I got it, I got it, I got ittttttt! Naku mahahalikan ko ang buong mundo nito. I have no classes today dahil may appointment ako sa IHK (Industrie und Handelskammer) Industry and Chamber of Commerce early this morning. Hindi ko pa nabanggit sa inyo ang tungkol dito but the multimedia school director told me before to apply for a scholarship which is called “Stipendium zur Begabtenförderung” in english “Scholarship for Outstanding Students”. Nag apply nga ako and had to take an Aufnahme Prüfung
(Exam) last December 4. I passed the exam with 96 points, the minimum points required was 88. Akala ko, kuha ko na ang scholarship dahil nakapasa nga. But then I received a letter which was telling me na nasa priority list na daw ako and that the head office of IHK has to decide about it first kong sino sa 120 scholarship applicants ang pipiliin. Tight daw kasi ang budget so they are forced to pick just 25 students. Kinalimutan ko na actually ang bagay na ito dahil foreigner nga ako and I heard somewhere na first priority daw ang mga local residents. You know what I mean?

Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from IHK asking me if I could come to their office at 8:00 o’clock in the morning today. Medyo duda na ako kahapon but I still refused to believe dahil baka kakaiba ang resulta sa iniisip ko. So pumunta ako doon this morning and a Mr. Tiggellers greeted me with his sweetest smile I think. The night before, nagbiro pa si hubby na dapat daw akong magsuot ng mini skirt, sus naman di ko ugali ang ganyang asta. In the office, he asked me to sit down while he was flipping some documents. Gee, I was so nervous di ko alam where to look. After a few minutes of silence what seemed an eternity, he asked me about my plans, why I want to study webdesign and so on and so forth. Then comes the the moment where he said “Sie sind auf der Liste dabei.” which means you are among the list. Muntik na akong mahulog sa inupuan ko sa gulat at tuwa, ngiti ko eh hanggang tenga or mukhang lumampas pa nga yata (hehehe). Mr. Tigglers noticed my exitement kaya minadali niyang sabihin ang iba pang mga guidelines tungkol sa scholarship and then he wished me goodluck. I thanked him and bade goodbye and hurried home and called hubby in his office and told him about the great great news.

Yessss I made it!!!

Hilong-hilo na talaga ako sa ka iikot at kadadrive lately. Laging naghahabol sa oras para magawa lahat ang dapat gawin. Pati lunch break di ko na makuhang umupo, kaya kumakain habang naglalakad papunta sa kong saan man yong dapat kong puntahan. My eyebags are getting bigger dahil laging kulang sa tulog. Papaano naman kasi, I have to work my clients order at night habang tulog na lahat ang mga sakop ko dito sa bahay. Recently, I sleep at 1:00 A.M or 2:00 and have to get up at 6:00 A.M. So talagang kulang ako sa tulog kaya paligsahan sa paglaki ang aking mga eyebags. I’m just wondering how I managed to stay awake during my classes. Sabagay, learning multimedia is something really very interesting. Yesterday, the school director told us that they are offering a new module which is PHP programming. Since noon ko pa gustong matuto nito, I of course added this to my learning plan kahit super tight na ang schedule ko. Haay, ang hirap ng matandang TH! Minsan when I felt so tired, I can’t avoid asking myself what is it I really want to prove and why I’m doing this at all. Hehehe, the spirit is willing baga but the flesh is very weak na. Jesus Christ, kasisimula ko pa lang na pumasok nagrereklamo na ako. Well, I think talagang ganyan lang kapag pagod…kong anik-anik na ang naiisip. But hey, it never came to my mind to give up. I have to study webdesigning properly for our plan of retiring in the Philippines in the nearest future. Hubby could be a retiree by then, but not me noh. I’m still too young (ubo ubo) to play sitting pretty aging princess ng mga dwarfs. Kaya ngayon palang kailangan ko ng mag gather ng mga resources para sa aking mga binabalak na gimik by the time we are there. In let say ten years bale 55 years old na ako…abangan niyo nalang ang advertisement sa Google na Lola Basyang’s Webdesign And Web Hosting. O say niyo? Vagay na vagay di va? Kailangan ko pang mag-isip ng firm slogan na mag match dito.
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Attention:

To all visitors,

Please be informed that this site was hacked yesterday. My download page still exist but the download site itself, which was using paFileDB file manager and integrated as IFrame here, was completely deleted by the psychotic hacker. I was able to retrieved all the files this mornning but decided not to use the same software again for it is known to have security loopholes (just discovered it today after visiting their forum).
Thank you for coming and I am so very sorry for the inconvience. Please bear with me for I still have to find for a proper and secured download manger for my themes.

Sincerely,

Beng

Après Partie After party, para akong isang lantang gulay na tuyot at walang kabuhay-buhay. I need two to three days to recover bago ko masasabing back to normal na naman ang aking system. Three days had passed na after the charity gala kaya back to normal condition and routine na akesh. Kaya may lakas na ulit itong aking mga daliri na magkutingting sa computer para isalaysay sa inyo ang mga naganap sa naturang gala noong Sabado.

Medyo late kaming dumating sa veneu dahil hinintay pa namin ang isa naming kasama. Nagsikainan na nga ang mga guests pagdating namin, kaya lumafang na rin kami matapos naming mahanap ang aming upuan. Medyo na imbey lang ang byuti (charing) ko dahil habang inenjoy ko ang kinakain kong beef carpaccio, bigla akong kinausap ng aking kaharap na lumipat sa kabilang upuan para daw makatabi niya yong kanyang prend (na kasing chaka niya). Walang modo, di man lang inantay na matapos akong kumain. Ako naman na si tanga, lumipat din. Hindi sa pang ookray noh pero bakit ba may mga taong bitbit pa rin ang kanilang kabastusan hanggang sa labas ng lunggang kanilang pinanggalingan? One example itong pinalipat ako habang ngumunguya, then noong nag start ang program, the emcee showed the text of a tagalog christmas song sa isang malaking screen na nakakabit sa wall banda sa aming table. About five people was standing right infront of us, all the rest remained sitted, sila lang ang nakatayo. Sus, akala siguro ng mga yon transprent sila o di kaya baka akala ng mga yon, na mgandang tingnan para sa mga nasa likuran ang kanilang malalapad na may tigyawat na likod. Mga ignoramus talaga. May isa pa akong napuna doon, noong tumutugtog ang band ng “Spaghetti” (of Sex Bomb Girls) may isang lucresia kasilag ang biglang pumatong sa stage at nagsasayaw na parang isang balyenang na stranded sa beach. How daring and how cheap, kadiri to death talaga tingnan, well…siguro naman alam niyo lahat kong paano sayawin ang Spaghetti so you can imagine how it looks like. Ang daming German audience na napailing nalang. You can call me pintasira or whatever you like, pero hindi ko kayang sikmurain ang mga gimmick baduy at pokpok sa isang formal occasion where I paid a lot of money. O siya na nga itigil ko na ang pagngakngak tungkol dito.

Maiba ang usapan. The charity gala last Saturday was successful inspite of the fact na hindi nakarating ang cultural dance group from Cabanatuan City. Bicol Varsitarian Association was still able to complete their program even if it means that some of their officers (elderly) including the president has to perform. They danced Pandanggo Sa Ilaw, at talaga namang nakakaaliw kahit mali-mali ang kanilang performance, all the guests were amused. Andy Pador, the president of the organization exlained that they only had two days to practice the said folk dance kaya nagkaganun. Pinakauna pala ang dance group naming nagperform, and gush…I was so nervous. Sino ba naman ang hindi nerbiyosen, eh 6 years na akong hindi active. Kaya kasing tigas na parang isang poste ng Meralco na ang aking katawan kong kumilos. Pero kahit papaano, we did our best and we were all happy that we were able to participate and conribute help.

Never na nangyari sa akin na nakatulog habang nanunuod ng tv sa gabi. I was watching Desperate Housewives this evening, sa simula palang di ko na halos maibuka ang mga mata ko sa antok at tuluyan na ngang nakatulog. Naalimpungatan nalang ako ng gisingin ako ni hubby, akala ko kasi saglit lang akong naidlip yon pala 1:30 A.M na.

I am so exhausted today because Kathleen and I repainted our kitchen and hallway. I had enough of white color, it looks so dull and lifeless kaya I decided to repaint some parts of our house to a different color. Dahil may mga bisitang darating this weekend, we decided to select the smaller rooms which is the kitchen and the hallway dahil madali lang tapusin. We spent two afternoons just doing this job and my time is running out dahil super dami pang ibang bagay na dapat kong tapusin bago darating ang mga bisita. Before going further, I would like to show you some pictures naming mag-ina. Hehehe, may photo shooting pa habang nagtatrabaho.

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First of all, I would like to thank everyone who participated the pakuwela. I would also like to ask an apology for closing the contest earlier than scheduled. I am forced to do so after seeing that there are several tie scores. I had been thinking of a solution how to break the ties, at first I thought of giving an additional contest to establish a winner among tied contestant. But I finally decided to pick or choose the contestants to be the winner, who submitted their entry earlier than the other. I find it the most easiest way and I think also fair enough.

By the way, it is not only the schedule of the contest that I have changed but also the prizes!

First Prize remains the same – 1Free Hosting With Domain including WordPress installation

Second Prize – 1 Free Hosting as sub domain of http://www.blog-o-holics.com
Your URL on the net would be http://yourname.blog-o-holics.com or http://www.blog-o-holics.com/yourname

• Space – You will get 100MB of space but also keep in mind that your email account and databases will take up space.
• MySQL Databases – You have 1 database available.
• Bandwidth – 2,000 MB bandwidth (Monthly)
• Email Account – If needed, you can have your own email account yourname@blog-o-holics.com.

Third Prize - 2 Templates (for 2 winners – one each of course)

Fourth Prize – 1 Office Table Lamp

Now ladies and gents, here is your most awaited moment! And the winner is…

First Prize Winner – Marie
Second Prize Winner – Knoiz
Third Prize Winners – Pinay Hekmi and Anak Ng Monay
Fourth Prize Winner – Ghee
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