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dimanche, décembre 28, 2003 thanks to satellite internet at P1.00 per minute, i'm blogging in sagada. i got here last night through a trip that was less than favorable yet memorable none the less. hehe. before i even got out of manila, i had to wait in line for four hours at the Victory Liner terminal in cubao because all the trips to baguio were fully booked until lunch the next day. so i was able to leave manila at 4am, with hope that i would at least catch the 1pm last trip to sagada. arrived at 11am in baguio, and the bus for sagada had just left. that is, the 1pm bus left at 11am because there were too many tourists waiting. i have no other option but to take the baguio-bontoc-sagada route which will take 8 hours, if im lucky enough to catch the last jeepney trip to sagada from bontoc. otherwise i'd have to spend the night in quiet, creepy bontoc to catch the first trip out of there. alone. so i have lunch at the Dangwa canteen, ordering Litson Rice. what i get is a lot of chopsuey and rice with some five slices of litson. the gods must have pitied me since they sent two locals who offered to let me tag along. the guy was bringing a lot of booze home so he was hiring a jeep to wait for him at the sagada-bontoc intersection. that would save me an hour! so we took a cab to D' Rising Sun terminal and waited for the 1pm bus to bontoc. the bus left at 2pm and i noticed i was the only tourist crazy enough to travel via that route (instead of staying the night in baguio), and alone at that. 5:50 pm, we enjoy our only bus stop in the middle of very foggy land. everyone is eating big meals so i had a very early dinner. i finally got to know the names of my saviors. someone once told me that asking the names of sagada locals was considered rude so i didn't ask, for fear of rejection and being given a fictional name, patience does pay. after the bus took off, it was a very bumpy zigzagged dirt road ride from then on. we were still in very foggy land in the middle of nowhere, and i couldn't take drugs for my headache because my knapsack was far from me. my contacts were very dry having worn them since early yesterday, and my toes were purple from the cold even with all the windows closed. yes, i was wearing thong slippers. around 8pm, a lot of people get off and a lot of drunk people get on the bus. a Mindanaowan guy stood in front of my seat in the aisle. in a bus that was smelling strongly of alcohol, his body odor won out. no choice but to take a nap again. when i woke up, i still didn't know if we were any nearer to our destination. no sense in asking, 'near' actually means far in the provinces. we finally got off at the intersection a little before 9pm. the jeep was already waiting for us, ready to take us to sagada. we got there at around 9:30, just a few minutes away from the 10pm sagada curfew for tourists. whew. the warm fireplace at Olahbinan welcomes me to sagada. And this is just Day One. # gtz | 12:20 AM | lundi, décembre 22, 2003 Since orangemoony has out-blogged me on our surreal sunday. Moments 1. when we opened the wedding cake box bought by J (wearing a checkered pink polo and khaki shorts). the icing incription read "The Wedding Cake of --- and ---." 2. when we realized that us three bitches, err, batches have attended several weddings together. everyone's getting married, and we are the three constantly consistent guests. and we're all single. nag-ninang nga kami sa isa eh, sa bride na mas matanda pa sa amin. 3. stormgun said it best when he sent an SMS on what he thought of the wedding: "hahahahahahaha...why?" but, my, this has been two exhausting weeks of socials and work. i just want to survive the day without caffeine, have a good night's rest without advil and wake up in the late in the afternoon. the other night, a few minutes after i got home, i was thinking 'i need to take my contacts off soon because my eyes are really strained.' only to look in the mirror and discover that i'm not wearing contacts. # gtz | 1:11 AM | dimanche, décembre 21, 2003 Capital W-O-W! This is so true. Your Daily Horoscope for December 21, 2003 Dear gtz, An old friend whom you haven't seen for awhile might turn up at a social event or at a group activity of some kind. You might find yourself suddenly seeing this person in a new light, gtz - as a potential romantic partner. Whether you decide to pursue romance with this person or not depends on your situation, yet it's certainly going to add a little spice to the joy of seeing him again. Have fun! # gtz | 10:28 PM | samedi, décembre 13, 2003 not surprisingly, i am  Aphrodite/Eros Which Of The Greek Gods Are You? at Quizilla but i always thought i was more like athena. # gtz | 4:00 AM | another one of those songs that reminds me of friends and events is David Foster's Winter Games and Delicious Facts doing his version of a beauty pageant at our apartment in Faculty Village. hilarious i tell you. # gtz | 1:56 AM | Walo, hindi wallow. (sisihin ang kausap ko sa YM na iniwan ako sa ere.) 1. narinig ko ang aking unang maayos na caroling kagabi sa bahay, sa kalye naming parang hindi aabutan ng pasko dahil dalawang bahay lang ang may christmas lights, yung amin at yung bakery sa kanto. magaling naman sila, may blending. nakakatuwa na puro bading pala yung halos sampung lalaki (pwera guitarista ata). pero hindi nila niniipit boses nila. 2. kaya naman sa aliw ko sa kanila, hindi na ko tumuloy sa gimik kong pagnuod sana ng Elvis sa diliman. sayang, hindi ko man lang nakita ang theme this year. kasi tinamad akong umalis na ng bahay. 3. malas ngalang, nag text ang ex-bf. ibang number gamit, akala ko tuloy ibang tao (mahabang kalituhan ito, malas lang talaga ang suma.). meri krismas daw. nag-aayang lumabas. inaway pa ko, bat ko daw sya tinataguan. uminit ulo ko, babaan ko nga ng telepono. aba, sabihan ka ba naman na "bat di natin subukan ulit na tayong dalawa." may asawa to ha. bat di kaya ako magkaruon nang 'encounters' sa ex na yung tipong sabay naming mapapansin na 'kilala ko yun ah.' magngingitian kami. konting usap. magpapalitan ng cellphone numbers kuno. pero tapos na pagkatapos nun. yung kikiligin ka ng isang araw, ngingiti mag-isa ng isang araw, yung para kang may spring sa paa, may 'bounce' ang lakad mo. ganun. minsan lang. si V lang di ko pa nakita after naming magbreak. medyo sampung taon na yun, so wala na sigurong pag-asang magkita kami ulit, no? 4. isa pa, kaya ako tinamad kagabi: kasi naman, may pasok ako ngayon, sabado, ng buong araw. tapos byahe mamaya papuntang Cavite para sa party kasama ang mga dating ka-trabaho sa 6th floor. 5. at pagkatapos nun, baka tumuloy ako sa Los Banos para sa isa na namang party. overnight, hanggang bukas ng tanghali. pero baka bukas nalang ako magpunta ng maga. 6. o wag nalang kaya. tambay nalang ako Cavite, tapos punta ng megamall bukas para makadaan sa Comics, Anime at Gaming convention ng Culture Crash. sana may costume ako. 7. dami ko pa dapat tapusin. nakakainis talaga yung raket na bayad ka na, at nagastos mo na ang bayad, pero hindi pa tapos ang proyekto. kung di lang masamang sunugin ang pape! 8. may article pa akong dapat isulat. june pa yung deadline. june 2003 ha. parang asawa ko na nga yung mga materyales. katabi ko lagi matulog. naka-ilang palit na rin ang mga kasama nya. promiscuous sleeper ako eh. ngayon kasama naman nya si Gabito Garcia Marquez. oo, close na kami eh. hinto na ko. otso na. baka swertehin na ko. otso-otso! # gtz | 12:44 AM | mercredi, décembre 10, 2003 during lunch: "Nag-aaral kang french? bakit, punta kang Italy?" top shelf, huh. # gtz | 4:48 AM | mardi, décembre 09, 2003 Conspiracy I went to conspire with the Indigo Girls last night at the opening of Conspiracy Garden Cafe. the method for ordering was slightly confusing but if Gary Granada 'says' that it lessens the 'isms' (my shortcut), so be it. anyway i got to watch Cynthia Alexander and Gary G. for free. probably missed Noel Cabangan because i left at midnight. singing, i'm sure minus the commercialism lent to Kanlungan. but i really enjoyed hearing Iisa again. Ang pangarap mo'y pangarap ko Ang pasanin mo'y pasanin ko Ang damdamin mo'y damdamin ko sinta Ang kalayaan mo'y kalayaan ko Ang digmaan mo'y digmaan ko Ang buhay mo at buhay ko'y iisa At kung ang karamihan ng buhay Pakikipagsapalaran Nakataya ang pag-ibig kong tunay Sa lahat ng labanan Cookie Chua and Conrad de Quiros opened a lot of beer bottles. pero nakaka-guilty uminom kasi heading ng alcoholic beverages nila sa menu, Intoxicants, kaya i just had wine. (C will be serving organic and vegetarian dishes soon.) in the spirit of equality, Conspiracy is said to have 60 shareholders, with not a shareholder owning more than 5 shares. joke. pero teka, akala ko 51% kay Gary G? this place is a great alternative to '70s bistro kahit hindi pa talaga ganun katapos ang lugar. a new place for martial law conspirators to meet, lalot may Conspirators booth, kung saan pag nasa luob ka, walang kakausap sa iyo kasi conspiracy na yun. i'm pulling your leg? maybe i am. just go to Conspiracy to find out more of this artist conspiracy. # gtz | 3:01 AM | dimanche, décembre 07, 2003 Adobo i just had adobo for lunch, in honor of Adobo Day. well, sort of. wala kasing mukhang masarap na pagkain sa canteen. at sa adobo, you can't go wrong. sa pritong manok, pwedeng magkamali ka pa, pero sa adobo, hindi papalya ang lasa, kahit medyo iba ang itsura, kahit may patatas, itlog o pinya. (teka, babawiin ko ata yun, ah.) A-do-bo nuong bata ako kahit anong outing ng pamilya, laging may adobo. Hinulugang-TakTak man o Calamba, isang malaking tupperware ang kasama. minsan asa kaldero pa nga. pati ata pag sa Manila Memorial, may dala paring adobo. huling baon ko ata ng adobo sa outing ay sa Balayan, naka-tupperware at tatlong araw atang nakahandang iulam ito. pinaka-naumay naman ako nuong binaon namin ito sa barko papuntang Cebu, anim na taga-Los Banos na naka-student discount ang tiket at naka-budget ang pera para sa buong byahe. Pagluto hindi ako marunong magluto, kahit sabihin mo pang madali lang ang adobo. ngunit hindi ko naman ata gagawin ang ginawa ng kaibigan kong si A. palibhasa bagong kasal at ganadong ipagluto ang asawang si B. nang sabihin ni B na medyo tuyo ang niluto nyang adobo, ang ginawa nya ay nagbuhos ng isang boteng toyo sa kaserola, hinalo, at hinain sa asawa. seryoso. hindi dahil sa may-toyo lang sya. (nagluto nya rin sya ng monggo dati, nung hinain nya matigas ba yung monggo.) Pagkain kaya siguro maraming na-aatake sa pusong mga pinoy, kasalanan ng adobo. yung tabang nagsasayaw at mantika ng baboy. naisip ko lang. masarap nga naman kasi, kahit iba't iba ang paraan ng pagluto. malalaman mo ang galing nang pagluto pagkahalo mo sa mainit na kanin. o sa suka, kung crispy adobo flakes na may kamatis at itlog na pula (sa Chocolate Kiss). yum-yum. # gtz | 8:45 PM | My Christmas Wish List 10. a DSC-U60 Cyber-shot U DigiCam 9. SE P900 8. dive lessons 7. an all-expense vacation to anywhere 6. someone to do my christmas shopping and gift wrapping. also needs to pay for everything 5. someone to pay all my bills 4. a new FB 3. to star in own Hollywood movie 2. to meet john cusack 1. and a partridge in a pear tree # gtz | 7:08 PM | vendredi, décembre 05, 2003 Great. if i use my full name, i'm The Smurf. anak ni Garmamel, it's not even a name. if i use my nickname, i'm Insatiable Smurf. Oohh, big word. La la la-la la la, Smurf your whole day long. Dang, and i took this quiz twice.  Care bear countdown, which dysfunctional Care Bear are you? by Quizilla (sabado kasi at may pasok ako.) # gtz | 7:38 PM | mercredi, décembre 03, 2003 Pardon my code-switching. 1. Pasko na naman. oras na ulit para sa dinners at lunches with friends. hay, mahirap mag-schedule ng buhay. 2. That costly ticket for the Happy 50 TV concert was worth it. but did he have to be there? kahiya. lalo't crew sya at hindi audience. pero at least improving na kami, shake hands na. malapit nang maging bisous-bisous yun! 30, 000 people at sya lang ang nakita kong kakilala. 3. i love the view from my desk. you know, pang 'get up and go' sabi nga ni Josie Grossie Geller. 4. mais, je suis fatigué. ça va mal. 5. hello Advil. by the blister pack. # gtz | 1:21 AM | |
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