Guess Who. :)

While I'm spending my boring day at home, I decided to browse my stuffs. I opened a scribbled notebook, and then something fell. It was a piece of paper like thing that dropped onto my foot. I looked at it and saw a cute little girl. She was between 1 to 3 years old in the photo. She had a crooked smile. She seemed new to this world. She was fat, however she managed to look adorable. This photo brought back a sweet memory of the nice person this little girl turned out to be. This girl in the photo, ten years later turned out to be caring, loving, friendly, talented and beautiful. She became the person who you can sing a duet with, a person who you can share some secrets with and who'd love to have F-U-N with you! :) She's Mary Alice J Kanaan. Beautiful, inside and out.

SUMMERRR :)

One very boring summer afternoon, when I've got nothing better to do, my cousin and I decided to play with our pet turtle. Boredom struck us good, 'coz we spent the whole afternoon just taking pictures. We posed like this and that, mostly focusing on our turtle. Above are 2 of our pictures. It's pretty lame but when you're bored everything looks good and works out. 


I just often wish I'm as creative and as smart as Phineas and Ferb. I mean, I would then make robots and roller coasters to make my boring summer really really FUN. Well, I wish. :)

So long Elizabeth

  Being second year's not meant to last forever! :'(

It was a sad day. The last day of exams was also like the mark that it's the last time that the whole Year II - St. Elizabeth will be together. You might be thinking, why would we cry, we'll still see each other next year. Well, we're sad because we're not going to classmates anymore and this section left a really really really big mark to all of us! Our section had its ups and downs but we still felt like family! Through, the fights we experienced we grew closer to each and everyone.
   Indeed, high school is the best. I'll always remember St. Elizabeth and the joy and laughter it brought into my life. I love St. Elizabeth.

MARCH FOR LIFE

      As Catholics, it is natural for us to protest against the RH bill. To show that we're PRO- life, we first marched from De Paul College until Jaro and yesterday, form Assumption-Iloilo to Freedom Grandstand. We then, listened to different speakers, including Mayor Jed Mabilog. They gave their opinions against it and some even mentioned the negative things about the bill. A lot of schools and organizations, joined the rally. Actually, the venue was overflowing with people. The event ended with a mass. Praying to God that the bill will not be passed. 

      How about you? Are you supporting or opposing the bill?

When you're in school

Exams. Exams. Exams.

        It brings stress and frustration to students like me. I mean, don't you think studying all the lessons from first to fourth quarter for exams needs a lot of reading and brain? It's really really hard to study it all. Page to page. From beginning to end. I've always felt nervous every time I think about failing the exams. I studied really really hard! If I ever fail, I think I'll go mad.

       Assumption's like the first school I've known that gives brain exploding exams in the fourth quarter.

       I guess I just have to get used to it and pray that I'll pass! :)

HELP! Again?

    For WYA club's dignity project, we went back to SOS village again! We played games with the kids. We did tons of stuff! Although, it was raining we still had a lot of fun. Instead of having 1 partner each, we had two, this time. We talked, ate, hang-out and did cool stuffs! IT WAS REALLY REALLY FUN. My partner even shared to me her secrets! The kids even sang a song for us. Some even wrote a letter of gratitude. It was very touching.

It was time to leave and say our goodbyes to each other. I wish we stayed longer 'coz time runs fast when you're having fun. I can tell by the kids' eyes that they didn't want us to leave either but we'll go back there someday! That's for sure. :D

It felt like I was on the top :D

        Before exams took place, we had our cheer dance first. Because everybody was determined to win, practices were a must! Things were very stressful.  Days before the presentation, some ideas were changed.  The dance steps were very hard to follow and to memorize. Things were just very very very confusing and complicated. We're totally cramming at the moment. 

       Well, I joined stunts because we don't have to do much and we could make our own steps. It wasn't hard. 

       The day of presentation came and everybody felt cold and nervous! It's because we're kind of unsure if the presentation is good. We danced and I know everybody did their best to make our dance awesome!

      We didn't expect it, but hey we got second place! :) \m/

To Sir with L♥ve :)

My beloved teachers, 

But how do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
Oh, it isn't easy but I'll try. If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters that would soar a thousand feet high. To sir, with love.

   In the month of February,  Assumption- Iloilo celebrated Teacher's Day with love and gratitude. My classmates played teacher for a day. It was FUN because not only did we handle our own classes, we also made Mrs. Clement share to us the story of her love life! :> We did some presentations too. We sang, danced and some even acted! But what made the day, great was when we told our teachers how we felt and we expressed our gratitude to them. We cried. We laughed. The day was perfect.

HELP!

    This year for our interaction, my classmates and I visited SOS Children's Village in  Zarraga. It was a BIG day to remember. We finally got to meet JOHN LLOYD, who was everybody's crush. I got my partner, Angelo. The first few minutes were very awkward, but I finally got him speak. I asked him why he is in SOS and he told me it was because his parents could not support him well. I've got to be honest, I wanted a different teacher at first but after I heard his story, I was touched and I realized there is a reason why I got him. It was to teach me to be contented because a lot of people have less. :)

time passes by.

        Time passes by so fast. It felt just felt like yesterday was the start of classes and now we're months away from ending our sophomore year. Before we know it, we're third year already. Time flies by fast just when you're enjoying it. So live your life to the fullest! :)

Time of our lives. :>

Christmas Party

Nothing else would make a student feel more festive than a school Christmas party. It’s the time when students are finally exam-free! No homework to do, quizzes to study & waking up early. Students love this time of year. Right after Christmas parties, it’s Christmas break!  Haaaaayyy, it’s time to relax ourselves. Christmas parties signal students that you’re relieved from stress! This is the time when you can do whatever you want, whenever you want. So, December 17 was Assumption-Iloilo’s date for Christmas parties. Whoooopee! We exchanged gifts, ate lunch together and fought with cupcake icing. It was FUN. The time has come to end the party, it was pretty sad. Minutes later, everyone has left except for me, Alice and Jacque. We stayed up ‘till 2pm. We took pictures and goofed off. For me, it was kind of funny how much I wanted to stay at home during weekdays, when I have no school; and how much I wanted to go school during boring old holidays. This is the last time we’re really united as a class, this year. This really is the time of my life, and I owe it all to St. Elizabeth family. :)

Play fest realizations :)

During the play festivals, I’ve learned that you need unity and cooperation to win. It’s not a work of an individual alone; it should be done by the whole section. So, if ever that united section wins, the whole class shares the award. I’ve also learned that it’s not only the major characters that make the play win, but the whole class. For instance, if the major characters’ acting is amaaaaaazing, but the technicals failed, the class still wouldn’t win. This made me realize that staging a play is like a band performing—even if the vocalist is awesome, but the guitarist and the one behind the keyboard doesn’t sound good, that band will pretty much just flunk. To make a good stage play, all the elements should work together to make the performance successful. Having the best characters is not enough to win a play, but you also need good technicals, as well. That’s why when it comes to performing, UNITY and COOERATION are the biggest words associated to success. Without these two things, it would just not work out. I’ve also realized that we should also listen to other people’s ideas, because sometimes they might know what they’re really talking about. Another thing I’ve learned is that we should learn to accept defeat. I remember one photo I found in tumblr which could also apply in the recent play fest—“Never expect, never assume.”

Well sadly, the best lessons are learned at the end. Anyway, I’ll just save it for next year and try to make it work for my section.

Final Play ;>

I was pretty sure everyone’s heart was beating so fast, it felt like exploding. It was the final play. Panic was felt in the air. Eyeliners and mascaras were smudged. Costumes were unworn.  A shoe was missing. Characters were late. Enamel paint scattered all around the floor.  This was the scene in our classroom that day. It was CHAOTIC. Hairsprays were on the floor. Curling irons left and the props, oh the PROPS, the poor recycled props were just left there hanging on. We agreed we’re going to watch Anastasia; sadly we can’t because preparing takes time. It was nerve-wrecking when we remembered that some other schools were watching us. “Girls, kadto na ta sa St. Anne’s.” That’s when everybody started to panic. When Anastasia was done, we entered the St. Anne’s hall hungry, so we started eating the bread that was for the feast. We prayed. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It’s starting, Ohmygosh! A lot of thoughts were entering my mind, ‘What if they won’t be able to hear me?’, ‘What if I say the wrong lines?’ but they always tell us to THINK POSITIVE; always be optimistic.  It’s almost our scene, and now I could even feel my heart beating faster and it was as if it’ll go out of my chest. GOSH! Well, our play was totally different from our practices and TDR. It was as if we were staging a different play. I felt kind of hopeless when I viewed the audience and the only expression they had on their faces was boredom. Whaaaaaaaat?! Is our play really really boring? Maybe, it’s just because they could not understand the story. Our play ended the way we knew it: in a feast and happy ending. Finally, the nerve-wrecking event was done!

Technical Dress Rehearsal :D

             Everyone’s panicking. Was it the end of the world? Nope, it was just our Technical Dress Rehearsal or TDR for short.  Everyone’s panicking because this is like your big practice before the play day itself. It’s also our Mastery Test. If we get an O in this TDR—technicals and acting, then we have a big chance of winning in the play fest. I can see everyone’s nervous. Almost everybody’s trembling with fear.  The lead roles were obviously panicking more and I think they would almost faint.  The worst part for the leads was that they were so nervous they almost forgot their lines.  Make-ups scattered. Costumes, mixed up. Hair undone. Missing shoes. The whole class was panicking and the classroom was in complete disorder. Except for me, I was kind of excited actually. I felt the rush. I was kind of confident that we’ll somehow ace this TDR. I was feeling kind of positive that day. What made me forget about feeling pressured was the picture taking. We’re heading straight to the place where it will all happen. St. Anne’s Hall! Brrrrr. That was the first thing I kind of said as soon as I entered the place. It was very cold inside. I took a quick glance at the back, and then I saw a woman sitting half-way at the back. That’s when I started feeling kind of nervous.  I whispered to myself, ‘That must be the critic.’ Everything started the just the way we practiced. I was a village kid, a villager and a Greek masterpiece. Just how many times did I go out? I had no idea. Our play was kind of long. Most of the time I was on backstage, I had nothing to do so I ate some bread used for the feast. Our biblical play ended just as we know it. The moment of truth comes, the time of grading us. My heart beats faster and faster by the minute. “You got VS.” YAY! I’m pretty sure everybody’s happy! I mean, who isn’t. Everyone’s expecting a lower grade after all the noise back stage and the technical problem. The props, oh the rushed props. It turned out great; I guess we really should expect the unexpected.

i never meant it.

    I really feel comfortable when people tend to ignore me and see my worth. It hurts my feelings so bad. I mean, if you don't like me at some point, then tell me. But like what some people say, you don't live to please everybody. You may please some but not all. Well, I'm sorry if I could not do everything you ask me to. I'm sorry if I could not live up to your expectations. I'm just trying to be myself.

Must watch movie.

As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows :)

love is never ugly.

" Love is never ugly."

      This is a quotation that would perfectly match the book i have read entitled 'Beastly'. The story revolves around Kyle Kingsbury, a good-looking, rich and popular teenage boy. He thinks the world revolves around him until he met Kendra Hilferty, a witch he tried to fool. Kendra sets a curse over Kyle for being cruel over her. Kyle now is a beast, as described in the book. Kendra said, Kyle could only break the curse if someone learns to love him as a beast. She also leaves a magic mirror - where he could see whoever he'd like to see. However, things just seem to be very embarrassing for Kyle's father, so he sends Kyle to an apartment with Magda, their housekeeper and a blind tutor named Will. After one year has gone by, he decides to change his name from 'Kyle' (meaing, handsome) to 'Adrian' (meaning, dark one) because he is no longer the beautiful yet conceited boy that he once was. When things just seemed hopeless, Adrian (Kyle) then meets Linda Owens, also known as Lindy. 

Could Lindy be the one to break Kyle's curse? 

See "Beastly" the movie on July 2011 or read the book. :)

Ignite the light.

 I was recently listening to this marvelous song by Katy Perry, entitled Firework. The lyrics and the song tells you about showing other people what you're worth because they just tend to ignore you. So here's the lyrics. :)

FIREWORK

by Katy Perry

 

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
[- From :http://www.elyrics.net/read/k/katy-perry-lyrics/firework-lyrics.html -]
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon