TAG TUESDAY: Harry Potter

Tags are big on YouTube right now, and they have been for a long time. Since I'm more of a blog person I decided to do tags every week right here, just for the fun of it.
This week's tag is a HARRY POTTER tag since I'm so in love with the series.

FAVORITE BOOK?
I would say my favorite book is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, since I like when they explained how to defeat Voldemort and Tom Riddle's origin. Also, I have only ready three books, the first one and the last two and I don't really have much to choose from.

FAVORITE MOVIE?
My favorite movie is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I know everyone's favorite is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban but Goblet of Fire actually made me cry when Cedric dies.

LEAST FAVORITE BOOK?
Then again I've only read two books but many years ago I tried reading Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix and couldn't finish because I found it kind of boring. However, from the books I have read I would say the first one because It's kind of oriented for children.

PART OF THE BOOK/MOVIES THAT MADE YOU CRY?
Apart of Cedric's death, I cried when the Weasley twin died. What made me cry in Cedric's death was not the actual death but the father's reaction.

IF YOU COULD HOOK UP WITH ANY HP CHARACTER WHO WOULD IT BE?
Hmmm, I think I would choose Neville Longbottom. He ended up being the most handsome of the cast.

FAVORITE CHARACTER?
Obviously Hermionie, without her none of the missions would've followed through. They would have died in the first movie when they fell in the plant trap.

WHAT WOULD YOUR PATRONUS BE?
It would be either an otter or a phoenix.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY OF THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS WHICH WOULD IT BE?
I would have the Invisibility Cloak, because the other two are very powerful and you could get killed for them.

WHAT HOUSE WOULD YOU BE IN?
I actually did the housing survey in the pottermore website and I got into Slytherin.

IF YOU COULD MEET ANY MEMBER OF THE CAST WHO WOULD IT BE?
I would love to meet Alan Rickman, which played Severus Snape.

IF YOU WERE IN A QUIDITCH TEAM, WHICH POSITION WOULD YOU PLAY?
I would be the seeker because I'm kinda small and fast. Plus, I'm scared of the beaters.

WERE YOU HAPPY WITH THE ENDING?
I was more than happy with the ending. I love that Harry resurrected without the resurrection stone, and he decided that it was better to die than to resurrect. Some people don't know, but Harry didn't die because the wand belonged to Harry and a wand can't kill its master.

HOW MUCH DOES HARRY POTTER MEAN TO YOU?
I think it's better to ask what does hp mean to me, because it's clear that it means a lot. Harry Potter represents my childhood basically. And whenever I want to revisit it, I can just watch a Harry Potter marathon.

This is all for the Harry Potter tag, next tag will be in next week's post.

Back in Tampa

So I'm back in Tampa to start my second semester at USF. I woke up at 4 am to take a flight from Panama to Miami at 8 am. I walked miles and miles in the MIA since I was dropped in the last terminal and I had to be in the first one. I got an error twice in the check-in yourself machine in American Airlines and almost did an unnecessary line if i wasn't that I wanted to try a third time. Now machines print your own baggage sticker and give you your boarding pass so you just have to literally drop your bag in the counter.
I had Pizza Hut for lunch since I was starving because I slept the whole previous flight and then I played some Nintendo DS while waiting for my next flight. When I got back I was kind of confused about what I had to do to take my shuttle but I quickly cleared the matter.
I got here and unpacked in about 15 minutes and was starving because I only ate half my lunch. Fresh Foods and the Convenience Store were close so I had to take the Bull Runner to the University Mall and buy something to get rid of my starvation. I ended up having Auntie Anne's for dinner because I wasn't craving any of the other choices.
It was a really agitated day, but thank God I made it here.

Although it seemed stressful or confusing, I like traveling by myself. I feel like a big girl :)

And about Tampa, the weather is so awesome right now! This week is going to go as low as 0 degree Celsius which is wicked for Florida. I'm totally loving this weather and I hope it stays like this until late February-early March.

Week #36: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014! (12.30.13 - 01.05.14)

On Monday I drove to my grandma's because Acun was going to take Patty's 15th birthday photo shoot and my grandma wanted me there to pose her, I got there and nobody was there but Eli so I played some Nintendo for about an hour until Tia Marilu got there. Then Apo, Acun and Patty got there with KFC and we ate. I don't know why Apo wanted me there if Acun did't let me pose her or anything... At 4 pm I left because Rod made a surprise dinner for me in Friday's since I'm leaving this Saturday, but it wasn't really a surprise because he told me about it haha. Only Vivianne, Andrew, Juan Diego and Alfonso came and I had ribs for dinner; afterwards we went to Rod's to play some poker and copy cat. It was a fun night, however I did lost three of my Nintendo 3DS games at my grandma's :(

On Tuesday I did nothing until like 6 pm that I started to get ready to go to my grandma's to celebrate the New Year. My cousins and I (sans Cristy) played some games along with Tia Marilu, we played Apples to Apples and we learned how to play Mahjong (is that how it's written?). My mom coached me, and dad helped Patty and Apo helped Yoyi. I won a couple of times but that game is seriously wicked, it has like a million terms and something weird to do with the wind. We ended up just playing without keeping scores. Then, we tuned in to Fox and watched the ball drop.

On Wednesday, the first day of 2014, I went out for lunch with the Kam Family. That includes my grandma, my uncle Ricky and Aunt Betty, my three cousins and two of their girlfriends. I kind of like Richie's girlfriend, Maria, she's kind of cool and easy to talk to. The food was not that bad and it had a broad variety, we went to Riu's buffet like we do every New Year. uncle Ricky told me that he, aunt Betty and Rafa are going to Disney on February and I decided to tag along, so I'm gonna go to Disney in mid-February!

On Thursday I woke up early, and when I say early I mean around 9 am, which really is early; to go breakfast dim sum with the losers. It was me, Alfonso, Vivianne, Andrew and Juan Diego. Rod didn't go because he was feeling guilty for eating so much in New Year's Eve. I didn't have much, just a couple of Ha Kaos, one Ham Pao and a Wanton. Then we came to my house to hang out, unluckily Vivianne had to go so it was just me and the boys. We played Monopoly, this time it was different because we made deals outside of the game so it was really hard to win. Alfonso, started super powerful with all these territories, but ended with very little money. He survived with a little amount of money for more than half of the game which was surprising. At the end, Rod won. I had a headache so everyone left and I rested a bit. At night I texted Brandon because I needed my Divergent book because I'm gonna sell it to Diana and I ended up talking with him for hours and hours. I went to his house around 9 pm and left at midnight. I always forget how fun to talk to Brandon is.

On Friday, Diana stopped by to buy my Divergent books and we chatted a little, then Rod came over to hang out for the last time in a long time. I'm gonna miss him so much, but I know everything is gonna be alright. Mom, Dad and I went to La Mexicanita for dinner, my favorite restaurant and that's pretty much it. It was a very lay back day.

BOOKS I READ IN 2013

I read 50 books last year! That's the largest amount of books I've read in a single year, and I never stopped; I mean, I started reading from January and kept reading until December. I even read entire series in half a week depending on the amount of books. 

My Good Reads Awards

Best Series: Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

Best Romance: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

Best Fiction: Matched by Allie Condie

Worst Ending: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Most Addictive: Avoiding Series by K.A. Linde

Best Trilogy: Summer Trilogy by Jenny Han

Most Unexpected Twist: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

Most Commonly Read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Characters I Grew Fond of: Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Best Plot: Ruby Red Series by Kerstin Gier

Most Read Author: Rick Riordan

List of books I read (in descending order of date read):

Insurgent - Veronica Roth 

Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story - Veronica Roth

An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han

It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han

We'll Always Have Summer - Jenny Han

Matched - Ally Condie

I Am Number Four - Pittacus Lore

The Power of Six - Pittacus Lore

The Rise of Nine - Pittacus Lore

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

Wait for You - J. Lynn

Crossed - Ally Condie

Reached - Ally Condie

Tales of the Madman Underground - John Barnes

Avoiding Commitment - K.A. Linde

Avoiding Responsibility - K.A. Linde

The Last Days of Lorien - Pittacus Lore

Avoiding Intimacy - K.A. Linde

Jesus is: Find a New Way to be Human - Judah Smith

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 - Richard Paul Evans

It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini

Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier

Saphire Blue - Kerstin Gier

Michael Vey: Rise of Elgen - Richard Paul Evans

Torn - K.A. Robinson

Twisted - K.A. Robinson

Ten Tiny Breaths - K.A. Tucker

Falling Into You - Jasinda Wilder

Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire

One Tiny Lie - K.A. Tucker

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan

45 Pounds: K.A. Barson

This is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper

The Fall of Five - Pittacus Lore

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling

The Battle of the Ampere - Richard Paul Evans

The House of Hades - Rick Riordan

Allegian - Veronica Roth

Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization - John Wooden

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell

Emerald Green - Kerstin Gier

The Accidental Hero - Matt Myklusch

Don't Break the Chain 2014

Many of you might have heard about the "DON'T BREAK THE CHAIN" calendar, which is a method Jerry Seinfeld introduced. It consists on setting a goal to do every single day and marking it on a calendar, when you have marked several you should feel the momentum going on, preventing you from breaking the chain. Also it keeps you motivated and it pressures you to maintain the crossing of days in the calendar. 

Here's the design I found in karenkavett.com

It doesn't matter if you start on January 1st or August 16th, what matters is not breaking the chain. 

The design was made into several other colors to print:

PINK

GREEN

BLUE

BLACK

There's a video Charlie McDonnell uploaded, where he talks about the "Don't Break the Chain" calendar. 

I myself am starting the calendar with two activities: drinking water and exercising daily.