15. General Luna

An interesting seminar was held in school, the seminar is about heroism, it was such an interesting topic. We've learned from the speakers so much, there's the history of people, particularly the heroes and the concept of heroism. The insight from the speakers has inspired me to think about it too and I applaud them for it. I hope more speakers would talk about the idea of heroism too as I know it also inspired a lot of students that attended the seminar.

I want to say that the seminar's really good. Not only was the seminar engaging it's also fun, it's because of the speaker's humor, it practically relates to our generation. I find using humor as ice breakers for a seminar is really good, it breaks the tensions that come with going to a seminar as a listener and a speaker going to a seminar. You feel like you already connect with the speaker when they break the ice with humor, it feels homely so you don't feel embarrassed agreeing to what the speaker will say. It's nice the hired Xiao Chua to speak though I find it weird that a Chinese man talking about heroism especially since there's an altercation between Philippines and China.

The seminar wasn't just a seminar it's also a promotion for the upcoming move "General Luna." General Luna is about the story of Antonio Luna. Antonio Luna is a person that  makes decision and commands them firmly. General Luna's struggle is not the Americans he's fighting against, it's the fellow Filipinos he is fighting with. I love how the movie will shed light on the fact that there are infightings going on in our history, it tells a tragic story on why the Philippine revolution failed, it makes sense why. The audience was introduced to a 12 minute early look of General Luna, it was enough to excite me and my friends, in actuality, one of my friends called SM to ask for a discount  for herself and fellow students, it's these actions why I think the hype for  General Luna REAL.

The movie will be released at September 9 and everyone who went there will watch that as they were posting things related to the seminar and the General Luna on facebook, it was fun to see those. I myself am going to watch it, I just hope it doesn't affect how I fair in the Finals week. *shudders

14. APC's anti smoking campaign

An environment that doesn't have the filth of smog is a good environment, sadly I can't think of any place that has no smog on here. non-smoking environments is obviously good for everyone, and obviously good for people who smoke and in my opinion it should be prohibited within ever establishment. APC is holding an anti-smoking campaign andI'm going to be honest here now, I have no idea, even just a tinsy bit of idea that our school was holding an anti-smoking campaign. APC's campaign isn't effective because students refuse to be aware of it.

Students need an outlet. Students are usually stressed out, well most of them. They are stressed with everything in their lives, their friendships, grades, love life and the entire experience of being a student and that is usually the reason why people need an outlet. There are many ways people can deal with their stress, they can play video games, they can watch something from their phones or laptops, they can hang out with their buddies or just blow smoke off of cigarettes, everything on here is effective and smoking is one of those effective things that doesn't need to interact with people and just stay still, it's also really quick. Speaking of interaction with people.....

Smoking is also a "cool" thing. "No man's an island" whoever quoted that phrase said so it means people who smoke also can reach out to other people who smoke right? yes it's true, people who smoke can relate to other people who smoke, it's kind of like how nerds go to their coventions and meet other nerds to geek out, it's the same but a bit more timid and more "cool", well it sounds like I'm mocking them well not really, I'm mocking at the people who think it is so they smoking themselves and regretting it the moment they try it. ugh I have a weird  humor.

so yeah smoking won't be removed even if there are signs around the place that says "smoking is bad" or "smoking kills" it doesn't matter. Smoking helps people deal with stuff and I can see that, while not entirely effective it's still helps. I'm not saying people should approve of the idea of smoking, it is still bad and should be avoided it's just people need to understand why others smoke. 

13. Sleep problems

I'm having sleep problems recently and no it's not the lack of sleep but it's the over sleep. It is usual that the person sleeps 5 hours everyday; that's enough for everyone to feel fresh. The freshness people feel is what makes them capable enough to do everything on a daily basis but not my case. I have so much sleep and I still don't feel energized enough for the day. I don't know how to fix this, maybe go to a doctor to have this checked but I don't have the time.

I tend to sleep early but I wake up at 5:00 am, it sounds just about right for an everyday person since I sleep at 9:00-10:00, these should have energized me to do more activities and feel good about doing them but no. It's sad because most of my classmates sleep at 2:00 and they can wake up at 6:00 feeling freshed, I don't know how people can do that but I guess bodies are different and mine is just really weak when it comes to lack of sleep.

It doesn't look like it at most times but I do try to sneak in some sleep during class. When the professor is distracted and will probably take 10 minutes to tend to something I immediately cross my arms on my armchair to rest my head on it. I also try to take a nap during breaks, sometimes after eating I go to sleep immediately, I know I shouldn't do that but my body says I have to.

It's not like I'm sleep deprived or anything it's just my body needs to adjust to the current situation and it feels like this everytime at class. Good thing I can find interest in most of my  professor's teachings because I have to, I need to look for it or I'd cut class to sleep.

Oh well I hope whoever's reading this can understand that people who sleep more than they do also have problems, I'm actually happy for those people because when sem break comes or a day where they don't have class, they can appreciate sleep but I can't and it's going to be a problem for me in the future.

12. Being a weaboo is hard

What is a weaboo? A weaboo is in another word a Japanesophile, someone who likes Japanese stuff, from their laguage, to their pop culture and even ideals. There is a difference though  weaboos are actually much more severe than a Japanesophile in a way that they try to treat everything in their lives as part of anime, yeah they're more like an "Otaku" but much worse. Weaboo's tend to claim the characters they like as their "Husbando" or "Waifu" at a moment's notice, Weaboos are also athiest and believe that Japan is the best country. You can see why Japanesophiles are tolerable now. Now that I've identified what a weaboo is, I can now admit that I, myself am a weaboo.

Craving and wanting everything that japanese people have been my problem, it makes everything difficult for a person like me because I can't deal with such disappointment that I'm not getting the same things Japanese people have. They have the games that I want, they have the toys that I want they have everything that I want. I know it's sounds childish to want things but I can't stop myself, I guess I need more self control if I want to get over this.

If you show your weabooness you are easily shunned by most communities. I find it hard to hide the fact that I'm a weaboo, that's difficult because when people find out what you are they will automatically hate you. people around say "follow your hearts" or "love what you love" but in the end it's not real, it's misleading, liking something and loving something is still restricted, there is no freedom of choice, you're either a normal person who likes stuff or be an outcast weaboo that no one will love.

Maybe I should just face the reality that weaboos will never respected, their interests just doesn't match what people like, it's really sad, I hope someday that the love and appreciation from a normal person can be felt by me and fellow weaboos out there. So here's to me and all the weaboos! cheers!

11. Tales from the Borderlands is really good

I actually haven't played the game myself but from what I've been seeing from let's players I can safely say that it's really  good. Tales from the borderlands is a game based on the events after borderlands 2. We  control the characters named Rhys who works at Hyperion (it's one of the games evil corporations that the players from borderlands 2 constantly run against) and a con artist named fiona. Rhys got screwed over by fiona but they became buddies because of Rhys' boss trying to kill them and the vault (hidden treasure but is protected by powerful aliens). Fiona and Rhys are also accompanied by their respective best friends, Rhys' bestfriend is Vaugn and Fiona's somewhat sister is Sasha.

First off I really like the chemistry of Fiona and Rhys. Their chemistry isn't the relationshop, romance, lovey-dovey kind of chemistry it's just that it will seem like at the end of this, they also will become best buddies. Rhys' neurotic, corny but somewhat witty personality contrasts to Fiona's calm and collected nature, it's a nice combination but not just in their personality or how they were written. The gameplay of Fiona and Rhys are so different; Rhys uses his bionic eye to tell info about highlighted objects while Fiona's gameplay has you looking for money. This is still a telltale game though so it's not saying much but at least there's the feel of difference and it makes sense to their character.

second the lore, I know that not a lot of people care about borderlands' lore but I love how it's rich enough to be able to stretch it to have a game that's a different genre. I like how they showed that there are still remnants of your enemies back in borderlands 1 and how they connect to characters in borderlands pre-sequel. There's also lots of nods to the game's enemies like the rakkhive and additional creatures as well such as the jellyfishthings that the players encounter at episode 4.

I'm really excited to see how the last episode in this game and while I haven't played it, I will get this on steam once the last episode comes. 

10. Terrible weather

Oh man we are living in the extremes! it's either wet or it's dry, I can't get what this weather wants to do! Is the weather messing with us? does it want us to keep enclosed to feel a sense of security when in reality the strong winds and rain can just come crashing down our houses to kill us in many ways? That may be too unlikely, or is it?

This weather is so difficult to deal with, it keeps everything wet and not only that it also keeps everything susceptible to electrical shock! I've seen so much cut electric wires this week and it's making me worry every time I have to walk out of my home! It is scary indeed but I do believe that I have to keep trucking on or else, nothing happens.

I think the weather is telling is something, well more like mother nature is telling us something. Weather patterns are so weird, it's two typhoons trying to steal eachother's winds! not only that the typhoon that's above us doesn't want to leave it's so scary! I always imagined this to be like that scene from independence that has will smith star in it, that scene where the aliens come down to our planet and kill the living hell out of the white house, I felt the need to shrug after typing that, it's so scary.

but as human beings, I don't think we need to be afraid, I'm sure ondoy is worst. I've actually haven't experienced ondoy, I was one of those lucky people who moved up to Bagiuo and immediately went down when ondoy went up to Bagiuo, now that's what we call a clutch. I'm experiencing something like this in a city that has never experienced something like this before and that thought scares me. I shouldn't be scared because it's not as terrible as ondoy and if it's as terrible as ondoy, we'd still be fine. My place is pretty high and isn't susceptible to floods, well not yet. I hope everyone reading this is okay because I'm seriously worried about the places that get flood easily.

9. So much conventions to go to so little money.

2015 and 2016 will be the years where they will suck money out of my guts because of the amount of video games and media that companies keep making. I will not be able to earn money for the other things that I love because I prioritize video games in my life, it's so hard to keep up! MGSV is on the horizon, fallout 4 will follow suit after that persona 5! holy moly! it just keeps stacking and stacking! I hope my money keeps stacking too but it won't! while that's a different problem, I'm facing a another problem! CONVENTIONS! conventions are everywhere and I want to go to them!

as of today, the Rampage league of legends convention opens it's arms to the people of the Philippines. It's an event where people gather to learn things about the game league of legends, the game that people love! It's a fun game with fun lore, it's that reason why I keep playing it but yeah. Learning from the promotions is that you can get free champions and skins from the event it's going to make me cry! I want skins too! I want to learn more stuff about league! I want to socialize with fellow league players! I have to go here!

there's another convention for next month, it's called The Best of Anime (BOA). This one is the biggest anime appreciation convention in this country and I can't miss it! Imagine the people you meet and get to talk about the anime that you love, it's these conventions that make you learn how to communicate with people and it's easier because you're in an environment that encourages that. I do hope they have events that teams random people up to win something at a booth. People are still too shy  I guess.

Cosplaymania is also another big convention that will happen on October. This event is the biggest cosplay event in the philippines, why do I have to miss this? I can't! I have fun taking pics with cosplayers, I make a fool out of myself but that's okay! that's the point of these conventions!

so yeah that's my problem, these 3 events that I want to go to and sad thing is that these events are events that I promised my friends that I should go to, it's sad but it's okay as well, as long as I get to one of these, I think I settle with that.