March 2008
Once again im back. There is a march wind blowing, and the sky is filled with heavy black moving clouds. The sky in cebu is far greater than here in Bulacan. Full of mountain ridges and many green trees in the sky line. We really have that excitement in our eyes waiting to explore all of cebu has to offer.
This place is a whole new place for me. New dialect, people and places. I'll honestly say that it is more nicer and industialized here than anywhere in Bulacan. (could i be so bad that i prefer here than in the place I call home?)
After exams and 2nd sem of 3rd year, I can already close my books and be off over the hills to race with the wind. Hah! vacation at its grandest!
The Mountain View of Cebu is amazing. Especially at night. The Skyline is majestic from the top. We viewed the city at the top of the mountain. In La Tegola where they serve italian cuisine. Good thing the pasta they served are separated with and without shrimp in a diff plate..(allergies is such a burden) thanks to my couz, bon appetit!
I have been walking and talking and eating with superb restos here in cebu with my cousins... i especially love the turtle's nest cafe, where they serve high class burgers in a cheap prize ( i didnt mention that foods and transpos here in cebu are actually cheap) and there are paintings and artists everywhere..
We also traveled different modes of transportation... lite shipping, Jetboat, Mini private bus, airplane, ferry, boat to diff islands...whew! imagine ourselves get very dizzy and high... half of the vacation we occupied ourselves traveling in several spectacular remote areas.. good thing it is, because that's the only way you can protect it from any danger brought by man and its machines.. moving on.
We tried alot of things... wall climbing which is the highlight of all. Go cart, bowling, kayak, mountain climbing, snorkling, island hopping though kulang pa ung sakin kasi i have to head back home because summer classes will start for completion of our cases... so ate stayed there and still enjoying some island near cebu...hays.
Bisaya dialect is like music in my ears.. they all speaks that dialect and it sounds cute or shall i say eccentric because nakakabulol talaga... kaya i really want to learn that dialect. Kulata ka ron is my favorite phrase... hehehe..
We also visited Zamboanga, the native land of my father. There is a great story behind papa's strong character..
We went to the place where papa and his sis and bros worked during their young ages. The ricefields is quite wide for their small little hands back then, but it was their salvation. The trail led over a hill, through a ricefield, and into a bushy mountain where we had to leap lightly from hummock to hummock. We kept losing the trail and wasted 10 minutes over the bushy mountain. Then up a hill through some woods. Our destination is the coconut trees, they showed us the way of living in a remote and uncivilized area. Uncle Henry your the man!
Sunday afternoon. March 2008
We are still here, we climbed the Mountain View sunday afternoon. That's a mountain near the city, not an awfully high mountain, perhaps - no snow in there (definitely)- but atleast you are pretty breathless when you reach the top. The lower slopes are covered with woods, but the top is just piled with rocks and cemented roads.. thats the last time i saw kuya verdie who early leave cebu with tita divina because of here upcoming graduation... congrats kuya. we hurriedly accompany them to the airport and after that had a solemn mass in the Cebu Parish Church (im not sure with the name of the church).
i guess thats about it. or shall i say, tinatamad na ko? hehe be back for more.
till then....
