bisita

Ngayong araw ay meron akong naging bisita mula Maynila. Hindi man ako ang tunay nyang dahilan ng pagpunta dito dahil hindi nya naman ako KCmate, nakakatuwa pa rin siyang makita. Esvee din kase sya sa LB. At aso't pusa kami nun. Exciting ang buhay pag anjan sya. Haha. At boyfriend na sya ngayon ng dati kong housemate. At hindi kami boto sa kanya nun. Haha. Kaya naman talagang nakakatuwa na makita siya ulit ngayon.

Dumating siya ng mga alas quatro ng hapon. Galing siya ng Bacolod dahil binisita nya ang mga KCmates nya doon. Nanonood ako ng 'Love Letter' nung dumating siya kasama ang KCmate nya na taga-Iloilo. Nagkwentuhan kami sa bahay at kinwento pa nya ang love life nya at ang unang 'weeksary' nila nung girlfriend nya. Nakakatawa talaga. Ang corny! Haha. Tapos nun, pumunta kami ng SM at kumain ng La Paz Batchoy. Mga bandang alas siyete ng gabi ay kinailangan nang umuwi ng kasama naming isa kaya hinatid na namin siya sa sakayan. Matapos nun ay naglakad-lakad na kami sa loob ng SM habang nagkekwentuhan dahil umuulan sa labas. At nag-iyakan kami sa FoodCourt. hehe. Ako lang pala ung umiyak. At pinagpray nya ako.

At tunay ngang nakakagaan ng puso ang magkaroon ng kausap na nakaka-intindi sa iyo. At hininga ko sa kanya ang mga saloobin ko nitong dalawang taon na nakalipas. At nakakatuwa dahil dati, ako ung hinihingahan nila sa LB... Pakiramdam ko nabunutan ako ng tinik sa puso. Nakakatuwang isipin na siya pa ang nalabasan ko ng mga hinaing ko e sobrang aso't pusa tlga kami nung college. Si Lord nga naman, kakaiba humirit.

Nung andun naman ako sa Rizal Recreation Center nung 23 ay nagkaroon din ako ng bisita. Ako talga ang pinunta nya doon pero meron din siya nakita na dating mga kaibigan. Hehe. Nakakatuwa. Hindi kami aso't pusa nitong taong ito. Hingahan namin ang isa't isa noon pa at pinapagalitan nya din ako pag nagloloko na ako, kahit na mas matanda pa ako sa kanya. Buti na lng at dinalaw niya ako. Masayang masaya ang puso ko nang makita ko siya, hindi man halata.

Kaya eto, ok na ulit ako. Salamat sa Diyos. Salamat sa Kanya sa pag-gamit nya kay Mayk. Sige na nga Ate KC, boto nako sa kanya. =) Salamat salamat kitot at nagpagamit ka sa Kanya at dinalaw mo ako. Salamat. *yakap*

balik na sa Iloilo

Balik na ulit ako sa Iloilo today. Haaay.... biglang bumagal ulit ang buhay... =)

Last week nasa Manila ako. From 20-25. Na-meet ko si Ate Yvet, Ate Mutya, Ate Rhoda, Ivan, Kit, Karen, Tarits, Jenmai, Karen and Kaye. Ang saya! Nag-attend kase ako dun ng Medical Students Congress ng CCC at sa Rizal Recreation Center kami sa Laguna. Enjoy dun! I was able to meet old friends. Sila kuya Carlomer, at si Abby ng SVManila (Waaaaah!) tapos si Verge! at si Dr. Glo Fabrigas. Grabe, kakatuwa na dun pa kami nagkita-kita ulit. Dami ko rin nakilalang new friends. Makukulit din pala ung ibang med students sa ibang school. Haha. pero mas makukulit kaming mga taga-iloilo.

I haven't unpacked my things yet. Hindi pa rin ako nakakapanood ng Shrek 3 at Pirates of the Caribbean 3. May natutulog pa sa room ko at ung gamit nya andun pa. Walang tao halos dito sa bahay kase nasa Boracay ung iba, nasa Roxas ung iba. Nag-move out na ang mga Annex boys. Nurses na sila Yanyan ay Naldo. Nasa Manila pa si April at Bjo. Enrollment na next week. Di ko pa nakikita grades ko last sem. Compre Exams na rin next week. haaay.... Balik school nanaman kami in a few days.

Babay bakasyon...

just thinking aloud

I guess what I really mean about not wanting summer to end is that I don't want to grow up yet or more, or whatever. When most of my classmates are already into their 3rd call center job or about to get their MS degrees or have their first child, I'm still stuck in school and going through the what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-adult thoughts. The "real world" is suddenly only a year away and the idea just fills me with dread. Although I grew up with adults around me, I've always been the youngest, the bunso, and everybody treated me as such. I've always enjoyed the company of "adults" before but I've never had to be one of them. After this year, I won't have any choice but to be one of them, ready or not.

What I'm saying is that I've been Tint all my life.... but after this summer, I'll have to be Doc.... Though a great part of me rejoices with that thought, still a big part of me cringes at the prospect...... I'm so not ready.... why can't I be just Tint forever??? Why do I feel this way??? I've gone through these battles in my head before. Kelan ba matatapos to?

summer ending (almost)

I can't believe it. Summer is almost done. Aalis na ako bukas ng Davao. Waaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Ayoko pa matapos ang summer. Ayoko pa umalis ng bahay! Ayoko munang bumalik sa cafeteria food. Sa pag-aasikaso ng mga damit ko. Sa pagsusuot nanaman ng puti. Sa pagiging 'orphan' nanaman. Waaaaah!!! Yoko pa ulit mag-aral at mag-exam at magbasa ng textbooks. Wala nanaman TV... aaaaargh! Wala nang tupperware, wala nang DSL connection, magbubudget na ulit ako sa kakainin ko at sa pamasahe at sa lahat lahat na... waaaaaahhhh!!! Ayaw pa.....

Nakakalungkot naman....
*sniff,sniff*

Happy Nanay's Day to Nanay! =)
Happy Mother's Day din to Tere and Lory! ung mga utang ko sa mga inaanak ko tsaka ko na babayaran ha! hehe. *hugs*
and sa lahat ng mga kilala kong nanay, Happy Mother's Day sa inyo. I salute you for going through pregnancy and labor. Astig kayo!

boxfuls of yesterday

It rained hard here in Davao last night. It even made the news. Pumasok yung tubig sa 'bodega room' namin and nabasa yung mga boxes and other stuff. Buti na lang hindi nabasa yung shelves ng books. Phew! Anyway, kanina, naglinis ng bahay si nanay and she gave me two boxes to look through.

One box was marked Jacinth's and the other,Jacinth's stuffed toys. These boxes were from Manila and brought here about 7 years ago when we first came to Davao. They've been stocked in some out-of-the-way corner in six houses since. (Yeah, we're nomads... six houses in seven years! Buti nga Davao City lang yan paikot-ikot. Nung nasa Luzon kami... But that's another story.) Minsan, nililipat ung laman sa ibang box, minsan dinadagdagan yung laman. Pero ngayon ko lang ulit nakita yung laman ng mga boxes na yun. And the opening of those boxes was a first-class ride to yesterday. I didn't shed tears. Hehe, andun kase si nanay e. Haha! But I was very glad to go through all that stuff and the memories that accompanied them.

I found the moose given by a friend in Grade 3 and the bear in pink and pearls given by Honey for my 18th birthday. There were cards and letters from grade school til college. May gulay, ang drama nung iba, ang nonsense naman nung iba. Pero lahat sila nakakatuwa basahin. Andun pa yung red bear na binigay ng Ninang ko who knows when. Andun pa rin yung autograph book ko, sticker albums, stationeries, ballpens, tickets, notebooks in highschool (on trigo, math, physics, and chem!) bookmarks, CAT patch, wrapper ng candy, id (nung elementary) at kung anu-ano pa. I found my high school diploma and the program during that graduation (2000). Andun din yung acceptance letters ko sa UPMindanao, course outlines, grades for the first year, and the program during my college graduation (2004). Wow! Oh, the pillow with the clowns on it in the foreground of the 7th pic *points up* was my pillow when I was about 3 years old and the green house with four little toys in front was my favorite when I was 5! ^_^ The gray, cross-eyed rabbit was manong jd's when he was really small. Katuwa noh. =) We could not find Monkeyhinito - our favorite stuffed monkey na may velcro ung mga kamay tapos pwede mo i-wrap sa leeg mo ung arms nya because of it. Sayang, we really loved that monkey. Asan na kaya siya? I think naitapon ko na rin ung mga valentine cards ko nung grade 2 so hindi ko na rin sila nakita dun sa box.

Syempre, hindi ko na binalik yung lahat ng gamit na nakita ko sa loob ng box. I learned long ago, dahil sa nomadic namin na buhay na hindi matalinong gawain ang mag-ipon ng gamit na hindi mo naman kailangan. So tinapon ko na yung iba. Ipapamigay naman namin yung iba. Yung iba, yung mga hindi ko pa kaya pakawalan at masyado maraming memories na maganda na connected sa kanila, itinago ko na ulit. Dun na muna sila ulit sa box. =) Malay mo, maibigay ko pa sila sa mga anak nila manong... or sa anak ko!

31 years

hmm... i wrote about Tatay and Nanay's 31st anniversary sa tint27.multiply.com and i don't know why it isn't here. owell... just read it there na lng.

happy 31st anniversary Nanay and Tatay! *hugsmwah!*

taong bahay

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Hilarious! Made me think of my own high school experience and made me wonder about what'll happen in my own 10-year high school reunion. Haha! hmm... i was kinda the 'chubby one'.. and i sure wasn't in the A group... who did i terrorize then? who terrorized me?

Little Rascals. Oh so adorable. One of my favorite movies. Haaay, katuwa talaga. "Boys.... uggghhhhh!" Hahahahaha!

Buckwheat: "I got a dollar, i got a dollar, i got a dollar, hey, hey, hey hey!"

Alfalfa: "Dear Darla, I hate your stinking guts. you make me vomit. you're scum between my toes. Love, Alfalfa."

Porky and Buckwheat: "ooooohhh-tay!"

Porky: "We're He-man woman haters. we don't deliver love letters."

Rent. Finally, napanood ko na rin. I loved it. Great music. Great story. Great music. It's not for the narrow-minded. Someday I know I'll come in contact with people like them and i hope i can be the kind of doctor, the kind of person, who can be their friend. It was really gripping.

There's only us/There's only this/Forget regret, or life is yours to miss/no other road/no other way/no day but today.

525,600 minutes, how do you measure, measure a year/in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee/in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife/how about love? how about love?/measure in love/seasons of love.

yey! what's even nicer is i was able to find these movies in the video stores here in davao. =) so meron na kong copies for my collection. yey!

wala na akong ibang maisulat sa blog na to kase wala naman akong ginagawa dito sa bahay namin kundi magbasa at manood ng movies. oh, yeah, at maghugas pala ng plato. at matulog. kung rechargeable battery ako, i won't need to be re-charged until the middle of the first sem! grabe, lagot ako nito sa pasukan. hehe. i go days before the sun gets to shine on me. pa'no ba naman ako mgkaka-tan sa lagay na to?

next time i'll write about the books i've read.

(the pix aren't mine. borrow lang....)

press on

sometime this week, mga tuesday siguro, nanay and I were watching the local news (yes, i even watch the news now) when nanay reacted kase kilala nya ung nasa TV. the girl was crying and the news was about someone who was shot in the heart. motive was para nakawan ng about 50thousand++ pesos ung lalaking nakasakay sa isang motorcycle. (he was involved with Center for Community Transformation (CCT) and they're in microfinance.) so nanay texted one of our friends and kilala pala nila ung namatay. so nanay went to the wake of this friend of hers mga two days later. and there she learned na the day after their friend died, two others from the same organization were killed at their office sa ibang parte ng davao. this time, sinaksak naman sila. a guy and a girl. the girl was stabbed 21 times daw. the guy, ewan ko.

And the Lord used these tragic incidents to remind me that my life is in His hands. He is in control. No matter what happens to me and mine in the course of our different ministries, He holds me secure in His hands and I have nothing to fear. And I was reminded, again, how I should act towards my enemies. Toink! Yes, Lord, speak. For your servant listens.

here is the 'Statement to the General Public' na inissue ng CCT:

"We (CCT) mourn deeply the loss and senseless killing of our three young staff. These are idealistic young people who have dedicated their young lives to the service of our poor here in Davao. They have done this because of their love for God and neighbor. We do not understand the brutal violence that has sent them to their deaths.

But while we grieve, we wish to make it known that we bear no ill will against those who have done this deed. We only wish to make it known that we are prepared to forgive, and pray that they may turn from the darkness that has driven them to this great evil and find forgiveness and new life in Christ.

We enjoin our brothers and sisters in our faith communities to continue to serve, not in fear but in faith; trusting that the God of justice is with us and holds us all secure in His loving hands."

bakasyon pa rin

hmmm... natapos na lang ang april at hindi na pala ako nakakasulat sa blog ko. nyak. isang buwan na rin akong andito sa davao. imagine. isang buwan ng bakasyon. gudlak. ang taba ko na lalo. hehe.

nakakapagod din pala ang mahabang bakasyon.... imagine... buti na lang maraming libro dito sa bahay. at madaming movies. at madami din akong dalang textbooks! waahahahaha. i think this is the first summer i've ever had na nagbasa ako ng school-related books. i think i'm getting old...