ANNOYING

It's so annyoing (and downright insulting) how people react when they learn that I'm from Baguio. Is there an "OOPS, I'm from Baguio! Beware! I may have MENINGOCOCCEMIA!" written all-over my face??

Oh for God's sake, learn how to pronounce the word first before you go nuts around people who are from here.

ugh.

SpongeBob

i looooovvveeee spongebob! :)

Happy (?) New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Ugh. Finally. The Holidaze is over! School started today. Bummer. No hanging-out with Juztin anymore. -sigh- Anyway, spent the New Year with my Dad in my brother's place. Didn't wake up until 12:30, which was okay because didn't really want to get out of bed. You know how the climate gets here in Baguio.

Whew! How time flies! 2004 went by in a flash. So, let's see what are the things that made my 2004:

• Graduated from AHSE, and eventually got into the SLU-College of Nursing screening for third year
• Learned how to drive automatics and manuals
• Saw Nyoy Volante for the first time (and got in-love with him that instant)
• Finally saw what Cebu looks like (during CEGP Nat'l Convention)
• Accepted the fact that a long-time crush has already decided to tie the knot with the girl of his dreams (cheers to them! ^_^)
• CCA's 2004 Drama Fest broke my damn heart
• Started to hate clubbing and love coffee shops
• Fell in-love with SpongeBob
• Changed look (starightened hair)
• Bought first pair of stilletos in Wagwagan =p
• Found a lot of long-lost friends through friendster
• My favorite nephew, Juztin Kobe, was born
• Got a dog
• Bought new computer
• Finally knew my crush's name after two years (quite long, eh?)
• Decided not to marry in the future
• Started duty in hospital
• Had pneumonia (was confined in the hospital for three days)
• Became more kikay than ever ^_^

I'm looking forward to a good year. I hope everybody will have a great year ahead of all of us. For my New year's resolution, I decided to be more organized this year. Bought a planner. =) Anyway, got some quiz tomorrow and I'm going to go back to studying for now.

Random things

Every time CNN or Fox or BBC feature the disaster that hit some parts of Asia, I see The Day After Tomorrow... only, its PART 2.

I feel for the thousands of people who have lost their loved ones on the tsunami and the earthquake. When I look on the map, I thank the Lord for sparing the Philippines considering the distance of it from the countries that were struck. If the thing that happened in Quezon brought me to tears, this incidence wrecked my heart. Seeing the thousands of people homeless, the mass graves, the cries of the ones left behind... the agony is just too painful for one planet to bear. I pray for them.

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Finished my driving lessons today. =) I already know how to drive both automatic and manual cars. Yippee! I drove from Baguio to Pangasinan this afternoon.

Me: Sir Eric (my driving instructor) , nasan na po tayo?

Sir Eric: 'Di mo ba alam ito? Kennon Road! Bakit, ngayon ka lang nakapunta dito?

Me: *is shocked but doesn't make pahalata* Uhmm.. Medyo po. Hehe. Kennon na pala to.

After a while....

Me: Sir, san tayo mapupunta nito?

Sir Eric: Sa Pangasinan! Gagasolina tayo dun.. *sabay ngiti*

Me: Ah, okei.

After a while again....

Me: *sees many tricycle*

Sir Eric: Bilis, tapak sa gas, overtake mo yang mga tricycle na yan!

After tanking the car, we went up back to Baguio, but this time, we took the Marcos Highway. Cool, huh? I drove down Baguio through Kennon Road and back up to Marcos Highway. I'm soooooooo good. =) On the way up, I was kinda more confident. Nag-overtake nako for how many times! Including a Victory Liner bus! =) Shifted to 5th gear already, and Sir Eric wanted to make me go faster! Hehe.. About halfway, its already foggy already so I kinda made kaba and everything, coz you know... Couldn't see the road well!

So had to turn my headlights to full and put the blinkers on. Fortunately, I survived without a scratch. =)

Mom is so gonna buy me a car. =)

The one who sadly got away

Fireworks

Fireworks remind me of Hua Ze Lei. I'm not really an F4 fan nor a boyband freak for that matter (I have passed that stage long ago) but I remember an episode of Meteor Garden where he put up a fireworks display for the angels to hear him. Or something like that.

I went to SM this afternoon and met with Rhymes, Che-An and Melissa--my coffee buddies (which later we were joined by Ogie, Engel, and Gian). We went to Balconaje, our regular hang-out in the mall. Half past eight, we decided to eat dinner at Brother's Burger. We planned to stay there to watch the one of the many (actually, its like a series) fireworks display sponsored by SM. It was actually my fifth out of the six displays that I've watched. But I thought that it would somehow be bongga because it's Christmas Day. So we patiently waited until 9:00. There was really uber dagsa the people, local people and tourists from "baba".

To cut the long story short, it was disappointing. The only thing I enjoyed about that stupid fireworks display is laughing my head off while other people kept on sayin "Ooohh", "Ahh...", and "Wow!" everytime something explodes into colorful lights in the sky. *shakes head* Its as if it was their first time to see that kind of thing.

I don't really like Hua Ze Lei, no wonder I didn't like the display much. Hehe.. +_+ New year is just around the corner, and 5 days from now we will all be inhaling fumes. And Mother Earth will once again hate Mankind for inventing such pollutive festivity.

The thing about being bestfriends

About two hours ago, I got off the phone with my highschool bestfriend. And its times like that I praise myself for getting a SUN cellular sim card which entitles me to 24/7 non-stop babbling.

Arcie and I have not seen each other for three years now. She lives in Quezon City and me here, on top of the mountain. The last time that we were together was May 2002, the year we bade highschool goodbye and tried to fought back the tears that came with it. We saw each other packing to leave for College-- me for SLU-Baguio and she for UP-Diliman. Being the unbreakable duo that we were in highschool, we planned to attend the same school (SLU) but due to uncontrollable circumstances, we parted ways. And since then, communication was limited to phone calls and texting.

College proved to be tough, and occassionally, we would get so busy to ring one another. Nevertheless, no Holiday went by without a greeting from her. I terribly miss her. And today after the phone call, I missed her even more.

Somewhere along the conversation, we traveled through memory lane. We were talking about old boyfriends and teachers, the thing we used to do back in highschool, and the people we laughed at back then and until now. Arcie is two years older than me, but I think she has better memory retention.

You see, what I really admire about bestfriends is that they are there to remind you of things that you forget from not being so reminded often. There are people you can't remember who, but your bestfriend will probably think of all the adjectives in the world to describe that person. Yung maputi! Yung kapatid ni ganito.. Yung gwapo! Yung payat! The one with the nice smile.. Yung crush na crush mo dati.. Yung magaling sa sepak!........... Ano, naalala mo na? And then suddenly, you remember.

Arcie is the link back to my past. The past which I chose to forget because of unbearable mishaps and experiences. But somehow, travelling back through time is different with her. I do not cry, I don't pout, and I don't become sad. Instead, I smile and laugh as vivid images run in my brain. Although the picture is pretty much like in a Photoshop motion blur, I can see clearly. The irony of it is amazing, and so are bestfriends.

Arcie will and forever be my Shamu. No matter how many other bestfriends will come, she would always stand-out. The girl who I spent the most delicate times of my life will be a part of me to infinity and beyond. =)