I am still adding new stuff to my blog, so it's not permanent yet, but it's going good. If I did it right, you should see the new clock and hear my new playlist (cool, huh?). 

If you've noticed, all my fun posts like this come from Ashley. This is yet another one. Thi is cool!

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

1) IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY...
- "Happy Birthday" (Weird...)

2) WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
- "Ching-A-Ling" (Huh?! a Missy Elliot song?!)

3) WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
- "Love Is For Singing" (hahahaha!)

4) HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
- "It Might Be You"

5) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
- "Ain't No Stressin'" (true that, yo!)

6) WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
- "Bad Day" (emo-ment again? sigh...)

7) WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
- "Sumayaw Ka, Shake It!" (whoa)

8) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
- "Run It (Remix)"

9) WHAT IS 2+2?
- "Love Will Lead You Back"

10) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
- "You And Me" (haha. so true, right, Sands?)

11) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- "Numb Encore" (another hit! haha. Right, danna?)

12) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
- "369" (uhh, what?)

13) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- "They're Everywhere ft. Timbaland" (I'll be a paranoid?!)

14) WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- "Teardrops On My Guitar" (omigosh! my playlist knows me...)

15) WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
- "Stangers Like Me" (oookayy...)

16) WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
- "You Got Served mini mix" (Hiphop on my wedding? gotta get a jersey tux, then...)

17) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
- "I Melt With You" (hmm. nice song choice for my funeral...)

18) WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
- "Church" (mmkay.)

19) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
- "I'm Still Here" (that's for you deserters!!)

20) WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
- "Shake Your Pom Pom" (?)

21) HOW WILL YOU DIE?
- "In The Ayer" (what's ayer anyway?)

22) WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
- "Superman"

23) WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
- "So This Is Love" (laugh? more like the opposite)

24) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
- "What I've Done" (it so gets me.)

25) WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
- "I Wanna Be Like You" (that's really unfitting...)

26) WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
- "Pick It Up And Drop It" (another huh?)

27) DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
- "Taht's What You Get" (what's this, a reproaching?)

28) IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
- "Go" (it doesn't fit again...)

29) WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
- "Don't Touch Me" (must be my skin)

30) WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
- "Beat It" (okayyy then...)

This is gonna be short, so you don't have to read much.



About two nights ago, I was talking to Brandon over the YM. Brandon and Kevon are currently residing in Merced, California. Before they went there, however, they were my wingmen in high school.



Meanwhile, days ago, I've read in Danna's blog that they're going to the US for Christmas. I'm rather jealous, since it IS abroad, and the farthest I've been away from home is Hongkong. I wanted to go to the US since I was a kid, so of course I wanted to go, too. This Christmas, though, we'll be going to Baguio anyway, so it's almost as cold as it is abroad.



Now, back to me talking to Brandon. We were chatting away about incohesive stuff, and then Brandon said "hey, Rowan, did you know Danna's coming over here?"

That simple statement got me desiring deeply for plane tickets to US.

I'll leave you to ponder those things. I'm going to sleep...

I have been losing my creative juices these days. I need to refresh my mind..



I want to start with a book review...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is now available to the public!!! And I read it already!!!

Here's a little background on the book. However, I warn you guys that this is a SPOILER ALERT. So, Joyce, don't read the next paragraph.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a children's story compilation book by Beedle the Bard (obviously). In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as it says on Dumbledore's will, it was Hermione's inheritance from him. It was where the trio found out, through the story "The Tale of Three Brothers", about the Deathly Hallows, three objects that can conquer Death. The Hallows are the following: the Elder Wand, which is the most powerful wand in history, the Resurrection Stone, which, well, speaks for itself, and the Invisibility Cloak which never wore out or faded. Turns out that the Deathly Hallows were real, and Harry's Invisibility Cloak is the third one! And in the end, Harry got hold of the two other Hallows and defeated Voldemort with them (the Resurrection Stone, indirectly).

J.K. Rowling wrote the Tales separately after the Harry Potter series was finished. There were a few copies initially. She auctioned them for a charity, and now more copies were produced! Now, hardcore Harry Potter fans would get to read the enchanting storytime tales that little witches and wizards knew by heart.

I was one of them.

My sister borrowed the book from one of her classmates. She gave it to me to read, since she knows of my addictiveness to anything HP (for example, no one can trump me in a Harry Potter quiz contest yet!). I read it in about 2 hours (it was only a hundred pages long).

My first expression after reading it was "Whoa!". It contained fairy tales unlike ours. I noticed that Beedle used a lot of big words, some too big for children. The morals of the stories are much harder to decode rather than the usual classics. My favourite was "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", because, in all the children's tales I've read, it's the only one that didn't have a happy ending. More like a grim ending. However, it's also the only one whose message really was important to be carried into adulthood. "Love should never be shunned, for demise always tails it, and when love gets out of the way, it strikes." I felt really sad after reading that story.

The stories also bashed some stereotypes we have about fairy tales. The stories, for one thing, had more women characters who stood up for themselves, rather than being damsels in distress. Another thing was the maturity of the stories. I don't really think all the stories there would be easily understood by children. And, as I said about "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", they destroyed the idea that all fairy tales have happy endings.

Here, I want to share the summary of "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", but it's better to read the whole story in the book. I got this from the Harry Potter Wiki site:

"The main character is a handsome, skilled and rich young warlock who sees emotions as a weakness, and decides to prevent himself from ever falling in love by using the Dark Arts. The Warlock is deluded and he believes himself to be envied for his splendid and perfect Solitude. This makes him all the more upset when he over hears two Servants talking about him. One Servant is taking pity on him, and the other Servant is making fun of him for never having a wife. The Warlock decides to find a beautiful, talented and wealthy woman, so that he is envied by all.

The Warlock meets this woman the very next day. The women is fascinated as well as repelled by the Warlock, but agrees to attend a feast at his castle. The Warlock attempts to flatter the young woman, but she confronts him saying that she would only believe these lovely words if she thought he had a heart. So the Warlock takes her down to the dungeon of the castle and shows her a magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart.

Due to the fact that the heart has been parted from its owners body for so long, it has become shriveled and hairy. The women ask him to put the heart back inside his chest and so he does. The women is so pleased that she runs forwards and embraces him. The heart however has become horrible in the long time that it has been separated from the body, and the smell of her hair as well as the beauty of her skin pierced it.

Other guests who had been attending the feast, were beginning to wonder where their host was. So they searched the Castle and eventually found him in the dungeon. The Warlock was sitting crouched over the woman, caressing and licking her heart, while she lay dead with her chest cut open. He was trying to swap her heart with his, however his heart was strong and would not allow it. The Warlock did not want to be controlled by his heart so he cut open his chest and ripped it out.

For a brief moment the Warlock was victorious as he held a heart in each hand, before he fell over the woman and died."

If you like that, then what's wrong with you?! That's a very sad story! And the moral was all too important: never ever shun away love, because you'll end up a dark man. As Dumbledore so rightly says, "to hurt is as human as is to breathe."

Now, if you are fascinated by the story, you can check out the other stories in the "Tales of Beedle the Bard." It's so different from the HP series, but it is a wonderful book.

A word of caution, though: this book is not for the faint-hearted and for the immature.

I got this survey from Ash.

Team Edward or Jacob?
- Team Edward, of course. Vampiric, I am in nature.

Vampire or Werewolf?
- I just said it. Vampire. I am more cold than hot.

Live forever with the one you love even though its not safe for them, or leave them thinking its for the better?
- I would not leave anyone I love. I'm weak that way, sorry.

Favorite Twilight character(s)?
- Marcus!! He's the best among the Volturi. 'Cause he's inactive most of the times. Plus I like his power.

Least favorite Twilight character?
- Victoria. In the same league as Bellatrix Lestrange. Grr...

Favorite couple?
- Obviously Bella and Edward. 'Nuff Said.

Least favorite couple?
- Amun and Kebi. Bunch of nobodies.

Would you rather have super strength, super speed, or read minds?
- Super speed. I can already read minds.

Favorite Edward "trait"?
- His respect for other people's privacy in their thoughts. Cool.

Who do you like better? Female Twilight characters, or male?
- Why segregate??

Favorite book in the series?
- Eclipse. I especially liked the vampire-werewolf alliance.

Least favorite book in the series?
- New Moon. Not much of Edward.

Do you like the romance or the action better?
- Action. Too much romance.

Favorite line or passage from the books?
- The whole scene in Breaking Dawn where they confront the Volturi.

What do you think of the movie?
- Touching, actually. I love the part where Edward is sucking out the venom from Bella. Heartjumping.

Do you think Edward is dangerous?
- Yeah. Hands down.

Dracula or Edward?
- Dracula is a boob. Edward, of course. Though I would like Carlisle better.

Do you want to kill James?
- He's dead already. What's the point?

Alice or Bella?
- ALICE!! She'd pimp my room for the heck of it!

Who do you think is the sweetest Twilight boy?
- Ben. He didn't care if he's smaller than Angela. He still loves her anyway.

What do you think of Bella?
- Masochist. Like me.

Would you want to be a Vampire?
- I am! Makulit, oh...

Who would be you're sister?
- Alice nga!

Who would be you're brother?
- Emmett. No one will bully me anymore!!!

When was the last time I posted??

I dunno, but I'm not concerned bout that anymore. I will just blog...

Gen tagged me, so here goes.
RULES (or, so how I remember them.)

1. Each blogger must post this rules
2. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves
3. Bloggers that are tagged needs to write ten things about their selves and post these rules . you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names .
4. Don`t forget to leave them a comment telling them they`ve been tagged and to read your blog .

TEN RANDOM FACTS AND HABITS ABOUT ROWAN ZURICH:
1. I usually sing in echo-ey rooms, such as the bathroom, the speech lab, and cliffsides.
2. I do not eat bagoong, gravy, and patis.
3. Heights creep me, but my dad is a pilot.
4. Dunkin' Donuts over Mister Donuts
5. One of my "before I die" goals is to go to all the Disneylands in the world.
6. I never ever get tired underwater, but when I get out of the water, I go clumsy.
7. I am a sociologist by nature.
8. I am a BS Development Communication student who wants to get Math electives.
9. I will graduate college at 19 years old.
10. I normally lose pens 2 weeks after I aquire them.

I tag CJ, Eira, Mabu, Ms. Anne, Jerome, Danna, Joyce, Cheewee, Donn (if he's still alive in blogspot), and Abby.