Entries for May, 2008
I will take a short break from the internet, mostly, due to some Real Life stuff, like moving on to adulthood. hehe. I hope to be back in two weeks time. -_- As I can't be away from the internet any longer than that. I'd die.
The Moving On To Adulthood Chronicles. MOTAC. Hahaha sorry I couldn't help but laugh. What a stupid acronym.
I actually tried job hunting today, via the internet. Wow, the internet is amazing. Yeah, you just had to know that too because reading this blog, I don't think you came to realize that.
There are a lot of jobs out there, and a lot of them specifying "Male". What the hell does that have to do with anything? But well, I'm not in the mood to talk about gender inequality, especially since I just celebrated Mother's day with my family last night.
(On that note though, one of my uncles made a speech about God making the women more beautiful than men so they'd be cherished, etc. And I knew he meant well but having done a thesis totally related to that I had a lot of things going on in my head and caused me to stay quiet the whole evening lest I shock the children)
FYI, the job I'm looking for is nothing of specific nature. It just needs to fit with my schedule when I'll be studying again in November, so it's preferably part-time. Oh and it has to be something I'm capable of doing, in case that isn't one of the usual criteria. -_-
Considering I'm a fresh BS Architecture graduate, I went for the Engineering/Archi related ones first. I wasn't sure if they were looking for part-timers with their job descriptions but the phrase "can work overtime" was a common one. Well, it is kind of expected in this field.
CAD operators were quite a hit too. But again the phrase just turns me off. And didn't I mention some posts back that I'd scratch my eyes out the next time I do something on CAD again? Especially if they ask me to "work overtime". I know what that phrase means.
My friend Enriqueh actually struck the gold mine when I got news of the work he got into. His job was something like writing the concept papers and critique for the designs of the __________ firm. Not the best firm but that's one helluva kick-ass job if you ask me! I'm salivating with jealousy. Well, not really. Just a teeny bit, like, 2% of my consciousness.
I found a similar job description though. It says:
WRITER
*Full-time for Web
*Proficient in the English Language
*Knowledgeable in editing tools and concepts
*Efficient in Web applications and Microsoft Office(Email resume and two written samples)
Let's see. Proficient in English, check. Knowledgeable in editing tools, check. Efficient in Web applications, check. Just.. what is Microsoft Office again? I'm sure someone explained that to me before but, hmm, I keep forgetting. Is that the expensive simian application owned by Bill Gates?
I don't know what Full-time for Web means. If it means 6 hours minimum on the internet, then maybe I'm up for that. >.>
Wait, I think I remember my mom telling me to get an architectural job.
Baboysai reads ES 21 latest chapter
Baboysai watches The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
What was that famous quote from Paulo Coelho's book? "If you wish for something hard enough, the universe will conspire to make it happen". Was it? Or something of that nature.
What if that was really possible? What if someone had that power to change reality? The power of God. Is it really something to be desired?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a high school freshman by the name of Suzumiya Haruhi. She has this power. God in the form of a 15-year old girl? Not exactly, but you could say that.
So, who is this God? Sad to say, she is extremely bored with the world, thus that scowl on her face. It's ironic though, because she holds the power that could have allowed her to do whatever she wants with the world. And she doesn't know it.
Haruhi introduces herself as someone who is looking for time travelers, aliens, and ESPers. And if you're not one of them, you are boring. Yet, because she has willed it to happen, time travellers, aliens, and ESPers have flocked in her direction. To answer your question, no, she doesn't know they exist, because it contradicts with her common sense, despite how much she wants it to happen.
Besides, if you were her, tired with the world, and you found out you were God (or if this is considered heresy, you can replace that with "Godlike), you couldn't even conceive it. The only thing other people can do about it is keep you satisfied, un-bored, amused, so that you may not change the way of the world. Yet.
It's actually quite simple, right? Keep the God Haruhi entertained, and she won't will the world to chaos. But this system is not perfect, as one would have liked. You forget, despite her ability, Haruhi is human, a 15-year old girl to boot. And what could cause a system like this to fluctuate more than anything? You guessed it. L-O-V-E. Kaching.
Do you still follow? Good. Let's imagine you are neither time traveler, alien, nor ESPer, but an ordinary, powerless human being. But what if you are the cause of this girl's fluctuating emotions, enough to drive the world into rebirth if she wishes it so?
Now are you completely powerless? I think not. If God was your lover, what would you do?
Have a nice field day. 
Note: This is based on the Light Novels Suzumiya Haruhi, which was also adapted into anime as The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.
SUZUMIYA HARUHI: A review
My first encounter with Suzumiya Haruhi was some 8 months ago, through the light novels that were released. I honestly don't know how you get these but I got the 8 volumes that I have through a friend who uploaded them as PDF files. -_- I was not really that giddy to read it. Truth be told, I didn't know anything about Suzumiya Haruhi beforehand. It was quite famous, but that it was a "light novel"*, I was reluctant to open the first volume. For a lack of better things to do though, I finally got to opening it. And I did not regret, for the most part.
I found the first two volumes to be very interesting, but it kind of dragged on a bit until the fifth or so volume where I eventually decided to drop it. The thoughts presented above were covered mostly by the first two volumes, and instead of moving on to answer that lingering question, the author (Nagaru Tanigawa) decided to insert some adventures that I found to be too repetitive. Repetitive in the sense that, Haruhi had been fully described in the first two volumes, it was completely unnecessary to tell me again and again that she's overreacting, or very excited, or really abusive. I know these things already, how about we move on back to the plot? Because, despite that, the premise is very very interesting, is it not?
That being said, I think that the anime, which covered mostly the first two volumes, and a little bit of the other volumes, is one of the best. To top it off, it was a brilliant scheme of the producers to release an anachronic order of the episodes. You watch the first released episode and it doesn't make any sense. Similarly, sometimes some episodes are totally not the continuation of the ones you were watching previously. And if you didn't read the novel, you would really be very, very confused. Yet the answer to all that is simply because "Haruhi wants it that way". Ha. I should have known. In effect, you re-watch it in the chronological order that it should appear, and there goes another 7 hours of your life, spent in front of the tube, trying to comprehend the powers of God in a bored fifteen-year old girl. And this experience isn't so bad. It's not a waste of time, really. The anime is so good that in fact, it's one of the very few 7 hours of your life that require brain power.
For now I can only rate the anime, because I feel I have been too harsh with the light novels, and will give it another shot.
Title: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Type: Anime
Original Story by: Nagaru Tanigawa
Ultra Director: Suzumiya Haruhi (seriously, it's in the credits)
Vintage: 2006
Awards: Kobe Best TV Anime Series 2006
Rating: 
*Light novels are a term for young adult novels.
Baboysai reads 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (-_-)
So like, I was busy with a lot of things. Some aunt's clinic to design, Manga, working out, Manga, the Apocalypto DVD I'd been meaning to watch, Manga, Anime reruns, and oh, Manga. The allure of "No classes tomorrow" was just too much not to give in to. I always believed that if it's the summer, it's meant to be experienced during the night. No. That's not it. I'm just nocturnal, period. Because I'm not making sense so far, do read on, as I tell you why the truth hurts.
I had continued with this "lifestyle", as my mother called it, up to this very minute. It was now 4 A.M., but my body clock said it was the hour before going to bed. It wasn't always like this. It used to be 2 A.M, then 3, and that was it. But for the three weeks that I had been living here, out of school and out of work, something happened. Lucky Star. For those who don't know, it's a show where you watch high school girls in 5-year old bodies, going through EVERYDAY LIFE. It was absolutely mundane it would blow my brains to near-orgasmic levels. For three weeks I'd been marathoning the show, watching these girls talk about eggs over lunch. And if I missed this ritual, my brain refused to shut down. But this is not a review about Lucky Star. I told you what this would be all about.
Today I decided to try if Lucky Star was really the culprit and avoided touching the DVD. My dad, for lack of better things to do, brought me to the Pirated DVD Haven in this so-called mall. We originally went for the old Indiana Jones movies, but I tried getting other titles to see if my father's facial expression changed. Nope, it didn't. So I got even more. When I got home I became really excited to watch them, but when I looked at this new pile, I wasn't in the mood for anything we bought. Still, I loved experiments, and this was no experiment if I started with Lucky Star again. So I pushed Apocalypto and Sweeney Todd aside. I started on a Japanese series which was about a guy who could go back inside old pictures. Boring. Then there's this anime about a photographer who could blow things up with his camera. Lame. I mean, compared to Lucky Star's scenes of conversations in the subway, these videos seemed lifeless.
Yet, I still tried to stay away from Lucky Star. After watching The Other Boleyn Girl, my head actually hurt. Then I thought, you know Baboysai, maybe you just need some manga. So I traveled those agonizing 7 meters from my bed to my PC because I had to walk on tiptoe or my mom would wake up. I hated that. Now when I decided to read manga, unless there were new chapters, I usually started from the very beginning, even if I'd already read some 113 chapters five times. 3:30 A.M. was when my mother usually walked in, dressed for work, fired up and ready to go, but she'd stop and look at me in the eye as if I was not her child but a devil's spawn, creature of the night. I always thought I'd feel better if I didn't look back when I'd hear her open the door, but I just couldn't be that disrespectful. You know, moms liked to see you feel sorry for yourself for doing something, so I would turn and look guilty, and she'd walk away. Once she asked if this was the "lifestyle" I wanted, and maybe I should find jobs that had these hours or else I couldn't function as a normal human being. I could have told her all the reasons I told you, but I'd grown up, see. I 'd learned to keep my mouth shut about these things. So when she asked, I said "No, not really", and "I'm trying".
For a few days she had accepted my answer. But today when she walked in again, I was in the middle of the 15th chapter, and I frantically closed the manga and opened my Gmail as if to check for job emails, she was no longer convinced. She looked at me with that same look, except that she was in a yellow polo, wearing a blinding yellow jacket, and that look just made me even more uncomfortable. She told me the computer would have to be disconnected because I was already addicted. My heart somersaulted. I did not say a word.
My transient roommates Lenibee and Enriqueh could probably testify that if my manga-reading was interrupted, and hastily so, I would damn the world. You could call me fat or irresponsible all you like, but interrupting me while I'm with my manga could piss me off so much that no amount of sleeping or emotional eating could make me move on. And mind you, those activities were two of my 5 favorite things to do in my life, so this level of pissing me off was pretty damn important. One time, my boyfriend threatened to leave me and I cried for five whole minutes. Then I read manga and went to sleep.
That time when my mother asked, I should just have said "Yes, this is what I want, I don't give a flying f*ck what happens to the world between 6 A.M. and 12 NN. I'm not trying to change because I'm too weak-willed for now, being that I have no job and I'm not in school yet". Then again, maybe lying wasn't such a bad idea. If I had told her this truth, she'd have kicked my head off my shoulders, martial arts style.
Now where was that Lucky Star?
Baboysai reads How to Speak and Write Better
Baboysai watches Lucky Star.
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