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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Did I ever tell you that one of my greatest dreams is to discover a portal into another dimension? Or maybe another time, or even the same dimension and time, but another place? Like a secret passage. And it doesn't even have to be like those invisible portals of energy, or anything supernatural really, but even the simplest and most cliché of secret passages like, staircases behind the bookcase, or rotating fireplaces... One of my greatest regrets about our house, ever since I was a kid, is how it doesn't have any of that. Of course, there's probably really no need for it, but still, I wish there was some place that I could go to that seems completely detached from the rest of the world.
Most of my time in college, I think, was spent roaming around my university looking for such a place. I never found one. Perhaps it's because of this, which is why I never felt at home in that university, despite my having gone there everyday for 3 consecutive years (except during the summer/Christmas/between-terms breaks, of course, but believe me, the trimestral system does not have many of that). The closest I found was the closed staircase in the new building, but it was only there on my final year, and since the janitors kept using it, it was hardly detached.
In case your curious, my "portal" before college was the mezzanine/stock room of the publication office at the ground floor of our high school building. Whenever we would stay in school after classes, to work on the newspaper, there would always be a time when I and my friends would go up there and gossip. Sometimes, we'd sit on the stairs, but I remember a time that we sat in a circle, and it reminded me of those sleep-over gossip scenes they have in teeny-bopper movies.
Since then I haven't found many places like that. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but I like to believe that the culprit would be the routine of life. Because when you finish school, you step into the real world, and in an office, a secret passage is probably the last thing that you could find, unless you're a librarian or a curator or a professor or, someone working in my building who had breakfast a quarter before 10AM and decided to look at the ice cream shop next door to McDonald's?
Not that I actually found a secret passage, but I really think I came close this time.
The restaurant at the back of the McDonald's branch next to our building is a sushi bar. And beside it, an ice cream shop. Perhaps because it was early when my friend and I went there, both places were empty.
What made it eerie though, even in broad daylight, was the music. The sushi bar had tables outside, and so naturally, it had speakers outside too, such that, as we were approaching, we could already hear soft music. An unfamiliar tune played on an unfamiliar instrument; it sounded like something you'd hear from an old music box. And with each step we took, it got louder, and louder, and louder.
We got to the restaurant entrance. Since it was no longer along the street, you couldn't hear the cars passing by. The 'We're Open' sign was hanging on the door, and you could see from the outside that the food assembly line (you know those places in Japan where the food goes around the table and you just get what you want while sitting on the side? Check out a picture here.) was moving. But there were no waiters in sight, no customers, nothing. The glare from the sun on the glass walls even made it seem as if there really wasn't anything inside the place. As if it was all just an illusion. The light can always play tricks on our eyes after all.
I half expected my friend to be gone when I turned to look. I thought something had happened as I was walking closer to the music, that somehow, as it got louder, I was moving farther and farther away from the real world and into something that looked exactly the same, but of course, was completely different. I was preparing myself to see something totally unexpected; a pig, crossing the street, a little green man, a white rabbit looking at his pocket watch... But it didn't happen.
My friend was still there, and when we opened the doors to the ice cream shop, there were two women behind the counter, asking for our orders.
I guess it was just a weird time to go to a sushi bar or an ice cream shop, that's why nobody was there. But wouldn't it have been so cool if I did suddenly find myself alone, and the creepy music would follow me everywhere I go -- going back to the office, riding the bus home (would there even be buses?)... And then I'd meet someone looking for a way to go back to the real world too, and we'd discover that we could actually move things with our minds and all that. Hehehe.
Another time, perhaps?
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Ida /ee-da/ n. 1. Born on September 17, 1984. 2. Likes people to greet her on her birthday. 3. Loves reading books but hates buying them and always prefers them as gifts. 4. Has a sudden liking for mysteries. 5. A little too obvious when hinting for presents.
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Quote for the Time Being "Practice makes perfect."
"Nobody's perfect."
"Then, why practice?!" :P
Links Sources on the Yasutoko Brothers Goodskates, Inc. - the Official Website of the Yasutokos - contains news about the brothers schedules, message, accomplishments, and also information about their family skatepark in Kobe, Japan.
Yasutoko--Aggrist! - Korean fan site about the brothers. The text is in Korean, but pics, videos and music are great! And if you look back far enough in the guestbook, you'll find an entry from Eito Yasutoko himself!
Bikes, Boards, Blades Website - one of the most interesting (and I think most accurate) articles written about the Yasutoko brothers. A little old, but still a good read.
Sk8Mag.de - interview of Takeshi Yasutoko after winning the gold medal in the Redbull Highrollers Competition 2003. (Site is originally in German, hope this link from Google translates to English directly.)
Watch Them Fly - Exclusive Interview with The Yasutoko Brothers - interview with the Yasutoko brothers when they went to Malaysia in 2002. (Courtesy of X-Fresh Malaysia, an on-line magazine)
Takeshi Yasutoko conquers the Asian X-Games! - about Takeshi's 98.25 and plenty more info on the Asian X-Games 2004. (Again, courtesy of X-Fresh Malaysia--it's such a nice website)
The Sun, Rising, Jumping and Spinning at High Velocity / Who Says Men Can't Fly? / Awaiting X-Games X / Double WHAT?! / Re-vert / How I Wish... / All in the Family / Growing Up... - my entries with links regarding the Yasutokos Bloggers... zee rocks ...
...stranded.incinerated...
...the daily inquibbler...
...leli mcbealisms...
...names don't matter...
...anticipating serendipity...
...la bellissima...
...flicker of dreams...
...in the hidden pages of my notebook...
...a fool's prerogative...
...times like these...infinite sadness...
...polka dots...
...story of a girl...
...waking dream...
...thinking out loud...
...**kisses...
...kitkat56...
...a pitcher plant story...
...stardust...
...diary of honey...
...mind drifter...
...beauty...
...ves...
...endless episode...
...all about mardk...
...bittersweet avenue...
...push...
...journeys...
...by myself, but never alone...
...sole insanity...
...barenaked...
...un monde parfait...
My Other Sites Wala Lang!
fanfiction.net
Fiction Press
.products of imagination.
...between trailers...
+Ed is On+
**nocturnal screen
Dokomademou Ikou More Other Sites ...ang mahiwagang turron...
...EXPN Website...
...Asian X-Games...
...ESPN TV Schedule...
...Japanese Language Tutorial...
My Favorites The Result of Boredom and Obsession - my first entry. why I decided to create a blog.
Who Invented Blogs? - discussion on my fascination with blogs
Coming Clean, Theory and Back to the Obsession- an attempt at an explanation on why I'm still single.
I don't have a title for this one and that's okay - the freedom of the internet
Sense of Relationship - why some people remain single all their lives
Start - how I got obsessed with the Yasutoko Brothers in the first place
Is Fate With Me Or Against Me? - read how I met Takeshi Yasutoko in person, and how it saved my life (or, maybe it's more the opposite--you decide)
Science of Love - how "talking about love is like dancing about architecture."
I'm Wishing on the Sun - Can stars really make wishes come true?
Out of Character - how sometimes even your closest friends can surprise you
Where Can You Find Romance? - an attempt at grasping reality in Metro Manila
Back-to-School Blues - I don't have to go to school anymore!
I Should've Seen Filipinas Instead - discovering Mikel Campos
Recommended Fanfiction - I love fanfiction. Here are some of my favorites. Please check them out!
Change - It's hard enough to be yourself, why try to be somebody else?
And I'm Back - an account of my experience in Singapore and Bangkok
More Reasons to Watch Local Television - on Hero Angeles and Sandara Park
Minor de Edad at Walang Trabaho - musings at the hospital
Sleepwalking - some people can be dangerous, even when they're asleep
Follow Up - an update on Mikel Campos, and the link to his Candymag interview.
Mail Call - I got my diploma on Friday the 13th!
Yet Another Obsession - lyrics to Drake Bell's song "Girl Next Door"
I don't have a title again - Drake, Orly, and irritating cellphone servers
Creepy Coincidence - Is it really possible to be 'one of a kind'?
24 - countdown to my 20th birthday
Surprise! - a birthday surprise
Birthday Season - the advantage/disadvantage of September
Now Do I Have a Life? - one busy week
Which One's the Cutest? - Drake Bell and his cute puppies
The Last Man Standing - "I think therefore I'm single."
Risking Friendship - How many friends do you lose when you get into a relationship?
Missing - the winter camp brought about just one feeling
Environmental Complaints - why can't people just throw trash properly?
Irrelevant Information - what I'm interested in
Mind Over Matter - stubbornness works!
Three Day Weekend - review for the Korean Drama Full House
Ito Na Ang Update - after a brief hiatus...
Insatiable? - Man is insatiable. I am not.
Cue Girls Swooning - the start of an affection for Daniel Wu
4-Day Forecast - paano ba dapat malungkot?
FF7:Advent Children - a film worthy of the name Final Fantasy
Something There - Edison obsession
Hunter x Hunter - astig si Hisoka!
Comics Among Other Things - Blitzworx is finally out!
Ito Na Ang Orange Range - jpop/jrock/jrap? basta astig sila!
The Ida Precision Test - in case I ever get kidnapped by aliens...
2005 Review - just what the title says
Just Because I Was Tagged - something I refuse to list down
This is the Last Time... - moving on? Or just moving?
Busy Busy Busy - cosplay, UP fair and J-Pop at the Shang
It is this feeling... - Do you really need someone to fall in love with, to fall in love?
Happy Meals - Missing, Take 2
It's Gotta Be the Hair - and so starts the Abarai Renji obsession :P
Moving Forward - Change. It's constant.
The IDA Curse - See my true power! Hehehe. :P
On Meeting People - I hate meeting new people.
TV Series on DVD Killed the Hollywood Star - because Hollywood movies are getting suckier by the minute
What I Miss the Most - the only thing I miss about college
A Rather Late Account of the Komikon 2007 - Mangaholix 3!
Into the Woods and Another World - aftermath of a broadway musical and an anime convention
5 Days in Palawan - available in bookstores now! LitsPamaypay - a Filipino short story, set in high school Nicholas Was... - a short story about Christmas by Neil Gaiman For Ragnarok Addicts - Neil Gaiman's technology-addiction-related poem, " Virus" Heart Attack - just a bunch of pick-up lines related to heart problems A Tail of Two Kitties - writings that suck, but are funny nonetheless Juvenile Poetry - poem by my friend from HS While Waiting Alone in the Stock Room - my 100th entry! just some musings about life. Unfair - why can't people just feel the same way? Bumalik na Alaala - time heals all... "wounds" Sasayaw Kayo? - when someone's wearing the same color... Jeepney - libreng pamasahe? Pagmumuni-muni sa Daan - araw-araw akong naglalakad mag-isa. Gusto Kong Sumikat - tulad ng araw... Boracay Night - the beach isn't as romantic as everyone thinks Ang Ganda ng Kalikasan - nature rocks! Musings on the Road - English version? :P Rain - isn't the rain just so poetic? How Much? - how much can a person feel for another? On the Way, In the Way - an attempt at at Renji/Rukia fanfic Laughing and Smiling - irony of feelings? Bookworm in Distress - or maybe, damsel in distress in a bookstore. Time Flies - trying my hand at poetry (yet again) A Beginner's Tale - fooling around with TalecraftReviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Burglar in the Rye
Alamat ng Gubat
Wander Girl
Boy Meets Girl
Parman
Kikomachine Komix Blg.1
Watchers
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Musikal
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Method:
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