bakasyon sa bulacan
hello everybody! I'm back from SV retreat! Grabe, right after we passed our thesis, I packed my things and prepared for a week's vacation...far-far-away from manila. I didn't bother to check my mail or even go near my laptop the night before my retreat.I love my laptop so much, but that night I just wanted to have some space (parang mag-syota), I was enslaved by MS word, excel, photoshop and mathcad for two weeks kaya ayaw ko muna sa kanya.
The place was nice. It was in the middle of bulacan mountains. But I prefer our retreat place last year. I love the sea, the sunset ang the night sky. Falcon crest offers swimming pool, billiards and videooke. Anyway, I still enjoyed it, as long as its away from manila at may tubig ok na. Actually it was not the place that I enjoyed but the people that was there. After a long time, I was able to have bonding moments with my babies in SV. I was so blessed to hear their stories and their struggles as well.NAkakamiss talaga sila.
Lastly, I had my last kick off from sv. They bid farewell to us, the graduates (kahit next sem pa ko). It was very heartwarming to hear their affirmations. i didn't know that I was influecing their lives that much. Some members said that they treated me as their very own ate. But I was surprised and humbled as well when hannah said that I am her role model in leadership. Nagulat ako kasi parang hindi totoo...si lord lang makakagawa nun! Buckets of tears filled the place as I listen to them and as I say my farewell and bilins to sv. BUt Kuya val, an alumni encouraged me by saying..welcome to the grad club! ang drama talaga ng buhay..anyways..na-miss ko mag-blog! thank you sa mga nag-comment at nag-tag! namiss ko kayo!
Monday, Apr. 05, 2004
oops..wrong news
I was 20 minutes late when I arrived at church yesterday. I went straight to the usher's table to get the program. Then I proceeded to my favorite seat, first column, fourth row from the right. After praise and worship, I sat down and opened the program. Nothing was new, pastor's message, weekly announcements and..and..what..congratulations?!I read it once, twice, thrice, my name was there. It was real, my name was written. Congratualtions to the Graduates. Accckkkkkkk!!! No, i will not graduate this april. I still have a few units left till next sem. I think they assumed I was graduating because I told them thorugh text that I finished my thesis last week. But I guess it's alright. It won't kill me anyway. If that will make them happy, then so be it. I'll just explain to them when they ask for libre or grad pics. It's just nice that they're all excited for me. Anyway, I'll be away again this week. I'll attend our family camp at antipolo. Gimiks left and right! Super fun! Before I forget, thanks to brokensaint for the free consultation:) Ingat din jen sa byahe!
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jam posted at 11:22 pm
Friday, Apr. 16, 2004
malungkot na summer
Dito ko sa TaraLet's computer shop sa shopping center sa peyups. Nagpapatay lang ng oras kasi maya-maya punta na ko sa bahay ni leah.Emcee kasi ako sa debut ng sister niya. I'm not that excited to host the party kasi ayaw ko yung dress ko, badtrip mahalay. Buti sana kung payat ako, e tabachuy ako ngayon. I'm sure mega-asaran nanaman mamaya. I'm not excited at all. arg.
Usually I stay in SV to kill time...kahit nga may dapat gawin nasa SV pa rin. But for two days, walang tao sa tambayan pag lunch. Nakakapanibago, ang sisipag ng mga tao. Nakakamiss tuloy ang summer barkadahan. Yung mga Sv mems na 9 units ang inenroll sa SM north pag summer. Sobrang tahimik at peaceful ng summer ko ngayon. Acads alng problema ko. Nakakamiss manood ng sine after class. Nakakamiss mag-plano kasama ng exec. Nakakamiss mag-library kasama ni ate daps. Nakakamiss umiyak sa metal box. Pero siguro tinuturuan ako ni lord maging engineer sa natitirang ilang buwan ko sa college. Okay na rin. Di nga lang ako sanay. Kahit kuya ko, di makapaniwalang di na ko gimikera. Sige layas na ko, punta na ko kina leah, sana maayos managyari mamya. San di ako magkalat. Sana pumayat ako papunta dun. haha, wish ko lang no?!
Sunday, Apr. 18, 2004
kwento, kwento, kwento
Grabe ang init! parang isang litrong tubig ata ang iniinom ko every two hours sa sobrang init. Salamat sa electric fan at ice candy ng tatay ko kaya medyo lumamiglamig ang feeling. debut Okay naman ang nangyari sa debut. Sobrang colorful dahil hawaiian motif. Ang kulay-kulay ng lugar at game lahat ng bisita dahil lahat naka-costume. Aliw talaga. Binantaan ko din ang dalawang tao na alam kong aasarin ako sa suot ko. Sabi ko, pag-inasar nila ko ilalaglag ko sila, emcee ata ako!
Hehe, ok naman, di sila nang-asar. Sabi ni leah, di daw mahalay yung damit. Siguro conservative lang ako kaya di ako sanay. Ang kulit nung program kasi may games. Limbo rock for guys at hoola hoop for girls. Guess kung sino kasali sa limbo rock? Si doc brokensaint!! Pinsan kasi siya nung debutant. (peace tyo brokensaint!) Sayang di sya nanalo, may bading kasing kasali, hanggang tuhod kayang mag-bend!Wala atang spinal cord. Marami nag-complement sa amin ng co-emcee ko, ang kwela daw. Nahihiya ako kasi feeling ko nangulit lang ako dun. Hay, kahit kelan talaga di ako natutong tumanggap ng complement.
sayahweh.
Sabi nga ni ate meigh, there are alot of things to be grateful this summer. Isa na nga dun ang comeback ko sa dance ministry. Last week sumayaw kami sa easter sunrise service, tapos kanina sayaw ulit sa church service. ANg saya kasi hawak ko ulit ang tambourine habang praise and worship. Pero mas love ko talaga ng interpretative dance, kasi mabagal akong sumayaw. Salamat talaga sa opportunity at talent na bigay ni lord. Shucks, paki-pagpray ako, umiikot utak ko sa sina-summer ko. Ang hirap kasi. Pero kaya yan...by God's grace. May mahirap ba kay Lord?!
Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2004
graduation ball
Gradball.
I felt a bit of regret when GMA news flashed the commencement exercise of UP diliman. I should’ve been there, if only I took my course a little more serious. But anyway, there’s always commencement exercise every year. I’ll just wait for another 12 months to know the feeling of wearing that black toga.
Anyways, last night I attended our graduation ball. The ticket was included in the yearbook package. Actually I didn’t have the slightest plan to go. I didn’t have a date, dress, gimik money and my college friends are all from SV, and most of them already graduated. But my thesis mates convinced me to come. They got me a red-backless-with low neckline-dress plus free hair and make up just to complete our group for the night. I gave in eventually since I want to relax and unwind. I had fun actually.
We had our ball at Intercontinental Hotel. There was good food,good music and it was my first time to see the UP engineers all spiffed up for the occasion. I must say that we were all gorgeous. They also gave us the copy of our yearbook last night. So in a way, I had a taste of the graduate’s pride…seeing my face in the Inhinyero page. College grad ball is so much different from highschool. There were no ‘sweet dances’, no ‘who’s-the-date-of-who’ questions and no crying moments with friends. It was so shallow…nothing beats high school memories talaga.
Take two.
For the second time, something happened to me, also in a grad ball. In high school, I usually keep my myself from liking someone who has a crush on me. Once I know that they like me, I will treat them as spirits, as if they don’t exist. So during our HS ball, this guy who courted me in third year came into the room looking so dashing in his suit. So I gave him the award of crush-for-the-night. He was so handsome, I was asking myself, why did u let this specie slip your hand. Anyway, he asked me for a dance and then he told me, ‘Ja, ganda mo ngayon a’. Syempre ok na ko. Humaba ang hair ko.
Anyway, same thing happened last night. I went inside the room and spotted W sitting beside a petite girl. I noticed him at once because he was handsome in his suit (again!). Two years ago, W told me that he had a crush on me since our 1st major subject. I was shocked because it was unlikely for him to be like that. Anyway, same thing happened…he became a spirit in Jam’s world…as if he never existed. I felt the same ‘sayang feeling’. Sayang ang pogi. We didn’t dance, but when I got home, I congratulated my batchmates through text including him. Then he replied,’ thanks, beautiful girl in red’ Ay sus! Humaba nanaman ang hair ko! Well I guess these are the simple joys of a happy single life…lalo na pag-tumatanda na...
