march 1, 2009
the boards, the birthday, and the field trip

Feb.17, bago mag-hating gabe, ARKI board exam results came out.
A big big congratulatory hug for Raphael who successfully passed the exam. Hay, I.AM.PROUD.
..Congratulations: Cerzee, John, Anj, RJ, Jon-ar ..I can't remember all the names, but one thing, I am very proud.
Congratulations again. You all deserve it.

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We celebrated Lei's 7th birthday at Star City — night of his actual birthday.
Rode the 'Octopus', walked through Horror Rooms, enjoyed mini roller coasters, and entered Snow World.
We were greeted by a young man, a Snow World personnel.
His nose was so red and I couldn't understand a thing he was saying. The kid's sick!! Todo nag-eexplain sya ng mga dapat at hindi dapat gawin sa loob ng Snow World pero isa lang ang nasa utak ko:
"..Kuya, gusto mong tissue?"

Anyway, I remember getting jealous over people who proudly show off their snow pictures.. but 10seconds into that thing completely dragged that jealousy out of my system.
Pusanggala!! Hindi nakakatuwa yung lamig! Solid amp. Promise, 10seconds lang, agad-agaran ko nang hinahanap yung exit. Kundi lang dahil kay Lei eh tatakbo na ko palabas.

Following day was Lei's birthday celebration at School.
What's the best thing about being an AKMAR kid??

..getting this for FREE!:

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These kids, indeed, had fun.

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Yesterday, for the third time, I spent the whole day with Lei and his classmates for their annual educational Field Trip.
We visited the Pampanga church (which is now also known as "Bahay ni Santino") whose original lower lever is now covered with the Lahar floods.
After taking pictures with 'Bro', we headed to Ocean Adventure for the sea lion, false killer whale, & dolphin shows. And lastly, the place I'm most excited to see, Zoobic Safari!!!
Tigers up close plus a 200-peso-worth-tiger-jump on your jeepney! OYE!! ahahhaa!
Ambobo lang, panay ako picture sa muka nung tiger, eh dapat yung may mga muka namen sa tabi nila diba??? Urgh. Sorry, masyado akong na-excite. Lalo na nang nag-roar. wahaha!


Of course there were a whole lot of other animals in Zoobic besides the beautiful tigers.. There were crocs, ducks, goats, miniature horses, dogs, you name it!

In the middle of our 'Jungle' walk, we watched Aetas perform traditional dances. I was continually taking photos of the dance and accidentally got these cute and funny shots.
John Paul & John Patrick were laughing their asses off over the dance.
Actually, all of us were trying so hard to hold the laughter. ..hindi lang kinaya nung kambal. It's not that we were making fun of them. It's just that it was, understandably, a very unusual danc and the Aeta himself was laughing!! Making it more awkwardly funny.


The twins with their dad


Ayan. Masaya.
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