psalm 95

this was the response to the responsorial psalm at the sunday mass last may 4th.

i was so delighted because this was the "theme" of the Selpie musical by 29AD last year, that fortunately i was a part of. (^_^)

here is the shirt they were selling during the musical. (^_^)

"if today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts." -Psalm 95

videos

we all have that moment, hen the videos give you goosebumps and you just want to share it (^_~)

so many videos have given me that feeling and i cant even remember why i watched and listened to these videos.

anyways, i just wanted to share it to you guys~ chiao~

Serena - GLOC-9 feat.Ebe Dancel



Time after time - moumoon



Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Nicole Scherzinger





Sa Isang Sulyap - Juan dela Cruz OST



Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary



there are a lot more videos i would like to share. unfortunately, there are the only the ones i remember. (^_^)

pictures

hello everyone!

how are you? please forgive me for the lack in posts.

last weekend, we attended the first west b2b reunion! we had this performance ala "high school" musical. yours truly was sharpay. here is a link to somepicture from my phone and some that i grabbed from my friends. (^_^)

drawing. one of my many passions. of course its not everyday that i really have time for it. so sometimes, i doodle. and here is one of the results of my random doodling. (~_^)

life at the office is becoming to boring. so how does my friend rizell and i fight the boredom, we eat! we used to put aside our cravings and as much as possible just eat the free food at the pantry. but recently, we have been going out for lunch just to have that walk and change in environment. first off, the pasta at sbarro. kind of expensive but i think its a little worth it. second, the "atherosclerosis" meal. seriously, this dangerous food for those who are high blood and has history of heart disease. but does that stop us from eating it? no! (>_<) lastly, a choco pudding given by my superior. (^_^) its chocolate, its pudding, its cold, its delicious. thats all that i have to say.

that last part made me hungry. got to go. chiao~

defying gravity

thankful

this day, i am thankful for a lot of things.

for the people,

for the support,

for the laughs and smiles,

for the opportunity,

and for all the blessings.

thank Lord!

God is an awesome God! (^_^)

update

hi everyone! been a very loooooonng time since i last updated. though, mind you, a lot of events has happened that i can be sure of. (^_^) the pictures are all stacking up in my laptop. unfortunately, i do not have the internet connection to upload them all. maybe i'll pust a post and a link for all my pics since i last updated. (^_^) anyways, right now i am using the desktop of my dad. let me remember what i have been doing since my last update... hmmm.

/looks at facebook, twitter and her mobile phone.

well... it's been a year since i offcially became a member of Singles for Christ. (^_^) me and my batchmates sponsored the food for our Christian Life program. it was our way of giving forward or giving back, however way you look at it. i would say a lot has changed since last year and i hope the change still continues for the better. (^_^)

i have attended a wedding for a cute couple who are also our fellow SFC members. we were the ones who sang for the wedding. i would admit that it was a bit of a disaster but we were all just very happy for them. (^_^) we will be singing in another wedding this monday for another couple from SFC. i hope our singing is better this time around. (^_~)

a bunch of us also performed at the Saterdotal anniversary of our parish priest. aiza and i were the ones who chose the music. bjoy and i did the choreography and i also did the editing for the songs. it was fun but there were a few misunderstandings and bad blood bad the way. thankfully, we were able to overcome this and we were all in good terms after the performance. (^_^)

oh! i went to hong kong last weekend with my officemates. it was an all-expense paid trip by our boss. we went to disneyland and had dinner at the Peak. it was my first time to go to hong kong so i was very excited. i had fun but i wish i had more time to walk around though. (^_^) as i said earlier, pictures will be uploaded as soon as i have enough time and the right internet connection. sorry! m(_ _)m

oh by the way, the first few things i looked for when i was in hk? FANTA! hahahaha! and yes, i did find it. unfortunately, i could not bring it here in the philippines because it was not allowed on the plane. (^_^)

christmas is just around the corner. (^_^) been taking pictures of "christmassy" thingies these past weeks. i hope i get the chance to post them in the near future. and i mean NEAR! (^_^)

i'm very sure i'm missing other details of what i have been doing recently but i really hope i could share them here. (^_^)

chiao~

ryo's family day

a few weekends ago was the school family day of ryo.

ryo had a performance with his classmates and he also had a performance with us, his sisters. (^_^)

for our performance, ryo did all the planning.

we simply polished it. (^_^)

nice job young man!

tickets

i finally have the tickets for the second to the last run of the phantom of the opera here in the philippines on september 2012! (^_^)

soooo happy!

i thought i would not be able to buy tickets anymore because the other dates for the performances are almost sold out.

i'm really excited! (^_^)

cfc 31st anniversary

last saturday was the 31st anniversary of cfc and it was celebrated with a concert at the quirino grandstand.

once again, i had the opportunity to perform. (^_^)

i was really thankful for the great experience.

in addition, i was able to share this great experience with a close friend of mine, aiza.

it was definitely an experience that i am very proud of and i will treasure for a long time. (^_^)

the dances here were the ones i had difficulty learning.

there were some mistakes but the over-all as superb, specially with all the dancers all hyped up. (^_^)

despite the heavy downpour, we are glad that those who attended still stood their ground and continued to support us.

thank you everyone for the support and the cheers. (^_^)

i hope and pray that i get another opportunity like this in the future. (^_^)

jazz dance

hello everyone!

sorry for the delay in my blog entries since last week. m(_ _)m

i will start of with the selpie, the musical by the 29AD, the music ministry of the couples for christ (cfc) family ministries.

this was where we performed a jazz dance.

the original run was last may, but i was not part of that production.

there was a demand for a rerun, that was the reason why i had this opportunity to dance at the musical. (^_^)

the rerun was last june 24 and 27 and the meralco theater.

i was really excited and very nervous.

i was overwhelmed by the first performance that i made a number of mistakes.

on the second performance, i was more in control of my nervousness and i seem to have impoved, even just a little, compared to the first performance. (^_~)

after the play, i bought a t-shirt as a souvenir.

i'll post it when i finally wear it. (^_^)

i'm really happy and thankful for this opportunity because i was able to meet more people from the organization that has the same passion as me. (~_~)

i hope and pray that i get the chance to perform with them once again. (^_^)

dream board

last saturday, we attended our household at ate jen's house. (^_^)

i was with aiza but she was not allowed to join our household.

anyways, before the household itself,

i took a bath and we ate dinner at ate jen's place.

for our household activity,

we made our own dream board.

mine was about performing in theater,

traveling in asian countries and learning their culture also to be able to perform them.

included in the travel is tasting the different delicacies of different countries.

also to do pilgrimage and visit different churches in our country and in nearby asian countries.

it is also my dream to be able to go to different rural areas and have interaction and exposure with them. (^_^)

and lastly, to have inner peace. (~_~)

i really enjoyed this activity.

i do pray that i may be able to fulfill my dreams and may lara and ate jen be able to fulfill their dreams. (^_^)

haggard games

the video for the uerm medical freshmen orientation has already posted (^_^)

dancing for the Lord!

i was again invited to dance for a conference in couples for christ (cfc).

last night was the first time i attended the practice.

but there were already three previous practices.

i'm still in the process of memorizing the steps, but over-all i sort of got it. (^_^)

i have one week for practice.

dancing is my passion and dancing for the Lord is my way of thank you to him for everything i have in my life.

after the dance, which was around 10:30pm, i had my dinner, cup noodles. (^_^)

minna-san, i hope you would support me once again.

thank you. (^_^)

i'll cover you

this is one of my favorite songs from Rent the Musical. (^_^)

add to that, i love the original cast who played Angel and Collins,

namely, Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin.

their chemistry is amazing!

here are videos (1) during their opening night last 1996,

(2) during the 5th anniversary of Rent [i could not embed the video so i give you the link],

(3) during the Rent10[th anniversary],

and finally in the movie. (~_~) ♥

video performance

minna-san!

do you remember the jazz performance i talked about last week?

here is a video. (^_^)

at the start of the video, i'm at the front most left side.

enjoy. (^_~)

cfc on fire!

minna-san!

do you remember the event i have been practicing for last week?

well... the event was last saturday.

it was the leadership conference of couples for christ (cfc).

a branch of the cfc is the singles for christ (sfc), the one i am in right now.

last saturday, we performed at the conference. (^_^)

the venue was at the smart araneta coliseum,

a venue for big concerts for local and international stars.

anyways, there was a big mass to start of the event.

after the mass was chanting.

part of the chanting was some of us performing with poi or with a ribbon.

as for me, i had a poi.

here i am practicing for the performance. (^_^)

after the chanting, we rushed backstage to change our costume for the jazz performance.

luckily, we were early on the venue so we already put on our make up even before the whole event started so all we had to do was change to our costume after the chant.

according to the people who watched us,

our performance was beautiful! (~_~)

maybe it was also because of the dress we wore made by my grandmother. (^_^)

we were called the magnificat dancers. (^_^)

there were two talks after the performances.

the highlight of the performance for me was the last part of the event.

it was lights out at the coliseum,

this song was sang live.



we had electric candles and we lit them one by one.

we were scattered.

when all the performers have lit their candles,

we all formed a big cross at the bottom of the stage.

all that was seen from the inside was the lights forming the big cross!

it was amazing!

it gave me goosebumps when i saw it on the screen!

i remember tears flowing down on my cheeks!

it was a great feeling!

amazing!

here is a collage of pictures from the event (please click the image to see the original size ^_~).

(^_^)

practice

last night was the last practice and today is the big day!

soooooo excited!

practice

seven practice!

one more practice night and it will finally be performance day!

i'm excited! (^_~)

practice

sixth practice.

better than last night.

add to that, i did warm up and i felt better moving around practicing.

(^_^)

two more nights of practice and then the final performance on saturday.

minna-san! please wish us good luck!

practice

fifth practice.

i was not satisfied.

a lot of factors involved.

then again, maybe it's a sign that the "monthly visitor" is about to arrive.

practice again tomorrow.

by the way,

the juice company zesto has a new product.

it's strawberry-flavored green tea.

unfortunately, for me, it's too sweet so it practically defeated the real taste of the green tea.

sugar. sugar. sugar. disappointment.