busy day

i had an early start this morning. my alarm went off at 6:45am. i had my breakfast and took a bath. by 8:15 im out of the house. i went to our temporary meeting house. met with the girls and have them sign their forms. got stuck with the YM's forms because their president is out of town. so i had to work for it as well. i waited for about 2 hours for the other young women to arrive.. and finally by 10am all the expected participants showed up except for 2 girls i can't contact. i want them to be part of the dance so bad because its a once in a lifetime chance. its not just about the dance its also about witnessing something so sacred and something so great. (i dont know if they realize that or not) i just don't want them to look back and have regrets and maybe blame me for not encouraging them that hard... so i decided to just go to wherever the YW or YM was at that time..

they said that jeanette is probably in City High and they want to come with me. so 5 of us walked from ODH down to the public high school. it's 10am and the sun is beginning to irritate our skin but no one complained about it. maybe because we were having so much fun talking about nonsense and just fooling around the sidewalk. we didn't even realize we're almost there.

so i wandered around our city's public high school. it was HUGE... compared to my high school alma matter (SPSOFI). we don't even know where to look for jeanette. and luckily while walking around their big campus we spotted her eating pancakes.. :) she said she still has to wait until 12noon for her exam. so we hade her sign her form and then we went out. joy, asked me if she could buy something to drink. so we went out and i saw this man selling buko juice. i went straight to him and bought myself and my girls some cold drinks.. i was so excited about it because the last time i had buko juice was when i was still in high school.. so to complete the whole thing i also bought them some banana-Q.. it was high school all over again.. ^_^ i miss high school.. it's one of the best chapters of my life..

i sat down while having my morning snack.. and the man selling the bananas sat near me and asked if we're "Mormons." with a big smile on my face i said "yes, we are" how'd you know? he said he recognized me and told me that he is the brother of Sis. Esquivel, our Primary Stake President.. so we talked.. and then he said "if i would have known earlier i would have given you a discount".. :)

so after having a snack me my 2 YW continued with our task.. it was another long walk.. the heat is making me faint.. it was so hot.. we went to sister millalos' place and have her 2 grandsons sign the forms.. then we went to joy's place. i discovered how humble their lifestyle is. i never imagined she lived that way.. it was simple..

and then chieni, patricia and i continued on..before i submit the forms i looked for an internet cafe and printed my resume.. since i left my printer in cebu. and we walked by my alma matter SPS.. it looked way different than before.. it improved big time.. :) then while we were walking we were so lucky we spotted our 2nd councilor. we dont have to walk that much further to submit those forms to daiseree.. yipee!! its 11:30 on my watch.. just in time for lunch.. so i dropped them off at their place.. and then i went home.. had my lunch, rested for a while, got my pictures and by 1:30 im on the road again..

i went to city hall to run an errand for my mom. since tita alice is not yet around i went to centrum and had my pictures scanned. then i decided to stay for a while.. i rented a computer for an hour. made another CV with my scanned picture on it already. :) then waited until i consumed my 1hour rent.. back to city hall.. still no sign of tita alice.. so i sent sir roldan a text message asking him where i could give him my CV. and he replied that he is just somewhere near city hall. he's at phil farmers bank. i dont know where that is at that time. i asked for some directions from people outside city hall. and they gave me wrong directions. i end up circling around the block where its supposed to be.. gladly i saw my bishop and asked him if he knows where the bank is located. and so he gave me the right directions.. (an idea hit me, i could use this story to help me explain things bout one of my lessons at church)

so i went there and asked the secretary if she knows who sir roldan is (because i haven't met him yet) and then someone came over me. a chubby kinda guy maybe around mid 30s.. he asked if im kristelle and i said yes. and i just handed him my CV and he told me he'll just forward it to someone.. i dont know i didn't hear him clearly.. so that was it..

when i went out and saw a reflection of myself from the glass door i realized i wasn't dressed accordingly. i was just wearing my khaki pedals, red polo shirt and my trusty flip flops.. and i was like OH NO! i did not just walked right in there and gave my future boss my resume wearing and looking like this! NO!!! not happening!! so as i walk back to city hall i cursed myself for being so damn PLAIN and unprepared.. but the thing is i wasn't really expecting that i'd be giving him my resume at that time. i was supposed to go home and change and then i'd call him and ask where i could meet him. but he texted me and told me to meet him at that bank!!! arrrgghh!!! oh well it has been done.. like what i said in my other old entries i should not cry over spilled milk. it already happened.. gotta live with it..

i got back to tita alice's office and waited for her AGAIN.. finally around 4:15 she arrived and gave me what i need.. money.. hehe..

i went back home feeling exhausted and smelling like crap.. but it was a productive day. i got to do lots of things besides internet, television, food..

as i previewed this entry i realized how long it was.. haha.. i didnt know.. ok.. this is it for now.. gotta watch bruce almighty coz i forgot the ending..

somewhere there's somebody waiting

somewhere there's somebody waiting
for someone exactly like you
they are hoping and praying
anticipating a love that last's eternally

and somewhere there's someone who's trying
to do what the Savior would do
they are searching and reading
and humbly they're pleading
that you will remain pure and true

so today you should start preparing yourself
to be married in the house of the Lord
and seek to be worthy in all that you do
and follow His holy word
though the world sometimes
seems so hard to bear
and the temple seems so far away
i know you'll be worthy to enter its doors
for you should prepare to go there today

somewhere there's somebody waiting
for someone exactly like you
they know you'll be faced with temptations and trials
but hope somehow you'll make it through
and somewhere there's someone who's dreaming
of how wonderful that day will be ^_^