Peace and Hippie Love

I am Denise Rivera, living on this earth for around seventeen years. I blow my candles on October 7, which is under the astrological sign of Libra. I currently reside in Manila, Philippines but I grew up in Cavite, Philippines. I am currently a first year college student in De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde taking up Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts.

My family consists of my Dad, who's always there to support me all the way. My mom, who is super protective of me and cooks the best dishes for me (I sure miss her cooking. Mom, wait for my arrival back in our province!). My older brother, who is currently studying Bachelor of Music in Christian Arts major in Classical Guitar at a university. And our dogs, Yumi and Stan, who always jumps like they're idiots whenever they see us.

I love anime. I have been a self-proclaimed otaku ever since I was introduced to it. That's why I have this craving to attend conventions, buy mangas, action figures, dolls, plush toys, bags, and other merchandises. Whenever I have a stable source of money, I shall try to do cosplaying for fun!

I like graphic designing. I've always wanted to design something out of my talents and tell it to the world through cyberspace. Also, I like reading romance novels, short one-shot stories and mangas. It gives me a good reason to kill boredom.

Music doesn't even like me in the first place, unlike my older brother, but I have some favorites even though I'm not an avid fan of music. I like visual art better. I like listening to Japanese Pop, Japanese Rock, Visual Kei bands, Modern Pop, Rock n' Roll and Screamo. Mostly in my iPod are anime OSTs and music from Visual Kei bands. In television, I only enjoy watching reality shows and comedy shows. I am not an avid moviegoer, so don't bother asking me about movies.

I am perfectly weird in my own way. I am not a retard, a nerd, a jerk, a pain in the ass or something like that. I am talkative in a way that some people don't like me and some people do. I am not a show-off or an egoistical person. It's better to know me in person or trying to approach me would be the best thing to put your impressions.

Talking about love, I am single as of now and don't mind if someone tries to spirit me away. I like a guy that a has a good sense of humor and a gentleman. I hate egoistical bastards. They irritate the hell out of my nerves.

April 16, 2009. The date wherein I'll know the results of my entrance examination in De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde. To tell you the truth, I am very nervous. I am planning to take Asia Pacific College entrance examination by today after seeing my results. I only realized that I wanted a Bachelor's Degree in Arts and not in Science. NCAE results is the one blamed for my eccentric behavior about that one.

I went in DLS-CSB together with my mom. We sat on the lobby for almost 45 minutes. For me, I wasn't very confident about passing the exam since I was really bothered with my Mathematics subtest. I told you before that thing wasn't finished and some of the items were guessed and had 15-20 items left blank.

Until then, a representative from the Admissions Center called my name. I was forcing myself to stand up steadily and walk towards her to claim my letter. I smiled as hardly as I could and accepted the letter. As I approached my mom, I told her to hurry up since I will be taking Asia Paicific College. I don't have the confidence to pass the exam. But, my mom was so damn persistent. She had forced me to sat down and relax. We carefully opened my status letter and I dramatically peeped inside the letter. I was surprised to see a phrase with bold letters. I decided to take it out of the envelope and read it, and much to our surprise, I passed the exam. I passed my first choice of course: Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts. Of course, I was so damn happy.

As we hopped into our car, my mom asked me if we should rush to Makati and take Asia Pacific College entrance examination. It didn't gave me a minute to think. "I should enroll in that college, mom", I said, "after all, it's near to Cathedral of Praise and you wouldn't allow me to go to Makati because of the damn shopping malls"

By tomorrow, I should confirm my slot or else I won't be able to enroll there.

It has been a while since I last updated this site. I was too pre-occupied with things I wanted to do with my summer vacation. I want to attend some seminars, learn to play the violin again, learning Photoshop basics, going to camps and swimming escapades and many much more.

I want to go and try shopping on my own stuffs. I want to go and seek the real world. As much as possible, I am trying to save every peso that I have so could go and shop.

I've been spending my internet time with Plurk. I enjoy sharing my thought in every minute. It's not bad to rant about things or brag about the things you like. As long as you have fun and find people who shares the same interests as you are, then it's fine.

This incoming April 27-29, 2009, I'll be going to Antipolo City, Rizal to held out the summer camp organized by the Youth Department of Cathedral of Praise. It's called Passion since we thirst for the Living God and Him alone. I was kinda sad when I was to go there all by myself, but I'm hoping to meet new friends and co-first timers.