August: In a Nutshell
Would you freakin’ believe it? It’s the last day of August already! Tomorrow is September 1st – Happy first day at Hogwarts, fellow magical friends! This month had dragged by both so quickly and painfully slow. If last month, I described
July as
Awesomely Blessed, today I would say that August was
Pleasingly Demanding. I don’t know if being hectic is pleasing, but in my case, it is. It’s a hard life, both at home and in school (I won’t add my social life since it’s currently dead), but I’m sure all the hard work I’ve been committing myself into and all the zits I’ve been depressingly acquiring will definitely lead me somewhere (where that somewhere is, I’m not sure yet – although I hope Losing Weight is one of them) big and wonderful.
As a
song goes, “Throw your sticks and your stones, throw your bombs and your blows. But you’re not gonna break my soul.” So, let’s do this, September!
AUGUST ARCHIVESPhoto Blog: A Night of Glamour
(Tuesday, August 7, 2012)This was my first photo blog after 36401739472 years. Easily one of the best nights of my existence, the school’s Acquaintance Party was a success (exception: food), especially the Liberal Arts Society’s Broadway-inspired production number. Each Institute was to perform to either represent their major, or just to embarrass the shit out of them. And easily, no biasness or anything, but half of us are really born performers (not me though). We basically had the
best one – even the caterers would agree with me. To make this short:
we are awesome. (Check my skirt out. Thank my mom.)
Shooting School Spirit
(Sunday, August 12, 2012)This was basically a Roosevelt College System appreciation post. It took me a long time to reveal what school I go to and burn my bushy eyebrows off. I know, I was so hypocrite and ungrateful by doing what I did, but with this post I hope I had made up to my shortcomings regarding my lack of declaration of the school spirit. I realized that it
doesn’t matter if I don’t go to big universities like what other people expected me to. I realized that the knowledge and experiences I acquire are the ones that matter. That’s what schools are: they are catalysts for development and not a subject for eternally shallow bragging. “It’s not about whether your school is big and famous, and you have a basketball team who makes every game look like a TV commercial; it’s still about the experience and knowledge you get from it, and how it molds you to be a better student that will lead you to a better future.” Spirit fingers, everyone! (Hayden spirit fingers,
not the Solagne.)
Lessons from a Stranger
(Saturday, August 18, 2012)This particular experience is one of my many awkward ones, although this one is the awkward type that I won’t mind sharing to other people. Mistaking someone for another person is one thing, but talking to that person and somehow knowing a bit about him is another. This stranger was so experienced and erudite that keeping up a conversation felt both like an easy-breezy task and a heavy responsibility. I could have listened to him talk forever because that’s what I do at conversations: I listen, but as much as I would have wanted to just listen, I felt like my silence was an
insult. But thank the Heavens, I managed to not become a breathing statue. His parting words were, “Just keep in mind what your goals are and do everything to accomplish them. Good luck.” Imprinted!
Madly Inconsistent Hankering
(Saturday, August 25, 2012)If you may ask what
hankering means, it’s synonymous to
yearning or
longing. I’ve always been an inconsistent person, from my choices to my moods, even to whether I miss someone or not. But, for one miraculous moment, I was consistent with this post. I was sure that the people listed were the ones I missed the most (although that part about Sam and Kristen was made out of miserable fandom inside me). So if you were part of this Hankering List (
hankering sounds weird, doesn’t it?), congratulations, I miss you. Let’s hang out soon, okay? Including you, Sam and Kristen.
STRIKING QUOTE“Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you.” ©
If I Stay, Gayle Forman
BOOKS UPDATEI had some rough calculation regarding my Goal: 100 Reads – if I read an average of three books a month, then at the end of the year, I would only reach 90 reads.
90 freakin’ reads! That falls too short for my goal! Maybe I should read like a maniac during school break if I’m really into this big life ambition of mine, which I am. Dear books, come at me?
August reads:
Delirium by Lauren Oliver (incredible but such a cliff-hanger);
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (less magnificent than
Before I Fall. Adam is perfect though. Also a cliff-hanger);
Starters by Lissa Price (not the plot I was expecting when I was so itching to read it – maybe it was the cover that called to me – but the idea was nice and totally dystopia. There was one revolting moment with the Old Man, though).
Current read:
Clockwork Angel (from
The Infernal Devices series) by Cassandra Clare (grasping for everything every time I read this – all the feels, oh my God);
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (because it was said that it’s one of the first dystopia novels published. Why is it so hard to spell the author’s name, though? I got this copy from the Rotaract Club.)
FAVORITE PERSON/S
Tada! I’m featuring two people under this section this month: Khaye V. and Shenna G. I love these girls both because they care about me and they’re crazy. These two are like two shades of polar attitudes. Khaye is the always energetic and loud one; she’s never sad and stressed; we like the same genre of music; we both love Chris Brown; we don’t care if we get fat and be forever alone; we caress each other’s chests and update about our irregular menstrual cycle. On the other hand, Shenna is the silent type, but her crazy side is just lingering in the corner, ready to burst out dancing when the lively music goes on; she’s my first close friend in RCS; she talks weird and I like it; we are both kinda weird, too; we can survive the walk without talking – we both like some dose of silence from time to time; we are on our way to becoming Patrons of the Arts.
I hope when trying time comes, the friendship we have won’t negatively change. Life’s better when we have crazy friends.
FAVORITE PHOTO/GIF ©
This is Jace Wayland, the hot, annoying, sarcastic and romantic Shadowhunter from the Shadow World made by Cassandra Clare’s mad writing skills and monster-invaded imagination. Jace will be played by Jamie Campbell Bower. So yes, that means
City of Bones, the first book from
The Mortal Instruments series (which I first read July last year), is currently under production for its movie adaptation. As far as I know, the movie will be released August 2013. It seems like 2013 will be a book-adapted movie year. This is awesome news for bookworms out there. I’m so stoked to see everything:
The Host,
City of Bones,
Catching Fire,
Sea of Monsters, et al! I hope I’d also see
Monsters University and
Despicable Me 2. Aaah, movies!
ONLINE ENDEVOURSNone. Seriously. Check my
Tumblr blog and you’d be dead bored.
SONGS OF THE MONTH
CHAMPAGNE TO POPNothing in particular at the moment. Well, okay, if you count some unsure and future successful projects, I have a lot of them in my bag. RCS Chronicle,
check (although it’s still on production process, so the success of this is a few days shy away). Rotaract Club Library Corner,
check (we’re still covering the books, but the plan’s going smooth – that’s what I know anyway). Badminton is finally over, hello table tennis,
check (with the 1.5 semester I spent in TIC playing table tennis, I learned to prefer it than the long-shaft racket games, i.e. badminton, tennis).
I’m glad August is over. September is another tight month for everyone since it’s the Sports Fest on the last week. Of course, ILA members would be working their asses off the whole month for the cheer dance competition and the sports events. I don’t know if I want to do this whole cheering thing since I had such traumatic experiences concerning this form of dance. I don’t know, but we’ll see.
September Activity List (tentative):
- I Do Bidoo Bidoo (with Mary Ann and/or Khaye)
- RI District 3800 District Assembly
- Opening of Rotaract Club Library Corner
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (with Zandro and Kathleen)
- Candy Fair 2012 (with Diana)
- RCS Sports Fest
I have such a fun-filled life, don’t you think so? Now get jealous.
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August: In a Nutshell
Would you freakin’ believe it? It’s the last day of August already! Tomorrow is September 1st – Happy first day at Hogwarts, fellow magical friends! This month had dragged by both so quickly and painfully slow. If last month, I described
July as
Awesomely Blessed, today I would say that August was
Pleasingly Demanding. I don’t know if being hectic is pleasing, but in my case, it is. It’s a hard life, both at home and in school (I won’t add my social life since it’s currently dead), but I’m sure all the hard work I’ve been committing myself into and all the zits I’ve been depressingly acquiring will definitely lead me somewhere (where that somewhere is, I’m not sure yet – although I hope Losing Weight is one of them) big and wonderful.
As a
song goes, “Throw your sticks and your stones, throw your bombs and your blows. But you’re not gonna break my soul.” So, let’s do this, September!
AUGUST ARCHIVESPhoto Blog: A Night of Glamour
(Tuesday, August 7, 2012)This was my first photo blog after 36401739472 years. Easily one of the best nights of my existence, the school’s Acquaintance Party was a success (exception: food), especially the Liberal Arts Society’s Broadway-inspired production number. Each Institute was to perform to either represent their major, or just to embarrass the shit out of them. And easily, no biasness or anything, but half of us are really born performers (not me though). We basically had the
best one – even the caterers would agree with me. To make this short:
we are awesome. (Check my skirt out. Thank my mom.)
Shooting School Spirit
(Sunday, August 12, 2012)This was basically a Roosevelt College System appreciation post. It took me a long time to reveal what school I go to and burn my bushy eyebrows off. I know, I was so hypocrite and ungrateful by doing what I did, but with this post I hope I had made up to my shortcomings regarding my lack of declaration of the school spirit. I realized that it
doesn’t matter if I don’t go to big universities like what other people expected me to. I realized that the knowledge and experiences I acquire are the ones that matter. That’s what schools are: they are catalysts for development and not a subject for eternally shallow bragging. “It’s not about whether your school is big and famous, and you have a basketball team who makes every game look like a TV commercial; it’s still about the experience and knowledge you get from it, and how it molds you to be a better student that will lead you to a better future.” Spirit fingers, everyone! (Hayden spirit fingers,
not the Solagne.)
Lessons from a Stranger
(Saturday, August 18, 2012)This particular experience is one of my many awkward ones, although this one is the awkward type that I won’t mind sharing to other people. Mistaking someone for another person is one thing, but talking to that person and somehow knowing a bit about him is another. This stranger was so experienced and erudite that keeping up a conversation felt both like an easy-breezy task and a heavy responsibility. I could have listened to him talk forever because that’s what I do at conversations: I listen, but as much as I would have wanted to just listen, I felt like my silence was an
insult. But thank the Heavens, I managed to not become a breathing statue. His parting words were, “Just keep in mind what your goals are and do everything to accomplish them. Good luck.” Imprinted!
Madly Inconsistent Hankering
(Saturday, August 25, 2012)If you may ask what
hankering means, it’s synonymous to
yearning or
longing. I’ve always been an inconsistent person, from my choices to my moods, even to whether I miss someone or not. But, for one miraculous moment, I was consistent with this post. I was sure that the people listed were the ones I missed the most (although that part about Sam and Kristen was made out of miserable fandom inside me). So if you were part of this Hankering List (
hankering sounds weird, doesn’t it?), congratulations, I miss you. Let’s hang out soon, okay? Including you, Sam and Kristen.
STRIKING QUOTE“Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you.” ©
If I Stay, Gayle Forman
BOOKS UPDATEI had some rough calculation regarding my Goal: 100 Reads – if I read an average of three books a month, then at the end of the year, I would only reach 90 reads.
90 freakin’ reads! That falls too short for my goal! Maybe I should read like a maniac during school break if I’m really into this big life ambition of mine, which I am. Dear books, come at me?
August reads:
Delirium by Lauren Oliver (incredible but such a cliff-hanger);
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (less magnificent than
Before I Fall. Adam is perfect though. Also a cliff-hanger);
Starters by Lissa Price (not the plot I was expecting when I was so itching to read it – maybe it was the cover that called to me – but the idea was nice and totally dystopia. There was one revolting moment with the Old Man, though).
Current read:
Clockwork Angel (from
The Infernal Devices series) by Cassandra Clare (grasping for everything every time I read this – all the feels, oh my God);
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (because it was said that it’s one of the first dystopia novels published. Why is it so hard to spell the author’s name, though? I got this copy from the Rotaract Club.)
FAVORITE PERSON/STada! I’m featuring two people under this section this month: Khaye V. and Shenna G. I love these girls both because they care about me and they’re crazy. These two are like two shades of polar attitudes. Khaye is the always energetic and loud one; she’s never sad and stressed; we like the same genre of music; we both love Chris Brown; we don’t care if we get fat and be forever alone; we caress each other’s chests and update about our irregular menstrual cycle. On the other hand, Shenna is the silent type, but her crazy side is just lingering in the corner, ready to burst out dancing when the lively music goes on; she’s my first close friend in RCS; she talks weird and I like it; we are both kinda weird, too; we can survive the walk without talking – we both like some dose of silence from time to time; we are on our way to becoming Patrons of the Arts.
I hope when trying time comes, the friendship we have won’t negatively change. Life’s better when we have crazy friends.
FAVORITE PHOTO/GIF ©This is Jace Wayland, the hot, annoying, sarcastic and romantic Shadowhunter from the Shadow World made by Cassandra Clare’s mad writing skills and monster-invaded imagination. Jace will be played by Jamie Campbell Bower. So yes, that means
City of Bones, the first book from
The Mortal Instruments series (which I first read July last year), is currently under production for its movie adaptation. As far as I know, the movie will be released August 2013. It seems like 2013 will be a book-adapted movie year. This is awesome news for bookworms out there. I’m so stoked to see everything:
The Host,
City of Bones,
Catching Fire,
Sea of Monsters, et al! I hope I’d also see
Monsters University and
Despicable Me 2. Aaah, movies!
ONLINE ENDEVOURSNone. Seriously. Check my
Tumblr blog and you’d be dead bored.
SONGS OF THE MONTH
CHAMPAGNE TO POPNothing in particular at the moment. Well, okay, if you count some unsure and future successful projects, I have a lot of them in my bag. RCS Chronicle,
check (although it’s still on production process, so the success of this is a few days shy away). Rotaract Club Library Corner,
check (we’re still covering the books, but the plan’s going smooth – that’s what I know anyway). Badminton is finally over, hello table tennis,
check (with the 1.5 semester I spent in TIC playing table tennis, I learned to prefer it than the long-shaft racket games, i.e. badminton, tennis).
I’m glad August is over. September is another tight month for everyone since it’s the Sports Fest on the last week. Of course, ILA members would be working their asses off the whole month for the cheer dance competition and the sports events. I don’t know if I want to do this whole cheering thing since I had such traumatic experiences concerning this form of dance. I don’t know, but we’ll see.
September Activity List (tentative):
- I Do Bidoo Bidoo (with Mary Ann and/or Khaye)
- RI District 3800 District Assembly
- Opening of Rotaract Club Library Corner
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (with Zandro and Kathleen)
- Candy Fair 2012 (with Diana)
- RCS Sports Fest
I have such a fun-filled life, don’t you think so? Now get jealous.
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Already several months had passed, and I am missing
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry more and more each fleeting day. There are just some things in life that we can never forget – especially that something that had given us knowledge, skills, strong relationships and a second home. I am glad that everything in the magical world is now at peace, since Voldemort (yes, I can now say his name; no need to be afraid) had died. I had secretly admired Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort’s birth name) though, because of his intelligence, passion and love for magic. Wasn’t he very clever to think of and conjure his seven
Horcruxes to preserve his life, or form a clan of
Death Eaters who were very loyal to him and would give up their lives just for him to succeed? Not everybody can acquire that much loyalty from people these days. I do not, however, admire him for the way he had carried out all of his plans. He had a good agenda, his means just weren’t morally right. But he still is one of the darkest wizards of all time… and let’s leave it that way.
Oh, for all those who are baffled of what I’m saying here and who the heck I am, my name is
Christine Faye Ordas, and I am an alumnus of Hogwarts. I came from the bronze-and-blue-clad house of the smart ass witch Rowena Ravenclaw and her dictum
“Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure.” And yes, I know the wonderful Luna Lovegood (she’s such a darling) and Harry Potter’s first crush Cho Chang. I had just left Hogwarts last May. Right now I am trying to pursue a career in magical researches, literature and writing. It’s my dream to inscribe intellectual books, publish and sell them in
Flourish and Blotts for the future Hogwarts students’ use. I am also planning to credibly write for the
Daily Prophet, the magical world’s primary news bulletin. And of course, I will be very much honored to contribute to Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood’s
Quibbler (hence, my interest in magical researches). I have always found the Lovegoods a fascinating family, and I bet working with and for them will be very exciting. Or maybe, in Merlin’s beard’s time, I can write legends and bedtime stories like the famous – and wickedly brilliant – Beedle the Bard.
And that’s how my life goes these days. I am utterly missing my old school, my friends, the Great Hall, the bronze eagle knocker just outside the Ravenclaw common room, Professor Flitwick (the head of our house), Hogsmeade, the Quidditch matches (although I didn’t actually play for the house), the moving portraits, the castle ghosts, the pumpkins on Halloween, the giant pine trees on Christmas, Rubeus Hagrid’s (Hogwarts’ gamekeeper) tea and treacle fudge – even the crabby Argus Filch (Hogwarts’ caretaker) I miss. Maybe I can visit the school grounds sometimes and see how the magical world’s been doing since Voldemort died (I’ve been spending my months in the muggle world, you see). I’ve heard everybody’s been moving on and starting all over again; the ministry is back on work under Kingsley Shacklebolt; and Harry Potter’s scar haven’t been disturbing him since.
All is well, indeed.
And because of that, we should celebrate and drink firewhisky! Oh, I still don’t drink firewhisky; I can take butterbeer or tea or pumpkin juice – just not firewhisky, please.
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