It has been a long time already since I started trying to scrap beef out of my diet and I'm thinking of adding endangered species and exotic animals to the list. That means not being able to taste turtle meat again. Yes...I tasted turtle meat already, but I was one innocent kid then so don't blame me. I can't even remember what it exactly tastes like...but I do remember liking it. Forget about that.

Just like most urban people during payday (as my father said...but in my case, getting some money from some funding for being some cum laude grad), we ate out yesterday. After scouring areas like Katips, Libis and Metrowalk, we finally settled for this Chinese resto (yes, again) somewhere near Metrowalk. It's called Wan Chai (if my memory serves me right). We learned that the chef was Chinese so the food's really authentic. That means the prices are quite steep (really!). The bird's nest soup I tasted even had some remnants of tell-tale nest. Hehe! =P I finally got to taste the real "black chicken soup". My parents told me about it when they went to Isabela one time and my dad tried to imitate it using "sibot" when we were in Cebu before (this time, using the common chicken). Oh well...my dad's recipe was tastes like the real thing, but the whole time I was eating, I was telling everyone how I pity the chicken. My parents told me they probably used "bantam" chicken. Have you seen those ba? They're really cute looking and well...black. Still, I pity those little animals. Therefore, the point of the whole story? We like soup. Joke! :D Well, I'm scrapping black chicken on my diet. Once was enough. We actually have newly bought "sibot" here at home, but I'm doubting if Papa's going to use black chicken. You never buy those at the common market eh.

Another addiction of mine for the past couple of days are nougat candies. In two days, I've almost finished a pack of 40 pieces. Hehe! :D Actually, my tongue's kinda sore already. =P

I'm finally going to UERM tomorrow to have my uniform made. I'm still trying to get used to the fact that it's going to be my school now. I'm quite anxious on the adjustment. I kinda love UP. There's something about that school. Oh well...have to face the fact that school starts next Wednesday. Argh!

I told my dad that part of me want to work already and he said that I have to look at the future. So, that means getting a job now (for me) will be like a short-term commitment or something. Go figure! 0_o

natuloy! natuloy!

natuloy ang isda sa pagbalik sa club manila east. may red tide pero "so what?" keri ng beautiful fish ang hamon. naligo pa rin. once an isda, always an isda. get it?

alas kwatro na umalis ang bora girls (ice, kim, ate mel, cathe, at ako) plus steph (classmate ni sis nung highschool) dito sa bahay sakay ng asul na paj ng pamilya ni ice. dali-daling nag-check-in at pumunta sa room 512 sakay ng isang golf cart. umabot pa kami sa onting night swimming, slide slide, at kayaking. maagang napagod lalo na ang mga nagtatrabaho sa amin kaya derecho sa villa at nagpahinga na bago alas nuebe ng gabi. hindi na kami nakapagswimming ni sis sa olympic pool. trip pa naman naming magracing...paunahang malunod. at least buhay pa ako diba?

ang pagtambay sa kwarto ay may formula.

syempre, ligo muna kami. tapos, nood ng tv na walang cable...kaya ka-badtrip. lalo pang ka-badtrip ng malaman naming nakasama si clare at mikee sa pbb big 4. lokohan ba toh?! naglaro din kami ng games sa cellphone ng iba. kain ng dinner na kay dami. in fairness, may dumating na chopsuey na wala sa order namin. nabanggit sa phone ang pinakbet at mango juice...aba malay ko kung asan ang chopsuey don. wala na rin kaming magawa...nagsasara ang resto ng 9pm. nasa last call kami. leche noh? nung naghanap nga ako ng matamis pagsapit ng matinding dilim, nakontento na lang ako sa simpleng lollipop. dalawa na lang kinain ko.

maaga akong nakatulog kasi maginaw. pero maaga rin akong nagising. feeling ko nasa ref ako. unang beses, 4 am. masakit din lalamunan ko eh. baka sa lollipop o sa ginaw. pangalawang beses nung 6:45 am. eh ginaw lang talaga. dahil marami pang tulog, labas na lang ako mag-isa at namasyal. dami ring taong nag-overnight eh. yoko nang magliwaliw.

late na kami nagbreakfast. tapos, picture picture gaya ng dati. nood tv. laro cellphone. ligo bago alis. ganon. late na kami umalis. ewan ko kung nagbayad pa kami ng extension. hindi na ata. hinatid kami ng isang puting van mula villa hanggang gate. feeling tuloy namin nag-RoRo ule kami galing bora. pagkatapos, balik na ule sa paj, dumaan kami sa grocery para kumain ng ice cream. craving ni kapatid at nakisama na kaming lahat. bahala na ang lalamunan ko.

kinahapunan, back at home at matapos magsiesta ng saglit, derecho kami nina cathe at mama sa basketball court...hindi para magbasketball o manood nito. may bingo social kasi. guess what? nanalo ako. hehe! :D proven na talaga ang swerte ko sa bunutan. pambato ako nina ivy dati eh. kasi ba naman, apat kaming nagkasabay manalo sa bingo...at ang isa, kapareho ko talaga ng card. ang makakakuha ng premyo eh yung makakabunot ng pinakamataas na numero. 71 ang akin. =p

kabayo at plantsa lang naman. haha! :D hindi ako nagpaplantsa...minsan lang. kay mama na lang yon. trip ko sanang makuha yung painting na worth 20 thou ata o yung sako ng bigas. oh well...at least may napanalunan.

umulan kaya...at basta sugal, walang natitinag sa ulan. sabi yan nung host.

hehe! ;)

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joke article lang daw yung tungkol sa linguist na nagprotesta sa "da vinci code"...see previous post. hay! =p

may ADHD daw ako sabi ni cathe...iba raw meaning non para sa kanya. tanungin niyo nga. kulang din "daw" ako sa pag-ibig. haha! ano raw ule yon?!

pero dahil baliw ako ngayon (gaya ng sabi ng mga tao dito sa bahay) at bago ako sumpungin (dahil nga raw ganon ang nangyayari after mong ma-high sa happiness), mag-a-ala "cathey" mode muna ako ngayon...meaning, tagalog-lalim-tuldok galore-liit letra-whatever-chuvanes-lingo. o diba?

inatake ako ng sakit ng ulo kahapon. hindi naman masyadong matindi pero long-lasting ha. buong araw siya. sabi ko, baka dahil sa mata ko. ikaw ba naman ang magbabad sa PC at TV. kaloka yon noh. try mo. kung sumakit din ulo mo, malamang, tama ang suspetsa ko. sorry na lang sayo.

pero kahit masakit ulo ko, tuloy pa rin ako sa gateway para manood ng "da vinci code" with my ever bf (bestfriend ayan noh...haller!). tinamad na ako at hindi na rin nakapunta ng UE para magpatahi ng uniform. pero musta naman. sa tricycle, nakaputi lahat ng kasakay ko. nagbabadyang magpatahi na nga raw ako ng uniform. sa aking palagay lang ha.

ang lokong gateway, sira pala ang internet reservations. panay hintay ako sa tawag o email...to no avail. hayun! walk-in na lang kami ni bes sa palabas...2pm nakuha naming tickets. buti naman maaga noh.

ok ang da vinci ah...kakatuwa. kahit na ang pinapapak kong plain popcorn eh kasing liit ng nerds (nerds: maaaring dahilan ng sakit ng lalamunan ko nung mga nakaraang araw at eventually, sipon ngayon). napagod ako sa kakadukot ng popcorn na kay liit at medyo makunat. pero in fairness, halos naubos ko siya...matapos kong madumihan sa nagsihulugang popcorn.

muli, balik sa pelikula. kailan ka nakakita ng babaeng tumatakbo ng naka-closed shoes na may heels? mahabang takbuhan din yon. nakapag-retouch pa siya ng makeup. pansin ko nga nagbago pa ng kulay ng eyeshadow. galeng noh?! papaturo nga ako don.

pagkatapos ng pelikula, feel ko nang pumunta sa louvre sa pransya...at maghukay dun sa pyramid. baka sakaling nasa ilalim yung sarcophagus. hehe! :D

feel kong basahin uli yung libro. syempre, mas maganda nga raw lagi ang libro diba? san ko kaya nalagay yon? tingnan ko lang kung may mapuna't malait pa ako. pero ok talaga yung palabas ha. kasing "kewl" ng larong "da vinci..." sa computer. try niyo rin. nasa yahoo games yon eh. musta ang baliw sa "da vinci" ha? =p

natawa ako sa nabasa ko sa email. grupong ng mga linguists na pumuna sa palabas...dahil mali raw ang "the da vinci code"...dapat "the the vinci code". susme! apelyido yon noh at hindi shortcut ng "the". nyark! ang brains...going down ata.

bothered pa rin ako sa MMK kagabi...namatay si jodi sa kwento. sadness. nood kaya kaming lahat kagabi...except papa. tulog at humihilik sa tabi namin eh. lagi akong napapaiyak ng MMK. lagi kasing sad ang kwento. wala kayang pure comedy na pang MMK? may horror na kasi. trip kong magpadala ng kwento pero wala namang pure comedy sa buhay ko na ok ipadala. hmm...

naglinis din kami sa bahay ngayon. parang sauna room yung kwarto namin. halos maghubad ako sa init. ang bantot naming lahat pagkatapos. baka don ako na-high...sa alikabok, init, at pawis. hehe! :D isama na nga rin diyan ang cheez whiz at tostadong tinapay.

sige na. byerz! wag kalimutan ang panday mamayang gabi. totoong ending na ata. natawa kami kagabi...nung biglang si lizardo ang kayakap ni panday. comedy na siya. pati si pacquiao...nagpapatawa sa bagong advertisement niya...yung buhat-buhat niya anak niya habang gumagawa ng kung anu-ano. ako kaya, mabuhat niya? =p

alis kami uli bukas...magiging isda ule sa club manila east. join ka kung trip mong maging isda. pwede ka rin maging mangingisda. ;)

nyikes! balik online na lang sa linggo...pagbalik ko mula sa malayo ngunit malapit na lugar ng tagaytay...este taytay pala. nananabik na ako sa paglaro ng binggo sosyal dito sa amin. haha! pangarap kong mapanalunan yung painting ng kapitbahay namin. sabihin na lang nating i appreciate art. :)

It's official...I'm going to study at UERMMC this coming schoolyear. Up to the last moment, I had doubts. I felt like I was back in time wherein I was choosing a school for college. I was torn between my dream school, Ateneo, and a more practical choice which was UP. I ended up in UP. Now, I'm torn again with St. Luke's, the new Ateneo, and UERM, a closer version of UP. I chose the latter just like what I did before when I chose UP. It would have been easier if I passed UPCM. My parents would insist that I go there because it's cheaper. Now, with money out of the question (much to my guilt sometimes), I am left to make my own choice. I'm not good with making decisions. I can't even decide where to eat lunch when given the option to choose...right Joy and Danci?

I admit I'm scared of med school. It's only now that I ask myself whether I'd survive it. It looms right in front of me now...bigger than ever. This is really for real now.

Now, for a different matter...

A person from a certain corporation called me yesterday asking if I received their invitation. I declined to the offer stating that I'm going to study this June. Aba! She asked me if I had some "backlog" or is it a new course. Of course it's a new course! Sheesh! A backlog?! What was she thinking?

We finally went swimming last Monday at Club Manila East. I really wanted to catch the last rays of the summer sun and get a little tan due to my swimsuit instead of a tan from a t-shirt. Yey! Dream come true. :D

Bes and I are also going out tomorrow to catch the Da Vinci Code. We're finally going out. :)

It's funny how I usually get answers through other people's text messages or through a bar of soap.

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Compliquer les choses simples, c'est facile.
Simplifier les choses compliquées, c'est du génie.

Making the simple complicated is easy.
Making the complicated simple is brilliant.

***

Just one.

What's happening with my life? Nothing much...nothing much...except for the fact that I finally found the strength to get my ass outta the house and go to UP, get my papers, and finally go all the way to UERM to basically accomplish nothing...plus a sidetrip to SM for lunch at Oody's, which was great especially with some foodtrip people like Joyie and Danci.

Joyie and Danci...that was one HOT & SPICY meal. Haha! =p The food reminded me of Indian food instead of Thai. Pero masarap din naman eh...=p

I'm enjoying the fact that I have a prepaid LRT2 card now. Haha! I'm kinda preparing myself for train rides to my a new environment now.

Ask me how my med plans are going? You know how it feels like to eat cheese over and over again...let's say one straight week. Nakakasuya. That's how thinking of med life is for me. I'd rather not think about it. Nakakawalang-gana in the long run. I dunno. I'm still pretty much confused whether I should really go to UERM or whether I should just settle at St. Luke's. My perfectionism is coming back to me and I want to have no regrets over my decision(s). Also, it doesn't help that I get several job offers as of this time. Hmm...if I'm not mistaken, I already received two text messages, one call, one letter, and some emails. I have great opportunity to work now (graduating at the top 25 percent of the batch as the letter said) and I can just grab it if I wish. Haay...let's see where my will and passion get me.

As for the past few days, I hurt my back and strained my eyes just from too much PC and TV use. Aside from that, I busied myself in the kitchen...basically washing dishes despite the poor supply of water. I decided to cook dinner last night and almost finished everything...even the rice. Hehe! =)

Anyway, I already found a way to acquire those elusive Tagalog audibles. Special thanks to bes! ;p

When Papa arrive last Sunday from Dagupan and Bataan, we went to have dinner at Bahay Kawayan. Know how to save money? Make sure you go there after a typhoon. There'll be no supply of seafood so all you can order are meat, meat, meat...nah! We settled for crispy pata aside from some veggies.

The hopeless romantic that I am, I watched Close to You again last Sunday on a good quality of pirated DVD. The DVD players we have are kinda frustrating ha...most of the time, I don't finish the DVD I'm watching unless I try another player or use the PC instead.

Anyway, I like that movie because it's my ideal "real" love story. Danci and I usually get into an argument over my notion of ideal like falling for someone who was a friend at the start. Long explanation. I'm afraid of falling for someone just because he told me he likes me. Saan pa't nagkaroon ng salitang "mutual" diba? Oh well...who knows what might happen din naman.

I kept myself awake last Sunday wathing Ms. Philippines-Earth 2006 just because a former Psych classmate was one of the finalists. I never expected that she'd win the title. Well, she deserves it naman. Talk about acing the Q&A portion. Congrats! =)

Know that show of Franzen and Kat...Trip na Trip? I love watching that show. It's kinda different from the usual travel guide I watch on TV. There's some comedy infused in it. What usually surprises me when I watch travel shows is that I realize that there are provinces/cities I visit regularly and still, there are places there that I haven't been to. Say...that treehouse featured in Siquijor...I haven't been there yet. Even the Cantabon Cave and Cambugahay Falls. Only Papa has been in the cave; Mama, at the falls. There's so much to see that I still haven't seen.

Oh well...that's why we live...to make the most out of life. As long as we're breathing, there's hope for more moments and experiences. If there's one reason why I want to earn money, it's because I want to explore the world. Exploring makes me less ignorant. :)

The world is my school. I'll always be the pupil.

Cold days makes me feel lazy.

Mother's Day na...at wala si Papa. He's somewhere in Bataan...inspite of the typhoon...doing Kiwanis duties. I'm thinking of treating Mama and sis for lunch tomorrow...kung hindi umulan.

Anyway, I tried cooking something for dinner today but it kinda failed. It's herbed potatoes with tomatoes...side dish lang sa ulam namin. Haay...I'm blaming the basil. Eh hindi pa naman mahilig sa über "Italian" food ang mga tao dito. ;p

Tulog na raw ako sabi ni Mama. Grabe...I woke up at 1:20 pm kanina...haha! Oversleeping. Sumakit nga ulo ko eh.

Alam ko na kung pano magkaroon ng Tagalog audibles...and my PC's incapable of it. Ngerks!

I heard, intelligent people know how to ask questions.

I heard, über intelligent ones tend to go crazy.

Presuming I'm dumb with correlations and causations...

Ask lots of questions then you'll go crazy.

Period.

Lots of mental energy wasted there. *At least it's going somewhere.*

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I finally found the courage to face my diary last night. :)

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First time to dine at Taco Bell awhile ago. Had to go all the way to Gateway (despite the rain) for an execom meeting for UNESCO. School duties still not finished. But I'm not against it in any way.

I kinda liked the burritos...although it left some sort of bad smell in my mouth. It kinda gets all the way to the nose...if you know what I mean.

Saw some basketball players there as well...really tall ones! Hehe! :D Brings me back to old days...when I used to watch basketball regularly...thanks to Cathe who was crushing at Arigo that time. Oh well...my basketball memory's kinda rusty so I can't really tell which team I saw. Alain said one was Allan Caidic (pardon me if the spelling's wrong).

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Nakakatamad noh? Umuulan kasi.

At least hindi na masyadong mainit.

Pero bakit ang init lagi ng kwarto namin?

I always wake up sweating. Kakabwiset!

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I feel like life's been a drag lately...with nothing much to do except think, think, and think.

Right now, I fear mind readers. Yet I doubt if they can read what's going on in my mind. There's just too much. I'll go crazy.

I want to grab my diary and write, but I don't want to write. I'd rather talk, but I don't want to share my thoughts.

I've been over the "assuming" stage. It gets kinda confusing in the long run. I'm hurting myself.

I've learned not to trust too much...that is if there's such a thing as "too much".

I'm looking more at "pasts" now. Ghosts scare.

On the lighter side, I wonder why shoe shops don't have those "ceiling thing" anymore...where shoe boxes just drop from the ceiling after some saleslady calls on some kinda speaker phone or something. Funny old days.

RoRo trips are fun yet too tiring (especially for the driver, Papa).

Just got home today. We arrived in Manila at around noon today but we left Bayawan (Negros Or.) at around 2:30 in the morning yesterday. We missed the 5pm trip at Caticlan so we had to wait until 1am today for the next fastest trip. Boracay was so near...beckoning for us...even an overnight will do. Unfortunately, Cathe has to report for school today so we had to leave. Tsk!

Oh well...Cathe had a grand time this time...coz she got to see Mart (her bf) twice. :D

We left, as I can remember, last May 2 (Tuesday), around eight in the evening. It's all about missing boats...because we missed one in Roxas so we arrived late, 5pm (May 3) at Iloilo. Actually, it wasn't even in Iloilo City. We stopped over at New Lucena since Mart's lolo died. We left Iloilo last May 4 at around 6am. Finally arrived at Bayawan at around 3pm of the same day.

The reunion was great, number-wise. Almost everyone was present. We almost reached a hundred. Three BIG vans from Davao arrived carrying almost half of our clan. They traveled via RoRo also. Nakakalulang tingnan. Pictures will be posted soon at Multiply again...just so you get a glimpse of how big our clan is.

I must say that this one has to be the most controversial reunion we had. Lots of problems encountered. I'd rather not divulge them as they are quite personal. All I can say is that our family needs to fix some internal problems. Several people left the reunion with heavy hearts, I should say.

I'm hoping the next and 5th reunion at Davao's going to be better. I'm still not over the reunion hype so I'm totally excited about it. I'm hoping that we'll get to host one reunion at Manila someday but we have to deal with financial stuff first. It's not easy hosting a reunion...especially if we can't fit all the people in our home.

Anyway, I'd rather not go into details. I'm glad I'm back home. I'm missing the aircon...and some real bed. I missed going to Siquijor this time...with Mama being the only one to visit the province.

As for Mart and Cathe's second time to see each other...uhm...that was when we had lunch at Dumangas yesterday. Great food. Similar to the Sutukil in Cebu...this time, it's much cheaper. It's this resto (Piad's talabahan) wherein we get to choose fresh seafood and have the people in the resto cook them. We spent a little over 500 pesos. Lots of leftovers pa. I'm going to crave for more of that food, I'm sure. Just no talaba...I don't eat them (unless properly baked).

And oh...being some sort of a travel guide, I suggest travellers to take the Matilde boat of Montenegro shipping (Roxas-Caticlan trip) instead of Grandstar RoRo as it is much faster. Best CR at SLEX will have to be at the Shell Station...somewhere between Sto. Tomas and Manila. Dumangas-Bacolod trips are cheaper than Iloilo-Bacolod ones.

Sheesh! Just ask me if you have inquiries. I love sharing info about traveling.

I'm finally going to the province...probably tomorrow. Ro-Ro ule. :D

To Cathe:

Muling ibalik ang tamis ng pag-ibig...

Hehe! Makukulitan na naman yon.

I still haven't finished packing.

Hindi rin kami natuloy sa Dagupan yesterday...hanggang Manaoag lang. Okay lang.

Isang linggong balik lumang sibilisasyon na naman. No cellphone and no internet for me. Okay lang...medyo alis ng onting stress. Wala kasing signal ang SUN sa Bayawan so contact me thru my sis or thru my mom na muna (my old SMART number). As for internet, maghahagilap talaga ako. ;p

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