1. (From L-R) Lance, me, Reina, Stephanie, Frenie and Anna. The best people i've met in college! I've been friends with them since my first month in UST. Their company helped me fight homesickness. I LOVE hanging out with all of them because they're so genuine. What you see is what you get. Plus, they make me laugh and that's one of the great things about them.

2. One wonderful thing about my family is that we are REALLY, really close. We're also a bunch of wacky people and that, i think, contributed a lot to our closeness. Everybody's so open---i tell my parents who my crushes are, my brother Jim informed the whole family about his relationship with his first girlfriend, my three younger siblings tell me what they hate about me, my little sister Kiara hugs and kisses me even when i push her face away (haha!), our parents open up to us too. And every Sunday is bonding day. I remember when we all used to wake up like 5 in the morning and we'd grab our towels and slippers and hop on the back of Papa's pick-up then we'd head to the Bonuan Beach and just dive against the waves! Papa would jog then me and my siblings would join him and take piggy back rides. When Mama's still in the Phil., she'd cook special meals for us on weekends. Then we'd stay at their room the whole day, just watching TV or tickling or wrestling one another . I miss that...