Hunger Pains and Budget Cuts

The weekend was fun to say the least. But for the most part, I was in pain.

Friday night, due to heavy traffic towards Ortigas, nalipasan ako ng gutom. The Buffalo Wings from Charlie's at 10:30pm (a must try!) didn't help. So my stomach was hurting really bad. Then off to a party at Manor, Eastwood for Vimi's birthday. Joel's back!! Really fun night despite the badly aching stomach.


Saturday morning, woke up with bad headache. Left the house for the Skechers Kick Off Party and first round of college eliminations! Congratulations ate Mycs and LSDC Street! :) Then off to a road trip away from traffic-ridden MOA and EDSA. Roadtrip with some Club friends which took us forever. And it was traffic everywhere in the Metro na nalipasan na naman ako ng gutom. UGH. Met up with Refuge (my GCF growth group) for a birthday dinner then off to Minneli's house to visit her dad.

Sunday, church and family day. Started out okay until really late lunch came with some churchmates in MOA. We ate around 1:30pm at nalipasan na naman ako ng gutom. But the pain was extra hard to endure this time. The coffee didn't help. But sleep did! The pain subsided around11pm.

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Short story: I NEVER liked Noy. Such a false sense of hope just cause he is the son of Ninoy of Cory.

And then this happened: A proposed budget cut of 1.39 Billion pesos. B is for BULL!


I am an Iskolar ng Bayan - MATAPANG, MATALINO, WALANG TAKOT KAHIT KANINO and I AM AGAINST Noy's 1.39 billion budget cut!

Noy can shove his yellow hope somewhere else, NOT IN MAROON LAND!

thanks to greatgatusby.tumblr.com for the awesome budget cut art.

REFUGE in BOLINAO

So here's the beach that I went to during the Holy Week vacation :) and these are the people that made the trip so much fun. 'Til the next trip to the BEAAAACH! (NOTE: all photos were taken by Robin James Yu)

REFUGE.

The girls are making fun of my huuuuge tummy.

JUMP!

UP, up and away!

Watched Disney/Pixar's UP with my growth group last night.

And it's just awesome! Sans the effort to rationalize the amount of realism the film has - talking dogs and multi-colored cross-breed dodo bird and ostrich - the massive amount of scientific inconsistencies just makes the animated feature more fun and entertaining. Talking dogs? You get the picture.

Some scenes are tear-jerkers - at least to the awesome girl two seats away from me - and some have LOLs written all over it.

Carl, Ellie, Russell, Dug and Kevin prove that an adventure despite the inevitable danger along the way, is still an adventure worth taking. And in Carl's case, it was an adventure he had to do with a crossed heart.

As always, the Disney/Pixar partnership delivers an animated film that is not just for kids but for adults with juvenile hearts.

So far, all of the films that they have made that I've watched - Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up (I have not watched both Toy Stories and A Bug's Life, I'm a loser that way) - I always get the same feeling after.

I'm not sure what it is, but others call it "heart-warming".

The Traffic that was Worth It

As I've blogged earlier, some friends and I had an awesome roadtrip to Alabang last Wednesday. I texted Minneli that I think we should leave Ortigas really early since we might encounter SLEX traffic due to Pres. Aquino's burial. So we agreed to meet up by 7am at GCF. But we all know what happens if things are planned at such an ungodly hour. :) Regardless, we left GCF at 7:45am. Lo and behold, there was no traffic, so we arrived at Alabang really early. After the whole day rest, we headed for home.

And the traffic that we tried to avoid earlier that day, materialized that very afternoon. It was just really bad. It was moving but on such a turtle speed. Right after the Sucat exit was this:

And this went one til forever. The fence separating the express way and the service road was filled with supporters, by-standers and merely curious people, all waiting to see the arrival of Pres. Aquino's coffin. People even climbed roofs and billboards just to be able to catch a glimpse of the President before she was laid to rest at the Manila Memorial.

All these, to have a last look at the former President who was a vital instrument in restoring democracy for the Filipino people. And despite the traffic, no temper rose, because we all understood that what was going on was historic. What was before us was once in a lifetime. This was traffic that I didn't loathe to experience.

This was a President that the Filipino people loves because of her dedication. This was a President who fought despite threats for her life. This was a President who proved that "the Filipino is worth dying for." This was a President who had the people's interest at top most priority. No, she isn't perfect but she does deserve credit.

And in all honesty I ask, is the current President capable of such things? Would Mikee and Luli feel the same support the Filipino gave Noynoy and Kris, if it were them at the same circumstance.

I highly doubt that.

The first three photos are my shots using RJ's camera except the last photo which he shot. :)

Hangover at Alabang

L-R: Me, Minneli and Abi

Roadtrips are nothing short of awesome. And this one is not an exception. Since August 5 was announced as a holiday in commemoration of former Pres. Cory Aquino's burial, together with 5 other friends, armed with an X-Trail, board shorts and canned goods, we traversed the early morning from Ortigas to Alabang.

L-R: Abi, Jacq, Andrew, Minneli, RJ and Me

We left Ortigas really early (and that would be my fault, right Minneli? haha.) We arrived at Alabang really early too! Even if we missed our Alabang exit, who would have thought that the Filinvest exit was closed? And the rest of the day was spent on talking about a lot of things - alcohol, poverty, money and high school relationships among others (Don Robin had nothing to say about all of them haha), swimming, jumping in all means possible, eating corned beef and tuna (oh Abi's was special due to the presence of the tomato and onion combo), watching The Hangover, taking weird photos and driving through the Cory-supporting-people ridden SLEX. But that would be another blog entry.

L-R: Jacq, RJ, Minneli, Andrew and Me

This was a holiday well spent :)

Refuge

(Front Row L-R: Marco, RJ and Mark; 2nd Row L-R: Brian, David, Jon and Tim; 3rd Row L-R: Jess, Abi and Me; 4th Row L-R: Jasper, Minneli and Jacq; Last Row L-R: Andrew and Martin; Not in photo: Beej and Migs)

This is my Refuge every Wednesday at 8pm.

Marco: the coffeeshop owner (TazadeKape along E.Rod has good food!)

RJ: the newest freelancer in town

Mark: the leader

Brian: the keyboardist

David: the new guy

Jon: the noodle-eating boy

Tim: the one who's waiting hahahaha peace!

Jess:the Kiwi

Abi: the Fil-Am, lost, late-for-an-exam girl

Jasper: the mixed breed

Minneli: the M.I.S.S.

Jacq: the graphic artist

Andrew: the bassist

Martin: the Spongebob

Beej: the one in Canada

Migs: the Next Big Star (Ng, 2009)

Awesome. Real. Cool. Unpretentious. Fun. Authentic.

This is Refuge :)