More pictures, less talk.

The rest of April has been a lot of fun. There were less bum days and I got to spend more time with few of my favorite people in the whole wide world- my beloved high school friends. Although we only get to see each other at least once a week this summer, the 'planning stage' of our next get together was enough to sustain my sanity and keep my excitement on a mile high during the remaining parts of the week. The 'planning stage' of our next get together is usually accompanied by my being stuck in my room all day, reading books I got hold of courtesy of Sharmaine. I am currently reading The Stolen Child, a novel by Keith Donohue. Before this novel, I've also read A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer and Book Two of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, the one entitled Golem's Eye. Meanwhile, most of my non-bookwormish days were spent with friends.



Last Good Friday, we spent the afternoon for a drive to Tagaytay City for another visit at Pink Sisters. This trip to Tagaytay is slowly becoming a ritual for some of us still living here in Cavite and still capable of meeting up given a very short notice. After visiting Pink Sisters to pray, we ate meal at Mushroom Burger before heading home.

on our way to Tagaytay City

at Mushroom Burger

My Easter Sunday was spent with Sharmaine with her good friend (now boyfriend!) Mark, her Dad whom she haven't seen for eight long years, and her Tita Tess together with her kids. Sharmaine and I relived our high school days at Enchanted Kingdom where she once spent her birthday back in senior year.

Mark, Sharmaine and I

Enchanted Kingdom, Sta. Rosa Laguna

meet my new boyfriend hahah :]

Sharmaine and I with Tita Tess and her Family

The following week, we met up again to quench the summer heat and get some tan. This time, Katrina whom we haven't seen for years joined in the fun too. This was a great time for catching up over lasagna and BBQ. We even got to spend time with Russell who usually skips trips to Tagaytay because of hospital duties.

with Shar, Emay, Russell


us! :]] rusz, jen, emay, carlo, kat, shar and I


well, I hope you're not trying to steal my boyfriend. hahah

Then last Friday, April 24th, we saw each other again in Dani's surprise graduation party in Makati City. This time, Mav became our latest addition to our small group of get together attendees. After our non-stop cam whoring during the party, we resumed catching up on each other's lives over a cup of coffee before finally heading home. :]]

reunited once again at ACCM Bldg. Salcedo Village Makati City

again

and again..

and again.. this time we're trying to be serious

later that night while doing some catching up :]]

I'll see them again this coming Friday. Now THAT is something to look forward to. I can't wait! :]]

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. :)

Finally, it happened!

Finally.

After so many change of plans and attempts to reschedule, the high school get together actually happened. Thank God.

Okay. So here's why I thought the get together was not going to happen.

1. The initial plan was to visit the ecopark, have a picnic, go hiking or biking perhaps, boating, fishing, see the butterfly garden, enjoy a breath of fresh air, talk non-stop, reminisce, and laugh like there's no tomorrow.
2. With less than a week before the get together, only four people responded to the invites.. (Me and Shar included!) So technically, that's two people. Most friends have gone MIA.
3. Three days before the event, Jen decided she can't go. Then added that she will still be able to ONLY if we change the location to somewhere within Cavite.
4. I suggested the Paradizoo which is somewhat similar to the ecopark. We can still have a picnic, go hiking, see a butterfly garden, a vegetable and a flower farm, we can now feed farm animals, enjoy a breath of fresh air, talk non-stop, reminisce, and laugh like there's no tomorrow.

5. With less than two days, Carlo suggested we have a lasagna party c/o Jen, then we hit the movie house to see Kung fu Panda.
6. Ookkaay. So that means after days of planning and preparation there will be NO picnic, NO hiking, NO gardens, NO breath of fresh air.
Then again, we'll still be able to talk non-stop, reminisce, and laugh like there's no tomorrow. It's my friends I want to see, not the farm animals and the gardens. No harm done.

7. Saturday night, with less than 24 hours, I asked Carlo where the meeting place will be. Guess what? He said, 'Russell's place. 11.30 am.' Whaaat?! No Kung fu Panda?!
8. If I didn't catch Carlo on YM I would have gone to the mall waiting for people who obviously won't show up. So that left me as the get-together-planner-who-ended-up-being-on-the-wrong-place-because-she-wasn't-informed. Great.

So on June 15, 2008 the get together with high school friends actually happened! :) It was a lasagna party and DVD marathon at Russell's place. Jen was apologetic, it turned out that she didn't know my new cellphone number and had no idea that I didn't get her message.
I was soooo glad to see my friends again. We told each other stories from high school for the nine hundredth time yet we still laughed about it like we just heard it for the first time. We talked about life, college, internship and for some of us, a new challenge: Job Hunting!

With them, a movie marathon involves only ONE movie, a lot of reminscing, dozens of silly antics and countless stories to tell. So who cares if it's the ecopark or simply a lasagna party at home? Wherever it is or whaterver we do, we'd rather be together. :)