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For the Sake of Blogging: On the Way to the Wedding

"This, he realized, was love. It was that sense of rightness, yes. And it was the passion, too, and the lovely knowledge that he could happily wake up next to her for the rest of his life. But is was more than all that. It was this feeling, this knowledge, this certainty that he would give his life for her. There was no question. No hesitation." - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn Taken from the eigth book in the Bridgerton Series by one of my favorite authors, On the Way to the Wedding centers on the love story of Gregory Brigerton and Lucinda Abernathy. Gregory and Lucinda's love story is, I think, one of the typical Filipino love stories I've watched on TV where the male lead falls in love with the bridge between him and his supposed love. Gregory at first falls for the stunning Hermione and befriends Lucy who is Hermione's closest friend. Through a series of events, Gregory realizes that he only fancied himself in love with the idea of Hermione and no

For the Sake of Blogging: Terza Rima

I'm terza rima , and I talk and smile. Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away I let mine out, and chatter all the while. I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day Is any day that's spent without a friend, With nothing much to do or hear or say. I like to be with people, and depend On company for being entertained; Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You? From Wikipedia : Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern a-b-a, b-c-b, c-d-c, d-e-d. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections of poems written in terza rima end with either a single line or couplet repeating the rhyme of the middle line of the final tercet. The two possible endings for the example above are d-e-d, e or d-e-d, e-e. There is no set rhythm for terza rima, but in English, iambic pentameters are generally preferred. This would be the first time I've heard of the Terza Rima . I've read Dante Alighieri's Inferno (and I wan

For the Sake of Blogging: People's Choice Awards

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While browsing around the internet, I stumbled upon the People's Choice Awards voting site. Since I'm quite bored, I figured I could spend a few minutes voting. Doesn't take much time really, and there's no need to register or whatever. And for those who are bored like me or want to vote for their favorites, here I am spreading the love. :} Enjoy enjoy everyone! -Daal-

For the Sake of Blogging: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Another anime which my brother downloaded, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is one of the animes that my brother has been mouthing to us about for the past few months. From my brother's descriptions, it seems to be a purely comedy anime but most (if not all) animes, from my experience, have both dark side and light sides to them. So I did my research on the anime today and from what I've read, it seems to be a pretty interesting anime. I'll probably watch it when I'm done catching up with my Bleach and Naruto. Anyways, here's the plot summary from Anime News Network : Plot Summary : Itoshiki Nozomu is the world's most negative person. To his way of thinking, there is no hope or meaning in this existence. Even the three kanji of his name become the two-kanji word zetsubou, "despair", when compressed. What an ironic twist of fate, then, that he becomes teacher to a class containing his precise opposite, the invincibly positive-minded Fuura Kafuka. And here'

For the Sake of Blogging: Kino no Tabi

To help me be a regular blogger once again, I've deviced this "portion" of my blog which I now call For the Sake of Blogging . I dislike the fact that I don't blog as often just because I think I have nothing worthy to blog about or because I'm lazy. So with this, I hope to be able to blog regularly and find interesting things to blog about. I shouldn't whine about being uninteresting if I don't do anything about it. Anyways, moving on... My brother downloaded an anime series entitled Kino no Tabi . I haven't watched it yet and am currently reading about its plot to decide if it's a worthy watch. Still, I'm kind of interested in watching it now even though the anime doesn't seem to follow a real plot. I got this from the Kino no Tabi Wikipedia page and this is one of the things that really struck me and is pushing me to watch the anime. The phrase "the world is not beautiful, therefore it is" (世界は美しくなんかない。そしてそれ故に美しい。 Sekai wa uts

Wicked

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My sister got a lead role in their school's play again. This year, their school will be putting on Wicked and my sister will be playing Elphaba! That's just soooo awesome! I'm really proud of my sister and I can't wait for the play. The play will be help in the CSR Auditorium on November 27, 2008. I'm making sure that day is free! :P Anyway, that's all. I'll be off now. 'Til next time minna. :} ♥ Daal