At The Eleventh Hour: SNC Batch '02 Simple Get Together

Hi,everyone! I'm still here! HAHAHAHAPPY NEW YEAR!!! You think I'm abandoning this blog for good? Naaahhh,that won't happen! Anyways,this is my first post for 2014. The last one was in March last year. Yeah,that looong! The main brouhaha of this post is just a repost from the original post in my Facebook. I thought of composing a more decent one but I don't have the luxury of time to sit down and write, plus I love how everything I thought of the moment I was writing that post came out.So me and so instaspeech!!!(Ang daming post!) LOL Here it is. . .

In June 25th of 2012,Rizza and I sent a private message on Facebook to our batch mates. This was the message in verbatim : a decade has passed since our HS graduation, what can you say of an outreach activity and a batch get together on december? sounds cool to do?? let us hear what you have to say. we thought about this, leng and anarizza

Some gave positive feedback but a lot didn't even bother to respond. Needless to say, neither an outreach activity nor get together happened in 2012. What irked me was that months after,whenever I see them in the streets they'd ask me "Laong mag reunion,waya man lagi!" And I had to blurt it out that a mere yes is not enough, we need your support and finances to realize this idea.

This year was totally different though. I told Rizza that we had to make it happen by hook or by crook. We shall name our plan 'At the Eleventh Hour' because it's the eleventh year after our HS graduation and mainly because we ( Batch '02) always do things at the eleventh hour! HAHAHA

It wasn't until December 23rd when we started collecting money by 'coercion' HAHA Php200 na amotan tapos kailangan mu-coerce! Ingana ka gahi an batch! HAHA By 28,we only had Php 2,900 AND sheer determination that we can pull through with the party with the little amount we had. I had to say that during the "meeting sa suyod nan sakyanan" with Rizza and Pidong on the night of 28, I felt a tinge of shame.Nagpaalig-alig ko and I felt like my effort wasn't enough to convince the batch mates to support us.But we were so determined and nag strong na si Pidong, so we had to make it happen.

And it did happen! From the initial list of 16 people,we went up to 40 with some of them going in and out of the venue. To say that we had fun is an understatement. Chaaarrr!!! I really thought we wouldn't survive the night. I was afraid the food wasn't enough for us and that we wouldn't enjoy the party. Alas, the food was more than enough and mayged,ang beer niabot na lamang nan alas quatro sa buntag waya pa gihapon nahurot! HAHAHA

So I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our sponsors for shelling out more for the batch. All of them asked not to be mentioned kay masipog. But I'll mention your names anyways. Teehee!

Thank you, Aloy&Honey,Mitchell&Chin,Joevick and Ryan. Kamo na ang nisponsor sa venue and beer!

Thank you to Pidong para sa rice and Bicol express. Grabe kalami,pwede mag order?

Thank you Rizza for providing the dessert! Grabe adto ka dessert all you can! Sugar rush galore! HAHA

Salamat kay Jeff sa pagsugba nan baboy. Best seller! Most talked sud an adto na night! Barbecue party,perhaps? HAHA

Salamat sad kan Alimark for the box of Cornetto ice cream! Weeee

And Alex for the bottles of tequila. (That tequila and RH tagay was lethal! And tequila plus tubig @#$%^&*!!!!)

Shayne,for suggesting that we hold the party at TOM'S AVENUE KTV. It was truly a nice karaoke place! Salamat sa pagpahangyo,Manang,di ta kaw gajud makalimtan! Chos!

And lastly,thank you to all of you who came,sang and danced with us until the break of dawn!

All of these wouldn't have happened if not for your support. Next year again!

Love,your pseudo President LENG

P.S. I'm sorry I had to strike off the pseudo President as I realized it's too big a responsibility to handle! HAHAHA Trivia: First time ta nagparty outside sa bayay na nagrent nan venue! We're in for a good start! Yahoo

Of High Hopes and Faded Dreams

Although it doesn't fit me,I still bought this floral dress in the hope that someday I'd be able to make a dress or a top out of it. I love the design so much,well I love anything floral,but this one is something different. I got this dress from a thrift store but it was a new dress,it even had a price tag when I bought it. I detached the top from the bottom using a makeshift seam ripper. After that, I took the sleeves off the top by still using the makeshift seam ripper. I folded the bottom part of the dress as that part should not be used unless it's for a DIY of something grand. When we arrived in this apartment,we only had one big and wide curtain. There's a window beside the door and the sun's 3PM rays pierce through the window pane which is not good for our TV set. I can't think of any thing to cover the window pane but the floral fabric which I set aside for future use. I made a mental note to buy a new fabric to use as a makeshift curtain and replace the floral fabric. But lo and behold, almost two years in this apartment and it is still being used as a curtain. The fabric is no longer as 'lively' as the first time I saw it,rather it is now a little faded.Time to just let it be. :)

Confessions of a Pack-Rat

The family is coming next week for my sister's college graduation. We (I,most of the time)have been cleaning the apartment since I arrived days ago. Not every nook and cranny has been touched but we are getting there. Aside from the bench which I transferred from my room to the dining area,we have not moved any furniture yet. We live in a tiny apartment, so rearranging the bed,the table and the shelves entails a lot of planning. It's starting to give me stress!

I'm done with the kitchen area,it is now clean according to my standards. I have cleaned the toilet and bath too,but I'll get back to it before the family arrives. I'm now on to my art and craft boxes and guess what I realized( as if I still don't know about this)? I'm such a pack-rat! I have kept every little thing I think I could still use but I have not use up to now.Tissue paper roll,cereal boxes,tin cans,expired make-ups,dried-up nail polish.You name it,I have it. I did not know I have accumulated a lot of those things I previously mentioned. I mean,yes I can still make something useful out of those tissue paper roll,tin cans and what have you, but I don't think I could use all of it in one project. And I don't think I have all the time in the world to do all those projects. This is now the result of subscribing to every art and craft site that I bumped into.

I don't know what will become of this pack-rat attitude, but I do hope this tiny apartment will not turn into a house of trash.


ps. I have only started cleaning my art and craft boxes and I am yet to start on my book shelves so expect me to have a part two of this confession. :p

A couple of weeks ago,I went out to see the gummybears. What was supposed to be a short meeting in a coffee shop inside a mall turned out to be too short we ended up transferring to a different venue where we looked for food and eventually settled until the wee hours.We had so much to talk about,their recently concluded 10-day SEA vacation,our other friends Bambi and Kylie's vacation from work in Singapore,our other friends and any random topic we could think of but alas,we were so sleepy and George has still work to do so we called it a night.

I thought that I'd be able to sleep the moment I arrived in the apartment but no,I wasn't able to enter until an hour and lots of mosquito bites later!

I knocked on the door and called on my sister from the window but she wasn't responding.I tried calling her but her phone's unattended,I can't seem to get connected.I was almost on a panic mode when I realized the need to pee,but I managed to hold it longer.I knew she had duty on that day so she's supposed to be on her way to school before 6 o'clock. It was already three o'clock in the morning when I arrived. I figured that I only have an hour or so to wait since she's usually up by four o'clock.

nagkuris-kuris nalang intawn ang bata aron malingaw.

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Moral of the Story: Uli sayo,sayo's buntag! HAHAHA

Quit Smoking Attempt,Failed.

It has been three months since I gave 'quit smoking' a try.I must say that I didn't have a hard time in trying to quit because smoking isn't an indispensable part of my every waking day.As what I always answer whenever someone asks me whether I smoke or not,I can live with it,I can live without it.So quitting or giving it a try is just a walk in the park for me.

The first two months were smooth sailing.I was able to live my life not lighting a stick or more.Even if there were a lot of opportunities,chances or urge to smoke, still my willingness to quit was just so much that I was able to control it.I was 'clean' for two months! I felt extremely happy that I was able to take smoking out of my system.I started telling my friends about it.Some were happy for the decision while others said they'll wait for the day when I'll tell them I didn't make it.

But,as I was on my third month of 'being clean' the willingness started to wear off. Every thing I do to quit the habit seemed like a huge effort to make.It didn't help either that I revisited the places I have most memories of my smoker days.I don't know about you,but I think I jinx myself the moment I started telling people that I'm quitting.I don't know,I just feel that way.

Until one day, I caught myself giving in to the temptation.I lit a stick and,not long after that,I cursed myself for doing so.I FAILED.YET.AGAIN.It's the end of my if-I-get-through-three-months-without-lighting-a-stick-I-swear-I-will-never-smoke-in-this-lifetime-again-ever.Booo.I guess I'm still not destined to quit.I guess it's not yet time.But I want it to happen sooner,like next year perhaps.HAHA!

Seriously,I want to stop smoking.It's doing me no good,I know that from the very start.I know that I'll get tons of health issues later if I don't stop.I know that it's bad for my skin,will cause me wrinkles and will make me age faster but . . . .

I just hope and fervently pray that I get to stop before it's too late.

Doodles.

Today,I miss doodle and the guy who did these doodles.