April 28, 2007 Baguio Botanical Garden

The Baguio Botanical Garden is located east of Baguio's downtown area,
between Teacher's Camp and the Pacdal Circle.
from:

www.cityofpines.com/botanicalgarden.html

April 28-29, 2007 Mansion House

The Mansion House
(the official summer residence of Philippine presidents)
Baguio City

vanity trip

Prior to my cousin's wedding last April was vanity trip.
Instead of attending mass in Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Bacood, as
we usually do on Palm Sunday or Domingo de Ramos, we attended mass at
the Greenbelt Chapel. I wanted us to be in Makati that day so that I
could try the free makeover by Ponds in Glorietta Center.
Unfortunately, the make-up didn't suit me at all.

On Easter Sunday, we again didn't attend mass in Bacood but
in SM Megamall. This time, I was searching for an MP4 to help me with
my language lessons. Anyway, my nephew had a grand time playing at
the food court.

As the next day was a non-working holiday because of Araw ng
Kagitingan, my mother and I again went shopping, which included buying
films and tapes for the wedding. I also bought some make-up that I
could use for the wedding. That afternoon, my mother, sister and I
went to SM Sta. Mesa to buy our wedding gifts.

A few days later, I had a free haircut from David Salon
because the OP-Cultural Affairs Committee and Salon Owners and
Hairdressers Association, Inc. conducted a Libreng Gupit sa
Malacanang.

sayong
05-30-07 12:40pm

malling in April

April 1, 2007
Greenbelt Chapel
Makati City
Sunday Masses: 7:15am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:00nn, 3:00pm, 4:30pm, 6:00pm, 7:30pm
from:

http://www.ayalamalls.com.ph/content/ayalamalls.asp

April 8, 2007
SM Megamall Food Court
my sister Tet and nephew Ardi

April 9, 2007
SM City Sta. Mesa Stationery and School Supplies Section
my nephew Ardi

April 12, 2007
at the office

one busy week in April

The church wedding of my cousin Froilan and the baptismal of
his three children last April 21 (Saturday) was the highlight of my
activities on April. It was my third time to be the maid of honor. I
wonder when I'd be the bride :)

My nephew Ardi was pseudo Bible bearer. I had to guide him
because he only wanted to walk with me :)

Right after my cousin's wedding, I had to rush to Makati to
take my final examination in German 7. I didn't eat anything at the
reception so I was so hungry when I got to Makati from Violago Homes
Parkwoods. I had a very quick lunch in KFC at the Ayala station of
MRT.

Of all the examinations I've taken, this was the first exam
where I wasn't really prepared as I didn't have any time to review.
Aside from the wedding, it had been a busy week of work and studies.
I had my final exam in French the Wednesday that week, too. So the
only review I had was to browse through my small German dictionary
while I was commuting from Quezon City to Makati.

My classmates decided to order pizza and soft drinks to
celebrate the end of class. I forgot that I suffer from hyperacidity
whenever I take soft drinks.

I don't eat pizza, so, to humor me and as our final outing
that term, my classmate and friend Jackie treated me and Frau Fe to
Dulcinea in Glorietta. We also ate there sometime in March. But even
while we were eating there, I could hardly keep my eyes open because I
slept late the night before and woke up early in preparation for the
wedding. I was out like a light when I got home in Bacood.

Early the next day, I returned to Violago Homes Parkwoods to
get my mother and my sister and of course, to catch up with my cousins
whom I rarely see.

We attended the 5pm mass there and had to rush again because
I had a 7pm get-together with my high school classmates at Grilla in
Makati. It was past 1am when I finally got home.

And then ended my very busy week and began my quite
expensive out-of-town-weekend-outings :)

sayong
05-29-07 11:45pm

April 21, 2007 at Violago Homes Parkwoods

Holy Family Chapel
Violago Homes
Parkwoods Subd.
Litex Rd., Brgy. Silangan
Quezon City

April 21, 2007 at Goethe-Institut Manila

Goethe-Institut Manila
(German Cultural Center Manila)
4-5/F Adamson Centre
121 Leviste St., Salcedo Village
1227 Makati City, Philippines
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ph/map/enindex.htm

April 22, 2007 at Grilla, Makati

Grilla Bar and Grill
Kalayaan Avenue, corner Rockwell Drive,
Makati City
Tel. (632) 899-8775 Fax (632) 899-8722
http://www.grilla.com/

May 27, 2007 Subic Driftwood Beach pix

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May 26 & 27, 2007 Subic Greenhills Homes 326C

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May 26, 2007 SBMA Chapel and Santacruzan

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May 26, 2007 Subic Rolling Tour pix

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May 26, 2007 Subic JEST Camp pix

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Alix's birthday

It feels good that the surprise birthday party tonight for our French
teacher was a success.

theft in the office

Someone stole 1,000 pesos from my bag this morning and I feel so bad about it.
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my sister moved out

I am really quite slow. My sister and her family moved to Bacoor, Cavite today but it didn’t hit me until late tonight.

While commercials were being shown during the telecast of Jumong (my current favorite Korean TV series), I checked my sister’s room. Still hanging there are most of her shoulder bags. And so do my nephew Ardi’s educational posters. Lots of knick-knacks are still on her dressing table. Only when I saw my nephew’s picture on his first birthday did I realize that from now on, I will rarely see my sister and nephew.

My nephew is really a sweet child. He has a lot of photos where he was reaching out for me. He likes pig images...obviously :)... and among his favorites are my pink piggy bank and peach pig stuff toy.

I’m so used to having them around. It hurts.


sayong
05-18-07 11:55pm


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***Ardi with my pig stuff toy on my bed.

***Ardi, playing with my pig stuff toy.

Most of Ardi's pictures are also posted on my brother-in-law's friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=12351515

elementary days

Election Day. My Tita Del, mother and I went to Bacood
Elementary School just before 2pm to vote. The nice thing about
voting late is that we didn't have to search for our precinct. Other
relatives who voted earlier told us where to go :)

As we traverse my old school's corridors, I was reminded of
my elementary school days. The second floor area where we voted was
near my grade 4 classroom. I remember that the stairs we ascended was
the same stairs that our grade 4 homeroom teacher ordered us to ascend
kneeling because of a forgotten offense. My homeroom teacher was
quite strict but known for her brilliance. I don't think that I would
be quite what I am today without her confidence in my intelligence and
abilities and her guidance.

sayong
05-14-07 11:15pm

leaving

My younger sister Tet and nephew Ardi left for a one week
visit to Singapore today. And this is not the last time that we'll
say goodbye. Next week, they will be moving to Bacoor, Cavite and
will be next-door neighbors to her in-laws.

It's quite hard to see them leave home, and know that she'd
be facing hardships by herself there. But on a positive note, she'd
learn to be more independent. Hopefully, she won't have too much
headaches with her nanny and new surroundings.

My mother and I intend to move to Violago Parkwoods by year's
end, too. Hopefully, San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders will finally honor its
promise to file the papers for the PAG-IBIG take-out of our lot. It
has been 10 years since I bought the lot, five years since I finished
the equity and nothing has been done yet. I have many cousins living
there now, albeit, also with problems on their house and lots. Even
my friends in HUDCC find our situation with this developer
frustrating. I've given up criticizing its incompetence and the lies
it fed us. We just hope that this year, we'd get what we paid for
(and they charged high interest rate, too).

Anyway, nothing happens without a reason. I just hope that
everything will turn out well for all of us.

sayong
05-08-07 8pm

Pook ni Mariang Makiling

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