AMA Acquaintance 2010

It's my first time to attend an acquaintance party. weeee. I don't know what will I react since I don't even know how this party works. I am not even sure if it's really a party after all at first. I hesitated to join this event big time since I am not used to this, but since it is a must for clearance purposes, I joined. After all, I am just letting my self being exposed at the other side of the box. :)

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ac·quaint·ance [uh-kweyn-tns] - a person known to one, but usually not a close friend. 


From the definition above, that suites exactly what I feel during the party. I know some of them but we are not close.

Got the feeling of being an outcast at first since I only knew some of the people there as I am still on my freshman years. Sucks because the students will be divided according to the color which was given to us on our way to the resort. Strangers are everywhere.! 

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My energy and self confidence boost up when the activity actually started. I enjoyed the mini cheering competition on the opening part.. I can still remember our yells, 'boom tarat tarat.. boom tarat tarat,, manalo, matalo.. CUTE pa rin kami.!'. ahahaha. Now that's an amazing composition, and it's true. haha.. Somehow, my first impressions didn't last as I really enjoyed every bit of my time on it. Plus, I've met a lot of new friends with different personalities in just a matter of an hour. 

After eating. Credit: typel.blogspot.com

This acquaintance party was my bridge to meet new peoples in my life. People that might have some important space in my heart, people that might ruin my life, or worse, may be one of the people who will try to kill me in the near future (I'm on my weird side again). Well, I don't really care at all.. I am just grateful to have this opportunity to make  friends with the total strangers. 

Viva Sr. Santiago Apostol

Viva Senyor Santiago de Apostole..

After the very tiring yet, very successful activities we handled. It's time to let our tummy do the job... E A T I N G time. I'm dead hungry and I wanna eat all kinds of foods to spoil my aching tummy. hahaha :P

No! that's not at ours. We all know that everybody is welcome to go inside our house and eat especially if we are celebrating fiestas, even if we don't know them at all. Too bad we actually don't practice celebrating fiestas at all.



All of us (youths) went to one of our church leader's house to eat, relax and have fun.. yeaaahh.!! Although I am still new to the society, they welcome and treated me as family..

We spend the rest of our day talking, singing, eating, laughing and just enjoying each other's company. I now realize what 'youth' means. no! not literally. haha. whatever!


I now gain more friends. yeeeesss! Wanna thank all of you guys who welcome me as one of your new church guitarist.. Looking forward for more of this kinds of experience with you. :)

If you missed the earlier post related to this, here's the link: Successful fiesta activities

Successful fiesta activities

Happy 41St fiesta Senior Santiago Apostol...

We are currently celebrating the birth of Senior Santiago here at Brgy. Lapu-lapu jerome. This is my very first experience to become a part of the organizing team who made this fiesta possible..

I am grateful to have this kind of experience, though it's a bit tiring but I don't care anyway. The activity consists of the following games: Bring me, paluan ng palayok, sack race, Ubas Lahi, Flour game and the highlight of the day; Palo Sebo.

Alvin on stairs, putting some oils.

I am hesitant (at first) that we can be able to lure some crowds and participants to participate on the activities that we have planned since there is no official announcements being done by the officials the day before. Still, I am confident that this event will be successful though. A few minutes after we started our first activity, only few kids where there to participate. Lucky kiddos because we are giving money as prizes to those who win. It turned out well as time elapsed since we got the attention of more people considering the fact that there is money involved upon winning.. Mga pinoy tlga ooh.

The last game for everyone was the Palo-Sebo. It was the highlight of the day since there are a lot of people who participated, enjoyed and even donated (some cash as an additional reward) to make the game more exciting.. 

first attempt. Prize at stake: 500Php

The original rule: you have to get the flag alone with the allotted time of 5minutes given to you. If you failed to get the flag, you are out of the game and we will give the chance to other participants.. It seems like the bamboo was oily enough too crash out all the participants' names on the list of players. 

The game was getting a lot of attention to the people lurking around the main street of the village. We even got the attention of our very own brgy. captain and some kagawads. So the show must go on and the prize must be given to people. So we let these kids together with some teenagers to unite for the goal. To reach the flag.!!!

don't mind those dirts, mind the prize. xD

Even though the nature of teamwork has been there already, they're still having hard time getting the flaaaggg...!! The game became more exciting as some kagawads raised up the prize up to a total of 2,500php. wow that's a huge amount.!! Finally.. They got the flag...

At the end of the day, the activity we worked and planned for became a success. What a rewarding feeling to celebrate our 41St fiesta.. :)

You might wanna know what we did after the event here.

I'm lost in bohol

Whenever I can read / hear the word Bohol, there will always be one thing that flashes inside my mind. The most unforgettable experience I had at Bohol. A really bad experience. Grrrr

I was only 6 years old back then when we had our vacation at Bohol. I can still remember those times that I am having so much fun being with my cousins. All is according to what's planned until one day... 

The Story...

When we're at the house of my aunt at Danggay, all of them were very busy watching TV. I was so eager to go home since boredom was killing me. I approached my Dad (Grand Father), telling, "gusto na ko muuli de (I want to go home dad)" but he refused, saying "hulaton sa nato sila ante nimo mahuman tan'aw ug TV (Let's just wait for your aunt to finish watching TV)". Sigh!! I have no other options but to follow my lolo.  I didn't noticed that I have fallen asleep, when I woke up, I can't find anybody on the house. There's no one in there. Neither my aunt. I panicked, hurriedly went outside and later found that my lolo's car wasn't there already. I ran towards the direction of our vacation house, hoping that I will be able to see them still on the road, but I did see nothing.. Oh Crap! With my knees already itching from a supahfastrunninglikeflash, I stopped and sat beside the road, endlessly crying and shouting, WHY THE FUCK YOU B*TCHES FORGOT ABOUT ME!! just kidding.!.. 

To whom will I ask for help? What will I do next? I don't have any idea on what's my next move and I don't even know a single person out there.. HOPELESS!! Pag minamalas ka nga naman. hehehe.!

What's next? a good Samaritan headed my way, helped me and let me hitch on his bike (motorcycle). I feel so much relief when I finally saw my lolo's car coming towards us. 

At Panglao beach way back 90's. Nothing to do with the story.

Lesson: 

Do not sleep until you're back home. :))

Reflection:

- some times in our life, we will deal on a situation that will test how strong are we spiritually?  

How will this kind of situation (or similar situation) affect our faith in God.? This experience will always remind me that God is everywhere, that he will always be there to help us especially in times of trouble. This also shows that there are still good people around the world willing to lend a hand to those who's in need. A good samaritan. Indeed..