2007 Macy's New Year's Resolution
1. Go to church every Sunday.
2. Go to the gym.
3. Take time out to smell the flowers and appreciate a bright new day.
4. Drink water--i think i really need to do this. i can skip drinking water in a day. i can live by drinking coke light or juices. This has got to stop!
5. Read a chapter a day of my nursing books. I need to do this and prepare myself for the exams i will have to take after i graduate.
6. Learn how to drive! It has been a must do for me every year. eek! if my parents do leave this year i need must learn to drive na talaga!
7. Stay less online and do other productive things (like watching dvd or tv--teehee! this is going to be really hard!).
8. Finish my list of to do things everyday and not have them wait for tomorrow.
9. Organize my stuff and keep them organized! teehee.
10.

I will leave number ten a blank muna. Pag iisipan ko ng mabuti!

Blessed 2007 to everyone!

the last 2 weeks of December has been busy. i finally had my long awaited Christmas break. It has been short but still enough to recharge me for the grueling months to come at school.

the annual Tuaño Christmas party for 2007 was super fun as usual. everyone (in Manila) was here to party at our house. we had games, exchange gift, kainan and inuman (i didn't drink though, and i didn't also for new year! yey!)



the week after Christmas marked my last week in the office. it was a tough decision. i didn't want to resign but my mom has been bugging me to resign for almost a year now. with the schedule of lectures, review and clinical rotation in the next few months i had to give in and finally decide on resigning. it was a busy week at work. and before i even knew it, last day ko na. on my last day my team had breakfast at heaven and eggs in tomas morato. i will miss seeing my office friends but then again i know that we will always be friends. i will miss you guys!





and to end the year we partied in MAKATI.

like Christmas, to welcome the new year has been a tradition for the family. so we all trooped to the penthouse of mica's condo to welcome the new year. at around 10PM we went to check the party scene at ayala. only a few came so i don't know where they based the news that libo-libo came. we went back to the condo past 11 to make sure we were with the oldies to welcome 2007.

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oppss...plus i had a haircut. when i told the hairstylist of what i wanted he/she said "nagpagupit ka pa!" teehee. i told her to cut half of half an inch only. but i think he/she did cut almost an inch off my hair.



more holiday pictures are posted here

but

i think 2007 is going to be a good year for me, not that 2006 has not been as it has been so-so.



teehee! it pays to be still using dial up. i have really opted on using dial up since i do get to access the internet from the office. but now, i think i have to start on talking to my mom about getting dsl.

i know that 2007 has a lot in store for me. it's going to be very busy especially during the first half of the year, but im so ready for it. Here's to a year of blessings and endless possibilities (parang globe ad!).

Welcome 2007, Bring it on!

Blessed Merry Christmas!!

kaibigan...

masarap magkaroon ng kaibigan na...

di ka kontrahin sa ano mang bagay.

24/7 ay pwede mong kasama.

di mag comment sa ano mang sasabihin mo, kaibigang makikinig lang talaga.

marunong magtago ng sikreto, patayin mo man sya.

buti na lang nakilala ko si TY.

sa school kasama ko sya.

sa office ay kasama pa rin.

ka-share ko sa iced peppermint mocha.

sa pagtulog ay katabi din.

BFF! i heart you TY!

*Christmas is so near and yet i don't feel Christmassy...just yet.

I have been back to school after a 3 week break and we have been busy. I have lecture monday's (6pm-8pm) and tuesday's (3pm-8pm) and duty every thurs to sat. On saturday, we start with the audit classes (board review classes). We have the audit classes sat and sunday plus on some weeks we have it tue and wed.

And yes, i still have work.

If you ask me how i manage, i too wonder. Salamat sa kape at coke light.

*I had so much fun during our assignment at shangrila. not edsa. not makati. and not mactan. shangri-la pavillion of the National Center for Mental Health. Shangri-La pavillion is home to boys aged 18 years old and below. I was initially scared to be mingling with them, pero in the end parang mas ok pa sila kausap kesa sa normal na tao, teehee!

we had a party for them during our last day. it was a joint party with the other group. it was sooo fun and the kids were singing and dancing (boom tarat-tarat!).

but my heart goes out to those kids. most of them don't have familys anymore. i met a 15 year old kid who was accused of rape. he was jailed for more than a year and was transferred to NCMH after. during the party he looked so sad as the other kids were dancing and singing. when i approached him and asked him on why he was sad, he replied "malungkot kasi ang pasko ko, ate". it was a reminder that as i enjoy Christmas with my family and friends, meron talaga other people who will be sad on Christmas day. i am planning something for the kids, sana matuloy. im sure it will all make them happy.im keeping my fingers crossed and praying hard that i can make it happen.

*I have been buying coffee at starbucks again because of the pretty planner (and the tofee nut latte). i actually earlier on decided on skiping the planner for this year bec buying 21 cups of coffee from starbucks is not at all cheap. BUT minsan lang naman. im 7 stickers away from claiming my planner. excited na ako.

*S&R in congressional ave opened again and im so happy because they have stocks of 3 musketeers! good thing i went with my mom went she went to do the grocery. now, if only they have stocks of the M&M's white chocolate.

*i'm selling lacoste shirts. classic (men and women) and the puff sleeves. leave a message with contact numbers if you're interested and i will get in touch with you. perfect Christmas gift for loved ones. i have RL bags also. and a few adidas items. will try to post pictures on my multiply site within the week so check na lang (i do hope to find time).

this is it.

i signed up for boxing classes at sarreal. i will plan to have my first training by Tuesday after work. it's walking distance from my house, so the walk from my house to the gym serves as my warm up. teehee. im hoping that i get to go to the gym to train at least 2 times a week. i have met my trainer already and he seems nice. but he said he is not during training. teehe. tatagal kaya ako--will see.




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went to the gym with my dad this morning to watch the pacquiao-morales fight.



they set up a wide screen for the members. so instead of going to the malls or subscribe to sky cable's pay-per-view, we went to the gym na lang. good decision because the fight lasted for three rounds only.

i think it's time Eric Morales change his moniker from el terrible to el retiro(got that from my uncle. so funny!).



he looked really sad on the pic i took. considering he was about to enter the ring at that time. i guess in his heart he knew he would not win. that it was a difficult to beat Manny. anyhoo, I'm sure dami naman sya pera. i was silently rooting for Eric to win. ayaw ko kasi Manny "yabang" Pacquiao. but oh well, i still cheered as he knocked out Eric for the third time.

Manny should just speak Tagalog during interviews. nakakainit ng ulo ang pag ingles niya.

As of 11:00PM, November 10 PAGASA issued a weather bulletin with regards to typhoon "queenie" (international name "chebi").

I pray that it is not as bad as typhoon "milenyo" as it could hit Metro Manila if it changes direction as it passess through Sierra Madre.

Another bulletin is to be released by 5:00AM.

For more information, read here.

i was going over our tuano egroup, i saw funny and memorable picutres. *senti* mode taloy ako. let me take you to a trip down memory lane....

ganito kmi noon...with wawa and wowo

tuaño version of menudo (tuaño boys) with the girls.

outside the house in victorias by the train (na wala sa pic).

wowo's benz!

mug shot with baby amboy.

our traditional neoprints

christmas 2002

pagtakhan family...look-a-like sila talaga!

buddah bok!

i'm a tuaño and I LOVE IT!

pag ang plano mo hindi na susunod, nakakainis. it is really beyond my control and because of this, i have to adjust the things i have planned for atleast the next year. B-A-D-T-R-I-P!

we left manila exactly 5am. since PGMA did not declare nov 2 as a holiday, we were expecting na traffic going home to NE. We arrived cabanatuan before 8am...which was not bad. considering that my mom made a stop at a market in sta rosa for aroind 30 minutes to buy fruits.

we thought of having breakfast at acropolis, also to check if sila tita elo were still checked in. but as we went out of the van, they were about to leave na din. they were targeting to back to manila after lunch so they wanted to go to the cemetry early. we just decided to meet up sa cemetry. we went to the columbarium first to say a prayer for tita tess. after that we went to jollibee to eat breakfast.

after breakfast we went my lola's hse to pick up tito oboy and family. we were at the cemetery before ten in the morning. we first went to the tomb of tiong tito, tita elo's dad. after we went to tio vering's tomb, where my great grandparents (lola's side) were also buried.

we had lunch which was composed of pinakbet, adobo and fried tilapia. we ate lunch at the cemetery. it was a non-stop eating session also. we were eating peanuts, popcorn, chips, grapes, lanzones, sandwich, atbp!

around 2pm my dad and i went to where my great grandparents and other relatives from the diaz side were buried. i took photos, using my phone only cause i left my camera! around 5pm we went to another side of the cemetery to where other relatives (my dad's cousins) were.

we left the cemetery past 6pm. hatid yung ibang relatives tapos we had dinner at max's cabanatuan before heading home. we left cabanatuan at exactly 8pm and we arrived manila 11pm. traffic was really bad sa bulacan. considering it was late na.

it has been awhile since we last went to NE for all-saints day. it was fun. it has always been fun.

i was at the last row of the van...and it served as my bed!
a picture of nanay and tatay...i miss them
my nanay and tatay
tito teody eating the lanzones that was maasim but he says "pwede pang tamis ito sa kape!"
my great-great grandfather lived for 106 years. wow!

akala ko nung bata pag nakalagay sa labas family, ang ibig sabihin namatay buong family! teehee terno si dad with the chowking booth
akala ko nag pray...texting pala...teehee.

only in the Philippines

pictures were taken last friday at 4 in the morning. walang magawa si macy....

chachoy the martian

jeff the martian

jake the martian

ang saya!

i got home 6.30am.i was not able to sleep immediately though because i watched an old tagalog movie which starred nino muhlach. jologs as it may sound the movie was funny and nino muhlach was a very cute 3 year old kid (pero ngayon hindi na!).

i was sleeping by 9am and before 1pm bheng was waking me up already! i texted her before sleeping that she could get amboy's allowance na but i was not able to read her msg that she was going to our house to get it. we watched tv and then went to dencios banawe by 2pm.

we ordered spicy chicken wings, sisig and RHB. kami lang ang umiinom sa dencios! we stayed at dencios till 4pm. we had to go home because i thought i had to tutor lea. when we got home though, my dad told me that lea didn't have assignments since katapos lang ng exam. sayang! had we known, we could have stayed pa sa dencios. we went up to my room to watch tv DAPAT but we ended up sleeping. we woke up before 7, had dinner with mom and dad. we went back to my room, watched tv and then i had to prepare for work na.

we left the house around 9pm. we just dropped her off the mrt station. it was such a short visit but it was sulit because we were able to catch up sa mga kwento.

amishu na agad bheng. sa uulitn....

after all the complaining, ranting and sleepless nights,the semester is finally over (this calls for an inuman session!).

i finished the report for my community rotation over the weekend and it's ready for submission on wednesday. i am done with our take home exam for my pshychiatric nursing class. i would still need to go to school in the coming days but just to have my clearance signed and to enroll for next semester (gastos nanaman!).

i have 3 weeks of sem break...actually 2 lang dapat because this week is suppose to be exam week, but since wala na ako exam--break na!

originally planned on going to dgte, but due to budget constraints i will just have to stay in manila. hopefully, we get to go home to nueva ecija on nov 1. will just take the much needed vacation next year.

over the weekend i bought two paulo coelho for reading and dvd of the tv series 24 (all 5 seasons). i have also requested for a 4 day work week schedule. that should keep me busy for the next 3 weeks.

im just happy that im now closer to finishing nursing school. next semester is expected to be more grueling than the one that i have just finished. i don't care though. just thinking that i am now so close to graduating makes me smile---konting tiis na lang!

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when was the last time you have been to a post office? just asking....

so, he is gay. obvious naman. teehee

here are pictures of the community i have been going to the past 2 weeks.





the whole experience has been humbling.

the family that we visit does not have furnitures in their home. what serves as the living room is also the dining room and the bedroom. im not sure if they even eat three times day. the house they live in is not even conducive for living, as the flooring is made up of uneven planks of wood.

it makes you realize how much more you have that others don't have and would probably never have.

we will go back next week to the area to give the house a mini makeover. with the limited funds and time my partner and i have, i pray that we be successful.

more pictures are posted here.

kanina sa community, may isang bata na nag lalaro ng remote control car. obvious na mahina na ang battery mabagal na ang takbo ng kotse.

nasaharap sya ng laruan, paatras na lumalakad samantalang sampung bata naman ang nakasunod sa kotse. parang lahat sila, namangha sa laruan ng bata.

ang ganda ng eksena. sayang wala akong camera at di ko nakunan.

pero naisip ko lang, dapat nga ba ako matawa o dapat ako maawa.

i lost another lolo.

my faternal grandfather's brother, Heracleo Dulay Diaz, the only one living succumbed to heart attack last wednesday.

thinking about it, all the lolo's i have at my dad's side of the family died of heart attack.

i was not able to go with my dad and mom as they went to nueva ecija because i had classes and i can't afford to be absent. Burial is on friday, and again i probably won't be able to go because i have duty.

To Tio Akiong, may you rest in peace.

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it's cool to be kulot. teehee.

what the!?!

i never thought the typhoon would be strong.

ang halaman ni mommy sa garden, lahat nasira.

amidst the strong winds and rain, we had to rescue chong, chang, mark, jennilyn and tweety.

phone has no dial tone...buti na lang since 10am the phone line was restored na.

no cell signal up to now...calling sun cellular!

no cell battery...thank you bpi family bank del monte for allowing me to charge my phone.

28 hours now without electricity. they say that 80% of luzon's electricity is to be restored by 6pm. what if we are part of the 20% who would have to wait longer...wha!

i am missing gregory.

will blog later with detailed story once meralco restores our electricity. the laptop's battery is about to die too.

paging meralco and tito jimmy...

tapos na ang maliligayang araw.

i am back at work. on thursday, we go back to the hospital.

back to normal.

meaning i have less time to watch house. so the mission to finish the second season up to wednesday is bleak. And talking about house, natulala ako while watching the last episode of the first season. It was after Dr.House fixed ( he is more of a mechanic minsan than a doctor!) an ex-girlfriends husband. The breakup was not actually nice and they had this conversation towards the end of the episode...

Stacy: You were right.
Dr House: He's gonna be fine.
Stacy: No. About me. Im not over you. You were--You were the one. You always will be. But I can't be with you.
Dr House: So, I'm the guy, but you want the other guy. Who, by definition, can never be the guy.
Stacy: What's so great about you is you always think you are right. And what's so frustrating is you are right so much of the time. You are brilliant, funny, suprising, sexy. But with you, I was lonely. And with Mark, there's room for me
Dr. House: okay
(and stacy gives dr house a kiss on the cheek)

bakit ako natulala? because i heard the same statement a few years back. of course i felt at that time na binibilog lang ang ulo ko. i never really thought it was possible...but thinking about it now, it is! but since that was years ago....i know he is happy na and i am. plus, i don't think he still thinks that i am the one even if he is with the other girl. if he does, well the feeling is not mutual. ang alam ko nabaliw lang sya dati.

i will miss house. i hopefully get to watch atleast 3 episodes a day--in between sleeping, studying and tutoring.

something funny...

last week, i was watching a dance show on abc5 that lucy torres hosts while preparing for work. tuesday vargas was dancing with her partner and since i was in the same room with my mom....
mom: ang galing nitong si sunday vargas.
me: huwat?
mom: si sunday vargas, magaling sumayaw.
me: ngek! mom, sunday ngayon pero tuesday vargas ang pangalan ng artista (teehee!).

my moms friend was at the house a few weeks back. she was so mad at someone
Tita: alam mo yun, wala silang gout!
me: gout? baka guts.
Tita: yun nga...
(kala ko di lang makalakad kaya walang ginagawa!)

The same tita was having lunch at our house this afternoon...
Tita: Sinabi ko na baka na burn out na sila kaya sila crunchy.
me:crunchy?
tita: ano nga yun macy, yung parang masungit na.
me: ah, grouchy.
tita: yun tama. grouchy nga

and as i was chatting with a friend...
me: (i said something and called him chiong/tsong)
friend: im not naman chinese why do you call me that.

teehee! enjoy the last week of september (woohoo! october na...few more days christmas na. my favorite time of the year.)!

God has heard our prayers that we be spared from duty this week. We are on our last leg of hospital rotations for this semester. And we have saved the best for last...Medical Ward.
Medical ward is the most tiring clinical rotation I have ever had. Plus the heat is killing us! I have always thought that if it was only an airconditioned hospital, it would not be as bad. The eight hours we spend in the hospital is 8 hours well spent. We do everything--morning care, vital signs ( pag malas ka, you might need to do this every 15 minutes!), medications, and the walang katapusang charting! Pag sobrang malas ka pa at namatay ang patient that is assigned to you, mag post mortem ka pa. Sino pa ang gusto maging nurse dyan?

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I have always refused to watch house. Ayaw ko kasi kay doctor house. My friend fr school Atty A, has been telling me though that I should watch. I bought the dvd weeks ago but still did not watch. Last monday, all i wanted to do was to try and watch one episode. I was hooked! I had to stop watching tuesday and wednesday because i had midterm exams wednesday evening but as soon as i got home, i was again watching. I finally finished the first season friday morning. I now heart house.

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Sana asa States ako para napanood ko and start ng 3rd season ng grey's anatomy. I told my sister to email me what happens. But I am not expecting that all the cliff hangers from last season be answered in the first episode alone. I can't wait! I can't wait!

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Im proud of myself because inspite of the time i have spent watching dvd, i was still able to catch up on my readings. I was able to read but don't ask me if i understood what I read...that's a different story!