Cebu City Day by Day

Hello all! So here's my blow by blow account regarding my Cebu trip last week. If I have to describe my vacation in two words, it would be food tasting because my friends and relatives treated me to one restaurant from the other that's why I ended up having an amoeba attack. Haha!

1st day - Ate roasted pig with cousins during lunch and crabs and lobsters for dinner. We didn't dine out because I wanted to at least relax.

2nd day - I was with BJ and Ate Sweet for lunch and we ate baby back ribs at Casa Verde's main branch. The food was great, we were too full to eat our dessert called Death by Chocolate. But of course we left the place with our plates clean. :p For dinner, BJ and Harvin brought me to IT Park and made me ate Mooonba Steak medium rare with a slushie called Secret. The steak was good but the slushie was too sour for me. It was a fun night. So at around 12am, Harvin accompanied me to Brew's-something (Iforgotthename!) near Mango Park to be with Mya and her varsity friends from the women's basketball (and softball) in Iligan back in college. I was wearing a red shirt that night so they all shouted HAPPY BIRTHDAY when I arrived. We had fun, needless to say, because the singer was so handsome and he even dedicated a song for me because it was my birthday. Haha! Obviously, I went home early in the morning.

3rd day - I woke up at 9am. I had an appointment with BJ but since my cousin, Kuya Armand, invited me for lunch, I had to cancel my previous appointment because I want to be with my Kuya for a while. We went to Park Mall together with my aunt and Kuya's wife to eat lunch and then got some groceries for my niece's 1st birthday the next day. After that, they dropped me off at BJ's pad where we slept the whole afternoon until 7pm. I watched Slumdog Millionaire and we decided to go to The Terraces to dine at Don Henrico's. We hated the food really, it's a waste of money. Anyhoo, after that, we had some beer at Giligan's Island and coffee at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf where we got a 20% discount because of Harvin who works there. Hehe. After coffee, I headed straight home.

4th day - It was my niece, Annika Monique, birthday party and it was held at the Metro Park poolside. My niece is so adorable because she looks exactly like her dad (our genes! let me brag), she's also well behaved and always hugs me. At the party I saw Kuya Stewart, a friend I haven't seen in a while. The feeling was overwhelming because the guys hugged me and treated me like I am still their little princess. After the party, I met my high school classmates Iyad and Maryam (who's with her boyfriend Dendo) at La Marea (also at IT Park) for dessert and we decided to transfer at east,west for some beer. We went home early, in fairness to me. Haha!

5th day - I spent the day with Ate Kikay my cousin Alvin's wife and we went bargaining at Colon street downtown. We visited Kuya Armand at his office in BDO Cuenco and I charmed him for a pizza dinner date to which he agreed on. :) After that, Ate Kikay and I went to watch a movie and then headed straight home afterwards. For dinner, we ate at Handuraw and the cousinry toured me for a while. We went to Mr. A to appreciate Cebu City's view from the top and then had pizza at Calda Pizza. Mr. Amoeba was attacking me already that day so I was not in the mood to eat at least 1/8 of the humongous pizza. :) Too bad. We went home at about 3am which explains why I wasn't able to wake up for my early morning flight back home.

6th day - It turned out to be an extended vacation so I decided to have my hair cut done and slept the whole afternoon afterwards. By 5pm, we had roast pig again for our early dinner and the cousinry drove me to the pier where I met and befriended and Australian whose name I cannot recall. Hahaha.

So there goes my trip! I was so lame that I did not bring a camera with me. Hahaha! I have a feeling that I will be going back there later this year. Yay!

The Urge

Everyone arrived from Cagayan de Oro and everybody's eager to see us (the ones who were left here). I get to meet my cousins who I haven't seen for years and I missed them terribly.  We kissed and hugged each other tight.  No one bothered to elaborate the happenings during my Kuya Bryan's wedding because they know I will only feel bad.  But I'm posting this because I feel like a child again, being in the arms of the big boys (a.k.a. cousins) around me. Though we're all grown ups and have our own families now, they still treat me as their little girl.  I feel so safe whenever I'm with them and  I haven't felt this way in a long time. :)

A relative who's an ally of former President Estrada will be giving me 100 school bags with crayons and other school kits tomorrow to give to my pupils. Yey! They all came from Pres. Estrada and Sen. Maceda soI think that they're going to run again this coming 2010. What do you think?

That Sad Love Story

Pardon my cheesiness these past few days, I'm up for this falling in love kind of thing and I've been listening to The Beatles the whole afternoon so that added a notch up to this cheesiness. The parents of my pupils teased me this afternoon that I am glowing.  Falling in love crush is fun and it makes me feel beautiful.

Anyway, I am quite sad today because the whole clan's already in Cagayan de Oro and I can't join them because I can't miss my class.... only to find out that tomorrow is a local holiday! I'm so frustrated I want to leave first thing tomorrow just to attend my cousin's wedding. My mom gave me the go signal but the laziness in me creeps in. Haha! I feel bad but the good feeling tops the bad one more.  I'm not making sense, I know, so  have to end this post. 

Meanwhile, here's something I saw at Yahoo earlier and I want to share it with all of you.

Story of Love Lost 

I once had this man so handsome and true.
Everyday was bliss and our love grew and grew.
It was truly amazing the love that we shared. 
It was something to cherish but I felt so scared.
Our love was undeniable and one of a kind.
True soul mates but I had been so blind.

The day had come when he knelt on one knee.
He declared his love and proposed to me.
As he said those words I began to feel ill.
The thought of marriage gave me a frightening chill.
I had dreamt of this day and it was as perfect as can be,
but to my dismay; worries got the best of me.
I told him I love you, but I don’t want to wed.
I’ll never forget the endless tears my man shed.

Shortly after he lost faith in our love.
He lost all the hopes of the life we dreamt of.
A year went by and I missed him so much.
I missed our long talks, I missed his soft touch.
I missed his smile and how he held me so tight.
I missed how much our love felt so right.
I knew in that moment I had made a mistake.
I had let him down I had given him heart ache.

As I walked to his house I didn’t know what I would say.
Did I mess up too bad because I pushed him away?
I arrived at his house scared and confused.
My heart longed for him, but his I abused.
But I got the courage to knock on his front door.
I would tell him I loved him I would hold back no more.

A woman answered with a belly big and round.
I asked for him but she said he’s out of town.
She told me she missed him but soon he shall return.
My heart sank and I felt helpless and alone.
She asked for my name, but I told her a lie.
I am just an old friend, and then I said goodbye.
I ran away with tears streaming down my face.
I was so mad at my myself I felt such disgrace.

Have you ever been so scared that you made a mistake?
Did it ever take too long before you decided to awake?
If you ever have the chance to be happy for life.
don’t be scared, and become his wife.

Call me multi-talented

Okay, first, this is not a serious post.

Last week, I went to my Mommy Dory's house to get my pasalubong from Cagayan de Oro. When I was there, my cousin Bryan asked me if I know how to program a Microsoft Excel file and I said I do even if I don't. Haha. So he told me what to do and luckily I managed to pull it off and I was paid! Yey! The next day, I went back to their house to check if what I had programmed was working and Mommy Dory once again asked me if I know how to make invitations and thank you cards for Kuya Bryan's wedding on August 8. I also said yes and I am now stuck to making those stuffs. But at least I will also get paid.

Unfortunately though, I can't attend Kuya Bryan's wedding on August 8 to be held in Cagayan de Oro because I have a class. When Mommy Dory learned about this, she asked me to be absent from class and manage their business instead since their whole family will be out of town. Hahaha! Funny thing is I also said YES! The pay's really good and I know I can do both teaching and managing a business at the same time. Wish wish wish me luck!

Silver Wedding Annivesary

Today's the 25th Wedding Annivesary of my parents and I remember years back, I was planning to sponsor their renewal of marriage vows. It's not gonna happen this year but I still want to sponsor their renewal of vows maybe in the next three years or when they celebrate their 30th anniversary.

I also reported to work this morning, met some of my co-teachers and assisted them with the pupils who were taking the entrance examinations. I've met a 12 year old boy who wants to enter first grade. And there's this 8 year old incoming first grader who doesn't know how to sing the ABC song. I think I'll be headed for doomsville. But on a second thought, teaching these kids makes this pofession very rewarding. I'm lucky to have the twins' yaya who'll help me with the cleaning of my classroom tomorrow. Hehe.

I did some scraps too, by the way. And I don't think I will be able to scrap when formal classes starts. Here's one. Click picture for a larger view.

For the Family!

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