Bucket List: White Cross Children's Home

My bucket list is probably as long as a river but it sure does keep me on my toes. I've been wanting--since forever!--to do something for a cause and I'm determined to do that this year; because according to my BDJ planner, "I should own this year". I don't know which page it's on, but I'm pretty sure it's written there somewhere or maybe I'm just imagining that it's written there.

Anyway, I just think that it's not a bad idea to break away from everything and pay it forward. We spend time with people dearest to us and have fun with them, but we seldom think of those who doesn't have anyone at all. It feels depressing. I haven't seen an orphanage; let alone experience one, but that's what I think when I hear it and that's just sad.

I read this blog where they spent a day with the kids at White Cross Children's Home and it just inspired me to do the same. I don't care if I have to play Gangnam Style (odg help me) to make them nauseatingly happy, I'll be fine with it.

Frankly though, I don't know how and where to start. I've tried contacting them but their line is always busy. Christmas would be the best time to do this right? I mean I've always spent Christmas with my family and relatives but it would be great to spend it with these kids too. I guess this isn't just charity for me. Everybody who really knows me would know why. It's not a secret but it's a very sacred thing for me. I'm an advocate for adoption and it would be like killing two birds with one stone on my bucket list if this pushes through.

I just hope that lots of people would help me on this :D

I'm babbling at 2pm and I still haven't eaten breakfast. Gotta go!

Cousin Bonding Weekend.

My cousins and I have been around each other since we were born and it's just so crazy how we never get tired of each other. And as we grew older, we've also become each other's best friends. Everything is so cute. Once we're all together, it seems that everything that needs to matter, doesn't anymore and we're stuck in this hole that we can all go crazy in and it wouldn't even feel embarrassing because we're with each other.

This weekend is a little crazier because they made Kuya Paul and I stay until Tuesday morning. I only have a few clothes to use (I had to use Tara's clothes going back to Manila. Haha). Plus it's also the first time that Tackie's with us. He doesn't usually hang out with us (unless it's our end of the year reunion) because his dad's a diplomat and their family's staying god-knows-where right now in some part of the world. I think they're staying in Jakarta right now. Anyway so Tackie's with us and seriously that boy's so cute and aggressive. I want to pinch his cheeks! haha. But he had to leave on Sunday night because they have other things to do during the weekdays.

Anyway, it's suuuuuuuper cold in Cavite. I think it's at par with Baguio already. But even if it feels like negative-something-degrees already we still stayed outside the house until around night time just to talk, share stories and play games. It's fun to be just like that. Feel idle and just enjoy everything. My Aunt also revealed so many stuff about us when we were still babies! We we're so disgustingly cute LOL.

At one point yesterday my Aunt also shared that what Tara was to Bim today was what she was to Tito Bong (her older brother) before. Well she said that up til now she still likes making him buy things for her. Even if he hates it, he still spoils her most of the time. It's so cute. So I had to tease Kuya Paul that he should graduate already so I could request stuff from him already (well bigger things than hamburgers haha). From that, I realized that even if I'm an only child, my Kuya Paul and Kuya Philippe do spoil me a lot. Even with little things like hamburgers and t-shirts and ice creams. Haha. I like this life :))

Any, I should get back to working on my finals requirements. I have to finish everything this week! Huuuuuuuul.

#9

It's too early for me to think of a title.

Anyway, it's been awhile and frankly I should be finishing my homework for DESNCON which I've been putting off for quite awhile now. I slept it off (again) last night because this huge headache came over me and I feel that even if I tried to do it I would just end up with a crappy work so I just went to bed early

Now I'm up at 5:30am--which I haven't done in a very long time--thinking of milk carton designs and bus wrap advertisement designs.

I've been feeling kind of apathetic to everything lately, too. I don't know why but I think I've been focusing too much on school that I'm failing to notice the other things. Not that I want to but I just feel that they really don't need my attention right now. I know it's wrong. Aaaah, sorry :(

Also, not that it bothers me but the most unexpected people liked my concept photography shot. I mean people from highs chool, the ones that I've never really been close with and the people that I haven't talked to in a really long while, liked it. I like the feeling that somehow it connects us again. Like I could just come up to them again and ask, "Hey, what's up?" Like how it used to be. Well, maybe, maybe not. But it never hurts to try. And again, I like this feeling.

I should really start with my designs.

#7

Okay I'm taking a break from all my Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator duties so I could write for a bit. I have to finish everything at 3am and right now my head just feels like a twisted pulp and it's asking me to give it a rest even for just 5 minutes. So here I am, writing to clear my head off and because I really hate not being productive. LOL.

Earlier my groupmates and I were supposed to have our photoshoot for Conceptual Photography's next plate but guess what, we had to re-schedule it to early tomorrow (which is technically, today) because we were under manned and our yellow-form is with our other member. I felt a bit bad because I wanted to finish it now so I'd just have to print it later, but no, we have to actually move the whole thing. Ugh. Yeah I'm a bit pissed off.

Adding to that, when I went home, I realized that I left my keys in my other bag. The admin didn't have our spare key because apparently my aunt has them too. I wanted the world to just crash down on me and end my suffering. I ended up taking a cab to go to Eastwood to grab dinner at my aunt's resto and indulge on some Happy Lemon!

I tried out Komrad's really spicy dish, I forgot it's name though (mental note: ask aunt). But it was REAAAAAAAAAAALLY spicy, I felt like crying, at the same time it was also really yummy and crunchy. At first, I thought that it just felt hot because it was newly cooked but after a while and after realizing that the aircon is just on top of me and blowing 16deg of cold air, it dawned on me that I was kinda sweating because of the spices in the food and not because it was just newly cooked. LOL

Then we ordered this yummy pidding cake with VANILLA on the side at Cyma's. It was mouthwatering and it perfectly erased the spicy feel on my tongue. It's a piece of heaven. I love it!

Anyway I'm going back to work. Hopefully I get to wake up early and finish my printing and photoshoot today. It's just the 4th week since the term started but I feel like dying already. What is this!? damnit!

Christmas Aftermath.

Merry Christmas!

I swear after today, I am going on a NO/LOW-CARB diet. After devouring those foods up there, I think I'm good til New Years. No, I'm not being anorexic, I just need to regulate what I eat because I'm getting fatter. I swear. This is really the season to be fatty... LOL.

Anyway this is just a quick blog. I have to get back to my family drinking tea :)

Enjoy the Holidays!