UPM Lantern Parade and a Sleepover

Soooo, yesterday was the UP Manila lantern parade. Woo-hoooo [cue in party music here]. This is big news right here because I didn't join last year's parade as a freshie. Everyone in my then college, CAS (College of Arts and Sciences) didn't really make an effort to encourage people to join. Plus, I thought that it would be kind of corny to join the parade since it's a short walk to PGH and back, so yeah.

Me and my friends suddenly decided to join the lantern parade. I mean, we decided like on the spot, we didn't plan to go and all although we ordered a shirt-thankfully! My college now, CAMP (College of Allied Medical Professions) made it a point to make a career out of the lantern parade. I mean, everyone was just really into it-every single person (mostly juniors though because it's 25% of their grade in one subject. Hihihi.)

Anywaaay, we joined the parade and it was fun! One of the best experiences in my school life to be honest. Hooray to fickle mindedness, impulsiveness and spontaneity. We cheered, shouted, ran, walked, sang, danced and sweat. It was not only one of the best but it was also one of the most tiring! And you know what? It was worth it. Guess who won 2nd place for the best lantern and the title for Merriest Crowd? YOU GOT IT! We did, we did! :> :)))

I love my college. CAMP is simply LOVE. ♥

After the parade, we decided to go to Mel's place to hang out. We ate delicious dinner and played card games and I Never. Boy, some serious stuff were revealed ;) Ha. Ha. Ohh, stalking people took up most of our time :)) I failed to go home and I got to sleep at Mel's place. Actually, all of us did-Ancie, Jessica, Bia and myself. The only bad thing out of that was that I didn't get to attend the first day of Simbang Gabi :| FML.

Anyway, today, I got to fetch my sister from school right after waking up from Mel's place and eating brunch. Yes, I didn't get to bathe at all. Oh my god, like why am I really telling you about my total lack of hygiene that day? :))) For more information, I asked my sister to smell me if I smelled bad, she said no. SUCCESS :))) That was my first time leaving home and commuting without even taking a bath. Ewwwww. :| :))) I am seriously never doing that again, ever.

It was an eventful start of the Christmas vacation. Now it's time to be lazy and be fat. HAHAHA

PS: I am waiting for Mel to upload our pictuures from the "sleepover" :)))

Pseudo Christmas Parties

Today, I got to spend time with three of my group of friends.

First, I was with my closest friends in the block: Ishie and Carol. Benj was suppose to be there but he wasn't replying to any of my text messages or answering any of my calls. Gaaaah. Anywaaay, I got to spend time with them and ate lunch with them. Hihihi <3 I missed these people. I don't get to spend as much time with them as I did before because I shifted courses and we have different subjects now.

Second, I got to spend time with my best friends: Mel and Jamil. You can say I love these girls the most though. We rarely see each other but when we do, it's like we never even stopped seeing each other. Hihihi. Surprisingly, we haven't overgrown each other (despite knowing each other for about 10 years now) and hopefully, we won't either. So we went to Mel's place and watched Harry Potter and pigged out with some pizza and chips and nuts and everything! :)) Hahaha. Italicized watched because we didn't really watch. We just talked and caught up with each other. Mwahaha.

Lastly, me and a couple of SP lateral friends went to Rosanna's house in Dasma. It was kind of an SP lateral Christmas Party, except we weren't complete >.> Anywaaay, we played games and we made kwentuhan and everything. Hihihi. I love my SP friends too! We all have a general personality-fun and noisy and talkative. Hahaha. That's why it's so fun to be with them. I got to get home at about 1:00 in the morning.

So, even if I didn't really do anything today, I wouldn't call it unproductive since I got to spend it with some important people in meh life. My friends are awesome :> Time you had fun wasting is not wasted time. That's a quotation by someone famous I forgot. Haha. :) But it definitely applies right? Haha.

Ling Exam and a Happy Birthday to the most Awesome Mom, MINE

Straight to the point, the Ling exam was hard. It was a brain drainer. I really didn't expect it to be that hard. It wasn't Chem or Math hard, but it was hard considering it's a communications subject. Everyone else also thought so because all of us were whining bout how we think we failed the first and supposedly easiest exam of the subject. Gaaaaah, just kill me now. A shot in the head would be fast and painless. I seriously want to cry my eyeballs out but it's over and I can't really do anything about it now. Le sigh.

Fast forward to the good part, please? That would be my mom's birthday! Yaaaaaaay! \:D/ She just turned 36. Yes, I have a young mother. Anywaaay, a very happy birthday to the most awesome mother in the world. My mom is theee best of the best and I love her to death. :) I hope she had a great birthday even if we didn't do anything special. I feel so guilty about not being able to buy her a gift :||

Ma, happy birthday. I love you soo much, I hope I say that enough. It's been a rough year but know that I still love you and care about you the same. I know that you're stressed out because of a lot of things. Always remember that me and my siblings are always here for you though. Well, mostly me. loljk. :)) Anywaaay, a very happy birthday. :>

Agaaaaain, a happy happy birthday to my mom. I love her the most ♥

Twice on Television in One Day

I feel famous. looool, not really though. So I was probably in television twice tonight. Why? Today is the oblation run and I got to watch it for the first time. Also, my professor in Hum who was a former child star was featured in one of the programs in GMA and our class was one of the classes that were asked to participate. So yeah.

Sooo, our professor in Hum is a former child actor and GMA is doing a feature on child stars who are teaching right now. So voila, our professor was picked as one of the featurees (not a real word). Anyway, our class was at 7:00 and people from GMA arrived at 8:15 or something like that. They got lost; they thought it was going to be in UP Diliman. Gaaah. "Gusto ko sana sa class niyo yung kunan eehh, kasi dito madaming magaganda" Those were our professor's words. Mwahahaha. I feel flattered even if I know he's not even referring to me. :)) My appearance in television was confirmed by my friend. She said she saw me and my friend, Mary (who is beyond beautiful, by the way) when she was watching the news. So yeah. I'm too afraid to watch it since I probably look like crap. I didn't know so I didn't prepare, hahaha.

Anywaaaay, today is also the annual and the infamous Oblation Run. Brrrr- just typing it sends shivers down my spine. This year, I got to watch it for the first time and it was accidental too. Our classes dismissed at 11:30 and coincidentally, the Oblation Run this year starts at 11:30. I had no time to escape. Me and my friends were by the stairs and suddenly, the coordinators/organizers asked everyone to stay in place already because it was about to start. We were forbidden to go anywhere else-they said we might disrupt the flow of the run or something :|| TOTALLY NO ESCAPE. So me, Bia, Jessica and Ancie watched it together. Mary and Mel were at the other side of the lobby and they got to watch too. Mel and Mary are my friends who didn't want to watch it too, but got forced into watching it, like me. Hahaha.

Soo, yeah, I ended up watching it. It was shocking and gross, gaaaah. I don't get why people watch this every year. But I am somehow thankful that I got to watch it at least once. It's UP tradition after all.