This Is My Life

( WB pirates raise amazing to a whole new level... )( Read more... )

this chapter was so full of SQUEEEEE that I don't know how to compress it...therefore I won't...I'll just write what the heck popped into my head XD

( massive amounts of squee, flail and wordy incoherence... )

( family visiting me :D )

( New Moon...wasn't the best nor the worst I've seen )

( I went like YAY!, Oh shit! and O.O in the time it took to read 17 pages of comics...Oh, Oda... )

( school shocks...and dead frogs )

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( visits from home... )

Not much I can say that others haven't already expounded upon in great detail about... Whitebeard's AWESOMENESS, Sengoku's EVIL plan of EVIL, Oh crap WALL!, OMG AAAAAAAAAAACEEEE!!!, and Oars Jr. being useful even when he's dead unconcious

( I guess I'll just bullet then... )

Title: It’s That Time
Characters: Unnamed Marine Captain and new recruit. Reference to gender reversed Straw Hats (Luffyko, Zora, Sanjiko, Namizou, Ussope, Frankie, Chopper, Robin and Brooke)
Prompt: Nightmare
Rating: PG
Word Count: 793
Summary: It’s that time of the month for the Straw Hats and a new Marine recruit learns why they should stay far, far away.
A/N: This crack is based on the Gender bending fun pics bevinbakaposted last September Here and Here in the One_Piece comm

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How to Evade Lynching by Pirates

 

Congratulations on managing to corner the Straw Hat Pirates. Even if they did trick you, it was an accomplishment nonetheless. Unfortunately you have no time to rest on your laurels as you must immediately employ that same tenacity that got you in your situation in the first place should you wish to get out of there alive. You're situation is FUBAR.

PMS does not debilitate these pirates. In fact they will hit harder, shoot faster and hit more accurately than they normally would. It just puts them in a really, really bad mood. However, make no mistake; there is nothing personal about this. The Straw Hat crew does not see you as enemies, just stress relief dummies.

 

These rules, or rather guidelines as there is no solid set of regulations governing how to deal with pirates let alone with this particular band of outlaws, have been compiled for your benefit by those who have been where you are now, survived and wish to pass on what they’ve learned that others may have a better chance of getting out of that jam marginally intact or at the very least of not repeating old mistakes (and getting the chance to make new ones).

 

Read thoroughly:

 

( Do. Not. Touch. The. Hat. Ever )

 

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probably should have written this earlier but like the heading said, school's started. the official kickoff of this sem was last week but with all the changes being done a lot of the teacher's didn't bother showing up either. I wasn't able to change my german class sadly though it appears that it won't be too bad. Mrs. Murphy seems like a nice teacher and all.

Even with the long weekend, I get a feeling though that this sem will be quite trying....Mon and wed are so full, I worry when I'll be able to do my homework. And res 3 is shaping up to be a headache in itself :(

god help me please :)

One Piece 563 just came out and while it's not OMFG!!! like the last chapter, it was very much epic. you could feel the love/respect most of the pirates had for Whitebeard (son or not) and the love/care he felt for his sons in turn...even the foolish ones. And boy was Squado and idiot. Even with such a reason -and Roger wiping out his old crew or not that doesn't make it ACE'S fault! this whole Sins of the Father thing is getting old. He's behaving like the marines...- I'm still mad at him.. but maybe I won't wish him to burn in hell. WB forgave him so I'll trying not to hate him...so much.

Btw, Ace doesn't want to be pirate king! (his brother does not him!) and WB hasn't said that he wants to make the boy the PK either...Sengoku did and it's possible that he's just being his paranoid self.

damn them, the marines can be such tricky douches. Playing on the idiot's hate of Roger(and then comes another mystery! how'd they know Squado would be there? or was he just convenient and any old Roger-hating pirate would have sufficed?...then again how'd they know WB would bring roger-hating allies? what if he came by himself?) making the allies doubt each other by only firing on the non-WB ones and all to cause a betrayal to weaken the bonds between allies (divide and conquer...)...such devious underhand tactics. and plus they froze buggy and co right after Squado's ranting! now the whole world's in doubt about what the heck was going on and didn't catch the part where it's shown that the marines manipulated him...

and I'm not surprised. that it happened I guess maybe a little -I honestly thought they had more faith in each other than that or am I just so  very used to the Strawhat-level of faith/trust?- but that Sengoku'd go there? not at all. He is the Tactician after all. And it would have been a good trick...and it worked at least to the extent of  hurting WB (wonder if they actually thought Squado would be able to do that...maybe they were thinking WB would kill him so there would be no asking whys? but still cast doubts...then again maybe only capture as the screaming of "I trusted you damnit! You betrayed us!!" might have been crucial to the Plan? I don't know...) and casting some doubt but...!

On the stupidity question I still can't understand why Squado believed. I mean he didn't at first and it was the whole pacifista attacking the New World pirates only but for the love of the sea, he was talking to Akainu! mister I-kill-any-number-of-fellow-marines-or innocent-civilians-if-i-can-catch-the-criminal. as if that guy would willingly let pirates go. he'd double-cross them immediately and not lose a minute's worth of sleep.

Go WB!!! I'm glad he's not dead but I'm worried! An old injured (and that stab would is no laughing matter!) warrior jumping into the fight -while epic to the extreme - really feels like his launching himself into a glorious death or something and he can't die! AAAAACCCEE!!! and all his nakama would be devastated. and not the way croc boy was. the glitch. though in  a way, most of the world has the same fault: forgetting that Shirohige's mortal like everyone else. His power may not have gone down but his body is deteriorating. time can't be stopped and he is OLD. and yeah, I get that. sobering thought that it is I get it but still! Whitebeard can't die here! not now! who'd take care of his sons? especially the foolish ones. what'll happen to the islands he protects with his name? he's got some pretty big shoes to fill and I'm not sure anyone can do it so easily or on such slight notice.

and why do I have a bad feeling Sengoku's still got more up his sleave and that there's more shit to be had? Awww...darn it all.  all this taking breaks' wearing me out...i know Oda's busy -new baby and all- but the stress!!!

second sem starts tom and I'm both excited depressed. mostly depressed; I mean I hardly got to really relax this sem break what with thesis hanging off my back like some deadweight monkey or whatever. (and when I was able to forget/ignore I'd eventually remember and I'd feel guilty afterwards). but still this sem seems promising...I mean the going early-staying late thing promises to be a chore (and god knows how many will actually show up for school when the only class is at 6:30 PM...)

( Class Sched )

( Holloween... )

sigh....so much to do..

It's been over a day since the chapter 562 came out, I've read it multiple times and honestly the shock's still there. Squado an ally stabbed Shirohige! That's just wrong. Shirohige's the "greatest pirate alive" right now and to be killed off by a betrayal is just wrong. Someone pointed out that his role - guiding mentor- has a high mortality rate and all but this is OP - people don't die in OP except in flashbacks - so he's got a chance. Others (namely Luffy and Zoro though the other strawhats have defied reality as well) have survived seemingly fatal injuries but like my dad used to say, they flashed the "I'm the bida (hero) card". And WB's not part of the main cast...plus he's old and - god i gotta stop with the negative thoughts. there's enough of that going on.

Well to take my mind off the morbid I'll list the OP mysteries (and boy is this story filled with them) and trivial bits that I can't help but wonder about:

( If the newkama residents got supplies from the gaolers...why'd the gaolers need so much fishnet stocking? )

well defense went as badly as i thought it would go... Honestly what would one expect when it's the 1st draft being presented? talk about being riveted with errors...there was never a question of finding them just on how much and there was a lot ^^;...

still i guess the blame's on our shoulders. it's what we get for not working the data earlier.

Am rather unhappy right now...plus a bit guilty. I didn't make the BPI award and I'm bummed about it. lot's of people were really hoping I'd win. feels sorta like I let them down. and me too.

added to guilt is that we (my group plus april's) were given special allowances regarding our thesis since it was a vital part in the BPI award and I don't qualify for it anymore :( bad bad bad

life's not exactly a bed of roses right now but next sem's gonna be different... very few minors now. MW sched's full: 7:30 to 7:30 major's mostly though I get a language elective...TTh starts early and ends late too but there's a big gap between the 2nd and last subject...which is polsci...something most of my batch has already taken so I may be doing it alone... the best part though? Not only no saturdays (which would totally have made my day) but also no fridays! unbelievable! I may actually catch up on my sleep next sem XD

now I just have to pass thesis writing ^^;

The Debate is done! Thank God! and I don't think I did too badly :D... I mean it wasn't my best performance...I used less than 4 min and that probably counted against me but still first debate and all... Steph pointed out though that I had been more animated in class but at least in the classroom, it wasn't so serious and I wasn't on a podium all by myself in front of a large group of people with 2 of them judging me... Least I don't have to write 6 600 word speeches like the nondebaters have to :)...

the BPI Science Award too is done thankfully...still got a lot to do but I'm in a good mood (I wonder how long that will last?) and its mom's 50th birthday...Must have been amazing. i'm sorry i wasn't there :( though I don't doubt her officemates threw her a great bash... a little nostalgic though... I mean that was the last birthday of my dad's that I got to be with him.. ;_;

I just want all this done so I can have some fun without the guilt of not being studious like I'm supposed to be...

Just finished Histology exam...could have gone a lot better... then again it could have gone a lot worse...sooo I guess I can only hope for the best ^^;

*sigh*

why am I so unmotivated? Why have I no drive? Why do I fill my life with trivialities?

Only 2 weeks left of school and -I can't believe I'm saying this- I wish there were more... so many projects to do! I still have
 
-a presentation (group) in history,
-a debate coming up for speech,
-2 reports for chem, a quiz next meeting, inferences to do for the last experiment, the write up for the next two expt and a scrapbook project
-2 paper's to write for aqua(one's mostly done) but one's upcoming as our expt hasn't ended yet

and of course the all important THESIS!!!

and yet I have time to internet...well like my Dad said, it's for my relaxation/rejuvination...

Wow, 75 weeks since my last entry... talk about neglect! ^^;  I really should write more but I never could get into journal writing...the last few times I tried to make a paper diary, I gave up after a few weeks.... maybe cause I kept trying to write really long detailed accounts of my life? well I'll try again. this time with short quick entries...maybe that I can maintain. XD

Over a year since I last posted... kinda sad that my first post in a long while would be about my father passing away.

Shocking... actually not really. Dad's been sick for over 17 years. Even now we aren't 100% sure just what he died of. Dad's heart was enlarged so it had a lot of problems though they did mention kidney failure and he had bleeding in the stool which was black so he was bleeding in the stomach. When he was first diagnosed the doctors gave him 5 more years... which sorta proves how stubborn/resilient my old man was XD...still life seems so short... at least I was here when it happened... God knows how much it would have sucked if it happened in Cebu.

...I miss him already. Haven't bawled my eyes out since he flatlined in the hospital (which by the way is the most painful thing I've ever had to watch) so I'm not sure if I'm just holding it in or actually well adjusted...what ever else though, life goes on and Dad surely wouldn't be happy if I moped around.

It happened pretty quickly too...his passing I mean. that and we had him created just hours after... A bunch of stuff happened at the wake:

1 we got like fifty wreaths, seriously. notably from my friends, the companies where my aunts and uncles work (isn't t weird that the expensive one of orchids came from Childfund, a company who sends unfortunate kids to school?), PAGCOR branches and departments (with the most surprising being from the slot machines)

2 my brother threw the glass bottle of holy water at my dad's ashes... good thing the mass cards were under so they cushioned the bottle XD

3 it turns out that so many friends and relatives of mine know each other...

4 We got enough mass cards to ensure that there will be more than enough prayers being said for dad to raise him up to heaven... In fact he may overshoot it.

5 by the end of the wake we had enough juice, anlene, wam, breadstuff (from lots of different bakeries) and assorted candies and nuts to start our own sari-sari store..

6 apparently one is not allowed to attend a wake in rubbershoes... my grandma took my sisters and I to the mall and wouldn't let us leave till we picked two black pants and two white shirts to wear plus black footwear (i looked like a waiter! XD)

7 pantries are great places to hide in...

8 one of the priests kept saying "gaby" instead of my dad's name during the mass (everyone kept looking at me at the start then at my grandfather {my nickname's "gabbie" while lolo's is "gaby"})...after the mass lolo walked up to him and said "I'm still alive" and the priest replied "congratulations"....ewan ko na...

9 found out that the brother of my great-grandmother is still alive...

10 mom found this great poem in one of the mass cards:

I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free,
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call,
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found that place at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh a kiss,
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up you heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free.

May my Dad rest in peace and watch over my family and me.

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CLASSES ARE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

problem is now I have no idea what to do with myself...after all that cramming and tests, and quizzes and stuff (and little to no sleep) I have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much free time... now what do I do? well... I'll be back in manila in about a week... I'll get to see my family and friends again! yay!

hello all...

Last two weeks, last two weeks...last two weeks...of hell...puro exams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and have recently seen the video of "birth" so am partly traumatized and currently swearing off having children.....ever

BTW: Happy birthday Mikey!