What to Post...

In a recent blog post I did, I said I'd like this blog to be more active. For days, I've been thinking of things I could post but I couldn't think of anything good. So, here I am, lying on my bed with laptop. Today's kind of a lazy day. I admit that I'm still in my PJ's even if it's 4 in the afternoon right now. :D (I bet a lot of people do this too. I'll take a bath later, I promise.)

What to write... What to write...

I'll just make "kwento". hm...

Well, last weekend we went to Canyon Cove in Batangas. :) It was raining hard when we got there. Fortunately, on our second day there, it didn't rain. We had fun in the beach and in the huge pool there. The water in the pool is clean even though there were a lot of people. We only stayed there overnight. Around lunch time, we headed back home.

Uhm... That's kinda it.

Moving on...

About my summer vacation.

It was hotter than before but we survived. School's coming in around 2 weeks. My summer wasn't that bad. We went to Baguio, La Union, and Batangas. We checked-in in a few hotels too like, Maxims.

- Funny story how we ended up checking in Maxims. Our house was brownout. What's more annoying is that the rest of the houses near by had electricity except some houses near ours. I forgot the reason why. heh. :)

Okay, going back. This summer, I also had volleyball training last March and May. I also had some Chinese classes the whole summer, from March 'til May. They were both fun. Sadly the teacher from my Chinese classes went home to China and because of that, I might not see her again. :'( We weren't that close though.

OH!!! and recently, we bought new pet fish!!! The old ones, the ones from an older post of mine, are dead. :/ Now, we have a new set of fish and I hope they last long. An average lifespan of a fish is 3-5 years, according to my mom and if my memory remembers correctly to what she said.

Aside from the classes, fish, training, and trips, I just stayed at home, except for constant trips to cousins' house.

I guess this post turned out to be the summary of my summer, though it hasn't really ended yet.

I Love You, Mom

Yesterday, Sunday, May 13, was a very special day for special people. They're the ones who delivered you into this world. They're the ones who will love you forever. They're the reason behind every success. Being there for us, taking care for us and teaching us is their job. We're sometimes ungrateful to them when we don't get what we want.

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there!

Moms always want what's best for us, especially my mom. She sacrifices a lot for us, from staying awake all night to take care of us to giving up the yummiest food for us to taste. I may not be the perfect daughter but I try my best. Okay, I'm hard-headed countless of times but I understand that she knows what's best.

For our awesome mom, she got a shopping spree at Resorts World Manila, Newport Mall yesterday from dad while we, me, my sister and bro (who gives only moral support to the card), got our mom a huge card.

^not our best card because we did it late at night^

While going through the mall around and around, we managed to drop by at the GameZoo's photo booth. The pictures below are a few shots taken.

Besides playing in the GameZoo, an arcade, we went to a lot of shops and shopped a lot. It wasn't only a treat for my mom but also for the rest of the family. I got a few things myself. :> We really had a fun and special day.

Again, Happy Mother's Day to all the awesome mommies out there! :)

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As for the title, why "I Love You, Mom"? It's true that I really love her. Although, being a teen, I don't say it that much. So, I'm using this chance to tell why we don't say it that much.

Honestly, I don't know why and I know a lot of other teens do too, but that doesn't change the fact that we love our moms. I guess, sometimes we feel it's a little awkward? Ask us why it's awkward and we'd answer "idk" because we really don't know. We just don't say it that much, that's it, but that doesn't change the way we feel.

Change

If you've been here before, you'd notice the "few changes". I changed my theme, profile picture, added some widgets and etc. For those who haven't, there's a picture below of how this place looks like before.

I've also noticed that Blogspot has a new Blogger Interface. I'm also trying to update this blog more often. I've been kinda busy with school before and I kinda forgot about this. I recently remembered this because of someone who went here and laughed at my childhood photos. :( lol It's okay though because we're friends. :)

So, here's an update. I'm about to be on my Sophomore year. Yes, how time flies. I also haven't grown an inch since last year. Tear tear :'( My iPod Touch and phone never goes out of my sight. It's true, ask my mom. ;) I'll be 15 this coming 5th of September. My braces are turning 4 years old this May but I'm hoping to get them off reeeeeaaaaal soon. I'm currently in my school's Volleyball Varsity Team. Yes, I love playing sports, specifically volleyball. It's my passion. There's a lot more of updates or changes but besides that, I'm still me. I'm still that black-haired, brown-eyed, fun, silly girl I used to be. I just grew.

I'm happy to be typing here again and I hope to type again soon. I'm excited to share some of my stories. Can't wait! 'Til next time.

Tagaytay Weekend, summer '09

Last weekend, May 30 - 31, we went to Tagaytay! We had lots of fun!

We started our trip on Saturday morning.  We stayed in a hotel called Potter’s Ridge.  It was nice there. We stayed in the family room on the 1^{st floor. When we got there we were tired because of the long trip. Mom and dad left us in the hotel for a while to go somewhere. We stayed in the hotel quite long because mom and dad were not home yet. It rained the whole day. After a while, mom arrived earlier than dad. We got bored at the hotel sometimes, so we took photos of us having fun.}

<-- The view of our hotel room was so beautiful! 

That evening, we went to eat dinner outside. We ate dinner at Carlos Pizza. Then we had dessert at Razon’s. We had halo-halo. Mmmmm... Sarap! Then we head back to our hotel, Potter’s Ridge.

When we got there, mom and dad went to the hotel’s restaurant. It was a wi-fi zone. Mom and dad had date there. 

We woke up early Sunday morning. We dressed ourselves to get ready for breakfast and the day’s activities. After breakfast we packed up our things to check out of our hotel.

After checking out, we went to People’s Park. First, we went horseback riding. We had lots of fun! Each rider has a guide. Usually the guide is an adult but there, it was kids. There were adults telling them what to do, it’s like training them.

After that, Vera and I rode a zipline!!!

Me and V getting on the zipline.

We're off!

Aaahhhhhhh!!!!

Finally! We're done.

I felt a little dizzy when we got off the ride.. It was VERY VERY VERY FUN! 

Then, it was time to head back to sunny Manila. 

PS: If you don't know what's a zipline. Google it. 

Our New Housemates!!

Last April 2009, we bought an aquarium. We have nine goldfish!

1. Helga - a common fantail, the first ever fish in our tank
   
2. Bumpkin - another fantail 
   
3. Choo - another fantail
   
4. Yoko - a Calico Ryukin
5. Ching - a lionhead fish
6. Liang - a shubunkin
7. Shoobie - a shubunkin
8. Wang (R.I.P.) - a black moor. Died due to a squished eye. :(
9. Ying (R.I.P.) - a red cap oranda. Died due to fin rot. :(

Yesterday, mom bought a new Ryukin that we named Ferb.

Ferb - Ryukin

Watching fish swimming around is very calming. One time, I watched our fish swimming for a long time

~iMoM~ wrote a more complete post about our fish tank. Click here to visit it. :)

9 Days In Baguio City (Summer '09)

We spent 9 days in Baguio City. 

We had really so much fun! Here are some photos of hwat we did. :)

 

We even went easter egg hunting. We had fun too!

My Totally Cool Weekend

Last weekend, (March 28 - March 29) was really really fun!

Saturday

We went to the Krispy Kreme Chocolate Karnival. We had lots of fun! There was a girl making balloons into cool figures, magic show, games and etc... FOOD! :D

  

This is a picture of the Krispy Kreme mascots.

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This is me and A.

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This  is my tattoo from the KK event. :)

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When we finally got home from the event, we enjoyed eating the doughnuts. Mmmm.. :D

Yummy!

Sunday

The whole family was up early for mom's 5k race. Her number was 70. Mom had a lot of fun running. She said she felt really good running and wanted to go again next year. 

 

A lot of people joined....

... even a dog!

Before we went home, we had some pictures with Sen. Pia Ceyetano.

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It was a great weekend!

A Sunday at RedKimono - UP Technohub

Last Sunday, (March 15) we went to fetch fruits at my grandfather's house. After that we went to UP, Technohub to eat lunch.

We saw this Japanese restaurant called RedKimono.

I and VGood ordered tempura. We ordered Gyoza for MagNate. I didn't know what mama and papa ordered but it was yummy! 

VGood and I ate a lot and so did MagNate.  Papa and mama ate a lot too but VGood and I ate the most.   We had a great time eating!

After eating we played by the fountain outside.

 

It was a very fun day!

Summer...Summer...Summer...SUMMER'S HERE!

It's summer and it's really really really HOT!!!  

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My mom plans VGood to study in advance this summer because she's having a hard time concentrating on studying. I think it's a good idea but what'll I do? Hmmm..........

Well, my mom said I have to blog more so I could improve my grammar. :D

(Yay! Plurking while blogging... hehe..lols)  

I want to read more books, if I get mom to buy me new ones. I've read all the books she bought me. Without a book, it's kinda boring if you don't have anything else to do....Haaaay....

I'm going to blog updates about my summer vacation. I'm not yet really sure what I'm going to do this summer but I'll be keeping you posted on what'll I be doing. :D

Happy Valentine's Day (belated)

Happy Valentine's Day!

(belated)

I hope you all enjoyed your V day with someone you love. :D 

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One of my classmates, (or one of my best friends), received 4 roses (real). 

When I got to school, I saw roses on top of L's chair. I read the note beside it and it's from K.Y. 

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Hope you enjoyed V day! :)

(very belated) Happy New 2009!

I missed blogging so  much! My last post was like last December and I haven't blogged about 2009!

I hope you all start year 2009 with your family nd enjoying it with them!

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This 2009, I will be turning 12. I'm year of the Ox. I hope that I would be lucky this year.

That's all!

I have a lot of catching up to do on blogging. lols. :))

Christmas Is Near!

ONLY FOUR DAYS TO GO BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!! This Christmas, I will be spending it with lots and lots fun with my family. We should always be thankful in what God will be giving us this Christmas. Our blessings, we should treasure, share and enjoy them. We should be contented in what we will be receiving this Christmas.

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What do you all wish for Christmas?

Enjoy your Christmas! ツ

I Love Our Game!

"I Love Our Game" means we won our game in badminton yesterday! (Dec. 5 2008)

(I wrote "Our" in "I Love Our Game" because our game was doubles.

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Actually we didn't win our first game which was on Dec. 4 (Thursday). On our first game, we competed with 4 - Kabayanihan (a section in our grade 4 batch), which was the game we lost. There was ZERO percent chance that our class could win first or second place but there is a chance that we could win third.

Yesterday we had another game, we competed with 4 - Kalayaan (another section from our grade 4 batch). If we won we would be competing with 3 - Ezra (a section from our grade 3 batch). If we win again, we'd be third place.

(As I continue my story from paragraph 1). Yesterday, before the game versus 4 - Kalayaan, my heart was pumping very fast (and loud, I think).Oh yeah, not just my heart, something else happened. The representatives of 4 - Kalayaan is M. and Cat-Cat. (M. and I are not that close but we are good friends. Me and Cat-Cat are really good friends, while we were competing my heart was still pumping very fast and loud). It was a close fight, sometimes they'd lead in the scores but sometimes we are. At the end of the game I am so happy and relieved, (not so relieved) that we won our second game. I'm not fully relieved yet because we still had to compete with 3 - Ezra! *sighs*

When we were competing against grade 3 - Ezra, my heart was not pumping that fast anymore, maybe because we were competing against grade three (which they are younger than us). At the end of the game, that was the time i was fully relieved because...... WE WON!!!!

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My Parent's comments about our game:

Mom's comment:

"I'm proud of you because I saw that you were playing so hard."

Papa's comment:

"Good start."

My NEW Badminton Racket

My favorite sport is badminton. My dad teaches me how to play it. A week ago, when my dad came home, he bought me my own racket. The racket was so nice!

The reason why he bought me this is because in school there's a competition in badminton for grades 3 - 4. Each class must have 2 representatives. The class chose C.G. and me. So, I told my mom and dad. My dad has been teaching me badminton before.

It's hard but I know I can do it. I hope my partner and I do well. I'll just keep on practicing until I get it.

That's all for now folks.

*Update: (Dec. 18, 2008)

This badminton racket broke. Then, my dad bought me a new one.. :) It has different design and color.*

Lovin' some Reading

I just love reading! I enjoy reading a lot. I was inspired in reading when I was in grade 1.

1st two almost thick books I read was Junie B, Jones - Is (almost) a Flower Girl, The Yucky Blucky Fruit Cake by Barbara Park. The book Junie B. Jones was a very funny book. Junie B Jones thinks she's already a grown up. The B. stands for Beatrice, but she doesn't like Beatrice so it became into a B. She has two best friends, Lucille and Grace. This was a gift from mom in Christmas.

2nd was Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Heidi was a spirited child, and loved to play. She went to Frankfurt to visit her Grandfather. I enjoyed reading this book. Mom bought this for me.

3rd was Meet Felicity by Valerie Tripp (book one). This book is from the American Girls Collection (the books in this collection tells the stories of six American girls who lived long ago). Felicity, a spunky, spritely colonial girl, full of energy and independence. Mom bought this for me.

4th Felicity Learns A Lesson by Valerie Tripp (book two). This is just the second book of "Meet Felicity". This is when Felicity goes to school. Back then, it was very important for young girls to learn fancy sewing. Mom bought this for me when I got sick.

5th my favorite book, Nancy Drew - The Clue Of The Leaning Chimney, The Ringmaster's Secret by Carolyn Keene. These two books are given to me by my mom in Christmas. I read this book two days after Christmas, then when I had finished one book, I loved Nancy Drew books ever since. I have begged mom a lot of times to buy me some more Nancy Drew books, but until now, I still have 2 Nancy Drew books.
But my best friend has more than 10 Nancy Drew books that she have never read yet. So we borrowed each other books, then when we are finished reading with them, we switch. So every week we had books to read.

6th was Nancy Drew - A Novelization of the Hit Movie. I always wanted to watch the movie, but we didn't watch it. :( Luckily, my aunt knew I loved Nancy Drew Books, she gave me a book of the movie, and it includes 8 pages of full-color photos from the movie!

7th was Nancy Drew - The Secret of the Old Clock. The #1 book of Nancy Drew. The first mystery Nancy has solved. I borrowed this book from my classmate.

There are a lot more books that I have read.
But those are JUST some.

Braces

I just got my braces on! It's hard to eat with them. That's why I only eat soft meals, like, noodles, soup, etc...

When my dentist put on my braces it didn't hurt a bit, but after a while hurts. But it takes 2 hours to put on braces.

These are some pictures while putting on my braces.

I only have 3 brackets on.

After a while, were FINISHED!

Picnic : La Mesa Ecopark

It has been months since I have blogged.

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It was a bright Friday morning. We are going to have a picnic with my mom's blog friends and their kids. So we got on the car and started our trip to La Mesa Ecopark. But before we got there, we stopped by Grill Queen, to buy some grill fish. We waited for a long time. After some time were back on the road.

Us in the car.

We're here! When we got there, we met a friend, a daughter of one of my mom's friends. Me, VGood, MagNate, and our new friend went to the slide and started playing.
MagNate sliding down the slide.
Me, VGood, MagNate, and our friend went to the slide and played.

After some time the others got to the picnic. Me and my sister met some new friends.



Then we went biking! (Mom didn't take any photo of us when we were biking). After biking, we ate.... it was so much fun!
After we ate, the mommies chatted, and us, the kids, played. :DWe had so much fun. We found a log, and made it into a rocket ship.

All together: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OF!

After some time we are going to climb up the stairs which leads to the dam.

That's really long.

When I got up, I was tired and sweating.

It's pretty windy up here.

And on our way down, we saw some benches and sat down and cool off for a while.

Me, relaxing on the grass. The grass is clean.

Then after that, the rain started pouring. We all rushed down, packed up our things, and stopped by at tita Wenchie's house. Then when the rain was already gone, we went home.

What a day!
We had fun, and I'm excited for the next picnic!