I got a Leibster Blog Award nomination. The Leibster Blog Award is a blog award that bloggers give to other bloggers they really like. It’s kind of a blogger chain letter thing. I don’t usually do these things because they require me to actually think, but since I’m bored, I’ll do it. XD

One. Thank the person who nominated you and insert their site link.

Thank you Daps of The Daphs Chronicles for tagging me!

Two. Post 11 facts about yourself.

The first 11 random things that came into my mind!

1. I love Gackt above all else.
2. I love tea. No milk, no sugar.
3. I hate hot weather.
4. I collect stuff with skulls on them.
5. I’m a sucker for stories/novels with tragic endings.
6. I only play RPGs. I’m not a fan of fighting games.
7. I always get bored with MMORPGs after a few weeks.
8. I love seafood and pizza.
9. I take interest in anything medieval almost immediately.
10. I’m a frustrated motor biker.
11. My childhood dream was to become a mad scientist.

Three: Answer the 11 Questions your nominee asked you.

Here goes my answers for the questions I’m suppose to answer!

1. Name 3 non-blog sites you regularly visit:
   Aside from SNS sites, let’s see…
   1. Wikipedia. I’m boring that way.
   2. TokyoFashion.com. I love Japanese fashion!
   3. Batoto. I read manga a lot.
2. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
   My spoon and fork has to be a pair or I’ll either just use the spoon or the fork.
3. What is your mantra in life?
   Live simply, want less.
4. What makes you laugh?
   Stupid jokes, I guess?
5. Is there anything that you would like to change on your government right now?
   A lot actually.
6. If money is not a factor, what would you like to buy/acquire today?
   A house.
7. Why do bad things happen to good people?
   It’s just all in your mind. There’s no good and bad people when shit just happens. It just happens.
8. How will you describe a rainbow to a blind person?
   When you see it, you feel this strange happiness. It’s something like it gives you hope no matter how grim your situation is.
9. Are Virtual Friendships/Relationships for real?
   Depends on the people involve. I’ve got a lot of real life friends that I first met online. Sometimes, people are more honest online than they are in real life. But you can’t really rule out that there are also people who aren’t.
10. How important is technology?
    People need technology to make things easier for them. But it doesn’t mean they can’t do anything without them.
11. Lights on or lights off?
    Lights off.

Four: Tag 11 blogs, that you feel deserve to be nominated. These can be new blogs, less than 200 followers, which will be deserving of your attribution. I am recommending the following blogs because of their exemplary content writings, and for sure you will find good reads:

In random order, here goes!

1. Neo Destati
2. AisuCafé.Org
3. Lolikko
4. HuykTa.net
5. i am fleur
6. Jehsil
7. Technowish
8. Onwards! To The Stars!!!
9. Sleep Talking
10. Xian Desu~!
11. Strawberry-Gashes.net

Five: Create 11 questions for your nominees to answer.

1. What is your favorite food? (Yes! I have to ask!)
2. Do you do any type of sports?
3. What sort of music do you listen to?
4. Do you have a particular hobby that you’re really into right now? What is it?
5. Coffee or tea?
6. Which country would you like to go right now, if given the chance?
7. Is your glass half empty or half full?
8. If you’re given 3 wishes, except for wishing for more wishes, what would they be?
9. If you’re given the chance to rewrite your life, would you want to change anything from your past?
10. If you only have 1 month left to live, what would you do?
11. And lastly, how are you feeling today? Are you okay?

Well, that’s it! I hope some of you would do this. I wont mind if you don’t, though.

“Look under the stars and you shall see
A world was created for you and me.”
You whispered this to me so softly
As the cool breeze passed us by gently.
And hand in hand, we walked together
Along the shores that ends forever.

At the beach, we decided to wait
For the tomorrow, and a clean slate.
Hoping the sea to wash all our sins.
Believing from east, the sun begins.
We closed our eyes and felt the warm sun
While promising to no longer run.

I opened my eyes to take a peek
At your bright face that I always seek.
But what I had left from my sight
Was your memory that vanished through the night.
And as I welcome this sunrise alone,
I wished for you to finally find a home.

I just read the news about how Charice’s grandma feels ashamed for how she looks right now. And I feel really sad for Charice.

My grandmother was also the one who brought me up, but never even once I heard her say that she’s sad or shameful for what I ended up looking or of my preference despite however weird my preference are to other people.

When I started wearing tattered clothes and jeans to achieve a goth punk look when I was in high school, she never told me that I should wear proper clothes like “normal” people do. Instead, when I showed her the clothes I bought online, she told me that they’re “beautiful” and that they’re “unique” and “cool.”

The problem is with most people is that they try so hard to fit into society or what society dictates to as “normal.” If you don’t fit to what “normal” is, you will immediately be a subject of ridicule by people. What is “normal,” anyway? Who sets these rules? Isn’t it also us, the society, who restricts ourselves and those around us? This “normality” just gives people who fit into their self-proclaimed standards the excuse to treat people who are unlike them badly, and most often than not, cruelly. But in the end, “normal” is still subjective. What might be normal to you and me, may not be normal to others.

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
—Morticia Addams

I think everything just falls more on acceptance and tolerance of other people, what they believe, who they are, and what they wanted to be. There’s nothing wrong with not fitting in with the crowd or their opinion. It doesn’t make us less human. In fact, it makes us even more human than most because we understand what “normal” people do not, and we feel for what “normal” people refuse to understand.

You’ve probably heard of the infamous Harajuku Fahion Walk — a parade through the streets by all kinds of people who’re into Japanese street fashion that’s really popular especially along Harajuku, Japan. Harajuku Fashion Walk comes in all types and sorts of street fashion from the cute lolita, the colorful decora, down to the cool goth, punk and visual kei fashions. And now, we finally have our very own Harajuku Fahion Walk Manila!

The Harajuku Fashion Walk Manila this year will be on April 20, 2013, within the Visual Music Carnival that”l be held at the Coral Way Parking, SM Mall of Asia. The walk will start at 4:00 PM but interested participants are advised to arrive at least an hour early for a few chatters before the event.

Tickets to Visual Music Carnival are at PHP 200.00 per head, and the carnival opens at 12:00 NN.

If you’re going to join the fashion walk, might as well arrive early and go around and see the carnival first since you’ll be needing the ticket to enter, anway. I’ll be fun! :D

Been a while since my last post regarding the Elysian Dark Fest. Somehow, the fourth one skipped my mind. I do have the post on draft somewhere but I failed to post it in time, and a week had already passed when I remembered it.

The time pass by so fast since the first Elyian Dark Fest that I attended. Everything is still fresh in my memories. Seeing goth people fill a club always feels comfortable like you belong there. Now, it’s already the fifth installment of Elysian Dark Fest, as well as its first anniversary!

Elysian Dark Fest [Quinque] will be held on 19th of April, 2013 at Club Z at Barbaric Bar (formerly Red Capz).

Club Z is located at: 8122 Sucat Road. San Dionisio, Parañaque City. (in-front of Total Gas Station – Near Olivarez College). There’s also a guide map provided at the EDF website.

Line up includes:
PORTE
SERENUS
INFERNAL EDEN
DEEPSLEEP
SEREFAMUS
DUST
MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
BASILISK

Entrance is PHP 180.00 per head.

Related Links:
EDF 5 Facebook event page
EDF Facebook page
Crystella Records
Mingi Label Group Ltd.

Copy/pasted stuff from the event page:

With special guest, meet and greet with Crysella Records bands, goth/metal merchandise booths, giveaways, be ready for another breath-taking surprises and a whole lot more during our 1st year anniversary in the Philippines.

Media-Supporters:
Morbid Tattoo, Jojo A. (All The Way / TV5), Oi Attack!, GigsManila.com, Evolution Rock, Manila Bloggers Network, Rakista.com, Onlypinoy.com, Inggos Grill, Rakista Radio, Mingi Ltd., Bandstand, Club Z Barbaric, Sexy Filipina With Tattoos, Indo Metal Goth.

Posters, Flyers & Tickets Offset Printing:
Flyerfish GmbH, Max-Born-Straße 2, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany

Again, to friends, if you plan on going, let me know!

Annnnd… I finally hit the 28th mark, today. Nothing much going on except that I gained another year to my age. I still have my life frozen at age 21 although in reality, I’m actually getting old.

I started the day with Google that greeted me with a birthday banner this morning. I never knew Google does this, until today.

And as usual, my batch of birthday fan signs from friends. As most of you know, I’m a notorious fan signs collector and friends sends me birthday signs each year.

Since I always count the start of my “real” year on my birthday, this year, hopefully, I’ll have more patience and an even more open mind. I’ll try to maintain good vibes as much as I can. And I wish for a good health!

That’s as far as I can go, don’t ask too much from me like wanting to actually see a 3D real-life boyfriend or something. It’s kinda on the borderline of impossible as of yet. I’d rather stick to 2D and electronic boyfriends. They’re the best, less hassle, and they don’t complain or go emo on you too much! XD

I’ve been renewing my love for otome games lately, and started playing Shall we date?:Ninja Love just a few days ago.

The Shall we date? is a series of otoge, made by NTT Solmare for android and iphone and is powered by GREE. So you would need to register for GREE before you’ll be able to play the game.

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I’m supposed to be blogging about my new Cherry Mobile Flare that I bought for myself for my coming birthday this month, but then a huge boulder of bad luck was dumped on me. And when I say a huge boulder of bad luck, it something that cost me almost my entire life of fortune. Like, seriously.

So last Friday, I rode the a bus in Cubao terminal headed for home. I left my bag inside the bus and told the my seat mate and the bus driver to please not leave me and that I’ll just be going to the toilet for a really short while. The bus driver even told me to be fast with it because he’s leaving the terminal soon. When I returned back from the toilet, about 3 minutes later, the bus already left. I went up to different buses to check up it the bus I rode before just moved locations, but unfortunately, it didn’t. I went straight to the terminal dispatcher and told him about my situation. He told me to ride this certain bus that leaving the terminal to chase after the other bus that just left. When we finally got to the other bus, the bus driver said that he wasn’t the driver of the bus where I left my things in. At that moment I thought that I’ll never get my bag back.  That bag contained my personal laptop, external hard drive, my wallet, my pouch, our Dev funds, an old mobile phone that I borrowed from my mom, and my older brother’s PSP. I rode the same bus to Dau terminal where I’m supposed to go. While on the road, I called my mom to bring money and redeem me from the bus station when I arrive and told her what happened. When I arrived, the dispatcher told me that they asked each and every bus that came from 6-9pm about the bags I left, and they found nothing.  They asked for my number just in case my seatmate or someone else found it and returned it to them. And the last text message I got from them was Last Saturday night saying nobody returned my bag.

Honestly, it’s just plain idiocy on my part. I shouldn’t have left my bag inside the bus.  But by the time this sank in on me, I was already at the toilet so I immediately ran back, but it was too late. The bus terminal staffs told me that, apparently, this is not the first case that this happened and that my bag was probably stolen even before the bus left the terminal. According to them, in the past weeks, they’ve caught several people riding on the bus that are not really passengers. They sit around the bus on the seats that has bags where the owner is either not around or not paying attention.
Then start pretending that these bags belonged to them and soon, make up some kind of excuse to get down the bus while taking those bags with them. The other passengers wouldn’t be able to know if that bag was theirs or not and they ran off with them.

I’m blogging about this to let people know these things happen in terminals when you travel. Especially here in the Philippines where there’s never a safe place.

Here comes tomorrow.
With it, people’s hopes and dreams.
The little bird sings.

Hi guys!

I’m selling my Nikon D3000 DSLR Camera.

(Photo credit: Jepoy)

Here are the highlights of the camera:

• PHP 20,000. LAST PRICE!
• Complete package (with box) as when bought.
• Other stuff included with the camera aside from the camera body and kit lens remained untouched and are still sealed.
• Shutter count: 9320
• Slightly used.
• No damages.
• No scratches.
• RFS: I needed the money ASAP

Complete package includes:

• Camera body
• Kit lens (AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR)
• Lens Cap
• Strap
• Battery
• Charger
• Cables
• Manuals
• CD

Additional inclusions:

• Camera bag (not the crappy Nikon bag they give out for free)
• Branded plastic LCD protector
• Lens filter

Other camera info you might wanna know:

• 10.2 megapixels
• 11-area AF
• Up to 3fps
• 3.0 LCD

PAYMENT:

Bank Deposit

• 20k + shipping fee.
• My bank account is BPI (no charge when you send money if it’s BPI to BPI)
• I’ll send your package within 2 days of when I receive and confirmed the money.

COD

• Meet-up place: Greenbelt 1 or surrounding area only.
• During Mondays to Fridays, anytime between 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

CONTACT INFO:

• email: euri at beyondeternal.com or click here for the contact form

* For privacy and security reasons, I will not leave my mobile number in this website. If you have further inquiries, please contact me via email. I can then give you my mobile number after.