First thing’s first.. What is Oslob??
It is a place located on the Southern Part of Cebu. They’re celebrating their festival (or the feast of St. Joseph) on the 1st of May – i think. The family and relatives of our aunts’ husbands (yeah, two of them) are living there.
May 1, 2009
We are to go to Oslob (like last year) and we have to go there by dawn since it would be a very long – and tiring – trip. I prepared my things on 12 midnight – extra clothes in case we would want to go swimming. But because I am insomniac especially on vacations – or should we say “nocturnal” – I decided to go surf the net and just wait for the time to depart.
Sometime 3:00 am, I decided to lie on bed when my mom woke up. She told me to take a bath. Honestly, I was kinda sleepy during that time and kind of regretted why I did not force myself to sleep when it was still a li`l bit early.
So I took a bath and woke up the household. I want to go there ASAP so that I could take some time sleeping in the vehicle while we’re on the way to Oslob.
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4:16 AM
DEPARTURE
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I went to the comfort room – well, that’s sort of a habit – and then off we go!
I want to sleep, but because I drank Moreishi Choco Energy Drink (I kind of skipped that “Energy” part there), I had enough energy to STAY AWAKE.
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4:22AM
GASOLINE STATION
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We stopped by Shell and had the vehicle’s gas on full tank and air for the tires. (oh! luk at mei engglis!) I – again – went to the comfort room. (I told you it’s becoming a habit! or maybe Bessy was right all along! I have a fetish on comfort rooms)
Anyways, we were (kind of) entertained with their loud music. And it was so amfin’ lolness.
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5:31AM
CARCAR STOP (RATIONS)
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I failed to have the other activities recorded by their time so let’s just skip those parts. But to make it short, we were laughing and laughing and laughing hard that I wasn’t really able to sleep at all.
I was then complaining that I am really hungry and my mom asked what we want to eat, I said “Anything!“. Just then I saw a Jollibee street sign saying it’s 2km away from where we are. I then said, “Ma, 2km na lang! Jollibee nah!“
We decided to stop at Jollibee Carcar but then it was still closed. Bummer. We have no choice but just to buy bread from Julie’s Bakeshop (not that I am complaining because I dun like Julie`s.. their bread is great!! but still.. teh fries~! TT__TT)
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5:35AM
JOURNEY RESUMES
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We proceeded with our journey with already enough survival rations for the trip.xD
We ate bread but since I got sick with the ride (I dunno but it usually happens to me these days.. sigh.. i’m probably getting so anemic..), I was only able to eat one because I was afraid I might threw up. After eating that small piece of bread, I drank almost half of teh bottle of teh iced tea.
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5:50AM
THE JOURNEY’S CALVARY
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My stomache hurts!! Oh.. the pain!! Iced tea really is acidic~! Gawd.. I can’t take the pain, seriously!! I suffered how many hours of this pain. I kept on saying, “Iwouldnolongerdrinkicedteaifmytummysempty iwouldnolongerdrinkicedteaifmytummysempty“
I bowed my head hoping I could just sleep the pain off. But it really won’t go away! So instead of thinking of this pain, I decided to utter a prayer in my mind. I was having this conversation with the Lord, and I shared to Him my stomache really hurts. Believe it or not, but everytime I kind of complain about the pain, it vanishes. Then I get surprised and the pain comes back again. And when I tell Him again that it hurts, the pain would go away. When I made myself busy talking with Him, I didn’t realize that the pain was gone.
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6:43AM
ARRIVAL
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We finally arrived. I was not able to get any sleep on the trip so after the “amen’s” and the “blesses“, I lay down on the balcony until they called us for breakfast. Well, before laying down, actually, I went to the comfort room, first.
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6:58AM
BREAKFAST
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We had breakfast. Yum~!
I’ll my stomache full! So hear me, ya iced tea’s!! I FEAR YOU NOT!!
Itadakimasu~!
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7:19AM
THANKS FOR THE MEAL
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Gochisosama~!
I had my fill. Now, it’s time to relax.
There, we met Jake, a 2-yr-old boy they call Santino.
“Hello, Santino!“
We stayed at the sala and watched TV, played PSP and was trying to sleep.
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8:35AM
ICE
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We went to buy ice and unlike here in the city where you can just buy ice at the eskina or just by the neighbor, here, we have to go by car just to buy ice. We took Jake with us. And well.. before leaving, I went to the comfort room first. (my~ seems that i can’t leave the place without going to the CR)
After buying ice, we looked for a nice place for swimming. We went to that place where I took some pictures of the horizon last year. (if you were following my blog, i hope you’d remember.. the one with the burnt church)
We find it quite dangerous since the “walls” are very slippery and in order to go back up, you have to walk by those huge rocks. And it’s not really ideal for swimming so we decided to look for another place. But before leaving the place, we took some pictures.
I love that tree!
We left the place and went to the beach near the cemetery. It seems to be a good place for swimming so yeah. We found the spot!
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9:25AM
TIME TO GO BACK
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Yeah, we have to go back before the ice starts to melt.
When we arrived there, I was very tired. So I kept on looking for a place to sleep.
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9:49AM
NEVER LAND, HERE I COME!
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I can’t take it anymore, I am really sleepy! So I no longer cared what other people would think of me, I lay down at the bed-like thingy at the balcony even when there are other people there. Fortunately, aunt Amay told us that there is no one in the ‘other’ house. We went there and yosh! Finally!
I went to the CR first and went back to where my mother and aunt was and made myself comfortable. My aunt then got a banig and so I moved there.
I was finally able to sleep!
zZzZzZz….
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11:31AM
LUNCH TIME
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We woke up to have lunch at the ‘main’ house.
After having a grub, we then planned to go swimming.
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12:12PM
PSP MODE
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I was waiting for them at the balcony. To avoid boredom, I played with the PSP. I love playing teh PSP! Then Jake would really want to come with us but his nanay won’t allow him. So we have to make ways for us to leave without him noticing.
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12:50PM
BEACH MODE
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We finally arrived at the beach. We found there the plant which was used to crown Jesus.
I wasn’t able to go to the comfort room before leaving the house so I was really, uhm.. you know..xD
Mik2x accompanied me behind that yellow wall[?] of the cemetery. There I was able to get that liquid out I was holding in – and Mik2 too.xD
I was not really on the mood to go swimming so I stayed by the shore and took some pix again.
I am scared of open waters but i love the horizon.
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01:39PM
AFTER-BEACH
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We did not stay that long so those who went swimming changed their clothes and off we go to Nang Saning’s house(another house, btw).
We were offered to have lunch there so I ate again.
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02:04PM
THE SHORE
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We went to the shore near the house. There were some ants by the coconut tree and we were thinking of burning them. Fortunately, we were called by our aunt so we weren’t able to make much harm to them.xD
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02:15PM
TIME WITH “HIM”
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They went out so I was left at the balcony doing nothing.
In the end, it is always Him whom I turned to. Just like what I always quote, “When everyone else turn their backs on you, He won’t”.
So I spent the time talking with Him.
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02:51PM
MAKI`FIESTA TIME
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We went near the church where there are lots of people. It seems to be the center of the festival. We bought some mangoes but the tindera accidentally cut her finger’s skin and it was bleeding so our cousin took her place and peeled the mangoes. We kept on teasing him and people often mistook him to be the vendor.
We were wandering around taking more pictures till we decided to go back to the ‘main’ house.
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3:33PM
FUN WITH JAKE
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We played with Jake and he was enjoying himself at entertaining us.
He was so hyperactive that time that his family was also surprised seeing him like that.
People there are so hospitable, they offered us food and drinks again when we went to another house.
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04:55PM
BUH`BYE
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It’s a long way back home so we have to leave early. We bid them goodbye and thanked them for the warm hospitality. Jake cried when he saw us leaving. I went to the comfort room and off we go.
I took some pictures on the way but I was so marvelled at the sight and beauty that I took only a few of them. I saw how BIG the world and how WIDE the horizon are.. and came to realize how SMALL I am in this big world.
Buh`bye Oslob! Till next year!
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07:24PM
AUNT ARLENE and THE PUPPIES
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We brought her home and we saw the puppies! They were so cute!
We took the black one and Aunt Amay took the fluffiest and the other brown puppy.
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07:33PM
ON THE WAY TO PIT`OS
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We resumed our journey. Seeing how close the black and the brown puppy are, we decided to take them both since it would be sad to separate them.
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08:33PM
AUNT AMAY
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We finally arrived at Pit`os and brought her home. She took the puppy and Mik2x went with her.
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08:44PM
TADAIMA!
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Finally!!
HOME AT LAST!!!! \(^o^)/
I could finally took some rest. But then because it’s night time, I cannot sleep! (o_O)
I told you I was nocturnal! huhu..
Anyways, that’s how I spent my first day on May, 2009!^^
HAPPY FIESTA, OSLOB!
