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still really mad about annie not making it :’(

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:07:06 -0400

still really mad about annie not making it :’(

300 followers!! thank you for enjoying my stupid life and...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:19:01 -0400

300 followers!! thank you for enjoying my stupid life and drawings.

im trying to figure out an art style for a comic im planning on...

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:36:52 -0400

im trying to figure out an art style for a comic im planning on making

the mich life tip #34: when sad about something, go to six flags...

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:42:50 -0400

the mich life tip #34: when sad about something, go to six flags and ride as many rollercoasters as you can

ive never drawn her before so heres a squigly

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:25:00 -0400

ive never drawn her before so heres a squigly

i was in a drawing mood a while ago so i drew the puppingtons! i...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:18 -0400

i was in a drawing mood a while ago so i drew the puppingtons! i only started watching this show and gosh i love it to death already. there is truly nothing like incredibly offensive humor.

be happy, be happy

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:04:22 -0400

be happy, be happy

i had such a good day today!! benilde called this morning and i...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:18:30 -0500

i had such a good day today!! benilde called this morning and i got the scholarship!!! i seriously cannot be thankful enough for this amazing opportunity to do what i love and follow my dreams. special thanks to my family, friends and the big man up there for all the love and support ive received in the past few weeks. im extremely blessed to have all of you and more!! ✝

today, my school’s art club also successfully launched its week-long art exhibit, culture shock. it was a lot of fun seeing everyone’s work displayed in a real gallery and everything! i sold all my pieces today, so i am really thankful for that!! half of the exhibit’s proceeds will go to aiding breast cancer patients, so im really glad i was able to help out, even if it was only a little. the gallery is open until march 8, so feel free to drop by anytime.

the art corps undergrads also surprised us seniors with cute shirts that they made and signed themselves!! it was the cutest surprise ever!!! im really going to miss being a part of this club, even though this is my first year being in it. i feel really blessed to have gotten to spend my last year of highschool in art corps along with all the other seniors and undergrads ive gotten to know better through being there!!

im going to bed happy tonight (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) ♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*･

my scholarship interview was today and i think it went very...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:25:25 -0500

my scholarship interview was today and i think it went very well! it felt more like a casual conversation than an interview really, because the dude who interviewed me was really nice. i showed him my portfolio and he was surprisingly impressed, he said that i ‘exceeded his expectations’ and that i ‘stood out’ among the other applicants. i really didn’t expect to hear that so i was really happy!

he didnt ask me much, just if i had other options (i said no because there arent really any other schools here that offer animation as a course so lol) and what i want to specialize in. that was it, really… it was seriously nothing to be nervous about! what made me really happy though was when he said that if it was up to him to decide, he’d give me the scholarship right away. i wanted to cry right then and there because i was so happy ヽ(；▽；)ノ

so yeah, i had a great day! im really hoping for the best! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

my interview for the art scholarship i really want is tomorrow...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:14:08 -0500

my interview for the art scholarship i really want is tomorrow and i am very nervous! theyre going to look at my portfolio right in front of me. thats going to be pretty terrifying. im also really bad at talking and stuff and i really hope i dont mess anything up by saying something dumb or whatever. i guess i just have to act natural and junk.

im going to fix my portfolio and then go to bed ヽ(´～｀；）

michijou: hi im selling these as prints online now because im...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:15:37 -0500

michijou:

hi im selling these as prints online now because im broke as hell and i need to make money. they’re 5R glossy prints and they are $5 each + $2 shipping to anywhere in the world. you can pay by paypal (unless you know me irl then you can pay me irl instead). send me a message if you are interested!! please reblog and spread the word i need to make a living :’(

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Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:42:43 -0500

one of the things im most excited for this year is finally...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:48:00 -0500

one of the things im most excited for this year is finally getting to cuddle with my cute kareshi （●´∀｀）ノ♡

last week we had this school activity called kapatiran where...

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:16:47 -0400

last week we had this school activity called kapatiran where seniors and freshmen are randomly partnered up so they can bond and make friends and have fun times together. i had to come up with a theme and design a shirt for the activity. batch 2013’s (my batch) color is green, and batch 2016’s color is red. the first thing that comes to mind when i think about those colors (besides christmas, lol) are the mario brothers, so i did a super mario-themed type of thing. the shirt turned out really cute! it was incredible seeing 200+ people wearing it, hahaha

bianca, the freshman i got paired up with, was really great! she likes drawing and cartoons and she has very good taste in video games. it honestly wasnt awkward at all and we clicked almost immediately. im really glad i made a cool friend, yup

photos © chabeli fernandez

i saw paranorman today and it was really good!

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:09:44 -0400

i saw paranorman today and it was really good!

finals ended today, and i can say with confidence that i did...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:35:00 -0400

finals ended today, and i can say with confidence that i did horrible on all my tests!! they destroyed me and i am dead. rip. my brain has turned into spaghetti

right now, my biggest concern is turning in my application requirements for dls-csb, the college i really want to go to. i want to study animation there. im applying for the school of design and arts scholarship and i really, REALLY hope i get it! i printed out all the application form stuff today and filled out most of it, im gonna finish them tomorrow because i have to turn everything in by thursday. my biggest concern is the 750-word essay i have to write explaining my “interest and skills in the degree program of my choice,” which wouldnt be so intimidating to do if my school informed me of their deadline for requirements beforehand. i was only informed yesterday… rip…

i felt kind of anxious filling out my application form, because DANG, this is IT, dude, this is the college i wanna spend my last years as a student in! my hands were really shaky and i was so scared that i might have made really dumb mistakes because im a huge pleb. i just really hope i get that scholarship. it would really help my family out a lot financially if i got to go to college for free, because csb’s tuition is a bit too steep for me… i hope i actually have a chance at getting it. ill give it my best shot!

im putting this drawing in the portfolio im submitting to them and naming the file “pls give me a scholarship.png”

so i took the UPCAT last saturday! it was my first college...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:53:41 -0400

so i took the UPCAT last saturday! it was my first college entrance exam ever and it was definitely an experience. it really wasnt as bad as people made it seem, but i guess the thing with UP is that they only get the people who score really high on it. i probably passed it, but i know i didnt do all that well because i honestly wasnt prepared for it. cramming four years of highschool into my head is kind of impossible because im really dumb, oops.

it was a really good day, though, because i had a really great adventure finding out how to get home by myself! UP diliman is really far from where i live (makati) and my dad didnt even want to drive me there. i had to hitch a ride with a friend who was also taking the test in the morning. she couldnt give me a ride back, though, and i knew i was screwed as heck. to make matters worse, i left my phone at home, because i am really dumb and forgetful and horrible at doing things. the test didnt even make me nervous anymore. the fact that i had no way to go home did :’(

i figured that i had to commute. but ive never done that before, and i thought i might end up making things worse for myself. i had to try. the test was literally the last thing on my mind while i was waiting for it to start because i was so worked up about how to go home. by the time i got to the testing room i was ready to die because a.) my brain was in absolutely no condition to comprehend any Important Tests, and b.) i really was, truly, ready to embrace death.

i looked around, and by some god-given stroke of luck i was sharing a room with a girl from my class who i am relatively good friends with. i saw her earlier when the examinees were being ushered into lines and said hello, but i totally didnt expect that we’d be taking the test in the same room. i planned things out in my head: after the test was over, id approach her and ask if she could give me a ride to the nearest train station or whatever.

after five long hours of really intense test-taking, i left the room along with the other examinees and waited by the door for her to pass by. i asked her if she could give me a ride to the nearest LRT station, and she said sure, she could. i was so freaking thankful, and when i got off, my adventure began!! i had absolutely no idea what to do next. i have never ridden the LRT by myself before and i looked really lost. after a bit i figured that id have to ride it going to the station in buendia, which is relatively near my house. so i did that. it was intense.

when i got to buendia i didnt know what the heck to do next. all the streets and places around were really familiar but i had no idea how to get to my house. so after stopping for a quick meal at mcdonalds (because i was getting really hungry, rip), i just… started walking. i walked along jupiter, which is a really long ass road, until i got tired and rode a random jeep that passed through vito cruz, a road near my house. i got off, and walked to my house. i was home.

so yeah, it was a really fun experience! my dad got angry at me for leaving my phone but he was also really proud of me for being able to get around. i was proud of myself, too! im really glad i was able to figure everything out by myself. those were some really intense first steps into independence.

so yeah! other than that, nothing much is going on, except for the fact that the weather is really awful here right now. classes were suspended for today and tomorrow because its literally raining nonstop and its flooding everywhere. i hope things start looking up soon, a lot of people are having a hard time dealing with this horrible weather. i am really half-expecting my house to collapse at any moment now. there is not a single room here without at least one leak. there are buckets everywhere and its so hard to walk around without tripping :’( rip, my house

so yeah chris and i are a thing （„´_ゝ`„） ♥...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:22:02 -0400

so yeah chris and i are a thing

（„´_ゝ`„） ♥ („⊙‿⊙„✿)

i’ve been playing animal crossing city folk with chris...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:43:52 -0400

i’ve been playing animal crossing city folk with chris lately and i would love to play with you too! my friend code is 3523-5972-3925. feel free to leave me yours! just hit me up whenever you’d like to play ヽ(´ー`)ﾉ

i’ve recently noticed how creepy my player character looks. she looks a lot like me (⊙‿⊙✿)

so school started earlier this week and i still kind of feel...

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:23:50 -0400

so school started earlier this week and i still kind of feel unprepared

i just dont feel like im ready for this year yet. last year was really amazing and it pretty much slapped my personality and moral fiber into shape, but two months of sitting around and doin nothing just kind of made me soft i guess. i had review classes for college entrance exams a couple weeks ago and it helped get me back into the school feel, but in all honesty i kind of hated it, because i barely understood a thing and i felt kind of dumb because of that.

ill probably feel better by next week, because thats when actual lessons and schoolwork starts. im kind of actually looking forward to this year. i want to make my last year in high school count! its going to be kind of tough, with work and junk happening at the same time college entrance exams are, but if people were able to do it before me then i probably can, too!