February Fun

a long due vacation is coming up. i am excited as any person would be at the sound of the word "vacation".   i am not actually sure if i would be able to rest, i will be on leave for 9 days. here is the actual plan:   after work on friday, i am heading off to las pinas to celebrate part of the chinese new year and to see my family. mostly because i miss them, partly because i won't be seeing them for another 2 weeks.   the next day, saturday, i would have to leave in the early morning to meet up with the piknikers. we are off to mount arayat in pampanga for a day hike. according to the tentative IT, there will be swimming afterwards. what i plan to do is to take a different route and visit papa's place to say hi. afterwhich i will head back to the hotel that we will be staying in.   since the dayhike plus swim party will be an overnight event, i am expecting to be home on sunday, most probably in the afternoon. i should be able to pack the necessary things for the trip come the next day. will sleep early as our flight is early as well.   come monday, we leave for Palawan! yay! we leave at around 8am and should be there at around 10am. as far as i know, we will head directly to El nido. chillax for 5 days, baby, yeah!   after 5 days, we are now talking of saturday, there will be a mini reunion at vine's place. inuman, yosi, bonding session. fun, but not so looking forward to it. hm.   sunday will really be a rest day. and a laundry day, and ligpit day. whew, sana di na matapos ung week. haha!   monday, i am back to reality. back to work na ulit. as it seems, i am fully booked. i wish there is a job that will pay a lot and at the same time, not as strenuous as mine. i am not to complain, but one could be lazy sometimes. :)

point to ponder

i have been watching this sitcom, and one of the episodes was about Ted. This episode was about him turning 30, and one of his plan was to discard everything that he does not have any use of. things, personal effects, friends, etc.   this got me thinking. what if i do the same, and remove those that i have no use of. any complications, trash, anything unnecessary. i bet i'll have more room to myself.   maybe i should start with one baggage. then everything else will follow.

Mt. Kalisungan day hike with piknikers :)

i conquered another mountain and got a new set of friends. not bad for the start of the year.

last saturday, i joined a practice climb with karl, bampy, and ton. they are from the group called piknikers mountaineers and we went to mt. kalisungan in victoria, laguna. this is the second time that i joined them and hindi nga ako nagkamali the first time. very accomodating and maasikaso cla.

anyway, we all met at the hm bus station in cubao. kakaaliw kase i was expecting na mejo marami kame. practice climb kase sasama ulit ako sa kanila next week sa cinco picos. sabit lang ako dun actually, pero major climb daw un, and considering na sa daraitan yung huli kong adventure, mejo kailangan ko talaga ng parang warm up/ practice.

mentally, i was prepared. alam ko na mahirap cia. hindi ko lang inexpect na MAHIRAP PALA TALAGA. nandun ung nahilo ako sa mga unang oras na naglalakad kame, nandun din ung halos paunahin ko na si sir ton at pinipilit ko cia na susunod na lang ako (grabe, hindi cia nagpapilit, at hinintay nya ako kahit alam kong mas napapagod cia sa kakapahinga), at ung ilang beses ako nadulas. pisikal pala and stamina ung kalaban ko. kabado tuloy ako sa darating na sabado.



some of the catches of the trip is ung pagkakaligaw namen. nasundan namin ung trail kaya lang, habang lumalaon (naks! ang lalim!), mejo nawawala na cia. buti na lang maalam mga kasama ko, nakita naman din nila after mag bushwhack (yep, may literal meaning pala ang term na ito). dito din ako maraming natutunan, c/o tips nila sir ton, sir karl, at maam bampy. naexplain nga din maigi sakin ang catch phrase ng group na "never leave a man behind". simple pero mabigat ang meaning. at siempre, in-invite din nila ako sa group nila. first time ko ulit sumali sa group na di ko masyado kilala pero sa buong panahon na kasama ko cla at nila ako, di ko naramdaman na others ako.

sa piknikers, salamat sa adventure, sa pagalaga, sa guidance. looking forward sa mga climb na susunod. hopefully maging kasing bangis nyo din ako someday. :)

wala lang :)

busy busy

I have been busy lately, thus my lack of time in updating my blog. Here is what happened during the months/weeks/days that I was not able to write:   ·         met with my high school buddies ·         got busy with my direct selling/load/sari sari business ·         spent time looking for gift ideas for Christmas ·         found out and got addicted to cityville, one of the newest games in facebook ·         became concerned with our upcoming Palawan trip ·         became more concerned with the upcoming quarterly business review of one of the accounts that i am handling ·         got sick ·         got super tired ·         went on dates ·         planned for the renovation of our house in las pinas ·         got my new mountaineering bag (Hell yeah!)   Come to think of it, I already forgot some of my activities in the past. I know there were still a lot but somehow, I can't seem to think of any. hopefully, I will get to accomplish more of what I planned this year.

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i equate being nice for being always taken for granted. i hate being nice but i just can't help being one. :(