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My lj is my kick-it spot

Posted on 05.August.2030 at 22:59
Tags: lj

[mood|

Jubilliant]
[music| Don't Stop Believin' - Glee Cast]

Yes, kiddos. This is now a locked journal. I've been thinking about doing this for a while now and I realize that while it may seem strange, I feel safer I guess.

This journal is my kick-it spot.

Some posts will be open to the public especially if I'm sharing stuff like mixtapes, graphics and such. After which, they become locked posts.

I'm not adverse to letting you read things about my life, and if you want to be my friend, just leave a comment on how you found me. I like making friends. Srsly. :)

You can also find me in these places:

My Inspiration Board @ Tumblr
Twitter
LOL DeviantArt

♥♥♥

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It's down the road, not across the street.

Posted on 17.November.2009 at 22:35
Tags: lj

[mood|

Bored]
[music| Man on the Moon]

LJ CUT IS YOUR FRIEND. JFC

It is < lj - cut = " text " > and then < / lj - cut >

Remove all the spaces and save the sanity of those who read your blog. I don't mind reading long posts, I just have a problem with scrolling down a hundred meters reading ONE post. Besides, it's common courtesy.

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Unmitigated disaster

Posted on 28.September.2009 at 11:38
Tags: real life

[mood|

Distressed]
[music| Unknown Legend - Tunde Adebimpe]

I woke up today and the first thing I thought of was- I am lucky. I'm lucky that I was able to sleep when so many others (others who are not just the marginalized, but those in the middle class), can't because they don't have beds. I felt lucky that I got to hug my pillow. I felt lucky that I got to sleep on a bed. I'm lucky that my house has electricity and running water. I'm thankful that despite choppy telephone lines and cellphone signals, I had internet to call for help.

I felt lucky that I had a home to go to last night and it was standing up and it was dry inside. My family and I went to Marikina yesterday to see what we could do to help our relatives, but we were turned away because relief operations were still on going. Driving around the area though, there were cars abandoned along Marcos highway. There were literal pile-ups of cars because the flood current was so strong. I saw houses bathed in silt. People were covered in mud and fences were stuffed with debris and trash. It was horrible. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. People had moved all their possessions outside of their houses to wash and dry. Kids were helping out their parents shovel silt out of their houses. Amazing how you just move on.

After Marikina, we went to North Fairview to see the damage to my parent's friend's house. The house sits behind a creek and the flash flood wiped out the whole street. People perched on houses and saw all their belongings being swept away by the raging tide. I saw cars smashed by other cars and debris. I saw steel gates ripped apart like it was made of paper. A dam nearby released water which fed to the tributaries and because the water was looking for it's own level, smashed through a property wall and raged on. These people, they're not rich, and looking at their destroyed possessions made something inside me ache. I felt so stupid because I didn't know what I could do. I offered sympathies. They're lucky to be alive- that's what we told them. It's true enough when you realize that you can replace your things.

We were close to panicking last Saturday because my grandmother lives in Provident Village and it was badly hit. I was texting people like crazy for help and no one could offer any. I was so angry. That night, we heard that an aunt of ours was stranded at East Avenue because of the flood. We decided to brave the weather and see if we can get her. Lucky enough for us, there wasn't any and we were able to get her and start her car. She was stranded for a whole day. She walked to Kidney Hospital and waited. She was lucky compared to our other relatives.

My aunt's sister and her family, who also lives in Provident Village, was also a victim of the flood. They had to smash a window and saw off the bars just to get to the roof. It was lucky they had a metal saw. We were constantly sending out SOSs through twitter and text numbers that people were giving us.

My other aunt in Geneva Street (also in Provident) had a bungalow type house. They lost everything. Their dog died. They crawled out of the air conditioning hole and climbed up to the roof of their neighbor. Her husband and 3 boys were safe. She was stuck with my female cousin on top of a roof for hours. My uncle saw her yesterday at a supermarket and she couldn't stop crying.

My grandmother and my other relatives who lived with her at St. Catherine Street climbed up their roof. We saw her last night and I'm in awe of her. She lived through the first flood of this type 21 years ago. All she had to say was "if there's a will, there's a way." We were all most worried about her because she had surgery earlier this year. Her neighbor was kind enough to share a tarpaulin so that they could at least remain a bit dry. It didn't help. They were all soaked. After midnight, they were able to go down to the second floor. They grabbed some sleep and as soon as daylight hit, they were evacuated out of Marikina. While she was recounting her experience to us, she even made it sound funny when she saw the neighbor's washing machine glide under their car. "There goes the washing machine," she said.

We heard that an Eleazar relative died.

One family friend had a stroke.

Another friend of the family, who lives in Varsity Hills, had to suffer through a flash flood too. It boggles the mind how that subdivision could have a flash flood but we learned that there was a creek nearby.

yvaine28's house was flooded too. I'm so relieved to hear you're ok.

My boss kept texting us yesterday trying to find out if we were ok. 2 of my teammates had flooded houses.

The one thing everybody was saying was it only took minutes. The flash flood happened in minutes. There was barely enough time to get clothes, some food, and important things before they all had to go to their roofs. Even then, a lot of them still lost everything.

I was so tired from yesterday. I was driving the whole day going from one to place to another to assess what kind of help we can give to our relatives and friends.

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Whoa, hold up Words!

Posted on 25.August.2009 at 14:56
Tags: quotes

[mood|

Accomplished]
[music| Teaching Mathematics Again - James Horner]

WHOA, SCARY!

I was doing my usual internet rounds and I saw this quote:

"I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted. Hearing the words as they hit the surface is sensitive work. You will have to be a bank robber and listen and listen to the little clicks before you can open the safe."

- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson

... And then I thought of my previous post... Fascinating.

Does anyone know if I can find her books here? I remember asking at Powerbooks and I don't think they carry her stuff.

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iPod troubles

Posted on 23.August.2009 at 17:39
Tags: ipod

[mood|

Worried]
[music| CAN'T PLAY MY ITUNES!]

I NEED HELP.

My iTunes is whacked. I originally transferred all my songs to an external hard drive and I somehow deleted all my songs.

FOR MY LIFE!

Now, I know it's entirely possible to get back my songs from my iPod. Is there any way to do so while retaining my playlists, play counts (Feist's "So Sorry" has over a thousand play counts and I don't want it to go back to ZERO), rating, etc.? Is there a program that does that for free? PLEASE, I really need the help. I'm about to die from worry.

I'm desperate.

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