Watching my favorite band on YouTube. What a way to spend my day. You guys rock!

I started my day early. I had to renew my CPR certification. We had this Chinese guy Ming as our CPR mentor and there were 5 of us in the class. It only took me 2 hours to complete certification. I was surprised that they don’t pay close attention to return demos. You just have to follow the video and complete a written assessment afterwards. Back in the Phil, CPR training takes 5 hours minimum because return demos are taken seriously. If you don’t have the correct technique, you will have to do it again or worse fail training.

At dinner time, the Gelido family and I together with friends attended Samantha’s awarding ceremony at Lock Raven High School in Towson, Maryland. She was awarded Honorable Mention in the recent Poster Making Contest hosted by the Baltimore County Fire Department.

When my college friend and batchmate Cherry Agor- Rumbaoa invited me to have dinner in her house in White Marsh, I had the chance to meet her husband Ryan and their twins, Coby and Riley who were such adorable kids.  I also met their friend Drexler who is also working as a nurse in the university hospital.

Ryan told me he likes giving books to his friends. He promised to send me one. I received the book, “The Automatic Millionare by David Bach,”  in the mail today and was so excited to read it.

Thanks to Cherry and Ryan..to Drexler as well. Happy Holidays!

I mean I am not a know-it-all person, but it doesn’t hurt to do things right. It gives you that sense of accomplishment. If you can log in to your Facebook account more than a hundred times a day, why can’t you Google a word to check if you have spelled it correctly? If this post will offend you girl, sorry. I’m just telling the truth.

Ideas are fantabulous things. No business gets started, no bestseller book gets written, and no adventures get off the ground without them. The problem is great ideas are bigger and wider than we give them credit for. They have a shelf life. So how do you finish what you’ve started? Give yourself an IMMEDIATE DEADLINE.

For me, they are extraordinary people who made their marks in my life. I was a mediocre person except for some bouts of intelligence exhibited normally during my growing years. God sent out angels in the form of teachers who interfered with my life as if I was a lost sheep. I carry a lasting impression of these great human beings who instilled in me the love for knowledge. Because of them, I am able to survive this bewildered world and make ends meet. And now I make public my undying gratitude for these awesome individuals.

Preschool – St. Paul School of Sta. Maria Bulacan

Mrs. De Jesus – Kindergarten

Gradeschool – St. Paul School of Sta. Maria Bulacan

Ms. Regala – Grade 2 Adviser

Ms. Balbin- Grade 4 Adviser

Mrs. Antonio- Grade 5 Adviser/ English Teacher

Highschool – St. Paul College Bocaue Bulacan

Ms. Dagan – 3rd Year Adviser/ Geometry Teacher

Mrs. Sandil – 3rd Year English Teacher/ Pauliteen Adviser

Ms. Grace Kalata (Florentino) – 3rd Year Chemistry Teacher/ Volleyball Team Adviser St. Martin

Mrs. Gregoria Pascual – 4th Year Adviser/ English Teacher (may the Lord have mercy on her soul)

College of Nursing – University of Santo Tomas

Dean Maralit – Dean, College of Nursing

Dr. Elmer Hibek – Literature Professor

Dr. Rene Tadle – Philosophy/ Logic Professor

Jose Ricarte Origenes – Anthropology and Sociology

Mrs. Peña – 4th Year RLE

I rock salute each and everyone of you!

If there’ s one thing I’m praying for now, that would be not to retake the English exam i took yesterday. I am not willing to sit down on a speaking test again with an examiner who doesn’t know what eye contact and good conversation mean. The need to stay seated for 3 hours straight to listen to people who speak like Harry Potter, to work my brains out trying to write as many words as I can and reading 3 confusing passages is not at all funny. It’s boring.

The 2 cups of brewed coffee and 3 pieces of bacon pancakes that Hubby and I ate for breakfast in the hotel was worth $25 dollars! That MADE my day. Geez, don’t make me go back in there. I’m going to scream.

Well of course I was joking too. Truth is, I don’t want to get rich. When people become wealthy, they become mean. And they die young. I want to live forever, enclosed in my simple dreams. If there’s something tangible that I really want, it would be a small house in Tagaytay and a family car. That’s it. Beyond that, I just want to be happy with Ross and our kids.

“They’re” means “they are.” “Their” is possessive.

“You’re” is a combination of you and are. “Your” is the possessive form of you.

“Lose” is the opposite of Win. “Loose” means not tight.

“Advice” is a noun. “Advise” is a verb.

“It’s” is a contraction of it is. “Its” is a possessive pronoun.

When you’re using “do”, “does” or “did,” it is always followed by the base form of the verb.