Some of my favorite lyrics from Cute Is What We Aim For songs:

"You have a dangerous face and illegal taste and that strap has fallen on that shoulder blade.
Be patient. Behave." - Moan

"You have a moan all of your own and I can feel it down to the bone." - Moan

"You trained these lips when they were champs and now they're itchin' for a comeback. So come back" - Moan

"In every circle of friends, there's a whore
The one who flirts and does a little more" - Newport Living

"I've got the gift of one-liners and you've got the curse of curves
And with this gift, I compose words
And the question that comes forward
Are you perspiring from the irony?
Or sweating to these lyrics?" - The Curse of Curves

"He said it was a one night stand
But the alcohol didn't let her understand" - The Fourth Drink Instinct

"So the bartender who tends to pretend that he's concerned
Says, "Girlie girlie, you're at your best when you're sober
And she slurs, "No no, just one more
And one turns into four
The fourth drink instinct is taking over
And the gentleman is leading her towards the door" -The Fourth Drink Instinct

"She thought that she could buy happiness by the bottle" - The Fourth Drink Instinct

"Her bone structure screams, "Touch her! Touch her!" - The Curse of Curves

"The inside lingo had me at hello
And we go where the money goes" - The Curse of Curves

"Cause conflict and make your top pick
Restitch my ripped jeans and take the old ones
Take the old ones out back
Sew them tight at the seams please
I got so many ripped knees, ripped knees" - Teasing to Please

"It's just a lyrical lie
Made up in my mind" - Lyrical Lies

The band uses a lot of assonance, alliteration, irony, metaphor and simile but they're really good. The lyrics are better heard than read.

I am sooo magazine-crazy...

OMAYGAD! My New Favorite Band: Cute Is What We Aim For

Ang gandaaaaaaaa ng songs nila grabe! In love n ako sa kanilaaaa lalo n kay Shaant, the frontman!!! Waaa!!!!!! www.myspace.com/cuteiswhatweaimfor or www.cuteiswhatweaimfor.com See for yourself! Lahat ng kanta nila super ganda at npaka-witty ng mga lyrics nila! Daig p nila ang Fall Out Boy! Powerpop kc ang CIWWAF kaya ang smooth ang music nila! Ang ganda ganda ganda!!! Saludo ako sa kanila! IDOL KO N SILA!! Waaa! Adik MODE ako!!!! Paulit-ulit nga mga tracks nila sa mp3 ko eh! Ganun tlga kaganda! Haaaaaaaaaayyyyy.....Sana makabili ako ng album nila!

Lines from their lyrics:
"We all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss
But it never came
And we all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss
It was but a game"

"Restitch my ripped jeans
And take the old ones out back
Sew them tight at the seams please
I've got so many ripped knees, ripped knees"

"So what made you think that he couldn't find the door in the morning
When he found that bed so easily in the dark?"

"If you lie, you don't deserve to have friends
If you lie, you don't deserve to have them"

"I've got the gift of one-liners
And you've got the curse of curves
And with this gift I compose words
And the question that comes forward
Are you perspiring from the irony
Or sweating to these lyrics?"

"I want someone provocative and talkative
But it's so hard when you're shallow as a shower"

"You are a sellout
But you couldn't even do that right
So your price tag has been slashed
And now you're chilling on a half-priced clearance rack"

*Swoooooooooooooooon!!!!!! Im drooling.......LOL! Haaaaay nkaka-inlove!!!

Tsk tsk. Signal #3 bagyo ngayon. Sayang, bday p nman ng shobe ko....Haaaay. Bukas n lng daw celebration sabi ni mama. Kawawang bata. Naalala ko tuloy yung mga bday ko noon n la kakwenta-kwenta. Lagi akong umiiyak sa bday ko for various reasons...except this year's kasi la masyadong drama at di ako ma-emote nung araw n yun. Wahahahaha. Tapos niloko ko p c Janno kc sabi nya libre ko daw sya sa restaurant. Ayaw daw nya ng candy. Demanding tlga yung artistang yun grabe. Well, enough about that. La pasok ngayon until Sunday. YES! 4 days of non-stop fun? Non-stop rain mas bagay! Hahaha... La rin kwenta ang double weekend kung di rin mkakapasyal sa labas dhil sa ULAAAAAAAN n to!

OMAYGAD! Bakit kamo? Basta secret n lng ntin yun.... Baka kc may mkabasa...e nkakahiya... hihihihi....

Laos cable nmin ngayon. All I see is silver static buzzing on the TV screen. Not much help to my boredom, unfortunately. So I decided to watch our long-unwatched "Failure to Launch" DVD starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey. It was sweet and charsmatic. I was deeply entertained by the Kit and Ace characters. They were sooo cute together. Even though their relationship was, at first, dysfunctional, they certainly worked it out. They got good chemistry. I wish I had a relationship like theirs. I know, it's quite cheesy. Zooey Deschanel is my new favorite actress. I totally relate to her character. Awesomeness.

So umm....what to do...what to do...... I don't know. Let's just see how this day will turn out: Sunny or Gloomy. Wanna make a bet?

Do what you want cause a pirate is free. - Motto ko for today.

Kakagaling ko lang sa essay-writing contest sa YMCA (Gandara branch). Kasama ko cna Mrs. Co at Arianne Chua. Awkward alert!!! Oh my God, di ko tlga nagustuhan yung trip nmin papunta dun kc naiilang/nahihiya ako kay Mrs. Co (not "Ko"). Well, nagbigay sya ng konting tips sa kalesa (yep, yan ang mode of transportation nmin knina). Alam nyo gago tlga yung kabayo! E kc nkasakay ako sa harapan tpos bigla b nmang tinaas ang npakahaba at napaka-greasy n buntot nya. Kala ko naging hyper yung horse...yun pala....TUMAE!!! Eww...I can still see the poop coming out....ugh...gross...makes me sick.....

Tpos nung nkarating kmi dun, may mga familiar faces kc yung iba um-attend ng Quintin Yuyitung Seminar last week. Maaga kami so konti p lng tao. Nagkahiwalay kmi ni Arianne (sniff sniff!) kaya stranger mkakasama nmin. Yun pla...ang swerte nya grabe! Pinsan p nya ang naging katabi nya so walang awkward moments. Pero ako.....ang naging katabi ko... BAKLA! Di ko sure kung 22ong bakla ... e kc b nman pambabae yung perfume nya...NAKAKAHILO! Anu kaya yun? Strategy? Hmm... Tpos ang taray p ng boses! Bwisit yun kc bigla syang lumapit sa mga klasm8s nya tpos chinismis ata ako! Biruin mo! Nakita ko kc na tumitingin sya sakin! Argh! Damn him! It felt like hell. Tpos 3 hrs kmi nagsulat ng essay. dpat 500-700 words tpos 3 pieces of papers lng ang binigay. Skip one line pa. Ang theme pala ay: The Role of the Youth in Nation Building. Nahirapan ako, I admit. Nung una, la tlga ako masulat. Pero nag-warm up muna ako so nagsulat muna ako ng temporary paragraph. Bigla akong nagkaroon ng idea so binago. I-popost ko d2 mamaya.

So it turned out na nkasulat ako ng 675 words! Including articles and prepositions and whatnot. Success! Na-fill up ko din lahat ng papel so sulit tlga! Sana manalo ako!

1st place = P5000
2nd place= P3000
3rd place=P2000

Sana magka-prize ako para mka-shoppin spree nman ako! Xempre yung iba iipunin ko. D nman ako ganun kaadik sa shopping (Liar alert! Liar alert!)...LOL.

Cge..yun lng muna...I'll let you know kung panalo ako...Sure n yan....Naks! Uy joke lng yun ah! D nman ako ganun kayabang (LIAR ALERT!!!!! LIAR ALERT!!!!!!) hahahahahahaha....

Andami kong adventures ngayon. Kaninang umaga, nanood kami ng Oedipus the King play sa SM San Lazaro. Disappointed ako kc kala ko super engrande, yun pla simple lng. Iisa lng nga yung setting e. Hay. Diba tragedy yun? Well, I think nagkamali sila kc tawa ako ng tawa throughout the whole presentation! LOL. Andaming scenes n nkakatawa. Naiyak n ako sa kakatawa, seriously. Si Steph TALAGANG umiyak. Na-carried away lng ata sa mga "dramatic" scenes. Natawa ako dun sa isang scene which includes Amy Perez as Queen Jocasta and some actor as Oedipus. Sabi ni Jocasta: "Hahaha... Let's go in...Let's go in..." Lam nyo ba meaning nun? E kc mag-sesex na cla ni Oedipus. Kadiri kc nung huli nalaman nila na mag-ina sila. Tsk tsk. They're really cursed.

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Umm...ang gulo talaga ng mind ko ngayon. Dahil kc kay Aaron. Ang gulo gulo nya sobra! Minsan kala ko galit sakin tpos minsan nakikipagbiruan. Wth?! Last week p to nagcmula. Nagalit ako s kanya kc nung nag-YM kmi nung Thursday, good mood ako pero sya hndi. Tpos sbi ko "Uy, i-decipher mo tong puzzle ah!" (jolly mood) tpos sbi nya "Mag-isa ka....cge na...bb..." OUCH!!!! Double OUCH!!! I dwelled on it...talagang d ko matanggal sa isip ko yung cnbi nya....napa-TRIPLE OUCH! tuloy ako. I swore to myself na di ko n xa papansinin FOREVER so the following day dinala ko yung favorite book ko, Sloppy Firsts, para may reason ako para d sya pansinin. Tpos may nkasulat sa libro na "the fourth" tpos nkita nya ata at sbi nya "the fourth what?" lumingon ako kc di ko nman alam n ako knakausap nya so wla akong cnbi. Nung umalis n sya, tsaka ko lng na-realize n ako pla kinakausap nya! Edi cguro feeling nya galit ako s knya, which is half-true. The whole morning I didn't speak a word to him at all. Nung Chinese na, nag-uusap cla ni Jamielynne tpos may narinig ako n sbi ni Jamie n "Bka di ka nya pinapansin" Feeling ko tlga ako yun e! Kc obvious nman tlga na la akong cnasabi s knya. Nung 2nd Chinese recess, kinulit nya ko konti, parang nagpaparamdam ata. E kausap ko c Dianne K. nun kaya tumawa lng ako konti.

Eto pa: Kaninang umaga, nagtxt sya n "Uniform b susuotin?" so namamansin nman sya kaya nagreply ako. Pagdating sa skul. Deadma-han n nman. D ko sya pinapansin kaya d rin nya ako pnapansin. Simple as that. Tpos nung nasa theatre n kmi, si Charles nasa likod ko tpos nung malapit na mtapos yung play, may isang scene n tinanggal ni Oedipus yung robe nya so naka-brief n lng sya. Tawa uli kami ng tawa ni Dianne. Bigla n lng may nagsalita sa likuran na "Uy, kayong dalawa, tawa kayo ng tawa ah!" Di ko nman nkita kung cno kc alam kong c Charles nga yung nasa likod ko pero inisip ko na "D nman ganun yung boses nya ah" After some scenes, may scene n nman n nka-brief c Oedipus. Tawa uli kami ni Dianne. Bigla n nmang um-extra c...Aaron! Sya pala yung unang kumausap samin! Sbi nya "Uy Elaine gustong-gusto mo ata ah (yung scene)" Na-shock ako kya ang nsbi ko lng ay "Buhl...." I know. I'm a dork.

Nung pababa n kmi ng escalator, magkasama n nman kmi (ni Aaron), sbi ni Krystel "Istorbo kc c Elaine e" sbi ko nman "Anong istorbo?!" Tpos may cnabi ata si Aaron n di ko narinig. So sabi ko "Ha???" Ang sbi niya "Just kidding" pero serious yung mukha nya. Na-feel ko n galit sya kc straight face e. La akong cnbi. Nung bumaba kmi ng 2nd escalator, nag-iba n nman yung mood nya. Sbi nya "Parang may giyera ah (smiling)(He's talking about the many students who flooded the halls of the mall)". Na-shock n nman ako so sbi ko "Oo nga eh.."....Nung nasa school n kmi, tnanong n nman nya ako kung pupunta ko sa bball game sa Chiang Kai so sbi ko Oo. Namansin n nman sya.

Pagdating ko sa bahay after the game (kwento ko mmya), tinxt ko sya. Sbi ko:

Ako: "Ang gulo mo. Galit k b sakin? Sbhin mo n ung 22o"
Sya: "D ah..."
Ako: "E ang gulo gulo mo eh!"
Sya: (no reply)
Ako: "Bkt mo b laging cnasabi ung "just kidding"? Kc akala mo galit ako?! D nman ako napipikon e. Di rin ako ngagalit kpag kinukulit m ako. Kay Lester lng ako npipikon"
Sya: "ok..."
Ako: "Good. Clear n un a."

Yun ang last communication nmin for today.

Ugh. Bwisit talaga! Nagkasakit na naman ako. Damn. Damn. Damn. Kainis talaga. Kakawala lang ng sakit ko tapos nagkaroon na naman ng panibago! Bwisit. Bwisit. Bwisit. Mas grabe nga si Marla kasi DENGUE!!!! Nasa ospital siya ngayon at one week na syang naka-confine. Tsk tsk! Kawawa talaga.

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Movie-deprived ako nowadays kasi di na nakakabili ng DVD yung Mama ko. May inaasikaso kasi sya e. E kc ganito yun, pupunta na kaming Australia, as in migrate. Sabi ni mama bka nxt yr n kmi aalis. E nagdadalawang-isip ako kasi 4th yr na ako nxt yr. Last yr ko n sa PCHS tpos college n ako. OK lng sna kung tapusin ko 4th yr ko dito tpos sa Australia n lng ako mag-cocollege. Tpos ito pa ang pangit, di ko ma-gets yung accent nila. Hay, matututo n lng ako cguro sa tito ko at dlawa kong pinsan n nandoon. Yung tita ko kasing Filipina may American accent. Tito ko kc Australian n may halong European. Sosyal no? At least ako may dugong Chinese, Filipino at Espanol. Seriously... So ngayon andaming inaasikasong papeles Mama ko kaya nag-hire sya last week ng 2 katulong. Actually, katulong nmin cla noong bata p kmi tpos ni-rehire lng ng mama ko. So far, ok lng nman except for the hair strand in my lunch the day before.

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Andaming nangyari nung weekend (Sept. 16-17). Nung Sabado, pumunta kmi sa Quintin Yuyitung Seminar. Para yun sa mga campus journalists like me. Ok lng nman nung una. Kasama ko cna Steph, Clarisse at Arianne Chua. So far so good until nag-start cna Steph at Cla na magchismisan. E nka-upo ako sa gitna nila. Nasa right ko si Cla at nsa left ko c Steph. Grabe nabingi ako s knila, lalo n kay Steph!!!! Puputok n tlga eardrums ko nung tym n un! Ang lakas-lakas ng boses nila. Parang nsa market! Oo, totoo. Sobrang ingay nila as in! Nagtitinginan n nga sa amin yung mga students na taga-ibang school! Nakakahiya!

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Isa pa tong nangyari nung seminar: Nakilala ko yung isang kaiskwela ni Janno!!!! Wahaahahah!! Ang name nya Kristina Cheng, taga-Grace Christian. Sbi nya sakin kaharap daw nya c Janno sa classroom tpos lagi daw syang kinukulit! Noon daw cnulatan p ni Janno yung mukha nya! Wahehehe... C Janno tlga makulit! Pag-uwi ko nga sa bhay, kinulit ko sya sa txt e! Sbi ko "Crush mo b c Kristina Cheng?" Tpos nagulat sya at tnanong nya kung pano ko sya nakilala. Edi in-explain ko! Heehehe...

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Nung Sunday naman, pumunta kami sa Tutuban kc nag-interview kmi ng resto manager ng Max's. Wow! Grabe baliw n baliw si Aaron kay Cla! Wahahahaha!!!!
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Busy din pla ako this weekend. Wow! Andami-dami kong gagawin! Sa Sabado: Nood ng "Oedipus the King" play, lakwatsa tpos nood ng bball game sa Chiang Kai. Sa Sunday: essay-writing contest sa YMCA (Gandara branch). Di ko nga alam kung ano yung theme kc on-the-spot eh. Huhu...Bwisit!

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Triple AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Nakaka-bwisit n tlga sina "Flat" at "Calachuchi"!!! Damn. Damn. Damn. E kc mula nung naging close cla, naging chismosa na c Flat! Tpos pati mga friends nya binubulgar nya! Kahit di ko naririnig personally yung mga chismis nya about sakin, alam ko nman eh. OBVIOUS. DUH. Naiinis n nga kami nina Jennifer W.!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!! Damn. DAAMMMMMMNNNN.

P.S.

False rumors pa yung pinag-chichismisan nila! Kaya nga yoko n lumapit sa grupo nila kc konting galaw ko lng baka ma-misinterpret nila! Daaammmnnnnn...

Next time n lng po! Ayan naka-update na si Topak!
=Topak Girl=

Bwisit bwisit bwisit tlga tong website: www.secret-loves.com!!!!!!!!! As IN BWIZZZZZZZZZIIIITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kasi ganito yan: nag-ym ako. may nakita akong offline msg n galing kay gellica (sa camp). nkasulat dun n mganda ung website so tinry ko nga. may nkasulat dun na i-type daw ung crush mo (including your name). dpat tatlo ang masulat mong crush. so ginawa ko nga. yung isa dun joke lang. yung dalawa ka-close ko lang. pero yung isa sa mga ka-close ko medyo crush ko din. yung panghuli 1.9% crush ko lang....YUNG 1.9% crush ko....TAGA-SUMMERCAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! edi ba taga-camp din si gellica???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grabe ang unang reaction ko: "SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!"

bka akalain niyong guilty ako kc nagrereact ako PERO nkakahiya tlga as in! E kc close din yung dlawang yun (gellica at yung boy) so bka ipagkalat niya! Bwisit tlga yang website na yan! bwisit din yung mga taong nagkakalat nyan!!!!!!!! (sori kung isa n ako dun)... buti nga di maxado galit yung dalawang friends ko (na naloko ko din)...hehe...pero still I WILL NEVER EVER SHOW MY FACE TO MY CAMPMATES AGAIIIIIIIIINNN!!!!!!!!!! That is a PROMISE!

Hay....bwisit tlga yung prank n yun! may isa pang website n ganun din ang motibo pero it's not about crushes...it's about your SEX LIFE...... wakanga! now that's what i call SCANDALOUSSS!!!! hahhahha...sorry, nkalimutan ko n yung web address.....hihihi...