Again?!

Shucks! I hope nothing's wrong. Hopefully, they get back from the hospital soon enough.

Stupid me! I didn't know! I'm supposed to be the one in med school here. And I didn't see it. I thought it was just something light, because she just continued her day the next day. Now she's in the hospital.

Don't tell me it's happening all over again! I'm not sure I can take it again! Bkt ganun? Always coinciding??! Last year, TWO major setbacks in my life occuring at the SAME time, ngayon ANOTHER PAIR?! And medyo same time of the year din. Pucha! Yearly na ba ito? Ano ba! Now, that I think of it. Buti hindi masyado naka affect sa work ko last year. Pero kaya ko pa ba?? When knowing the one of problems already became worse. Bwisit! Kaya ko pa ba ito?! Another PAIR!? Hate it!

Just thinking of the possibilities and what-ifs making me cry already! Told myself to get a grip! It's going to be fine... Just breathe... don't jump into conclusions... huhuhuhu Hopefully, Nina will saw them soon, so she'll text me na and tell me what's happening. The suspense is what's making me anxious and thinking of a lot of other things.

Try to study nalang... Or think of the differentials for severe vertigo for 2 days that would warrant consult at a hospital in a post-menopausal woman...

Mugen with Jill

Since magpapasukan na, and who knows kung kailan na nmn ulit kami magkikita ni Jill, we went out hehe actually, an old friend of hers texted her to listen to his band Saturday night at Mugen, Metro Walk. Sama nmn ako kasi nagpapasama siya, but what do you know! Inindian siya! But dami nmn friends si Jill from around work living in Ortigas area, so I think every hour may bagong friend na dumadating eh. So hindi ako makaalis (kasi kasama ko si Jill umuwi) hanggang mag 4 na. By that time, we had to go to Jill's place to get her things, and we arrived home at 5AM na. Exagge! My brain cells are dying one by one with all the liquor and the all-nighters that I've been having recently! Hay...

Grabe si Jill! Hindi na nahiya! haha pero ang saya nmn. Ang dami ng umakyat sa amin sa stage to sing and dance with the band (take note: madami, pero hindi kaming lahat; may hiya daw ako haha). Embarrassing, pero masaya nmn hehe besides, hindi nmn kami kilala hehe

Don Hen Dinner with Kris and Nina

Dinner kami sa Don Henrico's at Tomas Morato just before I go back to school... at alam naman nila mahirap na ulit akong hagilapin once school starts hehe

Siyempre, kasama na ang mga significant others nila. And Nina, nga pala! Thanks for bringing Sherwin para hindi nmn ako 5th wheel!

Kris & Glenn's Nuptuals

March 24, 2007
2:00 PM mass in Ostario de San Jose (I think)
Dinner Reception follows in Discovery Suites, Ortigas

Not Lost Anymore! (Day 3 in Sagada)

I was trapped!!! And stranded because of the many wild dogs swarming the street on the way back to our place! (If you didn't know, I got bitten by a dog on the finger when I was 7 or 8, so I can be expected not to be warmed with dogs.) I didn't know how to get back, time's a wasting, and I was alone! But let me start from the beginning...

The day started out cold... again (despite only 1 window open during the night), thus I woke up and cannot go to sleep at 5 AM. Thinking that this is my last day in Sagada, I decided to go for a walk around town, maybe go to the church (where I heard the bells ringing yesterday at quarter to 6), buy some breakfast (AKA bread). I thought this was my time to contemplate and meditate on things... again. So I brought my Ipod, phone, and P50.00.

When I got down, I chit chat with Tita Mary for a while, telling about our plans for a while. I was fiddling with my Ipod so I didn't notice the number of dogs starting to get up and populating the road. When I finally did notice, I was already in the middle. It was too late to go back, so I decided to distract myself with texting a nonexistent person, just so the dogs wouldn't smell my fear. Finally, I passed it.

I went straight to the bakery and bought breakfast. Then decided to stop by the church (in top photo:the white thing is the roof, in the middle of the forest; this photo taken from above our rooftop) before heading back home. It was 6 AM at the time. There were still no people as the mass starts at 630 AM. I went back to our street, but paused when saw the number of dogs out there. There were 6 of them, but that was during the first part. I could hear the barking though. So I went back to the church.

From the church, I could see the road leading to our place, could hear the barkings coming from there! Grabe! Ang ingay! Considering that I was in the opposite valley/mountain na. Sometimes, I could hear some child screaming, too. Siyempre, imagination ko na lang nag palala. I felt so stuck! Good thing I have my phone, so at least feel ko louie's still with me.

Buti nalang nag trekking na noong 1st day so I just went through the long cut, instead of the high way. However, when I was near the highway na, I saw two dogs again and back out. Buti nalang I met someone going to the highway, and asked if I could go with him because I was scared of dogs. Buti nalang people in Sagada are so nice, so I went with him, just had a sort-of one-way conversation with the man though to distract myself from the dogs haha

Finally, I got back sa inn after an hour. Siyempre, running late again, and we still had to go to the municipal to get a guide (which I should have done since I was out on the street na eh, but slipped my mind due to the crisis at hand). Julie asked Tita Mary for recommendations for the guide, so she called Eddison to go directly to our place nalang. And from there, we walked approx 45-60 minutes to Sumaguin Cave.

I think the cave was fun and easy (hehe siyempre natapos na kasi) after going through the first part. The first part consisted of walking through white slippery lime stone, where you had to hold on to this rocks, which was covered with guano. Pretty sure, I didn't care about touching bat poo, knowing this could save my life! haha After which, there was this rope part (feeling ko Indiana Jones haha), where you had to hold the rope in order to go to one rock to another to avoid getting wet. And then there was a tunnel that you had to cross with water. It isn't that high, about high-waist level lang for a 5'3 flexible person. At the end of the tunnel, you will reach the deepest part of the cave, the fun part. There's a swimming pool for those crazy (AKA adventurous) enough to swim in the freezing cold water, and the sand stone formations, (sabi nga ni louie, "pwedeng mag foot spa because it feels like sand paper"), which was the fun part. I felt like I was a child, playing in Megamall, climbing all those inflatables hehe

Oh yeah, officially, the sand stones that we saw were the pregnant women (with clitoris, labia majora and minora exposed hehe), the penis that made it pregnant, sea turtle, curtain formation, and some baby elephant (actually, we were the ones who proclaimed it, so it was not official hehe)

When we got out of the cave, it was already 1045. Ang bilis ng oras! Since nagmamadali kami, medyo Julie and I are running (advanced na raw for the training when we get back to school) ahead of Abby, Louie, Eddison, and Eddison's other friend (which I didn't get the name). It was hard kasi uphill and downhill siya eh (good for the butt and thighs! hehe).

By 1130, we were there, and we split. Julie went ahead to the restaurant to tell the boy that we're going to take the food out nalang, while the rest of us went ahead and packed our things. We were going to take the 12 NN bus, so we asked Eddison if he could tell the jeep driver to wait for us. We paid Tita Mary (PhP 200/head/night), thanked her but did not get the chance to take our picture with her.

After passing and getting the food (and getting only one shot), we went to the jeep. Sayang, the place has a nice ambience. There was only one boy in the restaurant at the time, and Julie think he's the one who cooked our food. According to Julie, parang nalungkot siya when Julie said that we'll be taking the food out. Sayang nga eh! More pics pa nmn sana and mainit pa tlga ang food noon.

When we get to the jeep, it was already a few minutes past 12 (depends on whose watch you're looking at). The driver said that we'll be leaving at 1 PM, saying that the 12 NN jeep was already gone. Aww... you mean, these people had a special 1PM bus for us?? Oh di ba? Ang bait tlga ng mga taga-Sagada! Touch... Anyway, with an hour to go, we didn't waste it eating our food. We went souveneir shopping. Pinakyaw na namin iyong mga suman doon (there were two kinds), also got brown-red rice, and lots of wines hehe Buti nalang there was an hour to go para at least we could sample the wines for free! hehe

When we got to Bontoc, it was already 1:45 PM, so we dropped our things at the office, and ate in their cafe next door. We just bought drinks in the cafe and gave service charge for our plates and utensils. Ang sarap ng Pinikpikan! If you're going to Sagada, don't miss it! haha Although may ibang tao baka ma-weirdohan hehe

In Pinikpikan kasi, they say it's like tinolang manok, but there's also itag (smoked pig) on it so the taste of the soup is still different. It was hard to prepare (needs to be told the day before) because the chicken has to be killed "softly". They didn't spare any part of the chicken. Sa food, you could see the head, the adidas (chicken feet), and even the liver and intestines. Though nobody ate those parts hehe The meal consisted of PhP600.00 but it was worth it because by the time that we were finished, half of the red rice (approx 3-4 cups), chicken, and wine was still untouched... Well, we did taste the wine though hehe

Instead of leaving Bontoc at 3 or 3:30 (as was Filipino time), we left at 2:45 PM. They said that we have to go early because it might rain and we could experience a landslide. It was rather hard and scary to look at the window. Makikita mo na talaga ang bangin! It was more scary than the jeep, which had a gap of about 1 forearm's length, while the bus had less than 1 hand's length nalang from the bangin... Scary!

Cable Bus Tours had 2 stop-overs (almost every 2 hours) before stopping over for dinner. The first one, there were vegetable stalls that were really cheap (approx a little more than 2 kg of cabbage for PhP20.00 only and 1 kg carrots for PhP20.00 --> hence, Julie bought a lot! I only bought this native upo because it looks so different from what I normally see in the market.  Medyo nahuhuli na nmn kami sa bus, and Julie was in a panic, so I brought her veggies. Trying to imitate the locals, I tried to bring it on my back. But instead, it didn't reach my back, but laid it on my head instead. Kwento ni Louie na sabi ng driver, "parang native ah" haha After noon, medyo tulog na ako, so couldn't tell you anything. Louie was more awake during the ride though, texting I dunnowho hehe Okay, basta when we got to E. Rodriquez, it was already 2 in the morning.

Just in time for my driver and my dear brother Miguel to pick us up hehe

The adventure is over... sigh...