Ormoc City

I am an Ormocanon since birth. I nurture, learned and mold from this city. Maybe some of you here never heard the place before; let me show you how beautifully my city is.

The City of Ormoc is a 1st class city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. The city's name is derived from ogmok, an old Visayan term for lowland or depressed plain. It is the first non-provincial city of the Philippines. Ormoc is the economic, cultural, commercial and transportation hub of Western Leyte.

Summer 2011

I remember when I was a child/student; summertime fun in the sun began with the ringing of the last bell of the day. It signified that it was time to throw away old home work assignments and to forget about anything to do with school-for three months at least. Summer time is a time of simple pleasures and exciting times of the year. Three months of sleeping at late night, long lazy afternoon TV marathon, hanging out, just being kids and not having to worry about homework had been lingering in the mind since classes began in June.

When summer vacation finally rolls around, I can never make up my mind-on what to do first. Shall it playing around with friends or swimming at the pool or beach? One thing was for certain though, the family vacation. For some it was a dreadful thing but not for my close knit family and me. Every year, my family members gathered together and spent time at the beach while enjoying the heat of the sun, delicious foods, breeze of air and the splash of water.

Pinoy Big Brother 4 (Ormoc Screening)

Pinoy Big Brother, the phenomenal reality TV show in the Philippines is again looking for a new batch of qualified housemates who will be his boarders for Season 4 this year, 2011. Many hopefuls have a chance to be part and live in Big Brother House as they added more audition venues in cities and provinces nationwide; much wider and bigger than the previous season. People may screened on the following audition venues like Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Camarines Sur, Davao, Laguna, Bacolod, Ormoc, Cebu, Bukidnon and Zamboanga.

May 28, 2011, the day where the screening is held at Gaisano Riverside Mall in Ormoc City. This has been the first ever reality TV show audition held in the place. Not only Ormocanons but fellow Leyteños are excited and joined the screening.

College Life

Since high school, I have been waiting to enter college. I always wanted to be a college student; a serious student who would decide what to be in his life. My first day on ACLC College was on second week of June 2007. It was a day full of new experiences.

The first day of anything new is always nerve racking especially the first day of class. Most freshmen are right out of high school and are embarking on a new journey. I got into a new educational building, was exposed to a different style of learning, and met new people. I notice students reacquainting themselves with peers they saw semesters before. I see others finding old friends thankful for someone to talk to so to not look stupid standing alone. I see adults who decided to return to school after many years out of high school hoping to obtain their degree. My first day signified the beginning of my career goals. As soon as I entered the college campus the high school atmosphere was over and a serious period of my life began.

Leo who?

Sometimes it is hard to introduce yourself because you know yourself so well that you do not know where to start with. Let me give a try to see what kind of image you have about me through my self-description. I hope that my impression about myself and your impression about me are not so different. Here it goes.

To those who don’t know me, I am Leo Atregenio, 21 years old, awesome since 1989 and I'm from the third planet from the sun. My friends call me as Lei, Yong or Churva lol. I’m a son, good friend, Internet addict, non-stop eating machine and blogger in the making. A graduate of Software Development and currently employed in a direct selling group; a particular job I continue to love and cherish up to this day. I was born on 13th of December, I’m a proud provincial-city boy of Ormoc, Leyte. I’m the youngest; I have two sisters and one brother. On a solo-flight, but in a relationship with food.

I am typically impulsive, goofy and bipolar person. I'm a frustrated photographer, so every time I took a photo which is nice in my eyes I blog it as soon as I get on my playground with my buddy, the computer. I am no good in Math, I'm a tardy person and doesn't like to do any household chores. And also, I'm a professional bathroom singer so deal with it!

I am a work in progress. But at least I think it is progressing! I am contradictions. Simple and complex. Shy and outgoing. Serious and silly. Upbeat and cranky. In short, I am a human.

I love documenting about my life. This blog’s sole purpose is to serve as a time capsule of the digital age; something which I can look back on in the years to come. I'm pretty much an open book, if there’s anything you want to know or any concerns, contact through leoatregenio@aol.com.