just came back. it was a spur-of-the-moment trip to the city of pines with friends. exactly the kinda getaway that i need...or maybe not. cause the guava still hasn't fallen, and it's down to...what...five days? f---k it. oops. just went to mass yesteday.
twas raining almost all the time but this weekend will still go down as one of the most memorable outtatown purely-leisure trips in my recent history, for the following reasons:
* first time kong makasakay at makapag-row ng bangka (in burnham park's manmade lake)
* first time kong makasakay ng kabayo (sa wright park...medyo corny dahil puro trotting lang ang alam ng kabayo kong puti (huy! mag-gallop galore ka naman!)...pero a first time is always sumthin
* first time kong maglakad mag-isa sa mga kalsada ng camp john hay at 2am--walang katao-tao, eery glow of streetlamps, thick thick fog---para kong naligaw sa set ng isang horror movie. been hearing ghost stories about this place, pero sabi nga nila, matakot ka na sa buhay, wag sa patay, and i guess i was more scared of getting mugged/raped/slaughtered in that isolated place than getting chased by ghosts. thank god it wasn't my time yet.
* first time kong mapunta sa much-heard-about baguio landmark that is Cafe by the Ruins
* my first time to check out OMG, Kidlat Tahimik's veggie-serving uber-cool watering hole at the heart of Session Road. Artsy pipin' crowd!
* at first time kong makapag-Sunday Mass in quite a while (thanks, Father Monjam). may mga sakristan palang babae? during the priest's sermon i wanted to raise my hand and ask him: how do we apply that passage, "take up your cross and follow my lead" to daily life? but then nobody does that in church masses--wouldn't want to call attention to myself. paminsan-minsan na nga lang ako magsimba, manggugulo pa. haha.
well wouldn't ya know. the weekend passed like a breeze, and i'm back to the usual life again. now if i could only get myself to sleep and wake up in time for work tomorrow. brrrrr.
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