Mabuhay! I am Micaela a.k.a. micamyx/toshtengs in the world-wide-web. I am a fresh Information Technology graduate born and raised in Dagupan City. I am a certified member of the NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth) club and I'm proud of it! I'm a TRUE TAURUS. Daughter of a former disc jockey and Chief Nurse, a caring sister to a 13-year old special child . I Love Performing and Philippine Showbiz! I may be intimidating at first, but later on I'll prove to you that FIRST IMPRESSIONS NEVER LAST. I can be the best gURLFwend you'll ever have!
For the first time in my twenty (well, almost!) years of existence, I finally got the chance to attend the Hidalgo Reunion last March 4, 2007 with my Grannies. I did prepare for this event since it was my first time.
Tita Felicia gave me a warning that there's a LOT of food in the party (I Love Eating even if it ain't obvious in my pics lol) and I was excited to eat a LOT :p
We arrived at 4PM with Lolo Peping's favorite CHILI CON CARNE and brought his own Lambanog for the family members to drink.
Got the chance to bond with my cousin Ysa for a while in the basketball court when we noticed the heart in our name tags. How come the rest has no stickers in their nametags? We wondered why.
Lolo Peping With His Cousin
My Lolo introduced me to the Guanios for my OJT (hopefully!). Can't believe I actually have relatives who are into the IT Business. I got a chance to meet the rest and I had another "starstruck" moment when I saw Cholo Laurel who is my Tito pala. I never thought that he directed the Claudine Baretto starrer "Nasaan ka Man". I also dream to be a director/scriptwriter someday. Unluckily, I wasn't able to even say Hi to him 
By 5pm, everyone was outside getting their own food: Appetizers, Desserts, Beverages, Meat, Pork, Fish, Veggies, Pastries and more! I was confused on which food to get so i ended up eating less than what i expected :p
The Different Houses shared their own videos and for sure most of the members of the clan were reminiscing the old times where they use dto play around and care less about life.. now that they've grown as matured individuals, it's more work and less play. (Too bad we have no video in the House of Nieves huhu).
Now the answer to my question is here! The Hearts indicates that we will be playing for the Hidalgo Trivia Challenge! The two youngsters (that's me and ysa) went infront and we belonged to different teams. I was laughing out loud coz we got a low score (Team Eulalia won.. what's our team name again? haha). Loosing the game is not a bad thing though coz I received a notebook for the effort :p
The Formal Program began by 6pm where they presented the Hijo de Algo Awards to the achievers in the clan. If only I knew how to nominate someone I could have nominated for the most important man in my life.
They also updated the clan about the sales of the Potluck-Hidalgo Family Cookbook (Please get your own copy!). I was joking around with my Lolo Peping when I told him that I'd be contributing a dish soon called "Micaela's Nilagang Itlog" :p
After the presentation of the awards, The Tribute to the Departed Ones by Cholo Laurel was shown I ended up crying. The video was full of emotions and is really moving.
I was not ready to see this colored picture to be shown with the other black-n-white photos in the "Departed Ones".
Oh yes Joseph Rodriguez I cried twice because of you this weekend!
Seeing his picture in the video made me cry. I realized that this picture reminds me of eternity (maybe it's because of the background.. i dunno). Tito George's Graduation Photo (where i think he gave his best smile ever) made me reminisce the times when we were chatting through YM.. That was way back in 1999-2001.
I think they missed some photos.. I'm sure they're not really forgotten
When the lights were On, I can see the older ones crying in their hankies.
The Reunion is a memorable one for me. I am looking forward to meeting them again soon! 
