Joyce Calpito

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Does it follow that if you make a lot of money, you have the right to look down on individuals who make less?

#ThoughoftheDay

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Biometrics

Another step in obtaining your Canadian Visa is the Biometrics.

IRCC will email you a letter of request for the collection of Biometrics where you will be ten-printed and your photograph will be taken.

For Filipino applicants, there are two Visa Application Centres in the Philippines that you could give your Biometrics. One is located in Manila and the second is in Cebu.

You can visit their website to schedule an appointment.

You have to bring your:

1. Letter of Application (emailed to you)

2. Passport or Valid Travel Document

Biometrics only took 15minutes. Actually, my schedule was 2:45PM but I went there 01:55PM. Thank goodness, they entertain early applicants. All you have to do is show your passport detail and the appointment letter and they’ll give you a form to fill-up. There is an internet kiosk inside and even a photocopy machine that you could use but you need to pay but I strongly suggest be ready with your documents before going in that would save you more time. So when your cue number called/flashed at the screen proceed to the room or counter number then from there they’ll ask for your name, birth date, birthplace and they’ll take your fingerprints and photo.

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IOM Medical Center Experience

Hi guys! For those who are applying for a student visa or needed to have a medical examination for the Canada Visa. One of your options is to have a medical examination at their tie-up medical center or hospitals.

Firstly, I schedule an appointment with them through their Smart mobile number. Just text them that you want to set an appointment for a medical examination.

Note: Scheduling an appointment, you may call them on their landline number but for their mobile number they don’t entertain calls so you have to text them. (See below for details). 

They’ll text you with a confirming receipt to your text meaning they’ll give you the available schedules for the examination. To schedule via text, fill out the form that they’ll gonna send it to you (if you’re applying with a family member, you have to send it separately)

If IOM already confirmed your schedule and you’re all set then you can now have your medical examination. Be early as possible since IOM caters UK and Canada applicants.

Around 8:45A.M, I arrived at IOM Medical Center. I logged in and surrender my valid ID at the lobby; I got the visitor’s pass and went up to the 15th floor where IOM Medical Center is located. The staff asked for my name and given me a form to fill up and asked to wait for my Cue no. (60) to be called it also has a Canada label on it because they also have United Kingdom applicants.

While waiting I prepared for the necessary documents needed:

1.     Letter of Request for Medical from CIC

2.     Passport (and a photocopy)

3.     3 Passport sized

4.     Government ID (and a photocopy) I brought my Driver’s License with me

After a few minutes they called for my number and I gave them they asked for and they took a photo of me. I was asked to pay at the Cashier (Php10,000) and return to front desk and the lady instructed me for the next step which is Door 11 where they check for my blood pressure, weight, height, vision then asked several questions then I proceed to Door 7 and assessed by the doctor and went to Door 5 for urine sample then Door 1 for chest x-ray and then Door 2 the nurse collected 2 blood samples then lastly I went back to Door 7 for physical examination.

Then after all the examination, they instructed me to follow-up with them after 10 working days. The results will be forwarded directly to the embassy within 21 days if there were no problems with the exam.

IOM Manila Health Center 15th Floor, Units A&B Trafalgar Plaza, 105 H.V. Dela Costa Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City, 1227, E-mail address: [email protected] Smart mobile: +(63 2) 0919 993 4667 Fax number: +(63 2) 883-9377 Telephone: +(63 2) 883-9333/ +(63 2) 511-8770 /0917 593 4688 Globe mobile Spoken Languages: English, Tagalog

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SINGAPORE TRIP 2019

I’ve been planning for our Singapore trip with my Family for a month. (Looking for a seat sale. Haha) Finally! Yay! So let me share you with our crazy yet amazing experience from the MNL airport to Singapore. Crazy kasi lahat naman siguro tayo may mga bagay na hindi natin inaasahan pero sa huli alam naman nating na enjoy natin di ba? Haha ano daw? Ahh basta malalaman niyo rin. So eto na nga yun I booked our flight directly from Cebu Pacific Air and chose the cheapest fare (yes guys dapat ganun always see to it kung ano ang convinient time para sa inyo to travel and make sure you can afford) which is early in the morning of June 6 which is 5:30AM yes you read that right so we travelled from the province to the city which is 12hrs drive fyi and so we decided to travel a day before our flight so we could still take a rest before we explore singapore. My sister (Qnie) and I decided to just wait for 11pm since we’re leaving the condo by 2AM (3hrs before the departure time) Please don’t be late because things might messed up like we experienced (you’ll know why later). At dahil maaga pa, wala masyadong sasakyan and we reached the airport by 20mins after 2am. So eto na nga yung part na “crazy” upon check-in may mga self check-in kiosk naman pero since a family of 10 kami plus 2 infants we proceed to the check-in counter and upon checking-in dito kami natagalan (more than 45’mins) and having a background sa airline industry I totally understand na it will take time kasi nga family kami but as an (check-in agent) you should work fast as you can kasi nasa check-in counter ka eh you should minimize chatting with your collegues unless related to check-in matters and please be minded na kahit kulang ka sa tulog or puyat ka be professional to smile with your guest kahit na naiinis ka na kasi we are working in the hospitality industry. I’m not saying na rude yung nag-assist samin all I’m saying is SMILE if we’re infront of our guest. P.S the agent told us “nakasimangot man po ako pero mabait naman po ako” I just smiled at the agent kasi it’s totally fine with me but how about the others. Well during the check-in process there’s a miscommunication kasi we purchased a 60kgs check in baggage allowance which is you can combine the luggages as long as it is 60kgs and so ang ginawa ni agent pinagsama sama niya lahat ng luggage namin. My family and I were trying to figure it out kung anong luggage ang ipagsama-sama para mabuo yung 60kgs but then the agent told us “don’t worry susulitin natin yung baggage allowance niyo po so at the mean time we need to check-in one by one para imake sure na tama yung luggage na nakapangalan” which is true para incase may hindi makasama sa group alam nila kung anong luggage ang ibababa nila but the crucial part is hindi niya sinabi na nagexceed na pala yung allotted  na baggage allowance namin tsaka lang niya sinabi nung naipasok na lahat ng luggage sa conveyer and he wants us to pay the rest at the dahil nga we’re trying not to pay so much sa trip we insisted nalang to bring the excess luggage back instead of paying an ample amount of money. The agent said that it will take an hour or two bago maibalik yung luggage namin and so I told the rest of the members of my fam na mauna na sila kumain kasi we haven’t eat breakfast pa. It is almost an hour and half bago naibalik yung excess luggage pero we don’t have enough time to eat breakfast na kaya dumiretso na kami ng sister ko sa immigration kasi sobrang haba ng pila and take note before entering sa immigration see to it na nakafill up na kayo ng departure card para less hassle and so after immigration we process to our gate which is gate 5 na sobrang layo from the immigration section. So better be early than the 3-4hrs check-in time para mas sure you never know kung magkaaberya. As we boarded the plane, most of us are knocked down. See you SINGAPURA in few hours! 

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Fresh Start of 2019

Hello tumblr! I am baaaack! I know I've told this several times already pero yay! Well then the last time I posted that was "my weekend currently" and unfortunately I haven't finished it and here I am again starting all over (2019 Bucket list to keep my blog alive) haha. Anyways, since it’s a new year I know it's already the 5th month of 2019 but who cares its my blog anyways I can do whatever I want right? Haha .

 So let me summarize what happen this past few months. Well as you know already I'm back here in my beloved home country, Philippines. Yes after Maine I decided to come back.  There are a lot of great things happen in my 1 year stay in Maine (including me surprising my sister for her wedding) well I'm thinking of a separate blog about that and of course my Maine adventure especially Fall season. Ugh! How much I miss Maine, one of the best state in United States of America I've been so far. But yeah! We'll see how this one goes (crossfinger) hopefully, yes I'm still hoping I could keep this blog for real I mean keep updated.

  Xoxo,

 Joyce C.

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03.25.17

                                               CURRENTLY

Eating none at the moment (Since I had an Oreo Classic Smoothie from Burger King 3 hours ago) I’m about to sleep.

Reading/Watching I just watched Hwarang “The Poet Warrior Youth”, a Korean drama series where I cried at the first 2 episodes. Not because of a couple love relationship but rather a friend love relationship where the lead actor was born in this world with no name and he doesn’t even know his identity and he was helping his friend (who he consider as his only family) to find his father but unfortunately he lost his best friend in the 2nd episode. It made me cry when he cried after losing his best friend.. No words can describe the pain you feel when you lose someone you love. All you want to do is cry your heart out! <3

Writing some random thoughts that I’m planning to post in my blog (still “planning” though) haha :D 

Listening Perfect by Ed Sheeran. I don’t know but I keep playing this song since this afternoon (19 past 1am right now)

Thinking my agendas for tomorrow morning since I’m working not til 5 in the evening

Wishing I can disappear for a moment >.<

Hoping that I can stop my worries.. but I can’t. 

Wearing my brother’s TMPT Tech grey with red shirt (i suddenly miss him!)

Loving my bed with this cold weather in the first week of spring!

Wanting to have a good sleep since I only had 4 hours sleep from last night coz I watched Hwarang (20 episodes) this past couple of days.

Needing more time to spend on watching korean dramas :D (as always)

Feeling frustrated since I didn’t had enough sleep and still thinking about my worries plus my agendas for tomorrow! :D

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03.14.17

I feel bad that I haven’t been updating on my blog (Well, coz one of my bucket list is to update my blog every once in a while) so I decided to have my “Currently.. blog” (you’ll know what I’m talking about if you’re a reader/fan of Maine’s blog. I’m not a fan though but I like her. I do). Alright so there I’ll try to keep posting my Currently blog every week (or 2). Let’s see if it works for me.

                                                CURRENTLY

Eating a fried eggplant & garlic rice with lemon & soy sauce (I missed this sooo much for breakfast) all the way from Maryland, DC sponsored by my Aunt :D Thanks to her! 

Reading/Watching a Korean drama Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Well even before I’m really watching Korean dramas but not that much and now malapit na kong maging “member” ng Korean Drama adik/fandom/fever haha :D since I’m have nothing much to do during my day offs and since my aunt gave me her viki account :D I can watch all day :p Gaja!

Writing My Weekend Currently! Like what I’ve said I’m trying to update my blog as much as possible (I hope I can keep it though).

Listening Auli'l Cravahlo's “How Far I'll Go”. LSS ako since I watch the movie Moana (5days ago) :p .. Kung nakakapagsalita lang yung play button kanina pa sya nagwalk out ahah :D

Thinking about my family and him back home.

Wishing the snow to end (sa una lang masaya makakita ng snow but sooner or later you’ll regret of wishing for snow especially when you experience blizzard)

Hoping to spend less and save more money (for the future) :p

Wearing a men’s black and grey V neck Tee from Hollister (I really love wearing loose shirts) paried with a H&M denim short 

Loving that I’m 2 days off. after a long and tiring week last week. :D

Wanting to buy (sooo bad) a watch from Tommy Hilfiger for myself as birthday gift 

Needing more time to spend on watching korean dramas :D

Feeling lazy but great! Lazy since we’re currently having a snow storm and its my day off. Great coz I can spend my day laying on my bed just watching korean dramas. Plus I’m Happy coz I’m done with my 1st currently... yey!

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Flying Philippines to USA

Yes I’m flying from Philippines to USA for the second time around.  Can’t wait for another exciting adventure. Let’s start with the booking of my ticket. Well, supposedly I’m leaving on the 12th of January but since the first booking I made through Vayama.com had a banking error (I waited for 2days for the confirmation but  I never received it) so I asked help to my Uncle which he made a booking through TripMoBa and there I got my e-ticket instantly (Thanks to him!).

Flight Itinerary:

MNL -> TPE -> JFK -> PWM

Flying alone is not a first time for me but another experience for me since I’ll be flying 3:40 am . Arriving at the Airport (Terminal 1) at 12 am but decided to check-in around 1am. I was really hesitant about my luggage but thanks God its all good . It took me 2 hours to fully check-in. and I’m all set. but the question is “Am I ready?” ..... Nooooooooooo! :(

30 minutes later, the airline (Eva Air) called for boarding time. Yay! This is it! I’ll see soon Philippines!.. while at the plane all I did was to sleep yeah I missed the morning meal at the plane.. after 2hours and 20 minutes we arrived at Taipei, Taiwan. It wasn’t that big so I went straight to my gate. I was so hungry yet I didn’t buy any food at the airport so I decided to eat at the plane instead.

Another 2 hours before boarding the next plane then exactly 8am we’re ready to take off. and so I’m patiently waiting for the lunch meal! yay! Patienceee Joicy!  And when the light was on I know its time for lunch! or should I say dinner because of the Time Zone! Yaaaaay! (I forgot to took a photo of the meal. Coz I know everyone do that before they eat! IG haha) I even forgot what was the name of the meal all I know its a pork with corn on it and fruits plus bread & butter and another bread or I think is a muffin (not sure I didn’t eat it though) and after lunch SOLVED! I watched a movie entitled “Bridget Jone’s Baby” It’s all about a woman (on her 40s) who didn’t have a husband yet then here comes her ex (who is lawyer? I guess) and he was so busy that he and Bridget decided to end up their relationship and so Bridget was all by herself until then she and her friend attended into a music festival where she met a guy where they had a one night stand. Then the following day she and her ex decided to talked about their past that lead them to ‘something happened’ and WAIT! Really? I’m going into details? haha :D Okay! to cut the story short.. later on Bridget Jones got pregnant and can’t figure out who the father is.. want to find out who it is? Go an watch the Movie! hahaha :D

So after several movies I decided to sleep for a few hours since I can’t wait to have breakfast hahha LOL! Fastforward >>>>>>>> I had my breakfast (it’s and omellette, fruits & YOGUUUUUURT!!) then 4 hours later we landed New York City where I get lost (it’s a huge airport) I can’t find where my terminal is. Then I asked the lady personnel and told me that I need to ride the train going to the terminal where my gate is. 

And so after reaching my gate for my final leg flight. 12:58 we boarded the Jet Blue plane going to Portland, ME. It took us more than 1 hour and we reached our final destination. Thanks God! but Another 2hours travel going to my new Home. Bye for now!

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Polynesian Experience

For my Hawaiian experience, I’ll just highlight my favourite part. I won’t get into details about my 5 days trip. Well, to be honest I can’t really remember since I just made this post now (as in right now) and my trip was 11 months ago. Haha (I know! i’m just busy).

January 13, 2016. We went to Polynesian Cultural Center. On our way we stop on the side of the road to have a SHRIIIIIIIIMPSSSSS SHAAACK!! ( I wish we have like this in the Philippines). It has been featured in Hawaii’s Best Restaurant Guides “llima Award”, Food Network “Beach Eats” and the Travel Channel.

We tried their Garlic Shrimp and Surf & Surf. I had the Garlic Shrimp. We suck, peel, dip and eat!  Yummmmy! After enjoying our sumptuous lunch, we drive straight to the Polynesian Center.

We arrived to our destination. Polynesian Cultural Center is a Polynesia-themed park on the Northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. It is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). 

Ticket ✓ , PCC Map ✓ and Oahu Map ✓ LegGooo!

Striking a shaka pose also known as “Hang loose” with the man who inadvertently created the shaka gesture, Hamana Kalili.  It is a friendly gestures which is a common greeting in the Hawaiian Culture.

As we enter to the admission gate. We were greeted by the Islanders with their Polynesian outfits. They welcome us with smiles and lei. We watch the Canoe Pageant, a colorful traditional costumes display, dance, and music with the different polynesian villages such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga and Other Islands.

After the Canoe pageant, we went to the Hawaiian Journey Theatre to watch a 4D movie which shows how people of Hawaii are connected to the land. Watching the movie brings you back to a bygone era with the cinematic effects and sounds. Its amaziiiiiiing!

After the show, we roam around the park and visit the various villages. Most of the participants were students. PCC is a way to provide employment and scholarships for students at BYU (Brigham Young University)-Hawaii and also to preserve the cultures of Polynesia.

We went straight to Tahiti Village, they show a cultural presentation  re-enacts an Ancient Tahitian Wedding Ceremony and next is the Samoa Village where they showed us how do they make a fire from coconut husk and they also perform a fire dance. (I won’t post pictures because I didn’t have a good shot. I was so busy watching their performance) 

I like the Aotearoa (New Zealand) the most among the villages. I like their dance, music and how they perform. They performed the “HAKA” it is a traditional war cry dance. Check out the video here.

Unfortunately we only get the chance to visit 3 out the 6 villages because of the schedule of the shows from the different villages and we don’t have time to see for the other shows. So we decided to have our early dinner at Hale Kū’ai - Lū’au (it is within the park). 

Hula dancers while enjoying our dinner

After dinner, we went to Pacific Theatre to watch the finale and most awaited program in Polynesian Cultural Center, Hā - Breath of Life.  The program started 7:30 in the evening. It is a story of passion ignited by fire, song and dance. It is a Pacific isle saga of birth and death, love and family, triumph and tragedy. To tell you the story..

On a perilous night, in an unknown place, a child, Mana is born and breathes the breath of life... 

TONGA - Kindly villagers welcome the little one and his parents to their new home.

HAWAI’I - Mana grows, and the village celebrates his early years of life.

AOTEAROA - As he becomes a man, Mana learns the ways of his father and sets out to find his place in the world.

SAMOA - Discovering new villages and new people, Mana also finds new love.

TAHITI - Mana and Lana makes a new life together.

FIJI - And as he becomes a father and defends his new family, he bids goodbye to the one who gave him life.

A new child is born, and Mana learns that HĀ, the breath of life, goes on forever.

The show ended with a loud and big round of applause from the audience. Yes indeed! It’s a FUNtastic and AMAZing show. I don’t have any photos since No photography or cell phone use during the show. but it’s worth it. I won’t take photos anyways since it is lights off and I’d rather enjoy the show with my eyes rather than taking pictures with my phone. haha :D

Well that’s it! If you really want to have an ALOHA experience. Visit Polynesian Cultural Center.

Until we meet again! 

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Haka Dance by the Aotearoa (New Zealand)

I don’t know why all of the Villages from the Polynesian Cultural Center. Aotearoa is what I like the most. I enjoyed every bit of their performance. and it is the only group I took a video.  

The haka is a traditional war cry, dance, or challenge from the Maori people of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmicall shoued accompaniment.

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Hawaii Flight Experience

Travelling to the Island of Aloha was a dream come true for a young lady like me. When I was a kid all I know about this place is Hawaiian Chocolates (chocolate love here!). I’ve never thought that someday I would be visiting this island. Thanks Mom & Dad for the ticket!

One-week vacation was not enough to enjoy the beauty of the Island. My travel experience is like a kid visiting a place for the first time (well its my first time but a 21 year old) I didn’t get lost but a lot of things happen during my travel. one, was the previous experience “MISSED FLIGHT” I had from Bismarck going to Honolulu. (go and read! Haha) Second was the Luggage Problem during my flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu. There’s a luggage problem where the person sitting in front of me were arguing about their luggage that doesn’t fit in the cabin compartment. One says she’s the first one to arrive and put her luggage and the other says but he was the first one to seat. They start to argue (Filipino vs. Japanese) oh uh! .. And I was just there minding my own business when suddenly the flight attendant told me that my carry-on luggage should be check-in because there are no more space (wth!) I was seating at the 33rd row of the plane (yeah it’s a huge aircraft) so I don’t have any choice but stand up and get my luggage. When suddenly another flight attendant approached and said “I will do you a big favor. Follow me!” and so I did. We were in the first class when she said “I don’t usually do this but since you look nice” (I was flattered so nice of you to say that) I smiled to her and say my thank you.

Looking the people around me makes me feel at home because most of them are my kababayans. It will be a 5-6 hours fly, I planned on sleeping since I didn’t have yet a good rest when an old man (in his 70s) start talking to me. He is from Caloocan and according to him it’s his first time to come home (Philippines) since he arrived in Los Angeles, CA. He don’t have any family left there because all of them migrated abroad. I was startled when he answered “because there’s no place (Philippines) like home. Iba pa rin ang Pilipinas kumpara mo dito sa America. Yes you can earn money a lot of dollars but my heart will always belong to the Philippines” He’s right wherever you go, whoever people you meet but in the end there’ll always be something in you that makes you stay or stick onto something you always used to be. I can’t help but to smile because he reminded me of my late grandfather (I missed him so much T.T) After a few more minutes. I feel so tired so I decided to sleep peacefully. 

A few hours later, ALOHA! Yes we landed safely at the “Land of Aloha”. My Aunt Allyn and Uncle Juanito are waiting for me. I’m a little bit confused on where is the arrival area it’s a good thing being a tourism student. Haha :D Well, bye for now. My Hawaiian experience will be posted.

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Missed Flight :(

Hello My Tumblr! its been what? 3 years since the last time we’re together. And finally we meet again! :D Since I missed my Flight today.. This what happen I woke up this morning around 2:30 a.m getting ready for my flight going for my 2 weeks vacation.  So well my 3 bodyguards (Gene, Ray and Fred)  (hahaha thats how they call themselves cause they were teasing me about being them as my bodyguards since they’re all wearing caps and jackets! haha ) so yeah they drive me to airport but Bismarck is almost 1 hour drive where we live (worked) and we left Riverdale at 4a.m and its freezing -13 degrees (Oh my!). 

5:10a.m we stop by at Perkins Bakery and Restaurant to have a quick breakfast. We we’re the first customers to came in but we left around 5:57a.m so we need to drive fast so i could still catch up the flight. I know deep inside I am late for my flight. But they told me that there will be a 30 minutes before departure so i stayed calm. We are on our way to the airport when i saw the sign pointing (right) the way to our destination but Gene drive straight. (i trust him since he’s the driver) And then after a few minutes he realized that he missed it. (thats what I thought!) so I start to panicked inside the car (I’m gonna missed my flght!, Oh please no!) he drive as fast as he could coz we’re really running out of time. (don’t mind the speed limit. FOR NOW) 

As i enter, no one was there at the counter. (I messed up!) so i run upstairs to check if there’s someone can help me. but (NO ONE) the security personnel are the only ones i can see. so in dismayed, i go back to check-in counter and see the flight. i felt relieved when i saw my flight was delayed. and we were laughing cause we thought i really missed my flight! Thanks God! So I told my so-called bodyguards they could go home and i’m fine. We bid our goodbyes!

(The three bodyguards! :D L-R Gene, Fred, Ray)

But hey! its not the end of the story yet.. cause we’re just getting started. I was calmly sitting at the Corner Cafe when suddenly 5 minutes passed yet the Check-in Personnel is not yet there and I felt my heart started skipping (this NOT GOOD) so I walked to the counter and looking at the back door if someone i can asked about my boarding pass. 3 minutes before my delayed-flight supposed to be but still no one there. So i start to call my friend (Marty) but he don’t know what to do either. Desperately, I call the airline number but keeps on ringing. (wtf!) excuse my language, i was so desperate i need someone to help me please! my flight! 

After 5 minutes.. a lady came down from the stairs where the security personnel are. and I quickly went to her and asked for help and luckily she’s working to the airline I am in. (I was like a long lost kid there looking for something, there’s hope!) but then i heard her say “you just missed your flight” and i was like “what should i do now?”. I want to cry now! 

10 -20 minutes standing at the check-in counter Sharri (lady personnel) she told me that she’ll find a way to rebook my flight. (Please and yes its for free, thank you). A few calls and she gave me my new boarding pass. but wait, What? I’ll have 15hours layover at LAX (oh no!) but i’d rather take it than nothing. So I guess I need to wait for 6 hours for my next flight. (oh geez!) 1 hour passed, Marty showed up at the airport and take me to the nearest coffee shop though I don’t feel like drinking coffee today cause i need to sleep later on the plane. so I ordered there Fried Cheesecake and Ice cream (delicious! first thing that happened to me today after my missed flight) we had a conversation about how my day messed up. and he drove me back to the airport 1 hour early (2nd good thing). So I checked in and yey! I was surprised when one of the security personnel greeted me “NAMASTE!”  (he thought i was INDIAN.. :D) I’m waiting for my flight going to Denver now. And as soon as I post this one I might be boarding now and will take a nap. Goodnight! See ya Aloha!

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Eva's Giant Clubhouse @ Retro Diner

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Come with me and lets walk to the bridge of true love.. <3 #friends #crush #love #me #post #follow #nofilter #like #instadaily #life #truelove #bridge #instapic #picture

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Never ask for a #kiss, Just take it. <3 :-* #love

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Merry Christmas everyone! <3 Hugs&&Kisses -J

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Just Another Dream

What is a DREAMER?

  I was walking with my siblings at the Mall when suddenly I heard screams like

"Julieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"

"Elmoooooooooooooooo!"

Being a super certified solid fanatic of JuliElmo no seconds’ thoughts, my feet suddenly run as fast as they can. I don't even look back at my siblings. When I was at the event area, gosssh! Andaming tao.. and they're singing the last part of my favorite song which is “Girl Be Mine” composed by the one and only Master Rapper Francis Magalona. And after that they're ready to leave. So in my over duper fanatic attack , no hesitations I followed them. No matter what. Thanks God I'm so lucky that the Security guard was so nice and he let me enter where Julie and Elmo's tent are.

Then from there, I saw them smiling at me.. Goooooooooooooosh! Seriously? I’m here in front of my over-super much loved stars. Then I was like O.O star studded. I don't even know what to do.. either should I smile at them or what. and then Julie initiated the talk.

"Hi!" as she waved and smiled at me.

"Hi Julie" my voice were really shaking. Gosh! She’s really a goddess! She’s so pretty. Goddess nga di ba? Haha :D

"What’s your name?" she asked

"I’m J-joyce" goodness! Pati pangalan ko di ko magawang sabihin.. shame on me!

She laugh a bit. "Moe" as she called him. Elmo went to us nearer.

"hi Joicy!" as he smiled at me.

Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyggggggooooossssssssshhhhhhh! Did he just call my nickname JOICYYYYYYY?? iiiiiieeeeeeeeee I want to die. I swweaaaaaaaar! As in now na! ^-^-^-^-------- alert! JuliElmo Medics help! :D 

Then after relieving the shock I felt a minute ago .. I gain myself ready to say something..

"Ahm? Julie? Pwede bang magpapicture?" I was so shy that my throat was shaking. May hiya naman talaga kasi ako eh :p

"Sure"with a vey big grin on her face.

And then someone took us a picture. What we did is smile, wacky, laugh, wacky, laugh, and smile again so there we have 6 pictures. Yey! Then of course after that syempre hindi naman ata maaari na kalimutan si Elmo KO noh ((: so when someone called for Julie I think a Director called her. I went closer to Moe who was busy playing on his PSP.

Tinigil niya ang kanyang paglalaro. Napansin ata niyang nakatayo ako sa harapan niya. Tsaka siya nag-angat ng tingin at tiningnan niya ako. He stand up & smiled. Siyieeeeete! Yung ngiti niya.. yung ngiting yun ang dahilan kung bakit milyon.milyong babae ang nahulog kay Elmo Magalona ang anak ng namayapang Master Rapper na si Francis M.

"Hi" sabay tumawa siya.

Urgh! Mamamatay tao ka ba Magalona? Your cute laugh! Its killing me slowly! You are arrested for being a SILENT KILLER! (ansabe? Hahaha XD)

"Pwede magpapicture?” nahihiyang sabi ko (ano ba yan? Saan ko ba napulot yung hiya ko kung bakit meron ako nun? hehe)

“Sure .sure" then he smiled at me.

The best feeling in the world is when I look at you & you are already looking at me! Then you give me one of those smiles that I just love.

Then a staff took a photo of us. Nakakainis kasi puro blurred at ang masaklap pa nakarami na kami ng photos. Kung hindi blurred putol naman. (Dang! kuya marunong ka ba talagang kumuha ng picture? wag ka naman panira ng MOEment oh).  He took more than 4 photos pero wala pa ring maayos na kuha.. Naiiyak na ko promise! Tears starting to form on my eyes and ready to roll. But to my surprise. Moe put her right hand on my right shoulder and pulled me towards him.

"Don’t worry. ako ng kukuha" then he smiled again. (Moe wag ka namang ganyan mapapaiyak ako dahil sa kilig ieeeeeeeee! :D)

Then the staff handed the camera to Elmo and as he said he took the photo. I thought he'll just take only one photo but to my surprise he took 5 photos. (smile. wacky. laugh. secret stolen) and the last photo he took made me feel soo... uhm? I don't know what word should fit to describe my feelings.. its like... like... ahm.. HEAVEN! yeah that’s it! Its likes your in a cloud 9..ai mali gaya nga ng sabi ni Ely nung sinagot siya ni Toyang sa Together Forever. CLOUD 1000. Dang! as I stare at the photo.. I was directly smiling at the camera while he faced me with his eyes closed and  his lips pouts looks like he'll plant a kiss on my left cheek.. Oxyyygggeeeen! JuliElmo Medic I really need it Urgent!

So after the camera MOEments.. parang ayoko tuloy umusad gusto ko manatili sa ganon.. Haha I set aside when someone went inside the tent and called for Elmo that they're ready to leave.

"Okay Moe pack-up!" he said to Moe.

W-w-wait... is that Direk Rico Guiterrez?? known as the Master Mind of the Wazak Story  played by Julie Anne and Elmo on the Party Pilipinas In love aired last February 6, 2011 (lakas makapag-segway eh noh.. haha :D bakit ba? Eh JuliElmo Adik and Proud ako!)

I immediately went closer to him, as I waved and smiled at him. (FC ang peg haha :D) He smiled back at me.

"Oh hi!"

"Hi po Direk, I’m Joyce po from Baguio.."

"Wow! Really? That’s nice. Are you an "adik"?"

I chuckled at parang nagblushed pa ata ako as DRG mentioned the word 'Adik' parang for me it’s a compliment.

"yes po. I'm a certified solid JuliElmo adik and proud fanatic" proud na proud na sabi ko kay direk.

“Wow naman! You really went here to see them. Don’t you?”

“Parang ganun na nga po”sabi ko kay direk kahit na alam ko na accidentally lang na napadaan ako sa Mall. Haha :D Liar! :p pero happy ako dahil nagkataon.. Tadhana na ang nagdecide (:

"Nice. You wanna come with us?. We’ll drop you by at the station"parang feeling ko hindi tanong yung sinabi ni Direk Rico eh parang inuutusan niya ko na sumama sa kanila.,. haha :D kaya ako naman tumango na lang ako.

We ride in a White Van. DRG was sitting in front beside Manong Driver, Julie and I was on the 1st row and on the second row was Elmo. Then I suddenly remember my customized notebook. Oo customized siya dahil nga sa love na love ko sila gumawa ako ng customized notebook para ipa-autograph ko yun kila Julie at Elmo.

''ah Julie pwede magpa-autograph sayo??"

"oo naman" as she smiled at me after she signed.

"Thank you so much!" sobrang saya ko lang!

Then I gazed at Elmo whose playing again on his PSP. Ano bang meron sa PSP niya’t hindi niya mabitaw-bitawan sabagay ako din naman panay sa paglalaro ng Harvest Moon sa PSP ng kuya ko. Haha :D

"Moe pwede pa-autograph??" kahit alam kong busy ka jan. XD

"ai oo nga pala.. sorry nakalimutan ko kanina" nanghingi na din kasi ako ng autograph sa kanya earlier bago siya tinawag ni direk Rico.

Hindi ko alam kung ano magiging reaction ko sa pahingi ni Moe ng sorry.. he's so cutee! kahit pa siguro ilang sorry matanggap ko sa kanya. ayos lang! hinding hindi ako magsasawa! ((:

The van suddenly stops at the gas station and Elmo went out habang nagpapagas pa kinausap ko si Julie.

"Jah, do you still remember yung twineet ko sayo nun?"

"ano yun?"

"yung sabi ko sayo na pasyal ka din sa Baguio"

"mmmm?" mukhang hindi ata niya naaalala.

"yung rineply mo pa nga sakin nun 'sa Baguio ba maraming bagyo..mmm'" sabay tawa.

tsaka rin siya tumawa. "ahhh oo naaalala ko na. Ikaw ba yun? "

"oo ang saya.saya ko nga eh kasi first time na may nagreply saking artista aside from yung rinetweet ni Ms. P (elmo’s mom) yung tweet ko. grabe ka. natawa ako dun "

"ako din eh. Wow! Nice naman. Akalain mo yun"

“Sobra Jah”

Andami pa naming napag-usapan. Grabe kung mag-usap kami parang antagal na naming magkakilala. Nakakatuwa. SOBRA!

After a few minutes I felt that the van start moving and I look back and he's still not there. Everybody look to the left, everybody look to the right,Napakanta pa tuloy ako.. but still Elmo is missing. Elmoooooooooooo! Sigaw ko sa loob-loob ko nagbabasakaling naligaw siya dun. Haha :D

Nasa labas pa rin ata siya and I don’t know exactly kung saan siya pumunta. Ano ako? Elmo detector? Na kung saan siya pumunta alam na alam ko kung nasaan siya? I think he went to the Comfort room or baka bumili ng snack or something. Then I felt un-ease. Di ko ako mapakali sa upuan. Umaandar na yung sasakyan pero wala pa rin siya. Naku! Kung saan saan pa kasi nagsususuot eh. Ayan tuloy!

"si Moe" sabi ko sa sarili ko..

"ah direk wala pa po si Elmo" finally nasabi ko din mukha kasing hindi nila napansin. Biglang hininto ni Manong driver yung sasakyan.

"ha? wala pa ba siya? akala ko pumasok na siya kanina"

"nasa CR pa po ata!"

Then I noticed a huge crowd. Naisip ko tuloy yung kanina sa Mall andaming tao. grabe puro sigawan, tilian, harutan, gulungan at kung ano-ano pa. Grabe talaga ang fans ng JuliElmo. Nakakaproud! teka! Si Moe.. w-wait! Noo! don't tell me si..  tama nga yung hinala ko!..andun siya! napansin kong nahihirapan siyang lumabas sa convenient store. OHMYGOOOSH! yung crowd..padami ng padami. Naiipit si Moe... sana okay lang siya..

"Direk si Moe po pinagkakaguluhan sa labas"natatarantang sabi ko.

Agad namang bumaba si direk para saklolohan si Elmo sa madaming tao pati na rin ang staffs ng gas station ay nakitulong na rin. Pagkapasok na pagkapasok nila ay agad na pinaandar ni manong driver yung sasakyan tsaka pinaharurut paalis sa gasoline station.

"Moe okay ka lang ba?" hindi ko alam pero napalakas ata yung magkakasabi ko.

"yeah. I’m okay, thank you!" with a smile on his lips.

eeeeee. nasaktan na nga tapos may gana pang ngumiti. Hay naku! Ewan ko sayo Magalona. Pasalamat ka kung hindi ka lang gwapo.. hay naku!

"I told you naman kasi na wag magtatagal sa labas eh"rinig kong sabi ni Julie pero nakatingin parin ako kay Moe habang pinupunasan niya ang konting scratch sa kamay at braso niya. Grabe naman yung mga babaeng yun kulang nalang kaladkarin siya. aww! I felt too bad for Moe.

"oh napano ka? Ayos ka lang ba?" tanong sakin ni Jah tsaka siya ngumiti “wag kang mag-alala normal lang na pagkaguluhan si Moe" sabi niya mukhang nagets niya kung bakit tsaka niya ko hinawakan sa kamay. (wow naman! parang feeling ko ako yung girlfriend ni Elmo sa mga sandaling yun hahaha :D)

"okay lang yun. That was fun though. Another experience for me"natatawang sabi ni Moe. Anong ‘That was fun?’ Helo! Muntik ka na ngang makain ng buhay dun eh tapos sasabihin mo another experience. Ewan ko sayo!

"anyways, I just bought this for us!"sabay taas ng plastic bag.

Eh ayun naman pala eh. Bumili siya ng snacks for us! Sabi ko na nga ba. awww! ang sweet naman ng bebeboy ko.. haha ano daw? Kanina lang galit-galit tapos ngayon sweet.sweet naman! Haha :D

The trip went smooth. Kwentuhan. Tawanan. Pati na rin Kantahan kahit wala ako sa tono.. Ewan ko I love Music but Music doesn’t love me! So unfair right? so after 30 minutes. eto na yung part na ayoko eh.. saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do! It's something you never wish to do.

Nasa bus station na kami.. yung feeling na ayaw mo umalis gusto mo manatili kasama sila. pero no choice ka.

"so i guess this is goodbye! Uh-oh!  hindi pala kasi may next time pa! di ba?" nakangiting sabi ni Julie.

"thank you JAPS! i'll see you soon! goodluck sa career! sana wag kang magbago!"sabay hug sa kanya ng mahigpit.

“aww! Thank you Joyce! Ikaw din goodluck sa career mo! Soar high! And don’t forget to spread the love okay?”

“Oo naman as always Jah!”tsaka hinug ko siya for the last time. 

Bumaling ako kay direk. "direk hindi mo po alam kung gaano ako kasaya ngayon. Maraming maraming salamat po talaga."

 "walang anuman. basta ikaw"

"promise ko po kahit ano pong mangyari mananatili pa rin akong solid fan ng JuliElmo at TatakDRG!"

Tumawa siya tsaka tinap ako sa shoulders. "ikaw talagang bata ka! Sige, asahan ko yan! Goodluck sa studies mo. Aral ka ng mabuti"

niyakap ko si direk. "opo! Salamat po talaga direk! your the best"

and syempre impossible namang wala kaming MOEments ni Elmo noh..

"here! baka makalimutan mo" sabay abot sakin sa notebook ko.

Hala! yung notebook ko!.. "muntik na...salamat Moe" tsaka ako ngumiti sa kanya. 

"paano ba yan? till next time"habang nakangiti.

Wala akong masabi. Tumango nalang ako. Ang hirap neto. ang bigat ng pakiramdam. Feeling ko nakikipagbreak na siya sakin.. haha :D naiiyak tuloy ako. 

"oh wala ba akong hug?" sabay nag-open arms siya. Siyempre sino ba naman ako para tumanggi di ba? hello! si Elmo Moses Arroyo Magalona kaya yan!

without second thoughts, hinug ko siya ng mahigpit..as in yung sobrang higpit. yung nanggigil. Yung kulang nalang hindi siya makahinga.. Ooops!

No words can express what I’m feeling right now. alam mo yun?.. yung sobrang saya mo na, na nakakakilig, na nakakainis, na nakakalungkot na nakakaiyak. MASAYA kasi nakasama ko sila ng matagal-tagal kahit pa oras lang ang pagitan and helo! ang swerte ko kaya mga artista kasama ko. mga BIGATIN!. , NAKAKAKILIG dahil siyempre dude! nakapicture, nakausap at nayakap ko ang lalaking pinagpapantasyahan ko. kaso NAKAKAINIS kasi nga aalis na sila at uuwi na ko ng Baguio kaya NAKAKALUNGKOT isipin na dito na magtatapos ang kaligayahan ko. eto na ata yung biggest heartbreak ko, bittersweet  pero hinding hindi ko to makakalimutan sa tanang buhay ko. Babaunin ko to hanggang sa aking pagtanda! sana nga lang maalala ko pa at wag akong maging ulyanin.. haha :D NAKAKAIYAK! 

Unti-unti kong naramdaman ang pag-agos ng mainit na tubig sa aking pisngi.

"hala ka  Moe! pinaiyak mo siya.." rinig kong sabi ni Julie.

Oh shoot! napakaiyakin ko talaga! nakakahiya ka joyce!

Kumalas si Moe at hinawakan ang magkabilang balikat ko. "oh bakit ka umiiyak?" nag-aalang tanong niya.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. his eyes! napakaganda talaga ng mata niya. Those were the reasons why every girl loves him! Every time I look into his eyes, I get lost in them. I don't want to stare, but I find myself not wanting to look away either.

Dali-dali kong pinahid ang mga luha ko tsaka ngumiti sa kanya "wala Moe. masaya lang ako. kasi nakilala at nakasama ko kayo ni Julie. Lalong lalo ka na. hindi ko inaasahang makikita at makakasama kita ng personal bonus na yung hug siyempre" tsaka ako natawa sa sarili ko ang drama ko! Ano to gumagawa kami ng movie? Haha :D . "dati rati sa tv at sa magazines lang kita nakikita or sa radio lang kita naririnig pero ngayon napakaswerte ko talaga. Si Elmo Moses Arroyo Magalona nasa harapan ko na at kausap ko pa kung panaginip lang siguro to ayoko na gumising. Promise!"

Ayan na naman siya. yung mga ngiti na naman niya. When I see his smile, I get butterflies. "wag naman! Its really nice meeting you Joicy and Thank you!" huwaaaat! did he just call me "JOICY" again! awww! :(( ayoko na Mosey! pinapatay mo ko eh.. "aral ka ng mabuti okay? Study hard!" owow! joicy's boyfriend ang peg. haha :D"huwag makakalimot ha?" oo naman nohh! I’ll never ever forget this day especially you! "you tek kerr!" yun yun eh sabay kiss sa pisngi! syyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Moooks! ayoko na! ayoko na! ayoko naaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

  pzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!

"Gucci no!"rinig kong suway ni Kuya sa aso namin.

Napadilat ako at napatingin kay Gucci, ang aso naming Shih Tzu mix with Japanese Spitz as she wiggle her tail then I smile. Gawd! she's so cuteee.. w-waiiiiit! Did I just woke up from my dreams?!! Arrrrgh! i knew it isa na namang panaginip. Hanggang panaginp lang talaga ako. Panaginip na hanggang ngayo'y umaasang magkakatotoo balang araw.

"oh gising ka na pala! Buti naman! halik lang pala ni Gucci makakagising sayo eh"sabad ng magaling kong kapatid. "oh baka naman napanaginipan mong hinalikan ka ni Elmo mo?"dagdag pa niya.

You got it bro! "cheee!"tsaka ko siya binato ng unan tsaka siya tumatawang umalis. Tsaka ako napaSMILE the kiss! Elmo’s kiss to my cheek! sabay sinubsub ang mukha sa unan at napasigaw.

  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! ElmooooooOooooooOooooooOoooooo!

Dayuuuum! Bakit pa ko nagising? Bakit? Bakit ngayon pang kaharap ko na si Elmo? nag-haheart to heart talk pa kami eh.. bakit? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

    ♥ D ♥ R ♥ E ♥ A ♥ M ♥  

A dreamer looks beyond the limits of today to the possibilities of tomorrow and sees what can be instead of settling for what is.

 F ♥ O ♥ R ♥ E ♥ V ♥ E ♥ R

  I'm a dreamer, a believer, a lover, and a fighter. I don't understand "reality", and I probably won't! I am fine with that. As long as it is who I am !

  Im a dreamer it's just who I am I drift away in my daydreams coz I am happier in my head then I ever have been in reality