They always remind me of you

Sabi nga ni pareng Charles Dickens, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times".

And these things will always remind me of my MS thesis days, or haunt me if they must.

Ang all-access sa institute at labs 24/7...

...to spend sleepless nights in the cozy lounge of the institute...

...doing more and more experiments (or maybe just camwhoring ;)) in the middle of the night...

Ang pagmamatakaw...

...and all-day subway dahil yun lang ang pinakamalapit sa uni...

At hindi matitinag ang matibay naming samahan ni Nescafe Ice...

It was a painfully long journey. So painful that I don't even have the energy to celebrate my triumph. But I'm just glad it's all over.

That's it!

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I don't say goodbye

Animation: Ryan Woodward

Song: The World Spins Madly On (The Weepies)

I let the day go by

I always say goodbye

I watch the stars from my window sill

The whole world is moving

and I'm standing still

What drives me to social pariah-ness

This.

This.

These crystals are driving me mad! Not that I've already done a lot. In fact, I'm still 14,500 words short of my write-up 21 days to the deadline. Seems like I've still got a lot of time in my hands. Sure. Problem is, I often find myself spacing out in the middle of attempts to try to figure out how to interpret my ridiculously-looking, all messed up results. And I mean that literally...

like THIS!!! ---------------------->

To be honest, I've spent more time thinking and worrying about what to do than actually doing something. So now instead of merely staring at my monitor, I choose to just write a dorky blogpost.

I'm sometimes socially awkward, alright. But please don't turn me into a total social pariah, like most serious science people are. Harhar. I just can't wait for all these to be over and done with and me to move forward already.

Moving on...or just out?

After my landlord broke the news that he's shooing me out of the house, I've been worrying about finding a place to stay for next month, which is also my last month here in the land of Her Royal Highness. My contract actually ended last June, so in principle he had already been considerate enough to let me stay until this month. But why?? Well he said because new students will start to flood over the city in September, he naturally would want to rent out the rooms to people who will potentially stay for at least a year. Fair enough, business mogul.

I've been asking some friends (and some random people, for what it's worth) about it for a while now and finally I'm seeing some light at the end of the tunnel! I'm not quite there yet, but I'm getting there, fingers crossed. A good friend, Kayo, brought some good news today! It's great coz the last thing I want to worry about is having no place to stay a week before my dissertation deadline. That would be madness. So anyway, Kayo said that her friend's place has a guest room where I can stay for a month. And what's better news is that I could possibly even stay for free! Universe, pretty please let it be...

Somehow, I'll miss my room when I move out...a kind of moving on.

End it the Greek way

It was a memorable journey with the gang and I've grown to love the happy-go lucky Cappie as the show progressed. But Rusty (aka Spitter), the resident polymer science geek, has been (and still is) my favorite since the pilot ep. And I'm so glad that he and Ashley ended up together. Ash had Spitter at "I don't date roommates". Yay.

It ended with a blast and you wouldn't really expect it to be full of so much emotions, making you realize that it's not just another college-themed series, but a story about relationships, family, and meaningful friendships. The finale was a total tearjerker! Or maybe I have been so attached to it that I just got carried away. Not to mention, the finale OST was perfect.

• Jack's Mannequin - "Spinning"
• William Fitzsimmons - "After Afterall"
• The Weepies - "Living In Twilight"
• The Courteeners - "Take Over The World"
• Andrew Belle - "My Oldest Friend"
• Youth Group - "Forever Young"

Plus, I discovered my newest duo to love: The Weepies!

Yesterday when you were young
Everything you needed done was done for you
Now you do it on your own
But you find you're all alone, what can you do?

You and me walk on, walk on, walk on
'Cause you can't go back now

Some things are just meant to end....like Greek. But life goes on.

TheLazySong-inspired

Ironically, the funky tune that says "...today I don't feel like doing anything *whistle whistle*..." makes me wanna do otherwise.

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Ergo, I was pepped up by this song to do a bit of tidying up in my topsy-turvy room. :)

From time to time, my maliit na room would look something like this - a complete disaster, à la Payatas.

I just need to open up my curtains, see the light (by light, I don't necessarily mean the bright shining sun in England...if you know what I mean), and listen to the right song to keep me from lazing around. After-cleaning pics next time. ;)