Old man

Naglalakad kami, me, dyan and josh. Papunta kaming mcdo. Then napansin ko, sa may 7/11, may matanda na nakatulog. Yung bag niya ginawa niyang unan. Maayos siya. Mukhang kadarating ng Manila. Wala siguro siyang matulugan na iba. Ang nasa isip ko nung nakita ko siya, "kawawa naman, baka nandito siya sa maynila para makipagsapalaran". Nawala na siya sa isip ko nung nasa Mcdo kami. Pagkalabas namin ng Mcdo, bumili kami ng candy, napansin namin parang may tinitignan yung mga timdera. May bata, may hawak siyang black na bag. Akala nung mga tindera, yung lalaking nagaabang jeep ang nakuhanan. Sumakay yung bata ng jeep. Wala akong idea kung ano nangyayari. Tapos bigla kong nakita yung matanda, akala niya yung bata na nilapitan niya yung kumuha ng bag niya, pero hindi. Sinabi nung mga tao dun (ata) na sumakay ng jeep yung kumuha ng bag niya. Bumigat yung pakiramdam ko. Ayaw kong nakakakita ng matandang lalaki na magisa. Sinundan namin siya, gusto kong tumulong, gusto kong tanungin kung may pera siya, gusto ko siyang bigyan kahit kaunti lang, kaso hindi namin alam kung paano namin siya iaapproach, at nung inapproach namin siya, hindi niya kami pinansin. Patuloy siya sa paglakad, patingin tingin sa paligid. Umaasa na makita niya yung bag niya.

Bakit kailangan ko pang makita yun? bakit sakto pa na pagkalabas namin? ang haba ng oras kanina, sana bago kami lumabas o after namin makauwi. Bakit kami pa ang kailangan makawitness nun? Ambigat. Dapat sa edad niyang yun, inaalagaan siya ng mga anak niya(kung meron man), dapat nandun siya sa bahay nila, at hindi nasa kalye. Dapat natutulog siya ng mahimbing, at hindi naghahanap ng nanakawa na bag niya,

At dun sa bata, kung sino man siya, alam ko may dahilan kung bat niya ginawa yun, pero bakit dun pa sa matanda, dun sa matanda na mahimbing na natutulog sa bangketa, dun sa matanda pa na walang kasama, sa matanda na yung bag nalang ang meron siya.

Sana nasa bulsa niya yung pera niya. Sana may pangkain pa siya bukas. Sana ok lang siya. Sana magawa na niya yung dapat niyang gain dito sa Manila at sana, sana lang, hindi siya matulad sa iba na kalye na ang tirahan. :'(

jeepney

Naranasan mo na bang sumakay ng jeep? Kung hindi pa, try mo! Kung oo naman, tiyak makakarelate ka dito!

Andaming jeep sa pilipinas noh? halos san ka tumingin may jeep! e yan ata ang pambansang sasakyan ee! sabi nga nila "Only in the Philippines" Actually,hindi naman yung jeep mismo ang paguusap natin dito, kundi yung nasa loob ng jeep. Teka! hindi yung engine ha, kundi yung mga taong sumasakay sa jeep! ewan ko ba kung bakit ko to napanansin, wala lang siguro kasi akong magawa sa jeep nung mga oras na yun! ayun, kung ano ano tuloy napansin ko! Alam mo kung ano yun? siyempre hindi pa, kasi hindi ko pa naman sinasabi, hindi ka naman siguro manghuhula diba? haha! joke lang! eto na talaga!

Pansinin mo yung mga tao sa loob ng jeep! Magsimula tayo sa driver. Maraming klase ng driver, meron diyan yung matandang mabait, matandang masungit, middle age na mabait at masungit pero madalang akong makakita ng mga 20+ na driver ng jeep. Nakakainis minsan, kasi may mga driver na kung makapagpreno, akala mo gustong iusod lahat ng tao papunta sakanya. hello? kuya?! ambaho kaya nung katabi ko tapos ipepreno mo ng ganyan, e di dumikit na yung amoy niya sakin! saka mo gawin yan kapag gwapo yung ktabi ko, ng maisubsob ako sakanya sabay pacute (landiiii)! meron din naman mababait na driver, yung tipong kapag di ka pa nagbabayad "yung hindi pa po nakabayad siyan, magbayad na po kayo, please:)" tapos kapag magaabot sila ng sukli "pakiabot po, salamat" haha! nakakatwa lang, may time pa talaga silang magthank you habang nakikipagpatintero ang jeep nila sa mga magagandang sasakyan na wala silang takot kung mabunggo nila, ano nga naman magagasgas sa jeep nila. Meron ding mga driber na swapang, yung tipong isisigaw nila 5 pa po, e halos mukhang sardinas na yung mga tao sa loob, yung totoo kuya?! gusto mo bang maging close mga pasahero mo? hmmmp! aynako! tama na nga muna sa mga driver! 

Sa mga pasahero naman tayo! haaay! madaming klase ng pasahero! enumerate ko mga nakitanko ha? eto :

- mga early bloomers : eto yung mga bata na papasok o pauwi ng school! akalain mo yun, may nakita ako, 5-6 years old, nakakasakay na ng jeep! responsableng bata! hindi nagpapahatid sa magulang! alam niya kung saan siya papunta! bravo! independent na agad yung bata! 

-rushers: eto yung mga taong laging nagmamadali. minsan nakakairita na din, kada tigil mg driver sa kanto "tsk" *sabay kunot ng noo* ang ginagawa nila. tapos kung makatingin sa relo, kada segundo. teh,wag magmadali! e kung mas nagising ka kasi sana ng mas maaga diba?! suuus! 

-lost: eto yung mga taong mostly nakikita mo nakaupo malapit sa driver. yung mga hindi alam kung saan pupunta, kung tama ba yung sinakyan na jeep, kaya pasuyo nalang kay manong na "kuya, ibaba mo ako sa ganito ha?" 

-no choice: eto yung mga mukhang mayaman o yung mga taong hindi talaga gustong magjeep, pero kailangan kasi siguro yung lang yung tanging paraan para makapunta siya sa dapat na pupuntahan. 

-loudspeakers: eto yung mga grupo ng magkakaibigan nakapag nakasakay na ng jeep, akala e walang ibang tao sa jeep. kung makapagingay wagas! tawa lang ng tawa, teh, bahay niyo? (guilty! haha) 

-chismosa: eto naman yung mga loner minsan na walang earphones, walang magawa, kaya nakikinig sa usapan ng iba. try mong magjoke sa friend mo, tapos sabay tignan mo yung taong loner sa harap mo, sa malamang, kung chismosa yun, tatawa yun! promise!

-wapakels: eto naman yung mga hindi nagmamadali, alam kung saan pupunta at minsan, makikita mong malayo ang tingin. ewan ba kung bored sila o sadang mahilig lang tumingin sa malayo. eto yung mga taong ineenjoy lang yung ride hanggang makaratin. no worries ba! 

- vain: eto yung nakaupo katabi ng driver! 100% sure ako, na kapag nakaupo sa harap, titingin at titingin yan sa salamin! pusta mo?! at during the ride, titingin pa rin yan sa sarili niya ata aayusin ang sarili hanggat makababa! :) 

-PDA: alam na! eto yung mga magsyotang wala atang pambayad sa mga motel na kung makapaglampungan sa jeep e akala nasa kwarto lang nila sila! teh, hintay naman! wag atat! makukuha mo din naman yan ee! lapit na! tiis lang! 

pero eto seryoso, minsan may napansin din akong sumakay na parang hindi niya alam pupuntahan niya, hindi siya sigurado at parang kulang nadin yung pera niya, yung tipong last money na yung pamasahe niya dun. yung bahala na kung saan siya madala ng pera niya. nakakaawa lang. 

Hindi masyadong malaki ang jeep, pero kapag sumakay ka andami mong pwedeng mapansin, may pwede ka ding matutunan. Pagmasdan mo lang? ano, sakay na sa jeep, otso lang naman ee! :) 

Happy Father's Day Papa

So it's the 2md week of june, and it's father's day! A day not jsut for real men, but for all the individuals who acted like a father.


Some always say that I am lucky to have him as my father. Yes, he's the kindest, the most helpful. He is fond of helping other people. By the way, he is a chief marine engineer. He spent almost his whole life at the sea. We grew up not seeing him most of the time. We grew apart. Yes, hindi kami close sa papa namin. He's trying to give everything we want. Halos sunod sa luho nga ako because of him ee. Back when we were still young, simple lang ang life namin, pero nung tumanda na, sa material things na namin nababawi yung mga times na wala siya. Sometimes, nakakasawa na, to get everything I want. Na oo lang siya ng oo. What I want? is to build a close relationship with my dad. To spend more time with him. Sooner, papasok na ako mg med, and he'll grow older, how can we spend time pa? sana mag effort din siya para maging close samin. it saddens me na hindi ako makapagopen up sakanya ng mga bagay bagay. He's too focused on providing us a good life, and forgot that we are growing up not noticing were growing apart :(

barbara's buffet (intramuros, manila)

While I was browsing for deals, I saw this 50% off at barbara's in metrodeal. It was for 250 only, so I invited my mapua friends and they agreed. So we bought 5 vouchers. We were suppossed to be there last may 28, but we forgot to make reservations so we just decided to go there on the 5th of June.

since barbara's is inside intramuros, its interiors are spanish inspired. I guess it was a house built during the spanish era.

Barbara's serves Filipino foods. Some will say there is nothing special about their foods. But personally, i loved their kaldereta and okoy.

There was also a cultural show. It made me miss my sining kalinangan days. haha! I can say that barbara's is good. We left full naman. TIP: after you finish your first plate, rest for a while, and if you want to eat again, be sure to eat before the cultural show starts. Barbara's is eat-all-you-can-until-supplies last. We wanted to eat more of the dessert, but the trays were already empty and when we asked if they are going to refill it, they said no.

Potluck @ NCMH

Last week, I don't know why I suddenly thought of having a get-together meal with my classmates. I suggested na magka potluck kami. that we need to bring food for everyone. I asked them all what they want to bring! and fortunately, everyone participated! yay!

(picture grabbed from michael's tumblr)


I was suppossed to bring tacos but it's so time consuming so I brought ham and cheese roll(will blog the recipe soon, it's easy lang naman:) )

I guess everyone did enjoy the meal. We ate with our CI and other staffs of the Pav 1's OT. It was fun! Sana maulit! haha :)

so this is our what everyone brought! :)

fast recovery

Since I am an early bird here @ ncmh, and I have nothing to do, I saw something! haha We've been eyeing on this tree since last week, because its leaves were withering, and we were catching the leaves as it falls. just for fun! haha. And I saw it this morning.

I wish people are like this. The tree starts a new life just like that, so fast! Nabubulok yung leaves, nalalaglag kapag hinahangin, at agad-agad may mga bagong leaves na patubo. Sana ang tao, madali din maglet go, na ilet go yung mga bagay na wala ng kwenta para sa better ones. Wala naman kasing permanent sa mundo ee.

philippine fashion week: my first

Unexpectedly last week, I think, I received an email from PFW. It was an invite from Jeffrey Rogador, one of the designers of the show!

Kat and Fi also received invites so the three of us went together. It was my first time to attend a fashion show! haha. It was kind of intimidating cause there are so many fashion personalities and everyone was all dressed up. I can say that the designs was so good especially the all red collection of Xernan Orticio and the black and gold dress of Ronald Lirio! Sayang, I wasn't able to take a picture of the one that caught my attention!

i enjoyed the show. I will attend next season! haha. Will get more invites! yay! :)

1 liter milk tea!

Decided to blog this! haha :) 3 weeks ago, my classmate read a tweet about this 1 liter milk tea oreo. Since I am a milk tea lover since I don't know when, we tried it after our ojt. The shop is located in P.Campa near morayta. It was a new shop.

So we ordered the xxl size, which is 1 liter, oreo milk tea! they also have rocksalt and cheese but was out of stock that day. our first sip was the best. So delicious. It only costs us 110 pesos for that 1 liter!

It is my new favorite. I have also trued their rocksalt and cheese, and it was good! not like that of happy lemon's but it was really good! Note: if you don't want it to be so sweet, ask them to lessen the sugar! 75% is enough!

every child is special

Since it's saturday, meaning tomorrow is sunday, no classes! me and my brother decide to buy dvds. Then I saw a bollywood movie. I bought it because the I saw a familiar face, the lead actor of 3 idiots was also in this movie. The movie is "Every child is special". it was about a boy who has a dyslexia, but his parents views him as a naughty, lazy boy. The boy sees the letters dancing whenever he tries to read it and he has a difficulty in remembering spellings and even how to write the letters. This is not a movie review. So if you're searching for a movie review, close this tab, now! haha. kidding! :p

It was a long movie, I think it's more than 2 hours! Some might get bored watching it, but for me, I enjoyed the movie. It made me remembered the time when we visited pav 14 of ncmh(national centerr for mental health), it is for boys. Ishaan made me remember the boy who was crying that day which made me shed a tear. I was so touched by the movie. It made me understand more of my purpose in life. Mahirap iexplain yung feeling nung movie. pero ang alam ko masarap yung feeling! Must watch! was crying while watching it! Realized so many things. napulot ko sa movie: "You'll find your purpose in life where you find your happiness"