A Year Ending Post:: Goodbye 2011

Hey there everyone! :D How are you all doing? More importantly, how did you prepare for the end of the year? If you ask me, I didn't really prepare that much. All we did was go grocery shopping for food and go to fastfood restaurants to buy fastfood and to the department store to buy gifts for ourselves. xD It was tiring though (who wouldn't get tired shopping for so many days? One reason why I wasn't around in the blogging world because I need time to relax after shopping.), but I didn't hold a grudge on it. After all, we bought a lot of FOOOD!! LOL. That's how I love food. How about you? I'm sure you do too. ^^,

Anyway, since this is a year-ending post, I'm going to talk about the year 2011. Well, it's better compared to last year. HAHA. There was even more "adventure" this time for me, mentally, emotionally, academically, spiritually, physically, and whatnot. I felt a lot of excitement this year, from the JS Prom to the end of the year (hahah). I learned a lot of things (who wouldn't for a year? LOL), just like every year of my life. I also became even more aware with myself, unlike when I was 3rd Year that everything seems to be a blur (wanting to change from this to that but ended up regretting it when I did .. deciding to go back to the old self but thinking twice about it .. what else?), and yeah, my mind seems to be a more reliable source now, and the same goes for my heart. xD

Moving on, I'll be reminiscing the whole 2011 here and summarize it according to how I remembered everything.

So, here it goes ..

January 2011 - The usual things went on: I made new year's resolutions (I'll check if I did break them or not. LOL), became busy with school, and oh, something's different here. We had Saturday classes for the CEM diagnostic test, and parents and guardians seem to be okay with it this time, then since I was 3rd Year already that time, a Junior HS student, we made big preparations for the prom through practicing every chance we get (hahah .. I'm exaggerating), but yeah, we did have a lot of practice sessions, and gown-finding sessions too. We had a wonderful theme for the prom by the way, and it's "A Royal Night in Paris". I'll talk about prom when we get to February. For now, I guess that's all I remember: Saturday classes because of the CEM reviews, and oh! I forgot to tell you, we also had mall sessions with my friends after one Saturday class, and it was really fun! Well, moving on, I also remember the prom practices and preparations, and yeah, there's also camping, which was the same, we had survival activities and worship sessions which made us reflect on ourselves, and my patrol mates were great to be with.

February 2011 - One of my best months in 2011! And you know what's the reason? It's the JS Prom! LOL. Valentine's Day is never a highlight of my February, in fact, it was just another day. hahah! About the prom, all our preparations paid off, my phobia for boys was gone (LOL, yeah, seriously, I never wanted to touch boys, ever! But then they turned out approachable to dance. o_O), I saw a lot of beautiful and handsome people with their sparkling gowns and formal tuxedos, we were all queens and kings for one night, then I was hailed as the Lady of the Night, out of all the other girls, which is quite an honor. Aside from the prom, February was also the start of the "real thing" in school, which was being even busier than ever before and no one in school ever seems to get laid back anymore (am I exaggerating? Or is this also what you think? hahah). Getting very busy for me would of course be a pain in the neck, but I know, and it turned out to be, worth it. And did I mention it was clearance time that I meant we're going to be very busy with? I'm mentioning it now, and I bet some other students could relate to this too, right? We'll be compiling requirements, waiting for the right time the teachers could sign, and whatnot. We'd always feel the adrenaline rush for this, and I think you know what I mean. xD

March 2011 - Highlights would be the end of the signing of clearance, final exams, SBO campaign and elections (I won as the Student Body Secretary!), worrying about my honor rank, finally knowing the honor rank (which was First Honor), marching on Recognition Day (getting my Gold medal and scholarship certificates), eating a lot of food as a reward for being an honor student (LOL), and summer officially started! There was a little heartbreak inside me when I didn't reach what I really wanted to aim for, to be the highest first honor, but I recovered from that and knew that I should work and study even harder this time. :) And oh, we also had our outing, but I wasn't able to attend because of "safety" reasons. (-__-)

April 2011 - I did a lot of things out of boredom like enhancing my creativity through taking pictures, editing pictures, then I also tried vector art (refer to my April 2011 posts for more details on these). It was a fun start of summer though, and it's a month full of creativity. :D And oh, I also joined giveaways to push my luck. ;)

May 2011 - Like the previous month of my summer 2011, this month was also full of creativity since I continued designing and all, and I even designed something for my mother last Mother's Day, and took pictures on my sister's and brother's birthday, then, here's something different: I worried about which university to attend and also the rumored Judgement Day which turned out not to be true at all (LOL. Thank God!). I also felt the excitement of finally being able to enroll once again. On Facebook, I became close with my nerdy classmate whom I've met when I was 2nd year (and he's new that time). It was ONLY on Facebook chat that we're close. :p It was funny though, everytime we catch each other online on chat, I chat with him, well, he starts the chat most of the time, and I found it weird since I smelled something fishy about it, but I shrugged it off. LOL. (I get the feeling that he likes me, or was it the other way around? o_O But wth) He, along with my uncle who's younger than me (hahah), were the ones I talk about my summer with most of the time. xD

June 2011 - The first month of school. The month I've been waiting for. Yes, it's June! I once again felt the thrill of knowing which class section I'll belong too, and you know, I've heard a lot of rumors about it before I knew for sure on all these. Turned out that those rumors were true, and I felt happy. I belonged to the honor's sect, and finally, I was relieved of worrying about myself to be the only one to be asked questions at about the lessons (LOL). The rest of the month was spent getting oriented once again with the school and ourselves as well.

July 2011 - Simply the 2nd month of school (LOLjk), Nutrition month, my brother's birth month, the month of the CEM Diagnostic Pre-test, Father's Day, Investigatory Project, and the month I lost my phone, but I got a new one though, which was the one I'm using right now. I know it was hard getting over my old phone, but my new phone served me right. :) Well, I became close with that nerdy classmate of mine since he chose to sit behind me and I seem to be the only one he wanted to talk to. This was also the time I'm beginning to get that feeling again. xD It's like I felt something for him, but I just shrugged it off once again. Come on, it's 4th year, I don't want to get involved with that thing called "Love" once again.

August 2011 - The first month of joining an interschool contest (and I joined 2 interschool quiz bees this month), Buwan ng Wika, and many more I don't really remember. The first quiz bee was the one sponsored by the ROTARACT, and the 2nd one was sponsored by the APPSCO, wherein which that nerdy classmate (which I now consider as a friend) was also a contestant along with me and the others. The APPSCO Quiz bee, Math specifically, was the best quiz bee experience I ever had, since I won 2nd Place in our district (although not credited). I'm glad God gave me the chance to get closer to winning. :) Oh, there was also the COSAA Chess Tournament wherein which I won nothing. LOL. I don't wanna talk about it anymore. hahaha

September 2011 - My birth month, and at the same time the Science and Math month which was one of the busiest months of my 4th year life because of the preparations of activities since I was President of Math Club. The preparations paid off though, but I felt bad about not joining the mass because of those. :( 

But anyway, another highlight of September would be the interschool Leadership Training Seminar which was held last September 9 to 11, and it seemed like my pre-birthday celebration already since we ate a lot of fast food then we had a lot of fun and "adventure". It was almost like an ideal birthday celebration for me. xD On my birthday, last September 12, I spent it in school, but no one really remembered my birthday except my bestfriend and many others I'm close with. I didn't want it to go public anyway since I don't have money to treat others that time (HAHA .. lying?), but then as the hours passed, the "birthday secret" went viral. LOL. Almost everyone ended up greeting me. hahah. Then the expected happened, they asked for treats, but I forgot whether I gave some or not. (o.O) I found keeping my birthday as a secret funny though, since my 2 best guy buddies fell for it. HAHA .. I meant, they completely forgot about it until the end of the day. My uncle-who's-younger-than-me had a funny reaction when he knew he really did completely forget my birthday. He apologized to me many times. LOL. And for the other one? My nerdy guy friend? His close friends greeted me for him, but he really didn't know for sure that it is my birthday. I remember seeing "Happy Birthday Vanesa - Love (the name of that friend)" with hearts surrounding the note written by his friends, which I found rather touching. LOL. But I never believed just yet that he liked me. :p

It was then I knew he liked me when a friend of mine told me he had a crush on me, and that was during Science Camp. Then all those flashbacks ran through my head, those hints that he liked me, and whatnot. xD It kinda crept me out though, honestly. I found it hard to believe it. LOL, and I really didn't believe it. hahaha

I received a great birthday gift this month too: a new digital camera! I kept telling you I'd post a picture of it but it's a total fail. I never did. But I did post pictures I took with the camera though. LOL

October 2011 - Intramurals, the ultimate highlight of the month. Me and that guy friend I was telling you about since the July 2011 part became even close, and he even gave me something, and it was a rosary. :) It helped me though, I won my chess tournaments because of God's guidance in it. We even drew together on a notebook. hahaha .. (details on my October posts). But don't get me wrong. We're purely just friends, nothing more, nothing less, or at least that's what I only knew. :p We began to talk about our secrets, problems, we gave each other pieces of advice, and many more. Indeed, we became really good friends.

November 2011 - Sembreak, All Saints' Day, Xavier University Entrance Exam, the month me and my guy friend became more than friends (LOLwhut? hahahah .. sshhh), confessed each other's feelings (LOL.. sshh), and the rest I don't really remember. hahah. Well, the last weeks were spent reviewing for a quiz bee though. :)

December 2011 - STEAG Energy Quiz Bee, Christmas Party, unexpected event, Christmas Day, the shopping sessions, and many more, all explained in my previous post. :D

And I also got an iPad! I'll post a picture of it next year, I promise. :)

So that's it everyone who may be reading this :) Have a prosperous new year, and I wish you all the best for 2012! :D

2012, please be nice to me ^^, I'd be nice to you. hahah

There was that one person that made a big impact on me in my 2011, and I thank him for that. ;)

Happy Holidays! :)

Hey there everyone! :D It's been soooooooo long since I last blogged around here! And it's been more than a month, right? I'm so sorry I kept you waiting. It's just that there were a lot of things going on when I was away, and that it was hard to gather every detail of it to blog it here, or is it just because of my laziness and lack of inspiration that I wasn't able to blog? Whatever the real reason may be, all that matters is that I'm finally back (from the dead? JK), and without further adieu, I would like to greet everyone of you a Merry Christmas and advance Happy New Year! :)

Well, I would like to tell about the highlights when I was away from the blogging world.

December 1, 2011 - STEAG Energy Quiz Bee

1 week before this event, we prepared for this through reviews. I, along with other participants, were often excused from classes just for the reviews, which honestly made me happy yet also worried because at the same time we'd also miss a lot of activities, then only God knows whether teachers would also excuse us from doing those or not. We also prepared for the exams that time, and I guess it would be confusing to focus on both the quiz bee and exams at the same time, right? So, yeah, when that date came, we did our best in answering the questions since the prizes are worth winning, but unfortunately, we didn't win. But that's okay, every one of the contestants were rewarded with McDonald's burger and fries. LOL. I gotta admit, I wasn't very happy with the results, but food eased my mood. But, then again, by the time I woke up the next morning, it's pretty weird that I kept thinking about my experience during the quiz bee and regretted everything I did not do (only I know what I'm talking about here I guess), maybe this happened because all those McDo I ate was digested already. hahahah. xD

The rest of the days were spent reviewing once again for the summative tests this time. December 15 was the summative test and 16 was the Christmas Party! :)

Days before those dates (December 15 and 16), I really did feel the Christmas spirit, but I don't really know now why it all vanished. I guess it was because of what happened at the night of December 16. I'll tell you more about it:

December 16 - Christmas Party, and an unexpected happening

It was a gloomy, rainy, stormy day, yet the parties in school went on. xD Raindrops fell endlessly, and the weather kinda influenced my mood a bit. You know how much I hate the rain if it falls on the wrong day, well, if you didn't know, now you know (LOL). So, going back, parties went on despite the weather. In the evening of this day, we had our Christmas party for the high school department. It was hard going around the campus without getting wet though, since the rain fell harder that time already. Anyway, to give you a recap on the Christmas party, the theme we chose was Retro, which showcases different music genres from the 50s to 90s. Everyone had great outfits though, including me (LOLjk). Going back to the topic I started with, our Christmas Party was known now as the "Wet Party". Most students had fun though, but for me? I worried about getting sick. The rain fell harder, that even the covered court in our school wouldn't be a safe place to stay in to keep dry. Well, despite all these, I also had a bit of fun. There were parlor games, presentations, singing, dancing, rapping, contests, FOOD, and many more. Then during the exchange gift, I actually exchanged gifts with my great guy friend, which was pretty weird why of all the names in the container to be picked, we picked each other. xD Anyway, we both loved the gifts we gave and received each other, which made us happy. Then to end the party, we had picture taking with the whole class.

So, the unexpected happening would be that when we got home, the storm was getting worse, then there was brownout. So I went to sleep instead since there was not much cellphone signal as well too. Brownout went on until around 1:30am, then got off after a few seconds. And at the same time, outside we saw flood all over our place. So many belongings were lost because of the flood. It was a really strong storm after all, and you know, this was my first time witnessing something like this in my whole years of existence. Mud was all over the next morning, and brownout went on until December 21, which would mean we had no electricity from the dawn of December 17 until 7pm of December 21, so that's 4 days of no electricity. In other places, there was little or no water. I feel proud of myself and my family, and also everyone in my neighborhood that we survived this kind of calamity. The good news also was that no one died and got missing in our neighborhood, then every family here was still kept intact. The typhoon's name is Sendong by the way, and woah, it's so strong. Well, our neighborhood just got lucky that everyone was kept intact, since in other places, so many people got missing and died. I feel pity for them, and I really wanted to donate to those who were victims of the typhoon. The cities badly affected by the typhoon were Cagayan de Oro City (where I live) and Iligan. I hope you could help the victims here, everyone of us would surely appreciate  it.

You know, the 4 days of no electricity kinda ruined my "happy" Christmas vacation though, along with so many other projects that until now I'm worrying about them, especially the Investigatory Project. I gotta admit, I regretted choosing and proposing the IP I have now, and I desperately want to change it. :'( It's almost impossible doing all those sterilization and agar preparation, and I also desperately need help from my teachers now. I'm also becoming nervous for the upcoming Final Defense for this Investigatory Project, since I fear us getting scolded by the judges because of our poor progress and way of answering their questions. Please, Lord, I don't want that to happen.

Then there's this song-remixing that I kinda found hard to gather ideas on since my ideas were too overflowed in my head. Can you help me, guys? I'd appreciate that.

Thank you so much to whoever is reading this blog post now, and once again, happy holidays to you! Have a great Christmas vacation, and I bet yours would be better anyway. :p