Christmas Break: Surigao

Dec. 27 - 29, we went to Surigao for a break. Stayed at Gateway Hotel which they have this awesome food to eat. Saw our long-time-no-see cousin, Kuya Christian, who just arrived from his sailing. Of course, he gave us dada for Christmas gift, though it's late. Thanks Kuya! We missed his two sisters, Ate Tonette and Ate Gretchen, it's really been a long time since we last saw them (maybe that was way back 2007). We can't really get together now like really close get together cos our parents are out of the country and our grandparents are gone, so sad, I know. Unlike the old good times, we always see each other every summer, hang-out at our grandparents' home and eat and eat and eat (FAAAAAAT). I miss the old goooood sooo gooood times. I wish I can turn back the time! :( Enough for that. Here are some photos of us relaxing in Surigao! Thanks Yanna for the photos :)

One of my favorite food, Sayongsong.

being a freak

I swear, Mabua has the clearest sea water i've ever seen

me, myself and I <3

I really love to take a photo with these small boats.

You don't mess with the gang.  I love the fooooooood!

The awesomest cousin, Yanna!  

That is how I roll, rolling in the deeeeeep. K

That's our rest house in Surigao behind us, still not yet done but my mom's planning to sell it. tsk

Brotherly care

Clubhouse, fries and cookies n cream shake. ONE OF A KIND.

For breakfast. Nom nom nom

Gateway Hotel with the gang

at the hotel

I really had fun staying in Surigao just for a few days. Happy to visit my father and grandparents at the cemetery. It's been a while since I last visited them. Happy Holidays to all!

Hawaiian Christmas Party

Our college, College of Rehabilitative Sciences, celebrated Christmas Party at Maribago Blue Waters last Friday, December 16. It was a fun night. Before the party started (around afternoon), we, the OTs, attended a team building, which made us more active and knowledgeable about our course. It was so tiring and of course, we all had fun. It was a bonding of 1st-4th year OTs. After all, we changed clothes for the party, unfortunately, it rained so heavy. BV conquered us, but when time passes, it cooled down, God is so good. And the night turned out to be an awesome-unforgettable night ever!

Photo credits to my mates :)

at Blue Waters' island with Jom, Mariel, Shaula and Alou

The future OTs

me and Shaula

my loves ♥

cooooousin!

myself, Alou, Shaula, Mika, Steph and Lace

Yours truly :)

Though I haven't seen Brylle but then the band (which is also the one who performed in our school's students night), Geek, Matt Mina and of course my mates made my night. CDU-College of Rehabilitative Sciences rock! =))

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

I am done reading Banished and I can't wait to read the next book, Unforsaken.

Yesterday, me and my block mates had manito-manita at Parkmall. And then, I got this book as a Christmas gift from a close friend, Chin. I'm so thankful to have a kind of friend like her! This book is Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I am currently in Chapter 6 already. So here's some infos about this book.

"You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time—and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.

I know this is interesting and I can't wait to finish reading this! Thank you so much, Chin! Merry Christmas! :)

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

Yesterday, I bought the book Banished at Natio. I was suppose to read Spellbound but sad thing is, Fully Booked got out of stock of Spellbound (its do depressing. I really wanted to read this) I found a lot of good reviews about this book, one thing that I like about reading this. It's okay though, I already signed for a reservation for this book if the stocks arrive.

What’s a girl to do when meeting The One means she’s cursed to die a horrible death?

Life hasn’t been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Conner, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. But the posh Upper East Side prep school she has to attend? Not so much. Friendly faces are few and far between, except for one that she’s irresistibly drawn to—Brendan Salinger, the guy with the rock-star good looks and the richest kid in school, who might just be her very own white knight.

But even when Brendan inexplicably turns cold, Emma can’t stop staring. Ever since she laid eyes on him, strange things have been happening. Streetlamps go out wherever she walks, and Emma’s been having the oddest dreams. Visions of herself in past lives—visions that warn her to stay away from Brendan. Or else.

I can't wait to have this book!!!

Banished by Sophie Littlefield

Hello everyone! Long time no post! I just wanted to share what i'm into right now -- reading books. I'm currently reading Sophie Littlefield's Banished. Im still half a way. I chose to read this because of its story, I really got a thing for immortals, super powers, past lives and etc. stories.

There isn’t much worth living for in Gypsum, Missouri—or Trashtown, as the rich kids call the run-down neighborhood where sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell lives. Hailey figures she’ll never belong—not with the popular kids at school, not with the rejects, not even with her cruel, sickly grandmother, who deals drugs out of their basement. Hailey never knew her dead mother, and she has no idea who her father was, but at least she has her four-year-old foster brother, Chub. Once she turns eighteen, Hailey plans to take Chub far from Gypsum and start a new life where no one can find them.

But when a classmate is injured in gym class, Hailey discovers a gift for healing that she never knew she possessed—and that she cannot ignore. Not only can she heal, she can bring the dying back to life. Confused by her powers, Hailey searches for answers but finds only more questions, until a mysterious visitor shows up at Gram’s house, claiming to be Hailey’s aunt Prairie.

There are people who will stop at nothing to keep Hailey in Trashtown, living out a legacy of despair and suffering. But when Prairie saves both Hailey and Chub from armed attackers who invade Gram’s house in the middle of the night, Hailey must decide where to place her trust. Will Prairie’s past, and the long-buried secret that caused her to leave Gypsum years earlier, ruin them all? Because as Hailey will soon find out, their power to heal is just the beginning.

This gripping novel from thriller writer Sophie Littlefield blazes a trail from small-town Missouri to the big city as Hailey battles an evil greater than she ever imagined, while discovering strengths she never knew she had.

Maybe, i'll finish this week. Hopefully!