Last Day of This First Semester

October 18, 2011
Statmates, cheers to our success or failure!!
God bless to all of us, I wish we could hang out like this next semester although I will be separated from all of you guys. Hope we see each other again.
Success or failure? It doesn't matter as long as we stay friends forever. Keep in touch. Love you guys.

 Unlimited nga pero nakatatlo lang ako

 Anong ginagawa ni carlo?

 Ang laki ng mukha ko..

Seryoso kunwari..

Will I Pass or Fail?

It doesn't matter whether I pass or fail, what matters most is that I will do my best in my finals. This semester is my back-up plan, if I pass I'll be thankful but if I fail, well, better luck next time.

Here are the movies I watched for the past few weeks...

MY SASSY GIRL

Synopsis:

My Sassy Girl is the smash hit of 2001. It tells the story of a young man not knowing what to do with his life, and a girl young sassy girl who turns his world upside down.

Main Characters:

 Cha Tae Hyun

 Jun Ji Hyun

 Kim In Moon

 Song Ok Sook

Yang Geum Suk

WINDSTRUCK

Synopsis:

When police officer Kyungjin met with Myungwoo accidentally in a crime, she found that this responsible teacher was a really nice guy. At that night, Kyungjin got into a fight with a bunch of high school kids and got trouble in a big gun fight between rival drug dealers. Myungwoo tried to help her but then something happened that forces them stayed together all day long. They got closer to each other and Myungwoo was not able to repulse the strange but pure nature. He fell in love with her. One day, when Kyungjin was chasing a notorious criminal, Myungwoo helped her again, however, not knowing that what would happen that day changed their relationship forever...

Main Characters:

Im Ye Jin

 Jang Hyuk

 Kim Soo Ro

 Lee Ki Woo

Jun Ji Hyun

100 DAYS WITH MR. ARROGANT

Synopsis:

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young (Ha Ji-Won) meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot. She escapes from him, leaving her wallet behind. Hyung-Joon stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a "Enslavement Agreement" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days, cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework and cleaning his car. By accident she finds out that the damage to Hyung-Joon's car only costs $10! She then takes her revenge. However, before she knows it Hyung-Joon shows up at her house as her new tutor! He once again takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon. But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most? The original Korean title can be literally translated as "my love, the asshole," or, more roughly, as "my love, the no-manners".


Main Characters:

 Ha Ji Won

 Han Min

 Kim Jae Won

 Kim Tae Hyun

Lee Eung Kyung

Hell Week Next Week

Just watched my sassy girl. What am I doing? I should be studying for my finals, darn it. 


It's been a while since I wrote blogs here. Well I'm back and here's what happened for the past weeks. It's our 107th foundation day in our school and there were some carnival theme surrounding our school. There were ferris wheel, roller coaster, rock climbing, zip line and many stall and food booths.


For next week, I need to focus on two things: Finals in Rizal and nonpara and a quartet exam on our choir. Need to study Rizal and the different tests discussed in nonparametric statistics. also, need to warm up my voices for our choir's second quartet exam.


By the end of that week, my birthday will be approaching and I'm so excited I'm turning 20. Also excited for the next semester, new faces and new challenges.


gotta sign out and study. Aja!!

First "Filipinos"

The term Filipino originally referred exclusively to Spaniards and Spanish mestizos born in the Philippines. Espanoles-Filipinos -- children of Espana and Filipinas -- was how they specifically called themselves. Later the native upper class of Indios (uncivilized heathens") and Chinese mestizos, believing that education and wealth gave them the cloak of Spanish culture, also began calling themselves Filipinos.

Three Filipino babies will be born in the next 60 seconds or so.

Q: Are there more Filipino males than females?

A: Just slightly. The latest count put the ratio at 100.9 males for every 100 females. In Metro Manila, however, Filipino male is outnumbered: 92.6 to 100.

Agerasia: youthful appearance in an older person.

Harry Potter 3: Prisoner of Azkaban by: J. K. Rowling

No. 8

Summary:

Harry spent summer holidays to Dursleys. Well, it was a bad one. On his 13^th birthday, he received three gifts from Hermione (Broomservicing Kit), Ron (Pocket Sneakoscope) and Hagrid (Monster Book of Monsters).

The following day became the worst day of Harry, his Aunt Marge will have a week visit in Dursleys, lead him to leaving because Aunt Marge insults his parents.

Along the way, he was carried by a Knight Bus to Diagon Alley and was welcomed by Cornelius Fudge. The stay at the Leaky Cauldron, making him free of Dursleys and easiest way to get his things done and most of all, seeing the Weasleys and Hermione.

The next day, they went to King Cross Station via Ministry of Magic cars and then to Hogwarts Express. Their travel was almost postponed by the Dementor but it turned out well.

His first day introduced the lessons of reading tea leaves in Divination by Professor Trelawney and Talons by game keeping duties by Hagrid.

The next day, Potions by Professor Snape (Shrinking Potion) and Boggarts in Defense Against Dark Arts by Professor Lupin. Quidditch training sessions three evenings in a week.

Halloween came, Harry wasn’t allowed to go to Hogsmeade with other fellows but enjoyed talking with Professor Lupin and taking the feast.

The Fat Lady gone off from her painting, Dumbledore’s thinking it might be Black’s fault. Son every training session of Quidditch, Harry was guarded by Madam Hooch. Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff battle was a tough one, Harry was distracted by Dementors, so Hufflepuff wins, when Cedric Diggory catch the snitch.

Christmas came, and Harry went to Hogsmeade secretly by Marauder’s Map and accidentally heard the betrayal of Black to his parents.

On Christmas day, Harry received a marvelous “Firebolt” but only for short hours because McGonagall had to test it, it might be from Black. Gryffindors were getting ready for their battle with the Ravenclaw, as well as Harry, knowing how to defeat Dementors. McGonagall, finally get Harry his Firebolt back. All their practices were worthful since Gryffindor won over Ravenclaw.

After their triumphancy, exams flooded the next days. After their racking exams, Hippogriff was beheaded by Committee of Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.

The dog that had attacked Harry, Hermione and Ron was Sirius Black and the Scabbers they thought was Peter Pettigrew.

Peter Pettigrew was the real killer of Harry’s parents, instead of killing him, Harry decided to take him to Azkaban. But Peter had gone fast. There was another problem, Sirius is accused and will be getting the Dementor’s Kiss, in order for that event to not happen, Hermione and Harry used the Time Turner in order to save Buckbeak from death and used it to save Sirius Black from Dementor’s Kiss.

The results of exams went well but Lupin is leaving from the thought that he was a werewolf. Sirius wrote to harry and revealed that he was the one who send his Firebolt and signed his Hogsmeade permission form.

The next day, he got to Hogwarts Express and meet again the Dursleys with a wider grin on his smile.

Characters:

Stan Shunpike

Ernie Prang

Marjorie Dursley

Seamus Finnigan

Professor R. J. Lupin – Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher

Vincent Crabbe

Gregory Goyle

Sir Cadogan

Sybill Trelawney – Divination teacher

Parvati Patil

Peter Pettigrew

Vocabulary:

1.      Fez – a brimless cone-shaped flat-crowned hat that usually has a tassel, is usually made of red felt, and is worn especially by men in eastern Mediterranean countries.

2.      Ogling – to look with greedy or interested attention.

3.      Spiffing – fine-looking, smart

4.      Wickerwork – work consisting of interlaced osiers, twigs or rods

5.      Scabbard – a sheath for a sword, dagger or bayonet

6.      Braggart – a loud arrogant boaster

7.      Rogue – dishonest or worthless person

8.      Palmistry – the art or practice of reading a person’s character or future from the lines on the palms

9.      Tureen – a deep and usually covered bowl from which food are served

10.  Tinsel – a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns or decorations

11.  Plinth – lowest member of a base

12.  Muster – a representative specimen; sample

13.  Enmity – positive, active and typically mutual hatred or ill will

14.  Tersely – smoothly, elegant, polished

15.  Wafts – the act of waving

Chapters:

#1: Owl Post

#2: Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake

#3: The Knight Bus

#4: The Leaky Cauldron

#5: The Dementor

#6: Talons and Tea Leaves

#7: The Boggart in the Wardrobe

#8: Flight of the Fat Lady

#9: Grim Defeat

#10: Marauder’s Map

#11: The Firebolt

#12: The Patronus

#13: Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw

#14: Snape’s Grudge

#15: The Quidditch Final

#16: Professor Trelawney’s Prediction

#17: Cat, Rat and Dog

#18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs

#19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

#20: The Dementor’s Kiss

#21: Hermione’s Secret

#22: Owl Post Again

Operational definition:

·         Pocket Sneakoscope – if there’s some untrustworthy around, it’s supposed to light up and spin

·         Broomstick Servicing Kit

·         The Monster Book of Monsters

·         Animagi – wizards who could transform at will into animals

·         Waddiwasi

·         Boggart – shape shifter

·         Riddikulus

·         Red Caps – nasty little goblin-like creatures that lurked wherever there had been bloodshed

·         Kappas – creepy water-dwellers that looked like scaly monkeys with webbed hands itching to strangle unwitting waders in their ponds

·         Hinkpunk – a little one-legged creature who seemed as though he was made of wisps of smoke, rather frail and harmless looking

·         Dissendium

·         Patronus – positive, active force, a projection of the very thing that Dementors feed upon – hope, happiness and desire to survive

·         NEWTS (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests)

·         Ferula

·         Mobiliocorpus

·         Alohomora

HARRY POTTER 2: CHAMBER OF SECRETS By: J. K. Rowling

No. 7

Summary:

During the summer, Harry was back with the Dursleys, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled into something smelly.

Then, arrived from his 12^th birthday, where he met an auspicious guest warning not to go to Hogwarts. It was Dobby, a house-elf. It did everything to not getting again to Hogwarts for something bad will happen. Well, he did it by a punishment given by Dursleys after knowing that magic is not allowed to do by Harry. He was locked up to his room. With his homesickness, Ron, Fred and George came to the rescue, they get Harry and Hedwig away from Dursleys by a flying car. Harry, meanwhile, live to Ron’s house which he was accepted warmly.

The next day, they went to Flourish and Blotts to buy some of the things they need in Hogwarts. But Harry got lost to Diagon Alley; he had gone to Knockturn Alley while using a Floo Powder. Harry get famous in Flourish and Blotts because of Gilderoy Lockhart.

The following day, school has begun and it took Ron and Harry a hard time to go to Hogwarts because they were left by the train, instead they flew with Weasley’s car, and flouted one of the laws of Hogwarts. They were seen by Muggles. Snape and McGonagall caught them and brought them to detention.

Weekend is getting nearer; Wood was giving Gryffindors new lessons. Ron was irritated from Malfoy when he insulted Hermione by saying she’s a Mudblood, then, Ron was given a spell and suffered from vomiting slugs. Then Ron and Harry’s detention came, and it was about doing Muggle work for Filch and Lockhart. The following day, Harry was invited by Headless Nick to his fifth hundred death day. At the middle of the party, a voice leads Harry, Ron and Hermione to see a murdered cat by Filch. The cat had not died but petrified according to Dumbledore. The incident gave Harry, Ron and Hermione some interests to “Chamber of Secrets” and in a way to know the heir of Slytherin. They continue their plan by getting to know the Polyjuice potion.

Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor has been a deadly one, because of the rogue bludger. Gryffindor won but Harry almost broke a bone in his arm. On the hospital wing, Harry and Dobby met again, revealing the evil deeds that Dobby gave to harry.

Hogwarts have broken the silence, Colin had been petrified. Duelling Club had begun, to this event, Harry’s friends know he’s a Parselmouth. Now, Hufflepuffs are suspecting that Harry should be descendant of Salazar Slytherin because he’s a Parselmouth. Hours later, Justin Fitch-Fetchley and Headless Nick was being petrified, while Harry had seen them.

Christmas came, Harry, Ron and Hermione tried to use Polyjuice Potion, but it not turned well when they didn’t get enough information from Malfoy and Hermione became a cat.

On Valentine’s Day, Harry accidentally found Riddle’s diary which revealed that Hagrid opened the chamber of secrets.

It was the battle between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, when McGonagall cancelled because a double attack had happened to Hermione and Penelope. Harry go to Hagrid as fast as he could. So, was Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore, Snape and Malfoy. Dumbledore and Hagrid was forced to leave because of weird attacks happening again to his school.

Summer has been smoking, when Harry discovered from Aragog that Hagrid is innocent.

Harry and Ron had known the secret when they unfold the paper from Hermione; the basilisk is the attacker. They begged help from Lockhart and off they go through the girls’ bathroom were hidden the chamber of secrets.

When Harry Potter get into it, he discovered that the heir of Slytherin was truly Voldemort in the form of Tom Riddle conducting Ginny to petrify people. Harry Potter once again defeated Voldemort with the help of the tears of the Phoenix. After the incident, Hogwarts backed to normal and Harry Potter went back to the Muggle world, supposed to be Dobby’s reward.

Characters:

Dobby – house-elf

Arthur Weasley – had job in Ministry of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office

Colin Creevey

Moaning Myrtle – moaning ghost girl who haunts the girls’ bathroom

Godric Gryffindor

Helga Hufflepuff

Rowena Ravenclaw

Salazar Slytherin – a Parselmouth

Mrs. Norris

Argus Filch

Gilderoy Lockhart

Madam Pince

Headless Nick

Tom Riddle

Vocabulary:

1.      Hiccoughing – hiccupping

2.      Haggle – to cut clumsily, to exhaust or annoy wrangling

3.      Rips – tears

4.      Roguish – being vicious and destructive

5.      Resplendent – splendid

6.      Banshee – a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die

7.      Brandishingly – to shake or wave menacingly

8.      Befide – to happen to, befall

9.      Bickering – to move with a rapidly repeated noise

10.  Balaclava – a knit cap for the head and neck

11.  Beacon – as signal for guidance

12.  Shooed – to scare away as if by crying

13.  Soggy – soaked in water

14.  Swig – quantity drunk at one time, drinking in long drafts

15.  Slobbering – to let saliva dribble away from the mouth

16.  Snide – dishonest

17.  Cajolingly – to deceive with soothing words

18.  Skittering – to skip lightly

19.  Pigsty – pig pen

20.  Praffle – empty talk, sound that is meaningless

21.  Pasty – meat pie, turnover

22.  Guffaw – loud or boisterous boost of laughter

23.  Mauve – a strong purple

24.  Whomping – to strike with sharp noise or thump

25.  Willow – any of a genus of trees and shrubs bearing catkins of a petalous flowers

26.  Cistern – artificial reservoir of liquids

27.  Ebb – to recede from a flood

28.  Vermin – an offensive person

Chapters:

#1: Worst birthday

#2: Dobby’s Warning

#3: The Burrow

#4: Flourish and Blotts

#5: Whomping Willow

#6: Gilderoy Lockhart

#7: Mudbloods and Murmurs

#8: The Deathday Party

#9: The Writing on the Wall

#10: The Rogue Bludger

#11: Duelling Club

#12: Polyjuice Potion

#13: The Very Secret Diary

#14: Cornelius Fudge

#15: Aragog

#16: Chamber of Secrets

#17: Heir of Slytherin

#18: Dobby’s Reward

Operational Definition:

·         Phoenix – red and gold plumage carrying heavy immense loads, it’s tears have healing powers. “Faithful Pets”.

·         Azkaban – wizards’ prison

·         Aparecium – Revealer of the Riddle

·         Morale-booster – wash away memories

·         Lumos – emitting light

·         House-elf – had large ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls. Bound to serve one home and one family forever

·         Section 13 of International Confederation of Warlock Statue of Secrecy – magic is a serious offence, noticed by Muggles

·         Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Under Age Secrecy, 1875, Paragraph C – under-age wizards are not allowed to make spells outside the school

·         Misuse of Muggles Artifacts Office – bewitching Muggle-made things

·         Second Year Students will require:

The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk

Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart

Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart

Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart

Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart

Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart

Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart

Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart

·         Wattlebird – new password to get through second year Gryffindors

·         Mandrake – gives some sort of an antidote. It’s cry is fatal (Mandrigora)

·         Lilac – Gilderoy’s favorite color

·         Harmony between all magic and non-magic people – Gilderoy’s ideal birthday gift

·         Rid the world of evil and market his own range of hair-care potions – Gilderoy’s secret ambition

·         Perskipiksi Pesternomi

·         Mudblood – Muggle-born

·         Squib – born from a wizarding family but has no magical powers

·         Medieval Assembly of European Wizards

·         Polyjuice Potion – can transform to any to Slytherin

·         Transmogrifian Torture – spell that petrified Mrs. Norris, Headless Nick, Justin Fitch-Fetchley, Hermione, Penelope and Colin Creevey

·         Expelliarmus – Disarming Charm

·         Rictusempra – Tickling Charm

·         Tarantallegra – legs began to jerk in a kind of quickstep

·         Finite Incantatum – Counter-curse for tarantallegra

·         Serpensortia – transforming wand to enormous snake