November: A Nutcase
Yes, you’re not hallucinating – it’s another nutcase. Which means, yes, I didn’t blog for a good four weeks. I couldn’t find the proper time and state of mind to blog. I have so much ideas and topics to write about, but by the time I think about starting, I lose all my skills and inspiration and just go to sleep. I don’t know, maybe I was just too preoccupied and physically (and probably mentally) exhausted. A lot of things happened this month that I can’t even believe that it’s already December (and almost 2014, fuck it). It all came by like a blur. How on earth did that happen?
CONFETTI + AWESOME
Academic Scholarship. By some beautiful aligning of my stars, I was still able to accumulate
enough grades to maintain my spot in my college’s President’s List. I was really not expecting to get high marks (especially in two of my four major subjects), since 1) presiding over the
Liberal Arts Society consumes a big portion of my over-thinking time, and 2) I was awfully distracted with a lot of things. Sometimes being
paranoid can be a little helpful.
Internship at Knowledge Channel. As you all know, this semester, we have to spend 200 hours for our off-campus training. My friend recommended Knowledge Channel to me since 1) its office is a few minutes away from my place, and 2) she assured me that I’d enjoy working for them. And so far, in my honest opinion, what she said was true. I started internship on the third week and I’m really having fun. Our team head/segment producer is funny and unfiltered (cursing to save his life), and the people surrounding us are literally one of the happiest people I know. It’s so awesome. I’m so stoked to be in this field as a professional.
ILA Week 2013. The Liberal Arts Society celebrated ILA Week last November 25-27, 2013, with the theme “ILA: Amplified”. We had different booths that I think did well; our own version of
Family Feud, “Fam-ILA Feud”, which was crazy; and a team building activity wherein I just laughed and laughed all day. Planning, preparing and executing ILA Week was hell, but the end-product was a touch of heaven.
HALLELUIAH CATHARTIC
“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.” ©
Allegiant, Veronica Roth
LOONY DRAGONSLAYER
I might’ve lost contact with my writing persona, but for some weird reasons, I read
voraciously this month.
Troubles (by J.G. Farrell) – I got this copy for a very cheap price, and I actually never thought I’d enjoy it. The peculiarity of the characters and the entire setting just found a place in my bookworm heart. It’s funny, dark, adorably annoying, educational, and awfully weird. It’s a long read but surprisingly satisfying. Rating: 4/5 stars. (I’ve used a lot of adjectives and adverbs in this paragraph alone.)
The Elite (by Kiera Cass) – I don’t really know why I’m still continuing this trilogy. Maybe I’m just too curious of where this shit of a love story (a.k.a. Dystopian Bachelor) is heading. It wasn’t that bad: the main characters just lack development and sense of responsibility for their own actions. They’re not
growing, in my opinion. I was more interested with the side stories than the Maxon-America-Aspen shit. Rating: 2/5 stars.
Allegiant (by Veronica Roth) – The conclusion to the beloved
Divergent trilogy just gave me all the feels. I laughed and cried and cried some more from beginning to end. I have no idea why I’m still not used to all the parting of characters when I’ve read a handful of heartbreaking books already. I’m so
depressed. I have postpartum depression. I CANNOT MOVE ON FROM THE FUCKING ENDING. Rating: 4/5 stars.
Requiem (by Lauren Oliver) – This is another trilogy conclusion, but why is it that I didn’t cry in the end? It just left me so
confused with my life. I love Lauren Oliver (
Before I Fall was fantastic), but no,
not this! What in the world was that ending?! Are you sure Ms. Oliver didn’t just run out of paper? I need answers! And someone please get me a Julian Finemann. Rating: 3/5 stars.
Current read:
Slaughterhouse Five (by Kurt Vonnegut)
EARGASM
November was both exhausting and fulfilling. But I still can’t believe it’s already December. Dang, I just wish my friends and I would see
Catching Fire soon. (I have weird transition of ideas.) Happy holidays! Xx
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November: A Nutcase
Yes, you’re not hallucinating – it’s another nutcase. Which means, yes, I didn’t blog for a good four weeks. I couldn’t find the proper time and state of mind to blog. I have so much ideas and topics to write about, but by the time I think about starting, I lose all my skills and inspiration and just go to sleep. I don’t know, maybe I was just too preoccupied and physically (and probably mentally) exhausted. A lot of things happened this month that I can’t even believe that it’s already December (and almost 2014, fuck it). It all came by like a blur. How on earth did that happen?
CONFETTI + AWESOME
Academic Scholarship. By some beautiful aligning of my stars, I was still able to accumulate
enough grades to maintain my spot in my college’s President’s List. I was really not expecting to get high marks (especially in two of my four major subjects), since 1) presiding over the
Liberal Arts Society consumes a big portion of my over-thinking time, and 2) I was awfully distracted with a lot of things. Sometimes being
paranoid can be a little helpful.
Internship at Knowledge Channel. As you all know, this semester, we have to spend 200 hours for our off-campus training. My friend recommended Knowledge Channel to me since 1) its office is a few minutes away from my place, and 2) she assured me that I’d enjoy working for them. And so far, in my honest opinion, what she said was true. I started internship on the third week and I’m really having fun. Our team head/segment producer is funny and unfiltered (cursing to save his life), and the people surrounding us are literally one of the happiest people I know. It’s so awesome. I’m so stoked to be in this field as a professional.
ILA Week 2013. The Liberal Arts Society celebrated ILA Week last November 25-27, 2013, with the theme “ILA: Amplified”. We had different booths that I think did well; our own version of
Family Feud, “Fam-ILA Feud”, which was crazy; and a team building activity wherein I just laughed and laughed all day. Planning, preparing and executing ILA Week was hell, but the end-product was a touch of heaven.
HALLELUIAH CATHARTIC
“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.” ©
Allegiant, Veronica Roth
LOONY DRAGONSLAYER
I might’ve lost contact with my writing persona, but for some weird reasons, I read
voraciously this month.
Troubles (by J.G. Farrell) – I got this copy for a very cheap price, and I actually never thought I’d enjoy it. The peculiarity of the characters and the entire setting just found a place in my bookworm heart. It’s funny, dark, adorably annoying, educational, and awfully weird. It’s a long read but surprisingly satisfying. Rating: 4/5 stars. (I’ve used a lot of adjectives and adverbs in this paragraph alone.)
The Elite (by Kiera Cass) – I don’t really know why I’m still continuing this trilogy. Maybe I’m just too curious of where this shit of a love story (a.k.a. Dystopian Bachelor) is heading. It wasn’t that bad: the main characters just lack development and sense of responsibility for their own actions. They’re not
growing, in my opinion. I was more interested with the side stories than the Maxon-America-Aspen shit. Rating: 2/5 stars.
Allegiant (by Veronica Roth) – The conclusion to the beloved
Divergent trilogy just gave me all the feels. I laughed and cried and cried some more from beginning to end. I have no idea why I’m still not used to all the parting of characters when I’ve read a handful of heartbreaking books already. I’m so
depressed. I have postpartum depression. I CANNOT MOVE ON FROM THE FUCKING ENDING. Rating: 4/5 stars.
Requiem (by Lauren Oliver) – This is another trilogy conclusion, but why is it that I didn’t cry in the end? It just left me so
confused with my life. I love Lauren Oliver (
Before I Fall was fantastic), but no,
not this! What in the world was that ending?! Are you sure Ms. Oliver didn’t just run out of paper? I need answers! And someone please get me a Julian Finemann. Rating: 3/5 stars.
Current read:
Slaughterhouse Five (by Kurt Vonnegut)
EARGASM
November was both exhausting and fulfilling. But I still can’t believe it’s already December. Dang, I just wish my friends and I would see
Catching Fire soon. (I have weird transition of ideas.) Happy holidays! Xx
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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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