Thank you, Mushrooms!

At the start of this Semester, I honestly wanted to crash when I found out that we were reshuffled because that meant no more Triso group. I was so dejected. I didn't want to adjust to another set of RLE group since I find it very hard to establish camaraderie and the fact that I have the tendency to compare them to my previous groupmates. Well, things happen for a reason and through the many changes that's happened to me, I've learnt not question. The answer will always be unveiled at the end anyways.

To Diane, Tags, Ei, Lovely, Hans, Monique, Allen, Pao, Abby and Rhiz, I would like you guys to know how eternally grateful and thankful I am for the times we've spent together throughout all four rotations. There were misunderstandings and we got mad at each other, but that's normal right? At the end of the day, the most important thing is that we all passed and the group is still one. :)

Thanks for the support and for being there during the all nighters. It was a tough semester and there were new rotations but we all got through it. Goodjob, mushies! If I ever did something to hurt any of you, it wasn't my intention to. I'm sorry. Know that I love you and the experiences we had in the Delivery room, nursery, 5th rec and community are always going to be worth remembering. :>

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*

May Angels Lead you in

On March 12, 2011, My professor in Anatomy and Microbiology passed away. He was one of the greatest teachers I've ever had.

Please pray for Dr. Norbert Licad Alfonso M.D., DPSOHNS.,FASOHNS.,MBA-H. May he rest in peace.

oh oh oh to touch and feel a girl's ... ah heaven! ;P . We love you, sir! :)

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.

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)

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.

TrisoKids!

At first, i honestly didnt like my group because the only one i knew was arcee. I even remember telling arcee that we will stick together no matter what because i dont think that this group would be the type of group that we are now.

Sev, Arcee, Xy, Kim, Char, Love, Lovely, Maria, Ei and Sep, You have no idea how much I love you guys! I probably woudn't be as happy right now if i didn't have you guys in the group. I mean our randomness and cazyness and trisoness just made us closer to each other. I'm super thankful for our community duty because that was when we got super close to each other - yeah, paghinahabol natin yung fishball and mangga o pag naghahanap tayo nag isaw pero sa bakery lang pala tayo mapupunta, at san ka may IR pa :P But I'm more thankful for our lying in duty because that's when we ALL became trisos :>

I love how we all just bring out our baons and have like a foodfest every now and then...I love how we all crave for banana cues and turon, I love how we all love stick-o! Everything was just so funny in lying in...

with the labor dance,

with the triso board, pag nagreregress tayo,

when we all have that maria attitude, when we bully each other,

when we made our family thing,

when ma'am G. would join us,

when we would all wait for siesta so we can all sleep,

when we would play bumpcars with the office chairs,

when sep would laugh "NYAYAYAYYA",

when maria would kill aedes egypti and assess them and just say that their paralyzed "PROMISE!",

When we would all fight for the triso board,

pag nagmumura si lovely hahahah

and just basically everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But what i love the most about our group is the fact that our friendship and closeness is not just seen when were on duty but also in school when we have classes. I also like it when we would surprise our groupmate when it's his/her birthday!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that i love our trisoGroup and i cannot imagine what would happen if one of us leaves that's why i was supper happy when we all passed microbio! I hope that next sem we're all in the same group because nothing beats our RLE group. We've had so much fun together as a group and i want that to last foreverrrrrr! I love you, Triso Kids!

Christmas 09

The only thing i really want for Christmas is celebrating it with my whole family like..5 years ago? I'm not exactly sure but that's the last Christmas i celebrated it with a complete family. You see, my dad's a mariner and he's tied with the contract so he can't always go home for Christmas. It's really sad. But at least my brother's here. I really hope that next year we can celebrate it with my dad. I really miss him and Holidays without him isn't really fun. It's like when you were still a kid and you would hang your socks near your bed or on your staircase hoping to receive gifts from Santa Claus and you wake up early the next day realizing that the socks are still empty. yeah, It's pretty much like that *sigh*. However, there were still a lot of things that i was happy about this Chritsmas like Nolan coming home from Afghanistan. He's a marine and he goes to all these dangerous places and yeah you know, war..so I'm really happy that we got to see him. He's so batak! haha. And of course, like everyone who goes abroad, the first thing they miss about the Philippines is Jollibee. I remembered my brother who ordered 3 jolly Spaghetti when he came back from Australia and kuya yuya who got a 2 piece chicken meal and one Spag. when he arrived here from Japan. Nolan, on the other hand, got a BUCKET of chicken and he ate all of 'em. and for the record, he wasn't satisfied...he wanted more! :)) Another thing that i was so excited about is my cousins whom i didn't get to see last Christmas, had their Christmas vacation here at our house. Tita Lita came home as well from Japan. I'm hella glad to see these people and with all of 'em present, the house became a Home again. Yeap! with the tong-its, 123 pass, lucky 9 and pusoy dos sessions! Eating sardines for lunch and our all nighters! Going to MOA for no reason, DVD marathons and walang katapusan na kainan. Merry Christmas! :)

Passport #11

I realized that im being too unfair and selfish. You know those days when you say that "you hate your life", "this day sucks", "i can just die", or "everything is going wrong with my life"? when in truth you know that it isn't? yes, im guilty of this and it's such a shame that no matter how much i try to be positive..i still can't.

It's unfair to think that MY life sucks when
-some people dont even get to eat a proper meal and i complain about not getting to drink starbucks
-some people sleep on the streets and they're even lucky if they have a karton to sleep on and i complain that my bed is not soft enough
-some people dont have anything to eat the next day and here i am wasting food every single day
-some students dont have baons or even a peso in their pockets and i complain that my allowance is not enough.
-some people dont have anything to wear and i complain about how many times i repeat my clothes.
-some children walk barefooted on the hot asphalt and i complain because im not wearing havaianas.
-some people dont have a pen to write with and i complain because im holding a panda pen instead of a G tec
-some people dont even get to hold coloring materials and i complain because i dont own a set of steadlers
-some people are born without limbs and i complain about my thighs because they're big
-some people cannot afford to go to school and i complain because i hate my school
-some people walk god knows how many kilometers just to go to school and i complain because i have to commute
- and the list goes on...

see how unfair life is, do you see how selfish i am. do you see how cruel the world is?
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE.
unleash the hero within -E. penaflorida

" I miss every page of my 1B life now where would i be this 2nd sem"

I got the title from cortado's status in facebook hahaha.

First sem of college finally over! Yep! that's right! 3 weeks without school :>
I know i won't make it to the dean's list but whatever... i gave my best shot and I'm happy :) although there are still moments when i remember those times when i was lazy to study and i chose sleeping over studying. :)) Next time, next time .. promise studying to the MAX na :)) :)) i will follow the guidelines i learned in pmsd. haha. I'm really excited for next sem! I know it'll be tougher and there's more stress but there are more nursing subjects and i think we get to have duties in the hospital/community :)

(is this our only IB pic? haha.)

I would like to thank my BSN 1B family for being there, for just the random tawanan and smiles. random hugs and random kwentuhans, goodmornings and goodbyes, random libres and kainans. (noticed the s? hahah). It's a shame we didn't all get to know each other... but the time spent together was worth it :) I will surely miss everyone :).



I'd also like to thank these people who made everything ok. You guys are the best! without you guys, ewan ko kung sang lupalop ng rtr ako mapupunta :)) haha. so thanks :) I know that next sem (if ever na ma-shuffle :() we'll have different barakadas, but just remember that you guys are the first AND THE FIRST WILL FOREVER BE THE BEST.

Marga, Aya, J, Arcee, Kaycee, John. I lalalalalove you guys..TO DEATH!

Give til it hurts. then keep giving until it feels better again.

(pic from facebook)
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pictures aren't mine. :)

Thank for all the people who helped!

I love the bayanihan spirit of the filipinos!!! makes me proud!!!

PIONEER RADICAL CHANGE

"BE THE CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO SEE"

When the rest of the world walks out...

Kaycee, Arcee, John, Julia, Aya, Marga, Migs and Allen.
I love you guys to death. :> :> :>

I'm so kilig :">

Last Salu-salo

When we were in second year my friends and I started this whole thing about someone bringing food every other day. It was fun! coz the food was always yummy and it was for free haha. But we stopped when we were in third year because...wala lang. So, last monday we decided to have our last salu-salo! yehey! Cea brought brownies, I brought ice and utensils :), bernice - drinks, soph - cake, nicole and alex- lasagna, anna mars - bbq, and dana- liempo. grabe, busog kaming lahat. :)

Our salu-salo was more than just the food. It was the thing that brought us together and it was an opportunity to strengthen our bond with each other.

AC with you guys is home. Thanks for always being there for me and for making my life more colorful and fun!

Gawad Kalinga

“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”

Sometimes, playing basketball with people you don't really know can be the most memorable game you've ever played.

cute :)

Kids from GK

Julia

*Pictures from Myky.
*edited by moi.

because you guys are miracles :)

It was my birthday last Thursday, September 25, My sweet sixteen. It was just really weird...i didn't feel like it was my birthday...I was really sad that day. 'Til now, I still can't believe that I'm sixteen (This is not because I feel old or anything :| tss)

I wanna give SPECIAL thanks to these people who HELLA SUPPPPER OMEGA TO THE MAX! made my day during my birthday.
Alex Reyes for giving me stick-o!
Bernice Fetalvero who 'surprised' me by sleeping on my desk :)
Patz Sim and Raymond Yam who told me to smile and be happy in ym :))
Tabitha Ponciano for her comment on friendster :P thanks for always remembering me even though you're in Vegas.
Ron Santos! I know its weird but you really made my day coz you didn't forget to greet me! haha (yeah, kasi magkasunod lang birthday natin!)
Chanel Misa who gave me a birthday card (I didn't really expect that)
This person (i don't want to type the name) for greeting me! thanks a lot!
My DAD who called 3x just to greet me! I love you pa!
My BROTHER for calling and greeting me. I miss you a lot!
My sister who bought me cake :)
My mom for going home from las vegas the day before my birthday
and thanks to everyone who greeted me! I love you guys!

Still don't know when to celebrate it haha!

El Dorado, Dumaguete

Here are the pictures (day 1) of our Dumaguete trip.
I loved the place where we stayed for 3 nights and 4 days. It was really peaceful. I felt so relaxed and I totally forgot all of my problems. I ate a lot of food and guess what? i didn't gain weight. Yey for me! That's probably because my sister and I swam most of the time.
The beach is wonderful, although it doesn't have the fine white sand of Boracay, It still is great with its super clean water. Bora has no match for it.
I had the most wonderful star viewing ever! The stars were just amazing, there were tons of 'em and i loved it. Here in manila when I look at the sky at night, the first thing I see is the small dipper and that's it but in Dumaguete i couldn't even see it because there were too many stars. It was beautiful.
The place where we stayed is usually for divers. Most of the people there were foreigners. Actually, we were the only Filipinos there except the staff. My sister and I felt like we were the foreigners and not them :))
Oh well, here are the pictures my sister took.

We arrived at Dumaguete

The convent where my mom stayed for 2 days


The resort where we spent 3 nights and 4 days


The pool


Our tree house. (We transferred on the 3rd night because we were attacked by spiders, geckos, mosquitoes, and bugs. [good thing walang ipis] Well, my mom said, at least you've experience how to sleep with nature).The beach.

Casa San Pablo

I absolutely love this place. It's so nature friendly. It's such a green place, trees and flowers everywhere. The food is good (i gained 2 lbs.) haha. There are also lots of vintage stuff. I just love the place...seeing trees just makes me happy.

I want this house.


with my dad

The dining room, where i ate a lot of food.

A day with the Family

We had breakfast in Heaven n' eggs at Eastwood. Went to this village somewhere near Ateneo because my mom had to submit this report to her teacher. We waited for her for 2 hours. Went to Serendra and ate at Zao, a Vietnamese restaurant.


It was such a hot hot hot hoootttt day. I wanted to go to fully booked and buy Veronika decides to die but my mom didn't want to cross the street because it was too hot, so we just went home :|. Oh, we had a family day today since we thought that dad would leave on the 4th but nooo..he's leaving on the 22nd. Shoot! I should've went to the beach trip. Now, I'm regretting my decision. Well, if you look at the bright side at least i was able to spend time with the whole family. It was fun. :)