Yeah, it's almost that time of the year again. Christmas is the merriest time of the year. That's why I put the countdown in already.



As I told you last year, I create a wishlist to get me clear on what I want to get for Christmas. It also comes as a shoutout to you guys so that if you ever will give me a present, you might as well give me one of these. I've also experienced that when i actually list something in a wishlist, it's bound to come to me. As an example, last year, I put in my wishlist these things. They actually came to me or happened!



1. a reunion for my Grade 6 class

- happened last summer, twice! My classmates were actually planning for it for ages! we went swimming in the second reunion, just before college classes start.



2. Marvel Ultimate Alliance for PSP

- got it on my Memory Card. It's actually that easy to download games! Much cheaper, too.



3. PS3

- Dad had the initiative to buy one when he went to China. Of course, I was flippin' out! We use it to watch movies (Blu-Ray DVDS!), play games (my games for now are Grand Theft auto IV and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare).



4. new shoes

- I did get new shoes, a pair good for badminton, and a cool one for walking.



5. Memory Stick Pro Duo 4GB

- Actually, Dad gave me his, so that I can download games. I got Tekken: Dark Ressurection, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Yugi-Oh GX: Tag Team Battle, and Traxxpad on it. I also have tons of cool songs and three movies (Ghost Rider, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and The Simpsons Movie) in it.



6. new glasses

- I actually wore contact lenses for a while, but it was only for three months.



7. to see ALL my cousins again

- I got to see them in our house blessing! After that, we saw more of them. This Christmas, my cusins from the US are also coming home, so there's gonna be more partying and such!!



8. the third book of the Inheritance Trilogy, Brisingr

- I don't have the book yet, but if you actually read my wishlist last year, you'd see that I wished for Christopher Paolini to finish it. Well, he did! I'm still saving up for it.



9. superpowers

- well, I only found out about this recently. Actually, it's not really what the norm of a superpower is. I gained the ability to see auras on people, depending on what mood or psychological temperament they're in. I'll blog about it more next time. Note: I am not kidding, folks.



10. the love of my life to love me as well

- not exactly what I had in mind, because I realized I was aiming for the wrong girl. There's a new one right now, and I'm rather positive that she slightly likes me (RAI - Ignore Rowan. He's just flattering himself. Caught up in his daydreams again, I guess).



Well, I'm making a new wishlist right now! Here's the top ten for my Christmas wishlist for 2008:



10. rolls of aluminum foil

For the record, I'm not doing drugs. As most of you know, I make foil figures, right? Maybe this is the cheapest gift I ever wanted.



9. MP3 Player

I don't want to continue borrowing Cyra's MP4. Get's me under her thumb.



8. Iron Man game for PS3

Since Tekken 6 for PS3 isn't out yet, I would want this one.



7. a chance to meet Will Smith

I turned into a big fan of Will Smith over the years. Loved his movies: Hitch (still remains as my favourite movie EVER), Pursuit of Happyness, I Robot, and his latest ones The Legend and Hancock. I would want to interview him... "Sir, what's it like to be a deranged superhero?"



6. WX1 Bloc Outing

Hey, we've been a tight-knit group since the start of classes. Let's not stop on bloc parties! Let's go out the boundaries of UPLB and get some ocean on us!! Or maybe we'll try climbing up Mt. Makiling again...





5. The whole Twilight series

I don't care what haters say. I love Twilight! Got New Moon? Eclipse? Breaking Dawn? I need to read them!! And please no spoilers (this means you, Eira and Ashley).

4. Brisingr

This ain't really a wish, since I'm already saving for it, but on the off chance I choose to buy the Twilight series first, this would be a wonderful gift for me. I waited for a whole year for this book to come out, you know!

3. my own camcorder

Camera/videocam, please!! I want to pursue vlogging! Besides, I'm getting tired of just typing. I want pictures on my blog!!

2. my own laptop

So that I can blog in UPLB! Plus, I won't have to go to computer shops to use the Internet.

1. a girlfriend

Duh! Everyone wants one! Sheesh, you have to ask why?


For now, that is all I'm wishing for. Maybe in the coming days, the list might be altered. Still, feel free to get me one of these.

"I'm dreamin' of a white Christmas..."

Wow, an award? For me? For my blogging? Well, that's new. Thanks, Chiui!

Why do I feel I should make such a big deal out of this? I dunno, maybe it's because my blog's birthday's coming up. Or maybe because this blog's been helping me vent out all (okay, just some) of my troubles that can't fit in my head (yeah, three brain entities mean more space, but we can't cooperate with each other! Rai and Ryan are hoggin all the space!!). So, to Chiui, and to whom this award passing thing started, I thank you.

Now, I gotta pass this to 8 more bloggers, but since I don't know tha t many bloggers, I've included fansite modulators (yes, I know, it's obvious).

The Blog Awards go to....
Ms. Anne
Chicca
Danna
The JBnoys
Abby
Genissa
Butch
Jerome


I'll put a new post in, say, an hour.

Ah, Sunday evening. Again, I'm squeezing every possible time I can have before I go back to Los Baños tomorrow. And what better way to get a sense of fulfillment than to blog on my almost-one-year-old blog!

Speaking of blog birthdays, a very happy birthday to Notes of An Abrupt Mental Diarrhea, Ms. Anne's blog!

Anyways, remember one of my first posts? The one where I seeked for help in getting a layout for this wordbattle arena? Well, I'm raising that alert again. Please, if anyone can make me a layout for this blog, please contact me through the chatbox or email me. Need serious and professional help here, people. I want to treat this blog on its first birthday, since it's the only one that lasted for more than a month!

Ever since I saw the movie Step Up 2: The Streets,

Where'd Jenna Dewan go? Sure, Channing Tatum had a cameo, but why didn't he stay for the whole movie?

and the videos of ACDC versus M&M Cru With a U,

I've been dancing a lot. Yeah, I've tried to breakdance as well, but I fear that I might break my neck. Still, my sisters are really noticing that everytime I play upbeat tunes on the computer, they would see me poppin', lockin', and droppin' (Normally, it's Kuya TeeJay's thing, but I wanna do it, too!). Even in my dorm, when Betong isn't home (which is, well, almost all the time) and Amiel and Kuya TeeJay aren't in the room, I go dancing. And it doesn't stop there! Sometimes, my blockmates and DEVC10 classmates would catch me freestyling in class, sometimes even without music. Yup, too much sugar (and too much of The Streets) can do this to you.

Next, Farrellion is improving greatly! I've created three new c0ncepts: the Nazhering, the Dragumanes, and the Spirit Minotaurs.

The Nazherings are gigantic dragonflies. They are mostly pets of the Irmvazhen. I've noticed that dragonflies appear everytime it's gonna rain (thanks to Mikki!). They act as weathermen to the Irmvazhen. When there's rain, there's heavy clouds. Heavy clouds mean not much moon exposure. No moon means no strength to the Irmvazhen. The Irmvazhen use these gigantic creatures as steeds when they need to conserve their strength or when they need to fly. That's why the D'Goustax Empire does its best to destroy them, since the Irmvazhen would be disabled without them.

The Dragumanes are extremely rare people (yes, they're humaniod sometimes). They are actually a subrace to the Irmvazhen. They cannot go through lycanthropy until they're 25 years old. On their 25th birthday, they immediately transform not into werewolves, but into weredragons. They're really rare for three reasons: some Irmvazhen cults kill them because they are deemed as curses to the clan, they have very weak biological resistance to diseases, and they are well-hidden. One of the main characters (I'm not gonna say if he's on the good or bad side) is a Dragumane.

The Spirit Minotaurs are rare beings. One Spirit Minotaur lives in extremely hard-to-reach places (most likely a dangerous place). When you do find one, he will become your personal servant, and he will grant you three wishes (yes, like genies). A word of caution, though: once you reveal to others that you found a Minotaur, you'll become a minotaur yourself, and you have to live in a place harder to reach than the place where you found your Minotaur. Minotaurs are also sneaky; they actually will try to kill you, had it not been for their incapability of free will. Still, they have to do your every bidding.

I'll provide scans of Mikki's sketches of these characters next time. Right now, I have to sleep. Au revoir, arrivedencci, auf wiedershen. Rowan Out.

Here's the rice field we went to. Butch, may ahas dyan!!!

Kuya Linus, me, and Joseph. Three of the rare guys in DEVC10!! Karl, where you??

Listening to Tatay Doro. Did you know that farmers like them only earn Php 30 a day? That was shocking.

Sandy, Ynik, wait up!! I wanna go there too!!

You can check out the other pics in my Friendster profile.


Third, we got a new episode of R.E.M.S.!! It's still in Mini-Stop, though. We weren't able to go to the Layb. But still, we got a glimpse at the new dance craze: the Sandy Dance!! I'll create another post for that.

For now, this is all I'm saying. I'll create new posts maybe next week, or possibly tomorrow night. Rowan out.

Eira, Sandy, Mikki, and me!

Scribbles we did in Mini-Stop. Hey, that's my Math11 paper!!

First off, Mikki! Kasi wala kang main pic sa friendster eh...
MIKKI: "D'oh! Wrong flavor of ice cream!"

Here's Mabu, lookin' all bored and stuff.
SANDY: "My ice cream's getting boring."

And Eira! Really, it's a habit of hers to raise one side of her shoulder when she's photographed.
EIRA: "Hey, I'm not gonna give you my ice cream! Make me!"

and of course, me. No ice cream.
RYAN: "Hey, where's MY ice cream?!"

Yeah, we were just foolin' around at Mini-Stop, because it was after the Math11 mock exam. As usual, we all had ice cream.

NEXT EPISODE: The Layb!