ABC's

A: ATTACHED OR SINGLE? It's a bit complicated right now..hmm..maybe i'm somewhere in the middle of being single and attached (long story)..hehe

B: BEST FRIENDS: Corniques!!! The best people in the world!

C: CAKE OR PIE? Cake!

D: DAY OF CHOICE: Saturday

E: ESSENTIAL ITEMS: cellphone(dapat may load), journal

F: FAVORITE COLORS: !Yellow!

G: GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? Gummy bears

H: HOMETOWN: San Jose, Batangas..the place to be!

I:FAVORITE INDULGENCE: eating my favorite ice cream while watching my favorite movies at the comfort of my grandmother's cozy bedroom

J: JANUARY OR JULY? January (i like the weather)

K: KIDS? I don't have one..

L: LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT... friends!

M: MARRIAGE DATE? duh..I'm only 16!

N: NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS: 1 big sister

O: ORANGES OR APPLES? apples: nice, sweet and crunchy

P: PHOBIA OR FEARS: Phobia-car accidents..fear-not having a fulfilled life

Q: QUOTE: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ---Abraham Lincoln

R: REASONS TO SMILE: Yosh...and our yearbook which is about to be distributed on the26th. Can't wait!!!

S:SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? Wonder Woman. Definitely. GIRLS RULE!(plus, I think superman is sooo over rated)

T: TAG 3 PEOPLE: yosh, vienn, bryan

U: UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME: I can't go to the toilet and do my "thing" without a book, magazine or newspaper in my hand..well, what can I say..I get bored in there! Hehe!

V: VEGETABLE: cabbage

W: WORST HABIT: not putting things in their proper places..and maybe psycho-analyzing people (even my friends)

X: X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? I haven't done ultrasound, so I'll stick to x-ray. (I've had an x-ray before because it's one of my requirements for college admission)

Y: YOUR FAVORITE FOOD: ice cream(preferably cookies 'n cream), cream puffs and vegetable salad

Z: ZODIAC SIGN: Libra

What's it like to be a loser?

Last night was one of the most terrible nights in the history of the taysan superstars. After successfully winning six consecutive games in the past weeks, my team experienced the unimaginable..we lost. I must admit, the game was so predictable during the first half of the game because the opponent (the name is not important) kept on gaining on us, but during the second half, we found hope. Our team finally got even. Unfortunately, during the last minutes of the game, our hopes of being victorious were shattered. I don't want to give you the details, but the conclusion is..we lost the game. It was awful. It was our first time to lose. But lighter side is that after that dreadful night, we did not only learned a lesson, but we also became stronger. Failures make people better and grow stronger. Our players already had a taste of failure, so I hope that the next time they battle, they learn from their mistakes and emerge victorious. The feeling of being a loser was unexplainably(?) awful and accepting defeat is not as easy as it sounds, but being a loser pulled us one step closer to reality: There is always someone greater than oneself. As they say, "to be a winner, one must first learn how to be a loser."

the cutest little girl singing on Ellen!!!

I just stumbled upon this really cute video on youtube of a little girl singing all the US states in alphabetical order. She is 3 years old and she's just soooo cute!!! I hope you guys can watch it!

if a restiveness, like light and cloud shadow passes over your hands

sa sa mga paborito kong pinoy na salita ang…

bukang liwayway - sunrise. ano ba ang literal meaning ng salitang ito? “break of dawn”, siguro. bukang liwayway, bukang liwayway, bukang liwayway. banggitin mo ng banggitin at matutuwa ka dahil punong puno ito ng pangako at kahulugan. pero pag naririnig ko ang salitang ito, naalala ko si elias na namatay na di man lang nasinagan ang bukang liwayway. medyo corny nga for a dying man to say, but what the heck. here are his last words…

“I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land! You, who have it to see, welcome it–and forget not those who have fallen during the night!”

actually, mas maganda itong pakinggan sa tagalog. teka nga at ma-translate…

“mamamatay akong di man lang nasilayan ng aking bayan ang bukang liwayway! kayong mga nakakita ng liwanag: salubungin ninyo ito ng masaganang palakpakan — at huwag ninyong kalimutang tulungan ang mga tangang nadapa nung kinagabihan dahil wala silang dalang mga flashlight!”

hahaha...patawa!

minsan din, ang maaalala ko sa salitang “bukang liwayway” ay ang pinoy magazine na “liwayway“. sikat ito nung araw. dito mababasa ang mga kwento ng isa sa mga paborito kong cartoon characters - si kenkoy. 1922 pala nung magsimula itong ma publish. nakakalungkot nga na marami nang nagsara na mga publication companies. tinalikuran na kasi natin ang mga komiks at magazine na gawang pinoy nung sumikat ang tv at internet. sayang.

pls read

To all the readers of this blog, you can no longer post a comment here. Not that I've received some nasty comments..just silly ones. Just email me if you want if you want to say something. Here's my email ad: maragarcia_26@yahoo.com. Oh, and for everybody's information, everything that I've written here is true. To mr. matt_harvie007 , I'm a minor and I'm not interested..and just one last thing: go to hell you moron!!

Fun with Flickr

This one may be a bit tedious, but it's fun. I'm on a blog drought, and because I'm going through some sort of physical imbalance, for the want of all things verbal, I feel the tremendous need to be visual. Here it is:

1. Go to http://www.flickr.com/

2. Type in your answer to the question in the "search" box

3. Use only the first page

4. Copy the html and paste for the answer

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1 - What is your first name?

(for your 411, there's such a place called Masai Mara--tourist destination in Africa (or is it south america??)

2 - What is your favorite food?

3 - What school did you go to? (In reverse order)

4 - What is your favorite color?

5 - Who is your celebrity crush?

6 - Who is your favorite Disney Princess?

7 - Favorite drink?

8 - Dream vacation?

9 - Favorite Desert?

10 - What do you want to be when you grow up?

11 - What do you want most in life?

12 - One word to describe you?

13 - What do you dream about?

(...okay, that was time consuming!)

I love ME!!!

This shirt really caught my attention!
I found this shirt when I typed in my name on yahoo images. Well, I wasn't expecting to see my photo. I was just wondering if there are any other people named "Mara Garcia." Well it turns out, there are tons of them..I mean us. Garcia is a very common surname. It's really odd. But then again, I realize that it's easy to make a photo of a shirt with your name on it on adobe photoshop or whatever. But they're selling it online! Cool, huh? I wonder if anyone ever considered buying it...I mean, why would you wear a shirt with someone else's name? Maybe that girl is famous or something..heheh..c",)

Graduation

Graduation Day

04-04-08

My batchmates singing the alma mater song

Me and my sister (w/ my diploma!)

That's Camille (my cousin/classmate)

The most talked about--the stage!

Friends forever!! (vernice and mara)

My friends.(vernice, camille, jm, me & joyce)

El familia Garcia (mom, grandma, me, big sister)

Finding Neverland

I wrote this eight days ago but i wasn't able to post it..but here it is!

Just 4 days to go before the big day. The day that I've always been dreaming of since I stepped in highschool--GRADUATION DAY!

The smell of graduation is in the air. It's everywhere! Diplomas, medals, tassled black and white hats, graduation sales and yes, parties, are all over. I just can't wait for my turn to ascend the stage and receive my diploma. I won't be getting any medals this year (and my mom's not used to it, only a bunch of certificates for being a consistent achiever and for all the organizations that I joined. Nothing special actually, except for the fact that I get to read the prayers of the faithful on the baccalaureate mass. But still, I'm crazy about it! I used to tell myself to take it easy, it's only your highschool graduation (it's going to be my third time, for God's sake!)..no big deal, but then again I realize, it a big deal for me. I'm about to enter another chapter in my life and it's going to be bigger. The next step I'm going to make will decide my future..I'm going to be a college girl! More independent and sure of herself. But then, what happens after college graduation?

To be honest, I really don't see myself beyond my (future)college degree. I can't even imagine myself working! Of course, I dreamed of all the good things that come with a good and decent work with a good salary, but I never thought about the " real life" I would have to live after graduation. Then I began to realize that sooner or later my world will change. It has to change. And eventually, a new one will emerge before my eyes. All my life, so it seemed, I felt that school is my world. My life evlved in studying, studying and even more studying! Eventually, this has to end and the next thing I'll know, everything will be different: no more exams, no more terror teachers, no more classmates, no more allowances, no more weekend meetings for projects. I know that it won't be easy to adapt oneself to the responsibilities of a daughter, employee and citizen, all at the same time after getting accustomed to a long life as a student. I'm already comfortable with my current status: student/daughter. I don't think I'm ready to be an employee/mother. The idea creeps me out! I think there's a reason for this... it's because I'm afraid of leaving my comfort zone. I hate changes..I hate moving on..I'm a slow slow slow adjuster. I just wish that I can be 16 forever...I wanna be a kid for all eternity!

This is what I really wanna do

Ever experience something so immensely earth shattering, or just so incredibly annoying, that all you can do is gush or rant? Ever been posed with so curious a problem you can do nothing but obsess? Well, I have these moments each and every day. I can't help it-my life is just plain interesting. Luckily, I have a way to indulgence my feeling of the moment: by writing to all of you, of course! So in the coming weeks, check back in here to see what's on my mind-and to let me know what's on yours. You know you love hearing my innermost thoughts. If you didn't, I'd be out of a job..heh heh (see? I even cahnged the way I spell my laughs!)