Hi, I am happy!

This month is full of mixed emotions.

I got hurt. 

I cried. 

I followed my heart.

 I finally figured out how to be happy. 

Making decisions is for sure one of the toughest things to do in our life. We all have made decisions, and for sure, all of us became happy for choosing the best one and of course, all of us have already blamed ourselves for making a wrong one.

There are times that we decide, not for ourselves, but for others... for others' happiness. We choose what will make them happy even if it won’t make us feel the same way. This is because we care for that person too much, and we don't want to see them get hurt.

 Last October, I made a very big decision that did make a great change in my life. I know to myself that the decision I made was not really for me. I made that decision basically because I care for that person, and I cannot afford to see that person hurt. I got hurt because of the decision I made. But I didn't mind it because I know I made that person happy.

Later on, I realized that things won't be great if it’s not meant to work great. Even if you try your best to make it work, if it’s not meant to be, it  won’t be.

I came to a point where I was given a chance to choose again. Same choices were given, and all I’ve got to do is to choose whether I’ll stay with choice #1 or choose choice #2. I was so close to choosing to stay with choice #1 until I realized that it is already the time for me to follow what my hearts says. I guess, I realized too that it is also the time for me to take the risk.

I did choose choice #2. And I cannot tell how happy I am right now.  I can say that choosing choice #2 is one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. :”> I might be sad sometimes thinking that I let choice #1 go, but  when those times come, all I do is think of the happiness that choice #2 brings in my life. Happiness that if I choose choice #1, I would not experience.  

Final words?

I guess, I won that's why I'm happy right now. :)

Follow your heart, and learn to take risks, because no one knows, by doing so, you'll find the happiness your heart has been waiting.

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All Souls' Day 2011

The first 2 days of November are the days I always get to spend with my brother, grandparents and other relatives who already left this world.

We always stay at the Gethsemane where my brother's, grandmother's and uncle's graves are. 

OCTOBER 31, 2011

With my cousin and bestfriend, Eunice! :)

I miss you so much, Kuya Donn! :(

My lolo (father's side) and his favorite granddaughter!
HAHAHA. Joke! :D

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

From l to r:
Apo sa Umali 49th (Kuya Ardin), 46th (Ate Rio) and 50th (me)
photo c/o Ate Rio :>

Street food! Yummy! Forever favorites! :>

November 2, 2011

a photo with Eunice after we prayed the rosary
and when we finally got tired :)

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Happy birthday, Maiza!

 Birthdays by themselves are gifts...I wish you receive lots of them.

Happy happy 18th Birthday to my seatmate, friend, grandmother and sister,

MARIA ESPERANZA C. DAYRIT!

Thank you for being one of the people who rock my college life! 

Remember that I`m always here for you! >:D<

I love you. See you soon! :)

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Hello 2nd year, 2nd sem!

Another semester had passed, and now I am ready to welcome a new one! 

SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEM AY. 2011-2012

Legend:
APEC1 – Adapted PE
LIT 102 A – Philippine Literatures
MTEDUC - Principles & Strategies of Teaching Health Education
SCL 3 – The Social Teachings of the Church
H HISTCG – Human Histology with Cytogenetics
CHEM 600 – Biochemistry
COMP 103 – Intro. to Computer with Applications
PHAR/DTEST – Pharmacology with Drug Testing 

I just want to share my schedule for this sem to you guys! 

I actually love it compare to my past schedules.

As you can see I only have two 7 am classes, which means I can sleep longer :))

And another thing that makes this schedule great is the fact that my latest is 5:30!

Goal for this semester?

Be in the dean's list.

GOOD GRADES. :>

Yes, having good grades will be fine with me already. 

Anyway, what happens to this semester, I am sure you will be updated! So don`t forget to visit my site!

'til next time! 

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BATAAN TRIP

While everyone was getting nervous about their grades last Saturday, a friend of mine was celebrating his birthday. Last October 15, Daniel celebrated his 18^th year in this world.

To celebrate his birthday with us, he invited us for an overnight in his town in Bataan. We stayed there for 2 days (October 17 and 18) and were able to visit 3 provinces.

So here’s the story of our Bataan trip J

First, 10 of us all met up in UST.

Two cars were waiting for us. The first car was Daniel’s, and inside were of course himself, his driver, Neo, Yna, Maiza, Kim and I. The next car was Greg’s and inside were himself, his driver, Lim, Ten and Mike.

After making sure that everyone’s ready, the trip started, and the first stop was at Trinoma. There, we fetch Tim, and he joined Greg’s company. The next stop was at  Bulacan, and there, we fetch Simon who joined our company. Lastly, we fetch Luchi, who was waiting for several hours already at SM Pampanga. We had our late lunch at the mall where we ate at Burger King.

When we were finally complete, we went straight to Bataan. We first went to the resort, then to Daniel’s parents’ clinic where we met his parents. After meeting Daniel’s parents, we were asked to have merienda at their resto, Nico’s Bar. After filling our almost empty stomachs, we went back to the resort. The boys played basketball while girls had fun at the pool. When they decided to go back to Nico’s Bar, everyone went back to the room to fix themselves. It was kind of scary at that time because the rain was pouring hard which later on, caused the brownout. Most of the girls freaked out. But later on, the light went back.

At Nico's Bar

We had a great dinner at Nico’s bar. The food was great, and the band was also good. Right after the dinner, we left the resto and went to 7eleven and Mini Stop to buy drinks. When we arrived at the resort, we decided to take a night swimming first. Everyone was enjoying, especially the slide. J

After the night swimming, we all took a bath and prepared for the drinking session. Only Tim and I were the ones who refused to drink. We watched them play this game called Ring of Fire while drinking. The drunk ones were so funny.

Yna was the first one who stopped drinking. Maiza suddenly blacked out. Kim started speaking in English. Neo was quite loud. Greg was telling funny stories about his past. Lim and Luchi puked. And Mike, Oh Mike! HAHAHA he was so drunk that he slept on the floor.

Some boys played basketball after, while Maiza and Luchi stayed beside the court resting. Daniel and I were at the side, too, watching and laughing at them.

When almost everyone was sleeping, I decided to sleep too, leaving Maiza, Daniel and Lim taking care of Mike. I was sharing bed with Yna. She was so funny. She gets easily awakened by little movements. After 30 minutes of sleep, Yna was awake again saying she has headache, causing her not to sleep. I could not sleep either so I told her that I am going to buy medicines. She followed, and when Ten and Daniel saw us, they joined us. After buying the medicines, we went back to our room and got back to sleep.

When we got up, we ate our breakfast, took a bath and got ready to leave. We passed by Daniel’s house first to drop some of his stuff, then we went straight to Subic. After our lunch at Shakey’s, we went to Royal. Daniel gave 30 minutes for everyone to shop. After 30 minutes, we were all back in the car. Most of the girls bought chocolates, except for Yna who bought these cute paper plates and plastic spoons &amp; forks. The boys bought a toy gun which they used to shoot us (us who were inside the other car) when we were in SCTEX already. =)))

At Shakey's in Subic

We passed by Nathaniel’s and then dropped off Luchi, then lastly headed to UST.

It was just an overnight but it was indeed fun.

Once again, thank you Daniel for inviting us! :D

(for the photos, credits are given to Mike Reyno)

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Road Trip with PIB

PIB = Partners in Bisyo
(Bisyo = road trip)

March 26, 2011

With my PIB, Carmina Reyes!

At F. Tanedo's street... in T :)

Hi Thea! :)

With Thea Tanedo's sister, Ronacyn De Guzman, Trisha Torres, and Carmina Reyes <3

Thank you, Thea (and siblings) for accomodating us. :")

With Carmina Reyes and Daniel del Rosario... in P :)

Thanks Daniel for meeting us there, even if you traveled for an hour and only saw us for like 45 minutes. Hehehe :> Thanks!

Ynaaaaa! Thank you for an awesome day! I really had a blast! I love you so much, PIB! >:D<

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REALITY CHECK!

1. My grades

Well, I have to admit. My grades in some subjects aren't that high. So I'm getting conscious now.
I swear, just let me pass all my subjects this sem, I'm gonna study well next academic year.

PLEASE, LORD! I'm begging :"(

2. My lenten sacrifice

It's Ash Wednesday today, and I still don't know what to sacrifice for this Lenten season. I can still remember, last year, I abstain from drinking sodas for 40 days. I'm thinking of doing the same thing this year, but I wanna add something.

I thought of abstaining myself from chocolates, but I am so sure I won't be able to do that. Thinking that the first thing I did this morning was ate oreo cookies.

My friend and blockmate, Daniel told me that I should try abstaining from opening social networking sites. I realized that it was a great idea, since in that way, I can concentrate in my studies. But on second thought, knowing myself, I won't be able to do that. 

My friend from AC, Juni tweeted that she'll be abstaining from rice. I actually got jealous. I also wanted to do that. But I know my parents wouldn't allow me.

3. I'm getting fatter and fatter.

So I just realized that lately, I CAN'T stop myself from eating. I don't know what's wrong with me. I should be on a diet now. :| I don't know why it's so easy for me to buy food, and eat and eat. :(
I should stop this. I mean, I haven't jog for weeks now, and if I don't stop this "habit-becoming" of mine, it's going to kill me!

4. SUMMER BREAK

How I wish it's summer break now.
I mean, I love school. I love seeing my friends and bonding with them.
But I also miss Batangas.
I miss home.  :(
You know, the feeling that even you just lie the whole day on your bed, you don't have anything to worry? :(

That's exactly what I wanna feel right now.

Plus, if you're my best friend, or like, a very close friend of mine, you'll surely know why I would want summer break to get closer.  Hahahaha! (y'know, aside from being with my family, and shizz.)

See the picture above?

That's home.
So colorful, right?

Just think of this: Home with my parents, without my brother and I

Whatta colorless home! HAHAHAHA!

(Kapal!)

5. I want to draw and paint again.
Obviously, college makes me busy. I had no enough time to draw and paint. I had no time to express what I really feel. This is basically another reason why I want summer break to get closer so baaaaaaad! :|I wanna get my pencils and paintbrushes. I wanna use them. I wanna stay in my room and just draw and mix colors :(

6. I miss childhood.

Kuya Donn and Kuya Ardin

Seeing this picture makes me miss my childhood.
My childhood with my 2 awesome brothers.
If only I can turn back time, I'd love to play with them again. Hahaha!
Love you both!

And miss you, eldest brother! Hope you're happy up there!!!

Til here!

Love always, Darlene!!!

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The JejeTribe is transforming into Black Swans.

Yesterday, I celebrated my birthday with my college friends.

We had our lunch in KFC.
Karla Go and Kathleen Santos left after lunch,

while the rest of us went to Sala in Dapitan.

We watched Black Swan.

It was a suspense movie.
We were all freaking out...except for Dan! HAHAHA!

Maiza, Den, Mae, Kim, Karla, Rona, Yna, Kat, Dan and Neo,

thank you so much for coming!!!

I really had fun! >:D<
And I hope you guys did too! 

I love you all :*

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Happy Birthday Weekend

February 25-27, 2011

Stayed in Sofitel Hotel because Mommy had to attend a convention. :>

Feb 26, 2011

From Kathleen Santos & Carmina Reyes!
I love you guys! >:D<

Our Lady of Antipolo

Pyromusical - fireworks display in MOA

(l to r: Ate Angel, Kuya Ardin, Mommy, myself & Daddy)

slicing my mini cake

My 17th Birthday @ Aristocrat

February 27, 2011

Breakfast at Spiral (in Sofitel Hotel)

With my mom.

With Kuya Ardin and Mommy.
Photo taken by: Daddy

I really had a great weekend, and at the same time, a great birthday celebration with my family!

I love them so much!

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YOU will always have a place in my ♥

Hello ;)

So I'll be starting my blog with the things that happened since Saturday (February 12).
I guess you already have an idea that my blog is gonna be quite long

So let me start now.

Feb 12, Saturday : Yna's 17th!

(In this photo: l to r: Kokko, Daniel, Kim, Simon, 
myself, Neo and Yna!)

It was Yna's birthday dinner at her place. At first I was thinking if I should go.

 My friend Kim said that she wanted to go, and at first I was kinda against it.

That's basically because I was so lazy at that time.

(I was sleeping over at Kim's dorm that night so basically wherever she goes, I had no choice but to come.)

Later on, I decided to go, thinking that there was no homework due on Monday and it will be fun.
And it was.
So thanks Carmina Reyes for inviting us! >:D<

missing: Danielle and Ish

Feb 13, Sunday : Chillax!

So that day, Kim and I woke up late since we were tired from Yna's party.
When I woke up, I went home because my dad's coming over to visit us.
Daddy stayed only for a short time. He left after 3 or 4 hours cause according to him, mommy's alone at home and that no one can stay overnight in our house in Batangas with mommy.

At 6pm, Kim, Daniel, Simon and I went to mass together.
After the mass, we ate at Kim's favorite canteen in Pnoval, John Allen's :)

After our dinner and the super long kwentuhan, we finally decided to go home.

Feb 14, Monday:   HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

I've already posted about my Valentine's day in my previous entry.
Don't hesitate to read it!! :) 

Feb 15, Tuesday : Prey visits UST!

With Prey
(c) Frances Chio

The highlight of my Tuesday was Prey's visit in UST.
Prey came over last Tuesday and I was so thankful that I'm always half day on Tuesdays.

At first, it was just me, Prey and her friend, Hazel (who happens to be Mike's (my blockmate) friend)

Later on, Akua arrived but left right away after saying hi and encouraging Prey to buy a ticket for Salinggawi's performance some time on March.

While going around UST, we saw Chio. Good thing she was already dismissed when we saw her, and she was able to join us.

Later on, Prey said she had to leave already. Chio and I kept insisting that Prey should stay for awhile, but Prey didn't want to because she had to do her homework which was due at 7:30 on that day.

Chio and I suggested that Prey should just do her homework with us, since there are a lot of computer shops around UST.
Prey agreed. So the three of us went to a computer shop in Pnoval and Prey did her homework.
Prey also met up with some of her friends from UST Architecture.


Feb 16, Wednesday : Big catching up!

Today's quite a long day for me.
For lunch, I ate with one of my besties, Eloisa.
We ate in KFC inside UST and had a talk.
I can say that we did miss each other since when it was the time for me to go to 4th floor for my next class, she came with me and only left when my prof arrived.

After our last class, Den, Mae, Karla and I went to Lacson to buy cheese sticks, kwek kwek, etc. The first thing we bought were fruit shakes. All of us had avocado.
While drinking our fruit shakes, we realized that it doesn't taste good. It's like the avocado's skin was part of the fruit shake. The taste was really weird. 

While, earlier this night, I was with my other bestie, Nicolle. 
We jogged around UST.
Same as what Eloi and I did, Nic and I also had a talk. Y'know, girl talk.

When I was on my way home, something creepy happened to me.
I was in Lacson at that time when there was a guy in front of me who started walking slowly.
The guy turned around and looked at me.
He started walking towards me so I freaked out.
I ran back to UST, and went out by the Dapitan gate instead.

When I got home, Yna and I were chatting on facebook. 
Yna showed me her friend's blog wherein there was an entry about their highschool classmate/friend who died. The girl died from brain cancer.
Knowing that the girl died from the same sickness that caused my brother's death, I stopped reading the blog.

I guess I just miss my brother right now.
How I wish you're still here, kuya!
How I wish I have two caring brothers with me right now.
How I wish you can play the piano for me again.
How I wish you can help me with my homework again.
How I wish we can dance mambo number 5 again.
How I wish we can play, "we gonna kick" again.
How I wish you can continue teaching me how to play the chess and sipa
just like what we do when we were still kids.
How I wish I get to spend a day with you again! =((
And how I wish I can still say that our family's COMPLETE.
Yes, without you kuya, our family's never gonna be complete :(

 Donn Angelo Umali Dayandayan

I miss you so much, Kuya Donn! :((
I really do. :|

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