lily and i had planned on walking around manila to take pictures for the friday holiday. but thursday night, we decided not to push through. instead, we found ourselves on a bus headed towards baguio.
Friday, Oct 12
i woke up feeling so lousy and sad that i made a beeline for papa's laptop so i could post some vague and senti post. lily happened to be online and by 1030am, we were getting ready to meet up to leave for baguio. biglaan kung biglaan, but lily and i were raring to go on an adventure.
even when it was raining so hard in makati, had a hard time finding an ATM to withdraw money from, AND going to the wrong bus station, by 130 we were actually on our way! hahaha! 2 bus stops later, and after losing all sensations in my ass, we arrived in baguio past 8pm... with no confirmed accommodations yet. :p
we were lucky we got a room at La Brea (lower session road sa taas ng Yellow Cab and beside ChowKing ---thanks for the reco tita meldy!!!). perfect spot yung place because most of what we needed was just a few steps away. yun nga lang, may gimikan on the second floor... buti na lang di na rinig sa 6th floor. lily and i ended up getting a family room (1,500 good for four)... we had our own queen size beds. haha. ang daming space, but still affordable.
since we weren't able to have any decent breakfast or lunch, as soon as we were able to check in, we looked for a place to eat. vizco's (right beside don henrico's) is good... and oh-so affordable! we bought strawberry shortcake here and it was good too... sayang nga lang di na namin nakunan ng picture. hahaha. naubos agad!
Saturday, Oct 13
may "surprise" sa steps going out. ew. i guess someone had a little too much to drink the night before. hahaha. what a way to start the day. haha.
had breakfast at John Hay then walked to Startbucks then walked around some more for photo ops. haha. pareho kasi kaming di marunong ni lily... needs practice. after John Hay, we went to mines view where we saw this HUGE st bernard. super cute. kahit may bayad, nagpa-picture talaga kami. haha. mapilit kasi ako.
after the photo-ops, we went to SM Baguio to buy me pantulog.. i was in such a hurry, i had forgotten to bring any. sheesh. then we had late lunch at cafe by the ruins. i was a bit disappointed with my pasta but the iced tea and the kalbasa soup were as good as i remember them to be.
then the rain fell... hard. i had left my jacket in our room coz i was feeling hot but i decided to embrace the cold weather and pray it would stop raining soon. when it did slow down to a drizzle, we hied off to the ukay ukay to try our luck. alas, no such luck pala. bought a few stuff lang then headed back to the room to rest before our "late" dinner invite... BUT! we had to take photos of the two rainbows first. haha. we looked funny stopping in the middle of session road, trying to keep our cameras from getting wet from the drizzle, just to take photos of the rainbows like little girls with simple joys.
dinner was simple ang home-y. home cooked meals are always good. especially capped with great coffee and a slice of strawberry shortcake. too bad my night turned tough when i got struck by a BAD case of cramps (mental note: go see a doctor na kasi...). imagine, i was in the middle of the mountains, in the outskirts of baguio, and i was sweating in pain. as in beads of sweat on my forehead. i couldnt take some important calls for work (i was shooting the next day) and lily had to take them for me. eventually, the pain went away... as always.
all in all, the company was good. its always interesting to meet new people. see how other people happily live their lives outside manila. gave me perspective on things...
Sunday, Oct 14
thats today.... time to go home. we had purchased tickets when we arrived last friday night. i have a shoot scheduled later this afternoon and i HAD to make sure i was going to be back in time. took the 7am trip on Victory Liner pa rin despite lacking sleep for the second night in a row. the trip home was fast! we were back in manila by 1pm. haha. so here i am, killing time.. posted photos on my multiply (captions and all)...
taking the trip was a great idea.. i may have come home with a new "problem", but in general it was a great idea pa rin. it feels liberating to do something big and not have plans. good contrast to my regular days where almost everything is planned (even if the plans are almost never follwed naman). im lucky i found a travelling partner in lily... in fact, we already have a list of places to see and things to do in the next years to come. hahahahaha!
next trip: BOHOL
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