Monday, August 27, 2007
goodbye 24... hello 25...
Wow! Time flies fast. I cant believe I'm already 25. Wheewww!!!Looking back at being 24, I had one of the best year in my life. It was life changing year. Moving to New York for my AIESEC traineeship. Being able to support my family and brothers' education. Buying my own laptop and PSP which I have always been wanting to. Travelling to different states aorund the US. Meeting new friends. Adjusting to a new place and culture. Watching broadway plays. The list goes on... SO much to say about being 24. But the bottomline is I had a blast at being 24.
I just hope and wish that at 25, things will be better. way way better.
And how did I spend my birthday? I went to Long Island to sing for this group of FIlipino families. Their children had a summer recital for piano and violin. My aunt asked me if I could sing for them last Thursday. Wow, a lot of pressure for me cuz the last time I sang for them I did a very impressive performance of TUKSO LAYUAN MO AKO. And I had to top that performance and do a better song. So I decided to sing Filipino Folk song and Yoyoy Villame songs. LOL. The first medley was funny. Cuz I started with an operatic voice for my intro line. And then shifted to a funny voice when I started to sing Sitsiritsit. The other songs were BALUT and WARAY-WARAY. The people were laughing hard. And after the performance, the shouted MORE. I told them that they wait and we should have lunch first. And then this American guy approached me. He told me that he was ready to sit back and relax to listen to my opera song but when he heard that I shifted to my funny voice he burst into laughter. After lunch, everyone was eager to listen to my next number. I sang YOYOY songs: Granada, Butsekik and si Filemon. They were laughing like crazy. I had them sing with me too. And one of the ladies started to pass around a hat to put money and I got 70 dollars. Yahoo! Not bad.
Then I had dinner with my aunt and cousins. It was a good day. Good one to start being 25.
jory 11:16 PM
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AIESEC US Conference and Vacation with cousins
I went to the AIESEC US Summer Conference in Chicago last August 10-14. It was so much fun doing all the activities and meeting new friends. Here are some highlights.
August 10: Arrived 8 am in Chicago from NY. Went to Chicago downtown Aiesecers at 10 am. Went around the city and had deep dish pizza. toured the city with free trolly. slept at the beach for an hour. I loved Chicago. Very clean and less people unlike NY. arrived at the hotel at 7 pm in time for the opening ceremony. party was at 10 pm with Hollywood theme party. They gave an award for the best dramatic performance in sa dance. A fellow Aiesecer (half filipino-half german) danced salsa with me. And the next thing we know that it was only the two of us left in the dance floor. The other people cleared the floor to give way for us dancing.
August 11: Sessions and talk. We had a slumber party. It was fun pillow fighting. Met Angie from Arizona and danced with her the whole night. She's a very sweet girl.
August 12: Global Village day. I wore my famous bahag. hahaha!!! People were amazed with the costume. I felt like it was a Miss Univerese beauty pageant. hahaha! I brought dried mangoes and otap for the participants to try.
August 13: I had a chance to share my experience to the AIESEC members about my life on traineeship and how it impacted me and my family. One guy wrote me a letter that he was touched with my story and how it affected my family.
August 14: Goodbye time. That was sad. Seeing new friends leave. Wish it was longer. My cousin picked me up from the hotel and I stayed at their house in Wisconsin.
After the conference, I stayed with cousins' houses, Ate Yen and Jacklyn. Jacklyn is new here in US. She married and American. I stayed with her for two days. And I had a great time cuz she cooks all the time. We went bowling with her husband and in-laws. It was nice just to relax and not think about work. Life there was slow unlike NY. And Friday night, I went back to Ate Yen's house cuz Kuya Vince arrived from Baltimore. We played poker and I won 20 dollars. The next day we went shopping in the outlet store. I bought sandals, bag and jeans. Wow! It felt nice to shop. hahaha! Then sunday I have to some back to NY! SIGH....
August 10: Arrived 8 am in Chicago from NY. Went to Chicago downtown Aiesecers at 10 am. Went around the city and had deep dish pizza. toured the city with free trolly. slept at the beach for an hour. I loved Chicago. Very clean and less people unlike NY. arrived at the hotel at 7 pm in time for the opening ceremony. party was at 10 pm with Hollywood theme party. They gave an award for the best dramatic performance in sa dance. A fellow Aiesecer (half filipino-half german) danced salsa with me. And the next thing we know that it was only the two of us left in the dance floor. The other people cleared the floor to give way for us dancing.
August 11: Sessions and talk. We had a slumber party. It was fun pillow fighting. Met Angie from Arizona and danced with her the whole night. She's a very sweet girl.
August 12: Global Village day. I wore my famous bahag. hahaha!!! People were amazed with the costume. I felt like it was a Miss Univerese beauty pageant. hahaha! I brought dried mangoes and otap for the participants to try.
August 13: I had a chance to share my experience to the AIESEC members about my life on traineeship and how it impacted me and my family. One guy wrote me a letter that he was touched with my story and how it affected my family.
August 14: Goodbye time. That was sad. Seeing new friends leave. Wish it was longer. My cousin picked me up from the hotel and I stayed at their house in Wisconsin.
After the conference, I stayed with cousins' houses, Ate Yen and Jacklyn. Jacklyn is new here in US. She married and American. I stayed with her for two days. And I had a great time cuz she cooks all the time. We went bowling with her husband and in-laws. It was nice just to relax and not think about work. Life there was slow unlike NY. And Friday night, I went back to Ate Yen's house cuz Kuya Vince arrived from Baltimore. We played poker and I won 20 dollars. The next day we went shopping in the outlet store. I bought sandals, bag and jeans. Wow! It felt nice to shop. hahaha! Then sunday I have to some back to NY! SIGH....
Random Aiesecers
Party time: rock & roll, slumber and Hollywood. Getting the award for best dramatic performance in a dance with Roan.
Presentation during Global Village (parang national costume parade)
With ate yen & Jacklyn
jory 11:02 PM
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