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Now it was spelled DIOMS . Is it really hard to spell my name, they can’t barely understand it or did I just mispronounced my nick? Nah, Joms , Dioms or Dyoms (and any other style on how to spell it) sounds the same. Oh well, as long as it points to the same me, that’s fine.

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I started my day with so much euphoria last sunday. I prepared 4 boxes and cleaned up my room. This time, cleaning up means organizing books, dvds, clothes, dresses, joms’s supplies (crayons, pencils, bond papers, poster colors, paint brushes, colored pens etc). Things from my kiddie world will go onto boxes and unwanted extras will go on trash can. This shipshape day is hard for me. To think that almost every part of my good, bad, childhood memories will locked up in a squared shaped carton. But the most exciting thing happened was that I was able to reminisce every little piece my hand have touched.

1. Bracket and Retainers - Yup! I look like as if I am a nerd when I was in high school. I wore brackets for two years because I have a combination of underbite and overjet teeth (eow!). Good thing, my ortho says that my teeth are still immature that it can be treated at once. After that I had my retainers until college. As Moi always told me, my teeth is the most expensive part of my body because during my silver teeth days, I have to visit my ortho once every month and as foolish and stubborn girl as I am, my ortho always needs to put the brackets back together because I (always) accidentally unattached my brackets caused by eating gums, caramel popcorns and steaks. In addition, I had my extractions (where 3 of my wisdom teeth were taken off) last 2005 all at once! Until now, I never missed the twice a year teeth cleaning day with my dentist. I love my teeth. They are strong, shiny and always smiling.

2. Love letters - Chubby Girl during high school years. I don’t get it. Why do I have to received these.

3. Random Letters - though emails are more practiced these days I appreciate receiving snail mails still.

Fact: When I was younger, Moi and I loves giving letters. With a words like “tke cre coz I cre” and “I lov you so many”. I wonder why it stopped when I reached my 20s.

4. Coursage - from my prom date! My cousin kuya Nyro. Haha. I have this phobia you know. I don’t know what you may call it, but it is terrible true. I have this inferiority when I was younger that even if I said yes to a prospect date, I am thinking that he won’t show up because I am feeling ugly sort of things.

5. First Communion Certificate - 8 years old when I had my first communion. I was dressed in white with veil.

6. Dried Flowers - They are still alive (and dried) inside my closet. They are still beautiful and as romantic as ever. I just don’t know what to say. They are full of good memories even if they are bad enough to remember.

7. Wrappers - I am self-confessed scavenger! I never thought that I was able to keep so much junk.  They are candy wrappers, gift wrappers and food wrappers. I can’t believe they are stucked in my closet for years. From lovers, friends, family and acquaintances. What can I say, I have so much EQ. I am just lucky that a soldier of ants were not able to find out about my hidden treasures. Still, I kept these junks inside my memory box. Worth every trash.

8. 18th Birthday thinggies - candles, banner (with my chubby picture in it), 18 dried white roses, displayed banner in my cake, ribbons. All that.

9. Watches - I collect watches. More specifically, BIG watches when I was younger.

10. Certficicates - It may sounds crazy but yes, I am a consistent conduct awardee in highschool. Hehe. I also had this “Best in conduct” award. True. You see, when I was in my in high school years, I belong to this popular group called “Dyes”. Obviously we’re ten (10). Pretty, amazingly great girls and as definition goes to Popular means — boys, boys and boys. Unfortunately, I am the the one who left studying and burdening myself to books. And boys means tragedy (see #4). They call me “martial” for I am afraid when the bell rang signalling that it is time for class etc. I compete for declamation, figurative speech and oration. I should always have an assignment and so much into notes. Belonged to 10% of the graduating class of 2001. I also became a dean’s lister and became a member of KATAGA (Kapatiran ng Talino at Galing) when I am completing my bachelor’s degree.

11. Pictures - Bunch and bunch of them. Those smiles and funny gestures. I put them in a seperate box. Maybe when time premits, I could may albums and scrapbooks. A must do activity.

12. PNR Tickets - I am living in Paranaque. My school was in Sta. Mesa Manila. To get there I must complete a 3 to 4 commute rides in which my traveling time takes 2 long hours. It was really stressful in my case. My parents never allowed me to stay as a bed spacer or in a dormitory instead everyday requires me to come to school and go home sweet home stressed. But there is a faster way, that is to take PNR (Philippine National Railway) from Bicutan station to Sta. Mesa station and traveling will only take 30-45 minutes. There were so many first time experiences I encountered from this ride. Those time, there are many of our unfortunate brothers and sisters living on the side the railway. Some throw there trash inside the train that has yucky stuff. Some throw a liquid something inside while the train is still moving. There this time that we (with my fellow classmates) experienced someone where her bag was being snatched by this someone who was holding an i
ce pick in his hand. But seriously, the ride is fun. The fair is cheap only 7.50php and for studs 7.00php. Until now, I am still looking forward on riding this train.

Fact 1: Have you ever experienced riding on a trolley? Oh well. I did! And still will do.
Fact 2: I have this thing about tickets. I always keep them somewhere I please. Airline tickets, bus tickets, where ever tickets.

The cleaning also includes a never ending list of my important “trash”. The hair ribbons my Moi used to put in my hair when I was a kid. The pellet gun, little robots and tanks my Poi gave me. The papel-de-hapon, manila paper, glitters, colored paste and other supplies that surprisingly being kept inside my closet. The paper bags that I madly kept because of buying in an expensive shop once and telling myself that it won’t happen again, it serves as a souvenir. The dress my grandmommy wore when she stayed in the hospital before she died.

Later that day, when so much dust caused my nose turned into red, sneezing became one of the popular tracks in the house and as if I cried in so much pain. I still manage to organize my thinggies and discovered I have too much.

Every piece means a lot. My moi says I should give up those throw them up. I am sentimental, I am proud of that fact. That’s why I used boxes to keep my memories alive.

Their first album rocks almost all lovers of music when they’ve been introduce on the second half of the year 2002. Their “Songs about Jane” won several awards and was a major hit success (gold, platinum and even triple platinum.. whew!). Listeners were going ga-ga with their debut singles including “She will be love” and “This Love”. We cannot deny that until now, these songs were gleefully being sung. But what strikes me most are the songs “Sunday Morning”, “Must Get Out” and “Harder To Breathe”.

But seriously, on the late week of March of last year I heard this jammy song on the radio. You know, I am this fanatic of Jam 88.3 and heard “Makes Me Wonder” being played. Actually I heard the DJ saying that the artist were Maroon 5 & Avril Lavigne and take note that I have no lyrics that have memorized except for the words “I don’t believe in you.. anymore, anymore” and the tune. The next day, I searched for the words/lyrics and the artists but found nothing. Tried the combination of the words/lyrics and Avril Lavigne.. none. Finally, when I searched for the words/lyrics with Maroon 5, voila! At last. Unfortunately, it was not yet available anywhere around the net, maybe. Then they released their second album “I Won’t Be Soon Before Long” on May 2007.

The second album was inspired by eighties (80s) artist such as Michael Jackson and Prince. Rhythmic yet sexy. Included are the songs like “Makes Me Wonder” and “Wake Up Call”. My personal favorites are “Not Falling Apart”, “Goodnight, Goodnight”, “Won’t Go Home Without You” and “Kiwi”. But to rate the whole album? Its package? Unique style and voice, not to mention the band members? Gosh! 5 biggie stars .

Not only with these albums, they also released some limited album hits — 1.22.03.Acoustics which was recorded live on the date included in the given title; Love Actually Movie released their OST which includes their hits “Sunday Morning” and “Sweetest Goodbye” and still they have recorded other albums.

For the first time. Maroon 5 will be on tour - Live in Manila on March 5, 2008 at Araneta Coliseum. Geesh. I definitely want to have one of their tickets and gone cheek to cheek with their lead vocalist, Adam. Price talks. Ahm, will left you, me, us broke for a month. Anyway, check out their price listings.

Every Christmas season one thing that I do enjoy is wrapping gifts. It was supposed to be shopping but nope, not really. What consumes almost all my time is thinking of the best presentation for the gifts, and not the gift itself. Hehe. I always believe in the saying - “it’s the thought that counts”. Maybe it is just the art of wrapping gifts and maybe my excuse or I am more eager to see the smile on their faces seeing my wrapped gifts and is praising the present cover.

One Christmas I used the following - the never read colored magazines and out-to-date newspaper. I tear the pieces, and stick them together. Take note that when you stick them up, newspaper and the magazines should have no pattern, should be randomly joined together using a thinned layered line of paper paste or glue. Let it dry for five minutes. Then holla, you have just created your personalized wrapper. For some add ons, you can also create ribbons, use the cut letters or images, put some magazine shapes like circles, triangle, square, diamonds, stars using these materials. See, it’s simple, easy and majestic!

Last year, I have no time to wrap gifts, what I have used are the papel de hapon. That’s it! You can buy it in the nearest bookstore and may be vary to different colors.

For this year I have used the following:

Materials:
Art Paper
Scissors
Paste or Glue

You can use a plain colored art paper or put it together with different colors and stick then with a paste or glue.

Tip: I never used scotch tape or a “tape”. It will look neat if you use paste or glue instead of tape when covering your presents. And every material used is cheaper than the usual Christmas wrapper, true! Try it!

fi_shoi @2007 <’)+++<