twenny ten!

proves that i failed to take pictures when it counted. ;)

just the same, every year with the Lord is sweeter than the year before! :D

if 2010 were a person, i'd be giving it a huge bear hug. cheers, 2011!

*photo credits:
ate riz for most of the pics, haha :P
tito dave for Hillsong and TG Christmas
kuya nate for Zaaci the baby toy
kuya buboy for Mel and Joey

isang 2am sa opisina ng mel and joey

hindi po totoo na nababaliw na kami.

hindi po talaga.
promise.

once upon a time in bicol

mel and joey summer special. :)

room mate series 2: jeanxie

bespren! :D

Past the Silver Deadline

I made an agreement with myself that I will live no longer than twenny five years. I do not want to grow old as I do not want to bore myself to death.

Funny that I have done so many outrageous things for my health to fail and yet I'm still around, wasting the world's supply of oxygen. Since it does not seem like I am going anywhere soon, I thought perhaps there must be something I am meant to do, a second chance to get my life together notwithstanding the crises I have successfully denied getting into.

You see, I am seriously considering applying for law school. It has to be UP Law or I don't go at all. First off, my dad has to agree that this is a good thing for me. I have already received thumbs up from my mom, close friends, my siblings, and the street vendor from whom I bought a mint gum.

It doesn't scare me at all, the thought of going to law school and eventually becoming a lawyer. Juris Doctors is the degree offered in UP Law. I mean, what are the chances that I will actually pass the LAE, right? I have gone on grace since I can remember and never in my life have my own merits gotten me somewhere. If I were to rely on my brains (which functions are bordering on questionable already), I will be found wading in the proverbial kangkungan. So it's not really up to me and so I have nothing to worry about. Grace. Grace. Grace.

That sounds like a plan. And finally after ten years of marking the deadline, I am actually pretty excited about missing and living past the silver mark. Hurray for me, I guess. :)

Lipat Bahay

Thinking of a new blog name brings me back to memories from high school (the part where I was not home schooled) when I had to decide on a column name for our school newspaper. I could be mistaken but I think I called it The X Files then. Maybe I didn't. I couldn't really remember much from those days. Heee.

I'm thinking of moving to wordpress since my livejournal is practically inactive and well, my multiply blog might as well be dead for not getting any visits.

Here's what I'm playing around with:
1. thexarischronicles
2. brightlightsandthexaris
3. xarisinwonderland
4. noyoumaynot
5. xarismeansgrace

pero sana may Biblical something din. Help me pick a name please.

Aww, Naman, Hay

Just when I was looking through my fourth grade picture that my friend posted (and illegally tagged* me to) on facebook, I get a glimpse down Patty Laurel's blog and the memories that came with it when she was that age, too. All I could do was tear up for various reasons like 1) her story was so kilig-worthy that it makes me go 'aaaawwww' 2) Atom A was also in my crush ranks at the time that it makes me go 'namaaaaan' and 3) she's just so good with words that it makes me go, 'haaaay.'

I would have loved to be the one who wrote that blog. To share that story. Maybe not having Atom per se just the thought of your first crush being your last crush and being able to write it like that.

Meh, do I ask for too much? Dear Universe, you are so playing favorites, I'm gonna tell on you!

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*So about that illegal tagging... I have rules, you see, being that I am the xaris. LOL.

Here's the thing, if you're my facebook friend (or contact in any social networking site that has a tagging function), you may want to remember a few things.

The Xaris Rules for Tagging The Xaris
1. Do not tag the xaris if the xaris is not in the photo.
2. Do not tag the xaris if the xaris is fugleh in the photo.
3. Do not tag the xaris without her consent.

For a privileged few who have not suffered remove tag attacks from moi, they know better and that, I personally believe, should be an example that's worth emulating. Kapeesh?