Arwin June BaLLado Abay, it's your day. :)

I remembered the days Like it was so yesterday. Sophomore Life, that's where it aLL began. :p Me and Arwin are seatmates back then. Me, being a chatterbox, I toLd Arwin secrets, etc. But secrets don't Last Long with him. After 5 minutes, expect that the whoLe cLass wiLL know aLready. :)) Haha. It's so funny now when you'LL think about it. :)

What eLse? Hmm. I remembered that we aLways used to fight during those sophomore days. I don't remember the reasons why we were aLways fighting back then. But we were aLways fighting and I remembered that I aLways used to pinch him. :D

But my most memorabLe memory was when us EarthLingz change seats. From the front row, I was transferred to the Last row. But you know what? I was stiLL seating next to Arwin. Can you beLieve the coincidence? hee. But from that Last row, a group was formed. The Vhumtacz which is made of EmiLy, Bea, Arwin, Sean and yours truLy. We have awesome moments in the back row and we can do anything there. :) And here comes my unforgettabLe moment. When Arwin began making songs. He made one which is about me. And because of that song, I cried! :)) SiLLy. :)

I can't remember any memories from third year times. So I'll just fast forward to our senior Life. PF (Poker Face), I missed our soundtrip every morning which sometimes made me wake up out of my sLeepy state. And somehow, I don't know how, whenever I wiLL arrived, the song Poker Face by Lady Gaga was aLways the one pLaying on your ceLLphone's soundtrack. Thus, our tawagan for each other was born. And I aLso missed hanging out at the Lobby with you aLmost every morning waiting for Like an hour for our feLLow RizaLvadors. That's the consequence we get for being so earLy and being the Best in PunctuaLity & Attendance in our cLass. Hmm, and I wouLd Like to thank you for the assignments that you Let me copy :D, for expLaining the Lessons that I had a hard time understanding, for everything. But most of aLL, thanks for the friendship PF! :)

SaLutatorian of Batch 2oo8-2oo9, Best in PunctuaLity & Attendance, Best in FiLipino Christian Living, Best in Computer Literacy, and the Co-CurricuLar Service Award for BED ChoraLe.

A HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARUIN! :) MORE YEARS TO COME PA. :P

P.S. TREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT! :))

are the rumors true? Let's find out.

I don't normaLLy post two bLog entries in one day. But suddenLy, I had this urge to post again. After I posted my bLog entry just this afternoon, I checked my ceLLphone. Darn it, it's aLready dead. Empty bat to be exact. Or maybe, it's just having one of its darn attacks. :) Anyway, I opened it again and here comes the text messages.

The first one that I read was RacheL's GM. She was asking whether it is true that UST's first day of cLasses wiLL be moved. NormaLLy, I don't repLy to GM's if it sent so many hours ago. But since I was so curious, I texted her back asking where did she get that information. And when I went onLine, Thomasians are taLking about that. That rumor. :)

It's stiLL a rumor because when I went onLine again, Grace pm'ed me in YM and she sent a Link. It's the Student's CounciL's muLtipLy account. They posted there that we have to wait TOMORROW for the officiaL announcement. Yeah, so there. My reaction about aLL these stuff? I'm in the middLe. I'm happy because our vacation wiLL be extended but I was annoyed because we wiLL miss so much. Argh. Darn AH1N1. It's the cause of the deLay of aLL of this. :p

BTW, I'll share something. I bought a new naiL poLish today! :)) I was Looking for baby bLue naiL poLish, the same shade as my gown on our junior prom. SadLy, I cannot find anything. So I just settLed for ocean bLue frosted naiL poLish. But Luck! It's the same shade as the one that Lady Gaga used for her naiLs in her music video, Love Game. So there. See ya! :]

don't paaaaaaaaanic!!!

What an unexpected turn of events. I thought today is just a normaL day. Just this morning, ArieL is asking whether I have an update in my bLog. I texted him back saying that I don't have anything eLse to bLog. But you couLdn't reaLLy teLL when something MAJOR is about to happen.

It was way past Lunch (I don't know what is the exact time). I was busy upLoading pictures onLine here in my Laptop, my brother is busy on our PC pLaying games, my mother was busy washing dishes, and my father is just sitting on the couch. When suddenLy, our neighbor Katkat came in saying,"uya uya, unog unog bahay!" She taLks Like that because she has speech deficiency I think. But because of what she said my parents ran to the street whiLe I peered through our window. It turns out that the house that is burning is on our same street. Then my mother returned back inside our house and she turned off the main outLet of the eLectricity. WhiLe me, I was busy turning off our Laptop. By the time, I had aLready turned off my Laptop, my brother and father was aLready outside whiLe my mom is busy getting our important beLongings. She put them on our couch and she toLd me that whatever happens, I'll bring the bags with me (there are 4 bags). Then my mom ran off outside. I was busy pacing inside wondering what eLse to bring. I went upstairs, got my savings and put them inside one of the bags. I was stiLL busy pacing around, wondering what eLse to bring just in case the fire spread to our house. By that time, I was coughing because the air smeLLed of smoke. I couLd hear many peopLe outside, panicking maybe because there are no firemen yet. I don't know what to do so I just went outside, sat on the front stoop and watched the chaos.

SeveraL minutes after I went outside, three fire trucks puLLed up. But the fire was mostLy put out aLready. There is a water refiLLing station on our street just a few houses away from us. And I saw peopLe carrying jugs of water to the fire scene. After severaL minutes, my dad went to us saying that the fire spread to the house which is at the back of the house where the fire started. So the fire spread to the next street. But I think the firemen put out the fire immediateLy because pretty soon, our street became quiet again. :)

After that, me and my mom went to SouthmaLL. I found this pretty funny because it's Like nothing happened. You know, off to do things normaLLy. :))

P.S. this bLog's titLe came from Kenneth Ian Terrado Ricafort. I forgot when and why he said this but it must be the time when we were having the fire driLL. Sheesh. I so missed Kinit. :p

bb'z reunion.

BB'z at MOAnesz.

Yesterday, June o1 2oo9, the BB'z had our reunion. After aLmost two months of not being together, we were finaLLy reunited. We arranged to met up on 7'11 at 9 o'cLock.

I was the first one to arrived. This didn't surprised me because I Like to be punctuaL. A few minutes Later, EtheL arrived. We chatted and chatted and chatted. :) Bea and RazeL arrived at a LittLe after ten. It was reaLLy fun because we just met up and aLready, we are Laughing so hard. :]

In no time, we were aLready at MOA. And Veronica texted me that she's aLready at MOA too. So we met up near McdonaLd's. When we saw nicaru approaching, we immediateLy hide. No reason, we just want to hide. :D

Okay, I don't reaLLy want to go into much detaiL because I aLready forgot some detaiLs (memory gap!). So I'LL just mention some important things. :)

1. We had Lunch at Sbarro's. The food was expensive but we were so stuffed! :))

2. We saw Charice SoLomon. You know, the actress that was a product of the reaLity show Starstruck.

3. Taking pictures was hard. :D EspeciaLLy when there are no peopLe around. So we had to get our minds crackin'. I suggested that we use the seLf timer on nicaru's cam.

4. We were on our way to the department store and I was Looking beLow. When I Look forward, I was surprised that there was this reaLLy taLL guy waLking towards me. I quickLy ducked out of the way. If I didn't do that, we might crashed. You know, I think he didn't see me. :)

5. When we saw that guy who had reaLLy Long hair and Long beird. Bea said that he Looks Like the ones who portrayed God in the movies.

So there. All in aLL, it was a reaLLy reaLLy great day. We had so much fun. We pLanned to meet up once a month but Let's see if we couLd Live up to that promise. :)

spot the difference.

Today is our subdivision's fiesta. Yesterday, xhen & arieL had agreed that they wiLL go to us today. Somehow, xhen knew that there are some foods at our house. :)

Our morning started earLy. We attended the morning mass and afterwards, we stayed at the chapeL because my mom and our neighbors are the godmothers for the baptismaL. And the baptismaL is going to be heLd right after the mass. After the baptismaL, we went to the house of the one who was just baptized. Their house is just near ours so I ran to our house first for a drink of water. :) I was so thirsty. Anyways, the food is great. They even had Lechon. Yum! So great. After that, we went off to SM to buy some things. Me and our neighbor went straight to the hypermarket whiLe me, my brother and our neighbor's chiLd went to Tom's WorLd to pLay. :) Then we went straight home and start cooking. :]

My reLatives arrived first. I was kinda annoyed because my niece Queenie, which stayed for us this summer, was kinda rude. Darn it. So I asked my brother and my nephew James, to go to SM. But unfortunateLy, Queenie and Vaida, another niece of mine, joined us too. Good thing Arwin texted me that he's gonna go to SM too. A good reason to escape them. :)

Me and Arwin must have toured the whoLe SM severaL times. We were waiting for ArieL & xhen. We saw EtheL there and Mary Ann. FinaLLy, when we got tired, I suggested that we sit at the foodcourt. WhiLe we are chatting there, ArieL texted that he was near. He aLso texted that he invited Mark & Herson. That's okay with me since they're aLL my feLLow RizaLvadors. After we met up with ArieL, we went to the entrance to wait for Mark. He texted to ArieL that he was near, but he got stuck near the Daang Hari because of traffic. When Mark arrived, we started waLking. We were going to accompany Arwin because he's gonna attend the afternoon mass. I agreed eventhough I aLready attended the morning mass. UnfortunateLy, it started raining. Me, Arwin & ArieL had umbreLLas with us. But Mark didn't, so I have to share with him. And because Mark is so taLL, I have to make tingkayad just to reached him. And someone suggested (I'm not sure if it is ArieL or Arwin) that Mark hoLd the umbreLLa instead. So we switched. But since I'm getting wet because the umbreLLa is so high, I decided to share umbreLLas with Arwin instead. Off we went. When we are aLmost there, xhen appeared.

When mass started, Arwin is the onLy one reaLLy Listening. The rest of us, were taLking. xhen keep teasing Mark about something. :) And we'LL just Laughed. After a LittLe whiLe, the three Left to meet up with Herson & Adee at SM. I was Left aLone again with PF. The mass is Long since it is speciaL because there is a bishop there. So to ease our boredom, we just sent GMs. :)

After the mass, we went straight to our house because we're aLL starving. And we ate. After we finished eating, Arwin toLd me he had to go because his mom texted him aLready. A few minutes after Arwin Left, we agreed to waLked around Citihomes. We were Looking for the dance and singing contest. But we cannot find it. Since we cannot find it, we agreed to go to Arwin's house instead. :) But when we are near their street, we saw the contest. So we just stop there and stare there. Yeah. I wouLdn't go into detaiLs because I'm so Lazy to type.

Anyways, the boys had pLans (I think) to pLay computer games at the computer shop. And since I'm being OP aLready, I just decided to bade goodbye to them and return to my house. :)

P.S. the reason for this titLe is Mark said that Line once. He was referring to the fact that I'm the shortest in our group whiLe they're aLL towers. :) I think it can aLso refer that I'm the onLy girL there. :p

Laugh trip. :)

I've been going out for two days straight. Yesterday, we went to UST because it's the date when my interview for the San Lorenzo schoLarship is scheduLed. I taLked to this girL,but I forgot her name. I just remembered her Last name which is Atienza. UnfortunateLy, she's taking up BioLogy. How sad. I don't know if some of the peopLe there are taking up Accountancy 'cause they're just quiet there. I don't know if they're shy or they pLainLy don't want to taLk. :)

Today, I just went to SM MoLino. But when I got home, I feeL sooooo tired. Maybe because we're standing aLmost the whoLe time we were there. We were watching EtheL in her performance. "We" by the way is me, my brother, zet, arieL & xhen. Before the start of the program, we saw Sir John riding up on the escaLator. We waited for him on the top of the escaLator. Boy, Sir John changed a LittLe. He's chubby now and he has a beard (just a short one). I so miss Sir. Anyways, we chat for a few moments. He ask where are we going for coLLege, but mostLy he teases us. Same oLd Serjan :). And then we went on watching the program. Near the end, I feLt my ceLLphone vibrate and it's Nique, texting me that she saw us. I texted her back asking where is she. And she repLied that she's just across us. So I saw her and pointed her out to the others. After the program, me, my brother, zet & etheL ate our dinner at KFC. Nique joined us too when she Learned that Sir John is in KFC. She, xhen & arieL didn't ordered by they stayed with us and we taLked, Laughed, make noise :). I so missed the fun times that we have at KFC. Anyways, we reaLLy are noisy and some of the peopLe are Looking at us. EspeciaLLy when Sir ManueL and Sir John were about to Leave. We caLLed out,"Sir!" and most of the peopLe there Looked at us. Haha. Everywhere we go, even though we don't pLanned it, we aLways make a scene. :)

Anyways, got to go. I am reaLLy so tired. And tomorrow is our subdivision's fiesta and ArieL & xhen had toLd me that they're going to our house tomorrow. I think they're going to bring some of our cLassmates aLong too. I bet it's going to be so fun :). And the day after that, the bb'z are going to have a reunion at MOA! :))

my worries.

I reaLLy, reaLLy, reaLLy hate to admit this but Last night, I cried. It's Like aLL my worries came pouring out. I was just thinking about coLLege, about the hard Lessons, about meeting new friends, new professors, and adjusting to the fast paced Life in ManiLa. Then I start thinking about how earLy I wouLd get up in the morning to go to schooL and I think of sLeepLess nights because of hard Lessons. And that's what made me cry.

I don't know but for some reason, I stiLL can't beLieve that I'm gonna be in coLLege now. It's onLy Like yesterday when I was in kindergarten, going to my first ever day in schooL. But now, I'm aLready in coLLege. Sigh. Most of my batchmates are excited to go to coLLege. So does my former cLassmates too. Me too. I'm a LittLe bit excited. But a much bigger part of me is afraid. More Like terrified. Because now, I reaLLy have to be independent. I have to be on my own. When I thought of it, I reaLized that I've never been anywhere on my own. As in. Yes, I've gone to some far pLaces but I'm aLways with my friends. Even in my whoLe high schooL Life, I've never gone home by myseLf. I aLways make sabay with my friends who aLso goes the same way with me. Darn it. I guess it's aLso my fauLt. I've become so dependent on other peopLe. But now I need to grow up fast. I need to be indepent, to become mature, to become responsibLe and aLways aLert. Life in ManiLa is soooo different from Life in Cavite. I have to Learned how to cope up with the noisy, bustLing and fast paced Life in ManiLa.

Anyways, I cried for onLy a few minutes Last night. After that, I just stared at the ceiLing with my puffy eyes. Then suddenLy, I feLt my ceLLphone vibrating under my piLLow, and BOOM. It was my bLockmate. Then another text came in and it was my feLLow coursemate which is unfortunateLy, in another section. And because of that, I forgot aLL about my worries. After aLL, I can't dweLL on the past for too Long. I got to move on. As said on the cartoon movie Robinsons,"Keep moving forward!" :)