davao collage

Memories in Isla Reta, Davao

ChE Reunion

ChE Batch 2004
Reunion (12-28-2008)

davao tripping

My first trip to Mindanao area was in Davao last December 4, 2008. The planning for this visit was planned as early as September…? I am not sure but it was planned beforehand so we can attend Karol’s wedding.

First Night

First night in Davao was pretty exciting yet I was stricken by the quietness of the city. The streets were wider than the usual streets in Cebu that made it almost empty but not bare. My tummy was grumbling just after we dropped out things in our pension house. We surveyed the area for some fast food chain so we would know where to eat just in case… and we saw TAPS just around the corner. I read about TAPS, tagged as a popular tapsilogan in the area from Smile travel magazine. The food was okay but the service for me is slow. The group decided then to go a place where we could hang out for a while. When all girls go together and considering the possibility that we don’t have any idea where to go… you’d all probably end up going back to your rooms. But lucky us we’re all not girls, we’re all bayots wrapped up in a woman’s physique, haha… So, we were able to finally come up with the place – Matina Town Square. We found a bar there where we played pool, drank beer, ate some pulutan and took some pictures. We did not stay late at the bar coz we had a big island tour day the next morning.

Isla Reta, Samal Island

Float bound to the isla is around 9-10 in the morning. At this time, the waves aren’t so big. The banka was also large enough to give us comfort during the trip. We sat on the boat for almost an hour till we finally docked to Isla Reta. The sand was white as I’ve expected. Karol’s bro already took care of our accommodation. We already had a table under a big tree waiting for us. Pare took out his IPOD and speakers. The place was perfect for relaxation and matching the mood with cool music and fresh buko juice. Ahh! Going back trip to the city was scheduled 3PM.

For dinner, we decided to go to Jack’s Ridge and eat at Taklobo. I was especially looking forward for the seafoods. The food was excellent and so was the bill. Haha… Just outside the restaurant you can see the city night lights of Davao and cemetery lights near the place. We just sat there and hanged out for a while. Talked and laughed a lot mostly. When we finally head back to the city, we decided to stop at People’s park. We got there 30mins before the closing time. So we had a quick tour of the place. From the park, the pension house was just few minutes away and so we walked our way to the pension house. But along the way, we got a little thirsty and hungry so we stopped at some Chinese restau and ordered halo-halo.

Eden Park, Eagle Farm and Crocodile Park

Eden Park is a haven for people who love to go nature tripping w/o feeling exhaustion along the trip. The park has a lunch and snack package that includes a shuttle ride around the area. They serve tuna sandwich/ spaghetti and juice for snacks. There I found colorful peacock, birds, deer and beautiful sceneries like flower gardens, cabin, pond, etc.

The highlight of the trip was the zip line…The idea of zip line is to start at an elevated place and ride your way through a rope attached at the other end of the line. The ride would take about 10-15 seconds. Haha…

Eagle Farm is a sanctuary of the wild eagle family. I like the idea of preserving the birds but putting them into cages eliminates the wild characteristics of this species.

Crocodile farm is not only home to crocs. There are also a number of animals that can be found on this place. The largest and I guess the oldest of the crocs name is Pangil. We arrived on time for a show and Pangil was displaying stints of protecting his territory using his sweeping tail power splashing water all over the place and unto the audience too.

At the end of the day, we were all so hungry because we only had a snack for lunch at Eden. When the van driver dropped us at Joe’s Inato, we were all starving. Good thing though is that the restau was just around the corner from our pension house.


BIG Day

The spare time we had before Karol’s day we spent buying wedding gift and pasalubongs.

The wedding ceremony was short and simple. I didn’t hear mommies crying that day. Instead I noticed the most unusual thing that day – wearing sun glasses in formal barong attire while taking family pictures. Hehe…

Good bye Davao

Finally it was time to bid good bye to one memorable place. I couldn’t think straight that morning due to lack of sleep which only lasted for a mere 3h and due to alcohol intoxication which ran through my system that whole day. I couldn’t file SL that day because I had to finish a report which I need to submit the next day. So, I came for work and was even surprised to also see my drinking buddies Baruk n Pare also showing up. Pare however did not finish his 9.6 while me n Baruk endured the ordeal between work and sleep that day. Whew! Girl power.

sunday

Sunday is my favorite day every time I spend vacation back in my home town. We would usually attend mass in the morning and after I would join my mama go to the wet market to buy food supplies. I especially look forward for our lunch. Night before Sunday I remember always asking my mama what to prepare for the next day and I also make some suggestions for the menu. My papa would prepare the kalan outside and light the oling. We use charcoal to cook grilled fish/pork and specialties like tambo, lanka n mongo, pangat, etc. the list goes on.



Today is a Sunday, December 21, 2008 and we’re eating late breakfast aound 10:30 AM. The fish tindero from the market is my ma’s suki and he gave us one plastic bag of fresh talaba. That’s what we had for breakfast plus a spoonful of ginisang ginamos to match it. People are friendly here and charitable, hehe. We plan to have lunch also at a later schedule around 2PM and we’re having tambo and grilled pork ribs… yum2x!!




Going the church this morning I remember how cool the air was. Now that the sun is high, the windy breeze is still prominent but the air is hot already but still tolerable. At our backyard is a little “goat house” were my papa would keep the goats at night. A week ago the mother goat gave birth to two healthy kids. I called the female white one “White” and male black “Black” hehe… obviously, made the names by their color.




I’m keeping my self busy now just not to be tempted to sleep. I don’t want to sleep obviously because I’m afraid I’d gain a lot this holiday since I missed 2 weeks of playing soccer already. Bad news for today is we’re having a “brown out” schedule. I don’t know until when the lights would go back. I hope the laptop would have enough battery to survive until then.

stiff necking

I’ve never seen a meteor shower before. Last Sunday, Bruki told me there was going to be “meeetyerrr shower” around 12AM-1AM. I was ready for bed already but then curiosity won over my sleepy head. I decided to go watch some stars fall out of the sky. I got out of my bed, wore my jacket and yeah stared at the sky for an hour. The moon was up and so full that night, the air was December cold already. I sat on the bench at the rooftop just few steps out my room. There weren’t so many clouds making my observation unobstructed but then I get jumpy every time I see an airplanes passing by. I get distracted just by looking at those blinking tail lights. My patience and perseverance however awarded me 3 sightings of shooting stars and 1 big green falling star. After exhausting myself from lack of sleep from the previous day, I decided that it was really time for bed. I remembered just now, I forgot to make a 4 wishes. I'll save it for Christmas. hihi... I know the subject sound weird, but have you tried staring up the sky for an hour? ;D

bad head day

I’m having a bad headache today because of my cold, cough and fever and not to mention the many hours I’ve been staring at the computer…leaving my eyes half opened while reading business mails and making reports as usual. I happened to pass by momi and I saw a familiar white stone just beside key computer key board. I don’t know what’s it called but it’s a quick fix for nausea, headaches, colds but the effect doesn’t really last that long. I wanted to buy that white stone at Clark SM when we we’re headed for Baguio but I was discouraged because it’s kinda expensive. Anyway, I decided to take a nap today at around 4:30 PM in the clinic but to my dismay, the sleeping room was already occupied. So that brings me here, writing an overdue bom. I was supposed to write something about my busy weekend trips but due to my hectic schedule and deliverables I wasn’t able to do so. Four days from now I’ll be home. I’ll write about baguio and davao when I’m all set there. Can’t wait to go home and live like a tambay. Haha

chuvanez day

I’m a day late in posting my writing about Chuvanez day (Appreciation day). For the first time in my 3 years in Petc was this activity launched. It has something to do with PAPE Training that we had last time (as what Carlota said earlier on her post http://carlots23.blogspot.com/2008/11/appreciation-day.html). I have not made special tokens for the special people that I work with. As much as I want to make them feel that I appreciate them, a smile could always win first prize! Emails came flooding about chuvanez later that afternoon. After lunch I had few lines already in my mind for a simple poem and so I continued composing again and again until I had about 2 stanzas. I went over and over the lines many times and found that 1 stanza is enough to tell the peeps they are truly valued. I chose “value” and “chuvanez” rather than the latter so as to avoid overusing the word appreciate.

Before I go and play
Before calling it a day
Will take this chance to say
I value you in anyway

weekend spree

Busy busy busy – has been my status for the last 2 weeks already since the SOC elimination plans came in. ew!! Talk about work.. ;p Anyway, I can’t keep my concentration because of the workload, deadline, timing, my pea brain is suffering because of my memory gaps – I tend to confuse Lead from DecaBDE, well just take a look at the report format they look the same... my hands always at mercy with all the concatenate and lookups…The hardest part is actually asking help from other teams so you can come up with the report. I work alone but I need help. Bwahhaha… I am just about 40% done… at least there are developments.

2 days from now, I’ll be enjoying the cool air of Baguio. I have not packed anything for the trip yet. The clothes I’m bringing are still hanged outside my room. I hope rain did not damp them. I’m excited but every time I remember work… the thrill evaporates.

Following the trip to Baguio, I’ll be in Davao next weekend. After that week, I’ll be attending a 2-day, 2-night retreat. After that week, I’m going home sweet home! Hope I’d be able to stretch my budget till Christmas and New Year.

i write the songs...

Lately I’ve been pressing my head with words that would somehow rhyme. Some of it just won’t. I made 3 poems already but I decided not to bom upload it. I was thinking maybe I could put a tune to it. Last week I tried but it just couldn’t find the right tune to it. It would really help if I have a recorder. I keep forgetting the melody I just did few minutes ago then I lost my interest after 3 days of trial to no success. Thanks to Colbie for refreshing my passion in music. She’s one of my favorite artist already not to mention her talent in using the 6-stringed tum2x. Is there any school that could teach me how to write songs? Help!!

Catching the first shift

I woke up 8am and was waiting for some sign to get my lazy me get up then I remember that I had “bahaw” left from my last night’s dinner. I planned to have sunny side up, yakisoba and bahaw for breakfast. Within 15min I already had eaten breakfast and washed dishes. I was running out of time, so I rushed and took a short shower. Now, I had to iron my uniform, put on sun block lotion and all the rituals I usually make. I planned to wear sandals but then I saw my feet still an epitome of a trekker’s feet, so I took my socks and had to look for my black shoe which was somewhere the shoe boxes I hid under the bed. By 8:50 I was already gliding our stairway, taking it slowly so I won’t slip. I did not dare to check the time so as not to discourage my flight. The trike ride was fast but when I waited for a multicab, I felt hopeless. It took about 5min until the cab passed by. I was with a bunch of Lear peeps so I was pretty confident that the route would just lead us straight to Lear. To my dismay, the driver took the right turn, and picked-up a passenger headed for Lexmark, uff. Laoski who thought a girl employed at Saturn, because her shirt reading the company’s name, announced that somebody’s headed for Saturn. Laoski was looking at the girl and in reply, she said “no” she was not going there. But the kinda “deaf” driver heard about it I guess, and not all the details took another right. We were laughing at it already but the driver did not find it funny so the cab went zooming after that, haha… Just before we reached the crossing street, another passenger said “western watts”, and then Laoski and I just smiled at each other coz we were just talking about how he hates it when somebody’s headed for wats. Luckily, the driver went “deaf” again and went straight to where we should be – Lear. I was keeping my fingers crossed until I saw the clock, I timed-in 9:10, and I was 10’ 1” late the first shift. Next shift is in another hour and 20 min. Oh well, I learned a lot just today.

trail-trek planting

The Cebu Outdoor Adventure Team Inc. (COAT, Inc.) spearheaded a trail trek-planting activity last November 9, Sunday at Guadalupe - Kalunasan - Babag route. The activity was supported by DENR, providing the planters with 200 seedlings. There were four different groups that participated on the activity: University of San Carlos Mountaineers, U.M.O.D. Outdoor Club-Inc., Lear Employees and 88th Floor Employees. A week before the said event, we were told to bring about 4 L of water (3L for the seedlings and 1L of trail water), bamboo splints which will serve as tree guard from abominable goats and other green leafy eaters on that side of the trail, and tools like bolo, guna or just anything that can help with the digging and clearing up the area where the tree should be planted.



We were expecting a rainy weather that day but it was quite the opposite. Mother Nature knew that were planting trees so she did not let rain intervene our way. On the contrary, I hate the sun that day but my interest and curiosity beats away that feeling and I thought that I will really enjoy the nature trip.








The activity was started with a little chit chat on the covered court beside Guadalupe church, introductions of the group were made and assignments on the planting zone. The group was divided in to two, the more experienced group gone ahead of us to cover the farther zone and for us newbie and we were assigned to zone 1. That time I had a chance to look on the get-ups of the trekkers, they look all so rugged, men in ponytails, goatees, bags that almost matched the brands of their shirt, shoes… etc. I was only wearing slippers and I thought – I could really get my feet into trouble for not wearing sneakers or climbing shoes (which I do no have). Hahaha…


Along the way we passed by many houses, small roads, trike, PUJ’s until the concentration of domestic structures, utility vehicles were reduced into 3, 2, 1… and finally reaching the earth’s greenery of trees, bushes, wild and random growth of grass, etc. The air was also cooler and I am almost drenched with sweat. We settled our bags to the area which were already marked with holes were we should be planting the seeds. We worked our way in clearing the planting area and added more holes where we can put the little trees. I brought with me a knife with no handle because I did not have “guna”. Everybody was then busy, bending our backs, sprinkling water, etc. When everything was all set we continued walking uphill to meet up with the other group and I was hoping there could be snacks there, hehe… The other group were munching meat rolls already when we reached the spot and drinking tetra pack juice. Just around the meeting place was a wholesale of fresh green mangoes. Mangoes were unpacked from its paper covers, put into basket and when already filled it was loaded into the jeepney. It was a nice view. Group pictures were taken then after few talks from the organizers decided that it was time to head home. The trail going back to Brgy Guadalupe was different from what we took uphill. I can already feel the pressure on my feet. The soles of my slippers were not so thick making every stone a pity to my “lapa-lapa” hehe… But I was not tempted to ride a “habal-habal” because I wanted to experience finishing it without giving up even with my feet’s angst. At the end of the trail I was proud to be able to finish that tiresome walk – I made it.

My feet did not hurt morning after. I was even happier when I put on my tailored slacks – it wasn’t that tight anymore. ;)

missing home

I miss home already and I’m counting 2 months more til I get to see my family. I felt a little sad when I got a glimpse of reese’s picture coloring our walls with her crayons. I miss that old wall with cute random vandals. There are stories behind those writings, it could be her own version of hieroglyphics, a language unknown to man, but can be read, written if you are an incarnate of some calligrapher of the ancient times. Hmph! Hehe… This whole home-sick thing is telling me impossible tales. Believe it or not, no scientific proof can attest to my wild imagination, just a mere hallucination... I just miss home.

Scorpio’s delight

I remember a line Indiana Jones said about scorpions “the bigger, the better”. It means mature scorpions have lesser venom than young ones.

Last October 25, two scorpions dropped a few concentration of their venom.

It was a very exhausting day to start with because I slept almost 2am in the morning. Maybe I was quite excited and little preoccupied with all the stuff that I planned to do that day. I was waiting for Nampa and all the stuff that my Mama prepared for me. I missed my motherly friend nampa, hehe.. she lost some weight and she’s going to loose more after this day. Haha… After having breakfast, we decided to ready ourselves for the big day which includes, going to the grocery store, the merkado and last stop would be at rina’s house where we’re going to cook and have our double celebration birthday party. Lira and ping tagged along also to help with the chores. We had to start early because I was going to hear mass by 6pm and not to mention that my group had assignments on the mass, so I can’t be late. I left the bunch around 3PM, the pancit canton is cooked, salad already chilled, KBL almost done. I left them with molo to cook and fish to grill.

I couldn’t keep my mind off the party while on the celebration, I knew I heard my phone ring that time but it wasn’t that loud that everybody could hear. I’m familiar of my ring tone, so I was kind of worried. When the celebration has ended I checked my phone and found out that they did not start eating yet!! Haha.. I feel sorry for them because it was about 7.30PM already and I knew they are very hungry.

Finally, when I reached the tacoloy’s residence, they were all full and a little occupied watching MMK. I expected singing and dancing when I arrived but it was quite the opposite. haha… magic sing was not there to entertain the group because for some reason, the magical toy was not available that time.

After the long wait, lisha and I had the chance to blow our candles. The guys bought us a cake!! Sniff sniff… hehe well, I knew about it beforehand, it was not a surprise, but I really appreciate their gift for the two of us. Sniff sniff…

Tagay time – lisha brought 3 bots of tequila, prepared 1 big bowl of punch and I bought 1 bot of vodka. Now how are we going to finish all that?!! It was for the first time that Lira drank alcohol and Ace her first to take tequila!! There were lots of first times on that day and not the mention that day before… ;) Thanks for making my day extra special guys!

Online guitar lessons

It usually looks so easy to watch somebody play a guitar. Looks pretty cool to be able to do it but learning how to play it takes a lot patience and determination.
Basically you have to start with learning how to read the chord chart and memorize the basic chords: major, minor, M7, m7, etc. To be able to practice your grip and quick transferring of chords, look for a song with simple chords to start with. Choose a song with an audible guitar strum and make sure you are familiar of the song so you won’t get lost when you start practicing. The strum is very important. You can tell just by the way the strum goes what song is playing on the radio. Each has its own signature or type strum that is only unique to one song. Some may sound alike but chords do the trick or make it different sounding from the other. When you’ve mastered one song, move on to a music you picture you could do magic rendition. hehehe… Now, if the song you chose is more challenging, with out of this world chords, go online and look for extra tips if you can’t figure out what the net says, ask for somebody who can explain it to you better and of course teach you how to do it.

Right now I have the pleasure of giving lessons online. I have a friend who is very “determined” (I hope) to learn how to play guitar. It is difficult not to be able to teach in person especially when it comes to the strumming portion. It is good that she had learned the chords already and even read the tablature. It is amazing… I’m giving her assignments, like a piece for her to practice. But I can’t figure out sometimes what to give her that would improve her strums. I’m thinking of recording a video of my hand, strumming, I hope this one is effective. Hee…

I am not advertising. I am just happy to be able share what I have so others could benefit from it. ;)

Outpost hangover

October 17 – what was planned to be a girl’s night out morphed into boys-girls-bayut’s night out. Outpost is one place I’ve never been in my 3 years stay in Cebu. I only have one solid idea about it – easy access to a bottle, a shot of any drinkable ‘ols.

By 7PM gatecrashers came out of the office and as planned to be among the early birds in the place as Outpost attracts lots people on Fridays and weekends. I was told that the place was once a residential place and now converted into a restau bar. I only remembered that when I actually saw the interior of the place. I could imagine then where the sala would be if it was still a ‘home’. The ambience had a relaxing effect.

As agreed, the group ordered one pitcher of kamikaze for everyone to share. The Samplers was my favorite pica pica. I swear I can finish one set, hehe… delicious! The evening was filled of boisterous laughter coming from jokes and non-stop teasing of group’s all-time favorite love team of kigz and sonab. I could not stop eating that time, I think it has something to do with the beer. As usual, my face turned red and my head felt bigger that the usual, it grew heavier in every glass of ‘ol I take in. I did not enjoy very well the picture taking session coz I was uncomfortable with my face red as a tomato and eyes, which looked like I was ready for bed already.


I was looking forward for the playing band that time. The first song was ok, I could relate to it because it was a revival of Jewel’s Foolish Games, after that…I went deaf. I could not distinguish their music from noise… another round of the Sampler was ordered after that, another round of colt and lastly accounting of payables.

butterfly on a wheel

The title is quite intriguing and from it I could not guess the movie’s genre. I did a little research about it and here’s what I found.

The film’s title is an allusion to a line of Alexander Pope’s Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot: “Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” The line is usually interpreted as questioning why someone would put massive effort into achieving something minor or unimportant.


The movie started slow and I thought about finishing only half coz I watched the movie around 11PM. But the gist of the story came when tom ryan (played by pierce brosnan) popped into the scene. As in literally “popped” into the car backseat of couple’s neil and abby randall (played by Gerard Butler and Maria Bello) announcing captive of their only child. the situation was hopeless. The motive of kidnapping is usually equated to the need of money but the story has its own twist. There are lots of questions unanswered by your thoughts as the story goes along and it will actually tempt you to go back into the first part of the movie, when all is quiet and nice and if you’re trying to pick up some clues – well you actually won’t see them unless you let the movie finish. It was getting late and so I thought that an hour short of sleep is better than prolonged anticipation.

I swear at first I wanted to strangle tom ryan because I was so affected at what he was doing, later when the movie nears its end, I realize that everything happens for a reason. The twist was actually turning your punch to the victim… but which one? … watch it yourself and tell me which one you’d like to hit that hard. ;)

Balloons

Balloons are symbol of happy moments, celebrations, birthdays, weddings, etc. But sadly, there are people who go down to the level of this lifeless matter and not understanding what they are suppose to imitate, become full of their selves – full of air.

People who pretend to know about everything are like balloons. They look big outside but empty in the naked eye in the inside. Its shape is defined by gas. Anything sharp, small or big, could threaten the life of a balloon. When it burst out, it doesn’t care if it exudes the loudest sound you’ll ever hear or if it shakes you off from your still moods. It doesn’t care it if *poofs* right in front of your face because balloons, unlike human, doesn’t have life and is dependent to where the air will take them.

I had a challenging start this week. It lasted three days and all I can think until now is that balloon. I discovered then it is possible to loose your cool to balloons. Many times in my mind I darted that thing with push pins, needles, anything jagged but it was pointless. I let it get the better out of me…my composure was already alienated. I don't know what could’ve happened if not for all the help I had.

for all the mess it made, here’s my ode to u…

i will go on with my life
with a dart in my hand
just in case I see
that same ol’ balloon
guess what I’ll do?
i’ll be few meters from you

hahaha…

cry of an idle blogger

i have been off the blogging arena for few days now...my oil of blog-spiration has gone stale and I’m going to fuel my mind with the thought that i miss being in action… rather an action item for IT people in our org. i really don’t know what went wrong? suddenly blog sites have been really spicy items and i’m a little worried that they’d completely block sites as such. i mean, i just started this thing, i was hoping this would me a lot with my writing skills and maybe apply weekly english grammar lessons we get from our colleagues! aside from answering emails and ear-deafening conferences calls, where else will we be able to apply those? char! i don’t have the talent – i just have imagination. these lovely sites are private, non-sense, out of this world and we could actually NOT allow YOU to access our web posts. we are just lacking too much attention that these writings go public… but hell IT attention is too much, i can’t handle the pressure! hehe just let us post here… it is like doing copy-paste while waiting for data to load in our system. stuff like these sharpen our minds… without compromising our deadlines.

“ridicule is the burden of genius”
-daffy duck

2 cups are better than 1

Taken from a popular statement “2 heads are better than 1”, the cup of something refers to a cup of coffee. My daily routine includes 1 round of coffee in the morning and another in the afternoon. When I was just starting to work in the office, I only drink 1 cup per day and sometimes none at all. This has become an addiction already. I have identified the reasons to this addiction,
1) My legs and my back needs a little bit of stretching with all the sitting and slouching I do, so I go for a walk and end up in front of the coffee machine.
2) It is a perfect excuse to ogle at something OR somebody you know you’ll pass by along your way to the vending machine.
3) Boredom, Irritation and Stress

All in all, I know that this routine relaxes me, clams me down, makes me happy, and stirs me up when I feel like dozing.

Hungry Young Poet

I am thinking about ice cream
It is soft, sweet and tasty
It soothes my mouth and my lips
Lick it, scoop it however I like it

I am thinking about noodles
I like it hot, spicy and meaty
It warms my soul and body
Taste a spoonful, fork a mouthful

I am thinking about pizza
I like it cheesy and gummy
A bottle of beer, its best buddy
With bundle of friends, that's a party!

Soon: Laag sa Baguio

Laag sa Baguio tops the most “unplanned” out-of-town adventure of the year. It was like a spur of the moment decision triggered by the promo air ticket fares of Cebu Pacific. Thanks to Irene and PMart for their quick action and for sharing the good news to the rest of the peeps. I would usually plan out maximum of 2 spots to go to in a year depending on the budget of the trip. Last summer, I and my friends had the opportunity to visit the beautiful island of Bantayan and were able to side-trip on the neighboring isla, Virgin Island.

This cold and exciting trip will be on November 28 – December 1. See details of the trip below.


Nov.28 Cebu-Clark

Departure: 6:10PM
Arrival : 8:00PM

(please take note wait pa ta till 3:00AM para sa first trip to Baguio)

Nov.29

8:00 AM - ETA Baguio(Itinerary:laag2x c/o pmart)


Nov.30

Laag laag (Itinerary:laag2x c/o pmart)

Dec.1

3:00AM - Departure to Manila(laag2x to Mall of Asia until 2:30PM)
2:30PM - Departure from Mall of Asia to NAIA
3:45PM - ETD to Cebu
5:00PM - ETA to Cebu


Estimated Damage:

Clark Plane - Php 716.00
Manila to Cebu - 716.00
Terminal Fee(Cebu) - 300.00
Terminal Fee(Manila) - 300.00
Accomodation(2nights) - 600.00
Bus(Clark-Baguio) - 300.00
Bus(Baguio-Pasay) - 700.00
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TOTAL: Php 3632.00

South Park

Watch the following episodes of South Park: The Initiation, the Lesson, the Dream and the Sign. Coming soon!

To Reese

Defenders of the title: 2nd Inter Corporate Football Cup

LFC Women's Team '08

Consolacion Sabijon – Forward, Mid-field [aka: YOT, Feng, Ping]

Lira Baldomar – Right Wing [aka, Wiwa]

Brooke Shields Yranela – Right Defense [aka: YOT, baruk]

Rina Rose Tacoloy – Left Wing [aka: YOT, Rin]

Jo Anne Carino – Left Defense [aka: Jo]

Me – Mid-field, Forward [aka: YOT, Pats]

Madeleine Hinolan – GK [aka: Mads]

Arsenia Cenabre – Defense, Forward [aka: YOT, Ace, Jayson]

Mary Ann Bacus – Defense [aka: Bacus, Ann, Anot]

Lorlie Maloloy-on – Defense [aka: Sallie]

Jennifer Trinidad – Forward [aka: Jen] Lecia Fe Cantal – Defense [aka: Lish]

Racquel Malubay – Defense (Promoter) [aka: Racs]

I can’t imagine how we were able handle calling out a teammate and refer to almost all of them but was able to respond accordingly. hehe

LFC Women’s team has defended the title as Champs of the 2nd Inter corporate football cup. The other corporate teams that battled for the title were WesternWats and PeopleSupport and one guest team, SRFC, showed up to join the fun. Guest team’s play did not affect team standings but they had to battle for the 3rd place. Finals ended between PPS and LFC. This reminded me of last year’s victory over PPS. But their team was a surprise to us. They had varsity players lined up that included a forward and a GK.

Moments of the game
LFC did great in the elimination, with PPS, we were doing great job until the referee gave out a call that was supposed to be against PPS, but was called out against us – handball inside the GK’s ring! Imagine that? Maddie had to face the pressure by herself…and bang! It went in…we never recovered because of our frustration over the ref’s call. We did not choose to loose just because of that, the team redeemed that frustration having won over WW, 1-0 courtesy of Ping.

And so finals came. We got frustrated again that at middle of scrambling on PPS goal area, the referee did not call in “goal” when the ball came in the line and was bounced back. It did not touch the net so no movement caused the ref to call it in. The game ended with 0-0 and officials opted for the sudden death shoot-out. At first 3 best kickers were lined up each team for the shoot-out. I assumed GK post at this point. First, kicker of PPS came through me and the rest I blocked out in frustration of that 1 goal. My kick also came through their keeper. Score still was draw, 1-1. Other players were allowed to kick also until PPS ran out of kicker so teams agreed to have each team, 1 kicker. PPS chose to have the first kicker who got through me vs. me and their keeper vs. me. It was quite a show for me, but the pressure was too much I feel like I’m going to burst into tears. Then rain came…drama kaau! It was my turn to kick, I took all the time I had, looking closely at the ball, and kicked it as hard as I can, it slipped between the keeper’s flying hands – GOAL! Then my excitement died out after realizing I had to defend the goal from their powerful kicker. I learned one tactic on that situation. The first kick came through because I was looking on the player, and her eyes, that was mistake #1. The whole time after that I decided to look at nothing but ONLY the ball. Eyes could fool you. Without any anticipation as to where the ball would go… she kicked it and bounced on the BAR! Score LFC 2-1, we WON! It was not how I expected. I guess God shoved it off so the ball would hit the bar.

It was some game… now I know why they call it – sudden death shoot-out. Whew!

Not bad for a newbie

i will take this opportunity to say “thanks” to racs for introducing me with my new freaking sport – badminton. Also, special thanks to racs unlimited for letting me borrow badminton racket for the 2 tournaments we joined. For my apparel to lear, for teammates for the support, my colleagues for cheering. What did I gain from this sport? One trophy, two medals (I am not sure) and extra pack of thigh muscles (which I dislike the most). Grr…

tournaments joined:

• Mabel's Cup - Mixed Doubles(C); Women's Doubles
• Inter-MEPZ Sportsfest - Mixed Doubles (1st); Women's Doubles (1st)

needles bite!

yes, acupuncture needles bite but ants bite hurt more. i got a few sessions during my vacation. the needles stay for 30min. it is good when you doze off while those needles are attached to you. the first 3 session, i felt uneasy. so i crammed my arms after few minutes, that was agonizing. i had 16 punctures every session. i did not totally plan for that, i did not even prepare for the cost. a set of needles cost p350 and per session cost p150. i was told to buy 2 sets and complete a 5-day session. imagine that cost? mama said she'd pay for everything... why not go for it?! haha... i don't usually believe in these stuff. i committed myself to this so i could stop breakouts on my face. the acupuncturist targted the points that affects my skin, and i did have few needles on my face, head, stomach, arms, legs, feet and even my back. i hope it would work. hihihi...

vegetarian david cook pizza

i remembered the pizza2 adel and i helped prepare for a bunch of lear peeps. i couldn't keep my mind off the thought that it could've been more 'yummier' if the crust of the bread was toasted using a pan or a toaster.

ingredients:

french bread

pizza sauce

medium size tomatoes

button mushroom

green bellpeppers

cheese

how to prepare:

cut the bread diagonally. grease a spoonful of pizza sauce on the bread. slice thinly a tomatoe, 2 slices of tomatoe is enough to cover the bread. slice the mushrooms and put some on top of the tomatoe. slice bellpeppers and put just enough to add color for presentation, and finally put the grated cheese on top and toast it. just a tip for a rustic pizza effect, remove the pizza if the cheese has tanned into brown. yum yum....

my lola

my lola's name is trinidad hechanova patubo, a very primitive name isn't it? she's been my guardian when i reached my age of reason. she accompanied me to school when i was in kinder and prep. i would always bribe her from buying me food (e.g. cheese curls) so i would take my tes. hehe and i also learned from her my negotiating stints when she asked me to keep her afternoon mahjong games to ourselves and not to tell my parents in return i could play all afternoon and skip my siesta. also, she taught me how to play mahjong. at an early age i joined building the walls to start the game. the other lolas didn't know that i kinda knew how to play already. that time i helped my lola win - bwahaha!!! now she's 96 years old and i pray she'd live for 100 and plus years.

it started...

my 9-day vacation started when i hopped into a ceres bus 4am early in the morning. the ride up to san carlos city was ok. but my stomach turned topsy-turvy with the crazy up-down, curvy route of cebu-bacolod via don salvador route. whew! last time i had this trip was april - i was then recovering from days of hospitalization. anyway, i felt relieved when i finally stepped into the front foresty garden of our 'home'. waiting to welcome me was my niece, father,mother, and sis (sleeping at the moment) and a very healthy lunch. yum yum i cracked 2 crabs which my mother brought.

swiper no swiping

i am not talking about dora's favorite villain, swiper, who starred in most of her episodes. i am thinking about tv, dvd player, orocan cabinet, even fancying the thought of a laptop, all with the help of swiping it into my credit card. quite tempting but i'd like to consider being just contented with what i can afford - as for now.

estorya

estorya - separate e and a and read the word out loud mummas.. that's it! this is what my blog is about. i am not a think-write person, i am a think-think-think-write person, haha.. i don't write that much and good and my ideas evolve parallel to time. maybe this way, i could harness myself in writing and discover that i might have a talent!! - that i am not sure.. heee...