Gettogether at Little Quiapo

Today, Grace fetched me. We went to Little Quiapo along Malakas Street, Quezon City.

We had a gettogether with fellow Maryknollers - Beda, Bing-Bing, Rannie, Sandy, Tina, Dang, Dolly, Liz, Carrie, and Maitet. Sandy and Maitet were the balikbayans.

We ordered chicharon, pancit palabok, kare-kare, rellenong bangus, tokwa't baboy, rice, dalandan juice, softdrinks, halo-halo and mais con hielo. Yummy!

As usual, there was a lot of picture taking.

There was a lot of kwento (chatting) about the good old days as well as current events and present goings on of people we know.

I ordered a small bilao (round "plate") of pancit bihon as my mom told me.

Before bringing me home, Grace brought Maitet to Manila Polo Club. I waited in the car for a while.

I met Maitet's sisters, Sylvia and Tata. More picture-taking.

Another day of fun!

Work and Text and Efren

I spent today working on two projects - topline reports and the start of a full report.

I also kept texting with a friend. He was in a "philosophical mood". Ha ha.

I'm so proud of Efren Peñaflorida, the CNN Hero of the Year. I quote his speech:

"Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry. Each person has a hidden hero within. You just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need. So to each and every person...the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell my co-volunteers...you are the change that you dream, as I am the change that I dream, and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be."
Wow! I am soooh inspired to serve! I am praying that God will give me many opportunities to serve and reach out to others.

Me, the Tutor

Today, I tutored my friend's 15-year-old son, Joseph.

I was fetched and brought home.

The tutoring proper (on English) was rather easy. Joseph made very few mistakes. We were done before an hour was up.

I got an easy P500 for the job.

Then lunch consisted of lengua, squid, grilled fish, vegetables, cheesecake and sherbet. Yummy!

When I reached home, I worked on a project by coming up with categories for the open-ended tables and started preparing the report proper.

Twas a fulfilling day!

A Lovely Time

Today, Jobert and Lovely went to the condo. We played a game of scrabble. Lovely won.

Then, we went to Gateway. Jobert brought my son's donations (old clothes) for the prison ministry at the Papemelroti shop. He gave me a cute decor that says "Friendship is to people what sunshine is to flowers."

We went to their office (Pisces Publishing) because Jobert had to do some work. I continued preparing for my tutorial tomorrow.

We had a brief meeting on a new website.

For dinner, we ate at My Thai. I ordered chicken pandan while Jobert had beef curry, but we shared viands. Lovely had dessert of ice cream and fried bananas. We took turns writing "Love Eternal", another poem.

For the highlight of the day, we watched a concert by Side A. Jobert bought each of us a CD of the group so we got VIP seats. It was a great concert!

We were supposed to eat McDo but it was too traffic to go through the drive-thru.

They just brought me home.

A lovely time indeed!

A Quiet Day

I woke up late after a long day yesterday.

Mom arrived from my aunt's place. Yehey! My "maid" is back! he he

I worked on a topline report.

I started preparing for my English tutorial this Saturday.

Jobert started a new blog www.thelivingpoetssociety.blogspot.com where we will put all our poems. I'm the first follower.

I think I will resume watching "Knowing" by Nicolas Page.

Tiring but Fun Day

I am soooh tired but I had great fun today!

Our pottery session didn't push through (moved to next Wednesday) because our teacher wasn't feeling well.

Instead, Jobert, Lovely and their cousin from Canada, Julio went to Ayala Museum. Very interesting artifacts and displays from the past. There, I also met their mom, Tita Tita and her sister, Tita Lina whose birthday it is today.

We had merienda in Makati at a restaurant called Fely J. We ate pancit canton, lumpiang sariwa and sate. While there in the resto, we asked Julio to join our Living Poets Society. We wrote a poem entitled "Wonderful".

Then, I asked the three to each write a word to start five lines. The title of the poem is "Inspired". I expanded each word into a complete line.

Jobert and I wrote a poem shaped like a star. Ha ha.

We fetched Jobert's friend, Noe, then went to the Fort. We ate dinner at Thai Silk. Delicious food but sorry, I cannot remember their names. In layman's terms, there was chicken curry, spring rolls, shrimp curry, something with peas and "ground pork", etc. I had pandan juice. Everything tasted good!

We wrote another poem entitled "Beautiful". Noe got recruited into the Living Poets Society. Yehey! We are now five members. Anybody else wants to join us?


Noe is such a swell guy! He wants to visit our condo to see the sunset.

Lovely is good to be with. She is coming over to play scrabble with me.

Julio is a nice young man. Pretty well-behaved for a Canadian teenager.

And Jobert...will always be Jobert. ha ha

Cooking Lesson

Today, Beda came over and we had a "cooking lesson".

We cooked bistek (beef steak) with bell pepper and carrots. Actually, all I did was pare the carrots. She practically did everything else! Beda even washed the dishes.

My youngest brother dropped by for a visit. While we were discussing, Beda cooked another dish. Ground pork with tomato sauce. Delicious!

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I am working on another project but the conclusions requires some thinking. Hmm...