snapshots of my so-called life

i was surprised to receive a message from paulette one afternoon informing me of a get-together gimik. i immediately got excited 'cause rarely lang namin siya nakakasama and siya pa yung nagyaya. the last time i saw her was when we bumped into each other at the UST hospital cafeteria. i think that was last jan or feb if i'm not mistaken. anyways, the plan was to have dinner somewhere in quezon city. we all agreed that we'll just meet up at TGIF tomas morato.

come gimik day, paulette texted us and informed us that she can't come. mamamanhikan daw sila that evening for her kuya. too bad. :-( we're all excited to see her pa naman. anyway, despite her absence, the four of us (ruth, roma, mia and myself) have agreed to still proceed with the plan. and boy did we have a blast! we arrived in friday's between 7-7:30 and capped the evening at past 11 pm. grabe, sobrang sarap ng chikahan. ruth and roma are already done with their internship and are now preparing for their board exams this august. buti nga may time pa silang makagimik. hehehe well, we agreed that after their boards and hopefully after my thesis defense we'll all go out-of-town.

of course not to be missed in every gimik are pictures! ako pa! i always have my camera with me whenever there's a gimik or something. mia also brought hers kaya we all had fun hamming it up in front of the camera.

since dad has a scheduled trip to china tomorrow until friday, the family has decided to just advance lep's birthday celebration to today. his birthday is really on tuesday, may 17th. we all agreed to just have brunch at chili's tomas morato. isa, lep's girlfriend was also there to join us. super simple celebration lang. 'twas a nice time to bond with the rest of the family since lately everyone has been preoccupied with something.

family brunch at chili's tomas morato


hmmm....ang sarap ng watermelon shake ko!


magkamukha ba kami ni pau?

i remember the time when we've ridden the dragon in ocean park two years ago. i was seated next to pau then. i can still vividly recall the side turns and upside-down flips. pau and i were screaming our lungs out. we were both begging for the ride to end. the three rounds seemed like forever.

this was the exact same feeling i'm having these past weeks. everything that's been happening seemed to be a one big rollercoaster ride. the start of the ride seemed smooth then came the winding course, the plunge and the highlight which is the upside-down turn. i have to admit that i'm not totally prepared to face some of the twists, turns and flips which greeted me. but since i'm already on the ride, i had no choice but to bravely face the course. i just held on tight, closed my eyes, screamed my fears out and prayed for the ride to eventually end. the next thing i knew, the course was smooth once again. i don't know for sure if the ride is indeed over or if there's another sharp turn ahead. with the rounds that i already went through, i guess the best thing to do is to prepare myself for whatever lies ahead and to just simply enjoy the ride.

last sunday after the SADE weekend, we went to aimee's birthday party at KFC diosdado macapagal avenue. it was a joyous occasion for the whole family because the baby in the family has turned 7. ang bilis talaga ng panahon.

the event also became a reunion of sorts for the family. i terribly missed seeing my cousins, uncles and aunties. grabe, nagtatangkaran at naglalaparan na sila. ako na lang yata ang hindi lumaki. hehe hope our family would have more occasions to celebrate so that we'd see more of each other.

bagay ba sa 'kin maging mommy? this is my cutey inaanak, justin (ate mercy and jayvee's second baby).