My Handsome Girlfriend's Wedding.

During high school (kind of like a decade ago), we had this one girl in our circle, who hated makeup, wore army green like it was a religion, lived in baggy jeans, and staunchly believed in all things high-cut Converse All Stars. In spite of this, she had a very pretty face, and lot of guys were still smitten regardless of her tomboyish mannerisms and sense of style.

I remember the day (while she was probably strumming a Lifehouse melody on her guitar), when this really "handsome" girl animatedly retorted out of nowhere,

"One day, when you're all married with kids. I'll be alone at my lake house. I'll always be in that lake, on my canoe, canoeing."

Rainbow Town.

These two little munchkins are some of my favorite little girls on earth and they're turning 10 and 7 this month! As a birthday gift from a gajillion billion zillion miles away (as Jenny would say it) here are some snaps I took of them when I was home last May. They make a duo of the cutest little models ever.

Happy birthday Marielle and Jenny! Ate Angela loves and misses you two very much.

Third Wheel.

   

It's my summer break from school in the Philippines, thus I have "nothing" to do. My family is always out with their normal business while I'm left to do as I please -- at home.

Burger Moe's.

So, I wasn't out much around Minnesota when we moved here a few years back, and I was mostly obsessed with my job back then that I didn't get to spend much time for good eats and good chill out places. Not until I was shipped back to the Philippines for school did I realize how badly I actually missed out.

Having spent my childhood among the cultures of Manila and Bacolod in the Philippines, it would be expected that I've learned to appreciate good food and good places. (I'll post about the Philippines soon.)

What better way to burn away time than to appreciate the good old Twin Cities area.

For starters, my brother brought me to Burger Moe's over at 7th Street W, Saint Paul. I wasn't exactly too keen on having constant bouts of full-belly situations, but I then thought why not.

Denny's Burger and Fries

Forward and backward.

It's the month of April.

I'm supposed to be seeing cute little leaf buds on trees, and pretty bouquets of blossoms. Well, I'm not.

Hello, my name is Ella, short for Angela. I am a medical student, and I live in the still very frozen state of Minnesota. As far as medical school goes, I do not go to school in this state nor in this great country. I go to school in the fun country of the Philippines. Sophomore year just ended, (yes it is upside down and weird like that), and my mother flew me back here to spend the vacation break with my family.