I rode the road

It's dusk. Lampposts are turned on. The air is filled with tiny insects. They annoy me as I pass by them. I'm speeding up to avoid the little critters. Damn, I hate the feeling of bugs crawling on me. "But who cares?" I told myself for a moment. "I'm riding my bike and no one's going to stop me!"

I can feel the cool breeze touch my face. It becomes cooler as I go faster. The wheels keep turning even though I stopped pedaling for a while now. That's how fast I was going.

Summer Bike Training

My butt hurts. My legs have a lot of scratches. My hands feel worse each day. It's evident that I've been learning how to ride a bicycle.

Ever since I came home from Manila, I have been asking my parents to buy me a bicycle. I wanted to learn, before I was too old to do so. And because I was (slightly) intimidated by the people who were riding around the university campus. Know-how on riding a bike can be an advantage for me if ever I get one in Manila. I wouldn't have to ride a jeepney regularly, and I'll be having a pretty stout wallet.

New bike + McDo commercial

Although I had my first bike when I was seven years old, I did not learn. And I was stuck dreaming about riding on the streets and tasting the cool breeze on my face.

Who says I can't ride a bike to save my life? Oh yeah, that was me. But anyway, I am now capable to ride a bicycle. It's high time I made my summer productive, no?

Kudos to Mia

Summer is the time to enjoy the sun. It is when many families go on vacation trips around the Philippines and even abroad. Children play with neighbors and friends and make the streets their playground. Youth my age would go out with peers to the malls, restaurants and just around the town. Of course the computer gaming stations will not be left unmentioned. Yes, enjoy your freedom, guys. It's vacation time as it should be.

Normally, my summer is spent in front of the computer updating with friends, writing random blogs, posting pictures in Facebook, blah blah blah. Other times I surf the idiot box for a good watch. They are all for killing time. Yes, I really have to get a life. But wouldn't it be great if you've done something productive this summer? Like, I don't know, create an article and win a writing contest held by a newspaper that's being published nation-wide?

Someone I know sent her article to the Philippine Star and it got published today. I just want to shout out a big congratulations to Mia Judicpa for a great job! It proves that us Philippine Science High School students do not only have the scientific intellect that we are being praised for, but also the capability to write our hearts out and be heard. Again Mia, congratulations and I hope to read more of your works in the printed publications. ;-)

Here's a link to Mia Judicpa's article - Caught in the Rye

Epic Reply

Speaking of childhood, there is this nagging memory that wants to be published. As a child, I would be so disobedient that my father would be so full of me . One time, he pulled me aside to scold me.

Tatay: (angry voice) Nadya, akala ko ba naman smart ka? Gamitin mo naman utak mo. [Nadya, I thought you were smart? Try using your head, why don't you?.] Be smart!

Me: (talking in between sobs) Bakit, 'Tay? Hindi kasi ako Smart kasi Globe ako, diba? [Why, 'Tay? I'm not Smart because I'm Globe, right?]

I was talking about the cellular phone network providers available back then. My father was dumbstruck. I was serious in answering him, but I think my father just could not scold me seriously after what I said. And honestly, I did not intend to kid around especially when my father gets angry at me.

Never have I done a stunt like this again. And never shall I wish for it. But hey, I got to be a stand up comedienne as a child and I'm proud of it. Sort of.

Science of Growing Up

My mom arrived home with a "book". She went to my brother's school (also my old elementary school) to have him enrolled and came home with one of my old projects.

"Nakita raw habang naglilinis. Buti na lang pumunta ako doon kanina (It was found while they were cleaning up. It's a good thing that I went there,)," my mom told me.

The book was sort of a Science project when I was in sixth grade, if I'm not mistaken. It's full of pictures that was not taken by a digital camera. Yes, it was the old point-and-shoot film camera that caught my childhood in action. There were also captions which I think my sister helped me wrote. And because I'm really happy to have it back, I will share a few pages of my homemade book.

i loved dancing ever since

More pictures are available here!

Follow through

Three nights back home is still similar when we were in Makati. I guess my brother still likes the idea of freezing in his sleep, thanks to the air conditioner.

This summer has been pretty warm, or rather, very hot in the National Capital Region, and in most parts of Luzon for that matter. I have been sweating at daytime the whole duration of our stay, and so was the rest of my family. To cool down, I am always near the electric fan. Sometimes, I follow the fan's head as it rotates just to stop sweating. But nighttime is different.

My Sister's Netbook

My family has been subscribed to postpaid plans of Smart Telecommunications since my sister was in high school. Except for me. I'm subscribed to Sun Cellular, baby!

Anyway, I have seen many kinds of cellular phones because of their subscription. From the big and bulky Stone Age mobile phones, to the sleek and chic slide, touch screen and even camera phones of the future. And apparently, it does not stop there! We go to tablet phones and even netbooks waiting to be owned.

Samsung N150. (c) cnet.com.au

Yes, my sister is still subscribed to Smart and she got a netbook upon renewing her contract. She's in Manila so I have the privilege to set up her netbook before the seven-day warranty ends. It's the Samsung N150 with Windows 7 for OS. Plus it is bundled with a cute little Samsung phone. Unfortunately for my sister, the only available unit is black, instead of the other cute colors such as pink, yellow and blue.

My father, half-kidding, told me that they should not have bought me a new laptop and instead just waited for their contract renewal. Frankly, I'm happily contented with my little Acer Aspire One netbook. I'm a proud owner of an Acer notebooks that was featured in a newspaper.

Pinoy Henyo and Geography

My family always grab a chance to watch Pinoy Henyo at a noontime show, especially my father. The game really makes you use every neuron inside your head just  to come up with simple words as "book", "fork" or "laptop". Being fans of the game, my father and I would sometimes try our own mental capabilities if we can guess what the other wrote on the forehead.

One time, we watched Pinoy Henyo and one of the game words was "Negros Oriental". I have an idea about it since I spent 16 years of my life in Aklan, in Visayas. I could have enumerated all the Visayan provinces there is, if I were the contestant. But I wasn't. Unfortunately, the contestant just kept shouting "Aklan?" and "Marinduque?" and "Boracay?" and her partner was already panicky and kept answering "NO!"

Kid's party

After posting Parties on May 1, I was able to get the pictures of the parties from my aunt's cam. And now, after agonizing without Internet connection, I post a few pictures of the celebrations on the first of May. Enjoy!

My brother Jommel with his meal with lots of sweets!

A Parable the Priest told one Sunday

We went to mass today. I liked the story that the priest shared during his homily that I really want to share it. I'm not going to write exactly what he said because I do not have the skills to do that. What I'm going to do is to translate his Tagalog story into English and I promise to make it as precise as possible. It goes like this:

There is a rich business man walking on the seashore. After a while, he saw a fisherman lying under some trees. The rich man was shocked to see such lazy man. He called out, "My good man! Why are you lying around like that?"

"I am resting," the fisherman answered.

Summer Sun experience

I missed the Internet! It has been exactly 12 days since I last surfed. And that was when I speedily wrote a late introduction of myself.

I am not at home so I did not get to use our Unlimited Broadband Internet connection for almost two weeks. Fortunately, I have a cousin here who has a Sun Broadband dongle, thank goodness! After using it for a while, I have noticed a few good points about Sun.

(forgotten) Intro of Me

Though I suck in introducing my self, I feel that it is proper for readers to have a little knowledge about me. Here goes.

The name is Nadya Patricia Sauza, Naj for short. I graduated with high honors in high school last March, so unfortunately I am expected to reach higher in college. Dammit, excellence and over-achieving genes.

I love photography, dancing, reading and food, amongst all.

Parties on May 1

Today is May 1. Many people just celebrated their birthday today. I was both lucky and unlucky to be invited to two kid's birthday parties. I was lucky because I got to have free meals twice, enjoy the company of kids as young as two years old and bring home lots of food! On the other hand, I was unlucky, and so I exaggerate, because I was not able to work on my yearbook assignment and I got so tired it really felt like a long day!

Anyway, let me talk about the parties.