LeeJoyce 

us again!!! 

with DJ Dennis Chua:one of the pioneering DJs of the country! He provided us with those cool house music!!! yeah really cool!!! 

LeeJoyce with Fevez...sumingit lng si Naniel..hehe 

Kuya EJ and Ate Eve groovin' to da music 

joyce and jayz swingin' 

say cheez!!! (di na makita si kuya bong...hehe)  

oct.29, 2004:RESOUND jayz n his girls!!! 

This is a one fine day!

I woke up at around 7am when joyce came home from dawnwatch and told me to get up coz we'll be decorating / arranging the conference room for the band that will be performing tonight! So we arranged the room in such a way that they would be comfortable enough to sit back, enjoy, and relax. We turned a conference room into a cozy living room with an ambience wherein you just wanted to lie down the whole day. Then the Ethereal Band came early to do their sound checks and we were rushing the room already but it turned out alright!

THE MAIN EVENT: We reached MP at around 7pm and the program started 'round 8pm. It started with the house music of Dennis Chua. He is one of the pioneering DJs of the country. I've got a chance to hear his testimony last April and he looks different now. The last time i saw him, i was doubting the intro 'bout him , they told he was a youth but he looks more of a yuppie BUT tonight he really looked like a youth. He has a different hairstyle now: semi-kalbo and his outfit is that of a youth! hehe . After that, was the "the Ethereal " with Sunny Conde as their lead singer. they did a line up of songs from different decades from the 60s to the ealry 80s. This band's so good. Ate Sunny(feeling close 'no?) has this really nice and very cool voice ! Well last Dec they also performed during our youth night and me and Jane interviewed them...hehe kya close kmi!!! After that sis Anne DinKong (not sure with the surname but it sounds like that) gave a short message 'bout music,since this night was all about MUSIC and she mentioned some of the famous musicians of all times...like Beethoven, Johannes Sebastian Bach, and Arethra Franklin! It gave me a deeper understanding of what a soul,R&B,blues,jazz, and classical music is, it now made me appreciate this kind of songs! After that, the Ethereal band came back and did another line up of songs, now of the late 80s, 90s, and the present. Then, came the most fun part: DJ Dennis played more of his house music and then ate eve and kuya bong started groovin' on the floor and then came us: the youths... hehe I didn't dance that much, i was just there and swayin' a bit and takin' pictures ... haha So that's just about it! We went home when Kuya Ej and Ate Eve offered us a ride... what a fine day!

I'm still on vacation and i'm savourin' every single day of it even if i juz have to stay home and juz sit in front of the TV or computer.

Two days ago, we were blessed with a new baby as you can see in the pics i've posted and with that comes additional responsibilities again, but it's ok... this time we'll make sure that we will see her grow and have her own little babies too!

Yesterday, i spent the whole afternoon baking my oatmeal cookies coz Soul Shop will buy it from us coz that will be the food served for some of the audiences tomorrow for 'RESOUND'. Well i hope they'll like it..i did my best to perfect it..BUT as the say no one's perfect!

For today, JC woke me up and told me that he wasn't able to sleep again coz of Cresence. So, i got out of the bed and looked after Cresence and gave her food, then i let her do her thing, while i do my own thing! I cleaned JC's room and the living room, planned our menu for today but end up with the usual de latas & noodles . Our maid took her day off yestrday that's why i was left to do the cooking part and all the dishwashing and cleaning part! But, it's ok with me..i'm used to do that kind of stuff when we were in AD. So here comes the highlight of this entry:
I was washing the dishes, then suddenly i saw water rushing out of the cabinet below the sink and when i opened it, the cabinet's soaking wet and all the stuff inside it!i immediately put all the things out and thought for a while on what to do about it! I was thinking of telling my Aunt to call a plumber BUT i "re-thinked" (is there such a word?) and thought of why don't i fixed it up myself! So i did, and i just remembered what my DAd and Mom used to do when we've got pipe problems back then and just a couple of twisting and loosenin' some pipes..i was able to fix the problem! It was really yucky seein' all the stuff that was stuck in those pipes...it's bleehhh *sticks out her tongue* but i have no choice but to do it! Then i cleaned the whole kitchen after that since i'm quite dirty myself already! After that, i was so proud of myself for doing that... i became a plumber in an instant!

oh one more thing about her...she's a "sloth" juz like jayz...she spends most of her time sleeping! 

here she is again..she's juz 1 month and 11 days old...she don't have any breed..an "askal" in a pinoy term BUT who cares?! She's still adorable! 

"CRESENCE", our new baby!!! ain't she a cutie?! 

Everynow and then i can't stop the feeling of missing "home"! They say home is where your heart is. Although as a Filipino your home should be the Phils, BUT again my heart is in AD..it is where i grew up, it is where all the best things in my life happened (so far..), it is where i've spend most of my life with the people i cherished the most..my family and friends!

That's why i juz keep on posting pics of memories i would always like to look back at. There's more to come...expect me to post pics of my life in AD!!!!! As of now i better get some sleep coz it's almost 3 in the morning and everyone's sleepin' so peacefully.ciao.

time to sleep...we're on our pj's na but we decided to have some pictorial!hehe Mommy juz came from her choir practice that's why she's not yet dressed in her pj's like us..haha 

Family pic at our house! it was JC and Jewel's graduation day! 

i miss my family so much!!!!!!!!!!! This was taken during our thanksgiving/ Aunt A.'s bday party last April. 

I've had an accomplishment which I am so proud of: I've finished reading a novelette in just 1 and ¾ day!!! Haha. I've never done that in my entire life…I'm a slow reader! The novel is entitled Bythe River Piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coelho. It’s a story about two young lovers who were reunited after eleven years.I can say it’s a nice story but The Alchemist is still the best! So as always, in every good book that I read, there are always these phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that captured my heart. They either teach or make you realize something or you liked it because you can relate to it.

By the River Piedra I sat down and wept...

* May my tears run just as far, that my love might never know that one day I cried for him. May my tears run just as far, that I might forget the River Piedra, the monastery, the church in the Pyrenees, the mists, and the paths we walked together.

I shall forget the roads, the mountains, and the fields of my dreams- the dreams that will never come true.

I remember my "magic moment"- that instant when a "yes" or a "no" can change one's life forever. It seems so long ago now. It is hard to believe that it was only last week that I had found my love once again, and then lost him.

* "Seek to live. Remembrance is for the old," he said.
Perhaps love makes us old before our time- or young, if youth has passed. But how can I not recall those moments? That is why I write- to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.

* YOU HAVE TO take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Every day, god gives us the sun- and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist- that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment...

Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment helps us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments- but all of this is transitory; it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back- and at some point everyone looks back- she will hear her heart saying, "What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage: the certainty that you wasted your life."

Pitiful are the people who must realize this. Because when they are finally able to believe in miracles, their life's magic moments will have already passed them by.

* I could have. What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have happened but didn’t. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.

* We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice...

We have to pay attention to what the child in our heart tells us. We should not be embarrassed by this child. We must allow this child to be scared because the child is alone and is almost never heard.

We must allow the child to take the reins of our lives. The child knows that each day is different from every other day.

We have to allow it to feel loved again. We must please this child- even if this means that we act in ways we are not used to, in ways that may seem foolish to others.

Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our eyes will grow bright. If we do not lose contact with that child, we will not lose contact with life.

* There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frog, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss the princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

* But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject is, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks or disappointment and sadness.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.

* Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

And here's the sweetest part of the story:

" It was dark when I came up out of the cavern. I couldn't find you, so I went to Zaragoza. I even went to Soria. I looked everywhere for you. Then I decided to return to the monastery at Piedra to see if there was any sign of you, and I met a woman. She showed me where you were,a nd she said you and been waiting for me."

My eyes filled with tears.

" I am going to sit here with you by the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you- until you tell me to go away. Then I’ll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life."

I could no longer hold back the tears, and he began to weep as well.

Seems like i've got loads of things to write about but i don't know where to start. I've been wanting to write but I couldn't. Lately, i've been reading write-ups/ articles in peyups.com and i'm really amazed on the writing ability of these people plus my brother and sister's writings too..gosh how do they do that?! How i wish i could have that kind of writing ability so that i would be able to express my thoughts more vividly.

Anyways, here i am again to tell something about what happened for the last 3 days that had passed.
Oct. 20- My brother's birthday! We had a surprise birthday party for him and oh my he was really SURPRISED cause he never expected that some of his HS classmates would be there. All he knew was that, we'll have some 'handas' and the only visitors who'll come are the youths from church,our relatives and his bestfriend. So in short they had a mini reunion and me,avi, and joyce really envied them! Avi wasn't supposed to come cause she's not feeling well but later that afternoon she texted me and asked if she could come, she said "bru, pde ba ko pnta dyan?naiingit ako sa mga kapatid ntn, it luks lyk ang saya ng reunion nla andun cla ngaun sa sm mla buying a cake..ang thoughtful nila 'no? parang tau noon.." Of course i replied to her that she could come and i commented on the last line of her text "ang thoughtful nla 'no? parang tau noon.." i told her we're still thoughtful naman up until now to our HS friends...we just don't find the time anymore to gather ourselves together and enjoy being with each other's company like we used to when we we're still new to this country.I know each one of us (our batch) longs to have that 'gathering' we used to have but there's always a conflict with our hectic schedule or its either some of us are not allowed to go.That's how it has always been.We always dreamt of having a gathering where in all of us are there..complete, but in never came into being up until now.So, being the 'gathering coordinators' we have always been, we thought of why don't we have a gathering like what our siblings are having? It's sembreak and there won't be any conflicts for most of us and we'll make it in a weekend and avi said "oo nga pra sa sunday all of us would go to church together!" The thought of me and my friends goin' to church together always makes my heart leap for joy! I'm praying that that 'plan' would really push through because we already made a lot of plans that were left as a plan period. So goin' back to the party/gathering of our siblings,we just left them to enjoy their time together and just reminded them that the girls would be sleeping in our room! hehe.The 3 of us on the other hand, just had some of our usual talks before goin' to sleep but it was a bit of a 'matured-kinda-talk'. Hey come to think of it, me and avi will be entering our twenties life by next year. A BIG OH NO!!! Ok, goin' back again so we slept but i wasn't able to sleep the whole night.So i went inside jc's room cause the boys were still watching in the salas and i juz studied for my exam and it was already 4 am and by the time i decided to get some sleep, jc and michael entered the room to sleep also and the 3 of us squished ourselves in jc's bed but again i wasn't able to sleep, they were having their 'guy talks' and i was joining them and until they juz stopped. So by 5:30 am i decided to get up and take a bath and prepare myself for my exam.When i was about to leave by 6:30 am, it was the only time that the boys left in the salas slept (mj,gerard,& erwin).Jc, on the other hand was stting on the stairs sippin' his coffee and having deep thoughts. Well i knew what he was thinkin' about. I wanted to sit down and talk with him but i need to go school at that moment. It was already Oct 21.- While i was on the bus, i was really so sleepy coz i haven't slept the whole night. But thank God, i was able to answer my exam without sleeping! By 11 am i was home again and they were juz having their breakfast and some were still sleeping. I prepared our lunch and after eating i took a nap but it was not enough coz by 3 pm some of the youths came to our house to bake/make some delicacies for a fundraising activity. So i was in charge of baking the cookies and i was baking till 9 pm and i was so tired and all i wanna do is to lie down in my bed and sleep.But unfortunately, we had our "sibling talks" again and it lasted till 1am. Oct.22- I had a long rest, i woke up at 11 am, ate lunch, then went to manila to get a package from our parents. On our way home, me and JC had our talks again...i'm really liking our sibling relationship nowadays. He asked us, "why aren't we like this when we were still in AD?" And we just told him "because back then the only things that matter to you is computer and tv! Now, you're more matured and we can now relate with each other!" When we're about to sleep again, we decided to watch Patch ADams...a very inspiring movie esp. for me as an aspiring med student *winks. Then after the movie, we weren't able to sleep yet because my 2 dear siblings didn't stop talking & fooling around till 3am. Eventhough the lights were all out, they kept on talking and talking. Back in our HS years, it was only me and joyce who do that kind of stuff, we talk till the wee hours of the night about anything and now, we have JC to join us! I'm really glad to have a family like ours! It may not be perfect but i'm still glad to have them in my life even the bad things because it spice up your life!

LeeJoyce 

LeeJoyce and Gian at powerbooks-Megamall 

He's out there somewhere,
Waiting for me just like i'm waiting for him
Feeling the same things I'm feeling right now,
Thinking thre may never be an end to the loneliness
The longing,
The void that grows with each passing minute.
He's out there,somewhere...
Dreaming of me.

You don't have to go looking for love. When it is time, it will find you...

I've got nothing to write and i juz came across this old notebook of joyce which is full of poems and qoutes and well i'm juz feelin' a bit mushy today...haha

Ok here's a short summary of what i've been up to yesterday. I went to school at around 8 am for the induction of the new members in one of my orgs and around 3 pm joyce and jc came to our school to fetch me and we ate our merienda at Rob Place and after that we went straight to MegaMall to meet up with Gian and Aidz.Then we chatted for a while at the coffeshop inside powerbooks and then went to this business seminar along Ortigas Ave. after that we went to Shangri-La to eat but its was already closed and the only opened food stores are so expensive so we went to this opposite mall where the foods are much affordable. It was quite late na and there was no mrt available na so we have to take a bus na lng. We reached our home at around 11 na ata.Then, instead of fixng ourselves na we juz stayed at my bed and chatted till 1am without changing our clothes..my brother was tellin' us some confidential stuff..well not really confidential but sa amin nya pa lng sinasabi & his bestfriend.

With hearing those things from my brother, i now understand why guys are the way they are!

I've learned that they really can't handle a long distance relationship(well, at least at our age) they really prefer to be near their special someone physically, compared to us girls..we can handle those kind of stuff we're much stronger than them!

i've learned that boys wanted to be free..eventhough they wanted to have a girl of their own, still deep down inside them they don't want to have any commitments.They hate it when their girl's being suspiscious about everything!

i've learned that eventhough they've loved their girl so much..there will still come a time when that love will slowly drift away! BUT, there's an exception to this and this is the next thing i've learned...

i've learned that the saying " first love never dies" is really true...eventhough how much hard you try to forget it..it'll always come back to you and it'll always be there..i thought sa girls lng un...un pla guys are also having a hard time dealing with that

I've learned that they prefer not saying anything but instead juz let the girl feel that there's no more feelings because they're afraid of how much it will affect the girl...they juz don't know that girls can feel it and it makes the hurting part more hurtful!!!

While my bro was confiding everything to us, it was like i was re-living the past..the hurt! but this time mas na-accept and mas naintindihan ko ang lahat BUT it still hurts!!! Ok enough of that it just makes me emotional whenever that topic comes up...

Today, i woke up very late! Then JC's HS friends came and visited him in our house and i was enjoyin' their talks coz i remembered the times when me and my HS friends were like that...they talked about how much they missed Abu Dhabi, they compared their life here in the Phils and AD and the foods most especially the "shwarma". Nakikijoin na nga lng ako sa kanila coz feelin' ko im with my friends too...namiss ko na namn tuloy sila...oh well that's all for now...

i've been thinkin' about a lot of things lately...
i've been having a lot of dilemmas recently...
i've been doing this and that...
i've been experiencing a lot of things...

NOW,one thing i've come to realize:
"Change can be beautiful. One minute storm clouds are gathering, and the next thing you know, there's a rainbow overhead."

I'm not yet through with my school works coz i've got a REMOVAL exam (again!) to take by next week..when my classmate told me that, i was thinking of what my reaction should be..i wanted to be disappointed with myself again coz i feel so dumb!!!BUT i chose not to react on that! i juz told myslef juz give ur best Lee-Ann and have faith..u've got lots of friends supporting and praying for you..and u've got a God who can do wonders..U can do it!!! So i went through the day not worrying much on that. Nikki texted me that she'll be in Rob so i met up with her and her friends and ate a couple of donutz and had some talks of what's been goin' on with our lives and had some play time at quantum..hehe i didn't play...well i did pero nun paalis na lng ako i juz played a shooting game with Nikki and that's it..hehe So i guess that's all for now..nothing much to say...

Last night i was crying so hard that i couldn't concentrate anymore on what i was studying...wanna know why? coz yesterday when i asked my prof about my removal exam in biochem lab, she told me that i might not make it coz she checked the first part of my exam and most of my answers were wrong!!! Then she asked me to come back again today coz she haven't checked it all yet... with hearing that comment from her..i was so depressed..i thought i would make it na coz i really studied very hard for that exam and i was 85% confident that i'll pass it and then ganun na lng...syempre cno ndi maddepress nun? I only told joyce my problem and she juz said u better pray hard for it! At first, i was a bit hesitant coz nahihiya na ako to pray..coz i only pray seriously when i've got big problems...(i know most of us are like that..we juz come to HIM if we're experiencing storms in our life, db?)..but still i became honest with HIM..i told HIM that, here i am again with a request...and i want a positive answer to that..i was demanding HIM to grant my request..then bigla ko na lng sinabi..i know whatever man un outcome..i should accept it..pero Lord, please i really beg you to let me pass that exam...i was alone in my room crying and begging God..and then until i finally gave up and said..Lord, bahala na po kau..i guess i juz have to accept whatever is Your will...so i continued studying but still i was not in peace...i was being anxious and scared of what God's answer will be to my prayer.However, after having my quiet time before i went to sleep, i was so happy coz i knew what i had read was what God wanted me to know, HE was speaking to me...

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because
fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.(1 John 4:18)

God enables us to do His will, and His presence, peace, power, and provision guarantee our achieving His end.
In "Telling Yourself the Truth", author William Backus addresses the lack of cinfidence that paralyzes many Christians:

The misbelief that it is stupid or sinful to make decisions which might turn out
wrong is unfounded. We're told to be wise as serpents, harmless as doves. Wisdom
does not mean acting in fear or cowardice.
Perfect love casts out fear means to us that the love of God has wiped out the power
of fear over our lives if we will u se God's methods of conquering it. "Cast your
fears [cares] on Me!" He explains. "Give them to Me! I know what to do with them." It
is this way we are set free to take risks.
Then whether we succeed or fail is not our utmost concern. We are not enslaved
by fear of negative results. We willingly allow ourselves possible failure, posible negative
results. Painful fear and anxiety no longer play a dominant role in our lives.
The Christian walking by the Spirit, in the will of God, can trust that outcomes of his
actions in faith are totally in the hands of the Father. The truth for the Christians is that
disaster, catastrophe, or utter defeat cannot occur. WE have no business thinking on those terms! God never fails.

After reading that, i told Him i was sorry for not trusting Him and i casted all my fears, cares and worries to Him. But honestly, while i was taking my exam in physics, that was still on my mind and sobrang kinakabahan na ako when i was finally going to approach her..Jeff went with me and he told me he can feel un kaba ko..then pagdating nun prof ko..then sbi nya.."OK NA!!! u've made it..binawi mo naman pla sa later part ng exam.." with hearing that..i was so happy and napaluha nga ako eh coz i remembered God's promise to me..HE really do keep His promises to us...HE never fails!!!!

I guess today was a just an ordinary one but it was special in a way! Why? Hmm…well, first of all, me and my two siblings had our lunch outside our home coz there’s no one to prepare our food coz our maid had her day-off and I had a class and Joyce went to church and JC..ndi maasahan un magluto coz he’s the prince in our house…wala un lam gawin kundi kumain,manood, mag-pc, mag piano, and matulog..un lng! So after eating, nag window shopping muna kmi to kill the time coz we’ll be attending the afternoon service and it was still early. Then me and joyce played hide and seek with JC..actually tinataguan lng namin si JC and sobrang tawa kmi ng tawa coz halos katabi na namin sya while looking at some cd’s ndi nya pa rin kmi napansin…haayy bsta I really enjoyed having some laughs with my sis and bro. Then, at church im glad I was able to hear God’s Word again and I think mapapadalas na un ngaun coz it’s already sembreak and my review class would be over na next week.yehey!

Ok, so here’s the highlight of my journal entry for today… My physics professor told us, during our discussion about the theory of relativity, that we could travel to the future (how come? Long story pa un and it needs a lot of explanation..hehe) but we couldn’t travel back to the past. How I wish there would also be a way for us to travel back to the past. I would want to go back again to the time I was in AD during my HS years..there were juz lots of memories na gustong-gusto kong balik-balikan. I want to be a HS student again and experiencing the HS life we had!!!

When we came home from church , I don’t know what me and joyce were talking ‘bout but we juz suddenly remembered our Kanyaw dances and we started dancing..wla lng we were juz fooling around and then there was this urge for me to watch all our Kanyaw presentations and then all our school and class activities from 2nd yr to 4th yr. At first sama-sama pa kming 3 nanonood nun mga Kanyaw presentations namin and we were laughing hysterically coz of our looks and some of the dances pero sobrang tinawanan namin si Jc coz sobrang “totoy” un look nya pa dun and he was still small and a bit chubby pa..haha Then they left me, so I was alone na lng..then I also watched our Christmas party when we were 2nd yr and un field trip namin and gosh we looked so different, some of the boys were still small like Ryan and Brendon, some were chubby pa, like Ivan and Fred, tpos meron pang ang liliit pa ng boses..haha (no mentioning names..hehe), sa girls naman… some were “nenengs” pa , ako naman I had a very long bushy hair and eyeglasses pa at that time…eewww.. BUT one thing that I can say that remained still was the unique personality of each one and the “bond” we have as a class. We had this Christmas party tradition of making wishes for the class, and natutuwa ako coz some of the wishes made came true and some naman ndi..pero un wish lng n “sana lahat kmi sama-sama pa rin till we graduate” (I guess wish un ni Ivan ata…im not sure..) coz umalis na c arlette, Dianne, Raffy, Ronneth and Ate Brenda by the time we were 3rd yr na. Then I also watched our last prom and of course our graduation and naging emotional na naman ako dun sa part when we were singin’ our grad song tpos looking at the faces of each one of us…haayy… After watching, I juz sat still in the couch and all of it came flashing back in my mind again…I guess im juz really missing those times I had..things are really so different now for me and my classmates, we have our own separate worlds na e, unlike when we were in HS we were juz in one world! I juz really miss them a lot..i miss their laughs, their tears, Jay-R’s crazy jokes, their stories (from ghost to love stories), their problems, everything that we share as a class!!!! My HS life was the best I’ve ever had..college lyf can’t be compared to it!!!!

So for today..as my blog title imply..i had a nice day! This morning, Joyce and Jc went to church for their band practice for the youth's thanksgiving gathering in the afternoon. I, on the other hand, went with JP,Marla and Kuya Wilbert to this HRM school near our place for a BOM (Business Opportunity Meeting).Well i won't elaborate on that, instead i would like to share about the nice chat i had with Kuya Wilbert. So, introduce ko muna si Kuya Wilbert..He's the eldest of the 4 Nono brothers,son of our Pastor in BOL, and he just graduated this March as a Medical doctor. This was the first time i was able to talk to him, dati pa kasi sinasabi sa akin ni joyce na i should talk to K. Wilbert, makipagchikahan 'bout Med lyf..hehe then un nga after the BOM, tumambay pa muna kmi dun and ayun he started talking to me na and asking me questions about my plans as to where i'll be studying for my Medicine course, my specialization,etc. Then he shared his experiences as a med student..the tribulations and joy of being a doctor..bsta ayun...and sobrang na stir up na naman un excitement ko to be a doctor!!! Then syempre ndi mawawla un mga advices db? well, madami eh... from study habits to clerkship..but from all those ang pinka ndi ko tlga makaklimutan ay.."kailangan matatag un loob mo! Despite tarayan ka at sigaw-sigawan ka ng mga senior doctors, ndi ka dapt madala dun and never give up!!!" so ayun bsta i really enjoyed it. Next naman, about the thanksgving gathering..it was nice..na-inspire ako sa mga triathletes and i was a bit sad din coz i wasn't part of that triathlon last week and i wasn't able to have any testimony to share like the other youths kanina..i was juz there, listening to them and taking pictures pero i stil enjoyed it..i missed their company a lot!!! Then, ryt now me and some of my blockmates are having a conference at YM and sobrang saya coz Christine was also there..she's in US na kc and dapt si Mam Sarah din ksali (our Chem 14 prof) na nsa US na din kso nka Mac daw sya kya ndi pde..so we weren't able to chat with her kya kmi kmi lng nina Jeff, Marvz, Kat and Chrisitne and as usual mga talks namin/nila ay mga chismax 'bout mga luvlyf ng mga iba pa naming blockm8s, mga sembreak plans, exams (whaatt??!!), etc.. bsta mga "kasabogan"...and at the same tym ka-chat ko din un HS friend ko... =) well that's all. need to sleep na... gudnyt.

ok im back after a few minutes coz something juz happened and i thought that it's the end of the world na! ok im juz exaggerating it! But.. ok db i talked about an earthquake na ndi ko naramdaman coz i was sleeping peacefully. Now, juz a while a ago the earthquake came back..at first it was juz mild but it grew stronger and it lasted for a minute i think..ang tagal eh and i was panicking tlga and up until now my head's aching and my heart's beating faster...grabe i thought our house will go down na e...but thank God it didn't! hehe so dats all..i'll be back again in juz a while... hehehe

miss me huh?! Well, behold Lee-Ann's back!!! Ok so i've been very busy with papers,projects,exams..u know school stuff..and 2 or 3 more exams next week and i'm officially out of school!!! haha well not really out of school like..kicked out of school thing..what i mean is dat its sembreak na for me~~yahoo!!!

So what's new with my life right now? Despite of the toxicity i've experienced with all the exams i've been through for the last 2 weeks, i still managed to keep my head intact..meaning im still in a good mental condition..haha ;) Now, seriously I thank God for the wisdom and strength He's giving me and for my family who's always there to support me in prayers.Today, before taking my removal exam in my biochem lab (w/c i pray would be the last removal exam i would take for the rest of my life..i mean, student life!!!) i txtd my daddy,mommy, my sis and bro to pray for me for this exam and before taking it i really prayed hard and i was almost in tears because i badly wanted to pass this exam and not only that..as i've mentioned earlier, i wanted it to be my last removal exam bcoz since i've entered UP, i was no longer that Lee-Ann who aimed to be at the top,who wants to have all her grades with a percentage of 90 and above like she used to have in Highschool and grade school. I was contented with what others say in our school na bsta makapasa ok na yan and ma-exempt sa finals coz understandable naman na we're really in a University that drains their student's brains. But, i've come to realize that i was wrong in believing in that, i've let myself be a slave of that wrong mentality! Thus, the outcome: removals,5.0,4.0,3.0... Eventhough, i'm not the worst case scenario in our school, there are those students who re-enrolled themselves in a subject for a couple of times, had 3-5 subjects failed... the subject i've failed pa lng ay biochem(and hopefully that would also be the last na din!), but i had lots of removal exams esp. in my math & CHEM subjects and most of my grade would be in 3.0, but i also get a high grade..so far the highest grade i've got was 1.5 (Histo1, Physics 51.1) and the rest pababa na.. 1.75,2.0, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, and 3.0... sana lahat ma-experience ko kulang na lng un 1.25 and 1.0 sana this coming sem and my last year in Bio, ma-experience ko makakuha nun grade na un pra complete na...haha This time, i know i can do it..like what my Mom and Dad always reminds us that, "I can do all things through Christ!" If all those University scholars and College scholars can do it, then i can do it also..db? hehe (i can almost hear my parent's saying..That's the spirit! ) i know it's kinda late now for me..but, hey i've still got med school..who knows? db? hehe wow this feels good..pouring out your desires..your innermost feelings!!! I FEEL GOOD!!!!! tanananana SO GOOD...SO GOOD...umm...(Lee-Ann thinks deeply..)..i dont know the lyrics na..hehe till there na lng and till here na lng din... expect more to come............... for Lee-Ann's back!!!!!!!!! hahaha