via crucis...

lent is coming... admittedly, i like it and i hate it as well... it's solemn but it requires a lot of effort... today we will start the way of the cross around our town. good thing our town's a small one haha.. i hope we'll be able to fill the streets. people might just be encouraged to join since it is held at night. it's the first time we'll ever do the way of the cross on friday... we were used to sunday afternoons.

choir will have to practice... we must.. Aja! God Bless us..

why am i taking it

i'm confused and uninspired... i'm taking this masteral in educational management and at the same time having my BS education undergrad. but i really don't want to become a teacher someday..

you see i already graduated in UP by taking up tourism... now that i’m here in the island, i don’t want my brain to get stuck so i started enrolling onto what’s available.

And now.. i just want to get it over with.. the classes are boring..

my sister

she's my lovable sister... fun, chubby and kikay.

they have this filipino wear as their theme in the socio soc's anniversary pictorial... cool eh? she's studying at the UP los banos. i think the school did her good with her introvert issue.. she's a timid gurl and i worry about her taking care of herself sometimes.

i miss her..;)

pictures to follow

Ok so i’m officially 23 years old.. mom said i was born at about 3am in the morning.. tough call huh haha.

I got a swatch watch as a gift from hal... yiii.. nice! I love it! and today he bought sandals for me. Well i didn’t ask him to, he just love giving me gifts. How sweet.

Anyway, back to my birthday, i cooked for the first time a tuna casserole but the kids aren’t used to white pasta to they didn’t taste it. my visitors were mostly kids, choir members and the children of my batchmates. They’re pure fun running around and watching tv while they ate.

Since it has been our choir agreement to not drink while the kids are around, the drinking session started late. Father Wilfred was there drinking matador with us.

Admittedly it wasn’t as fun as last year but it was surely less disturbing to neighbours haha. And i loved my birthday.. it’s my own and i did enjoy!

last day!

tomorrow i’ll be older... i still feel like i’m 21.. i kind of stuck to that age...


but to make it fair to my 22nd year... it was indeed memorable. It’s when i found the guy for me and fell inlove with him! To the max hehe. And i know in the love aspect... i’m blessed, more than blessed..

career wise.. i’m happy that i got this job but i’m still under employed. In terms of payment, i’m way below the level that i should get. So for my 23rd year here on earth which will be starting tomorrow, I WISH TO GET PERMENENTED IN MY WORK. I’m a tourism operations assistant at the provincial government of batanes but in a casual basis. Meaning i don’t get to have financial and health supports. It’s really a shame that i get paid less than the allowance i received when i was still in college. To think that i graduated from the best school in the country (UP Diliman), well, i hope i won’t stay at this level forever. I don’t want to leave this paradise and look for greener pasture in the city.

Oh and i was also voted as the president of our parish choir... not that i’m completely happy with the responsibilities but the organization is formed by lovable people and so i am proud and glad that i got to lead them. our website will be coming soon! I’ll post the site here. *wink*

I’m thrilled, anticipating ‘my day’... but for the meantime... i’ll log off and enjoy the remaining hours of my 22nd year.

La la la la la... ;)

the millions jackpot!

Man! How i wish i can get hold of that P230 million jackpot! Philippine charity sweepstakes is gaining a lot these days... more and more Filipinos are inspired to buy tickets. Of course i cannot because i’m so far away from the ticket world so i get zero probability of even winning... but still i’m salivating to that amount! Money money money! You’re everything that men need.

such politics!

it's not fair and right that the president will not consider Feb. 25 as a not-special-holiday. come on, why only this year?

for everyone's information, in February 25, 1986, a peaceful people power revolution unseated the then dictator president Marcos. the filipinos inaugurated Corazon Aquino, the wife of Ninoy Aquino who was shot as he was getting off an airplane in NAIA. she was the first filipino female president and since her time, every president considered the 25th of february a special holiday for the filipinos... well, until now.

president arroyo is the 2nd phil female president and was also inaugurated in a people power revolution. aquino and arroyo used to be at the same position/party/side. but then aquino grew tired of the president's administration and chose the opposition. in result, arroyo declared the edsa 1 commemoration as a working day. how frustrating! to think that the president is a pro to holidays. why not allow this particular one this year? how obvious is the politicizing. i know one of the reasons is because edsa 2 is not as popular as the 1st people power... envy and hatred of two females affect every filipinos. so gloria, global crisis cannot be bought as a reason to not give a holiday...

connection

that is an unfinished cemented replica of a 'vanga'... it is located at the town entrance just ahead of the park... to those that don't get the connection, don't worry, i too didn't get it at first. i mean yeah.. why did they thought of putting it there?

actually it's a project of the municipal government.. the 'vanga' based on a historical writing was popularly crafted in Ivana long time ago. the old people of Ivana says that Ivana came from the word ivanga meaning makers of 'vanga'. a vanga is a kind of pot used during the olden days as storage of water. the practice is not done anymore in the small town but the statue will serve as a reminder of how the town got its name.

taking care of the heart

this site is a must-see on valentines day! Literally it takes your breath away.. and you can only view it when you're on top of the lighthouse.. it's a romantic place to be

as previously stated.. we ate at Therese'... i liked their java rice... their porkchop tasted ok but it was too expensive for its size. P150 tas isa lang na mabuto... whereas when you eat sa mall, bigger na, it tastes as good and in a more affordable price pa. haaay... that's why i want to be at the city on special days e. the spicy chicken was not juicy... the sauce revealed the flavor to be sweet-and-a-little spicy. but the lunch was great.. (it has to be! haha)

more updates to come..

Limited

Living in a place where malls and restaurants are lacking is kinda hard and boring... especially for couples who would want to be sweet to each other. Choices are very limited and one has to order from the city pa to get the perfect gift. It’s costly and sort of impractical.

But nevertheless.. we should not forget that Batanes is a paradise in its remoteness. Nothing can outstand its landscape and culture. So for valentines, hal and I plan to visit the best sites of Batan and eat at the best resto their is in town (Therese).

Happiness is at its best during moments of togetherness...
HAPPY HEARTS DAY EVERYONE!

with hatred burning

January 2009



I have been thinking this for a while now.. That you’re not man enough to decide for us. Even small details like where we should meet, what will we do, etc. they always always come from me… my sentiment has never been strongly confirmed, not until tonight. I have been the one talking when it should have been you. He was interrogating us in a way and you just kept silent because you’re so fucking careful about your reputation. You just let me be, you even loosened your grip! Man, it’s when critical things happen that we should see the love burning… damn you and damn that chief!
I want you to go face them… I don’t care when and how… it’s the only way I’ll ever fully forgive you…

an october sentiment

In-between Change
October 14, 2008

I’m not really sure if change is the in-between of old and new or it is the end result of a replacement but no matter, my issue here is the taboos and secrets before change ever starts to be born.

To have change happen, the center bed of the bridge must be crossed first. There’s nothing as to crossing without some process in this world and that process is the an obstacle that makes peoples lives more complicated.

Gossip. One thing we cannot really avoid… it’s a rotten mannerism yet juicy and exciting to engage upon. of course, we always want to do things our way and mostly we want it in a straight way without the zigzags brought by too many unwritten stations of communication, yet, it doesn’t happen that way (maybe it will never materialize in the government setting). And so we have to deal with gossip and with it also comes all the negative aspects and feedbacks from people. We stab each other at our backs and embrace when we’re facing. We secretly despise those that contradict our nature yet we cannot voice out what we feel in front of them for the sake of harmony in the work place.

I don’t patronize those engaging in such useless activity, and I admit at times I’m guilty of it but I don’t hate them… either side, in hours I‘ll be neutral again. at these moments when such crisis pops, my college thesis partner always comes in mine… a selfless person who rarely takes grudge over anyone. Her philosophy is always to live for the moment, if she’s envy of you, she says so without feeling any less of a person because she is happy for your success. That’s it. She never questions what God lays upon her. If she’s faced with something not nice, she makes it her challenge to make it better. I hope people around my workplace are more like her in regards to their perspectives.

The ‘trabaho lang’ style is better than staying in this state… I think that now…