Happy birthday Ei!

Thank for the treat, Ei! We love you!

(We call each other Triso not because we were born with chromosomal abberations. We're called Triso because we're weird when we're all together. And that's not a bad thing. This group showed me that being weird is good because it means you're courageous enough to show people how insane you really are deep inside.)

*Labor dance*

You are my sweetest downfall

I've been really down these past days because of this problem I have which i cannot expose to the whole world. PREGNANT? hell no! :))

Anyways, I'm making this short post because while I was making this whole drama thing alone in my room and tweeting them out on twitter, two great twitter friends comforted me. They live in the other side of the world and I haven't met them in person. I was just really amazed how much they can sympathize and empathize with me. I was very surprised that they even bothered to reply to me because usually, we just chat when there's an LFC game. I guess, it's also the football love and the "you'll never walk alone" tag that connects all LFC fans out there. Well, i'm just super thankful for the virtual hugs.

The world is full of love, my dear friends. :) No need for hate.

Midterm Week

I really cannot find the words or construct the right sentences that would describe my midterm week. Last week's midterm was probably the toughest out of all the stressful weeks of my life. It was my very first to experience just an hour and a half of sleep for 2 consecutive days (though I know that the only person liable for this is myself due to my inability to manage my time wisely).

I didn't really study that hard though, most of my time was spent making kwento with my brother or eating my midnight snack for more than an hour and dancing in front of the mirror for another hour to get my energy up (but ending up getting tired after) then another 30 minutes thinking if i should just sleep first and study later. So yeah, as you can see I procrastinate...a lot.

It as been my problem since forever, I cannot seem to find my "studying time." I know that my brain is at its maximum at midnight but my body just wants to sleep during that time. So I dont really know how to fix this problem haha. I hate the fact that there's no 24 hours coffee shop in sucat. I can concentrate in coffee stores even if there are a lot of people...i dont know, it's the environment, the ambiance and the fact that no one bothers to disturb you.

Anyways, midterm week is done. Can't believe I survived. haha. I'm very thankful for my friends, like SUPER! as in I wouldn't have survived without them. :) Even though we were stressed, we just kept on laughing during our group study at Starbucks. SATURDAY WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!!!! :> As in john and I were just laughing for 15 minutes non stop and it's been a while since i laughed like that so yeahh...ang saya! :))

On our way to Amici. John was pretending to be a statue.

EATING is the best stress reliever.

John studying for nutrition

Mapagpanggap :>

okay, eya. Ikaw na smart.

A date with Marga

With Midterms just around the corner and left and right submissions of Case studies, Concept maps and Nursing Care plans, It's been really hard for me to meet up with my first year college barkada (because our sections were reshuffled last year). I mean we rarely hang out and sometimes we don't even see each other in school.

So last Tuesday and Wednesday, I finally got to talk to Marga (We haven't talked for the longest time). We were at SB for 3 hours both days we never got bored. Even if we aren't really the type of friends who would sit down somewhere and share stories or talk over the phone every night.

( I missed you Margs! This was like our ultimate bonding experience haha! but seriously! I like sharing kwentos with you. )

I was reviewing for Pharmacology Unit test while Marga was talking about her love life. HAHAHA! We don't talk about the same things but we manage to understand each other :)

Plus, thank you to the Barista (the name's JP, if i'm not mistaken) for giving us free short peppermint mocha! YEY!

Me and Margs!

I had See's with me and Marga had carbonara (no picture though)

I also got to watch our old chem lab videos during first year on Marga's phone and I terribly miss those days! :(

Although I've been stressing on a lot of things these past few days, I realized that there are really lots of things to be happy about everyday! So smile :)

Resolutions

My New Year Resolutions are those you can probably find in everyone's. It's not something kakaiba. I actually wrote em down on my planner so I can read them everyday and I'm posting it here so that you can constantly remind me, if ever, i mean in any way you can :P

1. Lose Weight

My number one resolution every year haha and believe me, I'm getting heavier every month. And that's something I have to control coz my BMI is this close to overweight. I just need to lose some extra pounds in there and i'm good. I know I'm making it sound easy but I know that you'll agree with me if I say that losing weight is the toughest challenge ever. It's never easy. It entails a lot of sacrifices (which I'm willing to take). But no worries because I don't intend to crash diet, well hopefully (because i associate diet to not eating anything at all). I don't want to have an eating disorder and end up in the hospital at the end of the year. Note to self: Diet is eating healthy not dying of hunger.

2. Drink more water, less coffee

Everyone who knows me can justify that I'm caffeine addict. I can't work without coffee in my system. It became such a habit and the psychological effect (that drinking coffee will fuel me up especially for studying) adds to it so goodluck with that. This is actually harder than losing weight because I can survive a day without eating my favorite food but I cannot, I REPEAT, icannot live a day without a sip of coffee. So I wrote there less rather than noting at all because, honestly, coffee is a great help during my "all nighters" or when I'm stressed. I still don't know how less is less, though. suggestions? :> Anyway, I need to love water this year. I've been so addicted to coffee and iced tea that I can just live a day without water, which isn't supposed to be. So yeah, more water... as in 10 glasses of water a day. It's healthier and it doesn't stain my teeth (unlike coffee).

3. Save money and keep track of your spending

I'm not good with money...actually I'm very bad at handling money. Once I know I have the money to spend, i just go vavaboom and the next thing I know there' nothing left to save. I know, it's unacceptable especially at my age where I'm supposed to be learning how to save for whatever reasons (for med school?!). I get more than enough allowance a day but I still can't get myself to spare some money in my wallet. Yeah, I usually end the week empty handed. If i save money and become like the thriftiest person in the world, I could probably afford to buy a pair of shoes or three decent branded clothes. Also, I need to keep track of my spending to make sure that I only buy the things I need and not those that I want. I'm half blaming Starbucks for this (so i'm trying to tell myself to just go to Starbucks every Sundays which is unideal because there's a freakin' SB store right in front of my school. Whatever, I'll just pretend it doesn't exist) because most of my allowance go there. The other half of the blame is me, for not learning how to resist the temptations most especially for food. So, Sydney, save your freakin' money.

4. Increase your knowledge

They say knowledge is power, knowledge is everything. It'll help you go forward and it'll make you successful in the future. I grew up with people telling me that studying is the only key in order to have a good future. If you have a big brain, big companies will want you. If you have a small brain, small institutions will think twice first then accept you. I used to believe that in highschool, although i never really achieved awards back then but it was the driving force behind my passion for studying. I worked my butt off because I want to be successful and rich. I wanted to be on top. But that thinking faded slowly when I realized that having "a brain" isn't really the way to that brighter future. A lot of people who didn't finish college are living the good life. People say it's fate; if that's meant for you, accept it. But i don't believe in fate... itself. I don't believe in just sitting there and waiting for your fate to unfold. And I'm also not saying that I or you should stop studying because finishing college and having a degree is better than having none at all. I remember my healthEco professor who told one of my classmates (who said that she wants to become a housewife, so why bother to even study?) "what?! so you want to be a mangmang housewife? Which made a lot of sense. Just because we want to be this someone in the future doesn't mean we should stop learning something that is not related to it because we'll never really know when we can apply the things we learn in class in the future.

I realized that getting my way to that brighter future entails more that that of having good grades. My mom would always tell me not to pressure myself with my studies because based on her experiences, grades don't even define half of who you are.

(this is getting way too long, I know. I'm not a writer and i dont know how to explain myself well through writing so bare with me, I'm trying to learn :P)

The bottom line is that, When life gives me an opportunity to learn and experience more things, grab it! Knowledge is present everywhere ( it's on TV, it's in school, it's on the road, it's in my room) and I shouldn't be wasting my time looking for a reason why i shouldn't learn things. I believe that knowledge is a gift and it's just up to us if we want to leave it under the Christmas tree or open it up, use and apply em in our daily lives. Learning is beautiful and sharing what you know to others is a wonderful experience.

5. Stop making fun of people's imperfections. Learn to appreciate everyone's uniqueness.

I never knew i would be one of those people who would make fun of others simply because they're something "wrong" with them. I blame the environment in general. It's hard to survive in a place or in a crowd where people think it's okay to be mean because they influence you to be one of them. It's against my nature or it's not me, bullying (in whatever sense or way) isn't my thing and i hate the fact that I unconsciously became one. I feel guilty. Honestly, I've been in both ways; I've been the source of "we want to insult someone because we want to have fun" and I've been the bitchy person who thinks she's all mighty and above everyone else. Being the latter is so much worse. A post in Tumblr says "I'm sorry for passing my judgement instead of extending Love", and I couldn't help but reblog it because I've been the judgmental person everyone would like to hate last year. I intend to change the monster inside me even if it means that the people Ive been hanging around with wouldn't like me as much.

Resolutions

My New Year Resolutions are those you can probably find in everyone's. It's not something kakaiba. I actually wrote em down on my planner so I can read them everyday and I'm posting it here so that you can constantly remind me, if ever, i mean in any way you can :P

1. Lose Weight

My number one resolution every year haha and believe me, I'm getting heavier every month. And that's something I have to control coz my BMI is this close to overweight. I just need to lose some extra pounds in there and i'm good. I know I'm making it sound easy but I know that you'll agree with me if I say that losing weight is the toughest challenge ever. It's never easy. It entails a lot of sacrifices (which I'm willing to take). But no worries because I don't intend to crash diet, well hopefully (because i associate diet to not eating anything at all). I don't want to have an eating disorder and end up in the hospital at the end of the year. Note to self: Diet is eating healthy not dying of hunger.

2. Drink more water, less coffee

Everyone who knows me can justify that I'm caffeine addict. I can't work without coffee in my system. It became such a habit and the psychological effect (that drinking coffee will fuel me up especially for studying) adds to it so goodluck with that. This is actually harder than losing weight because I can survive a day without eating my favorite food but I cannot, I REPEAT, icannot live a day without a sip of coffee. So I wrote there less rather than noting at all because, honestly, coffee is a great help during my "all nighters" or when I'm stressed. I still don't know how less is less, though. suggestions? :> Anyway, I need to love water this year. I've been so addicted to coffee and iced tea that I can just live a day without water, which isn't supposed to be. So yeah, more water... as in 10 glasses of water a day. It's healthier and it doesn't stain my teeth (unlike coffee).

3. Save money and keep track of your spending

I'm not good with money...actually I'm very bad at handling money. Once I know I have the money to spend, i just go vavaboom and the next thing I know there' nothing left to save. I know, it's unacceptable especially at my age where I'm supposed to be learning how to save for whatever reasons (for med school?!). I get more than enough allowance a day but I still can't get myself to spare some money in my wallet. Yeah, I usually end the week empty handed. If i save money and become like the thriftiest person in the world, I could probably afford to buy a pair of shoes or three decent branded clothes. Also, I need to keep track of my spending to make sure that I only buy the things I need and not those that I want. I'm half blaming Starbucks for this (so i'm trying to tell myself to just go to Starbucks every Sundays which is unideal because there's a freakin' SB store right in front of my school. Whatever, I'll just pretend it doesn't exist) because most of my allowance go there. The other half of the blame is me, for not learning how to resist the temptations most especially for food. So, Sydney, save your freakin' money.

4. Increase your knowledge

They say knowledge is power, knowledge is everything. It'll help you go forward and it'll make you successful in the future. I grew up with people telling me that studying is the only key in order to have a good future. If you have a big brain, big companies will want you. If you have a small brain, small institutions will think twice first then accept you. I used to believe that in highschool, although i never really achieved awards back then but it was the driving force behind my passion for studying. I worked my butt off because I want to be successful and rich. I wanted to be on top. But that thinking faded slowly when I realized that having "a brain" isn't really the way to that brighter future. A lot of people who didn't finish college are living the good life. People say it's fate; if that's meant for you, accept it. But i don't believe in fate... itself. I don't believe in just sitting there and waiting for your fate to unfold. And I'm also not saying that I or you should stop studying because finishing college and having a degree is better than having none at all. I remember my healthEco professor who told one of my classmates (who said that she wants to become a housewife, so why bother to even study?) "what?! so you want to be a mangmang housewife? Which made a lot of sense. Just because we want to be this someone in the future doesn't mean we should stop learning something that is not related to it because we'll never really know when we can apply the things we learn in class in the future.

I realized that getting my way to that brighter future entails more that that of having good grades. My mom would always tell me not to pressure myself with my studies because based on her experiences, grades doesn't even define half of who you are.

(this is getting way too long, I know. I'm not a writer and i dont know how to explain myself well through writing so bare with me, I'm trying to learn :P)

The bottom line is that, When life gives me an opportunity to learn and experience more things, grab it! Knowledge is present everywhere ( it's on TV, it's in school, it's on the road, it's in my room) and I shouldn't be wasting my time looking for a reason why i shouldn't learn things. I believe that knowledge is a gift and it's just up to us if we want to leave it under the Christmas tree or open it up, use and apply em in our daily lives. Learning is beautiful and sharing what you know to others is a wonderful experience.

5. Stop making fun of people's imperfections. Learn to appreciate everyone's uniqueness.

I never knew i would be one of those people who would make fun of others simply because they're something "wrong" with them. I blame the environment in general. It's hard to survive in a place or in a crowd where people think it's okay to be mean because they influence you to be one of them. It's against my nature or it's not me, bullying (in whatever sense or way) isn't my thing and i hate the fact that I unconsciously became one. I feel guilty. Honestly, I've been in both ways; I've been the source of "we want to insult someone because we want to have fun" and I've been the bitchy person who thinks she's all mighty and above everyone else. Being the latter is so much worse. A post in Tumblr says "I'm sorry for passing my judgement instead of extending Love", and I couldn't help but reblog it because I've been the judgmental person everyone would like to hate last year. I intend to change the monster inside me even if it means that the people Ive been hanging around with wouldn't like me as much.

Whaddup 2011?!

After..hmm i'm not entirely sure but i'm guessing Four years? Yeah. After four freeakin years, my dad has finally spent his Christmas and New Year at home. This was my Christmas wish last year (My personal wishes during birthdays and Christmas were/are never material) and I'm super happy about it. If there's one person I would want to see every New Year, It'd be my dad because he's the firework enthusiast and the enthusiasm is immeasurable. Whenever he's home for New Year he makes sure he has the best fireworks display in the neighborhood or the loudest. His fireworks are actually not the bongga ones you see in the sky during midnight because he likes those sinturon ni whatever type of paputoks. I personally don't like it because it's wayyy too loud for my ears to tolerate. As in after that two minute of firework explosion, my hearing stopped working for like 3 seconds. But, oh well, He's happy I'm happy, who cares if I go deaf. hahah!

The down side is that my brother wasn't here to celebrate it with us (although, he'll be in Manila on the 11th [i'm mega excited]) but I got to talk to him on the phone and that was the closest way i could celebrate New Year with him. I miss you, brother.

Anyway, I think that 2011 will be a good year (that's what i actually say every year, but y'know, It's better to hope for the better things rather than the ugly ones so, no... don't blame me) because i'm up for the whole "i'm gonna be a more responsible, healthier, wiser person this year." I really have this feeling that there are lots of wonderful things in store for me this 2011(my fingers are crossed).

So, as we all know New Year means a new beginning, a start, a time for change...And this year I plan to really change (in a better way 'fcourse). I plan to stick by my resolutions (which i will be listing and explaining in this blog entry, if i dont get tamad) and follow them no matter what. This time, i'm gonna be strict on myself. I have to impose these resolutions and read 'em over and over again so that I wouldn't forget. I realized that last year, I was such a hypocrite. I would say things to myself ( to do this, to do that) but end up not following them then at the end of the day I would just regret everything...that i should've done this rather than doing that blah blah. and that really sucks.

(resolutions in a different entry)

You'll get by with a Smile

I think that the loneliest thing in the world is eating alone.

Food is something we should always share.. i mean it's meant to be shared. I know we've all experienced eating alone with tons of delicious food in front of us but we easily get tired of the taste because its never "that good." Having friends around and sharing a plate of pasta or a cup of coffee tastes and feels so much better than dining alone in an expensive restaurant. Even if the food is always bitin or we feel cheated off at times because a friend got a bigger piece, it's still one of those moments we treasure and love to bits.

I think that the most simple yet amazing miracle that can happen in a person's everyday life is when a random stranger says "hi!" or "goodmorning" or "have a good day!" to him/her on the road. This is the stranger who says those words with utmost care and sincerity.... (not a nice word to say but i'm gonna use it anyways) manyak boys do not count. The simplest greetings from people we do not know are those that we always tend to ignore or not give importance to because we're too self centered and selfish to even think that others actually care for us. And you should also know that it takes a lot of courage for a total stranger to greet you. Remember that Random hugs, random smiles and random HIs always save people. We all have our daily struggles but I think that it shouldn't be a reason for us to stop caring for others. I value random greetings from random people. They get me going and you know what's the best? They never fail to make me smile.

So got out there and spread your love. You don't have to .... someone. You just gotta say hi and mean it. :)

Thanks for the Memories because They were Grrrreat!

Ate zubie, ate pearly and I walked around the village a while ago before having our dinner. When we usually do this...we become a bit nostalgic. We reminisce about our childhood days.

There were lots of children playing on the street this afternoon and ate Zubie suddenly said that we used to be like them before.

When we were still kids, my cousins would stay here at home for the holidays (and summer or any event with long weekends)...so we would spend most of our time playing outside from 3pm to 12am and our parents were just in the garage drinking and sharing stories. We're a big family and we all know that we have this responsibility of being accountable for one another so there's no problem. Our village isn't big anyways so playing outside til 12am isn't a big deal (plus, the titos and the titas play with us :P). Yeah, we're cool like that! So, we practically played EVERYTHING as in from pantintero to piko to tagu-taguan to habulan to langit-lupa to agawan-base to monkey in the middle to basketball, volleyball, football, dodge ball, bicycle racing, pepsi-seven-up!, to tumbang preso to boxing to bahay-bahayan to barbie dolls, to toy cars to beyblade to snake and ladders and monopoly to pusoy dos, tong its and GOD-KNOWS-WHAT-ELSE. We also fought each other. One time, we were divided into two groups and there was like WAR in the house for a week. But everything was just part of the fun! and you know what was the best? They provided us with midnight snacks!

So yeah, my cousins and I are really close and we've shared great memories no one can ever replace. We've spent so much time with each other that when we start talking about it (during reunions), the stories never end.

Today, well, we're all 'grown up'. Most of my cousins are already abroad and some of them are already working or too busy with college (like me :)). So when we get the chance to see each other, we never fail to make kwento all those fun times and we never get tired of hearing them.

While we were strolling in the village ate Zubie suddenly shared something about winning the lotto. So everyone knows that someone won that 700M grand prize from the lotto and YES WE WERE THE ONES WHO GOT IT.

JOKE langgggggggg mehn! (coz if that happened I would be blogging about me... travelling Spain and Greece and not about this).

Anyway, Ate zubie said that if she got that much money, she would probably give it all away to our relatives and friends. Like she would give me a ticket to the World Cup or a tour in Spain and she would build a hospital because a lot of us are nurses or in the medical field. She would give my brother enough money so he can establish his own company in Australia. She would give one of my cousins (who is taking up HRM) her own restaurant etc etc etc.

You know...It's very pleasing to hear those 'wishes' or 'dreams' especially because they're meant for others. I'm really grateful that even if we've gone our separate ways, we never forget to look back on our pasts. As cousins, we're thankful to have each other's back and I'm amazed and surprised how time and experience have changed and made us better persons. Its really fascinating when the people you grew up with become more worried about you... That they're happier when they get to spend money for your happiness rather than buying something for themselves.

(By the way, I'm very proud to say that i've spent and maximized my childhood days very well. Thank you to my parents who never stopped me from exploring the world and just letting me fly and learn from my mistakes. I was never like those kids who ran with towels on their backs or gets called up by their parents to have their clothes changed. I was never spanked or shouted at for falling off a mountain bike and going home with wounds and blood everywhere. I acted like a boy and I didn't care if I had dirt all over my face. I wasn't spoiled but I had my daily tantrums. I was never forced to get a perfect grade. Everything was just a matter of learning. I passed. I failed. I never got any awards in preschool or in gradeschool. I played A LOT and didn't care. The important thing is that I learned. I learned that when i fall down a bike, i get tons of scars (which are forever gonna be there) so the next time i ride, i would be extra careful.)

random. cheese. sabog. long blog entry.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

:)

P.S. i miss Santa Claus.

Cheers to Freedom from school!

I Love you Guys! :">

Hi Sir, I'm a Student Nurse!

Second year is when we officially start our duties in different areas for four rotations with our RLE groupmates (AND I SUPER LOVE THEM!).

Our group was assigned first in the out patient department. Our main task was to monitor the vital signs of the patients. It seems so simple for you but when you're in the area and everything's so busy...with parents looking for their kids, stretchers on the floor, nonstop paging, children crying, nurses going here and there...well, those make the whole situation complicated. Me and Arcee, my partner, were assigned in three different areas - pedia, medicine and surgery. Among those 3, I liked pedia the most. Honestly, I never liked children but monitoring their VS and staying in the pedia room for 4 hours made me love 'em. They're so cute, especially when they try to grab my uniform or hold onto my hand while taking their temperatures. But what really touched me in pedia were the mothers and how much they showed their love for their children. I had this case where the baby had all these illnesses and everything seemed like falling out of place but when I interviewed the mother, there was no hint of weakness, of damage.. of hopelessness. I remember her telling me something like "mahal ko ang anak ko at gagawin ko lahat para magamot siya" She was such a hero because if i were in her position, i probably would've given up....but as the cliche goes "there's nothing like the love of a mother"

OPD was the duty i saw myself in as a nurse because there, i encountered people from different walks of life...and i realized that in every minute, there are so many people who are fighting for the lives of their loved ones even when every way seems so impossible and insanely stupid to take, but they choose to take it anyway because of faith.

Second rotation was in the nursery and the babiessss are too cute for my liiiiiiiife! Im so ready to be a mother...NAT! but seriously, it was like my first time to put on diaper, bathe the babies, put on clothing hahaha. Before the duty, i was super scared for this rotation since i dont like handling babies because they're so fragile and im scared i might break them or something. Nothing much happened during this rotation but i still loved it because then i learned that life is the most precious thing in the world! And one dad was even teary eyed watching his baby from the nursery window and that was beyond the word awwww can describe. :>

Third rotation was in the community. At first it was kind of boring because there weren't any patients and all we did was EAT - ftw the mangga and bagoong and gulaman :> When we did our home visits that's when everything started to change. We walked and walked and walked and interviewed people on the streets just to get a good case until we got one with a rheumatic heart disease. Group case in the community is the most toxic because it included the whole family plus we had to make a floor plan of the house and the genogram. Home visits were very tiring, i mean just the 'walking itself is tiring already....anddddd the heat was intolerable. But it was a good experience! In the community, I learned that life is full of ups and downs, of survival, of change, of goodlucks and badlucks....I realized how lucky i am of a person to have all the things i need to live when some dont even have clothes to wear. So, everyday, I try my best to be satisfied with what i have because when I actually think of it, I already have so much for myself.

Fourth and last rotation was in the lying in. This was the rotation i was waiting for because there's action, there's the blood and its the closest i can get to feeling the "surgery room" or something hahaha. This rotation turned our to be the best! It's because of the CI, the groupmates and the experiences we had. Sure, there were boring moments especially those times when we had no patients at all but the group made it still fun! Anyway, my first lying in experience was WOAHHHHHH! like really blood kung blood, episiotomy kung episiotomy, suture kung suture! HAHHA! Everything was just totally new. It's so funny and amazing when we would cheer and pray for the baby to come out already and we would clap our hands when the baby is already out. *labor danceeeee* At first, we were so grossed out with the set up but we got used to it...like the mother is already bearing down and the midwife was like shouting "mrs, bat wala kang dalang damiiiiit?" i didn't know if i'm supposed to laugh or to get mad. I mean hello, she's already in so much pain tas you're gonna shout at her pa. It's mean at first but later we realized ..ahh ok it's a normal thing.

Everything went by so fassssst. I can't believe i survived 4 group cases and three individual cases. I can't believe i was able to go through 4 ward classes. I can't believe i was able to breathe even with the tight schedule. I can't believe that i passed all four rotations. I can't believe that i'm starting to love nursing. i can't believe that i'm gaining so much life lessons in my duties. I can't believe that im appreciating life so muchhhh now and that i can CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT IM LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST!

So far so good! :>

hello second sem, i'm gonna rock you!

VIVA ESPANA! CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO!

SPAIN WON WORLD CUP 2010 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY!

VIVA ESPANA!

My sister and i together with our cousins decided to watch the finals at National Sports Grill in GB3....and dude it was awesome! Never knew there were lots of football fans in the Philippines haha. I also loved seeing Spain fans wearing the Liverpool and Barcelona jersey! Never experienced something as awesome as this and the best part was shouting VIVA ESPANA! VIVA ESPANA! inside the car with the windows open, and fans wearing ORANJE were just laughing at us! ahhahah! fun fun fun <3

So now that it's over, i gotta start focusing on my studies which i've totally ignored since WC2010 started hahah. time to pull up my grades. VAMOS SYDNEY? hahha. NOPE NOPE, IT'S STILL VAMOS ESPANA!

I LOVE HOW I SUPPORTED SPAIN FROM THE BEGINNING TIL THE END! <3> CAMPEONES! CAMPEONES! OLE OLE OLE!

WHEN DON ANDRES SCORED :>

AWESOME NIGHT, I SWEAR! :>

I love you, Spain! Til death do us part!

Passport #15

pic from tumblr

tell the world of His love

Pat, Aya, J, and I went to High Street on Wednesday to take part in the Walkway: Reflections on the Stations of the Cross - "It is an interpretation of the age-old Christian tradition . There are fourteen interactive stations that are based on Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are set up throughout the mall grounds to hopefully bring fresh insight to the events surrounding Christ's death and resurrection."

On a hill in the outskirts of Palestine, history was marked by an event so powerful that it changed the world.

To some, the event does nothing more than mark time. But to millions all over the world, it is the epicenter of God's demonstration of unconditional love for humanity.

Here are some excerpts from the walkway.

Station 1 : The Garden

"...He didn't because He saw you. Right there in the middle of a world that isn't fair. He saw you
betrayed by those you love -- in your own garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw you, and He didn't want you to be alone.

He had made His decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you."

Station 2: The Betrayal (Jesus is Betrayed by Judas)

"Jesus, on the other hand, lets us know how much God values man --yes, even those who betray
him...If you still doubt how much you are worth to God, Jesus' sacrifice settles the question once and for all."

Station 3: The Trial (Jesus before the Sanhedrin)
"...all the principles of justice they affirmed and implemented were scrapped. They breached all their standards to condemn the one innocent man who ever lived."
Station 4 : Jesus is judged by Pilate

Sttaion 5: The whip (Jesus is scorged)

The prophet Isaiah, foretelling the torture of the
Jesus, tells us,
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
Crushed for our sins,
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.

Station 6: The curse (Jesus is crowned with Thorns)

"Because thorns are the fruit of sin, then we only need to step in to humanity's prickly patch to feel a few thistles: Shame...Discouragement. Anxiety...."


Station 7: The Cross (Jesus carries His cross)

"The journey to the cross began long before. As the echo of the crunshing of the fruit was still
sounding in the Garden of Eden. Jesus was leaving for Cavalry."


Station 8: The Two Simons

Station 9: The crucifixion (Jesus is crucified)
Why choose such a horrible death? why would God allow His only son to experience what is probably the most gruesome way to die in all of human history?The sacrifice ion the cross reveals how repulsive sin really is. But it also shows us the awesome
magnitude of God's live. God put you din on his Son and punished it there, so that you would be
free. why? for moral duty? Heavenly obligation? paternal requirement? No. Go is required to do
nothing.

John 3:16 reads that, "God so LOVED the world, that He gave his only son."

The motivation was love. The motivation was you.

Station 10: The Mother (Jesus entrusts Mary to John)

Station 11: The promise ( Jesus Promises Paradise to the Repentant Thief)
"We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve/ But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

...And when one prayed to him, Jesus loved him enough to save him. And when the other mocked , Jesus loved him enough to let him. He allowed him the choice, He does the same for you.Station 12: The darkness (Jesus Dies)

The darkness of Good Friday seems real/ It seems permanent. most of all it seems to contradict the promise of Jesus when he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light if life."
"SEEMS" is the operative word.

Station 13: The cloth (Jesus Rises)
"...when the final piece of job had been completed, the carpenter would typically fold a towel neatly in half and set it on the finished work and walk away. On the first day of Easter, Peter crouched in to look into an empty tomb. He saw only the linens that Jesus had left behind. Imagine that a smile crossed Peter's face as sorrow was replaced by hope...The carpenter had left behind a simple message.



Station 14: Remembering Jesus


The walkway was an inspiring experience for me. It truly reminded me not only of Jesus' Love for all of us but also the times when i neglected Him...when everything just seems nothing and unreal. Nowadays, if not all then most of us only remember God during Holy Week because only then do we see the sacrifices of Jesus. It is only the time when we actually visit churches, it is only the time when we remember our sins, it is only the time when we realize our mistakes. And I'm guilty of this. I know that after a while all the reflections will pass and that everything I hoped to change will never happen. I try every year to follow His examples and be a service to other people...to be selfless, to learn to love those who hate, to understand the meaning of sacrifice. However, I still forget Him and ignore Him....and it pains me to remember those times when i did because i know that i could've prevented myself from neglecting Him. And with this, I ask for forgiveness to the Man who loved me more than anyone else in the world.

"He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you"

boo school, hello summer!

finally, finally finally! finals are done, first year of college is done. torture is done (for now)...Gosh! im just freakishly-happy-to-the-max-like-shoot-man-i-wanna-scream-to-death!

Life is good! :> God is love! Summer is awesome!

I honestly don't even remember what happened during my finals, it all seemed so fast and slow at the same time. I don't know how to explain it but really..the agony was worth it. Happiness is truly best achieved when you know you worked hard for it! I didn't fail anything. I'm not an irregular student and although I'm not on the dean's list this sem it's still super okay! College is fun when you don't just give a care! :> (yeah yeah i said that!)

The RLE finals was ok, Thank God The CI who graded me was nice :> heehee, or else..

So! it's officially HELLO SUMMER! (even if it's only for two weeks) Gotta spend it wisely (whuuts?!!!) I hope i get allowed for our ACTION PACKED adventures :>

I can't believe im free! hahaha. and i'm going to Subic tom! Just the right way to start this summer!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW! :>

WE ARE...PARAMORE!

I can't believe i actually went!!1 I LOVED THE WHOLE NIGHT! although something happened BUT SHOOT! WHO CARES! I GOT TO SEE THEM AND I HEARD THEM! I JUMPED AND SHOUTED! every minute was worth the freakin' wait! I LOVE YOU GUYSSSS!!! thanks to hayley for the tweets! haha! Too bad josh wasnt there but its good to see the york brothers and of course, zac and jeremy! I'M STILL ON A HANGOVER AND I BET THIS IS GONNA LAST TIL THE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONCERT! That was such an incredible and unbelievable night, one i'll never ever evereverever forget!!!!! PARAMORE, I SWEAR TO GOD, YOU ARE WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! <3

The moron test

Thank you, Cea's itouch app! Thank you for calling me intelligent! HAHA.

(I was outside bernice's house for like 30 minutes because they couldn't hear me knock on the door and they were so into playing THE MORON test they forgot to check their phones [i was calling them]....they only found out i was outside coz i called nicole and asked her to tell cea i was already outside. fml :)) =))

Cea and I slept over at Bernice's house last night. twas fun..but we really missed nicole and alex :( Bernice freaked out when we watched The Orphan ( i super love that movie!) and cea's too smart...she guessed the whole story after watching like 15 minutes of the movie. I met Bernice's frog..UNSKINNED frog, Ted. After dinner we drove around the village. I can drive a bit...now ( though still not ready for some express way action, hihi). Then..we got so hungry after watching Orphan we ordered mcdo..but i was actually craving for jollibee. ehh?

tas, we watched pa pala..this movie about kidneys...so after watching half of it (we got bored so..) bernice kept on calling me KIDNEY SYDNEY *tickle tickle*. kaasar HAHAHAHHA.

People should be complete next time!!! please? It's not as fun if we're incomplete.

Oh, Africa

"Pepsi has teamed up with GRAMMY® nominees Keri Hilson and Akon and two-time GRAMMY award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir alongside 16 young singers from around the world to create the track, ‘Oh Africa’ to benefit underprivileged African youth." - Pepsi - Oh Africa
It features and Torres and Drogba :)

izzaturday

don't mind the Z

SO! yes yes yes! DEAR JOHN'S OUT TODAY! wooooo!
and it's college week next week so I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT except that i need a filipiniana costume. :|

I will finish the Pillars of the EARTH before monday! yeah!

I finally know how to take BP :) mwahahahah! and we were taught how to determine what a person's blood type is MWAHAHAH it's pretty easy ;)) hihihi

ok, happy day today! POSITIVITY!