video response.. LOL finally..

so here's a video from my friend (from my previous post/ the guy who tagged me on facebook) LOL
his video response.. FINALLY..cause I've made 2 videos for him.. and I've been trying to ask for a video response from him for like years now.. LOL ( I'm exaggerating.) just for a month.. LOL and finally a 7-min video from my good pal..he uploaded it on youtube and set it on private I couldn't open it, so I told him to make it public so I can watch it... he had no idea I saved this video.. ha.. I'm a smart ass.. LOL anyway.. I really like it.. I was smiling the whole time.. he's funny..:)) and he even downloaded my video on his phone.. guhreat.. :))))

much love my friend. :)

 

I actually felt "kilig".. kilig in a way that I'm happy that someone appreciates you and for what you did to make their day.. it's actually heartwarming. This guy the one who tagged me on facebook and telling everyone that I made his day is my friend :) nothing romantic or anything.. I was just touched.. :) anyway I just hope our common friends won't react in a malicious way that He ^ would have to delete this post on face book... *crossing fingers*

Is he Hot or Is he HOT?? :)

I was channel surfing the other day, and there's nothing interesting to watch, so  I just watched NBA.. just so you know I love watching NBA PBA and all that ball games.. ha.. anyway..  it was a match between Memphis and I think  Boston.. not sure.. I forgot.. anyway.. and then I saw Marc Gasol doing some free throws. and I was like " OMG,, He's Hot!!" ha.. am I do only girl who think Marc Gasol is hot.??? I  google-d pictures of him.. and he was actually compared to a Llama? wth!! anyway.. MARC GASOL IS HOTTTTTTT <3 <3 <3 <3 <3


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sembreak:/ Christmas break..

YEY.. SEMBREAK!! WOOT WOOT!! finally.. haha I can stay up late and sleep all day.. ha ha.. as you all know last 2 weeks ago, my best friend and I decided to lose some weight, cause we're like piggies.. haha  we started jogging and all shizniz.. haha so anyway.. I actually feel sad now.. cause I don't  know? ha ha.. I'm such a weirdo.. uggghh... I dunno what to do, now that it's already my sembreak.. omg.. next year will be another 3rd trimester.. :))) cool huh? aaakkk.. I'm bored as hell.. uhhhh...

I can feel the Christmas air... Christmas vibe.. good vibes.. hahaha

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wings..

wing tattoo fascinates me.. I want to get inked again so bad.. LOL here's what I want to get for my next inkidoodle doo..

ain't it nice. :) hmm oh I want to have that soonnnnnn. LOL

Sportfest day 1

whew.. whatta a tiring day.. it's the start of our sports fest and uhm I run out of words to say.. I'm so tired, so anyway our team (Freshmen ) versus Red Team ( 2nd year HRM) started the game of volleyball.. and unfortunately we weren't able to practice well. so our game was kinda LAME.. LOL but it was fun.. we're just there for the sake of playing vball.. oh gosh I'm dead knackered Imma hit the hay and call it a day.. Bonne Nuit

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i want..

that hair.. :) oh gosh.. I'm tempted to cut my hair short again..  :p blah blah

The Despair of Judas

The despair of Judas.. Ah.. my fave declamation piece. aside from The Raven.. oh I remember, this is my declamation piece when I was in grade 6.. :) I love the emotions that I did while doing this speech..the excitement i felt before performing my chosen piece.. not to brag and all but people who watched me got carried away by how I showed my emotions to this piece.. AHHHH just remembering those days when I was so into those stuff.. :) anyway here's the piece :

DESPAIR OF JUDAS

I will rest here, awhile. His face! His face! Not comely now. There is no beauty in it. It is scarred into my heart. It is burned into my soul and never will it lift from me until I die. Die? Will death quench the flames which consume me? Traitor, not endless years in hell can even pay the crime of murdering the son of God.

And last night, he dealt with me so gently. He washed my feet. He bade me to put my hand into the cup with his, while in my purse there jingled the coins which bought his blood. It was better for that man that he had never been born. Who? Who but I, who but I, I who betrayed him!

What you do, do it quickly. He knew, and kept my sin a secret.

Friend, where unto have you come, Judas, Judas, do you betray the Son of God with a kiss?

Friend! Friend! He called me his friend. The man I betrayed called me his friend. How hell must have laughed. Why did not the mountains fall on me?

Why did not the earth gape and swallow me up? Why did not the sea overwhelm me? Friend. Ha! Ha! Friend. Ha! Ha! Ha! The world will know Judas as the friend.

The world will point to Judas as a by word, and as a pledge of broken faith!

Do you think Judas you can hide from the father of your friend Jesus? Not even in hell can I escape. Not in the grave for the earth will spurn my corpse. Not in the heavens for Jesus the friend is there.

What hope for Judas? What hope for Judas? Not even in hell can I escape for he called me devil, and devils cried out: torment us not, Jesus, Judas, faithless friend, devil, one of whom it would have been better not to have been born. There is no hope for you, no hope, no hope...

Baby Bob Marley.. Cutest thing.. :)

I can  watch this over and over again.. the cutest thing...
you can actually see how his mood changed when he heard BOB MARLEY and how he danced to it.. LOL made my day.. .
it reminds me of how my mood changes every time I play Bob Marley's song on a stressful day..

my Ideal date

I'm not a fan of dating, because I'm a very awkward person to date, but if I have to describe my ideal date, might as well try it. Let's start first with his physical aspects; first, he should have a cute chinky eyes, cute pointy nose, nice kissable lips. His complexion should be fair, not tan or darker than it. I really like guys with nice hands and feet. Basically I'm attracted to chubby guys but not overweight. About his characteristics, I like guys who are strong not just physically but emotionally, too I like smart guys simply because I like interesting people who talk about interesting things; I like affectionate guys who are not afraid to show their true feelings. Lastly I like a guy with a good sense of humor, someone who I can just laugh with every time I feel like laughing, someone who can laugh at my jokes even though they're corny. I know ideal is something you just want him to be . I know we can't have it all.. thank you..:)


so.. basically this is what I wrote during Ms. A's LRWS class. descriptive writing.. :)


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I like...

Anthony and I during his "going-away" party..

For some reason I really like this picture.. I don't know why.. I actually thought we look good together.. LOL

I met Anthony 5 months ago at Chris' birthday party.. I was actually smitten by his cute eyes, but I didn't tell anyone about it, i kept it to myself.. heehee.. The second time Anthony and I hanged out, he asked for my number, we started text-ing and then one time we were texting he asked me on a date, I was surprised 'cause he asked me out. LOL so I said yea blah blah and the rest is history....

I was in denial about my feelings for him cause I don't want to fall for him, the fact that he's flying to the states, will make it more complicated, I didn't tell anyone that time, not even to Kat and Chris, I know them too well if they knew then they would tease me, they would prolly  keep trying to hook us up. :)) then I would fall for him, and I don't want that, it would be hard for me, I'm just scared. haha.. LABO!!!!!

September 4. that's the day that Anthony left, I cried yeah, cause the fact that I kept my feelings for him and he has no idea about it that time.I wanted to tell him not to go but yeah he had to..I cried like a baby when he texted me to take care and all, I felt so depressed knowing that it would be years that we're not gonna see each other.So after days of contemplating, I finally had the guts to tell him and our friends about my feelings.

blah blah blah 

It was nice telling everyone what you really feel.. it feels so damn good,, :)


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The Raven .. by Edgar Allan Poe

ahh.. yess.. The Raven.. I was one of the lucky people who was  chosen to be a  part of the speech choir in our school  WE  WERE REQUIRED TO MEMORIZE EVERY LINE OF IT..( lucky me, back then I can actually memorize a poem or anything in just one sitting, I don't know what happened now.. LOL)  anyway, we performed  every year and it never failed to impress our admins, back then..

anyway here is the piece "The Raven " by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -
This it is, and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"- here I opened wide the door; -
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" -
Merely this, and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice:
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore -
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -
'Tis the wind and nothing more."

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning- little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door -
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered- not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said, "Nevermore."

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore -
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never - nevermore'."

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite - respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore:
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted- tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil - prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore -
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign in parting, bird or fiend," I shrieked, upstarting -
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!

just reading this made me reminisce high school :) oh i just love The Raven..and as you can see it's hella LONNNG.. and we really had to memorize it.. bow..

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au revoir...

Au Revoir log weekend. blah.. 


There goes my weekend; classes resumes tomorrow, so basically back to reality. LOL  blah blah.
I will miss my bed, I will miss my late night facebook-ing, twitter-ing, tumblr-ing, and watching tv shows online.. LOL now I'm exaggerating, I can always do it during weekends and on my next long week end experience.. LOL oh Judy you are such a weirdo.. :)) anyway I'm not sleepy yet.. oh gosh it'll be hard for me to wake up early again tomorrow. LOL  and I can't help but wonder why my phone's been quiet for 3 days now.. weird.. no one remembers me.. gahh oh well  I will hit the hay and call it a day.. bonne nuit.. 




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Compliments...

According to Google: 

1. (n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.
2. (v. t.) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.
3. (v. i.) To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.

According to my own vocab:

1. not flattering at all

2. BOLA - KALOKOHAN!!

3. awkward moment for me..

HAHAHA.. I know.. sounds lame, but I'm not good in taking compliments.. I don't like it when people give me compliments. I feel awkward when I get compliments, well basically I'm not confident with myself, I have low self-esteem, well not really low, but yea it's not high either, hmmm ah I call it ''so so self esteem'' LOL.. The only person that can give me compliments is myself.. LOL .. When people give me compliments like " you're so beautiful, you're cute, " and all the compliments that anyone can give me, I just say smile or sometimes I just say "NYEH! or "NAH" 

Blah I just don't like compliments.. end of story.. bow

but on second thought.. I should learn to appreciate and not hate compliments.. LOL 

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you....

I miss YOU....

 That's how I'm feeling right now, for some reasons I just remembered you.. yeah fine... I just MISS YOU.. 

I miss the way you stare at me and when I feel awkward I'll stare right back at you and you know I hate being stared at and you'll just smile and say "ano?" [ acting like you don't know  I feel awkward when someone's staring at me]. I miss how you tease me just to see my angry face and you'll say "you're so cute when you're angry'' and then you'll make "lambing". I miss how you just don't mind me bullying you, acting like the victim. LOL  and I know you like me bullying you.. LOL. I miss the way you smile and your chinito eyes.. did I ever tell you I really like your eyes? ohhh NO rephrase.. I LOVE YOUR EYES... one of the first thing I noticed when I first met you 4 months ago..blah..


I JUST MISS YOU THAT'S ALL..  that's all I can blog right now.. I'm kinda sabaw right now.. my mind's pre occupied.. LOL




tooooddles..xx

finally..

My grand mom's urn is here..  after 2 months of waiting for her ashes, she's finally here.. i wanted to cry  but i savv my momma almost teary-eyed just by watching me kiss and hug lola's urn, I actually said " Hi Lola welcome home" It's really heart breaking for me  to say those words 'cause I never got the chance to see her alive I mean in my 21 years of existence..  actually it's 20 years, but of course I don't remember any memories with her, I was just a baby  when she left for the states. I'm really happy that she's here in the Philippines, she may not be here physically but I know she's happy she's back.. anyway.. I'm gonna end this blog I can't see anything 'cause of my tears.. whew.

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it's a long weekend..

YAY for that.. it actually feels like it's our sem break..so... this is what people enrolled in a trisem school feels like.. LOL  anyway.. 

I'm so bored.. Saturday for me is very unproductive, well my sister, her husband ,her son , my brother and I  went to Eastwood to have Cooper our dog groomed, he's stinky like sh*t. (sorry again ms A for the term) and the groomer told us that they have to shave Cooper's hair 'cause his balahibo is tangled up and it would be painful for our dog if they won't shave it, so we have no choice but to let the groomer shave Cooper's hair. 

So while waiting for Cooper to be groomed, we ate in MyThai, and honestly.... I don't like Thai foods.. well maybe some Thai foods tastes good but the one we ordered eellkk I don't like it, but I was so hungry so I just ate it. LOL oh yeah it was actually a Halloween party for dogs there at Eastwood.. All the dogs were dressed up some were fairy dogs some where clown dogs, cowdog (cowboy LOL)... if we only knew, we would've bought Cooper a costume.. LOL anyway.. after eating we went to Pet Central to get Cooper.. and oh my we actually didn't recognize him because he was all shaved up.. LOL but he's still cute. :) then we went to Tiendesitas to buy Brent my nephew a fish, 5 Goldfish to be exact. Oh so let me rephrase what I said .. it was actually a productive day but not that productive, come on it's Saturday night and I'm stuck here in front of my laptop streaming One Tree Hill, I like it tho but I really want to go out. I was supposed to meet up with my friend actually but she asked for a rain check cause it's raining hard.. LOL how ironic. 

ugghhh.. and I'm having PMS.. damn it.. waaaaah anyway. gtg.. One Tree Hill time.. ciao

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I'm feeling under the weather this past few days. *sigh* I don't know why I feel shit lately. (oops sorry Ms A. that's what I'm feeling right now) I just want to go somewhere I can f*ckin' scream my lungs out. This is so NOT MY WEEK!!!! ugghh gaaaaahh.. I really don't know why I'm feeling like this. PMS-ing maybe? ughh gaahh sometimes I just wish boys would experience this PMS-ing shizniz instead of us girls.. the heck.. oh well I just wish this shit feeling will end NOW as in NOW NA!!!! I think I'm abnormal gahhhhh..

AND I HOPE KAT WILL  TALK TO US. She got disappointed about us not being able to be there on her boitday celebration.. I really hate myself for not being there, I tried to talk to her but it seems like she doesn't want to talk to us. I know she has every right to be mad at us, but I wish that she will realize ASAP that we didn't do it on purpose, I mean I had a problem here with my mom that night. gosh I'm really tired of explaining.. I mean I've done my part I've  already apologized..MANY times now... I mean If she continues to be like that... I DON'T KNOW ... gaaaaahhh I've swallowed my pride actually..I mean if you're really a true friend you would understand..what are you saying Judy? the hell. I mean I'm not mad. I don't know..I mean I just don't want to look stupid trying my best to talk to her. It's really awkward right now.. our situation.. maybe ...God is testing our friendship..hmm I'm trying to look on the brighter side here..  thinking POSITIVE!GOOD VIBES I JUST WANT EVERYHING TO BE A-OKAY.!!

I'm so bummed out

I hate myself today.. and last night.. It was Katrina Delgado's boitday celebration last night Saturday (10-09-10), and unfortunately I wasn't able to come because I was broke. I had money but not enough for a cab.. but Kat said she'll pay for my cab. so I asked my mom if I can go to Kat's party and another UNFORTUNATELY she started to be a like a priest .. another SERMON my gosh.. so I decided to sneak out instead so I waited for my mom to sleep so I can go to Kat's party.. and ANOTHER UNFORTUNATELY I fell asleep.. good heavens.  I woke up around 4 am and remembered I was supposed to go to Kat's party.. my goodness. I really wanted to go.. I was actually dressed up and ready to go. uggggggghhh.. I'm such a lousy bestfriend and I would understand Kat if she's mad at me right now.. I can't think of anything to make it up to her. Last night was really important for her.She wanted to make "salubong" her boitday , which is today (10-10-10) hay.. I'm so sad. :(

uhmm hello? are you there?

Why is it sometimes I just can't write a good essay or poems .. I used to have this notebook full of essays and poems, I mean I wrote every word in it, I'm not bragging or something but I must say it's really good ,( I lost the notebook tho. bummer) I was a good writer .. LOL I don't know what happened. The writer in me is gone missing LOL I wonder when will it come back. haha charot. :))

Okay. so earlier today I was at school and  I had an 8 am class ends at 10 am so my break was 10-1, 1 pm is our DynEd class with Ms.A, but unfortunately DynEd people took the software because PWU forgot to renew the contract blah blah, 3-5 is our LRWS still with Ms. A so imagine the torture I had earlier.. I had to wait for like  6hrs  for my next class (since we had no DynEd class).. my conscience were actually arguing "should I go home or stay and wait for my 3 pm class blah blah blah" " If I go home, I had nothing else to do but sleep but if I stay I'll learn something and my day would be productive" that was my conscienc arguing LOL made me sleepy tho. LOL huh??.. labo mo judy!!

Okay sorry I'm weird..  I'm actually talking to myself right now. "if i publish this post Ms A will see it  and might laugh at me.. LOL just kidding Ms A. you're the BEST!! :) gahhh.. I actually want to blog something interesting but uhm I'll make a draft first so it'd look GOOD. hahaha. oh writer Judy pls come back LOL :)))

Au revoir.. Bon Nuit xx

"WHO INVENTED CIGARETTES? "

Good afternoon my dear friends,, (imaginary friends) LOL I have no followers so no body can read ths.. except for Ms. Armamento I guess.. LOL so last Friday Kat, Chris and I were talking about random stuff, then I suddenly got curious about cigarettes, "who invented them?" I asked Kat and Chris. Then Kat said " just Google it" and I was like " oh yeah duh Judy Google it" and yes another "DUH JUDY MOMENT " for moi.. LOL so now i actually Google-d it.. so here is my research about it.. LOL

History of Cigarettes and Smoking Tobacco and smoking has a long and checkered history dating. The tobacco plant is believed to be widely spread in America since the 1st Century. Pictorial records of smoking date back to the 11th century. Below is a synopsis of the history of smoking. cigarettes, cigars and tobacco.

1492:- Columbus Discovers Tobacco; "Certain Dried Leaves" Are Received as Gifts, and Thrown Away

1518:- Juan De Grijalva lands in Yucatan, observes cigarette smoking by natives

1527:- Tobacco recorded as addictive by Bartolomé de Las Casas.

1531:- Santo Domingo: European cultivation of tobacco begins.

1556-1558:- Tobacco introduced to France, Spain and Portugal.

1564-1565:- Tobacco introduced to England

1600:- Sir Walter Raleigh persuades Queen Elizabeth to try smoking.

1614:- First sale of native Virginia tobacco in England; Virginia colony enters world tobacco market, under English protection

1683:- Massachusetts passes the nation's first no-smoking law. It forbids the smoking of tobacco outdoors, because of the fire danger. Soon after, Philadelphia lawmakers approve a ban on "smoking seegars on the street." Fines are used to buy fire-fighting equipment.

1762:- General Israel Putnam introduces cigar-smoking to the US.

1770:- Demuth Tobacco shop, the oldest tobacco shop in the nation is established by Christopher Demuth at 114 E. King St., Lancaster, PA

1794:- The U.S. Congress passes the first federal excise tax on tobacco products.

1805-1807:- CERIOLI isolates nicotine, the "essential oil" or "essence of tobacco"

1809:- Louis Nicolas Vanquelin isolates nicotine from tobacco smoke.

1827:- First friction match invented. Chemist John Walker calls his invention "Congreves," after the rocket maker. Later they became known as "lucifers", then "matches

1830:- First organized anti-tobacco movement in US begins as adjunct to the temperance movement

1832:- The cigarette is invented by an Egyptian artilleryman during the siege of Acre. the Egyptian's cannon crew had improved their rate of fire by rolling the gunpowder in paper tubes. For this, he and his crew were rewarded with a pound of tobacco.Their only pipe was broken, so they took to rolling the pipe tobacco in the paper tubes.

1852:- The first matches are introduced, making smoking more convenient

1860:- Manufactured cigarettes first appear in the United States. A popular early brand, Bull Durham, commanded 90% of the market.

1861-1865:- Tobacco is given with rations to Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, and many Northerners are introduced to tobacco this way. During Sherman's march, Union soldiers raided warehouses in search of the mild, sweet "bright" tobacco of the South. Bright tobacco becomes the rage in the North and eventually replaces the heavier Turkish tobacco in cigarettes.

1864:- First American cigarette factory opens and produces almost 20 million cigarettes annually.

1875:- Allen & Ginter cigarette brands, Richmond Straight Cut No. 1 and Pet, begin using picture cards to stiffen the pack and protect the cigarettes. The cards, with photos of actresses, baseball players, Indian Chiefs, and boxers are enormously successful and represent the first modern promotion scheme for a manufactured product.

1880:- Mssrs. Richard Benson and William Hedges open a tobacconist shop near Philip Morris in London.

1886:- JB Duke targets women with "Cameo" brand.

1898:- Tennessee Supreme Court upholds a total ban on cigarettes, ruling they are "not legitimate articles of commerce, being wholly noxious and deleterious to health. Their use is always harmful."

1900:- Washington, Iowa, Tennessee and North Dakota outlaw the sale of cigarettes.

1901:- Strong anti-cigarette activity now exists in 43 of the 45 states.

1901:- 3.5 billion cigarettes and 6 billion cigars are sold. Four in five American men smoke at least one cigar a day.

1902:- Tiny Philip Morris sets up a corporation in New York to sell its British brands, including Philip Morris, Blues, Cambridge, Derby, and a cigarette named after Marlborough Street, where its London factory is located. Marlboro is one of the earliest woman's cigarette, featuring a red tip to hide lipstick marks. It does not catch on with the public.

1909:- Baseball great Honus Wagner orders American Tobacco Company take his picture off their Sweet Caporal cigarette packs, fearing it will lead children to smoke. The resulting shortage makes the Honus Wagner card the most valuable baseball card of all time, currently worth close to $500,000.

1910:- Most popular brands: Pall Mall, Sweet Caporals, Piedmont, Helmar and Fatima.

1913:- RJ Reynolds introduces Camel, considered by historians as the first 'modern' cigarette.

1917:- There are now 3 national brands of cigarettes on the US market: Lucky Strike, Camel and Chesterfield.

1921:- RJ Reynolds spends $8 million in advertising, mostly on Camel. Inaugurates the highly successful "I'd Walk a Mile for a Camel" slogan.

1923:- Camel captures 45% of the US market.

1924:- Philip Morris re-introduces Marlboro with the slogan "Mild as May," targeting "decent, respectable" women. "Has smoking any more to do with a woman's morals than has the color of her hair?" the advertisement reads. "Marlboros now ride in so many limousines, attend so many bridge parties, and repose in so many handbags."

1927:- A sensation is created when George Washington Hill blatantly aims Lucky Strike advertising campaign at women, urging them to "reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet." Smoking initiation rates among adolescent females triple between 1925-1935, and Lucky Strike captures 38% of the American market.

1930:- Most popular brands: Lucky Strike, Camel, Chesterfield, Old Gold and Raleigh.

1933:- The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes its first cigarette ad, a practice that would continue for 20 years.

1936:- Brown and Williamson introduces Viceroy, the first national brand to feature a filter of cellulose acetate. Advertising increases the use of physicians to counter the claims that cigarettes are a major health problem.

1940:- Most popular brands: Camel, Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Raleigh and Old Gold.

1940:- Adult Americans smoke 2,558 cigarettes per capita a year, nearly twice the consumption of 1930

1942:- Brown and Williamson claims that Kools keep the head clear and give extra protection against colds. Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, and Camels all promote the health benefits of their cigarettes, including the prominent display of physicians. This practice continues into the 1950s, when it is abandoned in favor of silence on health issues.

1950:- Most popular brands: Camel, Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Commander and Old Gold.

1952:- Kent introduces the 'Micronite' filter, which Lorillard claims "offers the greatest health protection in cigarette history." It turns out to be made of asbestos. Kent discontinues use of the Micronite filter four years later.

1954:- RJ Reynolds:- introduces:- Winston:- filter cigarettes, but promotes the taste benefit, not health. Winston dominates the US market for the next 15 years.

1954:- Marlboro advertising taken over by the Chicago ad agency Leo Burnett. "Delivers the Goods on Flavor" ran the new slogan in newspaper ads. Design of the campaign, which features 'Marlboro Men,' is credited to John Landry of Philip Morris. Prior to initiating this campaign, Marlboro had <1% of the US market.

1963:- Marlboro:- dispenses with tattooed sailors and athletes as the Marlboro Man and settles on the exclusive use of cowboys. For several years, Philip Morris research had shown that sales increased whenever they cowboys appeared in their campaigns.

1964:- Marlboro Country ad campaign is launched. "Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro Country." Marlboro sales begin growing at 10% a year.

1968:- Philip Morris introduces Virginia Slims with the slogan, "You've come a long way, baby." Five yeas later, Billy Jean King, wearing Virginia Slims colors, defeats Bobby Riggs in the televised 'Battle of the Sexes.' Virginia Slims continues to promote tennis matches to this day.

1970:- Most popular brands: Winston, Pall Mall, Marlboro, Salem and Kool.

1971:- TV cigarette advertising banned. The ban was scheduled to begin on January 1, but was delayed for one day to allow a final glut of Super Bowl ads. Fairness Doctrine anti-smoking ads also disappear. Cigarette sales begin rebounding from their four year decline. RJ Reynolds' top-selling Winston brand, which had been challenged by Philip Morris' Marlboro for most of the 60s, is particularly hard-hit. While the Marlboro cowboy translates into print advertising beautifully, Winston's only identifier was the jingle, "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should." Winston focuses on promoting car racing, but steadily loses market share to Marlboro.

1972:- Marlboro becomes the best-selling cigarette in the world. It remains so today by a wide margin.

1980:- Most popular brands: Marlboro, Winston, Kool, Salem, and Pall Mall.

1987:- Joe Camel's USA Debut. A North Carolina advertising agency uses Joe Camel to celebrate "Old Joe's" 75th anniversary. Four years later, the Journal of the American Medical Association publishes two reports on Joe Camel and kids. One study finds that 91% of 6 year olds recognize Joe Camel, similar to the percent who recognize Mickey Mouse. The other study finds that since the inception of the Joe Camel campaign in 1987, Camel's share of the under-18 (illegal) market has risen from 0.5% to 32.8%, worth >$400 million per year.

1988:- After a 15 year decline, the incidence of teenage smoking increases.

1989:- During the 93-minute broadcast of the Marlboro Grand Prix, the Marlboro name appeared on the television screen 5,933 times for a total of 46 minutes. Sponsorship of televised sporting events becomes the principal means by which cigarette companies subvert the 1971 ban on TV advertising.

1990:- Most popular brands: Marlboro, Winston, Salem, Kool and Newport. However, Marlboro actually outsells Winston by a 3 to 1 margin.

1990:- The US realizes a $4.2 billion trade surplus from tobacco products. Despite 2.5 million deaths worldwide due to smoking, Vice President Quayle remarks, "We ought to think about opening up markets."

1992:- Dying of lung cancer, 'Marlboro Man' Wayne McLaren appears at Philip Morris' annual shareholders meeting in Richmond, Virginia, and asks the company to voluntarily limit its advertising. Chairman Michael Miles responds, "We're certainly sorry to hear about your medical problem. Without knowing your medical history, I don't think I can comment any further." The Marlboro Man died of lung cancer three months later.

1993:- Cigarette promotional expenditures reach $6.03 billion, an increase of 15.4 percent over 1992.

1995:- Marlboro cowboy, David McLean, dies of lung cancer at 73.

1997:- In response to pressure by the Federal Trade Commission, RJ Reynolds abandons the 'Joe Camel' ad campaign.

1998:- Camel, Winston and Kool introduce youth-oriented ads, many of which mock the anti-smoking movement.

1999:- About 10 million Americans smoke cigars.

1999:- Britain's royal family orders the removal of its seal of approval from Gallaher's Benson and Hedges cigarettes

1999:- Philip Morris acknowledges scientific consensus on smoking. "There is an overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and other serious diseases in smokers".

2002:- CDC estimates smoking health and productivity costs reach $150 billion a year, according to a new study published in this week's WMMR. CDC estimated the total cost of smoking at $3,391 a year for every smoker, and even itemized the per-pack health/productivity costs at $7.18/pack. Further, it estimated the smoking-related medical costs at $3.45 per pack, and job productivity lost because of premature death from smoking at $3.73 per pack.

LOL as usual copy paste.. LOL I haven't read it tho.. lol maybe after posting it I'll read it.. LOL and addition to my research.. LOL

Nicotiana tabacam is the plant used in cigarettes and is the predominant type of crop tobacco.

Automated Cigarette Rolling Machine

In 1882, the cigarette was a specialty item made by hand, sold for a penny apiece, and very much the stepchild of other tobacco products. However, that was about to change. An automated cigarette rolling machine, developed by 18-year-old James Bonsack, was put into use in 1883 and revolutionized cigarette production. The retail price was cut in half, and volume, which in premachine days had never exceeded 500 million, leaped to 10 billion by 1910. American Tobacco was able to take advantage of this new technology and, like Standard Oil, was such a success that it, too, was broken up by the feds in 1911.


It's all good in the hood LOL so there you have it.. :)

I want to go to Paris and learn French

 

Bonsoir! Je m'appelle Mademoiselle  Judy.. Je ne parle pas Francais mais  j'essaie d'étudier le français par YOUTUBE.com ... 

translation : Good Evening! My name is Ms. Judy, I don't speak French but I'm trying to study French through youtube.com..

OKAY!! pretty lame ! yeah I know I suck at French. LOL honestly learning how to speak French is really hard, from the tenses singular plural blah blah.. I must say it ain't easy!! I just wish I was taught how to speak French when I was a kid. LOL oh well, I just have to go Paris to learn French just like what Ms. Armamento told us " .. if you want to learn French you have to go to Paris where people speak fluent French..." something like that. So I really have to save up some moolah for my trip to Paris! oui? oui!! ( yes? YES!!) LOL! sorry it's really one of my frustrations.. well atleast I know uhmm how to speak basic French LOL  like :

Bonjour- Hello

Bon Apres-midi - Good afternoon

Bonne Nuit- good night

Bonsoir- good evening

Comment ca vas- how are you?

Merci- thank you 

.. and some other basic French.. seriously French 101.. LOL someday somehow I will speak fluent French.

Now now, you might be wondering why I want to learn French, well basically I like the accent and uhmm and I like it just because. :) and bukod sa English at Filipino eh may alam akong ibang linggwahe! :)  well that's all for now..

Au revoir and Bonne  nuit!

xoxo

How to get over a broken heart??

how to get over whatttt??? LOL.. I chose this title because.... I dont know.. nah kidding. it was actually my title for Ms. Armi's essay thingy during her subject LRWS.. uhmm yea.. so how to get over a broken heart? it's so weird cos its been what  3 years since I had a relationship and it was the last time I experienced getting my heart broken.. so it's kinda weird for me to like write an essay about it,  and why the hell did I choose that essay title.. well maybe cos I had something to write about it. I don't know.. experience or something like that.. I'll try my best to remember everything that I wrote there.

" How to get over a broken heart?..

Getting over a broken heart is easier said than done.. ( guhreat I forgot what I wrote.. oh well I'll just have to continue this blog.. lol) anyway. like what I said getting over someone is easier said than done.. like you're gonna say " oh yeah I'm so over him" but in the back of your mind you're still hoping that you'll have him back or something like that..getting over someone ain't easy at all, especially when you really love the person. But if you really have to get over it and move on.. you just have to do it.even though it would be hard for you..

it's okay to cry about it for a week i guess but after that you just have to get on with your life, you don't have to be hard on yourself, here's how you can get over a broken heart or get over him (for me ah) first, you just have to get rid of  everything as in like everything that reminds you of him.. like pictures, things he gave you. messages on your phone, chat archives and the like.  yeah i know it would be hard especially when you are very sentimental with things that are worth keeping ..okay I'm actually describing myself.. that's funny LOL but yeah you have to do it.. second, keep yourself busy, focus on whatever you have to do (studies or work) join organizations anything that will make you busy.Third go to the gym make yourself beautiful don't stress yourself about  having a broken heart blah blah..you'll get over it sooner or later.. Fourth go out with friends. enjoy have fun. just don't drink too much or just don't get drunk at all cos you'll be very emotional about it again.. LOL and again I'm describing myself .. and lastly go out on a date, it's always nice to meet new people.or guys.. ;-) eventually you'll be able to get over everything.. it takes time.. :)

so that's about it .. whew.. I'm actually laughing at myself right now for blogging about getting over a broken heart.. LOL

time waits for no one..

i’m always a mess. i can never keep my own secrets. i laugh too hard at stupid things. my favorite songs can make me cry. i always watch for 11:11, but i missit more than i notice it. i live in the past, in the memories i have with the people i love. i hate thinking about reality and i’m heartsick for all the things that i can’t get back. its hard for me to define myself.i guess i’m just a cliche the girl who loved too hardand didnt get anything in return. i dont want to be the heroine in some tragic love story, i just want theone person who has never given me a second thought.

Have you ever noticed that the worst way to miss someone is when they are right beside you, and yet you can never have them…when the moment you can’t feel them under your fingertips you miss them? Have you ever wondered which hurts the most; saying something and wishing you had not, or and wishing you had? I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say.. Don’t be afraid to tell someone you love them. If you do, they might break your heart…but if you don’t you might break theirsHave you ever decided not to become a couple because you were afraid of losing what you already had with that person? Your heart decides who it likes and who it doesn’t. You can’t tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own…when you least expect it, or even when you don’t want it to. Have you ever wanted to love someone with everything you had, but that other person was too afraid to let you? Too many of us stay walled because we are too afraid to care too much…for fear that the other person does not care as much, or at all. Have you ever loved someone and they had absolutely no idea whatsoever? Or fell for your best-friend in the entire world, and then sat around and watched him/her fall for someone else? Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle? We tell lies when we are afraid…afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid about what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie…the thing we fear grows strongerLife is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don’t be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have, or could have had. No one waits forever..

de toi a moi

Moi j'aurais voulu percer à nu
le coeur de tes secrets,
Moi j'aurais voulu, en continu
goûter les secrets,
Mais je ne sais pas
ce que tu attends de moi,
Non je ne sais pas
ce que tu penses au fond.

[Chorus/Refrain:]
De toi à moi, il y a des choses qui ne s'expliquent pas,
tant elles se confondent,
tant elle sont profondes et légères à la fois,
De toi à moi, il y a, je crois, des mots qui n'osent pas,
des mots qui n'osent plus,
C'est nos amours déçus sans le savoir,
De toi à moi ...

Moi j'aurais aimé te faire oublier
les blessures de ton passé,
Moi j'aurais aimé te faire voyager
si seulement j'étais prêt,
Si je savais ce que j'attends de toi,
si je savais ce que je pense au fond.

[Chorus/Refrain:]
De toi à moi, il y a des choses qui ne s'expliquent pas,
tant elles se confondent,
tant elle sont profondes et légères à la fois,
De toi à moi, il y a, je crois, des mots qui n'osent pas,
des mots qui n'osent plus,
C'est nos amours déçus sans le savoir,
De toi à moi ...

On se relève peu à peu,
Tout est nouveau, si mystérieux,
Pour aimer, il faut être deux,
Mais nos vieux fantômes rôdent encore,
Avec du temps, on sera plus fort.
Ohohoh yeahhh

[Chorus/Refrain:]
De toi à moi, il y a des choses qui ne s'expliquent pas,
tant elles se confondent,
tant elle sont profondes et légères à la fois,
De toi à moi, il y a, je crois, des mots qui n'osent pas,
des mots qui n'osent plus,
C'est nos amours déçus sans le savoir,
De toi à moi ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQNYIgoeGMI&feature=related

pissed off man

I'm done with everything.. home works and stuff. And I'm now chatting with my sister.. :) and I actually don't know what to write here.. gosh.. I wanna rant about something, I hate it when people just don't  know how to respect other people's personal life. Like when you tell them not to pry about it, they will actually find a way to know the secret.ugh I don't make sense now. It's just that you actually trust them that they won't dig deeper.. gosh I'm actually pissed about it, but what can I do.. I just want them to just mind the their own bizwax.. I mean why would they want to know about that one personal thing. oh gosh i have to go. i might blog something inappropriate..

another blogspot

good evening..!

today was pretty hmm how can i describe this day.. well twas a "pig-out day" for me, and uhm my friends (erika chris and kat) we just ate alot during our breaks, we ate ice cream, chips, rice , coke, and we actually planned to eat siomai and siopao and isaw and shawarma but unfortunately it rained like mad..so we just decided to go home and rest, do our homeworks blah blah blah..

ill update this soon..  LOL