A Reunion with Old Friends

Okay, I’m not really a fan of the mall but this is my second post about MOA so perhaps I’m beginning to like it there. My old neighborhood friends and I marked December 4th as our reunion after some years of not being completely together. Well, we were still not complete that day cuz one was in Dubai, the other was in Camarines Sur, and the other one’s 5-year-old bumped his head a few hours before the time we agreed to meet. Okay so, the original plan was just to have dinner at Gerry’s Grill cuz one of us still had to go to work at ten. But when we learned that she took the night off, we immediately changed plans. The supposed dinner became...

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Simbang Gabi

I haven’t been blogging much. Blame Simbang Gabi for that. LoL! This is how far I was from the church door. I was luckier, though. Others attended mass outside the church gates. No, but seriously, I almost couldn’t concentrate on anything anymore since December 16th. You see, I sleep at 12 AM, sometimes even later than that. Then I have to wake up at 3 AM to prepare for the 4 AM mass. Leave the house by 3:30 AM the I’ll arrive home by 5:45 AM. After breakfast I’ll have the luxury of another two hours of sleep. No more after that until 12 midnight again. The first two days was okay. Exciting, even. Because this year, I decided to do Simbang...

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Dog Walking at MOA's Sunset Strip

November 29, 2010. Took Princess to MOA's Sunset Strip for a walk. It rained, so my dog wasn’t able to enjoy much of MOA. The problem with her during walks is she never wants to drink. She’s so busy smelling the ground and looking at people and running, she doesn’t wanna stop. Hence, the tongue-out picture. The Sunset Strip can be really peaceful until about 4 pm, when it’s not so hot anymore and people begin to arrive to either just hang out or to wait for the Manila Bay sunset. We arrived a little before 3 PM and only a few groups of teenagers were around. We walked a little to the right towards the LAX area where there was literally no...

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Mt. Pundaquit - Anawangin Cove Adventures (Part 2)

Click here to read Mt. Pundaquit - Anawangin Cove Adventures (Part 1). So I was able to cross the little patch of water and was soon climbing up the rocky trail towards the top of the hill. K, who was barefoot cuz he thought he’d just go walking along the beach with Gerald and Troy, was walking so slowly cuz most of the stones were sharp-edged. Halfway up, I looked up and was rewarded with this view: Uphill, though, the view was most breathtaking.   At the other side of the hill, there’s another beach much like the cove. There seem to be no activity there, though. There was actually no one in sight. When I asked around, I learned...

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Mt. Pundaquit - Anawangin Cove (Part 1)

I've always wanted to go to Anawangin cuz I've always read and heard so many beautiful things about it. So when I learned that K's third training climb with the MLQU Stallions Outdoor Club would be Mt. Pundaquit with a 2-day stay at the Anawangin Cove, I immediately begged him to ask their president if I could guest-climb with them. It was a short-notice, though. He informed me Wednesday night (Nov 3) that the club allowed me to go with them; assembly was 8 PM Friday (Nov 5). I immediately canceled my Balagbag Falls day trip with a friend that Saturday. But I couldn't cancel Princess' follow-up CBC that Friday. And I crammed. The itinerary...

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Mt. Maculot (Grotto-Summit-Rockies)

Mt. Maculot is a favorite destination for new mountaineers. The Rockies, being the most popular point of Mt. Maculot attracts newbie climbers because of its friendly trail and friendlier height (706+ MASL). The summit, though, is a little bit higher (830 MASL) and the difficulty depends on which trail you use. As for adventure-seeking newbies, my friend Danilo and I opted for the more difficult traverse by way of the grotto trail. We set off last September 20, a Monday, leaving the house at 1 am for our much anticipated first climb together. This was his first mountain, and my second - the first being Mt. Romelo in Siniloan, Laguna. We arrived...

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