My parent's 28th

Feb. 11, 1980, my folks wed at Queen of Peace Church. Reception followed at Sugarland Hotel.

L-R : My Folks. With my grandparents. with their ninongs and ninangs.

Feb. 11, 2008. We were at the same church where my folks were married. we actually hear mass there regularly. and in the middle of it, my mom leaned on me and said, they were married on the same day, a monday, that is. she was probably feeling nostalgic. i just don't know what was she thinking.

Then we went to rob to meet up with my sister, who was coming from work at Silay. We saw there my sister's friend, Shiela's parents. we chatted for awhile about our trip to the US. Shiela is in Rockfort, Illinios. Waiting to meet us at New York or we'll come visit her there.

Then we head out to Pepe's, Sorrento. It's my sister's and my favorite. Cozy (except of on weekends where it is jampacked by party people). Love the food. I order only one dish, Salpicao with mashed potatoes. the only thing i don't like about the place is their tables. parang cafeteria-ish. nevertheless, we keep on coming back there as often as we can. I didn't take pictures of the resto though. dami kasing tao. dyahe. But i nerved up for some family pix. sayang naman. important day, tapos walang pic? won't allow that to happen!

L-R : BabyBAck ribs. Salpicao.

L-R : mom and dad; karen, mao and brandon; me and mom and dad; with brandon

After the dinner, he headed home. we had dessert. mao bought a cake for them. i was telling mom to buy a candle and blow on their 28th anniv. but we forgot so she recycled some candle she found in the drawer.

L-R : Cake Calea; Cake with candle; Mom and dad with the cake

We goofed around some more by cam whoring. well, my parents did. and mom clearly enjoying it as she directs dad to pose like it was their wedding day. without a word, my dad just followed. he went along with my mom shrieking with glee. we had such a good time!

We capped off the night by gathering in front of the tv and watch lobo. +)

happily buzzed

Feb. 9, 2008. the first time of the year our groupies went out again! imagine that?! of course, tricia and i were in our bubble again! we talked half of the night away! inban and manuel again begging 5mins. of our time! it was fun! we just had a lot of updates and gossip to share with each other. despite the fact that we do text quite often. some stories aren't just fit for texting.

Attendance was almost complete. The usuals are present though.

L-R: Carmela, Paolo, Moi, Tricia, Connie, Lori, Dette, Judge, Allan, Manuel and Inban.

It's always fun hanging out with these guys! we have so much to talk about! kahit showbiz nga eh! fun! fun! fun!

We planned on going to patag this weekend. the place where we found out we have so much in common with each other. haha! i hope it pushes through! it has to be! by monday, i'll be leaving for manila already eh!

Laid Back

one of the things we have tried doing, twice now, is going to Cafe Bobs, eating and accessing their wi-fi. It's actually for Mao, my brother-in-law. We give way to him to do all the searches and make his shopping list. It just gets longer and more expensive. Most of it my sister considers impractical things to buy. It's spousal affair so i just smile at them while my sister discourages him from buying what he wants. And my brother-in-law acting as if he hasn't heard anything. Haha!

L-R: Bob's Frappucino (check out their logo, kinda looks like starbucks, u think?);
salami pizza; bob's deli entrance

L-R: Mao busy surfing; Karen on a pose; Brandon scarring the fish

after 2 hours or so:
L-R: Mao still surfing the net; Karen and Brandon for a pose;
moi getting water for everybody

My sister and I will be going on a trip. Less than two weeks to go and we're off to the US of A. Feb 22 is our flight schedule via Northwest Airlines. We'll go to Long Beach, California first then fly to New York after a week and a half then home to the PI March 23.

That's why Mao has been surfing like crazy. He's making a list of what we'll buy for him. So we'll see if he can actually come up with a final shopping list!

i finally decided to revive this blog site! i have been thinking of writing again, ever since the year has started. kaso lang i don't know what to write about! most of the time i'm stuck here at home, doing nothing. screaming boring! so why blog about my pathetic life diba?

i used to write a lot. some of the poems here were composed during my college years. i still have a notebook of my compositions. funny, i read them again last time. puro emote! elk! hahaha!

i have been thinking of taking pictures around the city too. just to show friends what bacolod looks like. it's not as probincya as they are probably thinking.. but i am just soooo tamad to do so. hehehe

i drove for mom the other to her parent's house, my mom's sister who lives in the same subdivision said ang puting puti ko daw ngayon. sabi ko, pano ba naman, i don't go out of the house na.haha!

see? i am realizing now that i need to go out! good thing my sissy's shift is in the morning, so pag hapon she's here at home. i will drag her out of the house for some chillin' time! im soooo tamad din to go malling. liit lang ng malls dito eh and shops are of course limited. not much fun. so we'll probably be at cafe bob's later.

yey! i shall blog more regularly now. that's my chinese new year's resolution! ;)

i'll be graduating this march, hopefully!:) i just bought my graduation dress. im not really excited about it though. my mom's really happy my agony is ending in 2 weeks, but i think this is just the beginning of a more profound sufferring and anxiety. yes, i'll have my degree in law, but i have yet to earn my bragging right, the prefix "atty." before my name. without it, law degree would seem just a waste of time and resources.
i'm leaving for manila last week of april for the review. it's still all hazy now. nothing planned, concrete and ready. well except that our house should be ready by then. but everything else is still blank. all would have to be filled in when i get there. it's scarry, i might be stressed buying furnitures and stuff. plus the possible quarrel with my mom over teeny weeny whatever. but i'm really glad i'm staying at our house because i get to have a car. hehe nothing beats the thought of having one in manila. i've always dreamed of braving EDSA. i think it's a very challenging street to pass by with the busses and the cabs and all those who are in hurry to get somewhere.
i'll be reveiwing in ateneo... although all of my friends will be in UP, i stuck by my long time plan to enrol in ateneo (even if it means not having comfort friends around). i have to admit though, i considered enrolling in UP too. but i guess that would make my EQ really low. i don't want to spend the whole review wondering 'what if' i was in rockwell. i really love makati. not really fond of quezon city, except for libis. besides, i'd probably spend every night drinking with the boys. tsk tsk very bad!
they may not say it out loud, expectations begin to rise i suppose. with my dad providing me all the comfort he possibly can, i guess he's thinking of only one reward, that i pass the bar exams. every law student dreams of that. it's something you can't possibly promise to them. it will just break their hearts if... it takes more than just intelligence to be able to make it. scale would be weighing towards luck and God's will. if these things are not on your side, no matter how you memorize the constitution if it's not for you, then it will never be. sad.

sometimes, a person who causes you so much pain is also the same person who causes you so much happiness....

--0o0--

you were someone who can never be mine.
at least for now, i'd always think.
somehow your actions give me hope.
that doors of opportunity will open for us someday.

maybe i dreamed of 'us' too much.
i'm beginning to forget the reality around me.
that until i proved my suspicions right,
then everything else will fall into place.

my heart cringe everytime i think you are with her.
to the person that you rightfully belong.
i wish you your happiness with her, i swear.
it's just that the pain is too much for me to bear.

to the heavens i cry to make you mine.
yet all i see is the bright blue sky.
each night that passes by,
you and i are still friends, only just friends.

i know in your heart i am special to you.
only i don't know upto what extent.
there may never be a chance for me to confirm
and you may never know i've given my world to you.

--o0o--

of all the men that exist,
why does it have to be you?
the man i'm beginning to fall in love with,
the same man who gives me much uncertainty.

for a time i thought it was me who you love.
only to find out it was somebody else.
yet she was not just any girl,
but a friend, a good friend of mine.

i tried to repress what i hope and feel,
i gave way for you both
that's how much i love you, you see
for your happiness, i'll give u support.

but why does it have to be her?
i could have taken it easier if it were just another girl.
to know what you have been doing is just too much,
it could have been me in her shoes.

but if it is in my friend you'll find what you're looking for,
then i have nothing more to object.
because for everytime your face lifts up with i smile,
i too smile, but with tears streaming down my eyes.

sometimes, all you need is one night, then the rest is history...

i have this classmate who is much older than me, but she's really fun to be with and so not her age at all! but we weren't 'friends' in that kind of sense... though we started to hang out because we were together in our summer classes. i guess that's when we became 'friends'. so we would plan gimmicks and out of town trips...

the first time we went out, it was at our classmate's house. it was a night of songs and booze... we just happened to be seated next to each other then we started to talk. we've talked about beauty tips, even about our personal stuffs we wouldn't have imagined sharing with each other! but i guess, we have sunk in to that comfortable level that we held no bars with our conversations. i have to admit, we share more things in common than i could have possibly thought of! we spent the night chatting.. whether it brought us laughter or perhaps teary-eyed...

at that point, we have established our friendship... every gimmick that came after that, we would almost always end up pretty much that first time... it would feel like it was only us around when we are in a table full of everybody else... we have that little world of our own... and of course our buddy San Mig is keeping us company too. oh and another friend, Malboro who shares with our stories too.

it is amazing how people come into our lives and change it. it alomost always happens at a time you least expect it and to a person whom you never thought would be.. but i am glad she came along, i have been really bored and having her as a friend whom i could talk, drink and have fun with, really makes me see the rainbow behind the dark clouds...