People of my 2012

Since it's almost the end of the world , I mean year 2012 ..

A very rare occasion that only happens once,

and will never happen again .

I've decided to share with you some People, in no particular order,

who made a great impact in my life for the year 2012 .

I guess this is also another good way to look back to another great year that has passed .

Evan

Probably my only best friend and will always remain the BEST! We've been through a lot and facing trials would never be so easy if it wasn't because of him. Thank you because we've been together through ups and downs and despite busyness in law school we have remained the same excitement we always feel whenever we see each other . You will always have an impact every single year , month , day of my life !

Sahb

She became my one my closest friend in Law School and it's needless to say how she has made an impact in my Law School life by inspiring me with her laughter and tears. She made me realize how lucky I am to have my kind of personality. Thank you for always trusting me and for letting me introduce the other side of me :)

Aroc

She never fails to challenge me since I was a kid.

Expect to see her name every year. Ma , you'll probably will never ever read this so allow me to be mushy here . Ma , thank you for being the kind of mother that you are . You're not perfect and will never be . But thank you for always reminding me that being "good" is not enough . Making you proud will always be my burning desire .

Sir Benny

My instant tatay in Law School. 

The word "Tatay" will be enough to explain the reason. I'll be back in law school sir so expect a chic walking around your office again ^^

Mamark

He just made me realize that not all fairy tales have happy endings and yes FAIRY TALES ARE FICTIONAL so they don't really exist. We broke up this year and it really did made a huge impact in my life! Thank you for being there when I needed you the most for not being there , too . Those were the times when I realized that I'm brave enough now to love someone more than I do to myself. You will always have a special place in my heart . 

TL Andeng

She's a very understanding person and because of our misunderstanding, I learned a lot! I learned that not everyone can understand what a person's going through .. that committing mistakes will never be an excuse to be a responsible person . Thank you Ms. Andrea ! I learned a lot from you !

 Teacher July
Mare , thank you for always listening to my endless love stories ... life stories ... yes marathon STORIES :) Thank you for just listening without judging . I sincerely admire how true you are to me . Thanks for letting me see the "crazy" side of you . It's really a blessing for me when we became closer . May you touch more lives . I found an ATE in you ^^ Thank you !

 Kim
Our undying love/law stories made all the difference the way we knew each other . I know at times , most of the time , I seem to be so annoying but let those annoying moments be the things that you'll mostly remember about me . Thanks for being a crying shoulder when I had no one to cry on . You surely made an impact not only in my 2012 but in my life .

Teacher Cloud and Teacher Ivony
You two are my delight every time I go to work . Thank you for making me feel loved and blessed to have friends at work . Thank you for always cheering me up ^^

The Silent Noise Band

Thanks for 5 years of friendship . We may not see each other that often but still you did made an impact in my life specially this year . Alam nyo yan ! Thanks for serenading me whenever I feel gloomy . Hopefully , we can release a recording next year (2013) . Yes to FAME !

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Pangarap lang kita... TALAGA?

Sa totoo lang ang hirap tlagang maging babae eh! Kasi kapag ikaw may gusto sa lalaki, hindi pwede yung all of a sudden bigla mo nlang sasabihin na "Uy! Crush kita, gusto mo tayo na?" *AWKWARD* di magandang tignan. Minsan mapagkakamalan ka pang b*tch o kaya napaka-easy-to-get na babae. BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. Yes to the Y-E-S! May crush ako nung 2nd year high school ako. Hndi ako nahihiyang aminin, nag-confess ako sa crush ko nun na si Rey Franz. Wala ng tago-tago pa ng pangalan. Madami naman nkakaalam eh. After all, we all have fair shares of embarrassing moments in our lives di ba? Hindi ko alam kung anong pumasok sa utak ko nun kung bakit ako dumating sa point na yun. Siguro nachallenge? Wala pa kc nagiging GF yung ungas na yun eh so, inisip ko siguro masayang maging first girlfriend nito kc mabait naman tlaga xa. Sobrang humorous at gentleman. Uulitin ko ha, hndi ko to kinakahiya pero pinagsisisihan ko.

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Bye boring hair ! Hello perky hair !

Goodbye to my long , brown , curly and totally damaged hair ...

I've had this long hairstyle since God knows when .. not the waves coz I just had them early this year to help me save time . You know what I mean, do you?

Instead of brushing your hair for 100th times before going to bed of combing your hair 'til the tips, you can just leave your curly hair as it is and no one will know that you haven't even touched it.

For a change, and not because I'm broken-hearted...

I decided to have my hair cut short... really short!

I've been having this thought since last month but I only had enough courage to say goodbye to my play-safe hair yesterday.

So, here you go .. Criticisms are always welcome but be cautious for the comeback ! *kidding*

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Story of a Fatherless Daughter :((

Excerpted from my entry to Mommy Fleur's Father's day Promo ..

So where do I begin... It's actually gonna be another FATHERLESS DAY FOR ME so at first I was hesitant to join here coz this PROMO requires a touching Father and Daughter moment . But here I am ... trying :)) It's been 20 years since my Dad left us and I'm 20 now. You got it! I've never seen my dad since I was a child (what a cry baby) I don't know the reason why he left us. I always ask my Mom but I always leave her speechless. It has been my dream to meet my Dad and I told myself, I'm going to look for him the moment I graduated high school and show him all my achievements! (bet, he's gonna be really proud of me) I finished high school and now College and still no father with me. I thought I can use the power of technology that we have nowadays but I was wrong! Well, there was an incident wherein I looked for his name "Joel Feliciano" on Facebook last year and voila ! There was a match not only that we have common friends on FB and he's been to lived in Tatalon !!! He must be the one ! I added him .. He accepted my request and right there and then I took all the chance to break the ice. I open the chat box.. there's his name! so, I typed some words .. He replied and we got comfortable with each other I then popped some unexpected questions.

Me: Tumira po kayo sa Tatalon di ba?
Him: Ah Oo
Me: My kilala po kayong Cora? Cora Dela Cruz po
Him: Si ate Cora yung matarey?
Me: Sya nga po.
Him: Bihira ko lang syang makita kasi nta masungit yun eh

(Bihira pero nakabuo kayo ng bata)

Me: Hmmm... Mama ko po kasi sya.
Him: Ay ganun! Pasensya na sa pagdedescribe ko.. Pero masungit tlaga sya di ba?
Me: Opo .. hndi mapagkakaila

......

Him: di ka na nagreply? Bat mo nga pla ko natanong?
Me: (My heart was pounding) Alam nyo po, hndi ko po kasi nakikita tatay ko mula pagkabata eh.. Nung tinanong ko po c mama kung ano pangalan ng tatay ko sabi nya Joel Feliciano daw po. Hinanap ko po sa FB tapos nag-appear kayo .. may mga common friends din po tayo at tumira kayo sa Tatalon kaya inisip ko ... Kayo po siguro tatay ko :'( Pareho pa tayong singkit..

.....................

Me: Kayo po ba ang tatay ko?
Him: Imposible... Sabi mo 20 kna db? Eh 36 plang ako eh saka hndi ko tlaga nakasama mama mo , nkakasalubong lang pero hndi kami magkakilalang talaga.. Bka naman kapangalan ko lang?
Me: (Bumabaha ng ng luha sa eksenang ito) Hndi ko po guguluhin pamilya nyo... Gusto ko lang po mabuo pagkatao ko. Kapangalan? Lahat po tumutugma sa inyo pano nangyari un? Jr. po ba kau ? Baka yung tatay nyo (Sr.) ang tatay ko? (At nakuha ko pang mag-joke)
Him: Imposible tlaga...
Me: Hndi ko po kayo pipilitin pero nakakaiyak lang pong isipin kc nagexpect ako na ito na.. ito na ung buong buhay kong hinihintay na chance... hndi pla :'(((
Him: Ang ganda ganda mo para maging anak ko.. cguro pag nagkita kayo ng tatay mo magsisisi sya at iniwan ka. Mag-aral kang mabuti at wag kang sumuko na hanapin tatay mo ha!
Me: Salamat po.. Nakakahiya naman tong ginawa ko. Pasensya na po kayo sa abala ah .. baka mamaya makasira pa ko ng pamilya... sorry po ulit...

** Hindi ko alam kung ayaw nya lang ba tlaga akong akuin kc nga may pamilya na sya o biktima lang sya kc ibang pangalan binigay ni mama... pinakita ko kay mama ung mga pictures nya sa FB .. sabi nya hndi daw un tatay ko kc kamukha daw nun c Lito Lapid. Ang lupit maglaro ng pagkakataon noh? Parang nung time na yun pakiramdam ko pinaglalaruan ng mundo ung nararamdaman ko.

Marami pa kong madramang nobela .. Pag nagkita tayo, isshare ko sayo ang kabuuan. Pprintsceen ko rin ung conversation namin sa FB :)) (Inassume ko na tlaga na ako mapipili eh no) By the way, I always read your blog and I'm planning to send a picture of my cute niece to join your "This kid is it"

---- Jocelle Dela Cruz
Law Student from PUP/ The creative mind behind the blogs:
Loquacious Vixen - http://iamjocelledelacruz.blogspot.com
MamCee -
http://ilovemamcee.blogspot.com
The Legally Blunt -
http://thelegallyblunt.blogspot.com

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Big Rock Farm Resort Rocks!

I am not a travel blogger nor a travel adviser but my experience last Friday is truly a must blog thing !

Me and my boyfriend's friend (well , they are also my friends) decided to earn money by giving 10 pesos a day since April so that we can have a summer outing altogether. 

Actually the original plan is to go to Boracay de Cavite but then things change coz we have babies so it will not be safe to travel and go to the beach with these little cuties . 

Upon surfing the net, Ate Bullet saw a very interesting place in San Rafael, Bulacan and the resort's name is Big Rock Farm Resort so she googled more pictures from the gallery and voila ! it really is a hidden paradise.

It's actually very cheap coz all you have to pay is PHP100 for a day-time swimming from 6am-5pm but you can compare the place to Amana Waterpark coz it has lots of life-size statues too for children to enjoy!

Another good thing about this place is that there is no corkage so we brought our own food and cook them there! And ofcourse outings will never be fun without some alcohol good thing it's allowed so we got tipsy (i just got 1 shot .. swear !)

Here are some scraps from Google :

too bad I haven't uploaded our own pictures but don't worry I'll post them with this soon ..

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Deactivate your stolen phone!

Because of what happened to me yesterday, I decided to search about how to deactivate a stolen mobile phone. Loosing a mobile phone is not an uncommon thing for anyone in this world. You must have heard that your friend or any other person forget his or her phone in a hotel, car, garden, park. and when he or she goes to pick up phone, mobile phone was not there where he or she left it. Now what to do if your mobile phone is stolen.

In many countries like UK, there is mobile phonedatabase, which can prevent lost or stolen mobile phones from being used on any mobile network, thus these stolen mobile phones are worthless to anyone. This system exactly works like a stolen credit card, whenever you loose your credit card, you simply make a phone call to your requisite bank to deactivate your credit card. Similar is the case withmobile phones, you call your service provider and give them a specific number to deactivate your stolenmobile phone. This system applies to both prepay and postpaid packages.

Every mobile in this world has a unique code called as International mobile equipment identity (IMEI Number). This is a unique serial number of every mobile phone. If you provide this serial number to your network operator, they will deactivate your stolen mobile phone. No one can use your mobile phone even if the person who has stolen your mobile, insert new Sim in the mobile. This mobile will be useless for all networks or service providers. All mobile network operators will deactivate or disable the phone by reference to the unique IMEI number of the mobile phone

This number can normally be found under the battery ofmobile phone (looking something like 004400/01/123456/7). You can also get this number from the phone software, by entering following useful code. Simply write down on your mobile phonefollowing code. You can also get this number from the phone software, by entering following usefull code:

* # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen after pressing send button, or in some phones it comes automatically just by writing above given code. This number is unique to your Handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. Should your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.




Remember your mobile phone is very valuable for you. You may have very important data stored in it. So take care of your mobile phones. Don't use yourmobile in crowded areas or where you might feel unsafe. Government is trying to encourage mobile phone companies to give more options for improving mobile phone security. 

You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones

Credits

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I had a terrifying experience today...

As I mentioned in my profile, I'm an online English teacher to Koreans. I work every weekdays from 5 o'clock in the morning (oo, morning .. dawn!) to 2 o'clock in the afternoon (tirik naman araw). Having that schedule, it is required to wake up very early and when I say VERY EARLY that means 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING!!!

Having that early schedule, I really have to get up early sayang din kc ung tumataginting na PERFECT ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE na ****.00PHP (hulaan mo) The only thing I am concern with is the my safety. Ofcourse sa ganyang mga oras lumalabas ang mga kaaway ni Mang Jose . Rapist, robber, snatcher, holdaper, lahat na ng may "er" sa dulo! Hindi ko alam na ngayong araw na to darating ang bagay na kinatatakutan ko :(( I was being robbed!

Tipikal na umaga lang sana to.. Gigising ako, maliligo, magaayos ng sarili, at papasok na sa trabaho. Hindi pla ganun ung mangyayari! As usual, nagaabang ako ng jip sa may Sta. Mesa malapit sa Santol tapos kagaya lang ng nakagawian uupo ako sa pinakamalapit na bakanteng espasyo. Sa bandang V. Mapa may sumakay sa lalaki na tlagang nkakairita!!! Dikit sya ng dikit parang ewan! Asog ng asog eh maluwag naman so, tinitigan ko sya ng masama! Bka kc chumachancing sya eh nka-short lang ako. Aba! chumachancing nga ! Hindi chancing na maka-hipo kundi chancing para makapagnakaw!!

Nung paliko na kme sa V. Mapa kung saan maraming nagaganap at nabubuo dahil sa mga nagkalat na love nest o madaling sabi eh motel, may sumakay na lalaki na hindi ko naman tlaga pinansin. Kaya lang nung tumabi sya sakin, tlagang kumulo dugo ko! Kasi nga dikit sya ng dikit na talaga namang nakapapanginig ng laman! Tinamaan nya pa ko ng braso nya kc nagtatanggal ata sya ng jacket nya. Ayun nga, binigyan ko sya ng mala-cyclops na tingin at muntik pa ko mag-super saiyan. Ang hindi ko alam, humahanap lang pala sya ng tamang timing para mag-declare ng hold-up. May naramdaman akong pointed object sa tagiliran ko tapos bigla nlang syang bumulong saken "bigay mo na yang cellphone mo ska pera mo" at may gana pa kong sumagot ha! Sabi ko sa kanya habang maluha-luha "Kuya, maawa naman po kayo, graduating po ako" sumagot pa tlaga!! "Wag ka ng pumalag! Ibigay mo na!" so ayun... Goodbye cellphone and goodbye hard-earned money and goodbye PERFECT ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE :'( Ganito ba tlaga kpag graduating? Ganito ka-risky? Haaaaaaay...

Gusto ko man bumaba ng time na un sa jeep para magpa-blotter, di ko na ginawa. Una sa lahat, walang malapt na establishment sa paligid nung area. Pangalawa, bka taga-dun lang ung @*%#$ na yun at habulin pa ko eh di buwis-buhay pa! Lastly, wala na kong lakas pa para gumalaw after nung ngyari. Sobrang natulala lang ako at di makapaniwala na sa buong buhay ko mangyayari ung bagay na un. Kinilabutan ako kc naalala ko pa na tumingin pa ko ulit sa cp ko bago ngyari un eh. Saktong 4:47 ung nkalagay kc 25 minutes advance ung oras sa cp ko eh.

Kung irereport ko man ung nangyari, hndi ko alam kung pano ccmulan at kung mssolve ba to (di na ko umaasa) kc hndi ko tlaga mamukaan ung lalaki eh. Ang naaalala ko lang, maayos naman ung itsura nya, muka pa ngang matino kc malinis at nka-black pants sya at stripes na polo shirt pero ung klarong description? Wala... wala akong maalala.

Pagdating ko sa opisina nkatayo na ung mga TL sa biometrics, naghhntay ng mga late na sesermonan. Hindi ko na napigilang mag-breakdown at humagulgol na nga ako kay TL. Tae tlaga! 4:47 ako nkapag-in! Ano un inception? Sayang! 2 minutes lang eh... Oh well, wala clang consideration kaya wag na magmiasim! Wag lang sana mangyari ung ganito sa inyo! Hmp! GnG? Oh well, that's life! Makakarma din yang mga ganyang tao sa mundo at alam kong doble pa ung babalik sa'king biyaya :)

Kahit na sobrang nkakatakot ng ngyari sakin ngayon, nagpapasalamat pa rin ako sa Diyos dahil hindi nya ako hinayaang masaktan. Pwede na siguro to pang-blotter! Detalyado eh!

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I do appreciate them... A LOT !

nkaka-touch ..

ang lame ko naman !

perstaym ?

perstaym may magbasa ng blog mo ??

ganito ata tlaga kapag amateur blogger ka palang ..

anyway, may fan na ko !!

fan tlaga ?!

de joke lang ..

nagiisa na nga lang baka mwala pa .

hahahaha !

masaya ako kapag nkakakita ng mga comments sa blog ko ..

kasi nga hindi mo to mffollow kya comment nlang ^^

pede rin naman kung may google account ka :))

be a member kumbaga ..

Uyyy...

sa susunod na mapapadaan ka , comment ka ah ^^

thanks :)

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The Legally Blunt ™

yeah beybe !! i'm officially graduating on May 11 ..

aknow ! late tlaga graduation ng PUP .

hahahaha !

and yes you got it !

I'm planning to up another blog ..

I'll name it "Legally Blunt"

of course inspired by the movie Legally Blonde ..

If you know me well , you'll know why I call myself the

"Elle Woods of the Philippines"

As you knoe I love PIIIINK ..

and I'm a Polscie Major and will be entering College of Law this June

so , that's it ^^

I'm planning to put all the things related to LEGAL MATTERS ..

Law, Cases, basta kahit ano pang tungkol sa BATAS :)

so Follow me there SOOOOON ..

balak ko rin magbayad para lang mabili ang trademark na Legally Blunt :)

para akin lang sya LEGALLY :))

hahahaha ! parang Ivy Blue lang na baby ni Beyonce ^^

naghahanap din ako ng marunong gumawa ng lay-out dito para mas maganda ung magiging lay-out ko at dapat related sa name ng blog ko ..

I WILL COMMISSION ANYONE WHO CAN :))

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GradBlues: My Certificate of Candidacy

Pleaaaaseeee .. Excuse the epic fail name ..

at dahil sa MAY 11 pa ang aming martsa ..

ito muna ang munting patikim sa mga sabik sa matamis kong tagumpay

sa aking paglalakbay bilang isang KOLEHIYALA ..

Glory be to God !

Congrats BPS-IR Seniors

and to all the parents of the 2012 Graduates out there !

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GradBlues: A letter to myself after Graduation

Dear Attorney... not yet,

You did it! I'm so proud of you (malamang ako ikaw :p). I know how much sacrifices you've gone through just to be this far and I am certain that no thunder can break you down! You are such an inspiration to me, for we all know that graduating is just the beginning of life's battle but no! What you've passed isn't just a battlefield nor a struggle but the worst-est challenges life could offer (kung alam nyo lang).

Being in this world alone is worst thing that could happen to someone, but you're not alone. NEVER !! You've had your family (Dela Cruz Clan), your classmates (Elem-High School-College), acquaintances (Hi-Hello), your siblings, your mother (na father din), your boyfriend (Mamark) and your truest BEST FRIEND (Metong)...

You are very lucky to have wonderful friends! True friends! Best friend (trulaloo)... For I'm not sure what kind of people I will meet. I don't know if they're true. I don't know if they're real. Maswerte ka kasi nakatapos ka at nakatagpo ka ng mga totoong kaibigan. Ako hindi talaga ako sigurado. Mahirap ang landas na tatahakin ko! Puro mga professionals na ang makakasalamuha ko, marami sa knila Career lang ang mahalaga so malamang wala silang time mkipagkaibigan.

Being a Polscie major is no joke, maraming pagkakataon na susubukin ka kung itutuloy mo pa ba o aayaw kna. Just for the record... hindi naman tlaga Polscie ang gusto kong course at lalong hndi ko pangarap makatanggap ng mga death threats kapag naging lawyer ako but I'm loving all the attentions kapag npapa-wow sila knowing na Polscie major ka tapos mag-lalaw kpa :)) But it's more of a bigger responsibility , hndi ka naman kc ggraduate kung puro pa-cute lang gagawin mo db?

Ano kayang buhay ang naghihintay sakin sa Law School? Magkakaroon din kaya ako ng Bestfriend kagaya ni Metong? Makaka-encounter kaya ako ng mga *$%#^$ na prof? At ang malaking tanong jan... Makakasurvive kaya ako kahit hanggang 2nd year lang? Weeew! Buti ka pa tapos na yung mga ganitong tanong sa isip mo ako eto panibagong pakikipag-buno na naman.

Wag ka sanang madidisappoint kung hndi ko kayanin ah! Pero alam ko proud ka rin sakin kasi kahit alam kong mahihirapan ako pinilit ko pa ring pasukin ang larangang ito (deep).

Anyway, Congratulations ulit ah! I'm sooooo proud of you!

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The Mega All-you-can-eat experience in Dad's

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