Hayskul Sarbey

Tagged by Cee.

Message: THINK BACK TO 4Th year HS .... Let's see how much you remember and how much you regret.

What section were you?= Altair (section A)

Who was your adviser?= Ms. Sarabia

How many were you in one class?= 40+

Who was/were your seat mates?= Judee

Still remember your English teacher?= Ms Caylan?

What was your first class? = hehe can't remember, i'm getting old

Who was your best friend?= I had a set of friends -we call ourselves THE DIRTY DOZEN

Who did you like?= Lots of 'em. Padamihan kami ng crush haha

Made friends with the lower years?= Yes, a few.

Had a boyfriend/girlfriend?= Nope, strict ang parents. haha

How was your class schedule?= very hectic

Made any enemies?= Nope, mabait pa ako dati..wahaha

Who was your favorite teacher?= Mrs Solomon (Physics teacher)

What sports did you play?= None

Did you buy your lunch?= Yes, from my aunt's carinderia

Were you a party animal?= Nope, I was very promdi

Were you well known in your school?= Not really.

Skip school?= HS? Never...ang bait ko dati hehe

Did you get suspended/expelled?= Never, ang bait ko nga dati eh...

Can you sing the Alma Mater?= Not anymore.

What was your favorite subject?= English

What was your school's full name?=Immaculate Conception College

Did you go to the dances?= We never had any.

If you could go back in time and do it all over, would you?= Yeah, only the fun times...not the studying part haha

What do you remember most about 4Th year?= fun times with classmates, afternoons at Janah's house eating leftovers, the days leading to graduation and graduation day itself

Favorite memory in 4Th year?= Graduation day which was really extra special

Worst memory in 4Th year?= Studying

Where did you go most often for break?= My girlfriends and I used to hang out at the back of the classroom.

What did you do on the last day of school?= Had clearances signed, completed a lot of scrapbooks and autographs

How was your graduation?= Very special, made my parents proud.

Got any honors or special awards?= Yes, a few.

Did you like 4Th year?= Yeah!

What year did you graduate?= ehem

Who posted this before you did?= Cee

Thanks, Cee. I enjoyed this tag :)

I'm back....

The holidays have come and gone and I haven't even posted a single entry about it.

Aside from being busy with all the holiday activities, our laptop decided to conk out during the long holiday break. Our company closed from Dec 19 to Jan 4 and I intended to blog every single day but the pc had other plans. Grr!


Anyways, for the benefit of those very few who are interested (hehe) here are the highlights of our long break.

The days leading to Christmas were filled with shopping trips to the mall-scouting for last minute gifts for friends, doing the grocery and buying things for the house. Since the little one was getting a thousand dollar "gift" from the Australian govt, we also got busy letting him choose toys and a few clothes.

Dec 24, we had dinner at my cousin's place with a few Filipino friends then we all went to hear midnight mass together. Unlike in the Philippines where going to church on Christmas eve meant braving all the dangerous firecrackers in the streets, we had a very quiet walk to church and we celebrated a very solemn mass. I was pleased that the church was full despite having two earlier masses before midnight. After the mass, we went back to my cousin's house to eat some more then headed back home to open our own gifts. Vince said he got the best present ever. He even slept with his huge Speedracer car! hehe I, on the other hand got a very nice gift from A, a set of bling-blings I have been wanting to buy. Nakonsensya naman ako kasi t-shirt lang ang gift for him hehe

Dec 25- Despite sleeping only 4 hours, A and I had to wake up early to prepare for our Christmas lunch and housewarming. We were so tired but we had a fun time in the kitchen kaya siguro masarap ang naging handa namin. Our friends stayed until 10pm, we had videoke marathon, played cards, exchanged gifts and had a few drinks (sila lang kasi bawal sa buntis).

Dec 26 was Boxing Day and even with my bulging tummy, we went with my cousin and friend to get a few good bargains. Bad but I braved the heavy crowds. Kala ko nga mapapa-anak ako sa haba ng pila eh! haha

Dec 27- This was a special day as A and I hosted our mini-college reunion at home. Two of our college professors who are already based here made the event extra special. We enjoyed listening to their stories about raising their kids here and they gave out good advice. They are returning to the Phillipines in a couple of years to retire.

Dec 28- Our college professor invited us to have lunch at their house. Her husband, also a professor at our school, cooked kalderetang kambing and papait, yummy! They even prepared halo-halo for us! Iba talaga ang hospitality ng pinoy.

On New Year's eve, we slept over at my cousins house. There was a magnificent fireworks display at Darling Harbour but with my condition and with a bunch of kids, we decided to watch it on tv instead. Hirap na kasi madami daw lasing and the fireworks is at midnight pa. Bawal din sa buntis ang magpuyat.

On new year's day, we again had lunch at my cousin's place with our pinoy friends and did another round of kris kringle.

That about sums up our holidays. This was very different from the past Christmases we had since we got married. This year, we knew for certain that we'd just be at home and not shuttle between camps and our parents' homes. Although it's sad that we are not spending it with our families in Pinas, we were happy to be together, the three of us plus the coming baby. I guess A summed it up very well in the card he gave me to go with the gift " Thank you for the new beginning."

And that's exactly the same words I whispered to God when the clock struck 12 on Jan 1.