Up In The Sky

June 9, 2011 - 4:40pm (Philippine time) was the date and time of our direct flight to Canada via Philippine Airlines. It took 12 hours and 10 minutes to reach Vancouver International Airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Days before our flight, I've been thinking of things to do while I'm occupying my designated seat at the plane - while we're up in the air for more than 12 hours. Thankfully, I wasn't bored. HAHAHA I sat beside my mom. My seat was 12C, her seat was 12A (that's the seat beside the window). I thought my legs were going to hurt because of the long flight but they didn't. Thanks to the spacious leg room of PAL's business class seats.

The flight attendants were, though kind of old (hahaha), very polite and attentive. They immediately asked us to choose the dish we want for dinner. After selecting meals for dinner, my focus was on the airline's entertainment system. I browsed through the different channels available, and the movies simultaneously showed were: Rio, Big Momma, The Green Hornet, Hall Pass and Just Go With It. Those movies were played around 6 times. On the third showing, I was finally able to catch the entire showing of Just Go With It. It was a cute, entertaining movie.

Other than the entertainment system and food, I continuously checked the view from the window. In the middle of our flight, I exchanged seats with mom. I like checking the views from the window. I have some pictures to prove it. I find it cool that we had two noons and one night within just twelve hours!! HAHAHAHA

Sorry for my kid-like amusement. Thank God for this long, though air pocket-y, safe flight!

Tumblr = Inspiration / Motivation.

It's refreshing to know that in the middle of these past plain, boring, hot summer days, World Wide Web has still something amazing to offer. Well yeah, it really has a lot to offer because Internet has been my life this summer. But there's this one site that just inspires me. It's called Tumblr, I'm sure you've heard about it. It is a blogging site that allows you to post photos, music, chats, videos, or any text post you want. You can also 'reblog' a post that has already been blogged by another person.

What exhilarate me oftentimes are photos that make me realize a lot of things. There are times that I'm just completely inspired by the photos posted all over my dashboard.

I'm a teen with tons of dreams. I dream big. So it means a lot to me when I see photos of my dream cities/places or just photographs of things I want to do someday. It motivates me to do something each day that would bring me extra closer to my dreams.

I like to share some of the photos that have just touched my heart. If I reblog photographs of places, it means that I aspire to go there someday. If I reblog text-photos it means that I can relate to them, or at least made me laugh.

Awesome places:

(Above) This is NYC. One of my biggest dream cities.

(Above) I'm guessing this is Cape Town, South Africa. But I really don't know. I just wanna be here someday.

(Above) This is the viewing deck of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. I've been to Singapore once. But it was still under construction-completion that time. Look at the pool and the view. I swear I'll be there in the future!!

Some of my favorite text-filled (inspirational) photos:

Those are some of my favorite Tumblr posts. I do not own those images, I just imported them from Tumblr. Check out my Tumblr account - http://seanisnotyouu.tumblr.com for the credits of the owners. :) You can follow me, and check my Archive for these photos.

As you can see, I like reblogging city streetlights at night. I love nights, the streets, the busyness of cities, and the lights - they just make up my dream cities. And as you may notice too, typographies about valuing time and reaching your dreams are my favorite topics to talk about. I guess my principle about life revolve on those, that's why they mean so much to me.

I believe that we should all value time, and we should not be afraid of dreaming. As I always say, "Dare to dream. Dreaming is always a journey, never an escape." I'm just tired of hearing people say that dreaming is for losers, and that dreaming makes us deny the reality. I've always believed that dreaming is a journey we must enjoy. It is a journey in which we are destined to be on top. And I love that, I think I'll enjoy reaching the starts and fulfilling my dreams. Now you can see why I love Tumblr so much, can't you? Tumblr is just a great place of thinking and making up my mind about my dreams. Today, all of my dreams may be just pure 'fantasy', but watch me as I chase those dreams and make them reality.

Masterchef-ish.

Today was just another boring summer day for me. I woke up at 2 pm, had lunch right after I got up, and surfed the net afterwards. Around 4pm, my tummy seemed to scream to me. I know I'm hungry, but I'm thinking of food to satisfy not just only my tummy but also my tongue. I don't want another eat-this-cause-your-hungry snack. I want some delicious stuff. Last week, I wasn't queasy and that delightful about our food for dinner. So last Friday, I went out to the grocery to buy some snacks that I like. I tried not to be expensive, so I ended up buying nachos and fries. Well those weren't bad choices at all because each pack contains a lot inside (a lot nachos and fries *wink*). I got so ecstatic last Friday to test my cooking skills, wait let me correct that, POOR COOKING SKILLS. I tried to cook some fries and toasted some nacho chips. But I wasn't so good. I burned some nachos. Some fries are half-cooked and very wet and soggy.

But today, I tried to do the same. I toasted some nachos, and cooked some fries. With correcting some errors I've realized, I was able to produce some tasty and delightful chips! You may say that I'm over reacting because it's only effing Fries and Nachos. But hey, you have no clue how bad I am at cooking/preparing activities. I also tried to add milky cheese dip on it so my tongue would be happier.

Here's what it looks like:

I may sound bias when I say this, but those fries were really great. They're even greater with that dip. I'm just happy with what I've prepared. I've prepared some good pancakes before, and created my own recipe of fried rice too... so I think I really am now a masterchef. Well maybe just masterchef-ish. Hahaha, I know that I'm a beginner in cooking, but I'd love to learn how to cook and produce delicious stuff in the future!

Stars shine for you. ;)

Have you ever had a day that just felt so wrong? Like your world has stopped and just can't catch as the world of others continue to move forward? I have.

Sometimes we just feel so restless and feel like something's making us sad. But no matter how hard we try, we can't figure out that 'something'. We then start to think of possible reasons to blame of why we really are feeling down. But most of us don't know that this makes our feeling worse. We start to see the wrong in us. We start to look at the flaw of almost every thing around us. This is normal, and this is healthy - that's what I think.

Sometimes acknowledging our sadness helps us. It reduces the pressure we feel inside. It heals the pain we feel. I also believe that once we know our flaws, we begin to appreciate them. Life is just so ironic and crazy. Today it'll make you happy, the next thing you know it's slapping you with problems. But I guess as a fifteen year old, I don't have a clue of what life is yet. But I know that the stars will always be there. And I know that the stars shine for me. So you have the right to feel sad and feel bad sometimes. You just have to get your positivity back and know that life is challenging, but always fabulous. You have to remember that stars shine for you, and they will shine brighter tonight.

Idol Finale Season 10

So yesterday, it was American Idol Season 10 finale. I got blogged once about this Season so I think it would be just fair to blog about the Grand Finale of this Season.

So it was down to the pride of Garner, NC Scotty McCreery (17) and the pride of Rossville, GA (16). I'm a follower of this season, so I'm close to knowing to every detail about this season. If you read my previous blog about American Idol season 10, you know

that Scotty and Lauren are my personal favorites. And hooray me for having a great taste! They're this season's Top 2.

The finale was, as usual, divided into two nights: the performance night, and the results night .

Performance Night

They sang 3 songs. The first song was a song that they already sang in the competition. Their second song was a song chosen by their idols. A song that will be released and will serve as their first single was their third song. I have to agree with the judges - I believe that Lauren won the night! Her final song 'Like My Mother Does' was like a winning piece from her. That was amazing.

Results Night

The Grand Finale / Final Results Night this season was memorable and, just like other finales, star-studded.

And the winner is..............

Scotty McCreery!

Congratulations, Scotty! You deserve it! :) Personally, I love Lauren more but they both deserve to win. So I'm happy with whoever wins.

This has been really a great, talented season. Hoping for a better and more entertatining American Idol Season 11! :)

Watching the sunset

March 18, 2011 was the last day of regular classes for the school year 2010-2011. Technically, the last day of Junior year. This day was definitely a memorable day. It was definitely an "I will miss you, Sean" day - not just because the school year was ending but also because I won't be spending my senior year with my classmates. For those who don't know yet, my family and I are migrating to Canada.

I know that migrating will be hard - leaving all your friends in this country, dropping the dreams you thought that will happen in this country, and many more. But I know that God won't let us have our application approved if He doesn't have good plans for us. I also believe that going there will provide me more opportunities that could benefit my future. So to my dearest friends, I also wish that I don't have to leave you and go there considering that it'll be our senior year. But, I know that God has planned this well. Besides, we can still talk to each other even if we're miles apart. Thanks to the modern technology!! Before I get any cheesier, I'll better post now the pictures that I haven't uploaded yet. These pictures were taken on March 18. They will forever remind me of how different and great this day was.


Ms. Marcos dismissed us (Bea and I) early for our last club meeting. Bea and I saw Marc near the Fiorgelatto-Oval area so we went there. These were some of our vain shots:



Soon after, Lara, Cheska, Nikki, Junelle and Laureen (who're all Samahang Pilipino club members), were also dismissed so they joined our bonding with the camera too.



I tried to treasure every second of that day as much as I could because I know that I couldn't turn back the hands of time. I'll definitely miss these people. Looks like the sun is setting on us. But I don't care, even if we will be away from each other, we still have each other. We must remember.. there's a sunrise after every sunset. :)

Meet The Stranger Cat

Around 6pm today, just when the sun was about to set, I met this cat in our laundry area. Well, this cat has been jumping in and out of different houses in our neighborhood for a long time now. So this cat is quite familiar to me; I've seen her (I assume it's a girl) several times now. She is no 'stranger' to me but I don't know what name must I call her.. so I called her a 'stranger cat'. Good thing I was holding the camera, because I was conducting my own experimental shots of the outside (the sky, the houses, the plants - basically the nature). I thought that it would be a good idea if I'll take shots of this cat, so I did.

I only got four good shots of her, because I got scared with all her meowing, and the flash didn't fire in some takes. I edited all of them in photoshop because I had to adjust the lighting to make it dramatic (HAHAHA). I've proven to myself that cats are indeed 'fiercely real'.

First shot:


I love the fact that she was 'meowing' at me when I took this. I have never doubted that tigers belong to a cat family. I can even see a tiger in this picture (call me weird, but seriously I can).


Second shot:

I adjusted the exposure and the brightness of this photo to become dark. But look at her eyes. It's still glowing and vibrant.


Third shot:


And she was sitting. The look in her eyes is so... threatening. HAHAHA


Fourth shot:

I think this was the best shot that I took. It's so natural and she looks shocked. I love it!!


I wanted to take more pictures of her but I thought the flash might be distracting/disturbing her. So I already stopped. I know I'm not a 'photographer' but looking at these pictures unreasonably touch my heart. :)