Saturday, December 31, 2016

DS with INTARMED 2023 Classmates & Friends - Dec. 2016

Fifth month in pictures of DS and his INTARMED 2023 
classmates in the UP College of Medicine ---
Thank you for blessing our son with 
kind blockmates, good professors,
and generous opportunities, dear Lord. :)
{Photos courtesy of DS's iMED 2023 classmates and
Upperclassmen friends from the College of Medicine}


UP MedChoir at Unang Hirit & DZBB, Dec. 6, 2016








Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Our 20th Wedding Anniversary

Thanking God for 20 years, 
2 beautiful children, and 
1 big happy family like this... :)






Monday, December 26, 2016

In-Laws' 60th Wedding Anniversary at UP Bahay ng Alumni

60th Diamond Wedding Anniversary of my in-laws... :)






Saturday, December 24, 2016

Christmas Eve Mass at Church of the Gesu

A BLESSED CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! :) <3





Friday, December 23, 2016

In-Laws' 60th Anniversary Party at Home

My in-laws' 60th Wedding Anniversary big celebration will be 
at the UP Ang Bahay ng Alumni on Dec. 26, 2016... :)





Wednesday, December 21, 2016

With Barbra and Toni at Marco Polo Hotel

Annual Christmas bonding and reunion 
with my dearest high school bffs --






Thursday, December 15, 2016

DS with his Star Wars Rogue One Friends

The Force is with them.




Wednesday, December 14, 2016

DS and AHS 12O's Christmas Party Reunion

High school friendships last forever... <3 :)






Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Sad Day

The smiles to cover the tears...  :(


I JUST NEED TO POUR OUT THE FEELS FOR WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, 12/13/16 --- wherein two of my credit cards were used up for a total of 14K in The Face Shop by the evil group of pickpockets who (for sure) rounded up on me, their innocent, oblivious victim, and stole my long, red wallet from my bag while I was doing my last minute Christmas shopping in crowded National Bookstore in Robinsons Place Mall in Manila.

I instantly learned it was missing and stolen upon check-out from the bookstore, and when instantly at that exact same moment, a text message came from my bank that "I" purchased 14k worth of items from The Face Shop, 2nd floor of Robinsons Place Mall... We were able to block my cards soon, but a large amount was already used up by the crooks to buy items.

We were not able to defend and fight for "justice" to prevail as Robinsons Place Mall itself, and both National Bookstore and The Face Shop didn't have enough CCTVs to monitor certain areas there. I guess there are more blind spots than monitored spots in this mall.

Another thing, apparently National Bookstore's CCTV operator went home already, and no one knew how to view the outlet's activity last night. The mall's security guards came late too to respond, especially when they had to usher/escort us to their office for a statement, and elevators were too darn slow too, and just about everything and everyone else "cooperated" for the criminals to escape smoothly and without notice.

The sales girls and cashier of The Face Shop, however, told us that they would be able to recognize the faces of the pickpockets if they saw them on CCTV. Sadly, no CCTV is available for checking last night. We were asked to return today so we can go to National again (And surely, to tell our story once more. Sa tutoo lang, nakakainis na paulit-uilt ka magkukuwento sa lahat ng personnel na makaharap mo).

Hassle talaga and very distressing. What is also wrong here, is that The Face Shop allowed someone to purchase 14k worth of items from them without checking whether my credit card's specimen signature at the back matched that of my pickpocket's. Only my name, "Anne", was signed, and not my signature. So now we are talking to our banks, requesting to void the sale, and not let us pay.

So what to do when all things don't work according to how they are supposed to be? 
We just prayed that God would "take care" of them. :(

I feel very sad mostly for the other cards inside my wallet: SSS. TIN, other government cards, school ID, a few family pictures, driver's license, library card, gasoline cards, discount cards, ATMs, etc... other cards of equal importance...

I'd be needing the help though, of my lawyer friends, to help us make a strong letter addressed to my banks, to reverse the sale because my signature was not properly verified by the merchant, and another letter to The Face Shop, for allowing the sale to go through without verifying my signature. 

Any help would be much appreciated.



Monday, December 12, 2016

DD at Class Christmas Party

Our DD with Mrs. Rhubby Dupet - PAL Coordinator, 
some classmates, and friends... :)





Saturday, December 10, 2016

DS at UP Medicine Choir Christmas Party


DS enjoyed the party and had lots of fun with his MedChoir friends 
Especially that he received what he likes as exchange gift!  :)








Friday, December 9, 2016

Delish Dinner

Delicious dinner at Italianni's after fetching DS from UPM's Lantern Parade :)






Wednesday, December 7, 2016

DS at INTARMED 2023's Luau Christmas Party

Luau Christmas party of DS and his INTARMED 2023 
classmates at #50 Sanso St., Corinthian Gardens ---





Tuesday, December 6, 2016

DS with UP MedChoir at Unang Hirit & DZBB

Watched DS early this morning with the UP Medicine Choir LIVE on GMA 7's "Unang Hirit", ch. 12 on Sky Cable. They sang Christmas carols in the main lobby of the studio from 5-8 this morning. (Intermittent) :) 

The choir also went straight to DZBB 594 AM Super Radyo afterwards to sing more carols 
(Two full carols & short intv.) :), 
then back to the main studio again until the show ended. 
Congratulations for a great performance, future doctors! <3

**Photo/s courtesy of UP MedChoir and Unang Hirit Facebook pages**








Thursday, December 1, 2016

DD with Friends

While doing English :)