The Probinsya Restaurant

Probinsya is my favorite restaurant in the city. it's a very cozy restaurant but the best part about it is that it's a buffet and it's within a student's budget. haha, i am a lover of great food!

i always come here, early on sunday mornings with my family to eat breakfast, right after church. it happens a lot especially when my brother is around since we hardly see him and a sunday morning is a great time to bond---trust me! with great food, it really is.

but a few months ago, i thought i'd never come back to this place. it was his birthday and he told me to come to meet his other friends, and to meet his parents which he said was about time. it was something i looked forward and dreaded to happen because it was a first for us. it felt like taking a big step that meant a lot for us both. but disaster struck me that day and he didn't even care or took notice of the fact that i was dying as i was sitting on my seat.

his friends paid no attention to me, his parents didn't know who i am and words were thrown at me. i don't mean that i should have been treated as a princess there but at that time, i think i should have been given atleast an ounce of special treatment. but i didn't get it because he, along with his friends and parents were caught up with his ex-girlfriend whom he never told me was showing up.

the embarrassment i felt made me want to run, and i did. he didn't even explain things to me. he left me with my thoughts with great belief in them. he didn't speak when i told him all about it, i must have said the truth. and right after this, we forgot about each other.

but now, i know that i'll always come back to probinsya even with the horrible experience i had at the place. look at me in that picture, that's me with my aunts, my uncles, my parents, and my cousin jill. we're having breakfast at probinsya right after picking my relatives up from the airport. and i thought it was going to be hard but all i can really think about is the great food and service the restaurant serves. =)

and now, i know more good times will come...in my life and during the times i will be at probinsya. hehe...

-piggy's not so piggy!

chinny's back. =)

i got over it.

a few months ago, i would not have been able to genuinely smile at you. i am not appreciative of anything that you did during and before that time because you said so much but did so little with no meaning at all. not being good at it is not an excuse because i didn't even see you try. i listened to you and i listened too much; i think that was what i did so wrong that it resulted into me loving you. though love is not a bad thing, it felt really wrong because it ate me up. but i'm really glad that i've gone out of it and i found my smiles again. now, everything before me is in my hands, and everything before me is what i want. i found a greater love with my family and with my friends, i should have always known that. it's a fact that they don't want to see me with someone whose love can't compare to theirs; they were glad to see you go. and though i wasn't happy about it when we parted, right now i can only smile that we did. i'm happy now, and i wish that you are too. i may still have things to say but it's only because we weren't able to get the right opportunities to say everything we wanted to say. i won't say your name because it doesn't need to be mentioned,so you don't have to worry about what others could say. i'm only doing this to be really able to turn the page so that when tomorrow comes, i'll say that i've moved passed it and everyone who hears me say it will believe me. i do not intend to hurt you if that is still possible, this is entirely for me.

my last summer

i think it was a great thing to have my other relatives come and visit us for the summer because it's the last summer i'm getting as a college student. ha! so confident that by next year, i'll graduate. hehe...it's a great thing because i was able to have fun, i was able to enjoy my last summer as a student because the next summers of my life will be spent in an office of a company i do not own but later in my life, i'll be spending it an office in a company that i do own.
lol, i sound like i have it all figured out. and it looks like i am dumping my masters in business. but that's not a final plan yet. i just want to put it off for awhile and figure things out. i still do want to write, and use that as a living. but times are hard and living on a writer's paycheck won't do and i'll hear all about it from my parents...i just hope that my new york trip next year will help me a lot.
haha, if i graduate, i'm definitely booking that flight. :)
for now, whilst i enjoy the remaining days of my summer, i am trying to earn some extra bucks through blogging. haha... google shall punish me for that but i hope not. =) hehe, if you can, drop by the cookie jar of entertainment, please do and help me out. :)

my sudden disinterest in social sites

oh no, don't get me wrong. i have a friendster account and i have a multiply account but i just don't see myself managing my accounts very much nowadays. well, i know some keep their accounts to make keeping in touch with friends a lot easier but keeping in touch, we can do at YM or through sending emails. but yes, we don't get to show off pictures and get comments that get posted on our profiles. points to social networks there.
i just have a sudden disinterest in social sites because i've found my energy all directed to blogging. i keep other blogs too, see my side bar for that. i just think that blogging is making me spend my time more practically. airing out my thoughts into the net and having every person able to read them makes me feel light. though we can do those in blogs present in social sites like friendster and multiply, i just think it's better to have a real blog spot online. =) well, what more can i say? i heart blogging...

a writer

my interest in writing began when i was in fifth grade. it was really out of annoyance from a friend who bragged about her write-ups which were, in my honest opinion, weren't good. (^.^) i wrote with so much confidence and i believed that i'm better than her. so when my compositions started to pile up, i showed them to her with a bragging face.
the first publication i ever became a part of was the Magis. My english teacher wanted me to be a part of it and i wanted to be a part of it. Then, i had my articles printed in the Images and the Blue Knight when i was in high school. I was convinced that i would be taking Mass Communications in college or Journalism in a school in Manila.
But i walked away from art and entered business. i did that because of the demands in my family. i did that to become more competitive in the present time. i did that for the money. but even so, i've always been convinced that being a business student can't stop me from doing what i love best. i became Managing Editor of Fugue and i am very proud to know what the staff and the whole Editorial Board had come up with. but because business matters caught up with me and my school work became heavy, i had to leave writing for awhile.
and for a while there, i thought i'd never write again. i thought that i'd be facing business cases, analyzing, making SWOTS, doing research, and other business related duties. but then, my attention has just been called and a unanimous decision has been made, i am now the Editor of the Features department of The Business Brief and that i have been invited to join the Philippine Press Institute Convention in Manila on May 27-30.
i hardly have the words to express my happiness towards this! =)

the desire to travel

i love to travel though it's quite ironic for me to say that because i haven't gone to many places and i haven't seen many sites. but i do love the ideas of me visiting a new city or a country even just to enjoy the sites, meet the locals, enjoy a different dish, and take photos of myself with my family or with my friends...and yes, in time, with a very special someone. =)
recently, my parents visited singapore and they loved the place just like the many places they've seen and i'm jealous. lol.
but then, i know i'll make it happen, that someday, it's me who will be boarding a plane with anyone who can come with me or anyone who wants me to come with them, to see places i haven't seen; to enjoy my time like i've enjoyed it before. to be able to say; "this is the life!".

with chug

it's funny how sometimes, i get comments on how my brother and i look like we're in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. haha, i'd like to say he looks young for his age and not something else. :)
hehe...in this picture, it seems like we're in a perfect relationship as siblings but we do argue on big and small things too. and in those times, i swear, we could just bite each other's head off! :) but then again, it's a good thing that we share more good times together like this one in the picture.
we're just a little less than perfect. :)

the cadiogan farm

this picture was taken in the mango farm of the cadiogans in mindanao. in this picture, you can see few of the cadiogans who were able to go to davao city last april and see how the mango farm is doing. by the looks of everyone's smiles in the picture, it seems like it's doing well.
let's just wait for the mango season to be able to taste these mangoes! :)

from randiss cadiogan

just a copy and paste thing to do for today. i feel lazy. but i think this entry is quite helpful for newbies in blogging such as myself. hehehe.. this is from randiss cadiogan

yes, definitely! blogging has become very popular now! :) i learned about it from my friends in the i.t. division. man! they're making big bucks and i wish my earnings could compare to them. hehe... there are many sites out there that pay for reviews and the best agents i know so far are smorty and sponsored reviews. i believe that they are the best since those are the sponsoring sites i hear the most from my friends. hehehe... so, i suggest to all the new bloggers out there who want to start earning through making reviews about products and sites is to visit these two agents. :) who knows, you could probably start earning more than you think you could. :) hehe...


good luck to everyone! especially to chinny cadiogan who is really into this! :)

what's that for? the wishing well at eden-our wishes!

this is the wishing well we saw while having our tour at eden nature park. too bad it rained and not everybody was able to get out of the err, little jeep. here i am with just a portion of the family (my brother took the shot.) and in this picture, you can see that my cousin chat and my auntie amie are trying to be like jasmine trias in american idol. lol. just kidding. while we were at the wishing well, we of course dropped some coins and made our own wishes. some were said aloud, some were kept to ourselves. it may seem silly to some people that we'd still be dropping coins and making wishes on wishing wells at this age. but, we did that for the fun of it and if our wishes do come true, then YEAH! hehehe... a few of the wishes that were said aloud were "to pass the bar exam" -by auntie aida and my kuya chug, "a boyfriend for chinny" by my mom. "to visit davao city again." -by auntie amie.
well...those coming true isn't a long a shot! :)

the family reunion

the recent family reunion for the cadiogans was held at davao city. for the first time, my aunts, uncles and cousins from luzon and california stayed here for about a week to experience the family all over again. for a long time, we've been apart and to finally be together under one roof is a blessing. with our lola paring around, it was wonderful. but of course, for our other relatives who weren't able to make it, we're sad but we are still wishing all the best for all of you and hope that it wouldn't take so long for us to be with each other again. :)
to my family, our times together would tell anyone that there are things which money just can't buy.
to everyone, always treasure your family.