this is the good life! :)

May 22-23, we went to taal view heights buena vista at talisay batangas care of wilson. He's a member there so that. some pics were not posted on my page or it would look like somebody else's. more like inna's!!!so un...

Uwian na

We spent the last day, doing our last minute shopping in the mall and grabbed some lunch there.  Medyo late kami nagising kasi wala ng agenda.  Umuulan rin kaya kahit gusto naming lumayo mahirap din.  Over-all, I LOVE, LOVE our trip.  We opted to go to other places rather than Disneyland.  Aside from the fact na kakain yun ng maraming pera eh hindi rin talaga kami thrilled pumunta. Yung ocean park naman di na namin nasingit nung sunday.  ‘Di bale, may next time pa naman…next week??kidding! So there, my summer’s worthwhile. ;) ‘til my next trip…

p.s

I’m going to study mandarin…

Anyone up to give me lessons? J

Tour kung tour

We woke up early again to prepare for Church.  Na-late kami.  Buti english yung misa.  Madami ring Chinese Catholics, nakakatuwa.  Makikita mo rin yung mga pinoy dahil may isang wing na puro pinoy.

After mass, we went back to kowloon tong, took the train to central.  Pinoy-infested ang central lalo na at sunday nun.  We went to repulse bay,  the most visited beach.  Finally, nakapag-beach na rin ako. ;P  But nothing beats Philippines’ beaches. :) Talagang inenjoy ko yung moment.  Nung nagshower kami ni ate after, nagulantang ang mga buhay namin!BIG TIME!!!Public shower kasi yun at merong matandang hukluban na shower galore bare-naked!  As in kahit anong gawin mo eh makikita mo!=S  After that, we went to Stanley.  We had lunch in a Chinese restaurant then set off in Stanley market.  Variety of things were sold there and it was hard to decide what to buy.  haha!

After enjoying the sight and shopping, we went back to central to catch another bus that will go to the peak.  The whole of Hong Kong is in view. Nalula ako ng todo! :S We were supposed to take the tram or view it from the topmost floor but I didn’t want to pay for something that will scare the sh*t out of  me!  Suicide yun.  Eh kahit libre yun ‘di talaga! Mababaliw lang ako!

 We grabbed our dinner in burger king. Picture galore all over the place.  Ang layo nun from where we stayed eh.  After a tiring day, we called it a day.

lutong Macau

We woke up early next day for our trip to Macau.  We took the train then walked a thousand miles (ang layo kasi talaga nung nilakad namin!) for the ferry.  Oh my gosh!  I almost got seasick so I just slept for the rest of the trip.

We finally arrived in Macau. J  It was awesome, a beautiful sight.  We went to Venetian.  It’s casino, hotel and mall rolled into one.  We had some casino experience.  Galey!  Hinarang pa ko ng nakakatakot na security on our way there kasi akala niya minor ako!  “She doesn’t look like 18…”  I showed him my university id but still, he was not convinced.  So we showed him my passport.  I pointed the year I was born, 1988.  Natawa na lang yung mokong eh! Ang daming pinoy dun and the crew from pizza pizza looked like a foreigner na gwpaing, yun pala pinoy! Sabi ko kay ate do the wink, wink eh! haha!

The only drawback is people DO NOT speak english.  I can seriously say that I can count those who speak english with my fingers.  For example:  “Excuse me…” then the person you’re talking to would have this wild hand gesture and say “no, no!”  Anak ng tipaklong!  Ang pinakamalupit pa walang mga street names tapos naligaw pa kami!!!  Tempers were running high between my mum  and sister so I had to play referee. I kept my cool and started to take the reigns.  Salamat, salamat at nakita rin namin ang hinahanap namin. J  It was worth all the mixed emotions we had.

We toured the Ruins of St. Paul and the temple nearby.  Madaming pinoy sa parteng yun so sa kanila na kami nagtanong.  Nakakapagod ang pag-akyat sa ruins. Sana nag-rubber shoes ako.  We went shopping there tapos bumalik na sa ferry terminal.  The trip back home was faster.  We grabbed some late dinner take-out in the mall then back home.  Tulog, kasi maaga for the next day.

holy kamote for HK!

Prologue:  You are about to read my three and a half days’ worth of summer holidays in a foreign land. It’s been a decade since I last flew outside the country. You can tell how excited I am. I decided to have three blogs to make it short rather than one looooooooong blog.

May 16, the Valencia gals (mum, ate and i) woke up at around 4am to prepare for our flight to Hong Kong. J  I wasn’t able to get some decent sleep ‘coz I was on my vampire mode plus the excitement that was coursing through me. =)  I only slept for two hours. Oh well.  We left at 5.30am and headed for the airport.  We waited if we could make it for the first flight ‘coz they said it was full.  My mum asked everyone she knew for assistance and with so much luck, we made it and were even upgraded to business class. Coooool! J We stayed in the mabuhay lounge while waiting for our flight.  Yummy breakfast.

It was time for our boarding so we went first.  Jahe pa kasi sobrang nagmamadali si mum so hinahabol namin ni ate habang hinihila ang dakilang mga trolley bags namin!  Eh may pretty boy dun na na-harrass ko kasi nasagasaan ko yung paa nya tapos nabangga pa siya ni ate. haaaay!  To make matters worse (or better?), he was behind mum’s seat. Oh my gulay! J

Thankfully, the food tasted good (it should be!) and I survived the trip without being airsick.  We arrived in the airport and took the train going to kowloon tong but got lost on the way there.  My uncle (mum’s cousin) had a place there and was sooooo generous to lend it to us.  He’s a professor in a university there.  Gusto ko nga sana pabasa yung thesis namin kaso feeling ko nosebleed pag nag-explain siya. haha! Bow down to all his accomplishments.  J

We had lunch with him in the university restaurant.  Chinese cuisine baby.  We were so full and after that, we toured the university.  Nalungkot ako kasi yung university nila parang equal to UP dito.  No offense meant to UP pero ang layo ng facilities nila with the City University of Hong Kong.  Alaga yung paaralan eh dito olats.  It all boils down to the kind of government we have.  Napaka- progressive ng Hong Kong. 

After lunch we headed back to my uncle’s place, dropped off our leftovers and bought stuff in Mong Kok.  The cab drivers are pretty bad. haha!  Pa’no naman kasi liko galore sila kala mo mga drifters eh!  Ganun talaga sila mag-drive, barubal! haha!

It was a long day and then we had dinner in kfc in the nearby mall, festival walk.  It was walking distance from our place.  Nakakapagod yung first day namin but super fun. J  The house  was full of books and I grabbed the alchemist to read.  Finally, I dozed off ad woke up for another adventure.

p.s.

Pls. read the coming blogs

for my summer holidays J

Battle of Davids

I was pretty occupied with other stuff last week, so I wasn’t able to do this blog on time.  Anyway, American Idol is coming to a close this week and it’s down to david archuleta and david cook.

I’m sure you all have your bets so go cheer for them. Personally, both are deserving for the title but only one has to win.  Either way, you get the title but both have the shot to make their dreams come alive. =)  But I feel that cook would bag the idol title.  He has more of that “star” quality than archuleta.  And let’s admit it, the guy’s got talent.  archuleta on the other hand, has more to show.  The boy’s only 17 and has more up his sleeve, give it some time. =)  He’s soooooooo adorable.  He even gets shy with all the attention, how cute is that?

 So whoever wins this thursday (phil. time), is just but great. =)  It’s a win-win situation.  So go davids! ;) Impress the crowd with your awesome voices! =) ‘til then…

Kath’s 20th birthday celebration =)

She had another celebration and this time on her exact birthday.  =)  It was for her mum’s friends and friends who weren’t in the saturday partey.  So what the heck is dawn, ton and I doing there?  haha! naimbitahan lang ulit, jahe naman kay tita.

Food was overwhelming.  =)  yumyum! Kath got a surprise from her great roomies iyah and janelle. =)  Dumayo rin sila mae, maike, mario, chris (or cris?), jeff, pat and simon. J  Salamat, salamat sa pagpunta.  Next time sakin naman ha. =) Drinks were pouring in at ang magaling kong bestfriend eh binigyan ako. Haaay!  Effort ubusin yun. =S

Kath (qtie), you’re old.  haha! ‘Di ka na teen.  Pa’no ba yan ate kath? haha!  Thanks for the wonderful friendship through the years.  J  ‘til then…

You know I’d walk that thousand miles…

Yesterday, I had a date with my mum.  It was mothers’ day so we went out.  It was nothing fancy or what, just in the mall.  We were supposed to have pasta for dinner but due to some time constraints we’ll have it later instead.

We watched vanessa carlton perform in town. J I super love her.  I like listening to her songs and my favorite would be thousand miles.  I’m pretty sure you know that track since it was her first song plus it has this marlboro sound in it. haha!  It also played in white chicks with latrell crying ‘coz that was his favorite song daw. haha!  I watched that flick with baru right after our dlsu exam. L  Talagang nakipagsiksikan ako kasi na-late kami ng konti ni mum.

She was awesome. J I like that she plays the piano, one frustration I still deal with.  People were enjoying her.  Too bad I didn’t insist in bringing mum’s fone.  She doesn’t need it naman daw and I didn’t borrow the gigicam from ate.  So I didn’t have any photos of her performing.  Sad but all good.  At least I saw her perform and just loved it!

Thousand miles is my favorite song for all my fellas and cousins who are far away from me.  I got teary-eyed while she was playing it.  I missed all of them all over again. haaay!  Shout-out to baru, titan and yzuelte.  “If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by? ‘Coz you know I’d walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight…”  You know that right?? 

After she played thousand miles, which was like the ninth song, we left.  I heard her sing pretty baby, white houses and a whole lot more. J  We went to a nearby Church to hear a Mass.  After that, we went to the grocery to buy the pasta ingredients and went home. We had a different dinner but was still yummy! J ‘til then…

p.s

I salute all the wonderful mothers out there! J

This is the life ;)

I’ve been ranting almost the whole week about what a waste my summer is turning into.  I finally got the best answer last saturday.  kath (qtie) and dawn threw a partey to celebrate their birthdays. J They are our may celebrants.

It took them only two days to get everything for the event.  They had a general cleaning last friday and the party was the next day.  That only goes to show that if something wants to be done, it can be done as long as you put effort in it.

No one lives in that house since dawn moved in to her gran’s place.  I guess the resident ghosts got the biggest shock with our rowdiness. hahaha!  The house was still a bit of a mess but it was good enough for a party. J  Congrats to qtie and dawn for a great job!

I came in first at around 6.30pm.  Okay, the call time was at 6pm but it was expected that people would come in late.  The three of us did a last minute clean-up of whatever is still dirty or dusty.  We moved some fragile vases in safe places, removed the figurines and candles in the center table so we could use it.  Then it started to rain, big time! haha!  ate jean came in next and we were teasing them that no one’s coming ‘coz of the heavy downpour.  Thankfully, it stopped after 30 minutes or so. 

People started to pour in and next thing we knew we had a house full of happy people. J  I don’t know if I wanted an empty or a full house.  When it was just the seven of us ( kath, dawn, jean, diane and his “friend”, francis, lo mans and i), the house was manageable and when everybody else was there, it was totally chaotic! haha! J  Well, I guess I prefer the latter ‘coz like what they say, the more the merrier.

Attendance (in alphabetical order…haha!)

Girls                                                                 Boys

Lyrize Agoncillo                                                Nelson Buenvenida jr.

Elsa Del Rosario                                               Bradley Dorotheo

Dawn Eloriaga                                                  Ardjel Dumangas

Diane Espiritu                                                   Alvin Isidro

Jaymie Lariosa                                                  Reouben Isidro

Nicole Ocampo                                                Jay Kawamura

Rachel Valencia                                                Justin Luber

Kathleen Yasuda                                              bryan Mado

Lady Yu                                                           Melvin Manaros

                                                                        Wilson Montenegro

                                                                        Lorenzo Ramos

                                                                        Kristian Tandog

Anthony Villacorte

                                                                        Carlos Wong

                                                                        Jasper Adrias ( i almost forgot!)

Plus diane’s “friend”, francis and lady’s boyfriend, jp.  kuya michael and his girlfriend karen, ej (dawn’s cousin…) and dawn’s three friends who I don’t know the names. Thanks to dawn hindi pinakilala!sweet di ba? haha!

***IF I missed anyone, I’m really sorry for my lousy memory. L

           

It’s probably the first house party we had with no adult intervention if you know what I mean.  dawn’s kuya and his girlfriend were there but that doesn’t count ‘coz they’re just outside happily drinking and didn’t give a f*ck in what where doing.  Non-stop kainan, inuman session, kwentuhan and videoke all night long. J

Of course there will always be the pasaways.  Like someone who had a lot of alcohol intake for a night thus getting tipsy.  Plano naman daw niya maglasing, yun lang siyempre nagulantang mundo namin.  Kaya dinala muna sa taas para matulog.  Then there were two fools who did some burning.  It just hit me after the party.  That explains the bloodshot eyes eh. tsk, tsk! haha!

We wrapped it up at around 4.30am.  The mess was overwhelming but we managed. People are still on party mode, so we headed to bren’s place and chilled there.  When the sun was finally up, we called it a day.  It was one helluva fun.  This is the life! J  I’m finally back.  More of parties like that okay? ‘til then…

Please naman

Summer is my favorite time of the year. It's the time I get to have a break from school (what a relief!). It's also the time to do whatever I want-bask under the sun! A couple of weeks already passed and I still haven't soaked up the sun. I don't mind if it's on the beach (but it would be the best) or in the pool. I just want to enjoy summer and for me the best way is to be under the sun.

I am getting really bummed with being stuck at home. My brother's been to Baguio last week. My mother's in Cebu right now and is probably on her way home now. My sister's going to Galera for the weekend. My father called me this afternoon. He is in Negros and told me he was on the beach! Talk about inggit!

Aside from the fact that I am a loner home buddy, our puppies are wreaking havoc all over our place! I have to feed the fish, give the pups "snacks", cook lunch (yes I do!) and whole lot more. I don't mind that if only I could just get some sort of reward. So please naman, make my summer worthwhile. Let's go out, swim or just even chill over someone's place. Hear me, hear me? I'll be waiting. Sulitin na natin ang summer guys! 'Til then.... 

Wasn’t bad after all =)

The first of May turned out to be boring but fun before the day ended.  It was a holiday so what a great time to go out and see friends. =)  Most of them are busy with summer duty, school (trimesters) or ojt.  As much as I want to go out, what good would that be, if everyone’s busy.  No bad feelings there. =)  Could you imagine all of april I’ve just been out for one time?  Not typical me huh?  For once I was a homebuddy during summer.   So now that may’s here, I‘m going to make sure we’ll catch up with all the missed opportunities.  This is the last summer break we have after all.  OMG! Next year graduates na kami. whoa! =S

I sooo wanted to soak up the sun.  No beach trips, chillin’ in the pool, so you can see how I looked forward to this gimmick.  I told them we’ll be out swimming in tropical palace.  As expected, call time was not followed.  To top it all of, the three chicas who’s present all had that time of the month.  What a bummer! =S So we told the boys they’d be the only ones who’s going to swim.  Then in rained!  Nagkatamaran na sila dahil di rin naman daw kami magsswim.  dota na lang daw. Great, just great. So we went to a net caf and they played.  naj, kuya mac and I went to kfc to eat ‘coz we don’t want to be bored to death doing nothing while they play.

We ate at kfc then went to tropical for kuya mac’s fit n right drink then to ruins.  kuya mac’s been upgraded to dad status. haha! Pinagttripan ako na anak niya.  Patawa tinanong ako kung anong gusto ko:  (clears throat) “What do you want?” At kailangan english talaga niya yun tanungin.  I couldn’t find my lollipop so I didn’t get anything.  After ruins, we went back to the net caf and they were still not done.

We waited outside.  There was a bench there and when we couldn’t take the heat anymore, we went inside.  A couch there was for waiting. We talked and talked.  Finally, mac got sooo bored and decided to just go back to his gf’s place.  So naj and I were left.  Thank heavens wongki was on the way.  lj was trying to make up for the dull moment by staying with us while all the other guys played.  wongki just said hi to everyone else and we left for nikki’s.

Apparently, nikki was still out with her family and so we just waited there.  Funny how guys think.  They can be soooo slow (no offense meant). nikki finally came and it took her a couple of seconds to understand the conversation.  We even connected with out even talking.  wongki and lj were wondering how come girls get to talk with out actually speaking.

Finally our conversation ended and it was time to eat.  We couldn’t decide where to until we ended up with chowking at santana grove.  When we got there, lj was like yellow cab na lang  but it was a little pricey.  Everyone’s working on a tight budget.  So we went to chowking and we couldn’t decide what to eat.  lj again suggested to just take yellow cab.  nikki talked to him that he shoulders half of the bill then it’s deal.  While he was thinking about it, I suggest we share half of the bill. Wawa naman little brother ko.  Sabi niya game na daw siya na half sa kanya tapos sabi ko hati kami.  Oh well, it’s fine, so it’s settled. =)

We ate with gusto.  Yumyumyum pizza!  I then asked lj to buy me a frap instead.  He said he’d think about it.  I asked him to pay for the other half and he said he’ll see after we eat.  Finishing the pizza wasn’t an easy task, at least for me.  Don’t get me wrong, I love, love pizza! =))  But it was just too much and I had to finish what they placed in my plate or I won’t get my frap.  Talk about force feeding. haha!  I really wanted my frap so I finished my pizza. =)

We grabbed my frap and wongki had a latte.  naj was craving for a sundae but the store was already closed. We chilled for a bit until we finished our drinks talking about a lot of things.  We called it a day at around 11pm ‘coz naj and lj have their obligations (meaning ojt and duty) the next day.  I must admit I felt pretty bad ‘coz I didn’t get the bonding that was planned.  dota was better…hmmm… But then again it wasn’t bad after all the fun we had during the night. =)  Hope we get to do that again with the rest of the crew. =)