*Hello bloggers ^_^ readers ^_^ visitors and everyone*


Today is my aunt's birthday (my aunt is in NYC now with her daughter "my cousin" Grace). My uncle (her husband) who just arrived last week with my cousin (their son) for a quick vacation prepared something for the family to celebrate even though my aunt (the celebrant) is not here (since they were not able to come home for some reasons) to celebrate with us.


And so, I decided to dedicate this post to my Aunt "Mrs. Lydia Mondigo"...♫


I hope you had fun viewing us (especially Mati nga eksena kaayo) through webcam and thank you sa pasalubong..^_^


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I just finished my exam a while ago and another long holiday for next week..great!


So, since I'm leaving in like a half an hour. I will just leave you with this video of my niece dancing "Baby" by J.B (I'm no fan of him okay, but, my niece liked this song so much)..Ü


I hope you'll have fun watching ^_^

Haha! she isn't really that talented is dancing. aye? ^_^


Do you what she's good at? being mean. hahaha

I'm running out of things to share because it's our midterm exam (can't think straight, really!) and my sister borrowed the camera for my niece's presentation this Friday. I hope this one here will do.

Do you have facebook? Have you heard of archivedbook, this site enables you to view your archived 

statutes, wallposts, links, videos etc. for the past few years since you sign up to fb. It was really fun reading those things.. and blah blah blah..

But anyway, the thing is, when I checked out my video post, I saw this very familiar video taken 10months ago @White Island (CAMIGUIN ISLAND)..Ü 

That was my first time at that particular place, I mean, I grew up in Camiguin Island but haven't been there the whole time I was there and I was really amazed by it's beauty. I shared already some pics from this trip but this time, I'm sharing you our video (we took for our friends), but you're free to check out this post ISLAND BORN OF FIRE (CAMIGUIN ISLAND) where I posted some pics (of us) around the Island. 

Can you hear the sound of the waves? Whoa! the breeze of the air was awesome. It was heaven..(exaggeration much? hehe)

Nah. really!

While we're approaching the Island, we can't help ourselves from saying "WOW" -that's it. speechless. lol

fin ^_^

*You gotta read this one here (this was my post last July) first before proceeding so you will have an idea about this kid we met two years ago and how he end up being this cool now =) aye, aye?! ^_^ *


If you won't read this you will never understand this post. 


Done reading now?


Okay, let's proceed. 

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A follow up post to these: On The Way To School and On The Way To SM Mall, Cagayan de Oro City

As requested by: Michael Westside "I got a request, dear Mai, how about some pictures of your city. Perhaps some pictures from high places, so that you can see what the city looks like and then some pics inside the city. Perhaps some cool stores we don't have here in the west, or what your market looks like, how everyday grocery stores is like. Stuff like that."

I'm not really sure if I'm posting the right thing here. ^_^ 

So, here it goes Michael Westside, this is what our city looks like. This isn't the whole thing yet. I wasn't able to take a pictures around and inside the market, so, maybe after midterm exam or whenever I have time, for sure I will look into it. For the mean time, here's the scenery inside Limketkai Center.

Limketkai Center | Limketkai Mall (LKKS) is located in Cagayan de Oro City in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines and one of the largest mall in Northern Mindanao since 1995. The entire center is over 25-hectares in area and is home to the largest and most modern shopping-center complex in Northern Mindanao. Located in the business district of Cagayan de Oro and 11 km away from the airport, Limketkai Mall offers a wide range over 300 diversified tenants of internationally and nationally recognized stores, local boutiques, specialty shops, fast-food chains and fine-dining restaurants. The shopping center sports two large department stores and boasts a variety of facilities that include four movie theaters, kids’ play areas and day-care centers, spas and clinics, sports shops, four function rooms, and a huge atrium with 3,000-capacity atrium hall for local and international concerts and events. Outside the mall is the Rosario Arcade, a hang out area that houses bars,pizza places, coffee shops, and fine-dining restaurants; featuring Italian, Chinese, Thai and American cuisines all in one place. Chill, wine and dine at some of the finest restaurants in the Rosario strip and groove with the tune of live music from their nightly live bands.premier modern shopping facility.

Robinsons CDO, which is the 1st Robinsons Mall in Mindanao, is situated in the Limketkai Center. Also situated is the first Starbucks,McDonalds and Jollibee branch in the city, and all of Mindanao. 

source: wikipedia

INSIDE LIMKETKAI MALL 

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Note: This is good for two days post. It might take a while for you to read this one. I hope you don't mind.Ü 


The past three days were the most tiring days ever in our college life but last night was a blast.

Wanna know why? 

Our school was the over all champion in KUMBIRA 2011  (Kumbira is a professional and student culinary show and live competition held in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines.It is the largest culinary event in Mindanao, lasting for three days).Ü

Isn't that a good news? ^___^

Anyway, here's what happened for the last two days..

DAY2

Our group was assigned to watch the "buffet floral centerpiece (theme: a December wedding)" competition (professional category) -live.

and the winner goes to the first photo (from the left on top)

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Beware of Misconceptions.Ü *MERELY*JÜST4FÜN*


Hello Bloggers, Readers and Visitors :)


Today is day 1 of Kumbira. Kumbira is a professional and student culinary show and live competition held in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines. It is the largest culinary event in Mindanao, lasting for three days.


As a Hotel and Restaurant Management student, we are tasked to assist the event for 3 days, also, this is in relation to our subject "EVENTS MANAGEMENT" and blah blah blah..


Whoa! As much as I wanna share to you all the things I did today, I can't. I'm too lazy to do that now. I'm so tired. My feet, my legs, my back are in pain :( huhu..I need a hug :( We've been standing from 7.30a-1.30p (I guess or more) because we are marshalls. We were guarding foyer 2 area where FILIPINO Carving in both professionals and students category are being held-live. So, we gotta control the crowd. As for me, of course, I did what I have to do. But guess what? I was even told I was snob and strict just because I did not allow them (the viewers, watchers) to enter the area, huh? duh. It's not like it was a restricted area actually, they're not just supposed to be there. that's it. I'm just following instructions. Was it really that hard to comprehend or what? It really pissed me off. Big time! But of course, I can't tell them I'm feeling that way. Part of being in a hospitality industry, I need not to show negative expressions, you know. I have to smile even if everything hurts. Life is like that. Life is mean. It's unfair. That's reality. Right? ^_^


But anyway (again),  I had fun today. And so, just a sneak peak of today's event =)) hope you'll have fun-too! =))
I will share to you everything after the event, maybe.Ü 


Here are some of the finished products (took these randomly) of the live competition in food carving. 

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Beware of Misconceptions.Ü *MERELY*JÜST4FÜN*


49 days is a South Korean television series being showed in the Philippines for quite a while now with it's alternative name PURE LOVE.


I have been watching this drama for days now (I'm still on the 13th episode), not on TV, but in DVD.


I will go with a simple synopsis only.


This is a story about a young girl named Dianne Shin, a free spirit young lady whose life seems to be perfect. She has a parents who adore her and friends who admire her. She's engaged and set to marry her fiance Min-Ho in just a few days before she got into a traffic accident due to a suicidal named Ysabelle Song (who works at a convenient store) and was pronounced to be in a vegetative state. She realized she's already a soul after she met the reaper a.k.a the "scheduler" and give her a chance to live again under some terms. 


-In order to live again, she must fill the necklace given by the reaper with pure tears shed by those three people who truly love her (excluding a family member). To do that, she was advise to use the body of Ysabelle "only" when Ysabelle is sleeping. Once someone will noticed that she's Dianne living in Ysabelle's body, the agreement will be useless and she'll lost the chance of living again. 


For the next 49 days, she gets a job at a restaurant owned by Raymond, her friend in high school. Later, she remembered what happened before the accident-she saw her best friend and her fiance sitting intimately together in a car and came to her senses about their betrayal. And her quest begin as she realized that it will not be easy for her to find those tears knowing now that the two persons she loves the most (who she thought will help her revive) cheated on her..


Synopsis courtesy of Wikipedia: click here if you wanna read more:)


It made me think. What if it happens for real?


What if, one day I will die and poof! a reaper will appear next to me and will give me a chance to live again under those terms?


I know I have friends. Got plenty of them actually. But the question is. Who will shed a pure tear for me out of those people I call my friends? What if they will cry only for sympathy? or worse, what if they won't even cry for me for the reason that they don't want to ruin their mascara, their make up or whatever?


ha! gosh!


Does it mean, chances are for people only who were able to lived a life full of love and kindness and not to mean people like me? Yeah, I was never, I mean, rather, I am not the kind of person who's nice, considerate and lovable. I'm demanding, impatient, stubborn stupid, vengeful and name it! If it's true then..it means?


Whoa. Even at the other side of the world it's still unfair =((


great! 


But anyway, it's just a fantasy :) I don't need to worry, do I? 


^___^

-end of drama tonight-

xoxo..♥♥♥

This is an update to this post In The Name Of Love. As promised, here's a video made in an instant by Atoy A Martinez ^__^ (it took me a while to update, so sorry ^_^ )

On Site Video 
@KORESCO HOTEL CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY^_^

A video presented just before the celebration ended. It was impressive (for me ha) to think that they made this video while the ceremony was going on. It must be so difficult and they must be so good to do that.

But anyway, the thing is, it came off like.."we wanted more" -bitin ng video! hehe

Finally, the pics from FOTO LOCO CDO ^__^

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*Rhamz Most Awaited Moment*


Rhamedan, a friend of mine is one of those thousands of FILIPINO fans whose one ultimate dream is to see the stars of Philippine Football Team.


Whops! Granted! -me feel so envious!


ugh! John Lloy Cruz (Filipino Actor), when can I ever see you in person? haha!


Anyway, Azkals' invasions happened today. For 2hours or less we (Janine, Aiko, Shella, Mona, Aj and Rhamedan) watched them play.


but first..vanity mode muna while waiting for the Azkals to arrive.  =))

picture perfect (",)

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