Name
Mia Marci
Occupation
High School Student
Birthdate and Starsigns
June 3, 1984; Year of the Rat, Gemini
Homepage
Suisei
Languages
Fluent in English, semi-proficient in Tagalog, Currently learning Bahasa Indonesia and trying to find someplace to continue Japanese language lessons
Nationality and Location
Filipina, presently residing in Indonesia
Hobbies/Obssesions
Japanese pop culture, am a part-time otaku and an avid jrock and jpop listener (Siam Shade! L'arc~en~ciel! Luna Sea! Bonnie Pink!); Books - favorites include Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'A Little Princess' and J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series
Other Blogs:
Adrian
Tin
Tomoyo
Kuwami
Yummy thing this pita of mine.
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Monday, December 4, 2000
09:14 p.m.
Now Listening to: 'Mizerable' by Gackt
Miss Manners, is it so very bad for a girl at age sixteen to ask a guy over? And dear Miss Manners - there are no 'evil' intentions behind it, its purely a manner of generosity and necessity. So what if I do ask a guy over at my house? Hang out, have fun, oh, stick around - we can head off to school later for that recital thing...thats not so bad, right? Heck with it.
I know I've been nitpicking at the Grad Ball issue and its just so very old, but 1) its my first and 2) I'm not afraid to put the book down and get out of my shell sometimes. Experiences such as this have good memories to go with it (well, usually), and while the chance is here I think I'd take it. Life is short, and not always so sweet.
Sides, I'm sorta graduating too! I want that certificate! And I hope to god it says nice flowery things about me. 0>:)
Back to Miss Manners - geez, the reason why there are disgruntled feminists out there demanding gender equality is that somehow...the etiquette between genders makes the relationship quite unequal.
More on this next time. I could debate on it now if I wanted to, but the thing is - my thoughts arent properly collected and I'd rather have solid research foundation before babbling my mouth off.
I have this horrendous attack of designers block. I WANT so badly to design this bland blog of mine. *grits teeth* Why won't the Gackt picture turn out right?!
Sunday, December 3, 2000
03:47 p.m.
Listening to: none
Last night, I went out dancing. The condition for me to be someone's partner to the upcoming school Graduation Ball is that...we take up dance lessons. For once, mother dearest wasn't being the she-devil and ridiculous person she was when she suggested it...and uhm, the lessons helped. My partner has trouble moving on his feet. Better I found out last night rather than on the big night itself. Ehe.
Kuwami, my beloved jrock, kpop and yaoi'sensei-sama has gotten a blog (see links on the left). And its fun to read, and look at. Waaah, Hoonie-yah! *drool* I MUST try to formulate an eyecatching layout for this blog of mine, this current basic one is much too boring! --' I experimented with a Gackt-based layout, but the main picture didn't turn out as well as I would've liked. Ah well.
Ne, thanks Tin-san for linking! ^^ I better put a tracker on this page as well, I'm curious to know who you little stalkers are.
I took this CLAMP manga personality test, as found on Tomoyo's pita. The results are as follows:
# 1 X/1999
# 2 Wish
# 3 Card Captor Sakura
# 4 Tokyo Babylon
# 5 Gouhou Drug
# 6 Clover
# 7 RG Veda
# 8 Suki dakara Suki
# 9 Chobbits
# 10 CLAMP Campus Detectives
# 11 Magic Knight Rayearth
# 12 Soryuuden
# 13 CLAMP Campus Cop Dukylon
# 14 Angelic Layer
# 15 Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
# 16 20 Mensou ni Onegai
I'm quite proud to be related to X/1999. >:D
The heat is getting to me again, and my sister has hoarded my ROOM and COMPUTER...and I have a three page report to do for science. At the moment, she has left Cino in the room scratching at the door. --' And thats the blog for the meantime.
Oh, I'll have little to no net-access for the next few days. I have stuff to finish up on Monday, a Glee Club recital on Tuesday, the Grad Ball on Weds and I'm visiting Manila for a few days from Thursday to Sunday thereabouts. Heck, my past week has been too hectic and quite uneventful for the blog. The most interesting of it I can note of is playing KoF and Samurai Showdown on my classmate's comp...and the comments on Mai Shiranui and my agressive gameplaying.
Kya, I'm out. --'
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
07:24 p.m.
Now Listening to: Kaze Fuiteru from Street Fighter V
Preparations for Grad Ball under way. I'm excited - it'll be a first for me. Though I'm prancing around acting all girly-girl (bleh) with dress shopping, shoe shopping and daydreaming. That despising Barbie Girl nature comes out in formal occasions such as these...somebody pop in the VCD of 'Clueless' the movie.
I know I'm excited when its to the point of having my hyperacidity go haywire. I'm like that South Park character, Stan - when I'm eagerly awaiting a certain event (or in Stan's case, a person) I'm two steps away from puking. Isn't that so very enthusiactic?
The afternoon rains in this country make me feel so very, very lethargic when I get home. I just woke up from a loverly two hour nap. And its now 7:30 in the evening.
School's okay. In Indonesian class, we're to learn how to play the gamelan or something like that (kya, forgot the terminology...eheh). Its an orchaestration of local instruments, and the noise gives me one heck of a headache at the end of the period.
That's about it. Not much these past few days, ne?
Thursday, November 16, 2000
06:06 p.m.
Now Playing: 'Shine' by Bonnie Pink
I dont have much to talk about now. Fanfic is coming along slowly, I screwed up my math test last wednsday...and I'm just babbling about in here for the heck of it.
Thought for the day though - blushing is horrible. I blush too easily, nuff said. I was asked to the graduation ball in mid-December by a student in year 12...as a friend, you silly little head, not anything more. Yet I'm all flushy-flush and bright pink through Indonesian class.
Girls have tendancy to blush more than guys. Oh foofie.
Wasn't that enlightening?
Monday, November 13, 2000
05:12 p.m.
No music again.
I got started on a new Gundam W fanfic. Yay for me. Lets hope it doesnt turn out as horrendous as that Treize-Ann fic (then again, my optimistic side says, Treize-Ann was a couple I doubted from the begginning. This particular fic is Hilde-Duo, I cant go wrong! Yay! Uhm...maybe)
Tommorow I have a math exam. Boo for me. I don't care about math, but I have to force myself to get my arse moving and study those freakin geometry lessons. I do care about the final outcome since my mom will be breathing down my neck and dangling my internet priveleges in front of me. Not only that, I want to get into year 11. I'm already taking an extra year in high school, like hell am I going to take up two extra years. Yuck.
I just heard from a friend in the Philippines that she's moving to the United States soon. The Philippine goverment and its scandals are simply too much, and the USA climate and environment may agree better with her and her health than that of the Manila's notorious pollution.
Odd, really. (For me, mind you, not my friend) I'm wistful to return to the chaos and pollution of Manila. To think I first wanted to get out of this country since I simply wouldn't fit in. I moved to Indonesia at quite a time - when I realized that I have finally found my niche, gotten along with the native language despite my distinct American accent...wow, it's not so bad a country. It's home.
Then woosh, I was off to...Indonesia. It's not so bad here when school started, though I still jump at every chance I get to return to Manila for a decent period of time. I'm still aspiring for Ateneo and Philippine universities. Even now, as more and more of the population takes to the streets and jab hard at Erap to get off the damn presidential seat...I still want to go back to Manila. Things are just getting more and more interesting.
I also noticed I have tendancy to write more in my own country than here. Whenever I write here, its about the Philippines! In Filipino (a language I'm not great at in the literary form, my grammar is very, very messy) of all things!
So it goes. Just like that.
Maybe that's why I was sent off to Indonesia, to realize my roots. So I have. And I can hardly wait to come back.
I am not with those who abandoned their land
To the lacerations of the enemy.
I am deaf to their coarse flattery,
I won't give them my songs.
But to me the exile is forever pitiful,
Like a prisoner, like someone ill.
Dark is your road wanderer,
Like wormwood smells the bread of strangers.
--Anna Ahkmatova, translated by Judith Hemschemeyer
Sunday, November 12, 2000
12:46 a.m.
Listening to: the aircon. ha.
I like late nights. Yes I do. I feel more productive and inspired past midnight, much to my mom's exasperation.
Last Friday I got some delectable information on some ultra-popular Japanese pop artist* from my Japanese classmate. No names will be mentioned - though you can take a guess, and if you guess correctly...hmn, I'll see.;) Anyway, the story goes as follows: my classmate knew this UPJP* (see above for meaning), and she had this affection for her best friend's boyfriend. UPJP is very bothered by the predicament, so she did what any other UPJP would do...write a song about it. Unfortunately, the song was along the lines of 'soon you will be mine...you're my true love...' and this insulted my classmate and her best friend. For my classmate's sake, I'm boycotting this particular artist. What the heck, I listen to very selected J-pop artists anyway...
From blurbs on Weyekin and Kawaiikunee -- Luna Sea, the j-rock band, has disbanded. I am not as fanatical about them as I am to Siam Shade and L'arc~en~ciel (if either bands disbanded, I'd be throwing myself against walls and screaming like a horror movie damsel), but 'I For You' just blew me away when I first heard it. I was numb with surprise to hear that they've split up...
Good luck to the members, I'll look foreward to their future endeavours.
I'm going to pop back into GW fandom. Fanfiction, and the homepages...really, I miss it. I need the time to do it though, and heres hoping I dont get sidetracked. Bah. Good night everyone.
Thursday, November 9, 2000
03:53 p.m.
Now Playing: 'Radio' by The Corrs
I lovelove The Corrs. Their new album has dissapointing music (I liked them because of their celtic-pop sound, then they suddenly went all pink and 80's electronica sounding pop. Their lyrics are still good though...), but nonetheless, 'I Never Really Loved You', 'Heaven Knows', and 'Radio' (the unplugged version, the remixed version is dissapointing and icky) I still adore. Here's hoping the next album will be a whee better.
Now I'm torn...should I present Radio or Bonnie Pink's 'Its Gonna Rain' for English class next Monday? The assesment task intructs each student to present a poem or song to the class. The poem or song must be meaningful and substancial, no hopeless shallow pop junk. Radio, I originally considered since I see two interpretations to it: while it can be first thought of as a more lyrical kind of love song...it also has some darker theme surrounding it. The words 'But you are in my head, swimming forever in my head...' gives me an impression of some kind of deadly infatuation, or fear ('So I lay in bed, and I try to rest; wondering why my mind plays tricks and fools into thinking you are there'). I'm warped like that.
Bonnie Pink is a woe to loneliness and nothing more, but I was inspired to use it after I traumatized a classmate of mine with the translations. "It sounded so happy! I can't believe it means that...I can't read it anymore..." That inspired me to use it (xD). Its Gonna Rain doesn't quirk at my mind as much as Radio does, but the translation is certainly lyrical and deep. Nothing too thought-provoking, but it still leaves an impression.
You know, I wanted to share a poem with the class instead...but going over those volumes of poetry I used to enjoy a year and two ago, the authors and poems don't strike me as much as it used to. These aren't any random poets mind you - Jewel, Anna Ahkmatova, John Keats. These, I know, are big name poets. If I get tired of them, where do I move on?
Maybe, I'm too happy. It's odd, I'm motivated to write when I'm excessively disgruntled about something. My best work, looking at my volumes of doodling and scribbling from the last couple of years...are those from when I was feeling depressed and under therapy, when I was in my old high school in Manila and picked on by the population of assholes in class. Now I'm in Indonesia, am quite pampered and more content with the environment, school and people here...I don't write as much. I'm not too motivated to write in literary terms, except for english class, teacher teasing and minor self-amusement.
Kya~ (I say that a lot nowadays ^^;) my dogs are trying to kill each other again. Not really kill, but harm excessively...they've been at it since this morning. --'
What a way to end this entry. xD
Wednesday, November 8, 2000
06:56 p.m.
Now playing: L'arc~en~ciel CD, some random track I dunno the title of - but it sounds good anyway!
Pika mi~! *glomps Adrian* Mou! Its been awhile! I havent been seeing you online! ;p Sorry to hear about the con though - what the heck, at least you got to go in and see Watase Yuu. That alone, I think, is quite worth the trip. =)
Why didn't I go to that AXN Singapore anime con last June? It fell on my birthday of all--oh wait, if I went to that con, I wouldnt be able to visit my friends in Manila this coming December. x.x; Kya.
What the heck, the AXN Thailand anime con had a more interesting guest (one of the producers from Toei animation). Not as interesting as Watase Yuu, but...
but whatever. Con, con, con, con...want to go to anime con, want to, want to, want to...this is getting annoying, isn't it? >:D
I have the most anime-ted classmates. As in, not animated...I picture them in cutesy little sd manga format, just happily killing each other under the watchful, exasperated eye of one of the subject teachers.
Brings to mind a mini-manga in my head of my science teacher when he got HYPER. Yes, a hyperactive science teacher! With a wacked-out sense of humor! This happens every Friday, heightened especially by certain mathematical formulas he claims to "simplify all this explanation!" (cut to me and my other math dunces of classmates exchanging looks of horror and disbelief). If I could draw the above, I would. But I can't. Yech.
In other matters of school - preparations for year 11 are commencing. Year 11 and 12 are the happy, dappy years where we get to choose our eight subjects for the year in preparation for college. There has been some major hitches to my choice of subjects - I had to drop French and Tourism since a majority of the class didn't sign up for it. My final list was supposed to be Intermediate Math, English, Theory of Knowledge [Philosophy], Recreational Studies [PE], Begginers Indonesian, Physics, and History. During science earlier today, the period was on hiatus as teachers had to sort out 'clashing' subjects and periods for year 11. A lot of schedules were drastically changed...mine was merely adjusted, but I'm rather dissapointed at the outcome.
The teacher took one look at my subject listing and said promptly "Now this doesn't make any sense, if you want to take up physics, you'll have to take up Advanced Maths."
Advanced Maths is like Intermediate Math, except it was a double period. That prospect and a mere recollection of my test scores made my eyes widen and shake my head. "Not advanced maths, sir."
"Why? How are your maths?"
"Pathetic. My algebra is hopeless...I dont want to bite off more than I can chew."
"Well then," The teacher adjusted the records on his computer. "Lets see...what other science would you want to take up? Certainly something else besides Physics, because you have to take advanced Maths to go with Physics. Chemistry? Biology?"
I chose Chemistry, I havent studied that intensely yet since I entered year 10 in mid-term. Biology, I learned during 2nd Year HS/Year 9 in Manila.
"Well then...chemistry...that'll clash with History." My face fell as he deleted History. "How about Hospitality Studies [Hotel Management, et al]?"
I shrugged. "Okay."
I am dissapointed that I wouldn't be able to take up History though. I tried to appeal it, but the schedule just wouldn't be able to fit History in. Anyway, the teacher said kindly, "Theory of Knowledge is a lot like History...you can do without it." I'll take his word on that.
So my [still tentative, will be finalized by date of enrollment for next year] subject listing for year 11 goes as follows: English, Theory of Knowledge, Recreational Studies, Chemistry, Intermediate Maths, Hospitality Studies, Recreational Studies and Begginers Indonesian. Doable.
What is this year 10 and year 11 crap I keep babbling about? My school is under an Australian curriculum. I mention no names as to protect myself from any random sicko that may find my page, and possible future persecution from the possibility that one or two of my classmates may just stop by and check up on me (Hi Hen :P).
Whee, dinnertime. Bai-bai~ *logs off singing along to 'My Graduation' by SPEED*
Monday, November 6, 2000
04:22 p.m.
No music since I'm at my mom's office. I got Anggun's 'Chrysalis' in my head though :P
I slack, therefore I am.
I frankly don't give a damn.
I have alternate priorities, I doubt you'd understand...
Ho-hum I procrastinated on the homework that was supposed to be due today. I really feel unproductive during weekends and holidays, its such a hassle to get my arse moving and throw myself at work...'sides, someday I know that those holidays, summer and weekends will be long gone when I'm not so good but very old. I'd rather live.
Funny how I do believe that but I still cower the wrath of my teachers. My status as the noble procrastinator has yet to wane.
I have a classmate who really slacks off and doesn't give a care in the world, and isn't afraid to make sure the teachers know it as well. This classmate, who shall be simply reffered to as 'W' is very well known for saying the following:
"I don't care!"
"This is stupid!"
"I'm not doing it...no, I'm not. Just leave it alone, lady..."
Rude and irking as it is to see and hear sometimes, I must admit - I do wish I had his type of courage to tell a teacher that I don't want to do a certain subject. Like~ Math. Oh foo, Math...*shudders*
I want more anime. I havent gotten around to finishing the Gundam 0080 'War in the Pocket' DVD I borrowed...I want more Card Captor Sakura manga...x.x;
There was an anime convention in the Philippines two days ago. Watase Yuu was a guest there and most of my online Pinoy friends are babbling excitedly about it. I on the other hand, am cringing behind the screen enviously. Watase Yuu may not have the best storylines, but I'm still a sucker for shoujo story and art. Watase Yuu is still an honorable mention of shoujo mangaka in my list, and it would be such a treat to see her!
Btw, if Fushigi Yuugi fans happen to read this - Watase's expanding the FY universe. She's adding an arc centering around Miaka and Tamahome's child and Hotohori's son. She announced this during the con yesterday, as my online friends (who luckily were able to go) informed me.
Why am I missing all the fun? ;_;
Indonesia does have anime, but its not as popular here as it is in Manila. There's Kinokuniya and a few other Japanese bookstores carrying anime media books and manga, but shopping in those places burns a hole right through your wallet. I'm guilty of burning about two or three through my mom's wallet...I'm in debt till New Year's after I spent for that complete Clowcard set.
Anime VCDs (DVDs too, I think) are available locally: Dragon Ball Z, Bt'x, 'The Baby and I' (Indonesian title, I'm unsure of what the original Japanese title is...possibly 'Akachan to Boku'?), Pokemon, Digimon, Mojacko and a few others. Unfortunately, all the titles listed above are dubbed in Indonesian. The only exception is Pokemon, which is english-dubbed with Indonesian subtitles. There are no billingual options, which repels me ffrom even considering buying the Bt'x VCDs here. Dubbed anime is okay with me, but I do hold some high standards to tthe quality of dubs. For the Bahasa Indonesian dubs, I refuse to watch them. I had a horrible experience with Magic Knight Rayearth on local TV with high-pitched voices screaming "Umiryuuzakiiii! Fuuhoojiii!" (btw, those were Umi and Fuu's names in the Indo dub) and a monotone Mokona. Then there was Ruroni Kenshin, which I suspect the local production just translated off the AXN english dub 'Samurai X' (the commerical was deceivingly in english). Kenshin--I mean, Kenshi's voice had just cracked, Sanosuke's had gone deeper, and Kaoru sounded nearly robotic. It got me appreciating the AXN english dub a wee bit more...though I still dislike AXN for that bastardization of Misao's voice. (A Ranma 1/2 reject! UGH! *sob*)
That is it. Must save money, must get some tolerable anime, somehow, some way...
Sunday, November 5, 2000
05:16 p.m.
Now Listening to: Sakura Taisen Opening Theme
I have two dogs - Cappuccino and Helga. Cappuccino (nicknamed Cino) is a frisky, hyperactive but very affectionate seven month old Golden Retriever puppy. We [my family] bought her from a petshop when she was a wee, pudgy little thing.
Helga is a mature, needy seven year old dog. We adopted her a couple of months ago after she was abandoned by an American expatriate and had no place else to go. My mom's boss, hearing of her plight, asked my mom to adopt her. So we did and so she's with us. Now this certain event that happened about ten minutes ago and what I'm about to relate in this entry concerns Helga...and her unfortunate dislike for cats.
Helga hates cats. It's not so much a dog thing to dislike cats, for Cino adores cats and tries (vainly) to play with the stray cat that tresspasses our garden each morning. This was before Helga came along. The cat stopped coming to our garden when Helga arrived, for whenever Helga sees a cat...she chases it. Helga has yet to ever catch the cat, and I really do not know what she'll do with the feline once its in her--uh, jaws, but whatever, she chases it. Cat runs, Dog chases, dog never gets cat.When Helga realizes she cannot catch the cat, she starts howling. Loudly. Her howl is well known in the neighborhood now, anytime I bring her out for a walk the janitors starts howling as we pass. I'd much rather they imitate the occasions Micaela and I scream at Cino whenever that puppy starts chewing something suspicious or running amok when she's taken out for a walk.
Just a little while ago, I was just finishing up my chores and placing the broom and dustpan back in the kitchen. As I did, this adorable furry cat comes scampering up to me and rubs against my leg. Cutified by the kitty, I started crooing and patting it, letting it circle around my legs. I spent sometime playing with the kitty, when suddenly, from behind me...I hear a small whimper.
Behind me is the back kitchen gate. Behind the gate, staring at me and the kitten - was Helga.
Helga started howling and trying vainly to enter the [locked] gate. I panicked and screamed at the kitty "Get out! Out!" as I opened the front kitchen door for her. The freakin kitty didn't move, looking back at Helga in a rather stunned manner.
In the meantime, Cino had trotted up to Helga wondering what she was fussing about and also the kitty. She started barking loudly as well, calling the attention of Micaela from upstairs and my mom from the bathroom. I got out from the kitchen, shutting the door behind me, only to be greeted by Helga and Cino still trying to get at the cat. I shut my ears from all the noise and headed upstairs, greeted by my mom, in a white towel - laughing at my expense. Helga followed shortly, still barking, this time more out of anger than desperation. "Master Mia! What were you doing with...with...THAT CAT?!" I'd think she raged. "You cheated on meeeee!"
She and I are not on patting or playing terms at the moment. She's now lying down, staring at me in what seems to look like a grave expression. Trust me, doggy emotions are readable. Particularly Helga and Cino's.
The Sakura Taisen Op is part of my mp3 playlist - as I wrote the entry, it went through 'Its Too Late' (Weiss Kreuz 2nd ED), 'Mirror' and 'Mizerable' by Gackt, 'Rain' by Siam Shade and 'Eyes on Me' by Faye Wong.
Now it's playing 'Do It All Night' by E-rotica from Dance Dance Revolution Remix 3. The tune is catchy, but the lyrics are obscene. Moreso is the uhm, between the singing. Yet it's too addictive a tune for me to delete.
Last night's filmfest didn't push through for technical Mother stress issues, we just went out to a Japanese restaurant for dinner.
Before the dinner, some other things happened with Cino...but I'd say one dog story is enough for this entry. *sigh* x.x;
Friday, November 3, 2000
08:29 p.m.
Now Playing: 'Still I'm With You' by L'arc~en~ciel
I'm not much of a journal keeper - but what the heck, I'll give this pita a try. Who knows, I may get myself to write in this regularly and keep my friends back in the Philippines up to date (*waves to them, higs*). Better than sneaking on the net to chat when I'm not supposed to. ^^;
Soo - tis been a long and dreary week. I think I need more sleep, but I like late nights too much. I think better past the stroke of midnight, but bleh - I see the consequences of such actions. I'll just abuse the curfew on weekends then and try to sleep early from Monday through Thursday.
I got to watch You're Under Arrest on cable yesterday - english dub. --' Oddly enough, english dub and english subtitles. I watched it with the sound off, the voice acting was horrible. Though the characters may be the sole reason for me to watch...and that lil chance to hear and see 'Love Somebody'.
Speaking of Jap music, I was given a lil diddy from two schoolmates of mine: a collection of Laruku (L'arc~en~ciel) mp3s on CD. It has all their albums/songs and singles from Tierra to Real, and thats what I'm listening to at the moment. :D I was so happy to receive it I practically skipped to my next class, CD in hand. A few days later I was having a lively discussion with my Japanese classmate about L'arc~en~ciel, Haido and his present girlfriend.
Hmn...Cyds was right...Haido's english does improve in the most recent album. ^^; Hard to believe it, listening to one of his earlier attempts to sing in english ('Good Morning Hyde'. O_o;)
Tommorow, off to an International Filmfest...I'm quite looking foreward to it, the main feauture is the movie 'Bath' directed by the same guy that did 'Raise the Red Lantern' and 'Farewell my Concubine' with Gong Li.
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