http://hyperory.multiply.com/ <div style="margin: 10px auto; width: 200px; text-align: center; float: left; "><embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://twitter.com/flash/twitter_badge.swf" flashvars="color1=6710886&type=user&id=8849892" quality="high" name="twitter_badge" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' /" align="middle" height="176" width="176"> <a style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; " href="http://twitter.com/hyperory">follow hyperory at http://twitter.com</a></div> <div style="width: 300px; float: right; margin-left: 20px; "> These carbon shells, these fragile dusty frames house canvases of souls We are bruised and broken masterpieces but we did not paint ourselves -- Switchfoot (Economy of Mercy) Artwork: <a href="http://www.x-centrique.com">www.x-centrique.com</a> Past life: <a href="http://x-centrique.blogspot.com/">x-centrique.blogspot.com</a> </div><div style="clear: both; "></div> Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:37:14 -0000 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:55:02 -0000 http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/logo http://hyperory.multiply.com 100 100 latest timewaster from my seester HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICAAAAAH!!! Haha. Just thought I'd pop that in. Grabbed this from my <a href="http://donyaquixote.multiply.com/journal/item/63">[seester]</a> - answer the questions below - do a google image search with your answer - take a picture from the first page of results - don't copy the answers of the person who posted this before you 1. the age you'll be on your next birthday <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Maxwell_B-24.jpg/300px-Maxwell_B-24.jpg"> B-24 Liberator. It was either this or the DVD cover of the series 24. Corny naman nun. 2. a place you'd like to travel <img src="http://www.salve.edu/programs/ipsa/images/lauren%20ellis%20-%20france%20angers_m.jpg"> Angers, France. I was supposed to live and study for a year, but that's another story. ^^ 3. your favorite place <img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7591/kopirotiod4.jpg"> Kopiroti wins over National Bookstore Cubao only coz I don't get to go to the latter often nowadays. 4. your favorite food <img src="http://www.me3dia.com/photos/eggplant-o-lantern.jpg"> i heart eggplant/aubergines. among many others. i so heart vegetables. 5. your favorite animal <img src="http://photographytips.com/images/9lioness-playing-mara.jpg"> I am a lioness. Hear me ROR! Haha.. yeah I like lions. 6. your favorite color <img src="http://www.americanbear.org/shared/images/homepage/black-bear.jpg"> Is a black burr! Haha. Got my 2nd favorite animal up there pa, so sulit! 7. first name of your significant other or crush <img src="http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/turkey5000/DOGS/comments/ihasahotdog/loldog-cute-puppy-picture-not-da-gu.jpg"> Had to work around the dead giveaway r... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/63/latest_timewaster_from_my_seester Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:55:02 -0000 Bookworm test Grabbed this from <a href="http://kinukai.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Books_Books_Books">[Kenji]</a> These eyes hide behind big-ass glasses for a reason. Tingnan nga natin. 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman >> I have a love/hate relationship with this series... (//_T) 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks >> I think i have a copy somewhere... 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell  >> Just to see if it ended differently fro... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/62/Bookworm_test Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:59:55 -0000 truth thursday #8: on my walls i would write... <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGu2SgoKCDsAABEUgW01"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGu2SgoKCDsAABEUgW01/val_leaning.jpg?et=svxl%2BlVRBbjK1Gf8SJ0AoA&nmid=0" border="0"></a>If I owned my walls ( instead of just renting, as I do currently ), they'd be covered with doodles and drawings and scribbles of... <ol><li>All the things I'm thankful for, so if I'm about to go all emo, I just look at the wall and cheer up, because I'm just so blessed!</li><li>Biblical Promises to encourage, strengthen and motivate! It'll also be useful for hiding the Word in my heart (my memorization skills are pathetic)</li><li>My intercession list. The names of people I pray for. The secret to joy is to take the focus off yourself. He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed! ( I actually have a prayer wall already, but with post-its)</li><li>My hopes, dreams, desires. In really small handwriting because they're so many of them! I lift them all up to God, and I know that if I delight myself in Him, He will satisfy the desires of my heart with good things. Wheeee!!! Exciting!!! </li></ol>Four Walls lang naman right? On the ceiling I'll write the name of [....] Bwahahahahha!!! <img style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/wink.png"> Then again, none of us girls wo... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/59/truth_thursday_8_on_my_walls_i_would_write... Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:49:56 -0000 hair documentation My hair has been through A LOT. I was going through some old pics and I thought these were interesting. :D Some of these pics are just stuff I saw on the way that I wanted to post... http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/album/29/hair_documentation Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:59:37 -0000 simpsonized! <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGuSMgoKCDsAAD5Pfo81"></a><a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGuSMgoKCDsAAD5Pfo81"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGuSMgoKCDsAAD5Pfo81/headshot.png?et=fXzp8PMGwzQRQ%2But6h2dUA&nmid=0" border="0"></a> <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGuSMgoKCDsAAD5Pfo81"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGuShwoKCDsAAEgFsb81/body.png?et=rr0Bh%2BfkyKFbEYK716SOiQ&nmid=0" style="margin: 20px;" border="0"></a> <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGuSMgoKCDsAAD5Pfo81"></a> I been Simpsonized, beybeh! Inggit kayo? <a href="http://simpsonizeme.com/">[ Click here ]</a> http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/58/simpsonized Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:37:45 -0000 Music to explode to This will blow your brains out with its brilliance. Galeng... Id quote Twin, but... I'm a prude so I won't use her term. Suffice to say but this is Pure Unadulterated Musical Perfection. Put this on while you're walking and you'll feel like the hottest girl on the planet or an epic hero. If I hear my brother play this, or see Maradee dance to this, (as my dad says) "I can die happy" LoL See the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBgg-hrtyo&NR=1">here</a> See the live version <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvMQCmUVv8&feature=related">here</a> http://hyperory.multiply.com/music/item/41/Music_to_explode_to Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:59:03 -0000 Progress Report Wasn't emo on Truth Thursday so here comes the emoness. ^_^ I was walking in Makati on Tuesday night and I caught myself about to make one of those soul-vows that go something like "I will never again [insert objectionable action here]." The thing is, although these vows really do work (depending on your willpower I suppose, but this girl can force herself to go cold turkey on practically any addiction) and make you stronger, this strength is so selfish (self-centered, self-reliant, self-protective) that it tends to be brittle. Therein lies its weakness. Because it's all about you, you can only take yourself so far. And past a certain point, you break. And you still fall, and do precisely what you vowed you never would. In other words, pride chicken lang yan. So I've been learning... that it's okay to be vulnerable. that I don't have to have it "together" all the time. that if I do keep it together it's not because I tried my flipping hardest, but because I trust God ... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/55/Progress_Report Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:38:18 -0000 poym you are like an OHP lighting up my transparency... [ teaser to a little rhyme i whipped up just now. i might post it in its full glory... october. maybe. LoL. ] hihihiii!!! ^___^ <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://www.resoldo.com/lynngarrett/images/isp_CoffeeLove.jpg" border="0">i LOOOOOVE coffee. it's scary, dude. http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/54/poym Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:49:08 -0000 truth thursday # 7: i wish Today was the ultimate bloggable day, so <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/38/slow_but_eventful_sunday">due to popular demand</a> [i wish] here's another blow by blow rundown... ... 2:00am - Evicted. (LoL) Got carried away again sharing caffeine and geekiness. And soft batch cookies. Mmmm... I heart kopiroti. 2:20 - Back to work. "Just whistle while you work" 6:00 - Get to flat. Ring doorbell, Cousin Joy has my key. Good thing she was up already, and was actually wondering why I hadn't made it in yet. 6:30 - Bonding over breakfast. Learning a lot about the other side of my family... This is when I usually take my pre-counselling nap. Not today. Oh well, family and love come first. 8:30 - Twit : "On n0rth train 2 meet jen. 0 sleep, the z's hit me at 7am,when i had 2 get ready. Long EGR day. God is big enough!" 8:45 - Call Jen from Cubao Station, we're supposed to meet at GMA Kamuning stop. Find out she's sitting on the bench on the end of the train. 8:50 - GMA Kamuning station. No Jen on the benches! Train doors close, look for her in the c... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/53/truth_thursday_7_i_wish Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:09:36 -0000 buhay estudyante   I remember this scene all too well.. <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd022708s.gif" style="margin-right: -30px; " border="0"> To all students out there... my condolences to the horrors waiting for you. Buwahahahaha! <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/tongue.png"> http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/51/buhay_estudyante Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:42:50 -0000 My Personality Type: The Groundbreaking Thinker I saw this on my <a href="http://donyaquixote.multiply.com/journal/item/61/My_Personality_Type_The_Dreamy_Idealist">sister's</a> blog, and of course I had to try it. What is it about internet tests? They're freakishly accurate! LoLz <h1>Groundbreaking Thinker (GT)</h1>(Just visiting? <a href="http://www.ipersonic.com/test.html" rel="self" title="The Test">Take the free test</a> and determine your personality type!) <img src="http://www.ipersonic.com/tags/gt.png" alt="Groundbreaking Thinker" align="right" border="0">Groundbreaking Thinkers are charming, enthusiastic persons. They really bubble over with energy and like to take centre stage. They love variety both professionally and privately. Groundbreaking Thinkers tackle changes consistently with their optimism and firm belief in their own abilities; they are always on the look-out for improvement possibilities. Their excellent communication skills are of great advantage to them here. They approach the world with curiosity and openness and master new situations with a great deal of talent for improvising and with resourcefulness. Their spare time is taken up with a large number of hobbies; most Groundbreaking Thinkers like to travel in order to gather as many different impressions as possible. This personality type is unb... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/50/My_Personality_Type_The_Groundbreaking_Thinker Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:23 -0000 duuude... <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20080619/cp.b6b20297f6fc3976dc155d2f22073ff1" style="margin-right: -30px; " border="0"> It started when I was taking the mickey out of the Arnean dude-pare-man-bro-chong-tol boys, but the word has wormed its way into my everyday vocab, and now, duuude... I've been using the word "dude" way too much these days. LoL. I heart Pearls before Swine. http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/49/duuude... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:14:53 -0000 "Tall," Dark and Evil! Happy-emo animation. I heart. ^___^ Blurb: Delicious comedy packed with high calorie evil. The Imp is a light hearted look at trying to square a career spreading evil, coupled with the mundane demands of domestic life. http://hyperory.multiply.com/video/item/7/Tall_Dark_and_Evil_ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:03:13 -0000 Tana Umaga, where have you been all my life? <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SFqRNQoKCDsAAH9QP0I1/_41199936_umaga1997_getty.jpg?et=MoWKzvX6i%2Chy4BvLPqvioA&nmid=0" border="0"> I first saw you when I was looking for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfd3Ehrbe4&feature=related">haka on youtube... </a>You led the New Zealand All Blacks in the traditional war dance against South Africa (sorry Leo T) to "kick off" a game your team would win. I had a hard time picking my jaw off the floor. You were... spectacular. Women's beauty is best displayed in rest. Men are at their best... in motion. Maybe it's the military brat in me, but I think rugby and martial arts are the pinnacles of masculine "beauty." The sheer strength and brutality of these activities are so... wow. Add to that the rhythm and grace (yes, grace!) of the haka... <Fans self> Thank you, Lord, for Tana Umaga. Lolz. Yun lang. I miss watching rugby. ^____^ http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/48/Tana_Umaga_where_have_you_been_all_my_life Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:36 -0000 Sagada Trip Planning a trip to Sagada with some friends from Station1 (UCM), message me if you wanna come http://hyperory.multiply.com/calendar/item/10013/Sagada_Trip Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:01:57 -0000 truth thursday # 6: i want to... I want to do be able to touch my toes. I want to live in France for a season. I want to complete my CS Lewis and Terry Pratchett collections. I want to get a real bear hug. I want to be pleasantly surprised. I want to grow better, not just older I want to get rid of this albatross hanging from my neck. I don't even know where it came from or how it died. Did I kill it? I want to cease the subtle self-flagellation. I want to enjoy the moment. I want to stop anticipating failure, disappointment or yet another mangling. I want to dream again. I want to see that the world has become a better place because I lived. I want to want God more.<a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFksGAoKCDsAACHeBIE1"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.hyperory.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SFksGAoKCDsAACHeBIE1/siren.gif?et=NpM0MMVP545fOzQ7FpIU5Q&nmid=0" border="0"></a> I want to be more excited for the Word. I want to live the Gospel, not just preach it. I want to delight God, and recognize His smile. I want to hear His voice more clearly. I want to go to Heaven. I want to shine. I want to make peace with my reflection. I want to shut up. And listen. I want to be wanted. I want to love you. <a href="http://taguan.multiply.com/journal/item/200/TRUTH_THURSDAYS_6_IDENTITY_still_">Truth Thursday. Let the truth set ... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/47/truth_thursday_6_i_want_to... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:43:15 -0000 What if I stumble - DC Talk "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today Is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips Then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable." Is this one for the people? Is this one for the Lord? Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford? You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains Holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame Cause I see the trust in their eyes Though the sky is falling They need Your love in their lives Compromise is calling What if I stumble, what if I fall? What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all? Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl? What if I stumble, and what if I fall? What if I stumble, what if I fall? You never turn in the heat of it all What if I stumble, what if I fall? Father please forgive me for I can not compose The fear that lives within me Or the rate at which it grows If struggle has a purpose on the narrow road you've carved Why do I dread... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/46/What_if_I_stumble_-_DC_Talk Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:14:33 -0000 Roman de Gare (Tracks) Blurb: Judith Ralitzer, femme fatale and popular writer, is seeking characters for her next best-seller. A serial killer has just escaped from a high-security prison! Huguette, a hairdresser in a top Paris salon, is going to change their destiny. Some meetings are more fatal than others.. AMAZING FILM. Intelligent. A real mind-bender (as in NOT like the Prestige, which gave away too much too early) that keeps you second-guessing your assumptions about the characters the whole way through. The movie changed tones so many times! It starts off like a suspense/thriller, progresses into a mystery, has some smart comic scenes thrown in, has a surprise revelation concluding the mystery (not Hollywood-style idiot-proof exposition either), and it ends on a romantic note! Great example of why French cinema is just brilliant. And again, I recognized the actors so I was all "Woot!" WATCH IT IF YOU CAN! Bring your brain. http://hyperory.multiply.com/reviews/item/4 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:55:00 -0000 Changement d'adresse Blurb: David, a shy, awkward musician who has just moved to Paris, falls madly in love with his young student, Julia. He tries everything to win her heart. His room-mate, Anne, provides encouragement, advice and consolation... passionately! Super light and funny rom-com. As in Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan type. Fun fun fun! Brainless entertainment! Hahaha... I loved. Sorry ha, I looooove shallow chick flicks, and French ones that don't show any dodgy dangly bits, so this was the best of both worlds! ^____^ I needed the shallow stuff after such drama from my first movie of the day (Clean) And again, the story is about a couple who were friends first. *Sigh* I live vicariously through shots of big screen goodness. Plus it starts 2 actors from the first film, Un baiser s'il vous plait. So the big "whoa!" of familiarity is always a plus. http://hyperory.multiply.com/reviews/item/3 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:41:10 -0000 Clean Blurb: When you have no other choice, you change. Emily has a sole obsession: to regain custody of her son that her parents-in-law are bringing up faraway from her. To do so, she has to rebuild her life. She's got to clean up her act. Okay... this movie was very well made. Maggie Cheung was amazing (she won Best Actress at Cannes) and it's a sobering reminder that drugs are bad without being corny or preachy. Just very... real. Maggie's my new idol - She spoke fluent French, English (proper Brit and all, with the slight Chinese accent), and Mandarin (je pense...) Go multilingues! On the downside, my viewing conditions weren't the greatest. I missed the first coupla minutes of the movie. Not too bad. But I ended up sitting next to two old women who kept on giving each other blow-by-blow narratives about what was happening on screen. Especially when the audience and screen are hushed because the mood of the scene is supposed to be poignant and all... But all I could hear was: L... http://hyperory.multiply.com/reviews/item/2 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:34:41 -0000 heavy I haven't  seen her in a while, but my false-alarm-panic-girl persona made an appearance over the weekend when I couldn't find my beloved journal (and cathartic lifeline). I found it in the end so was able to breathe again. It's one of those days that I'm being a bit... emo. And not the happy kind either. So today, my coffee was a little salty. And I ran out of kleenex. *Sigh* 4 months. 16 weeks... "Slow by slow, in the long of time, you will arrival there." S'all good though. Tomorrow I will drown myself in francophilia. Yay! http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/45/heavy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:47:07 -0000 French Film Screening Schedule 13th French Film Festival 11-22 June 2008 :: Edsa Shangri-La Plaza Wednesday June 11 Opening Night - By Invitation 7:30pm – Un baiser s'il vous plait (1.40) Thursday June 12 – Tribute to Philippine Cinema Night 12:00pm – Changement  d’adresse (1.25) 2 :00pm – Je crois que je l’aime (1.30) 4 :30pm – Serbis 7 :00pm – Now Showing (4:00) Friday 13 June 12 :30pm - Clean (1.40) 3 :00pm - Qui m’aime me suive (1.40) 5 :30pm - Ma vie en l’air (1.45) 8:00pm - Changement   d’adresse (1.25) Saturday 14 June 12 :30pm - Ah si j’étais riche (1.45) 3 :00pm - Clean (1.40) 5 :30pm - Qui m’aime me suive (1.40) 8:00pm - Je crois que je l’aime (1.30) Sunday 15 June 12 :30pm - Ah si j’étais riche (1.45) 3 :00pm - Qui m’aime me suive (1.40) 5 :30pm - Clean (1.40) 8:00pm - Changement  d’adresse (1.25) Monday 16 June 12 :30pm - Je crois que je l’aime (1.30) 3 :00pm - Ma vie en l’air (1.45) 5 :30pm - Changement  d’adresse (1.25) 8:00pm - Ah si j’étais riche (1.45) Tuesday 17 June 12 :30pm - Clean (1.40) 3 :00pm ... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/44/French_Film_Screening_Schedule Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:49:30 -0000 the elusive "now" <a href="http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/29?mark_read=hyperory:journal:29&goto=0#reply2">Jordan the dreamer recently replied to one of my posts:</a> my concept of eternal life is that it is not something that we wait for but something that is already here and now and there inside our hearts... "eternity is planted in hearts" -ecclesiastes this way... there's no concept of toiling... no concept of waiting... no concept of lacking... but all about believing in the amazing and bodaciously extravagant now!!! And that got me thinking (or rather overthinking, as usual): Why is it hard it is for us (or at least me) to live in the now? I remember talking to a student at IGSL who used to be not just a Tibetan monk, but a scribe to the Dalai Lama. Athough he's a Christian now, because of his years of Buddhist training, he lives very much in the NOW, not thinking too much about the future or dwelling on the past. Wish I could too. It's early days into my shrinkage. We're focusing on tracing histories and seeing how damage received in the past still affects... http://hyperory.multiply.com/journal/item/43/the_elusive_now Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:26:08 -0000 13th French Film Festival Click here for more details: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3z6dxc">http://tinyurl.com/3z6dxc</a> http://hyperory.multiply.com/calendar/item/10012/13th_French_Film_Festival Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:40:44 -0000 COFM 08 YWAM - Conference on Frontier Missions Chiang Rai, http://hyperory.multiply.com/calendar/item/10011/COFM_08 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:38:51 -0000 Rory turns 24 Yes, This is my real birthday. My fake birthday is Jan 29 (1959). Look it up. There's a reason. http://hyperory.multiply.com/calendar/item/10010/Rory_turns_24 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:37:55 -0000