21st Aug : A day of Commemorations

Today 21 August is a day I always remember for two things. First is because of a reason I share with the entire Filipino People – Ninoy’s Assassination which is also declared a holiday for the entire country. Second is something I shared will all my classmates in college, and colleagues, my alma mater STI’s Foundation Anniversary..

August 21 is a relevant date for Filipinos, because during this day, the nation commemorates the sacrifice of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. This year marks the 26th anniversary of Ninoy Aquino's assassination back in August 21, 1983 when he was shot in the head upon returning to Philippine soil amidst heated political turmoil.Although, the results of the case remain in questionable shadows, the Filipino people is sure of one thing - that Ninoy, as the hero he is, died for a worthy cause - the freedom and democracy of the Filipino people. As his famous quotable line today remains with his memory:

"The Filipino is worth dying for."

"To commemorate the 26th Anniversary of the assassination of Ninoy Aquino and to honor the memory of President Cory Aquino, the Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Foundation is declaring August 21, 2009 as “Araw ng Dilaw”. This Friday, every freedom-loving Filipino is urged to wear something yellow. We ask everyone to light a candle as a way of keeping the spirit of Ninoy and Cory alive and of reciprocating their love for the Filipino people. Motorists are likewise encouraged to turn on their hazard lights from 6pm to 7pm as a sign that the Yellow Spark has been ignited in their hearts. "

August 21 is Ninoy Aquino Day and is observed as a public holiday in the Philippines.

STI Days..

August was the busiest months for all STI people, but celebration always falls and is always observed on the 21st.

Back when I was still a student, every year we would have an educational field trip. It was the most fun of all the days in a year. A whole day of competition and learning outside the campus. I still remember back then that programs were cascaded from center to center (branch to branch).

My Alma Mater: STI Southwoods

There are various games and competitions.Theres a search for Mr and Ms STI, theres a dance group contest, theres a singing contest, website development contest. For me I joined the Quiz Competition. When I was in second year, the college dean invited me to Join Tagisan ng Talino, I was the youngest that time in a group of 3 as my team mates were all seniors. It was a very challenging but very rewarding at the same time. I cut my classes for a month long review, Luckily we won the cluster competition and was qualified for Nationals. I was in charge or programming and concepts. The very same thing happened the following year and the following year. The only difference was.. The last time I was the senior one and my team mates are all seniors too. For 3 straight years I always come home to Southwoods with a trophy. :)

After graduation and after working for a few companies some time, I rejoined STI again, this time as one of Staff not a student, and as a person who had the most experience in the competition I get to be involved with Tagisan ng Talino again, not as delegate, but as a coach. I get to choose the best students. Jason and Bernard whom i picked amongst all the student i handled from First to fifth year. And for the 4th time.. I Came home to Southwoods with another trophy huray huray!

Last night review before competition: At Waltermart Carmona : Jason, Aby, JC, Bernard, Me, Abe .. Tagisan Team and Web Dev Team :)

Tagisan : The stage at Tanghalang Carlos P. Romulo in RCBC Tower Makati

Team Southwoods :Bern, Me, Jason, while waiting for official openning of the competition


Tambay lang sa RCBC di pa open ang Auditorium Eh

I miss STI days.. if there’s one thing I proven true that is “A teacher has the most fun and most rewarding Job EVER!”

kulitan sa faculty : wala lang :) excuse me hindi kami lahat bading..

FarmTown FTW

I got caught, unbelievable but true.

I have long been a member of face book but rarely do I open my account. I was never too much fond of social networking sites, I only had friendster to keep in touch with old friends that I might see or might find me there. I also am not very much comfortable blogging with friendster. I keep my pictures in Multiply only because it is much easier to share it there. I mostly write my thoughts in this blog. I cant even remember when I first opened my facebook account, but I know I have one since well, I cant remember! Hehehe, but things changed drastically, facebook had me online for 4 straight hours without flipping a page. For one main reason.. FAARM TOWNNNN! rawrrrr!

Im crazy. Yeah I know... I hated flash games with so many loopholes and bugs and all and whose graphics are not well satisfactory. I find those click and drag games so lame and so not into my standard of online games. I had a little background in Programming and when im in game I always think of how programmers did things, timings, algorithms, randomness, and I always try to find the misses, after all theres no bug-proof program. All games are imperfect like how their designers are.Humans!

But.. farmtown had me..and even if there are so much bugs and glitches I still love it. I think that facebook won so many visits per day because of those games they embed in their site. What's really nice is that the games are interactive and you get to play with your friends in facebook. Those are people you really know. Facebook employs different applications and surveys which many people finds interesting. I myself maintains an online game MMORPG so I could enjoy some time with my boyfriend, chatting, chilling, playing. Chatting in YM alone is tiresome, without the webcams and all, I find it a little boring. I know there are yahoo games too, but facebook applications gave the comfort of playing and multi chatting at the same time. I also know there a tons of networking games in facebook and I receive so much invites in one day. People play different games, people have different interests. But I love only one game for now. And that is FarmTown.

What is FarmTown?

It’s a chic game for people who don’t have the luxury of time to be on every now and then. You begin as a noob with a little lot and a few money. You plant seeds and wait for them to grow, you harvest and sell those to the market. You earn revenue. Just like any other games you have experience points, it grows and you become a level higher. Each level gained will also grants you different kinds of seeds you can plant. Seeds grow ripe into a plant atleast 2 hours to max of four days and you get to choose your neighbors which are taken from the pool of your facebook friends. To earn more money and experience you can work for other farms either as harvester (which gives you money) or plower (which gives you exp and a little money too). As you level up you can design your farm according to your desire. But you need money to buy things from the market. Seeds, flowers, trees, buildings, path, fences, all has a price. You can even upgrade your lot to a much bigger size.

SweetHeart Ranch

Pardon Me. I could not come up with a better name yet. I would love to use SweetHeart in its name but i done Like using Farm or Farmland as i find it redundant. Just my personal note there. No offense to others *hands up* ..

I laid low a bit since I have reached already level 27, this is a break point for me, since lvl 27 grants planting pepper already and purchasing river segments from the market.. I intend to plant only 2 days seeds now, I don’t have to be on every two hours harvesting raspberries anymore. Afterall, facebook isn’t all I do online. Evenso, I am still addicted to this game and I have so much plans on how im going to arrange my farm later on when I have enough money to buy what I want. I drawn my dream farm and it should have 2 barns, 2 farm houses, 2 lodge and 2 mansions whoah hahahaha..i want it to look like an English Village with a big plantation and I will plant only peppers and pineapples.

But.. since i bought so much after hitting 27 i started to level more and now i am 30ish.. I have already (almost) finished most of the design, except for 2 things ..1.stone paths..2. the mansion ..wahaha..

My Farm :)

Goodbye Cory

Cory C. Aquino

Maria Corazon Conjuangco Aquino. President of the Philippines. The woman in yellow
that bravely gathered a nation to stand up and fight a regime of dictatorship. The woman so adored by many people not just in one country but the entire world. The mother of the oppressed who brought hope and changes to the lives of many Filipino people. An epitome of a leader, honest, considerate and God-fearing. The mother of Filipino Democracy..Cory ..

July 30, 2009 I went home late night, or should I say early morning, I swear I have made up my mind that I will start writing in my blog again. I thought of writing something about something else, this time not about myself, but just like those blogs that advertise and all. However, that was not my style in blogging. When I write, I put my whole heart to my topic, I only write what I know, what I experience, what I believe and what I hope.

So, writting a blog about Tie a Yellow Ribbon was rather pre empted only in my thoughts. I don’t know how to begin something I only know so little of. So next morning I researched. Amazing. It was extremely amazing how much information are available online. Google the phrase tie a yellow ribbon for Cory, or google the name Cory alone and it will pull up tons of sites. The support of the people is overwhelming. Different blogs changed colors in support for her immediate recovery. Suddenly I realize how beautiful the color yellow is. And just like Red which means love. Because of Cory. To me Yellow should mean Compassion.

Once again Cory brought a nation together, political opponents prayed together, the rich and the poor vigiled in one harmony. There was peace. Everyone was praying for a miracle. To aid in the illness of a woman who had been a great mother, wife and a leader.
Cory a woman of valor inspired many people to cling to the Lord at all times. The love of God will always pour mercy upon those who ask for it, theres no discrimination, all is fair in life or death.

Aug 1, 2009 1:00am, I wrote a draft about how im going to write my “tie a yellow ribbon” version in my blog and I slept in joy because I was able to do something else aside from writing about myself and gaming. I was touched by those online prayers I read and those supports I have seen online. I woke up very early to have this typed in my PC but news had it. Cory passed away already. I was late.

I did not continue typing that article anymore, I stayed on the TV for a little bit more. Theres an evident atmosphere of loneliness in all the stations. But that was expected. After all Cory was not an ordinary woman. She was a mother of a nation with an extraordinary virtue. Her death proved even more that no matter how much differences we have as individuals, we can be united together by one man..or Rather.. one Woman.

Cory. We will miss you .

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Hiraia of AruaRose

April 10th. It was a sunny Good Friday when i received a message i have already been expecting a long time ago. My characters got banned from the game and i know exactly why. I should say, leaving the game did not hurt this time because there is someone making me much more happier, but thanks to the game, because that's where i found him..

I started playing RoseOnline when i was still in good terms with my first boyfriend , back then game bacame our past time and bonding session, when i lost my job, game became my obsession, during the rocky times of my first relationship, my characters became my inspirations, in times of financial needs, zulie became my salvation. RoseOnline became a really great part of my life, i started living inside the game specially when i moved out of my parents house and lived with someone. Those agonizing years i was able to overcome because i get to talk to people ingame, those that i met and becase real friends with me, real-life friends.

Somewhere in cyberspace i've written a dedication for my first character when the Phil Server closed. http://mauieghurl.blog.friendster.com/2007/07/farewell-prose/ ..So this part is only reserved to my character/s in AruaRose, a private server Roseonline i have so loved.

Hira's first clan : Requiem (Aug 2007) i made a few friends there and i can still remember a few like Nona and his brother, i was graced by his buffs when i was still on my second job quest which back then was waaaaayy looooot harder to finish.

Hira's Second Clan. Memorable clanmates vbox and artisanmasteriLeSaMis : Hira's Third Clan: LeSamis, clan owned by Roy (Angelo) a friend from Zamboanga,it was my idea why this clan was made, i asked Roy to make our own clan and he did this counterpart of the Lesamis he created in Prose,the name is French which means "Friends" and the symbol is a flower (quite feminine eh..) he said that in Japan it means Youth. Consecutively, Youth means Power. Memorable characters here of course are edwin (elishacuthbert, archill3s) and nez's chars. (roznes,k1ngofdeath)

Gamma: Hira's Fourth Clan: headed by Josh and Lisa an American friend memorable chars are Isolde (lisa's cleric), Slayer (Aaron), iamLegend (josh's new char before i left). I could not find a solo pic back then here was the time when i was farming Astaroth King Wing in Luna CF, with my noob scout PrincessMau.

LastWish: Hira's Fifth Clan, it was a turning point for me joining this clan, i was already close to completing my gems and my set when i joined LW and Edwin the clan master that time was very nice to me being one of the Pinoy's in clan i was never discriminated whatsoever, this clan made me feel so much loved and the dutch friends i made here are superb..a few ign i can still recall during my stay in LW : Edwin (xThey,xUs) Arrie (xxHilarioxx), Mariaa (MarioPlasma), Rutger etc...

Rewind: Hira's 6th Clan. There's so much to say about this clan, my first ever clan that actually ruled the game and i was lucky enough to be with them during those times. Fun eventually stopped when the masters left the game out of boredome, clan was left to me and Mina's care which did not turn exactly right because Mina and i stopped talking due to some reasons i cant elaborate here.Summer of 2008 we started farming for out ONLY subclan .. xRewind, eventually made it 5th grade. Theres so much discussion here about my adventures in rewind, just check previous post if necessary.

DET- DontEvenTrip .. My Last Clan, Probably the coolest CM i met here, Jayt and the richest people ingame being with this clan was fun. Theres so much i wanted to say about my stay here that i cant think how to begin lol. Its the only clan i will ever join incase i come back playing, which in this case close to impossibility. DET is the reason why i logon to Aruaforums, i gained so many friends here also fell inlove here <3> Elisha quitted and i made a new character from the account which i named xHiRaIa. not long have gone, xHiRaia joined DET after i left my original cleric.

SweetHeart: my Own clan. After quitting from actively playing Rose, my boyfriend and i decided to quit and i made my own clan to serve as a home for all my characters so it would be easy to chat when i am online chilling with my BF.

i have two vendors ingame :Hirala and Apolla
Hirala vending

Apolla's Vends

KingArthurII was the very first noob edwin made for me so i can have a knight of my own farming warbiz. This picture was taken two weeks after Rewind became Grade5. It was also Edwin's First Time to see the Beach.

Dance : Doing nothing makes you insane in Arua so out of boredom here i started dancing and everyone else followed. pics would show im with Mairyel and Tetrode, clanmates from Rewind.

Rest : Its not all farming, i rest too and during breaks, i made it a point to put on a nice pose. Thats my cleric and my raider.

Farming Points: thats me and myra and lalaine posing while farming clan points for xRewind.

Warring : Farming clan points means war explicitly. I always bring Amaziah even in wars.

Clan Fun :Rewind was having fun posing here during our first few days farming cp for our subclan. Lina (PurpleKitty) was still present here.

Porch: Rewinds Claim, after grade 5 Rewind members would proudly AFK here in the Xita circle where everyone could see them wearing their Red Tag, Pimpy bikinis and shiny leet gears..back then people can just "Wow" over some things, lols..

Love in the Game : Since Rose bacame a very big part of my life i had been touched and moved by different persons here, those that influenced my gaming, those that changed me, and those that made lifelong impressions to me, ingame and in real life.. Hiraia loved ..

Hira and Intelasus

Hira and Angelo

Hira and Edwin

Hira and Jeiram

Nelo -
Look at his statements at the pic, it was meant as a joke because that time he was still my friend only and that time i was strying to help him make up with Kathz. Who would believe it will become real? lolol..

my Sig in forums

Unforgettable Friends

CocoRaia :)

Red Fashion: Edwin and Lalaine with Hira

My blog's winning article..My First Time in Oro: a memorable experience and i even have to tell everyone i know about it lol. i was really proud being an Aruan when Oro was launched. why? because its the first Oro launched ever! so i made an article about it here in this blogsite and i was even so much proud that when you google the word "Orlo or Planet Oro" its gonna be the first one. i also got a google score because of this article, hehehe. I even wrote to forums so they would try it.LOL (try it google it "planet oro") and see for yourself :)



Aruarose was superb, i had the bestest time there. It was fun till it lasted. Bye Arua, bye guys. I love you all. I have moved on Hiraia will have a new home :)..

Long Lost and Forgotten Blog : No More

Whaaaaaaaa.

So long, so freaking long I never visited my own space in cyberspace Rawwwwrr, I kinda miss it but there are some things I'm quite afraid to discuss publicly, unfortunately there are some things now that I learned, better kept to myself than explicitly said to others.. Oh well.. Please reserve me that privilege..

Oh I miss my blog, I think about it once in a while and think of how much I wanted everyone to know whats happening to me, and also after a few whiles to realize that its better to keep those things to myself, so today after reading Yen’s ( a friend from Arua) comment on my Forum Account and she said that she read my blog, I finally came to senses and was overwhelmed that I started writing as soon as I get the chance.. So just to have a few recap of whats keeping me sane for the past missing months, here goes nothing :

November.. December ..

I was still addicted to rose so much I kept it in my usb so I can load it anytime, I was going out with a friend I met there and I was having a real nice time being a friend to him, he was also my friend’s ex bf.. that time I was still consoling him to wait for her and to start all over again, we go out once in a while watch movies, eat, texting here and there, everything was fun suddenly theres something more than friendship between us, it was implied in the actions, treatments, so sometime November we formalize it and I made a decision I never had given myself the chance in the last two years ..to love again ..

hira and nel0nel0 : our characters at dolphine island

first meeting, from Ayala to Moa to Pier One

Lalaine a close friend was also in Manila, allthroughout her stay in the city I was with her, she was at that time mending a broken heart. I wish I could discuss it further, but I don’t see myself fit to describe how and what happened between us , 3 of us.. we all lost a friendship rarely find..

a happy moment with a good friend Lalaine

at Mall of Asia

It was this month when I finally decided to lay low playing, RoseOnline is cool, but theres something that needs more of my time and attention now, I realized there isn’t much need for me to find temporary happiness anymore, I've let go of one of my precious accounts to a friend, deleted my very own character and I found myself saying sumthing I never would have thought of.. “Theres more fun off the PC, theres most fun in life”..

Holidays feel so much different now, its not as lonely as before.. I use to feel empty hearing xmas songs over the radio for that reason I hate malling during xmas season, there isn’t much to see but happy people all around, and songs of joy and hope and love of god which I think, I, of all people was lacking.. Special seasons use to make me feel alone, but this time there’s a difference. Once again after so many years somebody was caring how I feel and how happy I must be during this season. This time I’ve forgotten how all the past Xmases scare me (theres a reason why I'm scared of Xmas breaks of course..) Most importantly this year I learned the gift of forgiveness..

On Christmas Eve I talked to God.. and I thank him for being a very generous God.. I remember last year, I was in tears while hearing the hallelujah songs, everyone was looking for me that time, I never felt anything, no shame at all.. Last year when I talked to God, I was in so much pain that I burst in tears upon hearing a praise song, I cant help myself, I found an ally and I was telling god all those I cant tell my parents or friends, I was talking to God even if I'm exactly sure he knows what has happened, last year, for the first time again, I felt comforted in the thought that God will keep his promise and he did.. with a bonus..

When I was able to completely forgive those who hurt me, I found myself being loved by someone I never expected. It all started with some joke and a deal to pacify me being in self pity. He would always tell me that if I still am available after 4 years, that he will marry me, that I will never be alone. Of course he was kidding me. Later do I know that he meant it because we are together now. More than thankful I am bec I know God kept his promise, after all the agony, He let me find an honest, true love.

Giggly : Together

at QC Circle

after 4 months : mau and nelo in some mall near Ortigas

January.. February..

2009 started with so much challenges, but theres a lot of positive changes that welcomed me and my family. A good news for my cousins migrating to Canada, for us moving to a different house. I met a lot different people from work, I made a few but trusted friends.

I can still recall two years ago, it was Feb 6 when my ex bf took home a tiny shoe box with a puppy in it, I named that puppy Mikaela Angela, she’s more fondly called as Miki or Mikan, which are characters in anime tv series (Miki, the Girl in Soccer Anime.. Mikan the girl in Alice Academy).. so far, recently my sister is calling her MikMik..

me and miki

This is the time when I realized how much fun having a career is, being able to buy what u want, being able to see how useful the money you share in the household. Valentines was rather hectic, working for 10-12 hours at that time, 13 straight days no rest, it was inevitable, but its forgivable, its only once in a year and the influx of demands of the season..

For the first time my birthday has passed and theres nothing in the house prepared, no visitors, none at all.. but this time it was a coincidence that my Tita Tina’s despedida party will be held that same day (despedida becase again they will be moving to Canada), so after coming from work I went straight home and right there at the CDCP intersection was my father’s car waiting for me.. Today after a very long time I went in an excursion with my family from my father’s side, we went Anilao, some beach there :) .. Along the travel we passed by some spot overlooking the amazing FantasyWorld.

kuya boyet, monik, momz posing for a pic with Fantasy World at the back

Some beach in Anilao

blushy me after some Gran Matador Brandy lewls

March.. April..

There isn't so much fun on March, only a few memorable and confidential ones lawls pur pur purrr.. But im stil half way hot April so lets see what could this month have for me.. Welcome back to me!

That thing you call Age

How old are you?
I was often ask this question, i know i don't quite look my age, they said i look younger wahahah. But really, is there anything i should be conscious about my age? Im 28 so wut? atleast ppl claim i look like 22 (wahahah for the win!)..
I have never been more concerned about ageing until recently, and to be honest i nvr wished so much to be younger until last Month..
Okay, so it was my choice after all being in the middle of this dilemna. I have my way out and no one is deliberately keeping me in, but heres the catch, i chose to stay, even at the fear of wuth things may bring behind the bliss of a relationship with a generation gap.
Defining age had not been very frustrating for me since then, but, i remain hopeful and positive believing that happiness might be really on its way even if its 7 yrs behind.
Crossing my fingers ..