High School Never Ends #RoadTo2027

I'm back!!! Two years after and I'm back! I guess blogging is not for me because I don't have extra time to sit and write. All I do nowadays is either sleep or lie in bed and pin and repin. Hello,Pinterest! Lol I am back because I will be posting our 2015 high school get-together. Ironically, this subject was also my last post before I went on a two-year hiatus. I think I love my high school batch so much that I am determined to get back on track with this blogging by starting with this post. Haha! There is nothing much to say about this group. Other than the weight gain and added responsibility brought about by families of their own and careers in their chosen field, everyone is still quite the same. The jokes are still so high school, the stories that have been repeatedly shared gets the same reaction and the laughters and smiles that I remember seeing in the corridors of the LFD and new building.Nothing.This is what I love about high school reunions.It transports you back in time,time when all you need to think about was to be with your friends everywhere,anywhere---bahala grounded the following week! Hahaha

More or less, twenty people came. That is what percent of the 200+ SNC high school batch 2002. Personally, I don't see that as a small number. Yes,it would have been perfect if everyone attended the get-together but it's close to impossible. Some may have previous commitments and others may not like being with us for reasons they only know. We can't control them. We can't manipulate them. All we can do ( this is for those who always make time to attend ) is wait for them to have it in their heart and mind that they are part of this batch and everyone is equal and that we don't gather to brag about how far we've reached in our careers and how many zeroes and commas our bank accounts have, peso or dollar account. Hahaha Seriously, I wish I could knock on their doors one by one, give them a warm hug and beg ask them to come with us. But I'm not like that. I know that they will come when they come when they want to come. Chos!

So to my SNC high school batch 2002,if you come across my almost non-existent blog,thank you! Salamat sa pag attend, pag amot, sa pagdaya nan pagkaon sanan sa naghatag nan kalipay sanan kalingaw. :) To those who haven't been with us,we're looking forward to see you all hopefully this year.

HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS. Love,Leng P.S. Photos courtesy of Master Jen Paler #RoadTo2027 P.P.S. I still chika like I am the batch president,noh? Hahaha Credits to Rizza,our batch president,and her better half Edgar for everything!

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

DIY: Fruit Basket in Sunshine Yellow

This is the before and after photo of "MY" fruit basket.I spray painted it Sunshine Yellow.This is actually my mother's fruit basket.I think we had it for more than a decade already but we don't use it more often.We usually put our fruits in the refrigerator lest we want the house pets pests (mice) to eat it first. HAHAHA The fruit basket was just at the top of the cupboard and I thought it's just so beautiful to be abandoned like that. I asked Mama if I could have it since I was also planning to buy my own fruit basket. Was I happy that she gave this to me without hesitation. It doesn't look good anymore when I salvaged it. The wood stains are peeling that the color now looks pale and boring. And what better color to choose than Sunshine Yellow! I did a lot of sanding on this project which I must admit is very tiring and painful to my delicate hands. Chaaar! I thought that spray painting is so easy as applying nail polish.But no,I think it's more complicated than applying paint by hand.The impatient in me turned the other side of the petal when I thought the paint was already dry. When I checked hours later,some of the newspapers I used to cover the floor were stuck in the petal.I didn't know how to correct that and I didn't want to go through the tedious step of sanding it again. So here's my Juan Tamad take; I did an indiscriminate spray painting on the damaged area. HAHAHA I love this project. It gave the basket its second life and it made the dining table more lively. Talking about the dining table,I think I know now what my next project will be. But no more spray paint next time. Haha!