One time at the school's cafeteria :)

My blockmates and I had our two hours break yesterday that's why we decided to spend our time taking pictures. And the outcome was full of wackiness. I have plenty more of these photos on my facebook account.

I had fun throughout the week. 

I guess this is the last post for now, It's Saturday tomorrow and I still have a make up class early in the morning so I should go to bed now.

Good night, people of God!

(YAWN)

"I can see myself to you"

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Me, staring at the mirror.

I won't let the temptation go over me!

Because it is holy week we, Christians, have to do some simple sacrifices. Like no meat, no luxury, do fasting, etc., etc...

I was thinking of eating a chocolate this afternoon, just a small one. I'm beginning to imagine the illustration of that mini bar inside my head, twirling around like being shown in the commercial. And the fridge is just 5 steps away to grab one. So I started to walk, while walking nearer I was thinking if I should really eat even just one, because I know to myself that I should make a sacrifice. If I'll go over my temptation and have that delicious, peanut butter filled chocolate I might experience karma! Because God knows this was supposed to be a sacrifice.

Finally, I had my decision to not eat at all. I might have those disgusting pimples around my face. And I want to keep my face clean when I go out next week so I will not feel embarrassed with this friend of mine. 

And because of thinking too much about the chocolate, the karma and the pimples, I bumped my head at the refrigerator not noticing the distance! Dannnggg! That’s my Karma!

Exhausting Wednesday!

This morning we sell last minute raffle tickets to the elementary students so it would be sold out.
As we reached their rooms, many grade 4 students were already waiting for us to buy those tickets.

While collecting their payments and waiting for their stubs I asked Janred to bring out his digital camera and take pictures of what I and the other officers are doing.

The pupils saw the gadget, and because they are KIDS,  they started to compress and  pushed themselves just to be included in the picture. It was like a stampede, but they were all happy and smiling so widely. We all had a wonderful group picture together, and because of them the tickets were sold out.

We were able to earn 1,500.00 pesos today, plus the money we earned last Monday and Tuesday. amazing, huh? But we were so haggard and sweating out going to different rooms just to sell those tickets, not to mention that the sun is up so hot.

After achieving making the raffle tickets sold out, we started fixing our booth, ours is Marriage booth.

In order to wed couples, other students will list their friends' names and who they will be wed with. Then the Marchall, us, have to find, chase and catch them in order to bring them to our booth. But that was never been easy. They will hurt you, bite you, make themselves escape in order to be free from us and won't let themselves get married to the one they are partnered with, especially when they hate that person.

It was so exhausting! My black shoes were also destroyed because of the never ending chase with those crazy students. Phew!

At least it was enjoying!

Oh, and, this was the last they of the booth fair and will be the last time for us seniors to have this kind of event. No more like this in college.

I'm going to miss this fun and adventure!

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Must be the wackiest day of his life

Hello there!

Starting yesterday we had our booth fair in our school as one of the activities  for the celebration of  the school's anniversary. ALLS is turning 19! 

and our section was assigned for the MARRIAGE BOOTH.

I didn't have any photos from yesterday's fun and excitement, only today. And I was so glad I have captured happy faces. Just like the grade 4 student below. I forgot his name. I only knew him as "Trudis". Anyway, I took pictures with him because he's so cute, bubbly and FUNNY.

 I asked him if he could take a picture with me. At first he was shy, then he finally agreed. He can't have a formal picture because he's laughing (: He still looks adorable though.

 I guess this kid is a joker. Making wacky shots (:

Finally, we had a proper picture together. I love this kid!

This afternoon was a crap

I noticed that I keep on posting of what happened to me within this day.

I'll make sure this will be the last for now.

So here's the story. After watching the DvDs that we rented yesterday, I have to return them back today because it's already due. At first, I don't want to go to town and return them because it was raining. But I have no choice. it's getting dark and I have to come back home in early hours.

From there, I forced myself to leave. When I was waiting for a public utility vehicle outside, the rain keep making me irritated, uncomfortable, and wet. The umbrella with me was not enough. I had a grumpy expression marked on my face.

I hate rain, It really makes my mood turn bad. Urrgghh.

When I was already in town, I was able to return the DvDs back to the store. I felt better when I saw peanuts across the street. they are always yummy, never disappointed me.

Okay, now that I was at the terminal for tricycles to ride me back home, a driver approached me and asked, "Saan po kayo pabalik? (Where are you going back)", I said, "Sa Antipolo (To Antipolo)"

"Saan uli?" (Where again)

"Sa Antipolo." (To Antipolo)

"Ho?" (what)

"Ay sa Milagros pala!" (Oh, I forgot! In Milagros)

That's when I realized I was saying the wrong place. I was making the driver confuse.

Actually, I'm exactly in Antipolo, the city where I am right now. He's asking where in Antipolo, which I forgot, I should answer at the first place Milagros, the subdivision that is located in Antipolo.

Stupid me. All I did was I slapped my forehead and proceeded to the tricycle.

Curiosity

"Hey, Mom, When I was a baby and I was inside your tummy, could I see your bones?"

Halloween is getting to her

I was at the mall waiting for my dad to come back when he went at the ATM area. A girl, named Caroline (Cuz I heard her mama called her), with her mother, stopped near where I was standing and asked, out of the blue, "Mama, is it true that people turn into skeletons after they're dead?"

Her mother confirmed that it takes a long time, but yes eventually all that is left of any formerly living creature is bones.

"So when you get really, really old and then you die, you turn into a skeleton."

The mother tried to figure out how to best address this without going into more detail about cremation or embalming, when Caroline interrupted.

"And then you get spooOOOOOOooooOOOoky!"

Haha. I smiled at them after hearing their conversation

FAIL!

Kaninang umaga ng ako'y nasa paaralan na, bigla kong napansin ang mahapding sugat sa aking siko. Naalala ko na ako'y nagkuskos ng batong nakita kong panghilod sa loob ng banyo ng aking lola. Iyon siguro ang dahilan kung bakit humahapdi, dahilan narin sa sobrang pagkuskos ko.

Paguwi ko sa bahay, agad ko ikwinento ito sa aking mga kasama sa bahay.

AKO: "Gran, Gran! Tignan niyo ang hapdi ng siko ko. Nasobrahan ako sa pagkuskos dito nang makita ko ang panghilod na bato sa banyo niyo."

GRAN: "Ha?! Ano?! Sira ka ba?! Pangkuskos ko iyon ng banyo!


Hahahaha... sobrang pahiya!

pole-r opposites

I just read this post from a friend, and I just want to share it to everybody

Kid: Ms. L, will I see you at the pole?

Me: Excuuuuuuuuuse me???? What is THAT supposed to mean?

Kid: Um, it's like a prayer group thingee. At the flag pole.

Me: Oh. The flagpole. Right. Um, sure! I'll be there in a second.

Kid (walking away, says to friend): What pole did she think I meant?

Friend: Dude, I'm afraid to tell you.

Oh geez.

From Bad to Worse

I had a cold. the doctor came

and five assistants, too;

They laid ten icy hands on me,

And now I've got a flu.

"Call me after an hour"

Dela Vega: "Hello? may I speak to Erica?"

Me: "It's me. What's up?"

DV: "It's about our investigatory project"

Me: "Okay. What about it?"

I'll skip the part of what we have talked about. It's not important anyway.

So a few moments later ....

Me: (Mom calling me to have dinner from the background)

"I have to go now. Mom's calling me for dinner."

DV: "But we are not yet done"

Me: "CALL ME AFTER AN HOUR"

DV: "Okay."

after an hour passed ...

Dela Vega: "Hello? may I speak to Erica?"

My sister: "Oh, she's snoring already !"

hahaha. I feel so sorry for him. This is not the first time I asked him to call me back, but this always happens when he calls for the second time. :D

Is There Any Wonder?

Well of course English is a difficult language when a word like "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" means "the fear of long words". Sigh!

back at it

I'm giving credit to WG after reading her funny yet crazy post. Read it. It's totally awesome.

WG: Can I help you find something?

Student: I'm looking for Room 23.

WG: You found it.

Student: Where?

WG: This room. It's number 23.

Student: No, that's where I'm going.

WG: But you're already here.

Student: Where?

WG: Room 23.

Student: Yeah, where's that?

WG: (Sigh) Go ask the teacher next door.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Meet Gabi. Gabi will be 6 on Sunday. Gabi told me I have to be at her birthday party. Gabi is in love with the idea of being in love. Everything is weddings or boyfriends or something in-between. When asked the very important question of "How do you show Jesus you love him?" Gabi's response was "When you love Jesus you get married." (Her answer graced the front page of the sacrament program.)
A few nights ago I was cuddling with Gabi in the living room. "Guess who I love," I said to Gabi. She looked up me and said all seriously, "Fox" (Fox is a friend of mine who Gabi hadn't seen in MONTHS. I think Gabi is in love with Fox.) I laughed and said, "I love YOU Gabi."

Gabi looked frustrated and threw her hands up in the air and said rather loudly and with a tone, "If everybody loves somebody why doesn't anybody EVER get married???"

A very good question my adorable niece, a very good question indeed.

Overheard Conversation 2.0

This doesn't seem like an overheard conversation, but the people talking here are only them, and I'm not included.

Earlier in school, we checked our seatworks, That was in TLE time. The Items were over 20 and I only got 19 (phew! too bad, didn't make it). I was with my buddy, Dela Vega, that time. We were talking when another classmate butt-in.

The conversation started:

Classmate: Jan, what's your score?

Dela Vega: 19, why?

C: Oh, nothing. We just have the same score. It's just that yours is one higher than mine.

DV: Ah------ hahaha! (sarcastic)

Me: (Listening to them)

After they had there little talk I approached DV again and said, "He is weird. It's so weird. It's so, so weird!" (Making face), And he just kept laughing about it.

The Things People Say

People say some really stupid things sometimes. To often it gets passed off as "cool" or, worse, "wisdom." "I've got a mind like a steel trap," someone might say. What does that mean? It's rusty and illegal in 37 states? There are famous quotes from famous people, like when Queen Elizabeth II asked the Beatles, "So, what do you do?" Or when the Foreign Minister of Vietnam said, "We are not without accomplishment. We have managed to distribute poverty equally." I particularly liked Samuel Goldwyn's classic, "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on." Or the wise guru who said sagely, "It's like the sound of one hand clapping."

There are the classics that everyone has heard. "It's always in the last place you look." Of course it is. Why would you keep looking if you found it? "There are more fish in the sea." So ... what's the connection with "fish" and the person you just broke up with? The opposite sex is all wet? Slimy? Easily hooked? What does that mean? How about this one? "If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times." What is that ... a proverb for the math challenged? And a phrase I've never understood: "I couldn't help it." I know it means, "I couldn't stop myself from doing that", so what does "help" have to do with it? It's like, "I could care less" used to mean "I couldn't care less." It doesn't make sense.

Then there are the contradictory ideas peddled as wisdom. Take, for instance, "Many hands make light work." Okay ... but we also know that "Too many cooks spoil the broth." So, which is it? We have all heard, "Look before you leap," but we've also heard, "He who hesitates is lost." So, which is it?

When I was a junior student, I remember telling my PE reacher, "I can't do that." I don't remember what "that" was, but I do remember his response. "'Can't'," he told me loudly, "means 'didn't try'." Even at my young age I understood that that made no sense at all. "I want you to fly up to the top of that pole and catch that bird." "I can't!" "'Can't' means 'didn't try'!" Um, no, "can't" means "I lack the ability." "Go rob that bank." "I can't!" "'Can't' means 'didn't try'!" No, again. "Can't" in this application means, "I am not allowed to do what you're telling me to do." Of course, explaining the various definitions of "cannot" and their ramifications to your junior high gym teacher who is three times your size and screaming at you at a distance of 2 inches isn't likely the right choice. So I proceeded to demonstrate to my coach that, in this case, "can't" meant "I lack the skills to do what you ask." While I get the intent of "'Can't' means 'didn't try'!", I question the wisdom.

One you've all seen, I'm sure, is the bumper sticker that settles everything. "God said it! I believe it! That settles it!" This one hurts me as much as it tickles me. You see, in this structure, there are two factors that determine if a thing is settled -- 1) God said it, and 2) I believe it. I picture God making a statement and then waiting, with bated breath. "Sure," He thinks, "I've met the first criterion ... but will he believe it? Oh, I hope, I hope ..." You see, it's sheer arrogance. The sticker would make sense if it said, "God said it! That settles it!" You could tack on "I believe it" at the end if you wished, but it would have no bearing on what determines a thing is settled. God saying it is all that is required.

I'm sure we all have things we hear and, more to the point, things we say that, if we thought about them, just wouldn't make any sense. I suppose our hope is that no one is listening, eh? No, that can't be right ...

Great ... Just Great

I'm an advocate of using correct grammar and proper spelling. I think it improves communication. So when I get something like this in my email, well, it just doesn't help me at all ...

Cna yuo raed tihs?

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
No matter ... I'm still in favor of proper English, even without the support of Cambridge University.

Humor for Lexophiles

A friend sent this to me and it was worth it to pass it on to you. If you don't laugh, at least you'll have new insight into my character.

1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
2. Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
3. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
4. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
5. The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
6. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
7. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
8. The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it!
9. The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
10. The dead batteries were given out, free of charge.
11. A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
12. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is just two-tired.
13. A will is a dead giveaway.
14. A backward poet writes inverse.
15. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
16. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
17. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulting in linoleum blownapart.
18. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
19. A calendar's days are numbered.
20. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
21. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
22. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
23. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
24. Acupuncture: a jab well done.

NSF

This is not original. A friend of mine has a friend in the banking profession sent me this that was sent to him. I thought it was funny enough to pass on.
Dear Sirs,

I recently received a notice on one of my checks that said "insufficient funds." In view of what is going on internationally with banks at the moment, I was wondering if you could advise me. Does that refer to me or to you?

Sincerely,

A depositor