WTP 08 Leg 1-- BORACAY

So we had this trip to Galera last June. Alecz, Poma and I had so much fun that we decided to go on vacay mode and travel on a regular basis. Plan WTP 08 (Wow Tour of the Philippines 2008) was born. Venue for Leg 1: Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Ate Vi-inspired ang Leg 1 coz we all can’t get over Vilma Santos’s version of “Where’s the Party?” So ayan, nagkaron na ng mas maraming version ang WTP 08! Wow Tour of the Philippines 2008; Where’s The Party for 2008; and Wellness Guru Alecz, Trina and Poma 2008.

Before proceeding to Bora, we had to make a quick stop-over at my Lolo’s hometown,New Washington, Aklan. Overnight muna kami jan. Made pasyal sa Sampaguita Gardens. Nothing spectacular naman, picture picture lang with too much laughing on the side. Buong hapon we were just singing Ate Vi’s “Where’s the Party”. Gosh!! Made Poma and Alecz taste my ultimate favorite in Aklan, the inihaw na tinapay. Super favorite! “But don’t expect too much”. Come night time, we decided to go to the mall only to find out that the mall closes at 7:30pm. Kagrabe!!!! So ayun, went home nalang to play Taboo! Super dooper fun. Major laugh trip!

alecz: o ayan tinikman ko na, masaya ka na?
poma: okay naman ah

the three of us with Timmy and Tammy

Woke up early the following day. Our drive to bora started around 5 in the morning. We got there around 6 and super thanks to the Microtel staff for the warm welcome (complete with shell necklaces, cool drinks and minty wet facetowels). Tanning to the max followed as we met up with Mela and our new friend Veron. Come night time, we gulped a couple of beers at Tides with the two girls and their friends (now our new friends) Bogus, Mico and Lenny.

Poma and Alecz

Sunday morning was a bit different. Mejo rainy ng konti. And Poma was having a slight fever. So there. I went to D’Mall to get medicines for Poma and to meet up with the rest of our friends. Plan was to invite them over at Microtel nalang and play taboo since it’s raining and Poma was sick. We had fun! Thanks to Alecz for always being the life of everything! So ayun, our friends had their own plans and Alecz and I had to take care of sick Poma. Separate ways muna kami for the afternoon. I heard mass at 4:30pm. Sheth pagbalik ko 40 na ang temperature ng may sakit!! Heat stroke na yata ito!!! Oh looord, panic galore for me.

Taboo match

Spent the night playing the role of a nurse. Regularly checking his temperature, changing his clothes, putting fresh cold towel on his forehead, mga ganyang ka ekekan. Super nervous ako talaga because I wouldn’t know what to do if hindi bumaba ang fever ni Poma. And hello, ung mga sound effects ni Poma while he was still so delirious was driving me insane!!! Si Alecz kahit concerned, he can’t help but laugh at me while I panic! Super funny though, because Alecz has his own way of easing my panic. Mga mini diversions ba! He’ll make patawa or aawayin nya ako mejo para di ko mashado maisip na may patient kami. Anyways…. At around mga 1 in the morning, naging okay na rin naman sha. Thank God!!!

Nars Trina

The last day of Leg 1 was a busy one. Of course, pahabol tanning! By this time, nasa airport na all of our friends kasi before lunch ang mga flights nila. (For Mela and Ate Vi, their 11:20 was cancelled. They were given a 7:45 pm instead. Kaloka diba!) Anyways, since 4:30 pa ang flight namin ni Poma and si Alecz 5pm pa, we still had time to swim and make beach chika! Choosy ka pa! I think we had so much fun that we lost track of time. Ohmy, we arrived at the airport at around 4:15. Photo finish! Stressssss grabe. But nalang we were told na maddelay ang flight namin by 1 hour. Normally, that’s not a good thing. Pero this time, wow, what a relief talaga to hear that kind of news.

can't wait for Leg 2

In summary, WTP 08 Leg 1 was a huge success! Super dooper fun spending time at the beach and meeting new friends. Truly we found the party!!!

Watch out for Leg 2 of WTP 08!!

Mama's Mini Videoke Party with her own baklush army

Mama is such a sucker for videokes but she just won't admit it. Kung di ka ba naman adik, may regular mini videoke party sha at home for her friends and her gayness club. One of them parties was scheduled yesterday, 14 August 2008 to make salubong din Tita Nida's birthday. Of course, super fun na naman kahit forever we have to beg for her to sing and magpapakipot sha kunwari pero she has this list of numbers ng songs na she wants to perform naman! Betcha by Golly Wow and all Carpenters' songs! Oh, and shempre i have my own videoke song for all seasons! Joey Albert's "Iisa Pa Lamang". Kaya nga mejo irits na isa na itong teleserye ngayon! Dami namang ibang title kasi diva! Anyways, party was super dooper alive, thanks to the Music Box gayness army (Aekaye, Beauty na natalo sa singing bee, Dan Josh, Jeremy, Justine, Matuts, Attack na hindi ko naabutan, Yaya and Krissy) na laging nanjan sa mga mini videoke parties ni mother. Kalurkah talaga parang naging music box ang balay namin. Nakakinis lang kse di ko na natiis...alcohol touched my lips that night!\

Magsitulog na tayo please!
with Mama's army

Until the next one!

bang, baby, bang bang

Last Saturday was my target shooting day! Went to PPSC , Fort Bonifacio with Caron, Mercy and Sherwin. Super pressure for me because I know that all of them were so excited to hear me scream! I’m not really scared of guns. In fact, I enjoy firing pistols (finding it hard to reload though). Ang problem lang, they wanted to see me use an armalite! That is so not girly and I find it too war movie-ish kaya I hesitated a bit. But Arnel, the instructor, insisted that I try the M-16 so ayan, nagpapilit naman ako! First shot, mejo kakagulat because after pulling the trigger, tatamaan ka talaga ng gun sa shoulder if the same was not in its proper position prior to taking the shot. So hayun, until now, I still have bruises caused by the M-16. Seems na okay naman ako with the rifle so according to Kuya Jun (another instructor), full auto na natin ha, try mo. Of course, I asked muna, “so ano mangyayari pag naka full-auto na? “ And he said, “Bale instead na BOOM, magiging BOOM BOOM BOOM”. I said okay kse hello, no problem with that naman. So okay, full auto kung full auto!!! So after all the seremonyas in the target shooting world, I pulled the trigger. And there, I screamed the most baklush scream I can ever!! EEEEEEKKKK EEEEEKKKKK EEEEKKKK. Sabi kasi BOOM BOOM BOOM, yun pala BRATATATATATATATAT!!! Hahaha. Everyone was laughing talaga!! Pati ako natawa na rin with myself (as usual!)

Anyways, I had so much fun. Targeting shooting is therapy to the max. There’s something about it that sets me free in more ways than one. You can only imagine what goes on inside my head right before I pull the trigger. Sabi nga ng instructor, okay ako mag shoot ng target, as in 3 bullets in one hole, kaya! Ang reklamo lang ng instructor sa akin, wala akong ka safety-safety sa katawan, basta mapatay/matamaan lang ang target bahala na! Well, kawawa ang target sa akin. Lahat ng tama nya puro sa head and heart area. Tsk!

That target shooting day freed me from something.

Before we left, I asked for one last date with the pistol and 5 more bullets.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

1 to the head. 4 straight to the heart. With just one name and one thought inside my head…….

………… “Katrina, wag kang titili!”

don't even think about it

Impulse Shopping

It was target shooting day for me last Saturday (I will blog about this, really. Just waiting for some of the photos from Mercy). I was on my way home around 6:30 pm, and I realized it was still a bit early so I decided to stop by Trinoma.

Window shop. Window shop. walk walk. Window shop.

I couldn't take it any longer. I know I promised myself I'll cut down on shopping..but shucks, I had to buy something or I'll faint.

Hence, I bought myself side-swept bangs from Menage.

tadaaaa!

chopped-off the fly-away effect

Little steps away from addictions

Monica texted me yesterday, asking when we can go out to catch up. I didn’t give a definite answer because I still had to check my schedule. So before going to bed, I tried to picture my calendar in my head. Hmmm….and then there, I realized! It’s been a while since I went out on a gimik night! Kabloom, really, as in zero alcohol consumption for more than 2 weeks now. My last encounter with alcohol (and trust me, just one bottle of beer I didn’t even finish) was during Ange’s birthday surprise. Super shocked with this realization. Kabaliw!!

But here’s the mas grabe part: a pack of my yosi now lasts 2-3 days! Before, half day lang ang buhay ng one pack of Winston Lights sa akin!

I love it, I love it, I love it!

The cutest part about this is I never really put much effort into this. I just noticed na ganito na pala and kaya naman pala!!

Tsk tsk tsk, rehab ain’t for me talaga! Nothing about it is. (yessss meh ganon pa rin!)

*wink* *wink*

"but i have the sense to recognize that I don't know how to let you go"

image from http://www.fortunetobacco.com.ph
caption from Sarah McLachlan's "I Do What I Have To Do"

Wet and Very Wild in Agno

Yup, as the new Santugon oldies, we were invited to take part in the Alumni Critique scheduled by the Core. The usual drill, Freshmen candidates will show us the RTRs that they have prepared and of course, we’ll tell them what’s okay, what’s not, what to change, what to improve and the list goes on. (The thing is that na….objective dapat, ask Gordalinda).

"New Oldies"

with Mareng Maco

Anyways, natapos ng maaga because not all colleges were able to present RTRs. So ayun, iniwan na naming si Maco sa Goks Bldg. with the resident goonies (kawawang mga bata! Haha, joke lang Mare). Si Alecz pupunta na sa wedding na kakantahan nya in Intramuris. Gordon will hit the gym daw. As for Poma and I, homebound na because nga early natapos ang critique. So shempre yosi yosi muna sa Agno before mag separate ways. I miss that place! Too bad the guardhouse was sarado. Mejo umaambon na..yan ang eksena. Alecz said we better seek shade dun sa may puno like what manong magtataho did. Korek naman, hindi kami nababasa dun. After a couple of puffs, aba lumalakas ang rain at pati si manong taho ay karipas na sa pag-run. Being the consultative leaders that we are, nagka meeting muna kung anong plan of action ang ittake (may time kasi talaga eh).

Alecz: Lumalakas na ang ulan

Gordon: ay naku, bumalik na lang tayo sa Goks!

Poma: Takbo na kaya tayo hanggang parking lot!

Trina: Oo nga, pareho rin naman eh. Mababasa din naman tayo.

Poma: Ano na?

Trina: Ay naku, tara na. Ano, Game!!!

And so all four us started to run. Since I’m the only girl (biologically speaking), shempre nauna sila. Oh shett talaga, I forgot nakaheels ako. And I forgot, hindi ako mahilig tumkbo sa normal na paraan!! (Duh, like what Poma said nga, di nga nya ako maimagine na tumatakbo sa treadmill without my signature head sway). Anyways, ang layo na nila when I realized that. Plus, mejo nasisira na ang sandals ko. I mean, to a limited extent, okay lang for me to run na naka heels. Pero walang wet and nasisirang sandals element sana! Maybe panic ito pero bigla nalang ako nagsisigaw ng “EEEEK HINDI KO PALA KAYA, HINDI KO PALA KAYA!” (while still attempting to run). At wala akong pake na maraming tao sa paligid ko ha! Keps talaga, bakloong bakloo ang dating ko habang naghuhumiyaw. I decided to walk na lang habang palakas ng palakas ang ulan. Good thing, my friends decided to take a stopover sa DLSU Sports Complex. Hayun , from afar kitang kita ko ang pagtawa nila. Hindi pa rin ako tumitigil sa pagtili ng “HINDI KO KAYA!!” I bet the guards were wondering na what happened to this girl na nagpapabasa sa ulan habang nakikipag-usap sa sarili! Shucks, kakahiya sana. Good thing, I love to laugh at myself!

"Aftermath"

Aleli with see-thru blouse, Goralinda, Babaeng Basa and Poma na naka green ulit

Haaaay. Basang basa. Iyon lang. Oo, trip ko talaga maligo sa ulan. But like what I told Poma, hindi ito counted. Gusto ko yung mageenjoy ako. Yung hindi kayo ang mas nageenjoy! Grabe, na feel ko talaga ang concern nila. Tawang tawa kayo mga lintek!

Anyways, goodluck to Santugon Frosh Candidates! Derecho! At wag magpabasa sa ulan.

GAME!

Bading Man....

After one drink at Ces, Diale and Dae’s birthday bash, I had to meet up with Alecz for a previously scheduled bonding experience (yez!). We watched Dark Knight then went straight to south area for a couple of drinks and our much-needed heart to heart talk. I had issues to discuss that only Alecz can understand (yes, meh ganon!). Anyways, I was blabbing the night away when this old dude (not so old naman, pero compared to me he’s really old) told alecz ‘we can talk’. As we were really into the conversation and shempre wala kaming planong makipagchikahan sa stranger, Alecz simply told this loner na we’re having a serious conversation. Okay, the dude backed off. A couple of drinks later, this dude who’s super getting scary na at that point tried to harass me/us. He never got anything aside from pang deadma at rejection. Infairness to mother Aleli, talagang ever watchful sha kay kadiri dude (as if trying to see kung may gagawin ba itong mama na ito) while listening to me blab about my current issues. Aba shempre hello, dumadrama pa ako anuva! Kahit naman I was so into this whole telling Alecz what’s bugging me, I was trying hard din to sense kung safe ba kami or hindi. Well anyways, as Alecz would put it, hindi na siguro talaga kinaya ng old dude. He suddenly grabbed me by my shoulder while I was making drama/daldal. I was super shocked. I guess none of us really anticipated that the dude will resort to that kind of behavior. Bigla ako napasabi ng “NOOO” to the guy’s face. But the shocking part was this: as soon as Alecz saw the dude grab me by the shoulder, mejo napatayo si Alecz sa chair nya and while finger pointed at the dude, he told him “hey, you’re not supposed to do that” (in his best man voice ha). Alecz got the bill (nagmamadali at parang pikon na boylet sha habang kinakausap ang waiter) and we left the area.

While in the car, Alecz asked, “mother, ano na feel mo, natakot ka?” Honestly, hindi ako natakot. I was more of nagulat. Nagulat that suddenly, this stranger attempted to touch me. More importantly, nagulat ako na naging lalake bigla itong si Alecz. He explained that it was all instinct; he can’t understand as well why he acted that way. Odiva, may ganong drama.

It was an experience. The harassment part, wala na yun mashado. Looord naman, bakit ko ipagkakalat na may ganong nangyari sa akin diva!! That part where Alecz tried to protect me was most important of all (that’s why I decided to blog about this). I guess it’s like that. At the end of the day, lalake pa rin talaga kahit pa girlaloo bad girl si mother. Angkop na angkop sa MMK-special na topic namin. Touched ako ha, everytime kasi I’m with Alecz, I feel as if pareho kaming girlash. Ako ang klusha magnetica na may super powers at sha ang mudra for all seasons! That night, na feel ko talaga ang pagka girl ko. Kaloka, naging lalake si mother for a couple of minutes, di ko kinaya, breathtaking ang drama nitei!!

Well, Aleli, thank you so much for the eye-openers given and especially for protecting me that night. Kaloka, natakot sayo ang damuhong stranger na ‘yun. Ka touch talaga.

Klusha Magnetica & Mudra for all seasons

May pag-asa pa pala, Aleli, sa mga ganyang paraan. Haha. Bits and pieces. I guess we, especially I, can live with that. Kabloom!