different. One of our profs invited us out for some late night drinking and a few friends of mine obliged--it was sorta a celebration since Finals is ended and it was also the prof's birthday..

I must say that that was the most fun we had since we got to talking about a lot of stuff. Stuff we don't talk about the classroom. And believe me, it was a relief talking about it.

As mention, LATE NIGHT DRINKING. It started around 9pm (lol, more 9!). Friends and I decided to just go and drink a glass and leave an hour later. T'was already 10pm and we were having so much fun that we moved the leaving time to 11pm! Haha, we had more glasses and ate more fun.

Kev and I we're on our way home, we were waiting patiently for the bus stop. NO BUS CAME. We decided to take a risk and ride the Jeep instead---to Baclaran. It was scary since the driver took a different route! O_O We got scared. Good thing, this other guy in the jeep (we were only three in the back of the jeep) asked us where we were headed to and he told us how to get there! Lifesaver!

So anyway, the jeep dropped us off at The Heritage, a place I've only seen from the bus, I've never really stepped foot on. We just had to take the other jeep back to Casimiro. Kevin and I had to walk the streets of Baclaran! At 12midnight! FTW. With laptops in our bags! O_O Some scary sh*t right there! O_O

Well, after our quest to find a jeep, finally found one and an hour later, home safe. Over all, I thought this day was adventurous since I haven't commuted that late and all~ And it was another adventure for me and Kevin. 090909 is gonna be so memorable. :))

The MakeUp Tag

I'm doing this makeup tag since Aya tagged me~ :P And because of this tag, I've gotten back to the makeup addiction, making me want more makeup stuff, correction, expensive makeup stuff. Haha!

So right here is my everyday makeup kit. I bring it with me wherever I go. I just put basic stuff in it like my powder and then there's my Clinique blush. Most of the time, I'd put on eyeliner. I'd prefer the liquid, from Nichido rather than the pencil, Faceshop, since it'd look nicer but I use the pencil when I'm in a rush. One of my favorite things here would be my Rootbeer lipgloss! I got it from my cousin, Ate Abi, who got it when she was in the US. It's an authentic MUG rootbeer lipgloss! :P Tastes like rootbeer I tell you. I also love my Co Bigelow apple cinnamint lipgloss! :P I love the minty taste and cold feeling my lips get when I put them on. And they make my lips all shiny too! 8D Oh and I got my makeup kit from SAIZEN! (Ayaaaa! We should go there soon!)

Here are my other lip favorites. I still have an unopened Co Bigelow lipstick, it's spearmint flavor this time. Then G-lish lipgloss in two different shades. Then, Burt's Bees pink guava lipgloss. Tita Sienna gave it to me when she knew I was attending this wedding of my cousin. :P And then there's my Aziza lipgloss, which I just like since it's from Aziza.

And speaking of Aziza, here's my Aziza collection. I bought the eye shadow palette, the big one, for one dollar in Subic's Duty Free! It was on sale. The other two Aziza palette I got from my Tita who bought it in the States. I just love the Aziza colors, plus they're not that expensive so it's nice for everyday makeup too.

I love using my Victoria's Secret olive green eye shadow when I make smokey eyes. Then I usually use my Clinique eyeshadow--Strawberry Duo to go with it.

Here are my Mac pieces. My only Mac pieces. three Mac lipsticks and one eye shadow. I only use them when I feel that I've 'neglected' them :)) They were given to me by Tita Sienna but still I don't want to use them everyday even though they're for everyday use since the colors are in natural tone.

My makeup brushes. Three are from The Body Shop. The others, I got them at a bargain from the department store.

This is what my tiny makeup cabinet(?) looks like. It's really small that's why I only use my eyepencils, mascara and lipstuff in it. It's placed right there on my dresser so that I'd see it everyday and I won't forget to put makeup on when I leave the house. :))

And lastly here's my makeup drawer--where I put all my makeup stuff. It's a bit messy. Believe me I try to fix it, but then a few days later, it'd be messed up again. :))

That's why I've been bugging my dad to buy me a new dresser....actually make me a new one. I'd like a personalized one and not those ones you buy at a home stuff store. And he said he would if only I'd show him a drawing since I wanted it to be personalized. :)) That's the thing though, I haven't drawn it yet since I don't have a specific design in mind yet.

Anyway, I'm done with this makeup tag. Thanks to Aya for tagging me! :P I had fun doing this tag.

I'M TAGGING: Paula, Dianne, Elana, Keni, Yeye

Now, I'll go back to me watching the movie "The Little Prince" (1974). I read the book while I was still in highschool but it was only yesterday during my Video Production class that I knew there was a movie version of the book! I shall write about that another time. I remember that I also have to do a birthday post. It's almost a month later and I still haven't done a birthday post here. :)) Next time.

Birthdays

It's going to be my birthday in a few hours and I won't be home to make my birthday post at the strike of twelve since I will be going out with my friends. :P I'll just post this in the meantime.

Also, I wanna take this time to greet, my other friend,

KENI HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I was not able to catch her online in Y!M today so I thought I'll just greet her here. I'll chat with you soon, bebe! Video Conference! Hahaha! Let's chat each other when we're both 19 na! Lol~*HUGS TIGHT*

Red Sweet Goodness

As predicted, I got productive today and I was able to finish my 2D pencil transfers. Now, all that's left for 2D is for me to ink it and them I'm done. I can't believe I'm done with that. I'm pretty happy with the results too, didn't think it'd come out nice.

To celebrate, and to somewhat relax me, I made some Red Velvet Cupcakes this afternoon. Baking relaxes me big time. I made about 24 pieces of red sweet goodness. They look good and look even better with the icing on top. Made everything from scratch that's why I'm really proud of it. It's my first time making cupcakes in general so I'm pretty excited with this.

The whole batch.

The only one with the icing.

The Cream Cheese icing on top.

Temtping, aren't they!

Cupcake success! Can't wait to taste them. I'll have them as dessert tonight.

Probably the only bad thing that happened was I burned my two fingers because of the hot cupcake pan. -_- I used kitchen gloves, but I didn't realize that it didn't cover my other fingers. Yikes. It hurts right now and it's probably going to hurt more tomorrow.

Oh by the way, I got the cupcake recipe from here @ Elise. Try it if your curious. The only thing I changed was that I added chocolate and white chocolate chips to the cupcakes before baking them but aside from that, I followed all the steps. It was pretty easy.

*SIGH* But I'm not yet done with Midterms stuff. I still have a website to fix and a script to write. No worries, I still have tonight and the whole day of tomorrow to finish them. Then off to eat out with friends and wait for the strike of 12mn and celebrate my birthday! I'm turning 19 already, the last year of my teenhood!

Haha, but another friend of mine, Keni is going to turn a year older a day earlier before me so that's fine. Advanced Happy Birthday Keni. There's a cupcake for you. Lol :))

Time to work~

Procrastinating Fool

It's going to be my Midterms week in a few days, and of course the lazy student that I am, I always find reasons to not do my homeworks and plates.

It's now Wednesday night, supposed to be my last school day for the week but I have a make-up class in 3D tomorrow, and here I am, just lying on my bed watching TV. Very nice. I know I have better things to do. Lots of better things to do.

WEBDEV. I seriously need to fix my layout. And my Press Cafe activity. It's embarrassing. And then start on my Boutique Hotel. And I can prepare my site for my midterms.

VIDPRD. I need to start writing my 5-1ominutes script so I can finish them in time for submission next Wednesday. I already have this story in mind, I'll do more research tomorrow.

2DANIM. I should start transferring my drawings on the templates and start inking them since I know it's going to take time and a whole lot of patience.


As for my other classes.. like CADVIS (AutoCad) and CNCTPHO (Photography), the midterms is going to be hands on. So nothing to prepare for that before hand--just actually be there on the day of the exam.

Another big problem is my 3DANIM class-- this is my hardest. The professor is not making any sense in the classroom. And God knows how much I suck in 3D. I hope to pass that subject. A 2.0 in that class is good enough. The professor's new, and when he teaches, he's like in his own world. He is able to discuss and execute (but not really teach us since we're not understanding anything) around 4 different topics in Maya--which by the way, isn't that easy to discuss--even in an online tutorial. He speaks in this fastforward pace that confuses everyone. And now he's going to make us have a make-up class tomorrow. I'm just going towards the other road, where I'm going to learng my own 3D. I think that's better.

But now, I'm still feeling problematic about that fact that I haven't been productive two nights straight. Last night, I just spent the whole night on the internet and watching TV and same goes for tonight--and I know I have more important stuff to do. I'm just not feeling the push to work tonight. I think it sucks; because then I know that in a few days, when the deadlines are nearer that I'm going to be cramming A WHOLE LOT. And then I look back and there's the regret of not doing things earlier. Crap. I need motivation to work. But even though I get it, probably I still won't be working tonight. Maybe it's just my brain's way of telling me to rest for a while and save up the energy and the creative juices for the (hopefully) productive weekend ahead! I'm definitely charging up for that weekend.

Other positive things to look forward to, I'm going to hang out with my College friends on Friday--to do more stuff for school, I hope. Then Saturday night, I'm going out with my Highschool friends to celebrate my birthday at the strike of 12mn! (Oh no, I'm gonna be another year older!) Hahaha.

And there's this new 2ne1 album I just can't wait to listen to. And lemme just share this Jerry Yan song that's been playing in my iPod since I've put it in there. This song is from his new album "Freedom" and it's actually the promo song for Sony Walkman in Taiwan. It's nice, really nice since it gives you that happy-go-lucky, light feeling when you hear the song. Although I think the MV is the same as the ones he made before, the song is definitely different and a must hear!


Jerry Yan - Wo Hui Hen Ai Ni