this country is full of crap.

this is the headline for today:

CA: Smith not guilty of rape

i wonder if their whole drama was a set up. i mean, including the arrests and the courtroom bruhaha and the bitch's recantation... what if they actually planned the whole thing? man, that woman is wise. if all filipinas were like her, every woman here now would be millionaires!

and now, she's allegedly with her NEW american boyfriend in the states. this country is just full of crap.

"you were created for teaching"

i was talking to my thai friend, nik, yesterday. i was ranting and complaining to him how i hate my job now. that i don't have the drive anymore. so here's how the conversation went... (he's thai, so pardon the english)

patricia (4/21/2009 3:21:41 PM): but im really really trying to find another work
patricia (4/21/2009 3:21:46 PM): i hate it here
nik (4/21/2009 3:22:09 PM): oh
nik (4/21/2009 3:22:23 PM): what s happen
patricia (4/21/2009 3:22:29 PM): here?
patricia (4/21/2009 3:22:42 PM): problems with the management
nik (4/21/2009 3:22:47 PM): hm
patricia (4/21/2009 3:22:51 PM): plus i dont have any drive to work anymore
patricia (4/21/2009 3:22:56 PM): i need another work
patricia (4/21/2009 3:23:02 PM): something more fulfilling
nik (4/21/2009 3:23:24 PM): it s time for working in school, i think
patricia (4/21/2009 3:23:44 PM): im actually thinking about getting a job in instructional design
nik (4/21/2009 3:23:45 PM): you were created for teaching

i was touched with what he said. the idea played on my head. maybe i really am. (haha. kapal ko.) then i remembered how i used to play school when i was a kid. how i used to tell my mom that i wanted to be a teacher like my teachers at school because...i don't know...i really liked them, and at that time, teaching other people really interested me. then i remembered that i also taught some of the kids in our neighborhood. (my mom liked to...as in was fond of...volunteer us (me and my brother) to church activities. the last thing she pushed us into doing was to teach kids the rosary and engage them in some church activities.) the stint only lasted for two weeks, but i remember liking the feeling of having kids that i teach really participate in the activities that i come up with. i liked making lessons and stuff for them. so maybe, MAYBE i can be really be a teacher after all. or maybe i'm really meant for that.

my only problem is my stage fright. i hate hate hate talking in front of a large audience, except when i have no other choice but do so.

hmm...have to think...

mushroom cloud

ross and i saw this mushroom cloud on our way home from harrison plaza. for a minute, i thought an atomic bomb had just exploded. wahaha.

list mode

this is BBC's top 100 books. i had copies of some of these before, but i sold them already. others i'm yet to read. more of them, i still haven't bought. there are also some where i watched the movie instead :(

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien - watched the movie
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - partly read it...the copy wasn't mine though
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling - again, watched the movie
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee - have a copy, haven't read it yet
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis - almost bought a copy, but was thinking of selling it
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë - currently reading
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller - have a copy. again, it's collecting dust in my shelf
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger - read. will probably read again soon.
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - watched the movie
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - again, the movie
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres - read only the first few pages. for me, it was a difficult read because of the language. i sold it :)
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - i want to read this!
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell - they said the book is better than the movie. hmm...
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling - i read it for a book report
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling - movie
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling - again, movie. i don't think i will ever read a harry potter book hehe...
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien - i just watched the trilogy. i loved it, i must say
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll - i read this. i love the cheshire cat :)
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez - a difficult read, but was able to finish it :)
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl - i want to find a copy!!!
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald - i sold this!
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett - movie for me
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck - i sold this. i think i read a couple of pages, haha
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy - i watched the movie. i don't think i'll have the patience to read this book. it's very long.
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl - i love this. thanks to rona :)
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - i want a copy!
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden - still collecting dust
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - wasn't able to finish it...yet. maybe i will. hopefully before kathy gets it haha
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind - i watched the movie and i immediately wanted a copy! very haunting
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl - movie for me
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding - read it. but i like the movie more
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley - currently on sale here maybe i will read it
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo - i watched a part of the movie.
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho - read it. it's okay.
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez - read it. i love this book.
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie