Pre-Christmas delights DAY 2

It was a long long day for me that I had just learned that I was walking almost the entire day. I woke up early in the morning to go to the mall to shop for pahabol gifts for my pamangkins and cousins. Nobody was available to accompany me so I had no choice but to go alone. So I ended up carrying lots of heavy shopping bags. A friend of mine texted me and offered his help as he was willing to go there to help me carry the bags. But it failed because he told that he would not make it on time. Well at least he tried to offer some help! :P Good thing I met my Devcomm friend, who also needed to buy a gift for her monita. So she offered me help and finally we came across a baggage counter and we temporarily deposited the stuffs there. After long hours of walking, we headed to school to attend the Peace Camp.

PEACE CAMP
Finally, we're down to the culminating activity of my school every Christmas. Peace Camp is an annual institutional activity where students and administrators from the basic to college unit are gathered together to celebrate Christmas. It comes with a short program, followed by the Panunuluyan, and ends with the Holy Mass. Of course, aside from the program proper, each section/block/batch has different "mini programs" during the peace camp. And one of those activities is the famous exchange gift, the so-called monito-monita :) I'm so glad that my block was able to pursue the monito-monita, though few of us were "no show".

the incomplete DevComm batch and their gifts (c) Kaye Quizon

Other than the monito-monita activity, of course the Little Santa came into play as she gave the little presents to her special friends and classmates.

Mary and Pya's exchange gift ceremony. The eyeshadow
I was wearing was Mary's gift,
while mine was a shirt, the one she was
holding in the picture. (c) Mary Tayag

After the Peace Camp, some of us headed to Central Bar, and had some few bottles of alcohol. Surprisingly, most of the people that time were also my schoolmates, who also came from the Peace Camp.

(c) Kaye Quizon

Killjoys to the left! Yes we drank. Don't worry, these girls know when to stop! :)

That was finally my last Pre- Christmas celebration as a student. It may be tiring and too costly but the priceless happiness was worth the cost and pain. I love my friends and I love Christmas!