April "Fools" Day :)

Oh,yes,April 1!! :)) 

At 7:00 PM, (I was late so it was around 7:10), we started walking, chatting, looking for that Korean Restaurant, and finally, celebrating the birthday of my two superfriend housemates, Joicee (April 1) and Jelly (April 9). :D

All the Single Ladies Birthday Girls, Joicee and Jelly, and their uber cute cake c/o Ate Regh :)

At a Korean restaurant (I forgot the name, sorry) somewhere in Ortigas, we ate............................

Samgyeopsal! :)

... and drank (well,THEY)....................

Soju!

... and took pictures................................

Erick, Joicee, Vince

... and took more pictures..............

Le, Jelly, Vek

... and more..............

Speech Comm majors!!!

... and chatted, and laughed the whole night!! :D (We went Noraebang after but we didn't have pictures there. :| )

It was a very tiring and happy day. Happy to see my friends, celebrate their birthdays (with their brothers Erick and Vek, and with college friends Vince and Ate Regh), and celebrate life with them! :D 

Happy Fools! :D

 Next: Summer outing!!! BEACH!!! :D

No,no,no I'm not Anna Go

I have always been mistaken (as in AAAAALWAYS) as my sister Anna Loraine Go. You know those people (my Mom's friends way back) who would always tell me, "Uy, Anna, kumusta na?" "Uy, Anna ikaw na ba yan? Ang laki mo na." Then I would always give them a sweet smile with "Ay,hindi po ako yun, Ate ko po yun." :))

So I thought of listing down 5 things about ANNA GO ( to prove them I am not her). :))

Here it goes....

1. She's a very bibo kid - always part of different intermission numbers, always a participant of different school or inter-school competitions whether it be extra-curricular or co-curricular activities, with her sweet and pleasant smile (obvious ba? Uhm, konek?) and her talent and I.Q.

2.  She consistently topped her class. Well, no need to say that she was always the first honor in her class since she entered school. (Ikaw na! :D)

Plus she was a Papa's girl. :)) 

3.  She's our Achie (oldest girl in the family) but her height doesn't seem to agree. Haha! Peace. :))

4.She is a beauty queen. :D She had won various beauty pageants (Ms.Palaro, Ms. ARASOF, Ms.Nasugbu) and was always a favorite muse of different basketball leagues, with her Chinita beauty and oozing confidence and poise. :)

And most importantly...... 

5. She had a boyfriend, and she now has a husband. :)

We're different, totally different. I can never be her because she's the ONLY Anna Go. Happy birthday, Achie. I love you always and forever. :))

No I'm Not A Singer....

.... but I sing Whitney Houston.

The Greatest Love of All, All At Once, Run To You, Dance With Somebody, I Will Always Love You... Who, in my generation, wouldn't know these songs? And who among all the greatest and aspiring singers in the country wouldn't know Whitney Houston? I grew up listening to these songs in singing contests, or in programs in school, or in the classroom where my friend, Natasha would always be asked for an intermission number. I would always wish I could sing these songs in public; or I'd wish I could sing, period. Unfortunately, not all wishes come true. :| 

I was in Grade five, and I vividly remember sitting on the stairs beside the stage while rehearsing for a play. My classmate was also rehearsing for an intermission number, and she sang The Greatest Love of All. For some reasons, the song seemed to be so magical that I kept on singing it in my mind that day, and I was able to memorize the lyrics just by listening to my classmate for one day. And after that, I would sing it at home, trying to perfect the entire song, reaching all notes, and embracing and feeling all the emotion of every single word of the song. I loved the first lines and I might be very young that time but I also believed that the children are our future.. :)

Then there were Run To You, All At Once, Didn't We Almost Have It All, When You Believe .. and a long list of songs I would sing in the bathroom, or in my mind, or in the karaoke. All these inspired me to sing (my wish still hasn't come true though). But more than being inspired to sing, I have always been inspired and touched by the message of her songs.

It's been more than a month since Whitney passed away. There have been a lot of speculations about her death, and a lot of negative publicity as well. People talked about her misfortunes, her addiction to drugs, her mishaps, her flopped concerts, among others. But more than all these negative things, people, I guess of all walks of life, remembered her for her songs, her soulful singing, her inspiration to all aspiring singers, and her contribution to the music industry. She had touched the lives not just of the singers, but also those like me, who might never be able to reach the right notes, but will still sing my heart out with all her songs. 

And I................................................................. will always love you, Whitney. :))

The Many Faces (and a pair of cheekbones) of Keith

She is....


      ...... a child

      ...... a princess and a goddess

       ...... a model-wanna-be

      ...... a balot-lover  ...... a Stitch huger   ...... a Glee fanatic  ...... a sleep addict

       ...... a nurse

        ...... a volunteer and a friend

      ...... a little sister, an Ate a Mimi

      ...... a daughter

...... a wife

  ...... and a soon to be MOM. :))

Happy birthday Mimi. I love you forever and ever. AMEN. :))

Because old brooms know the corners... :)

You know those friends whom you have known for such a looong time, and have not seen for quite a long time,too but the friendship still seems so fresh and so exciting? Those whom you can talk to about anything and everything (literally), like jumping from one topic to another? Those whom you pay a surprise visit and would always make time for you wherever they are? And those who make you wait for a couple of hours (because of their long time of travel) and make you complain but still make you feel really happy as they arrive? Well, luckily, I have them.

Le, Robert and Ronan at the UP Lantern Parade, 2007

Last Friday was an another faculty development seminar in Batangas City, for BatStateU's 11th Charter day celebration. It was a whole day seminar but I had my final exams the next day so I just went to Manila straight from Batangas City. I didn't know it would just take me almost two hours to get there so I basically had plenty of time to spend that afternoon. I went straight to UP, stayed in the library and studied for my exams met up with Robert and Ronan, ate somewhere in the Shopping Center, and talked and talked and talked. :))

We spent like four hours (including the almost one hour of waiting for Ronan) of nonstop walking around the campus, eating and talking. Politics, impeachment, devolution, media, plans, virginity, relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends, students, high school, prom, former teachers, allergies, food, Maginhawa, Moon Leaf, (oh,this is an endless list), I mean, everything. As in EVERYTHING. :))

That was a refreshing conversation with them. I can actually spend the whole day talking to them, for we never have dull moments. We talk about anything that pops out our minds, and everything that slips out of our tongues. We can be serious, hilarious, ridiculous, spontaneous. And I love it. They are the kind of friends whom I don't see that much but seem to know me from head to toe. They're those who know the Le, and not just the Val. They're those whom you can have the craziest, most senseless, but still most senseful conversation ever. 

Well, that's a very good night-before-a-torturing-final-exam, spent with two of the most INTELLECTUAL (naks) friends I've got. :))

............

And here are the tweets after that meeting:

'Til next time!! :))

MORE Than A Superhero

So I think I'm a superhero. . . in disguise. With some sort of superpowers within. . . Doing extraordinary things, or things extraordinarily. . . . Ok,that's bragging. :)

But my thought of me being a superhero is not just because of the things I do or the superpowers I have. . . It's because of where I came from . . . . . . . and where is that? Well, I came from THE POWERFUL HEART of an ordinary person, s,but she's omeone FAR MORE than a superhero.

My HOME

You see, this isn't really the perfect heart one wishes to have. It's cracked and wounded. It has patches and stitches. Its color has faded. But, it still GLOWS . . . .  And it glows NOT IN SPITE OF, but BECAUSE OF these imperfections.

Of course this heart belongs to my one and only MOM. :)) This is not the first time I am writing about her, but this is the first time I'm doing this not as an assignment or as a featured article in a school newspaper. I'm writing because I AM GRATEFUL.





I may be a superhero but she is more than one. I may have done extraordinary things but she has done SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS ones. I may have superpowers within, but she? SHE HAS MAGIC.

"A human body can bear only up to 45 del (unit) of pain. But at a time of giving birth, a woman feels up to 57 del of pain. This is similar to twenty bones getting fracture at a time."

If the above trivia is true, then isn't it magical that she gave birth to FIVE kids, all in normal delivery?

BUT . . . .

Waking up at 2 in the morning to prepare food for her little carenderia, cooking and serving customers with all smiles even if she's sick, playing the role of a mom and a dad at the same time, and 13 YEARS (and counting) of raising five lovely superheroes ALL BY HERSELF -- are even more magical.


To survive all the pains and sufferings and sadness and sorrows; to heal her own wounds and let them leave scars of learning; to patch the holes in her heart and stitch the cuts - I guess I will never know how she did those. I wouldn't bother anyway. I'm happy admiring all the MAGIC OF HER MOTHERHOOD. She's not perfect, of course, but you know, she did what she could, and she does what she can. So who am I to ask for more?

products of a powerful heart

flowers and my diploma made her smile

celebrating her Nth year on Earth

Christmas 2011

the SUUUUUUPERHEORES. . . Happy together :))

Mons . . . . Ugh,well . . . . they are SIMPLY AMAZING.

4 years

Countdown : 6 hours and 30 minutes.

We had maybe around 7 months of friendship, 7 months of "Hi!","Hello","Good morning, Ms. Val","Good morning,Sir!". 4 months of 'getting to know each other'. 3 months of "I have a huge crush on you." 3 hours of sharing each others stories. 30 minutes of last moments together.Some few seconds of smile. A few seconds of hug.
He'll be back after (or within the next) 4 years. But 4 years is still 4 years. Come what may. For now, all I know is, I'll miss him for sure... :(

Why in BSU?

Just some of the reasons  =)