Wow, happy 10th birthday to LJ! Thank you for being an amazing site and for hosting my blog/s for around 4 years now.



I had my very first blog site (ever) here on LJ, and it goes by the site name "pansy_perky" in honor of a character in the Harry Potter series. LOL. Friends from DLSU who were hardcore HP fans convinced me to create an account in LiveJournal in 2005; since then I got hooked.

For some reason, I deleted that account and came up with this new blog name: "trixiedawnc".

Anyway, my first entry in the pansy_perky LiveJournal account was something like explaining why I came up with such site title: "pansy" was from the HP series, "perky" was a trait attributed to me.

My first entry here in my current LJ site was from December 2007, and can be found here: http://trixiedawnc.livejournal.com/2007/12/13/

I'm back to blogging, yay!

I'm officially on a 2-week summer vacation before I start my internship. I've decided to work at Vibal Publishing because TP disappoint me.

Anyway, since school's already out (for now), I'm answering LJ's survey:




I'm proud to say that I loved English and Science (until now actually), mainly because of my parents (Mom loves English, Dad loves Math and Science. But I suck at Math in elementary). No parental influence/pressure here, they just say that this and that are easy to learn if you try to understand blah blah blah... And since then, excellence and enthusiasm (Hah! Arrogant, much?) came naturally.

Do these subjects have to do anything with my life? Duh, because I wouldn't write and speak and think in English, and I wouldn't appreciate (and love) literature without those foundations from elementary school. As with Science, well they're too practical naman. :)

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Bonding time with good ol' Internet.

I followed Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf) of Gossip Girl on Twitter just recently (Check my sidebar for a link on my Twitter to be able to see Leighton's Twitter), and I got the chance to read her blog. She has this interesting entry: you type "[your name] needs" on Google and 10 results will appear.

Here's mine (I picked out the best results. Har):

1. Trixie needs to warn us that a tree is about to fall
Well, whatever that means...

2. Trixie needs your prayers...
Definitely, so I could wake up early for work, arrive at work safely, and pass internship by the end of May.

3. Trixie needs some tapping.
Huh?

4. Trixie needs a home.
Yes, preferably somewhere near QC so I'll be nearer to my workplace. Hahaha.

5. Trixie needs a better cell phone.
Um, yes? I hate my phone so much.

6. Trixie needs to find some way to impress her friends at her school's show and tell.
Of course! Haha. But wait, we don't have show and tell in college.

7. Trixie needs your help.
Refer to number 2? :D

8. Trixie needs something extra special for show-and-tell at her “Monstersorri” school.
Similar to 6 yata ito. :P

9. Trixie needs to do more shit.
HAHAHAHAHA.

10. Trixie needs her beauty sleep :)
Oh hell yeah.

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Really excited for internship! Yay! I'm already expecting sitting for n hours in front of the computer creating relevant content for a website.

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I need to revive my Gossip Girl love.

Must... watch... Season... Two...

XOXO,
T

We've been frequenting museums lately, and my professor in Southeast Asian Arts class justified that by saying that "You're Philippine Arts majors and you haven't visited every museum in Manila? Oh, we should visit *insert museum name*!" in a very giddy tone.

So anyway, I'm enjoying the trips so far kahit mahal. Kailangan naman cultured ako paglabas ko ng UP at ng programa ko.

Going back, while pondering and digesting every info and artifact we could find, I'm actually quite interested on the burial ceremonies of the ancient/precolonial Filipinos. As you may all know, early Filipinos believe in the concept of the afterlife, and the world where you will go is actually the continuation of the life you lived on Earth--a thing and belief which we also share with neighboring Southeast Asian countries (Read works of Oppenheimer, Solheim, and a documentation of a Spanish priest (OhshocksIcantrememberthetitlemyprofsgonnakillmeifshereadsthis) ). And because of this belief, early Filipinos who died (especially royalties) were given real gold jewelries (around 24K gold pieces), the sword (if the dead person is a warrior-prince), and every facial feature were covered with real gold "plates" called funerary masks.

The early tradition of pagpapabaon ng ginto sa mga patay signifies how much value they put on death and the after life--and of course, to the loved one who died. If you have seen the Manunggul Jar (ancient burial jar that can be found in the National Museum--the one which has a anthropomorphic image of 2 men on a boat on the cover), that is one example of the great value they put on the dead person--that they believe that in crossing into the afterlife, the soul of the dead is traveling... more like namamangka. With the funerary masks, early Pinoys believe that in order for the soul to stay in the body before decaying, every hole in the face should be covered.

Why am I explaining all these things to you which are a semester's worth of discussion? I just wanted to say that when I die, I want my body to treat it like in the ancient times--put in a burial jar, with a funerary mask, and may pabaon na ginto.



(NOTE: Visit Ayala Museum's Crossroads to Civilization collection at the 4th floor. Or check out the site para makarelate kayo sa sinasabi ko.)

Wow, this would be the first time I'm gonna answer a Writer's Block question.

Anyway...



Actually, what I heard was the most pathetic and "baduy" conversation. And it's even aired on the radio. But really was the most interesting (and funny) so far.

I was on a bus ride to school last Thursday, and I'm running late. Of course, wala naman akong magagawa sa perpetually-traffic Quirino Highway in Manila. Because my phone's earphones is still broken (and I have no plans of buying a new one) and I'm done with the readings for my Aesthetics and Theories class, nakinig na lang ako sa radio station sa bus.

The local FM station had this segment which the DJ calls "Make or Break". It was the first time I got to listen to that station and to that particular segment--basically, people problematic with their love lives come to the station (a.k.a The Challenger, as the DJ calls those people), share the problem with the whole of the Philippines, and the DJ tries to call the person's partner (but the other line doesn't have a single idea that the other line's airing live). The call will either "make" or "break" the relationship, and yeah, the whole telephone conversation will be aired. Listeners also text the station with their views and advices for the challenger.

That day, the challenger was a male who's voice sounded like a JJ (jumping jologs for people who don't know). His girlfriend of 7 years (This guy's 19 years old) broke up with him because he accidentally slapped her after a fight--which the guy never did in the duration of their relationship.

( The rest of the story here. Not primarily intended for readers below 18 years of age, and those who don't understand Filipino. ;) )