Just Me

claire's debut

2007-05-12T16:48:00.000+08:00

Got home around 1:45AM from Claire's debut; left Patio Victoria at 12AM.

Well I got ready at around 2PM because Dad said we would be leaving around 4PM but I didn't know that Ging told him that I was still getting ready when he called, so I ended up waiting for an hour. Like my dad, one thing I hate is "waiting". Anyways, we finally left at around 5:15PM. At 6:30PM, while we were passing Blue Wave, Alvin texted me that he was already there and asked where I was - hehe he wanted to go together because he didn't know anyone else there; except Vicky but she wasn't there yet.

Finally, we arrived at Patio Victoria at 7PM, and Alvin was already outside his car with his Dad and brother, Albert. Our dads talked for a bit before Alvin and I went inside. There were so many guys haha I got shy because they were all standing near the entrance. Alvin and I signed the guestbook and walked around because not many people were there yet so nobody directed us where to sit. Finally, a woman sat us at the table that was reserved for us, and not too long after Dyan and Ate Marge arrived, then Dennese arrived thinking that she was late. Haha then a photographers told Alvin and I to pose, and I was like telling the others to come closer but the photographer was like, "Kayo muna." Maybe he thought Alvin and I were together; to top that off, we had to take solo pictures hehe.

More people started to show up, then at around 8:30PM the debut started. When Claire entered, we opened these little packages with butterflies inside - that was a really nice touch to the entrance.

The debut was nice, I was part of the 18 favorites, kinda like 18 treasures. I was so nervous because we had to walk down the isle so everyone had their eyes on you. I gave Claire a gold Victoria bag with Sweet Pea perfume and lotion, I also typed a letter for her. We watched a presentation on the big screen, which was nice, our crazy pictures were there like from Embassy and the dorm where we were hardly dressed haha - crazy!

After the program ended, we partied - not really haha. Alvin was so cute because he was with us, a group of girls, and we wanted to dance and xempre we didn't want to leave him all alone, so he joined us but he was too shy to dance hehe - our "MUSE"!

Pictures of Today: taken by Dyan Llamas

random goodies

2007-05-11T12:44:00.000+08:00

These may give you an idea of who I am.

What Your Face Says

At first glance, people see you as warm and well-balanced.

Overall, your true self is reserved and logical.

With friends, you seem logical, detached, and a bit manipulative.

In love, you seem mysterious and interesting.

In stressful situations, you seem cheerful and optimistic.

What Do People Think Of Your Face?

Your Psyche is Blue

You are deeply emotional and very connected to everything (and everyone) around you.
By simply understanding other people, you are able to help them heal and let go.
While you are a very deep and thoughtful person, you do have a very silly, superficial side.

When you are too blue: the weight of the world's problems hangs over you

When you don't have enough blue: you lack perspective and understanding

What Color Is Your Psyche?

You Are 52% Intuitive

Your intuition is often right, and you use it more than you may realize.
Your gut feelings are usually a good guide, but you need more to go on when making a decision.
You'll often check to see if the facts back up your feelings.
And when your intuition is wrong, you work to improve it for the future.

How Intuitive Are You?

You Are 48% Girly

You're a little girly, a little boyish, and probably a whole lot indie.
You have your own unique style, and it pretty much defies gender lines.

How Girly Are You?

You Are 42% Borderline

You have some symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
If you feel like you're more than a little dramatic, you may want to investigate further.

Do You Have a Borderline Personality?

You Are Somewhat Honest

You do tend to tell the truth a lot
But you also stretch the truth on occasion
You figure a little lie isn't a big deal
As long as it doesn't hurt anyone too much!

How Honest Are You?

Your Inner Blood Type is Type A

You seem cool and collected, though a bit shy.
You are highly driven and a perfectionist, but that's a side you keep to yourself.
Creative and artistic, you are a very unique person who doesn't quite fit in.
People accept you more than you realize, seeing you as trustworthy and loyal.

You are most compatible with: A and AB

Famous Type A's: Britney Spears and Hilter

What's Your Inner Blood Type?

You are Agnostic

You're not sure if God exists, and you don't care.
For you, there's no true way to figure out the divine.
You rather focus on what you can control - your own life.
And you tend to resent when others "sell" religion to you.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Last Day of summer class

2007-05-09T21:16:00.000+08:00

Today, Ging had to enroll at St. Paul and I had my swimming class at 1:00PM; so we left around 10:30AM. When we got there I saw Toby and Sara (my "twin sister" =P). While Dad and Gind were in line at the cashier, I kicked back with my classmates. Around 12:30PM, we went to the pool to see if it was open. We just hung out at the pool til Ms. Sanchez came. Then we changed into our bathing suits, and computed our grades; got a 94.75 for my mid-term grade.

For us not to have class the next day, we had 2 quizzes and the final practical exam today. For the finals, we had to do the freestyle and backstroke. Ms. Sanchez gave us 15 minutes to practice and during that, I practiced my dive because I already knew how to do the freestyle and backstroke. Kat tried to teach me the breast stroke and butterfly... but it's so hard haha I got tired easily, but maybe with a lil more practice I would get the idea. Hehe, Kat kept telling me to stop studying and just swim. She said I was made to do recreational activities cuz I learn fast haha.

Next Tuesday or Wednesday, Kat invited us to swim again at her village at Hillsborough in Alabang. So looking forward to that.

Shopping Time

2007-05-06T20:24:00.000+08:00

Woke up early today for our dentist appointment at 7AM in Quezon City. Finally, the doktora did something different with my teeth - I asked her when she was going to change my wire because nothing was happening with my teeth. Doktora also did the same thing to Ging's teeth but they're getting messed up again; she also got fillings.

After the dentist we went to Greenhills, dad wanted to by shorts kc. Since, Claire's debut is on Friday I decided to buy a dress. I went to Rated E and tried on a few dresses. I really liked this sparkly red cocktail dress but Ging said it was too formal, which would be the right thing to wear at the debut. But I decided to get another pretty one, it's red and black but it's up to my knees lang; so, I decided to play it up by buying some accessories. We ate at Kenny Rogers and decided to go to Mall of Asia.

Arvin really wanted to watch SPIDERMAN, and Dad said the best place to watch it would be in IMax but dang the place was crowded! So we ended up not watching; Arvin and Dad went to EGG (Extreme Gaming Grounds), while Ging and I went SHOPPING! The bad thing was that we didn't have a lot of money - I had only P500 and Ging P700. So we didn't go to a lot of stores that we wanted to because we knew we didn't have enough money. When we went to Penshoppe, Ging and I both found shirts (under P500, mine P499 bwahaha) we wanted, so we went to the dressing rooms to try them - that was fun, we were talking SO LOUD! Anyways, then we all went home and slept, and now I'm awake because I have to do my course requirement for religion class, hay =S I'm gonna be uptil pass 12AM so I'll cut it short here. Mwuaaah <3

Last Saturday of Summer school

2007-05-05T21:00:00.001+08:00

In Rizal, we performed all of our reporting presentations. Haha I felt like our group was the simplest but still funny. Gian was really good at improvising haha, like he said, "I'm in Manila!" but it was suppose to be "Cebu", and when Gian saw us telling him that was the wrong line he said, "Oh! This isn't Cebu. I got on the wrong ship," and went outside the class and came back in saying, "I'm in Cebu!" haha hilarious C= . For me though, the best was the group of Xaraliscous and Alvin. Sara is such a funny actor and to top that off, Alvin was Josephine Bracken (lover of Rizal) - he had a wig, gown, and even make-up... Not bad lookin haha!

I was so tired the whole day! Before every class ended Kat, Cocoi, or Toby had to wake me up so we could leave, haha. I slept earlier than before around 11:30PM, but for me, I'm tired if I sleep too late and I'm tired when I sleep a lil' bit earlier. I need to have at least 10 hours of sleep before I wake up on my own without an alarm, hehe - I LOVE my SLEEP!

Oh yea! Got my invitation for Claire's debut. I also gave Alvin and Almira theirs. I don't think Almira is going cuz she's going out of the country for the rest of vacation. But Alvin and I are going - he's part of the 18 roses and i'm part of the 18 favorites (not sure what i'm going to be doing there hehe).

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Swimming at Hillsborough

2007-03-22T12:43:00.000+08:00

At around 10:30AM, Dad drove me to Alabang because my classmates and I would be having a pool get together. We were going to swim at the village of Kat in Hillsborough. The people who came were: Rina, Sam, Karmella, Sarah, Almira, Iska (Al's cousin), Cocoi, Kat, Toby, Clarisse, and Alvin. We had fun; ate a lot, listened to music, and took a lot of pictures C= .

Pictures for Today:

Enchanted Kingdom

2007-02-17T21:13:00.000+08:00

Today I went to Enchanted Kingdom with Kat, Cocoi, Toby, and Arvin. Arvin came really early in the morning like 5AM with Dad because he had a golfing tournament in the morning! I still had religioon before we would go to EK, so in the meanwhile I brought Arvin to the computer shop to play for 3 hours. Religion was indifferent, same ol' same.

At ten o'clock I changed, picked up Arvin, and got my stuff. Since EK doesn't open till around 11AM, we went to Cocoi's house in Alabang. We just hung out there and ate lunch before leaving. Oh my gosh it was hot over there! Hehe. We rode like every ride worth riding. We rode the River Log first, which was Arvin's favorite. We also went on the Water Rafting, Pirate Ship, and the Space Shuttle. And that Space Shuttle was CRAZY!!! I was so SCARED, I can't even desribe it haha, first time to try that. Kat, Cocoi, Toby, and I also went to the paintball place. We were styling in some very "flattering" vests bwahaha. Check out the pics.

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Holidays

2007-01-02T07:46:00.000+08:00

Well, my Christmas break was from December 22nd until January 4.

My family and I spent our holidays here; near home. To tell you the truth, the holidays aren't the same without my Grandma Cely. I don't know what it is, but I find myself missing her.

We didn't have a Noche Buena . But we did do something for Christmas hehe; we went to Duty Free. We bought more food than actual materialistic items. We had fun shopping around haha.

During New Years, we stayed home; and we had left-over firecrackers from last year, so we used those. New Years was more family oriented because we had fun playing and watching the fireworks and we actually ate dinner together as a family.

Anyways, today I went jogging with Dad. Haha I had this goal when break started that I would jog with Dad everyday haha, but I didn't start that til today; 2 days before school will start haha.

Lakbay Kalikasan

2006-12-22T15:21:00.000+08:00

On December 21 at 5:00AM, my classmates and I met up with our teacher and Biak na Bato facilitators in front of the school.

We arrived at Biak na Bato National Park around 8:00AM and the first thing we did was have a warm-up. Then we went off hiking to our first destination. On this trip we did a lot of trekking!!!

During the whole trip we visited 5 caves. One had bats and a whole lot of mud haha, but it was so fun. Another cave was pretty scary haha, kc it was so low! One of the kuyas told us to turn off all the flashlights (pitch black) and told us to repeat after him. It was so funny because we were repeating his chant and we didn't realized what we were saying, until he told us!!! We were actually saying, "Tae... na... ako..." BWAHAHA; we also planted tree seedlings (mahogany and nara). After visiting those caves and learning the history of each, some of our classmates went to the hanging bridge to rapel down, while most of us went down to the river and went swimming! It felt nice swimming and splashing in the cold water after going through a cave with mud and bat droppings!

The Lakbay Kalikasan facilitators also contributed to the great time we had. Thank you all, Kuyas! This was a great experience; and I would recommend all who like the outdoors and want to experience the Filipino culture, check it out!

www.lakbaykalikasan.com

Pictures for Today: Lakbay Kalikasan

Glorietta

2006-12-11T00:39:00.000+08:00

Today, I woke up late. It was really windy and raining outside; signs of a typhoon.

Around 3PM, my family and I went to Julugan to pick up Uncle Mark, Auntie Myla, and her dad so they could go to Greenhills. Before going there, Dad dropped ging, arvin, and me to Glorietta.

Ging and I dropped off Arvin at Timezone while we went shopping for 30 minutes; saw Irvine waiting for the race car game. We took Arvin over to EGG (Extreme Gaming Grounds) after he used all his tokens. Ging and I had fun shopping; pretended we were on the show "Dress for Less ".

I bought cereal from Marks and Spencer : Triple Chocolate Crunch; a dress from Cinderella for Paulthenics (where we are going to show off our social graces); a lil shirt form Blue's ; and shared the payment for Dad's long sleeves shirt.

Random Pictures for Today

2006-11-30T19:41:00.000+08:00

Yay, I'm home! Wlang pasok ngayong araw kc there's a typhoon called "Durian." Not really happy for the typhoon bec. we probably wont have any power for a while; just happy that I can relax at home. Been home since yesterday, late evening, after hearing the news when I got back to the dorm after my Physics class ended at 6:00PM.

RECAP: this week

[Monday] Today, we would be having dance practice for P.E, so Dad dropped me off at the dormitory at 5:00Am after leaving the house around 4:30AM because it was Monday; so, traffic. I just slept the rest of the remaing hours I had before meeting my groupmates at 9AM to choreograph & practice a hiphop dance for P.E.

The practice didn't start til around 10PM because we needed to borrow a CD player and wait for some of the members. To make matters worst, our music on the CD didn't work because it was rewritable; so, we just chose a song from my ipod "Beep" By the Pussycat Dolls. Ended practice aroung 1:30PM and I went back to the dorm to sleep and do my assignments.

[Had a normal Tuesday]

[Wednesday] I really don't like Wednesdays because I have Physics lecture, Physics lab, Intro to IT, and Filipino tutorial.

We had a quiz both in IT and Physics. I was nervous about the quiz in Physics because people told me that it was so hard and most people failed! But even though I could have scored better, I got a (18/30). I could have done better, but I'm so slow with the yotta, zeta, exa, peta, etc ... and which belong to which greek prefix. I had to keep reciting the whole thing to answer the questions in the problem solving.

We had Dyan's surprise birthday party in the dorm today! Hehe and we had to rush because she was going home soon; we had to think of a way to get her out of the room to set-up everything. Had chocolate cake, and vanilla ice-cream... yum! We took pictures which was fun. Then after maybe an hour, Dyan went home and so did I.

Random Pictures: My baby cousin, Florentina's (Tin Tin), 2nd Birthday on Nov 26!

Tin Tin with her Mommy and Daddy

recap of this week

2006-11-19T00:57:00.001+08:00

RECAP OF THIS WEEK

This week at school was pretty normal. I got to hangout with Krismahaal and Gino at Robinson.

This semester we were told that we would be doing a lot of outside school activities. In environmental science we have to visit a hospital and conduct a study about their waste management; my group members are Kat, Cocoi, Toby, Alvin, Jonathan, and Gian. I think they'll start looking for a hospital on Monday. In our NSTP class, we are going to have an exposure trip to Laguna with Biyak na Bato (not sure if that's the right). This trip will probably be the most enjoyable one in my opinion. Then in religious education , we need to do a 5 hour service by December 9 and another 5 hours before February 3. I think we will join sila Clarisse somewhere in Zambales to spend time with the native people and that's good for all the required hours needed since it's so far.

On Saturday, I had to go to my religion class at 7AM to 10AM. The professor dismissed us 30 minutes early so Cocoi, Toby, Kat, and I decided to go to Starbucks and meanwhile help Kat get them stickers so she could get that planner.

I was finally able to go home around 4PM. But for some reason, some serious traffic! Bought some pizza form Lots of Pizza before going home.

SM

2006-11-03T13:58:00.000+08:00

:: Recap of Wednesday -- Dad leaves for Cebu.

Yesterday, Ging and I went to SM Bacoor around 4:00PM.

When we got there, we checked out the movies that were showing. We decided to watch The World Trade Center at around 5:45PM. While we were waiting, we ate at Kenny Roger's. Then after eating, straight to the theater.

The movie was nice, but the theater's projection sucked ass ! It was too low, so the sound microphone kept showing . But we knew it wasn't the movie because when the end credits were showing, the names weren't in the middle, they we closer to the bottom of the screen. And to piss us off a little bit more, there were guys in our row that kept laughing and talking loud! Hehe, one of my favorite lines in the movie is: "My mouth feels like a beach."

The movie ended around 8:00PM, and dad called to check on us and tell us to go home because it was getting late--since he's in Cebu, he isn't comfortable when we are away from home because something might happen to us while he's gone. Ging and I shopped around looking for clothes. We bought jeans at Herbench, then before leaving we bought garlic breadsticks.

We got home around 10:00PM.

Random Pictures for Today: Caiomhe's First Halloween

My Ate Candee and Baby Caiomhe.

Kuya Rob with Caiomhe

Ate Candee, Caiomhe, and Kuya Rob

November 01: All Souls Day

Today, we went to St. John's around 4:00PM to visit Grandma Cely's grave. When we got there, I saw the house that dad got built over her grave; it was nice and orange. After saying a prayer, we went to the grave of my Grandma Ine's husband. We ate our merienda, spaghetti and bread... and bought taho. Then we didn't leave long afterwards; but before leaving, I saw Jesette's mom & dad not far from where my grandma was buried.

When we got to the house, there were some of our relatives already there: Auntie Sally with her two sons and daughter, and Grandpa Noli's family. It was nice to have family over and just hang out. We played with Sarah, our baby cousin, and taught her how to ride our razor scooter. After eating our dinner Ging, Auntie Neneng, and I went with Ate Crisa and Auntie Sonya to the other cemetary. I don't really enjoy going there because it's crowded and a lot of guys stare and they think they have a chance with you; eewwww . Anyways, Ging and I made our first candle wax balls. Auntie Sonya went all-out hehe and went to other graves to get the wax.

By the time we got back home, everyone left to go back home.

Enrollment

2006-10-30T17:10:00.000+08:00

Today woke up early to go to St.Paul for enrollment. I got all my class cards except my Filipino Tutorial.

Final Grades
> General Chemistry = 86
> Intro to Psychology = 89
> Chemistry Lab = 89
> NSTP-1 = 90
> English = 91
> Logic = 92
> Religious Ed = 92
> Gymnastics = 94
> College Algebra = 94
>> General Average (not complete)= 90.78

Schedule for Second Semester

Monday
7:00AM-10:00AM RELIGIOUS ED
10:00AM-11:00AM LUNCH
11:00AM-1:00PM DANCING

Tuesday
7:00AM-10:00AM ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
10:00AM-10:30AM BREAK
10:30AM-12:00PM WRITING DISCIPLINE
12:00PM-2:30PM LUNCH
2:30PM-4:00PM SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
4:00PM-5:30PM PHILOSOPHY OF MAN

Wednesday
9:00AM-12:00PM PHYSICS (LAB)
12:00PM-2:30PM LUNCH
2:30PM-4:00PM INTRO TO IT
4:00PM-6:00PM PHYSICS

Thursday
10:00AM-12:00PM WRITING DISCIPLINE
12:00PM-2:30PM LUNCH
2:30PM-4:00PM SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
4:00PM-5:30PM PHILOSOPHY OF MAN

Friday
9:00AM-12:00PM NSTP
12:00PM-2:30PM LUNCH
2:30PM-4:00PM INTRO TO IT

Saturday
8:00AM-3:00PM PAULTHENICS (Only for 3 weeks)

Anyways there's my schedule for the 2nd semester =( . It's not as good as the first semester for me; first sem there were longer breaks/lunch, and shorter class hours for each class. At least I get longer lunch breaks than my classmates because I'm going to drop the Filipino (Basa't Sulat) on Tuesdays and Thursdays; instead, I'm going to take the Filipino Tutorial Class... so I got to arrange that and talk with Shyna and Anna to schedule the days we'll have it on.

Random Pictures for Today

My baby nephew, Austin. Son of Ate Junnel at Kuya Alfred.

Class Cards

2006-10-26T11:32:00.000+08:00

RECAP OF YESTERDAY

Yesterday, I woke up around 5:o0AM to jog with Dad, but as I was getting ready he left without me. By that time Ging was already getting ready for school because she had to meet Thea around 6:15PM. At around 6AM, Dad came back and he said that he thought I was sleeping because no lights were on in the room. After he dropped off Ging and we waited for Arvin to go to school, we went to the retirees' village to jog. Since dad said that his legs already hurt, he rode his motorcycle beside me while I jogged haha. My legs were hurting so much! Instead of one hour of jogging, I just did 5 laps around until dad made me run full speed before we went back home. I got ready to go to St.Paul to get my class cards.

We left around 9:45AM and as usually, traffic . We arrived at St.Paul around 11:00AM. I saw Ms.Paredes, our chemistry teacher, but she said I needed my clearance before I could get my card. When I went to the third floor to the general supply room, the lady there was on her lunch break til 12:00PM; so dad decided that we should eat lunch. When we got to the first floor, I saw Alvin, Gian and Patrick. I didn't notice Kat til after a few seconds. Kat and I decided to eat in Robinson so Dad didn't have to have so much hassel. We ate at Teriyaki Boy.

Out of 12 cards, I only got 5... but 2 of them are just failed or passed. So far, my lowest is 89% in Introduction to Psychology.
> Gymnastics = 94%
> Logic = 92%
> Intro to Psych = 89%

Random Pictures for Today: Summer 2006 in Subic

Island hopping

Oceanview

SM

2006-10-15T22:42:00.000+08:00

My family and I went to SM Bacoor today; sobrang crowded talaga haha kc 3 day sale and it was the last day. We didn't do much; I just ordered contacts because mine were ripped, so I've been wearing glasses since last thursday. Ging finally persuaded dad to get her contacts, clear lang. And Arvin got new glasses. After shoving our way through the crowds of people, we made our way to Greenwich while Arvin went to netopia.

After eating, we decided to go to the Supermarket . We didn't buy much, but we got a free tabo because the promo haha. As we were on our way home, Arvin told us he saw JR and Chino.

random picture for today

Semester Break

2006-10-14T22:12:00.000+08:00

Semester Break na!

Anyways, I have been on vacation since last friday. Friday I had my last 3 exams: Logic(10:oOAM-12:oOPM), Filipino-1 Tutorial Class (12:oOPM-1:oOPM), and Algebra (2:oOPM-4:oOPM). Before I went home, I had to pack ALL my things in the dorm and bring them back home! Damn, it took me so many trips up and down the dormitory to get to the lobby!!! Haha. Our enrollment starts October 30 and classes starts Novemeber 6.

Dad and I probably left around 5:30PM and by then, there was so much traffic! We got home around 7:30PM.

Well, I decided to visit my sister at Atheneum this coming Saturday to see her command. Then I'll go to SM with Gino, Rizza, EJ, and whoever... Not sure who else is joining.

Condolence Gino and Family

2006-09-18T12:08:00.000+08:00

His Journey's Just Begun
By Ellen Brenneman

Don't think of him as gone away--
his journey's just begun
life holds so many facets
this earth is only one.

Just think of him as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of him as living
in the hearts of those he touched...
for nothing loved is ever lost--
and he was loved so much.

Gino, I know you and your family are hurting, but I won't pretend that I know exactly how you are feeling. I have never loss someone so dear to me in such a way. Time will pass, though you will never forget your father, you will learn to accept it and begin to heal. Condolence love.

.....

2006-08-28T14:59:00.000+08:00

Hehe it's been a while since I last posted up a blog.

We already had our mid term exams on August 15 to 18. OMG! The religion exam was really difficult haha. I was afraid I'd failed. I was so pissed at myself because I made a stupid mistake in algebra! But I'm so happy it's over. Now, I just have to wait for October for finals. One of the good things abou St. Paul is that we don't have pre-lims! So we instead of having exams every month we have them every two months hehe.

Happy 17th Birthday Rizza!
NEWS:

* Ate Candee and Kuya Rob just had a baby girl, Caiomhe. Congrats! *
* Next saturday, September 2, we're gonna go to water camp.*

recap of this week

2006-07-15T16:27:00.000+08:00

RECAP OF THIS WEEK

July 14 (FRIDAY)

Mey clase kami ngayon =( . Anyways, today we had full load (classes from 7Am-5:30PM).

KAT, COCOI, SHYNA, TOBY, and I had our out reach program at 12:30PM-1:30PM. It was our second time only, and we had more kids to teach than last time. Last time we only had 2 kids, and now we probably had 8 kids to teach. The activities we did were drawing what God gave to us and reviewed the sign of the cross.

SHYNA, ANA, and I were suppose to have Filipino Tutorial today at 5:30PM-6:30PM but Ms. Tiongson was absent, so I got to go to my dorm early.

We ate dinner with the Chinese at the HRM training building. We had rice, vegetables, tofu, and chicken.

Dad and Ging picked me up from the dorm around 7:30PM, and we arrived home around 9:00PM.

July 13 (THURSDAY)

NO CLASSES! But the bad thing about it, was that since I was staying in the dormitory, the nuns didn't allow us to go off the campus because the weather was "unpredictable"... not even to ROBINSON, which was not even 2 minutes away.

Today my Ninong, Ninang, & cousins: Addison, Aldrin, and Aaron were leaving for the states, so Dad brought all of them along w/ Ging and Arvin to my school to pick me up to drop them off at the airport.

After saying our good-byes, Dad, Ging, Arvin, & I went to Mall of Asia to eat and shop a little bit. I bought these cute voodoo dolls. I chose Baby Sagai for me, to protect my family and keep them from harm. Then I chose Ninja for GN, so it can protect her from any harm and keep her enemies away... hehe... that's what the descriptions says haha.

Today, students from a certain school in China came today to our school. They'll be staying at St. Paul until July 23.

July 12 (WEDNESDAY)

Today it was really windy and it was raining a lot... typhoon season haha.

Anyways, during our college algebra we had announcement that we were dismissed early due to the weather.

July 11 (TUESDAY)

Happy 17th Birthday MM!

back again

2006-07-08T21:25:00.000+08:00

OMG! It's been a while since I last updated.

Anyways, today was my last day of classes for the week, Paulthenics at 8AM-3PM, then Study and Learning Skills at 3PM-5:PM. Nothing much... Made new friends & learned new lessons. Anyways here are some lil "tid bits " about school:

* BSN - 1E: 39 students; 3 BOYS lang
* Tropa ko are: Kat Salas, Cocoi Mella, Toby Martinez, & Shyna Dayrit
* Dorm room 301 F
* Dorm8s are: Vicky, Luvin, Clare, Lin-Lin, Ivy Anne, Dennese, & Dyan
* Have classes 5 days a week.

At school, I woke up at around 5AM, to get a shower so I don't have to wait for one. My classes start at 8AM for Paulthenics, but I had to wake up early to fix my special filipino papers that morning and meet my dad.

In Paulthenics, my group was the "bad" group haha, because we didn't memorize the St. Paul Vission-Mission or know the tune of the 2 Paulianian songs =S . My groupmates were: KAT SALAS, ALVIN GERALD S., GIAN PATRICK PILI, JONATHAN PACQUING, and VICTOR (a 33 yr old student!). But our group was the FUNNY haha kasi lahat ng lalaki were with us... and Kat & I are the LOUDEST girls in class.

Then we did this activity, where we had to tape a piece og paper on our back then let our classmates write something POSITIVE and/or NEGATIVE about you. On my POSITIVE SIDE I had: interesting, friendly, kind, fun, sweet, approachable, cool, beautiful, pretty, nice, and humble, and on my NEGATIVE SIDE: quiet, shy, english speaking =S , and mukang suplada.

Anyways, for lunch TOSCA (Toby), COCOI, KAT, and I went to Robinson at a japanese resturaunt. Then when we were going back to school, it began to RAIN SO HARD!!! We probably walked for 2 minutes in the rain (it just got harder as we were walking)... TALK ABOUT SEE-THROUGH.

Back in Paulthenics, we had to do this activity (Artes de Kopas) where we make a logo w/ crepe paper and clorox. Our topic was Christ-centeredness, BWAHAHA... our's was the FUNNIEST!!!

Well, today it's the party for cousin, JAMES ADDISON'S, 16th birthday. Haha he was introduced to an 18 year old girl, Hazel.... BWAHAHA, GN! MM! Me karibal kau!!!!!!

2nd Day of classes

2006-06-18T02:31:00.000+08:00

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!

RECAP : June 16, 2006

Today, I woke up at 4:30AM to get ready to go to classes.

At 6:00AM, we all went to breakfast with each other. This time I was able to get the amount of food that I wanted since I got served myself; we ate tapsilog. We had time to just sit around in our dorms because we had 15 minutes.

My first class was filipino, and after an hour of waiting the professor didn't show up so Me, Kat, and Cocoi went down to the canteen to eat. I saw Kris at the table right beside us, I signed to her to sit with us but she said that it was ok. We talked with Vikky (my roommate) about when guys started to go to the school. Before 8:30AM, we started our way to our next class.

We were dismissed early and so I decided to get my ID, but the guy told me to pick it up after lunch. Kat, Cocoi,a nd I went to Robinson and walked around. We went into a store on the second floor pass the movie house and wanted to do a fashion montage. So we chose the same striped dress in different colors; the dress was a tube style but at the mid section it had an elastic band. I got the tan striped one, while Cocoi got the blue and Kat chose the red. Cocoi and Kat said it was bagay to me. Cocoi said hers was too big and Kat said hers didn't look good on her. Rizza texted me that she was already on her way now. So we decided to wait at the Pizza Planet. Kat and Cocoi bought their pizza then Rizza arrived, and not long after Gino came and then Mina & Shyna came. I introduced my new frens to Gino and Rizza. Gino, Rizza, and I decided to go eat somewhere else to bond; we ate at shakey's.

At 1:15PM we went in National to buy ID covers, then went back to St. Paul. I went straight to my class but I wasn't late. I was our Intro to Psych class and all we had to do was to introduce ourselves to the class. We were dismissed early at 3:30PM so Kat, Cocoi and I went to the office to get my ID; haha I look good in my ID ;P hehe! At 4PM, we went to our Logic class. The professor there was really kool... he was funny. We had a seat plan, so we all sat by alphabetical order. I sit by 2 of our 3 guys: Gian is on my right and Alvin at my back... The other guy is at my left but at the other row so we're like 2 seats apart. The professor made us do two activities to find out if we were more LOGICAL or CREATIVE thinkers. We were dismissed at 5:30PM, and I was going to go to my dorm to get my things ready because Dad was going to pick me up at around 6:30PM, but I decided to go to the Students' Affairs office because I knew that I wouldn't be able to keep-up in my Filipino class because I'm not fluent. The lady told me to talk with my Filipino professor and tell him that I want to drop the class and take a filipino tutorial.

After that I went to my dorm, not long the lobby paged me to go down because of Dad. I brought my suitcase at the top of the stairs because it would be difficult to bring down. The sophomores said Hello to Dad because they thought he was really nice the last time he came in the dorm with Auntie Daisy and Grandma Ine.

QUICK FACTS

' We have 39 students in our section; 3 boys ONLY.
' All my classes are AIRCONDITIONED, except chem. lab.
' Don't need to wear uniform til July 3.
' Paulthenics on July 1, 8, 15 (Saturdays) at 8AM-3:30PM =( !
' Have to drop Filipino-SNP

First day of Classes

2006-06-18T01:55:00.000+08:00

RECAP: June 15, 2006

Today was the 1st day of classes. I woke up around 4:45AM, so I wouldn't have to wait for a shower. All of us got ready around 7:00AM, then we all went to breakfast together. They were serving scrambled eggs, hotdogs, and rice, but Iw asn't able to eat all of it. We probably finished at around 7:30AM, then we went back in the dorm to get our stuff. I went with Ate Clare downstairs and separated our ways.

It was kinda difficult to find my way around. I finally found my room, and there were already people there. I sat beside two gurls: Abby and Carol. After a few minutes I became friends with Cocoi (a girl I met in the orientation) & Kat. We were all surprise to find out that we were all in the wrong room!!! Haha, we found the right room and half of the class was already there along with the NSTP teacher. After a few classes, we finally had lunch at 10AM-1AM. Kat, Cocoi, and I went to starbucks to wait til Robinson opened. We met with two other girls: Shyna from Dubai and Mina. We all ate at a Japanese resturaunt.

We went back to the school at 12:30PM, and went to our classes.

The rest of the day was ok. Most of our classes we didn't have a professor.

Anyways, I didn't have much time to rest because my classes ended at 5:30PM and I had orientation for the dorms at 6:00PM at the dining room. Me and the other 2 freshmens went down first, while the others came later. We ate calamari, rice, chopsuey, and watermelon.

We all slept around 10PM. I woke up in the middle of the night because I had to use the bathroom, since it was my first night I wasn't sure if the halls would be pitch black! But when I heard some doors opening, I decided to go down, and I found out that all the lights were on where the batchrooms are. I slept ok the rest of the night.

St. Paul

2006-06-16T22:03:00.000+08:00

Well I just got home from St. Paul.

RECAP of the pass few days at St. Paul

JUNE 14, 2006 : Orientation

My Dad, Auntie Daisy, Grandpa Frankie, and I left the house at around 5:30AM. We arrived at St. Paul maybe a little bit before 7:00AM. It wasn't long before I saw Kris Delavin , so we went together. Rizza was still on her way; she was kind of nervouse kc there was traffic and she thought she might be late, and that she might be by herself. At around 7:00AM, upper-classmen directed us to line up by course, for nursing there were 5 lines.

At around 7:15AM, Rizza finally arrived, but she couldn't see us. Our line finally was directed to go into the auditorium to register. Kris and I just wrote our name on the list and was given a green piece of paper for a name tag and a program. I was surprise to see that the orientation would end at 3:30PM!!! Kris and I went into the auditorium and sat on the right side, but I noticed that the people around us had a different color name tag. We guessed that each color was a different course, so we moved toward the middle of the auditorium where the other people with green name tags were sitting.

The program was really long and I started not to feel well, like I was going to throw up!!! The best parts was the fashion show showing us the INAPPROPRIATE and APPROPRIATE CIVILIAN, UNIFORM, and CORPORATE; and the MODERN DANCE by the Paulinian Dance Troupe. Anyways, we were finally dismissed for lunch at 12:00PM. I joined my dad while kris went with her mom and Rizza's mom. I met my dad, Auntie, and Grandpa at the canteen. I told them I wasn't feeling well and Dad said it was because I slept late and didn't eat breakfast. Dad bought me food but I didn't eat much of it.

I went into the dorm, while my Dad got my things from the car. When I went in my dorm room # 301, some of my roomates were already there : Ate Belinda, Ate Ivy, and a freshman name Denise. We had to go to the Conference room B for nursing students to continue the orientation at 1:30PM. Since I wasn't feeling well, I just layed down on my bed; the upper bunk; the other girls left. I finally got up at 1:15PM, and I was surprise to see a note that said, "Adri, here's my cellphone number if you need anything."

Once again we had to sign our name on a list. I met Kris, Rizza, and Rizza's new friend Dianne. After maybe 30 mins, we were put into groups to be led by upper-classmen to give us a tour. I left in the middle of the tour because I was so sick!

By 5:30PM, all my roomates arrived: (5 sophomores) Belinda, Ivy, Vikky, May-Lou, and Clare; (2 sphomores) Denise and Dianne. The sophomores invited us to Robinson to eat dinner and buy supplies for the dorm. I was the only freshmen to go kc the other 2 had to do something. After we bought our stuff, we decided to eat at Shakey's. I just ate chicken and corn soup since I wasn't feeling well. We got back to the dorm around 7:45PM.

Orientation

2006-06-14T04:50:00.000+08:00

Right now it's 5:00AM, and I'm all set to stay at St. Paul for 3 days. Kris, Rizza, and I will meet each other before the orientation so we all can be together. Anyways, we have to register before 7:30AM. I'm not sure how long the orientation is but whne it is over me, Rizza, and Kris will probably go to Mall of Asia or Robinson.

Happy Independence Day!

2006-06-12T21:41:00.000+08:00

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Today, I woke up early so I could get some of my things ready to bring to St. Paul on Wednesday. We found out that my classes will start on Thursday instead of tomorrow, so I have an extra day to relax. Rizza, Kris, and I will meet up before the orientation and register together on Wednesday.

The rest of the day was normal, and kind of boring... So I just went to sleep. I woke up around 5:0oPM when Ate Crisa came over to give our things we ordered from her. Ging and I watched tv while the others went to the next house to talk. After 30 minutes, my dad came over and told us that they were all gonna watch the DVD of Grandma Cely's funeral.

It was so sad to watch; remembering the feelings we felt those days. We finished watching the DVD at around 8:45PM. Ate Crisa, Auntie Sonya, Roy, Auntie Neneng, Grandma Ine all went back to their homes.

Anyways, Dad will go to Glorietta to pick up all of our glasses, since it's coding... he'll drive the motorcycle instead of the car so I don't feel like going all the way there.

** GOOD LUCK to all who are starting classes tomorrow! Take care.

Music Recital at SM

2006-06-11T22:11:00.000+08:00

Today, Ging and I got ready to go to SM around 1:00PM. It was Ging's music recital today. We didn't want to go there when the recital started because we would have to wait there for a while til it was Ging's turn; so maybe it started around 1:00PM. Dad, Arvin, Ging, and I left the house at 3:30PM for SM, and arrived around 4:00PM. When Arvin, Ging, & I went to the ground floor while Dad parked the car, it was only #36 hay... and Ging was #66 !!! So imagine how long we had to wait haha. Anyways, we met up with Ate Crisa and her mom. Since we had a lot of time to spare, Ging, Ate Crisa, and I walked around and SHOPPED!

When is was already in the 40's, we went back downstairs and we waited at the back stage. Ging's teacher wanted her to put MORE make-up, hehe. When it was # 57, we decided to fix her up. We just darken Ging's makeup because the stage light was bright. When it was #60, the teacher lead us to the inside of the bounderies. Ging sat with Dad at the side so he can escort her to the stage. Anyways, Ging sang "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill. She was great hehe, in the middle of the song... I was laughing because I was proud of her... When Ging saw me laughing and smiling, she smiled and was about to laugh also, BWAHAHA . Then Ate Crisa started to laugh and pointed out Uncle Freddie looking down directly above Ging from the floor above us.

When she was done, she joined Dad to the other side of the stage and took a picture with Ms. Lea De Castro who also gave Ging a certificate. Right after that, we went out of that place and went to Shakey's to eat dinner. We just ate pizza & chicken. After Ate Crisa, Ging, and I were done with our food, we decided to go SHOPPING again haha. We didn't shop for clothes, just stuff for school. I also bought some stuff for the dorm, hay... I'm nervous hehe. I still need to go back to the registrar to get a copy of my sched and talk with the person in-charge about giving me a special filipino class!

Well now we're home na, I'll just get my stuff ready.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUYA JR!!!

SHOPPING!

2006-06-10T06:38:00.000+08:00

Well yesterday, we left the house around 5:30AM to go to Quezon City to the dental appointment for my Auntie Daisy and Grandpa Frank. The reason why my dad wanted to leave so early was because he hates traffic! We arrive at the dentist around 7 o'clock and we were the only customers because it actually didn't open until 9AM... special kami, haha joke. Well, we stayed there for about 15 minutes for my auntie and grandpa.

After that we were suppose to go home because everything was closed that time, but Ging really wanted to go to Greenhills and said, "That's the reason why I woke up early and went with you!" So we went to Greenhills and stayed in Starbucks. Ging and I tried the "banana caramel" it was ok. We probably stayed there for 2 hours, but I didn't mind.

Finally, at 10AM it opened and we went inside. Ging and I split up from my dad, auntie, and grandpa. We both bought a lot of stuff; Ging bought stuff for her outfit to wear for the recital on Sunday. Anyways, we shopped for about 3 hours, til my dad called and told us to meet them at Popeye's. Ging and I knew the place where it is, but not how to get there from where we were, so we took a while til we found it. We ate for a few minutes while my auntie showed us what she had bought.

Around 1:30PM, we all went to glorietta to get/fix our glasses. Haha, if you see my glasses I bet you would shake your head and laugh... I mean my glasses were destroyed haha, and I never wore them since 2 years ago. But I needed them for school if I'm not wearing my contacts at night. When dad saw them, he told me to put it away and find new ones. I wanted frameless but my dad didn't want to spend "uneccessary" money to buy the special thin lenses since I wouldn't be wearing my glasses in public. My grade is 500 and 450!!! So if I got normal lenses, they would be freakin THICK! But yea, that's wny I got frames and I got the type of lenses that weren't as thick as the normal but not as thin as the special ones. We were in a hurry because Ging had voice lessons at 4PM.

The rest of the day, I just slept hehe.

Mall of Asia

2006-06-08T07:14:00.000+08:00

RECAP : June o6, 2006

Ging, Dad, Auntie Daisy, Grandpa Frankie, and I went to Manila. We dropped off my grandpa at "something" Plaze (I forgot the name), while the 4 of us went to Mall of Asia. We circled the whole mall until we found a parking space haha! Anyways, when we entered the mall we of course wandered around the ground floor. My dad said to us, "We will dedicate 1 day for the ground floor ." Bwahahaha. We walked around for a few minutes. While we passed an ice cream stand Ging said to me, "Since this is a new mall... I'm the first one to touch this! " She put her hand on the pot of little tree, hehe. My dad took us to Jollybee to eat lunch because my Auntie wanted that place. After we ate, my dad told us that he wants to watch a movie, so Auntie Daisy, Ging, and I decide to SHOP! We went to store such as: LuluCastagnette, Mint, Cabrelli, Folded and Hung, Penshoppe, & Bench. I bought a cute dark green top from Cabrelli, a red shirt at LuluCastagnette, some clothes from Penshoppe, makeup bag from Mint, and aviator sunglasses from Folded and Hung, and I also bought a dvd. Ging also bought a lot. We also stopped by to look at the skaters on the ice skating rink. Anyways, we shopped for about 3 hours, until my dad called me and asked where we were. When we met up, my dad told us that he watched X-Men3 but he thought he was going to watch MI3. He said the movie was good, hehe I want to watch that!

After we left Mall of Asia, the 4 of us drove to Blue Wave to eat. Since, we couldn't decide where to eat at, we actually went around to every resturaunt in the inner part. We finally decided to eat at Pizza Hut. After we finished, my Grandpa Frankie, Auntie Crisa, Uncle Freddie, and 2 family friends joined us there. We were later going to a place called Sea Side bec. it was acoustic night. Dad wanted Ging to sing there, so she could have the experience to perform infront of an audience because she is having her recital on Sunday. After maybe 2 hours, we went to the place. Since we had already ate, we just ordered drinks. There were aready performers on the stage; 2 women. They were good at singing and performing... they made us laugh a lot. We gave our request for a guest singer, Ging. Ging sang My Immortal, Heaven, and There You'll be. After she sang, Ging told me that she liked singing there because the people on the stage made her feel welcome and comfortable because they were talking with her and saying stuff like, "Oh, Angeline, our pinoy idol from america, contestant #1. Teach me english because I'm bad ." haha. Anyways, we had a good time there. We arrived home around 11PM I think.

2006-06-02T19:36:00.000+08:00

MOOD: Tired

Anyways today I didn't get enough sleep today, again. Ging and I just relaxed at home in the room; watch tv, go online, talk. Around 10AM, my dad told us that our Uncle Addie and Auntie Daisy would be going to SM Bacoor after they drop off Ging at her voice lessons. Anyways, hay... sisters will be sisters! Ging and I got into a lil' fight before we left the house. No big deal just some yelling haha, now we just giving each other the silent treatment, it'll cool of sooner or later.

When we dropped off Ging at her lessons, Uncle Ryan & Addie, Auntie Neneng & Daisy, and I drove to SM. We just walked around a little bit trying to find a place to eat. We decided to eat at Chowking kasi they wanted halo-halo. Not long, Ging texted Uncle Ryan that she was finished, so he left to pick her upwhile we stayed in Chowking. After all of us ate, we just shopped around. Ging bought a vcd of songs, Auntie bought some stuff for the house (forks, spoons, cups). Then while the two uncles and Auntie Neneng went to find some earrings, Auntie Daisy, Ging and I went to the grocery store. Bwahahaha, you know what I really hate??? Is when you go off on your own not far, just to look for something... Then when your done, you can't find your kasama. Then you have 2 look for them, and end up putting back the stuff your holding cuz you don't want to hold all that while your looking for your kasama! After shopping we went home and got home around 7:30PM.

Grandma's Funeral

2006-06-02T00:48:00.000+08:00

RECAP : May 31, 2006

Well today was the funeral of my grandmother, Arceli G. Pareja. The funeral was at 1:00PM. Ging and I woke up around 10:30AM because we didn't have a lot of sleep the night before. Anyways around 1:00PM, Ging and I went to the other house next door because my dad said to go with my Auntie Daisy. When we got there, I saw the reason why he told us to go to her. She was crying over the body of my grandmother with my Uncle Freddie. Anyways, it was so emotionally for all of us. I didn't cry that much since I heard the news that my grandma had died that day on May 24th. Knowing that this was the last time I got to be with my grandma. I tried to hold in my tears, but they just started to flow down. All of us walked behind the casket until the kanto (store) at the entrance of our subdivision, then we all went in our own cars or vehicles to St. John. My dad and I rode in a baby bus along with some others such as my Uncle Addie and Auntie Daisy. When we were a little passed Landmass, we all started to get off and walk the rest of the way to St. John.

When we arrived at the memorial park, we went straight to a little covered part where the mass was held. Near the ending of the mass, my Uncle Freddie went infront of the audience and gave a little speech. It was so hard to keep in the tears while his own tears couldn't be held in. He's voiced cracked a few times, trying to hold back how much pain he was feeling. After he gave his speech, my own dad went up and gave thanks to everyone who came on behalf of the family and it was obvious how much pain he was feelings, same as all of us. But I mean, I can't even imagine how it feels for my Dad, Auntie Daisy, Uncle Freddie, Addie, and Uncle Ryan to lose their mother! When he was about to sit down, my dad walked over to my Grandpa Roger, and let out a loud outburst of tears; at that more tears came down. We wached the men carry the casket to the place where my grandmother would be buried. As I went to follow, I saw my tropa at the back (GN, Gino, Lotte, Pong, MM, Gzet, EJ, Nicole); Hazel and Rizza couldn't make it. Anyways, we justr drank juice afterwards, then my tropa went to Gino's house. We drove in my auntie's car back home. When we got home, Ging and I just went to sleep.

RECAP : June 1st

Happy Birthday Kuya Chito!

Enrollment at St. Paul University Manila

2006-05-27T23:12:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I was at the wake of my grandmother and I didn't get any sleep. My dad, Auntie Daisy, Ging, Ate Crisa, & I had to leave for Manila at around 6:00AM, but xempre since we are in the Philippines, we left a little late. We left Cavite around 7:00AM.

When we arrived at St. Paul we went straight to the waiting room infront of the Conference Rm. A. When it was time for us to go inside the room, I was kinda nervous kasi I forgot the reservation fee receipt! But dad "sweet talked" the registrar and so we didn't need it. Well, I paid the tuition, got my class card, ID picture taken (my dad even got his picture taken bwahaha), and my class schedule:

TUESDAY
7:00am-8:30am CWTS 1 (Community Service)
8:30am-10:00am GEN. CHEMISTRY
10:00am-1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm-3:00pm GYMNASTICS
2:30pm-4:00pm FAITH & REV.O.T

WEDNESDAY
7:00am-8:30am FILIPINO
8:30am-10:00am ENGLISH
10:00am-10:30am BREAK
10:30am-12:00pm COLLEGE ALGEBRA
12:00pm-2:30pm LUNCH
2:30pm-4:00pm INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY
4:00pm-5:30pm LOGIC

THURSDAY
7:00am-8:30am CWTS 1 (Community Service)
8:30am-10:00am GEN. CHEMISTRY
10:00am-2:30pm LUNCH
1:00pm-4:00pm GEN. CHEMISTRY (LAB)
2:30pm-4:00pm FAITH & REV.O.T

FRIDAY
7:00am-8:30am FILIPINO
8:30am-10:00am ENGLISH
10:00am-10:30pm BREAK
10:30pm-12:00pm COLLEGE ALGEBRA
12:00pm-2:30pm LUNCH
2:30pm-4:00pm INTRO TO PYSCHOLOGY
4:00pm-5:30pm LOGIC

Haha HELL YEA! I don't got classes on Mondays and none of my classes are pass 5:30pm. My bestfriend, GN Sarmiento, has classes from 7:00am to 8:00pm!!! Anyways, we paid for the fee, P36,000/semester (expensive noh??), of the dorm, shit... I have to share the dorm with 7 other girls! Talk about your privacy =P . After we were finished with everything at St. Paul, we all went to Robinson Ermita. We shopped a little and Auntie Daisy paid for everything, hehe (^_^)... thanks Auntie! We got home around 1:00pm... Since none of us had much sleep, we just took a nap. I woke up around 3:00pm because Jesette, Em, GN, and Pong came by to give their condolences. We hung out at the front porch of my grandma's house. We just talked, played pairs, tongits, and BINGO =P. In BINGO I won about P15. Well they left after a few hours to meet Gino to go to Noveleta.

**My grandma will be buried on Wednesday 1:00PM.

I Miss You Grandma

2006-05-27T03:24:00.000+08:00

RECAP: May 24, 2006
Today my Grandma Cely died, hay... she died around 12:00am at Tanza Family General Hospital.

Even up to this day, 3 days after she had passed... I still can't fully accept that my grandmother, whom I've lived with for so many years, is gone. Everytime I look in her ro0m, my eyes would fill up with tears reminding myself over and over that she's no longer with us. I still am not sure what my true feelings are of her death. "Am I sad that she's no longer with us?" or "Am I happy that she's no longer suffering?" I guess I feel sad and happy for my grandmother. Of course I'm sad because the fact that she's no longer here, but I can say that I am happy too. My Grandma lived a full and happy life with so many accomplishments; its not like she died at a yound age, she was 81 years old. And the fact that she doesn't have to suffer and lose her dignity by being taken care of by a nurse. But now I need my faith to help me find closure, to know that she is in a better place where she can be united with her husband, whom she loves very much. Anyways, the wake is being held at her house right beside our house in St.Cecilia.

I miss you Grandma...