Digos City, Philippines, 28th September 2011 - After almost 2 hours out of Davao City, I was a bit tired having no sleep for 24 hours....from the plane trip that dawn, car trip that morning, bus trip after breakfast, the latest being a tricycle trip, and here we were in a van which was still sitting itself prettily in the dusty old terminal of city - waiting to be filled up with passengers.
Vendors kept shouting out their wares as they passed by.
My eyes were drooping at half-mast while my neck was canting slowly downwards.
I was in a light daze of meditation (or confusion?) when a male voice kept on repeating a phrase which penetrated the fuzzy fog in my brain.
I suddenly popped my eyes to their widest extent, jerked my head backwards and glanced alertly at the open door where there was man holding a plastic package of yellow-colored items.
+++++
Cat: WHAT? Did you say you're selling Rocky Road? (I was referring to the ice cream flavor)
Vendor (staring): ha? (And you can almost hear his mind click tick-tock)
Cat: Rocky road, right?
Vendor (waves the plastic pack): Fish crackers ma'am.
*silence lasting for 5 seconds while Cat and the vendor stare at each other*
Cat (vehement): But...but! I swear I heard "rocky road" being said a couple of times!
Mommy Arlene (sitting by my side, poked me gently): He said "CRACKER OW!"
Cat (small voice): Oh! .....ehehe...*sheepish*
I guess when one is half-asleep...and you consider some slang differences in dialects..maybe the "cracker" sounded like "rocker" and the "ow" was like "rowd"...
*grasping at straws*
MWAHAHA!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Davao Mwahaha!: "I got plenty..."
Davao City, Philippines, 24th September 2011 - The well-used dusty bus seemed ready to roll off in a few seconds into the wild unknown...or rather it was off to Digos City.
Che then remembered she had to load her mobile as it was very important for us to have communication with the people we were to contact in our road trip.
Her BF Loo might also be wondering what happened to her on the adventure.
She hopped off the bus to one of the many stalls below where there were loading services for prepaid SIM cards.
The bus was ready to depart....I was anxiously craning my neck to and fro like a bewildered giraffe, she came back to the bus and sat back down into her seat. Thank goodness!
We calmly settled ourselves for an hour's ride to Digos, where we jumped from the parked bus, and rode a tricycle from the new terminal to the old bus terminal (I was more familiar with in my previous trips from Gen. Santos to Davao itself).
In the old bus terminal, we found a van which was waiting to be filled up for passengers to Kapatagan, a somewhat remote area where the Camp Sabros was located - perfect for zipline newbies and experienced zippies :-)
After finally draping ourselves as comfortably as possible among the creaky seats of the van, we wanted to double check on the internet about our route and trip to Camp Sabros.
Lucky that we had our cellphones and she had her load!
+++++++
Che (flicking open her phone and scrolling rapidly): Oh I got plenty of load...I think its even Php 400!
Cat: Whoa....that seems a lot!
Che (nodding): Yeah, coz I also texted my officemate and asked her to load my phone
Cat (excited): Great! we can surf longer or even the whole day!
++++
*silence for long moments*
Cat (curious and eager): ok ...so..what does the site say?
Che: Uhmm...hehe...I can't surf....low-batt ang phone...
*blips out?*
Ah...eh...well at least..plenty of load...
MWAHAHA!
Che then remembered she had to load her mobile as it was very important for us to have communication with the people we were to contact in our road trip.
Her BF Loo might also be wondering what happened to her on the adventure.
She hopped off the bus to one of the many stalls below where there were loading services for prepaid SIM cards.
The bus was ready to depart....I was anxiously craning my neck to and fro like a bewildered giraffe, she came back to the bus and sat back down into her seat. Thank goodness!
We calmly settled ourselves for an hour's ride to Digos, where we jumped from the parked bus, and rode a tricycle from the new terminal to the old bus terminal (I was more familiar with in my previous trips from Gen. Santos to Davao itself).
In the old bus terminal, we found a van which was waiting to be filled up for passengers to Kapatagan, a somewhat remote area where the Camp Sabros was located - perfect for zipline newbies and experienced zippies :-)
After finally draping ourselves as comfortably as possible among the creaky seats of the van, we wanted to double check on the internet about our route and trip to Camp Sabros.
Lucky that we had our cellphones and she had her load!
+++++++
Che (flicking open her phone and scrolling rapidly): Oh I got plenty of load...I think its even Php 400!
Cat: Whoa....that seems a lot!
Che (nodding): Yeah, coz I also texted my officemate and asked her to load my phone
Cat (excited): Great! we can surf longer or even the whole day!
++++
*silence for long moments*
Cat (curious and eager): ok ...so..what does the site say?
Che: Uhmm...hehe...I can't surf....low-batt ang phone...
*blips out?*
Ah...eh...well at least..plenty of load...
MWAHAHA!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
If you can read this, you have a strong mind (daw) :-)
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
If airplanes were wishes...then wishes would crash?
Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)
Yeah I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
Cause after all the partying
The smashing and crashing
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And after all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time when you fade to the blackness
When you’re staring at that phone in your lap
And hopin’ but them people never call you back
But that’s just how the story unfolds
You get another hand
Soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplanes airplanes
Sorry I’m late
I’m on my way
So don’t close that gate
If I don’t make that
Then I switch my flight
And I’ll be right back at it
By the end of the night
Yeah Yeah
Somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job
Before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah back when i was trying to get a tip at Subway
Back when I was rapping for the hell of it
But now days we rapping to stay relevant
I’m guessing that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I’ll go back to the days
Before the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain’t nobody listened to my mixtape
And back before I tried to cover up my slang
But this is for decatur
What’s up Bobby Ray
So can I get a wish to end the politics
And get back to the music that started this shit
So here I stand
And then again i say
I’m hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Yuletide Holidays 2011
| Start: | Dec 21, '11 |
| End: | Jan 12, '12 |
| Location: | Cebu City, Philippines |
Christmas food and Christmas parties, here I come!
Delicious Davao!
| Start: | Sep 24, '11 05:00a |
| End: | Sep 27, '11 |
| Location: | Davao, Philippines |
I loved durian and all the good food like panga and sashimi (hey, GenSan is about 4 hours bus ride away in my time).
So, since Che and I visited the Travel Fair the other day, we took the plunge and got a ticket for this very large city :-)
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