think rainbows

This has been big news in the collegiate basketball world for the past couple of days since it's one of the most anticipated ever since the where-will-Kiefer Ravena-go drama. It's the other JT, Jeron Teng.

Jeric Teng, Jeron's older brother, as we all know is part of the UST Growling Tigers. He's been playing for Coach Pido for three years now, and ever since Jeron entered his senior year, speculations of where he's going to in the UAAP has been circulating. It has been said of course that he would follow his brother's footsteps to Espana, but the possibility of going to other UAAP schools wasn't out of the question. With the talent that Jeron has, it wasn't surprising that even Ateneo and Lasalle are interested in him.

Jeron once scored 104 points during a game in the Tiong Lian league. (Check my post about it here.) His stats are something that you'd really want to see in your team. So when the announcement of where he was headed for college was made, everyone was all eyes and all ears. The choice: DLSU.

I first found out about it thru Jeric Teng's twitter account. Jeric tweeted: it would be weird but a challenge playing against @jeronteng next season of UAAP. :) have to work hard this offseason! 
Right then and there I knew that Jeron was going to some other UAAP school. I quickly checked Jeron's formspring and twitter accounts to see where he was headed. Indeed, it was DLSU. Jeric even tweeted about it again: @jeronteng will play for DLSU.


Jeron has been telling people up until last week that nothing was sure yet, and that they were just talking to different schools which includes Ateneo, NU and DLSU. There was no UST mentioned, so I'm not sure if UST did it on purpose that they did not recruit Jeron Teng, or there was just a better offer from the green and white. It was even mentioned at one point that the school was not talking to him. Of course I'm thinking, WHY???

Well, wherever Jeron's headed to, good luck to him. He'll also be a good addition to the Green Archers. Personally, I really wanted him to join his kuya since it would also be a big help for the team. But it would be interesting indeed to see him play against Jeric too. One thing's for sure, the upcoming seasons of the UAAP basketball are becoming more exciting, and pretty much, we'll be hearing more "Teng" during basketball games.

P.S.
I'm loyal. Go Jeric! :)

Yoboseyo! Annyeong haseyo!

This is what happens when you immerse yourself too much into Korean stuff. But it's fun, and at least I get to learn a new language. =D

How have you guys been?? Happy New Year by the way!! =D Now that we're in 2012, I know it's time for resolutions again, and new goals, reinventions, and the like. It's pretty exciting whenever a new year ushers in, but scary too in the sense that we don't know what to expect. But instead of having fear in our hearts, it's better to have hopes that this year will be better than the last.

I for one can proudly say that my 2011 has been heaps better than my 2010. I am very thankful for everything awesome that has happened during the last year. I have to put those in another post so as to remind myself of the things that have transposed in the year that was. But now it's time to say goodbye to 2011, and welcome 2012 with a big hug.

For starters, I have been telling myself that I want change in this year. There's one huge change I've been thinking about that I want to be able to accomplish within the first quarter of this year. If things work out the way I think they will, then I will be successful with it. One step at a time. Then, little by little, we'll work our way towards other changes.

I haven't really thought of the concrete goals that I want to accomplish this year, except for that change. I'm thinking though about stuff like I need to watch more movies, I need to learn how to put make-up on, or finally get driving lessons, or continue learning how to play the piano. Probably that's for another post as well. I also need to get hold of a planner yet. I realized I need one because of all the stuff that's going through my mind. I'm thinking if I'm still buying since the planner that I wanted is already sold out, or I'll just figure out a DIY planner, as suggested by a friend. It'll save me some bucks and put my creative juices to a test. We'll see about that.

Well, the first two weeks of the year has been kind of weird for me. There were problems, I got injured (ankle sprain), but there was still lots of fun of course. We got to spend time with Papa too which is really awesome. Sometimes even though how much you want a new start, some problems just carry on to the next year and you just have to face them again. Maybe just consider it like a new problem although in reality, it isn't. Nevertheless, I want to stay as positive as I could for this year. I need it for all the things that I'm thinking of doing for this year. I just need time to reflect and ponder on those things and I'm pretty sure I'm off to a rockin' year. I will also try to blog more often, and will try to finish those two other posts I've mentioned here within the week. Ciao! =D

P.S.
I want a retreat or a recollection of some sort. Caleruega, again, perhaps? :))

I was with a friend one night and he let me watch a video of one of the episodes from a variety show in Korea. The show's title was Running Man. It was getting late so I didn't even get to finish the whole episode. But boy, it was hilarious! So I tried searching for it on youtube, and luckily I found videos of the show. I started watching some of the other episodes which my friend suggested, and then, I just found myself hooked to the show. What more can I do?

Schedule has been crazy ever since December started; just like how it has always been in the past years. This year's extra special since my Dad is here for the holidays after so many years. He arrived last December 7, and now it's only about 9 days before he leaves again. Yes, time flies. And ever since he arrived, we've always had somewhere to go during the weekends. So we really haven't had a free weekend that much. 

So today I decided to finally put up our Christmas tree. I have always been given the task of doing this every year. It's hard to think about how you're going to decorate it, but I, as well as my mom and my brother, always end up liking what I've done anyway.



I don't know why I got so tired after doing this today. Probably because I was standing the whole time. Good thing I finished it before the match between the Azkals and L.A. Galaxy started, or else I would finish late.

Check it out!

I always find it exciting to shop for Christmas decors and think about what you're going to put up around the house for the holidays. I think that was two years ago when my brother and I went to Divisoria to buy a new Christmas tree and some new Christmas decors for the house. That was the first time that I bought the decors for the house myself since that was my first year at work as well. It is exciting to know too that you could buy what you could usually find at the mall for a cheaper price if you know where to look. ;)

We really didn't have any plans of buying Christmas decors for this year. I guess it just kind of came along. There's this place that we have been hearing so much of which has also been in the news every Christmas season, and we always say that we wanted to visit it, but we are always not able to. Until the time came that we now actually have a chance to go there and see for ourselves what's really in store.

It's this place in Dapitan cor. Kanlaon street, where you could find all kinds of Santa Claus displays. I guess as the years passed by, more and more people were coming, so vendors took advantage of it, and put up their own stores of different Christmas decors, making the place feel like a Divisoria of Christmas decors. There's this building which is kind of the main one called Dapitan Arcade, and there's also another one beside the Santa house which looks like a warehouse. Yes, the prices are, if not actually the same, almost the same as the ones you could find in Divisoria. But it's not as super crowded or magulo as what you would usually see in Divisoria, which I really liked. And it's kind of safer too. =))

Check out the items that we bought. I posted the prices too. =D

We enjoyed every bit of our stay while were at Bohol, but our third day has got to be one for the books. Sea tour!

We made our reservations for the sea tour through the guy whom we made arrangements with for our day tour. The sea tour starts at 5:30am, and once again, our guide/boatman, Kuya Dodong, was on time! We didn't know how we were going to get out of the hotel, since the front door was locked, and there was no one at reception. Good thing there was this bell thing, and someone opened the door for us.

Read on!

Day 2 was reserved for our Countryside tour. One of our officemates, who was also there during the same weekend, gave us someone whom we could contact for the tour. We heard their tour was good, and for a very affordable price (we paid 2,000, not including the entrance fees, lunch at the river), so we made our reservation.

We were picked up at the hotel at 8am. The one taking us to the tour was very prompt! He was already there while Casey and I were still eating our breakfast. We hired a car, but the guide/driver said that all the cars were already out, so they let us use an Innova instead. Good thing there was no additional fee. =D


Read on! :)