Happy Birthday to..

Jenny Garcia(3rd one from right)!!! happy 18th! :)

take care and God bless...

Little Big Soldier

I like this movie. :) It's a mix of action and comedy with a drop of drama.. hay.. Don't like the ending though :))

take care and God bless...

last Thursday..

Finally, after almost 3 years of attempting to finish reading this book, I am DONE!! haha.. All I can say is that, even though I have lost my interest with Edward(The vampire) and the other characters, I still loved the book because of how the storyline progresses... Its just like how much I like how Dan Brown writes.. :)) Now that I have read the book, I am a bit excited for the movie, they say that it is the best so far.. We just have to wait for June 30, which is the the first day of showing of the Eclipse movie.. :) And since my interest for this series is still present, I am currently reading the last installment of the Twilight Saga which is Breaking Dawn.. It is the thickest book out of all four but I really hope that I can finish it within next week :) haha..

So since this is an update for May 20, i now have to tell you what happened that day. May 20 is an unforgettable day... me and my friends (erica, angellyn, jenny, dianne, marianne and maribelle) went to Trinoma to watch Shrek 4 - The Final Chapter... As you can you can observe, we were all girls.. Most of our guy friends were not able to come due to earlier engagements and stuff they have to do :{ (its really sad) Anyways, we decided to meet around 12.30pm but for some reasons, we end up meeting around 1.30pm :)) We went to Trinoma by riding the LRT2 at Recto Station to Araneta-Cubao Station then changing to the MRT line from Cubao station to North Ave. Station where the station is directly connected to the mall.. :) We arrived there around 2.15pm and the movie was going to start at 2.30pm!! When we got to the fourth level, the line for the movie was SOOOOOO long.... Luckily, I have brought with me 7 charge slips of Citibank and I was really glad that they have a special lane for citibank cardholders availing of the promotion!!! At first, I was shocked since, shouldn't there be no special lane for citibank clients since it is already a promo?? Shouldn't we also be suffering with the other people falling in line and waiting for their turn?? But I guess, when your in an Ayala Mall, that is not the case, there really is a special lane and you are served quickly than those of other lanes.. :D So, back to the story, since there really not much people on the special lane (I feel like I was falling in line in the senior citizen lane hahaha) I easily got the tickets and after that, we bought ourselves some popcorns and refreshments (these things are not cheap on an Ayala mall haha) When we entered cinema 7, the movie was already rolling though didn't miss a big part, just the introduction :)) The movie is good.. not great but good.. If you are a big fan of Shrek movies, then I would suggest that you watch it in 3D, in that way you can appreciate the movie more and you won't be thinking what it would be like in 3D while watching the 1D (which happened to us).. I guess the movie was made for the sake of showing it in 3D.. :|

After watching the movie, we walked around the mall, taking shots around the garden situated outside the mall or within the mall.. :) After that, we ate at Kenny Rogers and chat chat chat about anything and everything, we even made a new plan for June 5.. :) We decided that since there were not so many of us that day, we will make another lakad a.k.a. despedida for Maribelle.. And it would just be a lunch at Mang Inasal (Binondo branch), in that way, we hope that more people can attend :)

On our way home, we decided to try another route. We decided to ride the bus to Monumento.. haha.. It costs php11 per person, which I consider reasonable since it was air-conditioned and it was clean.. While riding the bus (standing) a lady in blue asked me to pass on her payment which I did.. Anne and I were torn on whether to go down at Balintawak station or Monumento station... The lady in blue went down on Balintawak station.. :| In the end, the lesson learned is that you must go down on Balintawak station because you have to go over a overpass then walk a very long long road to reach LRT Monumento station.. Once we were on the train, guess who we saw!!!! THE LADY IN BLUE!! hahaha... Before getting on the train, Marianne even asked me if the lady in blue would be there and there she was.. sitted and napping :)) It was really amazing! So this is what happened to me on May 20 and I was really happy that day, I am sorry if can't explain it on this post.. It has taken me around 2 hours to write this and I don't know why I somehow can't thoroughly explain what happened that day.. :| Well, until my next post!!!

One big conclusion!

*Ways to get to Trinoma:

-LRT 1 to Balintawak Staion then ride a bus heading to the mall! (quickest)

-LRT 2 to Araneta-Cubao Station then change to MRT to North Ave. Station (quick)

-LRT1 to Edsa Station then change to MRT to North Ave. Station (LONGEST)

**based on my experiences :)

take care and God bless...

a great discovery (for me)

Today marks the official start of my summer vacation!!! and I am so glad of one of the privileges I can avail and that is that I can sleep late.. haha.. So I was chatting with my friends from high school about our plans for tomorrow and we were really having a hard time in having a conference using Yahoo!, there was always someone who cannot join the conference.. >:<

Luckily Angellyn found a solution to our problem and that is, PiratePad.. I really can't explain how it works but it does.. everything went smoothly with PiratePad.. We got to chat!! EVERYONE of us and it works quickly, no hangs and lags!! You must really check it out.. if you want to have a conference with anyone you can try this site!! :) It is also user-friendly so you won't have any hard time in using it..

I hope that this post has helped you in some ways..

take care and God bless...

something out of boredom..

Well, its not really out of boredom but that is the first thing that came into my mind when I saw the title space.. hehe.. This is my version of sloppy Joe.. I made this out of my own version of hashbrown topped with cooked ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper. Then put some catsup or pizza sauce on top then cheese (quickmelt cheese is what i recommend or mozzarella for a much better feel and taste) .. After, placing the cheese on top, just pop it in the microwave and cook or microwave it for one minute or until the cheese melts.. The end product is YUMMY!! promise!

In making the hashbrown, just use one medium size potato. After washing and peeling the potato, grate it with a medium hole grater, don't panic it if it becomes watery (its normal) . Mold it to your desired shape, then just place it on a hot frying pan(with oil of course). Do not touch or move the potato for around 3 minutes so as to hold its shape.. after 5 minutes you can start turning it around until it is golden brown or cooked according to your preferences.. ^^,

close-up

top shot ^^,

hope I have inspired you somehow... ^^

take care and God bless..

I am a Bookworm!

Am I a bookworm? My friend told me this afternoon that I was, and I never realized that... Though I know that I love to read (somehow) , I never really considered myself to be a "bookworm".. So maybe, I am a bookworm indeed.. hahaha..

Anyways, speaking of books, I just finished reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks and I just have to say that this is a much better book that A Bend in The Road.. Though I have some friends who were spoilers, I was still anticipating on how the story ends and it is quite bittersweet (I'm sorry if I am also a spoiler for you guys! ^^V) Hmm.. What I like about Nicholas Sparks is how he makes endings good even though its the other way around.. I really liked this novel of him and I would recommend it to other people.. I am also excited in watching thee film adaptation of this novel.. Starring Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tantum.. here is the link for the movie which was out last year (I think!).. Jeannine (my bestfriend) was actually the one who told me that I must watch the movie. And since I prefer reading the book first before watching any film adaptation, I decided to look for an e-book on the net and found it I did but I was having a hard time reading it, (I really hate reading from my computer or any computer) so I then decided to look for a printed copy in our school/university library and voila! found it I did!! :D It took me one week to finish the book, but don't get me wrong, I really wanted to finish it ASAP but something, somehow got in the way... haha.. So now that I am finished with the book I am going to find some time to get a copy of the movie from Jeannine... Oh! And I also like the idea that the narrator comes from a male persona.. I never noticed that before, just with this book that I somehow liked the way he tells his story.. hehe

My next reading assignment for myself is Eclipse which is one of the books of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight saga.. The movie adaptation of this novel will be out next month and since I want to read books first before watching the film, I MUST finish it this month or as long as before it premieres on the big screen.. :D I have wanted to finish this book for 2 years now and I have read this book up to the middle part for three times now, and I do hope that 3rd luck's the charm.. haha...

So I guess that is all I have to say for now.. Bye!!

take care and God bless...

First Time Voter!

Yesterday was the election day for our country - Philippines! What makes it special and different from our past elections was that it was automated!!! Our COMELEC have decided to make the 2010 election an automated election. I am 18 years old this year and is already allowed to vote.. :) Therefore, I voted for red for the presidentiable race and blue for the vice-presidency.. and also 10 out of the required 12 senators.. I also voted for the mayor and vice mayor and just decided to omit voting for the councilors and the other rank that is somehow higher than the mayor.. :) I also voted for one party-list out of the 180+ choices.. I was shocked to know that we were just asked to vote for one party list.. :o Anyways, I was very glad with how our or my voting process came about.. :) Everything was great, and it took me just around 15-20 minutes to do all the processes required.. We went to the elementary school around 2.15 pm and finished around 2.30pm.. I was also happy that our PCOS machine was not broken or malfunctioning., unlike what was happening in the other precincts around the country. As what I have said, everything went smoothly and I am very happy that I was able to do my part as a citizen of my country to vote for who I believe can rule our people, and to be a part of the first-ever national automated election (a historical event for our country!) (^.^)

can you see my name? Its on number 145! :)

TADA!!

With regards to the other goals here are the updates:
- I really want to baptized this year!! done! ^^,
- I also want to lose some weight.. (kahit na kunti lang..^^) still nothing :(
- I hope I can find another way to have income aside from my "weekly allowance" the king's job did not work out so as of now, I am planning to tutor this coming June together with one of my bestfriend's mom, I'm the english tutor while her mom is the chinese tutor.. :)
- I hope that I can do my devotion everyday.. still sort of not happening everyday.
- I hope to be able to attend church regularly and also be a part of YPF! in progress :)
- I really really want to travel again this year.. maybe HK or China?? or Europe?? (anywhere??) ^^ I want HK but there is no promo hahaha
- If I get baptized this year, I hope I can juggle in Church Choir.. (azi Pat have been asking me to join.. and I really miss singing in a choir) ^-^ I am baptized but I am still thinking if I want to join the choir, i really would love to teach Sunday school... :|
- I hope I can do well in my studies.... Excel if I can :) I am doing good.. I think?!
- I plan to vote this year but I don't know who to vote for YET.. :( done!
- hmm... what else?? I plan to... save money.. (this is my everyday struggle LOL) still not happening :(
- I hope I will be more disciplined this year :) I am not sure if this is happening

P.S. The only thing I did not like about what I saw yesterday during election was the people who standbys inside the school even if they are already finished voting.. I do believe that this issue should be raised and be made into a resolution.. "No one should be allowed inside and within the school premises if he/she has finished voting and especially if he/she is not even a voter in the first place!!!" x.x Do you agree???

take care and God bless...