Dancing in Midlife Tune

These are some of the flowers that were used during the week-end closing exercises of the Scelto 2009. They were used from Friday evening until Saturday morning at the gym.  They are young chrysanthemums (medium bloom) and a Calla Lily.

I hope everyone had a nice week-end!

The venue of the 14th Graduation Exercises of MSH College was held at MSU-IIT gym because the place was bigger than what we have in the campus.  The space can accommodate so much without any problem.  It feels ok when you arrived at the place with so much space but if the place is packed with people then you could wish for huge ceiling fans all over the place, i mean including up above you. There were fans around but it was not enough to cool down almost 2thousand people in attendance and not yet settled in their seats. Good thing almost everyone bought a fan with them, so it was ok.

This year is the third time they held the graduation in this place yet this is only the second time i attended the program – because the attendance was checked and because my boss/bosses have parts.  So i need to be there.

photo credits: sunshineforlife using Olympus stylus

Last Monday, the graduating class convened in the 4th floor of the AB Building (multi-purpose hall). Before it started, i took some time to enjoy the blue skies. In spite how humid the place is but the sky view is breathtaking.

Wanna see skies from other parts of the world?  Check out Skyley.

This is what greets you if you enter the lobby of the biggest mall in this small city of Iligan.  I was there this high noon to buy a new umbrella (folding).

I lost my big umbrella last night at the paid baggage boys at the front of the mall.  Since i was on a hurry to get in before it closes, i decided to give in to the beggings of a kid to let him watch my umbrella in exchange for some amount he will use for food the next day.  Out of kindness, i gave in though i often left my stuff at the free baggage counter (by the mall mgt).  When i returned to pick my umbrella, it was already gone.  The boy confessed later that he think he gave it to another person.  Oh well i got no choice but to accept it.  I just can’t get mad at the poor guy.

At high noon today, i went out to the post office to pick a package.  It was so hot as in hot that you need a sun umbrella when going out and if you don’t have one, you want to put on a long-sleeved cloth.  So i wore my blazer.

I do not know how much water you consume if you take a bath or get ready yourself for work.  I am living in a country where it just feel so uncomfortable if you go to work without taking a bath because of the hot weather.  So even without water, we go heaven and earth to find water for a bath.

Nights ago, the water flow all over the city was cut off.  It stopped for more than 24 hours so we filled in every container at home.  Since summer is also here, we observed that the water flow is getting slower and slower so it is important we filled all our pails and big basins with water every night to be used during day time.  Daily, every morning, all of us in this household takes a bath.  So i told them that to conserve water, use a small glass.

Yeah use a small glass!  Try it then i assure you, you can wet your whole self and hair with 5 small glasses of water same time you wet yourself with 5 waterfilled dippers.

I can just imagine a week long without water flowing in our faucets — all over the city.  I guess the city will stink even the seasides. Well if that happens then i would just wish that I am off to one of the affordable  European cruises because am sure they have enough water for evryone for some days.

We are using the small glass now when we bath but we still have the big dippers on standby when we need to ease our stomachs.

1. Travel somewhere

2. Sleep late

3. Read endlessly

4.  Play with my daughter

5.  Go hiking daily

6.  Movie marathon if not doing # 2 & # 3

7.  Bond more with friends

8.  Take more photos

9.  Cook and feast

10. Sleep

Wow the first quarter is over and am still happily surviving.  I hope that things will get better in the next 12 month and if not – then i will still go on living.  Maybe you would like to see my answers on how to survive this recession:

Agen is located in Southwestern France is very well known for medieval buildings.  In other other words it is a historic place worth visiting.  Summer is here in this tropical country and i know it is not bad if some friends will decide to spend summer in Europe and include Agen, France as their destination. Agen travel information is available online for any traveler’s convenience.

Personally, these places are sort of dream place because of their castle grand looking hotels.  I dream that i go there one day to enjoy sightseeing with the one i love and with my children.

Holiday in France should begin in a comfortable place to stay.  So they are offering affordable self catering Agen villas.  Villas in France also offer unforgetable places to stay with excellent services and so much things to do like site seeing, swimming, and simple relaxing.

With your type of budget still you can avail of self-catering villas or cottages like the St. Martin de Gurson Holiday farmhouse which is located in a peaceful location amidst vineyardsa and forest.  I can imagine how lovely the sound of nature compared to the buzz of city life.

I think self-catering French cottages is an attraction to those who plan for a long vacation from the city life.  I read one time of a writer who loves to go somewhre quiet place so that they can concentrate on their writing.  So these cottages provides the best place.

So for your next planned trip,  think of France!

DREAMING OF MY LOVE

Saturday 9

1. Do you have children in school?  Yeah i have one.

2. Did you go to public school? If you have children did/do they?  Never.  I have a kid and maybe if she will pass the entrance exam then i plan that she will attend public school when she begins highschool.

3. Are you currently in school or taking classes?  Not at the moment.

4. What level of education have you completed?  Bachelor

5. Do you, or did you have loans out for your (or your children’s) education?  Yeah.  Just last Monday.

6. What are your thoughts on the cost of tuition for colleges and universities?  It’s so expensive for a single mom like me especially when i have also other payments to be paid aside from school expenses.

7. Did school prepare you education wise for working in the real world?  Yeah i think so because this is the career that i always wanted to have though 1 year in college was spent studying a course my parents wanted me to take.   I also thought of banking jobs opportunity but my accounting subjects are lacking though.

8. Did school prepare you emotionally for what lay ahead?  I think so too…it made me able to think what is right and what is wrong and if ive done wrong then am right away able to accept that ive done wrong.

9. If you were to run a high school, what changes would you make?  Spend the highschool days doubly fun with my classmates.