yesterday was another good, yes, very tiring, but amazingly satisfying good day for me. also for all us who have been very devoted into making the yfc east-b sector sportsfest a god-blessed success. let's just say there were hang-ups but i'm glad they didn't get to me. i'm a little bit patient about things now. also, my body doesn't even hurt that much today, even though i was all exhausted yesterday and that i got to sleep i think the earliest last night since time immemorial. 9pm, i think. could you believe it?
anyways, part of the reason too, that i enjoyed myself too much is that i witnessed the incredible dedication of my co-core group members and other yfc friends to the event and especially to their clusters. it was such a great sight and i was overwhelmed with all the effort.
last saturday, the preparations for the physical set-up needs of the event started. they all gathered here at our house and prepared for a sleep-over just because we know we can't finish all of it that quick. we had to make banners, t-shirts and prepare all the sports stuff we need for the day after. i came home from the board exam review at about 9pm. yep, the review finished at 5:30 pm but i traveled and was on the bus that long. i think there was accident at the highway that night, but i sure don't hope so. i came home mentally and physically battered by the all day chemistry review (which i didn't sleep on, thank you God!!!) and all of the commuting. when i finally reached tanauan, there he was, my hero, wehehe, kel waiting for me to unboard. he was there with our friend jay waiting for me. my mom thought he could pick me up because it was raining and he had a jeep with him. but we ended up walking anyways which was not bad at all. a group of almost 15 busy bees welcomed me when i got home. my dedicated brothers and friends, along with a few new, cheerful and playful faces were busy printing shirts, making the stage backdrop and having a good time. my mom already fed them with a scrumptious dinner (which was just what i needed, plus a bathroom wehehe). it was very touching that my parents and grandmother have always been supportive of what me and my brothers chose to do, if it's good for us. and then i joined in the force and finally slept at 2am, because my body can't take it anymore. my brother earl and the others stayed up until much later, and then got up at 4-5am i think, to prepare the venue for the participants that will be coming at 7:30am. i, on the other hand, a slow poke and a sleepyhead got to the place a little before 7:30am. i figured out at the end of the day that maybe God planned that i get a lot of rest and sleep to prepare me and the others in the team for the tiring and energy-draining day ahead.
as i have said, i was overwhelmed by all the hard work our service team had put through the sports fest. some of us even played for our respective clusters. i especially salute my brother earl and kel, who had their leg-numbing/breaking, no-substitutions, winning basketball game amidst all the refereeing, and being the committee heads on badminton and basketball respectively. i was the committee head for volleyball and the impromptu coach for our cluster's team too. yep, multi-tasking at it's finest. i also salute dave, my shout partner for the 100-ish united members of his cluster who came and inspired me. the bond he shares with his members was inspiring. with that, i also spent the day catching up and laughing out with my cluster's members, who, generally, were younger than i am. i enjoyed that part, really, it takes off all the tiredness. oh and the part when i saw kel play basketball again, the first time in two years, i think. he really plays some mean basketball, makes me remember how i fell (hard) in love with him again. hehe.
earl didn't get to stay til end due to tiredness and the leg aftershock that he earned while playing. the others also went home early leaving me, mykel and mae to clean up. so it's really God's plan that i had that long sleep. mykel, too. he didn't stay too late at our house nor slept over due to obvious reasons but it just shows that God wanted us to be there to help mae til the end of the event. i really admire those two, especially kel, who were so god-driven, motivated and helpful that exhaustion couldn't sway him. he did more multi-tasking than i did the whole day and that makes me so proud of him.
and the end, after cleaning some of the mess up and closing the gym, kel and i finally got to spend some quality time at KFC, eating chips, fries, fun shots and drinking coke (we were broke already). we were waiting for my parents to come pick me up to attend mass that time too. i ended my day with the mass and with thanking God for giving me such wonderful opportunities to reach out to people and to get touched by people. i also thanked Him because although i hoped, yet did not expect to our cluster to win the competitions we did. and at three games at that (junior basketball, chess and badminton), with two of the players, we just requested to play right there and then. and our senior basketball team (the one which earl and kel played for) will be waiting for the cultural fest this june 19 to play for the finals (we didn't get to finish the games and awarding yesterday because it was kind of gettiing late already).
god is really so good. eventhough some things might not have gone as we planned, things definitely went the way He did. and beautifully at that. :)
P.S. our service team shirts were pink and i loved it. plus it had a nice 'bringing out the best in YOUth' print in front that makes it extra lovable for me.:)
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Saturday, May 28, 2005
hey to you my dearest blog (and to anyone who reads it). once again it has been a good day for me. one, because i got to spend time with kel here at home again, two, because i got to finish most of the tasks i had to do for the week (problem sets, certificates, clan yahoo group thingies, my dad's powerpoint presentation about hypertension and walah! another job application) and three because, i don't know, i'm just in high spirits right now. must be the caffeine i have not indulged myself in for weeks i think. it's late though (or should i say it's early morning already, about 1 am), and i still have to wake up at 4am to get to review class again. i'm definitely not looking forward to it coz i know it will be quite a job for me to stay awake the whole day. and sleeping at the review will be very bad for me. it will just make my chances in passing the board exam this september even slimmer.
anyways i finally got to watch tv today. and even better, i got to watch the finale of american idol (not live though, the live airing was yesterday so i already knew who won). i thought the show was a blast. i was vying (not really badly though) for bo bice just for the sake of having the first white male american idol (white female: kelly clarkson, black male: reuben studdard, black female: fantasia barino; you figure out, well i'm just playing here) but carrie underwood's okay. i liked vonzell better though.
i have to sleep now, or else i'll totally miss the morning session. i still have to commute and probably i'll sleep on the way to qc again, much to my parents' alarm. they fear that i might get sexually harassed on the bus while i was peacefully sleeping. i share their fear though, but what can i do? i can't help but sleep. it's better than staring outside the window for hours. hehe. okay enough about this.
i'll try to update again when i have the time. we have to prepare for the yfc sector sportsfest this sunday still. it's saturday already. i'm going to sleep now, i think. nightie-night!:P
and i can't take my eyes off of you...
Thursday, May 26, 2005
hey there. really, this is very diligent of me to be posting three times in a day. anyways, at least i have a lot to share. hi ate riza! you must be reading off this blog every now and then. i miss you!
today after 4 hours of sleep i got up and readied for my trip once again to my dear alma mater. with that you could tell i am exhausted right now, if only you could see me. but the day was well worth it. just look at my prizes. :D
(lots more of these actually in my photobucket account. around 50. :D)
my hair is still curly, and i think it would stay that way until i chop the ends off. it's nice-looking still though. i don't mind my hair being curly now, as long as it stays manageable and georgeous (which is hard too, because it's summertime here and it's unbelievably hot) hehe.
i've been trying for weeks actually to finish chapter 11 of whenever you call, my fictional adventure. it has been very hard for me to even start that one because, well, i'm not that pressured. it's really dangerous too if you have a lot of time on your hands. but i promise to finish it within this week. i've been very much inspired lately.
we're very excited about the upcoming yfc sector sportsfest this sunday. mae (i fondly call her mojari because she's the middle child and the only girl among the moja siblings and earl calls her partner because they were partners during the shout), the creative (YCOM) sector head, often times ask for my help on things, which i appreciate greatly and am happy that she does. she's like a baby sister to me now. also, i have said thousands of times, i have a lot of time of my hands so everything just fits. for the nth time, i'd rather be out there doing something than bumming around again.
i therefore conclude that i've had a great day full of love and surprises. thus, i'm cheery and though i didn't have anything sensible to say i still posted here. to tell you the truth i just wanted to show you the pictures. hehe. sorry, but you see, you can't mess with a girl undeniably in love.
godbless you all, i hope you had a day as nice as mine is.
the title above is what i have given my friendster blog (yes, i have one there, which i don't update), probably when i was still enjoying my bum status. well, i still enjoy it every once in a while but of course, i quote stacie orrico, 'there's gotta be more to life', right?
well alot of changes happened to me in the past week. not only to me but also to my brother earl, my boyfriend kel, my new found friends from the new east b sector core group and to my relationship with each of them. this was mainly because of the SHOUT we have undergone which proved to be one really fun and challenging experience, not to mention a life-changing, engaging and improving affair.
imagine being locked up in a small house for 3 and a half days, not getting to do, eat, watch, sleep, finish eating what and as i want, and getting to cook, clean and wash the dishes and get punished for any wrongdoing you have committed. and imagine having shout masters dictating your every move. and unfortunately those masters are supposed to be your friends. maybe not my type of permanent vacation but still, there's more to that shout than all that. i don't want to divulge on the details but surely, that shout had been a wakeup call to me and had turned my life around. i had found my God again and i feel so blessed.
today, i'm back to my nighttime/dawn escapades, job-hunting, making banners for my fic, PExing. in a few hours too, i'll be back in my school to settle once again the clearance application they said i didn't file a month ago which i did. and i'm already starting my chemistry board exam review which reunited me with my college friends; loida, rhay, joy, pau, tin, sabs, ces, bry, jase, lori even rio for that matter.
due to the shout too, i've learned more about fellowship, especially the one i owe my members in the yfc cluster my brother and i is heading. i can say i'm a better person now. except that i'm still a bit stubborn most of the time.
we have been preparing for our sector's sportsfest and for that we've been busy. i'm excited actually, for this is the first time, i think, that i've poured my heart and soul for a yfc event. i think i'm going to be doing lots of pouring from now on. especially since i have nothing to do til i get a job or go to med school or continue studying and take the boards. and because my God is calling me to. i was called, and i will go.
with this i will leave you with my favorite of the seven bible verses we got to memorize and absorb during our training. it is my favorite (i can say it was mykel's too) because it was the first one, the longest one and probably the one i most definitely can relate to. also, with this i think of the drivers and barkers of the aya, san jose jeepney terminal in the lipa city market, and tita shirley hernandez and her twelve kids, whom i've learned to love during my journey to finding out what love truly is.
1John 3:16-18 "This is how we know what love is. Christ gave his life for us, we too, then ought to give our lives for others. If we are rich, and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God? My children, our love should not be just words and talk. It must be true love that shows itself in action."
love is God. God is love. and i'll continue loving for him. :)
hey people look at this, a fellow michadik of mine made this for me:
isn't it great? for those who don't know, my username in almost any site i register in is nckiparke, a condensed version of Nicki Parker, my highschool codename. i came up with it accidentally because yahoo already had a user named as above so i had to chop it. as a result it became my other life.
have a look-see on this one too. fellow michadik and sefmich (she calls them jochelle) shipper tin made it i think.
enough of this i think. here i am again at home, making takas and getting my self sleep late just for the sake of sheer enjoyment. well, let's just say tomorrow and three days after that, i, together with my brother earl and the love of my life kel, will be spending quality time with god during our no-contact-whatsoever-with-the-outside-world-hopefully-life-changing SUMMER HOUSE TRAINING, also called SHOUT (youth for christ activity). and so being cut out of the civilized realm for what i think is a very long period of time, i decided to make the most of the remaining wee hours of my stay here at the modern times. it is not for another ten hours but you see, i haven't packed my things (big luggage no less) yet.
well, adios amigos, in the meantime i'll keep my self busy (and my eyes open if daddy decides to check on me and find out that i'm still here) with more PEx and job-hunting.
and as my dear lovable mikello would say: good mawnin! :)
ang dakilang bum (translation: the great tambay)
Monday, May 16, 2005
finally i get to post! it has been almost a month since my body slowed down and transformed into a couch-inhabiting, book-buried, blog-abandoning freak i am now. hehe, that's a bit too much, though. truth of the matter is, i've been really lazy and busy at the same time. busy playing The Sims 2, reading (and buying) 6 books in three weeks, actually graduating, swimming in matabungkay beach and during our family reunion in los banos, riding go-karts and playing paintball in enchanted kingdom, job-hunting, the works. you could also tell i've been online a lot of times too to check for new email, post in PEx and drop some love on my fellow michadiks. i've been also working on the maxima clan's ygroup and it is a lot of work. it has been a while since i last posted on friendster too.
well since i owe this blog alot, i'll try to make a photo journal out of this entry. well, for those things/events i have pictures of.
as you all know, i graduated last april 23. i wasn't satisfied with what i looked like that day, i felt like a bridesmaid stuck with a 80's hairdo. i know that's harsh but i definitely like the way i looked the day after (university graduation) better. i wasn't supposed to attend both graduations , just the college grad because i'm feeling kinda lazy to attend the one with the whole university in it. but it turned out, well, both graduations were alot of fun.
here's a picture of the curly-haired me. it's really not that clear though. this was taken during my cousin's grad blowout and i really look a bit fat there. i'm feeling a little leaner nowadays. a lot of people thinks so too, and my clothes seem less tight so i'm happy about that.
then here's a picture of me, my cousins and brothers during our labor day family reunion in los banos. our clan has been doing it for three years now. we had a lot of fun playing games in the pool. i'm happy i got to see my cousins again. i'm kinda missing all of them already. especially ate tin and kuya ron. and also kuya joe, but i can't see him because he's in the states. kuya by still hasn't sent our astig pic, but he sure did a great job in cooking all those pasta/meals for us.
i've read and bought 6 (7 if you count the artemis fowl book i bought for my baby bro ej) books in a span of three weeks, blowing my graduation earnings. just explore my sidebar to see what i had stuffed my mind with. i enjoyed reading dan brown's da vinci code. i like it better than his angels and demons novel. then i got addicted to 'the mediator', well, it isn't what i could call an intellectual read but hey, i really enjoyed myself with that series.
i'm at school now, enjoying a dsl connection and throwing a hundred pesos away. i've been here in the internet shop for three hours now. well i do deserve it. my laptop's problems are worsening, it's really a pain. plus i'm chatting with ate riza for the first time in ages now. she's been here with me and my yahoo messenger since i got here. she's a very good friend of kel and mine eversince i can remember. she's the original iya-kel tandem shipper. i'm really glad i finally got to chat with her after all these months.
i came from the first day of my board exam review this morning. they made us take a diagnostic exam to see the extent of our knowledge in chem. i ended up shading whatever box that seemed to please me. you see, i have a bad memory and that stocked knowledge bit does not apply to me. especially when i never opened a single chem book during the first month of my permanent vacation. hehe. and also since i had a big headache due to yesterday's youth camp.
it was kel's chapter youth camp this weekend and yesterday was a blast though my brothers and i only got to go home and sleep at 2:30 am this morning. then i had to wake up at 4 to go here. i enjoyed spending lots of time with kel yesterday though. even if we pratically never stopped running back and forth to get the things we needed there.
well this has definitely been a long entry... i have to go now. see you when i see you. :)
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