Two years later, I'm still trying to make peace with this idea from my guestbook:
because dating the ideal girl is a big responsiblity. there's this crazy notion that to be with the ideal girl, you have to be ideal as well. nakakaintimidate. better to date the mindless bimbo who swoon over just about everything you do. the impressionable chick who would worship you inspite of all your shortcomings.
It still doesn't make sense to me, people. Anyone care to enlighten? I promise I won't yell at you. HaHa!
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Monday, December 5, 2005
Carded
Twenty days until Christmas. That's just crazy.
I spent some three hours at National Bookstore today buying Christmas cards. I'm one of those people who will take the time to look at every single card in the store just to find THE perfect card for every single person on my list. Call me thoughtful. =)
Sadly, I had to buy a lot of "Across the Miles" cards this year. I guess another goal in life could be eliminating the need to buy such cards forever. How I could make it so that I'm not torn between two places is such a big mystery!
I spent some three hours at National Bookstore today buying Christmas cards. I'm one of those people who will take the time to look at every single card in the store just to find THE perfect card for every single person on my list. Call me thoughtful. =)
Sadly, I had to buy a lot of "Across the Miles" cards this year. I guess another goal in life could be eliminating the need to buy such cards forever. How I could make it so that I'm not torn between two places is such a big mystery!
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Visayas
I'm back! I'm back in Manila and slightly brown! Yay!
I seriously have no idea how to start talking about everything that has happened. There's just too many stories to tell, too many people to talk about, and too many things to say altogether!
I had a great time and it's true that the people you're with make all the difference. Tita Rosalyn took me in and made me a part of their family (with my own bedroom and bathroom in the house!). She introduced me to the rest of the clan, lawyer friends, and law students who treated me like they've known me forever. The Fusers kept me company in Bohol. The bad thing about all of this is that I don't ever want to travel alone ever again. HaHa! Backpacking alone in Asia sounds so foreign now. ;P
Anyway, Cebu is great. I even like it better than Manila. It's like a city and a province in one with easy access to beaches. If I ever want to drive in the Philippines, I would try doing so in Cebu because the roads are less crazy. There's also traffic in Cebu, but it's not going to take you five hours to get home unlike in Manila. If you're into eating, Cebu has restaurants in every eskinita, road, and highway. HeHe. Man, I think I'm having withdrawals. LoL.
When I got to Cebu, I got a fever again and my first three days were hell. Regardless, I was still doing the tourist thing and visited Mactan Shrine, Magellan's Cross, Sto. Nino Church, Taoist Temple, and Tops (mountain-top view of the whole Cebu City). Tops is probably the best thinking spot in the country and I could seriously spend ten hours there. I also spent a night at Alegre Beach Resort in Sogod, Cebu. Loved it! Okay, so I spent more time in bed than outside, but that's because they have awesome rooms in Alegre! *SIGH. I also got to watch the Dancesport competition of the SeaGames at Waterfront Lahug...with a V.I.P. ticket. I'm cool, yes I am. HeHe!
Bohol was all about the Chocolate Hills, tarsiers, Baclayon Church, Loboc River, hanging bridge, and dolphins...and urchins...and mosquitoes. Damn those last two. LoL.
This trip was just another proof that things happen for a reason. It's amazing how things fall into place. I need to keep reminding myself that things will be okay in the long run. One of Tet's first text messages to me during the trip was "You're living out the dream!" I did and I hope to continue it until the end.
I seriously have no idea how to start talking about everything that has happened. There's just too many stories to tell, too many people to talk about, and too many things to say altogether!
I had a great time and it's true that the people you're with make all the difference. Tita Rosalyn took me in and made me a part of their family (with my own bedroom and bathroom in the house!). She introduced me to the rest of the clan, lawyer friends, and law students who treated me like they've known me forever. The Fusers kept me company in Bohol. The bad thing about all of this is that I don't ever want to travel alone ever again. HaHa! Backpacking alone in Asia sounds so foreign now. ;P
Anyway, Cebu is great. I even like it better than Manila. It's like a city and a province in one with easy access to beaches. If I ever want to drive in the Philippines, I would try doing so in Cebu because the roads are less crazy. There's also traffic in Cebu, but it's not going to take you five hours to get home unlike in Manila. If you're into eating, Cebu has restaurants in every eskinita, road, and highway. HeHe. Man, I think I'm having withdrawals. LoL.
When I got to Cebu, I got a fever again and my first three days were hell. Regardless, I was still doing the tourist thing and visited Mactan Shrine, Magellan's Cross, Sto. Nino Church, Taoist Temple, and Tops (mountain-top view of the whole Cebu City). Tops is probably the best thinking spot in the country and I could seriously spend ten hours there. I also spent a night at Alegre Beach Resort in Sogod, Cebu. Loved it! Okay, so I spent more time in bed than outside, but that's because they have awesome rooms in Alegre! *SIGH. I also got to watch the Dancesport competition of the SeaGames at Waterfront Lahug...with a V.I.P. ticket. I'm cool, yes I am. HeHe!
Bohol was all about the Chocolate Hills, tarsiers, Baclayon Church, Loboc River, hanging bridge, and dolphins...and urchins...and mosquitoes. Damn those last two. LoL.
This trip was just another proof that things happen for a reason. It's amazing how things fall into place. I need to keep reminding myself that things will be okay in the long run. One of Tet's first text messages to me during the trip was "You're living out the dream!" I did and I hope to continue it until the end.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Lonesome Traveler Is At It Again
Shopping sucks. Shopping for something that you actually need sucks even more. Shopping for something that you actually need and trying to find it in Manila sucks the most.
I just need a plain white shirt, the non-spandex type. If I were in Seattle, I would just hop on over to Target, go to the Hanes/Fruit of the Loom section and voila! But here in Manila? Where? Why does everyone sell shirts with brands plastered all over them? Why does everyone think that everyone wants tight-hugging shirts? I don't, especially if you're going to be sweating under the sun. *SIGH. Shopping sucks.
But traveling doesn't! I'm off to the middle part of the country tomorrow for two weeks. Hooray! The rest of my travels are as follows:
November: Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin
December: Vigan, Laoag, Pagudpud (trying to get a big group to go)
January: Seattle ;P
If I learned anything during my Tacloban trip last month, it is definitely not to be a corny traveler. Thou shall see at least one sunrise/sunset at every city (in other words, actually be out and about during those times!) and thou shall be brown (or at least a shade darker) when I get back. HeHe. Now if only I can get my voice to go back to normal...
I just need a plain white shirt, the non-spandex type. If I were in Seattle, I would just hop on over to Target, go to the Hanes/Fruit of the Loom section and voila! But here in Manila? Where? Why does everyone sell shirts with brands plastered all over them? Why does everyone think that everyone wants tight-hugging shirts? I don't, especially if you're going to be sweating under the sun. *SIGH. Shopping sucks.
But traveling doesn't! I'm off to the middle part of the country tomorrow for two weeks. Hooray! The rest of my travels are as follows:
November: Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin
December: Vigan, Laoag, Pagudpud (trying to get a big group to go)
January: Seattle ;P
If I learned anything during my Tacloban trip last month, it is definitely not to be a corny traveler. Thou shall see at least one sunrise/sunset at every city (in other words, actually be out and about during those times!) and thou shall be brown (or at least a shade darker) when I get back. HeHe. Now if only I can get my voice to go back to normal...
Monday, November 14, 2005
Find The Voice Within
One or the other:
1. Career or Lovelife
2. Seattle or Manila
3. Travel buddies or ... voice?
Yeah, the last one does not make sense at all. But then again when does my life actually make sense, right? HeHe.
Almost two years later, I have lost my voice yet again for reasons unknown to me. I wouldn't be complaining if my agenda in the next two weeks was to bum around the house and wait for miracles to happen, but I'm actually going to Cebu, Bohol, and Camiguin! I know! Yay for the trip! Nay for my speechless self...literally!
Let's hope the P700 I paid for 3 tablets of antibiotics work by Thursday or someone is going to have waaaaay too much material to write about on his blog again. LoL.
1. Career or Lovelife
2. Seattle or Manila
3. Travel buddies or ... voice?
Yeah, the last one does not make sense at all. But then again when does my life actually make sense, right? HeHe.
Almost two years later, I have lost my voice yet again for reasons unknown to me. I wouldn't be complaining if my agenda in the next two weeks was to bum around the house and wait for miracles to happen, but I'm actually going to Cebu, Bohol, and Camiguin! I know! Yay for the trip! Nay for my speechless self...literally!
Let's hope the P700 I paid for 3 tablets of antibiotics work by Thursday or someone is going to have waaaaay too much material to write about on his blog again. LoL.
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