..confused..help!..

..im down to my last year in law school (hopefully)..

..this sem, i only have 10 units and i am almost near insanity thinking of advance reading for the next semester..

..my dad told me to resign or at least take a leave for the second semester and concentrate first with my studies..to at least ensure my graduation..

..now. in our office, my terms of reference from november onwards is to be drafted..

..do i take full time and just study harder?..

..do i get a half time position wherein, as per our admin officer, it might be difficult to get full time position again?..

..do i resign and leave the company i loved for four years now, and take the chances that they will still take me back after a year?..

.. i love my job..

..i love to finish law school..

..arrrgghh!..

..my tour of the philippines..

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..elections..

..i agree that the elections this year is quite peaceful and orderly (well set aside the peculiar instance in abra and lanao del sur..)

.. i also love the idea of ABSCBNs " i-patrol mo and boto mo" and GMAs " sa isa kong boto".. i think it made a big effect on this years voters..i think it somehow made them realize that we should change the way people choose their next leaders..i love watching the citizens taking a pro-active role in this very important event..

..i have been watching ANCs forum 2007, and i enjoyed watching the senatoriables answer the questions of the panel..ricky carandang was a good anchor..he said that the show was also aired at radio veritas..at that time i really hope that the Filipino people were listening to it..Some answers were funny, some are not responsive to the question at all, some were clueless about the topic!..

..during elections day, i was laughing when Sen. Miriam Santiago was invited as a guest in ABSCBN..its always fun to have him as a guest in any show..this time, she said that she would rather resign as senator, rather than having criminals as co-senators, initially because they violated several provisions of the omnibus elections code..

..lets see if she would apologize again for this one..

..being maid of honor..

..dors has been my friend since i was in 6th grade..we literally did grow up together..i have countless memories of me and her doing a lot of crazy stuff..after so many years, and even after i moved out from home, we still manage to be close; maintain the friendship and be updated with each others (love)lives..

..on my 18th birthday, (at least i know it officially started there) neil ( my ex-bfs friend) fell in love with her beauty..and yes, they eventually became a couple..accepting each other completely..

..before leaving to baguio, we were suppose to meet but thanks to my two wisdom teeth that decided to erupt the day before that, i was not able to come..so just bursted the news to me.."papakasal na kami ni neil"..

..i was extremely happy for them that i even called her despite the pain that my teeth was giving me..i told her that i should be invited, otherwise, maghahalo ang balat sa tinalupan..

..so she did, and i was not just invited..the next day, she texts me.."Caye, can you be my maid of honor?"..

..i know i still have at least two chances of becoming maid of honor and thanks to my two sisters for that..but for a friend, that means a lot to me..and so i said yes..

..last sunday, we officiall went gown hunting and measuring..now i have one month to at least maintain the current figure that i have (or better yet, drop one size!)..

..i am so excited!..can't wait til june 9!..

..all stars amazing race..darn..

..i really wanted the beauty queens to win!..

..i feel so bad for dustin and kandice..among all other teams, i feel like they deserve to win, i think they worked so hard for that..i feel for them when they placed second in the race..

..aside from being really pretty, i admire their positive attitude during the race..they always compliment each other, always tell each other that they did a great job, everything..

..well, it was a sweet victory for eric and danielle..after 2 yields, they still won the race..

..sigh, still not happy..

..anger management..

..i never thought id say this but i guess i have to learn anger management..

..what do you do when you're furious?..

..do you shout it out?..

..and by shouting it out would the best way be shouting at the person you're mad at?..

..do you just keep it to yourself, and let the tension and all heat subside before you talk?..

..do you go inside your room, stamp your feet wildly and shout on your pillow?..

..its crazy!..how do you reconcile letting all the emotions go so that in the end you dont get a heart attack and cooling down for the mean time, filtering your thoughts while inside you is a variety if not one huge dragon ready to come out!..

..ahhhh!..thank God for cigarettes..

..my christmas and new year..

..heto na..heto na..heto na!...WAAAAAHHHH!..

..of course, thats one thing that i missed..sorry emanon..

..i spent my christmas and new year with my family at lifehomes..complete kami this year!..i am so happy..

..thanks daddy and mommy for the towels, bedsheets and pillow cases..thank you mama for the aroma therapy that you gave me..

..thank you men for the coffee!..it was great!..i told you hindi na magtatagal yun e..

..thanks sis for the shirt..kahit medyo masikip..huhuhu..

..it was nice to open presents with you, especially gavin who loved spongebob squarepants..hehe..

..thanks dad para sa masarap na pata!..classic ka talaga!..i love you and i am loving you more..thank you for being just the best dad ever!..

..lets see what the pig has for us this year!..cheers everyone!..

..a night with the santiago family..

..I was invited to spend a night with the santiago family, and yeah, being the party person that I am, I went with them..

..a little background..this fanily is like a huge family..nanay tasing or "mama' as she wants to be called, has 11 children, O dear God you should see how many apo's she has..

..videoke, parlor games, wine and beers, til 6 am..

..super kulit, super saya..

..francis!..hingi ako picture ha?..til next year!..hahaha!..

..wok with me and savory party..

..i love 4c..

..i was so excited to leave work so that i could attend 4c's xmas party, held at wok with me, dapitan..when i arrived, they people were already playing and the program was run by george (as usual hehe..)..it was nice to see ate flor and peps there..

..first, congratulations to myra and glenn for winning that contest..(i don't even know what it is called..) next, to girlie, who blowed the biggest condom balloon ever..(i NEVER, and i mean, NEVER thought that a condom could be blown that big!)

..congratulations to my team: pinky, eyeah, ic and ria..the quiz bee henyos!..

..at shempre dahil til 10pm lang ang wok, we went to our next venue, savory..

..umpisahan ba naman ng anak ng pasig?!..hahaha!..

..thanks to all that came..ok, the usual rundown so that i will never forget..sol, (na hindi man lang nakisali sa sayawan nor kumanta, but of course, that was usual), george, pinky, eyeah, peps, dric (ang sayaw lolo?, the best! and the body slam?, even better), glenn, (dude, para sayo talaga yung anak ng pasig), ic (fame! mabuhay ka!), nestle, shierma (im in love with dk? breakthrough performance), ria (don't cha!) , randy, chelle, mayor, bert, ceezhaye (don't cha wish your bf was fat like me?!), dk (pare youre the best, lahat ng kanta!), nick, and bryan (salamat!)..

..i want to say thank you to everybody for being there..this was the best xams party i attended to..its just sad that its my final xmas party with you guys..

..para sa inyong lahat and kanta ni bryan..

..kay tamis, ng ating samahan sa lungkot at kaligayahan,
tunay na kaibigan, talagang maaasahan,
salamat at tayong may pinagsamahan,
salamat sa yo
kaibigan ko..

..at sa san miguel beer!..

..merry christmas 4c!..

..talking to an old missed friend..

..thank God for YM..

..its crazy i know..but i guess i just want to put this on the record..or at least i could read this post weeks, months or years from now and remember how i felt..

..i had a nice chat with an old friend..a friend i missed so much..so happy that people can really change and its unbelievable how things work out after a long time..also, how people can still remember each other: their likes and differences, hobbies and schedule..its just amazing..i have this unbelievable and unexplained tinglings..hah!..

..nice chatting with you, i loved it, and will see you soon!..

..my birthday..

alright..now i know that i have been into blogging for more than a year now..my first blog here is on my jolibee birthday party..

ok, my first treat to myself this year was not coming to my admin class..i swear i think and felt that i was not entitled to stress..i could not let javy do that to me!..

so after that i went shopping..well just little things i bought for myself..and then at around 4pm, i arrived at UST, i.e. the pit..to celebrate my birthday with my lawschool friends..now i have to thank them all for coming and celebrating the afternoon with me..ok..from my leftmost: kerwyn, of course george, chelle, pinky, maam myra, eldric, nestle, deny, tl, cz, jewelle, shierma, sol, eyeah, joyce, jaems..dear God i hope i did not miss anybody..

i went home to fix myself up for the next event..this celebration this time was with my neighbors and officemates, and zar with officemates..we thought at first that it was going to be celebrated at gardenville admin area, but due to iron-clad rules and with the no-beer policy, we decided to celebrate it at muchos ktv bar and restaurant..

i had lots of fun!..now i have thank them for coming, in the order that they came..thank you best ace (best! thanks for making my party a blast! halleluia indeed!) , elaine ( don't worry about the tequilla, it was all worth it) , aaron ( who did not sing a single song, hmp!) , john ( my dancing partner that night, thanks so much!), miki, maco, mitz (thanks for the "after you go" song), yolly and paul ( see you next week!), of course zar and bro ej, the e-tel girls jaq, joie, marge with archie (thanks gel! miss you!) and rianne..gabby, jay, jik and gf, marco and pong, brando, asyong, cuz airis (better days the best!) and cuz lloyd, schoolmate kurt, tere and philip (chong sa susunod na pagwawala!) and of course, bob and anna..thank you all so much for coming to my birthday party..i love you all so much!..

last year, i said cheers to being 24..now i feel more alive at 25!..

..one day to go..

..today, november 10, 2006, was a great day!..

..it started with the PWI team going to the Office of the Ombudsman to sign our contract with them..its worth?..lets just say we are so happy that we got it!..

..then we had heavy breakfast at heaven and eggs, planning the things we have to do for the next months..its quite hectic!..OH, NOT JUST QUITE!..I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE CLASS!..

..greetings now start to come..im feeling quite excited on what will happen tomorrow..

..colds..

..such a bad day..i feel sicky..

..the tagaytay seminar..

..This was one of the most fun seminar I had..

..It started when our President nominated me to attend the Seminar sponsored by the US embassy. Looking at the program, it was for persons aged 25-35. I had a problem. I am days away from being 25. I thought, I'll just be honest about it. So i was quite suprised to receive a letter from the US embassy confirming my attendance..

..Friday. It was the first day of the seminar. Following the program, we would be staying at the embassy first for a video conference with a certain Indian guy who is India's hero when it came to anti-corruption. Before and after the conference, our group, the business and professional organizations, headed by Mr. Addie Suzara, were enjoying each other's company with our experiences and stories. Toix!, yung TIPO natin ha?..

..We left for Tagaytay at around 2pm. We arrived at around 4:30 p.m. I was roomed with Francis from ANC, and she appreciated when i told her ( yes, she is a she), that ANC was my favorite channel. Also Jenny from mahintana foundation, one of PWI's partners. We reaaly did not do much aside from watching "Kubrador ". It was a nice film and im sure the producers had a nice time dealing with us and our new found friends from the media..



..Saturday. I had a nice rest after the long day yesterday. the seminar proper went well. A lot of sharing with other NGOs and a fruitful planning I should say. But the most interesting part was the NIGHT OUT!..From our friends from the US embassy witnessing my debut performance in Taal Vista from Chads, it was one hell of a party!..At Chads more specifically, the band literally gave up the stage for us! And literally, we (the participants) occupied all of the seats in the bar!..It was really fun. I guess what really started the high was the performers during the night, which really hyped up our energies!..

..What was fun there was the realization that organizations from all over the country, CSOs, the media, and even the government can join together and enjoy the thing it enjoys doing. I was thinking, if anti-corruption efforts was something that everybody enjoyed doing, if it was something that would make the people really get up the stage and actually act at performance level so to speak, if anti- corruption was like "celebration" that everybody would yell from the bottom of their lungs, if anti-corruption efforts was as fun as singing "dancing queen", then just imagine what our country would be in the next years..



..Sunday. Everybody, well, the Chads group, woke up late and had breakfast late. But that was ok. The agenda was merely the presentations of the groups. But don't get me wrong. The ideas were briliant and if we could focus on just some of them, i believe we can make a difference..

..Thank you to the following people who made it memorable: My roomates:Francis and Jennifer, My groupmates: Ryan, Ms. Pia, kathy, jules, mae, and Sir Addie (who was a wonderful moderator)..to my new found friends in media: TJ ( i mean who would forget TJ?), wilson, Alwin, and Francis..our friends from the US embassy, Micheal and Bruce, i beg of you do not keep my picture during the jamming session..and of course, and everybody in the Seminar!..Thanks so much!..



..They said there is a follow up activity. So, Chads anyone?..:)

..thanks to pinky..

..things to be happy about..

It has been a while since I logged in to my blog and there were a olt of things that I should be happy, and thankful for..But due to schedule constraints, I will not be able to put them fully here but just as well, I want to list them down briefly:

a) I was able to attend my first last sunday bar operations. - Although I saw no one at the UST bar site, I just stayed at the SSCR bar site to cheer for Kuya Kiks! (tagal lumabas, akala namin nasa ibang bar site ka na e!).. It's nice to know and I am very happy and excited that I will be there next year to cheer for my friends..Grabe! mag-exam na kayo!..

b) I was able to participate in the Procurement Study Tour of the Nigerian Senators - It's always nice to meet people, especially coming from a different country wherein you could share each other's culture. But the purpose of their stay was to get their advice on how to draft their procurement bill, with the participation of the civil society..It's at the end of the day when they say thanks and when they say that you've been of much help that you feel really proud of what you have done for that day.

c) the GROWLING TIGERS WON THE UAAP MENS BASKETBALL!!! - O YES WE MADE IT!..I guess the only thing that I am not happy about is the fact that I was not able to get tickets even if I called Ticketnet hours after Game 2..but then again, it was worth rushing home and losing my voice after winning the game..Go USTE!!!

d) My Revalida is Over! - Thank God its over!..I may ( no, I really didn't) do very well during that revalida. But I am happy its over..3 semesters of that nalang!..:)

e) I survived my first day of examinations - I feel like I could start enjoying my semesteral break already. Imagine taking 3 examinations in one day!..Gosh, thank God I enjoyed a good nights rest last night.

f) I am back at work - I honestly missed my officemates. Its sure nice to work again after studying straight for more than a week!..

..my first bar operations..

..ok this is the story of my first bar operations..

..first, i went to the alleged meeting for bar operations volunteers at 10 am, at the moot court..but there was no one there..good thins i went to the conference room and saw the labor group doing their thing..so i went there, hanged and had lunch with them..

..after that, i went to the church for the mass for the barristers, ( or judge, is this the proper way of addressing them? hehe) and the topnotchers made their speeches..but everybody agreed that it could have been more fun, meaning noisier, if it were held outside of the church, with no bridesmaids waiting for us to finish our event..

..it was fun to cheer for the barristers.. and wishing them well for the examinations..

..so after that tiring event, i went home first, to settle some things and then i proceeded to the bayview plaza..nakigulo lang ako dun sa acads..hehe..and yes, as they all know, i slept very very well..

..but my undisturbed rest paid off as i was all set and ready for my first official send off..we were at the site at around 6:00 am..waiting for the barristers to walk their way in..all energies were set and the props and drums prepared for them..but unfortunately, we only saw a few of them..ngerks..

..but despite that it was generally ok..they said that the last sunday would be the best one..lets see if i can attend despite the upcoming revalida..

..bamboo..

..the bamboo concert was a blast..

..its been a while since i have been to a concert and this one was worth that waiting..

..it was the best reward after the long job done during the preliminary examinations..

..everybody was singing with him..especially when he sang his rivermaya songs..

..hay..

..sa uulitin..

..there's a miracle in storm..

..just this morning, when i rode the bus on my way to work, i heard an old song..i do not even know if it really is the title.."miracle in storm"..song by whitney houston or so i guess..

..but the words as well as her singing were powerful..it goes..

.."nothing should matter,
not when love grows inside you,
the choice is yours...
there's a miracle in storm..

nothing should matter,
not when love grows inside you
the voice of love...
its crying out..
don't let it slip away..
for nothing should matter.."

..i just thought, is happiness really your choice?..

..something to ponder on this tuesday afternoon..

..tax credit..

..that's it..

..last night, we celebrated my "tax credit"..

..damn it..

..o well, pinky, george, sol and eldric..thanks..