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where can you run to escape from yourself?
 to Bocaue, Bulacan.Haha. The Science Congress was F-U-N! It was basically a 3-part cycle: eat, sleep, take a bath. Haha. Seriously, we weren't able to join most of the activities because we weren't informed. But heck, we got to socialize and bond with our schoolmates as well as friends from the other schools. Everything was fun, from the sleeping time, to eating time to chikahan, to picture moments. Not a dull moment. SPCPq didn't get a place but we're still proud of all our winners! :) Anyway, I'm too lazy to make kwento so I guess I'll just post the pics later on. The most dreadful part of this whole congress thing is coming back to school. Sheesh. All those reports due, missed lessons.. Ack! It's enough to make anyone crazy. And it's our long tests next week so you can bet serious catching up from all the "congresswomen" (people who joined the congress). Now I'm back to my usual exhausted mode. Haay, expect loads of crumminess and crankiness from all the students. haha! :p Okay so maybe not really. Valentine's day is just around the corner and I'm sure there are some lucky ones who have their significant others to share that day with. *ehem* Of course, for the rest of us we've got a date with our reviewers, pens and the dreaded test papers since our Long Tests fall on the 13th and 14th. Wow. Expect the school admin to do these kind of stuff. This means I'll be staying home for the weekend and I'll do nothing but put my mind on protozoans, arch addition postulates and the whatnot. Let us all pray for the victims of the tragedy in Ultra last Saturday. We were still in Bulacan when we received the news and I just felt soooo bad when I saw it on TV that night. It was so depressing that these days the only hope for most of the Filipinos is a chance at a noontime show. Please don't forget them in your prayers, okay? What day is it today people? Haaayayayayay. It's the 6th. My mom just said I should not blog just in the middle of this post. So I guess I really should stop typing and finish my Health and Soc Sci report. Here are the pics, by the way:
Trixie and me before boarding.
The Hopefools: Me, Trix, Nica and Mikka.
Singit sa pila for breakfast!
Mikka, Hope, Nica and me.
Astig ng shadows noh?
Nica, Trix, me and Hope.
Roadtrip kami ni Nica sa van.
Look at us: wasted!! :p
ako sa room.
"I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you.."
-- Hanging By A Moment by Lifehouse
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where can you run to escape from yourself?
to Bocaue, Bulacan.Haha. The Science Congress was F-U-N! It was basically a 3-part cycle: eat, sleep, take a bath. Haha. Seriously, we weren't able to join most of the activities because we weren't informed. But heck, we got to socialize and bond with our schoolmates as well as friends from the other schools. Everything was fun, from the sleeping time, to eating time to chikahan, to picture moments. Not a dull moment. SPCPq didn't get a place but we're still proud of all our winners! :) Anyway, I'm too lazy to make kwento so I guess I'll just post the pics later on. The most dreadful part of this whole congress thing is coming back to school. Sheesh. All those reports due, missed lessons.. Ack! It's enough to make anyone crazy. And it's our long tests next week so you can bet serious catching up from all the "congresswomen" (people who joined the congress). Now I'm back to my usual exhausted mode. Haay, expect loads of crumminess and crankiness from all the students. haha! :p Okay so maybe not really. Valentine's day is just around the corner and I'm sure there are some lucky ones who have their significant others to share that day with. *ehem* Of course, for the rest of us we've got a date with our reviewers, pens and the dreaded test papers since our Long Tests fall on the 13th and 14th. Wow. Expect the school admin to do these kind of stuff. This means I'll be staying home for the weekend and I'll do nothing but put my mind on protozoans, arch addition postulates and the whatnot. Let us all pray for the victims of the tragedy in Ultra last Saturday. We were still in Bulacan when we received the news and I just felt soooo bad when I saw it on TV that night. It was so depressing that these days the only hope for most of the Filipinos is a chance at a noontime show. Please don't forget them in your prayers, okay? What day is it today people? Haaayayayayay. It's the 6th. My mom just said I should not blog just in the middle of this post. So I guess I really should stop typing and finish my Health and Soc Sci report. Here are the pics, by the way:
Trixie and me before boarding.
The Hopefools: Me, Trix, Nica and Mikka.
Singit sa pila for breakfast!
Mikka, Hope, Nica and me.
Astig ng shadows noh?
Nica, Trix, me and Hope.
Roadtrip kami ni Nica sa van.
Look at us: wasted!! :p
ako sa room.
"I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you.."
-- Hanging By A Moment by Lifehouse
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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.
Credits and thank you's
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Question box: EmailMeForm, Ask.fm
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Friends, links & affiliates
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<a href="http://maryofthewild.com/" target="_blank">Ayiene Silvestre</a><br>
<a href="http://biancabiancita.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bianca Cabillar</a><br>
<a href="http://latenightepisodes.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Cars Pascual</a><br>
<a href="http://ceejaedelrosario.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Ceejae Del Rosario</a><br>
<a href="http://inipitadventures.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Daryll Santillan</a><br>
<a href="http://mirelasestrellas.blogspot.com/" target=_"blank">Eura Yuste</a><br>
<a href="http://kissingfriday.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Gyk Icmat</a><br>
<a href="http://imyouronlyhope.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hope Velasco</a><br>
<a href="http://deathcabforkitty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kaisa Aquino</a><br>
<a href="http://vain-aholic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Maye Dellosa</a><br>
<a href="http://thedramaholic.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Ninin Sampiano</a><br>
<a href="http://speakinginwords.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Patrick Santiano</a><br>
<a href="http://walledplayground.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Paula Deveraturda</a><br>
<a href="http://thebestdamnconstellation.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Regine Aurellano</a><br>
<a href="http://arceecola.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Rose Basa</a><br>
<a href="http://spencetheknight.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Spence the Knight</a><br><br></div>
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