An opportunity that I should grab

We all know the feeling of joining competitions. It feels like you are about to be gutted by someone you haven't met yet. We experience butterflies in our stomach and sometimes we perspire cold sweat as if there's no tomorrow. But I realized lately that young people like me should take and grab each opportunity that comes our way.I have a friend whose dad shared to us that we should be adventurous and take the time to explore our youth before turning 20. This thought he shared stuck in my mind and became my sort of belief for a year now and I still have more or less seven months to do the things I want and need to do. Now, younger generation would have different takes on this. Some would perceive this as 'I have to get wild every Friday night', 'do every men /lady I bump in to', 'try every drug available out there' or to be more subtle 'do more unusual routine that you haven't tried since the time you knew the world' perhaps 'try to go bars every weekend' et cetera. I must say, we can really have different understanding on this and I don't what to zero in much on the differences we have. I respect what other's have in mind. But I really have a different take on this and maybe some of you could relate to me.

There's an opportunity coming tomorrow and sad to say I can't come to visit our university. My family has an errand the whole weekend and we are leaving tomorrow dawn. The competition's about furniture design and I want to be there so bad. Here are some of the reasons why:
1. It's an opportunity. I never won in a major contest ever.
2. It's an exposure for me as a student of interior design. As of now I don't have intentions to win this big competition. It's still my first (if ever) and all I want is the learning that I could gain from this experience.
3. If given the chance to win (which I'm keeping my fingers-crossed to this) I would be able to accomplish one of my plans this 2011 and that is to ace a competition. This could just be it.

Nonetheless, as I've said I am not still aiming or to top the spot. I am more after the experience, fun and the learning. I am young, capable of doing a lot of things. This event could just be one of the turning points in my life. Win or lose I would still keep my head up high and do designs as much as I want to. I know there are individuals who have good minds with wilder imagination than I am but I know that I can go far with this passion I have with me!

Im really hoping for the slot even if I wont be able to visit school tomorrow. Did I just say? I will go to school today to talk to our professor and ask her good natured heart to let me join this competition. I hope you'll be with me on this.


This is a picture of my group's side table - a requirement we have to accomplish in one of our majors. There a lot of criticisms that we got from our side table but it did not crumble my passion in designing. In fact, it burns more my desire to try this field more than anything else. This is also the reason why I want to join the said competition.

Goodluck to me on this! :)

A love that would last a lifetime

This is a picture of my mom and dad when they handed me my new DSLR. For the record, I really intended to have their picture taken first before anything and anyone else.

I think this is the first time that I made a blog about my parents. This dedication to them is never easy. I have to watch for my words and ponder deeply on the things I have to share. Nonetheless, I dont really worry that much for the reason that I don't rant in social networks especially if they are involved. This would just be a light blog about them for their 20th anniversary.

Today is June 1 and this means a lot of things.
1. School is just around the corner which gives me a feeling of excitement and nervousness. Mixed emotion at its best.
2. Summer is over. It's official according to PAG-ASA and based on the atmosphere that this surrounding is giving me.
3. And lastly... It's my parents anniversary! In fact they're celebrating their 20th anniversary of being husband and wife and 19 years of being parents to me. This calls for a celebration.


I bought a box of donuts for them! That's how sweet I am of a son to them.

When we are celebrating an event especially if it involves anyone from our family (the three of us), we celebrate it the best we could. Since we're not rich and can't afford to splurge on high-end restaurants we opt to have simple gatherings, perhaps a dinner in our house. If budget permits then we sometimes go to unusual resto and spend the night there. Though I prefer having simple dinner here in our house since it's cozy and I can act the way I wanted to and not be dictated by the ambiance of fancy fine dining. Today was the usual.

I came home late because I've been expecting no plans for tonight but I know that it's their anniversary. So I decided to sip some coffee and munch on tuna sandwich and a classic bavarian over at Mister Donut (a place in cubao that I like killing most of my time - just chilling). I chilled their for two hours leafing through the pages of my overdue book that I should have finished long time ago. Before leaving the cafe I bought a box of donuts for them. I feel so generous that time. I thought of doing this generous behavior because I was thinking that I am not getting any younger now which gives me no reason to act like a sweet child that I used to be (that is if they saw me as a sweet kiddo during my younger years). It's not hard to be sweet sometimes... it's the thought of being sweet to them that hinders us to be so. Anyway, going back. Since I never thought that plans will ever be considered tonight I took my time walking from our subdivision's gate to our house. I knew right then that my mom miscalled three times but she received no answers from me (That has been my problems for years now). I got home and was welcomed with my dad lying on the sofa sleeping and my mom cooking for our usual late dinner. The reason she miscalled was that they planned to have dinner outside and celebrate their 20 years of marriage. I was so pissed at myself that I let this good time passed just because of being an idler that I am. I said sorry to them and gave their donuts just to have an excuse. HAHA But the good news here is that we'll celebrate it tomorrow night! :) There's no reason to fret, no reason at all.



As for the relationship we have as a family I can say that it's never perfect BUT we try to live a normal life with a balance living. We sometimes get pissed at each other- I think its normal - but it shouldn't last that long. We encountered problems but we don't show how down we are when we face and solve each endeavors we have. I am not the perfect child they wish me to be (i think) but I try my best to at least pay them in return for all the love and support that they give me. I have few families in mind that I admire the most. Sometimes I wish that I belong to that group - yes! it happens sometimes. But I realized, everything that happens in this family is normal - the usual - and I guess it's the same process that the families I admire to have in their group. What sets this family apart from the others is I think the problems we are facing each day which gives us an in depth understanding of who we are when we're together and who we are when we are in different worlds. I faced a lot of tribulations regarding my relationship with them. They know it for sure. I get sad when we they don't understand me especially when its the time that I need someone to understand me the most. It's a pain in the ass. I get upset when this time surfaces. Sure, too, they get upset having a son like me. But then again, It's His plan why I belonged to this family and I whole-heartedly accept it.

Families are like roller coasters with a lot of hoops and turns. Sometimes it's like a carousel where you just go round and round and round and round leading and heading to nowhere. Most of the time it's like a horror booth where you see nothing but darkness and creepy faces or it's a ride like that of a bump car where you bump with each other and gets hurt for a moment and then bump again with another car without even composing yourself from the last trauma. Whatever ride that you can compare your family life with it's the fun that you'll have after experiencing either 'enchanted kingdom', 'star city' or 'disney land' and that's how happy I am to be in a family like this. I know the imperfections we have as a unit and because of this I learned how to love these imperfections and the people who have this blemishes. Moreover, I thank God for giving me such a wonderful family and for trusting me to be the only child of Ma. Corazon E. Soriano and Romulo A. Soriano Jr. who will take care of them until the last air I breath.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Love,
Wesley

Elmar's private resort

So hello there again! I am back with a vengeance! HUZZZAH! HAHA, that was just a joke. so I decided to make a blog about the resort we went to for one main reason. I want it to be known and I want this blog to be helpful for all the people who are looking for private resorts in Laguna. This is not a known resort but it's quite private. This resort is owned by the The Regio's and I've been here for quite some time. The place used to be the resort that the company of my mom used to have when they were having their annual outing. A safe and I think the last resort for them to have their outings since it is owned by their big boss. Anyway, this place has two swimming pools, a gazebo, a two-storey house equipped with a sala, kitchen, dining area, an air-conditioned room and a comfort room in the first floor and two rooms (one has aircon and the other has not) and a comfort room.


Living area equipped with a small tv.


One side view of the kitchen with a counter and stools.


The formal dining area with a view of the pools outside the house. If this place cant accommodate the people who will be renting this resort don't fret coz the gazebo outside the house can be used as a dining area where a long table is placed.


View of the second floor.


Kitchen. The only thing you have to know regarding the kitchen area is that the ref is not functioning so it is advisable to bring your own cooler and that is if you have to store your food or if you don't want your red meats or other ingredients to get spoil that fast. That I think is the only big problem that the house has.

What I like about this rest house/private resort despite of it looking old is the layout and how the space was planned. There is a comfort outside the house near the pool. This means that children and others who are using the pool don't have to go inside the house to clean themselves and litter droplets of water as they pass through the dining area and kitchen. As a student of Interior Design trust me when I say that this house was well thought of, well at least for the zoning. However, I think it should be revamped in terms of the aesthetic look since it gives a feeling of oldness looking from the chipped off paints and from the broken dados and cupboards of the kitchen.

Overall: the place is still good because the price it has is right and good enough for the accommodations. Php6000 is not bad for a two-day stay in Pansol. Yes! the group will just spend Php6000 pesos for a two-day stay. Not bad! Others would range from 10 to fifteen thousand and that would only mean a 12 hour stay plus you have to limit the number of heads who will be using the space. In elmar's resort as long as you can make yourselves at home and find a way where to sleep in - it's all good. I myslef experienced to sleep right next to the pools and I used a tent which by the way is my first time to experience. So there. If you have any questions, you can just pm me, send me a message since my mom knows the owner. Okie?

Summer's not yet over so invite your family and friends to have your last hooorah for this season! Spend it here in Elmar's private resort in Pansol Los Banos Laguna, Philippines.

Childhood friends

I've been here in our subdivision for 12 years now and since then I was able to meet new friends and built with them a bond that went through a lot of happy gatherings, overnight stays, and sometimes some issues, fights and misunderstandings - Friendship. Through this bond that we formed we were able to share experiences that made us know who we really are at times when we're together and even when we're apart. This 12 years that I've shared with them is not a joke. That's more than half of my existence, so far, here on earth and I am more than happy to know that I've shared some years with them. They are really my childhood friends.


(I don't have a decent picture of the whole barkada picture because first: we were'nt complete during this time and second: I don't have the strength to take pictures after dancing the night away. I was so tired that time)

So here's a picture of my barkada during our trip to Manor. God has been so great for reuniting us once again even if some of my friends weren't here in the gathering (and this isn't the usual gathering that we used to have). When we were still kids, and that was six years ago (oh, not that long ago... wait? six years? HAHA), we stayed until the moon bids us goodbye. Yes! We stayed the whole night playing patentero, bang-sak, tumbang preso and a lot more. We would kill time laughing at one another, sharing kilig moments, staring at each other's face and listening to the stories that one has to share. We used to do this fun-ctivities with a lot of enthusiasm and energy. I can still remember the days when we made our own P.A. system that was used to call each other's attention (especially when inside the house) and tell to everyone that we are in our street and ready to play some fun-filled games. That certain sound of clap made me more excited when I hear not just one but an audience clapping outside our house. I miss those days and even more I miss the kids I used to play patentero with. Sad to say but this isn't the case now but I am more glad to know that we've change and didn't stay as kids forever! HAHA



As days pass by, we stride different paths that introduce us to different worlds. Each one of us has an image of who we are 10 years from now and for sure we don't have an image of a kid playing bang-sak forever. People change, so do we. A number of us are in college now and chose the career path that either we pick for ourselves, parents identified it for us or just because the course is in so much trend now. Wherever the source came from and the reason that I blurted this out is because I think this has somehow influenced us and has an effect to the line of thinking we have now. Maybe it's really because we're not getting any younger and we have to act our age but still having this kind of thinking is a proof that we changed and still changing. I just wrote this blog not to blame 'change' for constantly changing, not that I want to play langit-lupa again (tho I would really have fun if I will be given the chance to play this game again), not that I regret getting old because I love the things that I learn from aging... Not any of those mentioned is my reason.

I just miss my friends and the days we've shared with one another. I know that I could not run back to the hands of time because that would never happen. I just want to reminisce the good-old-days and the not-so-good-old-days that we've had. I wrote this blog for my friends who I will miss a lot - The Olan brothers. They will be moving to Australia next week and that I think would sadden me a lot. :| But if that's what God has planned for you guys and your family, so be it... I'll be more than happy to know that you will have a greater chance of exploring yourself as men! :)


Tim Olan


JJ Olan

We will miss you guys! :) Have fun in Australia! :)

REUNITED?

For the nth time, this I think is one of the most unexpected events of our group (atleast for me). Iba talaga kapag matagal mong hindi nakikita yung iba and then all of a sudden eh bigla na lang silang magshoshowup. It's nice to think na your clinging to people who are nice, smart, health conscious(?), have same interests as you do and a lot more. Hindi kami nakumpleto ngayon pero this day just made me smile kasi I saw once again two of my friends that I haven't seen for ages now. Gelo and Russel had the time to be with us and share moments again. Thanks also to Sam, who by the way will be leaving this friday for her organization, who made this event possible. Hindi sa pagdradrama pero na miss ko kayo (special mention: Gelo and Russel).

Reunited? Hindi siguro? Wala naman kasing nagkahiwalay. Maybe, we haven't seen each other for a while pero I guess we never forget each other's presence. We might not be physically present at all times pero I know we are still united kahit saan man kami pumunta. This thought just put a smile on my face. I'm thinking of this as our local version of Sex and the city 2. I know hindi kami apat (marami kami) pero the bond that we have is as same as what the story has. I can't still imagine by now the world that this bond will lead us to. Maybe miles away from the Philippines or just a few klicks from Rizal. But wherever the destination is as long as I'm with these guys... I think we would have the best moments together.

Hindi ko lang alam talaga kung anong nakain ko at naging chummy ako ulit pagdating sa mga ganitong bagay pero masaya lang talaga ako. Ok. I must stop here now. I get too excited discussing all these things. HAHA

Happy. just saying. :)