La Di Dum Dum

It's ironic to say "what a nice morning" but indeed it was because our NCM professor just called off today's class minutes ago due to a sprain accident she had last night. Ironic because I meant the "nice" to having no class but not to her accident. Just wanna make it clear. Jeez... I woke up at 2am to study for a summary test because I was too exhausted to even flip the pages of my Med-Surg Book last night. As I was excited to study, Maam texted me around 430am saying she was going to the hospital for an x-ray. But of course there's going to be a make up class on Saturday, phew!

Anyway, I still have to go to school today for a CES meeting. This December, we are going to hold a Medical-Dental Mission for the community residents in Batad. And it's already the 2nd week of November and we don't have a ground plan yet, yikes. Ahhh so much to do, so little time! I have some errands to finish up as well for today hopefully I get to finish them.

As to those who's asking about Pete, he's going home this December and we will talk then, I don't like talking about my problems right now because it's hard as it is so to those who can't mind their own business, I'm sorry guys, I'm not talking. Hopefully he catches me here coz my dad is planning for me to go home in Cali for the holidays coz it's never a Merry Christmas when I'm not there but due to tight budget, I dunno, he'll probably send me and my aunt off for a holiday vacation some place else less expensive. Oh well, come what may, I don't like to plan I just go with whatever is laid out for me at present, so please bear with me.

I miss my bes in Jersey! Lence, wish you're here right now dude, I'm about to explode and bug down again, you know what I mean... *sad sighs*

My CES Experience

What an experience this CES Youth Camp had been! I never knew what to expect when I arrived around four-twenty in the morning in front of the school building on October 27, 2008. But that expectation began filling in when I was assigned on the spot by our beloved adviser, Ms. Rhona Lauro, to sing the Doxology for the opening program happening after a 3-hour ride to Brgy. Tanao, Batad, Iloilo. So while some CES members were enjoying the scenic views and others were enjoying extra hours of nap, I, on the otherhand, was busy practicing Celine Dion’s “The Prayer” for the Doxology inside the jeepney. And that was just the start of a wonderful experience in the life of a CES member.
During the 3-day Youth Camp, not only did I learn how to handle 25 rowdy YC campers in all the trainings from the wake up calls down to diary writing and evaluation in the evening but most importantly, I learned the value of following the activity schedules religiously, being conscious about time management and leadership. You see, I was never good at public speaking, or just voicing out what I wanted to say to people especially to those I barely knew, but sometimes we need to in order to build trust, understanding and cooperation. So this experience became my gateway to believe in myself that if they can do it, I can too. Plus, it wasn’t so hard to deal with those children there; they have been very warm, open and enthusiastic to any tasks given to them. I see a bright future in the making in most of them.

As a novice CES member, I was overwhelmed at first because of the many group and individual tasks to do. When you happen to see our activity schedules, you would know how I felt just by even looking at the Manila paper plastered on the walls of our quarters. It was really jam-packed with activities almost every hour! But like most members, I quickly recovered seeing how other CES members smoothly did their tasks one step at a time. The teamwork was solid, I liked it. There were almost no leaders in the group, everyone who was free of tasks helped out accordingly like it was a routine for them already. Kudos for you guys, well done!
I joined CES because I wanted to make something useful and fruitful out of the ordinary days of my stay here in the Philippines, and I’m glad I did. Overall, the CES Youth Camp held on October 27-30, 2008 was a success! There were strong points, weak ones, hardships and even bloopers, but at the end of the day, all I can say is, “Boy, it was well worth it!”

Hmm..

So how's everything been doing so far??? How's sembreak? Mine was pretty busy but did went well I supposed. At least I got to do something out of the ordinary. The youth camp we held in Batad for the children there was a success! I enjoyed so much I forgot it was already the 4th day and was time to bid them good-bye. It's hard being attached for such a short period of time because they were nice kids, little rough around the edges but we've polished some of that and at the end of the day that's who they are and it felt good to be looked up on and be called their older sister.

What else happened this sembreak? Hmm.. me and my friends went on a road trip to the southern line, the coastal side of Iloilo and ended up in one of the beach resorts in San Joaquin. Lots of nice looking huge boulders and rocks there but nothing really beats Bora. haha. It was actually an unplanned trip, we just wanted to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city so we just drove away to nowhere till we hit a dead end which is the place to be.

one of the famous old churches, Miagao Church

Tomorrow is going to be the start of 2nd semester of school! woohoo!!! It's time to hit the books again huhuhuhu and fun ends today. haha. I'm actually looking forward to something serious already. It's hard if there's too much fun going on, I sometimes forget that I'm still in school hahaha! joke. Anyway, I have to run off do some little errands for a while so ta-tah for now!!!*winks*