Saturday, February 26, 2011

Summer is almost almost here

Ok not really, but it’s already March this coming week!! I just realized the other night!

Last Monday we were at the office and our team leader told us that the group will be going to Bohol instead of Boracay this Holy Week. They just got back from Bohol, Cebu and a lot of other places last week. And now just this Wednesday they went to Cebu and Bohol once again! Haha!


So why Bohol instead of Boracay? Boracay Holy Week is tooo crowded, for sure! But they went to this island in Bohol called Paradise Island(lol I keep on recalling Paradise in Davao).


And they saw Nemo!!!


So, the only catch is we’re gonna pay for the airfare! But everything, the accommodation and all are all paid for. And he said that Zest Air have these promos. And I just saw yesterday on their Facebook fan page that they have a Pay Day Zale!



I posted that on our Facebook group and also on our Family Clan group, because we will be having a reunion this December in Davao.

This year is awesome! I hope there are no schedule conflicts for the planned Bohol trip. (Cerisse & Kevin, you wanna comeee? Haha, let’s!)

Anyway, my domain is still down. I made a temporary transfer for the other sites I handle. It’s final, I’m switching hosts. Hayy, I wasn’t able to make a backup of the Wordpress sites. :| I guess I’m doing it all over again. But when my site is back up online I’m thinking of holding a contest. Thinking if I’m going to hold it in Tumblr or just my domain or wherever. Haha :) Anyway, I have other things to do so I decided to just finish all of it and stay at home. Later! :D

Valentine's, Friends and More

True friends are those who loves you for who you are regardless of where you came from and who you were. True friends are those who accepts you, supports you and understands you even if they don't exactly understand but because they know you are happy, they won't say anything about it and because they trust you. True friends are those you can share anything and everything to regardless of what it may be. True friends are those who tell you things you need to hear and not what you want to hear.

So my domain blog is down :| I'm going to find another reliable host. My host used to be such a great host until late last year :(

Anyway, I'm going to tell you guys about my Valentine's. I'm single and I had no plans last Monday. But I couldn't have asked for a better way to celebrate my Valentine's. I was waiting for my friend to upload the photos but he still hasn't so I'm going to edit this later.

So that day, my mom woke me up and told me we're going out and I asked, "Where are we going?" and she said, "Anywhere." So we went to Quezon Ave. for business and to get the stuff we have to get. Then, Ate AM texted me and asked me if I'm going with them. I knew about the plan 3 days ago that day I think but I wasn't so sure if I can go 'cos parents were around. So anyway, I asked mom where we're going after and I suggested to go to SM North 'cos it's just near anyway. So yeah, we went and I told them I'm meeting up with friends and a former teacher.

I met up with Ate AM(that's what I've been calling her since high school and she calls me Kuya Cha lol), Mark and our former adviser and History teacher in HS, Ms. Nicolas outside Breadtalk in The Block. As expected, there were a LOT of people in the mall. Couples dating, ladies carrying bouquet of flowers, group dates, group of friends and families. Yep, the place was filled with love!So we went to Bubble Tea and had bubble teas. Haha! We told a lot of stories! How we are, how things are going, and all those catching up things. Ate AM, Mark and I are all Christians now, so we told stories about how it all came about especially Mark and I 'cos Ms. Adah didn't know the exact story. We told about what's happened for the past 2-3 years, how our other friends are and all.

It was a good talk! After, we went to eat dinner! There were a lot of people all over the main mall so we went to the Annex instead. We got a table at Pizza Hut and ordered the Valentine's Feast. It was good for 4 so it was just right for us :D There we continued telling stories! It was like a fellowship as well. I was just so happy that night! My parents waited for me, lol, I didn't expect we would take long. But they ate at Barrio Fiesta for merienda then I forgot where for dinner.

That day was just so good! I couldn't have asked for a better day to celebrate heart's day! Nothing could've taken the GVness away that day from me.

That day I realized that I'm really blessed with the people I have in my life. I realized they're the only people outside my family I can be myself with. And they will accept me no matter what and support me in everything I do. I'm really blessed and I'm so grateful.

Then last Friday, I went out with my friends because one of our friends is here in Manila from Cagayan de Oro city. First time to see all of them again this year! Except for Nancy and Tracy 'cos their lolo passed away. :( And Kevin Mata was there too!! Unexpected! Haha didn't know he was with Eins on the event because he edited the video thingy.

I went to UP first to attend a seminar for IYF leadership training in Korea because I was invited by Mark and Ate AM was there too! :)


And I just had to take this photo below. It was also UP Fair that day but we didn't go since we had other plans.

Anyway, we ate at Giligans, TriNoMa. Eins wasn't there yet, they arrived after we finished eating. We met by National Bookstore and there we took photos! I thought Eins was with a girl but I was wrong! Hahaha! It was Kevin Mata! LMAO! It's because his hair was different!






Then we decided to go somewhere so we went to Ryan's house first to get another ride then went to Kevin Nelson's to drop his things off. Supposedly he's going to switch another ride but Ryan said we'd just use one since we can all fit there, lol. We went to Burby's at Convergys.




I ate a lot haha and we were like, "Didn't we eat dinner?" Haha! I love my friends! And while on the way, we didn't have our car radio on. The guys sang, instead. Hahaha! I took a video of them singing but they didn't know about it until I posted it on Facebook! Hahaha so funny!


Human Car Radio from Charlene Bautista on Vimeo.


Wednesday, February 09, 2011

You never really know

Funny how you read old blog posts of 3 years ago and 3 years later, everything just changed like bam! Something you were just wishing for, but a year later it's all reality.

Happens all the time to me.

3 years ago I was-- worried about everything; messed up; didn't know what to do; unhappiness more than happiness; and all those things. A year later than that, everything was just all bam! Coming neatly and put into place. A year later than that again, everything was all I ever asked for 3 years ago.

There were things that I planned but didn't push through. There were things I imagined of what I should be doing but it's not what I did and what I'm doing. There were things I never even thought would happen but happened. Things just came and went differently, but I couldn't have been more thankful that it did.

Life surprises me all the time. You never really know where life could/would take you. :]

Whatever your plans are, God always has better plans.

God creates the most unexpected, surprising, and beautiful stories out of our lives. Everything is in His time.