The Other Side of Mae

Monday, October 13, 2014

#12daysto32 Day -1: A Birthday Celebration at La Salle

And I reached Day -1 of my #12daysto32 countdown! Well, this is just me. Blame it to the "feeling celebrity" syndrome I have! Always having a month-long birthday celebration, you know. So for today, I celebrated with my LSU family!

Thank you so much to Dr. Jovannie Castillo for leading the prayer! Lol!

And to Engr. Aldrich Caballo for taking the photos! Now, blame this to Sir Aldrich. Hehehe.....

And super thank you to Papa, Ep2x, Jez, Don2x, and Nanay Esther for preparing the food! :)

Last but not least, thank you to all of you, my colleagues for another fun-filled birthday celebration! 'Till next time!!! :)

Celebrating My Birthmonth with the LSU MatSci Department

Sunday, October 12, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 0: A Year Older and Wiser

And, this is it! This is the day that the Lord hath made! Here are only a few of the birthday greetings I received throughout my day

from students,

Oohh, ako ang pinaka-una na ni greet!
Niabot nasad ka ma sa imuang adlaw na nataw-han.
Ma, i know dili kaayu ko buutan na pagka-anak pero permi gihapon ko nimo genasabot. Eventhough, atik2x rani but I still cherish you as my true mother. Stay humble, nice, and pretty always ma. I hope that all your dreams in your life will come true. Wish you all the best and more candles to blow. Ma, ayaw gyd biya pag-usab hapt?
If you want ears to talk to, naa rako dire. If you want shoulders to lend on, naa rasad ko diare. Ug naay mangaway nimo, igna lang ko kay ako na sila awayun sad
Happy Birthday Mama
- Rudylou Macalisang

Just wanted to greet a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mam Mary Rosalie T. Olandesca na she's 32 yet still SINGLE pa. Wahahaha! PEACE! xD

Btw, thanks kaayo mam for being there for supporting via kasaba sa akoa kay di mahuman ang conclusion or walay conclusion yet dako nako ug score karon kesa sa sauna nga gamay ra... Wahahaha! LIBRE mam karong FRIDAY! WohoooooooooO! :)) Kani lang akong gamiton mam kay BLOGGER man ka! Hihihi PEACE!

Happy 32 Ma'am.

- John Dave Balingit

Happy 32nd birthday ENGR.
- Oxygen Bolotaolo

from colleagues,

Ms. Mary Rosalie T. Olandesca, mogreet ko now with picture. Hehehe happy birthday ulit maam. Nangita pa man gud kog pic natong duha maam. Hehehe special ni kay naa pa si maam Rhiza Mae Maghinay Damasin. Hehehe
-Joemari Gapol

from VIPs of JCI,

from BFFs,

Happy birthday dearest Osang... Thru thick and thin ,in sickness and in health ,till death do us part...i will always love u and cherish you as my best of best friend chog Osang... Enjoy your 32nd birthday... Love u chog.. Mwah...
- Dr. Cherry Anne Tuba

Happiest Birthday B! Wishing u all the best in life "lovelife", good health, happiness always & more laags to come... i love you!... Karn na noon ta wala nag natcon na dool ra!
- Marie Celle Mosqueda

and from kapamilyas!

Happy birthday engineer!!;))pangasawa nah para mosunod nami hahahaha
- Rio

Happy happy bday sa amoang pinakadabest ate in town, tnx for everything te. Im so proud of u. Godbless u always,love you mwah
- Ep2x

Happy birthday te. Wishing you joy and happiness today and always.
PS: i love you..

With love
Laling

I couldn't post all greetings here via IG, FB (having a total of 144 greetings), Viber, WhatsApp, texts, and calls. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for all the greetings, pips!

I also had two cakes for the day! One from my JCI-Ozamiz Red Rose family

Wow!!! What a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much to my ever beautiful Red Roses! Super thank you for coming over super early. I love you and I miss you, all. Mwahugz

and another one from my family.

Wow!!! A Maltesers and KitKat laboratory apparatus cake! Thank you so much ga April and June Ann!!!! Mwahugz

Plus, there's also a birthday gift pahabol received today!

Thank you, Ate Mai and Clarkson! :)

To start the day, we attended church and had breakfast at Chowking.

Then off we went outing for a fun-filled day! Watch out for my special post on this so stay tuned.

Filled with so much love and happiness! Thank you so much, Papa God for the gift of life, love, family, and friends! Thank you for all the blessings and for lending me another year of my life. Thank you for my Papa and Mama who had raised me well and for my sisters April and June Ann for always supporting me. Thanks for giving me aunties, uncles, and cousins who love me dearly. And thank you for all the friends and students you had made me meet along the way. All of these people are my strength to carry on my everyday.

A year older and wiser, that's what I am! Thank you for always and always making my path straight.

To everybody who had remembered and greeted me on this very special day, thank you so much! I still want to reply to each and every greeting but sleepiness strikes already. I still have to be early for school tomorrow. Thank you so so much to each and every one of you! I promise to get back to you tomorrow!

Goodnight sweet cheeks, goodnight sleepy head,
Sweet dreams, sleep tight,
Until the morning light.

Too Old To Be Sentimental About The Passing Of A Year

Another Birthday Celebration: Feeling Artista! ;>

Better @ 30: An After-Party Post!

The Fourth Cake

29 Years and Counting

Saturday, October 11, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 12

And it's the last day of my #12daysto32 countdown! As early as now, I praise God for all the people around me who love me sooo dearly. I am overwhelmed with happiness and I feel super dooper loved!

Though they have "other" reason/s for coming over, I believe that they came home especially for me. Hehe...Thanks to my sissy April who came all the way from Singapore and to our adopted brother, Carlo for traveling straight from Oroquieta! :)

And to cuzzy Don2x who arrived as a surprise from Manila!

Although it's not yet my birthday, I also received a bonus of gifts! Many thanks for the thoughtfulness by sending in your love on my special day, guys! You know who you are..... Mwahugs to all of you!!!! :)

Thank you, Lord for the blessings of love, family, and friendship! Indeed, I feel so special today! :)

Friday, October 10, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 11

Last meeting celebration of my PhySc4 class with my major in Physics studes. I really admire these students! They are very eager to learn and they learned Optics by themselves on the second half of the course! Honestly, I am not really interested in learning Optics so I let them did all "the works"! Ssshhhh...... Fortunately and gladly, they managed and I was just pretty-well sitting on my class. Salute to these guys! Salute to these future teachers!!! :)

With Liezl, Eva, Rudylou, and Joseph

Thursday, October 09, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 10

‪#‎tbt‬ Papa and Mama taking me for a walk at Cotta. I was their problem child being a sickly baby since birth. Thank you for always taking care of me, Papa and Mama. I love you to the moon and back! :)

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 9

From Physics 1 to Physics 2, goodbye and God bless to this IT batch! Thanks for sharing two semesters with you, guys! :)

P.S. By the way, there's an intruder in this class. The black sheep and the only rose, Mark Anthony of CTE (a Physics Major). Hehe...Peace, Mark. ;)

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 8

Had a manic Tuesday! Was super busy cramming to beat the deadline for TQ submission, listing stocks inventory for Fascino, and having classes! So I haven't got any potd.

Photo from Web

And this represents my life now - a null set! :(

Monday, October 06, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 7

Had my masteral class for the whooooole day. Thank you, Lord I'm about to finish 12 units for this sem! :)

Sunday, October 05, 2014

#12daysto32 Day 6

Craving for twister fries satisfied in the morning, was in the mood to bond with friends in the afternoon. Thank you, Lord! Papa is now discharged from the hospital. All is well! :)

With Teachers Christ, Alvite, and Annalyn Together with Our Chinese School Kids

Happy Teachers' Day to Us!!! :)

World Teachers' Day 2014

Last Friday was such a definitely maybe roller coaster ride of emotions to me! I came to school with a foul mood since Papa was still in the hospital. As I arrived in the faculty room, my colleague grumbled about her first period students because only one out of seven were present. I hadn't entertained her well for I was also preparing my things for my first class. Then as I was about to leave the faculty room, her students came barging in with some food and balloons while uttering something so I thought that it was a birthday surprise for my colleague. I hadn't paid much attention and just went to class.

Then I had a normal Friday morning routine, finishing two class periods. When I got back to the faculty room, I greeted my colleague a happy birthday. But she said that it wasn't her birthday but a "teachers' day" instead. Like, ouch! I didn't know it was a teachers' day. Then another colleague asked me how many classes I had been to and that nobody ever greeted me. Like, double ouch! Last year when there was also nothing, I told myself that it's OK since I was still new in La Salle and that college studes are different from high school studes (but my Pharma at Medina gave me pahalaga naman, ah). So I just let it pass. However, I realized that I hadn't gone too far in befriending my LS studes anyway so it's just OK.

Then back to a normal Friday, from one class to another and Fascino during my break in the afternoon. While walking back to school for my 6 PM class, I thought to myself - I am not an endearing teacher anymore whom everybody loves and adores! Oh, I am totally ageing!!!!! I am not "in", I am not cool! I am undesirable! So I guess, this is it! An old maid monster teacher I had become!

But I still moved forward. I gathered my things from the faculty room again and proceeded to my class. As I was nearing our classroom, I didn't hear any noise from my all-girl class. Usually, I could hear their voices even from the far end of the corridor. That time, there was no nothing. As I finally reached our room, the lights were off and I asked myself if it was really Friday or not. I hesitated to get in for the classroom was rumored to be haunted but I saw something glistened from one arm chair so I just reached for the switch beside the door to turn the lights on. To my surprise, one student got inside from the other door and boom! She was singing "Thank you......." After her song, the whole class followed and sang "Hawak Kamay". I was so so overwhelmed with their surprise! It was my first time (in forever) to be surprised that way!

They created an artwork on the board (which was my first time to see and it is for me)!