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On Thursday afternoon, I reblogged a tantalizing Katy Perry photo on Tumblr. It so happened a follower of mine posted a screenshot of my post and of another user’s repost. Mine was the real Katy and her watermelon. Above it was a cartoonized version of the photo. Sounds cool, huh? I’m sharing this to all of you because it’s the first time a reblog was part of a Tumblr screenshot. When I found out this got a thousand notes and the user was following me, I followed her back. *wink*
Yesterday was a special day. It wasn’t only because the Philippines commemorated its 112nd year of independence. It was also my mom’s 39th birthday and at the same time my parents’ 17th wedding anniversary. When I woke up yesterday, I immediately greeted my mom a happy birthday. She was so happy to hear those words and thanked me. We didn’t celebrate it by going to a lavish restaurant or throwing a party. We were at home simply living like it’s just an ordinary day. For dinner, our whole family ate BBQs. Apart from that, I had Andok’s fried chicken. It was a satisfying meal. Before I went to bed that night, my mom thanked me for the day she had even if we didn’t go anywhere. She said:
“Beh, what matters most is that I celebrated my birthday with you and God gave me another wonderful year to live.”
My mom’s birthday was plain simple. No birthday cake from Red Ribbon, no balloons, no chandelier hanging on the ceiling. No popping of champagne, no Cinderella gown. As long as the most important people in her life remembered the day she came to Earth, her day’s complete. You don’t need a birthday celebration matched by a swimming party or ala debut to make it your day. There are a lot of people who have pompous parties on their birthdays but the significant ones in their lives aren’t present. If you were to choose, which one will you pick: a birthday without the glamour but your family and friends are there or a birthday party without your loved ones? I’ll pick the first one.
I am thankful for God has blessed my parents another year together as a couple who never left my side since my birth. I am grateful for the Lord because my mom has fulfilled a lot during her 38 years. I am so lucky to have her as my mom for she has made me happy and hopeful in all of my accomplishments, failures, joys and displeasures. My dad will celebrate his 39th birthday on the 16th; I would also like to give grace to the Almighty Father for blessing him with good health, happiness and love for all the people around him.
Another grace came to me on Thursday when I found out I’m still part of the Theresian Magazine staff for this school year. A few months ago, I was visibly shaken when I learned from my moderator only those who’ll be assigned as editor and associate editor of the school organ won’t have to re-audition. In this case, all staffers without an assigned editorial position are required to try out again. For the whole summer, I prayed for another year in the Theresian Mag staff. Finally on Thursday, my prayers were answered. My mind and heart were jumping with glee as I learned of the good news. This Friday, the staff will have a meeting to explain school publication matters.
Moving on to my first day of my elective class. After recess, I headed to IV-5 for the CWJ class. I was nervous at first. Before entering the classroom, I was hoping I won’t be disappointed with my second choice (Media Arts was my first). The session went on smoothly. We were asked to fill out an information form I enjoyed answering with. I wrote The Veronicas as “Person I Love in Music”, Mean Girls as my favorite movie and a bunch of books in my list of reads. I wanted to write my other favorite bands / singers in my favorite music but we were only required to pick one band / singer.
A little plug-in: please follow me on Tumblr by visiting http://ohwowlovelysuperstarr.tumblr.com. I really need your follow here. I have reached the 300 mark already so let’s increase the number!
What can I say about the installment of my Shoutbox and addition of a link to comment on my post? It was a tremendous success! I’d like to thank everyone who dropped by and left a mark on my entries. Just keep the HYC spirit going!
[Eminem and Dido]
EDITED: Did I tell you about my re-audition in the school paper? The policy has changed. Wish me luck in the coming days. :)
Yesterday was a special day. It wasn’t only because the Philippines commemorated its 112nd year of independence. It was also my mom’s 39th birthday and at the same time my parents’ 17th wedding anniversary. When I woke up yesterday, I immediately greeted my mom a happy birthday. She was so happy to hear those words and thanked me. We didn’t celebrate it by going to a lavish restaurant or throwing a party. We were at home simply living like it’s just an ordinary day. For dinner, our whole family ate BBQs. Apart from that, I had Andok’s fried chicken. It was a satisfying meal. Before I went to bed that night, my mom thanked me for the day she had even if we didn’t go anywhere. She said:
“Beh, what matters most is that I celebrated my birthday with you and God gave me another wonderful year to live.”
My mom’s birthday was plain simple. No birthday cake from Red Ribbon, no balloons, no chandelier hanging on the ceiling. No popping of champagne, no Cinderella gown. As long as the most important people in her life remembered the day she came to Earth, her day’s complete. You don’t need a birthday celebration matched by a swimming party or ala debut to make it your day. There are a lot of people who have pompous parties on their birthdays but the significant ones in their lives aren’t present. If you were to choose, which one will you pick: a birthday without the glamour but your family and friends are there or a birthday party without your loved ones? I’ll pick the first one.
I am thankful for God has blessed my parents another year together as a couple who never left my side since my birth. I am grateful for the Lord because my mom has fulfilled a lot during her 38 years. I am so lucky to have her as my mom for she has made me happy and hopeful in all of my accomplishments, failures, joys and displeasures. My dad will celebrate his 39th birthday on the 16th; I would also like to give grace to the Almighty Father for blessing him with good health, happiness and love for all the people around him.
Another grace came to me on Thursday when I found out I’m still part of the Theresian Magazine staff for this school year. A few months ago, I was visibly shaken when I learned from my moderator only those who’ll be assigned as editor and associate editor of the school organ won’t have to re-audition. In this case, all staffers without an assigned editorial position are required to try out again. For the whole summer, I prayed for another year in the Theresian Mag staff. Finally on Thursday, my prayers were answered. My mind and heart were jumping with glee as I learned of the good news. This Friday, the staff will have a meeting to explain school publication matters.
Moving on to my first day of my elective class. After recess, I headed to IV-5 for the CWJ class. I was nervous at first. Before entering the classroom, I was hoping I won’t be disappointed with my second choice (Media Arts was my first). The session went on smoothly. We were asked to fill out an information form I enjoyed answering with. I wrote The Veronicas as “Person I Love in Music”, Mean Girls as my favorite movie and a bunch of books in my list of reads. I wanted to write my other favorite bands / singers in my favorite music but we were only required to pick one band / singer.
A little plug-in: please follow me on Tumblr by visiting http://ohwowlovelysuperstarr.tumblr.com. I really need your follow here. I have reached the 300 mark already so let’s increase the number!
What can I say about the installment of my Shoutbox and addition of a link to comment on my post? It was a tremendous success! I’d like to thank everyone who dropped by and left a mark on my entries. Just keep the HYC spirit going!
[Eminem and Dido]
EDITED: Did I tell you about my re-audition in the school paper? The policy has changed. Wish me luck in the coming days. :)
