And the Rain Continues...

Rain continues, some roads are blocked and/or destroyed...

Flooded streets, houses, avenues...

And we're the only University STUPID enough to open - -;;

Sure it didn't rain during the day, not much anyway...But considering the conditions the University was under, it was very foolish to decide to open the institution! Flooded hallways and classrooms, classrooms that were way way WAY to cold, absent professors, mud everywhere, damaged chalkboards...

Yes, the university was completely F'ed up.

Of course there were hardly any students...Most of the students don't really live in Ponce, they live in other towns, so they have to go through practically Hell just to get to the damn college! Students that risked their lives to get there, just so they wouldn't miss class, and the institution doesn't take that into consideration!

All in all, I actually don't mind being in the university on days like these, though I'd much rather be safe and calm in the security of my home. It's a treat walking around the campus on days like these, you see some really interesting things and learn a lot; like for instance, I was not aware of the fact that the University had a lake.

Beautiful, isn't it? I knew we had a pool, but I had no idea this lake existed. Yes, a beautiful lake that will soon be a breeding ground for mosquitoes sometime next week ^_^

But it's still marvelous to gaze at =P I mean, I just HAD to stop to take a picture of it since it really captured my eye ^_^ I think that was the highlight of my day, seeing that beautiful sight...

Gosh...when we had our Italian class, a thunderstorm started, rain poured down and it poured and it poured...The wind was howling and it was practically pitch black outside, and it was like...only 6pm. So the professor finished pretty early, like half an hour before the dismissal time. Practically the whole building was flooded O_O McManus Building was practically submerged in water, not even the pool had that much water! Of course I was enjoying the beautiful rain, because rain at night is just so magical...

The chilly wind cutting through your skin, feeling the rain fall on your head...Your hair dripping wet and listening to Dir en grey, no tiene precio...It was all picture-perfect...

But no way in Hell am I going tomorrow - -;;;

Love, Niimu ^_~

Drops of Thoughts Falling from the Sky

It has been raining practically non-stop since yesternight, not that I'm complaining. I love it when it rains, apart from the clean and fresh smell the rain leaves, it also makes me think and reflect about the things I'm going through.

Thought, feelings, and desires...

The rain and its wonderful attributes have a way of opening my mind. The chilly air as it cuts through my skin feels almost magical. There is just nothing better than listening to the rain fall on your window, pouring softly or hard against the street. You can read, listen to music, sleep or just stare at the rain...

As I stare out my window, I think about loved ones that are near yet so far away and that leaves me feeling melancholic. I think about them and yet it also leaves a feeling of love, hopefulness and happiness. Sometimes I wish I could stand outside in the rain, feeling the water cleanse me completely, washing away negative thoughts from my mind...Right now my biggest desires are running outside in the rain, hoping that what I mentioned would be true and my other desire is to be near those I love so much I would give my very life for.

It's a cloudy night yet I can see the faint glow of the stars and the moon, sadly I'm not allowed to step outside if it's raining due to my health problems. But from where I'm sitting I'll try to enjoy everything to its full extent...

Finally!

After many a months of crying, suffering and frustration...Niimu finally has a new cellphone!!! ^_^ Yes...it was about time, I was about to go crazy with my previous phone. That phone messed with my patience for the last time. It was goshforsaken stupid Razr that, while it survived a fall in a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles cereal with milk, was screwed since 3 months prior to that slight mishap.

*sigh* It was a sight watching me trying to make even a simple call from that phone. Flipping the phone's lid repeatedly trying to get the screen to show up only to have it disappear in 24 or so seconds. Fighting with the buttons since the number 7, *, 0 and 9 just didn't work unless you promised to sell your soul to devil. Sucky speaker quality. The screen suddenly flipping upside down or backwards. Not being able to charge the battery since my cellphone swore that it was working without one...

Ah yes, those were all just SOME of the things my ex-cellphone used to do...

Luckily, it's all behind me now. I am quite content with my new Samsung model ^_^ It's neat, comfy and really manageable. I love it to pieces, it's the same model Mommy has so that's like, another plus. ^////^

Since I changed my cell we had to extend the stupid contract with Claro *sigh* So we're stuck with them for two more years...aren't we lucky?

My old cellphone, Geniz, may she rest in piece.

or rather in pieces - -;;

Niimu

Random Find in a Bag of Gummy Bears

The above picture is a random gummy Mommy found in a gummy bear bag ^_^

Yeah...it was really random and odd O.o To me it looks like a bunch of grapes hehehe...So, Mommy found it while we were at the movies with her, celebrating her birthday. She and I were sharing the bag with Uncle (one of Mommy's friends) She pulls out the weird gummy and we just...stare at it, and I said I wanted to eat it because it was red...^_^ But then I thought, nah...we should keep it as a memento of today, random gummy...o.o


But we finished it off between the three of us at Burger King XD

It tasted...odd, not at all like normal gummies...o.o

A Weird and Random Day with my Father

Today my father has amazed me in ways I never thought possible.

Not just today actually, two nights ago when he invited me to play Scrabble. He told me "Let's listen to some music, put a Dir en grey CD." Naturally my mouth fell open wide and I thought it was a dream I mean...

My father...

The guy that refers to Dir en grey as...well, I'd rather not say...

Point is, he doesn't really like them...

But now he's been proving me wrong o.o

So yes, that night I had a CD all ready ^_^ with this track list:

Clever Sleazoid, Dead Tree, Itoshisa ha Fuhai Nitsuki, The Final, Disabled Complexes, Rotting Root, Deity, Hotarubi, C, Kodou, Marmalade Chainsaw and I don't remember what else...

Point is, we were playing and he actually made nice comments about them o.o which was rather disturbing since I am not used to it, but it was still nice ^_^ Well...this morning I received the shock of my life from dad.

I was in my room, minding my own business with my mommy, Geniz (one of my beautiful shistas) and we were sitting in my bed, talking, when suddenly I look up and I start thinking 'I swear I just heard Kyo meowing...' and I open the door and to my surprise...Dad was listening to Dir en grey...on his own accord.

I thought the world was ending I mean, my dad and Dir en grey just don't mix. I went downstairs and I was like "DAD...! What ARE you doing listening to Diru? ^_^" "Well...I liked the CD...No big deal really ^^;;" Not only that, we had another Scrabble match (in which I won by 146 points in Spanish XD) and I burned another CD for him and my dad was really excited!

I'm really proud of my dad, he's been changing his ways and trying his very best to be supportive of my love for Diru...I truly love him for that ^_^

Yes...tis my dad and Gorky ^_^

Niimu

The Origin of the Bunnies

On September 11 I promised that I would let readers know the meaning behind my blog's title "Where the bunnies live..." It's a long tale full of randomness and shistaness.

See, the bunnies first came to existence during the summer of last year. My shista, Hara, came to visit me and spend 3 or 4 days with me. During one of those days, we were sitting at the dining room table chatting via messenger.

Yes...

We were sitting right across from each other but we decided it'd be funnier to IM each other instead of talking. Well, she logged in and I was like "GASP! Harita's online! ^_^ Hiiii shissie-pie" and Hara looked at me kinda funny, sighed and replied "Hi Niimu...how are you?" "I'm fine :( I miss you so much beeyatch! TT_TT" she looked up and said "Seriously Niimu, what are you smoking? - -;;" I looked up from my laptop, feeling insulted and typed "I am not smoking anything, it's the bunnies who be smoking pot..."

Ah yes the bunnies...The pot-smoking bunnies that live in my brain.

"They are the keys to open the chest of infinite wisdom and the answers to life"

Then my shista just started laughing her head off, telling me how crazy I was and how on earth I come up with those kinds of things. The bunnies have been there during the hardest moments of our lives. They are here to give us comfort and emotional support, not to cause trouble. They have Jamaican accents, dreadlocks and they are small...There's about 3 or 4 or them. But, not only are there bunnies...There are also special monkey agents who do the bunnies' dirty work.

There was one agent whom unfortunately lost his life in his line of work, Agent 256 I believe it was...But that's a story for another day.

Well yes, in short; the bunnies are the fountain of knowledge from my untapped well of wisdom and philosophical thinking. Pot-smoking bunnies with Jamaican accents and dreadlocks ^_^ So while I was trying to come up with a creative name for my blog, something original and not cheap like say "My Blog" or "Niimu's Blog" - -;;; I thought "Hey...what about the bunnies? ^_^ They control my everyday activities and randomness!" Hence, "Where the bunnies live..." was born.

Niimu

My role model, Dr. Ana Mercedes Montero Velez

Second time's the charm...


I started this post and had like, well basically the beginning but Firefox froze on me while attempting to open PUCPR's webpage XD Yeah...

So as I was saying (well writing mostly) Yesterday I came to realize how much one of my English professors, Annie as we've come to know her, means to me. After taking 2 major English courses with her, English 223 and 224 and currently coursing my third semester with her taking English 311 Morphology and the structure of the English Language; she has become a big part of my academic life. With her quick wit, her ironic yet loving insults and her simple way of being is enough to brighten our dull days ^_^

Now who is Dr. Montero? She is this feisty little woman, standing tall at 4 feet and 11 inches high. Well manicured nails, blondish brown hair, intelligent, sarcastic yet loving...She has been our professor for the past 2 English courses and we have 2 more with her, she has also been the reason as to why so many students have changed their concentrations. ^_^

Yesterday we had a quiz on the vowel sounds and most of my classmates, though prepared, they were scared of taking the quiz since Hello? It was an Annie quiz XD they are SO not meant to be taken lightly. Well...my classmates who shall remain nameless *cough*AngelCarmeloMiguelandrandomdudewhosenameescapesme*cough* applied what they had learn from having taken English 223 with Annie.

You see, last year, as she was writing on the chalkboard she jumped up and exclaimed "Ow!" Being the caring students that we are, we asked what was wrong. "I've been bitten by the quiz bug..." [insert smug Annie smile] "Put everything away and let's have a short quiz on the first 5 chapters of the book" Long story short, we all basically failed that quiz ^^;;; Annie then apologized and said: "I'm sorry, it's just that...If I see the desks lined up nicely I get the urge to give quizzes." Well that comment stuck in my classmates heads and every day since then, they place all the desks in either a circular form or all joined side by side in a group so Annie won't give us quizzes.

Yesterday, Annie proved our theory wrong...Well theirs in this case - -;; She walked into the classroom and saw them all bunched up, she stared at them and smiled her sarcastic smile and told them "Awww...I think it is so special how you 4 friends are always so close together. I think it shows us that you all have a strong bond and are inseparable, but that's not getting you out of our quiz." Well...they just sat there staring at Annie and having scared smiles on their faces. Annie once again smiled (and we all know that her smiles are pretty dangerous...) "What I mean to say is...GET IN THE DAMN LINE FOR GOD'S SAKE!" and in less than a second they had already moved their desks and were shaking in their seats. Wow...Annie has such power over them, us for that matter. "I am so ashamed of how easy this quiz is...It's almost embarrassing." she smiled "But I know some of you will just, find a way to prove me wrong. ^_^"

Quiz was easy, providing you had studied. I finished it in less than 15 minutes, but I still went back and double checked my answers of course. After the quiz, Annie said that volunteers had to go up to the chalkboard and answer the homework words we had to transcribe. Only 5 students went up there to answer them, and only 2 answers were correct. No one else dared to go up there...Annie sat on one of our desks and asked "Well, any more volunteers?" and received no replies. "People, for God's sake...I asked you to transcribe simple, normal everyday words. Not something like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" she stood up and kept on going "I mean, come on. All of you have gone to the THEATER, some of you have NEPHEWS and you all live in a NEIGHBORHOOD. You all hope to GRADUATE and you'd better get up and write the damn words before I lose my PATIENCE and send somebody to the HOSPITAL. Where it will be so cold that you'll need to wear a JACKET." We all sat in our seats semi-petrified yet laughing our heads off as she said "See? I used all the words I assigned...and you understood them, so there's no excuse."

It's Annie moments like these that make me glad to be taking classes with such an amazing professor, one that really helped me realize what I want to be when I grow up...What I want to become, and that is an English professor just like her. But as much as I love and admire her, I'm thankful to be taller than she is :P

Niimu

Yes you lucky people...My first post ^_~

Hi! Welcome to my blog.

T'was created simply because I was looking for an excuse to not study for the English Lit test I had
and I was bored out of my mind ^_^ So I simply thought, "Hmmm...I know! Maybe I could make
a blog, and update it whenever I'm feeling random, frustrated and/or bored! ^_^" So now you lucky people will get to know all about my interestingly amazing life! I truly envy you...

Not really...

Why? Because I am the protagonist in this (sometimes) fascinating play that is my life and you are well...the lucky audience ^_^ Keep up the good work! Love you all!


Well...this was only the first post, maybe tomorrow I'll explain the name of the blog or talk about important people ^_~

Hugs and kisses, love from Niimu