2008 recollection

here i am once again
phlogging about the year that was,
before embracing the year that's about to come!

JANURAY
UP Centennial Kick Off - 100 years of UP Excellence! And even though me and my classmates were tired because of our LA146 project, we still had the energy to celebrate, even for a while.
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/148/UP_Centennial_Kick-off
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/88/UP_survey_ek-ek...dahil_centennial_na_from_talia

FEBRUARY
Thesis! - wha! rawr! zzzz...yay!...huh? haha...mmm...
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/98/post_thesis_entry.

20th bday! - goodbye teen years!
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/93/countdown_to_twenteeny-weeny-ness

Loujean's disco debut! - thou shant forget...huhu...eto nga pala yung pinapaplanuhan kong debut kasabay ng thesis ko.wha! made the invite and the AVPs :D hihi, my first time in events planning...and i might have a career at it! who knows!

http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/150/Loujs_disco_debut

MARCH
Thesis book - so near yet so far kinda feeling...
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/101/1st_of_march_entry_the_journey_ahead...

Jejo's Graduation - happy day! March 29, 2008. (hmm that reminds me, di ko pa nakukuha ang diploma ko!)
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/160/Jejos_Graduation_Day

APRIL
Graduation practice + GRADUATION DAY! - April 27, 2008! Thank you LORD!

http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/171/University_Graduation
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/170/College_Graduation

Phi Kappa Phi Induction - Honor Society :)
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/173/Phi_Kappa_Phi_Induction

2630 - i got a new cellphone! c/o Tito Arthur from Qatar :D

MAY
Job Hunting - well, not really hunting...i mean not the usual walking around the busy streets carrying a resume and a portfolio etc... haha! email lang to certain companies and then poof! i got a call from VHS :)

http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/109/this_is_it

VHS Philippines Ltd - first work! wee! makati girl :) ...with my new found family of makukulit na officemates...
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/182/Opisina
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/214/Another_Office_Album

Paranaque - i also found myself staying with my relatives in Paranaque...hehe sampid as always :p

JUNE
Laguna outing! - never too late for an outing in June yeow!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/179/Flores_Family_Laguna_Outing_

6 years and counting - anniversary ng mga enok!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/188/062808

First sweldo treats! - for friends, family, and loved ones :D
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/114/gastusin
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/184/Dads_Day

JULY
Joining the MMDA Naia 3 Rotunda Design Competition - experiencing a series of Ortigas overnights with baliw groupies Talia, Faith, Cathe, and Anabelle


Jejo's Car! - dream come true! :)
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/117/dizizzit._vroom_vroom...wee

AUGUST
Eraserheads Reunion Concert - WHA!!!!!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/197/Ely_Marcus_Buddy_Raymund_unite

SEPTEMBER
Naia3 Rotunda Model Making - another series of Ortigas overnights with the power team!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/217/Global_Pinoy_Scaled_Model
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/215/Model-Making_Behind_the_Scenes
http://lique28.multiply.com/journal/item/123/i_just_had_to_blog_about_this...

Yet another Haircut - new hairdo for the year!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/211/snip_snip

OCTOBER
Family Encounter No. 4 - happy family! super fun!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/221/Family_Encounter_Weekend_4
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/222/FE4_Lets_Take_a_Break

Halloween - Office party! First time ko mag celebrate ng Halloween, haha, loser.
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/224/VHS_Halloween_Party

Grace's debut - another crazy family bonding time! Career ko ang AVPs and Invitation and Tarp! haha!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/220/The_Dark_Night_Kristine_Graces_18th_Birthday

NOVEMBER
Undas 08 - reunion!

Naia3 Rotunda Design Competition Awarding - with Talia, Joms, and Yori...sayang binawi yung cash prize.amp.
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/228/Naia3_Rotunda_Awarding_Ceremony_from_Yoris_cam
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/227/Naia3_Awarding_Ceremony_from_my_cp

EK! - FE3 kids reunion!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/230/ka_EK-EK-an

DECEMBER
Office Xmas Party - at North Park Makati
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Office_Christmas_Party_08

Exchange gift!- first ever (YES!) kris kringle tripping ng flores kids :p i got a pillow! wee!
http://lique28.multiply.com/photos/album/240/Pasko_2008

Visit to Pampanga - for the longest time, ngayon lang ulit kami nadayo don. medyo malayo kasi eh, from South to North! whew! but then again, we got to see Lola and our other relatives there :D

Tagaytay getaway! - December 28-29. What a year ender! family outing once again! This time, we had games prepared (first time din!) haha...kung kelan naman tumanda tsaka nagsipaglaro! it was lots of F-U-N! ang dami naming pictures, tinamad nako mag post ng album, hehe..eto nalang, sneak peeks :)

FE Grand Reunion - FEs 1, 2, 3, and 4 reunion at Bluroze Farm, Lipa (pics grabbed from Izah)

END!

A new upcoming album on New Year 2009 will soon be uploaded! haha...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERY ONE!

pre xmas jitters

im excited but nervous...
next week Pasko na!
though i slightly started buying for presents, bukas pa talaga ako mamimili...
and who knows, maybe abot pa next week! hehe.

im excited because...
...It's the Christmas i can afford to buy "better" gifts for my loved ones (plus myself!)
...Christmas day is dress up day! na napagkasunduan naming magpipinsan :)
...we'll have our first ever exchange gift ng magpipinsan, haha!
...naka-leave nako next week! yay to rest and relaxation!
...after Christmas it's Goodbye 2008 and Hello 2009! (i'll be phlogging about 2009 na, bilis!)

but im nervous because...
...Christmas break means the beginning of my review for the board. it has been self-imposed that i'll start reviewing this break. wha! i wanna pass, i wanna pass, i wanna pass! rawr!

wish me luck!

The Servant Encounter

...let me share this article i made for the Suloy Newsletter

The Servant Encounter 

Maria Angelica Castro

 

Just a little while after lunch, my family and I would get ready to leave for Darasa Resort in Tanauan. Mama would bring several documents with her. As Papa revs up the car, it would mean the beginning of about three to four hours of Sing and Dance practices.

 

The Family Encounter Weekend No. 4 was nearing and so our performance should be close to perfect. I can still clearly picture Brother Obet Guia and his family, together with other shepherding families, demonstrating the steps to action songs, while simultaneously holding up signs like: “SMILE”, “EMOTE”, and “BE STILL”. Then after, it’s Merienda time! Our parents would eat their merienda as they hold a meeting. And us kids, well, we’d discuss and practice for our Saturday night presentation!

 

Even though our Sundays then turned out to be a tiring one instead of it being a rest day, I believe I speak for my fellow servants that it was a weekly Sunday afternoon routine that will surely be missed.

 

Being a Servant is an Encounter all by itself. Undergoing the FE weekend is just the beginning of the Family’s Journey.

 

About ten months ago, we relied on our Souvenir Kits to identify each family and its members. Now, we know each other by heart: the Cabalhin Family (Tito Liv, Tita Chris, Lance, and Coleen), the De Leon Family (Tito Raul, Tita Marilyn, Kuya Patrick, Jasper, Aaron, and Dominic), the Hernandez Family (Tito Pol, Tita Elvie, Ate Kay, Ate Gela, JV, and Caloy), the Lindaya Family (Tito Jojo, Tita Sonia, Archie, Lanz, and Phia), the Morales Family (Tito Ross, Tita Ann, Izah, Cholo, and IG), the Ramilo Family (Tito Edgar, Tita Len, Edward, Earl, Hazel, and Ervin), the Rodelas Family (Tito Nick, Tita Cynthia, Andrea, Rizza, and Raciel), the San Buenaventura Family (Tito Rey, Tita Liza, Alyssa, and Alyana), the Turalde Family (Tito Willie, Tita Marlyn, Wilson, and Wilma), and our family, the Castro Family (Papa Noli, Mama Pauline, Lique – myself, Cess, and Mike).

 

We all were committed, as well as enthusiastic, to give the FE4 families a great experience. I truly believe that God made such things happen. Personally, I never really had the eagerness to perform or to facilitate. But then, I just that did at the time. I secretly felt happy when the families we served laughed and bonded. I did not feel much exhaustion whenever we performed. I didn’t mind procrastinating as I made a script for my hosting act for the Saturday Night performance (I unexpectedly did it anyway!). I overlooked the pang of the afternoon sun as we crammed for the completion of the Souvenir Kits. Isn’t it just amazing how service equates to a great deal of will-power? I guess that’s the nature behind the Love for Service. One gets to feel a sense of fulfillment and inevitable bliss to serve and care for others, so that they in turn may feel that same sense of pleasure just because somebody bothered to care.

 

Who would’ve thought that the ten Sponsoring Families, who barely knew each other a year ago, would create such a close connection that resulted in a successful FE 4 Weekend?

 

Goodluck to the new appointees, FE 5 Head, Rolly and Siony Macatangay from Lipa, FE 5 Head Servant, Ed and Len Ramilo from Calamba, Chapter Head, Manny Rosales from Batangas City and the new FE 5 Presenting Families, the Turalde family of Cavite-Imus and the Madrid family of Binan-San Pedro.

 

I bid Kudos! to my fellow servants. We did great!

 

Till the next reunion!