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Last Sunday, I held my official first household.  The last household didn’t count since it was the birthday celebration of Anthony which turned out to be a fellowship.  Anyway, I was quite hesitant to continue our household since only Albert replied that he could come, JR wasn’t sure yet, and Anthony, JP, and KC didn’t reply at all.  Hayyyyy… The burdens of being a household head…  Anyway, things turned out fine in the last minutes.  JR’s ate allowed him to come, I went at Anthony’s home and got his confirmation that he would come, and T.A., my former household head, agreed to support and attend our household.  So there were five… I first explained various dos and don’ts of a household prayer to the new graduates namely Albert and JR.  We then practiced our praise and worship songs.  After all were set and ready to start, I started and lead the prayer.  We first welcomed God in our presence and offered him 2 praise songs (By Your Side and Free To Dance) and 1 worship song (Spirit of the Living God).  All of us then read a bible reading.  After which we gave thanks to God for all the blessings and then lifted our desires and aspirations to God.  We ended our prayer with an Our Father, a Hail Mary, a Glory Be, and a Praise Song (God Is Enough).  After the prayer, we had a sharing regarding the minor blessings that we often neglect and forget to give thanks to.  After the sharing, I gave some announcements and various reminders regarding our household.  After a few kwentuhan, we ate and continued our kwentuhan.  Finally, we closed our household with a short prayer.  Our household took approximately 3 hours.  Haaaayyyy… At last, I was able to gather my household.  Hopefully JP and KC could join us next Sunday and sana tuloy-tuloy na itoh.

P.S.  Special thanks to bro T.A. for sacrificing precious time to support me in my first household.

Last Saturday, I assisted in the SAGIP fieldtrip.  I wasn’t feeling well the whole week since I only had an average of 5 hours sleep from Monday to Friday that week.  I had a hectic schedule due to work and SFC activities.  I was suppose to go home early last Friday to catch up with my lack of sleep and regain my energy but unfortunately, I had to do overtime in the office to finish my tasks.  So I went home with my head aching and my body desperately craving for some sleep.  When I woke up at around 5am, unbelievably my headache was gone.  Thank God.  So I immediately took a bath then prepared for the fieldtrip.  I met with my chaptermates namely T.A., Ryzel, Hazel, and Chin at Jansenville gate before we went to the SAGIP site.  In the site, the SAGIP children were assigned to their respective Ates and Kuyas.  By the way, SAGIP is one of the many services of Singles for Christ (SFC).  It’s a school that shelters and teaches less fortunate children.  SAGIP is an acronym for something but I can’t remember what it is.  Anyway back to the fieldtrip, I was assigned to an energetic eight year old girl named Russelle (I don’t know if the spelling is right) and Mac-Mac, a quiet ten year old boy.  In the morning, the group was divided into two trips with the children above 10 years old going to Ayala Museum and the others to Villamor Airbase.  I was with the trip going to Villamor Airbase.  At the airbase, amidst the scorching sun we toured around the gallery of different Philippine aircrafts from helicopters to fighter jet planes to jumbo cargo planes.  We even went inside a passenger plane and a helicopter.  After our airbase tour, we met the group that went to the Ayala Museum trip at Quirino Grandstand were we ate our lunch.  After eating, we settled down and played with the kids.  Grabe ang gugulo… Lahat gusto magpabuhat… Lahat gusto magpakandong… Lahat gusto umakyat ng puno… The little place where we ate turned into a mini playground.  After the exhausting stopover, the whole group went to Fort Santiago, the last part of our trip.  The children first had a fire prevention lecture in the fire station inside Fort Bonifacio.  After which, we had our official tour of the place.  We went and looked around the dungeons and statues inside the place then went inside the house which displayed all things associated with Jose Rizal (books, figurines, clothes, portraits, rooms, etc.).  After the tour, we played agawan base with the kids.  Kakapagod yung mga bata… Ang bibilis tumakbo… Grabe tumatanda na ko… Hehehe… Anyway after the games, all were exhausted and ready to go home.  On our way home we played “Pinoy Henyo” in the jeep.  The mechanics of the game was to ask as many question answerable by Yes, No, and Maybe in order to guess the word written on your forehead before time expires.  The words used in the game should be related to our fieldtrip (buko juice, selda, foot prints, pasaway, tae ng kabayo, and many more).   To cut the story short, our group won the game (the left side of the jeep) with a score of 2-1.  Hayyyyy… Kakapagog… Pero sobrang saya… Sarap makipaglaro at kulitan sa mga bata…  Next year ulit…

Saaya Irie... an 11 year old Japanese girl… Wow… As in wow na lang ang masasabi ko… She's cute, daring, and innocent all wrapped into one… Sana may ganto sa Pinas… Hehehe…

Last Friday, we had our monthly team building.  The original plan was to watch a movie at Glorietta and eat dinner at Dampa in Metrowalk, Ortigas.  But since some of our teammates can't join, we decided to eat first at Greenbelt and then watch a movie.  Roslyn and one of our teammate weren't able to come.  Lalaine, Nanah, Karren, Allan, Erwin, Aldrin, Vince, Ian, and I decided to eat at National Sports Grill at Greenbelt.  After eating, watching Daniela Hantuchova, and a few kwentuhan, we went to Glorietta to watch Underworld Evolution minus Lalaine, who already went home.  Karren also went home at the middle of the movie for a reason I don't know.  The movie was action pack and the cinematic were great.  Though, I prefer the first movie of Underworld since it has a better story.  Underworld Evolution, for me, lacks twists and conflicts.  The plot and sequence of the story was very predictable.  Moreover, there were so many cuts in the movie.  All explicit and bloody action scenes were removed.  I recommend it for people who like well directed and graphical action scenes with a no brainer movie plot.  After the movie, Nanah, Allan, Aldrin, Erwin, and I used the free games from the movie tickets in Time Zone.  We played punching game, Daytona twice, Basketball hoops, and the Japanese game.  After which Nanah, Allan, and Aldrin went to Max Brenner while I went out with my college friends in Greenbelt.  That ends our typical team building.

Wala lang... Just wanted to show our pictures from Jude's camera...

Last Saturday, I attended the christening of SAM (Maria Arwen Sofia Cantos) at Cavite.  This was the first time I’ve personal attended a baptism as a Ninong.  I already have 4 inaanak but unfortunately, I needed a proxy in all of their baptisms.  The day started with a grueling commute on an ordinary bus from Taft to Dasmarinas, Cavite.  As soon as we arrived at the Church, we immediately swarmed around SAM.  It was the first time we saw SAM and the first time the aribakidz reunited after a long time.  Ang cute-cute ni SAM… Kakainggit tuloy… Kailan kaya ako magkakababy… GF muna bago baby… Hehehe… Anyway after the baptism, as usual picturan galore na.  After which we went to the reception at Max.  The food was great (Chicken, lumpiang shanghai, pancit canton, and chapsuey).  The part I liked about it was the people in our table don’t have as large appetite as me.  Kaya mas marami akong nakain… Hehehe… After eating and few kwentuhan and updates, picturan galore and kulitan ulit.

After the reception, nagkayayaan sa Tagaytay since maaga pa naman.  Dera, Abbie, Jude, Joseph, Paulo, and I decided to go to Tagaytay.  Grabe ang lalakas ng loob magyaya, wala namang auto.  Hehehe… So there we was, we took one bus and a jeep and landed at Picnic Grove.  At first site you would say that the place wasn’t that well maintained.  But when we arrived at the Eco-trail, the scenery was astonishing.  Picture-picture… Kulitan… We had 3 cameras (Abbie’s, Joseph’s, and Jude’s).  Kaya naman naging adik kami sa picturan.  Hehehe… Grabe yung trek na yun… Pababa siya ng pababa pakonti-konti.  Then  at the end of it, when you reach the lowest part of it, saka merong isang malufet na paakyat.  Lahat nung binaba mo na paunti-unti, pinagsama-sama sa isang mahabang akyatan.  Grabe nakakapagod… Pero oks lang kasi malamig…  At the eco-trail, we decided to eat the bulalo special at Leslie’s.  All jeeps passing by are all full that’s why we decided to rode a tricycle.  Grabe… lufet nitong byaheng itoh… Imagine the six of us riding one tricycle.  Paulo and Jude were the lucky one since they were seated comfortably at the back of the driver.  Unfortunately, Dera, Abbie, Joseph, and I were squeezed at the sidecar of the tricycle.  Normally at max, only 3 persons could fit inside of it.   Grabe… Tapos ang dami pang lubak na dinaanan ni manong… Sakit sa pwet… Dun pa naman ako sa maliit na upuan sa gilid… Dalawa kami ni Dera na nagshashare dun… Wahhhhhh… Para akong imabuso ng bading… Hehehe… Finally, we arrived at Leslie’s and ordered Bulalo, Sisig, and Garlic Kang-Kong.  While waiting for the order, syempre picturan galore nanaman… Hindi kami tumigil sa kakapicture hanggang hindi nauubos yung mga battery ng cam namin.  When we went back at our table, our order wasn’t there wet kaya napagtripan naming idub yung isang couple doon na may LQ… Hehehe… Sabi nang two plus two equals four eh… Di mo ba maintindihan yun… Hehehe… At last, kainan na… Hehehe… Grabe… We had a total of 5 refill of sabaw ng Bulalo sa sobrang lamig doon…  Kakalagay lang ng Bulalo, nagsesebo na agad… Hehehe… Before we went home, we had a final batch of picture taking.  Then the day ended as it started, with a grueling commute on an ordinary bus.

P.S.  Pictures courtesy of Abbie’s camera and some cell phone taken pictures.  Jude and Joseph, padala niyo na mga pictures natin ng maipost na… Hehehe…