Ramblings of a Princess

Because it’s been half a year since its release, and I still haven’t seen lyrics of it posted. And because I love its happy tune with its sad lyrics. And because overlapping lyrics are a challenge, and I love challenges. And because I love blogging about good unknowns. And because ukeleles are love.

Nothing I Can Do
by Snowglobe
album: No Need to Light A Night Light on A Night Like Tonight

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Tried to help you, girl
But just added to your pain
There’s nothing I can to take that away
you can hate me, that’s okay

And know I love you, girl
Oooh~
Seems there’s nothing I can to show you that’s true
Some things you just can’t prove

How my heart swoons
to much love
There’s only room
for one love

And there’s nothing I can do
there’s nothing I can do
that’s good enough for you

We’re a separate hearts
and that ain’t gonna change
There ain’t nothing in this world to take it away
No, that ain’t gonna change

And you call to me
from that swirlin’ fog of rain
You act just like a stain
as I’m wanderin’ my own way

When my heart swoons
I know, love
There’s only room
For your love

There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
that’s good enough for you

There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
that’s good enough for you

There’s nothing I can do (one love feels like the other)
There’s nothing that I do (our love is like no other)
There’s nothing that I do
that’s good enough for you

There’s nothing I can do (one love feels like the other)
There’s nothing I can do (our love is like no other)
There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do

(One love feels like the other
Our love is like no other…)

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corrections in the overlapping part are welcome

I have no more words.

Two weeks ago, I announced a raffle for the This Journal Will Actually Change Someone Else’s Life 2010, which is this year’s version of the planner I used last year. It ended today, and after receiving 56 entries (not bad for a first timer in raffles, yes?) we have winners!

The winners were drawn using Random.org as shown in the thumbnails.

Aja – screenshot
Ganns – screenshot

I know I said I was only going to give away 2 journals, but keeping with the spirit of generosity suggested by the planner’s title, I decided to give away my own copy, as well! And the winner for the extra draw is:
Zoe – screenshot

Congratulations, winners! I hope the Journal will help you this year. I will get in touch with you guys and we’ll figure out how I’ll give the journals to you guys.

Many thanks to Mukhang Pera for posting about this contest in their blog, and many many thanks to everyone who submitted entries!

Bloggers
Why I Want “This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010″ by Emong
Be Better Not Bitter by Aliping Binabahay
This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010 raffle by Pink_23
This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010 by Min
This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010 by kasai
This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010 by Gentrified
Day 13: Plans and Goals by Cherry
Being a Big Sister by Ellen
I Need a Planner…badly! by Laya

Commenters
JA
Mistervader
Vin
yanangski
Tere Sevilla
Kawen
Christian homeschooler
Winston
Carlo
Charmaine
Janette Toral
Sherwin
Mi
LA
Joy
Koji
Apple
Gail
Jen
Chit
Abegail
Rem
Ellen Joy Castel
Suzanne delos Santos
Vivian
Kae
Donna
Kasai
Floraben
Min
Leslie
Colwin
Suzanne
Glenda C. Santos
Bagel
melandriaromero
Lhan

I know it changed mine in 2009.

Here it is, folks! FreeSpeech Publications, the people who gave you the This Journal Will Actually Change Your Life 2009 (long title, I know, but that’s what it’s called), has released the 2010 version! Some of you may have already seen it in Powerbooks and Fully Booked (I know I have) and maybe even flipped through it. Maybe you’ve thought, “Wow, this’ll be a nice gift!” or “I should buy me one of these.”

Well, guess what: I’m going to have a giveaway! Yup, I liked my 2009 planer so much that I think you should get the 2010 one. I’m giving out not one, but two copies of This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010.

This Journal Will Actually Change Someone’s Life 2010 is filled with witty facts, unusual holidays and interesting blurbs, awesome pates with mood charts, quarterly check-ups and tips for self-empowerment.

It’s very much like last year’s planner, which, as I’ve said, was very helpful to me. You can read my review or check out the official website.

So do you want one?

You can either comment or blog!

Comment
1.) Post a comment below about why you need a planner this year

Only one comment per person, please. Multiple comments by the same person will only count as one.
Each commenter will get one  (1) raffle ticket.

Blog
1.) Write about why you need a planner this year
2.) Link back to this blog post.
3.) Post a comment below with the URL  of your raffle entry.

Blog posts will get two (2) raffle tickets.

I’ll hold the raffle on January 15, 2010 (with witnesses haha) and post the result immediately after. Submission of entries ends at 12 noon, Manila time.

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This Journal Will Actually Change Your Life 2010 is available in Powerbooks and Fully Booked stores.  You can also order your copy in the official website for 720 Php.

One of the things I don’t usually do is wear red during the Christmas season just because it’s the Christmas season. (Except on our Christmas Eve dinner, where we all dress up and take our family photo in our living room.) Actually, I don’t usually wear whatever-color-for-whatever-occasion on whatever-occasion just because it’s-the-occasion.

But today, I decided to do it. (Ah, yes, I have a lot of “but today…” activities, don’t I?)

Red jacket from my aunt’s closet. White turtleneck from…our office uniform. Jag jeans from a factory outlet along Libertad Mandaluyong – 120Php.  Brand new Naturalizer shoes, also from my aunt’s closet – P1000.

I was ready to get jokes along the lines of,  “uhuhuy~, Christmas colors, eh?” But, pleasantly enough, most people liked my bright red jacket, and gave no jokes. Nice.

So aside from my running wishlist, I’m making this one. As opposed to the running wishlist, these are actually pretty affordable, and I (realistically) plan to get them all within the year, and I can actually buy all of them for myself…but it’ll take me a white to get all of them. Help, anyone? And, lookie, there are even stuff that you can give me without spending a single cent.

Wheeeeeeeeeee~ Here we go.

Pretty affordable stuff that you can buy in most stores.

• A planner – GOT IT!
• Chuck Season 2 DVD – Will be available on January 5.
• DVDRs and CDRs – and DVDRWs and CDRWs. This applies every year. I can always use a fresh stack.
• 80s T-shirts - Check out examples here. But I’ve seen a lot in malls around. I think someone’s already getting me the Save Ferris shirt I’ve been wanting for forever. Awesome~.
• Casual sandals and boots – I need shoes aside from my Chucks and my formal shoes. Also, I love boots. I need ones with low heels, though.
• Senseless stationery – The ones with supposedly inspirational passages in broken English. I’m serious. At the risk of looking like a 5th grader, gimme some!
• Senseless t-shirts – Example:
  

Pretty much FREE stuff that’s going to come from your brain

• Recipes for sandwiches – I love sandwiches. And I have decided to give them more pagetime in my diet.
• Recommend thrift shops for someone who HATES shopping.
• Recommend clothes and looks for me. I’m updating my wardrobe. Help. (And, yes, I still hate shopping.)
• Recommend songs for my vocal range. I’m an alto. Okay, alto-soprano, but…yeah. I seriously need to study songs I can sing, and sound good when singing.
• Recommend new indie rock and alternative muzak. I kinda want new sounds. Check out my playlists and posts about music first, if you like.

Rather expensive stuff that I’m believing God for

• iPhone – I’ve entered a contest to get it. But even if I don’t win, I WILL GET ONE. JUST WATCH.
• A Canon digital camera – I understand that when I get an iPhone, I already get a camera with it (heck, I already have a pretty decent camera on my phone right now), but I need a camera that has flash. And zoom capabilities. And can be put on a tripod.

Things I will get for myself, and will write here just so it’s a public declaration:

• Internet connection at the condo – Despite rocking internet speed at the office, and my initial declaration that I can live without internet after work, I realized that I need it. I can live without it, of course, but with side projects coming in…Aiyayay. Internet connection is a necessity.
• A new layout in sarahcada.com: I’m tired of making it a blog about my journal. Kalabuan. I will fix it this year, do you hear me?! I WILL FIX ITTTTTTT!!!!!

*Sigh* Yeeeeeeah~ I’m glad I got those out. I’ll be updating this list soon.

Yesterday, I sat down on a chair, tilted my head forward, felt a pair of scissors slide on the nape of my neck, and, with my eyes closed, heard a very audible SNIP.

Ah, I could just imagine how my hair fell from the blades down to the floor.

I sort of felt like Akane in the 9th episode of Ranma 1/2, only without the anger and the shock, since I did know that I was actually getting a haircut, whereas Akane’s long, deep blue locks were unceremoniously chopped off in the midst of a battle between two rival martial artists. But the thing is: even though I knew (and paid for) a haircut, I didn’t know what I was going to look like afterward. I had no mirror in front of me, and, even though my hairdresser told me (while snipping my hair off) that I was getting an apple cut, I had no idea what on earth an apple cut was. But judging from the location of the scissors, and how the cool air brushed the back of my neck, I was guessing that it was probably short.

After my hairdresser was done, he gave me a mirror, and, true enough, it was short. Really short. But, I’m not complaining (after the shock wore off). After all, my hair looked MUCH better than it did in second year high school when I cut my own hair. Haha! I gotta look for my high school photos sometime.

Before:

	Taken using a camera phone in our dark condo. I think this was around October?
	Here’s me last month, attempting to look stoic/antagonistic. I kept my most of my longer hair behind my back.

And now:

Ta-dah!

Some of my officemates got shocked, and most didn’t even recognize me (and then when they did, they got shocked). I mean, like, gasp-and-openly-stare-for-5-full-seconds kind of shock. It was kind of funny, but I guess it was understandable. I mean, I’ve had long hair for the longest time. Some people say that my hair was one of my best physical attributes. And a girl’s hair is her crowning glory. Her life, as the Ranma 1/2 episode title goes.

But, see, I’ve noticed that the last quarter of 2009 has been a time of change and experimentation. I’ve adopted a new diet (I never thought I’d enjoy eating cereals in the evening), I’ve got a new brand of cosmetics and hygiene, and, yes, I’ve even been shopping in thrift stores and updating my wardrobe. Which is a big thing, because anyone who knows me knows that I hate shopping. And now this.

I guess a girl’s hair IS her life. Not that her life revolves around her hair, but more like the other way around. I didn’t do it in purpose, but maybe, in an unconscious level, I got myself a totally new haircut because I’ve got several totally new, totally un-Sarah plans for 2010. I’m not sure which of those I’ll actually do, though. Haha!

So, yeah. We’ve got 20 days left in the year. Let’s see what happens in 2010.