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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!

10 Utos Para sa Mga Nursing Students:

Got this through text message from ate emma....

1. Sa oras ng duty bawal ang daldalan.
2. Huwag laging pain ang nursing diagnosis.
3. Bawal matulog kapag 10pm to 6am ang duty.
4. Sabihin sa bahay ang totoong lugar ng duty. Wag humingi ng pambayad sa taxi kung malapit lang naman ang duty.
5. Huwag pagtsismisan ang mga pasyente.
6. Huwag mandaya ng vital signs.
7. Iwasan mag break ng Q2 at magretouch ng Q15.
8. Kapag di gusto ang Clinical Instructor, makipagplaskitakan.
9. Huwag magkagusto sa staff ng hospital.
10. Kailangan makatapos at pagbutihan....magastos ang nursing school!

at dahil gaya-gaya ako (got this from mica)....

this week has so far been...blah!

i lack sleep.

im so tired everyday.

list of things seems to do, i never get to finish.

i have unresolved issues.

hopefully, things get better in the coming days.

buti na lang....

septemBER na! pasko na!

my 6 year old niece talking to her mommy....

nina: mommy, was dada your boyfriend?
my cousin: yes, nina.
nina: was he your only boyfriend?
my cousin: no. but he was my last and then we got married.
nina: i can't believe it mommy. you had a fat boyfriend!

after i heard of this, i sat beside nina and....

me: nina, would you want to have a fat boyfriend or a not so fat one?
nina: i don't want to have a boyfriend.
me: what if your boyfriend looks like spiderman? (love nya spiderman movie!)
nina: (blushing) no din.
me: a boyfriend as fat as dada?
nina: never! no way!

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pictures taken last friday. it was one busy day---pero super fun.


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more pictures posted here

random things....

if you read the newspaper or watch the evening news, you would know about the rumored local nursing board exam leakage. my school is in the middle of all the hulabahoo. im not worried though. despite text messages of concerned friends, i am not transferring. because like all other intrigues, scandals and controversies--this too shall pass.

i miss going to bacolod. my mom is going to dumaguete next week--inggit ako! sassa, amishu na!

i have been either in the hospital for clincal rotations or school for classes the whole week, it's tiring!

baby boy P is four months old. dad is in jail. mom is a shabu user. he was not fed for weeks. baby was malnourished with lesions/cellulitis on the head and different parts of the baby when he was brought to the hospital. My patients always, always makes me realize how blessed i am.

TGIF! happy weekend!

im currently addicted....

the exam that we had for my NCM204 class that was to cover neurology was super difficult. at first i thought ako lang, but turns out that everyone had a difficult time answering the questions. the exams started 5PM and i got to submit my paper three hours after! the type of exam was multiple choice but it seemed like all the choices provided were correct. i asked my prof on what the passing score was, he said 2. i think i got at least 2 answers correct--so hopefully i still pass the exam. :P

after the exam, my friends from school and i had dinner at marina. we went to mocha blends after for coffee and desert. we got to go home past 12 midnight na. i didn't have work the following day and duty was also cancelled so we took the opportunity to stay out late na lang.

duty resumed saturday but we had our orientation at the pedia ward lang. so after orientation we decided to watch a movie. amboy was spending the weekend sa house namin. since i promised him we will go to the mall after duty, he went to watch a movie with us. ate emma's daughter went with us also. so six (me,amboy,ate emma,trisha,arlet, and tita mai) of us trooped to SM city, not knowing na it was weekend sale! had we known, we would have gone to gateway na lang.

it took us 30 mins to park, we bought movie tickets for sukob. had a late lunch (all of us plus the kids were super hungry). tapos watched a movie. the moviehouse is new, kaya the air conditioning was so cold. i was sitting beside a girl who was alone and muntik na nya matapon sa akin yung pop corn nya during one of the scary scenes. the movie was so-so. pwede na for me. story was not nice but some of the scenes were scary.

we got home past 8pm na kasi it was traffic. had jollibee dinner with amboy tapos since pagod ata kmi pareho we were both sleeping by 10PM.

i went back to SM sunday morning with amboy and ate peach. bought amboy school shoes and raincoat. after, we went to the grocery since i had to buy "baon" for my clinical duty. we have duty monday to saturday for the next 2 weeks. for the OR rotation, we are not allowed to go out of the station kaya we have to have food with us.

sunday afternoon was spent sleeping and right before work, dad and i went to SM bicutan para ihatid si amboy sa office ng mom nya. amboy was sad going home, sabi nya "sana dito na lang ulit kmi nakatira". awww...kawawa naman.

when i thought i won't be able to go out, i was! and i had fun. i could say fully charged ako and ready to embrace the next 2 weeks of everyday duty rotation and having to work from sunday to tuesday since my leave was not approved.

an hour and a half na lang and im off na. i have duty at the hospital later from 2pm to 10pm and have work again from 10pm to 6am. i guess merong ma late for work mamaya....teehee! happy monday!

i have prelim exams later and tomorrow.

it is lea's exams also for the next two days (i started tutoring her 2 weeks ago).

i have been averaging 3 hours of sleep because of my exams and lea's since i would need to prepare test papers for her to answer.

duty resumes thursday, but im hoping it starts friday as i have exams on thursday afternoon that is to cover neurology.

duty for the next two weeks is everyday! i don't know on what to do with regards my work schedule. the vacation leave i applied for was not approved (nothing new!). bahala na si batman!

i want to either party, go out for drinks, watch a movie, or go to the mall--but i can't. not for the next two weeks at least.

August has just started, and it has been crazy already.

but im not complaining.

infact, i was able to change my blog template. and i love my new template (love your own!).

my life is not perfect, but i must say that it is the imperfections that makes life beautiful.

and it is the little things that people do/say that makes me smile.

God is good =D

I have often been asked on why I dropped my MBA studies and took up nursing instead. My standard response was "I am spending the same amount of money but would end up earning more as a nurse" (I was totally wrong though because nursing school is so E-X-P-E-N-s-I-V-E!).

I will lie if I say I was not "financially motivated" when I decided to take up nursing, because I was.

After I enrollend in nursing school. I would often have second thoughts. I think of what I have gotten myself into. In between reading nursing books or reviewing for exams, I dream of going to the mall, meet-up with friends, watch a movie or TV instead of studying on weeknights and weekends.

In the past year, I have missed a lot of work growth oppurtunities. They will be forever be missed because I will never have the time to give work my full attention.

But at the end of the day, I know that where I am right now was my choice. This is what I choose and for the next year or so, I would have to sacrifice.

To be a nurse is easy. To be a good one is not. We have skills to know by heart. We have to have the heart to take care of patients--naligo man sila o hindi, rich or poor, nice or rude, deal or no deal (duh!teehee). In the nursing profession, you can't say you are having a bad day bec your patient depends on you for their immediate care. You can't come up with excuses. A wrong decision is a wrong decision. A wrong assessment could cause you your license and worse your patient's life. It is one of those professions where dedication is very important. To be a nurse is a commitment to serve others.

I just pray and hope that nurses get the recognition and the respect they deserve. I hope people realize that we nurses are not maids.

I hope and pray that nurses realize that every time they step inside the hospital, they are not just in the hospital because it is their job. But they are to provide care and comfort to the patient.

I will be a hypocrite if I say that I am no longer "financially motivated" because I still am. It's just that now I know that the nursing profession is not all about the money. Nurses earn more because they work hard for every centavo they get.

I still have second thoughts. And sometimes, I doubt myself if I am capable of being a nurse. But now more than ever, I know in my heart that I want to do this. I want to be a nurse. Not just a nurse but a good nurse. A nurse with a heart to care and a commitment to serve. I will work hard to achieve my goals. I may have missed a lot of oppurtunities now, but more are waiting for me--lot more than I can even imagine.

GOOD NEWS: Krispy Kreme is coming to the Philippines. Woohoo!
Max's was awarded the franchise and they are hoping to open the first branch before the end of the year.

first off, my birthday greetings to:

milka - july 11
edsel - july 12
tita dedette - july 14
agustine - july 17

happy wedding anniversary to my parents!

and welcome to the Christian World to
Kyle Matthew Mesina Yumul
(congrats bryan and jing!)

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It has been raining the past week and I am not complaining. I got my much needed rest and have now recovered from my cough and colds (again!). I did not have clinical rotation last week, for some reason we were bumped off Ospital ng Maynila (OM). So, for the coming 2 weeks I will have my Operating room rotation at Mandaluyong Medical Center (MMC). I have been hearing stories from schoolmates that the doctors at MMC are strict. Patay akong bata ako!

We had dinner last night at Gerry's to celebrate my dad and mom's anniversary. After dinner we went to Cafe Breton for coffee and desert. It was time to bond again with my mom's side of the family. Tetet brought the pics from tito sonny's bday so we had a fun time looking at it.

Went to metrowalk with Ate Peach to buy dvd's. Bought dvd's for first season of numb3rs, first and second season ofwithout a trace and first and second season lost. I plan on buying all 5 seasons of 24 the next time we go back to metrowalk. Sana mag sweldo na ulit.

Im so sleepy...2 more hours of staying here in the office and i can go home na. happy monday to all!

Yesterday (July 10) was my mom's birthday (Happy Birthday, Mommy!).

No party--we just had dinner out.

I think the dinner with relatives and friends is on sat as my parents celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Dinner was good. We bought cake at cake2go a new cake shop at timog ave. Cake was sinfully good.

Finally time to go home. Ciao!

SURPRISE! We had a surprise birthday party for Tito Sonny Boy. He turned 60 yesterday but as what tita benjie said age does not matter as long he lives a happy life, he is healthy and could still do the boogie.



He didn't have an idea that his children were planning him a surprise party. All he thought was we were having dinner for his birthday. He got the shock of his life as friends and family surprised him with a dinner/inuman party at gweilos in Makati. When my uncle saw his friends he greeted them all with P***** I** while shaking and hugging his guests. My cousin then commented that my tito was mad despite the beerday surprise bec he was cursing his friends, teehee.

Highlights of the party are:

One: With good food, drinks, and good company = perfect party! I know everyone had fun. Too bad I had to work that same evening (I went straight to work from the party), I was limited to drinking iced tea.



Two:It was also peew's coming out party. With Mike sa kahon and Gobin in guitars, she serenaded her dad and the guests to a wonderful Hey Jude song number.



We originally planned on doing a dance number but had to change plans for the lack of time to meet up and practice. The task of the special number was left to peew.

Three:Tett prepared a video presentation for his dad. She even got Snooky Serna (a local actress) to greet. The video presentation was really nice--labor of love ni Sonny Boy Jr!

Four:The cake (from becky's) with the pang brownout candles.



Five:When the bday boy gave his thank you speech he started bawling (exagge!). Tears of joy lang yun for sure.



More pictures of the party posted here.

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Got this from mica and i just thought of posting it to share to you....

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Got to get back to work now. Ciao!