25 Things About Me

Whenever I visit my Facebook account, I would always see an update to some of my friends' profiles. 25 Things about me... Basically, the catch is that once you've been tagged on the note, you are to write 25 random things, goals, habits about you and then chose 25 of your friends to be tagged. Since I'm already 25 years old, I think it's just appropriate that I should try to write a list here as well.

1. I am an only child
2. I love watching cartoons until now :P
3. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a vet... sad to say, I'm allergic to cats ^_^;
4. I love music... but I sometimes suck at remembering the singer or the title of the song... I just know the song. period.
5. When I was in high school, I always bring my camera with me whenever we have field trips. I also participated in photography contests for 2 years.
6. I'm a crybaby... in short, mababaw ang luha ko
7. I am a fan of Pugad Baboy comics
8. I've dreamed of performing/singing at CCP... that came true last year, on my birthday. Met Mr. Ryan C, and had my picture taken with Lea Salonga :D
9. Sta. Teresita Parish Chorale (STPC) is my second family :P
10. I almost had my black belt in taekwondo when I was in high school
11. I love coffee... but I don't drink coffee in the morning for breakfast
12. I love playing video games... especially RPG games
13. I am more used to swimming in the sea than in a pool
14. I learned how to speak the Ilocano dialect the hard way: when I was a kid, my cousins dared me to speak in Ilocano or else they'd ignore me ^_^; well, no regrets because I think I'm more fluent in understanding/speaking in Ilocano than most of my cousins who live here in Manila lol
15. I would like to travel to Europe someday, maybe on 2011 in Spain ;)
16. First impression of me: mataray
17. I don't like okra
18. I never experienced a hangover when I drink... and I don't intend to :P
19. I met Quentin Tarantino (director of Kill Bill) at Malacañan Palace
20. I love travelling
21. I think some women that I know wanted to be a nun when they were kids, and I am not an exception. Good thing I was able to realize early on that I am not a "nun material" lol
22. I love drawing. Back in our old house, I used to draw on the walls using felt-tipped pens, and wrote the alphabet using crayons on a wall while climbing down the stairs
23. I want to learn different languages, especially Japanese, and French.
24. I want to own a professional SLR camera someday :)
25. I am now trying different activities like yoga, tai chi, pilates to challenge my mind and body

My 25th Birthday

February 15, 2009 11:30pm

This is the time that I started to write this blog. Thirty minutes more and my birthday is finally over.

At 1:00am in the morning, I was still awake. My mom called me via cellphone. Now why the hell will mom call me when she's just downstairs? Curiously, I left my bedroom, climbed down the stairs and asked if there's something wrong.

My mom greeted me happy birthday and ordered pizza...Hawaiian pizza to be exact lol. We feasted on the simple midnight snack and watched tv. I could never ask for a better start for my birthday.

I woke up around 9am, prepared myself to go to church. After the mass, the commentator in front informed the crowd that it's also the priest's birthday. I approaced the priest, greeted him a happy birthday, and asked for blessing.

Around 3pm in the afternoon, I prepared for another singing engagement for our choir. This is the third time this weekend. I'm not complaining, at least that will keep me busy for the weekend. We were invited to a home wherein our contact wanted to surprise their parents by having us to their home and sing love songs as a post-valentine's gift. We were welcomed warmly and I am happy to see that they enjoyed the singing. :)

After our singing engagement, I invited the choir to have coffee at Starbucks. Sad to say, Banawe branch doesn't accept credit cards as of the moment because they were offline. Though disappointed, we opted to have pizza over Kuya Raz's house.

Overall. I am happy my birthday turned out great. I felt like crying because I was touched by my friends' gesture when they placed a small pink candle in the middle of the pizza. They sang happy birthday and asked me to make a wish. I have the pink candle inside my bag as a souvenir.

12:25 am... my birthday has finally come to an end. Another memorable birthday for me. Though not extravagant, it was heart-warming. :)

My Silver Year

February 15, 2009 12:43pm

My birthday.

I am now officially 25 years old.

I am blessed that I have lived on this earth for 25 years. And I am praying that I live for 25 or more years.

Hearts Day 2009

I woke up late as usual. As I grabbed for my phone beside my pillow, I saw that I received 10 new messages. Groggily, I thought if there is something urgent for people to send me a message today...

Oh yeah, it's Valentine's Day.

This year, it's a busy weekend for our choir. Today, we were asked by a friend to sing in a company party in Quezon City for their Valentine's Day celebration. To lighten the mood, one of our members joked that this will be our group date. I really don't mind, we enjoyed singing and we are happy that the people in the party enjoyed the songs that we sang.

Even though I don't have an exclusive date today, I don't mind. I have my friends as a date today and I think that they have made my valentine's day happy. :)

Rainy Fridays...

It's Friday. I woke up late... again.

I packed my gym bag in a hurry then went out of the house. When I gazed up to the sky, I wondered if it would rain and if I should go back home and get my umbrella. Nah, hindi naman siguro... then I trodded my way to Dapitan Street to wait for a jeep en route to Buendia.

Unfortunately for me, it did rain by the time I reached Dapitan. Good thing I was able to ride a jeep by the time the heavens cried its eyes out.

I was able to get to the gym before the Body Jam class started. As usual, R.A. is being his funny self as he taught us some advanced moves that were added in the tracks. By the time we were finished, my legs were numb but was laughing at the same time. Yeah, I know its crazy, but I don't care... I had fun. :P

After taking a shower, we headed out... I groaned. It's still raining. And yes, Friday traffic is still unbearable. I got home in record time... got a scolding from my mom for not bringing my umbrella as an added bonus.

Lesson of the story: always bring an umbrella even if you think it's not gonna rain ^_^

Starbucks Album

January 30, 2009

I went to the gym with 2 of my friends in SM Mall of Asia. After attending the Body Jam class, we met up with another friend at one of the Starbucks branches in the Mall (there are actually 3 branches in that mall to choose from O_o ). And with that, our picture taking adventures started. One of my friends used photoshop and the pictures turned out like this: