Yesterday, Nov. 3, I went to UP Manila. I was accompanied by my mom since I was sick. I have a cold up to now. It's already a week since it started. Now, I have cough and cold. I had a fever yesterday morning and last night. Whoa! I'm sick again. Bad for me.

So yesterday, my mom and I arrived at UP at around 10 am. I was asked to go into the AVR to meet the adviser. So I fell in line and waited for my turn. After an hour and more, at last it was my turn. I related my case to my adviser and she told me that I need to fill up a late registration form because I need to take MATH 17 again for I took a leave. The consequence of taking a leave: repeating what you left. I knew that already, but what I didn't know before was that not all subjects are available every semester. My adviser also told me to submit my pre-enlistment form to the OCS Window and then wait for my name to be called. I'll receive my Form 5A then.

It was already 12 noon (meaning LUNCHBREAK) so my mom and I headed to the nearest fast food, which was Chowking. Well, there was actually a McDo beside it (which was where I wanted to go), but my mom insisted on dining at Chowking. Lolz. I ordered Beef Motong and she ordered Beef (something kinda like in RICE IN A BOX) topped with Dimsum. For drinks, I had iced tea and she had black gulaman. Yum.

After lunch, we went back to UP Manila College of Pharmacy. My name wasn't called for a while. And when I got my Form 5A I immediately headed inside the AVR. I waited for my turn at the adviser's table and then she told me something important. She asked me if I was already feeling well. And she suggested that if I want to extend my leave, I could do so. She suggested that because she was worrying for me since the subjects I missed (esp. Math 17 and Botany 11) are prerequisites. And if I would insist to enroll this 2nd sem I would get the subjects Comm II, SocSci I, Histo II, PE I, and Math 17. No NSTP since they are already on the 2nd semester, I would have to wait for next year to start my NSTP. Amazing coz I get to take the same thing as others who failed Math 17, meaning I don't have to take Comm I, Histo I, Geo 11, Bot 11, etc. It should work for me, but BOTANY 11 is important coz it is a prerequisite. And they don't offer it during the 2nd semester. Damn. So I have to wait next year to enroll in that subject. By that time (if I would pass Math 17 in 1 sem) I would be taking Pharm 21, Math 101, Chem 14, and Chem 14.1 together with Botany 11, which is totally bad because it's overloading. And that's prohibited. damn it. Eh I would need Botany 11 next next year. How could they! If they were just offering all subjects every semester, I wouldn't have any problem. It's better in UPD since they offer all subjects every semester, problem is, there's no BS Pharmacy in UPD. Damn.

So, if I would continue to enroll this semester: I would mess up the curriculum, I would have a hard time finding subjects to fill my load so that there's no underloading, I would be stacked up with GE subjects (which are not important) and miss out on the major subjects (which are important), I would be an irregular student which would be hard for me because I would experience difficulty in looking for subjects to take, and a lot more.

Whence, if I would extend my leave for the reason that I still need to fully recover, I would be a regular student and everything will be well. I just have to pass every subject so that I wouldn't repeat any subject.

Prof. Magas, CP College Secretary, said that she would approve if I would like to extend my leave of absence. I would just have to state a valid reason. Any reason related to health is valid, but the reason that there are no subjects available is invalid since there are subjects that can be taken (though they won't help me at all).

Due to that, I asked my mom to accompany me to my pediatrician to tell him my case. That's where I was this morning. Back at the Olivarez General Hospital, talking to Dr. Neal Orteza. He said that he would help us in the best way he can. He says I'm okay already and I can already go to school. The problem is, I still feel that there's something wrong with me.

1. Why do I run out of breathe easily?
2. Why do I get tired easily?
3. Why is my resistance against diseases very low?
4. My preauricular sinus might still erupt so I have to have it operated on ASAP.
5. I get fever easily.
6. I'm getting headaches frequently.
7. Do I have migraine?
8. Do I have asthma?
9. Do I have a terrible disease?

The above-mentioned things are bugging me. I still don't feel healthy. WHY?! If he's saying that I'm okay, I'm telling you that I'm not coz I still have health problems.

I can't go to an opthalmologist yet to have my eyes taken care of because we have no money to get correctional lenses(eyeglasses), or better, contact lens.

I can't go to an ENT specialist coz we have no money to shoulder the operation expenses.

I can't go to a pulmonologist to have my lungs checked because we have no money for that.

What am I gonna do now?

We'll be going back to see my pediatrician tomorrow to see what he has done to help us. And then, I would make a petition for LOA. Then prolly return on Monday to have it approved by the College Secretary. Then I would just pay the LOA fee (P150). Then I'm off to have a rest. And the leave that I would have would get me enough time to have a complete checkup and fix everything that's wrong. That's if we have money. Otherwise, I would be then seen lining up at the OPD of PGH together with the homeless, the hungry, the poor. As if we are that poor. Or maybe we really are.

Currently feeling: sick and tired

This morning, I startlingly awoke to cries and shouts of "MAMA!!!"

What happened?

I literally jumped out of the bed and I rushed to the scene. I saw my mom standing up from the bathroom floor. In the background, one could hear Trisha's cries. Trisha's my baby sister and she's only 7 years old. Patrick, my little brother who's 10 yrs old, was lifting my mom from the floor.

The scene

My mom was carrying the kettle (filled with hot boiling water) and was about to enter the bathroom when she slipped. The kettle was thrown on the floor. My mom was sprawled on the cold wet tiles of our bathroom. Hot boiling water was pouring out the upside-down kettle. My mom can't stand because of the heat and because there's nobody who would help lift herself. She stood a few seconds later, the pain was now setting in.

I rushed into the scene and I was helping my mom get up from the floor. Trisha was still crying. She was saying, "Mama.. Mama.. Mama.." I accompanied my mom to the bedroom to see the damage.

The damage

When I examined my mom's body for wounds, I saw that mostly were on the butt cheeks. They concentrated there. There were some burns too on my mom's arms and legs but a lot was found on the butt cheeks. They were badly burned. Imagine 100 degrees Celsius flowing on your normal 37-degree-body temperature. I was about to cry. And then I left my mom for a while for I had to tend my Patrick and Trisha. I must help them prepare for school. I bathed Trisha with cold water. She was still crying. She was hysterical. She was in TRAUMA. Poor Trisha. I was hushing her and I was consoling her. Trisha wails, "Ayokong mamatay si Mama. (I don't want Mama to die.)" I answer, "Hindi mamamatay si Mama, paso lang yon. Gagaling din yon. (Mama's not going to die. Those are just burns and they will soon heal.)" She answers back (still crying), "Kahit na, ayokong nasasaktan si Mama. (Still, I don't want Mama to be hurt.)" I was about to cry upon hearing those sweet, loving words. Trisha truly loves Mama. I was about to cry but I must hold on, I must not let Trisha see me cry for it would just worsen her fear. The reason why Trisha's in a trauma was because she already experience burns on her forearm, that's why she was really crying. Experiencing that she had smaller burns compared to Mama's. Trisha's burns were on back of the forearm, the whole of it. And it hurt her terribly. She was crying from that burn. And then, see that Mama has burns on the whole of her butt cheeks made her imagine how worse the pain was for Mama.

I need to hush Trisha. I don't want her to be hurt. I don't want her to worry about it when she goes to school. So I bathed her, dried her, clothed her, brushed her teeth, and combed her hair. Soon, she was ready to go.

My brother, Mikey, was preparing food and snacks for my siblings. Then, the school bus came and they were off to school.

Mama in the bedroom

When I returned to Mama, the burns were worse. They were bloating, like water was pooling forming a sac. A lot of water sacs were appearing. Those were the places where the skin was exposed a lot to the boiling water. I don't know what to do. Mama was in pain. Good thing Mikey already called Papa to inform him about Mama's situation. Papa's on the way home.

Preparing to be rushed to the hospital

I told my mom that she should wear a dress so that she would feel comfortable. She was badly burned. The skin was getting loose and it's peeling. Her underwear can't cover her butt cheeks since any contact made with the burned skin was painful. I searched for a suitable dress and what she's wearing now is my Tweety nightdress. Good thing it's big for me. Anyway, Mama asked me to count all the money we have. She doesn't want to be confined (just in case). I counted the paper bills and the coins. Told her the total amount. Mere thousands. Those were for my tuition fee. I was supposed to go to UP today to apply for an extension of LOA and if it wasn't approved, I would enroll in the subjects available. Anyway, my mom's health is more important. That's our motto: "Health is important. A sound mind is nothing without a sound body." She asked me to postpone my activity and she asked me to go with her to the hospital. I wholeheartedly agreed. She's my mom, and whenever she needs me I'm there.

My dad then came and he surveyed the burns. I was preparing the overnight bag in case she gets confined. Be prepared for the worst. I packed underwears, dresses, food (coz we still hadn't taken breakfast), and other essential things plus a pillow (for comfort). We were then off to the hospital.

Trip to the Hospital

My Papa was driving slowly than ever because we should take into consideration my mama's situation. Any bump would cause her to feel great pain (which we don't want). Soon, we're at Olivarez General Hospital.

Emergency Room

We entered the ER and we're thankful that it's not one of those "busy days". We don't want anyone peeking, do we? Anyway, the doctor was called and my mom was being taken care of.

Diagnosis: 1st degree burns. Any burn from boiling water is classified as first degree.

Treatment: The doctor will pop the water sacs because the water trapped there would just gather bacteria (which is harmful). And then he would apply a topical antibacterial and then place a thin layer of wet gauze (wet from sterilized water), and then dry gauze.

The procedure was done and the doctor showed us how. Aside from the antibacterial-wet gauze-dry gauze scheme, my mom would also take Vitamin C 500mg(normal dose) and Cloxacillin (an antibiotic which I frequently use) 500 mg every 6 hours for 7 days.

Plan was for me to get the documents from Dr. Orteza later at 9 am. So we went to Chowking first to eat breakfast there. My mom had congee, I had Lomi, my dad had Chao Fan Pork. My dad and I shared with the Lomi. We all had Iced Tea (my favorite). My mom and I wanted to try the new Nai Cha (milk tea) to see if it's any good. We tried that while buying lunch for Mikey.

We then went back to the hospital. I went to the doctor's clinic and asked the secretary if Dr. Orteza left something for me. The doctor left nothing and the doctor wasn't in yet. So I have to go back there again. After lunch.

Anyway, we went to Mercury Drugstore at Olive's Plaza and bought the necessary things for my mom. I also bought Fisherman's Friend (lozenges for my sore throat). Then, we directly went here at the shop.

Haay. What an unusual Friday. I feel so stressed out. And I really feel tired. It's just half of the day and I feel like retiring to the bed to rest. I just hope that Mama would get well soon. I can't stand to see her in pain.

And as if nature was teaming up with us, a cat just died outside the Internet shop. On the side of the street lies a withering, dead cat. Eyes out of the sac, guts out. Blood on the street. What's up with nature, anyway?!

Currently feeling: tired and sorry

Yeah.. I'm sick. You read right.

I got a hoarse voice right now. 2 days now, actually. I really don't like the feeling that I can't speak. Can't even sing.

I got a cold + cough - fever. yey! :sick:

Anyway, I feel sick. Feel terrible. Feel bad. Pray for my speedy recovery. How am I gonna sing at my concert?

Lolz. I got no concert.

Still, concert or no, my throat aches! Darn!

Currently feeling: sick

I've just opened my new site Music_HTML. It's your ultimate resource for music codes and tutorials for Tabulas. Well, not only for tabulas coz you can use it anywhere. I'm gonna update and add more artists soon but hope that the current ones are enough to start. Just started coding the site yesterday so bear with me. I just made the layout yesterday. haha.


Regarding my previous entry. Haay. I started na coz I really wanted to start on it. Who cares if no one visits it? (I care) haha. So there visit my new site and give love!

Wow I got a lot of visitors yesterday. A lot of tags I got. Huhu. Tabulas deleted some tags that's why I haven't seen all of my tags. But that's okay. Pero sayang.

Today, I'm going to Cherry Anne's house. Practice for cotillion. haay. I miss my classmates. I'm so excited coz I'm gonna see them again. Make kwentos and stuff.

Miss life!

Currently feeling: excited

Gosh. I was about to type here a very long entry about yesterday. Ya know, all about how I'd spend the time at Cheanne's house. We had a cotillion practice there for her debut. yeah. She's already 18. Still, she's so cute and adorable.

I'll be posting an entry soon about it. Just can't do it now because G-Unit is so full and there are others waiting in line. And I'm keeping them up. Haha. :) So much for being the assistant manager of G-Unit Net Cafe. :)

P.S. Thanks for all those who are visiting my site and for dropping by here. Thanks also for leaving a message at the tagboard. It's so lovely and so nice to hear that a lot of people are loving my site. :)

Thanks! Thanks!

Currently feeling: busy

I was typing a really long entry an hour ago and then someone nudged the right mouse and the computer did something. The browser moved to another page and then when I went back the entry was gone! It was like 3 pages!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn! I'm in a so cursing mood right now and maybe I'm GONNA RETYPE THAT ENTRY LATER WHEN I'M MORE IN THE MOOD. IT'S REALLY LONG DAY AND I'M SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WAS TYPING SOMETHING REALLY LONG AND POOF IT WAS ALL GONE AND I'M NOT IN THE MOOD TO RETYPE IT. WHOA! SO WHEN AM I GONNA RETYPE IT? WHO KNOWS? MAYBE TOMORROW. I'M SO PISSED OFF! I WAS LIKE DOING 3 PAGES AND LIKE 2 MORE PAGES TO GO TILL I POST IT. WHOA. GONE JUST LIKE THAT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I'M SO PISSED.


*Notice the ALL CAPS? That's coz I'm really in a BAD MOOD.

I only have had this opportunity to write this really long entry about what happened the previous days.

I already typed this one but unfortunately, it was erased by some evil. *grins*

Anyway, here's a recap of what happened the past few days.

November 12, 2004

That day was assigned for the practice of the cotillion dance (for Cherry Anne's debut) at Cherry Anne's house. Call time was 3 pm but as we all know, Filipino time rules. Haha.

I called at Cherry Anne's house first at 2:30 pm to check if there's anyone there yet. Surprisingly unsurprising, nobody was answering the phone. So I decided to leave at 3pm coz maybe there's no one there yet. And I don't want to be there when there's no one in Cheanne's house. I left G-Unit Net Cafe at 3:10 pm and after 30 minutes I was at Gatchalian Subdivision. When I was about to ride a tricycle, someone called me and when I turned to see who it was, surprise, it's Veah.

Veah was with her boyfriend at Ministop. She apparently saw me through the glass window and called me. I decided that we go together then. Company's good. So she bid goodbye to her boyfriend and off we went to Cheanne's house. We got a bit lost coz we gave the driver the wrong direction. We said "Lozada kaliwa" instead of "Lozada Phase III". We didn't know there were a lot of Lozada Sts. there. So we were at the front door of Cheanne's house by 3:50pm. Her mom drove by and saw that we were there. She was surprised to see us coz she didn't know that there's a practice. And Cheanne was at Glorietta. haha. So she let us in the house and left the two of us there. All alone. 10 minutes later the doorbell rang and it was Aprille. yey! We're three now. And minutes later came Cherry Anne with Theresa E. Soon (well not really soon it was like hours later), people started pouring in. First came Demi, then Paulo and Edlin, the Veah and Theresa E went to fetch Ida and Theresa B., then came Aljo and Zeus (who left early so early that they weren't able to attend the practice), then came Samantha and Kiko (her bf), and then Nikki and Kiko (her bf). After a few half hours, we were complete with Ramoncito and Arturo. (Not so!)

We started to practice. First, Nikki taught us the basic. We were going to dance Waltz, Cha cha, and Buttercup. They taught us the steps we missed. But then Nikki was busy setting up the studio (Cheanne's garage), for a shooting. A school project of Nikki and Kiko. Well, okay. Nikki taught the things we need to know to Theresa E and Demi so that they'll teach us later on. Soon we were up on the dance floor. Grooving and bumping. Sounds lively? Think again.

Dinner time came and we were all eating happily when Gian, Marvin, and Grace arrived. They're late. Everyone knows but then still early haha. In Filipino time.

During breaks we were able to catch up with one another. It was so fun. I missed all of them and I so love them so much! I hope that we could meet more frequently.

After dinner we started dancing again. This time it was with partners. I was partnered with Gian. I'll put here the pairs later on when I have the list.

After that we were all so exhausted and it's time to go home. It was 10:30 pm already and we need to hit the sack soon! Before parting ways we decided that the next practice would be on Monday. Aprille's house. Call time 11 am but can be late up to 1 pm.

I directly went home since G-Unit was already closing in a few half hours but it's okay. At least, I got to rest well.

November 13, 2004

It's a Saturday and I had nothing much to do.

I woke up and was in the mood the clean out the closets and cabinets. I was literally hauling all the clothes from the cabinets. I was in the mood to arrange everything in perfect order. And there I was buried and trapped inside a huge "clothes castle" folding and arranging all the clothes. I was trapped in the castle for more than 5 hours. Think how many we are in the family (7!) and I arranged all our clothes. Hmm. Hard work. And the clothes are heavy. Yeah! But it's okay. In between folding and piling clothes, I was watching TV. I got to watch Startalk. Haha. Lots of tsismis (gossip!). Anyway, after cleaning up everything my mom and I went to G-Unit Cafe. Man, it was so full that I was standing for hours. Anyway, I got a seat but a few minutes it's gone again. Well, who cares. I was about to type all about Nov. 12 but I didn't have the time.

November 14, 2004

It's Sunday and we were getting ready for church. My dad's in the choir so we gotta see him sing. :) yey! My dad's a great singer. I tell you.

Anyway, we were there and I was getting kinda sleepy. The homily always makes me yawn. My bad. The mass ended and we bought lunch. yeah. We bought barbecue. We were so lazy to cook lunch eh. Hehe. We bought Zagu too. Yum yum. Jamocha Almond and Creme Brulee yum!

So we ate lunch and we partied at home. Haha. We sang videoke songs! haha. I was the lead singer and Trisha was singing too. We were so wild and so 'feeling in a concert' thing that everyone was laughing. Haha. Sang different songs. So fun! and my stomach hurts from jumping and from laughing. lolz.

After that, I rested for a while and watched TV. Then we went again to G-Unit Net Cafe. During the evening, it was so packed and it was late at night when I got a seat. And there the evil thing happened. I was typing this really long entry that I was about to post when the one seating beside me accidentally nudged the right button of the mouse and things started happening. The next thing I know the browser was on a new page and when I clicked back the entry was gone! Oh No! I was so pissed off. No one to blame except me who was not taking precautions. Damn. So that ended my tabulas time. Lolz. Got so pissed that I went to other sites instead.

November 15, 2004

This day's a holiday coz it's the end of Ramadan.

I went to Aprille's house at around 1 pm and started shooting there. Anyway, Nikki went away with Kiko to get some things and she called later saying that she won't be able to come back. Haay. This time we were nearly complete. We had Knelson and Jeffrey with us. This time we completed the song. Got really tired there. And I had a hard time dancing because of the sloping garage and because I'm wearing slippers.

Anyway, had snacks there. Spaghetti yuM! After that, last practice and then we're ready to go home.

I dropped off some off them at the Jeepney and then me with Marvin, Grace, Al-jo and Gian walked to G-Unit Net Cafe. They left me there and they continued to Grace's house, I think.

So it's a holiday and G-Unit's still full. Damn. I'm having a hard time getting a seat now. But that's okay. Business is business.

November 16, 2004

So it's the 16th now and tomorrow's Theresa E.'s and Marvin's birthday.

I have so nothing much to do here.

By the way, last night I updated tabulas.com/~music_html and I added there videos, non-english songs, singles, and other stuffs. I also added tutorials on how to add music and videos on your site. :)

Check it out coz it's fun!

Currently feeling: accomplished

I just joined this new forum and it's so great. A really nice place to unwind and be silly. Check this out:



Just click the above link and you'll be directed to sillyboo.com. It's really a nice place. It's a different kind of forum. The best part there is that for everypost you make you get 15 Sillymoney. And what do you do with sillymoney? You buy items with that at the shop, put them at the vault for safekeeping, the bank, and you can donate them too. So make a lot of posts and you'll get lots of money. plus, sillyboo is really fun. I've been posting there frequently and it's so fun to be fun!

Anyway, if you join there it would really be great to tell them that I referred you. Ok? :) Tell them blossom_017 referred you. :)

Currently feeling: silly

I've joined Blogexplosion.com to gain more traffic to my site. And it's really working. I get like a hundred visitors everyday. Thanks to them. Haha.

So click the banner to join us and get people to read your site. No more sulking about not getting any to visit your site coz here it's sure that you're gonna get traffic!

I found this while surfing blogexplosion today and I liked it. It shows that the education system isn't failing in all aspects as this student definitely has a creative mind.

This was supposedly an actual question given on a University chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet which is of course why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".

Currently feeling: amused

Hi friends! I've just finished a new layout for Laura Aira Mabanta.

I hope she likes what I've done for her. She requested a girly layout with a teddy bear and some girly colors. :)

click here for the screenshot. :)

P.S. the screen shot looks dark coz the image was resized to 800x600 originally a 1024x768. So the pixels had to be relocated resulting in a dark image. I promise you that the real thing isn't dark.

By the way, you might notice that i've used a tabulas account there. It was "testfortabulas" because i use that account to test whethere the templates i'm making are good and fit for tabulas. :)

Currently feeling: accomplished

Check this out:
Ebay.ph
Whoa! Ebay here in the philippines. When I checked it out, there are a few items there na! Some people already are bidding for it. Even President Gloria's bra was there. Haha.

Anyway, that's an interesting find. Don't you think? It's easier here coz we don't need Paypal. And besides, once you got something to sell, you could just post it online and people would respond.

Another find, Google released it's

Google Scholar
So what is it for?

According to Google:

Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

Just as with Google Web Search, Google Scholar orders your search results by how relevant they are to your query, so the most useful references should appear at the top of the page. This relevance ranking takes into account the full text of each article as well as the article's author, the publication in which the article appeared and how often it has been cited in scholarly literature. Google Scholar also automatically analyzes and extracts citations and presents them as separate results, even if the documents they refer to are not online. This means your search results may include citations of older works and seminal articles that appear only in books or other offline publications.

Please let us know if you have suggestions, questions or comments about Google Scholar. We recognize the debt we owe to all those in academia whose work has made Google itself a reality and we hope to make Google Scholar as useful to this community as possible. We believe everyone should have a chance to stand on the shoulders of giants.

Hope that it would really be useful. :)

Currently feeling: full

Yesterday, I wasn't at G-Unit. Even for a second. Why? What was I doing?

Well, yesterday, I just bummed around. Well, actually I did some work. I did some inventory and such stuff while watching TV.

Whew! I really missed the TV and besides I was too lazy to go to G-Unit Net Cafe knowing that it's so full yesterday. And I wouldn't be doing anything there anyway. So I decided to stay home and watch TV with my sibs.

So I didn't go online yesterday and when I checked my mail, I got 71 new mail messages in Yahoo!

whoa talk about what I missed for the day.

I received lots of emails from sillyboo, tabulas forum, tabulas itself, and some requests for a layout. Coolness! People really like my layout! haha.. By the way, check out Laura's blog. She already used the layout I made for her and if you check out the tagboard, everyone's loving it. Haha.

Good for her. Everyone deserves comments. And because of that, I've been having lots of requests lately. So if ever I was taking time making your layout, don't worry it will be done asap. It's just a long line. Besides, I'm thinking of nice layouts for you. :)

I checked the site counter and whoa. It's close to 7,000 now. I can't believe I'm having more than 100 hits in a day. Thanks for blogexplosion. If you want to join blog explosion, just click the banner below or just click the button on the "fanlistings" tab on my right navigation.

I just hope they really are reading my blog and not just waiting for the 30 seconds to timeout.

By the way, my friendster account is close to 500 now. Should I make a new one or just delete those that I don't know? what do you think?

Currently feeling: crazy

I was checking out converse.com and was in the mood to browse the site.. I want these:














They're nice right? You notice that some of the sizes are for infants ones.. but the design counts.. I didn't notice that they were infant sizes.. haha.. but they have adult sizes too.. :)

I was browsing Blogexplosiong and came up with a link that sent me to this:

Awful Plastic Surgery

whoa! You should check that out. Especially the articles on the right nav bar. They're so horrendous to look at yet, you'll learn lessons from them like: "when opting for a breast implant, choose a smaller sized one", "pouting lips aren't really that sexy especially when lip collagen is way overloaded".

Haha. So fun to look at Plastic Surgeries gone bad on celebrities.

Currently feeling: nothing

Saw this one while surfing blogexplosion. I thought it was nice to share this to everyone coz not everyone would get to read this funny story:


Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A mobile phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk.

MAN: “Hello”
WOMAN: “Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?”
MAN: “Yes”
WOMAN: “I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It’s only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?”
MAN: “Sure, …Go Ahead….If you like it that much.”
WOMAN: “I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2003 models. I saw one I really liked.”
MAN: “How much?”
WOMAN: “$60,000″
MAN: “OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.”
WOMAN: “Great! Oh, and one more thing….the house we wanted last year is back on the market. They’re asking $950,000.”
MAN: “Well, then go ahead and give them an offer, but just offer $900,000.”
WOMAN: “OK. I’ll see you later! I love you!”
MAN: “Bye, I love you, too.”

The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are looking at him in astonishment.

Then he asks: “ANYONE KNOW WHO THIS PHONE BELONGS TO?”

I'm so amazed and so flattered that Manolo Blahnik has me linked on his super fantastic blog.

Check out:

Manolo's Shoe Blog

Thank you Manolo! I really love the way you write. You're such a funny man. Don't worry, someday, I'll buy your super fantastic Manolo Blahnik Shoes when I have enough money to buy your super fantastic shoes.

To Manolo, I'll link to you too in exchange for your kindness.

Currently feeling: thrilled

This is the first time that I blogged using another computer shop, aside from the one I own. Haha. Feels ok but doesn't feel like home. Coz im my computer shop, I know almost everyone there. Now, I don't even know anyone besides my mom. We just tried the computer shop here near Chowking at the Sucat branch.

I got my High School diploma now! Yey! And I also got the extra grad pictures. Haha. I look cute though. Yesterday, I had my haircut. It's styled like the way teenagers have it today. Layered at the side, straight at the bottom and with bangs. Later, I'll be posting pics. I can't upload them here coz the pictures were in my digicam. Haha. I look like a star there. A teenybopper star. Haha. My sister and I were taking pictures yesterday before I went to Cheanne's house for the last practice of the cotillion. Her debut's tomorrow. Yey. I'm so excited. So I'm gonna be gone tomorrow till Sunday. You'll miss me, I know. Haha.

Anyway, I would post pictures of me with my new hair, Cheanne's debut, and the after party. Haha. We're gonna be sleeping over Cheanne's condo in Makati tomorrow night. We'll be swimming I think. Don't worry, I won't take a dip in the pool for a long time. Still scared coz I got pneumonia and I still have my pre-auricular sinus. Ugh. This is giving me a lot of trouble now. Tomorrow, I'm gonna wear a simple cocktail dress. A halter dress with plunging neckline. The skirt's length was up to my knees. Maroon/ Dark Red simple cocktail dress. Hope that would be okay for Cheanne's debut. :) *crosses fingers*

I won't be showing too much skin, or am I? I don't know. People are used to seeing me in halters and shorts. So maybe they won't mind. Besides, my prom dress was kind of the same. Argh. I hate it when people don't like what I wear. Well, nobody said anything bad about it. I just hope they won't. Or maybe they're just jealous coz I have a nice body with nice breasts. Funny thought. But really, I do. Friends would envy the size of my breast. Haha. Coz I can wear anything I want without looking indecent. :)

So maybe this is all. I only got half an hour here.

Bye.

Currently feeling: amused

Warning: Loads of pictures.

As I promised, pictures of my new hairstyle.

Tell me what you think, ok?

Trisha and Me
This is the first picture I took after I got my hair cut. Trisha, was apparently scratching her head.

Look up!
Trisha's cute here!

Smile!
Trisha wants to frighten you!

Scary Trisha
Trisha is really scary... so be frightened!

Faces
Trisha wants to kiss you while I make a silly face.

Solo Flight
This one I took while I was moving. Haha. Hence, the hazy image.

Smile for the cam
Whew! another picture... tired?

Spot the Difference
Spot any difference between this and the previous image? I'll give you 5 seconds to think about it!

Ugly Duckling
So why is this here?

Currently feeling: cheerful

I went to Cherry Anne's debut last night, 6pm at the City Garden Hotel in Makati.

Here's what happened:

Saturday morning, I was preparing for the night's event. I was also packing up the things I'm going to bring for the sleepover at Cheanne's place. Morning, I got a manicure and a pedicure. Haha. French tip for me! After that, ate lunch and tried on the dress. Took some pictures (but I won't posting it here) and then I went to the mall to buy a gift for her. What I got for her? I won't tell. Haha. Anyway, I had my hair and makeup fixed at the salon and then it was about 5pm when I got home. I asked Aprille what time we're going and she said 5:30pm coz we still had to wait for the NAP (a group composed of Ichi, Duday, Mumay, Yiyen, and Tutang -not their real names-) to arrive. So I dressed up and then I was almost ready to go. My mom took pictures of me before I go. After that, I went to Aprille's house (which is more or less 20 steps away from our gate) and stayed there till we're about to go.

When I arrived there Mary Mae and Isse are already there. We're now only waiting for Tintin to arrive. Well, she arrived a bit late. 7pm. And the debut was about to start at 6pm. That's ok though. We're running Filipino time here. Argh, how I hate that.

So after Tintin arrived, we immediately headed to Makati. Aprille's dad and mom drove us to the hotel. Thanks to them!

We arrived 30 minutes later and we were greeted at the entrance by some friends. After some talk we headed to the roof deck to go to the party. By the way, we're wearing dresses and we're carrying knapsacks.. Haha. Knapsack was for the clothes.

Anyway, we took our seats and hid our bags under the table. I was surveying the place and took some pictures.

Fast forward. Cherry Anne changed into her gown and there she was clad in a lavender gown which was so elegant and beautiful that it took our breaths away. Lolz. Anyway, the debutante was introduced by the emcees, Nikki and Francis aka Kiko or Kiko ni Ike. Cheanne was escorted by her childhood friend. After the introduction was the opening prayer by Danna. Actually, I don't have the list of programs here so I don't know all about what happened. Anyway, after some picture taking with the debutante we were asked to head to the buffet table. Wow! There were lots of food. Ate some coz I was kinda nervous then. Anyway, after eating there were some music, song numbers, and dance numbers. After that was the 18 candles. Whoa. That was what I was nervous about. I thought of the wish impromptu. My bad. Anyway, it was kinda good, I hope. After that was the 18 symbolic gifts and then the 18 roses. After that I think was another round of song numbers and dance numbers. Then, it was time to reveal the barkada's secret. We were secretly filming a surprise video for her complete with birthday message and all. She was really surprised and we're happy that she liked it. Credits due to Kiko for editing and filming.

Next, we were to say the 18 wishes for Cherry Anne. It was almost 12 midnight so we had to hurry up. After that was the cotillion, what we were preparing for. Haha. We danced chacha and buttercup. Lolz. The space wasn't enough so we had no freedom of movement. Everyone was stepping on everyone else's toes. OUCH! After that, we sang the birthday song and then the party was brought to a close.

We stayed for a few moments to wait for the visitors to go home. We ate some of the birthday cake and then we headed to their condo.

Aprille and I rode with Kiko and Sam. The rest were in a taxi.

When we got there we set up the place, esp. the bed. Kiko and Nikki immediately dozed off. They're so tired, and no betting on that. Anyway, I took pictures then and there. Aprille cooked the spaghetti noodles. Before that, we were fixing ourselves, changing clothes, washing our hairs, combing, and everything else. We were also chatting with one another, catching up and fooling around. Minutes later, we were eating spaghetti. After that, we fixed the bed and retired. We slept at around 4am. Theresa E, Vikka, and Theresa B had NSTP classes so they left the condo at around 5:10am. They woke me up to lock the door. After that, I was gonna get the camera again to take pictures of them but it was so dark and I was afraid to wake them up by using flash. So I kept my camera and went back to sleep. Minutes later, Paulo and Edlin went to the sala and I went to sleep in the bed. On the bed: Nikki, Kiko, Ida, and Me. On the carpet: Cheanne, Aprille, Edlin. On the couch: Paulo. I was waking up from time to time. Guess I'm really a lightsleeper. I woke up coz of different sounds. Though I wake up from time to time I got enough Zzzz.

We all woke up at 10 am and we decided to eat lunch. We fixed the condo, washed the dishes, swept the floor, took a bath, made the beds, and packed our bags. We went to the nearest McDo and had lunch there. After that we went back to the condo. We were about to swim but it was so hot so we skipped that instead.

We went back to the room and we prepared to go home. I was all ready and good to go. Hehe. We went down and rode in taxis.

End.

Warning: Loads of pictures.

at home
full body shot

closeup
closer..and closer..

half-body shot
cute butterflies huh?

Demi, Edlin and Paulo
sorry.. didn't notice the bag was there..

me and aprille
pardon the blouse.. it was breezy..

kiko and nikki
the sweet lovers

Demi, Cheanne, and Edlin
okay, demi and edlin weren't prepared for the shot.. haha.. but cheanne looks so pretty huh?

boys' table
with some girls, that is (from L-R: arturo(half-body), knelson, monching, mary mae, danna, faidah, and jeffrey)

the boys
chris, arturo, knelson and monching.. pardon the dark shot.. it was really dark there..

Nicole and Aprille
Nicole is Cheanne's niece.. ;)

NAP
From L-R: Isse, danna, Tintin, Mary Mae

The Tropa Boys
From L-R: Paulo, Al-jo, Gian, Marvin

Me and Kemkem
That's us.. yeah!

Marvin and Me
one of the few pictures of us together

Me and Ike
is Nikki smiling? or laughing?

BLP Table
L-R: Honey (half-face), Sarah, Myrence, Kristina, Ana, Aria (standing), Mary Ann, Juenesses, and Carina

Which is the real pair?
L-R: marvin, grace, sam, kiko. Sam and Kiko are sweethearts for real.

Group Shot 01
L-R: (standing) me, demi, edlin, paulo, apple, kemkem, vikka, veah, vincent; (sitting) buma, monch, ida, and aprille

Group Shot 02
Standing L-R: kiko, ike, me, marvs, kem (bg), paulo, edz, vikka, veah, vincent. Sitting L-R: demi, buma, monch, ida, apple, aprille

Me and Che
Argh.. I hate looking fat.. Anyway, che's really pretty no?

Group Shot 03
I can't name everyone coz we're so many and I don't know all of them.. :)

Group Shot 04
Can't name everyone again..

Aprille
solo pic

Me
Me with the blouse on.. argh.. the picture was fuzzy because well.. anyway, i would have looked good there.. sayang!

The Tropa in Condo
We're in Che's condo and our faces are in the mirror.. L-R: buma, vikka, apple, che, me, pau, edz

Vikka
Pretty too huh? We're all pretty in the group eh.. Kapal!

Gift 01
The invitation, the give away, and the candle i used coz I was one of the 18 candles

Gift 02
The candle, the invitation and the give away..

Currently feeling: accomplished

Whew! I've just finished making another layout. This one is for Andrea.

Click here and here for the screenshots.

I hope she loves the layout I made for her. :)

Reminds me to make the layouts for those who requested. Whew! They're like 5.

Hope I could finish that this week. Pray for me. Haha.

Currently feeling: proud