A Brief Summer Fun
I never thought that I'm going to have a summer break. I had a final exam until the last week of March, then a lot of company interviews left and right. I also attended the ASLA TBS and a day after came the COA Planning and Formation Seminar. Afterwards, I had to attend meetings and interviews, again. And now, it's holy week and thank God there is time for rest and recreation. Soon, finally, my internship will commence around 8:30 at Union Bank Plaza. Whew.
Nevertheless, you know what? I can't really help but reminisce on how meaningful this summer break has been. It was a bit different and messy at first, pero the situation and activities have somewhat pulled it off. And it's just damn amazing.
ASLA TBS
I expected a never-ending chitchat and group dynamics, but no, it has been a fun learning philosophical experience. I thought of different forms of relaxation that could somehow make me forget of my philo, but no, every single nerve nearly wrecked inside me thinking of how things are going for all of us. I almost gaged of the question, "Where is the group now?" We all did, I guess. But all in all, it's really fun. We didn't have enough sleep but Nash, JQ and I still managed to drop by Tagaytay and have coffee at Starbucks and Carlos' Pizza. Thanks to them! Haha. ASLA TBS has been too brief, but really ceased all the tensions surmounting me. I once said right after, "okay na ang bakasyon ko," pero hindi pa pala.
COA FormSem
It was held in Paradise Hotel at Sitio Cabading Boso-Boso Highlands. Kamusta naman, pangalan pa lang, nakakatawa na. At first, I had hesitations since I got tired from the ASLA TBS and I feared of the group that I am going to be with for four days. I didn't know them personally, but all I know is that they're all presidents of their respective organizations. Imagine, it's going to be a four-day no-tv weak-suncel-signal! Gosh, I thought it was going to be boring but it wasn't. It was indeed the other way around. I never had so much fun. In fact, I didn't really fall asleep during the talks. In fact, instead, I was near to tears when Mr. Lawrence Cruz presented his "Wake-up-there-is-a-monster-and-rejoice" talk. There were a lot of memorable, inspiring and fun moments. There is group life, if I may put it bluntly. How can I forget the Karaoke nighout, the Socials, Roxy, the Alamat ng Lechon, our Mafia nights, the planning, all the luncheons and dinners, the merienda that we used to make fun of, the laughter, the V for Vendetta and a lot more. It was never really that fun and exciting for all the presidents to interact and be open about kahit na naging Mayor Superstar ako. Like what Tatot said, it's like a miracle to have the best COA ever.
Tagaytay Blues
Lou and I, out of the blue, met at Jollibee Katipunan. I came from a company interview early morning and had a meeting with ASLA peeps late in the afternoon. I was feeling so tired but we've thought of dropping by Niki's place. When we got there, we had a brief talk and agreed to celebrate Kaye's upcoming birthday. We found no Kaye around since she left for Baguio a few minutes earlier and just had Anthony by our side. We hung out at MiniStop Convergys talking and talking until midnight. We parted with the idea of spending our sunday together (four of us) at Tagaytay for an "ocular inspection." Ehem, we know what that means! Anyway, I slept over Lou's place friday night, spent my saturday afternoon at home with my family. We met around 5:30 sunday morning at Niki's place and drove all the way to Tagaytay. We had 3 stops for the whole day: Jollibee SLEX, Rest House, and Mochablends.
Upon arriving at the rest house, we gambled with pusoy dos and it's just for kicks! Niki and I took a nap while Lou and Ants bought our luncheon meal. We ate the famous bulalo and Ant's best corned beef and toasted with warm Pepsi max. What should we be worried of? There's no sugar anyway. Haha. After lunch, we took pictures, played basketball and we even managed to take a bath. Sarap... We're all feeling fresh when we left and drove to leslies. We were ocular inspectors indeed. We inspected the vicinity, took pictures and mess around. At sunset, we found ourselves seated at Mocha Blends for a dinner and serious personal chitchat. After a few moments, we went to the rooftop to continue our discussion and "our way of killing time." Yeah, we sat there and finally felt the need to bring Niki home around past 8:15.
Ants, the driver, Lou, the co-pilot and driver's entertainer, Niki, the photographer and I, the wala-lang, were really happy and amazed on how the day had been for all of us. We actually didn't expect that it's going to be really fun! In fact, one thing I cannot forget, sa sobrang antok ko, I just woke up and realized na we're lost along Bicutan. Buti nalang magaling ang drivers namin. Haha. Hay, it was really fun and inspiring.
Oh well, all I can say is, it may have been a short vacation for me but indeed it's one of the best. I will never have it exchanged for a long boring one especially back in HS when I had two months of vacation and all I did was to sleep and watch TV. Now, I am just waiting for my summer internship to commence at Union Bank 8:30 monday. Some things run into my mind, am I going to miss classes? This is one thing that I will write about after everything. Thank God for the blessings!
multiply?
12:35 AM
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Playing with Adobe!
Grab my hand for a wonderful creation! Yehey, my first Adobe work! Despite the buzzee hours, amidst the tiring moments, in lieu of doing paperworks and never-ending rendezvous, luckily, there's Adobe P to ponder on! And I have to agree, that, patience is indeed a virtue. Who would realize that with intense passion and dedication, everything will come to reality? Gee, I'm already making nonsense out of these.
Anyway, thanks to Maja and co. for the pictures.Pictures were taken during the ASLA TBS at BPS in Cavite. =)
8:08 PM
Saturday, April 08, 2006
