Kulasa ako!

Stolen from Hazel. She has a similar, and longer list in her multiply account. This is sooo nostalgic.

It has been 10 years since we graduated from high school. And it's a good feeling to bring back all those memories... and laugh at their craziness.

Julls, this is so like your St Scho photo post. =) I'd love to visit St Scho soon.

I'm adding my comments too (in yellow):

Highlight nyo na lang pag di nyo mabasa yung ibang comments.

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1. Nakatikim ka ng stone soup - ano na nga ba lasa nito? matabang? at bakit nga ba tayo gumawa ng ganito? anong purpose? hehe!
2. Nakatikim ka ng German cookies hindi siya masarap! haha
3. Aware ka sa Hiroshima bombing - eh pano every year ba naman may exhibit!
4. Nakapag noise barrage ka
5. Kilala mo si Tita Naty (A Midsummer Nights Dream in my case. hehehe alamat na ata siya sa st scho eh - since grade 4! hahahaha!
6. Alam mo kung na saan ang Tunnel of Truth/Lies eto ba yung papuntang GS bldg?
7. Alam mo ang SRA at ang iba't ibang colors nito (favorite ko ito! hindi ako nag grade school eh. hs to college lang -- favorite ko rin to! pag SRA na, hindi ako inaantok sa class!
8. Alam mong may star section at honor's class kahit ideny ng mga teachers
9. Lahat ng accessories mo ay blue, black at white. more or less true nga - no choice eh! hehe!
   
10. Pag nakakakita ka ng music notes nirerecite mo ang ta ta ti ti ta ta titi ti ti ta ta (at naalala ko si Mr Reyes at ang hanger nya sa likod) - mr reyes!! one time tinago nun yung coleman kong lunch box! hmph - bwahahaa natawa ako dun sa hanger!
11. Kilala mo si Ms. Camu - "Listen, listen, listen everyone..." (with matching bounce dapat ng head, hindi dahil sa kailangan, pero dahil ginagaya mo lang sya)
12. Kilala mo at may phobia ka kay Gng. De Vera at ang Pulang Kotse ng Kamatayan (ano yung pulang kotse??? –well mas naalala ko ang pajero ni Ms De Vera) - ang alam ko honda civic ang kotse nun.
13. Kilala mo at may phobia ka kay Ms.Salazar (sobra!) naku naabutan ko siya. pero after nun si mrs pengson na whee!! - na pag nakita mo ngumiti si Ms Salazar, parang may miracle!
14. Nagaayos ka ng uniform pag papalapit si Mrs. Ferrer o kung sino mang discipline head (I guess this one's for the lower batch kasi if I'm not mistaken, kami ang last batch na hinandle ni Salazar) - korek!
15. Nagtaka ka bakit hindi umuulit ng damit si Mrs Pengson. (Hahaha! Idol!) eh model ba naman ang lola nyo eh. pero oo nga, never siya nag ulit ng damit. haha - fashionista until now kaya!
16. Tinry mo gayahin ang signature ni Mrs Pengson.(not really…) hindi ata
17. Natry mo na din gayahin ang signature ni Ms. Salazar (that's more like it) hindi rin. pero tempting noon - i tried pero sa scratch paper lang, hindi para mag forge sa mga slips. hahaha!
18. Pag lower batch ka hindi ka dapat tumatambay sa stone tables - didn't mind it at all. haha
19. Nag Arnis class ka in lieu of CAT.(or martial arts class to the tune of EYE OF THE TIGER) - can't remember! - hahahaha!! Si Tikyo ba nagtuturo nito? nalimutan ko na!
20. Nag SEEP ka. (Ano to??? –i think sa batch ko e BIVOUAC to–tama ba spelling? our batch had ours at Lemery, Batangas) - outreach na ata to hehe - sa batch namin eto yung SWEAT
21. Nung Senior ka ginamit mo ang POWER OF THE "G" BADGE bully the kids!! haha - na very powerful indeed! bwahahaha!
22. Wala kang problema umupo sa sahig (which I still have the habit of) until now. which results in weird stares from friends. masaya kaya!! - i agree, am doing this until now. hehe!
23. Mabigat ang bulsa mo. May wallet, suklay, ballpen at cellfone kasi. (Wala akong cellphone nung HS…i agree! inside my pocket: yung mahabang wallet ng girbaud, hair doctor, face poweder, panyo/tissue, beeper, 1 cattleya filler, jnj cologne, at face wash pag after lunch - wash tayo!! ahaha - wallet, brush, ballpensss, balat ng candy, tissue, beeper
24. Pag tumatakbo ka nakahawak ka sa bulsa mo. of course!
25. Pag after periodical exams, nasa Glorietta ka. of course! - parang required eh noh?
26. Pag nagkikita kayo ng friends mo sa ibang place, kung magbatian kayo parang 10 years na kayong hindi nagkikita. - until now. hahaha
27. Mabigat ang paa mo pag naglalakad lalo na sa hagdan ganun pa rin ako maglakad. haha - oh yes! kahit naka heels! and sa office ngayon, i'd know if may kulasa sa vicinity, kasi "blag blag blag" talaga yung paa! hahahaha!
28. Sanay ka sa debates and impromptu speeches (GIRLS, this is one skill that will come useful in the REAL WORLD, meaning: at work and in your married life–trust me. Thanks to all our speech teachers esp RONO) - AMEN!
29. Gumawa ka ng physics toy
30. Ayaw mo gumamit ng banyo malapit sa physics room may multo kasi dun. meron talaga! - never ata ako nag banyo dito.
31. Alam mo ang Let's cheer for St.Scholastica, Fealty Song ("We are here,dear SSC..", Come loyal, St Benedict,To thee we turn. wahahahaaha korek!
32. Alam mo kung ano ang SCHOLARI - at alam ko pa rin ang sections ko. 1R 2H 3R 4H naks! - may bagong section na daw ngayon ah, after I?
33. Alam mo kung ano ang late slip, absent slip at index cards hehe
34. Kilala mo si tita Vicky
35. Tumutungo ka sa "God" sa "That In All Things God May Be Glorified" di na ata to mawawala eh
36. Marunong ka gumawa ng parol na puro recycled materials ang gamit. (well, making the advent wreath was more memorable for me. I cant seem to perfectly cut the green crepe paper to make it look like the actual leaves)
37. Marunong ka gumawa ng Advent Wreath gamit lamang ang dyaryo at crepe paper (refer to my comment in no. 36) - i hated this! hahahaha! pag grade 4 up ka na, tuturuan mo gumawa yung mga prep and grade 1. and you'll end up destroying the kid's advent wreath. hahaha!
38. Pag may birthday after mo kantahan sasabihin mo "Happy Birthday ___! How old are you? Jump ____ times!" - hahaha! sikat na sikat ka pag tumatalon ka!
39. Alam mo ibig sabihin ng Ora et Labora galing mag isip ni st benedict noh? swak na swak
40. Game ka sa lahat ng bagay. Hindi ka maarte. Korek! (TALAGA!!!!!!!) - korek to the highest level - SOBRANG TOTOO!!!!
41. Tinatawag mo lahat ng matatanda sayo sa campus manong at manang. oo nga no... - hanggang ngayon gawain ko pa rin to. hahaha!
42. Pag late ka after recess or lunch ang ilalagay mo sa late slip mo "traffic along the stairs" or pwede rin, had to change into my uniform/came from debate class.
43. Ang tawag mo sa song sa grad march ay "tan tananan tan tan…" wahahahaha
44. You are a feminist
45. Natatawa ka pag may nababarok (Hahaha! Hanggang ngayon!) (Alam mong there's a Kulasa in the "same room", pag nagtinginan kayo pag may nababarok) OMG, tunay!! - grabeee tayo lang talaga yung ganito noh? hahahaha! hindi natin napipigilan.
46. Hindi mo kayang di mag-comment pag may wrong grammar or diction. (Oo nga…) click here to prove my point - true true! di natin mapigilan mag comment.
47. Alam mo yung dark stairs na matarik sa high school building. freaky talaga yun. yung stairs malapit sa GSR. -diba dito maraming nagtatagong "couples"? bwahahahaha!
48. Nag Agri Arts and Sewing with Miss Ponce. (ang naabutan ko was the Typing Class) - typing class din ako - sa typing class pa lang si ms ponce nun.
49. Alam mo yung "Blame It On The Rain" na pinapatugtog ni Mrs. Ponce sa typing class. (And other 80s music like Friday I'm In Love) di ko na maalala yung song. basta may suot kaming manila paper na parang malaking supot sa ulo. dito rin naganap nung nahulog si mrs ponce. hehe
50. Nag fashion show ka suot ang damit na tinahi mo sa Sewing class - never ata kami gumawa ng damit. puro cross stitch ginagawa namin eh.
51. kaya mong magsulat, magdirect, magproduce ng play in one week
52. fave lunch nyo ay cutlet, sizzling or bLT pumpernickels!! - miss ko na pumpernickels!
53. kaya mong magpalit ng PE uniform and school uniform sa gitna ng gym at naaply ko siya until now. - hahaha korek!
54. kaya mong magpalit from uniform to swimsuit and vise versa ng di nakikitaan.
55. alam mo ibig sabihin ng O, VS, S, MS, NI - na nasa sobrang laking report card pag prep/grade 1 ka. tapos after the 4th Quarter, nakalagay sa likod kung eligible ka sa next grade level or mag repeat ka. hehehe!
56. pastime nyo ang magkalikot ng wallet during Morning Praise and school gatherings sa field, gym & St. Cecile's. hahaha
57. Napakalaking adventure na sayo ang takasan ang mga guard sa gate 1 para pumunta sa U.M. ng naka uniform (True!)
58. nung grade school ka, naniwala ka na gumagalaw sa gabi ang statue ni Mama Mary sa Mary's Garden na Peace Garden na ngayon (at may time na natsismis na umiyak sha with matching tracks of her tears dun sa statue) - na forever binabantayan during Peace Camp, titingnan kung iiyak.
59. favorite mo ang manggang hilaw at bagoong sa gate 6 habang wala pa ang school bus - wag naman kalimutan ang singkamas. bwahaha!
60. nung prep ka pa, naiingit ka k hindi ka pwede sa reference section ng LRC, pero nung naging grade 4 and above ka na, naiinggit ka dahil di ka na pwede sa children's corner sa LRC na madaming pillows at stuffed toy
61. New Building ang tawag mo sa New Building kahit hindi na siya ang pinaka-new building. korek! - hahahahaha oo nga noh!
    
62. alam mo ang mga kwento ni mrs bucad pag health class. *wink wink* - may demo pa yan!! bwahahaha!
    

fire truck siren: a sound i wouldn't want to hear at 4am

At predawn today, at about 4:00 in the morning, I was roused from my sleep to the sound of an ambulance siren. I'm normally used to the sound of ambulance sirens, assuming that this is just an ambulance. But this particular "ambulance" never moved. It stayed and blared her sirens as if to alarm and wake everyone in the vicinity. I didn't move but I kept all my senses alert for any sign of unusual activity. I didn't smell anything. And aside from the blaring siren (which by this time has already stopped), I didn't hear any running or shouting, just a distinct "cracking". Then our dogs started barking. Then my sister opened our door, turned on the lights, and calmly said to our mayordoma "Yay, may sunog."

Ok, panic mode! All of us got up and went outside to check where the fire is. From the compound's garage, the only view we have is that of Kingswood Condos. And we saw that the entire side of Kingswood was lighted up with orange, lighted by the intensity of the flames that were engulfing the squatter's area below. Then there was a loud and sudden blast followed by bigger flames. Our neighbor went out to check how "far" the fire is from our place. She went back and reported that the fire won't reach us until the house behind us catches fire. But as a safety measure, Units A and D already packed their very important things, took our their cars from the garage, and waited.

Meanwhile, my sister and I went out and decided to do what Filipinos are best known for... "maki-usi". And besides, in our case it's better to see for ourselves how bad the situation is, to see if we really need to leave as well.

Geez, it was HUGE! Ang scary talaga!! The flames reached almost the 7th floor of Kingswood (and their 2nd floor is actually 3rd level na from ground level). And the wind is blowing glowing ashes into our direction, threatening to burn our home as well.

More fire trucks coming in, all the way from Binondo (ah yes, the chinese volunteers), Quezon City, Tondo. There were fire trucks everywhere and we're pretty sure that in no time, they'll be able to put the fire out. We went back home to check on the others. Mom's pretty calm now. Our neighbors are still out in their cars waiting. Then we went back to the scene and saw that the fire's almost out. Thank God!! We really had a scare.

We decided to go to Kingswood to check on Tito Ody and Lola. Tito Ody was the one who called Mom and alarm her of the fire near our place. He was roused from his sleep by thick choking smoke, looked at the window and saw that the fire was just below them, though they were 20+ floors up. The lobby of Kingswood was like a mini refugee camp. Residents, most likely of the lower floors, with their luggage, some are still in their pajamas, are just waiting for a signal to leave. The podium lobby was full of thick smoke, it stings the eyes. We got to their room and found Tito Ody, Tito Toto, and Lola calm in the living room, watching tv. Even if the fire's out, they can't go back to their bedrooms because it was still full of smoke.

here's a pic i took from Tito Ody's room, 20+ floors up. The fire's out now but the entire area's still smoking. yeah, malabo, from phone camera lang kasi yan.

Ok, all's well with them. Now back home. Units A and D went back inside. Everything's safe. Time to go back to sleep again. I went back to bed but can't sleep, I'm still in shock to even feel sleepy. I just prayed and thanked Him endlessly for sparing our home from the tragedy. Then sleep finally overtook me and I was out. I woke up and it was almost noon.

The fire deparment's fire prevention month warnings, I take them seriously. You'll never know when tragedy will strike. Or you see them in the news, read them in the newspaper, seeing them happening to somebody else, wishing it won't happen to you. Unfortunately, according to Calvin's mom, "you are also somebody else to somebody else."

Better be careful.

Oh, and did I mention that throughout this whole ordeal, my Dad, our resident fire brigade volunteer, is in Bicol with the priests? He felt really helpless and can't sleep until everything was ok. Naging joke na lang tuloy sya... "ay si dad, hindi makatulog kasi wala sya sa aksyon. hindi sya makapag bida bidahan." hahahahaha!

Ken Lee!!!!

grabe dude! tawa talaga ako ng tawa dito!!

Bulgarian Idol with "English" Translation! For your viewing pleasure.

Criminal Yaya!

a repost for a dear friend of mine, Carol. Will really be very grateful for any information.

It's just so sad and frustrating that this has to happen to my inaanak.

http://kennykerol.blogspot.com/2008/03/help-us-find-this-criminal-yaya.html
http://cpix.multiply.com/journal/item/137/HELP_US_FIND_THIS_YAYA

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I am still in shaken up. I am actually struggling writing this down. But here is a story I have so often read about, but never thought would happen in my own house, with my children at stake. Here are the events, just to update the details from my brother's email. I obviously did not get to give him clear details for we were so preoccupied with all the nitty gritty that has to be done to respond to this particular incident. Nonetheless, I, of course, thank Carl for taking the initiative to inform everyone he thought should know.

March 3, Monday - Ken and I got home and saw Ricci's arm with bruises that appears to be a mark from a tight grip. Usually, Ricci tells me how she gets hurt, but when I asked her this time, she just said she doesn't know or tried not to answer.

March 5, Wednesday - Ken and I got home and again saw a small wound on Ricci's forehead. Again, we asked her of what happened and we got the same response.

For these two incidents, I kept asking the yaya how the bruises and the wound happened. Fishing out, not showing her that we suspect her of hurting Ricci. On both occasions, the yaya just responded with "Hindi ko nga alam e. Hindi ko napansin. HIndi naman umiyak..." and so on, the typical defensive answers. But despite her sounding guilty, I told myself that it could be one of three things: 1-di nya binabantayan mabuti yung bata; 2-wala syang pakialam kung masugatan since she doesn't seem to know (daw) how Ricci gets hurt; or 3-sya mismo ang nanakit sa bata. Ken and I were getting ready to pin these on her, though, but we needed concrete evidence. We talked about getting a cheap surveillance camera and all that. We were actually trying to be patient (and you have no idea how hard it is to wait on this if you are the parent of the child being abused), and we wanted to do the smartest thing for the situation. I took pictures of the bruises and the scratch.....

March 6, Thursday - Ken and I arrived about 9 pm with Manang Linda, our long-time helper who is based in my brother and sister-in-law's house (Carl and Rox). The front door was unlocked, which caused Ken to worry. He opened the door to the garage for me and ran up to our room immediately to check on the kids.

Here's the usual scenario when we get home: Yaya Josie would be in the room and the kids would be in a corner somewhere hiding and waiting for us to look for them.

The scene was different on March 6, though, as the yaya was nowhere in the room. The kids were hiding, but without the yaya to be seen, that caused panic to us. And then there were cheering and jumping when we found them in the bathroom of the master's bedroom. Then Cushie said, "Ate just bought something." I said, "What? She left you here?" Although Ken already had already thought that the yaya was gone, he hurried to the maid's room to find that her things are no longer there - a confirmation. I asked Cushie if he knew the time the yaya left, he responded, "7". He's 5, but he can tell time, so it's highly possibly that the yaya has been gone since 7 pm that night. That's 2 hours of my children being by themselves!The second floor of the house was upside down - my mom's closet of curtains, bedsheets and blankets, my closet -my bags, hats, clothes, the playroom (can you believe it?)...every room in the 2nd floor!!!! She tried to get anything of value that she can trade for cash. She got my cellphone (which is already deactivated), my Sony Cybershot digital camera (with pictures from Gael's birthday, Ken's birthday and more of family's), about 400++ cash, groceries (fresh meat), Ken's charger. So far, these are the items we found missing. We haven't had the time to check the entire house yet because we preoccupied with laying down options for the next steps we should do.

We called ferry transits and asked when the next trips to Cotabato (her hometown) are. We have printed photos of the yaya (thank God, Carl has copies. I had some, but, yun nga, my camera was stolen. So the pictures I took of Ricci's bruises and scratch are also gone). We have had the yaya blottered already.

We're really serious about this. I am asking everyone for whatever help you can give to find her. I now realize that when people send emails with this could happen to you's, you should not take the warning for granted. This, something so prevalent, happened to us, to my darling Ricci. Please help us, even by just disseminating this information.

Thank you,

Carol Bustos-Santiago

Information about the yaya:

Name: Josephine Gatan

Age: 43

Height: ?

Weight: ?

Skin color: somewhere between fair and kayumanggi-ish

Eyes: ?

Last contact number: 09203740311

tagged by Plee

here goes:

Here are the rules: Remove one (1) question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag eight (8) people in your list. List them out at the end of this post.

1. At what age do/did you wish to marry?
:: Scary age: 35.

2. What color do you like most?
:: Aquamarine. or anything blue-green.

3. Have you ever shoplifted?
:: Yup, when I was a kid. Diba sa lines sa grocery, may nabibiling Kiss na air freshener (yung "nanganganak"). I successfully nabbed one without anyone looking. I admitted it when we got home and obviously, napagalitan. Haha!

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
:: Domestic: Bohol, Cebu, Davao. International: Greece, Cambodia, New Zealand

5. Which part of you that you hate the most?
:: The flabs everywhere. -- > I agree with you, plee!

6. When you encounter a sad moment, what would you do?
:: Grab a pack of cigarettes and smoke a lot (but I wouldn't finish the entire pack), if there is no alcohol available. Then cry myself to sleep.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
:: My sanity, hehe. My memory, and my family, of course. - i have to agree on mama meeya with this hahaha! --> And I have to agree with this too. =) Haha gaya gaya!

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
:: Pay off my credit cards (haha!), donate to Gawad Kalinga, save, invest invest invest, then travel!!! bwahahaha!

9. What do you loved the most last year (2007)?
:: GK Bicol 2, January 2007.

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you:
:: a loving and caring mother, a loyal wife, and the world's greatest bestfriend.

11. Is there anything about you that people misunderstand?
:: Hmmm... I'm always one of the boys...

12. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
:: I don't believe in regrets. you get to do things the first time and there's no do-overs or an undo button in life. it's either you do good the first time or learn from it and never do it again. --> i agree with this! =)

13. Which type of person do you hate the most?
:: People who look down on others and who thinks everyone else is stupid. And people who fake accents (mahilig mag "sleng") when engaged in a normal conversation.

14. What is your ambition?
:: be my own boss! haha!

15. If you had one wish what would you wish for?
:: my own kid.

16. How did you celebrate new year?
:: with the Cesario clan at Kingswood, taking pictures of the fireworks, ate a lot of good food

17. Name your body part that hubby tells you he adores.
:: not applicable. no hubby.

18. It is already 2008, do you have a new year’s resolution?
:: i don't do resolutions, i take things one day at a time. --- same here, same here.

19. What do you look forward to in 2008?
:: my sister's wedding in Sept. and moving out to be on my own.

20. What new skill have you learned?
:: how to take good pictures, thanks to FPPF. hehe!

i'm tagging: julls, albert, wynzyl

new template

obviously, i downloaded a new template and tried to edit it so sidebar links would still appear, as with my old blog template.

apparently, my old template was a "classic" one and i downloaded the xml version, so it needs many many changes. it's already 11:30pm and i'm sleepy, so i'll continue the editing some other time.

so blank muna ang mga sidebars today. hahaha! and next time na ang kwento.

attention, plee... pa-email naman ng template ng blog mo oh! aaralin ko lang. hahaha!