wierd day!

well, it is the day before Halloween and i feel a bit uneasy and at times sleazy.
i just dont know.
here i am on a 2-week sem break and still restless, i just dont know.

the things i have done this day:

- I woke up late and started my day in loose manner.

- I thought the rain would heavily pour down so i brought a black jacket but the
sun shined like hell (you know what i mean).

- I went to my grandparents' and relatives' grave at the forgotten Everlasting
Memorial Park. (pics below)


- I lit candles at the cemetery and i just hated it. not that i hated going there
but the wind tries to give me a headache. As soon as i leave the candles out of
my sight, the would light up but when i look back, they die as if taunting me.

- By the way, the cemetery is down the hill (somewhat) and unfortunately i do not
have the fortunes to have the comforts of a car so i had to go down walking.
And when i was done, i had to walk up till the gate and it is extremely
exhausting.

- I took the jeepney that made my butt say "i want some rocky road..."

- I took the walk up to SM and made my foot sore like it never walked before.

- Im in an internet shop that charged me high (you know what the net shop would
be, the yellow and blue signature?)

- I wanna have some time for fun but i do not have the means to do it. (hmm, need
the following: CASH, a hungry tummy which is not acidic, a wifi connection
thats cheap enough - 100????, lastly, the barkada that always want some free
anythings from my pocket, argh)

- I sent a message to my dad that i wanna go to the hotel but never replied...
a lot of girls there at the moment hmhmhm.


- i dunno what to do today, so thats it at my end....

congrats to my tita cathy!!

sorry tita ngaun lang hehe. dont worry.
no need for words, the pics say it all.

We are very proud of you tita! Another Vistro in the history books.
CATHY VISTRO - YU - 2007 Towns Awardee for Education



ANC interview with my proud tita!
How i'd wished she became my instructor in Math. hehe.
to late for that. I flunked my math subjects before. heh. By the way she has a Ph.D. in Mathematics at Ateneo de Manila University. wow na wow!

Thanks tita for giving the Vistros another reason to celebrate!
God Bless!

PARDON??????!!!

another "what-the-hell" issue.

PGMA is kidding right? Uh, nope.
Im very disappointed with what has happened to our justice system.
You convict a person (regardless of status or history) and later pardon?
Is this political maneuvering? Is this politically motivated? or is this what the President saw "rightful" for the time?

Such questions unanswered. Just the person who pardonned that darn fat-ass "president".
OK sure, he was a former president, 70 + yrs old (Palace policy), extremely rich, and here is a bomb shell - CORRUPT ever since he entered the Palace.

Is it just that easy? for a lot of people, nope it doesnt.
Pardoning a convict would be alright given the right circumstances.
But big time corruption where millions (if not billions) of pesos wasted just for the pocket of this man who has made our country miserable - so so with his platforms. argh!!!!!!!

darn, another mistake.

We never learn.

heat or hit wave?

It is not common place for people to still sweat in a place that is cool and have a rainy "attitude". Well guess what, I sweat alot.
It is heat that makes me hit the ice cold drinks. heh.
Though I love jogging in the morning, I do not normally feel the cool breeze in the morning. Just a few steps on the run and my back is already fu llof sweat, the cool wind has failed my sweaty back again, argh.

Hmmmm, Camp John Hay is good but there seem to be a lack of jogging routes already since they closed off the main entrance near Nevada Square (btw, there is an eco trail at that entrance but it is not advisable for a run because it gets swampy or slippery when it rains or when there are moist mornings). The long stretch from the former main entrance shortened into just less than a couple of kilometers, special mention to the golfers who lazily stroll their greens what kind of sport is that!!! Lastly, Scout Hill is intimidatingly very unfriendly for joggers- houses and log cabins that have made the place like suburban shit.

I have taken a different route. I start off from the military cut-off circle, pass along the south drive, take john hay's 3rd gate, get into loakan road then to leonard wood via north drive (whew), then head towards mines view, exit into camp john hay, lastly take a breather at burnham park or in a coffee shop at session road. hehe just by reading (or in my case, typing) that makes one sweat (as in case of my point).
Whew is whew. (wipe on the face with a hankie)

Anyway, im frustrated. need cool weather or else, im goin to Hobart, Australia. (the land down under's equivalent to baguio but with a bay and beautiful scenery)

chao!!! mother nature please spare us.

segue: sem break excapade to palm grove

Wow, only two weeks of sem break? What the hell? Humph. Take advantage of the disadvantageous sem break.

So together with my peers, we decided to have a party at the Palm Grove Mountain Resort at nangalisan, tuba, benguet. (i suggest have your own ride... you know what i mean.) It is about 40 mins away from Baguio City.

There are four types of pools that you could choose from - some heated some are not, so choose what would be comfortable for you in a warm environment. (It is remarkably hot at that area). The resort's facilities include picnic sheds / tables, gazebos, cottages, rooms, etc. Coffee shop, a refreshment store...

They are quite strict with their swimming policies, so better equip yourself with proper swimming attire (for the fellows, you know what I mean hehe.)


Overall the place is clean and the staff is very attentive to our needs. Btw, laptop pipz, there is a wifi connection at the resort but it is locked. You could also plug in for charging at the coffee shop just ask for permission.

One thing to remember, do all your texting where there is still signal on your way to the resort coz phone carriers' signal comes and goes or most of the time, absent.

Here are their prices: P100 entrance for adults (50 for kids below 4 feet). P200 for a picnic shed (not that comfy i should say). P2800 overnight for a room/gazebo. P1800 just for day use.

Better have a vehicle rented coz transportation is limited, especially at around 5pm when you almost have the guts to take the road by foot. hehe. we learned the hard way before.

clearer skies... ??

The weather here at the City has been generally good especially in the morning. Sunrises have been very beautiful as if there would not be any hint of a downpour later through the day.

But as the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end...." Around 2 or 3 pm, the sky would just turn against the people. Dark clouds immediately form and in about an hour or so, rain comes down as if it is angry to mankind. argh.
And at night, with the rain's help, the city is as cold as ice.
However, its good to have this cool weather than a hot humid one. hehe.

Clear skies

what a beautiful day!!!
I love the view at our house here in Baguio City.
I just regret that the city is getting hotter. (i dont blame anyone except the US and China - biggest contributors of greenhouse gases) so those who said that we, the residents, did not do our job, ask yourselves first... Manila is not as clean as can it be and you say we are dirty. shut up...

"Nature-al" Euphoria

View from my backyard
I just signed up for the blog action day for nature.

I am glad that people have gathered up and have taken their keyboards for a ride to environment advocacy.

There has been ever a time in history but now, that human civilization became worse on treating mother nature. Nature sacrificed for what we call extractive and "dispensive" development.
Development has it's good and bad face. We must have sustainable development. Replanting trees, making environment-friendly measures on factories and other industries, conserving energy (electricity, oil, water, etc.), many more.

If only we would open our eyes and see what would happen in the future........
(GLOBAL Warming out of hand)
- Manila, Laguna, Cebu, New York, Sydney, Beijing, and many more coastal cities submerged or experience constant flooding.
- Temperatures hotter than what has been already hot today (1 degree increments every 10 years).
- The Weather will be freaking out... stronger and more frequent typhoons and hurricanes, increased tornadoes, weird rain patterns.
- Seasons will be erratic. Late winters, early

(HEALTH and LIFESTYLE)
- "heat-borne" diseases increase (skin cancer, sun burns, etc.)
- Water will be as expensive as our oil prices today (imagine from 10 to 50? yuy.)
- Air-con will be the "it" thing. (funny at first but what if?)
- Staying at the beach (if there will) will be like walking on the surface of the sun.
- Water will also be like the need for clothes, you cant go out the house without a bottle or liter of H20.
- Food and water shortages will be rampant all over the world.
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sleepy, tired but restless

Wow, the sem. break has swept all over the UP system. yey!
But unfortunately, our thesis has to be finished before the break ends.
argh. I still hope to get a cum laude even if delayed. har. I just need it for my masters. hmm.

I lack sleep, so I'm sleepy.
I'm so tired but more to come.
I need rest but I am restless...

Here are my worries:
- THESIS
- organizations
- 2 full-blown yearbooks (high school and college lay-out artist)
- video editing stuff
- cum laude
- parents
- friends
- job seeking
- 10 tons of fat tissue on my belly
- many more.

By the way, I might include environmental journalism on my blogs in the future entries.

chao!!! save trees, save lives.