booklod

hello blog! i missed you!

sept, i miss you all sooooo much! as in super!

ok i know you are expecting me to have an update on what's been happening in my life. next time na yun (sorry na). there's nothing really exciting in my life anyway.. just lots and lots of school stuff. yeah.. life of a college student.

anyway, i updated for another reason.. a very special reason. yes naman. haha.

for our nstp project, our group decided to have a book drive for the kids of montalban rizal (my kababayans hahaha). we call our project "booklod." so sept (and whoever else reads this precious blog of mine), i'm pleading for your help (sige na nagmamakaawa na ko oh).

if you (or your siblings) have books at home that you aren't using anymore, can you please just donate it to us? any book - as in any book: novel, children's book, textbook, etc. - that you give will be greatly appreciated. it will help a lot of kids promise.

since you can't drop it at our "bookloading station" (haha what a name) in up, i can just get it from you personally. if you want, we can meet up since miss na miss ko na kayo or i can go to your house na lang to get it.

sige na help us please. it's for a good cause naman eh. :)

thank you very much!! :)

here are some pics: (no connection to booklod.. haha)


itigil ang tfi! (student activist?? haha of course not)


behind me is the gorgeous paoay church in ilocos norte


with my blockmates in ilocos :)


"modelling" the shades i bought with liqliq and queen (haha)


retro time with marest (CAMP talent show)


picture-taking along taft avenue during the lantern parade with marest, grace, anna and jane


holding our block's award during the CAMP christmas party (yes, our award was the stick-o.. actually it's choc-ko :))


our beloved street (haha inangkin yung kalye)


models! haha. black shirt day (in support of the campaign against tfi)


oblation run!!! hahaha


raina, dom, me, marest, mia


with my lunch buddies: lemme and marest


new year, new hair - bye bye long, straight hair...


happy new year!!!

i want to show you a lot of other pictures but next time na lang. :) for other pics, check this out.

sept, i miss you all so so so so much!! let's meet up when we're not busy anymore all right? i love you all!! :) mwah!

thank you God

- for giving me the chance to study in UP Manila

i found out that i got accepted in UP only last May 4.. and i was so happy! :) good thing my upg was high enough to be considered for reconsideration. thank you God so much!!! :) i called the registrar's office and i was speechless after i heard the girl say that i got in. parang ako.. "ah ok po." i didn't know what to say next. after a few seconds, the girl hung up already. sobrang hindi ko alam ang sasabihin ko so nag-ok na lang ako. hindi man lang ako nakapag-thank you or what.

the girl said my course is occupational therapy. just like you, i'm clueless as to what that course is. i read a short description of it in the UP website and i guess it's an okay course.

3 people have told me that it is a good course:

> my dad said that it's a good course cause he knows someone who graduated in that course. he said she has a good job now and i guess lives a comfortable life.

> when i told my ninang, who is a doctor, my course, she said: "ah very good. OT." i guess that's saying something (a lot) coming from a doctor.

> bela.. as in ysabella limjap, our batchmate, who by the way is also going to UP Manila. when i saw her in UST when i was withdrawing the credentials i submitted there before, she said that it's a good course. she said pampa will also be taking that up in UST.

i don't really care what my course is as long as i study in UP. haha. madali naman mag-shift if ever i want to pursue another career eh.. ang mahirap makapasok sa UP. as i've told other people, maybe this is my calling. who knows right?

i was quite busy the past 2 weeks because of medical check-up, enrollment, which was a breeze for me since i was one of the last who enrolled (actually the student volunteers there said i was the second to the last who enrolled but i can't be sure cause i still saw someone about to enroll aside from the last person they were talking about.. so maybe third to the last?), and the orientation. plus, as i've said, i also had to withdraw the credentials i submitted to UST.

- for giving me a mother like my mommy

actually, that should be: thank you God for giving us our mothers.

belated happy mother's day to all the mothers out there!! especially to my mommy!!


i love you mommy! thank you for everything!!! *mwah*

- i saw sept again

after how many weeks, i saw sept again.. and we were almost complete! yehey! even aira was there.. and denise! i missed all of you!! grabe!

sorry if i wasn't able to watch the movie with you. sorry din kung medyo tahimik ako (tahimik ba ko? mukhang ang lakas nga ng boses ko eh. haha) kasi inaantok ako nun eh and i got tired after i went to UP. but i had so much fun chatting with all of you in front of mcdo. like one of you said, parang canteen. dun ko na-realize na namiss ko na yung times na yun. oh how i missed our canteen moments! let's do that again..

- our swimming gimik finally pushed through

it was super fun!! i enjoyed it!

even if it's just a tricycle away, it was my first time to go inside club manila east.. as in to the pools and everything. i've been there many times before pero dun lang sa harap cause that's where i play badminton and frisbee with my brothers in the mornings. ang sarap din dun mag-bike and mag-jog.

kumusta naman ang pagiging tourism officer ko diana, liq and queen? mukhang todo promote ako ng taytay sa inyo! haha. of course, i love my hometown! :)

i enjoyed everything we did that day. from our long chat over lunch to our swimming race (though obviously i lost, i still had fun), our breathing competition (i won once.. queen ako kaya nanalo nung first), our kayak race (yehey i won!) and our slide galore.

haha the slide. so funny. hindi natin magaya yung isang guy na sobrang bilis. bakit tayo ang bagal? worst yung isang time. hindi ako umaandar!! haha. kailangan ko pang magsagwan!! haha. laughtrip talaga.

ang saya din ng merienda natin sa jollibee. ang saya na, ang sarap pa ng food! haha.

oh liqliq and diana ito na ang pinakahihintay nyo: (more pics if you click one of these)






attack of the shades


that's the slide at the back




napakagulo ng buhok ko


view from the top




fooling around




tawang-tawa ako






pedicab ride with diana

liqliq, himala wala tayong picture na tayong dalawa lang.. ay meron yata sayo.. pero sa camera ko wala.

diana, sorry kung wala kang picture sa slide. actually meron.. pero paa mo lang ang nakunan ko. sorry wrong timing ang pagclick ko. :)

queen, ang cute nung picture mo sa slide. :)

sept, let's go back! or kung gusto niyo sa beach naman next time. basta dapat complete ha! :)

april come back

the fun, fun, fun yet hot, hot, hot month of april is over. :(

1 month to go before classes start again.. eww.. i don't wanna think about it yet.

i'll try to be optimistic and just think that i still have 1 month to enjoy my summer. yeah.. that's it.

anyway, here's what happened to me the whole month of april:

- frost's baccalaureate mass

instead of having the mass on the graduation day itself, they had it at a different day. it was only my kuya and i who attended because my ate had work that day.

- frost's graduation

yeah.. their graduation was in april already.

he got 3 medals... wow! :)

their batch had their own graduation song.. as in original. ang ganda! :)

we ate at tender bob's in greenhills promenade and then we played in timezone. fun fun fun!! finally, nakapag-drums na ko. it was soooo much fun! as in nag-aagawan kami kung sino ang maglalaro kasi sobrang sarap talaga. haha.

my ate and i played air hockey and i won! yehey! haha.

kuya, frost and i also played basketball. my kuya always had the highest score. on our last game, he told us that he will treat whoever beats him... guess what? i beat him!!! yehey!!! ang galing ko talaga! haha. feel na feel. so he treated me at ice monster cause i've been craving for it for a long time. actually, wala ring kwenta yung pagkapanalo ko kasi nilibre niya kaming lahat. haha.


supportive siblings.. yesss!!


congrats frost! :)


my turn


pose muna


seryoso ah.. haha

- lsm's grad ball

frost went with denise and i went with phil. hmmm... next.

haha joke. ang sama ko. okay. to give you an idea of what happened, i will just give key phrases:

> on our way there, bigla akong nahilo. i think it was because of all the hairpins on my hair.. haha

> i didn't really like my makeup. :(

> hindi nagsasalita si phil. sobrang sinasabi na ng lahat ng tao (including me) na kausapin niya ko pero minsan lang talaga siya magsalita

> thank God for denise, frost, vince and her date vera, paw and cj... sila na lang kumausap sakin

> during dinner, puro senti yung songs. ano naman.. haha. wala lang.

> the pictorial was hard! haha. hindi ko kayang gawin yung mga pose na pinapagawa ng photographer (eh kasi naman masyadong "touchy" yung mga pose na gusto nila. kailangan hahawakan or magkayakap. noooo!!). sinabi ko na lang na gusto ko yung simple lang kasi hindi ko kaya yung mga ganun.. basta...

> i saw a lot of batchmates. thank God for them! kinausap ko na lang yung iba sa kanila like cla (clarisse dizon) and pralaine.

do you guys remember kim buenaventura? she was a former batchmate of ours but she transferred after grade 6.. i think. anyway, she was also there. isa rin siya sa mga kinausap ko.

> the gazebo royale peeps had a surprise for us... fireworks!! how cute right?

> the bands that played were all reggae bands. parang ako.. wala bang hiphop dyan para makasayaw na kami? haha. but cla and i just danced together kahit reggae yung songs. haha. so fun!

one of the bands that played was tropical depression. everybody really stood up and went to the dance floor to dance. so cute! haha.

i had a moment of nostalgia there when they performed the song kapayapaan. favorite ko yun nung bata ako. i remembered my cousins when i heard that song because we often sang it when we were young while we were all taking a shower. awww.. :(

> went to have coffee at starbucks in metrowalk afterwards with vince, vera and frost.. just like after our prom remember? :) actually, we were supposed to go to eastwood after metrowalk cause frost's other friends were there. but we were all tired already so we didn't push through with the plan.






a flower for the ladies


with denise


phil and me..


prapra, me and kim

- meeting ton

first stop: eastwood

videoke then arcade. naglakas loob na kong kumanta. haha.

second stop: tiendesitas

we just ate and went around to look at the shops. we were supposed to ride the kalesa but their information center made a mistake. hay naku basta... sayang. gusto ko pa naman sumakay..

last stop: metrowalk

there was an event there. parang wrestling/ufc competition.

anyway, we went to phi metro bar to drink and dance. haha. so fun!!! i'm such a good girl. i only had my first beer (as in yung sakin talaga and naubos ko) that night and i'm already of legal age. ang bait ko talaga! haha. :)

liqliq and ton were so sweet and looked cute together. yiheee... :)


yihee... (hand ko yung isa. ano naman.. haha)


what happened to my eyes? drunk? of course not! sleepy i guess..



- went to UST to confirm my slot

finally may school na ko! haha. instead of psychology, my course now is biology. i think it's a better course than psych so thank God! pero biology pa rin yun - oh no!! haha.

- holy week

we had our annual bisita iglesia. and on the eve of easter sunday, we went to mass and joined the procession called salubong.

- puerto galera

went there with kuya, frost and his friends miko, kirbey and vince. it was actually frost's barkada's gimik and they asked my kuya to accompany them kaya sumama na rin ako. haha. too bad my sister wasn't able to come with us. kaya only girl lang ako.. haha.

it was fun! :) i enjoyed my time with my kuya since we were together most of the time. :)

i was able to eat my favorite food.. squid! yehey! twice pa. grilled tapos yung dried squid like the one i had in baguio. yumyum!! haha ang saya ko. as if naman hindi ako kumakain ng squid sa bahay. haha.

hindi ako umitim. i don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. ok lang sakin either way. i don't mind getting dark anyway.

we went there on a monday... right after holy week pa so ang konti ng tao, which was nice because i was able to relax. kaya lang sayang nung gabi. ang gaganda pa naman ng music sa mga restos dun. gusto ko na nga magsayaw eh kaya lang wala namang nagsasayaw. haha.

i loved hanging out outside our room. kahit nung gabi, mga 1 na hindi ako natatakot kahit mag-isa lang ako dun sa labas. yes ang tapang!! haha. i was just reading and enjoying the peacefulness of the place and the wind.. man the wind!! and sarap!




how pretty


takipsilim.. bye sun see you tomorrow :)


girl in the dark


where have all the people gone?


nakakasilaw yung sun








where is it? ang alin? ewan! haha.


sea of blue


kirbey, frost, vince, miko


about to leave


on the boat


with kuya


outside our room

*** i won't post a picture of me in my swimsuit. kasi most women there were wearing their bra top and shorts. eh ayoko naman na ako lang yung nakabikini dun so nagshorts na rin ako. haha.

- reggae

i'm liking reggae nowadays, thanks to lsm's grad ball. nung nasa grad ball, parang nakakasawa kasi puro reggae bands nga. but after a few days, i realized na ang ganda pala ng reggae. soon, i found myself downloading loads of reggae songs... mostly from bob marley, of course.

reggae makes you get into a beach mode and makes you want to head to the beach. :)

another reason why i started liking reggae songs is the nescafe commercial. yung may guy na naka-dreadlocks tapos nasa beach. ang cute kasi ng theme song dun eh. sobrang bagay pangbeach.

- my mommy's birthday

super belated happy birthday mommy!! i love you so much!!! *mwah*

it was her birthday last april 21. we just celebrated it at home. grabe! busog na busog ako. sobrang dami kong kinain!! haha.


my mommy and my kuya

- enchanted kingdom

i went there with frost, kirbey, phil, bryan, paw, vince and liqliq. again, it was their barkada's gimik pero sumama na rin kami ni angelique. haha. at least naman ngayon hindi na ko only girl.. actually only girl pa rin ako eh.. haha. joke lang liq! :)

it was super fun!!! i really enjoyed it!! :)

it was my first time to ride the space shuttle and it was super fun!! we rode it twice consecutively. nung 1st time sa likod na likod kami tapos nung 2nd time sa harap. super saya grabe. tawa ko ng tawa nung first time. haha.

i didn't get dizzy in any rides.. well, except flying fiesta. medyo nahilo ko dun ng konti. buti na lang yun yung last ride namin dahil kung hindi, naku ewan ko na lang. haha.

funny moment: after riding the flying fiesta, i felt something cold on my butt. when i touched it, it was wet!!! hoy hindi ako yun ha! baka kung anong isipin niyo dyan!! haha. basa pala yung seat ko hindi ko napansin. buti na lang hindi naman siya mabaho kasi sabi nila baka daw pee yun ng bata or something eh. eewwww!!! haha. buti na lang hindi. :)

my favorite ride is the wheel of fate. ang saya talaga! i got scared when it stopped at the top nung first time namin sumakay ni liqliq. kasi naman ang lakas ng hangin so parang pwede kaming hanginin. haha. and we took our cameras out pa eh baka liparin. haha. paranoid kami ni liqliq nung 1st time.

when we rode it for the 2nd time, we were already with frost, kirbey, vince and phil. ewan pero sobrang hindi na ko natakot kahit sa taas. sobrang sarap ng hangin as in! ang sarap maging hangout place. haha. kaya yun, ang daming times ulit namin inulit.


liqliq sabi ko palakihan ng mata


complete - kirbey, bryan, phil, vince, frost, paw, me, liq


aaaahhhhh!!!


si frost yan naggo-go kart


i'm scared!


go kart




the real go kart racers


the fake ones.. haha


is that my prince charming?










time for some brotherly love


view from the top of anchors away


the ferris wheel and the fireworks. how cute!


my favorite number


peace!


hmmm...


waaahhhhhh!!!


hey look!


the grand carousel.. where's phoebe?


hello mr. enchanted kingdom :)


welcome to the city of lights

*** sorry kung napakadaming pictures. naipon na naman as usual. binawasan ko pa nga yan eh kasi ang dami kong gustong ilagay. sorry din kung medyo madaming solo pics. vain yata talaga ko. haha. :)

p.s. sept, i'm sorry if i wasn't able to invite all of you. kasi baka isipin niyo hindi ako nang-iinvite. actually, i'm in no position to invite anyone kasi invited lang rin ako. si frost ang nag-invite kina liq and figi (pero hindi pwede si figs). and if ever pwede pala ko mag-invite, i assume hindi kayo papayagan kasi gabi yun and with boys and biglaan lang kasi biglang nareschedule that week eh dapat next week pa yun. so yun. sorry :) punta pa rin tayo ha (although feeling ko hindi na ko papayagan). peace! :)