One Lazy Sunday...

Not doing much today..just waiting for some visitors that we promise to see today. Not thinking of going to church since I couldn't leave my husband alone. I send my helper and my grand daughter to Cagayan.

I was sitting on the porch watching people, cabs, trikes and all sorts of vendors passing by and I realize that it's fruit season here now. Kadayawan festival will commence next week and looking forward for a happy festival. I got some "marang" from one of the vendors and it cost me only P 5.00 each. Durian also cost P25.00 to P40.00 per kilo depending on the variety. Oh my..if only I am not in control of my diet.

I continue my cross stiching..it's been a while that I did not work on it. I was just amuse at myself, looking in the future with me sitting on a recliner and doing needle work with my spectacles almost falling out hehehehe.

Anyway, we can't help getting old. It is the way you handle it in order to achieve a happy and fulfilled life. For me, I got it all and consider myself a lucky one. Problems do come by every now and then, but that makes you stronger and it's also God's way of saying, "Hey...I am just around".

A Proud Tita...

Well.. I just can't help sharing my feelings to the small achievements of my niece but even though how small it is to some, for me it's really worth telling it to the whole world. The following is the script of what she wrote and with her permission <<<>>>>

"WARNING: This blog post is overflowing with subtle arrogance and witty self-appraisal.
In short, puro pagmamayabang ko lang ito, but in my humblest way (ngek!), kaya kung ayaw niyong ma-bad trip, then DON'T READ IT. Thanks.

I can't believe it. A lot of great things happened this week that I almost forgot how BAD last week was. Although I could still feel the pain and anguish over the series of unfortunate events that unfolded last week... it has been decreased by a reasonable amount because of two GREAT news:

1. I passed the (nosebleeder) editorial exam for the SENTINEL (our College newspaper). I also passed the dreadful panel interview held last July 28. Mind you, it wasn't as easy as eating a piece of cake. I had to enumerate the ingredients, bake my own cake, and tell the judges why they should choose my cake among the rest... errmm.. not literally. I almost fainted when this "hard-to-please" Ptofessor (who happens to be MY intro to journ Prof...) asked me "HOW DO U HANDLE PRESSURE?" NANDAYO! I knew right from the start that she was bound to ask something like that... and I'm also aware of how crucila my answer would be in landing me a place in the Sentinel. But that was actually the first time that someone asked me that very question. So I paused for a long time before coming up with a reply. I wanted to say something cool or "nice" to earn extra points but I decided to be TRUE. I spoke from my heart when I said, "As much as possible I try to enjoy my work and relax. I mean, not too relax, just-- I don't panic. I tend to be calm about it and think it over a few times before taking action. Because I learned from past experiences that if I panic I usually don't get satisfied with the outcome of my work." O di ba? I still remember my answer! The interview was nerve-racking! I never realized that when I first thought of joining the Sentinel. I merely wanted to join coz I love to write-- preferably poems, stories and essays. I screwed up a lot of times during the interview and for that reason, i never really expected anything good out of it... I think I firmly believe now that "GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN U LEAST EXPECT IT". Tomorrow (or rather today... umaga na pala...) is the first staff meeting... Too bad I'm not keen on it, as I hoped I would be, since I already made a promise to my Korean students that we'd go shopping in DV. Darn. I wanted to spend some time with them coz they're going back to Korea this SUNDAY... Oh I'm so gonna miss them. They've made my life exciting and eventful in every possible way! *sighs* WELL, I guess some good things never lasts.

2. I got the highest score on my two LEAST fave subjects! Everyone knows I HATE CHEMISTRY. If u dunno then, who are you? I studied a little for Chem, mainly coz I don't want to repeat it for the 3rd time. But I TRULY never imagined I'd get a 93% on the prelim exam, an 85% was more than welcome. Oh well. And then there's PR. I don't really HATE the subject. I just felt like I don't need it, pretty much like Chem. So I only skimmed pages of my notes minutes before the exam, which was overflowing with nosebleeder ESSAYS. It gave me a headache. I like essays BUT there's an exception. I never thought I'd get a passing or even a decent score there... Binola-bola ko lang yung Prof ko sa mga sagot ko dun eh. AS in paikot-ikot lang siya. So I almost fainted when I saw that I got the highest score--90%. I kept mumbling to myself-- "how... why... nani?" It only means kinagat nung Prof yung pambobola ko... I honestly felt that my answers were trAsh & crappy. But then again, maybe the Prof saw it in a different light... hehe...I'm so sleepy right now... I was supposed to burn CDs full of mp3 songs for my Korean students... It's my parting gift for them... But I decided to do this blog first...

So now it's 2 a.m. and I did nothing but this. dammit. I have to wake up at 4 a.m. coz we need to leave the house at 6 to make sure we arrive at DV by 8. I hate WAKING UP EARLY! Arienaittsuno! "

Again..CONGRATULATIONS for your achievements and I know you work hard for it and you deserve it because you're a smart girl..