the tale of the start of the end

there was once a little boy,
who was taken to a little orphanage
where everyone was friendly,
everyone was nice.
where all the kids were brilliant
and yet still had time for fun.

well how could they not!
as the orphanages motto rang true,
"study hard, play hard. "
which was just that,
exact to the dot!

so the little boy was happy,
for everything felt just right.

until came the king's son,
saying this land has been conquered,
blah di blah di blah!
a new reign has come!
All of us he gathered,
to talk and persuade
"no worries children,
everything will still stay the same!"
even though we feel that they are not.

so now, as time pass by,
and as more changes comes to rise,
eventually all the little boy could do
is say bye bye!

Argh!

... i really have a lot of things to post in here but whenever I get to the create post window.. my mind suddenly go blank and stops functioning... dunno why though... baka baka baka manok baboy!

saan francisco one more time

after having my flyback in Manila, i had to go stay 5days (and was blessed with being delayed for another week) in San Francisco to renew my Barbados visa.

union square

kumukuha ng kumukuha

dear blog, i shall learn to cook egg benedict on my stay in barbados.

Having stayed in the hotel room for almost the whole weekday working, only leaving to obey my stomachs bidding, it was nice that my friends toured me around the San Francisco area.

working.

I was really getting envious with all those Golden gate avatars that i see in YM so I made a request to go there for our first stop.

mga tour guide ko.

What better way to seal the deal than to cross the Golden gate bridge and go to a port and take a ferry back to the city. Too bad the bridge was way foggy for some good picture taking though. :(

After taking this photo, I've realized we've been walking for quite some time now. :))

So after some more walking and then some more, we've finally arrived at Salusalito port, to take a break. See how tired they are.

ang tunay na eye bug.

Then after the ferry ride back to the city, we went straight to the wharf.

me while waiting for the

watchamakulit?

to the wharf!

it doesn't need to look good to taste good. Clam Chowder!

roundenround.

goes the fire dancer


Sinong pumutol ng paa ni papa koala? Clue? nasa picture din sya.

And so the following friday my Passport arrived with a new visa and off i go on the Sunday. Hope I could've stayed a little longer for the Wii party but hey, at least I got my YM avatar.

tadan!

aba! arbados!

I really don't know what to say here... another adventure... another experience... everything that's happening will prepare me for the things to come.

saan francisco? san francisco!

status:
airport arrival time: 9:00AM
hotel check-in time: 3:00PM
room status: all rooms occupied till check-in time.
reaction: violent

Sitting my butt off for almost 24hrs, I decided to leave my baggages at the front desk and took a walk in the streets of San Francisco. Prior to leaving Manila, I decided to just wear slippers to avoid the hassle of removing footwear at the airport security check point. Big mistake! I forgot how cold it could get compared to the hot-humid-sweat-making air in manila.

So there I was, toe nails turning violet, walking with no real destination in mind. Good thing i've came across a cafe with free WiFi access. So a cup of hot chocolate and 5hrs later, I was finally checked-in.

+EXP

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Before sleeping, I was so happy to see a Digital alarm clock that can use its built in CD player as an alarm. Being a noob that I was, I just set it to CD play alarm then slept...

for 12hrs...

Good thing it was still a weekend so all was good.

So Sunday evening, selected CD alarm mode again then slept..

for 12hrs...

Frustrated I played the CD to know its content then lo and behold! It was a sleep and relaxation CD!

+EXP

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My first dinner there, I decided to eat at Burger King which was a few blocks away from the hotel. With a mind-set of 1 week San Francisco and the rest in Barbados, I only brought my wind breaker jacket. So with more cold air than wind to break I've learned my lesson.

+EXP

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sunset

night mode

chinatown

chin park in the big city


nakalimutan ko kung mataas sya or pyramid shape talaga.

church

narita ako....

it has been a while since my last post. I was in manila back then.. now here I am, waiting for the connecting flight in Narita airport to San Francisco.

A lot of stuff is stirring my brain fluids at the moment. Me being here means that I'm growing (sadly not vertically) up and need to think more and more of the future. We can't really control the future.. but at least we can try and steer it to a point of satisfaction.

man, it's lonely out here... but I need to keep on steering for our future.

if there's somebody calling me on....

It all started with a stare.
then the teasing starts.
I kept on denying what I truly feel.
but like a container that would eventually fill.
my heart bursts out.
and all was spilled.

Now,
a year has passed.
so quickly if i may add.
the 12th monthsary
or simply put,
Our 1 year anniversary.

Happy 1st Anniversary Mushy!

she's the one...

yey bora!

it was friday and it also was the 13th, yet I can't contain my excitement. T'was because that day was the day we went to Boracay! It was 3 night and 4 days of absolute fun under the sun and moon na rin.

The previous week mushy and i went to an intense stomach diet of fat burning soup. At first i was skeptic about the idea of eating just veggies in tomato soup and fruits day after day after day (kasi 3 days lang), but hmmm.. how would i say this... i loved it more than mushy. :))

So back to bora, the plan was we will eat to our hearts content after our endeavor or should i say enDEVOUR of veggies and fruits. So after the long trip and skipping lunch, we were finally there and very much hungry.

So after settling down in the comfy Orchids resort [which should give me a discount the next time around for obvious reasons] we walked the path of white sands and found a turo mo luto ko restaurant [which won't give me reason for obvious reasons] we were ready to order.

mushy was so happy to get a hold of the menu.


[there should have been some photos of food here but i was too hungry at that time]

After dinner we got separated with the others so we just went night swimming with the corn smelling weeds and then retired back to orchids thereafter.

no wonder we couldn't find them..
one was turning invisible and the other one is a friend of
darker than black :))

after some good night's sleep, it's time to go snorkeling and island hopping.

snork snork snork.

we saw a lot of sea creatures and was lucky enough to spot a sea monkey!

after a lil bit of snorkling we ate a feast. Ironically, I was the one who ate the least. I still don't know if i should thank the soup or hate it because it changed my stomach capacity. :p



After eating next stop was island cove.

the only group picture we had :))

This place has 2 caves that also has an opening near the sea. So we were like in 8 waves only this was real. for more photos visit mushy's bora photo.

It was about 4:30pm when we finished so after some more...

feet grinding.


and

jonah's (which i thought was jonel's)

we finally decided to call it a day.

The next morning it was for some of the gang to leave. Well, Glenn, Goy, Mushy and I decided to get another day out of the bora adventure.

the survivors

first couple

second couple

The day after our last day in bora is our first anniversary. So what better way to pre-celebrate it than to do something special. :D

up up and away!

(Thank you to the magnificently sun burned Glenn for taking our photos)

After the sky high experience, it's time to go take a dip again.


and so before going dark...


and some henna tatoo..



we decided to go to D' Mall.


and tried to score 28.


but utterly failed. :))


after buying some souvenirs and going to Jonah's again...


and collecting some more white sands...

it's finally time to sit back, relax and enjoy our final night at boracay.

yahoo!!

nakapulot ako ng 50 thousand pesos!!!!
if you could just read the highlights of this post! wow!


Happy April Fool's Day!

why do I love thee?

If I were to answer that question, I may say because she has tantalizing eyes, pretty, loves her family very much, loves God, hardworking, ..., and lots lots more, but I won't.

Yes all are good qualities... but for me those things are still limited in why I love her. I mean, all I'm saying is I love her for all she is which in truth cannot really be described by any other word.

I love you because I love you...