Christmas Rush

Posted on December 24, 2007 at 2:48 pm | 18 Comments
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I’ve already sent my Christmas gifts to my good friends and visitors online. Check my second Flickr account to know if you’re one of those lucky bloggers who’ve got a gift from me. Can’t find your name there? Well, you may grab either this…

Gloria

…or this…

Snowman

But you can grab both if you really like them. Lol.

Actually, I only made those this morning. Lol. I had to rush them that’s why I wasn’t able to put any personal dedication.

To everyone who gave me gifts, thank you very much. Here is a list of those who gave me presents (this part will be updated if necessary): Tammy, Scart, Sherica, Erised, Nelson, Kaila, Isley, Sandra, Mitch, and Euri. You can view their presents to me in my del.icio.us account. Of course, to everyone who greeted me, thank you!

Outside the blogosphere, I was able to deceive (lol) my little brother to get me an original DVD copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoneix. Actually, he paid half the price of it. It’s his Christmas gift to me. I’ve already watched it yesterday and I still think it’s the worst Harry Potter movie. The additional scenes were not interesting. Nevertheless, the other features were good.

I’ll spend Christmas Eve with my family later. Our other relatives will come to our house tonight and my uncle from Texas would call us via Yahoo Messenger. I can’t wait for midnight! I hope my siblings, Lola and parents would like the presents I’ve got for them. But of course, what’s important is that we are complete this Christmas. XD

Happy Christmas!

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Noisy: Minus Five

Posted on December 12, 2007 at 7:27 pm | 6 Comments
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Remember those times during our grade school days when our teachers would ask somebody — someone who is trustworthy — to write the names of those people who are noisy, standing and not in their proper place in the blackboard… and in the end of the subject, those people who were listed get an automatic minus five direct to whatever the teacher would feel like? But that does not sound applicable in college right? Just the thought of it makes me laugh. If this happened in college, it could mean that the students are really noisy and they look like as if they were released from their cages and wherein chaos always prevail.

But seriously, I would be glad if this would happen (just this semester). Why? Because my latest set of blockmates are very noisy. Our instructors always get irritated because of the noisiness in our room. Even I, gets annoyed because of the noise pollution. I can’t wait to have a new set of classmates.

The noisiest person in our class talks as if she is talking to 20 students… and that’s how she talks normally. Your mind will surely get dry at the end of the day. I also have this blockmate who does not only talk very loud but also butts in in the middle of the lecture of our professors. No wonder why our instructors hate our class. No wonder — according to one of our teachers — why our section is the “talk of the faculty”. What is worse is that my blockmates don’t even seem to care. They still talk and talk and talk very loud as if they ate a megaphone and it got stuck in their vocal cords.

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Still, in school related events, from the last time I posted my previous update, which was 17 days ago, I wasn’t really busy. Actually, last week, we had our University Games (which I didn’t attended BTW… haha) so classes were suspended. And yesterday was a holiday here in our province because yesterday was Pampanga day. It’s just I have a writer’s block lately.

Tomorrow will be the start of our Preliminary Exams. Are you wondering why I am online and not reviewing? Haha. Well, I only have one subject to sit and I’ve got plenty of time to review tomorrow. I don’t even have to memorize lots of things. I just need to read.

Finally, my Christmas vacation would start exactly a week from now. I can hardly wait!

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Yearend Entry: 2006

Posted on December 29, 2006 at 10:45 pm | 12 Comments
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I reckon this is my last post for this year as I’m very busy. I have not even finished doing Choice.

Here are the notable things that happen throughout the whole year!

  • I and my classmates had our retreat back in January. The place and food was so great. I really thought I would not enjoy our retreatÂ… and now, IÂ’m still savoring all of the things that we did there. If itÂ’s possible to have a part two (or even a part three) of our retreat, IÂ’ll join! Aww… I’m being nostalgic.
  • On February 04 of this year, a big accident happened here in the Philippines. The Ultra stampede occurred back then. It was the first anniversary of the number one noon time show in the country, Wowowee. Instead of 20 tricycles, some taxi cabs and two million pesos (about $40,000) of prizes at stake. Lives of many people were in danger.
  • I had my first (yeah, first) camping. It was a requirement for graduation. How stupid is that? Nevertheless, I enjoyed it.
  • March means graduation to me. Well, I landed as the first honorable mention of our batch (without exerting too much effort). I was also able to bag other awards. Oh, I’m not bragging about them. Habemus valedictorian! Can’t we have an another conclave?
  • College is a bit freaky. And I hate it. Can’t we just skip college? Haha. IÂ’m still in the “culture shock” mode; IÂ’m having a hard time doing some conversations with my new classmates.
  • The seventh of September marks the death of my grandfather. I miss my grandfather so much. (Please, stop me, I’m getting a bit teary.) I am so glad that I was able to had a grandparent like him. He was so generous to me. I could still remember during my pre-school years that he brings and gets me to school everyday and if there was a new toy available from one of the two biggest fast food chains in the country, he would bring me there and buy me the toy that I like.
  • I had my luckiest day this year back in November when I got PHP 50.00 worth of pre-paid load and PHP 125.00 in cash! My original plan last Friday was that I would only watch the quiz bee so as to support my blockmates and after it, I would go back home.
  • I got a new domain! (I sent e-mail to those people who regularly visit my site about it.)
  • I had my most boring Christmas. As for my birthday, it was not that good but not that bad too.
  • Starting tonight, we are — as how I like to call it — maid-less again.

This time, my favorite entries during the whole year:

Feel free to comment on these posts!

Happy 2007 to everyone!

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Simbang Bengi

Posted on December 17, 2006 at 10:37 pm | 8 Comments
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Simbang Bengi

Siyam a benging pamagsadia,
Pusu tutung mangapnung tula;
Kasaya na kule ning yatu
Uling malapit nang malapit ing Pasku

Simbang bengi, malam a bengi;
Ing malam a Dios kalapit nang kalapit king tau
Wa, bengi man, pakaslag no man;
Kikislap pa batuin ning sablang lelangan

That’s an excerpt from a Kapampangan song that is sang every simbang gabi or dawn mass here in our place. I’m so sorry for those who can’t understand Kapampangan, even I don’t fully understand the song because it uses Kapampangan words with deep meanings.

Simbang gabi is a tradition that Filipinos do every year. It starts on the evening of December 15 (anticipated mass) or on the wee hours of December 16 (the real dawn mass) and commences on December 23 and 24 respectively.

Its origin can be traced back to the Mexicans in 1584 Fray Diego de Soria hold mass outdoors because the church couldn’t accommodate the people who wanted to hear mass.

I don’t know why or how completing the nine-day novena to Mama Mary connotes that you can wish for one thing and it will surely be granted. Also, it connotes yummy foods and drinks that we only usually see during this time of the year like puto bumbong, bibingka, tsokolateng bitarol, and salabat. But of course, we don’t have the same perspective so others would associate simbang gabi to these kind of stuffs. Others might associate it with being with our loved ones. Or as to some, it might be the perfect time to catch a cute guy or a sexy girl. (Pardon me for including that sentence, but it’s true, right?)

You see, it does not really matter to God how many of these nine masses have you attend. Your faith is more important to Him.

PS: The second page contains some site stuff, that includes some additional information about my soon to be domain.

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Where is my gift?

Posted on December 11, 2006 at 3:15 pm | 10 Comments
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When I was a kid, my parents would bring us (I and my younger sister) to Manila. There were no malls here in San Fernando, Pampanga back then. All we had were the stores in the down town.

Of course, when we go to Manila, they would buy us clothes to wear on Christmas and not to forget our presents. Actually, it was us who choose what presents we would like to get. The only gift that I can remember that my parents bought for me on Christmas (luckily, it’s still working) was a talking toucan, no, it’s not a pet; it’s a toy (that’s why I used the word working instead of alive).

Every time that it has batteries, I would bring it along with me especially when we would go to a relative. I would show it to my cousins, and make them awed and amazed.

But now, gone are those days that I would want something for Christmas. Gone are those days where I have something to show to my cousins. Gone are those days where my parents would ask me “What do you like for Christmas?”.

I’m not complaining or something. It’s okay for me even though they would not ask me that question anymore or buy something for me. I’m already used to it. It’s not a big deal to me. As the commercial goes, “We have a mommy. We have a daddy. What more can we wish for?”

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Back in March of this year, I graduated in high school as First Honorable Mention. I’ll be lying if I would tell you that I did not expect something from my parents. My father even said to me that he has a surprise for me. All I had was a party here at home (there were tons of people whom I don’t know, mostly were office mates of my parents), no that was not the surprise. It was a tarpaulin (the one that they use for billboards. It’s not as big as what you think) bearing my graduation picture and my awards. Well, I expected them to buy me something more fabulous than a tarpaulin.

But now, I’m already okay. I don’t expect them to buy me something because it’s Christmas or my birthday or I got good grades. Besides, having good grades is not a reason for our parents to buy something for us. In the very first place, it’s them who send us to school. Isn’t that one of the greatest things our parents can give to us? Sending us to a (good) school.

To proof to you that I’m already okay, whenever my high school classmates go to our place, in my room to be exactly, they would say, “What’s this? Wow… this is so cool, how I wish I have one like that.” for they had seen my billboard. And I feel so proud that my parents hired somebody to do that.

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As a conclusion, let me redefine Christmas: Christmas is not only a season for the kids… it’s for everyone! And it’s the season of sharing our love to others, not tangible things.

PS: Please read the second page of this post. It has nothing to do with this page. But you’ll like to read it, I reckon.

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