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The Golden Geese Hundred Islands Alaminos, Pangasinan Getaway  April 10 2k9

This album consists of the following happenings of the Golden Geese: the day before the big escape, the day of the big escape, and the post-escape get-together. The venues are Ivette’s place and the Hundred Islands (Governor and Quezon) at Alaminos. By the way, the stars of this album are of course Moi, my man Ar, Ivette, Johann, Ice, Marcus, Viel, and Keach.

We had our last working day for the coming holy week vacation on Wedenesday. That afternoon we went to Ivette’s place to do some planning … and ehem of course a little drinking. The next day, we went home for a while to pack and went back to Ivette’s place and ehem drank little again and jammed while waiting for Sir Kenneth (the driver of the van we rented). And here is an itinerary which transpired of the little HI hits.

12 mn – departed from Ivette’s place going to Alaminos

430 am – arrived at Alaminos, Pangasinan

600 am – Went to Hundred Island Resort Center to book ourselves an overnight boat ride for our planned island hopping. We were not able to reserve a place to stay that is why we were crossing our fingers for an available nipa hut with room while we are staying there.

 630 am- stopped over at one of the closed malls there, I think the name of the mall is Nepo? I’m not sure, we kept looking for a place to eat but everything was still closed. Cindy’s was open but it only sold bread and siopao, that is why some just opted to buy hamburgers at a nearby burger stop. The boys went to the market to buy some food and stuff that we need for the trip.

800 am – We went back to the Island resort ready for our island hopping. Our package boat trip was an overnighter that is why we could only visit the 3 commercial islands which are the Governor’s, Children’s World, and Quezon Island. We did not go down to Children’s World anymore since there were a lot of people and the island did not really interest us as much as the others.

830 am – arrived at Governor’s Island, the island’s nice although as usual there were a lot of people there. We trekked our way up to the view deck and went to the PBB house where I think Kim and Gerald were held living in.

930 am – Arrived at Quezon Island where we just looked and stayed at a picnic spot where we can have our lunch and drinking jam sessions. Our menu was grilled stuffed tilapia and adobong baboy. Our spot was nice because it has a nearby swimming area. We had two spots wherein we stayed and spent time there until 5 in the afternoon. At that time we decided to just go back to the lucap wharf and find a place to stay there because some found it really impossible to stay in the island with just a tent. When went to the shores to wait for our boatman, some swam, some drank, and some just took pictures.

800 pm – After some negotiations and very cold sea breeze, we decided to just have a day trip in the island and just go home right there and then. A room was vacated during the night but still everyone preferred not to stay overnight in the island.

 830 pm – Arrived at Lucap wharf, took a bath, looked for place to eat, ate

1000 pm – started on our ride home to Manila

 430 am – Home sweet Golden Geese Home

530 am – Sleeping and recharging time!

Ok and the rest of the day we just spent a post-beach gathering eating grilled liempo, chopsuey, drinking beer, and splashing water with one another at Ivette’s backyard. The sessions started at 1pm and ended 1am. So much for a 12-hour affair huh? Immuned na ata kame sa puyat at tama hihi

SO there, we had a 1,8k each budget and we ended up with these …

7, 500 – transpo

2,000 – food and drinks

350 – parking and entrance

1, 800 – boatride (3 islands overnighter, we could have gotten this cheaper if we decided a daytour early on)

And then the rest of the budget, whatever was saved was used for our ‘Kunwari Pool Party’ during the last day. =)

• If you want to enjoy the Hundred Islands, opt going there during a non-peak season or if ever, book 2weeks early on or so for a room if you plan to stay overnight there. Also, bring your own softdrinks, food, etc because the costs there are double the price! We got our Small Pop cola for 20 pesos, our twin popsies 35 pesos, and Coke 1.5 for 80. There …enough said =)  

to the one i love

how are you love?

i have been staring blankly into space figuring out how you made me like this

you made me human, you made me feel pain and loss

you made me eat the pieces of a broken soul

you made me not who i was

is this the way it has to be?

love, i have been reading a book and it says,

i should be dependent love

dependent on my faith for the One who made me.

Love, I surrendered finally. I let Him do the talking. It feels great love.

Forgive me love for I have not given you the freshest of my heart

But the scars shall make me a better person for you, for your pleasure and glory

Love, all the tears that i have to shed for you will be collected and kept

Until that time comes when we will no longer be each other but one

I shall give you my weaknesses and my strengths

My heart, body, mind, and soul

And I shall have a share of yours

Love, let’s play life.

Please roll the dice and be nice to let me win this.

After you do.

i love you and that’s why

you do not know what to do because you choose not to know … oh what a hindrance to your own growth. you would not admit it but you like dwelling in stagnation tsk tsk. when you wake up the first thought that pops into your head is that onething or person that has been preoccupying your life lately. is that thought a necessity to your life? yes.keep it.no..learn to let it go.how?stop being foolish.stop making yourself suffer your own dirty intentions.

easy for me to say hard for you to do.people should stop using the excuse “because this is me” blahblah … it does not mean you are like every inch of hatred means you should live eternity being such.lamelamelame.

life wants you to grow ass****, that is why you encounter diseases of the society as well as those situations you call problems because life does not want you to be a useless soul. damn it. do not complain form the heart, complain just because you want to express. and if possible complain to yourself not to anyone else, they do not need to hear any negative words from positive people like you.

you are special b***h, and you have to believe in that. you love you that is why other people can love you. now go out. look around you. if you see anything or anyone that catches your eye that means you should hell be doing something about it.

i see a dog barking.why do dogs bark?blocked privacy? … i am not really sure but if they are barking at you,, sure they can smell you.ever wondered why this certain dog won’t bark at you and sometimes otherwise? hell thay can smell you, you definitely stink.but why, you took a bath and brushed your teeth … he can smell the inner you ..it is rotting …see ….it is true ….dogs can smell you.

merry christmas!2008 has been a blast!leave the mess, take the test, contaminate happy thoughts.contaminate love.feed the poor.conquer your world.God bless you!

disclaimer

this was written under the influence of excitement to pee, smoke, bathe, and dress-up. no need to take seriously … seriously.

i love you hairy man!let’s have a wedding and live with each other … the longest time possible in this world.

It is fate I think. Yes I do believe in fate, I believe in destiny, I believe in karma. Things really do happen for a reason, sometimes it teaches you and sometimes it tells you that you went to the wrong path and have to find your way back to the start and continue journeying walking on the right path.

Yes, life is a bowl of choices, of decisions to be made. And guess what, I can tell you that your life has been already pre-written by the Lord Almighty. Those who always choose the right path, or should I say the road God prepared for them gets the easy way through life. That can explain some people who are just kind at heart, kind at soul, kind in everything. Yes they do have problems but very minute problems. And you might wonder, why do some people just get all the luck in life – they have the looks, the money, the life you yourself could have wanted. And that is where the “second-thought” invention becomes worthy. Have you ever cared to ponder, if just in case they had the kind of life you are having, do you think they’ll survive it?No. All of us are tailor-made for our lives. I can attest that you can say you can handle getting pregnant at 16 and all, but not the way I successfully handled it.

And to the people who love to think … keep thinking. Simplicity deceives life. Life is a colorful string of yarn that can just strangle you in your neck or just serve you as a choker, as an accessory.

I am a person who loves to complicate things, not because it is in my intention, but because, it is fulfilling. You think about all the reasons behind a person’s smile or even a blink, and you get all crazy about it, the good part is, you are enjoying the sorrow of thinking unnecessary things. They call it insanity, I call it my own dose of sanity.

My mind is so powerful that I can just get a snap of what you are thinking right now, well of course I have to meet you first.

Then talk with you, after I listen.

Then fall inlove.

Get hurt.

Cry.

Get up.

for the love that was from the love that is

for the one who broke his heart…

********

you: can you hear me?

me: no i’m sorry i can’t this time

you:why?

me: i choose to be deaf, it’s not like you don’t know why

you: i don’t

me: you have broken my eardrum

you: i’m sorry, but i see it’s healing already

me: yeah, i met an ear specialist, she’s really nice and all, she gave me a big discount

you: so…she brought your ear to life again

me: guess she did

you: now, can you hear me?

me: i can but …

you : i can’t hear you now

me: she offered to be my ear specialist till the day i die

you: i really can’t hear you, speak louder please

me: (shouting) she’ll be my ear specialist till when i grow old and die

you : you just broke my eardrum, i really can’t hear anymore

me: i have to go

you : (nods)

me: you know when you told me you’d like to clean my ears … i didn’t even think you’d break it.. you were the best ear specialist for me then…

you:(nods)

me: here’s my ear specialist’s number, she’d love to make you better, she told me anyone who had the love to care for my ear is special, hope you’ll call her

you: (nods)

last laugh’s mine

…

Aiza and I had already planned for this trip ever since we found out
about the longest weekend in August. We contributed money every pay day
for our travel fund, but unfortunately it did not meet the money we
needed for the long weekend, so…we decided to just leave the fund for
sembreak’s getaway and just use our own money for the meantime.

I
have been longing to visit the three spots in Zambales, I did some
researches for our itinerary. There were a lot of things that happened
that really amounted God’s goodness and you’ll find those out as you
read this little written gratitude to the place, to the people, and to
God.

If you can remember it, it was raining big cats and dogs
during the past week and I was hoping it wouldn’t pursue until the
weekend. I researched on advance forecasts in Zambales and the forecast
for our dates was 90% precipitation which could mean…no island hopping.
Saturday night, it was raining so hard, but that did not stop me from
believing it would still be sunny on Sunday or Monday in spite of the
rainy forecast.

Believe me I am all teary-eyed upon seeing the sun the following day.

Day 1
Good morning Sun!
7:30am – met up with Julia and Vincent and headed to Victory Liner espanya for an 8am trip
8:00am-
arrived at the bus terminal and found out that the bus going to Iba has
just departed =( but hey, the two of my beach buddies have not arrived
yet so it was all good. We instead took a bus to Olongapo and departed
at around 8:40am.
11:00am- took a stop-over @ Double Happiness Pampanga
1:00pm- arrived @ Olongapo and took a bus headed to San Antonio, Zambales
2:00pm – dropped-off in San Antonio, rode a 30 –minute trike ride to Megan’s Paradisio Resort @ Pundakit
2:30pm
– settled @ the resort and ate for lunch in a nearby carinderia where
we ate fried chicken and togue (if you want to eat sumptuous and
nutritious food during your stay, it would be advisable if you just
bring your own ingredients then paluto na lang kila ate)
3:00pm-
rest and played with the waves (the waves in Pundaquit are just about
the same as Baler’s but the latter is more surfer neophyte friendly
because of the shallower depth of the waters). We also explored the
long stretch of the Pundaquit beach.
5:30pm- rested and prepared for a small dinner of pancit canton huhu
7:00pm- we ate dinner, I drank my beer, had some smokes, and sang over videoke – in short it was socials time!
12:00 – tried to sleep but I couldn’t =)



•
We decided not to board for the island trips because of the unfriendly
waves that afternoon. The locals said it was not actually the best time
for boat trips because of the waves, but then…God will make a way. We
took the option of bumping the waves early morning the following day*

6:00am-
8:00am – woke everyone up, dealt with Manong Alex (our choice
bangkero), ate small breakfast huhu again, drank my coffee, and
prepared for the island hopping.
8:30am – departed Pundaquit en
route to Anawangin. I just have to praise the Lord while taking the
boat trip because of the sunny weather and the not so strong waves.
9:00am
– We arrived at Anawangin but landed on the other side because of the
strong waves in the lahar-based side (where I really wanted to go
most!). It seemed very impossible for us to check the lahar-based side
because there is actually a small rocky mountain part of the cove in
between…but then again, God will make a way right? Manong surprised us
with that way and we trekked ourselves all the way up and down hill to
the other side (that explains my muscle pains). I guess the trek was
about 30-40 minutes, we are no mountaineers but thank God no one was
harmed.


10:00am- explored, rested, and enjoyed the lahar-based
anawangin spot. I was the only one who brought a camera because we had
to swim across just to get to the spot and nobody except me took the
risk of getting their cameras soaked and broken.

11:00am- trekked
back to the other side (the trek was a blessing in disguise because if
it weren’t for that experience, we’d be less happy about this trip
hehehe)
11:45am- departed Anawangin en route the Capones island (the waves are angrier this time but it was still all good).
12:15-
arrived at Capones, there were only 2 peeps when we got there and my
beach buddies were all ecstatic because the waves are swimmer-friendly
(we had no choice but to enjoy swimming because we didn’t have any
surfing equipment…next time next time).


2:30pm- we departed Capones with a smile =)
3:00pm- arrived home, rested, and prepared for our trip home
4:30pm
– headed home, bargained trikes (there were a lot of empty trikes with
no drivers), and finally departed Pundaquit off to San Antonio town
proper 

5:00pm- 5:30pm – waited for bus to Olongapo
5:30pm- departed San Antonio
6:00pm – arrived at Olongapo and ate dinner @ KFC
7:00pm- departed Olongapo en route Manila 
10:30pm- arrived at Victory Liner Cubao
11:00pm – HSH @ Fairview =p

Expenses

P402.00 – two-way trip Manila-Olongapo
P60.00- Olongapo to San Antonio a/c bus
P30.00 – San Antonio to Olongapo non a/c bus
P40.00 – per pax trike ride to and from Pundakit
P2,800- overnight, open-time ac room rent @ Megans (we’re 6 so divide that by six to get the per pax rate)
P1,400-
boat trip to Anawangin with side-trip @ Capones (that’s already a
two-way trip and we added P100.00 because Manong Alex was soooo nice to
us!!!)

P1,232.00 – solb na, pero mas makakamura daw pag nagcamp next time next time 

*if
you’re planning to go here and trip with friendly waves, you can text
our choice bangkero Manong Alex Pelayo here’s his number – 09296960075 *

Ayun babalikan naten yan, galing ni God no?Sarap mabuhay =)

Dear Pong Pagong,
It has been the longest time. I’m kinda missin you, well, i miss you.
A while ago I went to National bookstore and bought some transparencies and now I’m going to use it for the first time.
A very good friend asked me if I already have moved on..I had so many thoughts about the question for there were a lot things in my life worth moving on with…so I asked …saan? His answer was… well a little far from my initial association with the question but anyway we continued the conversation while my thoughts wandered away with the real answer. I am sorry if the next few sentences could offend some people but I really have to let this go once and for all - believe me, this opening-up-in-blogs thing is new to me. Kaya Pong, eto na at pakakawalan ko na..(sana nga mawala db?hehehe)
A year ago, I was inlove. It was an accidental impossible feeling that I myself did not know where I got it. Sa mga nakakakilala sa akin prolly you know who this person I am talking about. Madaming nangyari but I held on to the feeling, kasi it was I guess the 2nd time I have genuinely felt something like that for a person and I never wanted to let go. At dahil tao lang ako..nagkakamali..the fantasy nearly coming to a reality failed. I thought I was over him and everything which involves him. At tama siya, this is that someday he was talking about where I would be realizing all of these.
Bakit…
Kasi maraming musika ang may ala-ala niya na hanggang ngayon may kirot pa sa dibdib ko
Bigla siyang lumalabas sa isip ko
Nagkaroon ako ng lakas ng loob mag-blog dahil sa tingin ko panahon na para pakawalan ko na siya
At pakawalan ko na ang sarili ko sa mundong ginawa ko para sa aming dalawa
Alam mo Pong Pagong … sakanya ko unang nadama na mayroong isang taong pwedeng tumangkilik sa pagmamahal ko sa musika
Ang kaisa-isang taong nagagalit kapag tinanggihan ko siya ng isang pagkanta
At ang taong hinawakan ang aking mga kamay at mukha at sinabing - ngayon lang uli ako naging masaya
Lahat lahat nyan asa puso’t-isipan ko pa. At alam kong ngayon baka ang mukha mo’y may marka ng "Kasalanan mo yan" o kaya’y "I told you so" na may accent pa.
MAlapit na ang 8.8.8 tatlong pag-ulit ng aking paboritong numero at sa tingin ko unfair sa number 8 kung walang mangyayaring malaki sa buhay ko sa petsa na to. Ito na marahil yun…sa lahat ng nagyari, hinahanda lang pala ako para tuluyang bumitaw sayo dahil alam ko na kahit kailan hindi ko pwedeng angkinin ang puso mo. Fate spared me.
Maraming nakangiti ngayon dahil iniisip nila "Hay sa wakas marunong na magsulat ng matinong blog itong kaibigan ko." (madalas kasi hindi nila maintindihan pinag-sasabi ko..you know i’m weird)
Pero hindi ko sinasabing all the way na itong pagladlad ko, sa puntong ito lamang dahil wala na akong dapat itago pa sa isyu na to, kailangan ko ng huminga. Sabi nga..if there is nothing left to savor…it’s better to just let go.

Alam mo kung sino ka. Oo mahal pa rin kita. Pero hanggang dun na  lang yun. Kitakita na lang tayo sa mga pantasya ni Regina Spektor.

Pong, hindi naman pala ganoon kahirap gumamit ng transparencies, sige pag-iisipan ko kung bibili pa ko nito sa susunod. Medyo mahal kasi…

Masarap pala ang sitaw omelet yun ang hapunan ko kanina. Sige gagawa pa ako ng assignment namen sa Geometry. Gwapo prof namen dun, kaso…may pilantik yung mga kamay hehe.Ikaw Pong….naka-move on ka na ba?

Joke lang.Hayaan mo na si Manang Bola, masyado siyang matanda para sa iyo.

Halik at akap
Mary Jhoana

i do not know if it is really fate but for sure it is not purely a coincidence.

everytime i look for a happy horse, it just pops out either from the bucket, from the case, or from the waiter’s hand.i really am fascinated by it.and i mean it when i say it is my best friend.

ashley is the only person and a happy horse is the only thing.they make my world go round.

make me happy
understand when i cry
know when it is time to sober up
give me everything that i need under the sun

Jess knows.
isn’t it a wonder how i love the sound of silence and the thought of being alone?
i wish i could just get out of the mess i know i am making and just sit by the window.listen to the drops of the rain as it makes music more sensible.drink coffee.continue writing under a poetic license.and think about life.and the love it gives.

it is true…love is not pain.everything else is but not love, it is just a matter of perceiving notions about it.but in reality as the quote would say.love is the only pure thing in this world that we could all hold on to.

i am getting tired of being sane.why…?

it’s a secret.and i am planning to lessen my smokes because of that.

I had to write about last night.Don’t worry Ice, this entry is reader-friendly =)

    Yesterday, Prex sent an SMS to champ asking if we could like meet each other and do some catching up. Ashley was at her dad’s place and it was pay day so I eagerly messaged her over the ym that I’m available for the night. It was already six pm and still there was no message from prexy so I just decided to surf the net and do some of my black ink articles. Luckily, mare was online and from our conversation there on, we decided to still meet up. So, at past 8pm, I already headed to SM where I told her we’d meet up first before deciding where to hang out. I went to my favorite coffee shop, yes Mocha Blends, ordered a flat white and had smokes (I was very excited to have that moment!). Well anyway, since I was a patron of that place there was no problem of me drinking coffee and smoking alone, Apple was there so I like talked to her everytime she passed by. I forgot to bring my notebook that is why I wrote a song on a tissue, some song about having a realization over shower. You know what, well, it is really easier for me to write things down whenever the emotions I am pertaining to have already subsided.So, enough of that, while i was drinking coffee, there was this guy outside the window who kept on looking, and I think that probably he thinks that I was his "ka-eyebol" the nerve right? Naku. So I just didn’t mind him, after all, he’s outside and I wouldn’t really dare to care. People were already going and I told Apple not leave me until mare has not yet come but they really had to close the shop so I told Prex that we just meet up at Zui bar (formerly Tricia’s Grill) at regalado and that is what I really wanted to write about. Kamusta naman ang introduction.

ZUI - It’s just like any other bar of course with beers, bands, food, and a billiard table. Prex got there first so when we arrived, we did some chikahan and ordered a bucket of stallions with onion rings pulutan that is 290P. There was a solo artist doing some sets while mare and I talked about as usual - love and life (that need not to be elaborated here). The customer service was great, well we had Ate Gie who served us first. Bagets naman ang mga waiters so it wasn’t that hard to share the language. They have a guest list, where the first-time guests would register their names and contact numbers for easy bar event dissemination. Then the owner Jerome, had a chitchat with us (he made sure that he had his rounds with the customers). And then later on, Ate Gie asked us what pulutan we like, told us that one of her bosses  would like to treat us because well I don’t know maybe because we’re first-time guests? Makulit si ate so we ended up just ordering sizzling tokwa. And then moments after that, Sir Lito (one of the bosses) went to our table and talked with us (it was nice but because of that mare and I didn’t get the chance to really talk). He was kind and the three of us talked about a lot of things. Prex jammed on stage and sang Imago’s Akap. Of course being the fan of my mare, I did some really loud cheers for her (just to share - I also did a little jam there with Prex but yeah you guessed right, nagkalat kame, there’s really a difference between singing and playing the guitar sober and doing it tipsy). I had four and a half bottles but unfortunately no happy horses and we were not able to finish the 2nd bucket treat of Sir Lito (reserved na lang daw yun pagbalik namen). We also had the chance to chat with the big boss, Sir…oops I forgot. So all in all we had a grand time and a priceless one as well for everything that we consumed was on the house (talk about luck huh, salamat sirs).The only  thing that I could complain there was their food was not that distinct and tasty, they have to work on that. By the way, they will be having a mini-muziklaban on July 5, that’ll be from 2pm to prolly early Sunday  morning, and yes this one’s sponsored by big names like redhorse and …oops I forgot again. So if you’re free (I too) let us bring some friends and family over to enjoy the band+beer fest, I hope to see you there. And maybe…I’ll just have my small bday celeb there during the next weekend (I’ll make sure I’ll get a bday discount harhar).So there, I just have to make sure that I make a blog out of ZUI to tell you of this nice hang-out place and thank them for accommodating us. After the beers, we decided to go home and salamat uli kay Sir Lito, he drove us to Petron, where Prex and I afterwards, played billiards at M2 and hung-out at Treats, where I had some asthma attacks.

We went home.
I slept.
Woke up.
Smiled…
and thanked the good Lord for letting me be a part of wonderful people’s lives.
Isa na si mare dun!

Ayun lang.Kitakits dun if ever =p