last night in las vegas

hhhaaayyy...bakit kaya kung kailan nagiging ok ang lahat ay kailangan mong tanggapin na ang lahat ng bagay ay di laging maganda ang kinalalabasan...

tonight is my last night in las vegas. kasama ko si ate lei (and kids), tita annie, suzzet at roland (with baby rae). kain to the max sa asian buffet at sa market place sa california hotel. wwaahhhh! ang taba ko na naman malamang...

nag-punta din kami sa planet hollywood at sa new york new york!...

well, got to sleep now kasi may work pa tomorrow. more entries for the past three days - just the three of us sunday at dinner at tita annie's house monday...

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day 6 in vegas...

late na akong gumising. tapos, nkipg-laro pa ako sa mga bata. lol! ang saya talagang kalaro mga bata. nakakahiya lang baka sabihin ni ate lei at ni kuya dale pina-palaki ko yung ulo ng mga bata. hehehe. tapos, shopping to the max na!

wala pa talaga akong regalo kina ate lei at kuya dale, kay baby rae at kay baby dale, kaya ito lang yung mga binili ko. nagpunta kami sa KOHL's, Toy's R Us, Anne's Linen, Old Navy, Babies R Us at Target. after the shopping, time to eat! sa BJ's kami kumain sa tapat ng Red Rock - pizza and fries. what a pamatay na combination di ba? lol! on our way home, dumaan kami sa strip. maraming ilaw! lol! nakarating na kami dito pero nabighani pa rin ako. lol!

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crazy love

i am always in loved! in loved with so many things and right now, i am in loved with this michael buble's latest album. one of the songs there is crazy love! i love it so much!

I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles
And the heavens open every time she smiles
And when I come to her that's where I belong
Yet I'm running to her like a rivers song

[Chorus:]
She gives me love, love, love, love, Crazy Love
She gives me love, love, love, love, crazy love

She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
And when I come to her when the sun goes down
Take away my trouble, take away my grief
Take away my heartache, in the night like a thief

[Chorus:]
Yes I need her in the daytime
Yes I need her in the night
Yes I want to throw my arms around her
Kiss her hug her kiss her hug her tight

And when I'm returning from so far away
She gives me some sweet loving brighten up my day
Yes it makes me righteous; yes it makes me feel whole
Yes it makes me mellow down in to my soul

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day 5 in vegas...

its a very relaxing day. nag-internet lang ako mag-hapon...this is life!

nag-simula na akong mag-create ng website for my community here in chicago. i hope i could finish a draft of it by the end of my stay here in las vegas. nag-laro kami ni AJ ng hot wheels na regalo sa kanya. ang saya! lol!

nag-kausap kami nila tita osie via skype. =) . ang tagal ding nag-usap ni tita osie at ni tita annie. lol . ilang taon talagang di nag-kikita at nagkakausap. lol . hhhaayy...

tomorrow is just saturday...matagal pa ako dito, i still have sunday, monday, tuesday at wednesday. sana makita ko na din yung hinahanap ko! lol! sana! sana!

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merry christmas...

this is my first time to spend the christmas in an american way! lol! it was so much fun, so many presents and a lot of surprises! most important thing is i spent it with my family here in las vegas...

merry christmas to all my readers!

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day 3 in vegas...

i had a very gruesome day today...so much work. yet, i love challenges. maybe of the reasons why God sent me here is for me not to become bored of doing the same things all over again.

i was supposed to be finish by 5 pm CT/3 pm PT but i still have to work. i will really log it as OT. lol! anyways, i still had fun with Kuya Dale and the kids on the park. its a nice park but the weather is not that friendly. unlike the last time i went here, the weather is like in the phil. now, its like fall in chicago.

kids will be kids. they play, they had fun and they fight. lol. i also saw, baby rae for the first time. she's so cute...

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day 2 in vegas

nasa vegas ba ako? sa tingin ko kasi wala. nagtatrabaho pa rin kasi ako. lol

sobra pang daming gagawin at dapat gawin. exactly one year ago, nag-peprapare na ako para sa nalalabi kong oras sa pinas. ngayon, two months na lang, pero di ko pa talaga iniisip yung mga ganitong bagay.

nasa vegas ako. so dapat mag-saya ako di ba? lol!

i'm here in las vegas!

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day 1 in vegas...

wow! super tiring yet super fun. its like turning my body clock back by two hours.

i was supposed to wake up at around 5 am but i think shut my alarm off. hehehe. i woke up at 6.30 and did a "ligong-uwak" thing. snow fell yesterday, i can see it along the trail. i arrived midway airport still early by 8 am.

the plane ride was ok. i seat by the window and the entire flight relaxed me with my newly downloaded song by Michael Buble (courtesy of Jay). i super love the "hold on" and "crazy love".

roland and zet met me at the airport. ate lei stayed behind the car because baby dale is sleeping. we ate at the feast buffet - the food is awesome and the service is excellent.

i met tita annie, tito rollie and kuya dale (of course) at ate lei's house. we had dinner altogether.

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christmas in chicago

today is my last night in Chicago before christmas. i may not be able to have my first white christmas but i made sure that i enjoyed my last night. i went to daley plaza (again) and took a photo of its famous christmas tree

people are still roaming around which is quite unusual during winter. awesome scene! this is trully the Divisoria version of Chicago. lol!

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walang laman...

ngayon, walang laman yung utak ko...dami kong gustong gawin para maalis sa utak ko ang isang bagay na ayaw kong tanggapin. maaaring naiintindihan ko, ngunit ayaw ko kasing tanggapin.

di ko alam, sa ngayon ito na lang muna masasabi ko...

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.

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Thankful

Hhhayyy…there are still things that I couldn’t reveal in my blog - reason for that is to protect the person. There are a lot of things happening to me right now - things that are way beyond my control. If I could cry for one more time, I would. However, I crying will not give me the things that I wanted. The only thing that I should do is to pray and confess. Confess? Yes, confess because I think I am so angry with this so called life for it brought once again a great catastrophe on my loved one.

Despite all these, there are still things that I should be thankful to God. Here they are >>

a. I was able to attend the penitential celebration.
b. I was able to spend a little my community - one of the things that I am really happy about.
c. Jose gave me a ride to Harlem and Lake.
d. I was able to talk to my Mom this morning and she is fine now.
e. God forgave me.

Tomorrow may not be a good day. I don’t know. But if God is with me, who can be against Eddie?

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great timing...

ito na naman ako, nag-iisa. ang aga ko na namang gumising...

di ko maalis sa isip ko ang nangyari kahapon. si Lord talaga, kung mang-gugulat, magugulat ka talaga. hehehe. isang araw na puno ng kung ano-anong bagay. drama, suspense, comedy, love story at higit sa lahat adventure. lol...

sa ngayon, gusto kong mag-move on. gusto kong makita na wala dapat maging effect sa buhay ko ito. ngunit sa tuwinang maalala ko yung mga bagay na naririnig ko kahapon, di ko mapigil yung sarili ko kung hindi mag-isip. gusto ko siyang yakapin, pero di ko magawa. niyapos ko na lang yung telepono kung saan ko siya kausap. pero, parang wala pa rin dahil di ko dama yung init ng katawan ng minamahal ko. di ko ma-apula ang pag-luha mula sa kanyang mga mata. hhhaaayyy...buhay OFW. lol.

di ko gusto yung nangyari sa amin, pero ang importante safe sila. walang nasaktan at walang nasugatan. mahal pa rin kami ni Lord dahil tinuro nya sa amin ito. great timing kasi na-off guard ako...lol.

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patawad daw...

di mo maintindihan. minsan kahit alam mo na pero ang hirap pa ring tanggapin...

alam ko naman na di matutumbasan ng pera ang kaligayahan sa mundo. walang kapantay ang pag-yakap mo sa mga taong tila nag-darahop. walang matatamong kapanatagan kung pulos pera na lang ang laman ng puso mong di matinag ng laman.

pero kanina, naramdaman ko ulit yun. gusto ko siyang yakapin. lumuluha siya ng husto. lugmok na lugmok siya sa kanyang pag-kakabagsak. habang lumuluha'y humihingi ka kapatawaran. paano ko siya mapapatawad kung di naman ako galit? ayaw ko ang ganitong sitwasyon, dahil ayaw kong naririnig na siyang ganito lalo pa't wala ako sa tabi nya. gusto ko siyang yakapin ngunit di ko magawa. malayo kami sa isa't isa...

hhayy...kung pede lang ibalik ang nakaraan na nandun ako sa tabi nya...

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ang "weekend" ko

matagal-tagal na rin ako dito sa chicago at tama! paalis na rin ako - sampu ng mga kasama ko. nung isang taon, tila wala na akong babalikan sa pinas kapag umalis ako. ngayon ganun na naman yung nararamdaman ko. kaya nga't, di ko sinasayang ang mga sandali na nandito ako sa estados unidos...

sabado...nag-hanap kami (kasama si RJ) ng mga apartments para sa mga papalit sa amin. (di naman sa ayaw kong tumira sila dito sa tinitirhan namin, ang gusto ko lang magkaroon sila ng choices. lol!) marami-rami din kaming napuntahan...sa dearborn at sa lake. habang nag-hihintay kami na ma-kausap yung leasing officer ng isang building, nag-punta kami sa daley plaza. ang daming tao dun. ang daming paninda. sa iba't ibang lugar galing. sa poland, germany at ireland. parang divisoria - american style nga lang.

marami ring pagkain na nabibili. di kami nag-pahuli ni RJ kasi kumain kami ng churros at uminom kami ng mainit na hot chocolate...

meron ding isang malaking christmas tree na kung saan nagpakuha ng picture! lol!


isa sa pinaka-kahangahangang bilihin dun sa daley city ay ang mga maliliit na stars na gawa sa salamin...

gabi naman ng sabado, nagpunta kami sa christmas concert ng mga choir dito sa old st.mary's. sobrang gagaling ng mga bata! magaling din yung mga lalaking kumanta ng solo. sana ganun din yung boses ko. lol! tapos tuloy kami sa despedida ni norms at birthday party naman ni mike sa room nila t.a. daming food.

sunday naman, morning mass tapos diretso kami sa fish pond sa n. clark. filipino restaurant ito na may buffet sila kapag sun from 11.30 to 3.30. grabe, sarap ng food. na-mimiss ko na tuloy yung mommy kong magluto. lol!

nag-pagupit din ako ng buhok. siguro, ito na yung last time kong magpapagupit ng buhok sa tate. lol!

ang saya ng weekend! sobrang busy, pero oks naman...isa ito sa mga dahilan kung bakit kailangan kong maging masaya sa bawat pagkakataon!

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virgin snow...

and the snow fell from heaven! it's sssooo cold outside.

i didn't go outside, but it is 30 F / -1 C. i know its gonna get colder in the next few days. right now, i am quite comfortable, lying on our sofa like a mashed potato. lol!

well, i just wanted to tell my folks that its the first "REAL" snow fall today. we had a flurry last Thu so i think it doesn't count. lol! Anyways, we did celebrate the first flurry fall. we had our dinner at Hooters. we had so much fun!

there is going to be more snowfall! i hope i will enjoy it this time. lol!

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let love show you how to let go

maganda ang sabado para sa akin. kahit nagtrabaho ako at medyo natagalan sa pag-gawa ng mga update scripts, maganda ang sabado ko. isang dahilan lang, I saw the glory of God.

kung sasabihin ko yung details, maaaring masukol ko ang boundary ng pangako ko, kaya bird's eye view na lang ang sasabihin ko. nakita ko yung papaano nya sinasabi sa akin how to move forward. na huwag manatili sa kung ano ang meron ngayon at kung ano ang nangyari kahapon. let love show you how to let go. medyo parang cliche na pero ito pa rin yun eh...

just trust in what God will show us. may doubts man ako minsan, pero alam ko kailangan kong maging isang mabuting mamamayan at mananalampataya Nya.

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