sugar and spice

great news! great news!

i asked for a sign…prayed for it… and He has answered…

medjo makapal pero kasi sabi you have to ask…and you have to be specific when you ask…

sa prayer of jabez yata yon…yes, i read that book…kung anu-ano naman kasi binabasa ko…and i learned a lot from the stuff i read…and my faith has only grown stronger…

i never blamed Him for my being sick, i don’t question Him…i don’t ask why me…people think that’s weird…i don’t know why…

i am blessed…true, my family had its share of trials…but i’ve always felt loved…and secure

tapos lately, everything has been going so well..with my family, medvil, my acads (best grades ever!), my friends and people around me in general

when i was lost, needing a bit of direction…He let everything fall into place…as if telling me i’m on the right path…plus now when i was asking…He gave me an answer i didn’t expect

now i’m just waiting to see what else He has planned for me

post script

m going to law school… someday. = >

            this was alec’s (and mine!) first (and probably the last?) taste of this famous street food…kuya (art) bought it for us while we were at the palengke waiting for the lechon…davao is a different world talaga…it’s been a while since I was last near this place but every time I go here…the guy who cooks lechon for us always asks…”eto na ba si kika?” when he sees me…gosh to be so famous…kahit sa palengke…lol…apparently, we’ve been doing business with his family forever…

            anyway, back to the scramble…when I was younger, papa told me not to eat anything that was sold outside the school…I don’t recall exactly how he phrased it but I guess it just stuck to me that food sold by vendors, street food was dirty so…so for almost the whole first 20 years of my life…I didn’t eat anything of the kind…no fishballs, isaw, palamig…even dirty ice cream (kasi nga…dirty)…sheesh! ang bait ko pa lang bata…ni hindi ako na tempt…papa has few rules kasi…so when tells you something…you take it to heart.

            alec, had a few spoonfuls…d nya type…I finished mine…it’s a once in a lifetime thing…when mama saw us…she was like…”what have you been feeding my son?!?”…i’ve (mama) never even had that…hay…the sheltered life.

            pano kaya ako nag-survive? tapos in a complete turn of events nag Community Development pa.  pag nag-kkwento nga ako kay mace about my fieldwork experiences natatawa/natutuwa sya… tapos pinagkakalat pa sa mga maids…proud na proud of me for living the simple life…hindi naman ako Paris Hilton nh…

to quote mama, i’m pampered not spoiled… not even sheltered… aware sa harsh realities of life but not quite touched by it…minsan lang talaga, medyo extreme ang fieldwork experience… it really tests your character. (wow! i have character?) i really learned a lot. I also came into this field at the right time…hindi man maintindihan ng iba ang delay, everything wouldn’t have turned out this was if it wasn’t for the timing…as it was I wasn’t idealistic, but neither was I jaded.  CD requires a certain maturity, I think.

            sabi nila maganda daw itong picture, para daw painting…? art imitates life, not the other way around…dba?

            this was taken on a joyride…were were driving around (bukidnon) looking at properties medvil is thinking of acquiring… ganda daw ng composition, according to hali (the resident artist)…kaso i think i took this on a moving vehicle…natutwa lang kasi ako sa clouds so i don’t think i had anything to do with the composition…

            who don’t we pretend i did it on purpose and add photography in my list of talents. J

Hali, Mace and Kika…on a joyride. 

            hay! one of the best things in life…m sure everyone agrees J

            inggit si mama…bakit daw wala silang ganitong pictures…well, minsan kasi alec forgets na hindi ako mama nya…hehe

the artist

or pretending to be?

            taken sembreak 2005, while hali was still staying with us (she was offered to stay forever but stayed a mere five months…hehe…babalik din yon => we’re famous for our hospitality lol =>)…during this time (mga july to december) the whole family was in hyper art mode…hehe…

            tried painting pots myself… bought almost a dozen in bulua (that’s in cagayan de oro city) with my friends/teammates (lei, cess and aiko) on our way to bukidnon from iligan (yup, that’s in lanao del sur…we sorta got around…tinopak kasi yung driver so pinatulan naming at nagpahatid kme to maria cristina falls straight from the cagayan pier)

            i digress, so my friends and i tried painting a few pots… nasa terrace or veranda or whatever it’s called (ano ba tamang term? basta yung part ng house na may balusters pero ours goes all around the house kasi…as in 360 degrees)… at least that’s where i think it still is…d ko yata naikot yung area na yon last week when i was in davao (again! i must have been home 4 times in the last 6 months…gastos itong commute)…

            so yun! that’s a picture of me painting a pot for my bukidnon bedroom…bagay sya sa room pero d ko masyado ma-display kasi medyo mukhang urn na sya hehe… wala pala akong picture ng finished product ko…mico took this picture kaya medyo may edge ng finger nya… also this was before my friends arrived… natuwa ako sa ginawa ko that’s why i bought more pots pero i don’t think i painted another pot… this was also the first time i worked with acrylic…think i should practice my watercolors first before trying another medium…

i am a supernova

goddess

i make no apologies for being brilliant

smart, talented, beautiful

i owe it to my creator to shine

sobrang positivity ito…
gawin ko kayang mantra

The Bottom Line
You are entering a selfish phase in your life, but it’s a good and enriching thing.

In Detail
You’ve been working very hard to keep things under control for some time, and it hasn’t been easy. Not even a tiny little bit. If you can keep it going for a little while longer, though — and you know you can — you’ll be oh so pleasantly surprised at how terrifically it turns out. Your quest now is to keep your eye on the ball, no matter what might come along to distract you.

tapos patulan pa kaya ng friendster horoscope…

anyway, kaunting background before you all think i’ve flipped (matagal na po akong flip => - it’s not the medication)

kaninang umaga kasi i attended the parangal sa mag-aaral (recognition ceremony that the university gives to student achievers etc) tapos nakakatuwa yung mga speeches nila…talk about positive reinforcement…mga tipong it’s not your fault na magaling ka so don’t worry if others feel insecure around you…o,dba? taray!

tapos kulit pa ng friends ko…passion (pronounced pasion, parang spanish sounding nag tunog fashion as in pashun tuloy), perseverance, pizzaz..tapos d ko maalala yung fourth p…

tapos i dressed up…gusto ko sana mag gown kaso they decided on smart casual… hay! so i wore baby blue stripped bustier (front hooks), gray linen slacks and a pink shawl from davao…lakas ng loob…haha…lalo na m in another record high (weight)… besides i wanted to show-off my henna before it fades… will post pictures later…

picture adik nanaman kami… nandun kasi halos buong team (na miss ka namin dwan!)

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yung fudge bars (frm the kitchen of ditas sarenas), around 100 per pack…medyo steep pero dba masarap naman?

my first wifi experience

i feel like a child at christmas…
i mean this is so cool! =>
lalo na since it’s been a while since i had my own computer…

when my 1st laptop broke down,
it wasn’t so bad since i only used it for word
and watching movies (vcd’s pa lang yon) and the occassional email
so hindi talaga nagka-withdrawal nung nawala
if i needed anything typed, may cafe and since nasa dorm pa ako…
teka, d ko na alam pala how i managed…
either i borrowed my roomates or nag SC/philcoa…
not so sure…baka d ako gumawa ng papers?

anyway, when i started blogging 2 years ago…philcoa yon mostly or sa cubao…
wait! i was mostly on leave pala so i was out of touch din so d ko masyado feel

nag change lang din naman talaga computer habits ko when i started to
keep in touch with my friends online… well, when my friends moved away…
or did i move away?
or maybe it was the advent of friendster?

basta sobrang exciting…=>
i sat down sa blugre (that’s in MTS) opened my laptop…
then it starts blinking…*wireless signal detected* connect?
or something like that…then with just one tap i was online
how cool is that? =>

sana magka-signal na kami dito sa farm
how much does it cost to set-up a wifi zone or hotspot anyway?

balik na din ako ng manila in a few days…
san ba mga hotspots?

…

m back in manila…

been to the doc

hay!

The Bottom Line

New beginnings mean you’ll be experiencing some endings. Get your goodbyes ready.

what’s with this horoscope?