Sunday, October 6, 2013

Ennie's 39'th, Convenience Store, Brains and Obnoxious Cat and Scratches


Ennie (L), Pipo (Middle), Esmie (R)
Ennie is a one of my closes friends. She's tough, funny and has this zest for life. So yesterday is her actual birthday but we decided to surprise her last Saturday so she'll have someone with her to greet her a happy birthday when the clock strikes 12. Its just her, me, Pipo and her new friend Rob.










Ennie, didnt have an idea that we are coming over so she didn't cook anything. Unfortunately Iwas already starving by the time we get there. The good news is, there's a nearby 7-11 where we can get (operative word Get!) food...  So had our fill of ready-to-eat food (lasagna, siopao, donuts, baked macaroni, chips, chicken skin), Enz's left over paksiw na pata (which is good btw), chips (lots of em) some Empi Lights and Diet Pepsi





On our way home I realized that I was starving once again so with Pipo, we decided to hunt for something to eat. We checked our favorite lugawan (closed), mamihan (closed), carenderia (they only have tapa for the night). So Pipo suggested this pares stand in Bantayan



I had apprehensions at first but a promise of free lunch and coffee from Pipo won me over.. and off we went... I had beef pares.... and pipo had Pork and .... dyaran... BRAINS...as proof, here it is

The square white ones... that's it. I tried some and its ok... its like tofu but softer and creamier. Did I hate it.. no, did i like it.. not really.. Will I try it again? Not sure..





So Sunday morning, I realized that Puti, our obnoxious, obese cat has to get his shots. Tried to put him in a cage so I can get him to the vet. Boy, he wasn't happy about it!! He fought good, but still I won. Only when I get home that I realized that I have a few scratches to commemorate the event.
All in all I had a good weekend. Saw my friends, had brain pares for breakfast and got scratched by an obese cat. What else should I ask for :))

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Operation "Dubai"

Im good at people search, planning, plotting, scheming etc.. I can actually make a business out of it.... Im so good at it that I've been constantly bombarded by requests of finding long lost bf's/gf's, finding the husband of a friend's husband's other woman, finding who the other woman is... finding where the other woman lives.. finding the other woman's pictures... etc....

I've been constantly asked on what the best revenge is and how to go about it. Well I can give them the details but thats about it.. Im not going to do the dirty deed!

Revenge is a dish best served cold.... i dont believe that crap....I've been wronged a lot of times and I admit that sometimes all I wanna do is to get even and kick the other person's ass.. its human nature and I'm just that.... human... But I don't get any satisfaction in doing that. At the end of the day, I'll still feel miserable... so why not just let karma do all the dirty work... why subject yourself with all the drama?!

So from now on, I promise myself that I would never, ever use my investigative skills.... nope never again... Not even death threat from friends and relatives would make me change my mind...

Being kidnapped.... an hour of britney's bad music... and a promise of really good, home-made chocolate chips cookies is a different story though...





Pipo's 38'th


The "powder puff girls"


And what made you think that I went to the beach?


Cris and Bobit.. partners in crime! Criminals!


The calm before the storm


It's amazing how we stayed in touch through all these years. More amazing still, is how we stayed friends despite them being grumpy and me being nosy.


The Three... hmnn... the three... uhmmnn... let's leave it at that..


Funny moments with Pips and Nash


Fundador Model




The cause of all  evil! Emperador light. Never in this lifetime (or probably the next one) would I touch one of these. It's lethal!

Friday, September 20, 2013

In Memoriam...

Auntie Liling (L) and Nanay Viring (R)


I dont know a lot of people who got sick of cancer and most of those people are not even close to me. He or she may be an office mate, a relative of a friend, a friend of a friend, a neighbor -  but not anyone from my family nor from my close circle of friends.  I didn't have the first hand experience of how excruciating it can be, how hard the fight is  not just for the one who got inflicted but also for the people who love and care for that person.

Because of that, I didn't really feel threatened about it. I thought I don't have the genes. Not one among my family members got sick of cancer. Cardiovascular issues maybe, arthritis, some skin issues, pneumonia, asthma and that's about it. All of my relatives who passed on died of old age. I don't and cant  remember anyone who died young aside from a 7 year old cousin who had died in a car accident. Nope, I never thought that I have the genes. Not the BIG C. Or so I thought.

Recently, cancer had caught up with us and hit close to home. It's exactly 20 days since our Aunt Liling passed away. The culprit - breast cancer. Who would thought that Auntie Liling will leave us that way. I mean, she's the fiercest person I've ever known. I used to joke when I was younger that we have this love-hate relationship, that is, we love to hate each other. I wont deny the fact that I used to annoy her big time . But people mature, we mellow and that relationship between me and Auntie Liling improved a lot as we grow older.

Being single, she used to move a lot. Like one day she's taking care of my old grandmother, tomorrow she's moving in with us to care of my sick mother then off she'll go and stay with a cousin who just gave birth. She's always there, through thick and thin. She's  maybe a little eccentric and yeah she can talk big time. I mean, boy, she can really nag you into a coma. Like what I said, she's fierce and she wont take (sorry for the french) shit from anyone.

Auntie Liling is always there for us whether to lend a helping hand during a time of need or  just to check on us to know whats going on. Every single family gathering, you can count her in. Weddings, birthdays, family outings, get together with the balikbayan relatives, wakes funerals. Sadly, it was her funeral two weeks ago. The big C took her away.

I didn't know  that her passing would affect me this much. Maybe because she's the first person in my family who died of cancer. Maybe because I was too busy fighting my own demons and wasn't able to do my best to help. Maybe I really care a lot more for her than I actually thought I did. Maybe because she didn't deserve to have cancer, I mean, no one really does. Or maybe it's because I wasn't able say goodbye to her properly.  But I know, the real reason is I wasn't able to thank her for everything she's done for me and my family - as in everything big and small.

So Auntie Liling, thanks for the shoes - for the ones you gave me and for the ones that I destroyed without your knowledge. Thanks for that Gucci shirt  that I took without telling you  (the same one that I lost in Baguio... ooopps, sorry). Thanks for the coffee, I think I consumed all the caffeine to last me a lifetime at 14 years old. Thank you for not judging me (unlike some people I know - hmp!)when I got preg at 19. And most of all thanks for teaching me that being single (again) is not the end of the the world.

I love you!

(O crap, did I just say I love you???)


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Take 2 - Nagcarlan Laguna



Another solo trip to Nagcarlan, Laguna
Started travelling around 5:30 AM
Sunrise over rice paddies along National Road, Bay, Laguna

View of Makiling over Rice Paddies
Nagcarlan Cathedral (St. Bartholomew Church)


















Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Janelle's Bday Dinner at Bug-ong

The birthday girl right before dinner

Since it's her birthda, her wish was my command (I prefer Ate Sally's thou)

Roasted Chicken and Thai Fried Rice

Penne in Cheese and Sausage. and something else.. its more oriental in flavor... not the usual mac and cheese.. maybe its the sauge

I dont know what it.. salsa or something else.. lol. But it seems out of place in a Thai-Fil Fusion Resto

Janelle right after dinner, thinking about dessert