The Hipster in Me

Well, no offense to the hipsters (as if they'd admit they are) but their fashion and preference have become an inside joke to me and my friends. When we hate something so mainstream, or love a movie that's totally unknown (something like an indie French movie), we'd always cry hipster. We do something a little out of the norm and we're in the Like-I-Care Club. 

I listen to less popular songs. Does that make me a hipster? Hey, I search the vast youtube world for new songs, not because I'm a trying hard hippy, but I wanted to explore. Honestly. Swear. Pinky promise.

Some of my favorites since 2008. (I'd be sad if they'd go mainstream. LOL.) I'm not really sure if these are hipster songs. Haha 

One of the sweetest songs I've heard. I want this played in my wedding, or some time else romantic.

"You got it so bad when the only boy you know is your dad"

Eto, mainstream na. 8million views na sa youtube! (Sorry hipsters)

Actually, I don't understand people who hate on it. I get annoyed with people who say "I used to love that song waaay before it became famous. I hate that it's now popular." WHAT. These people think they've got better taste in music because they appreciate less famous bands and songs. Ha! If you don't want your band to become popular, make them suck. 

Let's just appreciate music, whichever stream they belong, and share the awesome sauce :) 

AVeryRandomPost

A blog can serve as an evidence of your growth (positive/negative direction). While I was looking at my posts back in 2007 I felt a mixed feeling of embarrassment (poor and very baduy writing), nostalgia (so this was how I write when I was sixteen) and pride (I am 21 and I still blog) haha. I know I can't keep up with my blog like before but hey it's so hard to maintain! I wish to keep blogging more often while reviewing for the board exam; hope to have a lot to write about. I want to make my posts more personal; journal-ish.

So yeah, good luck to me ;)

The Oh! Moment

There's one episode from How I Met Your Mother when they introduced to us the "Oh! Moment". Barney was seeing someone then he figured out she's 30 and "Oh!" he's out of her--it. Ted imagined himself in front of the altar with Robin and then she confessed she's a dude and "Oh!" boy how he wanted to be a runaway groom. Outside the HIMYM world, this is like deal breakers. I have not met any one who does not have any deal breaker and I believe that choosy women (like me) have their very defined list of deal breakers. Want to know mine? Ehem.

1. HYGIENE SNOB

I understand that guys usually do not care about the state of cleanliness around them (i.e. room) and I am perfectly fine with that fact. But.. proper hygiene please! 

Scenario: There are two guys who equally smell good. They use the same perfume with the same amount. One guy is hygienic with a clean lifestyle and the other is the opposite. I tell you, a girl knows which is which. 

Piece of advice: level of cleanliness of a guy is first judged by the state of their nails. 

2. MANNERS NOOB

Ah... Manners. Where have you gone? 

It's always nice that your guy feels comfortable with your people. But one must never forget the basic manners. "Po" and "Opo" are endangered words already and these are poor measures to a person's courteousy. But how about proper greetings man lang? I know a guy who never greets/acknowledges the   friends (me and co.) of the girl he dates. Really, not even a nod? You're really that shy?  

3. JEJEMON/JOLOGS

Say, you meet  a very handsome guy but he's a true blue jejemon. With a very jologs taste.
As for me, NNO, PAPI! 

4. THAT'S VERY UNGENTLEMAN OF YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

I'm not a needy person. Guys  don't have to treat me to meals, pick me up from school/work/anywhere, or take me home. I really don't take it against them if they don't do these things. In short I have very low standards when it comes to "gentlemanliness" (I like inventing words). That's why it's a deal breaker for me pag nauuna pang pumasok yung lalaki sa pinto and worse, hindi man lang hahawakan ung pinto para makapasok ung kasunod nila na girl. Or yung nagpapatulong ako magpabuhat ng gamit and magrereklamo pa sya. No kidding here, true story. 

5. CONVERSATION KILLER

Conversation is the life of a relationship. You have to have something to talk about, and enjoy whatever it is -- whether they are deep, shallow, meaningful, interesting, bullshit topics. If I have to follow a checklist of topics to keep a conversation going with a person, I always think twice about considering him. There was a guy that I tried to get to know; chat/text almost everyday for months. MONTHS. But I never got to know him. Why? Because the conversation sucked. It was like Hey check this post from 9gag. Ah, awesome. Done. Next topic. Done. 

Yeah I'm done with you, too. 

Talking to a person lets me get to know him/her genuinely. It's way better than stalking their twitter/facebook/blogs and judging their conversations with other people. Maybe the guy I was referring to above was a good listener or maybe he's just an introvert and we just don't share the same interests and wavelength on things. But I never got to confirm that because the conversations really sucked.