Entries for June, 2004June 1st, 2004
family trees, quenya, and headaches...
POSTED AT 04:53 PM
I was very bored this week, nothing to do at all. so I decided to try to finish aragorn's family tree (I'm a big Tolkien fan), at the same time help a friend of mine translate Quenya (an elvish language devised by tolkien) to english...well, I'm still kinda learning, so I was'nt much of a help. oh the headache. My head really hurt while I was working on the family tree, but it really answered some of my questions, like how aragorn had an elvish ancestry. once I'm finished with it, that would be soon by the way, I'm gonna post it here in my gallery. after doing the tree, I proceded to help my friend translate (or learn quenya in the process). but this time we were working on something different, which was sindarin (another, more common, elvish language). this was kinda easier, since we already have english equivalents of sindarin. instead of words, we worked on lays and poems, converting them from sindarin to english, sometimes english to sindarin just for fun. I did work on legolas' poem to the sea
'to the sea! to the sea! the white gulls are crying,
the wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
west, west away, the round sun is falling
grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
the voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the last shore falling,
sweet are the voices in the lost isle calling,
in eressea, in elvenhome that no man can discover,
where the leaves fall not: land of my people forever!'
now, the sindarin form, translated by me. actually, I'm not sure with the grammar, since some words change when they're used as an adverb or a preposition. words in parenthesis do not have sindarin equivalent. also, some words like falling were replaced by fading (peleth).
'an i aeron! an i aeron! I silivren gwael nallon.
i gwaew drambor, a silivren faltho revio.
annun, annun, i corn anor talt.
mith cair, mith cair, caro neth lathro can.
i lamath o nin gwaith (that) garo (gone before) nin?
im innas (leave), im innas (leave) i eryn (that bore) nin;
an min arad a min ennin peleth.
im innas aglonn i pan nen ereb revio.
anann i (waves) erin i medul falath dant,
melui i lamath ned i (lost) tol can,
ned Eressea, ned danwaith-bar (that) al abonnen (can discover),
ir i galenas danna al: talath o nin gwaith an (ever)
that one was kinda easy to translate. others, like A Elbereth were a bit harder.
well, you might be wondering why I'm a tolkien fanatic. it's because his writing style, his story-telling, and his love for the languages really inspire me. I love all his works, not only the lord of the rings. actually, my favorite of all his works is the Silmarillion. it tells the story of middle-earth and beleriand during the first to second age, way before the timeset of the lord of the rings, which was in the third age. it also explains the loopholes in the story, i.e. what was gandalf and sauron, and how middle-earth came to be. you'll like it once you've read it, believe me.
(anyway, I'm still having headaches 'cause I'm near finished with aragorn's family tree, so before I forget, thanks to the dragon flame for help with some sindarin notes. now, off to sleep!)
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June 2nd, 2004
put me in an anime and I'll be a villain with a cute sidekick??
POSTED AT 10:53 AM
hehe, just tried some quizzes I saw at kitty's site. got some tips for the time when the world freaks out and becomes an anime show.
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You're a villain!
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...though you prefer to think of yourself as misunderstood. You know the world would be a better place if they'd only let you be in charge of it, and if they don't appreciate your genius by themselves you're willing to make them. You've got good hair, a secret base and an ambivalent relationship with the bishounen hero. You've got the money, the women, the best mecha and your own private army, but you still lose in the end to some jumped-up kid with spiky hair. There is no justice.
Which generic anime character are you?
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that's what I'm supposed to be...at least I have minions...cute fluffy minions...with long bunny ears...
so basically I should look like this guy
ehh???
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June 9th, 2004
dancing in nargothrond with koda kumi...
POSTED AT 02:40 PM
just browsing thru the net last week, when suddenly I found an e-book version of the Silmarillion! woohoo!!! I can't find the book anywhere, not even at archives or bookstores. they said it is'nt shipped here anymore. well, at least I got an e-book version, thanks to kazaa (I love this program). anyway, read through the first half up to of Turin Turambar. at last my search through bookstores are at an end. I just need to find the history of middle-earth unedited version so that my tolkien collection will be completed.
after getting the silmarillion, I got another lucky find. just downloaded all versions of koda kumi's real emotion, english and japanese, and both videos, FFX-2 version and koda kumi version, even though it took me about 5 hours, during the wee hours of the night, but it was very well worth it. ahh the joys of having installed kazaa 2.0. I did'nt get those newer version since the old version downloads as well as the new one, and the new version eats up a lot of memory, connection, and processing power, meaning it slows down both your internet connection and cpu performance. too bad you can't download ver. 2.0 in english anymore. my version's in spanish, but luckily all the functions are the same with the english one. ahh, I can't thank kazaa enough ^_^.
oh, just played gunbound. that game's the bomb. gameplay's almost the same with worms armageddon, only difference is it's online and you only control one character. I'm getting addicted to it already, the graphics are nice, the controls are very simple. the fun factor is the game itself: blast all your enemies into oblivion. the competition's very fun. too bad I can't download the client; the download speed's too slow, takes about 28 hours estimate. I have to have it written outside...
argh, so many things to do, so little time, I even don't have enough time for mi tabs...ciao peepz.
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June 13th, 2004
death is just an old door in the garden wall...
POSTED AT 01:50 AM
Is there an available escape from reality I can take? can I release myself from the bonds of inevitability? these were the thoughts that were racing through my mind as I was lying on my bed awake this morning. classes are starting this monday, and again, I hated the thought of going to class. I just wanted to stay as I was, lying in my bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking nothing. I wanted to freeze time. but forcing myself to wake up was inevitable, because it's already a step towards my "future"...a future that I don't have a hand in planning. all of these were predestined, a plan for me to undertake a 4-year course in financial management, which in I am in the second year. undertaking the steps for the fulfilment of the "plan" was inevitable; waking up everyday to go to class to do whatever the professor wanted you to do so that you can get a passing GPA. it was a foolproof plan...only problem is I don't want to do it, I don't want to be burdened with obligations. ironic, isn't it? not wanting to do the only thing that can secure your survival in the future. but this was not what I had in mind. then again, I cannot contradict the "plan", otherwise time and money will be wasted, or so I've been told. I just wanted to escape, to be free of burden. yet this is but one of the inevitabilities of life, ironic truths; work hard to live, and to have fun is foolhardy. as I thought of these, my mind shifted to a thing I loath to think of. death, my own mortality. yet another irony, or is it? to think that there is no real escape from the harsh realities of life, there is still death, waiting still. painful, yet the only release I know of from our daily burdens. maybe a life of obligations is not for me, but is death the only escape? most of us fear the loss of life, yet we suffer while we live. even then we do not know what lies beyond death, whether it is an escape or another beggining of a new journey. if that is the case, then is there no real escape from the sufferings of life, or the bond of our mind to percieve beyond words or physical manifestations? then maybe death isn't real escape, just another level that our selves emulate, by releasing our physical bodies to go beyond what is in the physical realm. I realized we are bound by what our mind contains, bound by words and the senses. death is beyond that. maybe it's like speaking without words, or feeling without touching. well, as I finally got up, I thought, maybe death is'nt full release, maybe it's just an escape from the reality we face right now, bound by our physical limitations. but then again, dying without knowing the truth behind the bonds of reality would'nt give me true release. I still don't know why I have to undertake these sufferings just to survive, yet die at the end, just when all are complete. I smiled as I went out and had my breakfast, realizing that I can't die yet, escaping from something, while not knowing what I escaped from. who knows where true escape from suffering and limitation is? maybe I can obtain real release right here. so I wait, and think that maybe the steps I have to take, including school, are a part of an even greater plan from who knows where, for my sweet, final release. after all, death is just an old door in the garden wall...
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June 13th, 2004
damn sayang 100 koh....
POSTED AT 06:26 PM
sayang maling account ung na loadan ko, sa dami kc ng account ko na loadan ko ung di ko na ginagamit. damn....pero k lang, next load ko ung bagong account ko na. anyway, oist enge gamit sa chaos anybody! Celebrindal ang name ng knight ko ngayon, pang agi items please! ^_^ lahat naman kau mayaman na sa chaos eh, ako na hack lahat T_T....back to start ako. pero k lang kc andyan naman si sis eh, pero anybody can help me too XD.
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June 22nd, 2004
fun fun fun under the mendiola sun...
POSTED AT 07:41 PM
last week was great. did'nt think the first week would be this fun. hanging out with my old friends was the best. all my teachers were very kind, and to top it off, I had new female classmates. ah, the joys of coed learning. our 8 ladies grew to about 15 beautiful babes, sitting in front, at the side, and at the back of my seat in most of my classes. I never knew how lucky I was, practically surrounded by cute girls. plus, I had fun after school, hanging out with my new friends at the square, new and improved! ah, our hangout just got better. the owner of our hangout pc shop got more pcs, installed more aircons, and the place got roomier. and a new coffee shop opened just beside it. my hangout, once a paradise, just became heaven. and finally, the new mrt station near the campus just made my life a lot easier. no more traffic, less than an hour from campus to house. this is the life...
but I kinda feel bad, my sister's working very hard with her subjects while I have fun. oh well, at least that's good for her, I think I'll be fine with myself. too much fun to do some stuff, including updating my tabs. oh well, ciao peepz.
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