15. Broadband guy

Lately, my housemate Tony realized the need to have an internet connection inside the house. What good a pc would be if it can't connect you elsewhere (Nice realization tony!)? Aside from encoding services, listening to music, watching movies (which of course those two purposes can be achieved easily if we have a DVD player and luckily we have) and playing games..what other good things? He then encouraged me to apply for broadband promo and we will be sharing the monthly internet fee and so i did agree.

After several days of paper works and lying about our home status (because the "kubi-kubi" thing would be more if we would declare that we're renting the house), the company decided to let us have the connection soon. And since Tony guy went to Manila for some "i dont know reason", i have to oversee the installation process. With a sleepy head (since i worked overnight for some important documents), i waited for the installation team, and at last! there they are!

keeping the wires in place

With a few conversations about the PC, the place, about me (hehehe!), they started with the process. First, they checked where can they put the connections which will minimize the wirings, and other stuffs..na expert sila at di ko na alam un. After studying the area for a while, ready na sila. I waited for there motion before i decided to take pictures as a proof that i was really there when they installed it (no question for tony guy).

konting ingat manong!

Then, si manong, carefully put the wirings into its proper place so that less ang air resistance, di soggy, and para di rin sagabal if ever we would pass the area (possible kasi na baka gawin naming sampayan ung wires ..hehehehe)

sige..try and try until u suceed

And then, a few moments pa, the phone was connected and now, the internet. The broadband guy made several attempts to have the connection status available but then he failed many times, maybe because may mali. And since its lunch time, they decided to have lunch muna and just come back later to fix the problem. However, when they're gone, the connection was available already. I went outside to inform them that is has been connected but then they're gone na ...as in bye!bye!. So, im waiting for his call (tatawag daw kasi sya hehehehe) and inform him na i am now enjoying the internet services that they offered.

14. Henna tattoo artist

It was a boring sunday morning when Lorai texted me (hay salamat! may nagcare na sa akin). She said, "ate! may gimmick dito sa aming lugar, may beach dancing competition, punta ka dito ngayon din, 8 AM mgstart!". Tingin ako sa watch, 5 AM pa, ayos! meron pa akong tamang time to prepare since two hours din ang ride from my place to Lorai's location. Reply na rin ako kay Lorai ng "Ok! C U! Mwuah! Mwuah!"

So lipad na si ako gamit ang public bus. And pagdating sa place, ngstart na ang show, and mukhang di ata maganda ang pwesto ko, di ako makakita .. ang daming payong! Lipat na naman kami ni Lorai ng ibang posisyon, and swak, kita ko na ang maraming chicks, pati na rin ung mga gays na mukha ng chicks. Nagbaha ang sexy body together with their captivating, colorful and sexy summer costumes! Kung ang karamihan, nghahanap ng chicks, ako naman cats (hehehe). Kaya lang mukhang hirap atang maghanap kasi parang gays ata ang nakita ko.

ang mga dancers!... todo sayaw!

Ang galing ng show, lahat magagaling, lahat prepared. Ang costumes, Bongga! Ang props, ginastusan talaga, and everyone is smiling, pati na rin ung mga dancers na kahit high tide na, kahit nasa tuhod na nila ang tubig ay hataw pa rin sa pagsasayaw and of couse SMILE!.

After sa presentation, we decided to tour muna the beach and check kung ano pang pwede naming pagtrippan aside sa paghahanap ng good looking guys and good looking figure hehehe! Timing may nakita akong ngpapahenna-tatto, and so picture ako agad. Hala! Nag-flash! Nashock ang artist, pati na rin yung nagpapatatoo, sabay sila titig sa akin and to cover the shame sabi ko, "magpapatattoo din kasi ako, mag-kano?". Sagot nung isa, tag P50 ang simple (buti nga mura lang) and ung iba medyo may kamahalan na sabay pakita sa akin ang designs.

henna tatto artist

Nang makapili na ako ng design, ngpatattoo na rin ako sa leeg. bakit sa leeg? Ewan, basta think ko lang na sana di sila galit nung kinunan ko sila ng pick kanina. And grabeh si kuya, memorize na ang design. Tiningnan lang sandali at pwesto, ngdrawing na sya sa neck ko.

habang nilalagyan ng tinta ang leeg ko

After 5 minutes (or less than that maybe), tapos na ang tattoo. Ang galing! (kahit parang ngkastiff- neck ako sa 5 minutong ngfreeze). Kaya bigay ko na ang bayad sabay thank you kay kuya.

ang aking henna tattoo ... Dragon yan!

Tapos asked ko si friend lorai, maganda ba ang dating ng tattoo? (Then i remember, patay, bawal pala ang tattoo sa skul, di ako pwede mg-pony tail for two weeks huhuhu!). Mabuti na lang ok ang naging dating ng tattoo sa neck ko, and to have a remembrance na rin kasi ngayon pako nglagay ng pintura sa katawan ko, ngpapicture na rin kami ni kuya. And exit na kami ni friend hanap na naman ng ibang "nice view". And today, how's the tattoo? ang dragon ko kahapon, sea horse na ngayon hahaha!

Ang salarin! Sya ang nglagay ng tattoo sa leeg ko!

13. Painter

Mahilig ako mgdrawing, isa sa pampalipas oras ko ang magpaint. I can release all the tensions inside, tell my feelings and communicate with my inner self . And my favorite subject is a girl. As in girl na umiiyak, girl na ngpapatiwakal, girl na nagmamascara, at girls na rumarampa. I can easily draw their curvatures and minsan parang anime style pa. But i can draw other stuffs too like men, nature, animals, flowers and depende na rin sa request. I can use different mediums too like chalk, charcoal, oil pastel, paint, watercolor pati na rin dahon for as long as i can put colors into my paper. But this guy, itong si sir na nagpepaint ng wall, he' incredible.

My memory is good so i remember, si sir ang gumawa nung malaking chalk painting during the last year's x-mas celebration. Its really a wonderful work-of-art, parang realistic talaga ang dating and using only colored chalks, he was able to put 2-dimensional thing into like somewhat 3-dimensional object. Sayang lang nga di ko nakunan.... how sad!

Luckily, this year, ngkaroon ng innovation ang collage namin, they have decided to put a fixed background sa mini-stage. And so, it was sir who was assigned to do the painting. Ang theme nya, nature. Kung titingnan sa malayo, ang falls parang flowing talaga, how magnificent it is..yah!

And not only that, malaki ang role ni sir during the institute's program. Always kasi na sya ang nererequest na gumawa ng back-draft for the stage and often times sya na rin ang pinapadecorate sa stage. hehe. He's one of the greatest painter ive witness (in person) so far. And sir, basbas naman jan sa talent mo... baka pwede mong i-share.Hehe!

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12. Mangingisda

It was a great afternoon and we were very excited to see the sunset so we asked the group to stop the discussions for a while so that we could walk at the beach and get the chance to witness the sun's shinning rays. We were very excited to see the reddish orange color of the sky again (just like the one we saw at Naawan, what a hellish view!). And due to consistent public demand, we decided to continue the planning conference after the dinner.

And so, off we go! Walking and at the same time taking pictures not only of the scenery but also capturing the modeling talents of my colleagues. The sun's not setting yet, but i decided to take a few shots just to capture its rays. And then we continue with the journey, walking and looking for interesting things we can find on the beach. There's not much shells on the sand, few coral stones and even though i could easily walk barefoot, i still decided to wear my slippers since its nice to see traces of it on the sand.

Earlier part of the journey

Since its low tide, we were able to walk far from the shore and have pictures on stony ground (i dont know how to describe it eh!). Then Cee Jay's mind focused on those two people carrying nets and bamboo cages (picture below). I thought it would be a nice subject for my blog so i wasted no time and took a picture of them while they were still near to me. I would like to ask them their names but it looks like they mean serious business with the sea. Nevermind about their names na lang, i got a picture of them naman.

can u teach me how to catch fish like using that?


We were still busy taking pictures, making wacky gestures and pretending like starts hahaha! But then i could not take my mind of them. Are they making enough money out of that? Can they feed their entire family just by casting nets? i asked myself (Of course, how would i know?).

Still on the water, throwing nets.

The sun's beginning to show its true color but then those two mangingisda were still there on the water trying to catch some fish. I just hope they will have plenty. And i wonder, how can they catch plenty of fish, the waters too shallow. Then again, i saved the question in my mind since at that moment no one can satisfy the curiosity i have created. Many of us were too concern about the sunset.

And sun didn't failed us. Before we went back to our session hall, it made a beautiful farewell then sky covered its color with black.

the sunset!

11. Line man

Nililinis nila ang linya ng kuryente. Inaalis ang mga sagabal sa magandang daloy nito. Sa madaling sabi, pinuputol nila ang mga sanga ng puno, tinatanggal ang mga saranggolang nasabit sa kable, pati na rin ang mga posters, banderitas, damit o patay na ibon na aksidenteng nahulog sa kable.

Carefully, pinuputol ni kuya ang sanga, baka kasi magkamali sya at yung kable ang maputol nya.

At maliban sa pamumutol ng kahoy, inaayos rin nila ang mga kable para di ito mgkabuhol-buhol, dahil maaring pagmulan ito ng sunog o anumang unforseen accidents (charmus!). Ang akala ko talaga dati, ang trabaho ng line man ay taga bilang lang ng poste (honest!.. as in, akala ko talaga!), pero di lang pala ganun ang ginagawa nila (kung sa bagay, kung mga engineers sila, papayag ba naman sila na magbilang lang ng poste forever.. me and my stupid mind again haha!).

and then, sila kuyas naman ang tigakuha ng mga naputol na sanga, tapos sakay sa jeep at ibibigay ang kahoy sa nagbebenta ng panggatong.

Naisip ko dati, how about underneath the ground na lang ang daanan ng kuryente instead above. Ung nasa ilalim katulad ng water drainage, katulad ng mga nakikita ko sa movies. but hey! girl!.. wake up.. iba ang ating system... but pwede rin naman siguro ang aking suggestion diba... diba?

ayan, mas clearer ang kanilang actions... may taga putol, taga kuha ng sanga at syempre di nawawala ang mga concern citizens.

Kapag darami pa ang puno sa bansa, mas mabuti, kasi di na gaanong aapekto ang global warming, but syempre mas marami na naman silang puputuling sanga lalo na pag malapit ito sa mga cable wires (joke!).

10. Pan delivery Man

Medyo malayo sa palengke ang lugar ng aking lola, travel pa ako ng 1 hour and more just to reached the poblacion site. And so, every time na ngbabakasyon ako sa kanila Nanay, bumibili na ako ng maraming tinapay sa tinda. However, not all times pumupunta ang Trailer ni nanay sa poblacion kaya hinintay na lng namin si "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan"

ang delivery vehicle ni "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan"

Gamit ang kanyang motor na may nakakabit na apat na basket, pinupuntahan ni "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan" ang mga baryo-baryo at ngdedeliver ng pan. Dumarating sya sa kanila Nanay from 8:00AM - 10:00 AM everyday. Affordable ang pabiling pan ni "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan"kasi nga sa halagang P6.00 makatitikim kana ng 5 pcs na cute hopia na masarap ang palaman, or 5 pudding na cute din, tapos meron ding tag -P2.00 yung patata at ung stick bread na maliliit. Masarap talaga! Promise!

ang aking frend and sis kasama si "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan"

Kaya naman, ng pumunta kami sa palayan ni Nanay, swerteng nakasalubong namin si "mamang-driver na nagbebenta ng Pan" at kumuha kami ng souvenir kasama sya after namin bumili. Then, of course, meron na kaming instant breakfast! YEHEY!

9. ang pan at shake ni Stephani

Masarap mamasyal sa park, sariwa ang hangin, ganda ng mga flowers, pati na views ganda... (lalo na ung kamukha ni Diether Ocampo), tapos merong enough space to play badminton, basketball, tennis, pili lang , kahit ano (except swimming) basta meron lang akong kalaro. And after my physical, sight seeing activities, syempre inaabot ako ng gutom at pagka-uhaw. Go agad ako sa pan-q-han, and partner sa manago shake, WOW! swak na afternoon snack. Of course, i bought one, at dahil nga excuse ko ang aking school project for my "100 jobs", panayangan ako ng tindera na kumuha ng picture.

ang pan, iba-barbeque pa yan para maging pan-q

Pan-q ang mabili sa tingdahan nila Stephani, ang Pan-q ay isang pan na nilalagyan ng red souce at bina-B-B-Q. Pwede itong ordinary or hot and spicy flavor. Sa halagang P5.00 makakabili ka na ng isang piraso, pwede mo rin lagyan ng extra palaman katulad ng isaw, longganisa, hotdog, depende sa panlasa (syempre ang presyo depende sa add-ons)

Si Steph, habang ginagawa ang order ko na shake

Since meron ng pambara, dapat bili na rin ng pantulak. And sa price na P5.00 or P10.00 meron ng manggo shake. Wow!.. sarap lalo na ngayong summer, mainit ang panahon. Napansin ko na parating puno ang tindahan nila steph, malakas ata ang negosyong ito. kung sa bagay, affordable na, masarap pa.. makapunta nga mamya sa park.. i cant wait to have a bite.. Pan-Q! Pan-Q! Pan-Q!

8. Balot kayo dyan

Balot: Pagkaing Pinoy na pinoy. Galing sa itlog ng bibi (14 days), nilalaga at binibenta. Masarap ang sabaw ng balot (kaya lang di ko kayang kainin ang piso) .. lalo na kapag may partner na "sukang-pinakurat"....

sa basket nilalagay ang balot :-)

Sa tuwing gabi, ang sarap kumain ng balot, lalo na after sa walking in a nice-view park... (HHWW with someone..oiiii). Paborito rin ito ng mga buntis at kadalasang pinaglilihian ang balot. At kapag ang anak ay balbunin, ipinaglihi daw ito sa balot.. (dahil siguro sa sisiw). Sabi rin ng iba, pampatibay daw ito ng buto, kasu-kasuan at ngdadag-dag ng lakas .. (pampabaskug sa lawas).

si kuya Isoy at ang kaibigan ko habang bumibili ng balot

Kaya naman ng makita namin si kuya Isoy na ngbebenta ng balot, di na namin sya pinaglagpas sa eksena. At sa halagang P10.00 ang bawat isa, makakatikim ka na ng balot, exotic Filipino Food.

7. Janitress

Ika-pitong Trabaho na..

si ate esther, ang helpmate namin sa school. Dahil sa kanya, parating in-order and clean ang aming office. Dahil kay ate, parating malinis ang mga classrooms, naka-on na ang aircon, napaliguan na ang mga tanim (hehehe..), nahugasan na ang plato, at marami pang iba.

Ate Esther and her tools

Her job is not easy (of course), because it requires great energy. They have to wake up early (4am or earlier) and report to school by 4:30 everyday. They make sure that before classes start, everything is in order. And they are not only doing the "cleaning thing" but i have observed that they were also asked to do extra-something things like "can you please buy this sort of thing? ... here's the money.. like that"... and they always replied you with big smile and grant your request. Its a great relief that they are around helping us. Of course, they make our life easier.. by helping us.

Her routine