This is the 3rd time im editing this

April 10, 2007 And it has never been clearer to me that i need a camera soon. im not very good with words, so visual repesentation would do great things for me. hay. 45K...how can i produce 45K...


anyway, for the highlights of my 10-day hiatus, you'd havet o make do with words..

sat was a great start, we were off to Anilao to dive. explored Layag layag, Eagle's point and The Cathedral. and although it was my second time to dive in anilao (we did our check out dive there last year) it was as if ive been there for the first time. hay, ansarap.

and i bought a set of Beuchat fins, mask and snorkel for only P2,700!! yeeeey! (it might look pricey, but believe me, that's a good deal) and im planning on buying a wetsuit soon because, although im not that sure, i had itches all over my body the day after the dive. maybe i do need protection. pesteng balat.

Also, while we were at eagle's point, i saw this huge, and i mean HUGE, fish just a few more feet below us. but i mustve been about 60ft down already so i couldn't go any lower. i tried showing it to my buddy, but by the time i got his attention (as much as wanted to shout, he wouldn't hear me) it was gone. scary, but exciting. im still waiting for the day when i will see a shark up close, well maybe not so up close. hehe

sunday was spent sleeping, lazing around, and burning fat at our hot apartment. monday, i traveled alone to pampanga. out of ignorance, i ended up riding a "saulog bus" in which the only empty seat was beside a big man wearing a sleeveless shirt, sporting a faded greenish tattoo, and smells like he was left under the sun for hours (im sorry im not being bad, but that's just how he really smelled like.) before we entered NLEX, the bus was full, and i was trapped. bv.

anyway, spent the rest of the holidays with boyp's family in pampanga. drinking every night, trying to listen and learn how to speak or at least understand kapangpangan. and just trying to learn from the people around me

i also got to eat a goat. hehe! coolness. caldereta, sinigang, papaitan and sisig...all cooked with one whole goat. it was an experience, a very yummy experience.

it was also then that i first experienced what they call mandarami and tira bakal. mandarami are people who deliberately wound their backs and repeatedly hit it with a bunch of sticks tied to a rope. most of them walk the sizzling hot streets of pampanga barefoot. there are also those who carry a wooden cross and stops at churches or houses that hosts "pabasa's", lie on the street and have someone hit them on their legs and arms. brutal, i know.

tira-bakal are a group of men in costume, with one carrying the cross, and the others dressed as Jews. the man carrying the cross would be chased by the "Jews" and when they catch him, they'll torture him by hitting him, pushing the cross at every direction and kicking him, all at the same time. we even saw one who was tied on his waist and was being pulled by two other men. they were all running fast while doing the torture, so when the guy tripped it was always head first. there was this one time when i think i got too carried away that the man by the cross also got out of balance and ended up sitting on the cross which was sandwhiched between his butt and the "jesus" head. ouch.

they also have a handful of people who are nailed to a cross, but they didn't allow me to go. i had to make do with TV coverage since, from their stories, you had to walk a long way to reach the place where they put up the cross. there's also no shade, the path is not cemented and there will surely be alot of people there, bad for my asthma. tsk

anyway, on most of the days, i did nothing. hehe! just as i planned. drank beer every night, ate delicious food. (vin's mom cooks really really well. i must've gained a pound or two a day. hahaha!)

so although i only got the taste of sea water one day for the whole 10 days, it was well worth it. i had my rest. now im back at work..with renewed spirits.

by 1pm (hopefully i dont have any work to do) we'd be off to a bowling party, the whole PHD. so yeah, better check if there's anything i need to do, para walang sagabal. im looking at winning the challenge. LETS DOH IT!

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so you wont have a hard time buying gifts for me this christmas, here's my long list: (i know, ang aga)

1. Macbook
2. DSLR Camera
3. Diving Equip (in this order: mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, regulator, BCD, tank)
4. Dive trip (tubataha or kota k or apo reef or palau...keri na hehe)
5. Shopping spree at Ross/Home depot/Target
6. shoes, any kind with heels not higher than 2" (im 7 1/2)
7. my first ever havaianas (brazzziiiilllll)
8. a beanbag or a cool comfy chair
9. flat screen TV, hehe.
10. a year supply of booze (if beer, RH lang pls)
11. Art materials (any medium, from crayons and coloring books to canvass and acrylics)
12. Drumset or Kahon. (wlang pilosopo)
13. Oven. i want to bake.
14. punching bag and gloves
15. a leather basketball.


Of course, Money is always the best. that way you know i will get what i really want.

And look at it this way, if you give me any of my top 5, i can consider that as an early bday gift as well. hehe :)

Pa-Fedex nalang ah, PM me for my address hehehehe! thanks dear santa clauses!

behind the wheel

still the same ciara, just with more work and longer messier hair. ah and yes, a certified diver now, not that i have the time and money to dive anyway. maybe by november/december/january soon.

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this is my way to stalk all you readers. mwahahahahahahaha! coolness!

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