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Monday, December 13, 2010

Tonight Alive - Bonus Acoustic Track (Invincible)

Monday, December 6, 2010

PRINCESS NEVERMORE BY: DIAN CURTIS REGAN

SUMMARY:

Quinn wants desperately to travel to outer earth before she gets sixteen. To see the place where people drop coins into the pool and make wishes. And one day, quite by accident, Quinn gets her wish. Now she doesn’t know if she will ever get home again.

Cam and Melikar were shocked when the princess had already gone. Eventually, they finally knew what was wrong, knew how will Quinn get back to their kingdom and knew how to get rid of the king and queen.

Quinn was already on Earth. Alone in the forest, had met the dyrads. Had also met outer-earth folk and followed them to the woods.

In the woods, Quinn had a chance to be close with Sarah, Adam and Mondo. She followed them up to the Shakespeare Festival. Still confused on the surroundings around her, she followed them up to their home. Quinn tell her secret, her life and her world to the Dover family and in return, the Dover family would help her cope up with her new environment.

Her first day on Earth would be on a school bus and it was quite puzzling.

At the kingdom of Mandria, Cam was already missing Quinn from his abrupting nightmares. Ameka also knew where Quinn was and would be a secret.

At the school where Dovers studied, Quinn tried to cope up with her subjects. However, her love affair with Adam grew stronger with Zack becoming jealous. Now it’s even harder for her to decide in going home because of Adam’s affection, the ring and the wonder of Earth.

The next day, Zack and Adam decided to have a jousted match in a rival to be the escort of Quinn in the Halloween dance that made Sarah angry and jealous with Quinn. Quinn felt sorry for Sarah, she didn’t want Zack crushing on her. Mondo tell Quinn of his disapproval with her affair with his guardson, Adam.

At the kingdom of Mandria, they read the fire to know what was going on now with Quinn to the other world. The only way to protect Quinn is by travelling to Quinn’s dream with the use of Cam.

Zack won the joust match and from then on, Adam never appeared to met with Quinn.

Before the Halloween dance, Mondo told his story to Quinn to convince her to leave Adam and went to Mandria.

At the Halloween dance, Zack escorted her all the way. At the dance also, Sarah confessed to Quinn that she told the Mandrian secret to Zack. Outside the school, Quinn and Adam met again telling their dreams to each other. Interrupted by Zack, who forced Quinn to come with him. He forced Quinn to hand him the magic ring. But Quinn’s wit, she placed the ring to Adam’s jacket and gave it to Sarah. Quinn ran away from Zack and crammed for ways how to get out into the wishing pool, and she made it. Princess Nevermore of Mandria has come home.

However, on Earth, Adam felt sad, he was too late, the princess was already gone. On the other hand, he felt happy for the memories they’d shared together through the ring she had left with him.

VOCABULARY:

1) *Buffeting – to strike sharply esp. with the hand : CUFF.

2) *Footstool – a low stool used to support the feet.

3) *Apprentice – an inexperienced person : NOVICE.

4) *Niggling – spend too much effort on minor details; bothersome or persistent in a tiresome way.

5) *Sire – man of rank or authority; ELDERLY.

6) *Dignitaries – possesses exalted rank or hold a position of dignity or honor.

7) *Pestering – to harness with petty irritations : ANNOY.

8) *Foreboding – making predictions.

9) *Jester – fool.

10) *Finagle – to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve one’s ends.

11) *Voila – used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic.

12) *Bartering – exchange of commodity with another.

13) *Repast – FEED, take food; FEAST.

14) *Tousled – disheveled, rumpled.

15) *Predicament – category, classification, condition state.

16) *Accord – formal reaching of agreement.

17) *Begrudge – to look upon with disapproval.

18) *Brawny – strong; powerful.

19) *Frivolous – lacking in seriousness.

20) *Giddy – causing dizziness.

21) *Blurted – to utter abruptly or impulsively.

22) *Burbs – suburbs.

23) *Jousting – a combat on horseback between two knights with lances.

24) *Jabbed – to pierce with or as if with a sharp object.

25) *Lance – a steel- tipped spear carried by mounted knights.

26) *Famished – intensely hungry.

27) *Swished – to move, cut, strike with a whirl.

28) *Pondered - to think about.

29) *Console – comfort.

30) *Bilberry – any of several ericaceous shrubs that resemble blueberries but have flowers which arise solitary or in very small clusters from axillary buds.

31) *Aftermath – consequence, result.

32) *Amends – compensation for a loss or injury.

33) *Deception – trick.

34) *Lad – boy, youth, fellow, chap.

35) *Obscenities – something abhorrent to maturity.

36) *Underhanded – made with the hand brought forward and up from below the shoulder level.

37) *Churned – be in violent motion.

38) *Cramped – confined; hard to understand, restrained.

39) *Eminent – prominent, famous, conspicuous.

40) *Insurmounted – insuperable; incapable of being surmounted.

41) *Wizened – to become dry, shrunken as aresult of aging.

42) *Hollered – shouted, complained.

43) *Sole – being the only one.

44) *Badgering – to harass or annoy persistently.

45) *Implore – beg.

*Webster’s Dictionary

CHARACTERS:

-Zack

-Quinnella of Mandria

-Adam Dover

-Mondo Dover

-Hannah Dover

-Sarah Dover

-Cam

-Melikar

-Ameka

-Scott

-Jalla

· Doleran seeds-stops a time

· Dyrads – wood nymphs

CHAPTERS:

1. The Wishing Pool

2. A Forbidden Spell

3. The Other Side

4. Dragons, Large and Small

5. Puzzlements and Bewilderments

6. Telling the Secret

7. This World’s Magic

8. The Apprentice’s Nightmares

9. Beware of Potted Plants

10. Blending In

11. Unwanted Attention

12. Unanswered Question

13. A Future Set in Stone

14. For Lack of Spell

15. Testing the Magic

16. Foiled Plans

17. Rainbows and Deceptions

18. A Misguided Token of Luck

19. Reading the Fire

20. Twentienth – Century Joust

21. The Princess’s Choice

22. Mondo’ Story

23. The Mandrian Street

24. Going to the Ball

25. The Breaking of a Sign

26. A Blue Rose

27. Return to Wonderland

28. Living Cam’s Nightmare

29. Terror on the Footbridge

30. The Tapestry is Unwoven

Thursday, November 25, 2010

COVARIANCE

Stat majors, what if your statistics professor asked you this question?..The question is "What if you were not statistics majors, how would you define covariance?" (oh no!)

Hehe..covariance started it all. That's why we're all having our exams on probability theory and statistical inference next thursday and whoever passed will be Sir G's students but whoever failed will be dropped (scary much).

This weekend, I will study all those lessons and I will make sure to do my best in order to be one of his deserving students and as a preparation when I would take masters in Statistics someday. Wish me luck. I believe that I can do it because God is right here with me with this challenge.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow Rocks!!

I really love this version of Forget you by Gwyneth Paltrow rather than Cee- Lo Green.

GLEE ROCKS!! NOW ON IT'S 2ND SEASON

The Glee Cast

Lea Michele as Rachel

Cory Monteith as Finn

Dianna Argon as Quinn

Mark Salling as Puck

Ardi

Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester

Chris Colfer as Kurt

Amber Riley as Mercedes

Matthew Morrison as Mr. Schuster

Naya Rivera as Santana

Heather Morris as Brittany

THIRD YEAR: SECOND SEMESTER

Research 1 (STAT 4013)/ Sir Mercado

Well, he’s been our professor last semester in Statistical Inference. He was a good professor except the fact that he just reads all our lessons and let ourselves do the studyng. I was shocked when he gave incomplete grades to half of our class (thank God, I passed his subject with a grade of 2.25) but then he was able to gave them complete grades after he gave the some remedial tests. In our research class, I hope he would help us in choosing our thesis topics.

Macroeconomics (ECON 2033)/ Sir Ruiz

The way he talks and his mannerisms reminds me of Graceous Von Yip. That’s why I can’t help but to stare at him. Anyways, from our first discussion, it seems that our class tends to be more lively because of the points we get when we recite. Our goal is to have 50 points to have 3.00, to have 75 points to have 2.00 and to have 100 points to have 1.00 in our recitation. Well, 93 points to go to reach my ultimate goal. Need to study macroeconomics this weekend.

Statistical Software Packages (STAT 2153)/ Sir Guillo

He’d been our professor in Probability Theory where he fail 15 of our classmates(not pretty sure if it’s 15 or 16). Need to really prepare myself from this professor. He just scares me. He’s so strict when it comes to recitation, when you can’t give him the right answer, he just throw you out of the classroom like in law school. Need to practice more of SPSS.

Buhay, Gawain at Sinulat ni Rizal (HIST 1023)/ Ma’am Ortanez

Well, she’s our professor in History in my first year days. She uses the traditional way of teaching and I have nothing more to say because she’s super considerate.

Applied Regression Analysis (STAT 2123)/ Sir Guillo

I will pass this course if it’s the last thing I’ll do. Sir G. again. Round 3 for more torturing. I would spend my days in the library if it’s the only way that I would pass this subject. Please, help me Lord to overcome this challenge.

Statistical Quality Control (STAT 2143)/ Sir Aranas

He’s more of sharing his stories in life rather than discussing the lesson. But he’s great in teaching us the lesson because I can easily grasp the learnings he’s trying to impose on us. Maybe, I could be a statistical quality controller someday. Wish me luck!!

Censuses and Sample Survey (STAT 2133) Sir Aranas

Sir Aranas again. Well, we have to conduct our censuses individually(The word “individually” makes this subject so stressful). 100 or more households here I come.