Wednesday, June 27, 2007

hateful


chris benoit was said to have committed double murder and suicide earlier this week. a part of my heart feels sick because of it. i don't know why. it's not like i'm one of his biggest fans or whatever. it just bothered me. but although it did, it's near the bottom of my very long worry list right now.

i've been much more irritable than usual this week. i would like to say sorry to those few people who have seen my suplada side lately. and to those who pissed me off because of their extreme insensitivity or selfishness, just please back off. it's a big mistake to mess with a chocoholic during a period when even chocolates couldn't appease her.

but to the one who gave me chocolates today, thank you very much. my irritability didn't fade away after i ate a bar of what you gave me but your gesture sure put a smile on my face (and is putting a smile on my face right now). feel ko flattered ka na. hehehe. hindi naman ako ganoon ka-irritable para hindi ma-appreciate yun noh.

moving on...

i can call myself a mess right now. i don't know why i could not stand even the smallest annoying things-- you know, those that i could normally ignore and forget in an instant.

then somebody comes pa talaga very unexpectedly and tells me creepy things that i never want to hear again. that incident added stress to my already-stressed system and i had to exert effort to change my urls pa. tapos somebody pa talaga in authority used his power to implement something na sobrang EWAN. bastaaa.

i'm full of hate right now. i'm so hateful i could enumerate a hundred different things that are going wrong around me.

even chocolates can't cheer me up. the endorphins are not working.

ayoko naaaaa.

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round and round
carousel
has got you under its spell
moving so fast
but going nowhere

-carnival town by norah jones
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Friday, June 22, 2007

i am...


si-ow-en-ef-yu-es-i-di.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

just wanted to blog


things are doing okay. though there were unfavorable events, they resulted naman to good stuff. the problem is, i can't stop myself thinking about what-ifs. despite my tight schedule, i still have time to be by myself (ako pa!) and think of what could be and what could have been... you know, sentimental crap that can be featured in maalaala mo kaya.

whatever. physics na lang ang isipin ko...

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i got volleyball for PE 3. actually, all bio 2 students do not have a choice but to take volleyball. okey lang. we're gonna practice tomorrow. i'm kinda excited because i want to learn how to play volleyball properly. kaso i have active lesions, so good luck na lang sa skin ko kapag papawisan na ako.

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this happened last night:

the news report on TV shows an octopus playing with lego-like toys.
i say: hala, octopus!
he says: hala, cephalopod!

teka, sino ba sa atin ang biology student? =P

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our barkada had an open forum today. during the first part, it was tense. i remember feeling like i just came off a roller coaster ride. seryoso. medyo scary yun eh. but it progressed and ended well naman. we ended up laughing and it felt so good. i love the desperados.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

busy happy day


today was a super busy day. halos walang break time sa school from 8:45AM to 7:00PM. pero masaya ang day na ito, as seen in these photos:






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be happy then probably suffer or play safe but never be truly happy?
be happy noh?
yun yung mas logical noh?
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

second blog entry of the eighteen-year-old


being eighteen feels weird. parang, waah, hindi na ako 17??? =P
duh.
weird.

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i still can't get over the flowers!!! wahaha. sobrang saya talaga.


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→it's okay to look back once in a while...←
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

the best birthday i've ever had


UMAYGED!!! sobrang
HAPPY ang aking 18th birthday!!!

ang dami kong roses... wahaha ang saya talaga.

60 pink and white roses


i had my second debut today. actually, since yesterday pa. overnight beach party eh. it was just simple. i just went to paradise island with relatives. pero although simple, sobrang saya nun. pramis!

we arrived at the beach yesterday in the afternoon. after my class, i bought some stuff for the overnight, helped prepare the food, then went na to the beach. naligo kami agad. sorry na lang sa buhok ko (bawal sa saltwater) pero i really wanted to enjoy my birthday. so naliiigo/nagswiiim ako. from 5 to 11 ng gabi. woohooo. sobrang relaxing nun. walang sun eh.

my favorite part of the night was looking at the sky. i spent about an hour just lying down on the water (this is also called floating, hehehe). sobraaang relaxing nun. if i'm gonna have my own house na in the future, gusto ko merong swimming pool para magawa ko yun whenever i want to. ang saya kasi. lam mo yun, star gazing tapos nasa water ka nakahiga. sobrang nakaka-destress. aylavet.

so yun, kagabi, there i was, lying down on the water and gazing at the constellations above. i just allowed the water to drift me to different directions. for a while as i was floating, i spread my arms. i closed my eyes and thought, hmm, super romantic siguro if a special someone will also float beside me and hold my hand. ang sweet. kilig. hahaha.

last night nga pala, sobrang timing kasi may fireworks sa paradise nun. as in. ang ganda. for a few minutes, we just watched the fireworks. para bang nagprepare talaga sila for my birthday (hahaha, hayaan nyo na lang akong mag-isip na ganun kahit hindi). pero really, timing. tapos ang ganda pa dahil maraming violet. hehehe.

anyway, ayun, i also got the chance to have a heart-to-heart talk with kuya ojie, one of my cousins. malapit na silang aalis papuntang canada. hahai. anyway (again), i took a shower na by 11PM. after showering, i just listened to music. again, sobrang relaxing. tapos kumuha ako ng cushion at humiga sa may sand, dun banda sa walang roof para makita ko yung stars. i loved it talaga kahit na the clouds covered the stars after a while. imagine mo, you are listening to music tapos may faint sound ng waves crashing sa seashore. 'di ba very relaxing?

by 12 midnight, one of my best friends called. usap usap usaaap lang kami. share2x, tawa2x. salamat kaayo, little sis. after jonelle's call, nag hang ang phone ko. may 10 new messages ako. wahaha, ang saya. tapos people texted me until mga 2AM. greet2x. ayun. lipai. hihihi. may inopen din pala akong gift by midnight. it was a pretty choker. ang saya. by 2AM, medyo inantok na ako so natulog na ako. i was planning to wake up before 5 in the morning to take photos of the sunrise pero 6AM na ako nagising. oh well.

my brother and i rented aquabikes at 8AM so hindi ko napansin yung dala ng tita/tito/cousins ko. bale may isang family kasing kaninang umaga lang nakapunta sa beach kasi nag-OR pa tito ko. anyway, nagdala pala sila ng maraming roses! huwa, after i returned the aquabike, nagulat na lang ako nung arranged na yung chairs tapos may roses nang hawak yung cousins ko. 18 roses. 3 bouquets of more pink roses. ang saya! picture-taking galore.

at 11AM, we left the beach na. we went home directly. sobrang exhausted ako that i slept a little nung pauwi kami. pagdating sa bahay, pagoood na talaga ako that i planned to take a shower right away then matulog na sana. eh pagpasok ko man ng house may nakita akong bouquet of white and pink roses sa center table. siyeht. nabuhayan ako. hahaha. ang saya! as i held and admired the bouquet that carlo gave me, the helper told me na may cake pa daw. umayged, ang saya! hehehe. how many times have i said "ang saya" in this entry na? hehehe.

so ayun... I LOVE THIS DAY!!!

thank you talaga to everybody who made me happy today with flowers, cakes & pastries, homemade goodies, overseas calls, stuffed toys, text messages, friendster comments, blog headers (plus scrolling marquees and the like), Y!M IMs, local calls, other gifts (necklace, perfume, etc), hugs, and kisses. love ko kayo.

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natouch ako sa ginawang header ng blog ng special superduperbestfriend ko. effort, pare! thanks, carl (for EVERYTHING)!


below are some of my favorite photos taken this weekend. MORE (probably hundreds) will be posted sa multiply ko when i will have the time. i still have to bond with my uber bigat na physics book pati embryology and taxonomy stuff eh.

night swimming in paradise

picture-worthy view

debutante with tall brother

moi with family

models daw o!

just woke up, listening to norah jones

aqua-biking

camwhoring at sea

weee!

weee ulit!

Friday, June 15, 2007

first week


kapui mag-italicize and everything so dere-deretso lang 'to na post ha. almost no edits and backspace-pressing.

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question: if two people really love each other, but they just can't get it together, when do you get to that point where enough is enough?
answer: never.
-the mexican

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may friend na si tux! hehehe. his name is poopoo. here's a photo of the two:

o 'di ba ang sweet?

poopoo has siblings but they are with the other desperados. their names are lubut, RR, maru, mokong, and biko kang. hahaha.

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heniwey, it's somebody's birthday today! pati, it's somebody's birthday tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NIG!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAL!

ang pangit ko dito at basa ako pero wala akong mahanap na better pic. hehehe. hope you'll enjoy your debut tomorrow, tal!

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back to school na kami this week. last monday (which seems so far away 'cause i've been doing lotsa things), there were no classes yet. my friends and i met at the mall. maya, carlo, rache, and i ate cheesy pops at pizza hut. then carlo, rache, and i (plus yung bro ko for a while) taaaaalked sa karl's. it energized me instead na makapui ako kahit gabi na ako nakauwi.

tuesday was the first day of class. prepared (and yes, excited) ako for school. may school stuff na ako sa first day pa lang:


nung wednesday naman, my first class was scheduled at 7:40AM. guess what time i woke up... 7:40AM din! hahaha. first time yun mangyari in my whole college life. i was lucky the teacher didn't show up that morning. pagka-afternoon, i spent my free time with subdom. we had a short prayer service to start the academic year and then practiced some songs. I LOVE SUBDOM.


yesterday was a happy day. rache and i were free for a couple of hours after our first class so we had time to talk. sobrang heart-to-heart yun (literally and otherwise). basta, nakaka-energize ang mga ganung conversation. hehehe. i love girl talk. hindi talaga kami magsawa nyan.

today was kinda busy. nakakainis ang schedule dahil my classes should end at 12:00PM na every friday pero may class pa ako at 5:50PM. grr. pero today, sobrang gamit ang aming free time. we bought books for our different subjects at two different bookstores. tapos xempre we also ate lunch. i ate a lot. huwa. fattening pa talaga ang mga kinakain ko this week. these two are examples of what i have been eating this week:



we also had an interview. we want to join kasi the core group of the ns & math division so yun, may screening kanina. after finishing all our tasks, pumunta kami sa room kung saan may libreng sauna. uhm, hindi talaga xa sauna. it was just jewel's way of describing our last classroom for mwf. hahaha. pero kainis talaga yun dahil sobrang init.

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malapit na ang birthday ko. wala lang. sana maging masaya.
i'm gonna have my second debut tomorrow. hehehe. it's not exactly a debut. i'm just gonna have an overnight with my relatives sa isang white sand beach resort na medyo malayo from where i live.

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i would love to walk with somebody special sa seashore in the middle of the night...
tapos mag-asaran lang kami and all...
tapos may makita kaming shooting star...
hahaha, i need somebody to slap me back to reality. x_x life is not a fairy tale.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

just let it flow


i cried and he listened...

thanks to you for [always] being there and to God for giving me such a great friend.

Monday, June 11, 2007

on embarassing moments, sweet dreams, and a birthday girl


OMG, that was so embarrassing! peste.

my stupid mouth has got me in trouble
i said too much again...

-my stupid mouth by john mayer

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anywaaaaay, i had a wonderful dream again last night. i dunno what it is with me and very sweet dreams these days. i'm glad 'cause they make me wake up wearing a big smile on my face (parang buang noh if you try to imagine this. hehehe). there's a down side, though. they keep me hoping that they'd happen in real life even if i know they probably won't... at least not anytime soon.

last night's dream was about my debut. my family went daw to manila again and were planning to spend the weekend there. tapos... secret! hahaha. ang labo ko. try to connect these phrases na lang: sunday (which is my birthday) - somebody - somebody's condo - illumina - party - surprise.

sana ganun kasaya ang aking totoong 18th birthday... or happier.

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somebody turned toot years old yesterday! hehehe.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ATE DIVINE!
stay bubbly, optimistic, and sweet!

umaygas te, napaka-oily ng ating mga mukha. hahaha.

Saturday, June 9, 2007

random updates


i just got off the phone with my special superduperbestfriend (hehehe) so i'm left with nothing to do. but actually, hmm, i can do lots of other stuff such as organize the files in my computer and, well, organize the files in my computer. hehehe. eh kasi, my drive C is full na pala while my drive D is empty. lol. i thought kasi that i used about half of the memory in my drive C pa lang. oh well. that was so eeestooofeeed of me to think, considering that i have gazillions of photos in my PC.

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i have been unsuccessfully trying to make a story for a few weeks now and it disappoints me. i have all these segmented ideas about a short story i want to write but whenever i get hold of a pen and paper (or this computer), i fail to even compose a starting paragraph. plus, when i try to write poems instead, i run out of ideas in the middle of a piece. arrgh. this sucks. i. need. inspiration.

a good thing happened, though. see my previous entry entitled at the arcade? well, it shows how creative my subconscious could be. thankfully, it wasn't difficult to find the words to tell that story (eh ba naman kapag sobrang detailed yung panaginip mo). nakakakilig yung kwento. aylavet!

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these past few nights, i have been having trouble sleeping. i don't know if i'm suffering from insomnia or anything; all i know is that it's super duper annoying. pramis, this is clearly becoming a serious thing. the other night (?), i got to sleep at 5AM na! something must be really wrong. ano'ng gagawin ko?

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ayun. kwento-kwento lang po.

Friday, June 8, 2007

at the arcade


sarah was at the arcade one afternoon, playing a game that she wasn't very familiar with. she was doing pretty well until she saw that john, her long-time crush and suitor, was coming her way. she became overly conscious that she did a foolish move and lost in the game. john tried to save the game but gave up right away. he said "wala na yang pag-asa!" and giggled a bit. sarah became so embarrassed that she impulsively slapped john's arm. the guy continued to giggle in amusement. sarah said "ayoko naaaaaa!", folded her arms, and turned her face into a frown. john said "sus..." and smiled as he put his arms around sarah from behind. he hugged her tight and held her hands then helped her go down the tall stool she was sitting on. he unwrapped his arms and reached for her hand as he said "halika na nga..."

sarah saw his lips and eyes smiling. she smiled, too.

change part 2


during the past hour, i have been desperately looking for something to do since i couldn't sleep yet. i started reading by the river piedra i sat down and wept again, but i figured after reading the 6th page that it won't do the job of cheering me up tonight. so i looked at my y!m friend list to see if i could chat with anybody. almost nobody's online. right, it's 2AM na pala. i really wanted to do something before i slept so i opened the message archive na lang. i read some of the old conversations with my fellow weird person and then said to myself: things really do change.

myged, i'm becoming so uber pathetic na ha.

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yesterday was unproductive for me, except for the part where i arranged the stuff in my room and threw away the things i don't need anymore. i spent all day just sleeping, eating, and doing all sorts of stuff in the internet. napadpad ako sa isang site where they make icons. here are some of them:



the last one is super cute. hahaha.

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hmm. i better get some sleep na. good night! este, good morning.

off to dreamland...

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

change




this is what six years did to my physical attributes. hehehe. i don't think i changed much physically. i mean, i just grew a bit taller and i gained some weight. other than that, my face matured just a little (i hope!) and that white blouse still fits me (yehey!). hehehe.

o davah? may intro pa ang aking entry about change.

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change increases the anxiety in my system. it usually forces me to go out of my well-established comfort zone and i hate it.

but i know i have to accept change. i have heard this line a million times but the truth to it never faded away: change is the only constant thing in this world. so i guess i'd have to live with change. change sucks but it also adds flavor to life. wouldn't the world be too boring if change doesn't exist? would there even be a world if there was no change? hmm.

i should really learn how to embrace changes in my life. mapag-iiwanan na ako ng panahon nito, pare. hahaha. the problem with me is that i sometimes become too attached with some things or people to the point that letting them go leaves me devastated. doon naman nagkakaroon ng problema eh, when you lose something. gaining stuff is easy to deal with... like meeting new friends, having a new suitor, gaining money, enrolling into a new subject, having a new school, etc. goodbyes are the ones difficult to deal with... like letting go of a person or thing who/that meant so much to you.

wala lang.
i just think i have to be prepared. i'll be saying hello to the real world soon eh. i dunno... something tells me things are going to be different once i'm 18 na.
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what am i to you?


what am i to you?

tell me darling true
to me you are the sea
vast as you can be
deep the shade of blue...
-what am i to you? by norah jones

always make your absence felt, in such a way that somebody misses you. but let not your absence be so long that somebody starts learning to live without you.
-anonymous

i drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
my head just feels in pain
i missed the bus and there'll be hell today,
i'm late for work again
and even if i'm there, they'll all imply
that i might not last the day
and then you call me and it's not so bad,
it's not so bad...
-thank you by dido

'cause my heart starts beating triple time
with thoughts of lovin' you on my mind
i can't figure out just what to do
when the cause and cure is you...
-weak by swv (sisters with voices)

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last week when i was at moa with my family, i felt so good. despite the fact that i had a day-long depressing conversation with somebody, i was still in a good mood because: 1) the conversation was depressing alright, but at least i was able to let things out of my system and 2) people at moa wore smiling faces. pramis, it was strange! almost everybody was smiling and i felt that some of the smiles were specially for me. like i remember when i went out of the fitting room in one of the shops, the lady who was next in line to fit her clothes smiled at me. and it wasn't a sarcastic smile, OK. i smiled back. it felt good. it was like i was in a feel-good movie, you know? i felt like i was in this scene where everybody is being friendly to one another. basta, it felt good.

i dunno if you (i'm assuming i have readers, OK. hahaha) can relate to what i'm saying. what i'm trying to say is that it just really feels great if everyone around you is smiling. those smiles made my day. akala ko pa naman mas masungit ang mga tao doon kaysa dito sa davao. the thing is, i don't think i've experienced that in davao yet. weird!

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konteng update lang po...

it was my first time to dine at roadhouse (SM) earlier during lunch. masarap ang pagkain nila. i recommend their sizzling pochero, sinigang na bangus, and baked tahong. yumm.

i got to watch pala ocean's thirteen kanina. wala lang, brad pitt wasn't that pogi and i still can't figure out some of the details of the story. hahaha. i'll probably watch ocean's eleven and twelve para maintindihan ko.

rachelle, carlo, and i ate at pancake house after the movie. wala lang, mahal lang ang pagkain. hahaha. afterwards, carlo and i accompanied rachelle as she purchased a birthday gift for karla. carlo then helped me buy some groceries before i went home.

somebody told me something today. i didn't know how to react, really. i was kind of shocked. pero sobrang na-appreciate ko yun kasi alam ko it was difficult to say. sorry kung medyo magulo ako kasi magulo naman talaga ang mundo ko ngayon. char! hehehe, it's true. you know what i mean. uhm, thanks... basta, thanks.

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my second year of biology is coming up. i don't know what's in store for me. all i know is i really need to study na. pinapabayaan ko na lang palagi ang studies ko. i mean, not really pabaya but i know i can do more eh. i. need. motivation. peste. dagdag pa sa problema ko yang adding and dropping na yan.

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i noticed something. i am always happy when i'm out of the house pero when i'm alone in my room, i have all these sad thoughts. i'm not always like this ha. baka isipin ninyo i'm some kind of a depressed freak. it must be a phase or something. i miss being busy. i miss some people. things are not going well. gusto kong umiyak.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

why is the world so mixed up?


i woke up really late today. it was at 10:30 na. hello, gastritis... again. hahay. i could've just set the alarm clock at eight so that i could've eaten breakfast on time... too bad i didn't remember to do so last night. hahay. it's a good thing that there are no classes yet today. i can lie down on my bed and curl up if the pain attacks. arrgh...

speaking of classes, grr, i am once again reminded by my class schedule. i don't like it talaga (see previous entry). huhu...

anyway, i dreamed of illumina last night. there was a series of events that i could not exactly remember, but i do remember that somebody gave me a gold bracelet. somebody also gave me a silver (or white gold) ring; i just can't recall who. it was so lovely and i liked it so much that when i woke up, i actually raised my hand and looked at my ring finger hoping that the ring was there. it wasn't, duh. but if it was, i'd be more of delighted than surprised/scared.

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about the title of this entry...
it's not exactly a complaint. magulo lang talaga ang mundo. let's say somebody likes you tapos you feel the same way pero hindi kayo pwede... or so they say. but it's not like what other people say doesn't matter, 'cause these are the people whom you are hoping would support the both of you. or, two people like each other but they both don't know what they want to happen. or, ... (marami pang iba).

wala lang...

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my birthday is fast-approaching. i can't believe i'm gonna be 18 na! i don't know if i should be happy that i'm finally 18 or whatever... ambot. i'm just excited... as in the yearly because-it's-MY-day excited. i might sound like a spoiled little girl here, but hey, pagbigyan nyo na ako. it's just once a year. hehehe.

about birthdays...
on this day, 17 years ago, an outgoing and cheerful illumina baby was born.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAMS!!!

dapat nakangiti ka palagi (sino kaya ang katext?)... or better yet, kasing-happy ni kay bo dyan sa pic... hehehe.

Monday, June 4, 2007

on ants, the enrollment, a sick friend, and holy kettle corn


i am victorious! i successfully stopped myself from eating the remaining half of my third pack of holy kettle corn for the day. ha ha ha. seeing some ants near the table in my room helped convince me that i should put the popcorn aside until tomorrow. i was too busaw the other night that i ate 60 pesos worth of holy kettle corn as midnight snack in my room. the dim lights were set to the minimum so i probably dropped a tiny piece of popcorn and didn't notice it. tapos ayun, pinagpyestahan tuloy ng mga nakakainis na pulang langgam.

anyway, i enrolled myself today. my MWF schedule sucks (too many short and long breaks in between classes), i have no lunch break on TTh (this is inhumane!), and i have saturday classes. peste. i understand that maybe it's the best that the school could arrange for us, but still, it upsets me. if only i could choose/make my own class schedule... hahay.

moving on...
jewel, toni, carlo, and i went to the mall after enrolling ourselves at the arrneow. hahaha. we bought a little something for rachelle who was sick (and still is sick but hopefully won't be anymore by tomorrow). the four of us then proceeded to the hospital where we spent the whole afternoon talking and laughing with a sick friend. below are some photos:

after buying the gift

happy kahit sick

carlo's first time to eat palitaw!

candid (?) photo of jewel and rachelle

candid (?) photo of those on the other side of the bed

Sunday, June 3, 2007

first entry. again.


new blog, new life?
...again?
NAH. i just wanted to make a new one.

it's been like that for some days now: i just wanted to make a new one. but the question is, why did i want to make a new blog? somebody answered that for me this afternoon. yes, nawalan ako ng gana. pero bakit ako nawalan ng gana? hmm.

i was planning to make my first entry here on my birthday (which is on june 17. don't forget to greet me!) yet, but what the heck. i want to blab.

last thursday, my family and i came home from a week-long vacation in manila. it was a blast, promise. here are the highlights of my vacation:

  1. ADVANCED DEBUT.
    i had an enchanted kingdom adventure with illumina for a day (after lunch till late night) last may 26, 2007. there were 25 of us. our first ride was the space shuttle. hahaha. i still can't get over that ride. it's the best, pramis! pictures of my debut can be found here, but you have to add me first (or make a multiply account if you still don't have one) because my photos are open only for those in my network.

  2. SHOPPING.
    and lots of it! wahaha! i went to manila bringing with me two bags. i went back home with four. oh. how. i. love. shopping.

  3. SUBIC BAY DAY.
    our last day of vacation was spent in subic bay with tito roque, rhea, and nicole. it was super tiring but i had loads of fun. OMG, a sea lion even kissed me! hahaha. photos can be found here.

  4. FAMILY RETREAT.
    last january, our family attended module 1 of the psychogenetics retreat in manila. during this summer vacation, we had module 2. this time, it was exclusive only for the four of us in the family. as expected, it made me cry several times. hehehe.
    seriously, i was amazed because i got to understand more about psychogenetics and gestalt therapy and their application in my life. an interesting thing that happened during the retreat was that i got to attend the smallest mass i've ever been to. there were only six of us, including fr. ed (the celebrant) and a nun.
    if you (yes, you) are interested in attending the said retreat, kindly just contact me and i will recommend you and your family. i guarantee you that it is helpful especially to troubled families.

  5. FRIENDS.
    i got to spend time with illumina (YEY!) and met new friends. as i've mentioned, i was with illumina during my advanced debut at EK. thankfully, i got to see them again during dodong's birthday celebration when he treated us to pirates of the caribbean 3 at trinoma (a new ayala mall).
    our family got to spend a bit of time with the crisantos (new family friends) again. plus, we got to meet the albeldas formally (except for tita marilyn whom i've already eaten some meals with before). it was so much fun to spend quality time with such interesting personalities.
here are some of my favorite vacation photos (i say some, because there are lots more):







right now, i am just trying to relax and relax... and relax. i'll be in school again by next week so dapat pagsawaan ko na ang pagiging tamad... though i don't think that'll happen. what i'll do (as always) is just to force myself not to be lazy. myged, you can't blame me. sometimes my class schedule becomes too tiring for me to handle. on most days this past year, i spent 12 hours in school. now tell me that isn't tiring.

that'll be all for now because i'm eager to finish my newly bought bob ong book. it is his latest work, entitled macarthur. and although i've read only half of it so far, i can be sure that i'll love it just as i've always loved his other five books. bob ong rocks.