Me and my stupid bangs

That's how I look, me and my stupid bangs, ewan kun buhay pa yun gumupit nyan bwahahahaha
This coming December 6 will be our HS reunion, it has been 20 yrs since we graduated HS, go ahead start counting my age hahaha
Too bad will not be attending the reunion due to time and VL constraint.
I've been posting old photos from my HS days and Grace asked us what do we remember 20 yrs ago?
Well here are my fond memories of my HS days, feel free to write yours :)
CIA - our solid barkadahan/club, Thess was our President, basta lahat kami officers hahaha wanna know what CIA stands for?
bamboo - where we usually hang-out
my freshmen bus mates Cherry Ann and Josephine
mayumi bus super bagal talaga neto
benson candy habang antay ng bus
my classmates from section 121, 223, 323 and 422
my seatmates in my senior year Carol and Tess
my CAT classmates
CAT - Alpha, Bravo. Charlie, Delta, Echo, Fox ...patakda kad! Pulutong hinto na! *whew saya ket bilad sa init ng araw* sino nga un gwaping na officer? Sir Roque?
Ang malawak na field, how about the shaking cars alongside the field
The grandstand
Buko juice at the coop, I still remember this super cute boy when I was in freshman who wears glasses who used to buy buko juice, I think he looks like Harry potter
McDo drawstring bag na halos ata lahat e meron kaya nagkakapalit palit minsan
The mushroom shaped shades where we usually hang out waiting for the bell
my blue garterized neck tie - cramming to embroider the diamond shape before the school starts
low belts but not me, wala kc akong balakang
my long lustrous hair naks parang totoo
baha at heavy traffic sa Espana, Dapitan at Gov. Forbes
sizzling food at Janets
ice cream sa Magnolia house Recto
My friends grounded kc naglakwatsa sa SM City ng walang paalam, I was not grounded kc nasa Pque c Mama nun and we were still living at Sta Mesa with our pinsan, pero gigil c Kuya saken kc hinalughog nya buong UST looking for me hahahha
Ms Rosales kc inokray nya ko hahaha she compared me with my bro who is good in science nerd kaya yun hahhaha
SCA - praying the rosary and first Friday Mass (Kuya ask me to join the club relihiyoso kc un)
gala uniform, white long sleeves with super nipis na yellow neck tie ewww
sewing project 1 - d ko sukat akalain na imomodel pala ang tinahing damit, argh and I chose a fruity patterned tela yucks! tnx to Cherry Ann for helping me out on the project
sewing project 2 - apron arghhh nosebleed ako sa piping hahhaha gagamitin pala sa cooking class
typing class - we were asked to type a paragraph na korteng xmas tree without looking, masunurin ako d tlaga ako tumingin bagsak tuloy hahahaha
cooking class - tagahugas ng pinggan but I remembered we were among the top groups in the finals because of our outstanding presentation tnx to Grace! I still remember the makulay na sandwiches and the yummy calamari!
and remember when we were to cook kikiam ba or fishball and we forgot to mince the fish kaya dinikdik natin to the max un fish para madurog hahaha
our drama performance of Florante at Laura, I think I was tied on one of the trees sa garden
I played a devil in one of our skits so I had to wear tights na hiniram ko pa sa Mama ko who was into aerobics back then
Joseph the Dreamer!!! All of us in 422G contributed... from the props, music, costume, make-up etc. (i still have the photos back home)
Edsa Revolution when we were sophomores
volleyball - I suck then until now I still suck! hahhaha
Solid Ginebra!!!!! Jaworski 3 points! Michael Hackett and Billy Ray Bates
Leo Isaac was my biggest crush in Ginebra, Abby even gave me a photo of him
Don Don Ampalayo was rumored dead, and we cried
Ms Adri our boyish PE and Health teacher, I still can recall how she talked about the hotdog sandwich in a kinky way hahhaha
The HS diary which was only introduced in our senior year, apart from my doodles, nakasulat dun kun kelan laging walang pasok because of rally, strike, bagyo, etc.
Graduation ball na walang nag-attempt man lng na isayaw ako bwahahaha
Exchanging of sweet notes para sa slumbook
My one and only crush in HS, dawho? sikwet hahaha
So there...sabi nga ni Ate Shawie, Highschool life o my Highschool life every memory kay saya :)

Within our hearts

There was once a user from another subsidiary company that called me for help regarding his leave application in our system. He already knew that he's talking to a Pinay so he spoke in Tagalog. while I was looking into his problem, he asked if I would take a leave to go home this coming holidays, well I can't , because I have exhausted all my leaves. I can sense his excitement of going home for Christmas and his enthusiasm to file a leave earlier since most of his colleagues, which are mostly Pinoy engineers, are also eager to file their leaves. "Unahan ko na" from his owns words.
So I started getting nosy and asked him how long he's been here and true enough he only came here last March... so that's why! Usually when you're a first timer working overseas, right before leaving Pinas you've already planned your Christmas vacation or maybe even booked a ticket early on. Sensing that I was not a bit worried of spending Christmas here, he started to ask about how is Christmas here in Singapore, he heard it was not as festive in Pinas or in his own words "Hindi daw masaya ang Pasko dito" to which I replied "Wala sa lugar yan, kahit naman nasaan ka kun d ka tlaga happy e d hindi tlga happy" which he replied "Naks naman!" . Finally his leave application went through, hopefully it gets approved so I wished him luck before we bid our goodbyes.
I believe that happiness is within our hearts, ket san ka pa! *bow!*

Eulogy

I've been busy taking care of my mother's wake and burial and of friends and family visiting the wake that I am too exhausted to grieve. It was only on the last day of the wake that it sank on me that Mama is no longer with us. Though I've prepared myself for this since she was first diagnosed with her illness, I guess there is no such this as preparation when the final moment comes. The sadness is overwhelming, I miss her so much. It was my brother who delivered the eulogy as I can't compose myself to even utter a word.
This could have been my eulogy...Una po sa lahat ang taos puso po naming pasasalamat sa lahat ng tumulong sa amin mula pa nang magkasakit si Mama hanggang sa kanyang mga huling sandali. Marami po nagsasabi na survivor si Mama, totoo po iyon sa dami ng kanyang pinagdaanan na sakit makailang beses pong halos nasa bingit na sya. Last December po na magsimula ang pinakacritical na karamdaman nya, biglaan po at di namin inaasahan na halos wala na syang makilala ni isa sa amin. With God's grace and the prayers from our family and friends pinagkalooban pa po sya ng panibagong lakas para paglabanan ang kanyang karamdaman. Minsang nakakwentuhan ko po sya tungkol sa mga nangyari na di nya matandaan, napaluha po sya at sabay sabing "marami palang nagmamahal sa akin", oo naman ang sagot ko po sa kanya. Simula po noon ano mang sakit ng katawan o hirap sa pagkain ay pilit nyang nilalabanan para sa mga nagmamahal sa kanya. Pero napapadalas na po talaga ang mga daing nya, minsan po isang gabi na ako ang nagbantay ay di po sya mapakali, masakit daw po ulo nya, likod nya, tyan, binti basta daw po buong katawan, pag kaganito po ay minamasahe namin sya para maibsan ang sakit, habang minamasahe ko po sya ay bigla nya na lang po nyang tinaas ang kanyang mga braso, sabi ko bakit po Ma?, "yakapin mo ko", tulo po ang luha ko habang mahigpit ko syang niyakap, para bang lahat ng sakit ay mawawala sa yakap kong yon. Nang gabing yon, masakit po man sa aking kalooban ay itinaas ko na po ang buhay nya sa Diyos. Labis labis po ang aking pasasalamat sa Diyos at binigyan pa kami ng pagkakataon na makapiling pa sya ng mahigit anim na buwan . She finally found peace and was laid to rest. Isa po syang mabuting ina, asawa, anak, kapatid,at kaibigan... masayahin, mataray at palaban pero naguumapaw po sa pagmamahal. We'll miss you Ma and we will always love you.