Pataan Falls

The Pataan Falls is one of the newest tourist destinations in Bago City, Negros Occidental. The amenities include swimming pool, cottages, houses for overnight stay and the magnificent falls that provide a cool and refreshing feeling to the place. We visited Pataan Falls last August 31, 2009 with my family and officemates (Gene, Ethan and Rene).

..The falls and the running water..

(R-L) Rene, Me, Ethan (white cap), Gene (yellow)

..The swimming pool area..

..Candid shot with my family..

.rOce.
9-15-09 11:27AM

Today

Today marked our first month as a couple. =)

The Ruins

The Ruins in Talisay City, Negros Occidental has been one of the top tourist destinations in the province. It features a mansion that was built by the Lacsons during the 20th century and was destroyed during the Japanese invasions.

My officemates (Gene, Ethan and Rene) paid a visit at my hometown last Aug. 29-31 and visited The Ruins. The sunny afternoon enabled us to take good photos (it was muddy during rainy days). The first picture below is taken at the fountain area, overlooking the ruined mansion at our back. The second picture is Rene doing a big leap from the fountain area!

More facts:
The Ruins belong to the top 12 of the world’s most fascinating ruins!
Link: http://www.oddee.com/item_96671.aspx

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....thinking what to write.
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...nature-tripping?
...swimming?
...hometown?
...blank.

...drink C2.
...took a bite of a cake.
...thinking of what to write.

...career? friends? change of relationship status?
...travelling?

...blank. I'll write later.





-rOce-

I opened my closet and found this!

Have I mentioned that I love surprises? (Good surprises, of course!) I went home tired from all officeworks. When I opened my closet to change my clothes, I found this…

August 4, 2009

Hahaha! The funny face he drew on the Cabugao really surprised me! I laughed harder when I saw that he put on the piped keychain from Cebu on its mouth.

Cabugao (aka Pomelo) is my favorite fruit. The first time I tasted it was during my Senior year in college when we went to Davao City for our Yearbook publication. He was downstairs with Aiken and Ayesa, who have known about the surprise. Kaya pala… That explained the unexplainable smile on their lips when I arrived that night. Hehe!

Ang Dami Kong Kwento

March – In the middle of my first busy season (audit season because it’s the filing of taxes for companies for their financial reports ending December 2008), I watched Eraserheads Concert at SM Mall of Asia with Nang Arlene.

April – I experienced spending 24 hours 7 days a week at the workplace. Go home at 6 in the morning, and report back to work by (at least) 9am. This is living the auditor’s life and choosing to belong in public practice. I released my first babies!!!! *Babies - are also referred to as the financial statements.* It just feels good to see the output and result of all our sleepless nights and seeing the FS stamped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). =)

May – The slack season. Watch movies…Play computer games (became addicted to Tumblebugs. Haha!). I was assigned to an insurance company for a few weeks. After spending 9 months at the dormitory, I moved to a new apartment on the last day of May.

June:

Second week of June – went to Butuan City (northern part of Mindanao) and to Camiguin Island (left picture).

• Third weekend of June – Our cluster (or audit team) went to Bataan and Subic, where we had a weekend overnight stay (picture below).



• Last week of June – Rhesa and Vivien stayed at the apartment while they process their papers abroad. After 17 years of friendship, it was just the first time that we slept in one room and talked til wee hours of the morning. (Hehe, I’m always sleepy when I go back to work the next day.) Aiken also took her CPA oathtaking at PICC and her sister spent time at the apartment.

July:

• July 7, 2009 marked my first anniversary at the audit firm. I celebrated the night with Charisse, Michael and Apollo. (Went to Cha's place and celebrated her 24th bday.)


• Second week of July - I joined the Parish Renewal Experience (PREX) Batch 20-09. The Lord appointed me as one of the leaders of our batch, and hopefully, to lead our flock in unity for our next sponsorship. I gained new friendships.

PREX Batch 20-09

• Third week of July – We surprised Apollo on his 24th birthday with Goldilocks bday cake and 24 candles to blow. We also showed him our heartfelt gift – a movie presentation with messages from his family and friends. Last July 26, we spent his birthday with our friends in the review.

July 31, 2009 – I’m zzzzleeepy. I went home at 3:30am this morning and reported back to work at 9:30am (I snoozed my alarm!) to furnish the SEC reports for review of our supervisors. Tomorrow is Saturday!!!! Yee’eeeey! Sleep.

rOce
7.31.2009

Si Delia

Sabi ni Gene, pangalanan ko rin daw ung bagong laptop namin. He told me na he named his as "Delly"... Sabi ko he's weird. Sabi nya, mas ok daw yun, because it will make you loved and take care more of the laptop. Kaya eto, sumakay ako sa kalokohan nya... I named mine as "Delia". haha!

Delia was my third laptop since I started with the company. My first was also a Dell released last July 2008. The second was an IBM which was released last August 2008; and then Delia, the Dell Latitude E6400, which was released just a month ago. The great thing about the latter is that it was newly purchased by the company and I'm its first recipient. :) Mas maganda pa laptop namin kaysa mga seniors and other executives! haha! ^_^

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QUOTE: "While I'm busy looking up at the balloon, I realized that there's an ice cream melting on my hand. Makes sense? Don't take things for granted." - a text message from Ethel

LESSON LEARNED: I came to realize that there are important things in my life that I should take care of. At times, I become tempted by other things; I lose focus on those that really matter.