Thank God for Unyt. =)

No offense but the C25 sucks. The calls last for only 5min and reconnecting takes forever.

With Unyt, talk time per call is 30min and reconnecting's a breeze.

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Pwede rin..

Hi everyone!

I'm back in Manila. Atchuli, since Sunday pa.

For good? Secret nalan yun.. hehe...

I hope so.

I really, really hope so.

Sigh...

So this is how it feels like when someone tells you, "I love you". It's so magical, the way these three words make life soooo much sweeeeter.

Thank you, Lord for Doubard, not just from the bottom of my heart, but from the deepest recesses of my entire being. ^^,

The future is looming ahead.

Scares the crap out of me.

Though I now what's in store for me in the next 4 months - review, refresher, board exam - what happens next?

A master's degree? Structural or Energy? Will I get a scholarship? What if I don't?

How about a job instead? Construction, design, teaching? A job here, in Manila, abroad? In outer space!?!?

Vaugh (a seatmate): "Do you wanna know if you really love somebody? Try to picture her in the future, say 30, 40, 50 years from now. If you think you still love her then, then you really love her." (translated)

Sigh... Vaughn, such a sweet guy. His girlfriend must be really lucky.

I'ma find me a Vaughn.

Great news! I don't live alone anymore.

My dad found me a cousin to help me with the chores at home, a.k.a. a yaya.

She's two years younger than me but I don't let her call me ate. Her name is Sheila but everyone calls her Che-che. She's been with me for a day and a week now. She has been very helpful indeed, specially during the great flood of CDO (this is the explanation to all the "we" and "us" and "our" in my previous blogs).

Life is so much easier with her around. No need to worry about the laundry, cooking (though sometimes I do the cooking kasi gusto ko talagang magluto), the dishes, and the cleaning (specially getting rid of leaves that fall within our property, such a tedious job, or baka hindi lang talaga ako sanay). And, it's not that lonely when I go home at night.

I think yayas are underrated. It's been 10 years since the last time I lived in a house with help, and 20 since I had a personal yaya. The difference between having even just one and none is absolutely tremendous. They ought to have a day, like Mother's Day or Grandparent's Day, when we celebrate their worth.

So we went back to our house last Thursday. It was unscratched save for the laundry basket that fell of the table (nagpaiwan kasi sa labas). The river didn't overflow so no flood, and no landslide occured. The funny thing? It flooded at my uncle's house, where we evacuated. But only up to the gate since their house, like ours, is elevated.

Oh, and there was no electricity. I think the power was down since the night before because some of the food stored in the refrigerator went bad. We cooked the rest knowing it was going to take a while before Cepalco can fix all the damaged power lines.

Electricity was back yesterday and things are slowly returning to their normal state.

Except for the weather. It has been raining for a week now.

Strong winds, heavy rain in CDO? Unheard of until a little over a week ago.

And since the rain was not limited to the city only but to the surrounding mountains as well, it brought about the great flood of CDO. In two parts, mind you.

Part 1 (Jan 3) the Cagayan River, the River less than a hundred meters from our house (you can see the river through our living room window), overflowed. We're lucky our house is elevated. The flood waters reached only our gate. Our neighbors though, tsk tsk tsk... On some parts of the road leading to our residence, the flood was over 5 feet deep!

Part  (Jan 11) was the Iponan Creek. This is in the other side of the city, near the coast.

Last Sunday...

Ruffa: "In my case kasi, even though it was not over in my heart, I had to end it because of circumstances..."

How true. And not just in your case, Ruffa.

Sigh... gugmang giatay.

When I was about 14 or 15, I decided that I should get married at the age of 23. To me then it was the perfect age to settle down. Not too young to know a thing or two about raising a family but not too old to live to see my great-grand children

I'm turning 24 this year and with my single status, I'm nowhere near my "goal".

Several months ago, I thought I have found the love of my life. Unfortunately, he turned out to be a not so great guy. OK, he's a jerk. It took me a long time, and I mean a really loooooooong time (6 years to be exact) to finally figure him out. Thank God for real friends who'd rather hurt me with the brutal truth than lie to my face just so I'd hear what I wanna hear. The deal breaker? It took him a month and a half to realize I have moved back home and was hundreds of miles (roughly 80 min by air, 36 hrs by sea or three days by land) away. Dude, seriously. To pull of something like that does not even qualify him as a friend.

So now I'm back to square one. It's a good thing I have finalized the list of qualities for my Mr. Right. It's like a check list. I started making it before I turned 18. Back then, the list totalled 31 items. Some items were redundant and a lot were just plain sillly. After 6 years, I was able to narrow it down to 5.

The list:
1. He can give me security - specially in these two facets of life -
 a.emotional - I must not worry about him being unfaithful or having other frivolous priorities, and he must be free of any abusive traits.
 b. financial - duh. I don't mean for him to be rich. He just has to earn enough to support us, his family, or at least for now, has the potential to do so.

2. He is passionate about something - a hobby, perhaps, about music (if he sings, +++), about God (big +++), about making me happy (I'll see you at the altar), as long as it's morally upright, he gets a check.

3. He can make me laugh - really laugh - the Julia Roberts kind of laugh. I love laughing. Everytime I laugh, all sorts of anxieties just melt away. If he can make me laugh, then he can also melt my anxieties away.

4. He must be truly, madly and deeply in love with me - he must love me with the kind of love he's not willing to die for, but willing to live for. Aye, the mark of a true martyr, one who'd rather live for what he believes in than die for it.

5. I must be truly, madly and deeply in love with him - need I mention more?

Of course by default he must love God with all of his heart, mind, soul and strength, me being a Christian and all.

Plus, I think it wouldn't hurt if he has these remarkable qualities that I noticed from these men I was fortunate enough to have been close with.

Inad's lovable nature - I tell you, I can never stay mad st Inad for more than 5 min.

Icee's amiable personality - Mr. Right must make me feel that comfort and ease I feel when I'm with Icee.

Jaylord's passion for his faith - Everytime Jaylord talks about his faith, Christianity, or life itself, the world just stops; well, at least my world stops just to listen. This man is astoundingly grounded - a too good a virtue to overlook.

The subtle sexiness of this one person I'd rather not mention to avoid controversies (a.k.a. the jerk) - Pam would most likely disagree but there's just something about him. Sorry, Pam, but you know all to well the type of guys I tend to fall for.

The musical talent of Paul McCartney.

The shrewd determination of Tom Cruise.

The dauntless demeanor of Bruce Willis.

The unassuming yet very charming character of John Cusack.

Alright, the last four was pushing it. But I was on a roll. Could not be helped.

So there. Mr. Right, I hope to see you soon. If not soon then I hope soon enough for me to live to see my great-grand children. Let's hook up, get married, have babies, and live happily ever after. Sounds fairytale-ish, but I'm positive I'm gonna have my own once-upon-a-time story. A story I'd tell my great-grandchildren. Must keep the faith.

My biological clock is so screwed this days, I sleep at 3am and wake up at noon. It's making me feel so unproductive. So last night, I decided to make use of my nocturnal life. I started studying, but ended up writing this.

I'm at Laine's.
There's wifi here. Finally, a decent internet connection.
Upload galore.
Buti nalang dala ko flashidisk ko.
Sayang konti lang nakasave the flashdisk ko.
Bittersweet.
At least I was able to upload the rest of the kaban ('antique trunk') photos.

My pinsans and I were watching Shake Rattle and Roll X when I received a text from Graeco saying our elementary batchmates were having a reunion party.

Pisti jud.

I was in CDO (like, duh, wala kayang cinema sa Malaybalay).

They were in Malaybalay (about 2hours away).

=(

Sabi kasi after new year pa ako pwede.

All in all more than 20 attended. Kelan pa kaya ganyan karami ulit?

Pisti jud.

...when my social life goes down the drain because family affairs eat up the holidays (as I literally eat up the holidays - i think i gained 5lbs)

My apologies to those who invited me over for christmas get-togethers, dinners, parties, celebrations. =(

Bawi nalang ako after the holidays. =)

I hope you still have the time.

So good. Having a globe sim has been totally worth it. Kudos to unlitxt and unyt! Tried white water rafting. The best adventure experience yet. Talbog ang ftx nung ROTC days freshman year. I didn't even mind catching a cold for getting soaked for 5hours. As usual, to follow ang photos kay nakikinet lang ako on my tita's phone. We kinda have to go now. Til next time! xoxo