Tuesday, August 15, 2006
have u ever looked back at ur old journal entries, and rediscovered the life u once lived? after cleaning out some of the endless albums that clutter the bottom TV shelf, i stumbled upon my old journal book from about ten years ago. ha ha, there's even a drawing of a "mean" pit bull at the back, growling the words "STAY OUT". i guess back then, such a trend was considered 'cool'.

each entry is about a page long, dated at least every day, or, every other day [i'm suprised at my own dedication...i'm such a lazy bum now!], and sure the sentences may be poorly grammared, but each entry was written with full meaning.
its funny that many of the entries hint of my innocence, and silly mind-process. for example: "I will be going to prayer meeting at 7:00 soooooon [pause] never mind. It's a mistake. I'm not going to prayer meeting. It's Tuesday, not Wednesday!" or another one: "We are doing a biograpu. I'm doing Abraham Lincoln. My friend is doing Abraham Lincoln too. My other friend will do Stone Wall. I don't know him!!". actually, the two dots of the exclamation points are drawn as eyes, and then a smile is drawn underneath. that's how i ended each of my entries, hee hee. it was indeed fun to read them again, because it takes me back to ten years before, when i'd be sitting on my bed, my drawer to my right, the hamster cage near the doorway, and writing all of this down...as if i'm underneath my youngself's skin once again.

however, as the entries and the months progressed, i got a LOT more angsty. even i'm suprised at the anger of my words...to the point that some of the sentences don't make complete sense!: [in verbatim]
The days are starting to get confusing and annoying since the day I turned eleven. I hate myself for living in a crazy world where nothing makes sense...I wish my whole life would start over...what I now realyl want is to show the world, or the universe that I am something. I want to straighten up this crazy world to make it a way where everything is done for a purpose to make things not so complicated
pretty risque stuff if u ask me. heh, i don't remember what drove me to write that, but i'm guessing i was challenged and broken down the point of questioning my mere existence.
yet its interesting, reading that, how thirsty i was for the comfort of god, and at such a young age too. man if only i can embrace my eleven-year old self and tell her that things will get better. u shall see.

okay moving on to a lighter note: saturday is creeping up on me. i DID buy like 90% of my school/art supplies, in four stores. its pretty funny, walking into staples and seeing young students get papers, notebooks, calculators, pencil cases...and what did i need? charcoal, kneaded eraser, miniDV tapes, a utility knife [which i have yet to find]and the odd list goes on. since the dorm also provides a minifridge, i'm debating whether or not to bring in a whole box of cherry-coke...cuz ya know, subway got me addicted to that drink.

SUBWAY! just a FEW MORE DAYS! i gotta get ready to create the ultimate MASTER SANDWHICH: composed of the different BREAD TOPPINGS, a little bit of EACH MEAT, EACH VEGGIE, and of course, EVERY SAUCE.
how was izzy able to eat it and manage to stay alive? i should probably fast in preparation ><

Monday, August 7, 2006


aww, ain't that sweet? i'm cuddle up around ben's graduation gift to me, drifting off inside the deathstar, on its way to destroy another planet <3 <3

so yeah, two weeks before it's move in time. sadly enough yesterday was danny's "last day at church" due to a new job. meaning that after two fridays, if i never attend youth, i won't be seeing danny for four years ;_;
when i left church early, he gave me the SADDEST look ever. awww, i love u soo much danny, and i'll still be seing u no matter what!

while i was on the line at target, i was listening to my voice message and wat do ya know, ben left a message, saying how we haven't seen each other the whole summer, and NEED to hang out.;_; however, this teary-eyed moment was ruined when a lady behind me saying 'the next cashier is available'.
it appears that that night, mark, mike, and meg were over his house, so of course! i had to come over.

it was c-hall all over again! or at least those who are here; lucy's in czech, and gracey's in maine. even though its been aprox. two months since i last saw all of them [except mark], and yet we were talking and laughing as if those two months apart did not exist.
i can't beleive that it all comes down to this, in that its two weeks till college time, and its the time that i should start saying goodbye and hanging out with my friends as much as possible before we leave.
sigh, i love them all so much, and i REALLY love this darth vader doll he gave me. it's soo coming with me to my dorm, i don't care what my roomate thinks. its to remind me of the impact ben's had in my life, making me a mild star wars fan. ha ha. <3 <3 <3

Wednesday, August 2, 2006
i'm back. so soon? i know, right.

so i guess this is more directed to all the pratt peeps out there...my frosh schedule! that's right! no more LHS! no more mr. j! no more calculus! art courses 24/7! ha ha ha.
crap i can't believe i'm gonna be a frosh all over again, and be surrounded by all sorts of older students who traditionally have the rights to pick on us.

so as it goes:
MONDAY 9AM-11:50AM, 1PM-3:50PM: 3-Dimensional Design I/Prof. Hochhausen
6:30PM-7:20PM: Intro Literary/Critical Studies/Prof. Fow

TUESDAY 9AM-11:50PM, 2PM-4:50PM: Drawing I/Prof. Sloane

WEDNESDAY 9AM-11:50PM, 1PM-3:50PM: Light/Color/Design I/Prof. Zinnes
6:30PM-7:20PM: Intro Literary/Critical Studies/Prof. Fow

THURSDAY 1PM-3:50PM: 4-D design/Prof. Scott

FRIDAY 9AM-11:50PM: Survey of ArtI/TBA (???)

wow, looking at it, my schedule seems like suicide. classes at 9am??? not cool. my schedule is also accompanied by its buildling location...i looked on the campus map and realized that all of my classes are a pretty far distance from my dorm. so if i like, wake up at 8:50, i'm totally screwed. in addition, i looked up all of my professors [except prof. fow] and they all came from like, princeton, and yale...O_O
but no matter! i'm excited to start nonetheless.

they've also given me a list of school supplies, stuff like 18*24 sketchpads, to utility knives, to masking tape, to colored pencils. i can guarantee u that i'm gonna be stumbling across the campus, carrying all of that material. how am i supposed to fit it all in my suitcase, along with all of my other necesities? ah well, as the saying goes, 'filipino's have the magical ability of packing a suitcase to double its capacity', so perhaps i have nothing to worry about @_@

alright i shall take my leave. dinnertime!

Tuesday, August 1, 2006
alright, now before my hands completely break off from all of this typing, here's keswick part 2 [for part 1, see the entry down below]: pictures!



ahh, keswick, home of that hundred-year-old swan that tried to bite my mom a few years back XP



the sweethearts rooming near me and jess: mico and her boot-ay, tea (not TEE, but TAY-AH like that yugioh character), and tricia



here's part of our friday-night party...i have no idea what danny's doing. due to our rowdy-ness and the loudness of our ipod stereo, some people from other churches complained. ha ha whoops.



me and jessi kayaking, a very interesting experience, being that neither of us had ever kayaked before. at one point we tried to make a sharp turn around a stick but ended up bumping on land, out of sight of the lifeguards so the lifeguard yelled at us. then, due to another bad turn, we crossed the rope to the swimming area, so the lifeguard yelled at us again lolz



lo'and behold: me on top of the iceberg, after minutes of hardcore climbing up those darn iceberg sides.



ate renate finally was able to climb up! [with a little bit of surfboard help...even the lifeguard was on the brink of giving up on her]



everybody jump atop of mico! as is the tradition every year...



the notorious four...i think danny was exhausted from all the fun and thus acted strangely.



family talent night! chris 'jamming' on the guitar while his family danced! how cute!



apollo has finally given up and collapsed on the floor!...actually, this was the part when ate anna 'beat him up'. look at him, his wooden swords that bear strong resemblence to those in 'the last samurai', and his jedi robe. insane.



mico and her hotness on the guitar while practicing for worship ^_^



marc and arman [jibblie!jibblie!] groovin it up during worship.



aww, the whole youth...RJ looks too ecstatic.



after a long journey home, and after the youth hung out at the mall and watched a movie, some drifted off into slumberland. sweet dreams apollo and danny! until next familiy camp!

sigh...its all over...my last familyi camp before i'm off to Pratt. i love the TLSCF youth group, with all my heart. how can i live without u guys? u guys are the reason for me to keep on going and always remind me to keep living life for jesus. <3 <3 <3

alright now my hands are broken. i want ice cream. ciao!

Tuesday, August 1, 2006
WAHOO! IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER LONG ENTRY! everybody enjoyes that!...right? ><
alright so to let u know, i'm gonna start out by describing how awesome keswick was, recount as much fun details as i can, then show all the pictures accompanied by comments. okay? here we go! {wow, that reminded me of nintendo mario}

lemee first say that keswick, as always, was such a blessing. the speaker for the next three days would be pastor herman moldez. so we [me, my family, tito frank, tita rosa, and jessi] are supposed to leave friday at five, however, louise called me up saying i had to work from 12 to 3, the hours i so despise. this was because eleven platters were to be delivered that day, which is like making fifty-five sandwhiches in a span of two hours, so i had no choice but to come. everything was going okay until a big fight broke out between the marketeer and one of the delivery boys. how stupid, to fight not only right in front of the customers, but in front of my sister too, whom got really scared and told mom about, thus making mom mad and blaming me [cuz according to mom's standards, all the problems in the world are in some way, shape or form, can be blamed on me X( ]

so after that situation, and after going home and packing all our junk, jessi came by for the hour ride to the keswick camp. i planned to sleep throughout the ride, but how could u when ur bestest friend in the whole world is sitting right next to u? after laughing at some drivers, and complaining about the 'endless road', we figured that if we ever exchanged brains, our thought processes would not matter. we just think too much alike. ^_^

sooo...we arrive there about seven ish, i think. i told jessi to bring her ipod stereo so that we can party all night long in our room. that was until, tita florence gave us our room assignments in the Raws building, a building far away from the worship hall, and with far less comfortable rooms, and, worse of all, very thin walls. so when we arrived at our rooms, and we blasted our music, u could hear it clearly all the way from the main floor [we were located on the first floor].
once most of the church members arrived, friday night service started. however, as predicted, since most people arrived soo late and we were off the schedule, we decided that only the worship team play and then pastor herman would quickly pray. so here's the new kewsick worship team: apollo on electric, RJ on bass, chris berger on drums, mico on acoustic, ate anna on keyboard, and kuya anthony on the mic. the worship team has definitely improved, as they became so much more passionate in music, and was able to succesfully encourage the congregation to jump for joy. much kudos to them. ohh, and chris berger is an INSANE drummer, he performed some drum techniques that made jessi and i turned to each other and laugh in amazement. then pastor moldez prayed, and introduced our theme for the three day weekend: less of self, and more of christ.

soo...after the service was when the fun began...danny and joseph were rooming, tricia was with mico, carol was with therese, ate renate was with ate anna, and all of our rooms were in the same hall. so from about ten to like, past one o'clock tricia, danny, tea [a really sweet eleven year old who is joseph's friend and looks exactly like caren] hung out at our room, throwing food at each other, playing with my darth vader helmet and lightsaber [yeah i brought those], and watching danny bring his colorful hummingbird and flower blanket [which he swore was his mickeymouse blanket LOL] and poke at jessi. finally tita florence called me, saying that as the oldest in the room, i had to demand everybody to go to sleep. so relunctantly the party was over, and we all retired to our beds.

mooorning rolled around, breakfast was at eight, meaning i had to get up around seven thirty-ish, the earliest i've ever waken up since school. after breakfast [tita flo said there'd be BACON, but NOOO BACON WAS SERVED], worship team performed, we praised god, then pastor herman preached. at the end, he challenged the congregation with two questions: what are our spiritual gifts, and what have we done to improve our ministry? and, what are things that hinder us from progressing further in christ and in our ministry? we gathered into two groups, one consisting of adults 'almost fifty', and the youth [apollo being 'forever twenty-five'] to discuss these questions. i was especially blessed while sharing my opinion on those two questions, cuz at that moment i discovered that i WAS creating a ministry: providing art lessons for the church children as well as reaching out to kids [like patricia and alex] out of the church. at that moment, i felt blessed cuz i realized that i AM growing, and that talents ARE being used for HIS glory. ha ha praise god for that. and i think kuya anthony suggested that to help expand my ministry, i could have an art gallery, for all my friends and family to come, and then become a witness there. hmmm...perhaps i will when i'm in pratt...

after the service and lunch, it was...FREE TIME! i decided that this year, instead of spending my whole time playing volleyball, as most of the adults do, i'm gonna do other things. soo, in a span of six hours, i swam in the pool, swam in the lake, swam back in the pool, then went kayaking. alright so i spent the whole time in water...at least it's different from volleyball. the best part was swimming in the lake with mike, karl, ate renate, danny, and therese. there was a big slide there called 'iceberge', which was shaped like a green rock, which u need to climb on and then slide down. sliding down is the fun part, getting up there's the difficult part. think of it as rockclimbing, only ur in a lake and the rocks are replaced by handles. of course i struggled to climb up, but after therese suggested to put ur feet on the first handles, i was able to climb up no problem. ate renate was the funniest: she would start to climb, then after struggling, she would laugh at her pathetic-ness, then slip down. danny and i were very determined to have ate renate climb up the iceberg, to the point that one of the lifeguards offered her to stand on the surfboard so as to climb up easier. at one point, she was SO CLOSE to the top, but i shouted out 'don't step on the green thing', she looks down asking 'what green thing', then she slips down, laughing the whole time. finally...after about, ten-ish tries, and with the use of the surfboard, she was finally able to climb to the top. hooray!

so after dinner, the pastor continued preaching, reminding us on how we must cleanse our selves from past-sins, and be filled with the spirit. verrrry interesting indeed.
then..FAMILY TALENT NIGHT. this year's was very entertaining, from mico, carol, tricia, joseph, tita jackie, and jezreel's mime dance; to ate anna and apollo fighting in robes. and of course, our family performed another dance to avalon's 'testify to love', wearing tlscf shirts designed by yours truly <3. that night, RJ, danny, joseph and i helped ate renate to ride a bike, some adults and some kids stayed at the worship hall to watch a bootleg of 'cars' [with the VERY funny ending cut out], and some of the remaining youth hung out at joseph and danny's room, while my dear jessi slept.

wow, this entry's a lil bit too long. i would be very suprised if u were able to read it up to here...right now. u don't have a headache? don't worry, if u do, i have as much as a headache editing it.
overall, this camp was truly a fun blessing, pastor herman's preaching was sooo inspiring, how we should challenge ourselves and ask the lord to be completely filled with his prescence so we can do what he put us on earth to do...i got so much closer to jessi, danny, and the rest of the youth, and i was able to make new friends: tea, arman, and mike. sigh...its soo sad that's its all over, and i pray that i can come next year! hopefully i can unless i have like a summer art job or interning. yikes...eighteen more days until it's moving time. the next entry is where all the pictures will be...since this entry's soo long. XD

Sunday, July 23, 2006
whooooo's ready for another set of pictures? i am! i am! these new sets are from my church's Spruce run adventure. as i usually mention around this time of the year, while the upstairs church prepares for THEIR VBS [their theme deals with an island...the total opposite of ARCTIC EDGE], us TLSCF'ers enjoy a sunday of chillaxin'.
so here's how it all began: i picked up dear corey at [yawn] seven fifteen in the morning, and during the 40+ minute drive to Spruce Run, he monika and i assembled creepy robot figures, and played BS with monika's sandal cards... corey also found a new sneaky way to trick card magicians. tsk tsk.
then alas we arrive a little after eight at the lake sight, and unpack all of our beach and volleyball equipment at the usual roofed picnic area. one by one more members started arriving, including friends who never went before, like danny and lil' edgar allen JOVEL [not POE, as i am tempted to type], ate renate, mike G and his gf...even the married reggie came late [aka the big black bear] and spent his time lounging in the shade.
so apollo was chosen to preach the message of worship, and conclude with all of us standing up and doing an undignified dance. jessi and i...of course, created our own undignified dance; a mix between the reggie-dance, the mac-daddy dance, and...izzy's-weird swinging sway. (maybe i should video tape our dance and enter it to some dance film festivals)
after that...WE HAD THE REST OF THE TIME TO RELAX! and here's where the picture rave comes in:


aaah, spruce run...definitely better than nightmare beach. Spruce Run is instead a lake place, where u can tan in the sun, rollerskate, bbq, swim, and play all sorts of sports.


jessi and i took the liberty of swinging in the playground, while everybody else was setting up the volleyball nets [since volleyball is basically ALL that the olderyouth/adult members do all day...LITERALLY] and bbq-ing.


RJ and Apollo apparently had a good time...just look at them, jumping simultaneously and being just plain goofy. i love those two.


the kids, as usual, went swimming in the lake ...awww. corey swam with lil' trish prado and danny swam with his lil edgar allen jovel


of course monika and jezzie built their sandcastle...it was quite good too.


tricia of course created one too...wait...it's like sandy hook all over again...


at least 65% of my time was spent watching and playing volleyball. by the end i was tiiirrreeedd, but the ever-enthusiastic apollo always had the energy to play another game. gosh.


maybe 30% of my time was spent playing badminton...first versus me vs tita jackie, me vs danny, me vs corey, me and jess vs renate and {lazy} RJ, then me and apollo (get it? got it! good...) vs carol and therese. this is of tito boni and tita jackie playing...the most athletic couple of the church XD {BTW, see those adults and youth playing volleyball in the backround? its NONSTOP! ><}


when RJ decided to lie back and take a nap, Ate Renate had fun placing soda cans on his knee...that dude's got some good balance while sleeping...


and of course mico and i were just being are cute selves. geez, i look real dark there.


but of course, all good things must come to an end. afterwards, some peeps went home, some went shopping, and others, like me, my family, the prados, apollo, corey, and the deseos, went to cracker barrel to eat. while waiting, monika and jez played checkers while trish versed corey [LOOK FOR THE RED CHECKER! lolz]

cute ne? i've quite enjoyed this year...mostly cuz it actually feels like a summer vacation. but now this coming friday is FAMILY CAMP! WOO HOO! obviously hundreds of more pics to come. man, this archive is filled with more visual entries...but i guess that's what happens when u have a camera all to urself. hee hee.

Thursday, July 20, 2006
gaaaahhh less than on month before i move in to Pratt. the following entries from this point on might be accompanied with a countdown of when i can get out of this town.
i seriously cannot believe how close i am to becoming a college student. i can still remember ten years back, when i was dreaming of how high-school life would be like [which i grossly overestimated], and now here i am...on the brink of being on my own.

shelly finally came back from china, though i may have never mentioned it, and we celebrated our last few moments together as high school graduates by feasting at the korean restraunt with gracey and michelle. sadly the food wasn't 'up to par', maybe cuz the chef knew were gonna be leaving and was soo sad that he wasn't concentrating while preparing our food O_O
after feasting on two bowls of spicy kim chi, two platters of popeye roast [more like, i ate 75% of it], and on platter of fried dumplings, we skidaddled [that verb-like word will never get old in this pitas >_~] to willowbrook where we walked and i bought a fleece and iced coffee, then drove the long road home.

what am i gonna do without u guys? *tear*
so what have i been doing lately? waking up at ten ish to excercise at the high school oval, cleaning the house, sleeping, and eating ice cream [which gains all the calories i lost from walking...yikes]. hopefully i'll lose more calories than i gain.
but if any other interesting story comes up...this pitas will be the first to know in detail ^_~

PS: this marks the first entry of this archive that doesn't include pictures...fun neh?

Friday, July 14, 2006


behold! my lovely children from VBS! what a blessing! words cannot express how much i love them all!

well, what can i say? sure as director it was really stressful, assigning all of the teachers, assigning which snacks are being made, checking on tita florence to make sure that everything is going smoothly, and, most of all, spending 2+ hours each night preparing for storytime. although it was hard work, i was really blessed by it. every morning i [sometimes reluctantly] wake up, come into the church, and pray that in some way, GOD will use me to touch upon these kids, because who knows what these kids have been through; some may be hurt, some are longing to be loved, and what they need mostly right now, is to know that GOD loves them dearly.

the first day was elijah, which was the day i was nervous cuz not only is this the first time our Arctic Edge had a storyroom, but also this was a trial and error: wat sort of story entertainment works for the kids, what method does not. overall i'm pretty sure it worked out, the kids understood what i was saying, the message was made across. kudos.

the next day [tuesday] i knew was special, cuz it was the story of esther, and from what i know, and since the VBS consists of at least 60% girls, esther is usually a great story. of all the stories i created, this one was my favorite, mostly cuz i'm good at drawing pretty girls [har har har] and i got to talk about perfume, lotion, the basic beauty touches, which i know, most girls love to hear. what i also love is how there's suspense in the story: will king xerxes extend his golden scepter to esther? or will she die? dang...that story rocks, and i love how it ties in with arctic edge's 'courge to trust in god'.

wednesday's story was scariest: the story of christ being crucified. learning from kathy kim, i told the whole truth...of how much jesus suffered, from being beaten with glass-attatched whips [the kids squirmed] to the crown of sharp thorns being pushed into his head. yet, this story was the most touching. here i was, sitting in front of these kids, and i couldn't beleive the words that came out of my mouth: i told them, that here is an innocent man, who loved a world full of men and women who, as a matter of fact HATED him, and he went through all of this suffering, so that we can live a life with purpose. at that moment those words escaped my lips, i felt a tight squeeze in my heart; i was looking at these young kids, and i realized that christ even died for THEM, for children whom i have never met before, for children who knew very little if not at all about HIM. at that moment, i wanted to cry out and give them all one big hug, and shout that no matter what hardships they may face, there IS a GOD up there who loves them...no matter what. all i can pray for right now is that the children understand. understand that they will never be alone. that even at the very beginning of the life they have now, there is someone out there, who is head over heels in love with that. praise god.

alright before i get any more teary-eyed...thursday was the last day ;_;. i taught two stories: one of saul being blinded and then one of peter and john refusing to not talk about jesus. after those two stories, i heaved a sigh of relief and sadness. i have taught them the stories, now its time for them to apply it to their lives...
be courageous to know that GOD exists, just like when elijah challeneged the existence of GOD before the Baal worshipers. be courageous to trust in GOD, just as esther did when she trusted that GOD provided her a reason to be queen, so as to save her people. be courageous to beleive in god, just as nicodemus realized that the way to go into heaven is to believe that Jesus is God's son and has died to save the world from suffering. be courageous to follow jesus, just as saul, who once hated christians, trusted to become a missionary even though there were people out there to kill him. and finally, be courageous to talk about god, just like peter and john, who defied the council, because they wanted to tell everybody about the man who can perform miracles.

i dunno if i will ever see some of those kids again. i just pray that GOD will now work in their hearts. we have shown them the right path, and now it is GOD's turn to help those young kids to choose and follow it.

*PS: these are some of the kids...i don't have a pic in which i took them all >_<

Monday, July 10, 2006
WELCOME...TO NIGHTMARE BEACH!



a rather delightful place where u can spot jellyfish

or encounter lovely fish



and of course, where you can be greeted by [dead or alive] crustacean friends!


that jezreel is one brave girl. i dunno how she can handle it: her left foot deeply cut by a shell, a sprained ankle, and a pencil stab, and she still manages to be spunky. i love her too much. XD

ah...nothing beats breathing in that beach's foul stench, but after we had our seminar on VBS teaching [which will be explained in a few paragraphs], therese, tricia, theresa [wat a handful] jessi and i decided to embark on a journey to find a REAL sandy hook beach.

and lo' and behold: we found one!

crawling with all sorts of people in their bathing suits, [some sexy, some rather distrubing], either tanning, or swimming through the ocean waves. after taking 43890432 pictures, i decided to rest on therese's beach towel, giving myself a pretty dark tan, while tricia and jessi were burying their legs in sand [which wasn't the best idea, since it resulted in tricia getting a "sand tan" lolz]...

afterwards, mom thought it was a great idea to drive two hours to new york and pick up some VBS props, so as to save money from buying art supplies. i wouldn't mind going along with it had it been in the morning...but no, first we drove the hour home to unload all our beach supplies, then we drove the 2 hours and 2 hours back with VBS stuff. what time we got home? about twelve thirty, and mind you...we left the house around seven.

okay enough about saturday...SSSOOOO


our VBS theme, and i am the director. yeah u may be thinking, why an arctic theme in the middle of july? don't worry...i'm scratching my head on that. but its awesome since the whole vbs encompasses on how one may feel 'pushed to the edge' to decide whether or not to follow jesus.
so on saturday, us teachers journeyed to sandy hook where we enjoyed the beach and were taught by ms. kathy kim useful tips on how to teach the kids. some of these include: don't prepare teaching the story last minute, becuz u will lose the connection between all five bible stories; EMPHASIZE the connection between the bible story, and how it can apply to the children's lives; NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the knowledge of a child, whether they are 2 or 12, we all have the same holy spirit inside, and we must tell the whole truth [at that point, tita melba recalled a time when she had trouble explaning the truth, when monika asked what 'circumcision' was ><]. afterwards, ms. kim said that in her camp upstate new york, she still has all the props she used for arctic edge...so this is how my previous story links...we traveled up to the camp to pick up the stuff, which was pretty cool: a big brown bear, murals of ox, puffins, and polar bears, glacier pieces, whale tails, arctic edge logos and signs...don't worry, i'll take a picture of all of this...

so overall the camp props were totally worth it, each room looks pretty sweet. me, therese, tita lodi, tita flo, and jess stayed at the church until midnight, putting up last minute decorations, and learning the theme song dance moves.
alright so [last story i promise] today was the first day. praise god: thirty kids, eleven teachers, a billion helpers, including kuya chris b., theresa, danny, tricia, kay, april, JR [the ladies man XD] and [oh my gawd!] corey. i am the story teller and the 5th and 6th grade teacher for the day, and luckily i only had three students [including HYPER caren]. andre and christine are really cute, and i hopefully i can break the barrier of their shyness...

sigh, i would love to elaborate on all of the other kids i met and whom i love already...but i'm now dead tired, and i have two stories to create for tomorrow [yeah i know, i'm not following ms. kim's tips GAH!]

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
yeah i know i'm updating again...for your mere viewing pleasure, here's some pictures of my fourth o'july:


tito frank's bbq-ing skillz...yumminess, though it prolly doesn't compare to RJ's roadkill grill...he's probably having a fiesta tonight XD XD


the fabulous poop herself...and shadow.


a random close-up picture of one of our flowers. i dunno, i thought it looked nice.


alright so traditionally, my family goes over to the livingston high school oval for independence-day-fireworks. between the time we arrive and the time it gets dark, random bands usually play. most of them are crap but this year, a 'grease band' performed, singing and playing most of the famous oldies such as 'buttercup', 'summer lovin', and 'born in the USA'. they were quite good actually...much kudos to them. [u can sorta see them, wearing red jackets...i forgot wat song they're performing there]


and here are the fireworks! ptoo! ptoo!


here's one of the rather freaky-looking ones my camera took. its like sending electrical signals...or something.


aaaand the finale. nice eh? it was short but sweet...however there was one point where soo many bright fireworks exploded at one time, that joseph and i, leaning back on our chairs, were temporarily blinded [and deaf...sometimes the brighter it is, the louder the crack].

okay i think that's officially all i need to say...hope every one had a "blast".

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
happy 230th birthday america! ain't shadow looking snazzy?


well technically its not a 'birthday', more like the day DOI was signed, representing our declaration for freedom. eh, i'm being stupid.

so, this is my first entry for the summer vacation. what's been new? well, i found out my roomate, i had a hilarious roadtrip with RJ and Renate, hard labor with jessi and izzy, a new layout....yeah i'll tell it all in due time...but until then, enjoy the fireworks!
homestarrunner fireworks: ptooo! ptoo! ptooooo!