Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Salut! been kinda tamad to blog lately, but since Arvin recently confessed that he is an avid reader of my blog and gets disappointed when he sees that i haven't updated,well i guess i'm gonna blog again.Have a few things to share anyway!haha, so here Arvs, enjoy...(that goes for the rest of you,too!)
FIRST THINGS FIRST: i Finaaaaaally got a call bowt my interview in UA&P!!! woohoooooo!!! man, i was starting to get really scared na that i might not even get called for one...phew! it's on jan 5 at 4pm..next week na!!! aaaahhhh!!! Oh please God, dont let me say anything utterly moronic,or space out and get mental block, and please let whatever i say actually make SENSE!! (0.0)
Christmas is over
I cant believe it. It's all over, and this must be the year that i did NOT feel christmassy on the day itself. For someone who suddenly blurts out of nowhere that it feels like christmas in july or august,it really depresses me. It has a lot to do with the series of traditions or yearly christmas happenings that did not actually happen this year:
1)I usually start my xmas shopping in october and go to atleast 2 or 3 bazaars,but this year i started on the 2nd week of december,and didnt get to go to any bazaars.
2)My mom,my sister and i usually set up the old xmas tree together and get a lot of allergies coz of all the dust after.This year though, we bought a whole new tree and ornaments to match which mostly only my mom put up,coz we didnt wanna ruin the designings na. Not a single allergy in sight,nor the sound of sniffles from all the dust.
3)Me and my sis go walk around the neighborhood shortly before or after dinner to see all the houses lit up,but this year, we were too tamad to do it. ;p
4)We usually sing for the simbang gabi at casa verde,but didnt get to this year.
5)Chiara and her cousins from the other side always spend xmas eve at our house, so everywhere is filled with noisy and messy little kids,playing and pushing, with chiara's younger bros always picking on me.This year,they all spent it at their house so there were no noisy little kiddie cousins,no 10 and 11-year old boys bullying me, and no chiara. :( There were but 2 children that i've never seen before,but at the mere sight of KIDS,i got up and started playing with them.
6) The xmas party with my dad's side was kinda weird...everyone was asked to sing(against our wills) and it kinda got annoying na.It sorta turned into a contest between the families or something.saaaad. The xmas party at school was weird too. Our 6 precious friends,classmates, and family members of 4H weren't there coz of that stupid suspension...so it wasn't as fun as it could have been.
There were a few small times when i had suddenly felt that true christmas spirit that i always look forward to having and feeling again each year, but it lasted for only a few minutes. And when i tried to remember what i had suddenly remembered or thought about to feel it again, it had gone as soon as it had come. Well, there are reasons for everything, and sila Chiara DID drop by for a while at mga 1:30 am, so i guess it went ok.It's just sad coz this was my last christmas before i OFFICIALLY turn into an adult(aaaaack,*choke,choke* nooooo stinkin' way!!!!!!!) and so i really wanted to spend it with my whole family.As little cousins as i have on my mom's side, they're the perfect ingredient to having a blast of a christmas. Next year......HA, i'm still gonna be wendy!
Holiday Fat
Haven't blogged in a while,owing to the fact that i've been to laguna and back around 3 times in the past week, and it's been quite a hassle,really. Just came home last monday and i must say... i'm thrilled! All i ever do there is sleep,eat and stay glued to the huge tv...oh and did i mention eat?oh, and eat?and let's not forget EAT as well! Grabe, from the moment we open our eyes to the time we shut them,that's all that we ever do,hehehe.... and when you're there, you'll completely lose track of time,you dont really pay much attention to your phone(unless you're like me), and so you transform into a total couch potato.=p Dont get me wrong, its a lotta fun to do and all, but it's too much of a good thing when you do it continuously for several days na,ya know? Plus i guess i'm just used to always being busy and always having something to do, so i get restless,hehe. Anyways,i'm pretty sure i've gained a whole lot from the holidays...sooooo much good food!So i'm looking forward to those saturday trainings for CAT now, to help me lose all this fat=p hahahaha....
Christmas moolah!
Aaaaahhhh...ONE of the best things that you can get for christmas,hehe. I've been on several shopping sprees lately, and i'm darn proud of my purchases! Usually kasi, i take foreeeeever to decide if i want to buy something or not....like if it's really worthit,if i really like it,if i'd actually use it,if i might be able to find something better elsewhere and so on. But this time, it only took me mga 2 mind-boggling questions for myself until i finally bought the stuff!haha... bought tops, pants,skirts,perfume...and i forget what else.haha, wala lang,it's rare that i come home and am still happy i bought those items!
It's now 9:45 on a wednesday night,and tricia is home alone. Her siblings and mother have abandoned her yet again to go to some dinner with friends and such.Haha, its ok, solo ko nanaman yung computer ngayon,hehehehe.... anwyays, thats all for now, i gotta go do some other stuff. =) au revoir for now!
tricia grew up
at 8:52 PM
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
A TRIBUTE TO 2004:
JANUARY- the start of a new year for 3H; prom preparations and lotsa last-minute stuff...dance practices;formal dinner preparations;exams;field trip to intramuros; Newspaper project wherein i only slept for an hour.
FEBRUARY- Elocutions(go miggy!); JS Prom 2004(Mandarin Oriental); Formal dinner(Grassroots Leadership Party); lsgh prom;Bianca's b-day;hehe...uhh...cant quite remember anything else
MARCH- Sad month...last few days of 3H; President's Day; POC voice lessons; final exams for 3rd year; Graduation of the seniors; Fontana with friends(my first sleepover with friends!how did that happen? I will never know...all thanks to my brother.); Mondialogo meetings
APRIL- Went to Punta Fuego; Rep begins-T-3! month i was supposed to leave for the states; enrollment for school; went to Boracay and Caliraya;Gary V concert with jas..(gummibear?!?haha!),;Maksim concert; my first time ever to have Jazz and Tap dance lessons!
MAY- was casted as "cosette" in forbidden broadway; Family went to balai- tricia home alone(all for the love of rep); mother's day;elections; jana's bday; prop making; performed at abs-cbn's 'Breakfast' with some reppers; jas's bday; showcase night;T-3 cast parties and gimmiks
JUNE- showing of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(watched it 5 times); went to mia's house and my first blog was born; Mia and Jas's cult is formed; Oozing and "dobs" are born; Mondialogo shooting around gh and gb3; went sailing in Caliraya; kaye's bday; father's day; first day of 4th year highschool(miggy,mansy and others transferred...started out sad already); acquaintance party; Julius' "ending game",hehehe
JULY- My birthday; Miggy's bday;Ella Enchanted(Poveda's premiere!); 1st day of CAT training, and the endless memorable CAT moments begin...
AUGUST- Gary V concert-watched Jas play!;UPCAT's;Patty's bday; kuya and Patty's anniv(5years!); Ate's,Karla's and Sheela's bdays; essay writing and application form finishing; Retreat;1st quarter exams; watched "A midsummer night's dream" at the RCBC; watched U-turn play for the first time in Tapika; my "daughter",Alexa is born;went to the spa for the first time; got Tubby, and after 2 weeks or so, had to give him away.....i miss you,Tubbers.
SEPTEMBER- Teriese's bday;Als' bday; Fancy drill try-outs, got my bloody knuckles that have now turned into scars; joined the model unit-->Alpha 2,woohoo!; got my '"tatoo",hehe..; ACET; All the hassling rehearsals and recordings for the sing-out; The Sing-out; Lola Milita's funeral
OCTOBER- UAP entrance test;Alicia Keys Concert; Mia's bday;UAP orientation;tito joe's,mama's and chiara's birthdays; chiara's bday party in casa (after,watched white chicks,U-turn and side A with her and tj); UST exam; 2nd quarter exams; got my sun sim; drug incident; sem break; FLU vaccine,hehehe...
NOVEMBER- Model unit training; Inter-Platoon Competition(2nd place,charlie 1!);Elocution try-outs; psycho maid; Christmas tree and decor-buying rage; sungit month for me(darned trainings and classroom life); Sang at the confirmation of some students in Santuario; CAT cup in Valenzuela-->1st place fancy drills!1st place weapons theoretical,hehehe...; Zeneida Amador's wake; a sorta bad trip month..
DECEMBER- Elocution eliminations; joee's bday; got my 2 new hamsters, Penny and Pip!; Mini Mart; Haze'ls modeling thingie- lsgh's naughty by nature; project kaibigan; 4H christmas party; the birth of my new blog; last minute xmas shopping; laguna-manila back and forth; and the rest is history...well, atleast these are all i could remember,hehe.
2 more weeks before the end of 2004! well, it's been an interesting year... although a lot of things have happened in 4th year that i wish i could change or wish had never happened at all, it's been a challenge to all of us. waaaaah, i'm graduating in less than 3 months! how time flies...hmm,i wonder what 2005 holds in store?
tricia grew up
at 5:37 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Hey! just came home from my dad's place in laguna...we slept over there last night coz it was my dad's surprise birthday party, and the family and some of his friends from the office were there. They hired a band, and unexpectedly,they actually played the alternative songs and stuff!hehe, later on, me and my sis had to sing for my dad, so we had this duet....and then mamaya-maya, when the band came back, they asked us to sing more songs with them and stuff. (we should have a talent fee by now!! if me and my sis were paid for every performance we've ever done since we were born, we'd be filthy rich by now.Bwahahaha...) My brother played the guitar din, him and tito joey, who's about the same age as my sister. Sooo cool, for the hardcore rock fans out there, this would truly be something to see(and hear). Back in Manila, my friends were at a bar in celebration of our adviser's birthday...hehe,i'm not even sure if he actually went!hehe, but they had fun rin naman i'm sure. Oh yeah, after laguna, we went to alabang for my baby cousin's bday,then we went to a bazaar( the only bazaar i got to go to this xmas!!!)hehe, got stuff for myself, i feel bad nga eh, should be shopping for others!:-( Hmm, saw reg!:) weeee,i miss her! unfortunately, couldn't stay and chat for long coz we had to go.
hmm, last friday we had a grade 7 reunion. This was supposed to be ages ago, but it never really pushed through coz of all the hectic schedules and all. But since we're seniors now and it was practically now ot never, we finally had it. It was in the rooftop of Westwood towers in greenhills, and at first we were only about 15 or so, and most of us were the ones that still studied in ob. It was kinda awkward pa and all, coz we really didnt know how to open up and stuff, so medyo kanya-kanyang grupo muna. Some of us went down to buy something at mini stop, and we saw jino!... with his girlfriend. We were all kinda shocked,not being sure if it was his girlfriend ba or tita or something, and......well, let's just say we were shocked.C'est tout, no other comment. Anyways, the atmosphere was so awkward talaga, the person who bullied a whole lotta people before was there, and well, ganun pa rin siya. Still intimidating, still makes you nervous, and still has the same aura.Yipes. got along well naman with the guys. hay, well, jas was my ride home, so i went home with her, which was still kinda early, but it was ok since i felt really uncomfortable and all. Later on though, more people came daw and it actually turned out to be fun! hehe, well, good to know the money i paid went to something good rin naman, hehehe..
Almost everyone i know is going somewhere this christmas. Australia, Cebu, Boracay, Africa, the beaches, etc! Sadly, we'll just be staying here this christmas season, and the farthest we'll probably reach is laguna. Sigh. i felt like going away pa naman this year.oh well. I cant believe that i lost my christmas spirit.ME, the person who feels it when it's only the middle of july or something. I dunno, as it edged closer to christmas, the feeling sort of withered away. probably coz of all the tragedy thats been happening and everything. but today, as we were coming home from alabang and we passed all the pretty houses, and the nice pine trees that looked so beautiful with the clear blue sky, well, it kinda came back din. Plus i saw most of my relatives from my dad's side which usually only happens at christmas, so there. there's just this certain essence that makes it feel totally like christmas, and that's what i try to find each year. Hmm, i felt it a whole lot last year, though i cant remember why, hehe.
haay nako, i'm off blabbing again. Boredom!! anyways, till next time! i probably wont be able to blog the next few days, so just in case.....
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!
Joyeux Noel tout le monde!!!
tricia grew up
at 9:51 PM
Friday, December 17, 2004
Hellooo all! yayness, my first entry ever in my new blog! ;) Well, school has finally ended, and the start of my nice and much-awaited long slumbers has now begun. Our last day was on wednesday, and before our christmas party, some of us seniors had duty for CAT. The kids from OB's pagsasarili schools came over, it's part of this "project kaibigan" thing that we have annually and we had to take care of them, make sure they had a good time, an sorta be their yaya's for the day. hehehehe :) I've always wanted to help out in these kinds of things, like hands on manila and stuff, but never got the chance to, so now i was really excited! We were gonna be assigned 10 kids each, but i only ended up getting 8 kasi kulang yung iba. Anyways, so i brought them up to the grade 4 classrooms where they were gonna join the christmas party of the 4th graders. They were about 5 to 6 years old, and they were so cute! yay,more hobbit friends more me,hehehe.... we had to spread them out in all the classes, eh nagkulang nanaman, so they got 4 kids from me. Aww, so now i only had 4 narin. But then i realized that was actually a blessing coz these kids were so makulit! every 5 minutes or so, one of them had to go to the bathroom, and i was like, "Uh...ok,sige punta tayo.." and so, unlike the other cadets that were with me on that floor, i braved the boys' bathroom. (The others would just make them use the girls' bathroom, now why didn't i think of that?!) And being the plague or curse that i am, some guy would always enter the bathroom when i was there waiting for my kid to finish his business. Oh,Tricia. Anyways, while we were in the party of the 4th graders, it suddenly struck me how different the times have become. The kids dressed up like teenagers, and the songs they were playing were puro Usher and r&b stuff! Geez, when i was in grade 4, i was into the spice girls and backstreet boys and stuff.haha. Well, when i was at the side of the classroom watching them, this boy comes up to me. "Hi highschool!" he says. "are you a senior?" "Um, yeah..why?" i reply. "Ooooh, do you know Jasmine Balbutin?" he asks. Yeees naman, my bestfriend seems to be popular among the gradeschoolers, as a lot of them seem to know her. So i find out he plays the violin as well, and he tells me all about his life, his favorite composers, his favorite TV shows and books,what he wants to take up in college and so on. Wow, buti pa siya, he knows what he wants! hehehe, and then he asks me if i had a sister and a brother. I tell him i do and that i'm the youngest, and he clasps his hands together and tilts his head and goes, "ooooh,me too! i have 3 older brothers though, and it's so yucky coz their all obese. Well, excpet for my 19-year old brother, he's the only slim one.He's my favorite" and again with the matching clasp of the hands and tilting of the head. And during the whole time that i was trying to entertain my kids and make sure they were ok, this guy just kept telling me more and more stuff, like how he wants to change his name to Raven in honor of his favorite tv show and how he wants to open up his 3rd eye and see ghosts and stuff. Well, he was certainly a character i'll never forget! atleast he kept me from boredom, hehe.
Anyways, by this time, my 4 "alagas" have been to the bathroom 3 times each, which means 12 visits to the boys bathroom for me. I'm just thankful it wasn't the bathroom of the highschool guys, coz it smells like nothing i have ever known in there. Well, atleast they have developed a new nickname for me, they started calling me "ate patty". I figured 'patricia' was too long, and 'tricia' was nakaka-bulol, so i just told them to call me ate pat...which they eventually turned into ate patty. hehe,it's kinda cute! Well, they started getting restless and started going in and out of the classroom and i had to keep making them come back in, until finally it was time for them to go up to the gym where they would have their own christmas party with the rest of the pagsasarili kids. Then there was 1 kid who i think got separated from his group and his 'ate', probably coz he was so makulit, so i let him join my group. And so we meet Stephen, the most hyper-active kid among my alagas. He and German, one of the kids who keep going to the bathroom, were the pinakamadaldal ones, but i didnt mind at all. :) Up at the gym, we let them watch this christmas cartoon, then christmas presentations from the primary and intermediate glee clubs (thank goodness we weren't part of that anymore), then games and giving away of gifts. anyway, as it was nearing the end, i sat in between them all, and it felt so good just to be among them and stuff, like having little brothers and sisters talaga. We almost cried when it was time for them to go home, we started getting attached to them na and everything!hehehe.... wala lang, after that we changed and had our class christmas party, as the one with the batch got cancelled. oh well. yun lang....
hmmm....was supposed to go out somewhere tonight! or even today rather! but due to annoying schedules, i'm gonna be somewhere i dont really wanna be in. arrrrgh. sigh....
will blog again soon. :) in case i cant blog on the day itself, which im pretty sure i wont, Merry Christmas everyone!!!! :)
tricia grew up
at 10:46 AM
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
just testing. delete this na lang... =)
tricia grew up
at 9:21 PM
