Getting Bitten By The TriBug

Woke up early today, and I mean 5:00 am early. Me and dad went swimming along with the team in ultra. It was my first time to swim with the team, and even start swimming training. I learned a couple techniques on free style along with some drills. One of the things that helped me a lot was to keep my elbows up and to use small quick kicks.

It sure was one tiring morning for me, but luckily I'm homeschooled which meant mom allowing me a 30 minute nap.

After school (well homeschool), we went to buy a couple baking supplies, so expect more baking posts till I start baking.

I just realized that I was beginning to see signs of myself getting the TriBug. Why?

Well I'm running alot more than I used to and I'm beginning to love the sport of triathlon even more. I came to the realization that its hard to train for a sport let alone three, and that all these things I can only do with God's help.

Now I get why triathletes wake up at 5:00 in the morning, and feeling sleepy at work... Because they love seeing change in their endurance, speed, and strength. Personally though, what I love most about training for triathlon isn't just seeing the development of my endurance, speed, and strength, but the development I'm beginning to have mentally, and spiritually. To me it seems that God speaks though me throughout my training, like listening to the Bible while spinning, and listening to hillsong while running.

After school (well homeschool), we went to buy a couple baking supplies, so expect more baking posts till I start baking.

It's been a long day but just to top it off here's one of the conversations I overheard between mom and Brandon (one of my twin brothers)

In Math...
Problem how many footprints all in all with the three blind mice and the seven dwarves.
Mom: "Mice have 4 feet Brandon!"
Brandon: "But Mom they have 2 feet! And in the poem of the tree blind mice poem, the picture there had the mice using their hands to hold the walking stick "

My Dogs New Hairstyle

My dog got groomed today but this time I added a little more twist to his hair...I gave him A MOHAWK!

Triathlon Training

Today I had trained with dads triathlon team Bike King PLDT at ultra today and I even got the team tshirt.

We ran 5.5 km and that was pretty much 12 rounds in the oval, and I actually thought that wouldn't be able to make it (considering the fact that most of the people in the oval were die-hard triathletes) but God willingly... I made it! It was so much fun meeting the team and I pray that I'll be able to finish the the Tri United 2 triathlon on July 7.

It's run really made me remember to finish the race set before me... From God.

"And so this is Christmas, What have I done?"

Today is the day before Christmas, December 23. We went to Victory today, but this time to preform our Christmas play (Christmas in Egypt) again. Well if you don't know (since I haven't been blogging) I was chosen to be the narrator of the play. Time goes by so fast... Wouldn't you believe my  last post was October? And just to answer the title of this post, I'd be pleased to plate you on the things I've done in the "ber" months.

Probably the very highlight of the ber months was the death of my grandfather , yes, Lolo Doc. You've probably seen most of my posts about him on my posts, and it hurts for me to posting this, but  I've fully recovered from my grief. Although,  there are times wherein I think about him. An example was today, when at the garden I realized the cool Christmas breeze, when I suddenly thought of him coming to our house to maybe grill out. This leads to the story of  my parents in the conversation of buying a new charcoal grill for that led to my dads sad remark of, "Huwag na natin bilhin, Hindi naman natin mapapaimpress si Pa kasi wala na sya." 

So it was my moms Birthday recently, and amidst the funny thought that her birthday celebration was doomsday, and the various games me and my friends played, there was always that singing of Lolo Docs version of Happy Birthday, with or without him was present.

I will miss not having Christmas without Lolo Doc but thank God for many great memories God has allowed to me to experience with him. I know that I should be happy and not sad because I definitely know that he's face to face with his Creator. 

To keep you happy (and me ) let me tell you what happened in the party.  So we were in the study       room: Me, Chessa, Colin, Camerin, Josiah, Joshua, and Kuya Theodor (Josiah's cousin who rents one   of our rooms). We were playing taboo, I was ahead with points and the rest were catching up with me. Kuya Theodor was next. "Ok so this is very famous person in Greece" he says. Mentioning Ceasar Agustus, Homer the poet, and many others, Gelo ( the twins friend) comes in and with a firm answer, says, "I know, I know..." With our attention on his answer he says, "Obama!" Busting with laughter, we fall to the floor.

Watching the Christmas in Egypt Play

Merry Christmas Everyone! And don't worry 1 more day till a pile of Christmas wrappers! 

Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar

For Happy and Lolo Doc's Birthday, Feb 21 and 22, we went for a trip to Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan. I didn't have much time to blog about this, since I was reviewing for the test, so I decided to fill this post with pictures, since a pictures worth a thousand words, so be ready for a picture heavy post of Las Casas. Enjoy!

As the Holidays Pass Away

Hi! Sorry I wasn't able to blog for the past few weeks(I've been really busy), so here's another one of my not so short, recaps.


Dec. 24, 2011
Today was Christmas Eve and Lolo Doc came today to celebrate our Noche Buena. Early in the the morning though, we enjoyed Christmas Eve with those who needed our love and ears to listen to their stories. We went to the Home of the Aged. Our experience giving clothes, food, and drinks to these homeless Lolos and Lolas really touched my heart as I imagined being abandoned by the people you love and not even celebrate the Happiest time of the year with them. I really felt their joy and happiness as they showed their talents though singing, dancing, and reciting poems. This one of those Christmas Eve's I'll never forget. 

 The day goes on, when at night the triplets (the twins and Bea) go to sleep, while me, Dad, and Happy enjoy as we sit , enjoy the  Christmas breeze, and watch "Nigella Christmas" to soothe our hungry stomachs. I help Mom wrap gifts at about 10 pm, and took a nap. I woke up at 5 am (not knowing I missed Noche Buena) with my room filled with Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas presents scattered in the floor.


Dec. 25, 2011 
"Merry Christmas Guys!" was the first thing I heard this morning and I ran downstairs to sort out my gifts and guess what they were. In 12 Days of Giveaways I got so far: Havaianas, tennis string, and a cute Accessorize cupcake set. But today I'm wondering what I'll get for the 12th day! So here's what I got:
1) A Magic Set
2) Automatic Bread Maker
3) Earphones
4) A cute Drawing Book
5) Owl Shirt
6) T-Shirt
7) Pants
8) A Popcorn Maker
9) $20
10) Pen Set
11) Paint Set (Which I got weeks before Christmas 
The hardest part though, is that you have to wait for each and every kid to open their gift first before you can open your gift! (Mom set the new rule)  





Dec 27. 2011


Today I received a gift that rewarded me for my humbleness.

The story happened like this, Tita Suzanne invited me and Happy to choose our Christmas gift in Rustans.
As we walked around Tiat Suzanne spotted a cute tin lunchbox, with an owl design in front of it. It was worth alot, and when she asked me If I wanted, I said "No" despite the fact that I really did like it. I really didn't want to take advantage of her money, so I decided to get acrylic paints and brushes that could probably found anywhere. I got home with regret and foolishness for my wrong doing, but mom comforted me and told be that she now knows how humble and good I am for thinking  of tita suzanne's money rather that myself.

Today I was rewarded by Mom when she gave me a pink paper bag where inside lay a cute bag with an owl print all over it! Mom told me that God gave her the right timing where the whole store was 50% off and that, that bag was the last one standing there.

God really does reward you with blessings when He thinks you need them.