Am- among Festival

The Am-among festival which started 3 years ago is annually conducted in Bontoc. This is in celebration of the establishment of Bontoc as a town; it aims to promote peace and unity by means of a gathering. The highlights of the festival include cultural presentations, folk dances, street dancing, and search for the Mr. and Ms. Am-among pageant. I can say that this event can help in the preservation of our culture because through this, the children are able to learn the lifestyle of the Bontocs despite of the modern world we have now.

Last last week, the 4th Am-among Festival was conducted and we celebrated the 100th year of Bontoc as a town. Many joined the celebration- town folks and people from afar. There were a lot of activities going on during the festival so we joined some; we performed a folk dance and a ground demonstration and had fun. The festival was quite boring but I still appreciate it because it has a good purpose.

Glenice

Exhausted

Last week, we had our exams and I had to study 11 subjects.. you might say, "ooh that's quite hard." It is actually. I stayed up at night and woke up at dawn to review. Then I finally got the results of the exam...I passed. Yes!! Thank you Lord!

Next, I had to finish 5 projects this week. I submitted 4 but I'm still working on 1. We practiced a folk dance for the program next Friday...hmmm, it's good I got to dance again cause I haven't danced since November last year. We, the YES-O officers, also talked about conducting a team building activity for the club members on September 20. It's unfair that they get to play games but we can't...well never mind, I'll be looking forward to that day. It would be fun!

Today, the YWAM staff (of course I'm included) went to the hot springs and swam for like 7 hours. We had a lot of fun; many got sun burned, yet many became darker except for the white people.

I better sleep now cause I'm really really exhausted. Gotta sign out.

Glenice

P.S. I enjoyed my birthday

Finally!

I can still remember the sting I felt as the needle pricked my ring finger. I waited for the nurse to mix a drop of my blood with bluish and yellowish liquids and finally came to know that my blood type is A. Same blood type as my mom's.

Glenice

Birthday Mania!!

There are a bunch of people (at least the ones I know) who are going to have their birthdays this month. Here are the names of those people and their birthdays.

Jennette- August 2
Aunt Gina- August 5
Annalise- August 8
Cyprine- August 8
Nicole- August 8
Abby- August 9
Zylem- August 9
Chad- August 10
Glenice- August 10
Ziska- August 13
Audrey- August 17
Ate Mindelle-August 17
Kevin, Louie- August 20
Alayna- August 29
Garvey- August 29


Well, I better greet these people (Abby is in Canada though.. Xander will do it for me instead, thanks Xander!) on their birthdays before it's too late. This is exciting!!

Glenice

Update

It's been long since I opened my blog account.. It's because school keeps me busy. Last Saturday, I lost a tooth. Losing it didn't hurt much; I had to bite a ball of cotton for two hours to stop the bleeding though... so that made me shut up (I'm talkative). I also have to take in antibiotic everyday for 7 days to prevent infection of my gums. My gums are good, I think.

Oh ya, I just remembered! I'm going to undergo a blood type test next week. I don't know my blood type so it's quite exciting to find it out.

I guess that's all for now. I got to do my homeworks so I could sleep early. Have a great week!

Glenice

Plus one

I have nothing much to share right now so all I want to say is I'm excited about my birthday... I have 16 days left before I turn __; here's how to get my age: square root of 784 divided by 2 plus 1...I can't believe I'm going to get older again. Time goes by really fast. I just remembered my birthday when we were watching my baby pictures last Tuesday.

I posted two of my baby pictures, I included a pic of me and my bro when I was about 5 or 6 years old.

Me when I was 3 months old

When I was 12 months old

Me and my brother, Kevin

Glenice

News

I started this day with a smile on my face and then I went to school. Just after our break, we heard a sad news. Tyler (my classmate) who just lost his grandma last Friday, lost his father. He died of heart attack... It's really hard to be in that situation. I feel very sorry for him; I saw how he looked like earlier, with tears in eyes and a very very sad face. I sympathize with his family. God be with them at this time of grief.

Glenice