Kikindat-kindat

 

Kikindat - kindat, kukurap -kurap Pinaglalaruan ng inyong mga mata.

 

This actually happened BEFORE the previous post, a random post-exam-monday-feel-happy break.

I had imagined a totally different Monday Night, but alas, 

the fates weren't with me for that (not yet perhaps? or not ever?). 

 

Nonetheless, after my pampering-alone-time, my GV friends came back for me since they decided 

it would be utterly depressing for me to spend our version of a weekend at home doing work.

And randomly went to Meralco Liwanag Park. :)

 

I was super excited for the train ride, but halfway through, the train stopped! It ran out of battery.

Just like that, no more train dreams. :(

BUT the manongs decided we deserved a full trip, so they pushed the train the rest of the way. :)

XOXO,

Joanie

Kumukutikutitap

 

Kumukutikutitap, Bumubusibusilap, Ganyan ang Indak ng mga Bumbilya.

 

My friends told me to get ready for a special night in PASAY, so I was racking my brains on how to juggle dance training, commuting, and an aching tummy on a school night. Somehow the day went amazingly well that I realized I didnt need to juggle anything, things fell into place and I found myself being "surprised" by my friends. There's a quotation mark there for a reason by the way, they didnt actually know how to get to Ayala Triangle so while while they were trying to surprise me, I was the one who gave the directions, so it was a surprise for everyone (even better!).

Meet my GV friends, Danica, Mimi and Chiki.

I have more awesometoodlesome GV friends, but they were my light buddies for the past two days.

(if you are thinking you are one of them, you are most probably right!)

Tis almost serendipitous our friendship, born somewhere between losing my pride in risque performances (let's go DIVAX!) and studying amidst unlimited coffee and cake.

Who knew I'd find myself and a little more ooomph strength in this group of karaoke-loving, wansapanatym-believers, quirky jologs-y group. Thank you for that.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas."

There's always been a magic that comes with christmas for me,

it's the time of the year when I'm just happy.

Everyone is a little nicer, actions are a little sweeter, life is a little brighter.

It's that time of the year when you can look back at the year that was and smile 

- no matter how insanely difficult it was, because somehow it didn't break you - 

and you look forward to the year to come

- because you know after christmas you are ready for another adventure.

 

XOXO,

Joanie

Round Two

Tomorrow is going to be the first day of the second semester of the year that is YL6 - its round two of one of the most interesting years I've had so far. I can't help but post an entry to mark the supposed importance of this occasion. The sem that ended had been my understanding of a roller coaster ride (I don't ride roller coasters, so I hope you understand the gravity of that statement) literally from the first day to the very last day. 


I had started the sembreak hoping for a revelation of sorts before the next sem started all over again, a sort of reflection/recollection/self-discovery that would make sense of the whirlwind semester and help me become better prepared for the coming semester. I've nitpicked almost every decision, every reaction, every mistake and any little thing I thought was significant -- even analyzed my friends' lives hoping to get insight on my own.


The day to have found the answer to a better semester is today, as the cycle of weekly dosing of exams, drama, sleeples nights and caffeine starts again tomorrow. And to tell you honestly, I don't have any instant answers or sudden formulas for the sem-to-come. Instead, what the sem-that-was has taught me is that things (both bad and good) will happen, whether we are ready for them/not, whether we make a decision/not, whether we want them to/not, whether we deserve them/not; but what we can control is ourselves -- how we react, how we think, how we deal. That little hint of control, of myself, reminds me that life will never be too bad (or good) if I don't let it.


So here's to the sem that was! Everything that happened in the past, is always a blessing -- the good for the obvious reasons that they were good and the bad for giving us the opportunity to change for the better, and lets not forget the insignificant (you know the memories we thought that didn't matter or has no bearing, like when we wait in line, or when we use the restroom, or even when we sleep in class.. tihihihi), for those are the rare times that we reveal our real selves because we think we have no audience. Looking forward to the coming sem!

XOXO,

Joanie

"Medical School provides the best substantiation for Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. 

For here, we see in its cruelest form, the survival of the fittest. 

Not the smartest, as one should expect. 

But the fittest to cope with the inhuman pressures, 

the demands made not only on the brain but on the psyche..."

- 'Doctors' by Erich Segal

Back to Reality

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."

- John Lennon

My last few days of sembreak 2011. Pumped up for YL6's second semester. :)

 

Who was the saddest to see me go back to Manila?! 

Dainey ofcourse (who is NOT at all photo-ready).

  

Mummy's trying to recreate our childhood christmas village.

 

What's left of my room -- imagine my surprise when I opened the door and I saw this?!

I hadn't realized, I've lived in Manila for 6 years now.

 

Bonding with Daddy by the pier in Ozamis City.

 

We sat down at a little side store and ate balot and drank coke -- what is father-daughter love?! :)

I was so surprised when I went into a restaurant's CR, only to find my cousin's (Christine Cueto) SOLD painting hanging on the wall -- here's to a very talented artist! :)

A new all-chocolates restaurant in Cebu --- yummmm.

That's death-by-chocolate = dark chocolate + bacardi 151. :)

 

POGS Convention. We just had to take a picture with the BIG BABY BOY. :)

Sister love will get me through everything.

Christmas is in the air -- well, in megamall.

I love it. :)

41 more days til Christmas! :)

I can't wait!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

For now, gotta go study for Comprehensive Subject Exams!

XOXO,

Joanie