The Last Stretch

Was looking through my december calendar yesterday, and I realized that despite the initial plan to take a break for the month....nothing really happened. Busy month pa rin. Mostly work because of transactions that had to be closed before the year ends. Inis the mahabang holiday break! Anyhooch...will post December shebang soon!

Happy Holidays, everyone! Cheers!

From Hairspray to Another Weekend Getaway

Watched Hairspray last Friday, 28 November 2008 with Ma’am Pok and Honey “the closet wild girl” Lopue. It was another amazing race-ish adventure for me as we struggled our way to find the right theatre. Anyways, Hairspray was really entertaining. As in super laugh the three of us during most parts of the musical. Michael De Mesa was super kaaliw and super galling. Sayang nga lang, the sound system wasn’t yata in tiptop shape mejo sabog ang tunog at times. Inis actually because some of the lines didn’t come out clear, the actors had great singing voices pa naman. At any rate, we enjoyed the show!! Kudos!

After the show, I was off to another weekend getaway.

Background: Two weeks ago, Lil Pok and I planned on going to Baguio. Why? For Volante’s pizza lang. Seriously! Haha. Sarap daw kasi eh, so I got curious. Anyways, in the two weeks that passed by, Ida and Jonah decided to go with us (Carla and Cuz din dapat, but basta they weren’t na able to come). By the time Lil Pok met up with me and Ida in Ortigas, kasama na rin pala si Iya.

The Roadtrip Begins:

It was 1-ish in the morning when we left for Baguio. Crazy laughing during the entire Edsa stretch of the trip up to Pampanga part. Come Tarlac (or maybe even before), I fell asleep already. Pagoda tragedy na, hello galing pa ako sa Hairspray!! Contrary to pop belief, napapagod din ako noh.

First Stop: Baguio City

Headed straight to Volante for the much-awaited pizza! Yeah, we arrived early but kevs, Volante is open 24 hours!! The pizza was delish and not expensive ha. Must try their smoked salmon pizza. As in. Super worth it ang trip to Baguio! Can’t wait to go back.

After Volante, we had coffee at Café by the Ruins, ukay visit for a bit (and believe it or not, I didn’t buy anything) then off to the second leg of the roadtrip na. I think we spent roughly 3 hours lang in Baguio! Lav ettttt.

Second Stop: Manaoag, Pangasinan

Before zzzzing my way to Baguio, I had to remind Lil Pok that I need to pass by Manaoag. Basta I needed to go. Lil Pok responded by asking, “Sis, ano ba pupuntahan natin dun, as in si Our Lady?” I didn’t really have the chance to think, so bigla ko nalang natanong…”Bakit, meron bang ‘our boy’?”

In Manaoag we all lit candles and said our respective prayers. At one point super silent kami when we got back sa car. Then I think we started discussing the gist of our prayers/petitions. Mainly they were all about forgiveness. And peace. Yeah, peace.

Third Stop: Gerona, Tarlac

Next stop, Isdaan in Tarlac. We were hungry again kasi and I seriously wanted to take a shot at the famous Tacsiapo wall. Ewan ko ba, initially kasi I actually thought I still needed to throw a couple of plates and saucers just to release all the anger that I may still have within my system unknowingly. Oh, but no….kerri lang. Tapon to death kayo jan, I was just really hungry. Angry? No longer. I was a bit surprised actually.

Anyways, Isdaan? Good food, bad service. Tagal ng food grabe! Place is great for picture taking though.

Final Stop: Angeles City, Pampanga

Kapagod na!!! By the time we reached Fontana (where we planned to spend the night), we were all ready to just chill and drink the night away. Fun fun fun!!!

Pahabol Stop: Trinoma, Quezon City

Since we couldn’t agree on where to have lunch the following day, Jonah decided we should just starve ourselves to death until we reach Manila. So there Pepper Steak food trip!!!

I got home around 7pm. Tired but still in high spirits due to the fun fun fun weekend that we had. And due to the fact that 1 December is a non-working holiday. Cheers!