Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Time: 8:55 AM

Retreat

Hey everyone. So, i'm back and im full of everything. I just had a retreat so i'm sorta loaded with kwentos. It was in Mary Hills, Taytay, Rizal. We stayed there for 3 supergood days. My dad dropped me off at school around 1pm dahil yun ung departure time. I was all packed and ready to travel. In style. Only to find out na ilang minutes lang ung travelling time papunta dun. Bad vibes tlga.. haha. The retreat house wasn't so far but since it has a killer view, umenjoy talaga kami. Hehe. We were just 28 people so super gulo, super bonding and super united. Get what i mean? Hehe. Now let me start off first by writing the activities we did.. mamaya na po ang reflective stuff.. sa may bandang huli.. baka kasi matunaw kayo agad pag nabasa niyo mga dramatic words ko. ehem.

FIRST DAY.

It was raining so hard when we got to the place. We were.. not really that hyper and all.. but the minute we saw the breathtaking view, we were all like, OMG, i can't miss this moment, or like, anlakas ng hangin! pichuuuurrr!!! or, ankyut nung bato dun, tayo ako dun pichuran mko! or wacky naman wacky naman!! or eto, ARVIN!!! favor namaaaan.. *wink wink*. Hahahahaha. Alam ko natawa kayo dun sa huli.. and Okay, so we signed our names and got our name tags (which we got rid of kagad kasi makati sha sa leeg). There were only two rooms assigned to us. T'was on both ends of the hallway. We went to our respective rooms and settled where we wanted to sleep. We pushed the beds around for the obvious purpose of - para magkatabitabi pagtulog. hehe. Afterwards, we just lied down and rested. NAKAKAPAGOD YUNG BYAHE ANG HAAAAABA. (do i sound sarcastic? haha) We were peacefully staring at our ceiling while lying down when the boys started pouring in our rooms and bouncing on our beds. Ladies and gentlemen, ang gulo na. Haha. *click*

We had merienda. (NOTE: i never liked any of the meriendas served there but it was so funfunfun so EAT eat eat.) After merienda, we had our first session. Had our first activity. It was a game where yung dalawang tela (green and yellow. wow. brazil.) ay naghahabulan while they're being passed around. Rule of the game: pag ung dalawang tela na binubuhol sa leeg tas pinapasa is magkasabay na naipasa sa isang person/ basta pag nagpangabot ung dalawa, the person is IT. Pupunta sha sa gitna and will do whatever the consequence is. Then, answer the question after the dare. Nauna si By. He had to sing the Happy Birthday song in diff emotions. *palakpak* Then dahil talaga namang napakaswerte ko, ako yung sumunod. So t'was MY turn. I sang the Cuppy Cake song. Hahahahah. Kakornihan talaga. Pero okay.. the show must go on. *click*

Then the groupings. Yang groupings na yan.. haha. I belonged to the Cruisers. Hail thee CRUISERS. Haha. We even did a cheer for that. Tsk. T'was embarassing because we were laughing at each other. (the guys looked like doing that deodorant commenrcial with male cheerleaders) Pero okay lang. THE funny SHOE MUST GO ON. The other groups' names were: truebadurrs, slow, travelers, BITTERLINES, kambyo,.. Natawa ako dun sa BITTERLINES. haha. bitter. bitter. bitter! kalidad na kabitteran.

We ate our first dinner tas lumibotlibot dun sa place. Killer view talaga. swearrrr.. :D Then back to the session hall.. I LOVED what we did after dinner. We did a kind of meditation-slash-prayer where we had to go station by station. In each station, there'll be a question that we'll have to answer honestly. Sobrang natouch ako dito sa part na'to. Lalo when we reached the last station (it was in a dark room na may cross sa gitna sorrounded by candles). Sa station na yun, kailangan partners. Tas unexpectedly, nakapair ko si _____ (he might not like it if i post his name. hehe). It was dark so wala naman cguro nakanotice na kapair ko sha that station. So I had the chance to talk with that person I least expected na mag-sh-share. He still did not share that much but, hey, i saw this effort in him na sabihin sakin yung feelings niya that time. It was a very touching conversayshun. Then we got back to the session hall. Did a closing prayer and that's it. Nag-end ung night session around 10:30 pm. When we got back to our room.. we washed up then changed into something pangsleep. Then the boys got to our rooms again. Let the rumble begin. Hahahaha. We were eating junkfood, playing cards, charging everything that needs to get charged, internetting sa laptops, kwentuhan, taking pictures, taking pictures and taking more pictures. I fell asleep habang nagkukwentuhan kami ni april about.. *you know what and you know who*. haha. Nagising ako tas i saw geLo's face. Katabi ko na si gelo.. tas biglang si jorge naman.. then the next morning:


SECOND DAY

GELO: HOY! Grabe ka bea anggulo mo matulog! ung isang kamay mo nakaganito, tas ung isang binti mo nakaganito inagawan mu pa kami ng kumot! nanginginig na ko sa lamig!

nakakahiya.. pero nakakatawa. shaks. During the retreat, it showed talaga na hindi ako sanay ng nagsstay sa ibang house. The first night, sinoli pa sakin ni by ung vitress, looofah and soap.. basta ung bath set na iniwan ko sa shower room.. then anggulo ko raw matulog. I was sleeping like ako lang ung nasa bed (when there are more than 10 of us).. haha. so it really showed what a brat i am. Haayyyy. Slumber parties.

So, 2ND DAY: Breakfast. I felt like Audrey Hepburn. Haha. Feel na feel. Even if it was only hotdog and fried egg. Loved it. :) We ate breakfast while enjoying the view. It was breathtaking. Then we meditated sa garden. under. the. hot. morning. sun. *OHHMMM.* Ang init kaya. Tas we got back to the session hall and it was extremely cold because of the aircon. Hayyy. Pure bliss. We did another set of activities.. group sharing and stuff. Affirmation -- where we had to write a list of our positive traits. Then we had to sit at the center of our group while each member tells us the good traits they see in us. Pretty cool, ryt? Most of them praised me for being a good speaker. I know. I know. It's their way of saying: I am verrry TALKATIVE. *pout* Hehe. Then it was snack time na. Some kind of bread with choclet in it was served and i had no choice but to make it go down my throat. I'm notorious for being a big ANTI CHOCOLATE person. But I ate that thing. and I am proud of it. :) hehehehe. Then back to our session again. Then LUNCH TIME. and here we go, siyeashta! haha. wala lang. feel ko lang matulog ng tanghali kasi napuyat ako the other night. dun kami humiga ni joanna sa separate beds but pagkgising ko biglang si jorge na nasa tabi ko. haha.

We had lunch and did so much picture taking around the place. Tapos shyeasta time. We went back to the session hall and resumed the activities. Before merienda time we had to do another meditation. Find your own spot, make an indian-sitting position, close your eyes and open your palms.. *OHHMMM.* It was a kind of prayer where we just listened to the retreat master as he guided us through the meditation. After the meditation, we all ate merienda with puffy eyes. A little picture taking, and we went back to have our next session. We were always in a form of semicircle and staring at each others' legs. Wala lang. Nabanggit ko lang. I wonder what the guys were thinking while they're looking at my thighs that belong to a 40-pound wrestler. Chahahahaha. Before dinner, we had this reflection. We can go anywhere to reflect. After, pumunta kami nila April and Sandy sa rooftop. and the view.. it was.. hmmmm.. how do i say this.. it. was. divine.

After dinner, we met Fr. Edwin, who did a beautiful presentation for us. Afterwards, we confessed. Tapos we prayed. Tapos. I know you've all been waiting for me to blog about this one -- The famous reconciliation:

Yogi: Pwede ka bang makausap?

Ako yung nagmukang kontrabida kasi sha ung unang gusto makipagusap. What he didn't know is, I WAS ALSO PLANNING THAT. Wag ka magfeeling na ikaw lang ang mabait. haha.

ME and YOGI. We did not fight. We never did. There were just silence and drifting apart kasi I was avoiding. And i think sha rin. My reason is, what's done is done. No way to fix it anymore. Ayoko na lang magkasiraan. Marami kasing complicated stuff ang naganap. But we're pretty much civil with each other because dati pa naman yun. We weren't exactly friends for the last months but we were also not enemies. MAGULO TALAGA. So how it all happened, after i confessed, we went to a secluded spot while i laughed at the people na nasasamid as we were leaving the place. Haha. We were walking at the garden with this great tension between us. It was very awkward. I knew for myself that i loathed him. Aaaand missed him at the same time. Then i began talking. You know how i am. Then while i was talking, the talking which turned to ranting, he cut me off with--

Yogi: I'm sorry..

More talking. And we realized how stupid we were for ignoring each other completely for -- how many months?! What are we? kids? Haha. We were laughing and stuff. And i was saying how i missed him. and how he missed me. We were both bursting with emotions. And it felt different. Everything is different. BEFORE this, my plan to talk to him was only for the sake of closure. but i was surprised at how it turned out. We were laughing so much and i was happier than i had been in weeks. We talked about random stuff -- how childish i was before.. how he missed me sooooo much and how he would do anything and everything out of his sanity just for me to accept his sincere apology. Haha. Joke. Basta nagsorry sha. Then we were joking and hitting each other again. Anggaling diba.. Drifting apart is not a good thing. But somehow, it had to happen (to us) because things are meant to be better after that. I don't know how to put it into words but i'll try my best. Here we go.. Suddenly, now that i am no longer in love with him, i am finally seeing him in a different light. I mean, you know.. i finally saw him in a way that i saw my other close friends. ONLY much much much special ung tingin ko sakanya ngayon. And i knew he felt the same. At dahil biglang friends-friends na kami. Basta biglang different na. It was suddenly a different comfort makipagkwentuhan sakanya. so Secrets started spilling out. Tapos we are finally talking about the other topics na super avoided before. I WILL NOT POST ANYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SUICIDE. I'm just soooo happy things didn't end up as i expected it to be. BECAUSE it was so much better. Haha. Funny but i won't be surprised if we end up being bestfriends. but NO. Ayoko sa sadhista. Hahahaha. That night, we almost didn't want to let go of each other because we just had to catch up on everything we missed on each other's lives. I was like, Alamu dati pag may biglang nangyayari sakin naiisip ko, hayyy, yogi would've been the first person i texted.. and he was like Lagi kitang tinitingnan.. Waahahahahahha. Basta nakakatunaw na kagaguhan. Madami pa yan.

THINGS ALWAYS CHANGE. PEOPLE ALWAYS LEAVE. LIFE GOES ON. Yeas, things changed. But things weren't just back to normal. Things are better this time around.

ENOUGH OF THAT. Mashado na yung ngiti nung isa jan dahil sha nanaman ang nagrereign dito sa blog ko. HEY. i KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS AND YOU'RE SMILING EAR TO EAR BECAUSE OF THE GOOD THINGS I POSTED ABOUT YOU. DON'T BE SO FLATTERED. BOLERA AKO. HAHA.

So, sleeping time. Not. Haha. Oddly, kahit last night na namin, ang aga natulog nung iba.. pati si gelo.

PIKE: Tulog na tulog si Kokey.

Hahaha. Anlakas mangasar niyan. Grabe. Malas mo pag ikaw napagdiskitahan niang presidente naming yan. Dahil Nako. Lulubog ka sa kinatatayuan mo. Hahahah. Ang aga talaga nila natulog. Masyado kasi kami magulo nung first night.. kaya ayunn.. haha. Nung kami na lang ni jorge natirang gising, we went to see how the other boys were doing dun sa totoong boys room. and when we got there, aaaah!! they're playing cards topless! haha. kiddoing. they're just playing cards. period. Tas inofferan ako ng food so nanginain nanaman ako. Pinayagan pa nila ako inumin ung mga cups of water nila na nakapatong sa ibabaw ng erkun. haha. i wonder if those were clean.

Nabusog ako dun. They're still playing cards. I saw a vacant spot dun sa isang bed so i lied down. I fell asleep beside Villy. Maya maya, jorge was waking me up na and asking kung san ba talaga kami matutulog. I said, dun na lang sa girls room.. although andami rin ibang guys na nandun. Tas we went back na. Tulog. Zzz.

THIRD (and LAST) DAY

Peaceful breakfast. Then session. Then snack. Then wash up. Then the MASS. During the *peace moment* of the Mass, we hugged everyone we wanted to hug. I got a lot of hugs. *hugtoit!* Haha.. Panahon na ata yun para manghipo. Haha. Jjjjoke lang.. Sincere naman yung mga hugs eh. I even got the chance to kiss byron (sa cheeks!) then everyone got kilig for me. Hahahahahah. Feeling kasi nila crush ko si by. Hindi naman. :) So, that's it. pusit. pansit. kulit. kalabit. That's the end of ritrit. :)

End of retreat - start of fooling around!!!!

THE GRAND PICTORIAL

I don't know about my friends, but FOR ME -- I think this is the grandest picture taking ive ever been to my whole life. I can't remember how many times we stopped and posed for the cam and made a peace sign, bunny ears and teletubby antenna on each other's head. Ilang beses ba nagflash mga cams? Haha. From the bus, to the room, to the session hall, staircase, parking lot, dining room and even up to the rooftop -- we were clicking and clicking afraid that we might miss to capture even a single memory of our stay there. Everything was so memorable. :)

So the retreat wasn't as best as that one i had when i was a highschool senior -- at the Capuchin Palace, as what we would call it para daw soshyal. haha. So, it wasn't the best one. But this retreat, is the most unique i had. I think it ranks as the second best i had. Sa dami kasi ng retreat diba.. talagang ung iba hindi mashadong magmamark.. tas aside from those retreats, nag-y-youth encounter pako, so tendency is, hindi lahat ganun kamemorable although lahat sila touching. But of all those retreats, and sobrang matindi lang talagang impact sakin is that one in capuchin and THIS one in Mary Hill. I'm NEVER going to forget it. I love everything that happened.

TEAR GLANDS.

I didn't mention earlier na nung second day, naiyak talaga ako nung nagmeditation kami. You know how i was telling everyone that i have no tearholes? Well, news flash dude, i've got fucked up tear glands. I CRIED. Nung una, nangangalay na talaga ako dun sa indian sitting position chaka nacocornihan ako dun sa mga sinasabi.. But when it got really deeper. Mejo edgy na ung topic. Biglang concerned na ung parents. The emotional me cried like everyone else did. Imagine these guys, my classmates, i see them everyday -- how they always looked so perfectly polished in their oh-so-cool polo while typing away in the DIP lab. During the meditation, i defied the rule, and I slightly opened my eyes and boom -- saw all of them sniffling with their flushed cheeks and puffy eyes. How touching. It just goes to show that THESE GUYS are super loving persons. i won't elaborate na kasi baka eto pa lang pagbroadcast ko na umiyak silang lahat eh patayin na nila ako. so ayunn.. hindi naman sila ganun kadrama. But they are, in fact, cute when they cry. :) heehee.

I just wanted to hug each and every one of my classmates.. I love them to bits.

Hundreds of pictures are all in My MULTIPLY, April's Multiply, Sandy's Multiply, The Official 3-IT-B Multiply.

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Time: 11:50 AM

Events

BAAC Season 4
September 15



I enjoy hosting. It's something that really excites me. :) Both DAD and MOM are there. Plus my yaya. Umalis na sila before magend ung program but yaya stayed kasi sabi ni mama for shyur i'll be needing lots of assistance after dahil pagod ako.





After the program, a little picture taking then me, yaya, sandy and gidz (with his friends) -- we all went to MCDO and ate lunch there.

PIZAZZ
September 8

--Everybody gets tickets but not everybody gets to be on the guestlist.

thanks for inviting me Emm. t'was one hell of a night.

credit for some of the pictures goes to kerbie. hehe.

SCHOOL PICS
Deadlies_xclusive. Don't try so hard kung hindi ka kasali.

Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Time: 1:47 PM

I'm not running anymore
Cause I already know I'm home
LSS. haha. That song is This I Promise You by Ronan Keating. Wala lang. Ang mushy nung song eh.. nakakakilabot. :) hahahahah!

I ♥ YOU CASSANDRA YVONNE MANIMBO

Bea and Sandy fooling around
[pichur taken during SysAd class this morning]

A sneak peak into a conversation between two maartes:

Sandygirl: Deadly, do you want to go home already?

Bea: Okay, come on, let's get out of here.

Sandygirl: Ang galing talaga natin.. Late entrance. Early exit. Lav eeet..
Bea: Hahahahaha. You talaga.. Hahahaha. I'm gonna blog about this.
Sandygirl: Yes, gooooo deaduhly! Ahehe.

REMEMBER?
nung bumagyo last month? etooooo:

Gateway gmik at the height of a storm

Jok Sandy Bea

Bea Sandy

Mon Gelo

Jobo Migz Sandy

Mon Jorge Sandy

Miguel

Jobo

Byron

Eric

Wanna see more of them? (i.e. people fooling around Dip Lab) Dito >>>> FINDUUT.

Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Time: 12:47 PM

"Two Cellphones are better than One."
--Paris Hilton

So there you have it.. the biggest news: i am finally letting go of my old samsung phone. Teehee..! As for my new phone, since it's waaaayyy expensive than any other cellphone right now, I wasnt allowed to bring it at school.. I commute everyday, because I prefer to, minsan lang ako sinusundo.. and oftentimes, those shit-of-a-gang-of-cellphone-snatchers just lurk around the corner.. and everywhere i go, my life (and my precious belongings) is in jeopardy. What choice do i have? But to just show off my newest (and loitest) bitchy cellphone here in my blog. BUT!! Still, expect to see me on gimmicks with my baby (i named her prey - from preyshus).. Expect seeing me at parties flipping it open and stuff. haha. AYLAAAVVEEEETTTT!!! Can't get over it.. And yeas, dalawa na ang phone ko, yung 6260 -- for the globe people. and yung n92 -- the new one, nakalock sa smart. Gawd, whoever said that money cannot buy happiness doesn't know what cellphone to buy. Psshahahaha!

"People with big feet have big bank accounts."
--Paris Hilton

Yes, there is, actually, MORE. Because me and ceejoy went shiyopping yesterday:

New 3-inch-tall-size-9-gold wedges from People Are People.

New 2-inch-tall-size-9-white pumps from Wade.

That's it for now. That's the number 1, NO, Top 2 updates of my beautiful and exciting life that YOU just loooooove reading and CRITICIZING. hahahah.

Loveness,
Bea

P.S. Paris Hilton is LOVE. mwah.
P.S. ALL the pictures on all sorts of events, as in LAHAT talaga -- ay nandito -- >> My MULTIPLY. (pindutin ang link. salamat.)

Don't forget to comment. :)

Date: Sunday, September 2, 2007
Time: 4:40 AM

Let The Good Times Rolllllll

Gateway

.Deadlies_EXCLUSIVE. E to the X -clusive. chende mu un? hindi ka kasali. haha. tamaan magkabukol. belat.

Miggy Boi. Byron. Eric. Jobo. April. Mon. Bea.

cheers to the college years. :)

Byron. Jobo. Miggy. Bea

Mon. Pau. Eric.

Beybiiiieeeesss..!!

Me with JESSA.

Missionaries of Charity

Other LOVE PROJECT pictures are in multiply.

NCAA Opening

Asherets

Bea in the morning

My right foot

The legs

Sweetness

Dianne Bea Sandy Pau

Sandy solo

Bea candid

pau bea dianne ladies' room

Sandy Pau Bea

Sandy Pau Bea

sandy Pau Bea

Sandy Pau Bea

Dianne fixing herself

Sandy.Bea.April
Havaianas after the program

The gym

The Day Before The NCAA Opening

Bea and Joanna shopping for Dresses:

Wasted

Bea Joanna Pau

Kagulo

Ang gulo gulo

Me with my honey - Joannabee

My girls

My pretty girls

Mon - sac office

Pau - sac office

sideview

At eto, SUPER panalo talaga:

GAY WOLF!!!!!!!!