I am HUMAN

The night before yesternight, I went to this event at Marco Polo Hotel called the Grand Premiere. It was actually an event organized by a few of my batchmates who're taking up Prac1 (Training for Transformation), in preparation for our on-the-job training next semester. It was actually meant for us to experience "fine dining" because as business students we should know the proper etiquette at fine dining. And because it was a formal event, I needed to dress, well of course, formal. I went through a long preparation for it, not that I's giddy excited for it, I just wanted to look human.
Some time after I knew as to what theme I belong, Mafia-theme, my bestfriend and I had started looking for a dress to be worn for that night. Malls were at the bottom of my list. I didn't want to spend a lot on a dress because I'm not really fond of wearing them. We went to thrift shops, boutiques which sell 1st-and-2nd hand clothes for a cheap amount. One time, we saw a dress that had fit perfectly on the theme and as well as my tiny body, we just needed to had it cut and put a little bling on it to look classy. That was the plan. When we got back to the store, we found out that it was already sold. I was so disappointed. Regret came running through my head and veins.
So we had to find a new one. Store after another, then finally, we saw a cute dress (not really the kind of thing that I wanted to wear) which we decided to buy because...I don't remember. I didn't really like it. I felt really sad the moment I bought it up until the day before the event, after we had it fixed. But thanks to my bestfriend, we solved the problem.
The hard part was choosing the shoes. We went to all the malls and found the one that we thought was perfect for me and my dress at GS Gaisano. It wasn't that cheap but it wasn't as expensive as the one that I fell in love with (from Gibi which costs 1200php). My bestfriend found and chose it for me. Such a big help!
For the face, I know for myself that what I wanted was to look human, and so I cannot just go to a cheap salon and make myself look like a fool with cheap make-up the way I did during my JS prom way back 3rd yr hs (I'm just saying, I barely go to a salon so I'd rather make the most out of the experience). So I decided to have my hair and face fixed at Diding Lopez Salon and it was worth it.

while looking for shoes days before fine dining

at the salon

best friend there in white, ever supportive hahaha

with the rest of my classmates who went to the same salon

(sister took the photo)

I think I look human, Ok.

 Fvck you if you don't hahaha

 fvckthisshit I look so manly!

more photos at my multipy hahaha (as if anyone would like to see them)

Anyhoo, I didn't really take a lot of photos because almost everyone brought a cam with them and we had a photographer, so yea.

Ok, whatever, I just felt like I's a woman that night and decided that I needed to blog it. Hahahah how lame of me.

*I had problems with red-eye stuff on my photos so in case you find the pic odd bec of the eye color, I edited it using Windows yada (bec I had no skills in editing)

*I'm loving the weather tonight, I wanna shut down early. Hahaha as if

* have fun loving! ;)

October 11, My Lola's Birthday

I was supposed to make an entry about my Lola (Grandmum) a month ago, when it was Grandparents' Day, but then I knew about it a day after GPs' Day so I decided to make this on the day/night of her birthday. Unfortunately, I slept earlier than expected and I got busy with some stuff during the day. And because I am free tonight, I'll make it happen.

Lola Ligaya de Castro was born on the 11th of October on 1941 (Oh noooosss, I'm not so sure about the year). Papa said, she was born in Malaybalay, Bukidnon but then, her family (?) transferred to Luzon and the rest was history. Ok, I'm not really sure about the details that I got from Pop.

She married at an early age and gave birth to her first son, my father, when she was 18. She has 7 kids, 3 boys and 4 girls.

When my Grandfather died (my father was in college then), Lola took all the responsibility of raising all her kids. She had a store at the Bankerohan Public Market where she sells vegetables and some other stuff, until now.

(Papa said that they had a business when he was still a kid and can say that they were pretty well-off, they were enrolled at a private school. But because of Lolo's death, not all of the kids were fortunate enough to go to college, only my father and his sister. And only my father went to Ateneo for college.)

I'm proud of my Lola even if she hasn't gone to college and just a vegetable vendor at the public market. I don't really know her story very well because when we go and visit her at the public market, we only talk about things that've happened recently. I haven't asked her about her past, it's not that I don't care about her past but I care more about the present, knowing that she's old and there's not much time left.

The day before her birthday, Pop and I went to see her and buy supplies for the week (which he does every weekend and I go with him when I don't have class, my other siblings go with him when they're free also). Pop explained that he won't be able to drop by the following day because he had a seminar. He then extended his arm to my Lola and gave her a small amount of money as a gift. When I saw that she was teary-eyed, I almost cried. She thanked Papa and I can see in her face that she hadn't expected it. Seeing her so happy made me realize a lot of things (that I need not mention kay kapoy na. Hahaha). I was just so happy.

Lola Gaya, I love you so much, kahit di mo to mababasa kasi di ka naman nag iinternet at wala ka namang panahon dito. ;)

Here's a picture of me and my Lola taken about a month ago during our weekend routine, namamalengke with Papa.

I still sit on her lap because she wants me to. Haha. Isn't my lola cute? :D

She's my only grandparent who hasn't gone to heaven yet.

*let us make our grandparents feel that they are loved (I haven't for the past couple of years, my immature days) and don't take then for granted. Let's make the most out of it while there's still time.

*Oh yes, I smell incoherence. Sorry for being a bad blogger. Haha

Not enough energy

No entries for September means more this October!
I've been too busy with micro blogging (Twitter) which made my blogspot empty for the month of September. I guess it's a lot easier to rant on twitter because it's got to be short, 140 characters or less, and it's less time consuming unlike making a long entry, but I still love it here. /goodtobebackfeeling
Too many things have happened last month that I can't find time to write about them, there's just not enough energy (ugh, I miss starcraft), and some were just unworthy to be shared, I'd rather keep em' to myself :) 

 I think I had too much of this which kept me away from blogging for a while.

*I'm in the middle of my final exams week and here I am, wasting my time. But it's just because I've missed you so muuuuuuch. Hahahaha

Have a lovely day ahead of you ;)

I want to eeat

What I want to eat is your MANGO FLUTE

Cause it's cheap

*some time during April 2010 - Uyanguren Street

Blank

No entries for the month of September because I's a bum. YEEEEAAAAA

*June 25, 2010 - Buhangin Jeepney - NO SMOKENG

That's hot ;)