About Me

  • About Me: I'm one of the neurotic, obsessive-compulsive people you see poring over a book while eating sodium-rich food or having earphones stuck to my ears. I think chicken's delightful and coffee's delightfully addictive. I'm currently a freshman at the University of the Philippines-Manila, taking up BA Political Science.

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Virgin's Lover, The Other Boleyn Girl, American Gods, Alexander, Veronika Decides To Die, The Jester, The Godfather, Uglies, The Twisted Series, To Kill A Mockingbird, Les Miserables, The Iliad, Love In The Time Of Cholera, A Past Revisited, The Lovely Bones, The Pearl, East Of Eden, The Alchemist, The Little Prince, and the Fifth Mountain
  • Favorite Authors: James Patterson, Philippa Gregory, Jessica Zafra, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Mario Puzo, Paulo Coelho
  • Favorite Genres: Fiction (suspense thrillers, mysteries, psychological thrillers, historical fiction), History
  • Favorite Characters: Atticus Finch, The little prince, Samuel Hamilton
  • Favorite Quotes: "You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast." "The most happy" "There is a great tension in the world, tension toward a breaking point, and men are unhappy and confused. At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight against?"
  • Recent Reads: East of Eden, The Hours, Northanger Abbey

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Running With Scissors, The Dead Poets' Society, Babel, Elizabeth, The Aviator, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones's Diary: The Edge of Reason, Chicago, Little Miss Sunshine, La Vita E Bella, Juno, Stranger Than Fiction, Notes On A Scandal, and The Dark Knight. Across the Universe can also count.
  • Favorite Actors: Cate Blanchett, Diane Keaton, and Toni Collette
  • Favorite Directors: Ralph Murphy, Chris Columbus, Woody Allen
  • Favorite Genre: Historical, Musical, Drama, RomCom, Dark Comedy
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Connie and Carla, Juno, Running With Scissors, Love In The Time Of Cholera
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Something's Gotta Give, the 2 Bridget Jones films, Chicago, Juno, Rent

Video Games

  • Games I Play: RAN Online, Sims 2, Super Guitar Maniac, Time Crisis
  • Favorite Characters: brawler, a sim
  • Gaming Alias: cowell, zirconium
  • Servers I Play On: kalayaan, havoc, strife
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Super Mario, PACMAN
  • Most Addictive: RAN online, SIMS 2, Ragnarok
  • Proudest Achievements: Shintendouchi skill, making a sim take a bath...

Television

  • Favorite Shows: 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Project Runway, The Simpsons, American Idol, Hour China, Everybody Loves Raymond, and biographies on the bio channel
  • Favorite Channels: Star World, National Geographic, 2nd Avenue, Discovery Channel, Biography Channel
  • Favorite Reruns: The OC and Grey's Anatomy
  • Most Addictive Show: Heroes, American Idol, and Project Runway
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Jimmy Kimmel Live
  • Characters you relate to: Seth Cohen
  • Favorite Theme Song: California by Phantom Planet and the 30 Rock Theme by Jeff Richmond
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Project Runway, Gossip Girl (the acting and the story slightly suck but why am i hooked?)

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian, Korean, Japanese
  • Favorite Dishes: Baked Ziti, Paella, Bul-go-gi, Couscous, Tandoori, Sashimi, Curry, Chicken Risotto, Spaghetti, anything with chicken on it
  • Favorite Desserts: Anything with ice cream, mangoes, or chocolate, chocolate pudding. Crepes could work!
  • Favorite Drinks: Juice, Coffee, Red iced tea, Water
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Chocolate, Combos, anything with cheese powder on it
  • Best meal ever: Couscous with roasted, spiced chicken, Chicken Risotto, Paprika Chicken
  • Favorite Restaurants: Italianni's, Kulinarya Kitchen, Cafe Meditteranean, Yoshinoya, Chi's Brick Oven Kitchen
  • Foods I hate: Okras and other weird vegetables, bagoong, pork

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Regina Spektor, The Beatles, Sonicflood, and anyone from the likes of Il Divo to Maksim to Lea Salonga to The BeeGees to Flyleaf
  • Favorite Albums: Begin to Hope, Soviet Kitsch, Sonicpraise
  • Favorite Genre: Rock, Alternative, Classical, Jazz, Musical Theater, Indie, Praise & Worship, Oldies
  • Favorite Songs: Perfect by Flyleaf, I Want to Know You, and Heart of Worship by Matt Redman, and The Call by Regina Spektor
  • Favorite Lyrics: All my efforts to clean me Leave me putrid and filthy And how can you look at me When I can't stand myself Perfect in weakness I'm only perfect in just your strength alone Perfect in weakness I'm only perfect in just your strength alone
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Doobie Brothers, Beatles, and James Taylor songs
  • Songs I hate: Mushy love songs, songs with bad messages and with senseless, immature lyrics
  • Guilty Pleasure: Colbie Caillat songs and Katy Perry songs
  • Songs I repeat the most: Regina Spektor songs and songs I wish to memorize

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Karla, Karla Pineda, Karlalujah
  • Nationality: Filipino
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: My Dad and Mom
  • Interests: Blogs, music, art, people, TV, books, writing, dogs, movies, magazines, Photoshop CS2
  • Expertise: Music, Art, Writing, Public Speaking
  • Website: karlalujah.multiply.com

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  • squilch_scarlet
    thank goodness we have blogs... i don't know what to do with all these *feelings*... i wanna read posts!