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Monday, November 14, 2011

Daytripping Bohol


After attending the One Visayas Regional Jamborette in Camp Danao, Maasin City Forest Park, Southern Leyte, the whole BSP Aklan delegation decided for a side trip in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.  We left the Maasin City Port at 11:00 A.M. and took 2 hours ferry boat ride to Port of Ubay, Bohol. From here, we took van that will take us to Tagbilaran City and we feasted on the scenes along the way.  We stayed at Boy Scouts of the Philippines Bohol Headquarters and rested for the night to prepare ourselves for a full-fun-packed-day-trip and sight-seeing adventures the following day.
At Tagbilaran City, we hired a coaster bus to tour around the scenic views of Bohol and it costs us 35oPhp each for the whole day trip. The driver served as a tour guide as well.

Where to go?

SAGBAYAN PEAK
Entrance Fee: 20php

This is an amusement park with children’s pool and cozy restaurant. You can take a glimpse of the magnificent chocolate hills from the top. Pasalubongs are too expensive here so if I were you, don’t feast yet.. there’s more to come


Entrance to the gate of  Sagbayan Peak
BACLAYON CHURCH

The Baclayon Church is the oldest Catholic stone church building in the Philippines constructed during the Spanish occupation. Until now, the original structure of the stone church can still be seen in the Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines.

Baclayon Church
CARMEN, BOHOL
Entrance Fee: 20Php

This is the best and perfect place for “Chocolate Hills Viewing”. From here, you can enjoy the scenic view from the top and it’s as if you’re closer to heaven. In order to get to the top, one must climb the steep stairs to witness a spectacular work of natural wonders. Pasalubong centers are everywhere with many items to choose from bags, key chains, tarsier accessories and Bohol T-shirts for affordable prices.


View from the top

Whoaaaahhhh.. Magnifico!



MAN-MADE FOREST

No entrance fee. This reminds me of the scenes back in my travel to Sagada, Mountain Province. Cool and refreshing.


With my scouts at the man-made forest

  
MUSEO DE LOBOC/LOBOC CHURCH
Entrance Fee: 10Php

The Museo De Loboc is situated just across the riverside of Loboc River. Old images of Jesus Christs and Saints, antique costumes and other religious deity were displayed. Camera is prohibited inside the museum. No clicking this time.





LOBOC RIVER CRUISE
Entrance Fee: 350Php with Lunch Buffet



River-cruisin' Loboc River

TARSIER/LEMUR WATCHING

I don’t know where this place is located but we passed through this upon going to Carmen, Bohol.  We took pictures with these little creatures and turned off flashes from our cameras so as not to harm the eyes of the tarsiers. 




CLARIN ANCESTRAL HOUSE/CAFÉ OLEGARIO
Entrance Fee: 20Php

This is the old ancestral house of former Senator Clarin during the time of Carlos P. Romulo. His grandchildren manage the Café/Restaurant where they served the most loved “pasta” in Bohol. Antique paintings, figurines, jars, vases, cupboards, family treasures and old dusty furniture were displayed for the public to see. When I was inside the house, I felt a shiver down my spines. An eerie feeling I couldn’t even explain. It brings lot memories from the past. It’s quite scary though.. like there’s some kinda ghost or spirit that dwells in every antique jar displayed in the hallway. I couldn’t even dare to stare at the mirrors in the fear of seeing something I didn’t want to see. Nakakalurkey talaga.







PRONY THE PYTHON
Entrance Fee: 10Php

Prony is the name of the python who was captured by the owner in his yard and taken care of when he was still 5 meters long. Prony’s keeper fed him with a whole goat or pig and after devouring them, Prony hibernates for a month and that’s the time the guests can take photos with him without worrying to be the next meal for his supper. Hahaha





HINAGDANAN CAVE
Entrance Fee: 10Php

Situated just across Prony. It’s a man made cave with water inside and invaded with nocturnal animal. Bats are everywhere. Not advisable to plunge into the water because it’s kinda smelly.



Mga Linyang Tumatak sa Pinilakang Tabing





I am fond of watching movies and I see to it that I have my pen and notebook beside me to jot these lines that got my attention. If I can't get it right, I'd hit the replay button and listen it over and over again 'till I can memorize each lines. Yes, I am a romantic fool and I cry for sad movies. Read on and share what you've got..




Great Movie Lines

“Just Keep Breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise, you’ll never know what the tides could bring”
From the movie, “Cast Away”


“No matter what the price, you cannot walk away from love.”
                               Lines of Luis to Julia in the movie, “Original Sin”


“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
                                            From the movie, “Moulin Rouge”


“Love gives me wings to fly. It makes me feel like a poet.”

“If there’s one thing I could stop right at this very moment, I want the moon to stop, and make this moment with you last forever.”
Lines of William (Heath Ledger)
 in the movie, “A Knight’s Tale”


“Every passing minute is another chance to turn around.”
         Lines of Tom Cruise to Penelope Cruz in the movie, “Vanilla Sky”


“Blue Soup?”
          Hugh Grant



“Reveal everything there is to know about you and let the chips fall where they may.”
                        Bill Paris in “Meet Joe Black”


“Houston, we have a problem.”
                “Apollo 13”


“Someday, someone will come into your life and will make you feel less lonely.”
                                      “Old man to Sharon in the movie, “Caregiver



“I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
                          Lines of Julia Roberts to Hugh Grant in the movie, “Nottinghill”


“Whatever happens, don’t go with the light.”
                                    Ice Age 2


“Life is a box of chocolate, you’ll never know what to pick”
                 Tom Hanks in the movie, “Forrest Gump”


“Things never happen the same way twice.”
    Aslan the Lion in the movie, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”



“Sometimes, you have to laugh at your own jokes, it’s funny, you’ll see.”
        Owen Wilson in the movie. “Marley and Me”


“You..   your scent.. you’re a piece of drug to me, just like my own personal brand of heroine.”
                                       Edward, “Twilight”



“Death is peaceful, easy.. Life is harder.”
                                              Bella, “Twilight”  



“ …..and the lion fell in love with lamb”
What a stupid lamb, what a sick, masochistic lion.”
    Lines of Edward to Bella in the movie, “Twilight”



“Are you afraid of me? No.. I’m only afraid of losing you.”
                             Lines of Bella and Edward, “Twilight”





“Your fun isn’t limited to your imagination.”
    Adam Sandler in the movie, “Bedtime Stories”



“I need somebody who will be there for me, no matter what happens. Someone whom I can trust, Someone who loves me.”
                        Hannah to best friend Tom in the movie, “Made of Honor”



“Show me the money!”
                                   Tom Cruise in the movie, “Jerry Magguire”



“Chances favor the prepared mind.”
                                    Tom Cruise in the movie, “Jerry Magguire”




“I don’t care about your past. My only question is if I have a special place for you in your future?”
                                                            From the movie, “Sweet Home Alabama”




“Baliw ang nagsabing, isinilang na ang aking karibal, you’ll never makeit! You’re nothing but a second-rate trying hard copy cat.”
            Lines of Cherrie Gil to Sharon in the movie, “Bituing Walang Ningning”



“Oh Yes… kaibigan mo lang ako, and I’m so stupid of making the biggest mistake for falling in love with my best friend.”
                        Lines of Jolina Magdangal to  Marvin Agustin in the movie, Flames


Pumunta ka sa probinsya, tanggalan mo ng uod ang dahon ng tabako, Dun ka bagay, lupa!!”
                                                       Maricel Laxa to Alice Dixon


QUOTES FROM THE MOVIE “Leap Year”

“And to my husband, May you never steal, lie or cheat for me
but if you must steal, then steal only my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie only with me all the nights of my life and if you must cheat, cheat only death, for I won’t be able to live my life without you”

                        Bride to the Groom in the movie, Leap Year (Ana-Amy Adams/Declan-Matthew Goode)

Ana: Wait a minute wheres Louis?'
Declan: 'Louis I.... he’s fine I strapped him to the roof'
Ana: 'You strapped him to the roof? He'll get filthily up there'
Declan: 'Dont worry well throw him in the wash, Hell be grand.'

Kiss as if it’s the first time and the last


Declan: Jesus Christ! 
Anna: ...is Lord. 

Declan: Just put 'em the wash; they'll be grand. 

Anna: When my 60 seconds came around I realized I had everything I ever wanted... but nothing i really needed. and I think what i need is here. and I came all this way to see if you maybe think so too. If you do, well... I don't really have plans past that, which is new for me. So, Declan O'Callhan and I should probably learn your middle name, here is my proposal; I propose we not make plans, i propose we give this thing a chance and let it work out how it works out. so what do you say, do you wanna not make plans with me?



Declan: Why don't you stop trying to control everything in the known universe. It's dinner. Have a little faith that it will all work out.

Airport Front Desk Officer to Ana: “Will you ring Dublin International Airport and open the runway to Madam?”


Ana: I need you to drive me to Dublin.
Declan: Let me tell you something, Madam from Boston.. Dublin is a city of chances and cheats and backstabbing snakes. It is where or was the humanity collects the poison of this country.

Old man to Ana: It’s bad luck to start your journey on a Friday.

Ana: What’s the hang? Hang is a verb not a sandwich.

Declan: What the hell are you doing?
Ana: Plugging something in..  You fried my blackberry!
Declan: You fried the whole village, idiot!
Ana: Jackass!

Ana: What part of “Get Out” can’t you understand?

Declan: She named her suitcase. She’s a cracked pot!

Old Man: You can’t start your journey when you see a black cat!
Ana: Then I guess it’s a good thing I don’t believe in luck..

Old man: “May the road rise up to meet you!”

Ana: You know nothing about me or Jeremy. You know what? You’re a cynic. You’re a lonely, bitter cynic!

Ana: Hi Cows! Look.. I’ve spent the past 24 hours in every level of hell and I’m not going to let your black and white asses drag me any further.. So, if you know what to do, MOVE!

Ana: My 600 dollar shoes?
Declan: Just put ‘em in the wash. It’ll be grand.


Declan: I wonder where ducks come from?
Ana: From the freezer section I guess..

Declan: Jesus Christ!
Ana: is Lord!

Declan: I hate weddings.
Ana: Why? Because people are inlove that is offensive to you?


Declan: Alright.. Which one of you thinks my chicken is dry? You? You?!


“Never mess with the person who can kill you with his own barehands”
Savannah(Amanda Seyfreid) to John(Channing Tatum) in Dear John



“Opposite attracts but eventually, they’ll bore each other to death”
“Boring is better than maddening!”
“I’d rather die of excitement!”

                        Katie Holmes to Josh Duhammel in The Romantics



THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS IS TO DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE TO DO AND WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE – Lary Daley (Ben Stiller, Night at the Museum-Battle of the Smithsonian
“I’ve spent the entire flight starin’ into the sky, thinkin’ not about my fiancé but about this mystery guy I met a million and a half hours ago.. A guy I don’t even remember except for this vague picture of him inside my head. It’s just a few seconds.. fragments.. really, it’s like in that moment, the whole universe existed to bring us together,, That’s why I’m here.. I’m gonna let fate takes me wherever it wants to go.. because when it’s over, at least, I won’t ever have to think of him again..

            SARAH THOMAS(Kate Beckinsale) in the movie, SERENDIPITY





QOUTES FROM PRINCESS DIARIES: BRIDAL ENGAGEMENT

“Fear is not in my  vocabulary”
“Perhaps”
“But, I see it in your eyes”

The concept is grasped, the execution is a little bit elusive..

The Queen is never too late. The people are just too early.

Being married is being yourself except with someone else.

We never rush, we hasten.

“A heart has a reason whose reason cannot be understand”


“You learn about EQUALITY in the classroom but you learn about it in LIFE”.
-Violet Jacobs, CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL


“That’s like telling the water that it’s getting wet”
                           -Bryan (Liam Neeson), TAKEN


“When it comes to love, it’s never too late”
Lorenzo Bartoulini, LETTERS TO  JULIET


“Find that one true thing that will put your heart at its best”
-        Paul Walker, EIGHT BELOW

You gotta take chances with the things you care about”
-        Paul Walker, EIGHT  BELOW


“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
-The Red Queen


"Does your watch tell you what year it is?"
“You mean you can’t take less; it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”

"Why is a raven like a writing desk?" – Mad Hatter "Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!"
“Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered.” ALICE

GROWN UPS
Lenny Feder: Roxanne, I have made out with about 25 girls in this very spot and I want you to be number 26. 
Roxanne Chase-Feder: As long as I am the last.


"You just don't belong in my world Bella." - New Moon

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." - Casablanca

"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out.
I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich.
I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts.
I love that after I spend a day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes.
And, I love that you are the last person that I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night and it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Years Eve. I can hear tonight.. because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
- When Harry met Sally

"Here comes the human." - Twilight

"I was gonna listen to that, but then, um I just carried on living my life." - Forgetting Sara Marshall

"As soon as you put the dog out." - New Moon


"Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever.....and you still have only a glimpse of how I feel for you." - Meet Joe Black

"You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" - Batman

"Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away." - Hitch

"Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon."
- The Hangover

"Your wedding's gonna be huge...just like your ass at prom." - Bride Wars

"I didn't come back to tell you that I can't live without you. I can live without you. I just don't want to."

- Rumor has it

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca

"I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it that you're not around and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all."
 - 10 Things I Hate about you


"Jerry, d'you know the human head weighs eight pounds?"
- Jerry Macguire



"You know, your mood swings are kinda giving me whiplash." - Twilight

"Begin each day like it was on purpose." - Hitch

"You seem somewhat familiar, have I threatened you before?"
- Pirates of the Carribean

"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough."
- The Notebook

"The truth is...I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart...and I never really got it back."
- Sweet Home Alabama

"He's just like a little kid, except you know, furrier." - Marley & Me

"I see dead people." - The Sixth Sense

"You had me at hello." - Jerry Macguire

"Besides, relationships are for people that are just waiting for something to come along." - Hitch

"Marry me, Bella" - New Moon

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Single Girl's Dilemma

Scene at the Grocery store..

Old Friend: Hi, Riz! How have you been? It’s been years since we've heard from each other?
Me:              Yeah. Everything’s cool.
Old Friend: I’m okay. I already have three kids. What about you? Miss or Mrs?
Me:              (Grinning..) Oh, I just love my surname!
Old Friend: Don’t you have any plans of getting married? Did you happen to have any boyfriend after college? What’s wrong with you, you have a career and you’re not that ugly! Maybe you don’t want a boyfriend but a girlfriend that is.. (evil laugh…)
Me:               Haha.. Thank you for the compliment. (Pakyu!!!) Don’t worry, I’ll send you my wedding invitation the soonest possible. 

End of conversation.

Oh my God! What’s wrong with these kind people? Don’t they get tired of judging you guilty for not having your significant other? Being single isn’t a disease. It is not even punishable by law. I have been brutally asked and viciously harassed by these questions over and over by friends, families and acquaintances and I find it so difficult to answer them. I just shrug my shoulder and paint a happy smile on my face to hide the thought that’s been eating me for years. I almost came up with a conclusion that single people aren’t fitted in this couple-oriented world and that the government should have designed a particular place for us, “the single ones”, where we could meet up and choose the one we’ll marry. Maybe in that matter, we’re no longer misfits in the society and won’t be charged guilty.

The saddest part is that people even try to accuse you that because you’re single, you might be: a lesbian or a gay ('..and so what if you're a lesbian or a gay, that doesn't make you less as person either-hindi ka lamang sa kapwa mo regardless of your relationship status or estado ng iyong buhay), someone with a bad attitude and unlikable personality and worst, people think you’re extremely ugly that no one even dared to ask for your name or your number. Huwag kang manghusga ng kapwa dahil hindi mo alam ang istorya ng buhay nila. 

I am single by choice.
I was ditched by my first boyfriend. (that dumb ass!!!)
I had several flings and it all ended gracefully. (whew..)
I was always the bride’s maid at the wedding.
I am a godmother of twenty eight cute and loving inaanaks.
I have entertained a dozen of horrible textmates.
I thought I was a fool in love with someone who’s not that into me. (ouchhhh...)
I was asked by my pupils to marry their Uncle and their favorite ice cream vendor.
I was referred to a stranger with multiple personality.
I was courted by a married man and interacted with his wife on the phone.
I fell in love with the man I met at the internet. 
I was wooed by a hoodlum.

What more could I say? There’s nothing wrong with being single as long as you’re happy. True love happens when you start believing that one day, it’ll come after you. I know that there’s no such thing as Mr. Right but only right choices at the right time.  
I will not intend to marry for the sake of getting married. I will not intend to have a boyfriend for the sake of simple having one. I will not force myself to get into any relationship so I could start bragging how great my sex life was. I don’t have to prove others that I am definitely not a lesbian just because I don't have any man in my life. I don’t have to provide them answers and justify every actions I make.

Yes, I am single. I may be sick and tired hearing questions from people who finds enjoyment  and satisfaction with my “paulit-ulit na sagot sa paulit-ulit na tanong” but I never get tired of living life to the fullest. I may not have found my significant other,  the missing piece of my puzzle or the "ka-pares ng aking tsinelas"but I have enough friends who truly care for me and a great family to love me without ceasing.

Someday, my prince will come after me. It doesn't have to end in a "happily-ever-after mode" but for sure, it'll be as perfect as the ones I read in fairy tales. 

And the next time someone asks me why I’m still single, I’d look her in the eyes and tell her: “God is busy writing the best love story for me, nasa unang kabanata pa lang sya!”