My Crate Escape.

I am back for a moment. :)

I'll be back to school for my twelve noon class later on so while I'm having my three hour break, I decided to do something decent. It was a toss between reviewing my notes and blogging. Obviously, the latter won by a landslide. That would be two votes out of two since I only have two hands.
I just don't want my blog to feel rather left out. No, I didn't become Victor Van Dort's corpse bride. It's just that I am currently caught in my own whirlwind of school works and another 200 hours of internship and thesis and technical study and pre - board exam review during Saturdays. As much as I wanted to post something here before I forget the details of what I was going to write, I couldn't find the time. School has just been consuming all my time and energy.
There were few times I have been able to sneak away. Too bad some didn't last long. Before long Pito would either appear carrying a Walt Disney book or drag me outside to buy candy. Reading to Pito has become one of our cutest bonding moments. I try to teach him new words but he's just head over heels in love with Mickey Mouse whom he calls Wickey Mouse. I once tried to introduce Minnie Mouse to him. His efforts showed but Wickey Mouse has clearly won his heart.

Pito: (pointing to Minnie Mouse) Wickey Mouse!
Arnee: No. It's Minnie Mouse. Minnie.
Pito: Minnie Mouse?
Arnee: Yup! Minnie Mouse!
Pito: (happily) Minnie Wickey Mouse!

He was so happy while saying Minnie Wickey Mouse over and over again. It was like he had just found his new bestfriend.

So each morning, eventhough I'm almost late for school or the office, I would happily oblige whenever he sits beside me with a new Walt Disney book wide open while saying "Basa tayo!". The Walt Disney set, composed of books 1-18 were mine when I was young. Now I feel very proud that Pito has become so inclined to books. Thank you so much Wickey, I mean, Mickey Mouse! (wink)

Some of the very few times I managed to sneak away were mostly spent with Archie. We're either at the mall, the movie house or in my house watching DVD.

Still together! Still lost!

Skipper: We've lost engine one.
Private: And engine two is no longer on fire.
Kowalski:[on the microphone] This is your captain speaking. I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we will be landing immediately.
[everyone claps]
Kowalski: Tha bad news is we're crash landing.

Last week , I dragged him into the movie house to watch Madagascar 2. As expected, we were laughing our heads off the whole time. I loved the first movie and I was crazy about this one too. :) Archie and I were among the four people who didn't come with kids. Everybody else was toting along little kids! It was fun seeing that they actually made seeing the movie a family affair. The movie wouldn't be the same without little kiddie faces lighting up once their parents finally got hold of their movie tickets. It was remarkable. As soon as the lights went out, I was laughing my heart out along with everybody else. :)

Life goes on.

MONDAY.

It's our second anniversary! Archie and I spent the day in Science Discovery. Luckily, there were only 2 customers when we arrived so we found an excuse to act like 5th graders enjoying their educational field trip.


We played this game about some gross stuff in the human body. I think I got 7 out of 10 questions right. That wasn't so bad, especially if you're going up against Archie whom I now call the 'Grossness Expert'.

The Sniff Sniff (Pee yuuu! People Stink.) section was also a lot of fun. I had to force Archie to try all four stations just so we could find out which stinks the most. (evil grin) Funny, he didn't even tried to say 'You've got to be kidding me!'

Imagine smelling all these:

I should have taken a picture of him after each sniff. :D

Fortunately, Archie has survived, saying that the Foot was a total nightmare. But an hour and a half later he was still complaining about the smell which unfortunately chose to linger on his nose a bit longer. Poor Archie!
We also helped this poor man get his organs 'right'. By that I mean placing his organs on the right places. Now, would you want your kidney placed on your left thigh? I don't think so.

We also tried the Flight Simulator, visited the Virtual reef where had an encounter with Mr. T the talking fish, then we went to Robot Inc. and had pictures taken with some cool robots. Then finally, at 2pm we were off to the Planetarium to watch the show. I really had a blast. :) It's fun to act like kids every once in awhile. I mean, being in a serious relationship does not always mean that you both have to be serious all the time.

TUESDAY.

.. was the moment of truth. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to fix my schedule for next sem. It's good that things are starting to fall back into place. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed. I guess the only time I'll stop getting all fidgety is when I'm finally sitting in class and there's no conflict whatsoever in my schedule.

WEDNESDAY.

I spent the entire day with Pito. Since Louise and Renz are in school, I'm all Pito have left as his playmate. It's really funny hanging out with him. He's only turning two but he speaks almost just like Bea who's six years old. I just have to be careful about what comes out my mouth when I'm with him. He has this tendency to be a human tape recorder who repeats whatever it is that he heard you say in an instant.

Pito: Bye Ate Arnee!
Arnee: Bye Pito!
Pito: Bye Pito!

Yep. Just like that. :)

Lost and Found

Just when I thought I lost someone, God nudged me to wake up from a really bad dream and reach out. To my surprise, I found his hand that was still there. I know it takes time to pick up broken fragments and fix something to make it good as new but I don't care if it's not easy. I just now in my heart that it'll be worth it.

It's the Nightmare vs the Jackpot

Let's talk s-c-h-o-o-l.

My first three days were so unforgiving. I mean, I was only back three days and I've already got enough things to do to last me the whole semester! (This is where the exasperated sigh comes in.)
I am going nuts.
First, there's the whole thesis thing. Plus the outside plant communication system design, plus lots of homework, and lots of programming to learn. C'mon! And it's only our first week!
(optimistic side butts in)
Think about it. 365 days from now, you'll have nothing like these to worry about. No more thesis making, and lab reports and homework. You can have all the good times you want.
(another exasperated sigh)
Oh yeah?
Board exam.
Ring a bell?

I'm doomed.

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Wednesday.
I was almost late for school. Thanks to my stupid alarm clock which chose to be fully dysfunctional right on my first day. Met up with Archie then we went to school together. School's a good 15 minutes away from my house, that's minus the 10 minute exhausting- and -sweaty walk from the gate to the classrooms.
I could have jumped up and down and thanked the God of Good Timing when I saw Ikot La Salle near the gym. That is, if I had coupons then but I didn't. My bad. I thought they were strictly implementing their 'no coupon, no ride' policy so we had to choose the 10 minute exhausting-and-sweaty (I think this needs emphasis) walk. Later I found out that you are allowed to ride even without a coupon, because you can just buy a coupon right then and there. wtf!
I thought seeing my friends again was making up for my exhausting and sweaty morning, that was until Sir Reyes entered the classroom and I realized that it was a nightmare all over again.

Note: My mean self is about to take over, but please keep in mind that my normal self still has a lot of respect for the guy. Well, yeah. Sometimes.

You see, he handled our Industrial Electronics Laboratory last semester. He's really smart but the semester still didn't turn out good. In fact, it was a nightmare. He gave out tons of work load with so little time to spare and after spending so much time and money for his 'projects' and writing 20 pages long reports in engineering lettering, he'll be happy to give you a 2/10 with an evil smirk on his face (consider yourself lucky if it's a 4/10). He's like a hungry cat hunting down small, helpless rats. So we always try to get out of his way as much as we could, afraid to be eaten alive. I mean, if you still want your free time, you'd better hide from this professor!
So when I saw him enter our classroom, I knew right then that I won't be too fond of Wednesdays.

Luckily, our Wednesday class was only until 11.30, so Archie and I had lunch together then went to Fun House where I saw this cute memo clip. We didn't have enough tickets for the memo clip by then so we bought tokens and played Slam-a-Winner. We always have a contest on who gets more tickets. It was clear that I've lost when Archie hit the jackpot on his first try! That's 125 tickets in a flash! And I was very disappointed when my ball landed on 1 but the machine still gave out 125 tickets.

Lucky me.


We got enough tickets for my memo clip and a small toy car I brought home for Pito. :)

Josh's lullaby

Louise and I just got home from the church where we watched SaMusikaATawa with Archie. It was some sort of variety show featuring the altar servers-for a cause, so I guess the time plus the sweat was worth it. Grabe ang init sa loob!


We went there at 6.30, bought Archie his ticket, waited outside for about 45 minutes, fell in line, went inside, then waited again inside for an hour. The show was fun BUT what happened before it started almost sent the audience home. They played this Josh Groban concert video and within five minutes people around us started complaining and yawning while some was even asking for their money back. A girl behind us said, 'Ibalik nyo na lang ung bente ko. Pang load ko pa yun!' I looked around and saw at least ten people fell flat to their faces, obviously not interested. Louise who was trying very hard not to fall asleep started playing Chip's Challenge on my phone. Then miraculously, the video was cut short right at the middle of the SIXTH song. The crowd, who took it as the end to their agonizing experience instantly went wild. Really. We were so happy, most people were clapping and cheering nonstop. How rude. We were inside the church! Anu ba?!
Before the show ended, Father joined the altar boys in singing Tanging Yaman then he took that opportunity to thank everyone for coming. Oh well, it was for a good cause, and the least we could do is to support the program as a form of Thank you for the answered prayers, for the constant guidance, and the valuable enlightenment we gain from the church every Sunday visit. :)
***
I just checked the portal for my grade in Industry Practice I. I got a 3.75. Yay! sweet :)
My head's aching due to sooobrang init. And the tub's inviting me for a long, nice, strawberry-flavored bubble bath.. Gotta go. :)

19 months and still counting..

It's been a while. I've been busy with my on-the-job training that I did not have time to blog for five straight weeks. And the semester's fast approaching.. I don't know.. maybe next time it will be five straight MONTHS.
After completing 230 hours of on-the-job training in a telecommunications company , I spent the whole Monday afternoon finishing my accomplishment report. Then I went to school to submit all my requirements early this morning. I even had some one on one with my practicum coordinator. He asked lots of questions about what I did in the office and in the field, my daily activities, the things I think I contributed to the company and blah blah blah blah.
The office has been my home for almost a month, and coming back to school today was.. I don't know. Weird? I saw some of my classmates and it took me a while to remember their last names. Funny. I guess my memory gap's starting to affect my social life.
I'm not trying to be melodramatic but coming back to school today after quite some time was like knocking some sense into my head. We're going on our final year.. and SOON enough I'll walk a different path. SOON, it'll be about goodbyes and separating ways. Okay-- now I'm being sentimental.
What I missed most about school was my friends. I saw Ann and Ria today and all we did was talk non-stop. Each was trying very hard to catch up with each other's life. I know it was just four weeks but I bet you know how we girls are. ^^
Then I went to the mall to meet Archie. We had lunch, went to the movie house to see Speed Racer. Whew. I think I strained my eyes trying not to blink the whole time. The movie lived up to its name. Everything was moving way too fast, which was good. I really enjoyed it. Each time with Archie is a blast. And today is extra special, for this is the day WE turned 19. ^^ Hugs and kisses for you muffin. xOxOxOx