lazy blogger

wow!

2007-01-30T02:26:00.000+08:00

its been ssoooo long since i last blogged! my galleh! well, to start, im already in Canada! i already have been since October 24th. We got here when it was just entering winter! so we froze our butts off! haha. i love it here! i miss the Philippine weather though.. but still, standard of living, food, people! its very pleasant here im telling ya.

We found a church! the name's FFAC for First Filipino Alliance Church! its really awesome there! there are alota filipino kids our age and the people are sooo warm welcoming! btw, me and my sis are in the ministry already.. soo cool! i'm playin the guitar again and sometimes i sing back up, my sis is getting better and better in keys and she's becoming a "kuya bobot" here! like telling people when to repeat or what would be a nice drum beat. speaking of drum beats.. im gradually becoming better and better in the drums. some people even say i should play at the main service. but i dont know.. maybe some other time. anyway, yesterday, i taught our youth drummer Abby how to play the bass! she got it in less than 5 minutes! it was pretty cool.

School's ok. i have math, social studies, chem, bio, english. thats about it! they dont really make you take courses you dont really need! like i dont need physics for nursing/medicine. so yeah, its pretty awesome. i've got friends too! some fellow asians and some white canadians. funny, asians here befriend their fellow asians.. its just how it goes!.. at school, im a freakin loner! it sucks. sometimes, when im not with my sister, i am alone. no, not really sometimes but most of the times!! i dont know, its really different when making friends in the Phils and here. coz in the phils, for me, its a good thing to "feel close" to someone you just met. ya know that "FC" or "feeling close" thing? its actually somehow helping coz atleast you know how that person acts around people. its better than trying to reach someone and trying so hard to meet their standards. thats my case right now.. but im really thankful for those others who keep me company when they know im alone. :D
going back to studies, its not really hard.. im not in honors, i think im average.. i just finished mid terms last week and surprisingly, math was the easiest! and i shouldnt have studied for that if it wasnt for my mom who screamed at me when i was in the computer the night before the exam! made me realize that parents dont shout at you for no reason! haha.

i have a part time job now and its soo fun! i work at Baskin Robins.. an ice cream parlor! incase you dont know, its like dairy queen but we have more selections. its really awesome working there! i have two bosses. They're brothers and both chinese. Sam and George. They're really fun! and so nice to me! Their families work there too. So yeah, pretty much im surrounded by chinese people!! but there are non-chinese people working there too! haha! like my friend Ashley. she's canadian.. 2 years younger than me and yet one time asked me,
"Do you go to parties?"
"Uhh. yeah sometimes"
"Well have you gone to ones that has beers and weeds?"
"what the crap!? heck no! have you?"
"yeah."
"how long have you been drinking?"
"umm. i dont know, since i was 12 i guess.."

12?? holy cow. that aint right!! 12 year olds shouldnt be drinking! they should be doing sports or getting busy with some activity. btw, speaking of sports, man! kids here have skinny legs!! and to make it even sad for a body builder's point of view, they wear the hip new style of pants, the skinny jeans! im not only talking about girls here, but even guys!! yes, they wear skinny jeans too with their skinny legs! unfortunately, for me.. i dont work out as much either.. winter makes it hard to go around, and plus, i dont have the equipment here at home. not like back in the Phils. but i still make sure i eat the right amount of food and i do sit ups almost everyday! i do not want to have a bulgy tummy. may it be my ridiculous looking hair, thats alright! my short height, thats ok too! but to have a bulging tummy, no way jose! sometimes, when i forget to exercise in about 3 weeks i see lines in my tummy, not because of abs! but because of the fat being squeeshed into each other when i sit and crouch down producing horizontal lines that are seen even when im not sitting and crouching down! it aint a pretty sight! call me vain about my muscles, dont care.. atleast i look out for my health, my fit and my discipline.

Christmas and New year was all good. We celebrated with some church friends. It wasnt as energetic as spending occasions with my relatives back in the Phils, but it was ok. atleast there were friends our age that we shared some laughs with :)

I didnt know Dance Dance Revolution is so popular here. Like in the Phils, its no big deal.. We even hesitate doing it because we feel somewhat embarrassed playing it. But here, they dont care if they play it out in the open with alota people staring at them, no matter how good or how sucky they are! its pretty awesome here. Back in the Phils, when i bring packed lunch at school, i dont know why but i get embarrassed. its like a stereotype that says "haha! packed lunch?? what a loser!". But here, amazingly, at school, people my age even older, bring tupperwares (is that the right spelling?!) and eat happily as they want. Coz in here, its not how you look, coz people here dont really judge, its about thinking practical and knowing better. thats one of the reasons why i really like this place! :D

And for my last part of the blog, i'd put the one thing people in the Phils always ask me whenever i get the chance to chat with them over the net. "May boyfriend ka na ba?". well, NO! i do not have one and i do not want one.. YET. ofcourse i'd like to have one, but not right now... still waiting for God's perfect timing. I've been hesitating to look at guys and *cough* admire the natural beauty of God's creation (some jerk who likes looking at girls said that), coz its just pointless.. I mean, if I go dead serious in a relationship right now thats not even God's plan for me, then i would be wasting time, and tears for something thats not even right. So might as well wait and wait for the perfect one. I wouldnt worry. A friend once told me, "oh di ang tagal nun??" or in english, she basically says, "what?! you're willing to wait for such a long time!?". Well, i dont care. I know well in my heart that God would give me His perfect choice in His perfect timing! Im not rushing. Coz i know when that time comes, heck! it WILL be worth the wait!! its weird coz its like i am so not interested in a relationship right now and yet i cant wait for God's perfect timing. hahaha! its a weird statement eh? <--- no, canadians dont always say "eh". haha. Here's an ending for my blog for today. How I miss blogging! haha! no, i dont really miss it.. im just too lazy. well, thanks for reading man!! Hope you have a good day today!! God bless!!

whassup bloggers?!?

2008-05-02T00:27:00.006+08:00

holy moly!! kay tagal ko nang hindi nakakapagblog!!! i think it's been a year already.. grabeeee!! umm umm where to start?? hmm sabihin ko muna na I'm sorry if I wouldn't be able to maintain straight english or tagalog because I'm just so excited to blog right now haha xD anyways, kamusta na ba ako? hmm well, eto nasa computer room ako ngayon kasi may spare ako. in case you don't know what a "spare" is, it's a free block ;D normally ginagamit ko itong time na toh pangtulog eh haha, hindi ko expect na magbblog ako! hmm, first off, ok naman ako. buhay parin, nkakahinga parin. Haven't had any accidents! or wait lemme think... *deep thought*... NOPE! none! I'm a bit sore though today coz I worked out yesterday (and I haven't worked out in a looong time now so bale parang nagulat yung katawan ko xD), hindi ko alam kung tumangkad ako.. kainis nga eh, mga tao sa Pinas pagtanungin ko ng "How are you?" ang sagot sakin "I'm alright, ano tumangkad ka na ba?".. medyo nakaka-insulto pero ayus lang. hindi ko na lang sinasagot yung tanong nila hahah. tumangkad siguro ako ng super onti lang! ewan, sometimes I wish that I was taller, pero wala akong magagawa.. might as well enjoy the body I am in right now.. and I DO! :D

I don't want to share info about my studies cuz c'mon really, who would want to hear that? haha instead, I'm gonna share about my boy-girl dilemma.. ayan! gusto nyo yan noh? hahah pero sorry to disappoint you, I don't have any. Ni crush wala! Weird kasi dati PARATI akong may crush, tas ngayon wala as in. Merong guy sa school though, he's white. We don't know each other actually but I'm pretty sure we know each other's names cuz we have classes together. Anyways, nung una patingin tingin sya.. eh ang haba ng baba nya so I refused to engage in such flirting. Pero recently I've been purposefully looking at him for my own reasons, tingin naman sya sakin hahah! pero no... hanggang doon lang siguro. kasi hindi ko naman talaga sya kilala, ni hindi ko nga alam kung Christian sya or hindi so yeah, wag na lang.. or at least, wag muna. haha natatandaan ko dati may spare ako so I decided to play catch outside the school with a friend of mine. kami lang dalawa nasa labas nun.. tapos biglang may dumating na kotse sa parking lot, tas isa SYA sa bumaba sa kotse, nakita nya ako nakita ko sya tapos pumasok sya sa school.. maya maya biglang lumabas kung nasan ako naglalaro, may dala dalang soccer ball then started playing outside! sabi ko sa sarili ko "eto sinusundan ata ako nito eh" bwahaha! kapal talaga ng mukha ko noh? sorry ah! tagal ko na kasing walang "kilig moment" eh haha xD

anyways, enough of the pathetic part of my life! on to the spiritual. well, i don't know actually.. mula nung pumunta ako dito, I'm ashamed to admit it pero parang namamatay yung fire ko kay Lord. As in parang, dahil nakukuha ko na lahat ng gusto hindi na masyadong importante ang magdasal. I know that it's wrong... pero talagang I'm trying hard to overcome this. Ayokong maging ganito. Siguro test lang ito sakin ni Lord for the future kasi may plano akong maging missionary. I think God wants me to be stronger in faith kasi feeling ko parang walang ako napupuntahan. Yung tipong walang progress ang buhay ko... parang stagnant lang. I think its time I take a step on to the next level. Sana lang makayanan ko.

I'm currently in grade 12 right now and I'm graduating in a few days, that means I'm off to college! and hay nako... Sabi ng mom ko Nursing daw, and she is so psyched about it... thing is... I'm not. I'm not even sure that I want nursing to be my carreer. Actually, hindi ko pa alam kung ano gusto ni Lord na gawin ko. and I'm running out of time. Ewan. every time minemention ni mommy ang nursing, ako naman parang "whatever". Alam mo naman mga filipino parents, kelangan maging doctor ka or engineer or nurse or something computer related. Basta ba malaki ang pera... ughhhh hindi ko talaga alam kung anong gagawin ko! Nakakainis. Ibang tao kasi, they know what they're good at. So kunwari kung mahilig sila sa computers, oh di mag computer-whatever course sila. Ako kasi, masyado akong maraming gusto... Marami ako hilig na gawin. And most of that pa ay yung "artsy" side.. yung tipong, ART as in music, photography, dance etc. I mean, anong mapupuntahan ko kung sundan ko yung mga gusto ko? I love singing, but I'm not good enough to be a successful singer. I want to teach music, but I don't even know how to read notes. I love photography, but I'm not creative and observative enough to be an amazing photographer. I love dancing, the one thing that I gave so much time and effort for... 6 years of dancing ballet I thought I had it all together, I told myself I want to build my own dance school. A few moments later I find myself quitting because of financial problems and laziness. Ok na sana, kaso nawala. Hindi ko talaga alam. I told my mom that after highschool I need some time off, go to summer school and study to bump my grades up. Then she told me,

"Erica, kahit mag take ka ng time off after high school, wag kang magpalit ha?"

Ako naman: "wag magpalit ng ano?"

"Ng course, ng nursing."

I told my mom before that I'm considering nursing. I dont know, I might even have told her that that's what I'm doing for sure... but I'm NOT sure. And so ngayon she thinks that my life-long dream is nursing, which is not. I mean, for a person who barely accomplished anything (I'm refering to myself), one of my goals is to impress my parents and be able to make them proud. Doing that, I have to follow what they say. And right now, my mom is saying NURSING. I want to make her happy, but I don't know how I could do that by telling her "ma, I want to be a [insert not-s0-profitable job]"? and what's weird is, in here in Canada, nursing is apparently very competitive! Like one time a friend asked me what I'm doing after highschool and so replied with "nursing", then she answered back "really? you must be REALLY smart then".. but I'm not. I have always been a bad student... going back to my old school in the Philippines, I'm pretty sure teachers hated me for ignoring their hard work they put in teaching. I won't go in to details, but all I have to say is I AM NOT PROUD OF WHO or WHAT I WAS BEFORE. but I should move on right? I shouldn't let this carelessness of the past affect who I am today right? RIGHT!

I'm not sure if you've noticed (probably not), but I've been writing this blog at different days on different weeks. I think I've been writing it for almost 2 months now or more. I just keep on adding and adding stuff xD anyways, I think this is about enough. Thank you for reading reader, hope you have a nice day :D

new experiences :D

2007-02-27T11:22:00.000+08:00

I've experienced lots this past week! 2 weeks ago, I sang at our youth group as worship leader! My voice was horrible coz I've been singing since 3pm that day until the youth service which was 7 or 8-ish. It was an ok experience :) Last week, I played the drums! I was really tired because I've been practicing with the band since 4pm. I wasn't relaxed so the energy I got left, I threw it all on the drums! I was getting uber hyper! There was one part of the song that my drumstick slipped off my hand and hit my nose! *ouchies!* but it fell right in front of me, so I picked it up quickly and continued the beat! I didnt' perfect like two or three rollings, but I sure loved the ending! haha! Our last song was "Now that You're Near"! It was awesome! The vocals and back up vox (which is Michael, the only back up vox there) were jumpin'! feeling the music and just rocking for God! It was great. It was a great experience for me! (as a first time drummer!).

Playing the drums is great! I love it. Oh yeah, there is one news that's pretty big for me.. I actually sang at the main service! as worship leader! Our line up was the songs "sweeter", "through it all" and "evermore". I loved that experience! At first I was trembling with fear just to go up there! But when I stood there and started singing, all my fears just disappeared! I closed my eyes most of the time to just visualize myself singing to God (i dont see Him, I just feel He's there). It was awesome. The congregation was interactive! The youth band.. well, Jamie, the bassist, isn't a youth anymore. He's 20 i think!? but he's the youngest bassist we know! anyway, the youth band was great! and I really know that when we keep on playing together as a band for a year or so, we'll be pro's! haha! well, not really pro's but really really good. Coz by then, we'd be soo familiar with each other that we know how everyone thinks! Going back to my experience, I loved the second song which was "through it all".. I sang it twice actually coz our Pastor asked the band to sing it again for the "pray-over" thing they did after the sermon. Oh my gosh! That was the best ever! I sang that, and when I was worshiping with eyes closed, I took a peek at the congregation and saw them crying! I almost cried for joy! It was soo cool! I mean, the band's calling is to lead the people to worship right?? And when I knew that we accomplished what God has called us to do, it was unexplainable joy!! Those tears I saw rolling down their eyes were so... AH! i cant explain it! It was just so great!!

Oh. I'm gonna be doing volunteer work in a day care center near where I live for Religion Class in school. (It was mandatory to do Religion to graduate!) I started this afternoon after school! I came in and heard children playing. When I took off my jacket, scarf and shoes, and went in the little door that's not even passing my waist. I looked down on them and smiled! "Hi! my name's Erica :) What's your name?". And from there, kids just welcomed me and played with me as if they were my siblings :D

come here! come here! Come play with me!
Let's play Vet! Can I play with your hair too?
This is Mr. Froggie! If you're scared, just hold my hand ok?

sweet kids :) I couldn't help but smile. They were just so adorable! One even asked me while braiding my hair, "Do you want to work here when you become an adult?" I said "umm. i dont know". "please?? you can do college here". Apparently, she didn't know Day Care centers aren't college schools! haha! it was soo cute! And they were sharing their lives with me!

"My sister's name is Cindy and my granma's name is Mandy".
"My granma's name is Emma, she has my name too! ".
"What's your mommy's name?".

It was great! I love kids! They are sooooo uber sweet!! :) Then, it was time for me to leave.. I waved at them and one girl said, "hug! hug!", so I came up to her a gave her a hug! Others came to me as well and gave me a hug! Then the little girl said, "Bye! I love you!". I just kept smiling! I was smiling while walking home (people driving by probably think I'm weird just smiling there walking merrily!) It was really a fun fun experience!! and I can't wait to come back! That one hour of service work was like the cherry on top of the ice cream (i dont really like cherry, but you get the idea right!). It really made my day!!

Well, those are the new experiences I've encountered this week! I hope more will come!!!

cold

2006-12-03T02:18:00.000+08:00

man! winter is sooo freezing! but its ok, all i need is a buncha clothes to keep me warm! :D cant wait for spring! then summer!! so far, im kinda livin a good life here in Canada. i used "kinda" coz were getting there. but im pretty sure that in time, God will surely bless us with a nice house and an ok lifestyle. :) school is ok. Getting to know alota people and makin new friends! ^_^ studies are ok. Not much pressure.. man! i need exercise!! now that its summer, i cant jog outside or go to the gym coz its so far away.. I feel so much of a bum! All I do is watch tv and surf the net! Sometimes, out of desperation, i jog around the apartment, do crunches infront of the tv while watching and do jumping jacks. And i must not make much noise coz the neighbor would knock, like saying "keep it down will ya!". Man, I cant wait till we can afford our own house! in an apartment, our movement is just so limited! We cant run around and stuff. I feel sorry for my two lil sibs who love to play alot. well anyway, I went around the mall yesterday looking for a job opening, and I found this "Kidtropolis" thing at the far end of the mall! I liked it, its like a daycare for ages 3-12 year olds. They can play around and stuff! And since i like kids, even seeing them makes me smile, I think Im gonna take it. So yeah, I hope I get a job there and be an "Ate" that they may like and not think of as a control freak! Some kids think like that.. they dont know that were doing them a favor! Crappy kids.. haha. hmm.. what else... oh yeah! Since I am so freakin amused with salsa dancing, Im gonna take lessons!! weee!! but my mom says not now, maybe when were living a steady already. Coz right now we cant afford out-of-the-budget things.. So a lil bit of patience is all we need. :D well, Im off! gonna eat merienda! Ingats!

hmmm

2005-11-14T15:02:00.000+08:00

its been sooooo long since i last touched my blog! i've been very busy na kasi eh.. (busy? homeschooled?) ahaha! yes, i've been busy. well.. what to tell.. oh yeah, our BFHCF anniversary is coming this sat. im so excited! hehe. mmhmmm.. alot has happened na.. so many that i forgot them already! ay oo nga pala, we had our youth overnight a couple of weeks back.. it was fun.. really was an experience! and the band! man! were they good! they're "Higgayon" malupet as in! and the sermon was great! there were two movies shown.. first was "Martin Luther" and second was "Monsters Inc." <<<--cute movie! but i didnt get to finish either one of them kasi sobrang sabog ko na! reason why is that, my family went to Laguna that morning and i only slept for 2 hours! my eyes were red and bulgy when i went to church! ahaha! well, yun! what more.. what more.. oh yeah, there's some girl who has my number! she thinks my name is Patrick!? and she was texting me quotes with alot of i love you's. i told her i'm a girl and had no interest on having a textmate! (believe me, i dont like textmates whom i dont know!).. she wouldnt stop!! aaaaahh! so yun! those are my stories that i happen to remember. haaay, cable's out so i have nothing to do! i wanna watch t.v.!! freakin bored..

joy

2005-05-09T13:43:00.000+08:00

Joy

VERSE 1:
B/E E
I'll love You Lord
B/E E
I'll worship You
B/E E B
I'll love You Lord, always

B/E E
So Thankful, Lord
B/E E
You saved my life
B/E E B
You saved my life, today

CHORUS:
A E
Let me be a shining light for You
A E
Let me be a joy to You always
A E
Let me be a shining light for You
A D2/F# E
Let me be a joy to You always
A D2/F# E B/E E
Let me be a joy to You always

VERSE 2:
No superman,
I'm no hero;

I'm just a man in Your eyes

But through Your Son,
I've overcome
the father of all lies

whoopeedee

2006-09-20T23:06:00.000+08:00

just came home from prayer meeting.. it was cool. then i watched Bakekang kanina. haha! yes! i watch that! its a mixture of comedy and drama.. but more on drama! as in! maya't maya syang umiiyak! eh kasi naman, yung Bakekang na yun, pinagpipilit nya yung sarili nya sa isang artista! haha. well, bahala na si Lord sa kanya.. haha! speaking about telenovelas.. fyi: lumaki ako dyan! haha! sa mga "mula sa puso" at "esperanza"! nyahaha! im pretty sure konti lang ang nakakarelate sakin! well, naiba na yung mga pinapanood ko ever since we had cable.. so after all those years, im finally gonna watch a local tv series again! hahaha! babaw noh? haha. sorry sorry. pero know what? masarap kasama mga mababaw na tao! (not that im saying that im fun to be with).. kasi, diba.. when you meet someone new, syempre ang sense of humor talaga ang tututukan mo.. hindi ba?? you'll try stuff to make the person laugh! para naman malaman nya na hindi ka boring kausap! haha. so pagmababaw kausap mo, enjoy nya yung presence mo! diba? diba? pero pag walang sense of humor, naku! hirap! hehehe. like there was one time sa classroom namin.. role playing kasi yung activity namin.. tas yung group namin, comedy sketch.. eh yung bubbly-fun teacher namin absent! tas yung nagsubstitute sa kanya, kahit isang "ha ha" wala kaming narinig sa kanya! walang sense of humor ba naman!! eh comedy sketch pa naman yung samin!! kakahiya as in! eh diba pag may ginagawa ka sa harap ng class, mapapatingin ka talaga sa teacher mo to see his/her reaction.. kung happy ba sya or disappointed or whatever.. hahaha. so yun, we had fun but the teacher didnt.. tandaan ko tuloy yung teacher ko nung 1st year.. paulit ulit nyang sinasabe sakin, "matalino ka pero ubod ka ng tamad!". grabe noh? sasabihin na nga lang tamad may "ubod" pa! haha. ewan, dati.. di ko malaman kung bakit ganun ako.. di ko talaga ginawang priority ang pagaaral.. tsk tsk tsk. grabe, those were the bad days! as in BAD days.. panay sermon, patayo-sa-corner-ng-classroom, standup pag di alam yung sagot, bla bla bla! ui pero never pako nagpa-tuitor! praise God! haay.. bad days talaga.. ang pinunta ko lang talaga sa school nun ay friends! honestly, im not proud of myself during those days.. as in.. di pako mature.. anyway, take note! DATI yan ah! im a changed person.. ngayong naghohomeschool nako, wala na akong ibang priority kundi magaral!! a bit boring, but its for my good! ^_^... oh my! malapit na kaming umalis papuntang Canada! im really excited.. sad din kasi im gonna miss my friends... the owls, ayee, allyana and chris.. church friends.. relatives.. waaah! T_T naku, i might break down into tears when that day comes! haaay, well.. gotta spend my days with my kababayans to the fullest til that day comes! :D wow haba na! haha. God bless peeps! *tata*

sa ngayon

2005-08-13T22:52:00.000+08:00

me and my sis finally have our PACEs... why we are happy about it? well, for the past few months, we've been bumming around the house doin absolutely nothing!.. i'm telling you, too much relaxation is not fun anymore!.. in times you should really spend your time working, life would be so dull without it.. sounds weird huh? pero seriously.. 15 hours of sleep daily for three months is not normal and sickening!!.. well, thats just my opinion.. anyway, this morning i realized that i dont have a crush at all. nope! not for me.. maybe some other time.. haha!

wipee!!

2005-07-11T20:47:00.000+08:00

today's fine...but i have good news and bad news for myself!....lets start with the Bad news!...we went to Shekinah earlier this day expecting to be studying there....but they said they didnt have any homeschooling for highschool studs...tsk! so for a moment, me and my sis felt bad cos we really wanted to study in Shekinah coz of Pamela Santos and Charmaine Soliman! (naks! special mention!)...now for the good news!...we passed this exam in Phoenix one (an IT school)....grabe sobrang hirap!!...its for college grads kase eh and im only 3rd year highschool!! actually...i didnt like to pass at first but theres been a sudden change of emotion that made me feel like its great!...so instead of being sad or moody...i just enjoyed the moment! ahaha! and another good news...i saw someone this day!! weee!! i saw Pam!! ahahaha!! til here dudes!! see yah

Anniversary!!

2005-11-20T21:49:00.000+08:00

well, before the anniv. we went to our tita's church for a "worship seminar". It was good but we had to leave early for OUR church. Sa church naman namin, nagpractice nanaman kame ng walang humpay na "time to come home" for the anniv., nagpractice din kame for choir. 1 round of rehearsal then it started! yes, almost all of us were nervous.. but hey! we did well! the dancers I mean.. we sang beautifully in choir! and the praise and worship was really really great! the mime performance was cool. in short.. EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME!! we ate delicious food.. talked to people and then left. haha!.. there was one time.. some choir members, including me, are also dancers, and the dance was right after the choir performance! we had to change our shirts as fast as we can! (yung pinagbihisan namin was just in a dark corner.. puro girls lang naman kame kaya ok lang!) my rush was a success but Pam, in panic, was wearing her shirt and cant seem to fix it! she then realized that its not hers! kay Joses pala yon! like i said.. its a DARK corner lang! she was saying "guys wait! hindi na nakakatawa! guys! guys! help!" even though she said that, I was laughing my lungs out while helping her! yes, it maybe rude but she was laughing with me as well! nagmamadali kami dun! i was saying "tara na! tara na!" tapos sasabihin "wait lang wait lang" until finally! nasuot na rin niya yung kanya! we ran where we were suppose to enter then when the announcer knew we were complete.. inannounce na kame! we dance na! our pain-staking practices finally paid off! the dance went well. everyone is happy! hehe. the anniversary was really great. i would really love to watch or even participate on next year's anniv. but sadly were going to Canada na... :( waaaah! well, thats my story for today!

THE END!!

oh yeah! check out the pics here -->> click!! (konti lang yan eh.. badtrip kasi yung cam!)

My aunt's b-day

2005-12-21T22:48:00.000+08:00

it was my tita cathy's birthday last dec. 20.. we didn't know what to do so we planned on singing carols in the neighborhood.. but truth is.. we didnt sing at all! nahiya kame eh! tatlo lang kame and we weren't even prepared.. we jsut thought.. "tara mangaroling tayo!" and so we did! i mean.. we didn't! ewan! basta.. we tried! haha!

tired but happy! :)

2006-07-21T22:29:00.000+08:00

wuhOo! im tiiirreedd! nagpillow fight kame ng younger sibs ko! haha! saya! ako yung attacker tas sila yung kawawa! muhahhaha!! eh yung gamit ko pa namang pillow napaka-brutal! yung pillow na leather ata yung punda! wahahaha!! namamaga nga kamay ko ngayon eh.. ouch! well, i just love playin with them! (although i realized.. kinakawawa ko lang sila! haha!) they're lovin it!! well anyway, my day was good.. :) aral, kain, tulog, laro.. my freakin daily routine.. gusto ko na nga bumalik sa normal school where there are classmates, teachers, lockers!, cafeteria and more!! kakamiss!! homeschooling ako ngayon eh.. tapos my one and only classmate is my dear sister! wow! what joy! hahaha! but its cool. daming free time. short tests. no recitation needed. no projects! yes yes. what a life noh? pfff! kakasawa rin! mejo nakakamiss nga yung stress ng paghahabol ng projects eh! (little known fact: parati akong naghahabol kasi late ako parati magsubmit dala ng katamaran.. something i am not proud of!).. as in, kakamiss talaga! haaay!

grabe, ang weird kahapon! two unknown numbers texted me! wahaha! one in the morning chaka one in the evening! yung morning, aba'y mali ata yung tinetext nya! wahaha! sabe ba naman.. "dont wori, ang habol ko lang naman ay maging friends lang. diba nga 'dating lovers cant be friends!'". what the crap?!! aba'y hindi ako nagreply! wahaha!! tas sinabe ko "umm.. mali ata yung number na nakuha nyo.. :)"! tas yun, nag-sorry.. :D anyway, yung evening naman.. sabe nya "hello, si engr. bong 2. yung number mo kasi nasa phonebuk ko. san ba tayo nagmeet?" so akala ko manloloko so sinabe ko burahin na lang nya number ko sa phone book nya kasi di naman kame magkakilala.. then he said.. "Erica ang name mo sa phonebook ko eh. I cant recall. Could you please give me an idea where you stay?".. waah! alam name ko! well, ayoko magbigay ng info ko eh so i suggested na burahin na lang nya number ko.. and so he did! haha! end of story!! weeee! baduy ba? sorry ah! nagkekwento lang!! haha! hmmm.. chat muna ako! wala na akong masabe eh! haha! well! goodnight to ya!!

talents night!

2006-09-11T18:21:00.000+08:00

grabe, ang astig ng talents night!! 9 groups performed! ang gagaling! hehe. first was a comedy/dance group.. ang kulet nila! haha. naenjoy ko yung performance nila! hehe. 2nd was a dance group. they danced to the song "get right".. grabe, ang lupet pala sumayaw nung mahiyain na girl na kilala ko.. asteeg! 3rd was a dance group ulit, ang asteeg nila! laftrip pa si diegs!! haha! 4th was a soloist, si kuya mamaik aka pinoy usher! hahaha. lupet nya sumayaw and kumanta! usher talaga! or better pa! haaayuup! hahaha! 5th were ate micah and kuya nino, they sang the all-time frustration of kuya jaga "come as you are".. last time kasi, si kuya jaga and ate micah ang kumanta nyan and.... well, 6th was kate! she sang! hanlupet!! kahit hindi ko alam yung song.. ang galing galing! hands down! grabe, i cant sing like that! tas solo pa sya! wowee! 7th was a band/dance group naman, ang lupet sumayaw ni patrick! haha! asteeg! they sang 2 songs of hillsong united. tas eto na, 8th! its us! we were a band, we played letters to you by finch, deeds by sanctus real and slither by velvet revolver.. waah! grabe, i was so nervous! ako kasi vox. and its my first time to sing infront.. its weird coz i never get stage frights naman kasi buong buhay ko, parati akong nasa center stage dancing ballet with hundreds of viewers.. but this time was different! as in i have cold sweat all over me! haha. well yun, we just went through it and i think we did pretty good naman! i felt like a rockstar for 10 minutes! nyahaha! asa! anyway, 9th was a band rin, they played opm! asteeg!! natuwa ako sa drummer nila! some 13 year old kid.. marunong pumalo! ang kulet! haha. well yun lahat ng competitors.. after that, a band named Pilot Project played.. grabe!!! gustong gusto ko talaga yung flow ng songs nila!! ang asteeg!! kaya lang 3 songs lang kinanta nila.. bitin!! i cant wait for their album!!! super astig talaga!! tapos.. nagsikainan na! then awarding na! kuya mamaik got the star of the night male award and kate got the star of the night female award! cool!! then, for the 3rd place, it was the 1st group, the dance/comedy group! then 2nd place was us! our band! our band name is Progress btw! and first place was the 3rd group, yung dance group!! ang cool kasi nila eh! hehe. it was fun!! and i was so happy to see my cousin roni and my other cousin kevin (along with his friends)! pumunta kasi sila.. thanks insans for being supportive!! labya both!! ang saya talaga ng talents night!! :D

whattosay?? (ui! yun yung paputok ah!!)

2006-07-17T22:04:00.000+08:00

yo! im back!! haha. astig ni bruce lee!! haha! seryoso! i just watched i think 2 or 3 bruce lee movies just a couple of days ago. lupet man!! i am now a fan of his!! pero hindi naman die-hard fan.. haha! anyway, i learned a new song! thanks to chynna!! hahah!! its called "pirate!" haha! kulit eh! hehe. well, yun lang! hahah!! grabe! super ikli ng mga entries ko! haha! kakatamad magblog eh! byers!!

hmmm...?

2006-07-13T19:48:00.000+08:00

hahah! im back! and what i said earlier, bout the love thing, thats crap.. hahaha! well, not really.. basta, i realized that i SHOULD wait :) i mean c'mon! im just 16! theres alota people to come! and more faces to discover!! kakaexcite! hehe. advice lang.. before you like or crush on someone.. get to know the person first! you dont know for sure what/who he/she really is.. haha! anyway, hmmm... cant think of anything to say eh! hahaha. maybe next time! as for now, this is erica signing off!!

waaaaah!!

2006-06-13T20:24:00.000+08:00

its been so so so so so so freakin long since i last put a blog!! anyway, ALOT has happened na! met new faces, did alot of things, shared alot fo stories, went to places bla bla bla bli bli bli!! hahaha! in short, i did alot of things!!! haha. yun nga yung sinabe ko eh! haha. anyway, kwento ko na lang yung ngayon... hmmm... how should i start? oh yeah.. nasunog yung bahay namin! nope, im not joking! we were in a reunion in fort bonifacio.. just when i was having fun with my cousins, my sister's phone rang.. when she answered it, i knew there was something going on coz her eyes went wide open! O.O she ran and reached her phone to dad, nagpanic dad ko and ran to the car! tanong agad ako sa sis ko "what was that?!". She said it was our neighbor and said that our neighbor saw smoke comin out of our house!! katakot dude!!! so ayan, bla bla bla.. we went home and when i was walking towards our house, it was the all-i-can-hear-is-my-heartbeat scene! stinky fumes everywhere!! tas yan, niligpit namin yung nasave na stuff bla bla bla and now we live in the apartment next door! ayun.. badtrip, gusto ko pa magblog eh kaya lang pinapaalis nako ni ate.. hanggang dito muna! my next blog will be about love! hahahaha! love? may love life si erica?? hahaha! bye!

past few days.

2006-01-11T23:21:00.000+08:00

for the past few days i've been going to gym with my dad and sis 2hours a day 3 times a week. its actually fun! ang sarap ng feeling na pawis and pagod ka! thing is.. the next days are painful! but dad said "no pain no gain!" basta masarap maggym! the only excercise equip. that im scared off is the leg press! every after i use it, i hurry out of it coz i feel like its gonna squeesh me when i put my legs down! haha. uhh.. yun! ay oo nga pala. i got this in the all-time-annoying-game! the claw!

its my first time ever to actually get a toy out of that game! haha! and i got the cute one! the others were lame. oh yeah.. wala na akong braces. retainers na lang. it feels so weird! nasanay na kasi yung upper lip ko na may bakal. :D well, that's it! nyites!

its a new year!!

2006-01-01T00:34:00.000+08:00

its a new year again! i cant see clearly coz of the smoke! and i smell like a million fireworks! mmm-mm! the smell of a new year!! haay, everything's happening all so fast! i can still remember when year 2005 just came.. well, enough drama! haha! everybody here's showing off their moves on the dance floor with some old school music! good thing is.. everbody is dancing! from the youngest to the oldest! laughtrip! my "lolas" are enjoying them funky music! ahaha! one good thing about new year is that.. all of the families bring fireworks and when the fireworks start firing--(uhh.. ok that could work!), you can just grab any of them lying on the ground!! haha! well.. enjoy ko muna for now!!

damina nangyari!

2005-12-07T23:53:00.000+08:00

hmmm... dami nang nangyari! alot to talk about. kaya lang namemental block ako! i always think of stuff like "hey, this day was great! i'll put this in my blog!" then, when i finally sit infront of a computer, i suddenly forget about blogging! tapos ngayon wala na akong gana magblog! oh well. maybe next time! haha!

friday prac.

2005-11-18T23:45:00.000+08:00

its friday today! we had a practice for our church anniversary for tomorrow. we danced and stuff!.. haaayy.. ang galing talaga ng praise and worship team! as in.. ang galing talaga ni kuya paolo sa guitars.. kuya ian sa lead.. kuya migs sa drums and kuya nikko sa keyboards! *haughhh!!* hahahaha! oh yeah.. the violins were absolutely awesome!! there's just something between me and gracefulness! like the sound of violins and ballet.. and when kuya nikko raises his shoulders and closes his eyes when playing the keyboards! nakakagaan talaga ng loob! excited nako for tomorrow! sa anniv. hehe.. la lang.. ang boring magblog ngayon! hanggang dito na lang ako! til next time! *ta-ta*

ahahaha! composing?

2005-09-13T23:11:00.000+08:00

laughtrip ako ngayon! kasi, i compose songs right?.. just this evening, i composed a song called.. "Magellan song". why in the world is it magellan you ask?? well, when we got stranded in atc.. it was past 11pm.. we were all bored waiting for the replacement tire.. i already told this story so lets get to the point.. because of my and my cousin's boredome, we changed the lyrics of some songs and made them explain how much we love magellan!.. di ko alam kung bakit magellan!?! my cousin just brought out the name and we started singing it!! ahahaha! so.. now i composed a song about my love for magellan! :D haaay.. thats all!! gotta sleep!

my weekend!

2005-09-05T14:07:00.000+08:00

alot has happened along the weekend including friday. haha!

Friday night, we went to my tita's church coz we were invited to this once-a-month thing there. We heard a wonderful sermon of a youth pastor and some infos about his blessed life Ü after that we ate dinner in atc.. it was a bit late na coz we ate there and the entrance were closed already.. it was fun coz after we finished eating, me and my cousin walk around for a while then it was time to go.. when we were in the car saying goodbyes to our relatives, after a few seconds.. the other car (my different tita's car) had a flat tire so we went back to where they were and helped them.. Their husbands went to get a replacement tire and the others were out to help kuya Mark get home. I decided to stay in atc with my cousin and all night we were acting so foolishly outside atc! we were dancing, singing and acting! laughing our lungs out! we didnt care of the people looking at us.. they dont know us naman eh! wahaha! so finally, our tito's got a replacement tire, and the others are back na so its off to home for us!

Saturday, it was morning and my dad invited us to play badminton with churchmates, my sister's not able to play so me and my dad were to play by ourselves. it was actually fun although my muscles are aching right about now! well anyway, i was teamed up with Bro. Nando Roa, he was really good and I was a lousy pathetic amateur! but i had fun! we had one win and one lose. when i found out that im already done, i played billiards with the little kids! they were funny and talkative! thats what i liked about them!.. afterwards, my sister and i ate lunch then went to atc.. (kinda weird coz we were just there the night before!) the only purpose we went there was for my anxiety to play basketball in timezone! (im so freakishly addicted to that!).. so we wasted money, roamed around and bought the same style of clothes but diff. colors.. (trip lang!). just when we were about to leave for choir practice, we saw Tim (the round-the-table-dude i walked with at camp).. then said our hi's through smiles and waving of our hands then went straight to church. at choir practice, super sabog namin ni ate, we were tired and sleepy! actually, my sis was already sleeping at choir prac.!! then after choir, we went to the sanctuary for band practice.. kuya Bobot (music coordinator), took so long that we had so little time for practice! alot of people were there na and we havent practiced yet! fortunately, through our experiences and the fact that the songs were already old, we managed to have a great outcome! thank you Lord!.. we heard a sermon from pastor Doi.. it was wonderful! then went home afterwards..

Sunday! me and my sister werent able to have our last supper and listen to the sermon coz Charmaine (churchmate), invited us to join their sunday school for highschool fellowship in atc, but we heard that the teachers of the little kids werent there so we decided to be their teachers. Pam, Jade and me volunteered for the Juniors.. unfortunately, what we expected that older kids are more behave didnt seem to be what we handled! grabe!! it was horrible! they were so noisy and we cant make them stop! so we just waited until it ended.. then we came back to church.. (remember that my sis and i bought the same shirt, well we wore it at the same time).. we saw another churchmate wearing the same shirt! Her name's rhian.. good thing is, nobody has the same color! haha!.. so after church, we were invited to eat lunch in a Pastor's house, then we were again invited to this "story telling tips for sunday school teachers".. me and my sis werent even teachers! so when it was about to end, there was some sorta activity that we have to share our abilities based on what we have learned! like i said, we werent even teachers!! saved by the clock, it was already 2:10pm and we have our c.u. (covenant unit) by 2pm.. so we rushed to church but when we got there, c.u. hasn't even started yet.. so we played the instruments muna.. then i taught pam how to play the guitar. finally! andyan na ang c.u. leader and c.u. teacher namin! we started c.u... super laughtrip namin non!! the topic is confidential!.. after that, we waited kasi me and sis wanted to sing praises and listen to the word in the afternoon service.. when we were there, we listened to the afternoon band practice.. grabe! ang galing talaga ni kuya nikko! wala si maksim dun! ahahaha!. and yun, we sang praises, heard the word and waited for the rain to stop for us to get home.. commute na lang kasi kame.. so Kuya Tufe dropped us in standard and before you know it, we were at home na.. soaking wet! so that's my weekend! fun or no fun, i really enjoy life!

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2005-09-01T00:07:00.000+08:00

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sleepover, then move!

2005-08-28T00:07:00.000+08:00

yesterday, we had a sleepover at Pam's house.. man! i couldn't sleep! its not that I'm in someone else's house or something but, there"s just this feeling inside me that's very excited and wont get me to sleep! and i dont even know what's to be excited about! weird.. anyway, earlier this day, we went to Shekinah to watch their "Linggo ng Wika".. it was pretty cool! especially the dances and the choir (so angelic!).. when I was watching Pam's dance... the kuracha! .. i really felt her gracefulness while watching her.. (we used to be ballerinas before..)well, she danced really good! they were all GREAT and CUTE! lalo na yung mga kids! they're so lovable and ignorant! haha!..

afterwards, nagmall kame.. we watched sisterhood of the traveling pants.. it was nice.. its a descent movie not like the one we watched in our c.u. gimmik (covenant unit).. eeeesh!.. then we had our pictures taken.. (i'll post it when i have it scanned).. wasted money in timezone and ate food.. after that, we went back to the pic studio. we were all in a hurry coz were late for choir practice! and tita Ruth said.. she may not let us practice in the Praise and Worship band if we come late! so we were running around the mall towards the way out!.. outside.. it was raining! we were so carefull coz we'll have our pitures taken in our P&W team for the annual report.. so we were tripping and sliding in the overpass.. but we didnt get too wet.. we just felt humid.. by the time we got to church.. we had our choir practice.. all of us were feeling drowsy coz of the stuff we did all day.

after choir practice, we found out that the band wont be playing, instead, there will be a film showing.. and yeah, we didnt get our pictures taken so kuya Bobot said.. we'd have them next week na lang..so youth service started.. we watched a freakin movie that's called"a walk to remember".. i hardly couldnt watch it coz i was feeling sick and sleepy.. but i managed to finish it! when the lights were turned on, Vini was looking at me and said.. "you look like you're high!". my eyes were so heavy that i would sleep when i see a pillow! and i was feeling so cold even though i had my sweater on!.. well, after that.. we went home did some stuff and now i'm here typing.. this it where i end coz my dad is telling me to sleep na.. but before i go... i just want to say a last word.. and that is..... KURACHA!

my day

2005-08-21T22:43:00.000+08:00

today we went to chruch.. syempre.. we sang in the choir. pero this time perfect na yung pagkanta namin! yey!.. after church, we went to the mall to buy stuff.. (our lola gave us money so we could buy what we need).. so, nung nasa mall kame.. all we bought there were stuff for my two younger siblings. and some art stuff for me!.. it feels good to share your blessings!.. really! :) i'm pretty excited on whats gonna happen on saturday coz me and my sis would be sleeping over at Pam's house kasi we will watch their "Linggo ng Wika" thing in Shekinah.. then after that.. magmomall kame until 4pm tapos church by 5pm! buong araw magkakasama kame! haha!