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so this is me. in a nutshell. 300 words. :)
by pauline, tricia, yssa, kyle and jay.
“Feel a little smaller, and in stature you will rise.” This doesn’t give Karina the slightest problem. Blessed with big brown eyes and black hair straight out of a shampoo commercial, Karina embodies the typical pretty girl. But she not only has beauty; she also happens to excel in just about any subject in school.
A day in Pisay with tons of requirements can get you down. But if you’re a friend of Karina, you’re in luck. Just the sight of this fun-loving girl can cheer up the most troubled of people. She’s always bubbly and laughing. If you need joy in the midst of the problems life gives you, her smile would definitely deliver it to you.
Hanging out in their room in the dorm is so much fun because you'll never run out of laughs when Karina is around. You can expect a fair share of nerdy jokes, profound statements ("42 is the meaning of life!"), and crazy hypotheses involving fraternal twins and time relativity.
Despite of her height, she’s not one to be belittled. This Ma'am Cardenas look-alike is planning to take one of the toughest courses around, MBB. She’s clumsy at times, but she can be good at sports like soccer. True to being a physics nerd, she learns by heart the stars in the heavens as her hobby (she even has the constellation Carina made up of glow-in-the-dark stars stuck above her bed).
And when times get tough, she's a true friend who's ready to offer advice, even when all she says is, "So, what's our resolution?" With a heart as big as a blue whale, Karina is definitely someone you can count on.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that she's a beautiful girl inside and out. And certainly, having Karina as a friend makes this universe elegant. :)
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i got another astronomy book. hahaha. DAVID LEVY's Guide to the Night Sky, Cambridge University Press. and it was on sale! :D anyway, it was so good that I was up until 2am this morning reading it. >_____<>
and, i can't believe i missed the Geminids! aaaaah! it peaked last December 14 and Levy describes it as the largest shower of the year, with a rate of about 75 meteors per hour. and to think, it was a friday night. oh nooo. T______________T"
there's good news, though. the January Quadrantids will peak on January 3-4. yaaaay! at least there's more to the batch retreat that i can look forward to. we'll be in Antipolo, so hopefully the skies will be clearer there. and they'll (the teachers) allow people to go out at night. if they don't, well, i'll find a way to sneak out. ;) only drawback is that the radiant, near Epsilon Ursae Majoris, doesn't go high up in the sky until very late at night, if it indeed rises. :)) it is as good as the August Perseids (which peaks at August 11-12 :D), says Levy, at about 50 meteors per hour. :)
"When you watch meteors, you become part of our planet's lazy journey round the Sun, picking up particles as it goes."
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"It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making
a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true
secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now.
Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future;
but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.
It's like farming. You can have extensive farming and intensive
farming; well, I am going to have intensive living after this.
I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying
it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race.
They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the
heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose
all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through;
and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out,
and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal
or not. I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot
of little happinesses, even if I never become a Great Author.
Did you ever know such a philosopheress as I am developing into?"
"Isn't this a nice thought from Stevenson?
The world is so full of a number of things,
I am sure we should all be as happy as kings.
It's true, you know. The world is full of happiness, and plenty
to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes
your way. "
-Judy Abbott, Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (1912)
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