Friday, April 25, 2008

If I Could

If I could only say
what I truly think
If I could only express
what I truly feel
I would have done
If only to have you beside me.

If I could only be near you
so as to keep you from being away
If I could only unlock your mystery
so as to stop building my curiosity
I would have done
If only you’d given me an opportunity.

But you’re too closed
within your walls
And you never gave me a chance to see
how worthy you can truly be.



Tuesday, April 22, 2008




You Are Iris



You are an interesting blend of fun and wisdom.

You definitely make people think about themselves and their place in the world.

But they'll have fun doing it. You definitely epitomize laughter therapy.

You are a very enriching and entertaining friend!



Your Brain Usage Profile: Auditory : 22%
Visual : 77%
Left : 42%
Right : 57%

karen, you are somewhat right-hemisphere dominant and have a strong visual preference, a blend of characteristics which typically apply to persons with an "artistic" temperament.

In all likelihood, you naturally act in the way that people have come to expect artists to act. With your dominant visual learning style you are active and seeking, working to absorb all of the facets of your environment. Your mind rarely rests, for even when you are not scouring the environment you are turning your searchlight on your own internal processes.

You are intense! In continually processing the data as you do on a multidimensional level, you spend little of your time in reflection -- or sometimes in social niceties. There is a high probability that you are "out of check" -- though not out of control -- sometimes, swept away by the feelings of the moment. You are one of those individuals that may well attempt to assemble a complex piece of equipment without reading the directions or following a sequence, though you might look at the diagram. Sequencing your own behavior is problematic at times.

You are rarely reflective about yourself or your motivations. You know when things are right because you feel it, you intuit as automatically as you breathe. With others, you tend to "go with your guts," not needing rules or expectations to govern your friendships.

You absorb material rapidly and randomly, it is filed "helter skelter" internally. Listening or learning from materials presented in a purely verbal fashion is not your "strong suit" and your performance in situations designed for left-hemisphere dominant persons will not always measure up to the expectations of others. If you have particular learning needs, it is to sequence material and remain focused while you are processing, to develop "structuring" techniques, and to become more efficient with your spontaneity and creativity.


source: mindmedia.com

Monday, April 21, 2008

Are You Left-Brained or Right-Brained?

Your percentage score for the right brain is 51%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 49%.

You are more right-brained than left-brained. The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body. In addition to being known as right-brained, you are also known as a creative thinker who uses feeling and intuition to gather information. You retain this information through the use of images and patterns. You are able to visualize the "whole" picture first, and then work backwards to put the pieces together to create the "whole" picture. Your thought process can appear quite illogical and meandering. The problem-solving techniques that you use involve free association, which is often very innovative and creative. The routes taken to arrive at your conclusions are completely opposite to what a left-brained person would be accustomed. You probably find it easy to express yourself using art, dance, or music. Some occupations usually held by a right-brained person are forest ranger, athlete, beautician, actor/actress, craftsman, and artist.

Your left brain/right brain percentage was calculated by combining the individual scores of each half's sub-categories. They are as follows:

Left Brain

  • Linear
  • Sequential
  • Symbolic
  • Logical
  • Verbal
  • Reality-based

Right Brain

  • Holistic
  • Random
  • Concrete
  • Intuitive
  • Nonverbal
  • Fantasy-oriented

Each of these 12 categories has its own distinctive influence in shaping how you think, learn, and perceive the world around you. A detailed evaluation of your brain type has been prepared and is waiting for you. Order the full report now for this information and an insight on why you are who you are!



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eeks! now i'm lost. which is which?
Brain Lateralization Test Results
Right Brain (40%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain.
Left Brain (48%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain
Are You Right or Left Brained?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Friday, April 18, 2008

Love always finds a way

Holding you near
After the storm has passed
It becomes clear
When all our tears have finally dried
That no matter how we fools
May try to turn the tide

And in this moment when the magic seems to fade
We must remember then that's the time to keep on
Believing and I'll be a friend

If we both trust
In what we really feel
The two of us
Can hold tomorrow in our hands
All it takes is just the faith to truly understand that...

Love always finds a way
When the clouds have no silver lining
She comes thru shining
Love always sees the light
Through the darkest night
In a small way
Love always finds a way

Eeks!

How accurate is a woman's instinct? In most cases, mine is precise. But when it comes to romance, I could be a little insensitive at times. Honestly, I can't guess a person's feelings based solely upon his actions. I don't want to read signs because there's a danger in miscalculating and misjudging. For now, I refuse to believe what my heart tells me. What I'll believe instead: If a man really likes a woman, he will do anything and everything just to be with her. If he doesn't, then there's no sense in writing stuff like this. Eeeks!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

I have resolved that maybe, what I want is not exactly what God wants for me. Therefore, I will wait for the person God will send me because I know that when He grants wishes, He never falls short and gives only the best. Sounds like a trite saying but it's true! God is always good and just.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?




Your Birth Month is May



Unique and creative, you seek your own path in life.

You love change and are able to adapt to any situation.



Your soul reflects: Sweetness, joy, and a complete life.



Your gemstone: Emerald



Your flower: Lily of the Valley



Your colors: Yellow, red, and green

What kind of thinker are you?




Your Thinking is Abstract and Sequential



You like to do research and collect lots of information.

The more facts you have, the easier it is for you to learn.



You need to figure things out for yourself and consider all possibilities.

You tend to become an expert in the subjects that you study.



It's difficult for you to work with people who know less than you do.

You aren't a very patient teacher, and you don't like convincing people that you're right.

Monday, April 07, 2008

About Schmidt

I've always loved Jack Nicholson the same way I've always adored Robert De Niro. They are absolutely the most prolific actors of this time. No questions asked.

Anyway, Jack was hilariously irritating in As Good as it Gets, charmingly vicious in The Departed and falsely mad in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Can anything be more interesting than those?

Well, there is one more Jack character that I so love. His portrayal of Warren Schmidt in About Schmidt is for me, his best so far. I was ready for a laugh trip given the first person perspective of the lead character and how his mind thought freely after his retirement from an insurance company in Omaha, Nebraska. Sure, there were funny moments especially when a very "bold" Kathie Bates flirts with Jack in a steaming tub (that was hilarious and I didn't see it coming, Christ's sake!)...but I found myself crying towards the climax of the film. I hate myself for being a cry baby. Really, I am. Not too many films have made me weep though. This one did.

I somehow understand Warren's feelings. I felt really sorry for him that his job, his wife and even his daughter (who got married to a man Warren didn't think his daughter deserved) have all perished from his life and that ultimately in a time when he needed to get reassured that he led a good life, no one was there to convince him he did, not even himself. And so all the doubts came haunting him all throughout his journey. One simple yet meaningful drawing from a kid a thousand miles distant made him shed the tears he's been trying to keep for so long.

I guess all of us, at some point in our lives begin to question if we truly succeeded in life, if we made even a minute difference in this big old world we live in. I do get scared looking ahead myself, worrying that the same fate old Warren had trodden would happen to me.

But then, I believe...it's not what you've accomplished that matters in this life. It's how you accomplished all your triumphs and how well you handled your misfortunes and got up from them that truly matter in life. The question is not about what you've become for you could be the most famous actor or politician but it won't equate happiness and contentment. It is how you managed yourself as you earned your successes.

"I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me?"
-- Warren Schmidt

As Warren asks himself these favorite lines of mine from the film, he does get answered instantly. That no matter how little a good deed is, it does make a difference.



Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Need To Be Next To You
Leigh Nash

Been running from this feeling for so long
Telling my heart I didn't need it
Pretending I was better off alone
But I know that it's just a lie
So afraid to take a chance again
So afraid of what I feel inside

But I need to be next to you, oh I, oh I
I need to share every breath of you, oh I, oh I
I need to know I can see you smile each morning
Look into your eyes each night for the rest of my life
Here with you, near with you, oh I
I need to be next to you

Need to be next to you

Right here with you is right where I belong
I lose my mind if I can't see you
Without you there's nothing in this life
That would make life worth living for
I can't make it if you're not there
I can't fight what I feel any more

I need to have your arms next to mine for all the time
Holding for all my life
I need to be next to you
I need to be next to you, oh I, oh I
Need to be, need to be next to you
Share every breath of you
I need to feel you in my arms baby, in my arms baby
I need to be next to you, oh I, oh I


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Goodness! I'm hopeless! Hate it.

Narito lang ako....nyekekek!

"Ang pag-ibig ko ay wholesome."

I remember uttering this to my officemate this afternoon. Honestly, there are a lot of romantic ideas about him floating in my head but none of those include sexual desires or or anything close to that. I'm just really infatuated in a teeny-bopperish kind of way. I want to hug him the way I embrace my teddy bear. I want to watch his every step. I need to be near him and to always be there for him.

Sana lang napapansin niya ako. Kaya lang sa sobrang tangkad niya at sobrang liit ko, malamang hindi nga niya alam na...narito lang ako. Nyekekek! Parang kanta 'yun ah! Pagdating ng Panahon. Haha!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Got this from a free online IQ quiz. Wala lang, just got interested.

Free IQ Test Score
Free-IQTest.net - Online IQ Test

and another one:

Your IQ score is 133

Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.


Haha. Insightful linguist daw oh! Nyekekek!