Acoustic Night 2012. Performing with Mel. :)

Crazy Monster Bookmarks

One year ago, during a bible study session, I had this awesome monster bookmark which clung onto the corner of the page as if it was eating it. Ivan, my BS mate, saw it and was so amazed by it that he asked me where I got the bookmark. After he found out that I made it myself, he requested that I make him one too.

However, it has been a year now and I still have not done that bookmark for him. Haha! So, since Ivan is now graduating from the university (with outstanding awards too! *proud*), I thought making him the long awaited bookmarks would make a perfect graduation gift! 

Since I have this really long summer break, thus the sudden fondness for blogging, I decided to make a tutorial on how to do it yourself :)

Here are the materials that you will need:

ANY type of paper will do. The colors and designs are up to you ;)

Let’s start!

1. Cut out a square piece of paper (the size is up to you as well).

2. Fold it in half.

3. Unfold, then fold in half again, This time, in the other direction.

4. Now pull two opposite corners to the center and make a crease.

5. Cut along the creases that you’ve made

6. You’ll have something that looks like this:

7. Now that you have the cut-out for the head, get the small piece of paper and cute out the teeth as illustrated below. It should have the same length as one of the triangles from the body cut-out.

8. Take a piece of tape, and stick the teeth on one of the flaps from the triangle cut-out as shown in the picture. Then cut off the excess teeth on the sides, making sure it doesn’t exceed the flap’s area.

9. Fold the teethed flap along the crease and spread some glue over it.

10. Fold the other flap and press. You’ll now have something like this:

11. Cut out small white circles for the eyes

.. and smaller colored ones (size and color are still up to you)

12. Glue the eye parts onto the body. Using the marker, dot on the eyes for the pupil.

And you’re done! You can add more designs to it if you want. Wait for the glue to dry completely (you don’t want to smear glue on your favorite books!) before using them. Enjoy your crazy monster bookmarks! \( ﾟヮﾟ)/

So far, I’ve made three. I’ll be giving two of them to Ivan. The purple one is for Ked. :)

Words are simply not enough

Two years ago, I met this awesome person. It was during our last term in our freshmen year. We had two classes together, yet I never really noticed him. Maybe because we were with different people back then.

Eventually, after joining FORMDEV, we became good friends. Because we were both facilitators, and hung out at the same place (Formdev HQ), we shared a lot of stories with each other and grew closer.

We spend most of the time jamming. We both love music. I sing, while he plays the guitar.

After a while, we started to develop certain feelings for each other. Finally, we told each other how we felt. Ideally, everything will immediately fall into place, and we will live happily ever after.

However, there were interesting twists and turns to our story. Several trials came our way, but we tightly held on to God and to each other.

Finally, by God’s grace, we made it through the trials and made it official on the 7th of March. Never have I felt so blessed in my life. God gave me this amazing person, who makes me indcredibly happy and content.

We may not have the same personalities, but we complement each other perfectly.

Although we spend most of the time together, I never ever get bored. He’s so much fun to be with, and I couldn’t ask for more.

There are no words in the universe that are enough to describe how much I love him.

Hi Ked, this is for you. :)

Chicken Afritada

Bored and home alone with no food prepared, I rummaged through our fridge looking for potatoes. I originally planned to cook homemade fries, but decided to go on a different direction after finding other stuff in our fridge. Chicken, carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes. Immediately, I thought it called for chicken afritada!

Since I never cooked the dish before, I consulted my ever dependable bestfriend, Google, and found this recipe for Chicken Afritada in Fresh Tomatoes. I simply followed everything in that page and.. Tada!!

//gee. shaky hands are shaky o___o;

My very first attempt on cooking Chicken Afritada in fresh tomatoes! Haha! It smelled so goooood and tasted even better! Can’t wait to bring some tomorrow for my boyfriend. Hihi ♡

Mcdo Taft Grand Reopening

September 12, 2011 — The much awaited day. The day all La Sallians and Scholasticans can finally indulge themselves into synthetic fries and overprocessed beef and chicken that is the food served in McDonald’s. Of course, my blockmates and I wouldn’t let ourselves be left behind.

Brunch: Some of my friends who also had a 0940 class decided to eat at Mcdo for lunch at 1040. I was the only one who had breaks that day, pero di sila nagpapigil kahit may klase sila ng 1120. Masyado ata nilang namiss ang Mcdo. Haha!

What I had: Crispy Chicken Fillet w/ rice, regular Coke, regular Oreo McFlurry

Calorie count: 450 + 140 + 370 = 960

‘Merienda’:  During my 1300-1430 break, I was enticed (tho I believe I was forced) to eat at Agno.

What I had: Mongolian fried rice, 2 Yemas

Calorie Count: 400 + 250 = 650 (totally assumed)

Dinner: Hanging out at the FORMDEV HQ doesn’t do me any good 90% of the time. Aside from the fun jamming sessions and random kwentuhans, the awesome people there also love EATING. So, since it was the day of Mcdo’s grand reopening, everyone decided to have dinner there.

What I had: 2 cheeseburgers + regular Coke Float + Medium Fries

Calorie Count: 2(290) + 250 + 310 = 1080

Total Calorie intake for Sept 12, 2011: 2690 kCal

What can I say, I just ate like an adult man that day. No wonder why I’m gaining so much weight. Tatlong taon nakong payat-taba-payat-taba. Haha! Thank you stressful college life.

Pictures from dinner time:

AND LOOK WHO’S TRYING TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT! :))

OA lang naman sa lakas nung speakers nila, mas rinig yung music nila from South gate kesa sa Mcdo. Don’t worry KFC, kakain parin naman ang mga tao sa inyo pag wala nang vacant tables sa Mcdo. :>

All photos were taken by Andrew Pamorada. Thank you! ^~^

Mcdo calorie info from RunningPinoy