congratulations cheska!!!

Congratulations Ms. Margarita Francheska Enriquez, RN!!!

my dearest cheska just passed the nursing board exam.. and i can't even express in words how happy i am.. it was just like yesterday that she told me she'll be taking nursing as her course in college.. i remember how i used to discourage her beccause i was already studying in UPD then and that would mean we can't be in the same university..

but believe me, i've seen everthing in her way to this day.. from all the hard exams in chinese gen, when she was forced to transfer to fatima, to her eyebags from the straight hospital duties, to the also sleep nights in all the prelims, midterms and finals, to the study sessions in starbucks, to making her thesis paper, to completing the cases that PRC required, to the quali exam in fatima, to her graduation, to filing the application in PRC, to reviewing for the boards and finally taking the most important exam in her life.. id like to believe i was beside her in every step of the way.. and oh i am so proud of what she had become throughout the years..

this is another dream come true.. thank you Lord =) =) =)

to the best kuya in the whole wide world

he can be so masungit at times.. so moody and maarte.. but he gives everything he can to make the people around him happy.. there's no one in this world that can make me feel secured like the way i feel when im with him.. he's the perfect gentleman that any girl would admire.. being her sister makes me the luckiest girl in the world.. of course, the girls in his life can come and go, but only my mom and i can stay for good.. i wouldn't trade him for anything.. and i'm just so thankful that i've got the best kuya in the whole wide world..

i will miss you..

i love you so much!..

and i said YES...

today, i made another big decision.. i decided to start another chapter in my book of life..

secretly, i have been wanting for him to ask me "the question" today.. but last night, we had a fight and i thought the idea of him asking me today was near impossible..

the day started quite heavy because he didn't even text me good morning.. oh well, thanks to the fight last night.. but i forced myself to be perky and happy today since this is the last day kuya we'll be with us.. kuya and i went to our apartment in manila, he will get some of his stuff there and he'll be teaching me the way around the apartment (what jeeps to ride and their routes).. i started to feel happy because kuya and i had a breakfast date in mcdo..

then one of my bestfriends, malen, texted me that she will need to meet me today to get my UP ID for my clearance.. i refused to meet her at first but then i changed my mind and the next thing i know, im on my way to trinoma..

i opened CBTL's door and saw him there.. i actually don't know what to react.. i just smiled and sat beside him.. from this moment, i knew malen meeting me was only a setup for him to be able to see me.. he gave me a gift wrapped in my favorite colors.. i opened it and saw a scrapbook filled with pictures of us and all the poems he wrote for me.. i was so touched, this is the first time ever someone exerted such an effort for me.. and in just one snap of a finger, i forgot what we were fighting about.. hehe..

we had lunch at chokiss in UP.. after having lunch, i asked him where would we go next, he just drove.. i thought we'll go to the swing again or visit the church but then he made a turn into the quezon hall.. i was happy to see the grounds there because i wasn't able to attend the university grad and yes, this is my first time there.. we walked around talking about anything under the sun.. it was so peaceful.. then he stopped, held both my hands, looked me in the eyes and said:

ms. melissa aileen narceda valentino, will you be my girlfriend?

....my heart stopped for a while.. i wanted to say yes right away but it won't come out.. i just had a big smile on my face..

..and finally i said YES!

..he hug me tight and i know this will be a start of a wonderful life together.. =)