Halo-Halo espesyal #11

Listening to: Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass (2005 Silent Alarm)

Right now, I feel:Blank

Its been 12 days since I didn't post anything here. I kinda missed it in a way but I was just feel blank when I tried to publish it. Somehow I was pissed about it since this is really the drawback of having too many things to handle online. Plus the fact that I rely on my aunt's office to have my internet connection since PLDT is just so slow now in getting our lines back since they are on this "upgrading their system" bullshit.

Anyways let me fill you up with things that happened while I was away in the blogosphere.

August 22: My family and I was on the way to Bok's (my sister's boyfriend) house in Parañaque since his mom was celebrating her birthday. My mom decided to bring 2 cars since we won't fit in my sister's Honda City. So my mom drove the Honday City with my sister and her kid and our yaya (Nana) Ate Edel. My lil brother Kiko and I used Bok's car. As we pass EDSA just after the Santolan station MRT, while Bok and I are talking about something. Bok told me that someone is waving at us. And to our surprise, 2 gays are waving at us at the passenger seat of a Mitsubishi Adventure. The driver and the one on his passenger seat starts to laugh and smile and waves at us too as they point their gay passengers at their back. I didn't know what to do and just started to smile and laugh as I joked around with Bok.

We arrived at their house and had some good time eating and playing PSP with his siblings. We went home hoping no one will wave at us again.

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August 23: My mom was forcing me to go on diet ever since she arrived here as she saw me gained weight compared to the time she saw me 2 years ago. "Pumayat ka na nga noon, nagpakataba ka na naman!" as she really said it out loud. So I decided to be on a diet and enroll to the gym. But everytime I ask her she would say "saka na" or wait until my niece's baptism so it will be the mark of my last day to be eating heavily.

If you will ask me how heavy I eat, imagine this. I can eat a KFC bucket or Andok's lechong manok all by myself.

We went to Tagaytay as my Tita Butch always go there to buy beef meat since according to her, it is fresh and cheap too. She also invited my mom to play in the casino. We all went and I saw Tagaytay for the first time in 10 years. We didn't roam around but I am planning to go back there one of this days. We ate at Leslie's and the food was super. I kinda didn't enjoy the night since my girl was not with me as we had this small fight that became bigger. Good thing it is over and everything is back to normal again. We saw Nina, Aiza Seguerra and other artist from the sessionistas. My aunt and mom asked Aiza to be in a picture with them which she gladly did. Then we went to PAGCOR for them to play. Since it is inappropriate for my sis and her kid to stay there and wait for them, so I decided to go somewhere and maybe enjoy a spot where we can hang out. We stroll around the area while Bok is at his usual humor. We decided to drop by at Starbucks and enjoy some coffee while I try their WiFi. I did enjoy the coffee like I always do but not the WiFi. I have to buy this 3rd party prepaid card where I can log in and be connected wireless right away. I have to shell out 200 pesos for 3 hours worth of wireless connection which I didn't like as I expect that it will be free as what the Starbucks offered in the US. As I got no choice and I am excited to toy with my laptop I bought one and enjoyed the WiFi as a consolation. My laptop now is my new best fried.

We went home and was surprised that we just saw an accident seconds after it happened. I don't want to describe what we saw but it was really scary and it freaks me out every time I remember it.

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August 25: It was our monthsarry. We are now 2 and a half years. I didn't expect that someone or me in particular will be with me for that long. I just want to thank her for being with me.

It was a bad day since my sister lost her car. Due to some misunderstanding that became a big issue. The consolation at least is that my mom asked her sister (my Tita Butch) to sell her SUV which is a Nissan X-Trail. Far better than the one my sister has. My mom negotiated it with my aunt for a reselling price of half a million. A bargain for us pero mukhang lugi ang Tita ko ah! Pero di daw as my mom said since "kamag anak tayo!" I just laughed when my mom said that!

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August 27: I was able to finish downloading the Nine Inch Nails albums and their singles as well. Now I will be able to know their past songs and how they evolved into one of the best rock acts for the past 20 years!

My mom got a call from one of my cousins from Baguio and somehow I felt some negativity about it. It was really a wrong timing or there is this some hidden agenda when she called. My mom decided to go on a road trip to Baguio and see our grandma. I was planning to watch Up Dharma Down in Magnet High Street and was about to get Pasta Groove's album. I just have to resched it again. It wasn't bad as I thought it was. I mean going to Baguio with my laptop was fun. I was able to check and post my tweets while having stop overs. We left Manila at around 8pm. Took a stop in Petron in Marilao, Bulacan to have dinner and gas ourselves with coffee. It was one week straight for my niece to be on the road as she goes to malls everyday. And she is just turned a month old! We left the place at 10pm. Entered SCTEX (The new Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway) around 11:30pm and arrived in Baguio at 3am. My mom was just back in her fast and the furious driving. I was able to buy some shawl for my girl and her colleague. We left Baguio at 3pm and had a dinner at Isdaan in Gerona, Tarlac at around 6pm. As you have observed I really put into detail the times we left and arrived. Baguio and Tarlac is usually a 3-4 hours drive. My mom took it in 3 hours and it was raining! Imagine how fast she was. We had a great dinner as it was one of my last nights that I will be pigging out. We took the SCTEX again and I remember on the way home that I wa excited to find out that there is a way going to Baler, Aurora which Ayann and I planned to go to. As we are about to enter SCTEX, my sister, my cousin Jason and I joked that we will time our mom as how fast she can reach the other end of the expressway. With an average speed of 120kph (2140kph will be her highest speed), we got a time of 20 minutes and 18 seconds covering the whole SCTEX route. That is how my mom was so fast. Walang binatbat si Vin Diesel sa kanya!

August 30: I was able to see my girl again after a week. I picked her up and went back to our place to prepare for my niece's baptism. She was one of the ninangs. It was also my last night to be having a sumo type of eating. I didn't some of the guest since I really don't want to see them anymore but my mom and my sister invited them out of respect and good thing my mom was able to clarify something with them that can at least shut their mouths. I was able to enjoy the day with the company of my girl and my family. I was able to have a power nap and we have some beer and the red wine we had from Belini's resto that they gave as a gift since we had my sister's baby shower there. My little brother Kiko likes red wine and I was surprise that he was drinking one. Maybe since I missed a lot of Christmas and New Years gathering. Plus the fact that I was living away with them for a year. Kiko consumed more red wine than us. The result, a kid who seems like having a sugar rush with 10 times being hyperactive. We were laughing every time we see him smile and running around.

September 1: Ber month is now here! 3 months to go and it is Christmas now! I told my girl that we should start making a list of what we want to have that is worth 500 pesos or below and we will have an exchange gift every end of the month till New Year's day. I went to they gym and enrolled myself for 3 months. Here comes the pain and the suffering. Goodbye hotdog!

That is all for now. Sorry guys if my drafts were not publish. Will try to be more active next time. For now bear with me as I have a couple more of drafts that I need to publish.

Till next time!