How many ? In reality, it's 3 more days T.T... Let's just say that the dawn of June is finally coming and reality is taking its place -- college. I just attended the Freshmen Orientation yesterday and I soon realized that on Monday, I will soon enter a new challenge. I am praying for Jehovah's guidance to help me both in my mental and spiritual studies. I am slowly gaining more knowledge about Him. Yay ! and I've resumed my Bible studies ;).. I would occasionally join the street witnessing with my cousins too. So there, I'm hoping that even though Nursing (my course) is a hard course, I will still be able to find time for the ones I love, including Him.On the other hand, we did some last summer activities that I'd like to share :D !
Bunawan Escapade
Dad and I went to his hometown, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. The last time I could remember coming here was during my aunt's wedding, when I was abou 9 or 10 yrs old. So yeah, it's been a while. And all of them warmly welcomed me.
After arriving in NAIA airport from Butuan City, mom fetched us and we went straight to Holiday Inn Galleria, formerly known as Manila Galleria Hotel. It's joint with Robinsons Galleria made last minute shopping a no-traffic-worry :D !
I've been into beading and metal working recently... And an idea sprang out when I saw those unique wire bookmarks at the bookstore. So I decided to make one of my own. What do you think about it ? :D
yeap, as the title suggests, I do have an aching morning.. =,=
We just had our mass demo project in PE yesterday. It left us all beat up. Basketball, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Taekwondo, Swimming, Arnis, etc. And yes, it's our last project for this year's last semester. All we have left to worry are our exams[next week, or this week, rather], clearances, and graduation practices. ^-^ can't believe I'm finally leaving High School...
anyway, here's another vid:
Blue Mind - piano version from Hana Yori Dango OST. a gift for guia ^^
uwaaah, finally, the piano tuner came this morning ! And my piano is finally tuned up and ready =D.. huway,, I remember having a hard time pressing those lower C's and B's because their jack couldn't make it :p.
and now, finally, I could play the pieces I want. As well as the videos I want to upload.
Not only that., I've got a lot of DEMANDS lately:
1. photo gallery for our school paper. 2. pictures for every article, and photo section. 3. edit edit edit. 4. assignments. 5. sketch of Italy's costume [ apparently we already had one, but it was with my classmate's mom. I do hope she could get it. . As for my mistake, I scanned it but couldn't find the file in my bro's laptop. waaa. ] 6. organize my DESKTOP. wah. 7. I want a new desktop wallpaper. I actually started it.. but it must wait for a while. haii 8. lastly, RELAX. yeah. despite these demands, I have to be relaxed and be happy !
gud night guys !
PS. I can't believe I actually wrote this despite the hectic sched :p
Last Sept. 28, I attended and participated in the Post Centennial Piano Recital in St. Scholastica’s College. We went out early because we also had to take dad to NAIA 3 for his flight to ButuanCity. After that, mom and I went to MOA.
We were actually there for lunch, but it took us about half-an-hour roaming around. Mom was looking for Racks restaurant. We didn’t know that the resto was just around the corner, and we kept missing it :)).
Now, that’s one of the reasons why we were late for the recital. The other one was that it was also the day of the bar exams for lawyers in La Salle. Hahas, the exam barristers nationwide caused a lot of traffic. Pianist number 3 was already playing when I came in St. Cecilia’s hall. So I went backstage ‘cause I’m number 12. phew made it on time. Hehes.I'm on program 2, 1.30pm.
wah ! at last ! =)) most of our burdens are off..! hehes. The NCAE and our 1st tri exams are over. as well as our day-and-night practice of our SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS on buwan ng wika and foundation day...
Last Friday, Buwan ng wika was held. Different classes showed different styles of dancing, speech, and traditions of the phils. Ours was Sabayang pagbigkas seasoned with songs, acts, and play. =D I'm quite HAPPY to say that ours went out well [the two groups of einstein], and our filipino teacher gave all of us a high score. What's more, "Thumbs up!" from madam. .. hehes. The hardwork's worth it.=)
the boys practicing sword fighting. ;p
I have a new hair ;p
before the play. let's get wacky !
hehes ;p
who's taller..?
those are just some of the pics last friday and sat.. view more of them here.
Also, I finally added those ex-link requests on my blogger. check it out =D
heya =) again, I'm sorry for the late posts due to my Senior-class-adjustment. Being a senior is not as easy as I thought it would be, really.. haay. Moreover, those college entrance exams are turning up rapidly :p
Anyway, our class isn't divided into 2 anymore. 2 classrooms were combined into one, occupying two-thirds of the whole fourth floor. 56 students [or at least it was officially stated "56"] combined in a 20-degree temp classroom would be, well, a mayhem. hahaha.
Concurringly, I'm quite ok with the teachers this year.. [They changed teachers since I was 2nd yr till this year] It's like bringing good memories back when I was in 1st yr - the strategies, the way they teach, etc. I can tell that they really want us to learn :p
Some tidbits I wanna share: hooray for music class ! They finally gave us music class [there wasn't any last yr].. I'm very fond of music, especially those classical piano type, since I'm a pianist too. Our music teacher is also our physics teacher by the name of Ms. Buenafe. Does it connect ? At first there was hesitation for me whether to aggree with it or not, but well, seeing as that she's a good teach, and has a nice voice with a talent for piano, I finally aggreed :p.
She also gave our first assignment: to have a mini recital. Or maybe you can call it gig. yay! each group must have a musician or two, and some vocals. So in my group, I am the pianist while other plays the guitar. We played "Way back into love" and "It ends tonight". Although the drums are quite loud, I still managed to have my piano heard. ;p. It went out satisfactorily well.
Then, I have heard that most of the clubs were disbanded, leaving only the "Montessorian club" and the"SCO club". The 'Monte club' opens its doors once again for new aspiring writers. A lot of my co-members last year encouraged me to join. But I'm still wondering whether I'd join or not, since I'm only a photographer last year. Tell me guys what you think.. =)
And lastly, the "SCO club" is about to open once the voting is done next friday. Again, an invitation came to me. I was an auditor last year, and now they want me for the position of the secretary. This position calls a lot of responsibility and time, and I don't want to spend too much time on my clubs because of my hectic schedules. I, too, need space for my family and spiritual development. I also read from an article - "don't divide yourself by joining too many clubs and having a lot of resposiblity if you want to have a balanced school and home time..." So if ever I'm gonna join a club it would be "Monte club". In the end, I turned the invitation down. Although the SCO advisors are against my desicion, [I saw it in their faces] they considered and respected it.
Well, that's it for now.. hehe =) Comments are appreciated
At around 1pm AC [one of my classmates] picked me up from home and then we went to his house. It took them a hard time locating my house 'cause the information that I gave was insufficient. =P. So anyway, the main reason for coming there was for band practice. Normally they would practice without any pianist [I guess that would be me. >.<]. But this time, their piece, "It ends tonight", needs a pianist. So I was there to help. This is for PX's talent to be presented next week.
AC and I were the first ones to practice, since the others were not yet around. He was using drums while I'm on the piano. I think it was an organ or something, because the keys were divided into half, one on top and one on the bottom...well, you get the picture. So as I was saying, his house was like a maze. =P.
Then Steven and Px came. The ones missing were Kevin and Nevin. Nevin didn't came, and we fetched Kevin from Parkplace. After that we had practice ^^ and a snack break.
I wasn't really good on the piano but still I tried to catch up with them. Then at about 5.30pm, I went home with their driver, kuya Ferdy.
hmm.. actually one of my friends invited us to go to SM today. Just to have some fun together since she wasn't in our school anymore. She invited our Finale group and other friends as well. And so we agreed to come. But something went wrong that made her not come. As well as pao and janelle. So I ended up with Kat and Jay. Along with Jay's bro, Mark. Making us four. hay..
Jay picked me up at my house around 2.45pm. They stopped by a little and chit chat then we went to SM. We then met up with Kat. We took some pics at a photo shop:
Then National Bookstore. hehe, just a quick peek to their new books.. and there I saw, Pendragon series. yay, I'd love to collect those ! =P
Then straight to Quantum. haha, well I'm not really an arcade fan but I still joined them. We played there and gave our shots. But with our efforts, we only ended up with around 25 tickets.. too bad.. >..< haay..
Then Eat. haha, nothing beats a break from playing. Doughnut, hotdog sticks, choco lattes and mango chill filled our stomachs.
We were even planning on having "let's paint", but unfortunately, we can't find it anywhere now. too bad. so we just finished our snacks and...
Home. Jay dropped me at my house at about 6.30pm. =P
okay, so I think I was quite out for a while, but you'll know soon enough.. I'll just give a brief backtrack of what happened since I last posted.
-------> Finally, "change layout" mode !
I changed my layout last week. I was actually planning on changing it every month, but since all that work has budged its way through my desk, I've got no choice. So anyway, this layout features one of the famous characters in the Final Fantasy legacy, yup! I think you know who she is already. She's Yuna, the singer slash summoner from FFX. Well, I haven't quite played the whole game in PS2, so I've got only a little background of what she's doing. All my friends say that she's a summoner. Summoning aeons ? And she is a singer too. I love her songs, such as "1000 words" and "Real Emotion". And her tandem with Tidus made her a really big hit.! So that is all I can say about it.
So here's what I just finished watching last week..
Lamune
Myself ; Yourself
-------> Outing of some of the Linneanistas last Dec. 21.
This outing was held after the Chirstmas Party. But since we don't celebrate it and I did not attended it, they fetched me from home. We --meaning Me, Erika, Janelle, Kat, Karen, Joyce, Mj, Dane, Rx, and Pao as well as Erika's cousin who used his van as our trasportation to the site-- went to Picnic Groove in Tagaytay. But before that, we bought lunch from McDo and ate it there at Picnic Groove. Then played cards and then hiking !... wheeew.. then we ate snacks at Max's, took some pics, let all the fresh air sink in, and then went home.
***pics will come out soon. =)
-------> New Hobby ! Bead Crafting...
After seeing my ate creating stuffs with beads, I suddenly hit back my old pastime, bead crafting. I started making bracelets and necklaces, and so on...
-------> Vacation at Aunt Joy's place
Now, this is the reason why I was out for like, 4 days ? Our flight was changed and we went to Cagayan De Oro last Dec. 27. Unfortunately, dad didn't joined us. Kuya Ian fetched us from the CDO airport and we went to CDO SM. We met up with his family there and ate lunch at Bigbys. Is the spelling right ? And so we had a long hour drive from there to Lanao del Norte. whoa, we came to our destination late 6pm !
I really felt the province breeze gushed through me. It was like leaving the usual road traffic and coming to a place where traffic was quite uncommon. Totally ! The more we dived into the road to Lanao, the more I saw trees, forests, and plant fields around me. The next morning, we intended to go to Aurora, as they call it, to just have a view of the scenes. Mom was the one driving the van since no one else can. Kuya Ian and Kuya Llyod who knew how to drive were at work. And so we did, along with Uncle Oscar, Aunt tita (really, I'm not familiar with her name), Ate Celeste, Ella(kuya Ian's daughter), Jackie, and Alkim. Once we met our destination, mom was curious about going to Osamiz City.. What we did was more of a Road Trip rather than a scene-viewing-only-trip. So we went past Zamboanga, Tangub, and other places around Pangil bay. And rode a barge on our way home.
Well, I had fun =) I was also taught by Ate Celeste on how to bake cakes, yum !.. Aunt Joy also gave us fresh harvested shrimps, crabs, marang, pomelo, and other plants they've got.
we head back to Manila a few hours ago, and arrived here at about 2pm. Manila, I'm back =P !
Yesterday, was of course, the Christmas holiday. But since we do not celebrate chirstmas, we just had a normal day. We went to the "Bethel", or the "House of God", Philippines Branch Office of Jehovah's Witnesses, yesterday. It was so quiet and peaceful. Once I got there, I got the fresh perspective of the upcoming paradise.
We took a brief tour around the peaceful place. They told us how they prepare the publications such as The Watchtower, Awake!, how it's made (from translation - layout - printing - and delivery of these publications to the other congregations around the Philippines), the laundry of the Bethel family, their spiritual care and needs, and so on.
All the Bethel family members are volunteers. They do this service with unity to our heavenly Father, Jehovah God. They were given a room and a small monthly reimbursement to assist with their personal expenses.
Last November 29, right after our Intrams, we had our field trip. ^_^ well, we hadn't had field trip since 1st yr and 2nd yr so I guess this is an event to look forward to..
But as usual, filipino time as always, they said that the buses should be here before 6am. But now they're late.. hay... 6 buses were there, but the last one got lost on the road. So, instead of leaving before 6.30, we left at about 10am !.. hay.. We're sooo delayed. ok anyway, now the trip:
1st trip:
Villamore Airbase
this is where some of the ancient pieces of the wind are located. We could even go inside an old chartered plane. Then there are profiles of captains and pilots of the "wind world".
2nd trip:
La Mesa Ecopark
this is where the La mesa dam is located. Well, it wasn't that enjoying since its raining. But we got the chance to go up the stairs with about a hundred steps just to see the dam - at first I thought it was the ocean, hindi pala =P. Then we saw some tv personalities like Angel Locsin filming some adverstiments as well.
3rd trip:
ok, so here's the last part of the trip, Science Discovery Center in SM Mall of Asia. Well, this part was supposed to be cancelled since we were delayed and got there at about 6pm. Not only that, the student's parents were also worried because there were some commotion about Trillanes' group protest in Manila Peninsula at that same day.
MOA Science Discovery Center
Well, it was fun. I can say that it has the same features as the Science Discovery in Singapore that I visited last year. In Singapore, there's this Omni-Theater which is similar to MOA's Planetarium. Although it's not that big, it still leaves an impression of sulit since they're quite organized. We also took a pic in their computers and e-mailed it to my address*. And we took some wallet sized pics as well.
ok so we finished it off with a dinner take-out from Tapa King and ate it while on the road. I got home late at about 10pm. Good thing we don't have classes the next day.
*this pic includes me, pao and kat.. It is located next to my credit, second pic from the right and at the very bottom.
I'd like to give credit to: me, kat, erika ---- for taking the pics.
HER name is...Florence... But she's commonly known as [EminA] and [FlominA] on the web..
Officially sixteen BUT is too short for her age.. [honestly haha ;p]
Is currently enjoying the life of a senior high school student, as well as the eldest daughter [but looks small enough to be taken as the youngest =p] of the family.
Her hobby/ies ?
She likes playing the piano, doodle-art, photography, layout-designing, dreaming, reading, inventing, photoshop-ing, travelling, manga-editing and more. :D
She's got a lot of made-up names [most of which are made by her classmates :p] ! But she uses EminA on the net. She's prone to discovering new things and makes out the most weirdiest of conclusions. She can sometimes be different because she's attracted to things other people don't. She likes a lot of interests, which is the sole reason she can't stick with what college course she's gonna take ;p. She can be witty and funny but also moody at the same time..She can sometimes be unnaproachable but really, she's easy to talk with. Recently discovering her love for the piano and photography, she starts to make vids of her piano playing and made a deva account for her photographs. She's also in lieu with Enchantment Scanlations recently, working as a newbie editor.
"...And now that I've updated my layout.. I'm thinking of coming back to blogskins :D.."
Bunawan Escapade 
@ Galleria Hotel 
Last Summer Swim
New Piano covers:
New Release:
woooooooot....!
. As for my mistake, I scanned it but couldn't find the file in my bro's laptop. waaa. ]
hehes. The NCAE and our 1st tri exams are over. as well as our day-and-night practice of our SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS on buwan ng wika and foundation day...
