The Traveler's Post

Almost every April and May since 2006, I've been traveling to various parts of the Philippines. My stops include Tarlac, Bulacan, Pampanga, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Camarines Norte y Sur, Albay and ultimately, my hometown, Sorsogon.

Once again, May has arrived and I will be in a series of travels. My 'Summer Travels' are a mix of vacation, leisure, business trips, Christian activities (like Youth Camps) and missions Trips of my own. The months of April and May are my busiest, following December, January and September but that's not always the case. There were instances when something comes and that pattern is broken.

Right now I'm in our house in Laguna to pick up some things I'll be needing for my travels. I arrived yesterday (There was a traffic jam at the unloading area in Crossing-Calamba)and will also depart today before lunch. Later at 3 PM, I and JIVE Youth will be on our way to Pililia, Rizal for Precious Bible Baptist Church's event entitled Upper Room.

I don't know what time the event will end but after that, I'll go directly to Gumaca, Quezon, to one of our church members' house for a vacation. One day for me is enough, although I would like to stay longer. The mothers of the church planned this outing in line with the Pahiyas festival in Lucban, Quezon on the 15th. The mothers already departed yesterday evening and will arrive in Gumaca a little later in the morning. I'll be catching up with them tomorrow morning. This is still tentative because of the hassle I will be experiencing.

On the afternoon of the 16th, I will be boarding a bus for a 16-hour drive to Donsol, Sorsogon. I am supposed to go to Donsol before the 12th because it's her 4th year Death Anniversary and I would like to pay my respects again, but due to current circumstances, I wasn't able to do so. I'll be going home either on the afternoon of 21st or the 22nd. It's a matter of choice between receiving a free comic book or not XD LOL It still depends on the situations at hand. I'm actually reluctant to go home to Donsol this week and postpone it to September but I have important matters to deal there and I have to do what I have to do, so I'm left without any choice but to go there. It may be an big expense, but it's still worth all the trouble. Besides, I'll be enjoying the 16-hour trip. I always pick the seat by the window with the bus' air-conditioning nozzle aimed at me. I better bring a jacket. I'll have another encounter with nature, and a whole week of clearing my mind from all the hustle and the bustle of teh city. Also, I'll strive to finish the storylines of my two novels. I hope it will be published next year.

Travel is my passion. New experiences is the name of my game. This is game Master Rege, now signing of... I mean, logging out. Have a great day everyone and Bon voyant to all travelers :)

The Desperate Housewives Season 6 Finale Spoilers

Hi! It's been two weeks in for the month of May and I'm just posting my first blog for the month. Anyway, let me make up to you by posting the Season 6 Finale Spoilers of my favorite TV Series, The Desperate Housewives.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!


6.23 /"I Guess This Is Goodbye"/ MAY 16, 2010 - SEASON FINALE

- Bree informs the rest of the family that Sam knows their secret.

- As Eddie is holding Lynette hostage, she goes into labor.

-Mike and Susan are moving, but get the surprise of their lives as an old acquaintance shows up to rent their house. (I believe this is Paul Young)

- Gaby informs Nick that Angie's being held hostage, but she ends up having to deal with the problem on her own.

- Mark Moses returns as Paul Young. He'll stay on the show for the entire seventh season. (What could Paul Young's dirty tricks be? He's the villain for the next season)

- A lawyer from Fairview Hospital visits one of the women with heartbreaking news about one of her children. (Definitely not Bree or Susan)

- One of the children makes an unexpected move.

- There'll be an explosion (could be flashback) and someone dies.

- This episode marks the final appearances of Drea de Matteo, Beau Mirchoff, Jeffrey Nordling, Josh Zuckerman and John Barrowman.

Finals Week

It's been a while since I updated this because of me being slumped with tons and tons of work. BTW, April 30 marks the beginning of our walk to Calvary as our Final Exams Week starts.

We'll be having a Final Exam in law Communication1 (The Law on Obligations and Contracts). In World Literature, we will be presenting and defending our book report. Mine is Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. In Human Resources Management, we will also be presenting and defending the HR practices (Mission/Vision, etc.) of a Filipino company. I hope Ms. Heidi accepts Logica Philippines as my paper. In Corporate Leadership, we will have an oral defense/recitation on the advanced Leadership Skills (Delegation, etc.). Tomorrow is also our presentation and defense of our Electronic Commerce project. We've revamped QHotels' website and need to discuss why we've made such changes. Our Business Management Projects 2's implementation of 'The GRAND RAMp' is over and I need not worry about it.

For the next week I'll be sitting in my office chair, working on my computer, studying and I hope and pray that I will get good grades on all of my subjects. BTW, in LAWCOM1, my one foot is in the grave. Please pray for me. Thanks.

Home. Alone. Again.

The other day, I and my father had a little 'misunderstanding' and as a result, he left the house. Yes. That's not a typo. Times have changed people! When children and parents cross, the parents do the leaving XD I dunno but when my grandmother (Mama's mother) had a tiff with her sons and daughters, she left our house in the province!

Ironic as it sounds, that's the truth. Well, in my case. Daddy left his cellphones at the house so I have no way of knowing in which part of the Earth he is now. He left me around $20 and I believe that's for the next two weeks. I checked Makati Medical Center if he's there because he wanted me to accompany him there for a check-up last Saturday. I told him that we will leave for MMC at 6PM yesterday and he refused, and put on a dramatic act. Yeah. I'd define that as a tiff.

I suppose he's in one of my aunt's house and will come back after a week or so. I brought groceries this evening because it'd be costly to buy viands in 'carinderias' every meal. I'll be cooking, cleaning, maintaining and staying inside the house alone.

Yet another test of independence has come my way. So help me LORD.

:)

Term 1 AY 2010-2011

This afternoon, I pre-registered for the next academic year. I was supposed to be on internship next term but I still have subjects that I need to take. I only have 2 subjects next term.

Fundamentals of Accounting 2 for Business Administration and Graphical User Interface programming using VB6.

No Quantitative Methods 2 offering for next term and I wasn't allowed to take Philosophy of Man class of other courses.

Please pray for me as I plan to work part-time or full time depending on what the circumstances require me to. Next term is the most challenging for me because I need to juggle not only school but work and my other activities as well. Clearly, my hands will be really full by the month of May.

Have a great day everyone!

April 18, 2010 JYC Songs Line-Up

Singers and musicians, here is our line-up for our Youth Program on Sunday, April 18:

Opening Song: Your Name High

Everyday

My Bestfriend

I Want To Know You

Please be informed that rehearsal is on Saturday, April 17, 1PM sharp at the JIVE Youth Center.

For more inquiries, you can reach us at our GMs. Thanks!

The GRAND RAMp: The 1st Ever Asia Pacific College Kick-Off Party

Just promoting our APPROJ2 event: The GRAND RAMp

GRADUATING? INTERN? APC STUDENT? FACULTY AND STAFF?

Watch out as BM71 comes in Summer and brings you the FIRST KICK OFF PARTY for our school. THE GRAND RAMP 2010"A Tribute to the Graduating Class '10 and INTERNS" April 23, 2010 @ 6pm-10pm FRIDAY FIAMMA Bar Jupiter St., Makati City.

250php REGULAR * free drink
350php VIP*ticket with free drink & cocktail buffet

*Dress code is strictly implemented

Let's Fire up the Runway and dance with the Beat!! This year the temp is
hotter, that's why we'll bring you the hottest summer event even hotter! Say goodbye to the rain in praise of the sun! Let's give it up for the GRADUATING CLASS as they take the GRAND RAMP!

Served hot by: BM71- APPROJ2
Supported by:BMAG

For Tickets you may contact Rege @ 09159037243. Thank you all :)

LEVEL UP SYC 2010 Post #4

It is our last day here at the Mt. Peniel Campsite / Prayer Mountain and we still have a Large Group Session at 9AM. I know there's not much time for me to create my legendarily long posts because of time constraints butI'll try my best to make this post well-worth reading. And my whining begins:

We arrived here last Monday, that's the 5th of April. I am one of the volunteers of Camp Kabataan and was part of the so-called "Advance Team". After dropping our luggages, we started working and working. I would like to commend, in part of the LEVEL UP Summer Youth Camp 2010 Director, Pastor Jeff Aspacio, the volunteers of this year's Youth Camp.

The kitchen crew for working all day, all night in preparing scrumptious meals for us. It's no joke to prepare food for 700 or so people. The Registration committee who stretched their patience, worked hard and making sure that all of our records our maintained, for preparing the IDs, coordinating with the bus companies and assigning us in our respective dormitories. The Drama team, for preparing the beautiful presentations, especially the wonderful hand mimes. The Multi-Media committee for preparing the audio-visual presentations and documenting the whole event. The Music team for making wonderful music here at camp. The Counselors committee for equipping us with the necessary tools and skills in counselling young people. The Game committee for putting all the hard work in preparing the obstacle course, and all the games we played here at camp.

And to all the volunteers of Camp Kabataan, KUDOS to you all and may we all have glorified God in this activity.

LEVEL UP SYC 2010 Post #3

I'm gonna make this post short because we still have lots of things to do here at camp. The opening night was a great success. There were some technical difficulties but praise God that those were overcome immediately. I would love to post pictures but you're gonna have to wait XD Anyway, the game stations will be in operation today and good luck to the campers!

Have a great day everyone!

LEVEL UP SYC 2010 Advance Trip

Today is my last day in Makati City for tonight I will be in Antipolo City to join the so-called 'Advance Team" of Camp Kabataan. We will leave for O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac at 5 or 6 Am tomorrow. May God bless our trip tomorrow.

Have a great day everyone!

Camp Kabataan's Preparations for LEVEL UP SYC 2010 (Working on A Wednesday)

I'm still dreaming at around 10:30 yesterday morning when I overheard two young people talking to my father and asking for me. Turns out that these two are my pals from JIVE Youth. A hypnopedic like me gets easily distracted. I woke up and told my father that I'll be meeting them in a while.

My two pals asked me for directions on how to go to SBC-Masinag. They have a rehearsal for the LEVEL UP Summer Youth Camp 2010. I ended up not taking a bath, not eating breakfast and accompanying them to SBC-Masinag.

I wasn't supposed to be here in Masinag, Antipolo City because I have to follow-up JIVE Youth's participants for the Summer Youth Camp in Makati. Camp Kabataan's Drama Team wasn't the only one here. The Registration, Production and other organizers are also here.

I must say, Camp Kabataan's volunteers are doing are really great job in preparing for our organizations' yearly highlight. The Drama Team is already in the perfecting stages of their rehearsals. I wasn't allowed to peek but I did anyway.

Campers, Counsleors, Pastors and Volunteers, Level Up Summer Youth Camp 2010 will make you nostalgic of the '90s. that's all I can say.

The Production Team is also finishing the decorations and other stuff for the stage, and the whole venue. They are also doing a really great job. If I may say so, LEVEL UP SYC 2010 is the most beautiful, action-packed and wonderful Youth Camp of Camp Kabataan.

SBC-Masinag's office became the extension of my home office for yesterday. Thank you Pastor Alvin. Thank you also to Pastor Jeff for letting me use his laptop to finish this post.

Join Camp Kabataan's LEVEL UP Summer Youth Camp 2010 and have good, exciting, fun!

See you there and to Camp Kabataan's volunteers, Kudos to you all!

SBC-Makati AM/PM Service & JYC Line-Up for March 28, 2010 and Other Announcements

Singers, here is the line-up of songs for SBC Makati's AM/PM Service:

Pick It Up (Planetshakers)

Open The Eyes of My Heart

Siyasatin Mo (Ted Amper)

We Belong To You Alone

We're singing Filipino songs for March 28. JYC Line-Up is as follows:

Pumarito Ka (Ted Amper)

Kasama Natin Ang Diyos

Mahal na Mahal Kita

Siyasatin Mo (Ted Amper)

Call time for March 28 is 9AM/2PM for SBC-Makati's AM Service and Youth respectively. please be guided accordingly.

Tremors on A Thursday

This afternoon, at around 1:30 PM, Philippine Time, two consecutive earthquakes shook Makati City and other parts of the National Capital Region. As of this posting, the epicenter of the quake is still unknown. Ate Sarj told me that the stronger quake is 5.9 magnitude in the Richter scale.

Around 12:30 PM, I just left a local high school to visit and congratulate one of my very good friends on his graduation this coming Tuesday. I was actually lost and was helplessly asking for directions on how to get to my school. You see, my first class is at 12:45 and it's a major one and I was desperate to get to school. I tried hailing cabs but after a dozen passed by and they all have passengers, I decided to take the jeepneys.

At around 1:20 PM, I finally arrived at Magallanes and rode another jeep to our school. By 1:25 PM, I'm already inside the college premises. I finished encoding my Law Communication 1 homework early this morning, around 2 Am for that matter, but am unable to have it printed. I went to the school's IT Resources Group to have it printed after paying at the Accounting Department. After I opened the file (my homework), I noticed that the text on the computer screen were moving. Atty. Cuevas required us to be creative when it comes to homework, but I clearly remember that I did not put animations on my word processed HW. It will also be useless if printed.

That's when I realized that the ground is shaking. It felt normal at first but the tremors grew stronger. One of the ITRG staff also noticed that an earthquake is ongoing and alerted everyone. The Director of ITRG panicked and told his staff to save all data, and get out of the building.

I went to class after that and was marked absent. It's already 1:37 and LAWCOM1 is from 12:45-2:15 only. My blockmates would've sang 'Happy Birthday To You' to one of our blockmates but Atty. Cuevas told us to get out of the building at that moment.

I still managed to drop a letter to one of my professor's pigeon-hole box. My excuse letter for the Youth Camp. Our Program Director told me to get down now and I did.

There were two quakes. the second was the aftershock. It's considerably weaker in intensity than the previous one. All students, faculty and staff gathered at teh parking lot to wait. It took almost ten minutes for all students, faculty and staff to vacate the building. It's no longer a drill, it's for real! Thanks to Ate Janelle for the idea. We've been conducting earthquake drills in the past months but I don't know why it took ten minutes for all the people to vacate the college.

Also, the fire alarms were not pulled on all floors. i think the only alarm i heard was from the second floor. After that, the building administration department and staff checked the building for damages and the building was later declared safe. I was hoping for the suspension of classes but I was disappointed. Classes resumed minutes later. We had World Literature then and discussed Luisa Valenzuela's Vision from the Corner of One Eye and Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale heart.

Praise God that no one was hurt and we're still alive. Glory to God and Hallelujah!

LEVEL UP! Summer Youth Camp 2010 Post #2

In a nutshell:

LEVEL UP! Summer Youth Camp 2010
April 6-9, 2010 (Tuesday-Friday)
Camp Fee P450 (transpo, accommodations, food, training materials)

Camp Orientation: April 4, 2010 @ the JIVE Youth Center, 3/F Kalayaan Market Bldg., Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City

Deadline for registration: March 28, 2010 (flexible 'to, we need your confirmation on this date. You need to register to reserve your slot. Payments can be made on or before April 4, 2010.)



It's summer once again and I invite all the youth in NCR, Philippines to join CampKabataan's Summer Youth Camp 2010 entitled LEVEL UP! This will be held on April 6-9, (Tuesday-Friday) 2010 at the Mt. Peniel Campsite, O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac.

Camp fee is only 450PhP inclusive of the round-trip transportation (Air-conditioned bus), meals from Tuesday evening to Friday morning, accommodations, training materials and insurance (which we hope you don't get to use because we'd be very sad if you do).

If you are interested to join and be a delegate, please sign-up at our Sunday Youth programs (3-6PM) at the JIVE Youth Center, located at the 3/F of the Kalayaan Market Bldg., 9642 Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

BTW, deadline for registration is on March 28, 2010 the Sunday before the Camp Orientation. We are setting a deadline for the registration process to be organized. Efficiency purposes also. (For extreme cases, this is flexible. We can arrange something for you. Contact me ahead of time.)

For more inquiries, please feel free to contact me at 09159037243/09227997328, or comment on this post. I will be posting updates on the next days to come.

Thank you so much and see you there!

LEVEL Up! Summer Youth Camp 2010 Logo

Here's SYC 2010's logo. LEVEL UP!

JIVE Youth Programs Every Sunday

I, once again invite the youth of Makati City and nearby cities to attend our weekly Youth programs at the JYC (JIVE Youth Center) every Sunday 3:30-6PM.

JIVE Youth Center is located at the third (3rd) floor of the Kalayaan Market bldg., Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

JIVE Youth is an organization of teenagers and young professionals whose aims include reaching the youth of Makati, using their gifts in serving one another and having good, holistic fun.

This year, we are re-launching our weekly meetings. We'll keep you posted on the schedule.

Activities at our Sunday Youth programs include a mini-concert, icebreakers and sports activities, fellowship, and a lecture regarding various topics that the youth can relate to. refreshments are often served at the end of the program along with fellowship.

See you there!

Home Alone

I will be home alone for a whole week and I will have yet another taste of being independent. I woke up with a 500 PhP bill on my sidetable and a text message saying that my father's in the province.

My father's having a vacation at my aunt's house and will be back next week. It's not because we're driving each other crazy (at times yes XD) but it's good for him to have a vacation from time to time. He's already a senior citizen and he needs rest. My fridge is fully stocked with foods from our event yesterday, "It's Showtime" so I don't have to worry about getting hungry. the problem is, we don't have any more gas (LPG. LPG in the Philippines costs about 12-15 USD and if I buy gas, I will have no more money for the rest of the week.

I know it's hard to maintain a big home. I'm living in our house for the past 18 years. So, for the next days, I will be cleaning the house, the dishes, feed the cat, the fishes and the doves (Yes, we have doves), and do some maintenance work.

So help me God.

Level Up SYC 2010 Camp Counselors' Orientation and Training

With the month of March nearing its end, our great wait for Camp Kabataan's Summer Youth Camp 2010 entitled "LEVEL UP' intensifies. We still have a lot of preparations to do before we get to the event so everyone, hold your water! XD

Anyway, Summer Youth Camp 2010 Counselor's Orientation will be held this Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the SBC-Masinag Auditorium from 9 AM-12 NN.

For those counselors coming from Makati (JIVE Youth), we will meet at the Youth Center at 8 AM. Fare will be provided.

For JIVE Youth, we are in dire need of counselors (male and female) that will head our small groups when we get to camp.

Also, deadline for camp registration is on March 28, 2010 (Sunday) so sign-up right now! We are not promising any sponsorships but we are praying with faith that God will provide.

You can register by attending our Youth programs every Sunday, 3PM at the JYC (JIVE Youth Center) located at the 3rd Floor of the Kalayaan Market Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City. Look for Kuya Paul or contact him at 09325474646.

Camp Orientation is on Sunday, April 4, 2010, 3-6PM.

For more information regarding Camp Kabataan's LEVEL UP: Summer Youth Camp 2010, feel free to comment on this post, contact me at 09159037243 or 09227997328 or attend our Youth programs held every Sunday.

See you there!

JYC Songs Line-Up for March 21, 2010

Singers, here is the line-up of songs for our program on JIVE Youth this March 21: For more info, please contact Ate Sarj.

War Song

Indescribable (Chris Tomlin)

Friend Of God

You Are God Alone

Please be guided accordingly.

My favorite fragment

Here is one of my favorite fragment:

A great euphonious in every box