My Fun Christmas, 2008

I had a very fun Christmas! You know why? It all started when I woke up to pee. But, I figured out that Santa Claus might have just arrived and is putting a gift in my stocking. If he sees you trying to sneak up at him, he won't come, really. So, I went back to sleep and tried to hold my pee so Santa would have time to put his gift inside.

Thoughts came rushing to my head. Oh no! I thought. Mom surely forgot to put milk and cookies on the table. What if Santa doesn't come? What if he gives me coal? What if he won't give me anything at all? I just tried to stay calm and I waited for the morning.

Three hours later, I woke up and I figured out it was morning. So, I went down the ladder of my bunk bed (I'm on the top bunk) and quietly went to the door. Until, I saw Dad opening his eyes so I went down and rolled under my bed. I then peeked a few seconds later and he was asleep once again. I opened the door and closed it quietly.

I rushed to my stocking and then, there was a book, Ramona The Brave, and a cute toy chihuahua I named Charly. It was a boy, I had to admit. So, I went in the room and opened the book. Charly just gazed at me and I pet him and hugged him.

Seven minutes later, I heard a door open. Oh no! Perhaps my parents noticed I was gone and then, they would come to say" WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, YOUNG LADY?" But, it was Mom and she saw the cute dog and the book. "Good morning! What did Santa give you?" was her first question. I showed it to her. He also gave me a letter. It said my sketch was totally helpful and that I was nice this year. I gave him a sketch because we moved to a new house and he might drop the things in our old house. But, it was pretty complicated.

And then, at exactly 11:00am, we left for church. Of course, we prayed and I made a long prayer greeting Jesus "Happy Birthday!". And then, we gave Buknoy, the crossing guard, a hat, a calendar, P200 and much more.

I felt pretty happy giving him that. So, we headed to Papa Roding's house and ate lunch. It was a feast! Lengua, inihaw, fruit salad! It made me so hungry and then afterwards, I felt so full just after 4 servings of rice and inihaw.

After nearly two hours and a half, we left for National Book Store. I finished Ramona The Brave as quick as three people can finish eating a large family pizza. And then, we went to the bookstore and I bought two books: The Trumpet of The Swan (half way to the end) and Marley and Me (haven't started it yet). I was planning for Holes and The Egypt Game, or Yolanda's Genius and The Westing Game but I found The Trumpet of The Swan's summary touching and witty and Marley and Me's summary wonderful and touching.

So, I bought two books, got P700 from my lolo (grandpa in English), welcomed Charly to my stuffed toy collection and had a very good Christmas!

The Aquarium of the Pacific

It was a nice sunny Saturday when I woke up. We were in my Tito Edwin's house in Glendale which was near Sylmar, the place with wildfire. I said" Good morning." I still felt so sleepy. Dad and I then did "Lie Down With Daddy" (for information, check out my 2007 posts) until Mama Gloria came and introduced a super delightful machine. Dad's back hurt all the time so she found the solution. She gave him a massager that left him distracted.

I showered, brushed my teeth and we left at exactly 10:51am. We brought our suitcases by hand. Then, we went to Porto's, a Cuban restaurant which specializes in BREAD, yummy BREAD! I ate some sandwiches and some rolls and I was full. Then we drove back to Tito Edwin's house since Dad wanted to go to the bathroom. There we met with Tita Marge, Ate Bettina or Ate Spongebob as she wants to be called and a little boy who was waving back to my hello's. I was wondering who he was. Yey! A new playmate, I thought. When they went down, I got along with him. According to Tita Marge, his name was Cito or Crisanto Agustin. He was the three year-old son of her officemate and she often babysat him with Tito Edwin. I thought he would be a naughty boy but he was so polite. Also, he told me a story about when he went up his stairs, he saw smoke from far far away. He amazed us a lot! He was polite, he answered all our questions, he was charming, he was so adorable and he gave us news about the fire he saw up on his staircase.

So, afterwards, we drove to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Tita Marge's car behind ours. I felt sleepy so I slept. Mom then signalled me to wake up because we were in the Parking Lot of the park. We then went to the park, where we met little Cito. I kept challenging him to go to scary places. "I dare you to go to the Shark Lagoon!" I kept telling him. He said back with a frightened face" Okay!" We then went there. Little Cito wasn't afraid. We went to the aquarium where most of the fishes, lobsters and seahorses could be seen. Cito nearly cried when he saw a diving lobster. Tita Marge tried to console him. Afterwards, we kept going around the indoor park! I have to admit....This was better than SeaWorld! Why, you ask? Because.....

1.) It's indoor so you don't have to keep walking in the heat!
2.) They have 3D shows.
3.) Their bathrooms do not smell like chlorine.
4.) It has a fabulous 2nd floor!
5.) Humans get to feed sharks!
6.) Scuba divers have their own show.
7.) You get to touch nearly every fish there!
8.) Photography is allowed!


After a trip there, we went to Queen Mary's for a stroll. Cito was fascinated but he was starving. "I wanna go and ride the ship!" he demanded. He asked once we went on it" Why aren't we moving?" I bent down and told him" Cito, this ship broke down years ago!" Then, he began asking for food. We left the place and went to Chen's, a Chinese Restaurant. I loved their soup and chicken! After the yummy dinner, we need to go back to Orange County so, we said good-bye to that happy-go-lucky guy, Cito. Tito Sonny told Dad the freeways to go to avoid the wildfires in Yorba Linda and Anaheim Hills. Tito Edwin used his GPS. So, we all had to keep quiet to find our way. We made it to Orange! Hooray! This was a very good trip!

My Super Fun Halloween!

My Halloween experience was so fun! I was Hannah Montana for Halloween. I didn't want to be a fairy queen because I felt like I got so used to it already.As I dressed up, I felt super excited! Ate Tin-tin was dressed up in a hotdog costume. I actually thought I looked like Cher. We were going to go trick-or-treating at Tita Joelle's house. I've never been there before! But, first, the most exciting part was we were going to fetch my dad from the train station. Mom and I took pictures in the car first. The first one she took was quite blue in color but the second one was perfect! Once Dad saw me, he was like" NNNNNYEK!". Then, we went to Tita Joelle's house. Her house is in a subdivision and it has tons of decorations on it! It included the drawing of Jada of a house or a little kid. Once we went in, she welcomed us inside. Jason was there, playing Rock Band with Ate Tin-tin on the vocals. Many people were thinking I was Britney Spears. Then, I met with Jada and a new girl, her cousin Allison. My mom tried to joke she was Jasmine for Halloween but she was really Ariel. She screamed" I AM ARIEL!" But, soon, it was time for dinner! I had a little bit of pancit and four pieces of chicken teriyaki. I didn't eat much so Mom told me to eat bananas to make me full. I also laughed because Jason did the vocals on the Rock Band game. The song was so funny! Then, it was time to trick-or-treat! There was this new guy who thought he was so mature. His name is Sean, who was Luke Skywalker for Halloween. I got tons and tons and tons of candy. I also entered a haunted house and wanted to cry. It was sooooooo scary! There were dead bodies and bones and witches under a tent. I gave them a 10 and wanted to call the paramedics! I was sooooooooooooooo freaked out! Then, I just followed Jason (who was a fat referree) and Sean. So, we passed nearly fifty houses until we went back toTita Joelle's house. Mom then fixed my hair. I wanted to play with them. So, I went upstairs and I asked" What 'cha playing?" They said Jason was the "dooky" and all and we were supposed to hide from him. If he finds us, we evacuate and then go to other places. I teamed up with Jada and Allison. And then, Sean changed the game to the Detective Funk Club. Once we were playing, I tripped over a humidifier and so did Ate Tin-tin. Here are our detective names:

Sean-Detective Funky
Jason-Detective G Man
Ate Tintin-Detective Lingo
Me-Detective Marco Polo
Allison-Detective Saxophone
Jada-Detective Private

Until it was time to go. Oh, well, this party will last forever!

My Super Fun Halloween

My Scholastic Book Fair Experience

The Books I Ended Up Buying In My Book Fair:

Story:

Scholastic Book Fair came to our school! I didn't have any money with me, just a P100 bill so I just peeked in. Many books were stacked up properly from junior novels to graphic comics. I looked a one book that reminded me of one Scholastic book I wanted to buy. I asked the staff saying it wasn't available. I went upstairs, slumpy and not knowing what else to buy. During English class, I saw more books I could afford with just P100. But, the book was a survival guide about totally embarassing moments called "Just My Luck", the hippest and latest survival guide in our classroom for P95. But it wasn't the one I really felt like buying the most. The paper smelled of old, expired mangoes and it was very brown. The next day, I got my The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming for P595. It got wet so I asked for a refund but they won't accept it. I wept and they just gave me a 10% off on a new book since my mom gave me a 500 left. The next day, I brought the new book and refunded it. I bought two other books. Here are all the summaries of the books I bought:

Just My Luck

By Robin Wasserman

This brings advice that makes you avoid all your embarassing moments. This says throw it all away. The four best friends in this book will help you! For Girls Only but I avoided reading it because I already know how to avoid embarassing moments.

The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
By Laurie David and Cambria Gordon

This taught me how important stopping global warming is. This destroys our world. Why is it important now? Earth is the only home we have now. Read on to find the effects of global warming.

The Wedding Planner's Daughter
By: Coleen Murtagh Paratore

12 year-old Willafred Clancy Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry cordial eater and the world's worst wisher. But when she moves to Bramble, Cape Cod with her glamorous widow mother, Stella, all her wishes are coming true. She has her first-ever best friend, Tina Belle, she bonds with her hip, candy-making Nana and her widow mother falls for Willa's English teacher, Sam. All Willa wants is the perfect father. Sam is perfect dad material who had enough experience! But, before her mother says I do, disaster strikes! Will Willa be able to undo the damage and make the wedding a success?

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Sleepover Sleuths

By: Carolyn Keene

8 year-old Nancy Drew and her friends, Bess and George have been invited to Deirdre, the most popular girl in school's sleepover party. The theme is City Girls Dolls so everyone is assigned to bring their City Girls dolls. But when Deirdre's doll, Hollywood Heather, dissapears from her room, will her sleepover continue or there is a sleuth in the room to clear things up!

Splash Island Adventure

It was Tito Mike's birthday in Splash Island in Laguna. I woke up in delight. Mom gasped and told Dad, who was half sleeping" Excited na excited ang anak mo!" Daddy just groaned and turned over. I stripped myself naked and took a shower. After 15 minutes, I stepped out, dripping wet. I grabbed my towel and wiped myself dry. Mom said" The dress is on the bed!" I rushed to the room and dressed up. Mom entered and grabbed the brush and let me bow my head. She brushed my hair. I did as well and then, I was ready. We made sure that we had everything. Shower kit check, present, check! Excitement, double check!. Dad was going to his officemate's children's party since he promised. It was a bit humiliating for him. First, we stopped by McDonalds so my parents could eat, I did in the house anyway. We drove to Las Pinas since Tito Mike and Tita Chinkie were going to drive us. So as we were almost there, Mom told Dad" Nasa subdivision na tayo! Nasaan ang bahay nila?" I just sat there, reading the Junior Inquirer. It was very boring just sitting down while waiting for the most memorable adventure ever. Mom called Lola Conch and asked" Nasaan ang bahay ni Chinkie?" Then after Dad got the instructions, we arrived in the house. I brought down the present and gave it to Tito Mike. As I went in their house, I was surprised. The house was completely furnished....and neat! Dad and Mom ate a quick breakfast. I went upstairs to see the bedrooms. How clean! I told myself. The rooms were completely clean. The shoe cases were completely alligned. The TV matched the bed's color. I told myself again" They sure know the meaning of taste!" Lola called me down and she said" Angel! Ito ang aking BFF! Si Lola Violy! Mare, ito si Angel!" She gasped and as she was going to come in, Miguel shut the door closed. I waved hi to her and as I came out, I kissed her on the cheek while Miguel was making funny but insulting faces. Tita Chinkie walked up to me and gave me tons of movies to watch. I thanked her. Getting the full season 2 of Hannah Montana, Horton, A 40 in 1 DVD and more was absolutely awesome and expensive for a person. It cost about 250 pesos per DVD. Imagine that! It was a real long drive to Splash Island. As we arrived, we claimed our tickets. I was of course General Admission so my entry is free! ( I think). Then, we found a tent and chairs to sit on. It was by the water waves. Mom applied tons of sunblock on me. I begged her to let me go already but she said it wasn't okay without adult supervision. I waited and waited because they need sunblock too. Afterwards, I went off to the waves with Lola. It was exciting! We then went to the kiddie pool a.k.a Water Wahoo. I swam and swam. Lola then told me that I had to switch guardians. So we went there. I exchanged with Tita Chinx. After that, we rested for a while. Then, Tita Chinkie and I played in the waves. She taught me how to fight the waves using the Jump High technique and the Karate Kick technique. I didn't like the Karate Kick since I would sink underwater. Tito Mike and Miguel joined in and then Mom did and we transferred to the Balsa River. It was so fun! Afterwards, it was lunch. We gobbled so much. We just rested then. Tita Chinkie then forced us to go in the slide that is on top of the entire Laguna. I thought it wasn't that until Mom said so. We rode on top and my eyes were shut the entire time. I would almost tilt and fall off the raft but I would tug on Mom's shirt. We went off to take care of our stuff and Tita Chinkie, Tito Mike and I went back to the waves. Miguel then had a time out because he was a naughty boy. I spent 3 hours in the pool. I tried all the slides until we had to shower. Then, we left. That was the best Splash Island adventure ever!

The Internet: Tips to be ISafe and ISmart!

Who doesn't know the Internet? I so do! I love every flashy thing you see there from the Monopoly game in monkeybartv.com to the blog I'm writing now to YouTube! Here are tips on how to be ISafe and ISmart:

Chat Rooms

You don't know some people there so do not give away your personal details. If it's a stranger in a chatroom, how could it be any different from a stranger in the street?

Do not participate in mean chatrooms. Be friendly. If they are older than you, you may ask politely to change the topic if they may want to.

Do not gossip. You may not know that maybe the person you're talking about is there with just a different user name.

E-mail

Do not give your friends your e-mail address and password. They may invade your privacy like look into your love letters to a special someone or maybe snoop in your spam and pretend to be you subscribing to a lot of website promos.

Do not subscribe to spam. You may be subscribing to a website with a virus or it sends you many e-mails telling you to subscribe to other promos in partnership with them.

Pop-Ups

Those annoying pop-ups that tell you that you've won a prize or you are the 154,000th person to see this pop-up, do not click on it. A virus may occur and will destroy your computer programs and leave a bug inside making it useless or it may also collect information about you. They may ask you for your e-mail address and contact details so they'll bombard you with spam. Remember: if you didn't join anything, you have not won anything.

Hard Words In A Letter

Who doesn't know Joey? Friends is a very popular TV show and my mom has told me about an episode in Friends. Joey wanted to impress his boss so he could earn a job. Of course, since Joey is dumb, he didn't understand any specific words. He grabbed up a thesaurus. Since he researched his name at the end of the letter with lots of specific words, he replaced his name with baby kangaroo. As his boss saw it, he wondered why he didn't get the job.

The Bands I Adore

I absolutely adore the work of other bands but I picked my most favorite for these reasons:

1. Their songs are absolutely amazing.
2. They look at the eye while performing in videos.
3. They are hits of course!
4. They are absolutely wonderful and their songs are WONDERFUL!

So I have them arranged from the 70's (check my entry about my secret obssession if you want to ask me why I have from the 70's),

1. Bee Gees
2. Baltimora
3. Till Tuesday
4. Bananarama
5. Maroon 5

So that's it! Yes, unfortunately that's it!

How Great The Philippines Is!

Americans, you have Disneyland and Universal but the Filipinos have things as well! Have you ever been to the Manila Ocean Park? Yes, we do have that as well. We have teeny tiny fishes that remove your dead skin cells on your feet. What about the specialties? It has a restaurant and hotel but no massages. Loyola may be scary but it's perfect for a picnic. But not on the cemetery. Have you seen Glorietta? It's absolutely gorgeous! Look at the shops and stores to be found, not to mention FOOD! San Miguel Bay is just like Times Square because there are stores and eateries! Americans, do you have this?! Enchanted Kingdom with the cool rides. Star City with a Snow World that has a temperature of -15! Americans would be delighted to be here! OFW's, why don't you come back?

I May Love The Oldies: My Music Story

In my last post, I told you my secret obssession on Steve Perry, Gary Barlow and etc. so now I'm gonna tell the entire story. At 3, I started listening to Sergio Mendes, then 4, I listened to Lea Salonga, Mike Francis and Natalie Cole, 5, I adored High School Musical, at 6, it was back to the 70's 80's and 90's, this was Take That, Hajji Alejandro and Joey Albert and now I passed by the 60's, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Neil Sedaka and etc. Now I'm just happy with my playlist. Here are my recommended picks:

If You Leave
Tarzan Boy
Secret
Oh Sherrie
I Just Wanna Be Your Everything.

Playing By The Rules Of TV And YouTube

I'm very fond of TV and ever since I got my cable back after we moved to our new house, I was ever so grateful so after homework even late at night, I would just turn off the TV. But I would see warnings buzzing into my head. What if there are romance scenes that aren't suitable for me? This is a warning for everyone. Did you know even YouTube was dangerous? Yes, even my pal YouTube is strictly dangerous. Here are ways to survive seeing kissing scenes anywhere:

Start with TV

Look at the program guide in which channel the scene is in. If you realize the program is one of the ones that your mom watches like teleserye or Charmed, don't watch it even if your BFF spills something about a dashing cute scene there. I'd rather not!

Another way is not trying to be that addicted to TV but it's OK to still watch because I'm not saying it's forbidden to but just stick to the same ol' favorite channels like Nickelodeon or Disney Channel.

In YouTube

I have a secret obssession on Steve Perry, Gary Barlow and Mike and The Mechanics so sometimes I use them as a soundtrack. Now, while doing this entry, I'm listening to Foolish Heart by Steve Perry and I looked at the video and there's no girl he's seeing there so that's the thing you should know. See if there's any suitable scenes or even words for kiddies like us to see. If there's none and that's the only thing you wanted to see, why not save energy? Listen to your IPod with the music that will calm you down or play with your cellphone. Ever heard of Nickelodeon? Why not just watch TV?

The Chaotic Moveout

It was my exam week and it was time to move out and go to our new house in Spring Country until the first people refused to load our stuff into their bus so we had another day in our old house. The next morning, it was Monday and I told myself" It's the exam!" So I did my best. I went home and told Mom everything. I undressed myself and the second men deafened me like there was a drill in my ear. After about 3 hours, we left for our new house in Batasan. It was sure a long way because Batasan was so far and there were tons of subdivisions in Filinvest II. We exchanged tons of stories while Mom and Dad would just exchange stories about their office deals and their officemate's embarassing moments until we arrived. The dresser, the sofa, the furniture, they were delivered. I sat on the dresser's seat and grabbed my book and began studying for my Filipino exam the next day until the horns beeped so loud, some stuff crashed and distracted me. I pleaded Mom" May I not study anymore, Mom?" She said" OK, just do your best!" That was absolutely awesome but the bad part was no TV but thank goodness Mom allowed me to not study.

Santa Claus Came To Town

Santa Claus came to town all right! It all started 3 weeks ago. I was trying to finish my book, Ella Enchanted. My mom planned that I should start writing a letter to Santa. I got a piece of paper as fast as I could and started writing. I didn't have a stocking since we didn't get to buy one, why? I was so busy watching Piolo Pascual's concert in Glorietta. I went to Dad and asked him for his sock, his biggest and cleanest one. Mom hung the sock by the window near my bookshelf outside our room. After I wrote the letter, Mom checked it and she put it in the sock. Everyday I would check the letter to see if Santa Claus has replied or received my letter.

On December 24, Santa replied to my letter and the good news was I was on the nice list! Wahoo! I slept super late that night and the next morning, Christmas Day, Santa left a bag. It had a Time For Kids 2008 Almanac and a baby doll I named Nicky. That turned out to be the best Christmas ever!

My 1st Christmas Party

I spent my first Christmas Party at school. We were all assigned to wear casual wear. I was so excited because I could show the entire classroom how sassy I look like without the plain shirt and checkered skirt. I came in the classroom, full of excitement. But the party hasn't even started yet. Mommies were inside the classroom telling my classmates to give gifts to everyone. I grabbed a piece of paper that my mom gave me with reminders. It said first" Ask Polly and Sam if they gave the gifts to their mommies". I asked Sam and her mom was there. She said" Hi Angel! Say thank you to mommy for the gift!" That answered my question. So, I asked Polly. She always does "pa-cute" when she talks. She answered" Yeah! My mom liked it!" I went back to my table. Then, my classmates started giving me gifts. I sat next to my acquaintance, Clark. I didn't know that he would give me a gift. So he gave it to me slowly and shyly. I opened it with a smirk. It was a notebook! How would he know what I wanted for Christmas that I forgot to put in my wish list? I got lots more. I looked at the paper with reminders. It said" Give the gift to Sr. Theresia." I forgot her gift in the classroom so my adviser kept it. I asked her" Ms. Vicky, where is the gift for Sr. Theresia?" She said" Oh I gave it to her last night!" So I looked at it again. It said: Give the gift to Amanda. So I did it. After 15 minutes, I went with my adviser to the Telecommunication Center. After that, I greeted Sr. Theresia Merry Christmas. When the party started, stacks of food were piled on the table. There was KFC! It was lunch! I got 3 servings of rice with KFC since that is my favorite type of chicken. After lunch, it was time for Kris Kringle: The Revelation. I was scared because my adviser said we should keep it a secret. But I couldn't keep my mouth closed. I revealed to one trustworthy but makulit girl named Maria. She revealed hers to me as well.

A boy named Jazz picked my name. His gift was so nice. It was a huge teddy bear. Jazz and Maria have been best buds since 5 months ago. My manita was Sophia Nicole. I gave her a Powerpuff Girls Stamp Set and one FLIX Fashion Accesories Set. Then we had games. My group won 3 games while Clark's group won 1 game only.

After the break, we had to go to the gym for the mass and the presentation. The priest was funny. During his homily he said" Kung pangalan mo Kristiyano, dapat gawin mo ang ibig sabihin ng pangalan mo sa Ingles. Example: Pangalan ko Michael Angelo! So magiging anghel ako!" So he kept blabbering until the funny part came" Kung ang nanay at tatay race-car driver, magiging pangalan ng anak nila Honda, Ferrari at Mitsubishi!" Everyone laughed!

Then I looked at my watch. I had to call my mom at 5:00pm because I needed to attend Papa Roding's birthday celebration. When it was 5:00pm, I asked my adviser if I could call my mom on the public phone. She said" No! Stay here! Don't go anywhere without my permission! I'll just text your mom!" Then she told me" Your mom will text me if she's on her way!" My adviser told me to go with her backstage. She was talking on the phone to my subject teacher who is in Maryland, USA. She was the teacher of Gr. 3-OLM. Some Grade 3 students sobbed so hard because they missed their adviser and they were forcing her to go home.

Ms. Vicky met with the choir members and said to them " OK! Tomorrow at 7:30 am! Ask your parents to fetch you on time!" All of them said that they'll go alone. They can even bring cellphones. So, Ms. Vicky continued" Basta hanapin niyo si Mr. Kumon! Tandaan niyo 'to ha! 7:30 am hanggang 10:00am. Pwede may kasama, pwedeng wala. Pwede rin niyo dalhin ang cellphone niyo ha!"

At around 5:30 pm, Ms. Vicky told me that my mommy is coming so, I packed my things and ran down with my adviser to my mom in a taxi then I went home with lots of gifts.

My Experience in The Marian Celebration

I was assigned to dress as an angel for the Marian Celebration so it was absolutely hard to find the costume but we found it. The entire thing was like this. I dressed up as an angel and I was super excited to do it. I looked so great but guess what? The entire thing almost became a disaster since I was almost late. The program starts at 3:00pm according to the Assignment Notebook and the taxi driver along with a worker from Papa Roding's house named Randy came at exactly 2:50pm so I almost became super late for the celebration. We went down when we reached my school and most of my classmates kept telling me" Your name is Angel and you are dressed like one! That means double ANGEL!" So, I saw lots of angels there but the celebration wasn't starting yet. I also saw my 3 best friends too. So, we chit-chatted for a while and my mom and tita gave me a bouquet of flowers to offer to Mama Mary.


The celebration finally started. It was time for the Rosary Dance Procession. Ms. Leslie, the Grade 4 adviser let all the angels hold letters that say altogether: AVE MARIA. An announcer started praying the rosary and after each mystery of the rosary, we would all sing Immaculate Mother. When it was almost the 4th mystery, my feet ached more than ever and my posture was getting lower and lower. I also saw my mom who was with a bunch of other mommies. She asked me" Hi Baby! Do you want a fan?" I just frowned and said" Yes, please!" So she fanned me for a while until it was time to walk once again.

My halo fell down and I screamed" Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" I turned back and saw her still holding the fan, but she can't hear me. If only I could have a voice as loud as a dinosaur's roar, I thought. I continued screaming the word "MOMMY" until the mom of my friend in the other section of Grade 1 approached me and fixed my halo. I told her" THANK YOU!" but I didn't realize I was breaking the line so I ran.

When we reached the gym and the announcer stopped praying meaning it was finished, we stood on the stage for a while and then went down. One high school student told me" Para kay Mama Mary ito?! Sa'kin muna ha? Ok!" We took our seats and I felt so hurt that my bone felt like it had a fracture. Polly said" Do you want me to call a doctor?!?!?!?" I replied" Your mom? She's a leg doctor, right?" Polly said, worried sick" She's a bone doctor as well!" I told her, "quick ! well, call your mom!" Polly said" I can let you go to PCME, it's a children's hospital or maybe I can let you go to an American doctor?!" I replied" Good! I like American doctors! I can communicate with them better!"

The celebration started and the Grade school pupils started dancing the dance we practiced for 2 days so I thought maybe the angels could come down and dance as well but we didn't! I worked so hard on the dance moves and it was wasted! I frowned, so did the rest of the angels and complained" Oh man! I worked so hard on the steps and then it was all wasted!" The high school students did their dance but the problem was.......THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO LIFE IN THEIR DANCE! They all frowned while they were dancing but they were graceful dancers. Also, after every dance, they would move from one line to another to give a vacant line for the next dancers and they would wave flags up high while a person sang" Ang Puso Ko'y Nagpupuri".

After the dance thing, we all played, had a break and we said the Litany. The angels also went onstage and there were students representing I think different names for Mama Mary. Ms. Melissa told us" Ok! Now, punta ka na kay Mommy!" We just all went back to our seats. After the explanation of the different names for Mama Mary, we had a play break then the mass started. After the mass, there was pabitin. It's a game where you try to get as many toys with all the toys hanging up on a big thing. I told my parents" Only crazy people would ever wanna go there!" because I didn't want to join. My mom said" But baby, everyone's going there!" I felt embarrassed and said" Oops!"

After all the mayhem and fun that day, we went to Burgoo to eat dinner and celebrate my dad's birthday. That was the best experience ever next to going to the USA :-)!

All About Cynthia

Cynthia was born as Cynthia Maryanne Olivia Roger-Martinez in the USA. She's a doll but she's very special. This entry might sound a bit silly if I put something about a doll but I want to. Since she's part of my life as well, I can put her. She was given to me by my Lola Conch on May 17, 2007 so that must be her birthday. My mom wanted me to give out a very unique and sophisticated name so she gave me some examples: Pearl, Melanie, Jessica, Jane and so on. She had tons of choices but since the name Melanie reminded me of the girl in Walang Kapalit, I thought of another girl in that program so I thought of Cynthia. Last month, I went to the States and she had major heart problems so my cousin and I pretended to be doctors who are trying to help a 5 month-old patient to survive. Cynthia is like a real child to me and she needs proper care. Well, not always. Once I tuck her to bed with me, the next morning she falls. So that was what the cause for her heart problem was. Since Cynthia is an honor student, she passed Nursery when she was 1 month old, Kindergarten when she was 3 months and was 5 months when she graduated Prep. She should be 7 months by the time she goes to 2nd Grade since she went to Grade 1st after our arrival here in the Philippines.

My High School Musical Dream

In my dream, the doorbell rang and all of a sudden, I saw Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans and Ryan Evans. Sharpay went down first from her horse, Hellia and said" Hello! You've seen me on TV and the rest of us there too! I'm Sharpay and this is Hellia, my horse!" Troy said" Golly it's like an apartment here! Hey, I'm Troy and this is Gabriella from HSM 2!" I said" Welcome to the Philippines! Come on in my house!" Gabriella said" I've got 2 postcards from you in www.disneychannel.com/highschoolmusical2 and you said you come from here!" I said" I've been waiting for 2 weeks for your reply and there was none!" She said" Oops! I'm so sorry that I didn't reply!" Troy went in the room and said" Wow! You have a Pokemon game! Awesome!" I said" My aunt gave it to me! If you go to my cousin's house, you'll find Crash, the burping and farting dog!" Sharpay said, disgusted" Yuck! Gross personal hygiene!" Ryan said" You said it! The big watch certainly suits me!" I said" That's a wall clock, Ryan! Come on up the bed!" Gabriella said" Wow, a doll of me! Is it available?" " I got it from America!" I said with a smile. Troy saw my HSM maganine under my pillow and said" Whoa! Our movie in a magazine! Wow! They got that from my lips!" Sharpay said" Ooh! I like your taste in clothes! Too bad it's size 16 only!" Gabriella said" These are yours! Wow! Country flash cards! You're a braniac?" I said" Well I don't mean to brag! Besides, I'm only 1st grade! I learned that when I was 4 so it was pretty easy right now!"Troy said" Can I watch some TV?" I said" You guys can do whatever you want to do on one condition, show me the moves for each dance. I'll choose the dance and the person/people who danced it to demonstrate it. OK! Go! Troy: Bet on It, Sharpay and Ryan: Fabulous and Gabriella and me do What Time is It? Well all of us can do it! By easy steps and hard teamwork, we can work this out! Go!" Troy sang his song and demonstrated to me all the Bet on It moves. I asked him" Troy, remember in Bet on It, you acted like a girl?" He said" Kenny said we have to flair out our style and so he told me to act gay and stuff!" We played lots of games. And the bad news, someone broke her arm during dance time. Clues:

Dramatic
Blonde hair
Obnoxious personality
Has good taste in fashion
Whose parents own Lava Springs Country Club
A girl
Has won 17 school musicals

and

In the 2nd movie, she tried to steal Troy away.

Yeah it's Sharpay!

Afterwards, they left. But before Troy left, I asked him for his autograph and e-mail address. He said it was:

troyandgabriella@hsm2success.com

So he left. It was the most memorable dream ever. Wahoo! :-D

My Visit to the USA

Our flight PR 102 landed in Tom Bradley Airport in Los Angeles, California at around 7 p.m. First, we went down the escalator and there were many posts like " WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" So, Mom, Dad and I went to a picture-taking line. First, it was so peaceful since there was no noise. It was like music to my ears until a bunch of noisy people from a different country kept blabbering and they saw their old friend so they were so happy they rejoiced while I was so stressed out. I was saying to myself" When will this chismis chismis thing ever end?" The line was moving so it was almost our turn. Then, Mom and Dad were next. The immigration officer asked us" How long are you gonna stay here?" Dad replied with Mom" About just 2 weeks I suppose!" So they got their finger scanned or something and got their pictures taken. So we arrived in Carousel 3. Mom and Dad were having trouble carrying and looking for our luggage while I was super dizzy. Mom grabbed a cart and started looking. She told Dad to watch out for more bags because she'll look in the other side. After we got all our luggage, we presented our tickets to a counter guy and we went to our final destination.

When we came out, thousands of people were cheering in line to look for the relatives. I asked my mom" Will Ate Tin-tin recognize me even though I am bungi?" She answered" Of course, why wouldn't she?" Then, we found Mama Gloria and Tito Edwin at the end of the line. Ate Tin-tin was there too, she was cheering up and down. She told Tito Sonny" I told you it wasn't gonna be Tito Jeff!" She told mom" My dad said that my Tito Jeff and his son were coming and his son totally loves his PSP! Before, someone told me that Angel's coming and my dad just said" No Angel isn't coming! Who would ever think of that idea?" So, we went to the parking lot. My dad was going with Mama Gloria so he kept saying bye if he would think that would make me cry. Tito Sonny said" OK! Pretend to cry!" I just kept saying BYE! So we hopped in the car and we went home with help from Tito Sonny's GPS.

My Favorite TV Show

My very favorite TV Show is Hannah Montana. It is about a girl who moved from Tennessee to Malibu. She is living a double life as an ordinary girl named Miley Stewart and a teen pop sensation named Hannah Montana. I like it because the show is so hilarious. I also like it because Miley has a special relationship with her dad like me. I can really relate to her character in the TV Show. One of my favorite episodes is when Miley's brother lost his job and messed up her video. I really love that episode. I watch the program every Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00pm. The TV program is on Disney Channel, one of my favorite channels in the whole universe.