my new year's resolution for this year is to never forget birthdays. well, i didn't do as great as i hoped, but i did pretty good this year compared to other years thanks to my planner marked with hundreds of friends' birthdays.
i really try to text or call friends on their birthdays. i want my messages to be as thoughtful as can be, because what good are two words that even a 2-year old can say? HAPPY. BIRTHDAY. it just feels so automatic and thoughtless. so maybe you should give it a try too. take a few minutes of your time to remember how important the celebrants are on their birthdays. say a prayer for them, let them know they are remembered and appreciated, make sincere and personal wishes for them and mean everything you say. it's not like it's their birthday everyday. try not to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY this time. say it in a different and even better way. how? dunno. a birthday is more than just a day a person becomes an individual being. it's they day a person enters people's lives. it's the beginning of everything. it's the day god gave the world a gift. i can call my birthday many things.... i can be greeted in many ways!
life's sometimes too taken for granted. every single birthday should remind us not just of the day we were born but of the great year god has given us -our year-long extension on earth, a year's worth of chance to do great things on earth, earth which may be our purgatory. november's about to end. join me in greeting friends (who are probably your friends too) and making them feel truly special on their special days.
Nov. 1 - Lolo Bingo, Anjuli I. Nov. 2 - Jec T., Joyce B. Nov. 3 - Diana B., Leanna R. Nov. 4 - Mikki V., Eric L., Kuya Shelom Nov. 5 - Joey C. Nov. 6 - Janine M. Nov. 8 - Marah G., Janina T., Ate Clara Nov. 10 - Jonas R. Nov. 13 - Mama, Maricar M. Nov. 14 - Tita Beth (Ro's Mama), Apang F. Nov. 15 - Mara N. Nov. 16 - Cots C. Nov. 18 - Ate Jhoan Nov. 20 - John S., Manda D., Ton-ton C. Nov. 22 - Joanna P. Nov. 23 - Ma A. Nov. 24 - Soc V., Ate Patty Nov. 25 - Steph D. Nov. 26 - Danni V., Kuya Eric Nov. 27 - Bicoy R., Kat R. Nov. 30 - Robin N., Aries R.
come back next month for december celebrants! message me who i missed this month, please:) especially if it's you. if you're on the list and i wasn't able to greet you, i'm sure i have a good excuse for it.
hey, friends. :) hey, ria. surprised? i think it's about time we get back on LJ. it's almost christmas and we should be posting our christmas wish lists soon. :) and well, my planner's got no space for thoughts and stories since all the space's covered with checklist items of things to be done. haha, well, that's 3rd year college student life in DLSU. that's me and ria! we're now taking both our majors at the same time at this particular point in college. i think it'd be safe to say marketing rocks and we're rockin' it too:)
so much has happened since our last entry. perhaps too much. but this should entry should be a bunch of dashes in a microsoft word document, a folded paper in a notebook for several subjects, an indent to mark a new paragraph, or as clichet as it sounds, the mark of the beginning of a new chapter. not an entry to wrap up what has happened, but just an entry to mark a new chapter in our LJ. season 3, perhaps? i think i'll want to go LJ-ing soon, so here's a warning entry para 'di naman too abrupt if i suddenly type in stories out of the blue. haha.
Just go to this website and help save my favorite show. Do this for me, Arlene, yourself (if you are also an O.C. fan) and for all the O.C. fans around the world.
1. do you watch the new seasons of the o.c.? one tree hill? grey's? how do you like it? LOVIN' THE NEW OC! TAYLOR AND RYAN!!! I know alot of people are against it but you know, they have to move on from all the Marissa drama right? And that kiss!! (kilig) Ryan can pat my nose anytime :) "There's no one older than a High School Senior and younger than a college freshman." -Taylor (Soooo true!!)
2. did you miss me? did you ever dream of me recently? fine, who do you miss? did you dream of anyone in particular, lately? I miss you Arlene! I miss being a kid. We were cleaning our junk one weekend and I saw my colorful Lisa Frank bag, binder and sticker album. Do you remember those Lisa Frank stuff? Those with unicorns, bears and pandas? :) Share your Lisa Frank stories!
3. how's the christmas preparations coming? do you have decorations already? what about a gift for me? Sadly, we won't be having much Christmas decorations this year. We're cleaning up! But we have the Christmas Spirit! :)
4. may bago kang boylet/girlet? kwentooo? Yes!! :) RYAN!
5. watcha busy with now? Busy with...ACCOUNTING! :)
Happy Holidays People! :) Don't forget to spread the Christmas cheer! :) -ria
our LJ's been lonely. so please, comment on anything. i just wanna hear from you.
below are a few suggestions:)
1. do you watch the new seasons of the o.c.? one tree hill? grey's? how do you like it? 2. did you miss me? did you ever dream of me recently? fine, who do you miss? did you dream of anyone in particular, lately? 3. how's the christmas preparations coming? do you have decorations already? what about a gift for me? 4. may bago kang boylet/girlet? kwentoooo! 5. watcha busy with now?
i visited some of my friends' blogsites and i happened to have read the templates which include their SPECIFIC short-term goals and long-term goals. to be honest, i envy people with those lists because for me, in a way, their life has a clearer direction. i've felt the urge to make a list of my own, but couldn't get myself to start one, not knowing where to start and knowing i can't finish it. i guess it's because i feel that i'd be limiting myself to a checklist. i'd LOVE to make a COMPLETE list of what i want to do with my life, but WHO CAN MAKE A COMPLETE ONE ANYWAY? one way or the other, i'll have to add stuff to that list. i guess in the future, i'd also make a complete list of the goals i've accomplished instead. but now, i realize, there's no harm in trying to make a list of goals. at least to start with a few.
short-term. a. pass accounting and economics b. get my nails cleaned c. finish my work in OSEC d. finish all the post-acts for OVP-Acads e. pack all my clothes for the sembreak f. visit a spa g. buy a watch
medium-term a. visit a disney land b. learn to play a new musical instrument c. learn to speak a minimum of 3 different languages d. graduate in DLSU in the same course i entered in with no failing mark e. organize and finance my mom's 50th birthday ala-formaldebut (sshh... don't tell her.)
long-term. a. buy my parents a house or a business b. put up my own GK village c. donate a huge amount of money to public hospitals d. have children to take care of (my own or adopted) e. put up a caravan of youth that'll tell more kids of the world about jesus f. put up my own foundation
umm, like i said, i'm only starting... i think this is my first draft. :)
it's a few days 'til my sem break and i've been exhausted this whole term. the only reason i get through everything is GOD gets me through with HUGE help from my blockmates. yes, we're all still very dependent on each other and i'm very happy about that. cheers to my blockmates!
gawsh, i'm so DREADING this term to end already. sure, the whole term was fun. except the school work --which comprises about 90% of everything this term. anyway, i came from zobel this weekend to help out in lsyc. i didn't know most of the facilitators already, but there were a lot of familiar faces. and the place? definitely familiar too. barely anything has changed. good 'ol vaugirard...:) yet i found myself SO surprised to realize how long it was since i walked the same corridor (to the dlsz chapel), wearing my uniform, knowing my batchmates were a few flights of stairs away. that's MORE THAN A YEAR ago. it's indescribable. when you're in the main building of that high school you so love, flashes of great memories come to you so quickly and you know right away that they're all past already. sure, it can get you sentimental. it got me. but at the same time, it amazes you how far you've gone, how much you've learned, how much you've done and how big you've grown since then. i could go on describing all those feelings and thoughts but i know it'll all boil down to me saying, "i miss zobel." it's been so long since i said, felt or thought of that, but finally once again, i did.
it makes me remember my batchmates... those who are in other alma maters, those in the same as mine, those who left the country, those who are back, those who remember, those who have forgotten, those who keep in touch, those who are missing-in-action, those who are couples, those that broke up, those who were single, those who are in love, those who are now parents, those who don't care, those who will save the philippines and those who don't fall in any of the above-mentioned. i pray that GOD keep them and that zobel be in their hearts always.
banana's back in multiply! sort of.:) after 10 months, i uploaded pix again...about 40% of the pix i have. barely any captions, soreh. but from now on, you can include me in your list of multiply-hoppable sites. yay!
...60% of the pix which are family vacations, happy holidays, deboos, college adventures, tapat life and sc-related PICTURES are in their corresponding multiply sites, or in kirk's multiply, or simply, lost in disk space. that's all i could upload.
from now on, i'll upload regularly. sorry it took that long, prends:)
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