FIRST OF ALL, I would like to apologize to my readers for not being able to post entries regularly, and also for not visiting the sites of blog friends, who, despite my not being very visible in the blogosphere lately, still take time to drop by. To you all, thank you for visiting. I hope to also visit your sites very soon.
Well, with the school year already wrapped up, I am proud to announce that my second son, Aypee, is finally graduating from college. I say “finally graduating” because he shifted courses and so the delay. He is joining the graduation march on May 2 and already, he is very excited, though my husband insists I am the one who is more excited. 
My husband and I are so grateful to God that despite our financial hardships in life, we’re able to provide education to our children. We keep telling our kids the only thing we can hand to them as inheritance is education. Therefore they should make the best out of the “privilege of the right to education” that we are able to bestow unto them. Not all young people are given the opportunity to attain college education. Even the United States, a developed country and a superpower at that, has many out of school youths, drop outs and those who simply cannot afford their high cost of college education.
So on May 2, we will accompany our dearest second son receive his diploma as a Nursing graduate from the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City. I am elated, yes, I admit. I have this Cloud Nine sensation right now, which I first felt when our first born, Marco, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Political Science at UP Baguio. That was in 2004, and I relish the high up to now.
Sorry folks, I’m just a proud, happy mom. I hope you don’t mind this shameless self promotion. I just want to share with you my joy as a mother.
You may want to see the official graduation photos of my kids:
Aypee, B.S. Nursing, Lyceum Northwestern University, Dagupan City, May 2, 2008.
Marco, B.A. Psychology/Political Science, UP Baguio, April 23, 2004. He is currently working as a web designer for a widely patronized global social network.
And of course, my baby, Gem on her high school graduation last year from Pangasinan Universal Institute in Dagupan City (formerly Universal Chinese School). Gem is an incoming Sophomore student in International Hospitality Management at Enderun Colleges on Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila with a new campus at McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio.
God is truly good!
Thank you, dear readers… for your indulgence.
yay! congratulations to aypee! i totally understand why you’re so elated about it. i was telling marco the other day that you must be so proud. and to think,, gem will do the march in two years time. ^_^
also, when i first saw the pic of marco, i didn’t recognize him. -.- he looks like oyo boy sotto doesn’t he? he’s working out at a gym like crazy now wanting to look like THAT again. i mean, he’s cute looking like that, but i like him the way he looks like right now. THIN MARCO= OH NOES! do you know he has masels now?
if, no, WHEN he does lose all the weight, it will definitely be in spite of me. but of course i try to be supportive.
Seriously, Liz, I can’t imagine how Marco will look like when he starts having the muscles.. hahaha. He was “payat” as a kid. He started gaining weight only in his later years in college. But the gym work out might do him good because he is an indoor person, and I worry sometimes he is not breathing enough air. Plus, from sunrise to sundown, he is gawking at his laptop. Hay, naku.
CONGRATULATIONS!! I’m sure a huge load has been lifted off your shoulders now that your son has hurdled one of life’s greatest obstacles. Eh ako nga naka-graduate lang ng preschool ang mga anak ko naiiyak na ako..ikaw pa
Again, congratulations to Aypee…and of course, to you and your hubby
Thank you, Cookie! I think I was even more excited and teary eyed when my kids graduated from pre-school, first time kasi, di ba?
Congratulations to you too on your daughter’s grad from pre-school!
TO JULIE (Teacher Julie):
This is embarrassing, Julie. I accidentally deleted your comment.
Anyway, thank you for your encouragement, and for letting me know it’s okay to blog about our children’s achievements, not so much as to praise or exalt ourselves, but perhaps - to serve as inspiration to others, di ba?
Congrats too for you kid’s passing the test and not having to undergo Grade 7 anymore. Whew! Isang taon din yun, ha.
Congratulations!
Aaaan what the hell, Marco’s… thin in that pic. O_o
Nasa region 1 ka ba nakatira?
PS Im sure nagrereview na rin yang BS Nursing mong anak. Hay sobrang kakapagod.
Wow! Congratulations!
You can be proud of your children !
Hi, Ade! Yes, Marco was thin when he was younger. Well, metabolism slows down with age. Thanks for dropping by.
Hi, Mon! Graduate ka na rin, di ba? Congratulations! Don’t be too serious with your review. I’m sure you’ll pass the board! Good luck!
Thank you, Sidney!
congratulations to both of you and your son Ate Rhodora and of course sa dalawa mo pang anak…nainggit tuloy ako..sana kahit late na mabigyan ko pa rin ng ganyang kasiyahan ang nanay ko lol!! medyo matanda na ko pero schooling pa rin nasa isip…lekat ako at di pa nagtapos lol!
Salamat, Melai!
Naku, age doesn’t matter in education, kaya huwag ka magalala. Kaya pa yan. Saka, walang katapusan ang pag-aaral, di ba? Habambuhay ang prosesong ito. Ako nga din, hanggang ngayon, schooling pa rin - pero awa ng Diyos, isang subject na lang next sem, tapos na rin ako! Yey!
don’t worry–moms should always have their proud moments! congratulations, Marco and family! these are emo moments, aren’t they? even if i have graduations or call of honors regularly, the feeling is still the same, it’s like it’s always the first time, lol.
hope all is well, dear, just dropping by to say hello, i have ben out of circulation lately.
Hi, Dine! Yes, these are emo moments. hehehe.
Thanks for dropping by! Regards to your family as well.
Marvelous achievements by your children
I bet you and your hubby are so proud of them. You both have been rewarded. Congratulations 
Congratulations! I could feel your happiness, as a parent.
Congratulations to Aypee!
I do understand why you are so elated and I believe that my mom will share the same happiness when I graduate in June this year too.
(:
Thank you, BW! Indeed, every parent should be proud of their children’s achievement, I’m sure you agree.
Kathy! Been a long time!
Thank you… I’m sure you do feel the same whenever Aya achieves something, di ba?
Kyels! You’ll be graduating too this June? Wow! Congratulations!
Congratulations to your kids especially to Kuya Aypee!
My photo is also included in his yearbook haha :p
Congrats to Aypee. What a valiant looking young man he is. The future is for him to conquer.
Hi Rhodora, congrats to your son and of course to you. Cheers! Btw, your son is quite a looker huh…
Obvious bang proud na proud ang mom? Hehe
Congrats, Rhoda.
Well done to Aypee and congratulations
btw, Gem is so pretty
hi there. just stumbled upon your blog and your comment somewhere.. just wanted to assure you that you are not alone. i’m just a new blogger, yes, but i am from dagupan, too. heheheh.. kabaleyan!
Wow congrats rhodora. Ako nga rin, kahit magkayod marino basta lang maigapang ang mga anak sa pag-aaral.
You have very beautiful children. May pagmamanahan naman yata.
congratulations mrs p! they grow up so fast no? one more left…
congratulations to the mother and the father! it is every parent’s joy to see their children march during graduation. it is an accomplishment both of the parents and of the child.
you have gwapo and gwapa kids!
rhodora, though i know it is kind’a late, i wish to congratulate you and your husband for a job well done! i would be on cloud nine, too, if he were my son.
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Hi rhoda,
it’s kinda late too… but congrats anyway to Aypee. i’m sure you’re very proud of him. uy! Marco is PeUps Baguio pala ha! good memories in Baguio of course. best regards.
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Congratulations to the proud parents and of course to the graduate too !!
I´ve been a late comer too,tapos na graduation but better late than never di ba?
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Congrats to Jaypee and to the mom and dad who raised him. I also experienced a child’s graduation recently … sarap ng feeling ano? Malapit na din si Gem? In two years, right? Aaah that means lapit ka na din grumaduate.
Congrats to the proud mama. I was asking Marco during their concert where you were and he told me you were at the graduation. It must be a thrilling experience after seeing him shift many times. Congrats.