Vigan-Laoag-Pagudpud 2009 I
I know! I know! This post has become so stale even a vulture won’t dare eat it!
Yep, that last sentence is pretty exaggerated too.
June 4. Quezon City.
5:00 PM Got my paycheck. Went shopping. Bought a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
9:00 PM Met with my good friend, Velia. We ate at Le Ching, my treat.
10:00 PM It was raining so hard that we have to hail a cab. I decided to sleep at my old apartment, which is now hers, for easier transport. =)
10:30 PM We were in StarMall Ortigas. I ran out of cash so I have to get some bucks from an ATM. Something happened that I (and you) will know later.
11:00 PM We went to a friend’s house and borrowed a digital camera.
12:00 AM We are home. Old Champaca! I realized that I really missed it.
June 5. Rizal. Quezon City
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Enjoying Club Manila East! As if the rain is not enough.
5:00 PM Patiently waited for the gang at Chowking Farmers Market.
5:30 PM Nobody arrived. Headed to the ATM Station to get my Traveling Hoops. I scrambled and scrambled to find my wallet in my very fat backpack. Finally! The old BayanTrade Cardholder turned wallet showed. HSBC Credit Card, nope. BPI Card, nope. BPI Direct Saving Card, nope. Kris Flyer, nope. The list goes on, all NOPE. I started to panic. I am looking for an all blue Debit Card with 3 Yellow letters on it which reads ‘BDO’.
5:45 PM Where the hell is it, my mind cursed. I am retracing every event of the day. My mind just pressed, ‘REWIND’. This is frustrating! Worst, Lau is here! She looked at me, her eyes saying, ‘I can’t wait to go!’.. Mine stared blank. Nothing.
6:00 PM Found a BDO Teller Station. Asked several questions in an annoying manner. I’m pretty intense. I can feel my heart punding out of my chest. This cannot be happening. I planned this trip. I even told the gang to bring extra as I don’t want anyone to be borrowing money. Is this what it feels to be JINXED?! You have got to be kidding me!
7:00 PM Saree was there. My conclusion, I must have slipped it or lost it in the ATM Station from last night. Remembering I have some bucks on my BPI Card, I went to the BPI Machine and get it. The 1 minute transaction stalled. Waiting.,. Waiting.. Waiting.
7:10 PM ‘Please Wait.’ The machine reads. Finally, it became, ‘Transcation Complete.’ No cash ever came out of it. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. It happened. My one last hope for cash, trip or no trip, gone. Eaten by the electrical wires. DAMN you IP Connection. DAMMIT!
7:30 PM Lau and Saree looked at me. Stared for minutes. I wonder what they where thinking. Then I said, ‘I cannot possibly go.’ You know what happens when one admits that nothing can be done? Something happens. The good samaritan comes out. Lau became my TRIP SPONSOR!
and so the trip is a GO! =)
S Won’t Forgive – When lines can’t be drawn, do we therefore conclude that this is the point where we set aside our differences? To focus on ourselves and our needs to get past the hurt? Maybe. The reality is, even when we think we ahve forgiven, we may sometimes have bitter thoughts and feelings about those who have hurt us. People say that we must allow ourselves to think and feel — and accept — exactly what we are thinking and feeling, at any point in time, even when it is not what we would LIKE to be feeling and thinking. And I believe they are right, for only when we accept can we get past ourselves.
