THE FIRST WAVE

AT LAST, after a long time I was able to see these people again!

Thank God for BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, we got the chance to be reunited again. Danna and I have been planning this birthday dinner for almost a month and I can't believe that it pushed through despite our busy and conflicting schedules. And I love them for freeing their schedules and spending this night with us. :)

The birthday girls

Danna's birthday falls on Aug. 22 and mine is on the 23rd so we decided to shoulder the damage just for this mini reunion to push through. It's all worth it. I had fun. :)

A night of Italian food, reminiscing and catching up surely made all of us ecstatic. Btw, meet my girlfriends' boyfriends.

Trevis and Aina

Jeremy and Nie

Danna and Jerfy

Vet and Jerick

And because Rae's boyfriend was not able to join us because of his dad's birthday. We're the two single girls that night. But still, I want to share to you their photo. :)

Rae, EJ and their baby.

YES. I am the only single girl in the group but at least I know I am never alone because of these people. I love them to bits! <3

The boys

The girls

Danna's birthday gift! :)

SIKSIK FACE! :)

What even made my day better was when two of the persons I look up to greeted me on Twitter! :))) 

Bianca Gonzalez

Rafael Rosell

 

 

 

How sweet can this day be, right? :)) This is gonna be a long week! :))

Thank you Lord!

Today, as I was heading home with my friend Justin we bumped into three kids at the corner of Dapitan and P. Noval. They were in pink uniform which made me guess that they are students of P. Gomez, a public school located near the area.

The girl in the middle approached me and said "Ate, may 7 pesos po ba kayo? Nawala po kasi ung  pamasahe namin e. Pasensya na po." I don't usually give money to the less fortunate but there's something in these kids that made me believe they're telling the truth. I even asked Justin to take a photo of them just to share this heart-warming experience.

I don't know what was with me during those times. It must be the pre-birthday jitters but whatever you call it, i felt the satisfaction and self-fulfillment within me. Today, I am happy. :)

Something unusual.

As you all know, the past week has been so cruel to me and to almost the whole Thomasian community. A week of no sleep. No gimmicks. No Internet. No Facebook and no Twitter. Well, the last three aren't so applicable at all.

Personally, I am one of those students who felt massacred and harassed by the exams that happened last week. Plus this week's agony of seeing your not so good grades made me feel more depressed than ever. This has been the lowest I've scored in my last 4 years in College. And I got to admit, I'm a bit nervous. I don't know where this will lead me. But I am pretty sure that what I need to do is to double the effort and allot more time in studying the lessons.

What added to my yet stressful test results is the pressure of preparing for our GA to be held this coming Friday. A 4-day preparation is not healthy and convenient for me and for the class. You can hear voices toning up and down and everybody exchanging pathetic reasons trying to defend each others side. (No offense made here.)

But today was different. I owned this day. It was me all along. :)) It all started during dismissal. As a routine, the class headed straight to Dapitan to have our lunch. As we walk along the sidewalk of St. Raymund's Building, amidst the hard pouring rain, I saw Clark Bautista from afar. I was caught off guard and didn't know how to control my kilig. Well, it's too late. He noticed me and said Hi. OMG. DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN? HAHA! I can't even believe it too! I was always the first one to say hi to him or approach him. But this time, it was different. It must be the rain. :))

What happened next was when I saw my other crush who happened to be one batch lower than me, at the same place where we were practicing for the GA. Gaaaahd. I couldn't help myself but to steal glances! My blockmates even notice it. Sorry na. Pwede? :)))

The good vibes continued until the end of the day when Justin Francisco, Jeric Fortuna, Sam Tungul and I watched Crazy, Stupid Love. A movie for those who doesn't care about relationships and committments and to those who are in the verge of giving up. One thing I learned from this movie is to fight for yourself and never get tired of finding your one true love. It's a movie not for gentlemen like Jeric and Justin who obviously wasn't that satisfied with the movie. Jeric and I even had a mini debate while the movie was playing. That crazy little bastard.

After wathcing the movie, we decided to have an Eat-All-You-Can Dinner at Chef D Angelo priced at 150 per plate. Unlimited pasta, pizza, salad and soup served hot and fresh. Laughs, stories and a lot of bull session went on completed my oh-so-happy day.

Today was epic. I am happy. :))

MINSAN, MAY MGA TAO TALAGANG MAGALING MAMBADTRIP NG GABI.

Jackstone Night

At Monday night, my cousin and I were hoping and praying that classes be suspended the next day. Just because we were too idle to go to school and yes, I didn't study for my Marketing Management exams. :))

I woke up at 6:10, Tuesday and found out that there are still no suspension of classes. My cellphone bombarded by texts from classmates and friends asking if there are still classes. Well, talk about luck, the announcement was released just after I got out from the cold shower. Boo!

Yes, it was one boring day. Nothing to do but to eat, sleep and watch TV with my cousin. So out of boredom we decided to refresh our childhood memories and play... JACKSTONES. :)))

It's been a long time since I last played Jackstones that's why I needed a crash course on this just to recall the rules and regulations of the game.

A few minutes after... VOILA.. I ruled the game once again!

This was supposed to be a candid shot, but it turned out to be like this. Talk about vanity.

It was one fun night! :)) Class suspensions should be this fun. :))

Birthday Checklist! :)

Come August 23, I will be facing yet another chapter of my life as I turn 21. Yearly, I come up with a wish list in which almost all of them don’t come to reality. Today, instead of making a wish list I decided to make a check list. Here it goes.

Birthday Checklist

    1. A new laptop/netbook. – PLEASE MOM. I’M BEGGING YOU.

    2. iPhone 4 or iPod 4 – just because I wanna be cool like Jeric Fortuna. :)

    3. Birthday Salubong with my closest friends – I want to welcome my birthday with my super kaduper closest friends.

    4.  Friends changing their DP with my picture on it on the day of my birthday. – Notice how I change my DP everytime a friend celebrates his/her birthday? Wala lang. It feels special when somebody uses a DP with you in it. Diba?

    5. New set of wardrobe. Make it 3 please? – I just wanna look good on my birthday and the coming days. Haha!

    6.  Bouquet of flowers – I never liked flowers but what the hell. I wanna feel like a princess on my birthday!

    7.  Hugs and kisses from family and friends – Need I say more?

    8.  Birthday Mass – Enough said.

    9.  Dinner with the family – It’s always been a tradition. (not until last year.) But I want this year to be different. I want us to have dinner outside the city. Though, I think this might be impossible because of the busy schedules they have. But still, I’m HOPING.

   10. Birthday surprises and greetings – Bianca Gonzalez and/or Rafael Rossel, please! Make my birthday special! *wink*

   11. Gummy worms – you know how I’m addicted to it, right?

   12. A hot birthday date – Just because Danna Arrojado’s asking for it! :D

   13. Foodtrip with friends – Diana Lo and Paula Bugayong, help me on this one! Literally pigging out!

   14. Lunch or dinner date with GFs and HEEMZ – I love these people

   15. Daytrip to Tagaytay! – Pwede na ding overnight. Pero yung totoo, bakit Tagaytay? :p

   16. A pet turtle! – And I will call it Turtley. Hihi. I’ve developed a new fetish for turtles lately because of the pagong pool in the Botanical Garden. They’re just so gorj!

   17. Inuman withy my 4M2 barkada, and elem friends – I wanna go wild on my birthday!

   18. Party with the AMA people – Jette Ongcal, DJ Cuevas, Jeca Forbes, Aldrich Cuevas and the rest, I wanna lose myself Saturday before my birthday!

   19. Play football. – how I miss.

   20. A new pencil case – Aina So and Nie Uy. :p

   21. Backpack – DON’T. YOU. JUST. DARE. GIVE. ME. A. SHOULDER. BAG!

I tried minimizing the material stuffs just because I don’t want to disappoint myself on my birthday. Though, number 1 and 2 are far from my reach, I am still HOPING that these will be granted.

This year, I want to be better. I want my last year in college to be meaningful and different.

Pero syempre, nothing beats naman the company of the people I love. I want my birthday to be special sana. This year will be different. I know it. :))))

The Wait.

I was hooked in front of the laptop watching Arthur when an anonymous number appeared on the screen of my mobile phone. In my curiosity, I paused the movie and checked who the mystery sender was.

“Cez, san ka? UST ako. *** to.”

Thinking it was one of my girlfriends from school I replied with an idle message that goes like “House. Watching DVD.”

“Kita tayo, libre mo ko.”

I froze. I realized it wasn’t who I think it was. He was somebody I met six years ago. Somebody whom I knew. Somebody special.

I was too anxious to see him because I wanna know what had changed and what had not. This was it. After six years, we’ll be able to see each other again. At the back of my mind, I was recalling what happened to us during that summer. We were just two young fools, travelling in the same direction not expecting anything but a whole new environment far from the Philippines. But it just happened. HE happened. I happened.

I can clearly remember everything even if it was six years ago. And every time I try to reminisce it, it never fail to put a smile on my face. It was the best summer of my life. Since then, China and HongKong became close to my heart. It’s one place I’ll never get tired of going back to. It reminds me of my childhood and the summer love once shared with my soulmate. Call it cheesy and old-fashioned but it really was fate that got me into this. Or at least it’s what I believe in.

“Pwede naman tayong magkita sa Pilipinas pero bakit dito pa sa ibang bansa diba?”

I held onto that. Seriously, I had faith that this might really be destiny. I kept his . Disneyland ticket he gave me that summer with the words “I LOVE YOU” in it until mom accidentally threw it away on my enrollment day last summer. *sighs* Years passed, communication was lost, friendships blossomed and new loves found.

Summer flings are supposed to stay during summer but who would have thought that ours will go as far as six years, right?

July 13, 2011 – the day we saw each other again. My heart skipped a bit. I couldn’t hide my happiness when I first lay my eyes on him. Though, I was kind of surprised when I saw his High School barkada there it was not that long until I adapted to the situation. What’s important was that moment. It was Summer ’06 all over again. I can’t even find the exact words to describe the feeling. It was plain bliss and euphoria.

A lot of catching up and reminiscing happened and new friends were made. I am still in awe that this was really happening. Fate. J

As the night was about to end, I was preparing myself because I knew we have to wait a loooong time to see each other again. He held my hand, hugged me, kissed me on the forehead and said “Magkikita tayo ulit..” He walked me home, we said our last goodbyes, shared a hug and for the last time we kissed.

“Itetext na lang kita..” were his last words, I just answered with a fake smile. Because I knew it was not going to happen. Boy, I was right. Haven’t heard from him ever since that night.

Still, I want to believe that what we have is nothing compared to any other guys or girls we’ve met or we’ll meet.

Destiny will always find a way. This is meant to be. And I promise, the next time we see each other again, we’ll never let each other go.