i will be away for about a week. i'm going to pangasinan later this afternoon. we'll just have to wait up for my aunt who's arriving from singapore. then we'll be off.
so, i won't be able to blog for a while.
anyone who wants to reach me, my number is on my personal circumstances.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
ROAD TRIP
31 March 2004
9:00 p.m.
mission :: deliver the goods
three hours of pure-leaded encounter of the automobile kinds. damned traffic jam! imagine getting stuck at bonifacio avenue in balintawak-- welcome to hell -- from 9:00 p.m. till 12:00 midnight...
north luzon expressway we overrun a metallic object with a great impact. it's almost like one of the front wheels exploded. i thought we were going to lose control of the vehicle and just smash head-on to other cars. *sigh* we were fine.
1 April 2004
5:00 a.m.
finally, after 8 hours on the road, we reached Baguio. trailing Kennon Road, again after almost five years, was an exhilirating experience! the mountains stood in all their magnificence, wrapping me in the most wonderful feelings in all the world. and the cold, morning air was a fresh bath leaving me breathless and wanting more. you cannot experince that when you're in manila where there's only pollution in the air and where the temperature keeps rising to scorching degree.
6:00 a.m.
camp seven:: we arrived at the destination. breakfast at seven whislt a pirated copy of Legally Blonde 2 was playing. 9:00 a.m. till 12:30 p.m., i had my much wanted slumber, at long last. lunch then preparations.
2:30 p.m.
mission :: home
'trekking' down Kennon Road so we could go back to manila. travel was smooth. plus the sun's warmth was really calming in the afternoon at pangasinan [4:00 p.m.]. i had the urge to tell the driver to take a turn go to my hometown-- bayambang. but that was just out of the line. we had to get to manila because lileth has a flight to catch tomorrow morning.
6:00 p.m.
this was a nightmare-like experience. we had to stop at a gasoline station somewhere in tarlac, tarlac. the driver saw what really happened to our jeepney last night when we hit the metallic entity along the expressway. i don't which part was broken that needed to be replaced. it was scary because it's dusk already. and the nearest auto supply shop was almost a kilometer away and it's dificult to get a tricycle 'round here. the driver had to walk. we waited for him for an hour. and he fixed the jeepney, in an hour, too.
8:00 p.m.
back on the road again we thought it was already A-OK, y'know. but we thought wrong. the jeepney wasn't going well. in fact, it seemed like we were dragging something really heavy. we were causing a major traffic build up behind us and we had to change lanes and move to the road shoulder. damn! we cannot go faster than a snail! it would take us another hour and a half before we reach a gasoline station with McDonald's nearby [syempre, special request].
9:30 p.m.
capas, tarlac
munching on my cheeseburger the driver was exchanging words with some of the tricycle drivers in the area. after he had his share, he pounced that part which was broken with another metallic object [ah, blame me! i know not a thing about parts of a vehicle!] mama was already frantic because lileth was with us and she had a flight to catch early tomorrow. she even suggested that if the jeepney can't be fixed, we'd have to take a bus from here to manila. the jeepney cannot be on the road dahil po sa colorum. we'd have to leave dear mr. driver and the jeepney. but anyway, we didn't have to resort to that. after about an hour, we're on the road once more.
2 April 2004
12:00 midinight
north luzon expressway
heavy traffic... inhaling dust and smoke. experiencing too much in the last 24 hours of my hardly-lived life was *way kewL* and muy-exciting and such a FUCKAROW!
2:30 a.m.
pasay, sin city
with my back aching, a lurching stomach-- hungry for food, excited for another bout with carbohydrates and all; a sticky feeling all over because of the confusion of dust, smoke, perspiration; too much humidity...
finally, I AM HOME
9:00 p.m.
mission :: deliver the goods
three hours of pure-leaded encounter of the automobile kinds. damned traffic jam! imagine getting stuck at bonifacio avenue in balintawak-- welcome to hell -- from 9:00 p.m. till 12:00 midnight...
north luzon expressway we overrun a metallic object with a great impact. it's almost like one of the front wheels exploded. i thought we were going to lose control of the vehicle and just smash head-on to other cars. *sigh* we were fine.
1 April 2004
5:00 a.m.
finally, after 8 hours on the road, we reached Baguio. trailing Kennon Road, again after almost five years, was an exhilirating experience! the mountains stood in all their magnificence, wrapping me in the most wonderful feelings in all the world. and the cold, morning air was a fresh bath leaving me breathless and wanting more. you cannot experince that when you're in manila where there's only pollution in the air and where the temperature keeps rising to scorching degree.
6:00 a.m.
camp seven:: we arrived at the destination. breakfast at seven whislt a pirated copy of Legally Blonde 2 was playing. 9:00 a.m. till 12:30 p.m., i had my much wanted slumber, at long last. lunch then preparations.
2:30 p.m.
mission :: home
'trekking' down Kennon Road so we could go back to manila. travel was smooth. plus the sun's warmth was really calming in the afternoon at pangasinan [4:00 p.m.]. i had the urge to tell the driver to take a turn go to my hometown-- bayambang. but that was just out of the line. we had to get to manila because lileth has a flight to catch tomorrow morning.
6:00 p.m.
this was a nightmare-like experience. we had to stop at a gasoline station somewhere in tarlac, tarlac. the driver saw what really happened to our jeepney last night when we hit the metallic entity along the expressway. i don't which part was broken that needed to be replaced. it was scary because it's dusk already. and the nearest auto supply shop was almost a kilometer away and it's dificult to get a tricycle 'round here. the driver had to walk. we waited for him for an hour. and he fixed the jeepney, in an hour, too.
8:00 p.m.
back on the road again we thought it was already A-OK, y'know. but we thought wrong. the jeepney wasn't going well. in fact, it seemed like we were dragging something really heavy. we were causing a major traffic build up behind us and we had to change lanes and move to the road shoulder. damn! we cannot go faster than a snail! it would take us another hour and a half before we reach a gasoline station with McDonald's nearby [syempre, special request].
9:30 p.m.
capas, tarlac
munching on my cheeseburger the driver was exchanging words with some of the tricycle drivers in the area. after he had his share, he pounced that part which was broken with another metallic object [ah, blame me! i know not a thing about parts of a vehicle!] mama was already frantic because lileth was with us and she had a flight to catch early tomorrow. she even suggested that if the jeepney can't be fixed, we'd have to take a bus from here to manila. the jeepney cannot be on the road dahil po sa colorum. we'd have to leave dear mr. driver and the jeepney. but anyway, we didn't have to resort to that. after about an hour, we're on the road once more.
2 April 2004
12:00 midinight
north luzon expressway
heavy traffic... inhaling dust and smoke. experiencing too much in the last 24 hours of my hardly-lived life was *way kewL* and muy-exciting and such a FUCKAROW!
2:30 a.m.
pasay, sin city
with my back aching, a lurching stomach-- hungry for food, excited for another bout with carbohydrates and all; a sticky feeling all over because of the confusion of dust, smoke, perspiration; too much humidity...
finally, I AM HOME
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