Welcome to another chatty vlog!
Hey guys! I'm back again, so soon. It's Sunday today and I just felt like
filming a random chatty video.
So, time has been moving so fast, like it's already November.
Well, November 4 today and
I think the last time I filmed a random chatty video was three weeks ago?
And, wow, next thing you know, it's gonna be 2019 already.
It's Sunday today and obviously it's Monday again tomorrow and
I'm gonna be stuck at home, working the whole week. So what I do is I make it a point
on the weekends to go out. Last Wednesday, I went out for this Halloween get-together thing with some friends.
Shoutouts to Angel and Ken! I made a reminder to say hi to you guys!
Angel and Ken are 2 of my friends who always support me in my YouTube endeavors.
MWAH for Ken, MWAH for Angel!
Anyways, I had dinner with Cessy and Chris last night, at Backyard in UP Town. Here's a photo of us.
We were all cute last night. I also watched Bohemian Rhapsody yesterday with Renzo.
And some thoughts about Bohemian Rhapsody. By the way, disclaimer: I don't want this
to affect your decision of watching it or not watching it. Go ahead and watch it,
so you can have a decision of your own, but if you want to hear my thoughts...
I didn't like it that much. Hear me out, so don't get all defensive on me, like:
Freddie Mercury is life, why didn't you love Bohemian Rhapsody, etc, etc...
And yes I know that Freddie Mercury is a great artist and Rami Malek did a great job
portraying Freddie Mercury, no doubt.
Like, that's one of the best things about Bohemian Rhapsody is his portrayal of Freddie Mercury
and the acting and the performing parts were all good. It's just that...
It felt like a quick summary of all the aspects of Freddie Mercury's life
rather than an in-depth experience of some parts of this life. Like what I mean is...
like it touched on everything, but it didn't really make me feel anything. You know what I mean?
It just felt like, in Renzo's words, it was like...
It just felt like a crammed high school PowerPoint report and you just crammed all the information there
just so you can present something. But with that being said,
you can't take away the fact that the performance was great. The performance, the music...
everything was great but... that's the thing. I was just looking to feel something.
Like in A Star is Born, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's movie,
I know that's not necessarily a biopic of an actual artist in real life
but it's also a music movie. But A Star is Born, it made me feel something. It was raw for me.
Like, I felt something for the character. It's just such a shame that
I didn't feel that for Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. But then again I don't want that to affect
whether you should watch it or not. I suggest you watch it because there
are some people who definitely loved the movie.
Wow what else... Christmas is near.
I know November just started and I'm already thinking of Christmas, but I mean, who are we kidding,
in the Philippines, Christmas starts on September 1.
Christmas is near, so for all the students out there, don't let yourself be burnt out,
'cause I know this is nearing finals already for some of you. So don't let yourself get burned out.
Take breaks. I talked about this in my apps video. I use this app called Tide.
It times like an hour, let's say, and then it will remind you "Hey, take a three-minute break/
take a 10-minute break", just so your brain doesn't fry like eggs on a beautiful Sunday morning breakfast.
Sometimes I wonder, like I think to myself:
Do I miss being a student? And my answer is no, because it's just that...
I'm enjoying being a non-student right now. Will I study again in the future? Who knows.
But right now I do not miss Ateneo's oral exams. If you don't know what that is, it's basically...
It's an oral exam. Like you talk to the professor one-on-one. There's a thesis statement
and you explain it for, let's say, 10 minutes. And you're just talking for 10 minutes.
It's nerve-racking for some people like me, who just is not that for that kind of stuff.
Sometimes I just want to write down stuff and not have the pressure of
like a pair of knowledgeable and wise eyes like my professors' on me.
It's just... pressuring.
There was one time I cried during an oral exam, but to be fair it wasn't because I was nervous
but it was because the topic was really emotional for me. But yeah I have a love-hate relationship
with Ateneo's oral exams. I don't think a lot of other universities do oral exams a lot,
I think it's mostly Ateneo, but yeah. Love-hate relationship. Love, because it trains you--
it works actually--it trains you to think on your feet and to verbalize your thoughts.
As in speech kind of verbalize, not just written down.
And for some people it's harder, for some people it's easier. But yeah...
Love-hate relationship. Hate, because, like I said, the nerves... it's not good.
But yeah, for all the students there, take breaks! Study smart, not necessarily hard.
Take care of yourselves, because if you don't, who is gonna take your exams for you?
No one. Not your mom, not your dad. You. So take it easy on the Kopiko
and the Starbucks, okay? Drink water sometimes. Not purely McDonald's iced coffee,
which is good for their price.
I just cannot wait for Christmas, like... Again, I'm talking about Christmas. Because this is the first time in my life,
this year, that I have a paying job ever. So I'm so excited to buy stuff for my loved ones that are
actually of substance.
I don't have to give them just Toblerone or Cadbury or Kisses as Christmas gifts.
Not that there's anything wrong with small gifts like chocolates or something like that,
but it's just a different feeling when you give something to someone that you saved up for and worked for.
I cannot wait to feel that feeling this Christmas, so I'm excited.
Undas (The Day of the Dead) just passed. I hope you guys visited your loved ones who have passed
or maybe they'll visit you, hopefully not. No, let's not talk about ghosts.
You know how I hate talking about ghosts, it gives me the heebie-jeebies, the creeps, the *shivers*
I don't even know if I believe in ghosts. I've never seen a ghost ever in my life.
Let's stop talking about it. I'm getting creeped out. I'm alone in my room. Anyways, next topic.
Let us not dive into the world of negativity and fear. Speaking of fear, by the way,
last night I dreamt that there were cockroaches on my bed.
Yes, cockroaches on my bed. And I Googled the meaning of that, like cockroaches in dreams,
what's the meaning? This is what Google said.
"Seeing cockroaches in your dream means your need for renewal, rejuvenation, and self-cleansing
of your psychological, emotional, or spiritual being. You need to reevaluate
major aspects of your life." I was like, what's the connection of cockroaches to my spiritual being?
Like it says so much about us humans and our hankering for finding meaning in everything.
Like why can't it just be cockroaches means cockroaches? No, we have to Google it,
and look for meaning, and spiritual meaning in it, and let it tell us where we are in our lives.
But I guess it just says a lot about how faith or a belief in something important to us.
And it's important for us to hold on to something like that? I don't know. Food for thought.
I will leave the question unanswered. It's just interesting, 'cause I really like doing that.
Like when I wake up and I remember my dream, I really like looking for the meaning of it.
Like this morning, I was like, I Googled "cockroach in your dream meaning".
Do any of you do that also? This is getting so weird and you might end up
dreaming of cockroaches because of this, but I hope not.
But anyways, anyways, anywaaaaze...
I hope you're having a great day, afternoon, or night wherever you are in the world.
I know one of you out there is listening.
If you want, you can follow me Instagram, it's @nikkivicente,
or on Twitter, it's Nicole Vicente, without the vowels.
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And remember: stay monumental!
BYE!
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