Love.Risk.Surf.Live

"may mga bagay na kahit gusto mo, kelangan mong bitiwan.. may mga tao na kahit napapasaya ka, kelangan iwasan.. may mga desisyon na dapat gawin kahit napipilitan.. at may mga pagkakataon na kapag ginawa mo ng tama, ikaw ang mahihirapan.. dahil may mga bagay na kapag pinagpilitan, sa huli.. ikaw din ang masasaktan." Shems!!! Bakit sobrang totoo tong text message na to? OO. Text message to na nakuha ko kaninang umaga. "may mga bagay na kahit gusto mo, kelangan mong bitiwan.." Una sa lahat ang gusto ko lang ngayon ay magpasirit (surfing) pero kelangan kong bitiwan pansamantala para harapin ang panibagong yugto ng buhay, ang buhay pagtatrabaho. Naalala ko tuloy yung post ni Jali sa Facebook. "Sana pwedeng mabuhay kahit walang hanapbuhay, dahil ang hanapbuhay ay sagabal sa buhay!" Ok. napakatotoo nito. Ganitong ganito nararamdaman ko. Hanapbuhay, sagabal sa mga masasayang plano ko. Dahil magkakatrabaho na ko sa Abril, sinusulit ko na ngayon ang natitirang araw ...

Local Reggae band. Listen to their music! It's the perfect beach play list. I first heard them at Bahia Bar, Baler during the Baler Surf Jam awarding. They're really good! Let's support local artists! Catch them live on March 30, Wednesday 9pm at Flirrt International Lounge the Fort Strip, Fort Bonifacio Global City Taguig. FREE ADMISSION!!!

March 17-21, 2011 Location: Baler, Aurora Surf 3 After exactly one week of stay in Manila, I travel back to my "home town". Five and a half hours of travel! Exactly 6am I was in Sabang already. I went straight to Charlie Does shop and spotted two tents. Good morning Reena and Karen!!! Yeahay. Surprisingly the weather was extremely cold and windy. The waves were choppy and no steady direction at all. That morning Ate Olive, Emil, Karen and I went to Ate Yvok's place to have ourselves registered for the competition. The whole day the weather condition didn't change so the competition was postponed. In the afternoon we forced ourselves to surf despite the cold weather. Brrrr what is tagos sa buto yung lamig! Managed to get a few rides even if the waves were not that nice. The next day March 18, right after lunch Baler Surf Jam competition pushed through. Mens open division first with 6 heats. Morning of March 19, Mens quarter finals was continued followed by the semi ...

Productive day today. I accomplished a lot of things. (1) Applied for NBI clearance, (2) Employment medical exam, (3) Applied for SSS. It was my first time to get NBI clearance. New applicants' NBI are processed in Victory Central Mall, Caloocan. Good thing I didn't get lost. Exactly 8am I began filling out the form. There were 6 steps to follow. (1) Have the form checked (2) Pay 115pesos for local employment (3) Finger printing (4) Photo (5) Encoding of data (6) Release of NBI Clearance. I anticipated the long line and accepted the fact that it will take half of the day to finish the process. Wrong! To my surprise, I went through every step in less than an hour. I really commend the NBI staff for the very efficient procedure. Mabilis lang talaga at hassle-free sana sa LTO ganun din! Good job! I'll write a formal letter to their office to express my great satisfaction to their service. Thank you NBI!

March 13, 2011 Location: Roxas Boulevard, Manila (Bay Walk) Manila Broadcasting Corporation Race It was the first race the UP Dragonboat Team joined for this year. It served as a practice race for the coming Boracay race on April. The team had entries for the mixed and mens heat. The mixed team was the competitive team as compared to the mens since all the members of the mixed crew are those who train regularly. Most paddlers in the mens heat had no training at all or had trained but weeks and weeks before. Ok so guess where I belong? The Mens team! Hahaha yes yes yes. I don't have any training at all. My last training was in January around second week. Why did our coach insisted that we join the race despite no training? Well to avoid having the mixed team load the mens heat as well. Energy and strength conservation. Mens heat loaded first. I was a little nervous. I don't know anymore if I still got the form! Hahaha imagine how many weeks without training, and then boom RACE T...

Feb 23, 2011 Location: San Luis, Aurora It was Ate Olive's day off so she insisted that we have a picnic at her farm. Kuya Wendel picked us up early morning and took us first to Ate Olive's house where we had our breakfast! Hmmm pure food's corned beef yummy. Off to the farm after filling our stomach. It was soo nice of her to invite us in her home sweet home and in her spacious farm! Woah! Ate Olive has a plantation of coconut, and papaya. She even breeds native chicken. Sobrang sarap lang tumambay dun. For lunch we had Tinolang Manok, not the ordinary manok. We had native chicken freshly slaughtered by Kuya Wendel and Kuya Mark. Ok napakasarap ng tinola. Malasang-malasa. The salu-salo was the best part. Eating with our hands while sharing stories, unbeatable. Fun moments doubled when Kuya Janggo, Allen, and Gregie arrived. Good thing they came because we were about to part the half-filled empi lights! Exagg to ayoko na uminom pagkatapos nun. James and Cloch were supposed ...

Feb 16-March 6, 2011 Location: Baler, Aurora Surf 2 I needed time to think and reflect on what to do with my life. A place far far away from the busy, fast-paced, polluted Manila. Where else? In Baler, where air is fresh, life is simple, and waves are always pumping. James' sturdy tent was my refuge for the first few days, the three of us--- Cloch, James and I. The supposed 3 days two nights Sons turned out to be a week-long escapade for them. Wahaha everything was just so spontaneous. Nakakatawa talaga mga pangyayari. Blasting sa bundok kaya walang biyahe ng bus! Napagakaisahan ng mga locals kaya na extend nang na extend. Laugh trip talaga gaguhan. I didn't dare camp alone, so when they left I stayed with Cloch's Aunt in Recto street. She has a boarding house there for girls. I'm so happy to have met her. She was so kind and accommodating. She even cooks breakfast before I head to the beach. I learned a lot from this trip. Realizations I wouldn't have discovered if...