There was this huge white lion when I visited the Pahinungod office a couple of days ago.

It was the cutest and it looked so pure because it was all white.

Jean told me it was for one of the volunteer teachers who is currently deployed in the province.

Since it was just too cute and I was feeling goofy, hence the pictures.

Hahaha!

Published Sunday, November 05, 2006 by Clayman. |

Alright, I was in Corregidor because the children's chorale of the Company had a singing engagement at the Corregidor Hotel.

The kids were asked to serenade hotel guests while the latter enjoyed their lunch.

So you see, the trip to Corregidor was more of a volunteer thing because I sort of babysitted.

The kids and I had only about an hour for a tour around the island, and because the time was so short, we didn't get to see much. Neither did we have enough time to really enjoy the places that we got to go to.

It was a good trip though and I plan to go back to historic Corregidor so I can really visit the different landmarks, especially the laterals found inside the Malinta Tunnel.

Published Thursday, November 02, 2006 by Clayman. |

Here is the first batch of pictures from a trip I had yesterday.

Enjoy the pictures first. Text and another set of pics to follow.

Published Sunday, October 29, 2006 by Clayman. |

After a tiring day at work, I found something when I got home that just took away all the fatigue and stress.

I was about to go to my room, when I saw this medium-sized FedEx box sitting by our old piano. Hmmm, to be honest I wasn't expecting any packages or gifts since my birthday was over. But as I've said earlier, the seeing FedEx box was such a pleasant surprise.

Somehow, I didn't have to guess who sent the package. And I just want to say, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

Uhm, so excited boy that I was, I brought the package to my room and placed it on my bed. I took a cutter and carefully opened one of the flaps.

When I saw the contents of the box, I forgot that it was already close to midnight. I just had to bring out all the contents and look at them. Hehehe!

My favorite was the pink birthday card.

You know that was more than enough. But still, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Published Friday, October 27, 2006 by Clayman. |

Last Sunday, I had celebration #2 all by myself. That's how I wanted it. I wanted to spend time alone on my special day.

Though I've been lately spending much of my time by myself, the Sunday thing was special because it was my birthday.

I went to Mass, I watched this performance, I went to the spa, I had a good dinner, and then I bought some stuff for celebration #3.

After the YWCA party and celeb #2, yesterday I had birthday celebration #3 at work.

Uhm, I just served lunch to close friends at work. It was extra special because the whole thing was a family effort. My Mom was the chief cook. My two brothers assisted her and brought the food to the office. My Dad was the runner for last minute missing ingredients. I took care of the groceries, the giveaways and the lootbags, the decors of the office (yes! I decorated our office. That's what you get when you're Kapampangan and homo. Hahaha!).

Whew! I didn't expect my 27th birthday to be this tiring. But I have no one else to blame but myself for all these "toxicities." Hehehe!

It's all fun though and very memorable. Hearing my friends praise the cooking of my Mom just made me happy. And then seeing my colleagues look like excited kids at a kiddie birthday party when I brought out the lootbags was also really enjoyable and memorable.

So that's basically how my birthday went. (Hmm, for my birthday next year, I'll just go and get a vacation. Hehe!)

Thank you Lord for another year!!! Thank you to all the well-wishers!!! Thank you to all who helped make the YWCA party a success!!! Thank you for the gifts!!!

Published Tuesday, October 24, 2006 by Clayman. |

Yesterday we had our party with the kids of YWCA in Manila.

Friends from Pahinungod and from work came so it was all good. I thought only a few people would be able to go because the party was scehduled at 10AM (the kids had an activity in the afternoon), but I was surprised when all the people who came came.

The program was very simple. We had a getting-to-know-you activity for the kids to know their new Ates and Kuyas. For our game, we had a modified version of the classic Charade. And then the kids had two performances, which we all enjoyed watching.

It was really fun.

The kids also surprised me when I saw the backdrop they prepared for the party. I was also touched by the handmade card the kids made and signed.

I'm really glad that this party pushed through.

Will write about what I did today in another entry. That's Birthday Celebration 2...

Published Sunday, October 22, 2006 by Clayman. |