Christmas Party in Briza Subdivision!

I would like to know if Bella became a Vampire?

And now, you are no longer a CITY......

By Virtue of a Supreme Court ruling, dili na ciudad akong lungsod. Naglibog ko kung unsa akong bation, malipay ba ko o mag-lagot.

Pero ang pinaka-sure kay nabalaka ko pag-ayo kay bag-o lang nahuman akong calling card ug prescription pad gikan sa maayong kabubut-on sa usa ka Med Rep. Ubay-ubay raba ni. Patik ra ba kaayo ang address nga "CARCAR CITY EYE CLINIC", unsaon na lang nako pag-esplekar sa mga makabasa nga dili na ciudad ang Carcar!
Mahug na jud ta ani ug bakakon.

Ay, ngano man gud tawn ning mga uncle' and auntie's sa akong lungsod (ayaw lang nang fathers of the city, kay OSCA ra kaayo) , gipadali-dali man ila pag hikay para ma-ciudad dayon, tan-awa! napagod hinuon, murag uling nga nagkamuriching.

Gi-inanay ta to nila sa abuhan para maka-makasuut-suut ang lami unya mahumok apil ang bukog.

Busa sa sunod nga ibalik na pud ni sa kaldero ang pagka-ciudad sa Carcar, atong pa-apilon si Nang Lita kuyog sa iyang mga anak nga si Jean ug Binya, di ba kaha si Noy Enrique, kung dili pa to hubog ( ang mga inilang chip-cook sa Carcar) , sa pag-sugkay ug timpla sa unod para masakto ang pagka-luto.

Ayaw lang mo kahibung nganong gutomon mo ig kahuman ug basa ani akong sugyot, pista na sa akong ciuda este lungsod na di ay sa sunod semana, Martes, November 25, 2008 halad sa among patron nga si Sta. Catalina.

Happy Fiesta natong tanang Carcaranon!
Ma-ciudad man o ma-lungsod, taga-RACRAC gihapon tang tanan!

Dah! Nasakpan Lagi.

Last October, I was a Cebu Pacific commuter taking the MWF early flight out to Manila and going back to Cebu late flight. I was taking some required review course in my quest to the greater life of being an eye doctor. Truly, their rates are much cheaper. I tried to calculate the cost of living in Manille for the whole month vis-a-vis the commuter route, it show that by making Cebu-Manila round trip is much cheaper by almost P15k. At least maka-ingon nako nga nag breakfast ko sa Cebu, sa Manille lang ako dinner, oh diva bongga! pasensya na, gamay ra jud ni akong kalipay. In fairness, the Terminal was so nice and feeling naa ka sa abroad ang ambience.

Terminal 3 Gates


Baha sa Maynila, maka-patagam!

Wa jud tay problema didto sa Imperial Manila. Nothing significant happened.

Na-bahaan lang gud ko sa may Taft Ave, mura tawn ko ug basang sisiw nag-sige ug gukod ug taxi para NAIA 3. See pics above, mao nay akong gisakyan nga trisikad para labang sa Taft Ave., if naay bus nga mulabay, mag-tidal wave ang baha muabot sa lingkuran.

Biktima lang ko pirmi sa mga taxi nga dagko kaayo ug singil. Bisan pag Bisaya, lolokohin ka pa rin.

Pero naglagot lang jud ko kaisa kay ako gi-ingnan ang itax nga, mama, pakidali kay basig ma-iwan ako ng eroplano, gadali toud ang hinampak pero pag-abot sa may liko-anan pasaka sa NAIA3, gi-ingnan man hinuon ko nga dili siya pwede musaka kay wala nay LPG iya taxi. Lipat lang kuno ko ug lain. Pagka ahak! Ga-panic mode hinuon ko kay 15min to check in na lang ko. Gawara-wara jud ko.

Naay poy kaisa nga gi-litanyahan ko sa lovelife ni Mamang Driver, with a conclusion nga masarap magmahal ang Cebuano, ka-ambakon kaayo ko sa taxi.

Pero feel ko na nakabaws nako tungod ani nga istorya.

Nganong na-ngilad. Ang gaba dili mag saba.

In a Parallel World

Im in Facebook na pud.
Different approach,
Same Friendship.
More personal,
More satisfying.
But i'll stay with my multiply,
walang katulad ang original.

Halloween in Briza!

At Last!

i'd rather keep my thoughts

than talking nonsense with others.

i'd rather have a silent house

than spitting lies about others.

i'd rather choose to bow

than be shamed by falsehoods.

My favorite poem...

The Road Not Taken
by: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the tother, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy ans wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.

SIGH!

there are some things not worth replying since it will lend credence
to their nefarious deed.

of course, if you are not honest, especially if YOU are a pathological
LIAR and THIEF , then you will be BANNED!

yes this is the CORRECT spelling, B-A-N-N-E-D.

hayyy! ug pangutana pa jud nganong gi-banned,

read the forum rules liar evil!

kung isug ka, pakita sa imong ngan.

ayaw ug ok-ok diha sa kilid.

sa mga naka-sabut, pasensya na.

sa mga wa naka-sabut, secret!!

ang mga way labut, lihay!

ang mga na-igo, pahuway!

Unto the deep south, the JET'S cometh....

All our bags are packed and ready to go!
The beach is waiting and time's a wastin'!

Ayo! Ayo!
palita ko ug gatas,
sorry mamser, hurot na.
unsay may naa?
ice cream lang.
sige, palita ko ug upat.
huwat lang sa ha kay first come first serve.
apili lang pud kasahos nga kabayo ug bisdak burger ug quiseo.
di ara inyo sukli.
nang, pwede ninyo hipuson ang langaw kay murag pasas sa ice cream kung mutugnon.

Moalboal Church
atubangan na lay nahabilin kay gi-demolish ang ubang walls.
Anugon kaayo.
Nag-inusara.
Nag-pangutana.
Kung asa na ang ubang bong-bong?
Kung kinsa katong adunay inpormasyon palihug tawn
tawag sa Hotline 1-800-I-MISS-U-WALLS

Nag-exercise sila para ma -macho!

Si Sharon ug Gabby, nagpa-gatas.

Ang mga unggoy sa Orchid gallery nga nang-hinguto.

The calm sea of Tanon Strait with the Mt. Kanlaon.
The drayber claims that you can seldom see this volcano on this side of the island.
He narrated that when he was on the top of the Kanlaon,
the island of Cebu can be clearly visualized.
Nitu-o na lang ko para way lalis!

The little boy taking a shower after swimming
with the dolphins, the flotsams, the whales and the dream.

Before the long drive, ang little boy, ni demonstrate sa iyang
climbing ability. May'gani dagko na ang manga sa Tree park.

All time favorite hot cake from the 'parking' in Carcar.
Init nga gi-pilo-pilo, daghan pajud asukar.
My little boy asked, what's the difference between hotcake and pancake?
Simple lang anak,
kung gikan sa mercado unya naay marjarine, hotcake na.
Kung gi-kan sa Jollibee, naay butter ug syrup, pancake na.

Ang paksiw!
Again all time favorite nako nga sud-an.
Before, the drayber dislikes the look and the smell, nadani ,
kay karon di ma-completo amo Saturday drive sa Carcar kung
dili maka-kaon ug lechon, atcahara ug paksiw sa eye clinic.

Overlooking the Tangil Wharf (?).
Whenever we go the deeper southern towns,
molabay jud mi ani nga restaurant (bed & breakfast na pud siya),
but we never had a stop over.
This time i insisted nga muhapit jud mi.
Very eventful indeed!
Kay naa man juy tao nga nilahos ug lakaw sa glass wall,
note: the glass was tinted green.
I can never accept his explanation
that he did not see the glass, for christsakes! its green!
He was kinda drunk man pud hinuon.
Murag gikan sa buwangan, naka-daug siguro
kay ni-hapit man ug beer nga bugnaw!
Expletives rained that afternoon,
since my drayber was sitting very near the shattered glass,
nasamad iya tiil (may'gani, gamay ra)!
Blessing lang jud kaayo kay my little boy was sitting just
in front of the glass a few minutes before the incident.
Buotan kaayo akong drayber kay iya ra gipa-saylo ang naka-buak!
Kasab-an pa ko kay nganong nag-litanya ko,
alangan man sad ug taga-an ug buwak ang hinampak!

The shattered glass!

The Destination: Moalboal's famous Bas Dako
where the cottages are overpriced,
where the owners are not Filipinos,
where you have to bring your own food provisions,
where the caretakers are squabbling among themselves,
where the room rates increased when somebody will offer to guide you to the resorts,
where the flotsams are being thrown back to the sea for the simple reason,
"gilabay man pud nila ang sagbut sa dagat didto sa unahan",
duh! his mind must be struggling to understand
that whatever he throws to the sea will come back in the next tide!

The Jet's (Joseph, Erwin @ Tess)

Sunday Road Trip with the JET's

The road was smoking!
Hot morning with the sudden outburst of rain = steam.
What a Great Sunday to go out with the JET's.

In Doctora Macrina's Park, with the Bird Man of Cebu, the famous OKING!
No visit to the watershed is complete unless you pass by his house
and listen to the songs of the Siloy, Cebu's Official Bird.
He is the Siloy Guardian in Tabunan.
WOW!

The tortuous road to Transcentral Hi-way.
Okay lang, basta naay sweet corn and
lechon bisaya nga maka-on.
Pakapinan ug cool views, busog!

I asked the unico hijo if he wants to see the GMA Tower,
"di lang, mi, kay kapamilya raba ko. (tiwiwing!)",
anyhu, we went anyway.

Chicken @ Beer

The driver and labandera are it again.
Gikuyog pa jud ang ilang anak nag gipa-eskwela sa amo.

Chicken Sisig (with bones)

They went to an off roads bar in Mabolo, called iamiks chicken@beer.
No porks here, they serve only chicken dishes of all varieties,
chicken skin, chicken sisig, chicken crispy feet,
and anything with chicken, pwera feather.
Nakahuna-huna hinuon mi ug tukod ug bar
nga puro lumpia ang i-serve,
lumpiang ubod, lumpiang karne, lumpiang balot,
lumpiang eggplant, lumpiang lumpia, etc.
Basta anything nga giputos ug lumpia wrapper!
Barato ra pud ila servings! RH ray mahal.

Chicken Tonkatsu

Mani-maho jud kag iti kung mag-dugay ka didto.
Pwede pud ka tugkan ug balhibo para makalupad kag bisag asa.
Pero kay manok wings man, kutob ra ka sa sunod nga eskina.

Chicken Boholano

But in fairness, lami ila food.
With acoustic singer pa, everyday except sunday but up to 11:00pm only,
don't ask me why? kay nag-wonder pud ko.
dili ni commercial ha!

The boylets have a meeting for their next climb, and we tag along.
Gusto kuno sila diri kay mountaineer pud ang tag-iya.
Pagka-love your own!
Wa may laing agenda kay puro man 1 round sa RH.
Nihunong pag 9 rounds in honor ni Pacquiao!

Chicken with no name.

Para malingaw ang atabs, didto mi nipungko sa ilang
japanese inspired nga lounge area,
you need to removed your shoes kay
maikug ka sa banig ug sa kadaghang unlan.
Inum-inum ug COKE and Ice Tea with french fries
kay ang drayber nag moni-moni ug RH sa gawas.
Ilang banig kay tempting kaayo para katulog.

Imagine a 60's era house converted into a bar haus,
with the second floor foyer as the stage,
and the whole living room area as the drinking area.
The home toilet is now a toilet bar,
with no running water paired with urine stains on the bowl edge.
Definitely, dili ka-pasar sa akong toilet standard and
eewww, the door knob is oily, grabeng na-mugna nga
bacteria sa akong alimpatakan,
mahimong microbiology book kung isuwat.
Tipid sa kuryente ang kani nga bar kay way aircon,
pwera ra sa kwarto sa tag-iya.
Yes, he lives in the second floor room.
Wais nga tag-iya!

Till next adventure!


all pics are from this site: http://gastronomicadventures.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/iamiks-chicken-and-beer/

Agusan Snapshots

Windblowned Bridge Queen

The Mighty Agusan River.

What is this Snellen's Chart doing by the rice paddy?
Sugo ni Mayor.

Pungko-pungko sa Macapagal Bridge with my staff.

Twin ni Marcelo Fernan Bridge, ang Diosadado Macapagal Bridge in Butuan City.

Ang mga Road Dikes kilid sa bridge.
Ingon sila nga sa wa pa ning mga dikes,
kung mag-ulan, muhimong dagat ning mga palayan.
Mag-baruto ang mga tao.

Akong kasamtangan puy-anan kung naa ko sa Agusan.

Dibay-dibay 7

Human ko ni-raket sa lungsod sa chicharon ug ampao,
ni hapit mi kuyog akong drayber ug ang anak sa labandera sa Acacia Grill.
Kanang luyo sa Giant Shoe sa Carcar.

Ni asoy akong drayber nga tag P140 di ay tong ilang 1.5L Coke Light. Holy Cow, inamaw! ka mahal! Kay ilang gi-kwenta per baso dili per bottle,
kay pito man kuno ka baso nga 250ml ang masud sa usa ka botelya,
tag P20 ang baso times 7 equals P140.
O, Laban ka ! Kana lang!

Drive me a river

After attending a wake (haya') in Paknaan, ug sa wa damha, akong drayber nanghagad ug laag. Oi! milagro! Mama Mia!

Murag 48 years na jud na wala koy laag. So, no earth na man jud tawn ta kung asa na ning nindot nga lugar para sa mga tiguwang (clarification: edad ray matiguwang). The plan was to go to some 'in places' nga wala pa namo ma-adtoi (actually, wala pa jud mi naka-adto bisag asa nga 'in' place, para dili ta mailhan nga ihas ba!). Mura bag let's feel the place now, para if ever mag-kina-unsa, we can tell nga been there,done that. Para way mahayay! Drink a bottle or a glass of anything, then kaboom, transfer to another place.

And the first thing that come to mind kay ang The Walk sa IT Park (tungod sa blog ni Jude), pero, pag-abut namo didto THE WALK man jud di ay kay layo na kaayo imong laktan para ka maka-abut sa building tungod sa kadaghang people ug daghang cars. Dili na ma-keri sa akong Charles Keith shoes (ala Greta B, gurl, ayaw ng Valentino dress ko ng ganyan). So, nituyok na lang mi. Murag para ra man tong lugara sa mga sosyal, feel nako ma-out of place ko---- kay mas-sosi pa man ko nila! bwahahaha!

Ug na-abot mi sa Moon Cafe sa Guadalupe. Lami kaayo ila Quesadilla, better than Bigby's, barato pa pud. and the beer is only P35, i was expecting nga mahal sila, affordable ra man di ay, hasta ila mga foods. Naa pay Mariacchi Band nga nag-kanta ug Kutsero (?!? Yoyoy sunod kanta). Latin feeling kaayo ang place, murag anytime pwede mu-appear si Antonio Banderas, kun dili ba kaha si Gael Garcia Bernal o di ba kaha si Lito Lapid nga nagdala ug pistola.

Next we went to Handuraw Pizza, kay intriga kaayo ko aning lugara kay sige lang ko kadungog ani nila unya wa pa jud ka-experience kung unsa ni sila nga resto. Basig mapareha unya sa Kahayag Cafe, nanira na lang hinuon tu, wa jud ko kaadto. Pero, abi ko bag, naay banda-banda didto, wa man di ay. Internetan man hinuon ang naa, pwede nuon ka mag-monimoni sa taas. Ang balay murag gi-panag-iya ug karaang datu nga Espanyol (old rich) nga in dire straits. Ang ilang tukar kay Y101, medley sa 80's song, so naka-sakay ko sa kanta ni Bruce Springsteen "microwave open,____ chicks for free". Ang ilang adorno sa 'sala' kay mga libro spiced up with ethnic decors and native accessories. Nindot biya pud, in fairness. Gusto ta ko, mo-order ug sa ilang famous pizza pero busog na man kaayo ko sa Quesadilla sa Mooon Cafe. Nag-kape na lang ko, mao ni nga namuwaw na pud ko, naka-blog na lang hinuon.

Adto na pud unta mi sa Juliana's, kay nindot man kuno ni nga restobar ingon ang mga amigo sa akong pinalanggang driver, naa man kuno ni Mango Square. Unsa bang kadaghan ba di ayng mga bugoy looking diha sa Mango Square. Murag usa ka duslit, mag-rumble na dayon. Wala na lang mi manaug, nilabay na lang mi.

Ug ni-uli mi nga wa pay 12:00 MN, grabe, murag naay curfew sa anak. Bitaw, giduka na man mi oi. Ingon ani jud ning magka-goors, dukaon dayon.

Kanus-a na pud kaha ta i-date ani akong drayber?

What Theresa Means

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.

You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.

You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.

You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.

You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.

You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.

You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic "Type A" personality.