floopy disk

Stress! Naramdaman ko na. Parang malupet na ulap na itim na dahan dahang tumatakip sa kalangitan. Ayan na yung next week. Tapos imbis na magtrabaho ako at magaral para sa 3 exam na lam ko meron ako next week (not to mention mga assignment), nanood na lang ako ng 'masikip sa dibdib' at mas lalong na dishearten.

Attached e isang picture ng binebentang laptop. Something funny para matangal yung gloom na medyo marunong sumakal.

ano ba to? kala ko ba God na trip mo?

http://venganza.org/

Ito ay isang link sa isa sa mga nakakatawang site na nakita ko sa buong buhay ko. Kaso hinde ako natawa, nagresearch ako. At kinakabahan ako dahil naiintindihan ko yung punto nila. Sa tingin ko ang status ng belief system ko pag nasa yahoo messenger nakalagay e "sobrang lupet na halo-halo pero maraming gatas at asukal"

meri xmas, everybody. hapi new year, too.

Meri xmas, mga tsong. At hapi new year na rin.

Anlupet ng taon na ito, no? Para bang walang hangan na ligaya. Hinde ko tlaga maintindihan kung ano ba ginawa ko at nabigyan ko ng sooper spectacular na year (ang hula ko nga e baka dahil yung zodiac ko e naka align sa isang planetang matindi ang dating), pero malay natin, baka si God lang yun. Lagi daw kc ko kumakanta sa choir at baka ito na nga yung "just desserts". Ty, God. Ty very very much.

Grabe, and to think i never liked anyone talking bout God (much more upper-casing the 'g'). Who wouldve thunk magpapaka choir ako (voluntarily) at mag eenjoy. Fate, what a prankster.

Close na talaga kami nyang si Fate e (let's just say si God yung fate pero yun na lang yung word, para nde magmukhang self-righteous), ang year na to alone parang nahalikan ako ni Lady Luck at lahat ng mga bagay nag work out for the best. Nalulungkot nga lang ko hinde ko mahawaan lahat ng kakilala ko (para lahat nakapunta ng Rome, naka tapos agad ng sp proposal, naka jackpot ng xmas, nakaregular, nagka buklod ang family, naka maintain ng sanity, nagkaroon ng 'zest for life' pero nde yung 'soap for life', etc) para sobrang spread the love!

Gusto ko talaga magpasalamat, pero nde ko lam kung saan. Me naisip na ko pero nde ko na siguro sasabihin, paparamdam ko na lang, nax.

Ansarap tlaga mabuhay na parang nasa kamay ng tadhana ka lang. Lahat ng ginagawa mo walang regret kc iisipin mo lang na 'ganyan siguro tlaga dapat yung kakalabasan' (parang destiny ko ma-late, mapa-aga, sumakit tiyan, magsayang ng oras, mangamba, mag panic, etc.) tapos hahanapin mo nga kung anu yung sense (na late ka para sakto dating mo, maaga ka dahil tutulong ka magtulak ng kotse, sakit ng tiyan para sa bahay ka lang, magsayang ng oras para maaprciate yung oras, etc) pero siguro itong paghahanap ng sense e applicable sa lahat ng mangyaring situation. Lahat pwede majustify siguro if your optimistic enough.

Onga pala, salamat iwi sa libro. Sinadya mo ba na yung isang character pangalan Danny? Kasi kinikilabutan ako dahil nung bata ko meron din ko mga phase na meron imaginary friend... pero nilalayuan ko. Siguro kung kinunsinte ko sya baka meron astig nangyari sakin sa childhood ko, kinokontak ko sya ngayon. Yung picture sa harap ng libro... parang ganun yung pagkakaalala ko sa friend kong yun... yung balat ko gumagapang nanaman.

Sige tama na to, gagawin ko pa ang aking contingency plan para sa panic wednesday, and it is wednesday today. Sana nde mabura bigla yung post na to, anhaba e.

isang larawan ng kalungkutan, si Hobbes, mga pangarap at isang larawan ng kaligayahan

Anlungkot talaga pag napuno yung quota (see figure A, yan yung backlog ng pix. Folders na maraming laman). Malamang lang kasi pasko at meron party left and right pero malungkot pa rin, mas nakakalungkot ngayon kasi narealize ko na ala na ko magagawa.

Pauplaod naman diyan, hahaha. Penge passwords!

Inisip ko nga rin na gumawa ng pangalawang account, pero parang wala nang sense. Isang month lang naman hihintayin at siguro naman nde na ganun karami pictures next month, siguro sa mga bday na lang.

Anyway, ansaya pa rin pala. Yung kaibigan namin(yung nagimbita samin mag paka itayano for 2 months) pumunta na sa Italy to spend xmas there (wow, may snow kaya dun?). Pero bago sya umalis nag breakfast kami sa Conti's at parang napasobra kain nya, haha. Deceptive yung pagkain dun. Kala mo konti, hi-density pala.

Ayun, daan muna bahay nya para ipatago na sakin yung 'goods', mahirap na mahanap ni Ate Gina habang nasa Italy sya. At as an after thought, pinauwi nya sakin yung copy nya ng 'The End of the Affair' at yung mga Calvin and Hobbes na book nya... That made my day. Meron na pampalipas ng mga malalamig na gabing maulan, magbabasa ko ng Calvin at Hobbes. Huwaw. Pero parang may catch, kelangan ko raw plastikan. Haha, sana maganda pagplastic ko, anlalaki nug libro e.

Anyway, tuloy pa rin yung mga simbang gabi sa teoville at tuluyan na tlaga nabanat yung boses ko (karaoke naman dyan!) at ang pinaka malupet na indication e meron tumawag na malamang lang e nakikipag phone pal at narinig ko sabihin "Ate, lalaki, maganda boses." Haha.

Ansaya talaga kumanta. Sana lagi pasko, para everytime kumanta, may kita. Kung pwede na lang gawing trabaho pag kanta, kahit na BS Comsci ang napuntahan ko. Siguro mag double bachelor ako or sumthing.. Para after ng trabaho, mag mo-moonlighting ako taga-sax at taga-song. Nax, that'd be so cool.

Tsaka pinalitan ko na avatar ko sa yahoo. Ang ganda kasi parang ansaya nila sa picture, parang normal lang makakita ng romance. Sobrang salamat sa artist ng www.britdoodz.com (haha, 18+ onleh) dahil ang galing galing nya tlaga mag drawing. Magaling din ako... Mag crop.

buksan sa pahina tatlong daan siyam na pu't lima

Takte, pinindot lang yung backspace, nawala na lahat ng tinype ko.

Pa-bullet form na lang...

1) Na dedepress ako sa libro ni iwi.
2) Ang pakiramdam ko ngayon ay 'confounded'.

Ang kapalaran, talaga. Prankster.

dsl ang sagot sa lahat

Eto na yung bagong pictures. Antagal rin na-upload yan kaya sana ikatuwa ninyo. Pag nakabit na dsl dito, kahit nde na kayo matuwa, ayos lang. Madali na lang kc magupload. Nagpagupet na rin pala ko, nakakanibago lang. Natutuwa na ko na nde na kelangan maging uber-suklay reliant pero mamimiss ko rin yung haba ng buhok ko. Syempre, nde na pwede magpahaba, malapit na graudation at mag-aaply na ko sumwer na pihadong nde mahilig sa longher, owel.

old doggie, new trickie

Antagal na pala akong merong account dito sa multiply, nde lang nagagalaw. Hinde naman nakakagulat e ala naman kasi ako pang-'pichoor' nun. Pero ngayon meron na kaya angaling. Ate ko may kasalanan kaya ko nagka account noon, pero mga kaibigan ko ang totoong salarin sa pagkadamay ko sa bandwaygon na tow.

Ito nga pala ay isang subok lamang. pakitawag si 'mike tess' tsaka si 'wan tu tri'.

<--- bahay ni mike, more to come pag nagkadsl na kow, pwamis

si bepren sa bahay nya! --->

<--- ang pabulong na kagandahan ng faura, sa dapithapon

I've come to terms with the fact that I can't write as freely and as openly as before. I guess that the simple knowledge of how publicly available my thoughts could be now that I post them online blunts my points and dulls my wit to such an extent as double-taking on every other word.

Anyway, it's not like I have much of an audience to be shy about, which is a perfect irony and every bit as hilarious. I'd laugh but i just realized I'm the butt of my own joke. Then again, laughs are free and joy, fleeting, so a big 'haha' to me.

Lightening up the mood a bit, I just finished watching 'A Love Song for Bobby Long' which calmly starts and promptly introduces itself as an indi movie(with a list of first-time heard production companies) and drops you in the middle of a promising drama of a jaded teenage girl and her confrontation with her mother's past and finally her life. It's a great movie and I completely understand why my friend loves it to bits. I'd suggest this movie to anyone taking a Literature course because this one gave me a whole new appreciation for writing and reading.

... And it's got humor, wit and Scarlett Johansson as well as plenty of quotes to ease the whole viewing experience, a definite keeper IMHO.

Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.
- Robert Frost

Just got home and am happily ending this long week. There's been a lot going this last few days, most of which about a certain filipino hero, an accompanying song and sleep depravation. Next week is looking equally grim but at least there won't be straw hats and filipiniana outfits to worry about.

In other, more interesting news, we're studying the playful folk song 'Galawgaw' in choir. It's the type of song you can laugh about while dancing/playing along with it. I always thought that our choir was great, but not yet 'sell cds and make a profit'-kind of great since we still need a few more tenors and i think i need a little more work. But early this evening, when a fellow choir member recorded our practice, i can't help but feel a sense of pride in my work. We're not top-notch, but we're definitely on our way there. A year or so, maybe?

Oh yeah, hamachi's doing great messing up productivity and the waking-sleeping cycle here in my slice of the world. I'm slightly complaining, because I'm totally enjoying the whole level of 'play with your pc friends in the comfort of you own home and cheap internet' thing but am totally bummed out by the lack of sleep I'll have to put up with to keep the fun going. Ah, must go out and get me a LAN card so I can hook up that DSL access I've been looking up the whole of last month and leave the concept of 'free internet from 12-4am' behind.

Allan's birthday is coming up and I'm hoping I can set something up soon. As much as spontaneous lakads seem to have been more succesful in the past, I still want to go out and do some serious 'pag-aaya'.

Anyway, lots more to look forward to, like sembreak and that something-back mountain I've been hearing so much about, plus I finally got a copy of HP6 (many thanks, allan) so things are definitely looking up.

Just one more burst of 'work work work' and i'll be in the clear. raaar! fighto!

work work work, and i find myself reading through someone's blog. great, just great. and to think i could have been comfortably buried in my dreams right about now if i had even half the brain power to start 2 hours ago. sigh. well at least he writes purty well (elbert).

oops, it's 10pm. i feel the urge to work coming on. later.

its official, that last post has confirmed what i've(and hopefully, you've) dreaded all along, i've renamed myself bonkers, slipped a bolt in the process, and am walking back from crazy town. that last statement is probably freudian and may need to be appended with a comment from a licensed psychiatrist. anyway...

life goes on over here, sometimes stopping by just to remind how he goes on around everywhere and i'm stuck over here doing thesis research and all-important 4th yr stuff. i'd hate life but then i wouldn't have any good reason to interrupt my work. as a note, i've been having too much life lately... ho-hum.

more news to come when i've thought of more creative ways to talk about the mundane, or eat a cream puff, or get inspired, or eat an inspired cream-puff... see? bonkers.

my little ode to the random picture screensaver of windows xp

i died this morning
and flew to heaven jump-roping
and memories went by smiling
in a screensaver of randomness

i ended up bathing
weary and, of course, tiring
from all the flying and jump-roping
and randomness spilled close by

i dried off, towelling
and there, found myself dying
put on my face and clothing
and caught some of the randomness

and randomness in hand, i sighed
and, at last, promptly died
and woke up bathed, clothed and dried
in a heaven of random memories spilled

i was offerring my friend 30minutes worth of writeup i tried whipping out of the blue for the guy. It was nice then but on re-reading... Mr. Douglas Adams' technique is very catchy, lets leave it at that.

Somehow the conversation veered itself away from the heart-felt garble i spent 30minutes on and turned to ff10 music, which casually lept into a certain gift which supposedly should have left my hands 2yrs before. It lept in there with my heart and knives a-flashing. And i blurted this out.

ibaon na lang sa unan.
... then 'sleep'ed away from any more talk. next morning, i electronically scribbled this down.

ibaon sa unan
at ilibing sa panaginip
ang alaalang nasaktan
at pagkainip
... i think all those sad filipino songs are starting to take their toll.

»» a lot can happen between dial-ups

... its true you know, especially in the case of us dial-uppers. ever noticed how important things seem to happen more frequently in-between internet cards? well its not like there is a relationship between the two but this last weekend could have been good eveidence of such an occurence.

and so we jump right into the stories...

... manila day was casually spent in the company of friends, namely those that were lucky enough to get into updiliman. while waiting up for said friend's schedules to untangle themselves from each other, i sat crosslegged on one of the many stone benches circling their sunken garden, a gentle afternoon breeze of falling acacia leaves sets the mood. so relaxing, id give anything to have that close-with-nature ambience at our school in upmanila. anything quiet would be much preferred over them blaring trucks and buses crowding each other at taft avenue. my heart can only take so much of those stressful horn blowings.

... stowed in a bag side pocket is an mp3 player, the bag and the sheer glee being mine and the mp3 player, my sister's. it'll stay for the week and so far i can't make up my mind of what to stick in there. for now, sheer glee. ^_^

... i hate having to use these dial up cards. here's hoping someone nice(and rich) will read this and buy me some dsl.

... reading into the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy(im at the 3rd book, so far). besides the british humor which i can leave with and the sheer weirdness which i can enjoy, there's a creeping feeling up my spine that tells me this thing has no actual direction whatsoever. i guess this is the point that someone says "that the fun of it!" and i answer back "if thats fun, then there mustn't be very much of it".

anyway, still vice free and dead bored.

»» back to school

my sched is actually freer than i thought. except for flooded tuesdays, fridays and saturdays, im virtually free the whole week.

better start making plans for manila day this coming friday... visit UPD? slum around at home? maybe i'll just giggle around like a silly excited little girl. tempting, but no. maybe ill just think of something to post here worth reading. yah.

»» score two for the home team!

the sojourn into the dump i call the entertainment area of my room(aka corner-with-tv-and-ps-and-lotsa-junk) has been successful. the dust bunnies have all been freed back into the urban wilderness and two mystery boxes have been stripped of their secrets...

box1: 3 pairs of shoes(black, brown and rubber), none of which is mine. big surprise.

box2: 2 printers(both VERY old), old highschool docz(testpapers, memos, circulars, the works) and my old books(hardy boys ^_^, choose your own adventures and random non-bestseller novels)

... will buy cd book to tame the stacks of ps1 cds here and will probably give ps1 unit and cds to cousin.

in other news, mini polo shirts fit me real nice ^_^ but a little more exercise wont hurt so im sticking to "the regimen" for another week, not to mention the "white party" is coming up. better look my best, so will lay-off from in-betweeners and coke.

and presently just came home from manila memorial along sucat road. sang their for the wake of dude related to our sponsors. still wondering if all this singing is going to payoff in videoke someday, maybe if the song is in base-cleff. anyway, its work worth doing and i wouldnt trade what i have now for anything else... except maybe for a solid gold toilet.. make that three.

and just.. er.. "decorated" my notebook for college. stuck all those tickets that accumulated during the euro trip on the front cover. perfect for reminding me about the best reason for studying harder, so i can go back.

off to bed to try and get some zzz's early. lookin forward to early morning arcade-ing at times plaza just before my 11:30am class. will make infamity in arcade a goal this year("hey, its that panda guy").

zzzzz... oyasuminasai.

»» score one for the home team!

i have reclaimed the space in my room occupied by the cabinet. it used to be that that nook was filled with all my odl clothes. yep, it was the motherload. from baby garments, ring bearer costumes, little shoes, jump straps, mini belt bag, grade school clothes, mini neckties and the occasional mini underwear, i went throught the whole lot of it only to find that only an eighth of it all was still wearable(those small polo shirts doesn't seem so out of fashion anymore) or nostalgic enough to keep(mini necktie!). well, at least now i have a place to keep my pants. yifee.

»» the great fixer upper

i guess i've got a lot in my hands. besides fixing my room, i still have to fix this place, and through countless FAQs, random clicking and luck, i found where i can post my own bg. yifee. the color scheme's next and im not feeling up to the challenge. better start reviewing on those complimentary color watchamacalits.

and on gaming news? a tad depressed, not been able to find time for tekken this last week since the only time i have free is lunch breaks and i spend those eating(big suprise). its only a matter of time before those arcade junkies get used to my big fluffy panda and i lose my "ha! you didn't see that coming coz you've never fought a panda before!" advantage.

the online gaming scene isn't looking to fun either since most of the people in gunbound seems to be so stuck up with their new trajectory calcuting skills. the constant streams of "asa ka pa, boy" and "b0b0" isn't working very well with my nerves. the urge to actually hurl something 70degrees into the air in the direction of said stuck up pr*ck for real comes to mind, but i dont have a wind speed measuring thingie so i'd probably just hit some poor unexpecting ground somewhere, or at the worst, me.

will continue to waste precious internet time downloading mp3s and making the most out of Ares before its defunct. and o yeah, need to look into RSA encryption and Health Informatics journals, coolness. watermelons are still up for sharing.

»» rub eyes

mad dash to school, with a blockmate of mine informing me of class 30min late. owel, at least the internet is free. download frenzy!!!

Frank Sinatra - Somewhere Beyond The Sea Lyrics

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waitin' for me
My lover stands on golden sand
And watches the ships that go sailin'

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watchin' for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms I'd go sailin'

It's far beyond the star
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be, beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailin'

***INSTRUMENTAL BREAK***

I know beyond a doubt,
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet, I know we'll meet
Beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be, beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailin'

(No more sailin')
(So long sailin')
(Byebye sailin')


... fark, i still dont know what tags are for. ahaha... bewildered as usual.

»» and oh yeah...

and...

4) fixed this god d*rned place. maghahanap na ko maayos na pic na paglalay-outan. cguro meron dto nakatambak sa pc somewhere. as proof of frustration, nag-tagalog na ko. hay buhay.
5) nde na magpupuyat. pramis.

tsaka nga pala, rant lang...

yung isang friend ko nagpopost na rin pala dto sa lj uli, ahaha, nauso. sarap cguro mag comment sa kanya kaso nagmukha naman ako stalker.. amp*ta, anlabo kasi ng sitwasyon. sana balang araw, parang maging normal na lang ang lahat. mahirap ba yun hingin? nde naman siguro. kaso malabo mga tao e. suot ka na nga salamin dali.

at kung ikaw na nagbabasa e napaisip na ikaw ang na-stalk ko, ahahaha! kapal mo lang. eh ikaw nga tong nakatingin ngayon sa post ko eh, so quits na tayo. pero mauna ka na cguro magcomment. tsaka bigyan mo na rin ko link nung kanta "si nemo"... parang astig eh, tsaka yung "pretend that i dont love you"... parang luma na eh.. sentiiii... sy*t. kaso tinatamad ako hanapin.

spekin op wich, up and running na pala yung Ares ko. kala ko magbabayad pa ko subscription, nde naman pala, buti na lang. medyo in $ yung bayad eh. pinoy lang po ako, mahal na mag-arcade ngayon, magbabayad pa ko para sa mga mp3s ko.

eto na lang, astig na kanta.. pero la ko mp3.. fak. magbabago rin yan, pramis.

One by Three Dog Night

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
`Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, worse than two

It's just no good anymore since she went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday

One is the loneliest, number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest, one is the loneliest
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
It's just no good anymore since she went away
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest
(Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do


... yoko na tlaga magcomplain. la naman maganda napapala sa kaka-complain e. pero minsan, yun na lang tlaga magagawa mo eh. penge naman pakwan. share tayow.

back again

oh wow, been awhile since the last post... seeing as the last one is all about the first week in rome. owel, in the spirit of NOT picking things up where things left off...

i'm back in the BE-AU-TI-FUL shores of the philippine islands and its great to be back, although there are a few things i wish weren't the case when i got back:

1) i didn't get to save any euros. goodbye to the power of foreign currency.
2) the in[tolerably]sane heat. i underestimated tropical weather, curse you precipitation and humidity!
3) trouble in the home, nothing like coming back from a vacation to be met by worries at your very doorstep

... owel, i can't complain. this vacation was a blast and it put in me a "come what may" kinda attitude (bring it on, fate!) and a need to improve things around the old workplace. changes in my life will involve:

1) cleaner, tidier, neater room. goodbye old boxes! hullo to space!
2) no more wasting time. if i had a penny for everytime i diddle-daddled... i'd have penny's.. hihihi

... the list is bound to get longer, but for now, i better keep things simple. wouldn't want to over shoot things. and o yeah...

3) find a copy of the "red curtain trilogy"

... its a dvd and i want it. or maybe at least get to see romeo+juliet and strictly ballroom, that'll tide me over till when i get to buy this thing. hope that's not too far off in the future.

rome-ing

ok, ok, this is kinda required and im very tired so dont hope for anything too complete. i do have pics to fill in the gaps but i still have yet to reduce the size of the pix for easier viewinng

anywayz... here we go..

we started off int he airport, like most trips. there was an unbearably long line for the plane we were gonna take(which was a flight to dubai, probably because it was the first flight of three that went to rome and i guess we all know why everyones on their way there.

the plane ride was great, ralph told us that the plane was one of the newer ones and it was good too, we were gonna need every kind of luxury to last through 12hrs worth of sitting in a chair. I waded through 2movies, 2ep of drewcarey, 1cut phantomoftheopera and 2 meals. Airline food wasnt so bad after all, what they lacked in quality, they took up in quantity. The highlight of the trip was the view, manila never looked so small to me, the whole city was just a bunch of lights and hiways, with casino filipino being the only thing recognizable from the air.

at dubai we had to burn 4hrs waiting for the connecting flight to milan, we looked around and took pictures of the airport. it was actaullly more of a mall than an airport coz of all the decorations. while waiting for the connecting flight, i found out some of my sisters moisturizer spilled... it was disgusting in my bag for awhile, but it was worth it for the laughs.

the flight to milan was uneventful, more movies and this time we were in the aisle seat so no views either. there were 3 of us and the aisle seats were made up of 4. i was the one the ended up beside the other passenger, he wasnt so bad except that he was really big and he laughed a lot, although that wasnt so bad either since iw as laughing along with him, we were actually watching the same thing most of the time. and yeah, we were stuffed with food the whole trip.

we waited awhile in milan for the 3rd and last flight to rome, we spent the time talking to this priest that was stationed in papua new guinea talking about etymology and the upcoming marriage of prince charles. we eventually got on the plane and found out the wait took so long coz of a mix up on which gate we were supposed to wait at. the palne ride was also uneventful, except for ralph actaully lying on the seat since we can take up the whole 4 aisle seats(the passenger beside me was only heading for milan).

at rome, we were welcomed by ralphs father and we breezed through customs. at luggage pickup we found out that macky's luggage was still somewhere in dubai. he wasn't too bothered though since the staff there seemed to have a procedure for lost baggage and assured us we'll get the luggage in a day. macky will get $50 for everyday his luggage is delayed... actually he was supposed to get 70euro but ralph checked in the luggage under his name.. we still dont know if the delayed luggage will be covered by the insurance.

we took a car driven by ralphs mom to their house in via cologne, we rested a bit there and gethered up one nights worth of clothes and scooted on over to the phil. embassy to stash our stuff. we were in hurry to get to the chapel of santa maria del popolo where a mass for filipinos was going to start.

GMA was there and i managed to get a pic, as well as shots of the chapel. did i mention that it was friggin cold? it really was and i was unlucky enough to wear only a shirt and my least warmest jacket on that trip. i ate a pizza that had a fried egg in it in a quaint little ristorante and had dessert at this gelati at san crispino, noted to serve the best gelati in rome.

yeah, the honey gelati was to die for... i plan to get another before we left. and we were lucky enough that the guy in the store was filipino, he treated us to gelati. we scooted on over to the trevvi fountain, shivering on our way there. i borrowed some filipino coins from macky(since using euros there would be an absolute waste) and wished. we got our pictures taken by this really nice japanese girl.

we then went on over to the phil. emabassy stationed near vatican city to spend the night. we had to forget about grabbing our bags coz we didnt have much time. we had to wade through crowds of sleeping bags and polish people hoping to get first seats in the mass to be held for the pope tomorrow morning.

after an hour of wading, we eventually got to the embassy and slept on the carpet immediately, the whole lack of sleep thing catching up.

the enxt morning, we woke up pretty early to the sight of mobs of people crowding around vatican city. we jumped in and got stuck for 4hrs in the crowd. by about 7.30, we got into the vatican city with out yellow tickets. we found a seat somewhere near the altar(good enough to have a clear shot of the coffin) and waited for the mass to start.

the mass itself was beautiful, it was tedious but the latin singing managed to wake me up through most of it. we got to see the coffin of the pope and luckily i still had battery for the shots. somewhere in between, we saw john carey and valentinothe designer. we also saw jessica soho who interviewed us a bit on how we were enjoying our trip.

after the mass we went to another ristoranti for breakfast of antipasti and some pasta and went on over home to sleep sleep sleep dinner sleep sleep. and finally got here, cleaning up emails and stuff.

wow, will post more when more stuff happens. later!