Tuesday, July 18, 2006

You Color My World!

I believe talent goes with the birth of an individual. Everyone is born with creative juices. It just so happens that there are unfortunate moments in which we try so hard to grow so fastly and just be succumbed by irrecognizable voices telling us that we are not good enough, hence, we stop dreaming and becoming better.

I was brought up with remarks that I would be the alter ego of my dad, in terms of his artistic facet, that is! I was made to believe that I could be a singer, painter and musician rolled into one. The first, I can still have a shot at. The latter two, I brought to a halt for quite some time now. I am just fortunate enough to still know how to handle my limitations. My fingers just don't seem to fall into the right places when I try to hone my drawing skills. Poor me.

We all have a gift of talent and sharing it with other people, especially the ones we love, is a way of giving it back to the One who showered us with it. We just have to boost each other's drive. Be blessed and be a blessing.

I wish for every one of us to give more pieces of us... to paint more, to draw more, to write more songs, to put music to letters more, to sing more, to dance more, to read more, to take more photos, to write more poetry, to bake more, to cook more, to teach more, to heal more, to design more, to dress more, to love more... to stumble more in the course of it and just laugh at and learn from it MORE!

Thursday, July 13, 2006

A Happy, Happy Post!

Zel, here's my long-overdue happy post! :D

My July 1-2 weekend was spent bonding with the rest of the UPCE HR Committee at Fontana. I definitely had fun - lots of it! Thanks to our Madame VP, Kate, for all the efforts and love for our committee. The 'Ultimate Bonding Experience' certainly paid off since our projects so far had been receiving nothing but wonderful comments. HR's on for spelling S-U-C-C-E-S-S this semester! :D

So there, reader. Indulge yourself with nothing but the vainest pictures of the ultimately bonded cam whores of the UPCE! :P

Visit my Multiply site for more photos. Bear with me though since it's still a bit cluttered. Will fix it as soon as I have the time.

Contagious. Infectious. Nakakahawa. The UPCE Human Resources Committee (hindi pa kami complete nyan!)

Enjoying Kate's super sarap sisig and some of her specialties after a couple of biyahe hours.


Good morning people!


yehesss! :D


Familia HR


05 July. UPCE's Applicants' Orientation. It was also a success. Thanks to the support of my fellow CE people especially to my HR friends. Thanks, Ivan R., for helping me with the theme. Thanks, Jo and Jac for hosting. Thanks, Mang Dong, for the free bilao of baked spaghetti. Hehe. Will post pictures as soon as I get copies from Bong or Jac. I was so great that I forgot to bring my cam on the day of my first-ever HR project. How pathetic is that?

11 July was such a looooong day. Ma'am Guevarra's party at Loyola Grand Villas. UPCE's Acquaintance Party at Tribu. A so-late-for-dinner-yet-too-early-for-breakfast meal at Eastwood's Somethin' Fishy. Sleepover at Zel and Kate's condo in Loyola Heights. Needless to say, I had a blast!

First off, we prepared stuff for the AP at Zel and Kate's condo while cooking steak, chicken, crepes, and a whole lot more just for the seven of us. Tell me, don't we love indulging ourselves with food (notwithstanding the critiques on crepe viscosity and culture-origins of gravies)?


banana and apple crepes on the go!

We dropped by at Tribu for awhile then we headed to Ma'am Guevarra's home. Saying her house is nice would definitely be an understatement. I loved it! It was like having a dose of a relaxing Tagaytay scenery amidst the busy roads of Quezon City. She was so accomodating and her husband as well. However, we weren't able to avail ourselves of her 10-dollar house tour since it was already past 9pm and we had to go back to Tribu and buy Norman's surprise cake as well.


Half of BA 173 class at Ma'am Guevarra's main dining


Unfortunately, Red Ribbon, Shoppersville and other cake shops along Katipunan were already closed so we had to resort to devising plan B. We bought a gallon of ice cream in a convenience store instead. However, we didn't let go of the cake-candle thing so we worked on our charms and went back to Red Ribbon to beg the employees to sell us a cake's candle not minding that it was their closing time. Fortunately, we were charming enough that the waiter gave us a small piece of candle for free! Thanks to you, mr. waiter, whoever you are. You were instrumental in helping us give our friend an unforgettable birthday experience. :D

Back to Tribu. Immediately after we arrived, the fake raffle contest began. I had to get Norman's ticket number unnoticeably at the start of the event since it was part of the plan and I was also in charge of the registration booth. Side kwento: part of the birthday bash was for us not to greet Norman the whole day, so imagine his surprise when his number was called and our surprise treat was unfolded! Haha.

The acquaintance party was a success! Congrats to you, zellybeans and to the rest of CE! :D

We stayed at Tribu for two more hours after the party. We had more fun until the night boozed off. We left Tribu at around 2am and headed to Eastwood for Somethin' Fishy. We were supposed to watch the 3am showing of Superman at Mall of Asia's IMAX but to our surprise, all tickets were sold out up to Sunday, regardless of showing time. Grabe! Kumain na lang ulit kami sa Eastwood. Hehe.


narinig mo na ba?? magpapainom si kate!


the boys!


present sa lahat ng pics si pat! hehe

BENG! BENG!


We went back to Zel and Kate's condo at around 4am and spent the rest of the night (este, morning) away. We were so tamad to rise with the morning sunlight that Ben and Zel missed their cardio-kickboxing classes (inggit na ko i want to join them as soon as i can!) and Jo, Glecy and Jac were late for their cheerleading practices. I super had fun! :D

P.S. Will edit this blog and post more pix soon! My dial-up's pretty much effed up that it couldn't be in parallel with my thrill of posting pictures! Gaaaah. To my friends asking for copies of our pix, will upload them all at my Multiply site or I'll burn copies for you na lang. Sorry, ang bagal talaga ng net ko eh!