Aftermath

This picture was taken at Subic Freeport days after I got sick. I've prepared for this ocassion weeks before, I went to the gym after work, but so unlucky I got ill.

And they told me ,with this picture, that stomach pain really do me good. Lol

One Reggae Sunset

I've been addicted with reggae music since I was in high school. I love the beat especially the ska, with the guitar stiking the offbeats in a syncopated mento style. Its tempo was especially appealing to the restless and was always the music of the poor.

Last saturday, May 15, at Camayan Reef Resort in Subic, I was really engrossed with this reggae band (too bad I forgot their name). The way they played their percussion instruments, the way they sing and do the fire dancing. They even asked the audience to handle and play their instruments, sadly no boys participated but all cutie gals.

Bob Marley

Back to usapang reggae, ever since favorite ko na talaga si Lolo Bob Marley. Napaka-sweet ng lyrics ng kanta nya. Sobrang nakakarelate ako lalo na sa Waiting in vain kase I've been waiting in vain since January pa. Lahat ng kanta nya may sense at 'yun tipong galing sa isip at puso. Para sa akin katumbas ng kanta nya ay Lupang Hinirang, 'yun parang pag narinig mo mapapatigil ka sa ginagawa mo. Too bad maaga syang nawala, how I wish naabutan pa siya ng sunod na salin-lahi ko. I also love the fact na binibigyan nya ng importansya ang mga babae, may nabasa kase ako about something that he said, share ko lang...

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Max Romeo

Napakarami kong paboritong reggae masters at isa na dito si Max Romeo. Hindi man sya kasing sikat ni Lolo Bob pero malulupit din lahat ng kanyang komposisyon. Nuong una, medyo may pagka-naughty mga kanta nya dahil sa hindi pa click ang ganun tipo ng kanta nuon (kase hindi pa yun panahon ni Willie Revillame at Joey de Leon). Maganda ang rendition nya ng I woke up in love this morning, saka Give a little time for Jah.

PMSI-Toshiba Summer Getaway

I am kinda excited for tomorrow is our much awaited company outing. We will spend two days and one night at Camayan Beach Resort in Subic Bay Freeport. I bought swimsuit last night and I think it really fits me well. Well, well, well we will see :)

A rush of blood into the head

I am not sick anymore but I still feel scatterbrained. I got cofined in the house and was absent for two consecutive days due to unknown illness. I feel pain on the upper right quadrant on my stomach especially when I am walking or just making a teeny movement. My doctor from Mary Chiles Hospital told me that it was because of UTI. I had blood and urine tests and all the results were all outside the range of normal results. I took his prescribed medicine on time but I have observed that everytime I took those pills it only risen my fever and it never went down from 40 degrees. Eventhough I was under the weather, I still insists to go home in Mindoro. I am so sick and all I want is my Mom.

Supposedly the four of us, me and my three siblings, were scheduled to leave that saturday night but because I was spastic I decided to be left behind with Cherrish. I was awake that whole night, chilling. I even vomits all the medicines I took and it was really painful and the taste was so awful. I only took Biogesic to lower my fever and thank goodness it was really helpful and effective. At 5 A.M. we're on our way to the bus station.

Maybe that wasn't really my lucky day, all the seats were occupied. We asked the driver if he can help us find a seat where me and my sis can seat alongside each other because I am sick. Lucky if thats the right term, he found us one at the last seats on the last row of the bus. Imagine the pain I felt every time the bus went on humps. I laid on my sister's lap from the moment the bus leave Manila until its travel to Batangas pier and that's when I realized that the road from Manila to SLEX to Star Toll until it reach Batangas Pier were all really bumpy. I gave a loud 'sh#t, ang sakit!' all the time. Even on the Ro-Ro, we were so unlucky to get a bad spot. That was a bad day.

We got home at around 3 P.M. It was my Lola's grand birthday party. Everything were all set. All my cousins were there, all my lola's amigas were all there, the food, the wines, all were all set. So sad I slept and when I woke up they're about to end the party. I slept so long that I haven't got the chance to wish my Lola a happy birthday, it was her last week here in the Philippines because she's about to leave to America next week. When I got out of the house my cousins teased me, I was the only one who wore shorts on that occassion. They said to me ' uy, look parang napadaan lang,' if they only knew what was going on inside my stomach, if they only knew there's a war going on inside my stomach then they'll understand.

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While I was still lying on my bed, after waking up so early which I don't usually do at weekend, I just realized that I've already been staying here in Manila for almost exactly nine years. I just can't help but to scrutinized myself. Nine years had passed but still I am on the same spot.

Nine years ago i was still confused of what to take in college, where to enrol and where to stay. That time I was really scared because I knew that I'll be leaving alone away from my family and friends. I was not used to being independent. I hardly knew any recipe except from fried egg and boiled egg (I don't know if it is considered as 'recipe'). I don't even know how to do the laundry, I just wound my hands and most of the time discolored my clothes. My life way back then cycles from waking up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to school, play, watch tv, study, sleep. That's my usual over and over every weekdays and play all day during weekends. My parents, they're both teachers at that time, doesn't have time to handle everything in the house because they're already stressed from work that is why they hired someone to see all the things for us. Not to boast but we got a yaya who did all the chores. And now I came to the realization that the reason why I became so lazy was that I relied everything to our yaya. I was really lazy...

And then came the day I feared the most. The day before my travel to Manila, my mom was so busy preparing all my things. I was watching her while she was packing my clothes. She usually do that everytime we have a camping. I remember she always did it this way, she always prepares a pair of shirt, shorts folded nicely inside was our innerwear and it never gave us a hard time deciding what to wear. Months before, both of my parents went to Manila to find the best place for me to stay. They made sure that I'll be okay and everything will be okay for me. On the day I was about to leave, all of my siblings were sad even our pets: dogs, cats, hamsters and rabbits. It gave me a hard feeling but there's nothing I can do because there's no chance of backing up, everything was set and ready all I have to do is to take the first pace for the new chapter of my life. I was really sad...