Nostalgia

May bagong CD is Babyface, the title is Playlist. Revival of old familiar songs. Gustong-gusto ko sya when it was advertised on TV so as soon as I get the chance, bibili ako nito. Gusto ko ngayon na nga eh. Parang kating-kati ako lumarga at maglibot, even go to the grocery and spend at least 2 hours there until I memorize which items are in what aisle. I like groceries, I like hardware stores, I like home depots. Just leave me there for at least half a day and I would be happy. Buying only a few but making kalkal everything.

I was just at our reunion last night, went to see old friends from work. One came all the way from California. We had dinner at Something Fishy where I ate my favorite ginataang kuhol(yey!). Not all were able to come dahil daming excuses but the people who were there were the ones really close to me. Na-miss ko na sila. I really enjoyed my work at the software house moreso because of them. After saturday work, gimik time, mostly eating and bowling till the wee hours of the morning. Ang saya! I was closer to the guys than the girls though. Ewan ko bakit, maybe because it was easier to be friends with them, less maarte and straight to the point pag kausap mo. Also, they tend to take care of you, bringing your dala, taking you home, asking where you like to eat, where you like to go, ganun.

Anyways, after the dinner and we went our separate ways, I felt sad. Parang you lose the homey feel of familiarity and friends. Ganun din when the diwatas left, kakalungkot naman. But then you move on knowing you'll be seeing them again one day. Then you're back to the daily grind of life, hmmm

Cebu, Queen of the South

Volunteer na naman! It's now the 11th Drugstore owners (hindi druglords ha) Association of the Philippines Convention. The venue is the majestic Cebu Waterfront hotel located in Lahug kaya napadpad naman ako sa lugar na ito. Cebu is great, food is fresh and delicious, transport is easy with jeepneys and honest taxi drivers (na nagbibigay pa talaga ng sukli ha unlike in Manila, automatic tip na nila yon bukod pa sa nagpapadagdag, nye). Pagod na naman pero sulit because our group (Registration Commitee) did well, clap clap clap!!!

Went to the 5:30pm mass but it was in Cebuano. Waited to see if the next mass will be in English or Tagalog, pero cebuano pa rin, nye!

The new Marcelo Fernan Bridge said to be the world’s longest center span extra dosed cable stayed bridge (ano daw???) connecting Mactan Island to Cebu City

Upon arrival at Ceu on Sunday, we immediately looked for a food place, he he We ate at the famous SuTuKil (Su is for sugba or grilled, tu is for tula or prepared into a soup and kil is for kilaw or turned into a raw fish salad) where you choose the freshest seafood and have the restaurant prepare them to your liking.

My favorite was sweet and sour lapu-lapu although all the food we ate was so good owing to the fact that the seafood was indeed very fresh.

One of the few harpist I encountered, sa Cebu ko pa nakita. Pwede pa nga mag-request. Manong is a regular musician at the Manna Sutukil restaurant.

A painting exhibit at the Waterfront lobby

Posing-posing sa may swimming pool of Cebu Waterfront Hotel where we were billeted