let.there.be.light.

it's been weeks since i last posted, been busy with the Sinulog, midterm exams and complying requirements. But despite all of that business (busy-ness) in me,

I would never forget the one thing that i loved for these past few weeks and that's the FIREWORKS that i saw during the end of the Sinulog festival.

I simply love looking at those bright lights that forms and bursts in the air,

their colorful lights and the feeling that when they fall and diffuse in the air they're gonna come to you and it seems they want you to touch them.

At exacty 10pm @ Ayala Center Cebu everyone started to take their cellphones and DSLRs out from their pockets and pouches and began taking videos and pictures! i forgot to shut my mouth upon seeing how beautiful and amazing those fireworks were. Star-strucked am I.

I said to myself that one day, during my wedding, i will surely have fireworks display just like the one that i saw that night. I will intend to keep and save money for it and I want it to be the best and most unforgettable moment for everyone (aside for the newly weds). Hahaha.

I will be looking forward for the Sinulog festival 2011 especially the annual fireworks display in Ayala. Til next year! :)

-from j♥yh with L♥ve

♥ Gracias!

Few hours from now this year's gonna end. And we'll be celebrating

and welcoming another year of our lives. Have you been lucky or unlucky this very year?

But wait, before i bade goodbye with 2009 let me express my gratitude and thankfulness for everything that had happened to me all throughout the year.

I'll try my very best to reminisce the special moments i had been. Here we go.

January - welcoming the year 2009 with love, joy and peace in my heart. I've been very thankful for another year God has added in my life.

February - my extravagant date with Nikki during V-day! It's our very first V-day wherein we saved and spent much @ Pizza Hut to the point where we cannot finish all the foods that we have ordered and looked for some backup! hahaha.

March - i'm thankful to God for adding another year to my Mom, another year to be with us and help us in any way she can and not to mention doing laundry and cooking our foods everyday! *Thanks momcy for your TLC and moral support*

April - Oh early summer! My high school friends and I enjoyed our instant vacation @ Marie's resthouse in Borbon, Cebu. I never realized how i missed them soo much not until we kept on remembering and reminiscing our memories we had in high school. We had ghost hunting, sleepless nights and been drunk on our last night there. It was definitely and totally F-U-N! I'm thankful for these friends i have and i promise to keep in touch with them in the years to come.

May - thank you Lord for adding another year to my life, to correct my mistakes, learn from them and have more time to spend with the special people around me. I treated my friends in one of the biggest pizzas here in cebu, @ Yellow Cab. I'm happy they enjoyed eating it not to mention the price. Hihihi.

We also had a get together outing with my classmates in Level II. We celebrated our promotion to Level III and our forthcoming Capping and badging Ceremony! I enjoyed being with them. I thought they're not easy to mingle with but i'm wrong and that made our friendship more real.

June - God really gave me this great blessing, to have my Capping ceremony together with my friends thus promoting us to Level III. I thank Him for the knowledge and Heavenly wisdom He gave me to accomplish and keep going on my studies that made me pass all my pre-requisites for this event. To God be the glory!

July - my sister's 22nd b-day though most of her visitors are my mom's friends. Haha. She's been through a lot of hardships and laziness on her studies. Supposedly she's going to graduate on the year 2008 but maybe because she wasn't interested and not determined that time, she transferred to different schools and dropped her subjects as long as she wanted to. But then, God still blessed her with another year to do her best and prove to everyone that she's now a lady with lots of dreams and desires in her heart. And this coming March 2010 she will be graduating bachelor's Degree in Nursing! wee!

August - at last i have watched the movie Twilight after 9 months it has been shown in cinemas. I wasn't excited to see this movie before because i thought its kinda boring but Bella and Edward proved me WRONG! After I watched the movie I was very eager to read their book asap! So after 2 weeks Nikki bought the book for me. Weeee! And i can't believe i finished reading the book in two days time! whoah! That's a first!

September - T'was my first RLE duty in the Delivery Room. And I was very happy to see how my mom delivered me out from her womb. I never expected it to be sooo painful as ever. And after that week, I said I don't want to be pregnant anymore! I'm sure i can't take the pain and maybe i'll die! Hahahah! So guyz, let us love our moms because they had experienced the most painful way just to let us live and be what we are today.

October-November - October is Nikki's 19th bday! We're of the same age at last! We've been together for 2 years on his bday but this year we weren't able to do it. I'll promise to make it up to him next year. At the end of the month my mom, sis and I had a very wonderful vacation in Davao City! Thanks to my aunt Gonia and her British-Aussie husband, Bob. They made our vacation like Mr. Bean's Holiday! ooh-weee! We met our other relatives and befriended them. I would never forget this 15 days trip where i enjoyed strolling around the city, swimming and shopping to the Nth power and to the point where i don't want to go back here in Cebu and wanted to stay in Davao forever! I soo love it!

December - Dad's 48th year in the world! I am blessed to have him as my father though we do quarrel and misunderstood each other. I know he is working hard for me and my sister to finish our studies and provide our needs. Even if we're not together celebrating Christmas and New Year, he still remain close to my heart.

Also this month our friendship with Jen has been revived. We had dinner together and enjoyed to the utmost. I'm glad to see 5 of us being together and has been okay before this year ends. But whoever (friends) makes her happy, we'll accepted it with no hard feelings.

Lastly, I would like to thank the One who gave me all these happy moments and the blessings that i have received for the entire year, GOD. I thank Him for everything He has done for me, for my family and for my friends. He always never fail. He is there to help us even in the last minute. I thank Him for His everyday guidance, for the good health all throughout the year and for providing our needs each and everyday. I'm also thanking Him for the people who were always there whenever I needed help, for making my life more colorful, full of joy and laughters. And for Loving my family and me though i had shortcomings. When i am weak, He always makes me strong.

How about you? Did you thank the One who is responsible for everything you received this year? You better do it now so that next year He will double the blessings He has shared upon you today! Let us be thankful!

-from Joyh with L♥ve

♥ Merry Christmas 2009!

Let me begin this post by wishing everyone a JOYFUL and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Today is one of my favorite days of the year, celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus!

Everyone is so excited for this day to come because of the delicious foods and

pressies from family and friends.

But there's a more reasonable thing for us to be happy and get excited for this day.

Christmas really makes a difference to everyone!

No matter how poor or rich a person is, there is a different feeling of happiness in the hearts of everyone which encourages us to share what we have to those who are empty-handed and to share our love to the people surrounding us.

It is also the time to thank our Heavenly Father for everything He did to us all throughout the year, for without Him there would be no us in this world.

And now,the floor is widely open for me to say

THANK YOU

to the ONE who is responsible for every breath and every beat of my heart this year.

I can't thank God enough for that.

I owe my life to Him.

Our family had a simple Noche Buena (since we're only 3 in the house we didn't prepared lots of foods), a typical one.

We had a small Cookies and Cream cake good for 3 persons (from Red Ribbon), spaghetti (courtesy of tita Marlyn), Humba (cooked by mom) and lots of Coca-Cola (since my sis and mom cannot resist the temptation).

We usually didn't prepare lots of foods for Christmas because we'll be preparing more in the New Year's Eve (that's a tradition in our family).

It doesn't matter what foods you have in the table and how many gifts you have received as long as the family is there and Jesus is also within your heart, Christmas is completely Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS guys! Enjoy the rest of the day and Be Happy! :D

-from j♥yh with love.

♥ yuletide party

I am so used to saying Christmas Party and so for a change i make it a Yuletide Party! Sounds cool, eh?

Our department had this BORING party last 12-11-09. And again, as what i did on the last year's, I did not stayed for long. And instead had dinner with my fav gurls @ Casa Verde.

We also invited our friend, Jen, to come with us. Though we're not as close as before, we still miss her company. And so she had dinner with us.

And everything just turned out to be great!

I can hear some cheers out here!

You want pictures? OKay. It's christmas so i should be good and grant your wish!

check this out! :D

me and jen

us

naj and i

with our full stomach

he's mine! x♥x♥

the "it" girls. Haha.

@ the taxi stand

my ate chit

with my fav gurls

That's it! If you're asking for more, just visit my facebook page.

Link is on this side ---->

thanks!

-joyh

♥ new moon

Yesterday was a great day! I got the chance to watch New Moon

with my dutymates,

Keeny, Arniel, Mimi, Momii, Jessa and Nikki.

We were all excited to see Jacob because of his transformed body build!

weee!

I was very eager to watch the movie because others said it wasn't that good compared to Twilight.

But for me, it's worth watching (with the help of Jacob). haha! Yes it is.

I cannot say it's the best. Mmm. Maybe better.

I understand why it's like that. Twilight is the first movie of this Saga

so they must make it so so wonderful to express and introduce the characters.

And we haven't read the book that time because it's yet unpopular.

So now that everyone knew the whole saga story,then we expect it to be

the best as well. But it's not the way it should be.

Maybe this movie is on it's way to the climax of the whole saga thing.

But for me i really love the movie! Jacob and his friends were sooo cute!

I love their transformation from humans into wolves, the scene where the two wolves are fighting (Jacob and Paul) and how they crashed and torn Laurent into pieces in the woods.

I admit he's so yummy and all! hahaha!

But still this movie wouldn't be a movie without Edward!

He may be out in the movie for quite a long time but we knew he'll be back again.

And this time, he proposed to Bella at the end of the movie.

Bella's answer would be in the next sequel! hahah!

Let us wait for another year for us to see Bella's yes or no.

But i have read the book already so i knew what she would say.

Hahaha.

Can't wait to be in November 2010 again!

weeeee! ♥

-jOyh

♥ oh happy day

today is June 23, 2009, a memorable day of my love life. I've been into relationship wid Dundee A. Mondares for 3 years now at exactly 6:51pm (he told me so). hihihi. Well, i'm happy that we're staying close and happy together. Though there were times that we argue on some nonsense things but eventually reconcile each other a moment after. I confess that it came to my mind sometimes that i don't love him anymore or i'm sick of being with him everyday, this and that, i tried not to text or call him but after a while i miss him. Haha. So crazy first love. And i realized that i became so dependent on him, always shouting his name and ask for a favor or even an errand from my mom that's suppose to be mine. And so we reached 3 years! haha. I am proud to say that within this 3 years, we haven't been into sexual activity (haha. you know what i mean, so obvious). hahaha. Yes, we haven't engaged in sex yet. And i'm happy with that because that made our relationship more stronger and happy. I want to do that God-given gift when i am married already with the man that i would spend the rest of my life with (maybe him) in the future. And we talked about that and i'm glad that he respects my will.

Can't imagine i would be into this relationship with him for 3 years. But i'm not thinking yet about marriage and all that. Aren't sure yet if he's really the one for me. All i'm thinking is i would just enjoy the times that we're together. And i hope we would still be in this relationship in the years to come. Wish he would grow bigger as well. hihihi.

Luvu hun. May God bless us both. ♥♥♥

♥ with great pride and joy..

Today was one of the best days of my life especially in my nursing profession. I have been longing for this day to come and now, I finally got it after 2 years, this is my Capping Investiture. Today, I am so grateful and blessed that God gave me the opportunity or the chance to attain this early stage of my career. Let me thank some persons who helped me have this day happen.

I really thank God for giving me enough knowledge and skills that would enable me to comply all the requirements for the said event. For without Him, I can really do nothing.

I am also thankful for my parents, my dad for supporting me financially. He chose to be away from us just for our studies. He works too much to the point that he is going to be bald someday (ahahaa! ssshh). My mom, who has always been there for me and my sister 24/7. She is the one who do the laundry for my uniform everyday and for motivating me to keep on reaching our goals. And my sister who's always been there for me when i need anything with regards to school.

Nikki, my love. hahaha. Yah, though i was the one who always help him in our studies, still i'm thankful for him. His love for me gave me inspiration to study hard and do everything for my future and for understanding me most of the time. He don't bother me on my studies, instead we help each other to accomplish everything. Two heads are better than one, right? ♥ u hun.

My friends, jen,ghel and te chit, who has benn with me for 2 years as well. Their company helped me soo much in my studies. They help me on things where my weakness is and vice versa.

And those people whom i cannot mention who helped me through their prayers. Twas such a great help for me.

These people influenced me to attain the early success in my life. And i'm hoping that in the years to come, they would still be with me, giving me the inspiration to finish my studies. And would celebrate me on my graduation hopefully in two years time. I thank you all and Let's keep the UV spirit burning! hahahaha. Mwah! ♥♥♥

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

♥ Portofino

Yes! I've been there at last! After how many years of living here in Cebu, i finally had the chance to go to Portofino! ahaha. Today I went with my classmates kicking the beach! Though were not that too many (gail wasn't able to come because her feet kills her) but still we enjoyed our time together. We had lots of foods and pictures! Hihihi. There were banana boat, jetski, para sailing and many others but sad to say we haven't tried even a single of them (too expensive for us students. haha). Maybe next time we'll try it. Hihihi. Well, so much for that, I want to take a deep rest because the heat of the sun made me soo weak on my knees. Gudnyt! ♥♥♥

♥ It's my day!

Goodbye 18, hello 19! hahah. My 19th birthday is soo memorable to me. When i arrived in school, my classmates sang a birthday song for me. And it made me soo happy even for that simple gestures of them. Hihihi. This is my first time that i'm having my birthday during school days. I can still remember when i was young, I really wish my birthday would be during school days but sad to say it's summer and I really thought i couldn't have it forever. But yesterday, I made it possible! weee! I wish that i would be more mature and grow spiritually. And loose some weight as well. Hahaha. I thank those people whose always been there for me, my momcy, my dad, ate, nikki, ghel, jen, te chit and my classmates, my childhood friends and my highschool friends and to the only person who never let me down even once, GOD. I thank Him for all the blessing that He gave me, for guiding me in my everyday activites and for giving me knowledge for my studies. Most importantly, for adding another year in my life so i can have more days to change and correct the things i wrongly did.

Well so much for those drama-ing of me. Hahaha. I really enjoyed my day! We had a small get together in the house and then i went to our culminating acitivity at Family Choice. After that, me and my friends (ghel,jen,te chit,nikki,rosti,keith) went to Loft bar at the IT park. We laughed because it seems like we're out of nowhere. We don't knoe where Loft is but then eventually, we arrived to our final destination. Hahaha. It was all our first time to go there. We drank Frozen Margarita, Mojito (ghel and te chit pronounced this as mo-ji-to but in reality it should be pronounced as mo-hi-to. hahaha) and then danced with the people there. We enjoyed our time
dancing together most especially that the songs are soo nice something that we can call "our choice". Hihihi. And the people there are soo classy and well dressed. Unlike in Autoshop that there are lots of "mus-ings" there. Hahaha. We really had fun together. We went out almost 2am and then I treated them a huge pizza from Yellow Cab. We ate bunch of slices and have our stomach full. Hihihi. And then we went home almost 3am. Hihihi. It was such a night! We really had fun and I wish we could do the same thing together one of these days.

To summarize it all, my birthday was soo great and i really had fun hundred percent! I wish everyday would be like that. ♥♥♥

♥ happy mothers day!

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but
whose place no one else can take."

Happy mothers day mom! I love you sooo dearly! Lotsa Love, Kisses and Hugs! ^^,

♥ Early Summer'09

whoah! it's been a while since i haven't updated my blog. It's just that i'm busy and almost forgot some of the things i have to do. Hahaha.
Well, it's summer vacation now.
But after a couple of weeks summer classes starts again. Huhuh. I want to have fun, relax and rejuvenate! ahaha.
Mmmm. I and nikki went to see my high school friends yesterday because they planned to go to Taoist Temple and take some pictures and all. But instead we find ourselves in the mall. Hahaha. So we walked for a while and ate and then poof! We planned to go to Borbon, Cebu the next day! It was a very unexpected and well-planned trip! And so, everything's fixed and ready for tomorrow.
So the next day, we went to Borbon. It's a 2-hour trip form the city. We ride in a bus and wew, nagsakit jud amo heart sa kakusog sa sounds! wapa jud lami nah kanta! (dah bisaya uy! ahaha) We had fun looking around while we're on our way. And after 2hours, we arrived at Marie's house.
Well, it's soo probinsya there. I can remember my hometown (Isabel,Leyte). It was a quiet, peaceful and relaxing place.
While we're there, we had soo much fun! We walked aroung the town, and saw those beautiful houses built in there. I never expected this place to be like this because i thought that it was uncivilized and all. Hihihi. But i was wrong. In fact, i would love to have my house there. Mansion pud unta! hahaha.
On our last night, nag inum mi ug boracay (sponsored by hendrew). Hihih. We also play cards and kung kinsa gani mapildi, he/she must drink a glass of it. But c lawrence kai gisapot najud kai he's always the looser. hahahah. Toink! But the game continues until nahurot nah ang drink. ahahaha.
And then we talked and reminisced our high school life. Indeed it was a very fun and exciting part of our lives. We recalled our very funny moments. those times nah we played those pambata nah duwa in skul. And also our kawat2 nah outing wherein nkasab.an jud mi ni miss maliao coz we're told not to go to the beach but we insist. hahaha. dah! nakahimo lagi explanation letter signed by our parents. And so because of that our parents knew what we did. Nksab.an jud pud nuon mi! ahahaha.
And also the times nah we're playing in the rain. Hihih. I soo missed those times when we're together. But the highlight of our high school was our Miss Saigon for our English month presentation. Everything's well-planned and perfect (for us). But then second rah mi kai ang amo English instructor way lami! Naa jud favoritism! Nasuko xa namo because accdg to him wala daw namo gi.show ang wjole presentation during our final rehearsal. Hmmm. If i know nasuko rah jud toh xa kai xa mn ang nag.teach sa SectionC. Hmpf! But still, we're soo happy because we never expected it to happen. We thought it would be a very difficult play to be done but then, we did it! hmmmm. i really missed those days. How i wish i could bring back those moments and have the luxury of time to have fun and laugh all day.
wait, nisimang nah akong gipang.yawit sa aqng title. ahaha.
So to make the long story short, i had my early vacation sa Borbon, Cebu with Nikki, lawrence, hendrew, marie, and anne. Eventhoug gamay rah mi but we really enjoyed our time there! it's worth keeping jud! hihihi.
Hmmmm. I observed nag bisaya jud ko ron. Maybe inspired by some of the blogs that i have read a while ago. Nalingaw q kai ingon xa love your own daw, so love our own language! ahahaha. Mao na ron. So now, i have to end this and have myself prepared for my duty tomorrow. It's soo tiring and stressful. Huhuhu. I still want to ralex and have fun! ihihihi. til then. xOxO

♥ Xmas Pt

Yes. we had our christmas party yesterday. Twas held at Paseo Arcenas. And again, we're disappointed (for the seond time). When i arrived at the venue, i really can't believe that am on the right place. There are lots of people around, i wonder if they're still my schoolmates or what. And poof, i've seen people just wearing ordinary clothes like their home clothes. And i realized that they were those who are living near the area. Whoo. Too bad. And also the band who were performing for us. They were soo hard core. I can't relate to their songs. They have these noisy and ear-bashing voices! Ooooh, we're really not enjoying the party. But the best thing happened when we left there. We went to Mango to eat our dinner at Sunburst. Can't you believe it? we ate at a some kinda expensive restaurant. haha. And also we planned to have a "Girl's-night-out" thing. hihi.

After our dinner, we went to Au2shop. That was my very first time to enter a club,bar, errr. Whatever. And also my first time to drink a tequila. Gail taught me how to do those sucking lemon thing and the salt. hihi. And after how many shots, we danced on the danced floor. I can't imagine how my serious & conservative classmates went inside and danced like no one have seen them. I mean, they were like a bird that night, flying freely. hihihi.

And then on the danced floor, there were lots of people, girls, boys, gays. I saw some the girls are wasted, dancing while holding a bottle of beer. That was so gross. And the boys are holding and touching their body, kissing, romancing. Oh no. No doubt where will they go after that. hahaha. And there's this guy who danced with Gail. But as a "newbie" in this club, she was struck because the guy is starting to touch her butt. hihihi. So we sat down and took a rest for a while. But nikki is getting mad at me. Oh, what did i do? hahaha. He don't want me to dance with those guys up there because according to him, "Lain kaau tan.awn". hahaha. But i didn't listen to him. Idc. So then, we danced again and that guy who danced with gail a while ago was still there. And so, we danced, no touching. Hahaha. But nikki really got mad. He was asking me to go down. So i sat and not smiling anymore. I really hate him. That was my first time and i want to enjoy my presence there. But he's kinda kill-joy. He's getting into my nerves until i can't stop myself from getting out and going home. So i went home all by myself about 11pm. Ate chit followed me but i ignored her. When i arrived in the house, i cried soo hard, to the point that my eyes are "hubag" nah. hahaha.

I really can't forget that day. I was soo upset.

MORAL LESSON: Don't bring your boyfriends when you hang out in places like that. For sure, you won't enjoy his company. hahahaha. =)

♥ The Katinas: LIVE in Manila!

The Katinas is a Contemporary Christian group of five (5) brothers who have devoted their lives to the worship ministry. The Katinas has become a favorite among concert audiences in the United States, averaging nearly 200 performances annually for the past eight years.

oh my! they were so great! i love listening to their songs .. but sad to say i can't go there in manila .. last may2008 the Hillsong United also visited manila but again i haven't seen them singing Live .. how i wish they would go here in Cebu next time .. i'm soo eager to see them .. huhu .. =(

anyways, one of the songs of Katinas,"Someday", reminds me of someone .. He used to sing it for me over the phone .. we talked much and even became good friends .. but as time goes by, while we were busy doing our own business, we lost our communication .. and until now we haven't talked .. i think about him sometimes and am wondering if he's thinking of me too .. hmmm .. too bad .. well, i'll just pray for him to be safe always .. so much for that oa thingy ..

basta, all i can say is, The Katinas will be performing Live in Manila this coming Nov30 @ the araneta Coliseum .. Gud Luck guyz! keep rockin'! \m/