unstill and half-crazy thoughts

I really reeeeally love David Cook's version of "Always be my baby by Mariah Carey" that I even recorded it straight from my cellphone. =p I love his voice. He could've been the next Chris Daughtry.. gawd, he could have a better career. But I think I like Daughtry better because he's a really nice person.

I think the song helped me to be relaxed to face the next day, besides the fact the I prayed profusely to get through it alive because the next day is the second official practice day in Broadway On Ice alone. Glad, I went through it without looking awkward at practice but before that I had another comprehensive lesson. My coach improved my one foot spin and gave me tips like placing my hand on my head to pull my body up and keep my weight centered. Also he helped me on an a level-higher jump, loop. Lesson was exhausting but it was really good feeling. After that I had a quick dinner with Len and Erwin before I went for practice.

During practice, the whole group in our dance, even the Coach, forgot our steps! Haha. it was hard to recall since it was more than 3 months ago since we last studied it and few of the members are missing so it's difficult to have a spotting of positions but it turned out fine. Everyone contributed a bit of part they could remember and patched it up together, including me! :) And I didn't fall or something during practice. :) I wobbled with the holding-the-kid-part and the kid even asked me if I was okay which is at first I thought kind of embarassing but I realized everyone falls so I put it behind my mind. :) There were a couple of kneeling part and now I have a bruise in my right knee but it was the bruise that I've never been so happy to have because it was a sign of hard work and a job well done but I think next time a knee pad would help. =p

I even had the guts to ask one of the member in our other dance to teach me the steps even I don't really know her personally. Bad thing though, I  haven't memorized it yet.. good thing is we didn't practice it that night. I'll just have to ask her again. =p
I was such in a good mood that even if my cellphone's battery was dead I wasn't too panicky that I won't be fetched instead my parents are waiting for me when I went outside after the practice. I just also came to realize that even if I wasn't in the main dance. It's still all good because I'm still in 2 dances, one of which is a really fun dance because we're with kids. I'll just have to do good in both so that maybe, just maybe, next time I'll get in that grand dance. =p
For the mean time I'll just work hard in being good on my part and enjoy the experience. :)

Today wasn't such a bad day either, it was also fun actually because our team lead was on leave, another is on training and another team member which is a friend and a batchmate, Jen, is on leave also. We didn't have much work to do which is a good thing because we're all in a weekend mood and lazy to work already. ;p Before the day ends, the internal community news was sent in the e-mail announcing another movie night! My bathcmates decided to go together. We even had a meeting or so-called debate on when to watch just so everyone could go. =p I'm so excited that I hope everyone will get to be registered with the agreed date. :) But the date we've chosen was the night I'm going to leave for a vacation in Pagudpod. It was the only date I could go to because the other dates are I'm on vacation already or practice on BOI. I'm thinking it could work out if I'd go home right after the movie ends to catch the bus with friends to Pagudpod.

After spending a night crying on why my mom didn't allow me to go with my friends to go out of town was worth it. I wasn't mad at my parents for not allowing me but I was self pitying after I talked to my mom and my dad saw me and allowed me! I am soo excited! I dreamed of going there and finally I am going with friends! I don't want to get too excited because something might go wrong or my excitement won't meet my expectations with the vacation but I'm happy that atleast I'm going. :)

 

 

And things are fine, I spend time with my family as much as I can. And Broadway On Ice is back. I kind of feel silly though because my friend, and my only friend there couldn't proceed with the show because her family's taking a vacation. I thought of quitting but I guess I won't because this is what I wanted to do and I think the hard work would be worth it. I know steps would be struggle for me but I need to be focused, I can't lose it now. I need this. I'd love this to be a history of my skating. =p

BOI is fine at the moment because last thursday, we had to get be at the rink at 4:30am for the promotional guesting on Unang Hirit! (Local morning news channel) Even if I wasn't focused or seen on tv, it was good for me. Atleast I was included! And I get to meet the host, Miriam Quiambao and Drew Arellano. I was star strucked upon seeing Miriam, despite of being shy and almost forgetting the idea to take a picture with her I saw few people have their pictures taken with her and that's the time I took the courage. I'm a fan of Miriam Quiambao because aside from being a beauty queen she managed to be at the showbiz but still appear classy, brainy and pretty. I almost didn't notice Drew until she was beside Miriam. =p 

 

Despite the fact that I was allowed to go on a vacation with my friends, I have to save up for the expenses that might occur. I also have to save up for the family vacation on early June. Which leaves me on a tight budget for the driving lessons and DSL connection. I'm thinking of asking my dad's friend to give me informal lessons until I got enough money to enroll formally and have to deal with dial-up connection for the mean time. =p

 

 

The make-up class on Saturday wasn't that bad. Actually I think it turned out good. :) I learned to apply
make-up the right way. I was so thrilled that I got it right and I got all vain and took pictures of myself. =p

Sunday morning, my mom started waking me up and annoyed me because my dad's friend was already downstairs to teach me how to drive when in fact it's the only time of the week I can enjoy sleeping
and waking up late. After awhile, when I finally went up and told them I'll have to attend my choir service first. Afterwards, I ate late lunch and we already went to U.P. to drive.
It felt so good because I get to drive at once. It wasn't that hard since it's automatic. But we got in trouble with the univeristy police but just talked him out and gave him P100 because of not having a student's license. Aww, just when I was jst enjoying it we had to stop.
But my mom didn't let our spirit wither and instead went to Himlayan, the cemetery. It was nearby anyway and visited my grandparents' grave and there we continued practicing until there was another guard who noticed us. We took that signal to stop. I have to fix my student's license so we wouldn't go through the hassle of dealing with the police.

 

And last night, I'm watched the Sweetest Thing. The first time I've seen that was when I was freshman college and I was so innocent and all. It was fun watching it with 2 of my not-so-innocent girlfriends back then. I miss them. We haven't got together since that year.
I love the movie! Despite the fact that it has all those adult-oriented topics. I love how the girls cared with each other as friends, helped each other to take the risk and get through of getting out alive from a heartache and how the three of them managed to have careers. And despite their careers,
they still have time to be silly and enjoy life. I love to live my life that way. ;)

 

Good things to start the week. =)

Okay, so I'm not a big text talk fan. But the entry title explains the show that I like from Myx (Philippine-version of MTV) It's the show where the VJs roam around the metro for the hot spots. Well not really, just those unique and interesting shops. What I like about the show is that even if the store is so simple and just started out the VJs have the knack of making it really intersting. They also get to try the products or services the store offers.

 

Anyway, it was a good good day today at the office. Our team lead is on leave, our project manager went out from 11am til the end of the day. Although we had a short notice deadline from him, it was okay because after that we're free! Then the unexpected fire drill came. Woohoo! We didn't have to finish what we're doing and just left. The cool thing with the fire drill is that they gave us Oreo snack pack and a bottle of mineral water. Not so cool thing? We had to go down 25 flight of stairs. :| Okay, so that's why they gave us snack. There was an exhaust fan every other floor in the fire exit but going down the stairs got me dizzy. I was a bit furious inside of me because people paused as if they were not taking it seriously. If it's a real life scenario, we have no chances of being saved although the pause was good because I can't go down the stairs continuously fast without feeling sick.

After that Jess, batchmate when I've started in my work, and Franco, her colleague previously and friend, decided to have a lunch out. By lunch out means far from the workplace. Haha. At first, I was thinking of not going with them anymore since I have to cash out money becuase of the fare. I was in a thrift mode. But fortunately no, Franco has a car! Woohoo! Then we saw Jervic, another batchmate, among the mass of people and tagged him along. Then Ingo, another batchmate, was texting me where we was so we said we'll pick him up on the way out. Then Jenny, another batchmate, texted me that she was going to be late. So I told her we had a fire drill and went to pick her up to. Lucky her, she didn't get to go down the stairs. It was so cool because it was all in a split of a second decisions and it all fell right at the right time. It was like an ambush! Haha.. So we headed to Megamall and had lunch. It was nice that we got the chance to go out and really enjoy lunch! Went back beyond the lunch time then the time passed by a blur. Did few tasks then it was time to go home already!

 

Last night was a good skating practice. Eventhough both my coaches wasn't there. I practice my jumps and I think they're better. I practiced my one-foot spin and they're improving! :) It was a good time to skate last night because there were almost no skaters at the rink because most of the skaters are having their practice for the Grand Prix at MoA. I feel like I'm one of the good skaters. :)

 

Last Holy Week, I just spent it as a sleeping time and rest time. I only watch the 7th heaven marathon in the spirit of the season but I realized I should've done better. I was in those down days mood but I could've been stronger. Anyway, family spent the Black Saturday in La Mesa Eco Park. It was a really hot day but still we enjoyed the nature. :)

 

 

And then tomorrow is my second Make-up Artistry class. It only has 3 sessions. Tomorrow, our pretty moderator Ms. Lou would be teaching us how we should be putting them on. I hope I won't do something ridiculuous with my face tomorrow at the class. Hehe.

And today, my mom got our tickets. It's official, we are going to Singapore on June! Yay! My eldest sister is coming too! Most probably my elder sister and family will be coming along and that would be our last getaway as family before they leave for US. I hope we can convince my dad to come though. And that would be really fantastic vacation! :)

Monday, I skated with friends and went home with a serious headache, I wasn't sure if I gained it from practicing the one-foot spin or if I just felt really tired from weekend. So I was late for work the next day, my point here was.. atleast I went to work and didn't decide to skip it. It was paid off immediately because we went home late from work. At my case at the moment, very late. 

Wednesday, I watched Mandy Moore concert alone. It was a good love-myself experience but it wasn't really because I spent the night with my sister and brother-in-law. :) Before the concert, I met up with my sister who was blabbing with my sister from her cellphone to get my ticket from her, I asked earlier if she could buy me ticket since she lives there, and then she accompanied me to eat snacks. Mandy Moore was really nice and has a good voice! I like her new songs and probably will be buying her new album. I enjoyed it even though I was at the far side of the stage(read:never buy a ticket to reserved-seating concert barely 2 hours before because you won't have chances of getting a great seat.) Good thing there was a screen/projector in front of us. I was a bit disappointed though because she didn't sing "Cry" which is basically the only song I was so eager to hear about.

After the concert, I went straight ahead back to my sister's unit, there I shared a nice simple dinner with my sister and my in-law after that they dropped me to our house which was really nice of them. They must really love me! :)

 

Thursday went to skate again. It's always good to have skating lessons with my new coach. I really hope this goes on and maybe I could have a significant progress in few month's time. :) Friday, we commuted through the rush hour to visit our beloved gs/hs schoolguard's wake. When I got home, my 2 nephews were there. It's always fun to see them especially now that L.A., the elder one, is very sensible to talk to and A.J., the younger one, is starting to show us his charms! :) Then Saturday was Make-up Artistry community class. I'm supposed to be with my friend but she didn't get in but it was all good.
I had a nice time with myself and the class was interesting, we talked about history of makeup for the first half of the session and then our beautiful moderator had a demo of 3 different make-up looks: cleopatra, 70's and 80's. She had us also have a try on a curling and straightening iron on volunteered models. The best bit was.. we got free make-ups! Weeh! She's going to teach us how to on our next meeting. I'm excited! =) But first, I'm looking forward to spending the Holy Week next week with my family.

 

 

I remember too well our efforts and the excitement of my friends to put up a fund-raising to help our highschool guard when he was reportedly sick. We were all giddy at the idea and managed to squeeze in time to prepare for the benefit concert in the hopes of making a difference. I myself was so giddy at the idea because not only will we be able to help but also it was an instant opportunity to meet long lost friends. So we were all so glad that we were able to pull it off with the support of the Stellan's nuns. I was so excited to report this to my sister who was a Stellan alumnae as well and share the news to her batchmates from different side of the world. We even visited him twice at the hospital in the hopes that we will see him get better. I was so hopeful that we would see our beloved guard soon and see his smile and gratefulness to the grounds of the school when he gets well and get back on track but it never happened. Instead after weeks of being in ICU, he showed willingness to recover and respond to the medication but it slowly failed and we were notified that he will just be brought home. I was really saddened by the news but still hope that a miracle would happen and he will recover totally or if not he won't be gone that soon.

But last monday he did. It was just lately that I realized that he was really gone. All the efforts will be a mere memory and all the good things he did to each and every Stellan will just remain as a memory. An insipiration to us that somewhere somehow God blessed with someone like him. I really hope that he's in a better place right now.

 

 

Last friday me and my HS friends went through the hassle of rush hour to visit his wake. I had no idea of breaking down but I did because in his casket where he lays there was a newspapaer article about him that I never got to read when he was still alive and still enjoying his service. He was passionate to his service. But he even admitted that he once considered asking to be reassigned but then the love of the parents/school admin and especially the student made it worth while. It made me cry and I couldn't stop the tears that flowed my eyes because I thought with the concert we planned for him, the success of the event will help him get throught but I guess it was
really his time. His wife almost cried to us before we left because when we visited the hospital I saw that even though her body is tired, I can see it in her hopeful eyes the gratefulness from the help that her family is getting. The article even said that he's every student's friend and it's true. As the article's title said: "The Knight with Shining Armor to School Kids", he really is and I'm grateful that I met a man like him. I'm definitely sure a lot of people will miss him. The Stellan community grieves. The Stellan community will remember...

 

I had a great time last weekend. Saturday, my mom went with me to Makati. After I dropped the eyeglasses by my mom to the office, I met up with her in Glorietta to shop. At first we were arguing but we had it sorted out. We then went for shopping! We almost never do this. So I was glad that we were able to do this. She made sure I'm focused on buying work-related clothes because sometimes when I go for a search of office clothes I usually end up with casual attires. But that time she encouraged me to look and even pointed out which looks good on me and which doesn't. The best part was, she paid most of it. SO I wasn't broke. ;p

 

That night my elder sister and her husband dropped at our house to get some things they needed when they moved in to their new place. It was nice to hang out with them even for just a little while.

The next day, I had my choir service. A choirmate inspired me by a story of his small miracle. And then after that I met up with my mom and eldest sister and her husband. They were on the look out for an outfit of my sister's interview on TV! Actually, she already bought one but my brother-in-law doesn't agree with it and my kuya already bought another but my sister doesn't feel like wearing it. So we're on scout for something they'd all agree. We decided to have a snack first so we can clear our heads, we ate in Pizza Hut Bistro. I love it there! We had Seafood Super Supreme, Pasta, Calamari and Ice cream! I was so full since my mom and my in-law wasn't a big eater. Gotta love LOVE the Seafood Super Supreme! :) After the hearty meal, we landed in Mango and the three of us finally found a top that we agreed on. . :) After that they already went to catch a Mass service and I went to watch the Incubus concert.

 

I was soo happy I was able to come because the concert was awesome! I've never seen Araneta Coliseum so full! The energy was high from the band all the way to the audience. Great music! Fantastic lightings! And I also love the ending!

 

I'm always fascinated by reading blogs of random people especially if it's well-written. When I say well-written, the grammars are correct, things are explained concisely. Their entries can be vague and short but still, it shows their feelings. I find it really interesting. I always wanted to have a blog like that but when I start writing all I can think of is my previous events because I love back reading and I want something to remind me of the good things that happened in my life. Or even not good things, those memorable ones.

Anyway, Christmas is just few days away and I don't feel the spirit. Some

people, probably the ones close to me, will say it's just me being bitter. Probably partly, but no, it's because of a lot of things. First is the economy crisis, how can you feel the spirit of Christmas when you see a lot of people suffering from poverty and hunger? Second is our highschool guard, almost every Stellan who has a blog have already blogged about him, guess this is my turn. He's the only guard in our school that I've liked. Well, aside from the fact the he's the nicest one, he managed to know me through my sister who previously studied there and my parents. He always, always smile at the students even after the classes when everyone is grumpy and tired. I'm really amused on how he manage to keep track of the students and their fetchers. Unfortunately, he was recently diagnosed to have a brain tumor and actually just underwent an operation. I guess it was successful because nobody is panicking. He's in ICU at the moment. Aside from the prayers we've been offering, my friend came up with a brilliant idea to have a benefit concert for him. All proceeds go to him. As this would be a perfect time to have a mini-reunion with high school friends who lost contacts and a great time to catch up with lives.
Aside from that, I don't feel the Christmas spirit because our office Christmas party is moved on the 28th. Another thing is that Broadway On Ice is cancelled, no relation with Christmas but that could be another reason to celebrate to and also no Christmas party/get-together plan from my high school kada.
This would be a good time to also post my far-fetched wishlist. Everyone has one, though mine, I know  would be long-shot, it would be my must-buy to self. =)

• a pair of Havaianas
• new brassiere
• 2 GB SD Card for digicam
  
• 2 mini GB SD Card for cellphone
  
• perfume (probably the one dyne and I wanted last year. =p)
• Hair relax at David's
• Christmas vacation with family (or could be spent in my sister's unit in Eastwood, locked-up, just spending time together.)
• Christmas gatherings with friends(Liz and the rest, Shasha/Madel and the rest, Andee/Jill and the rest, college blockmates)
• Lisa Macuja-Elizalde - Ballerina of the People book
• fast recovery / good condition of Manong Tero.
  

And since I don't plan on buying lots of gifts this time I'm thinking of spending one day at a time for someone in the family or atleast 2 per day. But I'm also thinking this might be my last season here in AGH, I might need to come up with something to give to some people, as a sign of thank you.

So eventhough I don't feel the spirit of Christmas, I'm looking forward to spending  and actually enjoying it with family and friends and to myself. =)

I'm a big fan of alternative music, I don't know a lot of people who is though but I am, I love feel good songs and most of them are alternative. Vertical Horizon is one of them. It makes me feel relax that their music can give me the feeling of relax driving through the afternoon breeze.

Anyway, my friend, Liz, and I bought Upper Box B tickets few days before the concert but another HS friend, Agnes , texted me that she won Patron tickets few hours before the show and decided to share the blessings with us. =) (Couldn't thank you enough!) So of course, we ditched the free seating tickets even though we tried to share it with friends, it was just too late.

The show started 2 hours after it was supposed to start but it was definitely more than worth it! So Lindsay, Agnes' bestfriend and another HS friend, was just in time for the show. Haha, talk about good timing eh? =p

God must really love me because the battery of my digicam didn't give up on me through out the concert so I get to record my favorite songs and more! Haha.. (Well, aside from the fact that I know He really does. =p )

They sound better than in the record! Nothing beats than seeing a concert with the people you grew up listening it with. :)

Great night! Wonderful music, great company, endless laughs and stories and spoof moment, free Patron tickets. What more could you ask for?

I intended to have the title as Starbuck's 2008 Planner but I don't want to lead the people wrong because I'm not getting it instead it will be the opposite. I don't think the planner would be worth for me since I plan a lot and wouldn't have enough time writing in there but I love their Peppermint Mocha and Peppermint Brownie (that I'm craving for one now!) since we started late for the BOI rehearsal and have to past time before the practice starts, Felise and I decided to hang out in nearby Starbuck's then she introduce me to those. I'm never a fan of coffee, I think I'm the only one in the office or at least in our department who doesn't drink and the only thing I order when I get dragged by friends is Caramel Frap, so I was surprised at myself for liking the Peppermint Mocha instantly. =)

Anyway, I also didn't notice that I've planned full-packed my week. Monday, me and some high school friends namely, Liza and Shano, had a dinner and hangout at Starbuck's and shared stories over the cup of over-priced coffee.
Tuesday was ice-skating practice with Felise, I was horrible since I was wearing flimsy socks that I keep on sliding in my boots and wobbled horribly on ice. ;s

Wednesday, I planned to go to our scheduled choir rehearsal but I wasn't able to come since I got a horrible dysmenorrhea that even I drank pain-reliever but there was no effect.

Thursday was supposed to be another skating practice but still felt really dizzy.

Friday, Vertical Horizon concert! Wooh!