dumaguete update

*natawa ako, as if naman may kailangan akong i-update hahaha.*

anyway, i completely forgot about the pictures i took in dumaguete. i saw it again only now. but i will upload it once i sort it all out.

that's all.

ciao!

dinner

when tita guing came back from cebu, she told us how the trip went really sour. we were talking about it on the dinner table. lola was sitting right in front of me and was adding her own experiences to tita guing's story. tita guing's blood pressure was reaching boiling point when my lola went, "ay! baling layu-a!! init pa kaayo! kapoy sos!" (ay! sobrang layo, ang init pa! nakakapagod, sos!)
i directed my attention to her and i was smiling while she was talking.

when, without any warning, without any apprehension, as if she's just talking about the weather, she quipped, "bryan, kelan ka ba magpapakasal?"

so i looked at tita guing and said, "nge, buti na lang hindi pala ako sumunod, nakapagrelax pa ko!"
it was followed by a record-breaking time of finishing my plate and hurrying to the kitchen.

jusme lola! ha-highblood-in ako sayo! hahahaha.
dear lola, may problema tayo sa tanong mo. sa tingin ko, ang una mo dapat itanong eh kung may girlfriend na ko. dahil dun pa lang, patay na tayo! hahahaha.
pangalawa, yung tanong would mean na may intention akong magpakasal. and lola dear, wala pa po sa isip ko yun. naman! i can barely afford things for myself kaya. hahaha. i'm still a litol boy :-)

haay... i love lola's naïveté -- brutal kung brutal.

LOL!

I'm back in manila. boo.

ciao!

dumaguete

so i'm back :-)

still taking in all the intoxicating smells, sounds, sights of dumaguete.

i'll go out by myself in a few.

i brought bokbok with me :-) this should be fun.

thanks to tita guing for the tix hehe.

dumaguete: sneak peek

i've done away with the usual belfry, cathedrals, and other familiar sights. this time, we headed to the mountains of valencia and (almost) lake balinsasayao. these are some (of the few) pictures going there and being there.

beautiful lamp posts such as this dot the road just beside the sea on the way to lake balinsasayao.

the tranportation of choice here in dumaguete is the motorcycle. one (or two) can go around the city and its neighboring towns and cities easily with this. i personally went around dumaguete riding a motorcycle -- made my journey extra-personal and wonderful.

going up lake balinsasayao, everywhere you look is remarkably picturesque. those rocks are abundantly scattered throughout the trail and my lola is serious in stealing one. ("akong ibutang sa garden para lami!)

this is up the mountain of valencia. the waters here are so freaking cold. this is also the source of the banica river in dumaguete city.

an artsy shot of the river. yes, we actually bathed in that river. coolness... literally.


ciao!

my boulevard

perhaps one of the most scenic and most photographed spots in dumaguete is the rizal boulevard. as i always say, you have never been to dumaguete if you haven't strolled along its famous stone-laden path.

in the many years i've come back and walked on its familiar pathway, the placid giants that is the acacia trees always seem to cradle me in its arms. the placid lapping of the sea against the clear grey sand invites me closer to its embrace. so familiar and so warm was the feeling that it has slowly etched itself into my being.

tonight is different. the great cosmos must have seen my restless heart and in pity, laid out the most beautiful blanket of stars and sent out the laughing amber moon. from the horizon, where i cast my eyes, the moon is evidently generous. she instinctively paved a road of dancing amber cyrstals on the sleepy waters of the south down to the tips of my toes -- inviting me closer, drawing me nearer.

i almost laughed with her so as not to disappoint her. because for the many moments of gloom that i've come to her, she has never failed to console me -- always leaving my soul enraptured.

tonight, as i sit along its tree-lined benches, a familiar scent wafted into the air. i searched for its origin and yet another familiar gaze caught my eyes. it was deep and endearing, enthralling and ravishing.
my lips quivered and a slient smile slowly broke into and through it.

and there you were -- my manna from heaven, my gift from the universe.

the moon, obviously satisfied, carefully made her way beyond the clouds and brought with her my beautiful blanket of stars.

it was such a lovely moment after that. then i realized this is mine.

the boulevard is mine.

* 500th post *

tapos na, malapit na

tapos na ang unang conference ng taon. sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, hindi ako na-stess at na-pressure sa mismong conference. ni-psych ko na ang sarili ko na irerelax ko lang ang conference na ito. effective pala. mabuti nalang.

productive naman dahil nagkaroon ako ng dalawang tarpaulins, mga presentations, templates, at imbitasyon. may konting daya ang imbitasyon dahil recycled ang konsepto. siguro dahil na rin sa katamaran ko. pero ok lang, sabi naman nila, di bale nang tamad, di naman pagod.

ang iniisip ko nalang, malapit na ko umalis. less than 48 hours nalang, nasa dumaguete na ko ulit. goodbye old, polluted, and cranky manila. hello fresh, exciting, and relaxing dumaguete.

o siya, kapuy na ko kaayo. kit-a lang ta sa dumaguete.
[basig di na ko ganahan mu-uli, bantay lang]

ciao

monday artsy blues

so it's a monday. apart from it being a laundry/cleaning/domestic-helper day, i drew, i painted, and i tried my hand on lomography. well, uhmm, not quite. =D i just edited old artsy fartsy pics to make it look like lomo. i liked how some of it turned out, though. these are my faves.


dami kong favorites, no? haha!
click here for moar!

ciao!

remnants

this is dumaguete 08 -- the beach.

by far, this is THE MOST BORING-EST dumaguete evar. evar!

click pic for moar!

ciao!

dumaguete-d

dumaguete-d

the loooooong overdue pics from dumaguete is finally here. well, not here here. i've posted it in my multiply. checkitoutin niyo na hahahaha! click the pics to direct you to the page.





artsy















bahura resort















jollibee party













beach






enjoy!

ciao!

the video

the avp i made for lola

more to come

ciao!

dumaguete day1

dumaguete day 1

oh gosh. first off, sorry i just updated now. i've been wanting to do this the day my feet landed in manila from dumaguete. but i got caught up with a LOT of things. really.

so anyway, i finally had my more-than-week-long vacation in dumaguete. although i know that i'll regret this in the future (LWOP) i still had a blast. it was the most relaxing vacation i ever had because there were virtually no daily itineraries like visiting relatives and dinners everywhere. i guess the only stressful part of the trip was the day i got there because the night i arrived was the night lola is having her party. she is 75, phew!

before i actually went to dumaguete (same day) i went to pick my mom from the airport to go directly to the domestic airport. i had to wait for an hour before she went out of the airport. i was so giddy because we might miss the plane going to dumaguete. fortunately we didn't. so we rushed to the domestic airport in a hurry and we met yuri there already. the flight was ok. well until the latter 10 minutes of it. apparently, kasabay namin yung bagyo papunta sa dumaguete and the turbulence was terrible!

mommy and i at the airport

when we finally arrived in dumaguete, the weather was super OK. it was only until we arrived in the house that the rain started to pour. really hard. at that time, it was only a matter of hours before the party started in the hotel. so basically what we did was just to drop our things in the house and rush to the hotel as fast as we can with our suits and ties and barongs and shoes in tow.
the moment we got there, we had to check everything - the place, equipment and food. actually all i checked was the equipment because i was the designated host and avp man. damn, i wouldn't do my almost 1 week of doing the avp for nothing! after doing that, i immediately dressed up in one of the rooms assigned to us.

everything was going perfectly; had my script and myself ready when... an angry, old, disabled american(husband of a family friend) was dissin me WHILE i was in front looking for the file in the laptop. apparently, "one of my guys" inserted a flashdrive onto his laptop and the virus detector detected it and he saw it. i went like "oh no, i don't know that man. may i check the files please?"
i was being sooo polite believe me. BUT he was giving me the attitude. he even had the audacity to bother me with a lecture on how advanced his computer is and that i should not mess it up.
i was already becoming irritated by his attitude and the way he's talking to me as if i'm a fucking idiot. so i finally said, "that not my flash disk, i don't know that person. and do whatever you have to do," then turning to tita guing guing i said "talk to that fucker"
so i managed to be a happy person while talking my ass of in front of my relatives. until the prayer part came. sister mary jane (that's not her real name) had a audio-visual prayer.
damn.
i was so irritated because we had to use the computer again for the prayer. for some weird reason, when i check the laptop, there were no folders open for me to just click. so i had to suck it up and ask the angry, old, disabled american again where the file was. so i did.
"hi, do you know where the file is for the prayer?"
and then he looked at me mockingly, with hands in the air, and said sarcastically "i don't know, you were the one who messed everything up..."
WTF! at that point, i really wanted to make a scene where a laptop flies and an old man gets kicked in the ass.
so with a deep breath, a clutched fist, and pissed off face and a smiling voice, i said:
I DID NOT EVEN TOUCH YOUR LAPTOP. I LEFT YOU THERE EARLIER REMEMBER? and then i left.
at that point, i did not want to talk to him anymore.
i went out for a cigarette because i really, really, really wanted to answer back and lecture him about manners. my point is, i know your laptop is better than what we already have BUT we NEVER forced you to bring it because OUR LAPTOP IS FINE!
and when i was turning my back on him, preparing to leave, i heard him say "look, i'm disabled and i should not be doing this, i am a guest"
damn right you shouldn't.

ANYWAYYYYYYY.....

aside from the "personal glitch" everything went well.

so that's day 1 in dumaguete.

pictures!enzo's poem for lola

with all of the apo's (minus janna, daryll, and phoebe)

peechur, peecher panic mode

the diamond lady

more pictures to come.

ciao!

being phoenix

being phoenix

my gulay it's been long i know. i've been so busy with work. well, not really busy. it's just that i'm hardly ever finding time for myself. i'm guilty of missing those emo moments i usually have when i have lots of time with myself hehe.

so anyway, i'm finally done with my client's specifics training. and i think i know what to do already. i think. whatever. tomorrow we'll find out.

in other news, i got accepted for a management trainee position in rustans. i don't know if i'll take it. i'm already settling in the company i'm working for right now and i think i'm going to have fun there. it's just that i'm having difficulty accepting that i work there already. let's just say i'm eating my own words. haay.

in other, other news. mom's moving to chicago. *wink wink*

well anyway let's get to the point of you're being here. pictures. these are old though. been sitting at my desktop for quite some time now.

anyway enjoy.

we went to a spanish restaurant (i forgot the name) and i ate this.

my server hehe.

st. paul university the next morning for nikko's family day.

gotcha! caught this kid peeing in the bushes right after a game. l-0-l!

phoebe right after "the talk" of her staying there. for. ever. lol!

dumaguete cathedral


mom and jamie

flower vendors. love em.

ciao!

mistakes

mistakes

so yesterday, like i said, i went for a medical exam in shangri-la. it was one of those days that you would just like to forget, believe me.
so i went. they asked if i already brought my stool sample and i thought she said SCHOOL. so i said "yeah, i'm using my SCHOOL id." mistake number 1. they instructed me to come back again when i have it. since that was the only day i'm given to do my medical exams, i thought that i should take a dump. and since i don't feel shitty (literally)i felt the urge to eat.

but before eating, i thought i should first find a paid toilet for me to use. after doing all those things, i finally found myself inside the cubicle trying to dump as hard as i can. and fuck it didn't come easy. when i felt that i was about to take a dump, i didn't notice that my thing was not pointing inside the bowl and i peed on my pants and my boxers. hurriedly, i got a roll of tissue and pressed it against my pants. mistake number 2.
finally, my shit is out. UNFORTUNATELY, my shit was hiding itself way below the pipe of the toilet. mistake number 3.so, armed with chopsticks and a plastic bag, both of which i got from the japanese restaurant i went to earlier, i chopsticked my shit. THAT WAS SUPER GROSS. i was gagging uncontrollably, thinking that that was the closest i've ever held my own shit. AAAAAAAAAND, when i thought i got a piece already, the whole shit came with it. GAGGED AGAIN ALMOST TO THE POINT OF CRYING. while i was trying to cut it again, i looked away and put it inside the cup. luckily for me, it didn't made a mess. so i washed my hands 4 times and hurriedly went back to the clinic.
i was there and i thought my bad luck was over. WRONG! mistake number 4. when the female doctor checked me up, she finally said "ok stand over the corner and drop your pants."

ME: uhhh... so i unzipped my pants, pulled it down and pulled down my boxers finally.i was trying so hard to look undaunted and normal. but i just can't.
DOCTOR: cough!
ME: (coughs)
DOCTOR: harder!
ME: (huh?!) (coughs harder)
DOCTOR: ok turn around and bend over.
so i pulled my pants up again and turned around and bent over.
DOCTOR: (laughs) oh no, put down your pants
ME: (HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAAAAAAAAT?!) OK
DOCTOR: hold your butt cheeks and spread it open
ME: (OH PLEASE OH PLEASE, LET ME DIE NOW, LET ME DIE NOW...)
DOCTOR: OK THAT'S IT. you can put your pants on now.

i honestly felt that i was so small as the letters she asked me to read. dammit.

after that, feeling so violated, i went home. kidding.

at around 6 that evening, jd called me to go with them for asian spirit's 10th year anniversary at westin philippine plaza, now hotel philippine plaza.
when i got there, i had mistake number5. i did not bring my camera!!! boohoooooooooooo. if i did, i would have take a picture of gloria arroyo and her PSG alalays, tessa prieto valdez, johnny litton and pinky amador. damn. well at least i finally saw the president of the philippines personally. woah! she was so cute with her mole while trying to eat a sausage. lol. she's so small!!!!!!

so there. anyway, i can't help but post these. enjoy.

ciao!