WaLLs oF JeRiCo!

2006-06-02T00:14:00.000-07:00

Gluon ako.

GLUON [gluon] an elementary particle that mediates, or carries, the strong, or nuclear, force. In quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the quantum field theory of strong interactions , the interaction of quarks (to form protons , neutrons , and other elementary particles ) is described in terms of gluons—so called because they "glue" the quarks together. Gluons are massless, travel at the speed of light, and possess a property called color. Analogous to electric charge in charged particles, color is of three varieties, arbitrarily designated as red, blue, and yellow, and—analogous to positive and negative charges—three anticolor varieties. Quarks change their color as they emit and absorb gluons, and the exchange of gluons maintains proper quark color balance

I really don't know what that means but I'm GLUON and so far these are my classmates:
Gluon (italicized yung mga naging kaklase ko na dati):

1. Shayne Fajutagana
2. Maychelle Matibag
3. Ben Lopez
4. Pito Magno
5. Rayray Alcantara
6. Joreb Cruz
7. Sam Borlongan
8. Jo Munar
9. Zyrelle Santos
10. Timothy Salmo
11. Nico Elicano
12. Louie Laurel
13. Antonio Macasieb
14. Edrick Santos
15. Jerico Santos
16. Michael Pascua
17. Gerald Reamillo
18. Joanna Cuayo
19. Jamie Mendoza
20. Irish Sanchez
21. Joy Perez
22. Jericho Pacaba

Good luck sa next year!

2006-05-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

I'm getting my student liscence.

Liscence. Tama ba ung spelling? Anyway, I'm getting my liscence today with my brother! I'm finally going to drive a car that isn't bound by a certain area and is not by a 3 minute whistle in Enchanted Kingdom. Actually, I'm getting a student's liscence as opposed to a non-professional liscence. I can't drive without a non-pro inside the car. So, that means I can drive with a chaperone - sounds good enough for me. I have to wait til I'm eighteen and pass the non-pro exam or (wink...wink) to get my non-pro liscence. I'm going to go on driving school tomorrow. I'm finally 16 years old!

2006-05-28T23:53:00.000-07:00

Happy Wedding Anniversary to My Mom and Dad

Happy Wedding Anniv to my mom and dad! They celebrated their 19th wedding anniv yesterday. So, we ate out yesterday at this street restaurant owned by Joel Torre. The food was great and the ambience was okay but it was really like a street restaurant. Sarap! We ordered boneless bangus, chicken inasal... okay so I'm drooling over my keyboard. Trivia, alam niyo ba na ang pwet ng manok ay maraming pangalan tulad ng balunbalunan at isol sa Ilonggo. Anyway, we wind down with some ice cream from Cremeria, the official ice cream parlor of Nestle and had a banana split and a decadent sundae to wash down all the butter, fat and cholesterol we ate (Balak nila mommy surprise party kay Justin sa Cremeria...oops sana hindi niya to mabasa). Hahaha... After that, we watched Da Vinci Code: The Deception on ABC 5 which lulled us to sleep (no offense, nababawan talaga ako sa DVC - gusto ko lang yung coding part nung story). By the way, birthday celebration ko na rin yun!

2006-05-26T18:10:00.000-07:00

Time Crisis II & Shadow of the Colossus

Time Crisis II cover.

My cousins Krisha and Chloe have brought a PS2 already and guess what - they bought an arcade gun! We played Time Crisis II (Btw, there's Time Crisis III already) for hours and hours yesterday. I didn't reach Area 3 but I had the top score. (We took turns playing) Too bad we had to break out the fun moment since our auntie wanted to get their hair done in Greenhills. So, we quit playing. Justin borrowed Shadow of the Colossus from them.

How was Shadow of the Colossus?

Shadow of the Colossus. Nice cover?

Not a good game. You control a warrior equipped with a sword plus a bow and arrow. The cool thing about the game was this horse, Argo, you have to control. Shadow of the Colossus features 16 colossal bosses each level decked down with nice and majestic landscapes. The game has superb graphics! But, what sucks was the gameplay - how are you suppose to know where the bosses are and the map was completely useless. The plot seemed dry revolving around saving this damsel in distress. One thing disturbing was the horse! The horse was really obese and if you hit it with a bow and arrow it would run away from you. Kewl.

It's worth a try but I suggest not buying the game fake or not. Just save money for a gun and buy Time Crisis II. I don't really have any awaited games this month or for the next months.

Lastly, I'd like to share the top ten things I do at home during the summer (1 is the thing I do the most, for fun, no household chores included here...)

10. Read Les Miserables.
9. Browse my review books.
8. Be a loser in a game of chess against both my brothers.
7. Play Shadow of the Colossus and other PS2 games
6. Eat a diverse array of food ranging from senorita saging, apple pie to tinapa.
5. Spend hours on the phone with Kamae and Patrick.
4. Shoot and be crazy with Time Crisis II
3. Play baseball with my cousins using an arnis stick.
2. Update my blog and surf the Net.

at ang number 1...

1. Watch TV and be a couch potato.

Yep. Save me from boredom. I've been in the house only for a few days and I'm desperate. Enjoy pa rin naman eh kasi Los Banos next tas baka matuloy sa June yung La Union na-reseched.

2006-05-25T16:36:00.000-07:00

New Blog. New Layout :: WaLLs of JeRiCo

I've officialy moved to Blogspot and I'll give Photobucket a chance to host my images but I wonder what to post in this entry. I expect this new blog to be easier to template since it's more friendly to Blogskins where I usually get the inspiration to layout. Lastly, nagsasawa na rin ako sa Tabulas.

I never really got the whole "Walls of Jerico" concept from the Bible story which came in much later. I just wanted a street layout - and I was looking for a cool title and this is what came up. Haha. So, eto na un... Enjoy my blog. Pa-tag na rin!

2006-05-25T16:27:00.000-07:00

Taal06.

I've never been to Talisay, Batangas. I've been to most of the provinces there but not in Talisay. I've been to Cuenca, Lemery, Lipa and Tagaytay plus some of the other major cities. But, I've never been to Talisay.

Talisay, according to some local that hitched a ride on us, was literally named after a plant vernacularly called talisay. It's a grassy-like plant in water and it makes you itch when you swim. Wondering why Talisay was named after this plant? It's because Talisay is one of the cities nearest to Taal Lake. (Papasa na ba akong tour guide?)

The famous Taal Lake is home to Taal Island (duh!). Taal Island is home to Taal Volcano (ang talino ko no!). And, Taal Volcano has never erupted since the 1960s and it's last slight erruption was in 1998. It's well known for it's nice crater on top because of a lake in the crater with an islet in the middle of that lake. The picture show the crater. It has been a popular short destination in Batangas along with the busy streets of Lemery, cool scenery of Tagaytay and its capital Lipa.

My American aunts and uncles visited us last week (May 16). Bringing along lots of chocolates and clothes for us. So, I'm literally pigging out on chocolates for the past days. I love the Hawaiian Host brand (yep, my aunts and uncles are from Hawaii). And, they spent three days with us going around Metro Manila to settle unfinished business (whatever that means). Our visit to Taal was on a Friday.

Going to Taal Volcano takes about 3 hours depending on whether you'd take a horseback ride or not. (But, I bet it would have been faster if we just hiked it. Yep, we rode horses.) First, you'd have to take a boat ride from Talisay to the island. It takes about 30 minutes - and you'd still enjoy it since Taal lake has a nice scenery. Then, ride a horse towards the peak. Then, it's over. I kinda think the horse ride was NOT WORTH IT. Since, I could've hiked the entire distance and it would've been easier. The horses were horrible. They looked like they were not eating enough and I quote the manager of the horse riding union "Ser, pinapakaen, ala, ng mga baytamens yan po. Kase po ang kabayo dito sa Pilipinas, ala eh, mapapayat." I enjoyed the horse ride when i'm not thinking how much my uncle had to pay for it. Suggestion, take the alternate route which can lead right into the crater!!

I guess the best part was the resort. We swam into a small private pool and I haven't swim with the cousins of my mom's side for around 3 years already. Di papala marunong lumangoy si Justin ng mahusay. I've enjoyed the whole Friday. And, I want to go back to Talisay some other time... this time, no horsing around.