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oh yeah. Finally a chance to go online. I first off, i would like to say sorry to the people i promised to give gifts. I thought i could still make a follow up but when mom arrived Dec. 22, i didn’t get a chance to use the computer again. It’s not because mom arrived, but because i had tons of preparations to do. The gifts i made aren’t finished yet, i could finish them later today. Better late than never. It’s a lesson i have learned, make the gifts weeks before the occasion. so from now on, i’ll make the gifts months before. :D Gonna make the New Year gifts after i’m done with the late Christmas gifts. :)

More Christmas gifts received and i love them!

i accept any kind of gifts. I don’t mind if i don’t receive any gift, a simple greeting will do. That’s what i tell my relatives during Christmas. My mom and I aren’t traditional. We don’t mind if people don’t give us gifts, but of course we appreciate any gifts given. My relatives won’t take no for an answer. They would insist on giving money whatever the amount is. I don’t take it. I tell them, i don’t mean to offend but i know how tough and harder it is to live these days and i would much appreciate it if they don’t give me anything. I go to their houses on Christmas to greet them and to let them know they are not forgotten. Not because i want their gifts or money.

It’s a hard thing to implement with my cousins. They’re kids. They’re in need of money. But our family is more blessed than our other relatives. And that’s what i’d like to point out to them. The older ones understand, or atleast they say they understand. They will reject but their faces show that they want it. I can’t change them, that’s how they were brought up. But i still try to teach them that the people we go to in Christmas are less fortunate than us.

Our church had a Christmas Party last Sunday and it was fun despite the sunburn. Long story. Weeks before, we were asked to make a Christmas bottle and put a letter inside telling God what service we offer this coming year. I made a Christmas tree out of my bottle, made little stars to put inside and a big star on top. I don’t think i have a picture of it but i will post it if i find a picture. The message i wrote is that i would like to serve God in the means of music. I was given the talent and i would like to use my talent for God. The tree i made symbolizes Jesus as the big star, the little stars His children, and the tree itself is His shiel to protect His Children. I didn’t win but it was still fun. My sibling friends won 1st and 2nd place. They got the major prize which was a Nokia 1110i and an MP3 player.

Christmas morning was another busy day. I woke up at 9am, hungry, but i took a bath, dressed up, and got ready to leave. I prepared the gifts i was going to bring to my mom’s godchildren and mine. It’s what i’ve been doing every year so that the relatives don’t have to go to our house. I deliver the gifts to the ones who were giving it to. The problem with our relatives is, all of them asks gifts from us. Because my mom is the most successful of all the clan. And there are people we don’t know who come to our door asking for something because it’s Christmas.

Have you encountered having someone you don’t know at your door asking for aguinaldo? I know Christmas is for everyone but it doesn’t give you the right to go to a person’s house asking for gifts or money when that person doesn’t even know shit about you. The less fortunate do this every year. I don’t think any from our family does but those from squatters area are the most likely to do it. That’s why my mom hides every Christmas. When you don’t give to these people who you don’t know who’d come to you, they would hold it against you. Like this encounter i had with a man carrying a kid, approached me and greeted me Merry Christmas and had his palms out. I said, “i don’t give to people i don’t know.” He left while saying “Kailangan pa ba kamag-anak para bigyan? Pasko naman ah.” I wanted to run after him and bang his head on the wall. I know i’m mean but what he’s doing is wrong. And it’s worse to give to people like him. I know he’s less forunate but he is not expected so there’s nothing for him. It’s not my problem that he can’t have a life. It’s not my fault he made children when he can’t afford it.

Anyway, i just had to point it out. bleh.

Christmas evening has been an anual Christmas party for the Vicente’s. I heard that a few years back the Alomosen family was invited to join this celebration and another years after my uncle’s family was invited too. Last year, i was added to the lot and was voted President for Christmas 2006. So imagine the tough day i had. I prepared a whole program for the party, provided games and gifts, and host it. But it wasn’t hosted on my place, because my place is small and we don’t have a garage. So we held it where we had party last year. They say that the current president usually collected funds for the party but my mom insisted that she’ll provide the prizes and gifts because she has tons of give-aways. The party was fun and i used 2 rolls and a half for pictures. Plus the other 2 rolls from Church party, then it’s my Lolo’s birthday tomorrow, which i plan to buy another 2 rolls, I’M GOING BROKE! lol. The film rolls are cheaper but getting them printed is more expensive.

I’m not going to hold back on the printing part because i love pictures. I was confident enough to use them all and i can’t wait to get the printed. Pictures would probably be posted Friday. BWAHAHAHAHA!! Damn. i really need a digital camera. My mom would always say that an automatic is better because digitals get broken easily. Her friends’ cameras would hang because it is computerized. But i think it’s because they don’t have the good ones. I still want a digital. You could see the pictures right away, you could erase unwanted pictures, you can upload it anytime you want, and you can choose which ones to print.
I don’t think i’ve ever felt this stressed and tired before. I just want to rest and watch t.v.

Lates! :D

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Thank you, to all the lovely Christmas gifts. I really appreciate them.

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Our electricity was disconnected yesterday afternoon at around 3pm. I was currently online but was cooking turkey bacon for late lunch. I felt so frustrated because these kind of things happen to me when mom is away. I don’t even know why, but i cried, i cried like someone i loved died. I cried like the love of my life just left me for another woman. I felt so frustrated.

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I am not feeling well. I have exams tomorrow and i haven’t studied (not that i need to study).

I haven’t been feeling well since Friday. It started with a sore throat, something that i normally experience once in two months. Tonsilitis has been my problem since i was 4, i always get it even when i don’t over eat/drink cold/icy foods/beverages. I went with mom to Quiapo yesterday after church. We were almost done with her errands when i started feeling like i was going to throw up. My head was spinning and i felt that if i move, i would fall. Mom said it was because of the heat. And i think she’s right.

Despite my current health, i am happy because i bought a new phone. It’s not techie, it’s just a simple phone. A Nokia 2310. It has No camera, no bluetooth, no infrared, but it is colored, has FM radio, and small. Mom told me to buy 2, 1 for each of us and she gave me her old phone so i could get a Globe sim to use. At the moment i only have SUN because it is post paid, we got it made days after the “tracy” incident. I’ll get Globe sim maybe tomorrow. I’ll get the one where i could autoload, i am going to need it for my future business which i hope to open soon.

Tomorrow is the last day of our final exams. I haven’t taken any exams yet because i didn’t go to my scheduled exam in CSCI21 which was supposed to be last Friday. I’ll be taking it tomorrow after 2 of my exams. I haven’t finished typing the book my professor asked me to type. I don’t feel like doing it. Maybe i could buy some more time. *hehe*

If you want a Chrismas gift from me, view the previous post or e-mail me! :D

And now, off i go to slack off….

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I get hits everyday, thanks to rotations and stuff i joined and put up to get traffic, but i rarely get comments from people i know. Which makes me think if i’m still visited or just been hopped at.

When i make “gifts”, i normally make not only for the people i want to give them to but also to people who visit and comment most of the time, it’s not a requirement but i want to show my appreciation to them. But since there hasn’t been much comments lately, the Christmas gifts i made are for my friends and for people who are special to me despite the “uncloseness”.

I gave them through e-mail or through YM. No need to let everyone know those are. They are just simple gestures of appreciation and the fondness i have for them. I might have forgotten some people due to my bad memory.

Here’s a gift free for everyone to take. Merry Christmas!

If you want it personalized, i would do it for free. If you were one of those whom i made gifts before but was not given now, don’t feel bad. Remember i have a bad memory, i’ll probably have it done tomorrow (since i’m not feeling well) or just remind me by e-mail. Look for the e-mail me tab in the navigation. Thanks!

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This week has been stressful for me and mom. Well, it started last week but i was still kind of slacking off then. Mom has been stressing on work, home, business/rackets, and Jerica’s debut give away. I told her not to mind the house until she’s done with the other stuff she needs to do. The house isn’t that messy anyway. But being the perfectionist that she is, she sees everything messy. I wanted to help her make the accessories but i had school work that needs to be done.

Wednesday night was the most stressful day i’ve had. Aside from the schoolwork i had to finish, i helped mom with her errands because i knew how tired she is. She just came from a flight but had to work hard to get her promise done. Jerica’s debut is this Saturday, US time, and she promised to provide the give aways, namely bracelets. Tina, Jeremy’s wife, along with their kids, were leaving that night that’s why mom was panicking. She has been busy with a lot of stuff that she rarely has the time to make bracelets. I made some before and i didn’t have the time to make some now too. I waited for her in Crossing where we went to this shop where they make accessories. She had them make those dangling things you attach on your cellphone which were so cute i would want to have one when i get another cellphone.

We went home and i did some writing then i ahd to go back in an hour to get the stuff and pay the balance. I’m so stressed that time because i had to get back home as soon as possible and it was rush hour. I was so pissed off because the taxis are ignoring me. Grr. (that’s reserved for another post if i still have the time to do it.) So i walked home despite my aching knee.

Mom had lent me one of her cellphone that time and she called me, she got a cab from home and picked me up. I felt so tired and haggard and stressed that i took a shower once i got home. Refreshing. :)
Two years ago i wouldn’t have mind not passing requirements and failing my subjects. But if i keep it up, i’m going nowhere. So despite the fact that i would most likely fail, i still tried my best to keep up with the requirements our professor gave us. She didn’t want to fail anyone. I was a candidate for failing because i have been absent or late for class since midterms.

Philippine Constitution and Sociology are minor subjects but those are the only class i get to attend more often. The schedule is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8-10am. The professor is a good and effective teacher and i enjoy her classes because i learn something. Though the times i’m absent are the days we have quiz. Which i didn’t know.

I did a book review for my Socio class to pull my grade a little bit. And aside from that we were given an assignment/take home finals exam in which we had to research articles by a certain person from a certain newspaper and relate its social relevance. In our Consti class, we were given 40 questions to research and answer, handwritten. I’m have very bad penmanship and i write really slow so i was not able to pass them on time.

I finished both assignments just yesterday morning when i woke up 5am. I went to school before 12noon because that’s the time the teacher said she’ll leave. I looked for her and found her in one of the classrooms and i asked her if she would accept my papers. She shook her head but i kept asking her and saying please. I waited for her class to finish and kept memorizing the Bill of Rights because i had to recite them too.

Memorizing the Bill of Rights was stressful for me because as the years pass, my memory is getting worse. The other day when we were supposed to recite, i had succesfully memorized Sections 1-11 but couldn’t get sections 12-22 in my head. To those of us who didn’t get the chance to recite, we were given the chance to do it the next day, which was yesterday, but with no guide. I knew each of the sections but i tend to forget some and need a few moments to rethink again.

So yesterday was the day. When the teacher went to the faculty to get her things for her next class, i went in with her and punched holes in my papers and included them with the ones my classmates passed. Take note that i was doing this while she went to her class. She said no but i still put my work in there, because i knew she couldn’t really decline. When her last class was finished i begged her to let me recite, she said she had to go but i insisted that it would be a quick one. So she let me recite in the faculty while she goes around fixing her stuff. I tried to remember everything but there are words that i keep forgetting, she didn’t seem to be listening most of the time but she told me to keep reciting. In a way, even if she’s not listening, i was still reciting and i skipped one section where i can’t remember the words for that bill. She didn’t notice and even told me that i did very good. Maybe because i had no guide with me when i recited.

So yeah, i hope i pass.

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