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yadda, yadda.
yaaay! finally.. natapos na pansamantala ang aking karamdaman. the "i-miss-school" syndrome was temporarily cured.. yeah! nakapunta ko sa school at nakakita ng mga tao! harhar. okay fine, dalawa lang sa mga kaibigan ko yung nakita ko (nica at trixie) pero at least TAO di ba? hehe. i know the syndrome will not be coming back soon because Mrs. Lee just invited me to join the Leadership Training! Yeah! it'll be held in St. Paul Pasig on april 19-21. and it's no ordinary LT (according to trixie), since we are going to go to subic, swim and do lots of fun stuff we didn't do before. woohoo! sounds like another adventure for my summer. i'm sooo looking forward to that.this afternoon my mom and i watched Miss Congeniality 2 sa SM jologs (where else?!). the story was pretty cool. astig nga eh kasi she looks hot pero she still kicks butt. harhar. i don't want to tell the story to the world, kasi baka magalit kayo sakin eh. but i'm here to say that it was worth watching. yun.haaaay. i'm leaving for the states. for good. yep. i'm not going to study here anymore. we'll be going on june 11 and yun. all our papers our done and so far, so good. aaah, i'm gonna miss you guys. APRIL FOOLS!!!!!! haha. oti. wala lang. :) hindi ko kaya matitiis yun noh! at hindi ako papayag! buhay ko nandito sa 'pinas.. i'm having the time of my life here!!! okay, so after that lame joke, (wala na talaga ko masabe).. my mom agreed that me and my friends should have a sleepover here! yeaaahh.. bago magpasukan!!! wala ng mas-aastig pa dun, di ba?!?! sobrang astig. sana lang matuloy, saka sana payagan sila. hmph. haay nako yun lang naman kasi ang ayaw ko kapag nagplaplano yung mga tao ng mga bagay-bagay. we only end up in two conditions: 1.) pwede lahat pero yung nag-hohost or nag-suggest hindi papayagan ng parents and/or walang chaperone, or 2.) papayagan yung nag-hohost or nag-suggest pero walang pinayagang iba. bad trip noh?! i mean, what are the odds na talagang makakapunta lahat? let's face it, kapag nagplaplano, game lahat, volunteer-an at brainstorming agad ng ideas. pero alam mo yun, nakakatamad na rin minsan kapag alam mong hindi kayo kumpleto, kapag hindi lahat sure. me, i always (okay, most of the time) end up feeling sad. kasi di ba, i'm an only child, so basically, i enjoy the company of my friends. kapag may mga planong gimmick, game ako. pero it's either di ako papayagan or pag pinayagan ako di matutuloy. nakakainis nga eh. i wouldn't get my hopes way up, but still i'm wishing we WILL have a sleepover at my house. sort of, bonding-an before the school starts. we'll eat and stay up till morning.. (hindi na nga ko magsasalita at baka masyado na naman ako ma-excite, di ako makakain) i got these icon that i really, really liked from Memegen:
<-- this one I call the "Crash Into Love icon" Ang astig noh? Ok, hindi ako ang gumawa nito, but I forgot who did it, so kung sino ka man, thank you. Gagamitin ko muna, ha?! Astig kasi eh!!! And it's true, some people fall in love pero some people DO crash into it. it's weird nga eh na yung iba, sobrang slow process pa, it would take them months, sometimes years, to realize na mahal nga nila yung tao. pero yung iba, one moment *snap* and they're in love. it's not even falling anymore. now that's the term for it: crash. you know the song "Crash" by the Dave Matthews Band? wala lang, naisip ko lang. <-- the "Puppy love icon" awww.. isn't that sweet? ok, ok, alam ko pose lang yan, pero so what? kilig nga eh.. I read a story once, called "Send My Love To Heaven", my friend Missy told me about it, and it made me want to cry. sobrang nakakaiyak yung story na yun. seriously. I suggest you read it, just Google it. tapos i found it on Gliza's site before, and i printed it for Missy and me, and yun, we cried ourselves out. awww. basta, ayoko na rin ikwento, kayo na mag-judge. this icon reminds me of that story. awwww. <-- the "Love isn't about reason" icon haha, nasa quiz ko to nung last post, pero feel ko i-post ulit. ayon. awww. i feel kind of sad that there are people na kapag may mahal silang tao, tapos dumating na sila sa point na parang they want to let go, they question themselves, "why do i love this person?".. o kaya naman, kapag you're torn between two lovers, and then you weigh them kung sino yung may mas mabibigat na reasons para mahalin. parang, HELLO? you can't weigh love, no matter how many reasons you think of. love is from the heart, reasons are from the mind. di ba when you love, it's the heart that beats. so kung sino yung dinedesire ng heart mo, yun yung susundin mo, di ba? okay, sometimes using your heart isn't always the best thing to do, pero di ba, the heart never lies. unless you're in a "i-love-a-person-who's-cheating-on-me-but-i-can't-let-him-go-because-i-love-him" situation or in a "i-love-a-person-who-does-blah-blah-blah" crisis, then maybe it's about time you use your mind. pero kung nandun ka lang sa point na you're questioning LOVE, well then use the organ where love comes from: the heart. look, GOD loves us no matter what we are, and no matter what we do. edi sana, if God is looking for reasons on loving us, baka wala na, and He probably abandoned us all. but He doesn't count our sins, or how many times we've hurt Him. He just loves us, and what we should do is love like Him, without expecting anything in return or without questioning it. Love comes from God, so sino pa ba susundin natin pag dating sa love? Edi si God din. All I'm saying is that, love is not to be explained or studied. it just comes, and when we feel it, we just have to let it be. (ok, i'm not a love expert or joe d' mango, but let's face it, i have views too.) got this one from Ate Kat's blog. uy ha, walang personalan!!! school spirit lang mga tsang.
Girls from miriam, assumption and st. scho saw a GENIE. they asked the genie to make them gorgeous, intelligent and talented... and POOF! they became PAULINIANS!!!!
what an Oprah-tic post. anyway, it's just one of my "explosions". dangerous kasi ako kapag nag-aabsorb tapos biglang sasabog, kaya mabuti na 'tong paunti-unti. ooh, and by the way..
harhar. if you have questions or anything you have to say, just drop me a Q here. happy april fools' day everyone. adieu.
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yadda, yadda.
yaaay! finally.. natapos na pansamantala ang aking karamdaman. the "i-miss-school" syndrome was temporarily cured.. yeah! nakapunta ko sa school at nakakita ng mga tao! harhar. okay fine, dalawa lang sa mga kaibigan ko yung nakita ko (nica at trixie) pero at least TAO di ba? hehe. i know the syndrome will not be coming back soon because Mrs. Lee just invited me to join the Leadership Training! Yeah! it'll be held in St. Paul Pasig on april 19-21. and it's no ordinary LT (according to trixie), since we are going to go to subic, swim and do lots of fun stuff we didn't do before. woohoo! sounds like another adventure for my summer. i'm sooo looking forward to that.this afternoon my mom and i watched Miss Congeniality 2 sa SM jologs (where else?!). the story was pretty cool. astig nga eh kasi she looks hot pero she still kicks butt. harhar. i don't want to tell the story to the world, kasi baka magalit kayo sakin eh. but i'm here to say that it was worth watching. yun.haaaay. i'm leaving for the states. for good. yep. i'm not going to study here anymore. we'll be going on june 11 and yun. all our papers our done and so far, so good. aaah, i'm gonna miss you guys. APRIL FOOLS!!!!!! haha. oti. wala lang. :) hindi ko kaya matitiis yun noh! at hindi ako papayag! buhay ko nandito sa 'pinas.. i'm having the time of my life here!!! okay, so after that lame joke, (wala na talaga ko masabe).. my mom agreed that me and my friends should have a sleepover here! yeaaahh.. bago magpasukan!!! wala ng mas-aastig pa dun, di ba?!?! sobrang astig. sana lang matuloy, saka sana payagan sila. hmph. haay nako yun lang naman kasi ang ayaw ko kapag nagplaplano yung mga tao ng mga bagay-bagay. we only end up in two conditions: 1.) pwede lahat pero yung nag-hohost or nag-suggest hindi papayagan ng parents and/or walang chaperone, or 2.) papayagan yung nag-hohost or nag-suggest pero walang pinayagang iba. bad trip noh?! i mean, what are the odds na talagang makakapunta lahat? let's face it, kapag nagplaplano, game lahat, volunteer-an at brainstorming agad ng ideas. pero alam mo yun, nakakatamad na rin minsan kapag alam mong hindi kayo kumpleto, kapag hindi lahat sure. me, i always (okay, most of the time) end up feeling sad. kasi di ba, i'm an only child, so basically, i enjoy the company of my friends. kapag may mga planong gimmick, game ako. pero it's either di ako papayagan or pag pinayagan ako di matutuloy. nakakainis nga eh. i wouldn't get my hopes way up, but still i'm wishing we WILL have a sleepover at my house. sort of, bonding-an before the school starts. we'll eat and stay up till morning.. (hindi na nga ko magsasalita at baka masyado na naman ako ma-excite, di ako makakain) i got these icon that i really, really liked from Memegen:
<-- this one I call the "Crash Into Love icon" Ang astig noh? Ok, hindi ako ang gumawa nito, but I forgot who did it, so kung sino ka man, thank you. Gagamitin ko muna, ha?! Astig kasi eh!!! And it's true, some people fall in love pero some people DO crash into it. it's weird nga eh na yung iba, sobrang slow process pa, it would take them months, sometimes years, to realize na mahal nga nila yung tao. pero yung iba, one moment *snap* and they're in love. it's not even falling anymore. now that's the term for it: crash. you know the song "Crash" by the Dave Matthews Band? wala lang, naisip ko lang. <-- the "Puppy love icon" awww.. isn't that sweet? ok, ok, alam ko pose lang yan, pero so what? kilig nga eh.. I read a story once, called "Send My Love To Heaven", my friend Missy told me about it, and it made me want to cry. sobrang nakakaiyak yung story na yun. seriously. I suggest you read it, just Google it. tapos i found it on Gliza's site before, and i printed it for Missy and me, and yun, we cried ourselves out. awww. basta, ayoko na rin ikwento, kayo na mag-judge. this icon reminds me of that story. awwww. <-- the "Love isn't about reason" icon haha, nasa quiz ko to nung last post, pero feel ko i-post ulit. ayon. awww. i feel kind of sad that there are people na kapag may mahal silang tao, tapos dumating na sila sa point na parang they want to let go, they question themselves, "why do i love this person?".. o kaya naman, kapag you're torn between two lovers, and then you weigh them kung sino yung may mas mabibigat na reasons para mahalin. parang, HELLO? you can't weigh love, no matter how many reasons you think of. love is from the heart, reasons are from the mind. di ba when you love, it's the heart that beats. so kung sino yung dinedesire ng heart mo, yun yung susundin mo, di ba? okay, sometimes using your heart isn't always the best thing to do, pero di ba, the heart never lies. unless you're in a "i-love-a-person-who's-cheating-on-me-but-i-can't-let-him-go-because-i-love-him" situation or in a "i-love-a-person-who-does-blah-blah-blah" crisis, then maybe it's about time you use your mind. pero kung nandun ka lang sa point na you're questioning LOVE, well then use the organ where love comes from: the heart. look, GOD loves us no matter what we are, and no matter what we do. edi sana, if God is looking for reasons on loving us, baka wala na, and He probably abandoned us all. but He doesn't count our sins, or how many times we've hurt Him. He just loves us, and what we should do is love like Him, without expecting anything in return or without questioning it. Love comes from God, so sino pa ba susundin natin pag dating sa love? Edi si God din. All I'm saying is that, love is not to be explained or studied. it just comes, and when we feel it, we just have to let it be. (ok, i'm not a love expert or joe d' mango, but let's face it, i have views too.) got this one from Ate Kat's blog. uy ha, walang personalan!!! school spirit lang mga tsang.
Girls from miriam, assumption and st. scho saw a GENIE. they asked the genie to make them gorgeous, intelligent and talented... and POOF! they became PAULINIANS!!!!
what an Oprah-tic post. anyway, it's just one of my "explosions". dangerous kasi ako kapag nag-aabsorb tapos biglang sasabog, kaya mabuti na 'tong paunti-unti. ooh, and by the way..
harhar. if you have questions or anything you have to say, just drop me a Q here. happy april fools' day everyone. adieu.
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She's a modern lover; it's an exploration, she's made of outer space

Hello, I'm Karla Bernardo. If you Google my name, you will find the Wikipedia entry of a Canadian serial-killer (and trust me, you do not want
to read about that - but I'm sure you will because now you're curious), which is why I suggest you type Bombastarr instead so you can stalk me better.
I spent eight-and-a-half years of my life in the University of the Philippines, where I graduated with degrees in Creative Writing and Juris Doctor. It is also where I learned how to speak a bit of Italian, got a taste of the best tapsilog, and took striptease for PE.
I love telling stories, as much as I enjoy finding them.
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Featured Works
Stargirl ( Cover story for Nadine Lustre, Scout, January-February 2017)
Surreal / So Real (at Scout)
Ode to a Great Love's 17-year-old Self ( Love.Life, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Postcard from Diliman
( Youngblood, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Writer for Philippine Law Register
A Call to Arms (January 2017)
Expecting the Expected (March 2016)
Former Writer for Stache Magazine
The Hero's Journey (June 2013)
The 8 People You Become In Your Youth (June 2013)
The Best Bad Idea That Is Argo (April 2013)
Mike Ross Remembers Everything You Don't (August 2012)
Style Between the Riffs (August 2012)
Book Lovers Never Sleep Alone (June 2012)
A Spectrum of Change (December 2011)
Digital Art (October 2011)
Elements of Style (June 2011)
In Her White Dress (All-Art April 2011 issue)
Morning After Pill ( Fervore: Literary Folio 2013, UP Portia Sorority)
How To Make a Blueberry Cheesecake ( Kalas: Kalasag Literary Folio 2011, UP College of Arts and Letters)
January 14th ( 100: The Hundreds Project, UP Writer's Club)
An Ode to The
Pillow Book (at New-Slang)
Introductions (at TeenInk)
One by One (at TeenInk)
Ask, and you shall be answered
Got a comment, question, violent reaction, love letter, or random piece of information you want to share with me? Just fire away. I don't bite.
(I changed my form and went back to Freedback because Ask.fm's being a bitch, requiring people to sign up for accounts before asking questions. Because I love you guys, I tweaked my ask box a bit, so that the questions will now go directly to my e-mail, but I'll be posting the answers still on my Ask.fm for convenience. TL;DR - I'll still be getting your questions so no worries. You're still free to harass me / send me your love.)
Answers
Most Frequently Asked QuestionAre you a pornstar?No, I am not a pornstar, stripper, or your friendly neighborhood call girl. It's just a fancy pseudonym with a long history, and two R's. Rawr.
Bombastarr.com
Bombastarr is my personal blog and my little corner in the Internet since 2005. Yes, I started writing here when I was 13 years old (aka when I was very angsty, hormonal, and always gushing at the littlest things) -- ergo, you'd have to forgive me if you come across an old post that reeks of immaturity and slightly unpolished grammar. I did a lot of growing up here, and from the looks of it, there's still a lot of growing up to do, so I don't think I'll be leaving this place any time soon.
The domain, Bombastarr.com, was purchased on June 2014 and
launched on July 2014, on the blog's ninth year (and fifth month, to be exact).
It's crazy to think that this blog is now thirteen years old, because (1) that seems like an eternity in internet years, and (2) that means if my blog were a kid, it's a teenager! That's insane.
Here's to more tales, explosive and otherwise.
So, why Bombastarr?
If you've been living under a rock and think I'm a threat to world peace or an object of covetousness, sorry to disappoint you, folks: it's just a fancy pseudonym.
As in most things, it started in high school. It began as a joke between me and a couple of friends during our freshman year. We were practicing for a field demonstration dance which involved the use of shawls, and being the crazy-always-trying-to-be-funny person that I was (or I always attempted to be) I started doing poses with the garment. Someone started taking my picture using my phone, and one shot looked like I was posing for those B-list movies (or should it be R-list, as in R-rated?) of the vegetable-nomenclature variety. #IKYWIM. Hence, the word, "Bombastarr." Yes, very cheeky, I know, but for a 13-year-old, it was quirky enough to figure as a username. That was 2005, right around the time I trying to decide on a URL for a new blog. It's been a lot of years since, and what started as a joke became something I've eventually embraced as an identity.
Despite the many other chances I've gotten to permanently move (to Multiply, Livejournal, Tumblr, Wordpress; to a bigger platform where I can earn or use the blog as a venue for commerce), I've come to realize that Bombastarr is something I can never truly leave behind. It is a place I've grown to appreciate and love because it is a place I can call my own. It's a venue for my rants, my views, my writing. It is home, and it is who I am.
Bombastarr is a glimpse of my life: the thoughts, ideas, and stories that shape it into what it is, and what it will still become. This journal has been with me for all my crazy, often embarrassing adventures, but I'm sure there will be more anecdotes and feelings and people to write about. Which is something I'm really looking forward to. After all, you know what they say about the greatest stories - sometimes, there's still a lot that's left unwritten.
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