gold rush

Dec 6, 2007

yes, practice does pay off. big big big time!

maybe it was the 6am morning air. the smell of hot pandesal. the feel of cold water to wake my snoozing spirit. but i was raring to go and this year, i was determined to keep my cool and just go with the flow.

in the past 4 years, i literally have more white hairs on the top of my head. yup! i counted. man! so this year, i wanna be what i smell.. like a cucumber, cool and good for eye bags ;D

although i did panic in more than one occassion, but i was better than last year. especially since we were all stuck in the middle of nowhere with over 30 kids under my wing. its tough.

we had our triumphs and our defeats but we all went through it in style, grace and we still made them fight for it. so i'm really proud of what we have accomplished and extremely grateful to all the people who made it possible.

got home around 8pm and i was out like a light. felt like throwing up and my brain was gone. woke up with almost 20 missed messages. sorry guys!

7 gold and 4 silvers, 2 bronzes. not a bad haul.

back to our regular programming

with the straubs gone and baby eva, things are back to normal. especially the food we have in the house. things are more quiet and i no longer have the sweet smell of baby on me. sniff!

its a friday and its fiesta time

well, for most of the people here anyway. i am still in a daze. most of the day i was glued to my computer finishing off some of the things dad got me to do. kept myself busy mostly.

came down to give michael money for the tournament fees tomorrow and was pleasantly surprised to be invited to an impromptu birthday party by 3 of our teachers whose birth dates were close together. namely, matt, tawi and harold. happy birthday guys! the lumpia, macaroni, carbonara and valenciana was sooo good. i was hungry na gid man. perfect timing!

its been a while since i've gone home in the dark all by myself. even with all the trees and the wind blowing, some people were freaked out by this but i'm fine with it. even the guard was worried about me. i just laughed it off. at least i disappear with a full stomach. just a joke! :)

bacolod time!

funny how its the provincial fiesta and i'll be making my way to bacolod tomorrow. can't help it if its my mom's birthday, too. just glad to get out of here even for a little while.