Summer is here!

written march 26th
I had the chance to kick off summer with a bang! We went to Digyo Island and stayed there for a night. It was my second time to go there. But I have to thank Ate Naknak for without her, we wouldn't have gone there. Thank you and COngrats on being an intern.
On the island, we had no parents, no maid. Just us. So we had to do everything. There's no electricity and no fresh water. I felt like being in SURVIVOR. Really. But we had a great time. I dont have time to tell you guyz how we spent our time there. Let the pictures do the talkin...





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Summer is here, let's enjoy the heat and spend time with friends and family.
-----------April 6th----------------
Yesterday, I went to Canigao Island in Southern Leyte with some relatives. we had a great time there. Unfortunately, I cannot upload the pictures from my cam here. grrrrr. But I will find a way. So anyway, here are a couple of pics from Zhai's cam.


ANYHOO.
don't really have the time to babble. gotta go.

BTW, A toast to all the graduates! And Good luck!

Bro's bday

We had grilled pork and some other dishes for Manoy Gengen's Birthday dinner. Only close relatives were invited and the choir.

After dinner, we decided to go to OC.
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My niece, Innah, is the top two student of their batch. She was the top one during the first half of the school year. She has been an achiever since she started school. However, her parents weren't happy enough about her current status. Dang. They were scolding her when they arrived. I'm betting they have been on the way to our place. She was really pissed. I mean really. Who would have been happy if you're parents tell everyone na you weren't studying hard because ngbiga-biga ka?!? Plus everyone was like "Ngano man dili ka top one? wala diay ka ngtarong ug tuon?"
I got annoyed by what they were saying. As if they were included in the top ten when they were in elementary.
Naluoy ko niya coz she's still young and her parents are pressuring her to stay on top. She has been doing her best. The least they could do is appreciate her efforts. The least my family could do. Thank goodness we don't share the "abnormal" gene. lol
tsk. tsk. tsk.

We went to OC today to withdraw Lolo's pension. While inside the bank, I noticed a security guard doing the paperworks. He was the one filing the papers of a client who was opening an account. I was like Really?! He knew what he was doing. He looked like he has been doing that job for years. I just hope the bank's giving him enough for the job he's doing for them. Paperwork isn't really part of their job description, is it?

Anyway, my sister-in-law, Ate Naknak, passed her Junior year of Med proper. She's an intern now. My brother's gonna take us to Canigao Island next week. I hope we'd have a guh-reat time there. ta-ta

That Only Love can Make...

You and I

You and I will travel far together
We'll pursue our little star together
We'll be happy as we are together
We may never get to heaven
But it's heaven, at least to try
You and I are going on together
'Til the time we have is gone forever
Watch the evening drawing on together
Growing older, growing closer
Making memories that light the sky
That only time can make
That only love can make
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That only we can make
You and I

You and I are going on together
'Til the time we have is gone forever
Watch the evening drawing on together
Growing older, growing closer
Making memories that light the sky
That only time can make
That only love can make
That only we can make
You and I

You and I, You and I, ...

I just wanted to share this nice song to you. Months ago, somewhere in the leyte sea, I was taking a dip with some Tagalog cousins, when I heard Kuya Father singing this song. I felt something tugging my heart and tears started to well up in my eyes. At that time, I thought I may never see him again. And if I do, things will never be the same again. I did see him and some things aren't the same again.
Change.
The only constant thing in the world.

If I Could Change the World

I saw it on the screen
Pollution everywhere
People have no food
I think this is not fair
Never thouth about
The problems I don't have
All the lucky ones are mostly blind and deaf
Change the world
Change the world -
Never quit stand up for peace
Worry about
If I coud change the world
If I could change the world
No hunger any more
If I could make a wish
No anger, hate and war
If you could change the world
I wonder what you'd do
I walked down the streets
It was raining, cold and dark
I listened to a guy
Who was singing in the park
People walked on by
Life can be so hard
I offered him my coat
And made a brand new start
Change the world...

There are times in our lives that we complain about how everything is so wrong, so not what we want things to be.
Hunger. Poverty. Global Crisis. War. Inequality. Discrimination.
And yet, some of us are not doing anything about it. How about, we try to help in our own little ways. A little mercy goes a long way. That's what everybody needs. Mercy.
Our home here in Leyte is like a quote, SOCIAL CRISIS CENTER unquote.
You have to be here to see what I mean. Really.
Hint: A sack of rice per week isn't enough.

Being here made me realize that I don't have to buy or have new things. There are people who have nothing. There are far more important things in this world than new clothes, latest cellphone models, et cetera. Important things like helping those who need help and stop being the spoiled brats we tend to be.

Be the change that you want to see in the world.

Start Small. Start with yourself.
Help.

PS
I wanna greet my elder Bro, Noy Gengen, happy 36th birthday! I hope whatever you wish for will come true.
4 wishes for you:
4. Success in the path you chose.
3. Good health (I want nieces and nephews. Your Bio Clock is ticking na. Make Babies. lol)
2. Strength and courage. I know you are doing your very best to succeed in this business.
1. Happiness and Contentment in Life.

I love you NOy!

I came and I went

5 Things I missed about Cebu

5. SM and Ayala and Robinsons
4. UK
3. Pungko-pungko
2. Late night walks along Osmeña Blvd.
1. Good Coffee with great friends.


I stayed at my eldest brother's place to be with Innah for the night. She let me try their weirdly colored watermelon. Surprisingly, it was sweet. It tasted like the normal red ones. Yellow Watermelon

I thought this kid is cute. She's mestiza. Look at her clothes. ahaha When she grows up, She wants to be just like her mother. A....


Water Under the Bridge. Figuratively.

Only in the Pelepens
Badjao.

As you can see, you won't find a single jeepney in the picture. They had a strike in front of the LTO office somewhere.

"The Rich are getting Richer.
The Poor are getting Poorer."

Eric and I saw Karen C. at KFC. Dutymate/Classmate/Friend.


This is my beloved Bruise from last week's torture.


Almost a week in Cebu and I've been eating at KFC. Dang.



Thoughts:
I sort of bump into an old college friend somewhere in the Velez area. She told me im Tambukikoy (FAT). I know that. I own this ginormous body. I am very well aware of its current state. Or size for that matter. She doesn't have to rub it in. I happen to accept what and who i am. I don't give a shit about what other people think. Nobody's perfect. It's time she realizes that.
Anyway.
I won't be able to attend our OathTaking Ceremony on the 15th of April because I am leaving for Manila on that same day. sheesh. My cousin thought the oath taking was on the 13th. bhut it's okay. At least I dont have to endure 5 hours or so of senseless talks and formalities. I am so ready for Manila. well, except for my Tagalog. It will never be ready. hehe

Hematoma and information super highway

I've been in Cebu for a couple of days now. I have done what I was supposed to do. I've filed and paid for our Oathtaking. Seen some friends and visited an uncle admitted in the hospital.
With that visit, I learned that he needed blood donors. I volunteered since we share the same blood type. I came in the hospital the next day to have the necessary lab tests. Upon the extraction of blood using 10cc syringe, the medtech made a mistake. The plunger was already at the tip of the syringe and the blood inside hadn't reached 1cc yet. She was fishing for more blood when I felt a stabbing pain in my forearm. I endured it thinking I had to do it for my uncle. I wanted to help so bad that's why I put up with it. But then I started to sweat and my hands became clammy. I felt like fainting. I told the her that she's hurting me na and that could she stop torturing me. She did stop. Unfortunately, the sample she got was just enough for one vial. She had to extract another sample on my other arm. She was about to torment me when I told her I needed to eat first and I'd come back after an hour.
I came back a couple of hours after. When it was my turn to sit on the torture chair, I told her that she gave me a hematoma(A localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel). And she told me that she was incompetent enough to create a hematoma on a nonmoving arm. I asked her if it's okay na to donate blood a week short of three months. She asked her superior and she said no. She read the papers I filled out earlier. I wrote there dec.18,2008. I'm not allowed to donate. After the pain she caused me. I kept asking them the whole time. Stupid, incompetent medtechs. But it's okay with me. I'm over the fact that my forearm has this 1 1/2 inches of purplish discoloration.
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i went to prc late this morning to file for my license. As usual, I had no clue as to what to do. i asked manong guard what to do first. I followed his instruction. Being the low self-confident person that I am, I timidly asked this Pia Magalona look-alike before me in the line what to do first. basically, i was just asking her if im doing the right thing by getting in line. I guess she was too busy staying in line awaiting her turn 30ft from the counter to answer my question correctly. She answered my question by saying, "naa sa sud ang information, miss." (The information counter is inside miss.) Wow. I must admit I kind of deserve that. But really, was it too hard to say, "you're doing the right thing. keep up the good work."
I mean really. if I was in her position, I would gladly answer the person his/her questions and add some important things. But I am not her and vice versa.
Good thing, I met this Cdu girl and we helped each other. We were clueless. And icon was a lot of help this morning, too. She texted me what I was supposed to do.
Thank God!

Anyway, I gotta go. Theyre asking me where I am na. they miss me already. I gotta go home and hear germaine make new nicknames for me.

She's been calling me loidzii.
And she's 5 years old for crying out loud.

The Ordinariness Of Rural Living

I was left with almost nothing to do last week. So I relieved my ennui with picture taking of a gazillion of nonsensical things. Once I got carried away, there's no turning back. And I am disliking the mundanity of my hometown. But I'm surviving it.

1,2,3 and 4: typical day in our place. Siesta.
5: We went to town to check if Tatay's session was over.
6: Manghukot. They were fixing the fishing net. It got torn the night before while catching fish. They were under the blistering heat of the midday sun.
7: There used to be a lot of fishing boats here. We call them Lantsa, Unay, and Sinsoro
8: One of the Mundane things we do, eat green mangoes with brown sugar.
9 and 11: My brother, Sasha and Raul. They were just walking. As I've said, I was bored.
10: Caught Sasha while she was running.
12: Thats me. Wearing the orange dress. It has become an everyday thing. Boating.

1 and 5: it was such a beautiful day. We decided to eat outside our house while watching the sunset. Plus it was Korkie's birthday.
2,3 and 4: The sun was setting. Twilight.

1: Diane and I at the terrace facing the road.
2: Tatay and I after eating a hearty lunch of biko, Sweet potato, gabi and chicken among others.
3: Mr. Turtle and I. Bonding session. Turtles aren't scary man diay. Until they stretch their necks to see your hand.
4: Daisy and I in the terrace facing the rice field and the manmade lagoon.
5: Me. On the bridge.
6: la lng.
7: I was trying to persuade Fr. Felix to give me the jackfruit.

We attended a wedding of a relative yesterday, Sunday.
1,7,9,10 and 12: Zhai was trying to take photos and make fun of us.
2 and 4: Bestfriends, Niña and Cornelia gossiping and drinking SMB.
3: Zhai and I in the Church.
5: What was he thinking? I wonder.
6: Niña and I inside the church.
8: See my hand right there? in the Left side? I was trying to tease tatay by pointing at his chest and making litik his nose.
11 and 13: The 3 of us eating cupcakes. In the church.

Sunday. Dadaz in OC. COusins.
1,7 and 12: Zhai, Me and Diane.
2: Himantayon girl.
3 and 4: OOW to OC.
5 and 6: Japanese SLippers and Black Currant.
9 and 11: Cheers to being cousins for life.
8: Zhai and I.
10: Me, Zhai. Daisy, Jackie and Regine.

1,2: PArty like rockstars.
3: Diane and I.
4: the six of us plus Tatay.
5 and 6: Same stepping?!?
7 and 8: Sleeping poses. They were drunk!
9 and 10: pose lang.
11: I dont know what song this was.
12: eat tatay eat!

1: Outside Dadaz.
2 and 3: On our way home. It was freezing.
4: eating siomai and all those fried thingies.
5: ordering our midnight snack
6:on our way home.
I am resuming the Rural life that I have left behind 4 years ago. I thought I would never go back. There were times that I didn't want to. My reason was, I refused to subject myself to that kind of ordinariness. For I believed I was destined (har har) to live in the city. I never really fitted in in the usual sea of people living in this slow-paced life. It was a struggle to hide who I am from these people. Fast forward to now, I have showed them who I am and a peek of who I will be in the years to come. I am not saying that I will be that same person forever. I will be constantly changing. Physically. Attitude-wise. But It will still be me. But hopefully, I will improve and be the best that I can be. Whatever decisions that I would make the next days, I know, would alter the direction of my life. But I am hoping that It would be for the best. For my family. and FOr myself. I've never been so excited in my life. Passing the NLE was like the first day of the rest of my life. And I could never be more grateful to God and to my family for supporting and believing in me. ALL the way. I love you guyz!

I was left with almost nothing to do last week. So I relieved my ennui with picture taking of a gazillion of nonsensical things. Once I got carried away, there's no turning back.

Rainy day

It's my Kuya Father's Birthday yesterday. We went to MacArthur Park Beach Resort Hotel for lunch. It was an intimate celebration. Just his extended families in Albuera and his mum and some relatives. I love Binagul from Dagami!!!! I can't get enough of them!



I wanted to be there because Kuya Father and I agreed that he will ask Nanay's permission for me to stay for a night in Tacloban with Shy. But I dont know what's gotten into him when he told on me. GRRRRR! He kept on teasing me. And told everyone that it's okay with him that I'd stay if it's okay with my two older brothers. Dang! I wanted to smack his head! good thing Tita Norma was there to stop me from hurting him! And they kept on bringing up the subject LOIDA. WTF! It's not my birthday then why are they talking about me?!?! It was cute at first then it got irritating.



Anyway.
He bribed me that he will treat me in Tac when Robi opens. He will be poor, I tell you!

har har har har.

Finally, I've been to MacArthur Park. the last time that I was there was like in Freshman Haiskul when we had our Coca Cola fieldtrip. Haha We were there for like 5 long minutes. The pictures were blurry. haha and it rained almost the whole time we were there.


I will do everything in my power to be able to go back there. hahaha joke.

This sucks

This post will suck.

~ It bothers me (a little) knowing that someone is still saying things about me even if what happened is part of the not-so distant past. I mean really. Hasn't he/she heard of the words "moving on"? I did. Maybe its time that that person does, don't you think so?

~ I have this friend-cum-cousin who said that church/going to church/being part of it is like being a part of a cult.
EXPLANATION:
A lot of changes has been made. E.g. You have to kneel during communion, and We hold hands and swing our legs (whatev.) while singing "Katilingban". Is it community in english? IDK. he said kneeling is like a part of a "cult" practice and it seems like we are going back to the old church practices. Maybe we are doing the old practices. But (IN MY OPINION only) I think it's better that we do. Churches are holy places. Holy Mass is the highest form of prayer. And guess what, God only asks us an hour of our time(in a week.) SO why not make the most of your worship time, right? I am not going to pour my thoughts about this matter because I am not trying to change the readers' minds. All I'm saying is that nobody is forcing anybody to abide with these changes in our church, it's all up to us. I don't wanna preach so Im stopping here.

~ I've been receiving and deleting a text message that says something like this:

Waiting for someone you love feels like eternity/But time flies by so fast when you're with the one you love.

Or something like that.
Thoughts on this matter:
It's funny how I walked so fast and kept prancing around the LBC office and Globe center while waiting for them to process my shits. And how I wanted to just grab the steering wheel because the driver was driving TOO slow. Actually, his driving was average. And how I cursed and rolled my eyes when passengers went down first before paying big bills to the driver. Oh how I hated them for prolonging my agony. I wanted to go home fast. And this toddler kept on pulling my hair. I told myself that all these is so worth it when I get home. And those were really worth all the crap that I had to put up with while I was in the city and on my way home. They were waiting for me for an hour. And I only spent like 20-30 minutes with them for they still have to travel back home. But that short period of time made my day. We laughed. We teased each other. We took pictures. And we made plans. That mere 30minutes made the top 5 list of the best gifts ever.

~ I tend to make mistakes on my birth month. And I tend to intellectualize why.

If it wasn't this, It would be something else.

I won't elaborate.

~ Where can I get a time machine? so that I could turn back time and undo some of my mistakes. There are some lessons that I've learned the hard way that I'd rather NOT learn the hard way. (above entry).

~ Have you ever done something that you thought you would never do because you are fully aware of the consequences? I have. I am (most of)at times cautious in the things that I do decide to do. I am the kind of person that doesn't want to have regrets (thus intellectualization). But I sometimes end up with more regrets than I prayed for. I am impulsive, thus the regrets.

~

I only live once...

Life is too short...

I tend to use these to justify my impulsiveness (or something).

~~~~ these are just some of the things that have been going around my mind. Im glad I got these out.

Oh how I love my sunset...
view from the town




MY NEPHEWS watching the sunset..


Tacloban here I come...

again...