here you go... :)

Hi there! i did not realize that i haven't posted anything this year, if not for Christle reminding me. Things has been hectic during the start of the year. As you all know, I was hired in to work in a call center. Training is tedious that's why there are no posts from me. I took the job to tide me over. I thought I would dread it, but ended up enjoying it. I met new friends there and they are fun to be with. Work is a bit tiring coz i'm on a graveyard shift. Our hours of operation is on EST so i really have to flip my world. :) But all's good. I got a new camera! A sony alpha 200 dslr. I haven't tinkered with it yet though. But expect new pics from me. :) As for valentine's day. Me and Jason hanged out. We saw Pink Panther, had some awesome burgers and coffee at starbucks. Singles bonding. Haha! At home, everyone is crazy for Baby Nigel. He's growing so fast! Oh my!
Thanks Christle for taking a peek at my blog time to time. I will try my best to post more. Take Care guys! Mwah!

I'm back! :)

It's been a while since I posted something here. I miss blogging, but the past months had been hectic. After the bar, I rested and looked for a job.. kinda bummed around for a while. Then I helped my sister prepare for her baby. I was on top of it all. Renovations were made in their house for the baby, there were doctor's appointments to go through. I have to be there because I had to drive her around. Then on November 20 the big day arrived. After 48 hours of labor (which its seems that I'm experiencing the pain at the same time :) Baby Nigel was born. He was 7lbs.; a cute baby and everyone was so excited to hold him. I loved him the first time I saw him. He seemed to be my lucky charm because just a week after he was born a job offer came and the rest is history. Now I have a job, I work at a call center. Its a bit unrelated to what I studied in law school but they are going to put me in an account which at least I am familiar with... insurance. At least I am not a bum anymore. :) I am looking forward to my first pay check ever! I would probably frame it! hahaha! Christmas was spent just with family because I have to work the day after. New year is coming and I am wishing everyone good health and abundant blessings. Take Care!

Finally its over!

The Bar exams is finally over. Last Sunday was the last day of the exam. I'm glad I made it in one piece, with all the trials I had to go through. Thank God I made it. Now its the agony of waiting again. I do really hope that this is the time for me. That this time I made it. Still pray for me friends. Have a nice week! :)

birthday

I just turn 29 last september 25... yes, 29, i'm on my last year on my twenties. I feel old and young. Confusing right? I think back from what happened to me in the years past, of course there are some things I wish I did but didn't maybe because i was too afraid to take risks. Now I'm in a point of my life again asking myself: WHAT NOW? There's things I want to do, places I want to see, things I wanna say. But come to think of it although sometimes i look back to those things that I wasn't able to do, there are no regrets because it made me who I am today. But now there is a vow I gave to myself, that I wouldn't let any opportunity pass, I would take risks, and I don't want to have "what ifs" in my life. I thank God for the 29 wonderful years he gave me. Friends that he let pass my way, and a family that loves me. Here are some photos of my birthday "party" we just had some pizza and just took photos for posterity. :)

2 sundays...

Wow! Two sundays of the grueling bar exams passed already and i feel like my brain is reduced to dust. The exam is so hard (well i don't expect it to be easy) its really exhausting after I finish each subject. There's two more sunday left. I need all the strength i have. Fate is really testing me, a few days before the 1st sunday i was diagnosed with stress related vertigo. My world is really spinning literally. I couldn't get up, good thing, Jas was there, he brought me to the ER. Anyway, everything is fine now. I still get dizzy specially when i shift position when im lying down. I'm taking meds for it now. I hope this is not a permanent thing. So thats about what happened. I still need your prayers. 

love,

Hazel

11 names

Rules: List the names that your are called by and the name people who call you by these names. Tag others to do the same thing, paste the link of your entry on their guestbooks.

GO!

1. Hazel : my given name, and yes wala na sya kadugtong pa...

2. Hazelina: pag galit na si mami (tago na ko)

3. Yeyen : old one nung bulol pa ang cousin ko

4. H : ng natutong tamarin ang mga kaibigan ko, short na name ko pinaigsi pa

5. Hazel Marie : pang-asar lang ng isang friend ko

6. Ha-zel : tawag nung isang prof ko sa akin

7. Hazel Muhammad : pang-asar ni kamote sa akin

8. Haz/Haze : pag naglalambing friends ko

9. Pokley : handle ko nung nagradyo pa ko (la pa kasi cell nun)

10. Hoy : pag nagpapakapinoy sila at ayaw gamitin ang name ko.

11. Ate H : call ng friends ko na younger or feeling young kahit older sila sa akin ate tawag sakin. hmppp!

yun lang po...

Poem

Just a simple poem i wrote.. Can't get the first line out of my head so i decided to continue and made into a poem. Sounds mushy and corny i know. creativity just hits you when you don't expect it.hehe! Friends leave comments. :)

JUST A DREAM

by: me :)

Mind Racing

Heart Pounding

Saw you smiling...

waiting...

anticipating...

you walked towards me...

Met you halfway

wrapped each other

in a tight embrace...

Time stopped

as lips locked

nobody even looked

at the clock...

suddenly..

the ground shook!

eyes flew open

somebody is staring!

Realized,

its not what it seems...

coz its only but a

DREAM...

Tick-Tock

Time is ticking... I'm only three weeks away from the first exam day of the bar. I am excited as well as extremely scared. Memories of the previous exam keep flooding my head. I'm not having nightmares of it yet but its hard to sleep at night lately. The other week when I went to church the priest talked of fears and mentioned that our greatest fear is the fear of the unknown. And he's correct. We are all looking forward for a bright future but at the same time afraid of what's going to be there. And this week the priest talked about us sometimes thinking that God doesn't hear our prayers, but He does, only that he doesn't give us what we want when He knows its not best for us. And last night while I was watching Evan Almighty, this line caught my attention ''when someone prays for patience, do you think God gives him patience? He gives him the opportunity to be patient, and when someone asked for courage, He gives him the opportunity to be courageous". Its so true, God gives all of us opportunities, sometimes we don't know that those moments are the ones we prayed for, He just give it to us in a different package. The upcoming bar is an opportunity that is given to me, its going to be difficult again for sure.  The next three weeks will be crazy, tempers will be flaring, patience worn thin, and sanity held by threads. I know all of you my friends and loved ones are rooting for me once again. Your prayers and support will keep me strong. 

love,

Hazel

White Avenue

Had a great time last night with friends. They are all way much younger than me coz they're originally friends of my brother and then became my friends. We went to a dance club. (My first time actually.. yeah I know I don't have a life... Hehe!) I am not the kind who's really into those, but just to be with friends I'll try anything. The crowd was thumping! Anyway, even though the crowd was too young for my taste, I still had a great time. We left the club and then went to a resto/bar to eat. I think I'll feel the toll of the high heels tomorrow. Wish me and my old body luck. Hehe! Have a great week ahead. 

Love,

Hazel

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