The 84th Academy Awards...THE OSCARS!!!

The 2012 Oscars are finally here! And who is going to win?!


Here are my predictions:


BEST PICTURE: "The Artist"


BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"


BEST ACTOR: Jean Duharjin for "The Artist"


BEST ACTRESS: Viola Davis for "The Help"


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer for "Beginners"


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer for "The Help"


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "Midnight in Paris"


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: "The Descendants"


BEST ANIMATED SCREENPLAY: "Rango"


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Hugo"


BEST COSTUME DESIGN: "Jane Eyre"


BEST FILM EDITING: "The Artist"


BEST MAKEUP: "The Iron Lady"


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: "The Artist"


BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets"


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"


Good luck to all the nominees! Cheers to a good night!

Sonnet Saturday & Sh*t _____ Say: Part Two

Hey people of the earth! I haven't really kept up with "Sonnet Saturday" at all because I pretty much forgot about it, but now that Lent has come around, I have more time to work on my personal blog.


I posted another "Sh*t People Say to Filipinos" video on YouTube! Here it is:

It's longer than my first video, so enjoy!


Anyways, back to "Sonnet Saturday." I wrote a sonnet last semester about Finals Week. Here it is:

Almost There (12/10/11)

High stressed emotions take complete control.

Awake until the sun begins to rise.

Connection lost between body and soul.

Where in the whole world are my clear, blue skies?

Ended a long relationship with sleep

Many years ago; regrets fill me up.

Tears from the eyes, about it I still weep.

Coffee overflows from a Starbucks cup.

Up very late, burning the midnight oil.

Snacking to stay awake, high calories.

What stinks? Milk in the fridge begins to spoil.

Energy low like teachers’ salaries.

Needing motivation, I’m almost there;

But to finish strong, I have to prepare.

Have a great weekend! If you don't celebrate the weekends like I do, have a great day!

Sh*t ____ Say

I've been watching "Shit _____ Say" videos on YouTube, with the original video being "Shit Girls Say" which you can find here:

I've been thinking of making one of my own, but I wasn't sure what to do. I finally figured it out. Work with something I actually know. "Shit People Say to Filipinos." Here's the video:

I'm making a second video soon, so stay tuned! Peace out, everybody!

Sonnet Saturday

I'm going to start something new and try something called "Sonnet Saturdays." Every Saturday, I will try to post a sonnet I have written about my week. I find poetry to be quite interesting, and writing poems is challenging but enjoyable.


So, I will now post a sonnet I wrote within the past hour. Any guesses to what it's about?

Better Than I Thought (12/10/11)


Three days ago, I had pain deep inside.
Torn into pieces was my aching heart.
Emotions changing like the ocean tide
Is what I had predicted from the start.
Two days ago, I thought I had forgot
What had happened on the previous day.
But the memories surged in as I caught
Sight of her; the sting would not go away.
One day ago, I received breaking news
And, at last, saw the mark in the corner.
My eyes widened. The grade seen did bemuse
Me. I rejoiced, no longer a mourner.
I had done better than I thought I had,
So there was no reason to go quite mad.

I hope you enjoyed that! Be looking forward to next Saturday when I will be posting a new sonnet! Have a great day! Happy holidays!

Christmas is coming!!!

Found this mix on 8tracks.com! Check it out!

It's SUPER easy to be GREEN.

Welcome back to HSU all you earth lovers! And if you're new to HSU, the Greenteam would like to give you a HUGE welcome! I hope all of you had an AWESOME summer! Back in college...ready for fun...maybe not so excited about classes...but college is cool though right...?

I hope we made our mark during NSOlodeon! The Greenteam put out water stations near the dorms during move-in day JUST FOR YOU. So you should feel special. Consider it as an early birthday present for you freshmen and transfers (and everyone else) who grabbed a cup of water from our stations. PLUS we partnered with The Arborday Foundation and donated 450 trees to be planted over the course of the next year! So, you're welcome for that. Oh and we gave away these awesome windshield shade things you put in your car to keep the sun out. If you'd like one (for FREE) just send us an email of you begging for one and we'll hook you up big time!

Email us at hsugreen@gmail.com!

Check us out on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/hsugreen

I was picking up my mail from the post office, and as usual, all I had were some advertisements for events around school. So I decided to recycle them in a not-so-far-away paper recycling bin placed strategically near the post office. And still, I saw people throwing away their paper mail in the trash. Friendly reminder, PLEASE RECYCLE! It's honestly not that hard to do. The earth will love you for it.

I did a recent search in "green" news and found an article about a city not too far from here: DALLAS (shoutout!). Here's the article: CLICK HERE. Basically, the article was talking about how Dallas just became the first major city in Texas to launch carton recycling! How cool is that?! So go back to the days of elementary school and remember lunch time and how you had that small carton of milk. And just think, NOW YOU CAN RECYCLE IT!!!

Here's a statistic from the article: "In 2008, only 18 percent of U.S. households had access to carton recycling programs. Today, this number has nearly doubled to almost 36%, with cities in over 40 states representing approximately 40 million households now accepting cartons in their curbside collection programs. Dallas increases these numbers by an additional 235,000 households, and is setting the bar for other cities in the state of Texas to follow suit."

Here's another statistic: "Last year, the City of Dallas recycled more than 50,000 tons of materials and is on track to recycle nearly 65,000 tons this year. Carton recycling will help the city toward their 31% diversion goal for the year. By increasing their recycling rate and coming up with innovative ways to increase waste diversion, the city saved $1,185,260.21 of landfill space."

Keep on being green. Keep on loving the earth. Stay cool, my friends. Peace out.

Enjoy this earth-friendly video by The Fun Theory:

wanna SAVE MONEY in college???

So...I was surfing the web for ways to save money in college (and btdubs, I'm always looking for ways to save money since I'm a typical "poor" colllege kid), and I came across THIS. I found an interesting way to save some Benjamin bucks (or Washington bucks in my case): GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!

I'm currently on a project to grow basil and tomato plants in my dorm (kinda similar to what that dude in the link does except that I don't really know what hydroponics actually is...cool word though). Anyways, I was inspired to grow my own fruits and vegetables thanks to fellow HSUgreenteam member Tay, who grows okra in her bathroom (weird, I know...)!!!

Last weekend, I bought two of these nifty thrifty mini-plant kits from Target in the dolla' section, and currently, my basil plants are doing pretty great! Here's a pic of them awesome shoots:

I'm pretty proud of my basil! I can't wait until the plants are big enough for me to pick of a leaf of basil and chew it for a good five seconds before going out with some friends (for fresh breath right?! or did I mix basil up with mint?)

For all you HSU peeps, DumpDay is on Thursday, May 12, 2011! Basically it will take place on the lawn in front of your dorm, and all you have to do is dump the stuff you don't want to take to your casa at designated DumpZones & the Greenteam will take care of the rest! We will take your paper, plastic, aluminum, furniture, old electronics, and clothes so that they won't end up in some nasty landfill! Por favor/please rinse your containers before recycling them! Let's keep God's creation as clean as a whistle! Check out the vid:

And if you like that vid, you'll love this one even more:



And since I love music way too much (like, it's not even funny), here is earth-lover Jack Johnson singing an awesome earth-lovin' song:

Anyways, I hope you all have a great day, and keep lovin' the earth!