Fireworks! *_*

It's the time to cover your ears and look at the sky because of all the wonderful fireworks! XD This year, we will spend it as a family. Just the three of us. ^^

Although I'm a bit worried about the coming year. A lot of "what if's" come to mind and it's driving me crazy! @_@

I'll have to be more specific about my New Year's Resolutions. Will add the resolutions later. ;)

Have a blessed New Year everyone! :D

Reunions...

I love my extended family to bits and pieces... but I really don't like it when they come unannounced. =_= We told them that we can't hold the reunion at our house because there's a funeral going on at our neighbor's (plus we don't want the mess >_<), so we tried to looked for a suitable venue and scheduled the reunion for December 25. People were able to come, but we were not complete because others had church activities. =_= The one's who weren't there texted us around 10pm that they're going to go to our house on the next day. Argh! My mom went nuts just thinking of the food she was going to prepare for all the guests. @_@

Anyway, both reunions were equally fun. I really enjoyed taking pictures and videos. :) There are a lot of perks to being the photographer, like:

(1) You can ensure that the picture/video aren't blurry.
(2) You can pick the people you want to take a picture of.
(3) You can choose the quality of the picture.
(4) You always know the story behind the pictures.

Although pictures of yourself are limited because you're the one holding the camera. =_=

That being said, I think pictures speak louder than words.

Family Reunion

Crash but please do not burn! >_<

This desktop PC crashed a few hours ago while I was playing Warcraft. When I tried to reboot it, a beeping sound emanated from the CPU and there was nothing on the monitor. I tried to reboot it a few more times but it wouldn't show anything and the beeping sound continued. O_O
I was alarmed.

But I was going to watch "Jewel in the Palace" so I didn't bother checking it out. After the show, I tried to boot it again but it still wouldn't budge.

This time I was already thinking, "Uh oh! What have I done?!".

When I touched the back of the CPU, I was grounded! T_T Ack.. I tried to touch it a few more times to make sure that it wasn't because of my nervousness. Sure enough, there was some static electicity. I unplugged everything and opened the CPU. >_<

I thought, "Where can I find a computer technician on a Christmas Day? ;_;"

Then I started unplugging the hard drive and praying hard that the PC will be fixed... somehow. When I returned all the plugs, I tried to boot it again and it worked! ^o^

I was surprised, "Yay for not knowing the problem but fixing it!" XD

Yesh.. this has been an eventful day. LA, Mavic, Jiro and Chamie were a handful. Chamie is super duper cute~!!! I love her so much! <3 <3 <3 I took a lot of videos and by the time she was about to go home, she was already able to say "Ta! Ta!" (short for Tita XD) and she's only ten months old. Waaahh! So cute! ^O^

Reminiscing our high school Trigonometry class. These rules were copied on the first pages of our notebooks. I did my best to follow them because I was so scared of the teacher, but I really enjoyed his class. I <3 Sir Lorenzo. ;)

Ground Rules

1.Clean up your area and prepare all things for the subject before the teacher comes.
2.Be in proper uniform and have the proper haircut.
3.Do not stand or speak unless called. Raise your hand if you want to say something.
4.Never say that the period is over when your teacher’s watch says otherwise. The teacher’s watch/time is the official time.
5.No make up will be given for any absence especially those due to meetings, practices, try-outs, games, appointments, etc.
6.All absences not due to illness must be cleared first with the teacher. In case of illness, present and excuse letter right after your absence.
7.Softdrink and other glass bottles should not be seen, heard or kept anywhere inside the room.
8.Submit requirements early. They should be submitted during the designated period of submission. Absence of the student or the teacher during the final days of submission excuses no one.
9.Never ever be absent during the periodical test. Do not expect to be given a make-up test.
10.Expect no mercy if you’re caught cheating.

Pretty strict huh? ^^;

Only a few hours left before Christmas Day...

Merry Christmas everyone! ;)

I'll be anticipating...

My cousin and her kids are coming today to spend Christmas with us. Mom forced me to clean my room. >_<

Anyway, I still have a lot to do on my reports. Good thing I have passed my formal report so I don't have to worry about that and the teachers in my major subjects didn't give any homework. I guess they wanted us to enjoy the Christmas break. ;)

I tried shopping for gifts yesterday, but the malls were packed with people. I wasn't able to find anything. >_<

In other news, my brother won a microwave oven from the company raffle. But he still plans on buying a new toaster because our toaster is broken. ^o^

Yay! No more cold bread for me~! XD

Rest in peace, Lola...

Tita Cecille's mom passed away a few hours ago. She's our next door neighbor and has been here for as long as I can remember. I always call her "Lola" and she's very nice. She never fails to invite us whenever they celebrate something. She's very religious, she has always kept her promises to the Lord and even when she could no longer walk to church, she would always have the Eucharist brought to her house by the lay minister.

When I heard about the news, I was shocked. I couldn't believe it. She celebrated her 95th birthday last month and I thought she'd live to be a hundred years old. I was pacing back and forth and I couldn't think clearly. After Mom went there, she called my godmother/next-door neighbor to tell her about the news. When they talked about Lola, my tears started to fall and then my chest hurt - as if my heart was being torn into pieces. That's when I realized that I would never see Lola again and all I have are memories... :(

Christmas is near, but I can't feel it. With all these things happening... I don't feel like celebrating. T_T

No rest for the wicked...

Hooray for unannounced sleepovers! XD

Last thursday I slept at Chrissa's condo after the fireworks at UP. I watched the Lantern Parade and met up with them afterwards. The fireworks were held at the Quezon Hall and we were at the Sunken Garden. We ran towards the place and we were able to watch the biggest firework ever. It's so magical when you're under the fireworks... pretty lights. *_*

Out of the blue, Nikki invited me to stay at Chrissa's place. We were still in Jollibee and I hesitated because I know Mom's going to be alone that night. But when I went home, Kuya Nitoy came! Yay! We waited a bit for Mom (to ask for permission) and to pack my things. Since they all asked so nicely, Mom allowed me to sleep over! As soon as we got to Chrissa's place, we played Twister™ until all our arms and legs were tied up in knots. It was fun! XD

Then we had a break, I ate Ivy's choco-mallow pie. :P We watched "Emperor's New Groove" and finished it around 2am. Kronk was so funny and cute! :D We slept after that and woke up around 9am, but we didn't move until half an hour later. XD

Ivy and I were the first one's to leave the condo because we had plans of watching "Just Like Heaven" at Gateway. The movie was so good! I love it! I was crying the whole time... and when we got out of the cinema, my eyes were so red and puffy. T_T We walked around the mall for a while before Ivy went to the DSP Christmas Party. ^_~

When Saturday came, I felt lazy... and I didn't want to go to the Avo Christmas Party because not a lot of people can come. But I told myself this would be the last Christmas Party before the they graduate so I decided to go. When I got there, they already started eating. Since we were traumatized by last time's dessert party, this time.. there was no dessert. O_o Everything was chicken, chicken and more chicken. Good thing I brought pancit malabon. XD

Allan volunteered to buy the cake (well, he already has a job... :P), and the others decided to buy alcoholic drinks. =_= I honestly wanted to go home at that time but I felt embarrassed to go home that early, plus the fact that no one's going to escort me back home because Noe was out of town. T_T We started watching Pinoy Big Brother as soon as they left. Around Day 14, we were wondering where they went and if they went bowling or watched King Kong or something. :P They came back when PBB was already at Day 16. ^^; They bought some vodka and other stuff.

Peer pressure. If I didn't trust those people I would never ever give in. They wanted me to try their rhum-pineapple-coke concoction. So I tasted it, it was sweet and bitter at the same time. Bleh... I secretly poured it over the drain but Sara caught me! Ack! T_T Then they opened the tequila. Bennet showed me how to drink that stuff. All I have to remember is LSS - Lick, Shoot, Suck. Lick the salt, shoot the tequila, and suck on the lemon. I was able to down a shot of tequila on my first try... Yay! Then came the fruit vodka, then vanilla vodka and lastly mudslide vodka. So I had rhum, a shot of tequila and the three vodkas. After the first shot of vodka, I felt a bit woozy and I was so talkative. I was talking nonsense about PBB. Geh... @_@ I called my mom because I can't go home at 11pm alone, Lori decided to stay for the night and I was supposed to go home with her. I told her that I'll go home first thing in the morning. We talked a lot about our high school memories and Pinoy Big Brother. I can still remember the quote for Ros, "Kapag binato ka ng tissue, batuhin mo ng yelo." XD

We ate the remaining chicken and pansit. Then when all the alcoholic drinks were gone. We decided to have McDo twister fries, regular fries and nuggets at 3am. Heh. We were still watching PBB. The McDo stuff didn't last for 5 minutes. @_@ We were THAT hungry. Afterwards I brushed my teeth and I went to the couch. I was feeling really sleepy. Around 4am when were already at Day 74, we went upstairs and decided to go to sleep. I can only remember that I was beside Beth at that time and I immediately fell asleep. When I woke up, Beth, Lori and Sarah were gone and I had a splitting headache. Ugh...

I was feeling groggy and they pulled a trick on me. They asked me to write a letter to Sab and Zy and gave me Momon's new pen (it was a gift from Bennet). Apparently it was a trick pen! I was shocked with static electricity before I knew it! >_< We went home around 8am. ^_~

When I got home, I was feeling weak and sleepy. Mom cornered me and asked me to go with her to the Couple's Christmas Party. At first I declined, but she insisted... Geh... I should learn how to say no and stick to it. Anyway, I attended the mass and when I got back she was ready to go. There were a LOT of kids. ^^;; Good thing no one asked me to babysit.. :P Although I was the official photographer. I won one prize and that was it. T_T The other couples gave me a few more gifts.. hehe... ;)

I had so much fun these past few days even if I haven't had a decent sleep. :D

Thank God for spontaneous random things! :P

Pictures from the lantern parade + sleepover and the Christmas parties.

FREEEDOM!!!

Well... sort of.. :P

At least I don't have to worry about exams and papers until next year. x_x

This day officially marks the start of my Christmas break. I feel great! I've been playing Warcraft 3 for at least 10 hours... :P I started from the very beginning and I plan to end it, but this time I won't be using any cheats. ^o^ I also intend to make plans for next year on my new planner (Thanks to Ivy! ^_~) and to finish my lab reports before Christmas.

On another note, I haven't started wrapping Christmas presents. I have A LOT of godchildren and I haven't wrapped a single gift. 'Tis the season for minor accidents and paper cuts. T_T

Topic on the radio was about Santa. Is it alright to make kids believe in Santa Claus? I think it's alright, provided that they also know WHY we celebrate Christmas. :) Although I can't remember if my parents made me believe in Santa Claus. I know there was one time I put a sock under my brother's bed (which was at that time on top of mine - double deck ^^) but I didn't get anything. No money, no present, nothing in that sock. T_T Maybe it was because only Grace and I knew about it, I should have told my parents about that sock... >_<

The final episode of "The Amazing Race" was so much fun to watch! I was at the edge of my bed, jumping and shouting at the players. :P At least the teams I was betting on got the 1st and 2nd places. Yay! ^_^

Yesterday, I fell asleep on a bare bed. My mom took away all my sheets including the pillow covers but I was so sleepy last night that as soon as my head touched the pillows, I was in dreamland. I woke up around noon. Ha! XD

Luke isn't feeling well... he was unusually quiet today. And that makes me worried, as well Mom's unfortunate fall this afternoon. >_<

Dashing through the snow...

A brush with fame.

*fangirl alert*

I saw Sam Milby at Robinson's Galleria today.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hyperventilates*

He's so HOT! He doesn't look any different from what we see on tv. He was around 4-5 feet away from me. It was destiny. We were meant to meet each other at that moment. There were three guys with him but who cares about them, right? The important one is Sam. My eyes were fixed on him the whole time and I tried hard to keep my composure. When everything that happened had sinked in, I finally realized that I wanted his autograph! I wish I had a camera phone or at least a camera with me. :( Of all the times I could leave my camera... why did I leave my camera today? T_T

Anyway, I went on with my business and I got my prize! Yay.. I was picked as one of the winners in a magazine. Ehehe... my first time to win something from a magazine. ^^; I was pretty nervous when I came into the office, but the Head of Marketing was pretty nice when she gave me my prize. I think it was because she's from UP that I felt relaxed.

After getting my prize, I went back to the spot where I saw Sam. I told myself I'd get his autograph if he was still there. Unfortunately, he already left. T_T

Sam, until we meet again. XD

Kyaaaaaaa!!!

I'm so lucky! ;)

P. S. I just saw my horoscope for this day. Take a look.

A once in a lifetime opportunity could come your way today - but you'd better make use of it, or the moment could pass you by. A chance for a romantic encounter, or a fun evening with friends, could also come. Take advantage of whatever pleasant things come your way today, Katherine. They could be significant milestones for you.

My romantic encounter with Sam... T_T

Anyway, see? I told you it's in the stars, it was destiny... ^o^

Harrassed... x_X

Quantitative Analytical Chemistry is one subject that anyone in their right minds would not take. Yes. I have finally proven my insanity.

This subject is driving me to the edge! >_< And the lab teacher... ooff! Is not enough to torture our minds with problems that we have to solve and submit AFTER class hours that you have to give a time limit in doing nine titrations? Plus the fact that you don't allow us to have an overtime even if no one else is going to use the lab after our class? And announcing that we are the monitors on the day of the experiment? T_T

I feel violated. Running around, looking for equipments, measuring weights and titrating solutions all at the same time. I'm not a superhero! I wish I was though, while doing all those work... I felt really bad when we didn't finish the experiment. I tried my best! I really did, I even went out of my way and repeated one more titration just because you said so. I ran from the room to the balance like a mad girl because I was trying to get the samples. I did all the things you asked me to. But why? Why couldn't you just extend the time a bit so we could have finished the experiment? WHY????!!!!

Still... I chose this experiment for my Formal Report - that is due on Tuesday. Awitan is on Monday night. Exams are on Saturday.

I can feel the pressure.

Can you feel it too?