Friday, October 19, 2007

An Artist's Perception


This is me according to an artist in Tam-Awan Village in Pinsao Proper, Baguio City. I've argued that it looked nothing like me, but Tita Sun said, if I wanted an exact rendition of me, I should've gotten a photo instead. Point well taken. What's striking about this draiwing is that if you look at it closely, I'm smiling. But from afar, it looks as if I'm giving that mean look. Come to think of it, that's an insight of how I am. He's THE artist, after all.

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Gone for My Birthday Weekend!

Blessed! It was as though everything fell into place just so this birthday Baguio weekend would push through.

Evidence #1 - SCHEDULE

Nico was on semestral break and Olive easily applied for two days of vacation leave. I was scheduled for a rest day on the 12th, a leave on the 13th. When I requested for an extension of the VL until Sunday, it was easily granted. As for Mommy, there was no problem. She even called on Tita Sun to accompany us, whose schedule fit in perfectly with ours.

Evidence #2 - LOGISTICS

Lodging was at Betania Retreat House, and Sister Oxy was real friendly and hospitable (so unlike some nuns I've known!). Transportation was fixed with the ever dependable Manuel, and the Victory tickets bought in advance. Baguio transpo was way cool with the abundance of FX's, and Alex, the FX driver, was good enough to be the tour guide.

Evidence #3 - WEATHER

Generally, the weather was great for strolling, with the exception of the rainy afternoon on my birthday. I'm fine with that. I have this unproven theory that it always has to rain on my birthday. Otherwise, how else could we have, not just one, but two rainbows, seen just outside our room?

It was a great bonding experience amidst keychains, strawberries, and the Baguio plant and animal life. Tita Sun turned out to be a fun companion (who would have thought there's an artist in her?), and as I've always said, nothing beats celebrating with the family.


God has been so good!

posted by Irene @ 9:20 AM 0 comments

On Break!

After several postponed attempts, the genmeet/outing was finally pushed through last October 9. Beautiful Girls was the official soundtrack, and Sean Kingston would have laughed his heart out with the dance performances (take note, two groups: the Aral Kabuhayan Scholars and Counter Crew) they did to his song. Also in attendance was the never-say-die pansit, without which a genmeet would be deemed incomplete. And an old game such as the Animal Sounds, received a new twist when the crew were submerged in the pool of chaos as they searched for their team mates.

It was fun, generally, though not as much as the old days, but the crew enjoyed nevertheless.
And that's all that matters.

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