it's already 1am... and 4 people are still awake in this house at Darasa, Tanauan... : my bro-in-law wowie and uncle pogi having a bonding over a bottle of brandy (if you could hear their conversation, you would definitely figure out that they have "amats")... then my younger sister Tami who happens to be the major subject for this post (she's busy putting packaging tape over her balikbayan box... and of course, yours truly, who, aside from creating this post is also doing the laundry...

and in few hours from now, we have to wake up early in the morning.... head to Manila, and bring Tami to the airport for her flight back to US to be with my family, for good....hay...it was just like last december that i bid goodbye to my dad, mom, 2 bros and sis Tami.. then she was back again the day before my bday.. graduated college in UP Manila.. then now, she has to be back again to CA to reside permanently...

i was just wondering if i would cry the same way i did when my family went there last december... it would be only me and my eldest sister who will be left here in the Philippines once again.. holidays and other special events would be celebrated without a family.. good thing for my ate coz she has a family of her own.. and me? well, i have my friends there who are like a family to me.. and of course, my med life.. darn!

to our BMI sisses and other friends of tami who plan to bid good bye to the last minute... we'll see u guys tom at the airport, 1pm.. orayt?! ^_^

and to my sis... wish you safe trip... ^_^

Funny it is that there are people whom you miss so much when they’re not around. Whom you think day and night in their absence.. as if you really want to talk to the person as often as you could.. but when you come to see them in person and talk to again, as if all the imaginations are gone… as if they are just part of the normal people within your circle.. hay.. it is so weird.. just weird, that I have this kind person existing in my life.. weird talaga.. tsk tsk tsk…. Funny isn’t it???

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sisses at nory's condo... ready to take off...
*kunwari kasama si rache.. haha ^_^





our second stop over... di ko lang tanda kung san to..









ang aking unang tapak sa lupain ng BAGUIO!





si ads, ako, at si tami





sisses having mascarade party! charing!







lunch out at 50's diner...
they serve giant burgers and clubhouse..
but kebab, though it was soooo soft, but served late.. =(









boating habang umuulan...





sisses having coffee break at figaro!







sisses ang kukulit! wlang mgawa!











about to say good bye to baguio..
lamig!!!!




























sisses back to manila.. hay...

Nais kong batiin ang aking sarili dahil finally, nakarating na din ako ng baguio… *clap*clap*clap… salamat sa aking mga BMI sisses na nagbigay ng dahilan para matupad ang isa sa matagal ko nang pangarap…

If you are looking for an adventure, what we had in Baguio is a perfect one! Kaw ba naman ang sumugod sa Baguio sa kalagitnaan ng signal #3 dahil sa bagyong Cosme.. pero mas prefer naming tawagin syang PLONING – “dahil napapanahon” – melai.. haha.. lahat na ata ng kamalasan eh naranasan namin.. nanjan ang ulan habang namamasyal, and most of the time we spent in baguio, we were in van.. pero enjoy din naman ang road trip.. then kaw ba naman ang mag-boating habang umuulan at nakapayong.. san ka pa! haha! Basing-basa kami sobra.. di na kelangan pang buksan ang aircon ng van habang nagroroadtrip dahil sa lamig.. salamat nlng sa nakita naming coffee shop na Figaro at nainit-initan kahit papano an gaming mga katawan…

bukod sa malakas na ulan at hangin, madami pang kamalasan… nastranded pa kami sa Caltex.. galing kme sa SM para mag-grocery ng aming dinner at breakfast, pero sa kasamaang palad eh inabot kami ng bagyo.. di kami kaagad nakauwi sa “SKY”, kung saan kami tumutuloy.. bakit kamo “SKY”? literal nasa sky ka na sa sobrang taas..ahahaha..pag uwi namin sa SKY matapos magpatila ng ubod ng lakas na hangin at ulan eh wala naman kuryente.. may fireplace nga, bumili ng mga panggatong, pero naging lutuan lang sya ng aming breakfast na sopas dahil di namin mapaandar ang gas.. 5am na nuon ng nakakain kami.. di na nga kami nakapag dinner the night before dahil sa pagkakastranded sa Caltex.. buti nlng kamo ay may masarap kaming lunch sa 50’s diner kung saan ang laki-laki ng burger nila, right shiney? Ang laki din super ng clubhouse nila.. nakita namin sa kabilang table na umorder ng exag sa laking clubhouse.. what I had for lunch was kebab.. na super nadelay pa ang pagseserve dahil hinuli pa ata ang baka… haha.. pero ayos lang dahil sulit nmn..

nasaan na ba ako? Ano pa nga bang malas ang inabot namin? Aun! Kaw ba naman ang maligo ng ubod ng lamig na tubig dahil sira ang heater!!!!!! Grabe, manhid ang katawan ko pagkatapos.. no choice naman ako dahil di din naman ako mapapakali kung di ako maliligo ng umagang iyon.. pagkababa naman namin ng Pangasinan eh binaha ang urdaneta! O san ka pa, wala na ngang ulan, pero di pa din kami tinantanan ng kamalasan dahil sa baha…. Parang baha sa dapitan, promise!

But despite all the kamalasans that we experienced, I regret nothing.. we came to a point asking each other if we were not there, where would we be… I would say, I would be in Lopez, Quezon, with the Mu friends, doing the training for the aetas.. hayyy… but still, I regret nothing… it was a wonderful time for the sisses to bond with my sister, Tami, coz she’s about to go back to the US this week.. and everything the bmi sisses experienced was one of a kind…. Ang sabi nga namin, ang dami na naming bagyong pinagdaanan.. literal na bagyo! Sino ba naman ang makakalimot ke milenyo, na kami-kami din ang magkakasama… at eto ngayon, si cosme… basta, I will never forget this Baguio experience.. this may be not the experience I imagined, but what I got was even better.. nasukat ang samahan ng BMI sisses… at hinding-hindi ko sila ipagpapalit.. sisses, I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

Special thanks to:

Kris – for the SKY accommodation

Yonee - for the van

Kuya Toni - Yonee’s driver na hindi tlaga kami pinabayaan

Nory - for the gas

Dahil sa inyo… ang liit ng gastos natin sa trip na ito… honestly, mas mahal pa nga ang nagastos ko for the pasalubongs kesa sa gastos tlaga natin sa trip na ito^_^

i think i gained 5 pounds since the month of may started...i was staying at our house in batangas, and all that i am doing was cook, eat, sleep, dvd marathon, watch pbb, doin chika with my tito and tita, and play with their kid, julian... well still thanks to my celfone that keeps me connected to my friends on the outside world (as if pbb housemate ako!) haha!

yesterday, sunday, had been a very tiring day for me.. i went back and forth to lipa, just to fetch my auntie.. then we headed manila, pick up tami's stuff at her dorm, then i just dropped by my place at Lacson for few minutes, then back to tami's dorm then headed way back home to batangas.. then after that, i was not even contented... i have to attend mass at Mt. Carmel, in Lipa City.. that's one hour comute from my place.. should you ask why of all the churches, the church that's far from home.. well, during the times i was confused and problematic, i have been to that church for so many times.. and it just captured my faith... hehe.. but unfortunately, i arrived 5pm.. all the while i was thinking there was mass until 6pm.. but upon knowing that the last mass is 4-5pm, i could not help but feel sad.. i just stayed inside the church for some minutes then just had my moment of silence.. hopefully next sunday i would be able to attend a mass.. definitely i would try hard ^_^

it's my mom and dad's anniversary... their 28th actually... wow.. they reached that long together.. hopefully they will be together forever, despite their differences.. i just sent them my greetings..

well, i miss being in manila, with so many things to do.. however, very expensive to stay at.. hehe.. i will surely miss this long hours sleep when classes started, so i am making the most out of my vacation.. one thing i haven't done yet.. that is, to have a make over.. haha^_^ soon i will for sure... ^_^