9girls Christmas 2009

tin's baked goodies

officefriends

techsys christmas party. side trip to elbi.

ek 09

a trip to EK in november marks Christmas in the barkada! this starts our annual It's Your Birthday JC event :)

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mas maganda pa din pala mag-post ng pictures sa multiply :)

:)

meet lola and finn. lola is 2 years old already but looks so classy. meanwhile, finn is only a few days old. :)

heroes

REQUIEM FOR HEROES. Rescuers dig out of the muddy rubble the bodies of a fireman, an engineer and a volunteer who died trying to save the victims of a landslide at Sitio Buyagan in La Trinidad, Benguet, on Friday. (Inquirer.net)

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What do we do next?

officefriends

ondoy naman oh.

Friday night, I went to pansol together with elbi officefriends for a friend's despedida. It was already raining then but that didn't stop us from going. We reached pansol very late in the evening. Rain was pouring non-stop all night until the time we went home the next day. Since I didn't sleep the whole night, I immediately went to bed when I got home. My original plan was to sleep until 2pm and go back to makati since I have to meet friends and stay in our place for the run sunday morning. Indeed, I woke up by 2pm, but everything was craaaazy. Mom woke me up, told me flood's nearing our house. I had to be alert and all. I looked outside, flood was already knee-deep. Some of the water/mud got through our house. I kept on praying it won't go so much as high that it would damage any of our belongings. Good thing it didn't. Thank you God. 

Mom cleaned the sala, I cleaned the room. We kept on calling ate. She just came from a trip and was supposed to fly again for another one. Mom insisted she doesn't go anymore. She didn't and good thing her flight was cancelled. So we were in the house cleaning, and ate got stuck in the airport for 13 hours.

I was complaining for there was no water supply. I was complaining because for several hours, there was no electricity. I was complaining for when electricity was restored, there was no cable. I was complaining for I had to clean the mud that got through. 

And then I learned what was happening outside -- on the road outside our subdivision, in the nearby barangays, family who got stuck in slex traffic, friends whose homes were really flooded, people in Marikina and QC, evacuees everywhere, properties destroyed, practically lifetime savings that went away with the flood.

Who am I to complain?

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ayoko nang maupo ng komportable and manuod sa tv, mahabag sa aking mga nakikita nang walang ginagawa. 

song for You

i was browsing through my music playlist for the songs i will copy to my ipod and encountered this song. this song best explains where i am right now and how i am feeling. i am taking baby steps. oh please, never give up on me. i love You.

listen here

anyhoo, here's the lyrics:

There’s so much craziness
Surrounding me
There’s so much going on
It gets hard to breathe
When all my faith has gone
You bring it back to me
You make it real for me

When I’m not sure of my priorities
When I’ve lost sight of, of where I’m meant to be
Like holy water washing over me
You make it real for me

And I’m running to you baby
You are the only one who’ll save me
That’s why I’ve been missing you lately
Coz you make it real for me

When my head is strong
But my heart is weak
I’m full of arrogance and uncertainty
When I can’t find the words
You teach my heart to speak
You make it real for me

And I’m running to you baby
Coz you are the only one who’ll save me
That’s why I’ve been missing you lately
Coz you make it real for me

Oh everybody’s talking
In words I don’t understand
You’ve got to be the only one
Who knows just who I am
You’re shining in the distance
I hope I can make it through
Coz the only place that I want to be
Is right back home with you

I guess there’s so much more
That I have to learn
But if you’re here with me
I know which way to turn
You always give me somewhere
Somewhere I can run
You make it real for me

And I’m running to you baby
Coz you are the only one who’ll save me
That’s why I’ve been missing you lately
Coz you make it real for me
You make it real for me

9/11

i did not realize it was mama's 8th big C anniversary.. not until now. hahaha! anyhoo, cheers to mom and to the life God's been blessing her! 
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i will be running on the 27th with officefriends. we only have 2 weeks to prepare and i have not run/ jogged for more than a year! still, i will prepare because it'll be for mom and for her courage and strong faith that has helped her overcome cancer.

yahu!

for tonight, i decided to cook. oh yes. i cooked! hahaha! called ate and mom and asked how to. went to the grocery and bought the ingredients. went back to the condo, excitedly prepared everything i need. in a few minutes, there it is. my first ever tuna carbonara.

i have to tell you, i was surprised that it tasted like carbonara! hahaha. and it tasted quite good (naks! bilib masyado sa sarili) but honestly, the fact that i finished it and it didn't taste weird is a feat for me.

special thanks to my housemates for eating the carbonara. hehehe.

attempt no. 2

yum-oh at last

attempt no. 1

here's the brownies I baked last night. okaaaaay. it was not perfect. i removed the burnt part of the brownies and forced ate annie and mom to eat it. hehehe!

i won't stop

hello burned brownies. this is my first attempt in baking. i will try again and again =P

jem is a rock star!

went to hard rock for jem's gig. it was so fun!

for the pictures, go here :)

Benefit Concert for Tito Orlie

tyn's dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. recent tests showed that some cancer cells are still in his body. With this, he should undergo another round of radiation therapy. this costs a lot of money. Thus, this benefit concert. From what I learned, they have already raised the amount needed for the therapy. praise God for his generosity to this family. He never fails to provide for those who are faithful to Him :)

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tyn's family, churchmates, friends, officemates

officefriends

officefriends who eats together, stays together. at dapat, sa mang inasal.

we all have one thing in common kaya nagkakasundo kami. lol

bumoto ka sa 2010.

at para sa mga kabataan na hindi pa nagpapa-rehistro, ohmygulay, magpa-rehistro na kayo.

ano ba magagawa ko para sa bansa ko?
makialam tayo.

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monday in ayala
wednesday in osmena highway

taken using my good ol trusty phone