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Yay! Finally... After a grueling hour and a half, I've finally finished it! If you will notice, I've added a collection of fanlistings I joined... I deleted some of it because the sites weren't working. I've added a few (mostly Gundam 00). Tieria Erde's fanlisting isn't there because the site wasn't working. I'll check it out again in a week or two.

That would be all for now. Ta-ta!

Less reason to rejoice

It came from Seiji Mizushima (director of Gundam 00) directly. It was posted on Lockon's page in Wikipedia. He is considered KIA (Killed in action). I hope not... There is still hope, right? I mean, it's just the director and not the manga-ka... But I'm really worried... What if-- No, we must keep faith, no matter what.

Patrick Corlasawar is still alive. Alejandro Corner is really dead. Ali Al Saachez is alive. Graham Acre survived the blast and is now wearing a mask, a Gundam series trademark (Gundam SEED had Rau Le Creuset, Gundam SEED Destiny had Neo Roanoke)... It was only Hallelujah who died. Allelujah and Tieria are MIA (Missing in action). No news on Setsuna. Marina's handmaid left her for unknown reasons. Livonze calls himself the Innovator. Lasse Aion can still be alive. I hope all of them are safe. When October comes rolling in, I'll be afraid to watch it. But right now I'm giddy with suspense...

All this information came from Wikipedia. It's mostly accurate but I hope the bit about Lockon isn't... No offense on that...

Gundam 00 - Episode 25

More reason to rejoice! Episode 25 was a great episode, in spite of Episode 24. I can't wait for October to come rolling in! The ending of Season 1 seemed better than I thought. Season 2 will start on 2312 AD, four years after Season 1. Tieria has gotten a new haircut which is similar to Lockon's. Louise cropped her hair short and Saji is working in space. Celestial Being is still very much alive. Livonze Almanck has created an Alliance of his own. The world has united into one. Graham Acre is still alive but looks like he has a mask on (result of his fight with Setsuna). A mystery character has been shown with brown hair. I think it's Alejandro Corner. Ena thinks its Ali Al Sarshees but we're hoping it's Lockon Stratos. Happy! No news about Allelujah. Nena Trinity seems to be part of the "good" side now. She's working with Wang Liu Mei. There are sort of hints that Setsuna is still alive. The Exia is still there, renamed and resupplied. It's now named 00. There's also a new 0 Gundam... Can't wait for Season 2!!!

Setsuna F. Seiei left a question on my mind because of what he said... "Why are there people who rule, and those who are being ruled? In spite of this, why are people living as they are?"...

Allelujah Haptism also called Soma Peiris the name Marie. She seems to be part of his past and his other half, Hallelujah, knows about this. However, at the end, Hallelujah said goodbye to Allelujah. I think he's not dead... :D

Casualties of war

So much things have been going on in Gundam 00 and we didn't have knowledge of it until yesterday wherein my sister watched episodes 21-23. It's really sad to hear that Lockon's right eye was injured while defending his fellow Gundam Meister, Tieria Erde, from Patrick Corlasawar's (AEU) attack. But it's sadder still to know that he could have met his end... He had been fighting Ali Al Sarshees, KPSA's leader, using his Gundam Dynames when another mobile suit intervened which led to the Dynames's disability. He then fled from his mobile suit and ordered Haro to take the Dynames back to Ptolemaios. He connected his gun to Dynames's sniper and shot down Ali's mobile suit. However, it is unconfirmed whether he's alive still or not. Then, the platform where Lockon was standing exploded, sending him flying. Following these events was Setsuna's arrival from Earth. He saw Lockon floating in space and was about to fly to him when suddenly, the GN Arms exploded. When the smoke cleared, there was no Lockon in sight. However, there is still one flicker of hope. It is unconfirmed whether Lockon is deceased or not. Then there is still reason to rejoice.

However, there are more deaths. In Episode 24, the ship Ptolemaios was attacked by a battle ship with imitation solar reactors and the remaining enemy mobile suits. Alejandro Corner is piloting the battle ship. Lasse Aion and Setsuna F. Seiei have engaged in a fight with him. Tieria and Allelujah/Hallelujah are battling the mobile suits. Nadleeh (Tieria) succeeded in eliminating Patrick Corlasawar, losing both of Nadleehs's legs and head. He then floats away. Hallelujah takes control of the Kyrios and turns into a killing machine, annihilating everything in its path. One of Kyrios's legs seemed severed. Every now and then, the battle ship (Alejandro Corner) releases a particle beam which looks similar to GENESIS from SEED. He targets the Ptolaemaois. Sumergai, Felt, and Ian are riding on a smaller assault ship and desperately fires at the oncoming mobile suits. However, they miss one which goes straight to Ptolemaios and fires its gun. Seeing the danger, Lichtendahl Caeli floats to Christina Sierra and envelops her in an embrace so he could protect her. His right arm and a portion of his hip were severed in the attack. He dies in Christina's arms. Meanwhile, Sumeragi tries to contact them and catches Christina's voice. Christina says her last words to Felt Grace and dies (stabbed on the back). Lichtendahl's last words were, "No kidding... No... kid...". He was referring to Christina when she said that there had been a "good man" beside her all along, only to not notice it. Christina's last words were, "Please change the world.".

Also adding to the death toll is Kinue Crossroad, Saji Crossroad's older sister. Louise Halevy lost her left hand due to an attack from the Trinity Thrones. Michael and Johann Trinity have also died. Nena's whereabouts are unknown for now.

So much dying and hurting... My mind can't take it. War is horrible. Deaths can't be prevented. Who likes war anyway? And why does it happen? No one wills it and yet it comes to us like the Pied Piper, as Walter Blythe often described it. Perhaps it will come to us soon... Or maybe sooner than we imagine. It could be knocking right now at our very doors. Surprisingly, though, I find no tears for them in me, not even for Lockon Stratos... Only a sadness, a deep, aggravating sadness that tears at your soul. It hurts so... Perhaps true war would hurt equally, no, maybe more... But one thing is certain, we can all do something about it. We can all help prevent this horrible future from happening... Through our prayers.

Busy busy busy!

We had VBS (Vacation Bible School) in church yesterday. My feet hurt from all the standing up and running after kids. But all in all, it was a fun experience. The children learned how to dance the theme song for this year, Sidekicks. It's a fun dance actually, even if the choreography is a bit kiddy. I especially liked our students. We're called the Agent Preps and I'm the Deputy Captain. Isn't that nice? For once I'll be called Deputy Captain. I enjoyed interacting with Alona and Mark Joshua. Alona was the first to call me teacher because she found a piece of bubblegum stuck on her table. You wouldn't know how excited I was when I heard her call me teacher! Oh, I thought Mark Joshua how to properly color a picture because he was having a little difficulty about it. Surprisingly, though, Aries is well-behaved and did not hurt any of his classmates. That was refreshing, at least. We had macaroni and sandwiches for our merienda. When Sis. Susan said that there was food, one of the students asked, "Teacher, may bayad po ba?" I was touched by it. Even a kid was burdened by the problems of our government! Anyway, it was great to see their contented faces eating all that macaroni. Some of them didn't finish their food and took some home. It was a great experience.

After VBS, we went to MB Dream Resort and met with our relatives (mother's side) there. We swam until about 12AM and didn't sleep until 2AM. However, I woke up at 8AM and wasn't able to sleep again so I went to my cousin's cottage and we spent our time waiting there. At about 9AM, we went swimming. Gosh! I presume my swimming has improved! Some of my cousins couldn't swim so they just stuck on to the sides and never to the deep parts. Haha! It was really fun to see my little cousins desperately trying to learn how to swim. Anyway, we went out of the water by 11:30AM. Places in between my legs are red and sore. I think I've got sunburn. They hurt... I guess that's all for now.

I'm currently playing as Bulbasaur in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. Ja mata!

Today in school

Our airconditioner broke down in school a while ago and it was freakin' hot. It started in Geometry class (which is 1:00PM) and continued until AP (or History class in America or some other place). Geometry was cool and we had a new lesson which is 'The Slope of a Line'. Our teacher gave us an assignment and I was trying to solve it for a very long time (an hour or two actually but that's long enough) and I haven't figured it out yet. My brain is just going whack over the problems and I can't get it right. The light was sort of dim but that's not the problem. I was concentrating well enough even if I'm watching American Idol while doing my assignment. Oh well, I'll just ask my classmates tomorrow about it. I'm kind of wondering if they're going through the same mind torture... Well, anyway, Filipino was easy. We played Mario Kart DS all throughout the time because our teacher was out and she was kind enough to give us free time. Mario Kart DS was a great game and I enjoyed Rainbow Road and Bowser's (or Browder's) Castle. It was all a bit like Crash Bandicoot only smaller. However, it was still great. And because of that, I almost forgot to review for our test in History class about the Spanish and Portugal feud about exploration. Fortunately, though, I got past through it with a 23 over 25. The second mistake was really stupid of me not to notice because it was a spelling problem. And I was supposed to be good in spelling because I was a Spelling Bee champion before! Hello? I could've seen that. Anyway, after that, because it was super hot we went outside. The Sophomores were in the Fire Exit playing volleyball. If you were wondering, the Fire Exit is a big grassy place with a playground and a volleyball court. It has very high walls and a huge gate on one side. Anyway, as I was saying, they were playing volleyball and they invited us, the Juniors, to a friendly match (which we deduced we'd win). The game had three rounds, with us winning the 1st, losing the 2nd, and finally winning the third. We were simply ecstatic with joy even if we didn't get to play (I wanted to but the boys got to play first) because we were our class' cheerleaders. Actually, there were only three of us - my two best friends (and fellow bookworms) and I. It was fun, though.
The fun part came, however, when class was dismissed. Yeah, I know dismissal is fun but it's not exactly that. Dad was driving an owner-type jeep. I don't know if they got that on other countries but here in the Philippines we sure got lots of them! In case you don't know what it looks like, I'll sort of describe it for you. The jeep is small (kind of like the stuff you see in the military only it's shorter). It's a top-down sort of vehicle (I don't really know if that's the correct term for that but I guess you'd understand). The back part is mostly bare and there are only two seats and they're in front. Half of the back part was not really shaded so the sun came and shone down on the jeep. My sister and I liked to sit there and Dad allowed us so we sat there for the rest of the ride home. It was fun even if I could feel the sun beating down on my back. The people we passed were cool and it's refreshing to see people doing stuff they should do. It's really nice to ride on a owner-type jeep. Some people think it's absolutely cheap but if you really experienced the ride (as in really experienced and not just for the sake of riding it) you'll find out it's really sort of cool and fun. I loved it! Well, as they say, the littlest things in life are the ones that give us happiness.
That's it all for now. I hope to write more soon. Buh-bye!
P.S. I've finished reading 'Anne of Ingleside' and is now starting to read 'Rainbow Valley'. I find Jem and Walter sweet and caramellistic...

The things that fascinate me...

I would like to return in the 1900s and walk around in Canada, or in Montgomery's make-believe Avonlea. I do think that the surroundings are lovely. The weather is so fine then, don't you think? Almost no pollution... I hope we lived in a world like that. If we could only turn the strands of time back... Oh, and the flowers! The flowers are humongously lovely in those parts! We bought some flowers a while ago (a gumamela and bougainvilleas - I don't think I spelled that right... ). Someday when I have my own house I'd like it to have a really wide space for a garden and there'd be roses in it! Oh, lovely white and blood-red roses! I'd have them all around! My sister asked Dad if a house really needs a garden. He says that even a garden inside would be necessary and beautiful. I think that would be more convenient since it saves space but... The very thought of having lilies, daisies, and roses in pots inside your house! Simply unthinkable! That would be so un-romantic, as red-headed Anne Shirley would put it. When I have my garden I'd have it outside, with landscaping of course. And then the butterflies would come all year round and the air will be full of their sweetness (or caramellistic sweetness). Oh how lovely it will be! The very thought of it makes my heart leap with uncontainable joy. Nothing would suffice me as to see a very beautiful rose garden. I dread vegetable gardens because the fat catterpillars would rummage all over it and that'd be unbearable for me. I have a fear of bugs but not much as to scream whenever I see one.
However, what I don't like about the 1900s was that they didn't have cars. Cars are such fascinating things, don't you think? Really, I'd like to have a BMW someday but Dad is stating the obvious that we won't have a chance to buy one so I'm not keeping my hopes at it. It would be too troublesome to keep on hoping for nothing. There is one thing I could hope for, though. It would be to live for all eternity beside my Savior whom I live for to serve. The worst case scenario would be to stand in His presence only to be judged to go to Hell.
You could have noticed that I have been writing in my blog more than ever. It's because dear Anne Shirley (or Mrs. Anne Blythe, for that matter) has been imploring my literate mind to write and write and write. I would like it very much if I could keep a notebook with me at all times with which I could write all my thoughts into, only I don't have such a trusty notebook. But I'll find one, at least. Then it won't give me a guilty feeling to open the computer every single day. That's it for now!

Today is a happy day

Today is a very happy day for me! It's not because I saw Danny's pics again. It's not because I watched my favorite anime show... There are a million tons of things why this day is a very happy one for me but I will focus on two main things. First of all, I've finally recited all of our memory verses for this year (PBA - Pastor's Bible Award). That's a lot of memorization, you know? Now, I've got at least something out of my mind. Second, I've finally completed our collection of "Anne" books! I've finally bought "Anne of Ingleside" by L.M. Montgomery for 70 pesos in BookSale. It was just sitting there in all of its glory in the shelf and I managed to chance upon it. It was like finding a needle in a haystack! These books are really rare these days that's why I value them so much. I'll start reading it tomorrow in school.

Finally! Those are two loads out of my mind! See you next time!

What I like about today...

The trees in this season are perfectly lovely and I simply adore them! They are so green and fresh and young and inviting! The air is delicious with their scent and because it is cool these days. I have been woken up twice last night because of the cold. Even at times when it should be burning hot, the air is still cool. It gives me shivers whenever I wash my hands and let them dry.

I liked school today because two of the notorious people in our class got scolded... Haha.

That would be all for now.

P.S. Prom was great! Check out our pics in my Friendster profile.

A whirlwind of events

So many things have been going on this month of December. Christmas has just passed and I'm very happy about it. I'm also half-sad 'cause not one of my classmates greeted me a 'Merry Christmas', that is, except for Aldwin and Geneva. But even without those, my Christmas has been good and special. I received a nice shirt and bag from my aunt. My money reached up to 850 pesos this year. Haha. I bought books with it. Oh yeah... Here are my new books: Rilla of Ingleside, Anne of the Island, At the Altar, and The Story Girl (all of them are written by Lucy Maud Montogomery). I bought them all from Booksale (Lucky!). I also got to read Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie. It's a very inspiring book and a must-read. It's light-reading but the contents are very heavy. Still, all the contents bring us all back to the subject of love. Morrie shares that the best thing in life is to "give out love and receive it". I also like the bit about confusing our needs for our wants. Morrie gives us an example. I quote, "You need food. You want a chocolate sundae. You don't need the best car or the biggest house." This book made a huge impact on my life. What Morrie says is equally true for all of us. Though we may try to hide it, everything Morrie says is true for us all.

We're going to spend our New Year's Eve on St. Augustine Village (where my grandma and grandpa form mother's side lives). I'm excited and giddy! Haha...