You are...

... a spoiled brat Kathryn Tan. Grow up.

Everything Dances, Nothing Dies

Some random thoughts.


Yesterday was a significant day. Jaje finally got a grade for their thesis. He is officially a graduate. Lernie comes up to me and whispers, “Do you realize what a momentous occasion this is?.. Our parents officially have no more dependents!” And I think to myself, “Oh yeah.”


Except not really. But I don’t really want to think about that.


Yesterday I discovered an annoying, significant, but not really crucial mistake in the paper we’ve submitted for the IAEA conference. Annoying because, well…it’s a mistake! Significant because it’s 2 columns of data! Not really crucial because it doesn’t make a difference to the conclusions. The whole thing taught me this about myself: Looks like I never really grasped the meaning of the distributive property of multiplication. So I myself illustrate the conclusions of the paper: mastery of procedural knowledge does not imply mastery of conceptual knowledge. Hayyyyy.


Ricky Reyes seems like a pretty cool guy. Tom Cruise looks cute in the MI:3 poster (I mean I am struck that it struck me so, not being a Tom Cruise fan). And there’s no more Powerdance in Edsa Shangri-la.


Finally.


I watched the first 7 episodes of Rud’s Inuyasha collection yesterday. And I never thought I’d say this again, but I think I’m…. in love :) . Heck I might even start drawing fanart again! Hahaha :D.


The list of to-do’s goes on.

Blue Lagoon

There's some really weird blue lagoon shat going down in our house.




This is Bart, Lernie's son.














This is Chewie (yes, as in Chewbacca the Wookie), Rud's daughter. (It's the hair color you see. She --- my sister that is --- was a bit crazy when she got Che wie, so...)













They're cousins. Brother and sister...


But months turn to years, seasons change and uh, hormones get manufactured. So little Chewie, at 8 months, is in heat. And Bart, at 4 years, is acting every bit like the dawg that he physically is (there's a theory among the mamees that actually, Bart doesn't really think of himself as a dog... more like a person trapped in a dog's body; maybe I'll elaborate some other time.)


And it's weird! They're cousins!


This week is supposed to be the last week of this madness however... but... three weeks, twice a year! [shudder]...

Fantasy #2

When Lern and I were younger we figured that if we were to save the Philippines (ahem!), there were only 2 ways to do it:


1. Improve education.
2. Make better movies.


Because in this country, the 2 are almost the same.


I used to be such a movie / TV addict (TV was my friend!). I remember not caring about homework because... Sunday's Big Event was on! And it's Karate Kid! (horrible, I know; luckily I outgrew it --- Ralph Macchio that is, not TV). And I wanted to be a director.


I look at the picture below and I am struck by 2 things:


1. Eleanor and I were both young enough that we'd do something as crazy as this.
2. And Eleanor and I were both young enough that I could wheedle her into doing something as crazy as this. Can't do that to the management-trainee imperious-curse-wielding mamee now!


I've shadowed the picture so you won't clearly see her face. I promised.


I'm the vampire. She's the victim. I think I must be grade 5 here. And who's taking the picture, Rud?


Crazy!







Is this why I'm in CEM? Because I decided to be a nerd and opted for strategy number 1?

I Want / Fantasy #1

To have my father's mind,
My mother's heart,
Frances' sensible-ness
Eleanor's outgoing-ness
And Jaje's Lucky-ness (inside joke).


Allegedly, I have my mother's looks. But the picture below says otherwise.

She was in 2 commercials (Safeguard and something else). I discover this as I type it because the parents generally don't talk about things like this with us kids. Only got it from my sister.

Doesn't this picture look fab? :D At 58, she's still a glowing beauty. Because she always smiles. Even her voice does.

I want to learn that too. How to always be smiling. Even when life almost breaks you.

I'm It!

Coz Chrise tagged me :) (hindi ako yung kathy dun sa 8 traits list di ba? wala kasing t. :))

Get ready for mind-numbing pedantic-ness! (pedancy? hahaha)

4 jobs I've had in my life:
a. Research Coordinator
b. Project Leader
c. Tutor
d. Researcher I

4 films I can watch over and over:
a. Funny nonsense films like Coneheads, Dreamcatcher
b. Matrix I and II (especially fight scenes)
c. Merlin (hallmark made for tv movie)
d. Some Kind of Wonderful (coz i want to believe! :))

4 places I have lived (in):
a. Cainta
b. My head
c. Melbourne, Australia (isang pagpapanggap ito, dahil 1-2 linggo lang ako dun; pero sa foster family para talagang exchange program ang dating)
d. Aunt's house when my sister had bulutong

4 TV programs I love to watch:
a. American Idol (dahil kay Elliot Yamin, kasalukuyang kinababaliwan ni Eleanor)
b. Dr. House (in the words of his ex: smart, funny, surprising, sexy)
c. Inuyasha
d. Jessica Alba's Darkangel (I have the DVDs) / Friends

4 places I would have visited had I had the money:
a. Europe
b. China
c. Local scenic places (Palawan, Boracay, Bohol etc)
d. Japan (Kyoto!)

4 websites i visit daily:
a. Friends' blogsites
b. Google (although this isn't a website)
c. YahooMail
d. Not daily but Friendster

4 of my favorite foods:
a. Nescafe Iced Coffee
b. FRENCH FRIES!
c. Boneless Fried Bangus (try Jollibee's sarap!)
d. Cold Chocolate Drink (with matching bread or cookies)

4 places where I would want to die:
a. My house (if I were old and decrepit and already needed to die; otherwise it would probably be horrible for those left behind if I die in the house... unless there was time for goodbyes)
b. The hospital (pero hindi accident or crime-related)
c. ...
d. ...

4 people (living/dead) who you want to meet:
a. Jose Rizal
b. Tamora Pierce
c. Ursula K. Leguin
d. Ninoy Aquino

4 Places Ive been on Vacation (from most to least recent)
a. Hongkong (2 years ago)
b. Puerto Galera (7 years ago)
c. Subic (13 years ago)
d. Baguio (16 years ago)
--- we are so not a vacationing family, sigh ---

4 Places I would Rather Be Right Now
a. In bed
b. In front of the TV
c. Among friends
d. Dance class

4 People I Wanna Tag
a. Frances Tan
b. Eleanor Tan
c. Frank Tan Jr.
d. Jana Senseng