I'm still left with a lot of "How?" questions regarding the weekly traffic that my World is getting. Right now, this World needs only a few more visits to get 5-digit hits. It simply makes you say, "Wow".
I know, I'm being sneaky right now. Posting something in this World so that at least 5 visitors would come in and make history . . . is that even cheating? 
At least it's better than doing the 5 visits myself.
This week I had my share of evil laugh moments. First, in my Literature class, I was tasked by my classmate to write down all the 10 members of our group. In a piece of paper, I wrote the names of everyone in my group --- except myself. (See what happens next?) Then I presented it to her. After making her notice that there was someone missing, she began to ask others who could have been forgotten in the list. While she did that, I tried to act like an innocent child while covering my face with a book at some point to hide my laughter. One of my other classmates finally noticed that I was the one missing, and then came my evil laugh. BWAHAHAHA!
Second evil laugh moment: We were tasked to make our own structured learning activity for our Group Dynamics class. My activity was a Scavenger Hunt, which is fairly simple yet requires a lot of materials (unlike the activities made by my classmates). After that we were paired with one another, and we exchanged our activity procedures with one another. The activity procedures that we received will be the one that we will conduct next week for our final exams. While my partner gave me a fairly easy Human Tic-Tac-Toe game that requires very little materials, she was so shocked and devastated to see how many materials my Scavenger Hunt game required. She was like, "NOOOO!!! Damn you Mask!!!" BWAHAHAHAHA! Her face was just priceless.
To make things clear, I volunteered to bring all the materials for the Scavenger Hunt to help her out. See, I ain't that bad.
Final exams next week. Also the deadline for some of my projects. Hoping that everything will go well.
I have lots more to say, but it'll be for another time. HAVE A NICE DAY!
EDIT: Less than two hours after this post was made, my World reached 10,000 hits. Wow! Thanks guys. And I hope that you enjoyed my World.
Life: 10/04/08 | Posted By: The Mask | | Personal | Tags: evil laugh, hits
Have you ever seen that scene in "Tom and Jerry" where Jerry gulps after being caught by Tom and sees his life being in danger? That's how I'm feeling right now.
I received the news already about the results of the screening for the university newspaper (which I took part on, by the way). It turned out I was now chosen to be a part of the editorial staff.
And now I go . . . WHAT?!?! Well actually, it was more like "S--T! WHAT IN THE HELL HAVE I DONE?!"
Okay, here's the thing. When I applied for TC, I was hoping to get a shot at being a reporter/correspondent or as a non-serious have-fun-in-life feature writer. And now I'm told that I'm part of the editorial staff. HOLY CRAP! GOOD GRIEF! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
Could it be because of my crappy news reporting? (It wasn't my fault; the test was so confusing, so how could I make a decent piece of news out of that?) Could it be because of my editorial about the US elections? (With all my blah-blah on how it affects my country, not to mention the fact that I mentioned the third-party candidates, I have a feeling they mistook me for a fearless opinion maker.) I just don't get it.
When I first heard about it, I felt shivers around my body. In fact, I still have it now. At one point, I was simply swaying my body left and right, thinking about what just happened. This wasn't part of my plan; I didn't wanna be the boss and feel the ultimate pressure in campus journalism.
I even fear for what "editorial staff" even means. How is it different from "editorial board"? Which one makes those strong, fearless, sometimes unfounded opinions for the newspaper? Am I part of that, or am I just some sort of a manager/editor who checks that everyone did their job and oversees the spelling and grammar of the writeups? The Internet ain't giving me clear answers.
AHHH!!! I'M PANICKING RIGHT NOW!!!
Trust me, once I go to sleep after typing this post, the anxiety will not go away. I just hope for the best later. (Please don't make me the opinion maker. Please, oh please. I'm no vocal activist, I'm just a clumsy and geeky otaku.)
P.S. Do check out my previous post. I simply liked this post due to the content that I've given in it.
Life: 09/29/08 | Posted By: The Mask | | Personal | Tags: editorial staff, newspaper, university
Anime: Major. Taken from Fansub.tv. Owned by respective owners.
I've uploaded a new avatar yesterday, but my computer is still showing my Conan avatar. If ever you see my avatar (probably in my Portfolio page), could you please tell me how it looks like? Is it still Conan or is it different already?
Not too long ago, I mentioned in this post how my World got over 8000 hits in six months. Exactly a week later, my World got 9000 hits. It was that fast. When you consider the number of comments that my World gets in every post, I can't help but wonder where these visits are coming from.
I'm starting to like the anime series Major. The series centers on Goro Honda, a boy who aspires to become a baseball player like his father and plays for the Little League Baseball. As the series progresses, Goro continues to pursue that dream during his teenage and young adult years. I'm no fan of baseball so I wasn't attracted to this series in the beginning. But later on, the story of this series and the character's profiles caught my attention, and it really got me interested. Not to mention the fact that I also enjoyed listening its opening theme songs. (P.S. This show is being broadcasted on a local cable network here, so I watch it directly on TV.)
It's really odd that a guy like me who regards sports as his weakness would enjoy watching sports-oriented anime series. Aside from Major (baseball), there was also Hajime no Ippo (boxing) and Eyeshield 21 (American football). And yet, I didn't like Baki the Grappler and Ultimate Muscle even though it focused on wrestling, which is one sport I enjoy watching.
While going home yesterday after attending an appointment with my classmates for our class project, a couple of kids went inside the jeepney I was riding and started to sing Christmas tunes. That officially reminded that it's Christmas season already. By the way, Christmas season in the Philippines doesn't begin on December 24. It begins on September, the first of the four "-ber" months.
On October 18, I'm going to be spending my 5th year of existence in this site. (Normally I would say "the 5th anniversary of my myOtaku", but my myOtaku is semi-retired already.) So I plan on posting a weekly fanword as part of my celebration. Hopefully, the plan pushes through.
By the way, the title of today's post is a quote from Major.
That's all for today. HAVE A NICE DAY!
Life: 09/28/08 | Posted By: The Mask | | Personal | Tags: anniversary, avatar, christmas, major, sports
Am I the only guy here in theOtaku who thinks that the latest happening in the Japanese political landscape is news worth spreading? Since the Bootleg News Reporter isn't reporting it yet, let me do it myself.
Taro Aso, the Japanese politician who's well known among otakus for being a fan of manga, formally took over as Prime Minister of Japan today. This was the same guy who, as foreign affairs minister, made some notable acts concerning the world of manga, such as announcing the first International Manga Awards, circulating Detective Conan manga pamphlets to explain his ministry's mission, and advising a former French presidential aspirant to "read more manga" after the criticisms that guy made about it.
Feature: 09/24/08 | Posted By: The Mask | | Other Internet | Tags: news, otaku, taro aso
First off, let me just say that what you're about to read came from my political other-self (I have a lot of other-selves, you see. )
- This article is interesting. It's a writeup on the US elections and also features some views expressed by young people regarding who they would want to see as the next US President. But what made this interesting are two things: 1. They're from Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, I say!, 2. They mentioned third-party candidates as their picks, such as Barr-Root (Libertarian) and McKinney-Clemente (Green). When you consider the fact that info like this could go as far as Sri Lanka, you've got to wonder why many Americans never ever thought about voting for a third-party, or are not even aware of that idea.
- This article is short but interesting as well. It's about Ron Paul and his view that the costly measures being made by the Bush administration in order to save the economy will just lead to the destruction of the dollar. Why it's interesting? I don't know, maybe it's because this article was written in Iran. And yet, some Americans don't even know who Ron Paul is.
- It's amazing how a lot of countries report on US-related news that many US news stations don't really give too much importance. Especially with the US elections, and the whole focus on Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin (especially on Palin, and the considerable amount of time US media gave on the whole "lipstick on a pig" issue instead of other long-term issues). Then again, it's a two-party system, right?
- I'm glad I'm no American. Having to live in a two-party system...at least the Philippines gets a multi-party system. Though the system is so flawed due to widespread cheating, it's still good that people actually get to choose from a wide range of candidates, instead of having to vote for two major candidates. Besides, anyone who thinks that there's no cheating in US election must be an innocent being who hasn't been exposed properly to the problems of this world.
- Today in my country, it's the 36th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law (a dark period in the country which lasted from 1972 to 1981). Though I think this period had its benefits (such as culture preservation and a disciplined society), this era was so horrific for many due to the series of human rights violations. Kinda like Death Note, except that I believe Light would have been more righteous as a leader than the guy who declared Martial Law.
So, uhh, sorry for the political talk. I just felt like doing it today. Until next time, when I don't get all too political on things. HAVE A NICE DAY!
Life: 09/21/08 | Posted By: The Mask | | Personal | Tags: iran, light yagami, media, political, ron paul, sri lanka
