Blog 3.5: I Interviewed My Idols

Blog 3.5: I Interviewed My Idols

I adjusted my polo, nervously fidgeting with my fingers. My heart is probably thumping out of my ribcage. I took a glance at my wristwatch, 8:55 am, it said. I'm five minutes early. I heard the bell chime. Holy flapadoodles, they're here.

I stood up and came face to face with the five astonishing human beings.

"Good morning." I heard Liam say.

AHHHHHHHHHH. MY INNER FANGIRL IS ERUPTING. Okay basically, I'm interviewing my life- I mean my idols for my job, a writer.

"G-Good morning, I'm Jamie and I'll be interviewing you for Fabulous Magazine." I said, shaking their hands one by one. I hope I sound professional.

"Hello, Jamie." they chorused and I can feel the butterflies fluttering in my stomach. Or should I call them flutterflies?

I know, I sound ridiculous. I can't help it, ONE DIRECTION IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I COULD JUST KISS THEM. Jamie, calm your nerves. DON'T MESS AROUND.

"Sit down, sit down." I said motioning them to sit on thee two large couches in front of my loveseat.

"Thank you so much for granting me this interview. The Fabulous Magazine and I are very grateful to have you here." I told them.

"Thank you so much for inviting us. We're grateful as well." Harry said, his British accented, deep, husky voice rang in my ears.

"Okay. Before I start with the interview. Advance happy birthday, Louis. And Advance Merry Christmas to you all." I greeted.

"Thank you, Jamie. Advance Merry Christmas to you too." Louis said. Oh God, he's my bias ever since.

"Can I start with the first question?"

"Sure." Niall answered, his thick Irish accent very evident.

"It's Christmas and you're still working. Why did you accepted this interview even though its already the 23rd of December?" 

"Yeah, it's hard, really. But you just have to accept the fact the we're really busy with a tight and hectic schedule. We promised our fans this interview. We don't want them to be disappointed." Zayn answered.

"Yes. Zayn's right. We really wanted to be with our family but we know they understand. We'll be home tomorrow anyway." Liam added.

"Tell me about you're released album, Midnight Memories. It has become the fastest selling album in Amazon UK's 15 year history. It broke the record you set from your previous album, Take Me Home."

"Thanks for the fans. They're really awesome. I mean we we're just five normal lads singing and they love us so much." Harry answered. It's our pleasure.

"I know. Your fans are definitely crazy. You're the first group in history to debut at number 1 with your first three albums." I said.

The boys laughed at this.

"But many criticized your album. Many praised its lyrical depth and musical composition. Some said it was not catchy as your previous songs before. They said the new songs are "forgetful" and "not special" anymore." The boys nodded. "What can you say about this?"

"We can not definitely please everyone." Louis started. The boys laughed. "We wanted something new. Something that would say we're men now. Maybe we just wanted that they'll see us as men not boys as what we were three years ago." he said.

"Yeah. We really loved recording this album. I mean, we entitled this album 'Midnight Memories' because we basically record and wrote the songs between midnight to 5 am." Niall said.

"And you personally wrote some of the songs." I said.

"Yes. Louis and Liam wrote most of them." Zayn said.

"Okay, anyway. I have many questions I've been dying to ask." I said.

"We shouldn't be nervous, right?" Harry asked and we all laughed.

"Okay first, who's single and who's not?" I asked. They laughed and I heard Louis say "Of course."

"I'm single." Niall stated.

"I'm single as well." Harry.

"I'm very much taken by Perrie of Little Mix." Zayn answered.

I'm taken with my lovely Eleanor." Louis said.

"And Liam? I've heard you're dating Sophia Smith?" I asked.

"You'll just have to find out." Liam winked.

I chuckled before proceeding to the next question. "Why 'One Direction'?"

"Harry though of that name." Liam said.

"Well, we're five lads who wanted to go one way together. That's why we named ourselves One Direction." Harry answered.

"I''l state two things and you have to answer one by one." I said and they nodded.

"Black or white?"

"White."- Niall

"Black."- Harry

"Black."- Zayn

"White."- Louis

"Black."- Liam

"Apple or banana?"

"I'll pass." Niall said.

"No you can't." I chuckled.

"Do I really have to?! It's hard! I love food!" Niall said.

We all laughed. "Fine, bananas."

"Apple."- Harry

"Apple."- Zayn

"Bananas."- Louis winked.

"Apple."- Liam.

'Shirtless, shirt on?" I asked and they laughed.

"Shirt on." Niall

"Shirtless." Harry

"Shirt on." Zayn

"Shirt on." Louis

"Shirtless." Liam

"Up All Night, Take Me Home or Midnight Memories?"

"Definitely Midnight Memories." They said in chorus.

I laughed. "Thank you so much for this boys." I said.

We all hugged and exchanged numbers.

After they left, I heaved a sigh.







"WOW."

Blog 3.4: 9 Pads of CNSHS

Blog 3.4: 9 Pads of CNSHS


I open my eyes, shocked that I was in a place all too familiar. Cavite National Science High School. I felt shivers run down my spine. I entered the gate not knowing what would be in stock for me.

The first thing I saw were students, they were in a line, writing their names in a sheet of paper with the huge "LATE" on top of it. I saw someone familiar, a fourth year student watching the late students. I tapped her shoulder but she didn't notice me. I tried to speak and say her name but no voice came out. And I knew deep inside, this is the first pad of CNSHS.

Off to the second pad, I walked to my right seeing a room I was in for a couple of times. The Guidance Office. I wasn't in there because of violations but because of some times I need to perform music. But from what I heard, it was terrible if you get inside because of violations.

The third pad was the Learning and Resource Center, where I barely get inside this year. I just go inside when I need to borrow research papers and that was like for three times. It was hot inside and I'm itching to leave.

I walked straightly to a place I was afraid of. The Science Center. When I was still a first year student, I'm always trembling to get inside there. Trying my best not to faint, I walked to the right, to the first and second year building.

The fourth pad, I enjoyed my days inside those classrooms. But I know that I've done a lot of sins there. I saw students trying their best to answer and understand the lessons, I proceeded to the fifth pad.

The CAT room. A man was inside, I knew him but I was afraid of him.

The sixth pad, the Maliksi Building. A place where I had genuine bonds with my bestest classmates and friends and teachers.

I continued walking to the seventh pad, the fourth year building. I stared at the building, hoping that I will experience walking inside them and claim myself a fourth year and graduating student.

The eight pad, the Canteen 2. I spend my money to.

The ninth pad was a place I never entered, a place that wasn't familiar to me. It is the Principal's Office. The principal inside decides who to expel and who to save. Who to give credit and who to ignore.

I sighed in relief as I finally reached the gate. And the last thing I remembered was when I stepped outside.

I opened my eyes, waking up from a strange dream. I looked around, I was inside my service as we enter the gates of the school I attend to for the past three years. I nod in determination. I will do my best in this school, with my friends, family and God's guidance.

Blog 3.3: Texting

Blog 3.3: Texting

Texting is a way of communication. Using cellular phones, you can easily send a message to a loved one across the globe. But texting has a bad effect on some teenagers, specially in the Philippines.

 

Take this picture for example.

A simple "Hello po. Dito na po ako." will take about ten unnecessary characters. This way of texting is called "Jejemon." A famous way of texting in the Philippines.

This also indicates laziness. Instead of typing the correct spelling and grammar, you'll type shortcuts like:

BRB -> be right back

OTW -> on the way

ILY -> I love you.

IMY -> I miss you.

ROFL -> roll on the floor laughing
LOL -> laugh out loud

and Tagalog words like:

namin -> nmn

afternoon -> afty

ako -> aq

Why do you have to tyF lyK dEs if you could just type like this?!

Jejemon texts don't look cool, jejemon texts are merely wreckers of spelling and grammar.

 

Blog 3.2: How Worthy is my Sembreak?

Blog 3.2: How Worthy is my Sembreak?


In all honesty, my sembreak wasn't spent productively. On the first day, I did all my homeworks, which made me proud. XD Then one routine happened on the next days. I watched all the episodes of Ao no Exorcist (an anime). I ate lunch, watched movies, read stories in Wattpad, watched the television, eat dinner, watched the telly, read and wrote drafts for my stories then sleep.

October 31, 2013, 8:30 pm

We went to Cavite City. I met my cousins, aunts and uncles after almost a year.

November 1, 2013

We went to my grandparents' grave.

November 2, 2013

We went home.


I really hoped there was 2 weeks of sembreak. :P

Blog 3.1: Love for Teenagers

Blog 3.1: Love for Teenagers

Love.

A four-letter word that makes our worlds revolve.

Have I ever been in love? Hmm. I don’t think so. Infatuation or crush, maybe. But love? No way.

Having a crush is a normal part of being a teenager. That nervous feeling you feel when you see her/him smiling at you.

There are many factors that affect you and make you have a crush on someone.

First, physical features. That weakening smile or mesmerizing eyes. Sharp nose or tallness. Cute dimples or toothy grin. They caught you off-guard. And they make you interested in one person. But let me tell you, love is blind. Yes, maybe someone’s handsome/pretty face makes you head over heels for that someone, but if that heart of yours beat and tell you that you love him/her already, whether he/she looks exactly opposite of your type you can’t help but accept his/her flaws and love his/her imperfectness. Like what One Direction said in their song, “I love you and all your little things...”

Second, friends. Yes, friends. Maybe your friends tease you to this hottie that just transferred to your school. But my friend, remember love is not a choice. It’s a mere fact waiting to happen.

Lastly, that person himself/herself. If you really like his/her attitude then BOOM! You may fall for him/her.

LOVE.

What is love?

Webster said, “Love is a strong feeling of affection; fondness; tender affection for one of opposite sex; person loved; to feel or show love for; to delight in; to caress.”

Encarta said, “Love is to feel tender affection for somebody such as a close relative or friend, or for something such as a place and ideal, or an animal."

I say, love can not be defined. It can be described but not defined. I describe love as that certain feeling you feel towards same or opposite sex. When you see that person, your heart flutters. When you see him/her smile, your heart skips a beat. When you see him/her loving another person, your heat breaks and shatters.

My ideal man would look like someone from One Direction. Nah, just kidding. I think he would be tall and cute. I like a boy with brown or green eyes. Someone who has dimples and soft hair. Someone who has a dashing smile. Maybe someone who can play instruments and love music like me. A manly voice that can sing. 

My ideal man is someone who can make me smile and laugh. Someone that I could lean on. Someone that would just hug me and my day would be okay. Someone that can make me stop cry. Someone that can make me cry. Someone that can make me happy and sad at the same time.

But then again, love can be unpredictable. 

“She who has never loved has never lived.” – John Gay, The Captives

“The trick is to love somebody...If you love one person, you see everybody else differently.”- Attributed to James Baldwin

“It is impossible to love and be wise.”- Francis Bacon

“HELENA: Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.”- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1 Scene 1

 

I think that watching the sunrise is the best thing you could do with your partner. Because watching the sunrise is a symbol of having another day, another hope and another challenge given to us by God.

"I'm in love with you and all your little things..."

Ganito ka rin ba mag-English?

Ganito ka rin ba mag-English?

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and has been preserved to its original, unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try direct translation in Tagalog. Please read with feelings.

October 1996
To Marije,

I am not surprise or wonder why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you’re very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only one me to his toy but sooner or later I’m realize that he really can’t not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because of first, Dennis say he could not stand you’re habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he go home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame o me either in school or in his family and then asking to exercise you’re very, very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you’re the most prettiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are “Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even you are beautiful face do you think you do not have the right to called me whatever or else different name time or the other for the real purposed to insult my personality because I’m never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the back of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name. I don’t have any other choice but to tell you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you’re body that is to a BUDING.

You can’t not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier than you when you look at us in the mirror. I’m repeat again that you are like the Luzadas when she is a girl.

Love,

The sexiest girl of D.M.

P.S.

You say that I’m the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go.

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This is my edited version of the letter. :)

October 1996
To Marije,

I’m not surprised why Dennis left you. Why? What reason can you think about? You have a very fat body. Before, I thought Dennis only wants me as his toy but I realized that he can’t bear to be with you. First, Dennis said that he could not stand you being so clingy and always calling at their house to ask if he’s home or not. 

And he also says that he gets ashamed to me in school and also to his family. He is asking you to exercise because you have a very fat body. And you hate it. You think you’re the prettiest girl he knows. Do you think you are the “Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even if you have a beautiful face, you don’t have the right to call me different names to insult my personality. I never called you names in front or in the back of Dennis. But if start to call me different names, I don’t have any other choice but to call you a FAT, OBESSED PIG. Shame to your body.

You can’t blame Dennis for choosing me over you because I’m sexier than you. I repeat again, you look like Luzadas when she is a girl.

Love,

The sexiest girl of D.M.

P.S.

You say that I have ba breath but who does Dennis wants to kiss? It’s me.