It's been quite a long time.

Nothing much has happened in my life since my last post.

Actually, I'm lying. A lot has happened since the beginning of year 2013. And by a lot, I mean not much, but those moments are really special to me and I will never forget them. For the past three months, I have gone from becoming a ‘date booth’ victim with him in our school (there is even a picture for proof) to actually becoming text mates with him one way or another. Just recently (March 21, 2013), I had my last few moments with him in school. They were indeed special to me, because I realize that they were to be my last actual moments to be with him. I’m just not sure if we’ll ever have time to do that again (but I’m hoping).

So, March 21. What exactly happened in March 21? I wasn’t supposed to go to school since it was already our summer, but I had piano training with him, so why the heck am I supposed to say ‘no’ to that, right? And besides, if I’m going to be his successor, I might as well learn from him and get tips. He let me play the piano for a while and get to know some songs that will be played for the mass. Yes, he also gave me tips and all that stuff. When the actual practice for their Baccalaureate mass started, he played the piano. Boy, was I mesmerized. I wanted to just hug him and squeeze his cheeks ugh he was so AWESOME I died. I know you know I’m kidding, that’s only my expression.

4:30 in the afternoon; the 4^th year students exited the gym and headed home. I went out to look for him, and when I did, I called him. I said I wanted to tell him something. I was too hesitant at first, but I decided to just let it all out. I gave him my gift, to say “Congratulations!” and all that. And then I went and did it.

Yes, I confessed to him. No, it didn’t feel awkward at all. He kept smiling at me and thanking me, saying how flattered he was and stuff. Unlike him, any other guy would’ve already rejected me by then, but he didn’t. He stayed and listened to my nonsense crap and bullshit-y feelings. Wait, no, they’re not bullshit. I love my feelings because they’re for him okay

My friends have been congratulating me, saying how brave I was for doing what I had done. I, however, have been thanking the Lord, saying how happy I am and that I am just so grateful I finally confessed what I felt about him. I’ve never actually thought in my teenage life that I would be able to do such a thing like that. But you know what? Ever since I met him and fell in love with him, I have done so many things I never thought I would be able to do my whole life. I’ve gained more confidence, unlike before when I was a total clam, being shy and closed and all. I bet my parents-especially mom-have noticed that, too. It’s probably why she’s so positive when we talk about him at times. My friends have also told me I’ve changed for the better, and that I wasn’t the same shy girl they met 2 years ago. Now, I was different. A better different, of course.

I used to be so afraid of falling in love. Now that I have, and with the most awesome, most sweet, most perfect guy I’ve met that is exactly like my father (attitude-based and body built-based), I can confidently say that I am in love… and I am not afraid anymore.

Field Trip '12.

This year's field trip was beyond awesome. I think it's the most amazing and fun field trip we've ever had. Our first destination was in Paradise Adventure Camp in Bulacan, Philippines. We had Team Building and Water Survival, and had to go through 4 or more activities before we were able to have a free time to swim. It was fun, really. At first, my classmates and I were totally not about the activities. But then we realized how awesome they were and heck yeah! Sure, I got a few bloody bruises because of it, but they were worth it. I had the most fun, and that's all that matters.

You know what's much more awesome?

I finally have a picture of him... with me. It was my friends' idea. Those two. Always ruining my life. Hah! Kidding. I love them so much, and I love them for doing what they did. What did they do? They simply came up to him and said, "Kuya, pa-picture kami!" It was really only supposed to be me, but just to not raise any suspicion, they decided to take pictures of him with them as well. I have been staring at that picture for 5 minutes now. It's just so... *le sigh*. I just love it, okay? I wanted to cry, but at the same time I didn't. What is wrong with me omg? trololol

Should I post it? I don't know. I'm only afraid of people finding out. And once they do, I'm sure they'll start gossiping about me, spreading rumors and whatnot. I really wanted that picture taken of the both of us, it's just that I was afraid people might see and begin wondering about the two of us. And me. They might think I'm 'malandi' for doing it. I'm sorry, people who think that way. I didn't mean it. I really didn't. Blame my friends. Lol.

As promised, a small, not-so-detailed post about how my friend's party went.

Well, it wasn't actually a 'party' since only 4 of us was invited (close friends only) and attended. Antonette knew she couldn't accommodate the whole class and wanted to spend time with only a few of her friends. So, it was past 3pm when Roanne, Anica and I got to Antonette's house. Faye, our other friend and her best friend, was there too. We ate tacos (aw yeah), carbonara, and fruit ref cake (I don't really know what it's called). After a few talks about prom and schist, we watched a movie. Two movies, actually: Fright Night and Orphan. Oh, yes. We actually watched it. After so many months, I finally got to watch Orphan. \m/ While watching Fright Night, Antonette and I were cool and stuff while the others were shouting and were like, "Ohmuhgud, what's gonna happeeeeeeen?" We already watched the movie so many times; we only ended up laughing at our friends. (It's natural for us to do that so yeah.) Evening came... and it was time to watch Orphan *thunder sounds and other scary sound effects*. Yes, it was creepy. And gross. There were a few scenes that made me want to puke. Especially the part when *insert spoiler here*. Heh. Oh, and we also shouted really loud at the almost ending when *insert yet another spoiler here*. But it was fun. It was the kind of movie that still made me sleep peacefully last night. But Antonette wanted to watch the chilling alternate ending and we're like "NOOOOOOO!" No way. There's just some movies that really creep me out and I start imagining things during the night and in the end, I can't sleep anymore. Yep.

Basically, I had a lot of fun. We're having a movie marathon again soon. Probably during December 15+. And you bet I'll be posting about that (unless something urgent happens and I'm not allowed to go online for a long time and I forget about posting it)

I'll be posting again. Soon. (Quite sooner than you think.) -Alice

Also this happened last September 1:

"holy mother of crap" trololol i can't breathe omg jesus take the wheel

LINGGO NG WIKA '12

This morning until the afternoon, our school celebrated the annual Linggo ng Wika. We also had the so-called "laro ng lahi" in which we play a bunch of Filipino games like palayok, tug-of-war, patintero, kadang-kadang, and so much more. Fortunately, our batch, the Third Year, won in some of them. I am honestly proud of all our players who participated in all of the games and did their very best to win the game and show the other levels how we don't suck anymore! I wanted to play in the tug-of-war, but eh. I wasn't in the mood. Also, my P.E. was ruined. (Long story.)

Basically, we had a lot of fun. Seriously! Everything went well-I thought it wouldn't at first, but in the end, everything came together and made me happy, happy, happy! And because I am happy, I will be posting pictures taken during our event.

From left-to-right: Monique, Antonette, Me!, Lorraine, Hazel, and Blessie. :)

WACKYYYYY~ XD

Meet our muse, Angelica. She's a friend of mine as well. She's pretty, isn't she? :3 :)

The parade.

The other muse and escort of our batch, Abby and Charles. Abby's really beautiful! Charles... well, he's okay. :)

I really had fun today. Hope everyone had a fun day as well! -Alice :D

And before I forget...

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISTER PERSEUS aka PERCY JACKSON! \m/ :D

Ooh, boy. I can still recall the first birthday I celebrated with you, along with your million fans all over the world. It was August 18, 2010; I had just entered high school as a 1st year. I didn't do much, really. I only greeted you via Tumblr. But still, in my heart, I was thrilled and happy to finally be able to celebrate your birthday with you. It was then I felt like I was really part of the fandom. Call me weird and all, but it's true. And I promise to stay with this fandom, through thick and thin, no matter how many years have passed, even if people forget about Percy Jackson and nobody remembers to read it anymore, I will always be here. Forever. Until time comes that I shall depart from this world and enter into a new one. PJO means so much to me, and I am grateful to Rick Riordan for making such an awesome book series. Hopefully he never stops writing about Mythology, whether Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse... I will still love them nonetheless.

... omg ang arte ko pala

kbye

As I promised, more pictures from yesterday!

I apologize for them being blurry because we didn't have a camera with us and only used our cellphones.

Photos courtesy of: Lorraine Arroyo. :)

Before I end this post, let me introduce to you my friends one-by-one.

From left to right: Marianne (the girl with the ever-so white legs), Mhave, Blessie, Lorraine, Alex (the girl doing the 'peace' sign above Lorraine's head), Hazel, Angelica (the girl beside me), Faye, Monique, Antonette, and Roanne.

I am indeed very grateful to have wonderful and amazing friends like them. ♥ 

So I'll just shamelessly leave all of these pictures here because of reasons.

I MISS MY FRIENDS SO MUCH I CAN'T-

(p.s. I don't have all of my friends' pictures because idk omg D: )

Happy Alice is happy.

My vacation was great! We stayed at one of the resorts in Lian, Batangas. Their beach was so nice; it had white sands, the water was clean despite the seaweeds and rocks, and all-in-all I had an awesome time! We took a lot of pictures, although I can't possibly fit them all in here, so I'll just post some of our pictures yay! ^^

This was the house we stayed in while we were in Lian, Batangas. It has 3 bedrooms with air-condition and comfort rooms. The living room was nice, too. It gave that sort of authentic, non-modern sort of feel in the house. :)

This was one of the pictures I took. I love how I captured the sun just before it totally set down. Dad loves this picture because "it shows serenity and peace", something like that. 

It's my name (kind of)! I wrote it on the sand using a stick. :D

Yay group picture! This was taken during the night time. As you can see a bit slightly, there's a bottle of Tanduay Ice on the table. My cousins are drinking (don't worry, they're of legal age) while I'm just sitting around and stuff. Lol I'm just kidding I drank a bit of T. Ice too. But it's because they wanted me to! Omg don't kill me D:

P.S.: The beer tasted... awful! It's like softdrinks, but worse. ._.

Day 2 of our fabulous outing! It's me and my family posing under the sun. :3

Another group picture! Not everyone's in the picture; some weren't swimming and were only in the house.

It's me with my mom and my grandma! In this picture, we're going boating to another island far away from where we currently were. Well, not really that far, but if you try to walk to it then yes, it is really far.

Another pretty picture that I took! *proud lol* In this picture, we are already on the other island. The sand is really nice; the water was nice too, I guess. Just minus the seaweeds floating everywhere in the water. XD This island is actually private property, so that's why it's still really clean and pretty. 

That's just me, swimming around and having fun. ^_^

Jellyfishes! :3 My aunt and my dad got those for me and said I could keep them. Awesome, right? But of course, as sweet as a little girl I am (lolno), I took pity for the sea creatures and decided to let them go. Not sure where they are now, but I hope they got away safe and sound. :)

When we got home from Laguna, all of us were so hungry when a fishball,etc. cart passed by everybody just came to it and ordered a lot of chickenball and fishball. Also, the ride to our home was basically 3 1/2 hours (i know, it's so far omg) without food or anything. 

After eating, they went back to their car and traveled back to Taytay. And that's where our vacation ends. awwww

So this is my best friend, Antonette. For three years, this girl has been with me through thick and thin, comforting me in times of pain, cheering me up when I'm all glum inside, making me smile with her silly jokes, and just always being there for me when I'm in need of a friend. All these times she was always there for us, for her friends. Whenever anyone would have any problems she would be right there just waiting for them to come to her and rant about it; and no matter how strange or weird it may be, she would always listen and give her special advice if they needed it. She was a one-of-a-kind friend, I tell you. Ask anyone about that and they'll surely agree. 

When we learned that she was officially moving to another school, we were distraught-broken, even. The sadder thing is that the school where she'll be moving in is very far from where her friends live: in Manila. How are we going to visit her when she's far, far away from us? I know her moving school isn't supposed to be that much of a big deal; I mean, there are plenty of ways to stay in contact now, specially with all those social networks that lets us chat with basically anybody as long as they were your friends. But that's not mainly the reason why I'm sad about her leaving; we'll never get to see each other personally daily anymore. I'll never get to see her face or hear that amusing laugh of hers whenever she cracks up a joke. I was so used to hanging out with her all the time that I can't seem to force myself to believing that she'll be leaving us. I'll definitely miss a lot of things about her, especially when she already has this special place in my heart as one of my best-est friends.

I love you so much, Anette. Don't ever forget me nor our friends, a'ryt? :) :* :3 WE LOVE YOU TO PIECES (not literally but yeah)