Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare

Yipiii! May rooftop na kami. We didn’t plan on this actually but because Ondoy happened, my mom decided to do it. Feeling kasi ng mother ko hindi sya kayang ipagtanggol ng bahay namin pag may mga ganung incident. Coz when Ondoy happened, she was forced to move out of the house kasi wala kaming 2nd floor. Both my parents spent the whole night in our neighbor’s house. Salamat sa mamang may lubid at naitawid sila. Since our house was flood-insured, we received a good amount to start it off.

We are all excited to see what it will look like. We even consulted an architect to do the design for us. Unfortunately walang nakuha sa dalawang designs na yun. Hahaha! Masyado kasi maraming sisirain pag sinunod yun. Kaya sa itaas ng garage na lang nilagay. Sayang I dreamt of a wedding picture taken on staircase pa naman. Lam mo yun… Ayoko naman picturan ako sa garahe na naka trahe-de-boda no. Yung tipong may gulong gulong pang kasama sa picture. Di bale na lang. Nung sinimulan na syang gawin, we were like kids na excited na umakyat ng puno. Ganun yung feeling. Kasi wala pa mang sementadong hagdan nagkakandarapa na kaming umakyat sa improvised hagdan para makita kung may development na ba sa taas. Almost 1 month sya ginawa.

My mother tried sleeping there alone. Wala pa syang harang and all but she insisted. Anyway, sanay naman na syang natutulog sa labas. Sila ng tatay ko. I've experienced sleeping sa labas ng hindi sinasadya at dahil na rin wala akong choice. During Ondoy yon. Papag lang ang madaling linisin. Pwede na kasing tamnan ng kamote ang mga kutson namin sa kapal ng putik. Wala din kaming tutulugan sa loob ng bahay for obvious reason.

Nakakatakot kaya matulog sa labas... lalo na sa lugar namin na normal na ang saksakan at bugbugan sa kalye. Pero dahil inggitera ako at ayoko din naman iwan si mama na mag-isa dun kaya sinamahan ko sya sa taas. Ayun, para akong naglalamay. Bakanteng lote ang katabi ng bahay namin. Tambayan ng mga nagsasaksakan at nagbubugbugan na lasenggo. Ewan ko ba kung bakit naman nagkataon nandun sila kung kelan mahihiga na kami. Pero hindi kami natinag. Naglatag pa rin si mama. Naghihilik na ang nanay ko ng marinig kong may nagsasalitang laseng. Parang si erap lang. Iihi lang daw sya. Yung iihing yun, itago natin sa pangalang Mario. Kilalang kilala namin sya dahil sya ang nagnanakaw ng mga tanim namin guyabano noon.

Isa pa, minsan nagugulat na lang kami, yung mga gamit namin e gamit na rin nila. Nasabi nga ng nanay ko sa isa sa mga anak nya dati ng makita niyang gamit nito ang nawawala naming payong "Alam mo neh, parang hindi ko naaalalang ipinamigay namin yang payong na yan sa inyo." Kaya alam namin na "NAPAKABUTI" nilang tao at hindi nila kayang gumawa ng masama sa amin. Anyway, dahil umihi sya, naiwan yung nagiisang sunog-baga dun. Napansin kong tumayo sya sa kinauupuan nya at walang ano-ano'y sumilip sa garahe namin.

Kinalma ko ang sarili ko at binulungan ko na ang nanay ko na may nagmamasid na tao. Tinanong ko si mama kung may pang-bambo na malapit sa hinihigaan namin. Nagulat ako sa sagot nya "Nak, may isa sa ulunan, isa sa paanan, at dalawang malalaki dun sa may hagdan." Hahaha! Chineck ko.. meron nga. Praning din pala ang nanay ko. Maya maya pa, bumalik si Mario at nahuling nakasilip ang kakosa nya sa garahe namin. Eto ang sabi nya "HOY! anong shinishilip mo dyan?!?! Gushto mong mabaril ang bungo mo.. Dito ka na!" Dahil na din siguro sa dami ng atraso nya sa pamilya ko, akalain mong may takot at hiya pa rin pala syang natitira sa tatay ko. Hahaha! Natawa na lang ako sa kanila. Hindi nako nagkandatulog after nun. Kung sa loob ng bahay, praning na ko sa magnanakaw e, lalo na nung nasa labas kami.

Just want to share ang bagong bihis ng bahay namin ngayon. Wala na ang bakas ng baha.

Movie Review: Two Faces of my Girlfriend

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Naalala nyo ba to? Sa tren nagmeet si girl at ang panget nyang prince charming (Ang tanong, charming nga ba talaga)? O eto, ang akala natin she was dumped by her ex pero in fact, he died and she was thinking she has something to do with it? E ang pagbubugbog ng girl sa chaka nyang newly found prince charming? At ang malala, scene kung saan pinalayo nya ng bonggang bongga ang lalaki at chaka sya nagsisigaw ng sorry.


If you’re a koreanovela fan, bet you know what I'm talking about. This movie is somewhat trying to escape to be a second rate trying hard but ended as a copy cat of My Sassy Girl and Windstruck. Start pa lang ng movie I know the storyline is familiar and I'm right, predictable. He was with his circle of friends... teased by them coz he was still a virgin and never had a girlfriend yet. Parehong pareho. Then habang papauwi sakay ng tren, dun nya nakita si girl. Yun nga lang, scary yung ichura nya. Well, scary din naman si Sassy Girl before coz she's drunk and her hair is all over her face. hahaha! Meron pa kong scene na nakita, na nasuka si girl at si ever loyal nyang panget friend ang naglinis ng sinukahan nya. At ang favorite kong scene na akala ko hindi nila gagayahin, nung nagconfess si guy ng mga bawal at hindi bawal gawin pag kasama nya yung girl. Whew! I felt like, para akong bumubuo ng puzzle habang nanonood. It's been a long time since I last watched a korean movie. And para sa aking pagbabalik loob sa korean film, this movie is not worth it. Disappointed. Pissed off. This movie was released last 2007. But I saw a lot of Korean fan bloggers included this on their top list. Kaya na curious ako. Pagkasulat ko sa blog na ito, dun ko lang nalaman na ang director ng sassy girl at ito ay iisa. Susme! Kaya pala!

My Daily Dose

One Nestle 0% fat milk, and two packs of Rebisco whole wheat crackers for breakfast; One pro-weight management 0% fat Strawberry-flavored nestle yoghurt, small KFC Asian Garden Salad for lunch; 1 bottle of Apple-flavored Fit n Right and 1 can of del monte sweet corn for dinner. Can anyone tell me if I'm going to survive this daily servings.

I'm currently weighing 140lbs and my goal is to trim down 20 lbs. I have a deadline of 2 months because I'm going to be a Maid of Honor in my couzin's wedding. I'm sure everyone's attention is on me not because I look beautiful on my gown but because my figure does not complement.

I've been struggling to become the big winner on the biggest loser challenge, that's what I thought. I have attempted so many ways on how to loose weight since college. I became successful though not because I did that intentionally. Let me share this experience of mine.

When I was in highscool, during my summer vacation, I make it a point to spend at least one month in my aunt's house in Laguna. To give you a preview on who she was in my life, well she's just the one who treated me as her own child and took care of me when I was about 4 months old up to 4 years. So It would be a mortal sin if I took her for granted. She's an old maid. My mom will give her an allowance when I'm there. She only knows how to cook stews and soups of whatever veggie is available in the fridge. I even asked her, "ano pong tawag sa niluto nyo?", she replied "Nilagang patola at kamias". Just that. Next day "Nilagang Upo". I don't even know if it was published in any recipe books. I know she doesn't want to deprive me on what I want but it appears as if. I would go out to buy my own food. I share it with her. If we don't have something to eat. We asked our neighboors for food. It's like that in the province anyway. Give anything you have but don't expect anything in return. Well, the "nilagang something" that she was sharing paid off though. I remember we received balatong or tinola or ginataang kalabasa and even lechon manok if there's an event. But if they don't have, we will just buy meatloaf and eat it for the whole day. Promise. It's true. She never let me eat the other 2 slices of Maling (brand of meatloaf) because I have to reserve it for my lunch and dinner. Imagine... Maybe you are wondering what my meryenda was - just a cup of coffee. When I get back to our house, My mom noticed my figure. "Nak? nagkasakit ka ba dun?" then I replied "Hindi ma. Diet lang."

Other accidental diet was when I was hit by Pulmunary Tuberculosis. I lost my appetite for a while due to severe cough. I can't hardly breathe. Now, of course I don't want to be hit by TB again for me to loose weight. Neither deprive myself of the things I deserve - specially the food. Yum Yum Yum! So I end up with that dose. Looking good never tasted this good! hahahaha! Wish me luck

Morbid Street Signs

BF said: "Walang Tawiran Nakamamatay"
Oscar Inocentes (new MMDA chariman) said: "Bawal Tumawid. May namatay na dito" (naglevel up na ang scary meter!)
I wonder what the next MMDA chairman's tagline would be.
Eto kaya "Wag kang tatawid. May nagmumulto na."?!?!?!?

During the early days of Mr. Oscar, I heard him in one of his interview saying "Gagawin naming Green ang Pink at Blue MMDA structures." It was one of the first project siguro. Nakakatawa. As in. Ang dami sigurong nagtaas ng kilay at isa na ko dun. It's a hogwash. Malulutas ba ng pagpapalit ng kulay ng fences ang trapik sa EDSA at sa lahat ng lansangang kinulayan ni BF? Mababawasan ba ng panghi ang mga urinals pag kulay green na sila? Ang MMDA art. Yung parang doodles lang ng mga kindergarten, ano din kaya ang balak nila dun? Pipintahan ng mukha ng presidente? Naaalala ko pa nung pintalsik si erap. Pinull-out ang lahat ng mga MRT stored Value na may mukha ni ERAP. Ilang linggo lang ang lumipas, si Gloria na ang nasa coverpage. Kung ganito ka-arte ang mga namumuno sa tin, puro pagpapalit ng mukha at kulay na lang ang magiging project nila. Just a thought. Wala naman sanang gaguhan. Ang daming perang nasasayang na sana sa mas maraming natulungan at nagawang mas matitinong project.

Eto pa. "Yung mga signs ng MMDA papalitan namin. Mas gagawin naming nakakatakot para talagang wala ng magiging pasaway." Eto na nga siguro ang tinutukoy nila. In fairness, mas nakakatakot nga sya kesa sa una but preventing the people from jay walking, I don't think may magagawa pa tayo dyan. Marami talagang pasaway kaya kahit anong panakot ang gawin nila, marami pa ring mamamatay at magmumulto din eventually.

Kaya vote wisely mga pango. Mabuhay tayo!

Canyon Cove Nasugbu

My officemates planned to have a summer outing 'bout 2 months ago I think. It was supposed to be an early February event but due to a lot of weekend activities lined up and others' co-curricular activities, minabuti naming gawin ito ng March 6, 2010. Para cute. The membership fee is 8800 and that includes the 2 day 1 night stay. Kasama na rin ang 4 breakfast buffet. If your 12 in a group pwede na ang 750 for the accommodation. So why not poknat.


And so the time has come. I arrived at around 6:20am the call time is 6:00am. Promise I tried my best to come on time.


This picture was shot at around 7:00 am. We are expecting a headcount of 9 but here we are. See? ang mga pinoy nga naman. tsk tsk tsk!


Actually we already had bunutan the day before kung kanino sasakay. But we ended up riding sa 1 sasakyan. whew! alam na! Around 12:00pm when we reached the place.




It was awesome! Feeling ko nag-level up na kami nung nakita ko yung lobby. Lalo na nung nakita ko yung pool...


We had our lunch dun na din kasi 2pm pa naman ang check in time. Dahil nag breakfast naman kami ni friend, nag salad at cheese cake lang kami. grabe 30 minutes. Kung alam ko lang na kukunin nya din sa buffet table ang salad ko, ako na lang sana ang nagprisinta. Take note, I ordered frozen salad pero ni isang bakas ng yelo wala. umay na umay ako. After namin kumain, binulungan ako nung waiter, "mam pwede na po kau kumuha sa buffet table, hindi na nila mahahalata yan" uy! pagkakataon ko na to. grab grab grab! medyo nahiya naman ako ng konti. fruits and potato croquettes lang ang kinuha ko. So binibigyan ko na kau ng tip ha. kya lang I forgot the name nung waiter. Hehehe! Goodluck n lang sa inyo.


Since we will break the 4-person-per-room policy, we went there by batch. hehehe! para-paraan lang yan. Syempre hindi ako pumayag na 2nd batch ako. When I saw this bed, overlooking ang view sa deck, yun na! inagaw na namin nung friend ko ang moment at nag decide na dun kami matutulog. o diba ang ganda? Hindi na napakali si friendship kya nauna kami magswim swim. Ayun una kaming naging Dora. Mga lakwatserang negra. Nag kayak din kami. It was my first time and guess what... it was also my first day(I think you know what I mean. Girl thing). Ang tanong, nagpatalo ba ko sa kanya? NEVEEERRR!!! hahahah! hala sige sagwan dito sagwan dyan! Nagtatatakbo lang ako sa shower room pag paparating na sya.

Sunset na. Hinabol ko sya ng makita kong iniiwan na nya ko. Pero masyado syang mabilis. Ayun ga-tuldok na lang.




The ever beautiful lobby.



Our room (yung kumot pang 2 bed lang kya narealize ko na yung kama namin sa may bintana e hindi tlaga kasama sa tulugan. I asked someone from house-keeping department pero 75 pesos daw ang ordinary kumot nila and 200 ang comforter kya hinila n lang namin ang 2 golden telang maliliit galing sa 2 kama)




Ang plano ng group, sa bayan mag didinner pero dahil gutom na gutom na kami ni friend, nagpaiwan na kami at dun mag dinner ng buffet. They ended up eating in Jollibee. Bwahahahaa! (May pinagkaiba ba ang Jollibee Batangas sa Jollibee Manila?!?!?!). Buffet is worth 600 for non-member and 480 for members. 20% off kaya sulit. Then we slept.



I alarmed my clock 5:30am but I snoozed it five times so nagising ako at around 6am to witness sunrise. Ako lang ang nagising. Una akong pumunta sa dagat. Hindi ko naisip na hindi nga pla sisikat ang araw kung san sya lumubog. Hay! kaloka! pero anyway, hindi pa rin ako nag-give up.


The pool is open from 7am to 9pm only so at the time na nandun ako, wala pang tao

Si lola nagtatai-chi

Dahil ako lang, pinilit kong makuhanan ang sarili ko. Inilapag ko nalang sa sand yung cam ko. hehehe!



Hay! this shot was the worst. I set the timer 10 seconds so I ran para mahabol ang scene na to. Ayun nakalimutan ko matinik nga pla ang bougainvilla na yan. Sugat sugat ang kamay ko




I love this pic. I also saw a few na nagtayo ng tent.










Nagising na sila at last. I had my breakfast. Cute!

We rented a rubber boat kasi my goal kami. To conquer the rock barrier. 500 per hour nga pala sya.



Here I come! Pero alam nyo ba ang behind the scene nyan? When we reached the huge rock formations, nauna yung friend kong sumampa then took a solo pic. Then it's my turn. We heard someone whistles but we ignored it eventually kasi hindi naman namin sila nakikita kung kami nga ba ang tinutukoy nila. Bumalik na kami sa boat. Medyo wala na yung mga asungot na pito. Akala siguro nila tapos na kami. Then nagpalit kami nung mga nasa boat. Sila naman ang sumampa. Maya maya may dumating ng jet ski. Sinasaway kami kasi hindi daw steady yung mga batong yun bka ibaon kami ng buhay sa ilalim. What an adventure. Since may mga life vest naman kami, nag swim swim na kami halfway pabalik.. I wish we could have rented snorkeling gadgets. Super ganda sa ilalim ang linaw.

Uwian na!!!!