the game of life

So much has happened since I last posted here.

30 March 2005
Abbie, Erika and I went to Shang this afternoon for lunch and a movie. They picked me up at 12. We had lunch at Mongkok then had to hurry as the movie we were to watch starts at 1.45. Ate and Jr followed us and asked me to buy tickets for them - they too had lunch at Shang - nax, date ba?? Haha. Rowell also followed us. We watched Ms. Congeniality 2. Despite the bad reviews on the movie, I actually found it really really nice. Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses, and she’s right by saying that she doesn’t have to do romantic comedies all the time. She just wants to be a comedian. Makes me wonder too, why if a girl stars as the lead comedienne, she always has to have a leading man, and the movie has to be a romantic comedy? Sandra (first name basis eh noh?) also said she’d be veering away from romantic comedies for a while... too bad coz I love romantic comedies! Before going home, I went to National Bookstore and got 2 Judith McNaught novels (Once and Always & Whitney, My Love - I'm done reading both hahaha)

Last Friday was the 9th day since my great-uncle's death. The Tayag family heard mass at San Roque Church in San Roque, Mandaluyong, where Daddy Toto served until he died. His remains were at the crypt at the basement of the Church. Before heading to the Country club, the family went to the crypt and prayed for Daddy Toto. We had dinner at the Country Club. Complete kami lahat. Complete ang Montalla family. All of Mama's cousins who are still here in Manila were there, except for my 2 uncles (brothers ni mama -may date kasi ata). We left at around 11pm. Nako, puro kami pictures! Caitlin was super cute! She was imitating this Texan accent and kept saying, "Hi, my name's Caitlin! And I'm from Texas!" oooooooooh! Super duper cute. I got it all in my vidcam. Hahaha. Took so many pictures. I'd try to post them, pero the pictures, I think, are in the other computer.. anyway, next time =)

We heard mass last Saturday at 6pm, had dinner at home (because of papa), then went to Rockwell, to watch Ms. Congeniality AGAIN. Yes, I watched the movie twice. I wanted to be with my family, so nagsayang ako ng 130bucks. Hahaha. I slept at around 3.30 that night - I know, Sunday morning na nun, I slept that late coz I was waiting for the latest updates on Pope’s condition. Imagine my frustration when I found out the next morning that Pope passed away on 3.37 am Manila time. I so wanted to hit myself. Anyway, it’s a big loss. Although, I am quite optimistic about the whole thing. As US President Bush said, "A good servant of God has been called home." It’s so much better that the Pope has gone home na, because at least diba hindi na siya maghihirap. I just hope that the next Pope would be just as good as our beloved one who just passed away. I remember how I so wanted to see him back in 1995, when he went to Manila for the World Youth day. My mom woke us up at around 3 so that we'd have a good place at Roxas Blvd, coz we thought that that's where he'd be passing on his way to have a mass at the Quirino Grandstand. He went to UST though on the 2 occasions that he went to the Philippines, which makes me what, a proud Thomasian? Let's put it this way, at least the school has something to be proud of. The university is so proud about saying how we are the Pontifical and Catholic University in the Philippines. Wanna know why? We are the Catholic Univ in the Phil because UST is the only university in the Philippines that the Vatican recognizes as a Catholic institution. It's Pontifical because, if I remember correctly we were oriented about this, the head of the University is the Pope. Hard to believe, pero if you recall those 2 visits of the Pope, sa UST lang siya nagpunta na school diba? Hahaha. I'm gonna look at the seat the Pope sat on when he was here last 1981 and 1995 nga on Friday. I'd be going there to check whether I made it to 2nd year.

I got my grades online last night, and, so far, so good. I got what I deserved. Okay, even if it's against my will to post my grades, I'm not ashamed of it kasi I deserve it - except for my grade in Zoology. I should've gotten a higher mark.