My babies....my how they have grown! 

My little ANGELS 

So many pictures....... 

Miss ko na ang Pinas!

Ang tagal ko ng 'di umiiyak. Feeling ko kasi happy naman ako. Sanay nako ng malayo sa mga kaibigan at mahal ko sa buhay. Nakakatulong ako sa pag-aaral ng mga kapatid ko, at nakakapagpadala din ng extra pang panggastos. Di ba 'yun naman ang dahilan kung bakit ako nandito?

Patulog na kasi ako e, tapos na ang Full House. Alas singko na ng madaling-araw at me pasok pa ko ng alas tres mamayang hapon. Ewan ko ba at naisipan kong mag friendster-hopping. Naisip ko baka me bagong pictures, o message sa bulletin board. Una kong nakita ang birthday cake sa baba ng pangalan ng bunso kong kapatid. !8th birthay na nga pala niya sa katapusan. Ang tagal kong pinagplanuhan ang debut nya. Kahit di ako nagdebut, alam kong maaari nya rin itong hingiin sakin. Dapat nga uuwi pako. Namiss ko na kasi ang high school graduation nya. Gusto ko sanang umuwi para naman maka- attend ako ng debut nya. Kaso nga, sa kasamaang palad, mami-miss ko na naman ito. Pangalawa na. Namiss ko din ang college graduation ng isa ko pang kapatid, na teacher na ngayon. Malamang sa hindi rin ako makakauwi sa graduation ng isa pa, na kumuha naman ng architecture. December kasi, sabay kami. What a big price to pay for being in the U.S.

Nasipan ko ding silipin ang pictures ni Ana, dati kong kasama sa Zuellig. Makita ko naman ang itsura na ng mga kasama ko dati. Namiss ko bigla si Ana, Florence, Joan, Melvin, Ted, Suzette and Jenny. Sinilip ko yung isa pa. Dun nako nagsimulang umiyak. Me iba ng ka-holding hands si Jonathan, at si Ted, me cute na katabi.....dati kasama nila ko sa mga pictures nila. Ngayon ko lang na-realize kung gano ko talaga kamiss ang Pilipinas. Gusto ko sanang tignan yung mga luma naming pictures, lalo na yung sa Eulogio (?) Lopez Foundation. Kaso hindi ko pala nadala. Naka-album kasi, bulky sa bagahe.

Paminsan-minsan, nakikita ko ang picture ni Audrey sa friendster ni Renee. Kumista na kaya sila Boss Dan, si Noel minsan nakakatext ko din. Si John kaya nakaalis na? Sana puwede ko man lang yakapin si Heyds dahil sa may sakit ang nanay nya. Si Kuya Mike kaya, dalaga na siguro ang mga anak nya. Ay si Sheila, nandito sa California.

Sino na kaya ang kasama ni Kai at Irene sa pag-ikot sa Rob, sa kakahanap ng sale? Kumusta na kaya si Tatang? Sana naman magparamdam. Wish ko lang nakasunod na siya sa ate nya sa UK. Aryan, sister, ano nang balita sa'yo?

Kelan kaya ako makakauwi ulit? Marami akong kailangang gawin pag-uwi ko. Dapat maglaan ng maraming oras para makita ko ulit ang mga dati kong kaibigan. Para makapag-ipon ulit ng memories pananggalang sa mga oras na parang mababaliw nako sa sobrang lungkot...kahit hindi ko man aminin, kahit pilit ko mang ideny....

Makatulog na nga. masakit na ang ulo ko sa kakapigil ng iyak.

gym

Ever got sucked into "free demo's, free analyses, drop your card here and win a vacation or a house" mall promo's? I did. Lots of times. Times when I was either really interested, or just in a good mood and don't want to be rude. I nearly missed the first fifteen minutes of a (not really good) movie once because of this young girl who's almost ready to cry, trying to convince me to attend their free seminar, and I could win a brand new house. I think they were trained to be tenacious. And I think they got into a lawsuit, too. For not awarding the house for reasons of technicality.

Now back to my gym story.......I got sucked into the slimmer's wolrd program once because of this free assessment/analyses that they were doing in Glorrietta for the new branch they were opening. I was curious, I wanted to lose weight, and I want to start being healthy (eyes rolling, tongue-in-cheek). Anyways, before I knew better, I was giving this girl my entire mid-year bonus and signing a contract. The euphoria and the adrenalin got to me too, and since the mall was having a midnight sale, I bought cycling shorts (which was the "in" gym outfit then), and some oversized shirt (I made sure my butt was covered), new running shoes, I think some new socks, too. I was really into it.

I did get to use the new amenities, I'd say about 1-2 months. However, my friend who thought she had better use for the money, of course she was slim, and kept dragging me and cutting my gym hours short to go the mall, movies, eat..... And then, the nice location attracted more people and we had to sign up for our turn for the equipments. And, of course, I was going alone, which meant I had to do the routine alone (no Ipod yet, and an antishock CD playes was way too expensive back then, not to mention the cd's themselves). So eventually, I stopped going. That was 7 years ago.

In 2003, the apartment we lived in had a gym. I was so excited because I vowed that this time, I will try to use it. I used it once, in the whole year that we were there. I used the pool twice. Last year, we moved to another apartment. The gym is complete (or almost complete). I ran the treadmill once, in the whole year we were there. Never used the pool.
I don't know what's with this year, but I am now enjoying the gym more that I thought I would. Maybe it's the promise of a slimmer (?) body, or because I had companions who seem to enjoy it as much as I do, or maybe it was just.....I don't know.
Right now, I'm just happy that I have gone more than once in the past month, and I intend to do it more often (cross my fingers).

And that's the end of my story, which I concocted while running a 7.5 incline on the treadmill.

Summer Fun!

Not too long ago, I wrote about spring. I can't believe summer's now slowly easing into its rightful claim of the 3rd season. There's a lot of things to do for summer. here's a partial list...

1. Go to Schlitterbahn Waterpark and Seaworld( http://www.schlitterbahn.com/nb/attractions-black-knight.asp) Whoa!

2. Read a lot of books! So far here's my list: Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs, 4 John Grisham novels, too bad I'm done with Dan Brown, Shopaholic Series and Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (feeling teen! The movie's showing soon!). Malaki na naman kikitain ng Barnes and Noble sa'kin!

3. Go swimming, even at least once!!! What're the five pools in our apartment for? Certainly not for just looking! Hmmmm....babewatching?

4. Go to Los Angeles! Disneyland baby!!!!!

5. And of course, the most important of all....work, work, work!

Welcome to Summer!!!!

Summer Vacation

I'm tired! We (Apple, Vina and of course Moi) spent 8 hours straight packing our things coz we're moving to a bigger apartment. Yey! Here are some realizations this moving has showed us........

1. If you think you're out of shampoo and conditioner....look again! If I put all the shampoo I found, I'll have a full bottle! Ditto with the condioner, and facial wash, and moisturizer, and lotion, and body wash...shall I go on?

2. When you have at least 10 lotions...you have too much!!!!!

3. If one box is not enough for all the kikay things, you definitely have too much.

4. Books, can't all go in one box, you'll break the movers' backs....and yours!

5. When you keep your clothes for later use, you'll probably won't use them anymore. So donate instead of keeping. It will save a lot of space.

6. If your magazines are more than two years old, toss 'em. It takes too much space, and heavy too.

7. Hire a mover, learn from last year's lesson! I swear! Hire a mover!