#BestDayEver

Birthday Surprise + Banapple + Bowling + Burger King = BestDayEver

And since classes are finally over, we decided to treat ourselves. :) We had been saving up for the last month in order to have money to spend when this kind of event comes up.

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Since it was Tin Beo's birthday last April 5, we decided to surprise her. We made a thread in FB and planned something, but as always, just like any other birthday surprises we had, it didn't work out as planned. It wasn't a total disaster since she doesn't have any clue and was actually got surprised by our gifts and mini cupcakes. :)

Mini cupcakes from Cakes R' Us. 

Our birthday messages for Tin. Mine's the letter D!

BANAPPLE

It was my first time to eat here, and I have been craving for this since our Vday date. This was the main reason why we saved up money for a month and it was also the first time for all of us (except Tin). 

Here are the foods we ordered:

Bacon Fried Chicken Steaks with Milk'shroom Gravy (Tin)

Baked Creamy Cheesy Penne (Remedy)

Breaded Fillet of Cream Dory with Honey Thyme (Julierem)

Chicken Breast Parmigiano (Jan & RA)

Fettuccine Magnifico (Jan & RA)

Herbed Chicken Rolls with Basil Cream Sauce + Homemade Tea (Mark

P.S. All of us ordered Homemade Tea. ☺

Hickory Smoked Barbecued Country Ribs (Iya)

Lasagna Roll-ups (Cynthia, Joana & Emae)

Pasta Verde (Thi My)

Salpicao Rafael (Joana & Emae)

Trio of Sausages Fettuccine (Leana)

I got to taste all of the food (hahaha most of us did), and all them were so delicious, but of course there were some that I liked the most. I can recommend Trio of Sausages Fetticcine for those who love Carbonara. I also liked Hickory Smoked Barbecue Country Ribs most especially because of the corn. :P But we were a bit sad because we didn't get the chance to try their cakes because we were so full and we can't eat anymore.

BALS! (L-R: Yours Truly, RA & Jan)

Complete! Matino version

Complete! Wacky version

My girls with Mark the photographer.

We're not actually complete because Julie Sapungan had to do some errand and she was still in Cainta so she can't come, but RA made everything possible. :P HAHA

And now we are really COMPLETE!

THE BLOCK

Girl power!

You can never get the chance to take a solo pic when you're with them.

BOWLING

It was never part of the plan but we can't just go home after Banapple. We need to have more FUN! :)

My 3rd time!

Scripted Pose.

Me and my competition. :P Chos!

Yey! My Team ETMICR won! - Emae, ThiMy, Mark, Iya, Cynthia, RA

BURGER KING

Another unplanned meryenda. We were just so tired from playing bowling, and some of us wanted to eat light foods or sandwiches. But I actually don't know how we get here. :P Hahaha I guess I'm just so hungry. 

And that concludes our day. It was our BEST DAY EVER! I really wish that we could have more of these in the future. :) 

I LOVE YOU ISHOCKS! SUPEEEEEER!

♥

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After 5 years...

YES!

It is OFFICIAL. After 5 long years (I really felt i was a long long journey for me) of studying as an Accountancy student in FEU, I am finally graduating with a latin honor as a bonus. :)

I really can't explain how I feel. I am beyond happy. It is really an achievement for me. It has been my goal ever since - to finish my studies with an honor. A goal that I know would make my parents proud. And what makes this so special to me is also because, I had doubts regarding my honor when I lost my academic scholarship and wasn't able to maintain it after that,  and doubts about graduating because of my Tax subject.

My 5-yr road in FEU

During our recollection, we were asked to draw the road we took when we were in FEU as a student, and as the photo above shows, that was how I draw my 5-year road. For me, I had took a straight road from the gates of FEU to PICC where we will have our graduation, and I just had the other years of my life to be on the side of that road. But those stones showed my struggles throughout the years. I started with a foo prints from my firs year to second year, then on my third year o fourth year I started to have hand prints together with my foot prints for now I am experiencing the feeling of crawling because of what I had been doing, and for my last year, I am now lying and just trying to crawl like a worm because of how hard my last two semesters were to me. (and just like what my friends said, even in my drawing I am still corny)

During AudProb Finals. My FINAL exam in FEU.

I have experienced a lot of new things during my college years, though I know that those may not be as much as what others may have experienced, but for me it was enough to make me who I am now and enough to make me feel special and blessed after all. I gained and lost friends but I got to retain more. I experienced to be rejected and to feel lost when on the release of the unofficial list of qualifying exam passers I wasn't part of it. To feel the happiness when someone told me that for the official list, I was there. To be part of JPIA, and I must say this experience is one of my most treasured experience of all. No regrets. 

Graduation photoshoot BTS.

Now, in two months time, I will be facing another, yet exciting chapter in my life. For 5 months, I think, I will be preparing for the CPA Board Exam. And if I made it this far after 5 years, I know I can do it this 5 months. :)

#CPAinthemaking

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Small But Terrible

I am not a cellphone addict nor of any gadget except for my iPod Touch. I already lost two cellphones during the time I have my iPod, but I still managed to save it (thank goodness). It is a small thing, but does terrible things. Well, I got to read books through iBooks, I got to update my social networking sites without fighting for my turn in our computer, I got to check my review materials without going through so many papers, I got a free text from Chikka when I ran out of load, and during my term as an officer in JPIA, I got to check updates regarding upcoming cups from time to time.

I have had my iPod Touch way back in January,2011 but for a reason I'm not quite sure what. It was too early to be my birthday gift. So I just guessed that it was for motivating me to pass the qualifying exam and to maintain my academic scholarship, which thankfully I did both. ☺

For over 2years now, here's what my device looks like...

Lock Screen

Home Screen - 01

Home Screen - 02

I am not actually the type of person to put a 'selfie' as my background since my iPod has been the toy-for-all gadget of my family and friends so, yeah, it's better for them to see random pictures than my face. :P My lock screen is a fitspiration for me since I gained a belt bag this summer (but honestly, I still haven't finished a complete routine until now). As for my home screen, he is my BigBang bias - Gdragon/Kwon Jiyong ♥__♥  since he looks good to be my home screen, (chos!). ☺ :"> I also just have a two-page home screen because, as much as possible, I want everything to be just a click away.

Those apps that are not put in a folder are those that I use most of the time. 
FEU's WiFi Public Access, for the wifi access of course in my school. 
Instagram, since I am really active in checking new photo posts from those I follow. 
Twitter, because I share more in here than on facebook. 
WeChat, for a free communication with my friends in and out of the Philippines (using a wifi access). It has animated stickers, video call, and most of all, (the one I love the most) the voice message since I get a walkie-talkie kind of effect. :)
OPlayer Lite, where I watch .mkv and .avi files. It can also read .srt files. It's just a lite version since I don't buy apps, so there's a little flaw in this player, but it's bearable. :)
Mail, for checking my Yahoo, Gmail, and even our JPIA Backup account. 

For my folders, I just use emoticons that could sum up what are the apps in it does.

Notes - in-app. I put anything actually: song lyrics, recipe, crochet pattern procedures, short poems and quotes.

Reminder - also an in-app. Haven't use in a while.

Office2 Plus - I like viewing my .pdf files here. It was very useful for viewing the IRRs of different cups/quizbees before.

Expense Log - to track down all my allowance, expenses, receivables, and payables. You can also put symbol in every entry you made like meals, transpo, etc. 

iFileExplorer - I used it to view word, excel, and ppt files. Also for extracting .zip files.

Most of the apps here are in-app and I'm not really using them. I just want to feature the Find iPhone app. 

Being a very lousy gadget user, that sometimes misplaces her iPod, this app has been very useful for me. Seriously. I'll just have to log-in in https://www.icloud.com/ then using this app, I can play a sound through our computer. I used it most of the times at home. I still haven't tried using it outside, but it says that it will help you locate your missing device on a map and even protect its data. It's applicable in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac.

Facebook - I use it to grab photos that I can use to update my Instagram account. :P

Messenger - since Facebook crashed most of the times, I used this to check PMs and Group Messages.

Blogger - I can post through my iPod, but I can't edit it the way you can edit when you are posting from a computer. Actually, I have used this once only. :P

S Diary - the name itself, it's my diary. It has stickers and feelings for every entry I will make.

Tumblr - not checking tumblr actually so I'm not using this app too.

YGFamily - to get the latest updates in the YG Family, because BigBang is part of it. ☺

iBooks - where I got to read books that I can't buy. 

Wattpad - I got addicted to this last year, and I have read so many good stories.

YouTube - it's not an in-app anymore. Browsing videos.

Videos - in-app. supports .mov and .mp4 files.

FlexPlayer - also supports .mov and .mp4 files but I like it more than because you can fast forward or backward while watching by just swiping in it.

SoundCloud - just to hear good covers from those people I follow.

Messages - in-app, free messages from thos with an Apple account.

LINE - same as WeChat but had it first before that. I just downloaded it for my friend in Japan, and of course for GD's update in his official Line acct. (also of JYJ, Super Juniors, CNBlue, 2PM and Lee Min Ho)

Keek - a social site where instead of pictures, you post short videos. Here I watch the video updates from  PLL's casts Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell and Keegan Allen.

Chikka - saves me when I ran out of load and I needed to text someone.

FaceTime - in-app, and I haven't use it.

Repost - can repost Instagram posts of my friends or those that I liked.

TimerCam - I can now take a picture of my #ootd. 

InstaSize - post entire photos on instagram without cropping.

Pic Collage & Moldiv - a collage photo editor.

Line Camera - another photo editor that has cute stickers.

Camera360/HelloCamera - just downloaded so I still don't know what they do. But I think they are also a photo editor app. 

Some of my apps here are the trending free apps in the AppStore that I downloaded just to give it a try. While some are the suggested apps from my friends, cousins, and my brother's friends. 

Tap Tap 4 was the very first app I downloaded. I just can't afford deleting it because of the songs in it. I play 2Fuse when I'm bored. I used to love playing Candy Crush, but not now because I'm still in Level 65! >:( Bubble Witch is another Facebook game like Candy Crush that I'm starting to like since I can finish each level (though I'm still in level 20+). It's like Zuma or something like that. StarMaker is a videoke app that makes me a singer. Some other apps are for my brothers and friends.

I used to have so many games, but because it's summer time and I focused on watching series, I deleted them to have free space in my iPod. I used to have some apps like Subway Surfers, Temple Run,The Curse, CrossFingers, and many more. I guess, I'm really not into playing games anymore. 

It was fun making a post like this. I got to know what apps I really do use and the ones I liked the most. Thanks to my friend, Abbey, for inspiring me in making this post. You can check her post here --> http://abrevity.blogspot.com/2013/06/inside-my-device.html. She got an iPad and we actually used to exchange gadgets before. :P

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