Ta-ta, 2013!!!

Woooop wooooop!!! It's exactly 2 hours and 49 minutes before 2013 ends and it feels like whoa. How can this year flew so fast?! Paki-explain. This may sound cliché, but I got through this year as if I was sailing around icebergs. It's not everyday that I wake up with a smile. Nevertheless, I'm beyond glad that this year happened. I won't write my realizations and my "poof it became Koko Krunch!" moment. I won't sum up my 2013 highlights by putting up a collage like everyone else in Instagram. I'm just ending this year with this blogpost. Wala lang. Masabi lang na may last blogpost. Mehehe. Fellas, let's end this year not with a fizzle but with a bang!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! ❤ 

Happy birthday, Ms. Poopy Pants!

It's that time of the year that I could think of nothing but myself, be a complete narcissist and don't care about anything but my happiness. Yea, that's how birthday works for me. Haha, no not entirely. I just want to be happy for the rest of my birthday, that's all. Ano pa't binati ako ng mga tao ng "Happy birthday, Rachel!" kung hindi naman ako magiging masaya. So, might as well tell myself to be happy, in fact, happiness is a choice and yes, I chose to be happy. Anyhoooo babalooo, my pa-tweetums 18 years old phase in life just ended and felt like it flew so fast. Grabe. 

You see, this is a story of a girl...

No, not really. This is an AVP that my friend, Leobhel, made for me for my 18th birffday. Nyehe!

So yea, it's my birthday yaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thankful for...

Last Sunday, my family and I attended worship service in New Life, The Fort (no, I'm still a GCI baby, just observing different churches from time to time). And the pastor asked to jot down all the grace God has showered upon us for the year 2013. But since we won't attend New Life till next month, might as well write those things here. So...

January
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this January..
* Fresh new start for the year 2013
* Ate Vic is back from her pregnancy
* Church anniversary
* Fun times shooting 'Rotonda'

February
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this February..
* Baby Frisky
* Blessed with byooripuul and smart thesismates
* Valentine's Day *wink wink*
* Family time despite of busy schedule
* Papsie passed RMP exam
* Jesti and Eunice reunited

March
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this March..
* Joseph Strada
* Finished 'Rotonda' film
* Made little girlfriends during shooting
* Got to shoot for my UP Film student friend, Steven
* Finished PR campaign
* Little brother's graduation
* PASSED first wave of thesis defense
* Good grades for 3rd yr 2nd sem
* Luntiang Parangal
* Finalist in Quill Awards

April
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this April..
* Productive jobhunt (for internship)
* Got in at TeamAsia
* Daddy's ASDECS graduation
* Mom and Dad's 19th year
* Made a new girlfriend, Danielle
* Got to be a part of Mangyan mission in Mindoro

May 
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this May..
* Finished project pitch with Gian
* Got to hire talents for DOH event
* Fun fun times with co-interns and TeamAsia employees

June
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this June..
* DOH event was a success
* Got featured in Chalk Mag
* Got over indecisiveness over which elective to take up
* Completed my internship
* Left my dormer life

July 
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this July..
* Made new friends
* Highs and lows of our thesis
* Took the courage to sing for UNIFIED

August
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this August..
* Got over "Oh no, we're leaving" phase
* Block retreat
* Safe from typhoon
* Final topic for our thesis

September
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this September..
* Pulled off my detective side and found someone I really needed
* Tired but happy
* Feast of Tabernacles at Baguio
* UNIFIED concert was a success
* Boracay trip
* New set of friends

October
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this October..
* Finalist for PR Grand Prix
* Passed thesis defense
* Prep for Grand Prix
* Life

November
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this November..
* Freeloader coz of Grand Prix
* Love-hate relationship with Empire (love weighs more, though)
* Survived Grand Prix
* Exemption from exams and projects

December
Daddy God, thank you for all the graces this December..
* Embraced change (dyed my hair)
* Frisky turned 1
* More time with my parents for my 3-day vacant
* Summer vacay and sembreak that I never had made up for 3-day vacant
* Pampanga for a day
* Break from schoolworks
* People around me that God reflected His grace

It's still the first half of December and I'm pretty sure that He's not yet done in showing off His awesomeness with His unmerited favor and love. The list above is just pfffff.. kulang pa yan. Coz He never ceases to amaze me every single day. I'm forever grateful, my King. Thank You.

Romans 5:1-5

5 1-2 By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise. 

3-5 There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!

Baby It's Cold Outside.. Is it?

That's my official xmas jam right thurr! Been playing 'Baby It's Cold Outside' in my head for 2 days now. Brrrr.

Hey Boyfriend!

The title is misleading, I know. Just to put everything on the table, no, I don't have a boyfriend, I'm single, unattached and I'm loving it (sometimes). This entry is for my former co-intern/girlfriend/tagatawasajokesko/my soul in other person's body/Danielle-fie. She's the only girl, no, person I know who documents her daily life using her iPhone and addressing those videos to her future boyfriend. She hasn't had a boyfriend since so, she'll show to her future boyfriend all of her "Hey Boyfriend!" videos when they meet. O di ba. Effort! During my internship, I got to be a part of most of Danielle's "Hey Boyfriend!" videos. And man, I looked so goofy and has no care in the world. Huhu ang panget ng image ko sa boyfriend ni Danielle. But I looked so happy naman, so her boyfriend would think that Danielle's fun to be with since her friend Rachel always look so happily awkweird (awkward + weird). She would start off her video with "Hey, boyfriend! I'm with Chelsy Welsy today and we're..." And there I go showing off my awesomeness! Danielle and I would normally sing our two favorite songs, 'Healing Song' from Tangled and 'Soft Kitty' from TBBT in her videos or dance randomly while in the ladies' room or showing off my weird furr top or just having yosi break (for the boys, I don't smoke). I just thought the idea of keeping videos of yourself and showing it to someone ishpeshol is really cool. In Danielle's case, it makes the anticipation for meeting her boyfriend more exciting! Kasi it would be like, omg finally, boyfriend, you're here! Here's a list of videos I kept all these years for youuuu! Hope you like it! Ummwahh! Haha cute di ba? And I've been watching a lot of vlogmas (vlogs before Christmas) lately and it's fun to watch how youtubers film themselves every minute of everyday. Anyway, all these nostalgic feels made me miss Danielle and her "Hey Boyfriend!" videos. So I watched them again! Teeeheee.

Here are screencaps of "Hey Boyfriend!" videos. :) Didn't post the ones I look eeeengkkk coz y'know, I have a reputation to maintain. Nyehehe

"Hi Danielle's boyfriend!"

Sang Soft Kitty for the first time with Danielle

"Here's nagpapanggap na nagtatrabaho Pierre"

"Huh? Walang intro?"

"..."

Hi Danielle! If you're reading this, just wanna let you know that I miss you so much! And you said it yourself ha, Chelsy Welsy is irreplaceable. Have fun on your 2nd internship! See you real soon! 

Happy 1st birthday, Frisky!

My baby's a year older now!!!! Time panned so fast. Now, I'm a Mom to a one-year old dog. Haaay, they grow up so fast. Anyhooo, I've never had an entry about my baby on this blog, so since this is his birthday, this is for you, lovey!

For starters, I used to hate dogs. More like, I fear dogs. I always find them as a beast that could eat me all up with their sharp dog teeth. I never find them cute or adorable in every way. I've had this fear since a dog bit me on my cousin's birthday party. I was petting him and touching his furry hair and the dog suddenly bit me on my right shoulder, since then, I've had a molten fury with dogs. My Mom and little brother always wanted a dog but since I hate dogs, they can't have what they want (coz I'm the boss haha). Until one night as my dormmates and I are having dinner, Martin, a guy who lives two doors away from our room, showed a photo of his puppies. And I thought aaaaawwwwww cuuuuuutie! They really are cute, and there's this one puppy who looks like Wako-wako. So cute! And I found out that he's selling those puppies, their shih-tzu pups, btw. Then I thought of my Mom wanting to have a dog, so I texted her if she still wants a dog. And of course she said yes. I told Martin that I'd get one of his puppies and he said he'll give it to me the week after. Dun dun dunnnn! I still fear dogs then. 

Friday. February 1. As I was getting prepped for my class, Martin knocked on my door carrying a dog cage. Uh oh. The puppy's here. What to do. He was in a hurry that day so he just dropped the puppy at our room. He told me to carry the puppy, I tried, and its body felt squishy and flimsy. I held him as I sat down on the floor and I just felt love at first sight. He was so cute and so lambing. Oh yea, it's a he. He rested his face on my lap when I put him down. Huhu. I can still remember that moment right there. And I completely forgot that I had to come to class. Was 40 mins. late for my Film App class, but oh well. My parents fetched me and named the puppy FRISKY while we're on the way home. 

I think of you while in class, baby

Since that day, my fear of dogs completely vanished. I'm always excited to come home because I know some cutie's waiting for me. And I never feel unloved whenever I see "cuddle weather" tweets on my thread because I have Frisky to cuddle with. After a long tiring day, the first thing that I do when I got home: I would pick him up, put him on my lap, pet him and sniff him all over. You can really tell that a dog's loves you the same way you love him. By the time Frisky got really sick, I was really really worried. He didn't eat for 4 days and he was puking non-stop. I thought he's going to die that time. I remember calling up my Mom to come home quickly because I thought Frisky's about to die. In class, all I could ever think of was him, if he's home from the vet and got better or he just died. Yea, I'm a pessimist like that. Gladly, he got better after a week and couldn't be happier. 

Haaay Frisky! You brought out the Mommy in me. Just know that I love you so much and you'll always always be my baby no matter how old you get. Now you're in your first year and that's like 7 years in dog years, I know you'll eventually have baby Friskys to another dog. Hmp! Stay malambing to me and masungit to others ha. Haha no. Stop scaring strangers na ha. Big boy ka na, act your age na. I know there's no way you can read this haha, but I just want to show the whole world how much I wuv you, baby ko! Happy happy birthday! Uhmmmmwaaaah!!!

"Frisky, I'm home!"

Sick for 4 days

I'm not in the mood, Mommy

Frisky checking me out on bed

Congratulations, graduates of 2013!

Sea sick

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRISKY!