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No really, I think I've gone gaga over hoarding books these days. Buying way more than I'm able to read (with me so busy with school work, sometimes I'm just too tired or have no time at all). Actually, I've started to love books again when I had to endure 3-4 hours of mind numbing free time before my next class starts. It would have been fine (and even fun) if I had a friend or two with me but schedules and school work make same break times or having the same classes together impossible or hard to get by for me and my friends. Anyway, so yeah for one whole term I became a loner. I drifted through our school corridors having no idea what to do with myself for the next 3 or 4 hours. I would go to our library and watch a movie but that still left a bit more time to burn. I would try to study and do some homework but that didn't really nearly occupy all of my free time without me getting bored immediately. Then on one fateful day, as I was looking through random stuff with my mom at this well known bookstore chain, I came upon two book covers in the bestselling young adult fiction section of the store. Their plots intrigued me enough so I picked them up along with my other purchases. And to just cut right to the chase, ever since then I didn't have to endure much of my long breaks (being alone all the time is still no fun) and my bag will always have at least one book inside it.
This new term I decided to fix my schedule so I'll have classes with little to no break times in between. I'm starting to regret that decision....I never thought I'd get to miss having long breaks. Lol.
Anywaaay, I think I've drifted far enough from the real point of this post. Sorry about that :) Now to the book haul I've been meaning to show you...
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- Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
- Fallen by Lauren Kate
- Partials by Dan Wells
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
I got the Mortal Instruments boxed set on Christmas :)
These I actually got online. They're all secondhand but in really good condition so I'm happy about that :) Not to mention I've only payed like half the price or even lower than their original prices on stores. I scored on these ones for sure :))
So there you go :) This is only a small portion of what I've already accumulated since just after Christmas. I'll show you my second haul soon :) It's about 3 weeks worth of books I've collected, some I got secondhand online and some I bought new from the bookstore.Well, that's all for now. I've got a huge TBR pile to tend to :)) Wish me luck! Haha.
Cheerio!
You've probably heard of people (or perhaps experienced this yourself) when they were in college, some already on their 2nd, 3rd and oh my even 4th year suddenly or finally shifting/transferring to a different course or school. I never thought I would have the same desire. I thought I was happy with the course I took, even daydreaming to the possibilities once I graduate. But for the past few months, thoughts of a different ...path keeps coming on to my head.
You see, I'm currently on my 2nd year taking up Fashion Design at DLS-CSB. Don't get me wrong, the school is great. I'm not having a hard time at all. But for some reason, I've been feeling a bit put off by it all. Taking up fashion design, possibly becoming a designer and all that doesn't hold the same appeal as it did before. I don't feel inspired. I don't feel motivated. Not to mention I'm not much of a super fashionista. It's not that I lack style, actually I've already identified my kind of style when it comes to dressing. I'm more of a black and white minimalistic girl. Simple, really. I'm not sure if that's some kind of sign that I'm not fit to be in fashion. I just feel a bit...shallow. I'm not saying that the industry of fashion is shallow. What I'm saying is that the reasons why I took up Fashion design are shallow. I picked the course for all the wrong reasons and it feels wrong and unnatural to me. You know how when you love something and you have true a passion for it, you'll do everything so you could keep doing it. You won't feel lazy and you won't feel like you have to do it cause you're supposed to. I guess I'm just afraid of trying to pursue something that I know I won't excel in. Well I'm not really sure yet cause I haven't even tried -_-I guess I don't wanna pursue something I can't really fully commit till the end.
Right now, the thought that keeps swirling in my head is I wanna take up Journalism instead or Communication Arts. Yes, journalism. That's what I wanna pursue. Or at least that's what I think I want. Actually journalism really was my first choice. It's the first course that interested me, along with Comm arts. I love to write, to read, to talk. I liked the idea of working at a magazine or a well known newspaper someday. The media industry also held my interest because I would love to learn more of photography and film. But because of my lack of preparation, I wasn't able to get into the school really want so I could pursue journalism. So I ended up in Fashion Design, my second love.
That's why right now, I'm having a hard time trying to understand myself. I don't wanna make another mistake and regret it again later. My mistake was that I didn't try hard enough. I didn't prepare for my entrance exams. And I gave up too easily. I knew deep down in my heart that I could be studying Journalism right now at UST if I wasn't so stupid. Stupid in a sense that I didn't anticipate how hard it would be. I'm not exceptionally smart but I do know I have the potential. I know I could do good if only with the right amount of guidance and motivation.
Which bring us to the main issue: If I should transfer? I've already wasted two years, not to mention the hard earned money my parents payed. They've been so very supportive about my choices and it terrifies me once the time comes that I have to tell them these thoughts I've been having. But for me, the more important issue is if I can even get accepted as a transferee. If ever I do try, I'm thinking of UP or UST for Journalism and DLSU for Comm Arts. Just the name UP terrifies me already and immediately pushes negative thoughts in my head. I can't even pass UST's freshmen entrance exam, pano pa kaya sa UP?? Ugh it's an old habit that dies hard. I keep thinking of the negative outcome first, not even giving myself a chance to try because I'm afraid to fail.
But I thought, why not just try? I'm only gonna apply, no harm in that right? It's not like I hate my current course. Actually it's fine with me...but then again I don't love it. I don't love it enough. I still have time to prepare and reach each school's criteria for transferees. For UST, my best chance is if I start all over again and apply as a freshman (which is a dreadful thought) and for UP, all I need is a 1.75 GWA along with their own discretion whether I'm worthy enough to be called a UP Journalism student (Oh my God that sounded better than I thought). In the end, I realized that this will all depend on me (well and my parents too, of course. Haha) If I'll have the perseverance and will power to do the best I can then I can do it, I will be a UP journalism student. Thinking back, from all my past mistakes, may it be that lost opportunity to showcase my first collection in a major fashion show or that "crush that could have been my boyfriend", they all boiled down to me immediately expecting the worst. That I couldn't do it, I won't be good enough. Therefore stealing myself the wonderful possibility of success and happiness.
Whoooo. It feels good to finally get this off my chest. To share this than keep it all locked up inside. For now, I guess I've got a lot more thinking to do. This is my future life we're talking about, lol. I just have to make sure that this image I'm seeing right now in my head, of me walking UP's halls with my arms full of books become a reality :)
Cheerio!
I've been following The Blair Book Project for some time know :) I can say that her blog is one of the reasons I decided to blog again and share my love both for books and fashion.
And today, January 27, is her birthday and she's having a fabulous giveaway of some fabulous books I'd love to have as my own (I'm the kind of person who loves free stuff) Lol.
The winner (that I hope will be me..hahaha) will get to pick 3 books from this selection:
TITLES:
SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard
THE FAIREST BEAUTY by Melanie Dickerson
LEVEL 2 by Lenore Appelhans
TOUCH OF DEATH by Kelly Hashway
SCARLET by Marissa Meyer
PRODIGY by Marie Lu
RISE by Andrea Cremer
DANCE OF SHADOW by Yelena Black
OVERRIDE by Heather Anastasiu
SISTER ASSASSIN by Kiersten White
FRAGMENTS by Dan Wells
PERFECT SCOUNDRELS by Ally Carter
Got to her site (link above) to know more about the details and mechanics.
Happy Birthday Ms. Janus! And good luck to everyone joining! (I was going to quote The Hunger Games but I thought better of it) Lol :))
Cheerio!
Well first of all, thank you for giving my humble little blog the time of day! And for actually reading on till the end :)
My name is Gab, I'm currently a college student (who's currently also having second thoughts at the course she's taking) lol so yeah this is mostly a personal blog. I'm keeping it real here. I've made blogs before, and in vain haven't continued it for long after a few posts. I'm taking up Fashion Design and although I DO love fashion, I feel like it's not enough to make it my permanent career someday (a separate post for that one) haha.
I have a real, fierce love for books. Lol and bargain books especially. I am in love with reading and getting to save money at the same time, I guess. My relatives always say I get it from my mom. We both love reading and collecting books, we're both mildly insomniac and we're both very opinionated. Haha not a bad way to go since I think my mom is one of the smartest, toughest and most independent people I know.
So yeah, I guess you'll get to know more of me on my next posts. Wish me luck though that I stick with this blog a little longer than I had from my previous ones. Because God knows I can be one lazy ass.
Cheerio!
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