My life from March to September 2008

So much has happened...

So many achievements... (well that's what I would like to call it)

So many experiences---> the hurts, the joys, the fuckin' rockin' times of my life...

Let me see, here I go again doing the list:

Visited the following places:

Mt. Can-abag in St. Bernard Southern Leyte and Tacloban, for the International Conference-Workshop on the 17 February 2006 Guinsaugon Landslide
Samar (crossed the San Juanico bridge)
Panglao, Bohol
Balicasag Island (went skin diving, dolphin watching)
Chocolate Hills (saw the Tarsiers)
Baclayon Church
PNOC Geothermal plant in Bacon-Manito, Albay
Camarines Sur and went knee-boarding
Irosin, Bicol (went Mulberry bush picking at Apple's ancestral house)
Bulusan Lake (also saw Bulusan Volcano)
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia (both for the World Youth Day 2008)
Mangatarem, Pangasinan (field for Geol 297 class)
Kalibo, Aklan (for QRT)
Boracay Island (some RnR after QRT)

Oh yeah, I went to Melbourne for Days in the Dioceses and to Sydney for the World Youth Day proper. Woohoo astig talaga yung time na yun. It was my first time out of the country. Ang saya! I got to see the Darling Harbour in Sydney. It was fantastic! It really was such a darling! It was such a romantic place! I even got to watch an opera show at the Sydney Opera House! For free! Woohoo! I also went to the Metropolitan Museum in Sydney with my cool cousin, Danielle. I got to pose with the works of Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso! We also cycled around the city, drank my first Heineken at this posh bar, walked in the park somewhere, went to St. Mary's Cathedral, etc. Masaya talaga! Another great thing was a feeling of independence. I got to ride on Australia's trains, which were double decked, in Melbourne's cable car, in their buses, which were on time all the time. I wasn't able to ride a cab though.

sorry singit, check this out:

http://gcruz09.multiply.com/photos/album/57/Youth_Ministry_Page_WYD_Special_Edition#2

http://gcruz09.multiply.com/photos/album/53/wyd_pilgrim_postcard#1

Ayan... hmm, what else? Well, I have finished analyzing my thesis soil samples at PNRI. Yeah, after hours of being exposed in X-rays. Magkakaanak pa kaya ako?

The XRD and XRF machines have arrived at NIGS. ICP-MS na lang ang hinihintay.

The DOST project for the Bicol Arc region of Dr. Sandra with Dr. Alyssa, Dr. Marissa, and Dr. Ando has been approved. Yehey! I hope I get to go with her in her trips though...

May air-con na ang lab ko! Woohoo!

I have a new pair of Levi's copper jeans! Woohoo!

My abstract was accepted for the 6th Research Symposium on Infrastructure Development to be held at Bangkok, Thailand where I would present a paper.

Played Nintendo Wii with Jwan, RJ, and Jonalyne at Jonalyne's house

I kissed a girl and I liked it... the feel of her soft lips... haha! Katy Perry!

Contracted dengue fever

Omigod my brother got married to Laurice last September 24! Hooray for the newlyweds!

First time I contracted an allergy my whole life and on the day of my kuya's wedding! I was rushed to the hospital and injected by a knock-out steroid for the itch/allergy.

Been into the movie house 11 times last June. Eto na ang pinakamarami kong pelikulang napanood sa isang buwan sa buong buhay ko.

Checked out an alkaline hot spring somewhere in Pangasinan

Immersed in clay studies lately. I got clay in my thesis samples! Yey!

Was able to play two jazz piano pieces, The Nearness of You and That's All. Woohoo konting practice na lang jazzy-jazzy shit na 'to!

Had my picture taken beside the works of James Gleeson, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Claude Monet.

Was able to visit Ayala Museum's exhibit on the Surigao Gold and ceiling paintings of Baclayon Church.

Well I guess that's some of my achievements from March to September. Marami pa e, kaso hindi ko na masyadong malagay pa todits. Life is really fun, I just love living my life.