Have I ever mentioned to you that I don't like exams? Oh. Sorry, I think we all don't like examinations. After-all, who likes torturing themselves for an hour or two or the whole day? But I must say examination is really a unique way of torturing thy self. All it takes is to bow our heads on those sheet of papers and our nape will endure all the suffering.

But I guess all of us are veterans when it comes to taking exams. Back when I was still in school, (which was not so long ago =p) I would usually refer to it as one of those things I just can't get use to. But if we actually think that we are spared from it after we did our graduation march, then we are so wrong. Of course we still have the board examinations and then the employment exams and these examinations are the most important exams we'll most likely take.

Alright I know me talking about this examination thing is getting boring already. Sorry about that (again). I just had my case of not-so-good experience of taking the level 2 examination here in my work place and it's another quesera-sera.

Anyway, now that I had ranted, let me give you some juicy news again. Don't worry I'll spare you from my food preferences today. But since we are talking about exams/tests, I once again took some facebook quiz and this time it's all about who is my soulmate. And the result is? *drum rolls please....* The Dorky Type! Now here's the ever juicier detailed result:

Kristine just took the Who is your Soulmate? quiz and got the result: The Dorky Type..

The Dorky Type: His Height: 3 inches taller

His Build: a bit chubby

His Job: engineer

Where you'll meet him: college!

His kiss: He was nervous but you must admit,it was really romantic

Will you have kids: yah :)

So the right question would be: does it mean I already met my soul-mate back in college or do I have to go back to school again and study another engineering major in order to meet him?

Hmmm....looks like the stars are conspiring and aligning for me. Don't you think? Bwahahahahaa. (do the evil laugh).

Aish.

We'll see.

Now that more or less my blog is getting popular (LOL), I might as well give my readers more juicy topics to read and try to pretend that I am not boring. XD And my topic today is literally juicy, about food. LOL

If I could add one more thing in that "Eight ways to win your heart" which of course would technically make it as Nine, I would add: Buy me a McDonald's cheeseburger and a monster float. Since I am now back in the night shift, my midnight snack is back as well. And tonight I am munching the obvious, a double-cheeseburger coupled with my recent addiction, a monster float. There you go, an unpaid advertisement for McDonald. ^_^

Well, if eating fast-food products is a sin then I am committing it every-day of my life. Yes I know all those reminders that eating in fast food chains regularly is not advisable. So if I could add one more thing in that "Four turn-ons" (that would again technically make it as Five), I would add: a good chef. Yes, I don't cook so if my future husband knows how to cook, then I am more or less saved from the fast food damnation. But then again, if I could add one more thing in that "Six little stupid things you want to happen before you die" I would add: study culinary arts. I definitely would want to learn how to cook, most especially how to bake.

But I don't think this fast-food era of my life will be ending real soon. Unless somebody would save me from this perdition. LOL. So to my TL Sam, (I know you'll get to read this, =p) I would love to eat siomai. hahaha. Wait, it's birthday bash tomorrow right? So there'd be lots of non-fast-food food! Yippeeyy!!! At least I'd get to eat real food even just once a month. But wait again, do I really have to wear something Hawaiian? Are you sure it's ok to wear 2 piece? LOL.

If I could add one thing in that "One Confession" part, I would add: I could eat a whole plate of 14" of chicken garlic pizza alone. And I won't call that gluttony. XD

This part of my life...This part right here? This part is called confusion.

I woke up very early than I was suppose to. I slept late actually, that would be around 12:30AM and the targeted time to wake up was 8:30AM. Instead I woke up around 6 AM and the thing was, I was very hungry actually and I found my self rushing to McDonalds and devouring some weird looking longganisa and some 12 oz coffee. I even let my self consume 2 hotcakes and a cookie after that. Yes, indulge thy self it is. And after that, I found it hard to get back to sleep. Of course, I put the blame to that 12 oz coffee. And I was suppose to force my self to sleep because today, I'm back in the night shift.

Just in case you want to know and since you actually cared to read this entry, I'm currently a tech-support engineer in a call-center here in Cebu, Philippines. And of course, being in this industry, it's pretty much possible that you'd be working at night. My first ever work-schedule was from 9PM to 6AM and then I was transferred to 12PM to 9PM and right now, I'm back to 7PM to 4AM. So I have to reprogram my sleeping habit again. Well, they say it takes 21 days to build a habit and 4 days to break it. Well, I still got 20 more sleepless nights to go and I'd have a new body clock again.

But my disrupted sleeping habit is not the reason why my circuit had somehow gone haywire today. It's more or less because of something or make that someone I've pretty much given a little more attention than I'm suppose to. And the thing is, I don't think I could actually mention his name here cause there's a very big possibility that he'd get to read this. Well if he does, I have a message for him: "I hope you'd get to your senses and stop pretending to be that dense." XD

I don't know but to be honest about it, I'm not really sure why the heck am I making this a big deal. Sometimes I just want to think that I miss those days that I'm looking forward to stalking someone, even just on line, and hope for the slightest possibility that he'd actually care to view my page or would even care to respond to my pathetic bulletin questions or those lousy attempts to grab that someone's attention. But at the same time I don't want to compare what I'm going through right now with what I had before. I mean I don't think I'm in love again. Although there's a possibility that maybe I will or I am. Or maybe I'm still on the state of denial? Maybe. But there's also a possibility that I'm in a state of some immature attraction. Oh Jeez, there goes my Fermina Daza P.O.V. again. But it's really possible. Maybe. Just maybe.

I remembered a non-released song of Yeng. Let me borrow some interesting lines from that song to end this long winded speech. - - - If you happen to stumble upon this page, please grant my last request from you:

It's the only thing that makes me realize. There is something in your heart that you hide. We don't talk about it so I really don't know. But I wanna hear it so baby please...

Tell me now if you really love me. Tell me now if you really need me. Tell me now...Tell me now cause I'm confused.

LOL.

Crazy.

Aish.

I hope like other things, this too shall pass.

Ten things you wish you could say to ten different people right now (don't tell us who it is):

1. I think that possibly maybe I'm falling for you.
2. I'm sorry I failed you.
3. Kung ako ba sya, mapapansin mo?
4. Aja Aja Fighting. You can do it!^_^
5. Move on. If she no longer wants to be with you, then better accept it. Stop sulking please.
6. I really did try. But I'm sorry, I can't give you what you want.
7. If I ask you to come here, will you come?
8. Say your sorry to mom.
9. Ok. ok. I'll send your drawing tablet next month.
10. Stop messing with my computer please.

Nine things about yourself: (very random)

1. hopeless romantic
2. frustrated writer
3. frustrated artist
4. brokenhearted heart-breaker
5. book lover
6. movie goer
7. online gamer
8. love doctor???
9. hard worker

Eight ways to win your heart:

1. Get me involve in a witty, great conversation.
2. Write something great. Be poetic although you are not. LOL.
3. Beat me over PS, xbox, PSP or online games. XD
4. Take time to know my family. (char.^_^)
5. Love my tees, blue jeans and sneakers.
6. Invite me over coffee, pizza, or ice-cream. You'll pay for it of course. XD
7. Recommend great books to read, music that I should listen to, or movies that I should watch. Just make sure I will like it. hehehe
8. Bring an umbrella for me.^_^

Seven things that cross your mind a lot:

1. ECE Board Exam. The failure, the never ending question of whether I'd take it again or not is popping out in my mind as often as possible.

2. Work. Hopefully, no irate guests, all cases are resolved and I'll pass the level 2 exam.^_^

3. Love life. -word out-

4. Bro. What is it this time? =p

5. What to blog today.

6. Possible day I could go home again.

7. I have to buy Monster Float.

Six little stupid things you want to happen to you before you die:

1. Have all my "To do" List checked.
2. Earn my ECE license.
3. Play a grand piano in an auditorium ala My Sassy Girl. XD
4. Meet and greet with Sarah G. and John Lloyd Cruz ^_^
5. Stargaze using a telescope ala A Walk to Remember
6. Write 1000 articles in helium

Five turn offs:

1. smokers
2. bad-breath
3. bad smell
4. nosy
5. non-sense kausap

Four turn-ons:

1. Great conversationalist
2. Good writer
3. Sexy smile
4. Sweet smelling.^_^

Three smilies that describe your life:

1. ^_^
2. XD
3. -_-

Two things you wish you never did:

1. Burned my first ever journal.
2. Get use to being alone.

One confession:

I'm turning 22 on the 3rd of June and I'd be celebrating my 22nd year of single-blessedness. Yeah, I know. Boring. -_-

Sometimes I wonder what's with rain and sad moments. Most of the melodramatic scenes we've seen in movies involve rain. I remembered a friend telling me that it's a certain hormone in our body that is usually triggered by the coldness brought about by rain that is responsible for us getting sappy during rainy days. I really don't care about those hormones. I have only one explanation why people tend to be sappy during these times. We could somehow identify with rain. Rain is like our tear-drops. As if, it's heaven who's doing the crying for us. Alright, I know that too sounds sappy.

It's suppose to be summer here in the Philippines but I guess there's some storm hitting the country. It's raining really really hard outside and I like it that way. It will not only trigger my sappy side, it will also give me a good night sleep which I've deprived my self these past few days. I'm hoping to make up for those sleepless nights tonight. The only problem would most likely be the moment I go home and it's raining. I hate bringing umbrellas and naturally I did not bring one today. But with a weather such as this, it seems like change is a must. As the song Please don't stop the rain by James Morrison goes, "And if it' s going to be a rainy day there' s nothing we can do to make it change. We can pray for sunny weather But that won't stop the rain. You're feeling like you've got no place to run. I can be your shelter til it's done. We can make this last forever. So please don't stop the rain. Let it fall. Let it fall. Let it fall. Please don't stop the rain."

I've always dreamed that one day I too would get to have that moment when some guy will make some way for me not to get wet because of the pouring rain. Of course there's the obvious way of him bringing/holding an umbrella for me or that sweet moment when he would take off his jacket and place it over my head or even that stupid but lovely gesture of placing his hands in my head as if his hands could stop the rain from soaking me. Those scenes really makes me dreamy.

Snap back to reality. I hope it'll rain the whole night (minus the black-out) so I could sleep well tonight.

I badly need sleep.

When we were students, we often find our selves complaining about quizzes and exams. But there are actually some tests that we often times find interesting to take. More likely, they would involve personality tests and for some, some fortune-telling kind of tests. We usually find it absurd to take those on line quizzes but yup, we still answer them.

I've recently been making my self busy taking some online tests in facebook and the latest test I've taken was a quiz about where will I most likely meet my Mr. Right. Now, I was really intrigue to take the quiz considering that I do think I really need to find Mr. Right the soonest time possible. Oh....scrap that part.

Anyway, let me share to you the result of that quiz:

You are most likely to meet your "Mr. Right" at a quaint, upscale bookstore or a large chain bookstore. Avoid men with track suits, worn-out running shoes,coffee-stained shirts, reading magazines or thumbing through the "how-do" hard cover books as these indicate a less than desirable choice. Instead, look for a guy who is by a window, looking at novels or at biographies. The best time of the day to find him will be in the early morning hours on a Saturday, (7am-10:30am), 7pm on a Friday evening or Tuesday at 6pm. Consider it a bonus if he appears to be hunting for a particular book, yet is going about it in a slow, methodical manner (he is killing time while trying to find you!) and if he is wearing dark denim jeans, sports coat, buttoned up shirt and trendy shoes. Look for a guy who is confident enough to be standing tall, yet is charmingly cute enough to be allowing you room to browse the isle. Look for what type of books he is looking for and then ask his opinion about a book...and then let the journey begin!

When I read that I'll most likely meet him in a bookstore, I was actually extra excited! Well, I'm always going to bookstores so that "meeting place" is very much possible. And maybe, if he do like reading books, most likely he love coffee shops as well. Hmmmm...let the journey begin then. LOL.

I don't know you but I want you all the more for that....
Words fall through me and always fool me and I can't react
And games that never amount to more than they're meant will play themselves out.

I found my self singing this song over and over again. Partly because it was sang by Kris Allen on one American Idol episode. Partly because the melody and lyrics of the song is very good actually. But mostly because I love the title. I know how that sounds but yep, I love the title: Falling Slowly. Why the hell do I love it would be the next question. Or if I could actually relate to it could be another question. And I would leave those questions unanswered maybe for the mean time.

I've been reading non-stop these days and have written a lot of book reviews in my account in helium.com. I'm a writer there by the way under the same name and here is one of the articles about the books I had read so far. Here is a review about the book Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marquez.

There are actually three things that prompted me to buy this book. One, this is an international best seller. Two, it's written by a Nobel Prize Winner. And three, the title sounds unusual for me. And after reading the book I came up with three conclusions. One, It's no longer a wonder why it's a best selling novel. Two, Gabriel Garcia Marquez definitely lived up to his title as a Nobel Prize Winner. And three, this book is another timeless love story.

At first, I needed to adopt with Marquez style of writing. I am not accustomed to narrative style of writing. But Marquez have some sort of narrative power, so unique, so poetic, making the book one of the best written literary pieces ever.

Love in the time of Cholera is a story of love stories. Mainly about unrequited love, forbidden love, young love and marital love. Although there are other "love-stories" in the novel, the main story of the book is the love triangle between Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza and Dr. Juvenal Urbino. But as you'd come to think of it, we can't hardly say that there was a love triangle that existed. It was more of the obsession of Florentino towards Fermina. Yes, I think I'd call it obsession more than love. Why is it so?

First, Florentino had a case of love at first sight for Fermina. It could have been a great admiration or crush for her. He begun with pretending to read a book while waiting for Fermina to pass by. It was more like an obvious way of stalking (though for him it doesn't seem like it). But Fermina had a hint that he do like her. Their relationship was more like a forbidden "pen-pal" relationship for Fermina's father don't want somebody like Florentino to be with her daughter. But of course the problem with secret love is sooner or later it'll be uncovered and Fermina's father did. They were separated by her father but when the time came that she went back to their place and she saw Florentino again she realized that it was mere an immature infatuation. So she married Dr. Urbino instead while Florentino was left forlorn, dejected but still hoping that one day he and Fermina will still have another chance.

I actually don't know if I want to admire Florentino's love for Fermina or if I want to kick him for being a stupid martyr waiting for a love that for me is not worth waiting. But I guess I have to admire Florentino's charisma. He is like a secret Casanova. He had 622 affairs but he had never married any of these women for he is always thinking that his heart is for Fermina and Fermina alone. If that sounds noble or pathetic, you get to decide.

But indeed Love in the time of Cholera reminds us once again how crazy this thing called Love is. And love have it's own symptoms. In this book, it's like cholera. It's contagious. It'll make you sick.

This is technically just the 3rd post for this blog but here I am complaining to myself how hard it is to maintain a blog site like this. As much as possible, I want to post as often as I can but sometimes of course, I just can't find the right sensible topics to start with.

If you're wondering by the way why I did not start this blog post with "This part of my life blah blah blah" I realized time will come that my readers will find that part boring and so maybe I'd just select those entries where I'd begin with that line.

Oh crap. Here I am and my very much random ramblings again.

Actually, I got nothing to complain about this day. I won't complain that I am alone again at this time of the day. After all, I'm pretty much, very much use to this kind of scenario: me watching movies alone; me window shopping alone; me eating alone; me drinking that medium sized coffee alone. One more realization and you'd hear me singing, "Till now...I always get by on my Own". Yes I am not complaining. -_-

I remembered writing an article about "Sad People Need Friends Too". In that article I pointed out how we all need friends but it will be during our saddest moments that we'd need these so called friends of ours even more. Well, I would definitely appreciate if a friend would keep in touch with me today.

Nah...this too shall pass.

This part of my life... This part right here? This part is called "introduction".

Since technically speaking this blog is still a baby, what better way to start it but by giving you a brief background about who am I and why the hell did I entitled this blog site as Random Rants and Ramblings and why am I planning to start every blog post with the statement: This part of my life...This part right here? This part is called "(what ever it is)".

Don't worry. I won't give you my full biography as to when and where I was born or who my parents are and all those boring stuffs. Although you could just try looking for me in some popular social networking sites if you are really that interested to know who I am. So maybe we could skip the about the author part for the mean time.

As to why I chose Random Rants and Ramblings as the blog title is for the obvious reason that I intend to make this blog as my ranting place/my web shock-absorber/and my personal knowledge-base. And yes, they are really random. I could rant from topics regarding entertainment and I could even give my thoughts about politics but most importantly, I'd rant about life, my life itself.

As to why am I intending to begin each blog with the statement: This part of my life...This part right here? This part is called "----". is for the sole reason that I love the Pursuit of Happyness movie and I love the way Will Smith a.k.a. Chris Gardner in that movie begin every episode of his life with that statement. Yes, tag me as a copy-cat but I just love that line.

And what better way to end this blog post but by quoting a line from that movie again: "If you want something, go get it. Period." I wanted to have a blog and so here it is. Dream come true.

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This part of my life...This part right here? This part is called "blogging."

Alright. I know there is nothing new with that. And as I come to think about it, this is not my first ever blog that I had tried to maintain. However, most of those blogs where under some social networking sites and I grew tired of their non-stop "system-maintenance" as what they would usually refer to it. Or to make it simple, I want a blog this time that I could manage or maybe in the long run, make some money out of it. LOL. After all, I've already met a lot of people in the net who had given up their office works and focus on blogging. Although I don't think I will follow their lead. =)

Anyway, if you possibly happen to come across my humble blog site and if you want to know what would you most likely expect in this site, just read my blog-site title. You'll get the gist of it.^_^

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