I Miss Charades

I used to play charades a lot nung high school. A LOT. Pamatay ng oras ang charades para sa amin. At bukod dyan, big deal ang charades. Palaban kung palaban lagi tsaka syempre performance level sa pagpapahula.

At namiss ko ang charades nung high school dahil dito:

We didn’t really get to play with Adam Levine then, but we had a lot of fun. Dumating sa point na ang ingay ingay ng buong building dahil sa charades namin. I miss high school. Huhuhu. Though feeling ko naman never ako naka-get over sa high school life eh.

♥ Dyosaimma

PS: Is Christina Aguilera pregnant?

Paint Their Smile 2.0

 My high school batch mate, Nel Paredes, is spear heading this year’s Paint Their Smile 2.0 project. Donations, either cash or in kind, are most welcome. For those who are interested to donate or volunteer, you can check out this link.

Paint Their Smile 2.0 needs goodies that can be put in loot bags. Pwede ang candies, cupcakes, breads, cookies, brownies etc. Toys are also most welcome. Hindi kailangang mahal yung mga laruan, actually. There are a lot of ways to be part of this project, so lezzzgo!

Paint Their Smile 2.0 will be on Friday, December 30, 2011, from 8AM to 5PM. Kids in East Avenue Medical Center and Philippine Children’s Medical Center will benefit from this project. There will also be a caravan afterwards para mamigay naman ng gifts sa mga bata sa streets. Hindi pa tapos ang Pasko! Share the love, share the smiles! Lezzzgo!

♥ Dyosaimma

Bye, Harry.

I always wear heels pag may special occasion. Sinama ko pa ang Always Skinny Jeans ko na fresh na fresh from Plains & Prints, kasi special na special ang occasion ngayon.

07.14.2011. It all ends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

When its trailer came out, I wasn’t really sure whether I’d be excited for it or not kasi last Harry Potter movie na. I was in grade five or six when the first Harry Potter book was released and I can remember the feeling when I first held the thick book in my hands. The first Harry Potter movie was released when I was a high school freshman, naisip pa nga namin nun eh batch mate namin sila Harry, Ron at Hermione! (Hindi masama ang mag-feeling lalo na kung medyo valid naman ang claim.) Jump to almost a decade later, we’re down to the last Harry Potter movie. HUHUHUHU.

I’d like to think that I sort of grew up with Harry. I never really wished though that I’d part of their world, as in yung hard core na dream, but I’ve always been fascinated with Hogwarts and everything about Harry and his friends. If I’d meet JK Rowling in person, I swear, I will kiss her feet and buy her coffee. Kahit grande pa gusto nya at kahit samahan pa nya ng sandwich. Basta pag nag-meet kami, sasamantalahin ko yun para magpasalamat sa kanya at sa lahat ng nai-share nya sa atin. I thought I was going to cry while we were watching the movie earlier. Pag naiisip ko nga yung thought na last Harry Potter movie na yun eh parang nawiwindang ako. On my way to SM, yung pinag-uusapan sa radio was about how Daniel Radcliffe handled the fact that there won’t be Harry Potter movies to make anymore. It’s such a bittersweet thought, when you come to think of it. Pero that’s how things are naman diba. Lahat ng bagay, kahit na yung mga pinakamagaganda at pinakamagical sa lahat, nag-e-end rin.

Pero alam nyo yung pinakasad sa lahat? The movie could’ve been bigger and better. Sabi nga ni Dremon, pwede namang mag-exit with a bang. When I was reading the 7th Harry Potter book, naalala ko pang napapasigaw ako sa ilang chapters dahil sa mga nangyayari. Naiyak din ako ng ilang beses. Because Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has so much drama in it. The puzzle pieces, that Harry and a lot of his friends, worked hard to find are to come together and actually make sense in the last book. Snape’s true role in Harry’s life is finally revealed. People who have helped Harry in a lot of things died. Mamamatay si Voldemort. Ang dami dami dami daming chance para sa bonggang bonggang bong bong scenes doon at sa totoo lang, medyo nakulangan ako sa movie, medyo sayang lang. Pero maganda naman yung movie though, siguro I really won’t be able to bring myself to hate it because it’s about Harry Potter. You know, the boy who lived.

And in my heart, he shall forever live.

♥ Dyosaimma

PS: Kung wala lang work bukas at kung hindi ko lang kailangang mag-drive pauwi, malamang nakipag-inuman ako to celebrate the last Harry Potter movie. Huhuhuhu.

Project Earrings: Nathania

Today in Project Earrings, I made a pair for my dear friend, Nathania:

I had a hard time coming up with a design para sa earrings na yan, kasi naisip ko, common naman kung pink earrings lang basta. En-En (mas pacute na name yan ni Nathania) is synonymous kasi to pink. Or anything girly siguro. So. Yan. For En-En’s earrings, hindi pwedeng hindi girly at hindi pwedeng walang touch of pink. Hihi. I hope she’ll like it. I chose a not so shocking shade of pink though, hindi na kasi kami twelve years old eh. HUHUHUHU kinakabahan ako okay. (Baka pagawin ako ng bago ni Nathania eh.)

♥ Dyosaimma

PS: Gagawin ko na palang every other day ang Project Earrings. Ang ambisyosa ko naman kasi. Hindi ko pala kering gumawa ng one pair a day kasi hindi ganon karami yung materials na meron ako. I don’t have that much beads, puro lang ako hooks and wires. Eh medyo laspag na yung designs na alam ko, so I need new materials badly. Kailangan ko nang mag-Quiapo. Yessssssss!

My Kalat’s Amazing Stories: Part One

One of the things that I love about cleaning my room/desk is remembering the stories behind the stuff that I have. More than half siguro ng mga gamit ko ay ma-co-consider ng world as kalat. Minsan iniisip ko rin yan, na ang dami dami dami dami kong gamit/kalat. Pero pag naalala ko kung yung amazing stories behind my things, kinikilig ako. Oo kelangan talaga may kwento yung mga gamit, boring kasi pag wala. Walang thrill!

Anyway, here’s some of my kalat with really amaziiiiiing stories:

May maliliit na paper stars sa loob ng jar na yan at naka-layer sila per color. My friend, Anna Bee (Anna Bee Anna Bee Anna Bee — syempre dapat may echo para cool) gave this to me as a birthday gift nung high school. Hindi ko nga lang maalala kung 3rd or 4th year nya yan binigay sa akin. May messages din from people inside the jar, nasa taas yun ng layer ng starssss. Nakakakilig diba. Hihihihi. Kakalkalin ko sana yung messages sa loob, kaya lang naisip ko baka maaliw ako at di ko na tapusin yung paglilinis. Kinikilig ako habang pinupunasan ko yang jar na yan kasi feeling ko nag-time travel ako (in my head lang naman) back to high school. Usong-uso yung popped stars gifts noon. Grabe. At nakakatuwa maka-receive ng gift na tulad ng ganyan. Syempre kasi pinag-hirapan tsaka pinag-iisipan, ewan ko na lang kung hindi mo pa maramdamang special ka pag naka-receive ka ng effort gift. Hihi. Puro ma-effort ang gifts nung high school, corny pag bibili ka lang ng something eh. Tsaka wala pa kasi kaming mga trabaho noon so walang pera. Ang effort at ang creativity, walang kapantay! Kaya usong-uso yung mga kagaya ng jar with stars gift ni Anna. Ang trend noon eh may mga parts yung gift, tapos maraming tao ang kasama tapos surprise! MASAYAAAAAA! Syempre dapat creative tsaka original ang gift, para mas special. Hihihihi. Actually, hanggang ngayon naman ma-effort pa rin kami sa mga regalo. Siguro kasi wala pa rin kaming mga pera ng mga kaibigan ko. Cool diba. Walang nagbabago!! Hihihihi.

Say hello to the five “mascots” of the 2008 Beijing Olympicssssss! Hindi pinalagpas ng McDo ang chance para pagkakitaan ang 2008 Beijing Olympics, ayan, gumawa sila ng stamps for each character representing each region. Dahil mahal ang Happy Meal, hindi ko pinatulan yun kahit na gusto ko talagang makumpleto silang lima. Buti na lang, naligaw kami ni Dremon sa McDo isang gabi at naispatan ko yung isang malaking box with a lot of toys. Yung mga sobrang stocks kasi ng toys, sine-sale ng McDo yun, 3 for P100 na lang. Maghihintay ka nga lang, tsaka syempre swertihan talaga. Late na yun eh, I think mga 11PM yata, sa McDo sa tapat ng Trinoma. So ayun, nagkakalkal kami ng toys. Medyo give up na ko kasi ang laki nung box tsaka nakakatamad. At package deal dapat! Kelangan kumpleto yung limang toys para bilhin ko lahat. Wala rin kasing sense pag di sila complete diba. Binaliktad na ni Dremon yung malaking malaking box para mas madali maghanap ng toys! Hahahaha. Tapos yung red na mascot, we had to ask the manager to look at their stocks kung meron pa. YAN! Nakumpleto. Hihihihi.

Ang dami kong kalaaaaat. Ang silver lining dyan ay ang dami kong ring kwento. More amazing stories about my kalat to come! Pag nagligpit ako ulit. Hihihihi.

♥ Dyosaimma

I loathe your existence and I’m hoping that you feel the same for me. MU tayo.

It’s hard to please everyone–totoo yan. Some would say na hindi naman dapat ganyan ang case, kasi if only we’d just let everyone exist peacefully, solve na.

But since there are people who are born to annoy us and they are good with what the world assigned them to do, mahirap iwasan ang inis. Hihihihi. Halata bang may pinaghuhugutan ako? Sana halata. Kasi naiirita talaga ako pag may nakikita akong certain number of people eh. At hindi lang yun yung normal na level ng pagka-irita ko ha. Yung inis ko eh yung tipong umiinit yung armpits ko bigla tapos pinagpapawisan ako to the highest level. Yung tipong gusto kong kumuha ng bagong hasang kutsilyo tapos ibabaon ko sa ulo ng taong yun. Ganong klase ng inis lang naman.

At bakit ko piniling dito ilabas ang inis ko? Kasi fun. Hahahaha. Promise, masaya!

♥ Dyosaimma

Happy birthday Sir Lorenzo!! Wheeeeee!!

Ang mga pinaka-significant na mga Mon sa buhay ko: Mon Lorenzo and Dremon Salas. Mamon na lang kulang, kumpleto na. Chos. (Sorry sa malabong picture, hindi ko pa alam na may flash yung camera ng phone ko nyan eh. Hahahaha.)

There are probably more than a million good things about my high school years–and being Mr. Lorenzo’s student is one of them.

It’s one thing to have a cute Math teacher. Ibang level naman yung meron kang cute at matalinong Math teacher at the same time. Mu. Ha. Ha.

Third year ako nung naging teacher ko si Sir Lorenzo. Trigonometry. Medyo takot ako nung una maging student nya, kasi trigo yung topic at marami na akong narinig na horrible trigo stories from older students. I was (then) a kabadong kabayo. Hindi ko pa masyadong na-a-appreciate ang face value ni Sir Lorenzo nung bata-bata pa ako, pero iba yung experience pag malapitan eh. Hihi. Witness ang Curie III sa mga kagagahan ko over Sir Lorenzo. Feel na feel ko kasi eh.

First time kong mag-ce-celebrate ng birthday nang may pasok nung third year ako. (Lagi kasing walang pasok sa St. Mary’s pag December 8. Tapos nung first at second year ako, weekend tumapat. Leche.) So ayun, excited ako diba. Nagdala pa ako ng food nun sa school for the whole class, kasi big big big thing talaga sya para sa akin. Parang first birthday ko, ganon. EH ANG KASO WALA SI SIR LORENZO. He had to leave the country a few days before my birthday because of the SEA Games, na sa Malaysia mangyayari. Feeling ko gumuho ang mundo ko when I heard na wala kaming Math for a week. Tumapat pa sa birthday ko. Shet diba. Naalala ko pa yung Friday na bago sya umalis, December 5, 2004. Binati na nya ako in advance kasi wala nga sya sa mismong birthday ko. HUUUU. So ayun, dumaan ang December 8. Masaya naman, kasi ang fun pala mag-birthday sa school. Two days after my birthday (Wednesday), may nakita kaming tabloid ng mga classmates kong nakakalat sa room. So binasa ko yung horoscope ko for that day, ang nakalagay dun was something like “maghanda sa isang bagay mula sa ibang bansa.” Hindi ako naniniwala sa horoscope kaya hindi ko pinansin yun. Wednesday night, games na ng basketball ang pinapalabas sa SEA Games coverage. Ang alam ko, sa basketball konektado si Sir Lorenzo eh, kaya nanonood ako. AT AYUN LANG! Habang nanonood kami ng buong pamilya ko ng SEA Games coverage, narinig ko bigla, “Hello sa Darwin III ng Quezon City Science High School at kay Imma Frias kasi nag-birthday sya, from Mon Lorenzo.” MU. HA. HA. Whooooooooooo grabe lang ang sigaw ko nung narinig ko yun. Kahit sila Mama nawindang eh! Whoooooooooo binati ako ni Sir Lorenzo sa TV!! Naalala nya ang birthday ko kahit na ilang libong kilometers away sya! Whoooooooooo!

Pagpasok ko sa school the next day, high na high na high na high ako dahil sa greeting na yun. At witness na naman ang Curie III sa kawindangan ko over that brief TV greeting. Hihi.

So ayun. Define crush ako with Sir Lorenzo diba! Hahahaha. Nakakahiya kung iisipin, pero keri lang. Kasi yung fact na crush ko ang Math teacher ko ay ang naging drive ko para i-open ang puso ko sa trigonometry. Kasi nakakahiya naman kung dead na dead ka sa teacher mo pero kulelat ka naman sa klase nya. So I guess nakatulong din naman ang pagkagaga ko sa kanya. Hahahaha.

Jump to a few years after, si Sir Lorenzo ay si Sir Lorenzo pa rin para sa akin. Whenever I hear people talking about the Ramon Lorenzo who’s famous for his books, I can’t help but feel really proud. Eh kasi amazing experience kaya maging teacher si Sir Lorenzo! Hahahaha. Nanlilibre sya ng Selecta Cornetto pag naabutan mo sya sa canteen, nagpapa-trivia contest at nagpapa-talent show sa umpisa ng school year. Pag naiisip ko kung gaano kabongga si Sir Lorenzo, na-a-amaze ako kasi isa sya sa mga taong nakatapak pa rin ang paa sa lupa kahit na kayang-kaya nyang paliparin ang sarili nya. Sya ang unang teacher na nakita kong naka-sandals (as in kita ang toes nya) habang nagka-klase. Cool diba. Pogi pa.

Sir Lorenzo turns a year older today. At sabi nya magpapakain daw sya sa Friday sa QueSci! Hahahaha. Sana magawan ko ng paraan para makalipad ako dun! Hihi. Sayang ang free lunch eh. At possible beso-beso moment.

Happy birthday sir! Dahil po sa inyo, determined na akong pangalanang “Ramon” ang magiging anak ko. Pag lalake lang syempre. Ang sagwa naman kung Ramon name nya tapos girl sya. Hihi. Happy birthday sir!! I love you too! (:

ChE + CPA

More than three years ago, naka-experience ako ng bonggang ArtStud1 field trip sa Ilocos. The cost of the trip was more than half of a semester’s worth of tuition in UP Diliman, but it was money well-spent.

Sa picture na yan, pinag-aagawan ako nila Leo Angelo A. Padasas at Carlo Miguel B. Cruz. Isang bagong chemical engineer na si Leo ngayon at si Carlo naman CPA na. I probably won’t be able to coerce them into taking another picture na kapareho ng theme ng nasa itaas, pero ok lang. Ang bilis ng panahon, dati proud na proud ako dahil may picture akong pinag-aagawan ako ng mga lalake. Ngayon proud na proud ako dahil board top notcher si Leo at CPA na si Carlo.

I’m proud of you boys. Congratulations!

Kelan kainan?

Carlagra (:

This is for my dear friend, Carla. It was her birthday yesterday at kahit na nag-advanced celebration na sya at ang iba pa naming friends na magbibirthday eh hindi pa rin kami nagpapigil kahapon. Beer sa SM Megamall food court = win na win!

About two weeks ago, Carla asked me write her yearbook description. Nakalimutan ko syang gawin before the deadline that she gave me and I thought hindi ko na talaga sya kayang gawan, until she told me na pwede pang humabol. So kagigising ko lang nun tapos pinilit kong umabot sa 200-250 words. Sabi ko pa sa kanya, ang hirap mambola ng ganon kahaba.

When I sent her the write-up, I was surprised when she actually liked it. Well, hindi naman entirely pambobola yung sinulat ko talaga. Nilagay ko lang kung ano yung pagkaka-kilala ko kay Carla. Choz!

Happy birthday Carlagra! (: I meant every word sa description mo. My dear friend, you are special to me. (:

Nobody can deny the fact that Carla embodies what a carefree gal is. She may be thought of as someone who treats the world as a playground and that may seem ordinary—until you see how passionate she can be with all the things that she does. She wouldn’t really mind doing splits up in the air if a professor asks her to. Needless to say, it would take a lot to make Carla give up on anything. Her knack for maxing out all that she could do does not only apply to her academic commitments but to her friendships as well. Carla is the type of pal who’d love to be up all night to cram all the artsy details in a scrapbook that’s filled with love for a friend’s birthday. Her ties with people mean a lot to her and she makes the people around her know just how much she loves them. You may start to wonder how a big brain and an even bigger heart can fit in a petite girl that Carla is and think that it’s close to impossible. Well, it doesn’t take much to be convinced, for when you get to see how she pours her heart over the things that she does, there’s really no denying that Carla’s passion for excellence is amazing.

For Stargirl

I’ve been making my own earrings for almost a decade now, and it all started when one of my classmates (back in high school) taught me how to twist a tiny wire with a butterfly bead stuck in it. I can still remember the first pair that I’ve made and even back then, I knew that it’d be one of the things that I probably will never be tired of doing.

During my sophomore year, I became the freak of wire twisting. Without realizing it, I was making earrings on a daily basis, just for the heck of it. I wasn’t selling any of my stuff then, I really just wanted to twist, twist and twist. One afternoon, I saw a green beaded bracelet in SM Department Store and bought it (for P 39.75). When I got home, I cut the string that held the tiny geometric beads together and salvaged them all. I fell in love with the cylindrical-shaped beads, so I paired them with silver findings and turned them into earrings. (I think I also did the same for the other beads that I got from the bracelet.) The next day, I put on my new green earrings–I didn’t really care back then whether my earrings matched our uniform or not. I was in Bio class then, when my seat mate asked me to take off my green earrings. She held it close to her face and examined it closely and then she told me, “Wow perfect na perfect yung loop!” She was the first person to ever tell me that. Ever.

And just last week, as I crammed a few pairs of earrings for some clients, I couldn’t help but think of my Biology seat mate. Her lolo just passed away and I know that she’s going through a lot right now. Both of my lolos have already passed away years ago, but I can still remember the emptiness that I felt then. I didn’t know what to do because I’ve always been used to having them around, knowing that they’ll be just a phone call away. It took me a while to put myself back on track days after my lolos’ deaths because it’s never meant to be easy to deal with such things. I can remember the crying and the weird dreams. I kept on telling myself then that I should be happy because my lolos are with God already and they’re happy there. That statement won’t really make sense at first, but I’m sure that it soon will. I’d like to tell my Bio seat mate that she’s always in my mind and in my prayers. And her lolo too. I know that what she’s going through is not something that would just pass easily. But my Bio seat mate is one of the boldest people I know, so she’ll make it through this. I hope I’d get to see her soon so I can give her a really tight hug–that’s the least that I could do.