Cebu checklist

( x) Gone to Simala

()Watched the dolphins at Tanon Strait

( x) Been to Kawasan Falls

(x ) Been to Malapascua

( x) Been to Bantayan Island

( ) Had a date/meeting at Plaza Independencia/Fort San Pedro

(X) Watched the Sinulog

( ) Danced in the Sinulog

(X) Went inside the Fuente Osmena circle

(x) Been to Tops

(x) Been to the Cross at Mountain View

( ) Drove a car up to the Robinson's carpark

(X) Ate puso(X)

Ate at No Problem/sutukil

(x) Passed thru the Transcentral Highway

() Drove by the SRP

(X) Been to Ayala Terraces

(X) Been to SM North Wing

(X) Swam in Plantation Bay's manmade Lagoon

(X) Been to Shangri-la's Mactan Island Resort

(X) Been to Vano Beach or Marigondon

(X) Used the 2nd Bridge

(x) Been to the manmade island at Maribago Bluewater

(X) Been to Tambuli or Hadsan

() Dined at White Gold House

(X) Rode a tartanilla

(X) Been to Carbon

(x) Bought dried fish in Tabo-an

(X) Bought pirated DVDs at Traders

(X) Ate CNT or Alejo's lechon

(X) Ate monster pizza at JCA

(x ) Lit a candle at the Basilica

(X) Heard mass at the Cathedral, Redemptorist, or Sacred Heart

(X) Listened to Y101 and Jack the Wack

(X) Listened to DYAB/Leo Lastimosa or DYSS/Bobby Nalzaro

( ) Watched a movie at Century 21 or Belvic or Oriente or Queen Mini

(X) Ate steam rice at Ding Qua Qua or Dimsum Break or Harbor City

(x) Ate grilled cheese sandwich at Orange Brutus

(X) Seen the Magellan's Cross

(X) Been to the Lapu-lapu shrine

() Watched the Fluvial parade

() Shopped at Metro Colon

() Owned a Mactan guitar

() Stopped by at Island in the Sky

(X) Been to IT Park

(X) Had coffee at Bo's coffee

(X) Dined at Majestic

(X) Dined at Chika-an

(X) Dined at Golden Cowrie

(x) Crossed the intersection of Colon St. and Osmena Blvd during rush hour

(X) Bought freshly-cooked chicharon in Carcar or at Villalonga's

(X) Killed time at the lobby of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel

(X) Gave otap, rosquillos, dried mangoes, or ampao as pasalubong

(X) Ate Mandaue bingka or puto or budbud

(X) Swam at the Cebu City Sports Center swimming pool

(x) Jogged at the Cebu City Sports Center oval

(X) Been to Taoist Temple

(x ) Been to the Cebu City Zoo

(X) Drove through Ma. Luisa or Beverly Hills

( ) Been apprehended by CITOM

(X) Gone island-hopping to Nalusuan, Olango, Pandanon

(X) Swam with the fishes at the Fish Sanctuary

(X) Gone bird watching at the Bird Sanctuary

(x ) Ate kalderetang kanding

(x ) Ate kinilaw nga tangigue

(X) Ate humba

(X) Ate at Larsian

(X) Tasted the D'Original Siomai sa Tisa

( ) Checked-in at Queensland

(X) Bought a smoothie at Thirsty

(X) Bought groceries at Robinsons Fuente or Fooda or Colonnade or La Nueva

(X) Browsed books at National Mango

(X) Been up Club Ultima/Crown Regency

(x ) Rode the Edge Coaster or walked the Skywalk at Crown Regency

(X) Ate guso or lato or lukot

(X) Walked through Colon from Gaisano Main to Gaisano South or v.v.

(x) Enjoyed buwad(x) Ate ginamos(X) Had Sr. Pedro roasted chicken

(X) Ate Cheaverz ngohiong

() Climbed up to Good Shepherd

(X) Tried masareal

(X) Braved heavy traffic during fiestas, esp. that of Guadalupe and Opon

(X) Listened to Local Ground music

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Tree planting on Birth Date

June 19, 2010

Today I turn a year older. And what better way to celebrate my 24th but by doing something worthwhile and fulfilling than the care for Mother Earth.

For the first time in my entire life, i volunteered to plant seedlings of Cebu native trees today. I was with friends and together with other volunteers from different companies, in participation with Philippine Business for Social Progress’ Cebu Hillyland Reforestation Caravan, we planted species that were endemic to Cebu: the Cebu cinnamon, Narra and another species. The reforestation effort was done at Sitio Cantipla I and II, brgy. Tanuan, Cebu City.

Its never too late to do a simple act of planting seedling trees and watch them grow. Little efforts to restore our forest can go along way.

sun kissed and hurt remedies

you how it is when one really loves the beach, as in, really love that two months of summer isn’t enough?! some people are like that, and i’m probably one of them.

being in a family who has the priviledge of owning a house by the beach with the distance of just some 2hour drive away from the city, i get to enjoy much from the beach, fresh air, nature, the stillness, the sunrise and sunset.

but i just realized that amdist loving being sun kissed, one should also be responsible in protecting the skin. so after enjoying a weekend at the beach and being sunburned, i was forced to look up the web for home remedies to cure the hurt the sun has caused my skin.

so here is a quick ten home remedies to sunburn from www.fatfreekitchen.com/home-remedy/suburn.html

1. drink a lot of fluids for rehydration.

2. cold compress dipped in vinegar, ice and water lightly rubbed unto the burned skin. this takes the heat out off the affected area.

3. apply some mashed tomato with crushed ice on the affected area for treatment and relief.

4. take in vitamin E supplements to reduce itching.

5. apply the pulp stalk of tive aloe vera or tha aloe vera gel, tak a leaf of aloe vera plant, slit it open at its end, and rub the inside over the burn.

6. add some baking soda to cold water and apply to the skin, it reduces the burning effect immediately.

7. slowly rub slices of fresh cucumber over the burns.

8. soak some tea bags in hot water, take the bags out and let them cool. when they are still warm, place them on the affected area for one hour. this is good for the treatment of pain.

9. apply some drops of lavander essential oil on the burnd area, then spread it witha pece of tissue to cure sunburns.

10. put some vinegar on a cotton ball and rub lightly on the burned area.

on my burns, i tried number seven first, then did number ten. and i just felt the burn for a day. it worked for me.

a quick list of don’ts to sun burn:

1. Do not burst blisters to get relief.

2. Do not apply creams, butter, benzoncaine, lidocaine, petroleum jelly, baby oil or other greasy lotions or substance for sunburn treatment. they trap the heat inside and prevent healing. leave the sunburn exposed to the air for faster healing.

3. Do not use lotions with lanolin when you are in the sun

4. Do not wash burned skin with strong soap.

this may be a little too late, considering that rain has started pouring down. but who knows, this may just come in handy anytime.

enjoy the beach, the sun and still have a great ime with out thinking of the pain afterwards, or at least be prepared with simple remedies to it.

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-- originally posted at www.matetniere.tumblr.com

one month and a week

Mantayupan Falls with the gang, minus Ian, the photographer
Organic lunch at Bohol Bee Farm

GMA Kapuso Night and Energizer Night Race
Wifi-ing at Boljoon Plaza

No Photo at the Hospital..

now that I am just at home on a Saturday night, I recall the weekends that my family did not see me here. Hence, the tittle of the blog is: one month and one week.

So here's my list:

June 26 and 27, Saturday and Sunday, they say it was my post birthday celebration but it really wasn't like that at all. I was just with friends, Chona, Kuya Raphy, Kuya Vlad, Nikko and Direk Julius, at our house by the sea at Boljoon. It was all great food, swimming at the beach and wifi-ing at the town plaza.

July 3-4, Saturday and Sunday, the same 'Boljoon group' was supposed to go to Consolacion's talabahan. Unfortunately, Direk Julius and our audioman Bruce met a road accident, dawn of Saturday. So instead of being at the talabahan, we found ourselves taking turns in watching over the patients at the Cebu Community Hospital. Bruce was all Bruised, from lower face down to his legs, scars and blood was all over hime. Direk Julius was in a dextrose, and oxygen as he was having a hard time breathing, he also had bruises in his arms and hands. Funny scene was that, while I was alone in his ward watching over him, a student nurse came in and before waking him up, asked me if he was my dad.. haha but when she woke Direk up, i became irate, she patted him so strongly and rudely. I told Direk about the 'dad' thing and he forced a smile through his aching chest.. hehe I told him I don't like his rude student nurse. By Sunday, dextrose and oxygen was gone. While Direk was given discharging signals Sunday afternoon, Bruce was given discharge signals Monday yet. But they both got out of the hospital Monday morning for Direk and Monday afternoon for Bruce.

July 10, Saturday, GMA and Energizer's Night Race.. And once again, I was with the same people with the addition of some people. There was Annie, Cai and Honey who both work for Parkmall where the race was held, some other GMA people where there too.

July 16-18, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, with the same 'Boljoon group' and some more additional friends, Randy Gorion, Ian Laroga and Moching Auxtero, I found my self in another out of town trip. We left the city Friday night and stayed at Chona's house with her sisters and nephew. This trip was all about the booze, Mantayupan waterfalls, beach again and the 'pang one time' silhouette photography by the beach, the super tasty 'adobo', the videoke and the sleep at the 'lapag' with the guys. It was all fun!! :D

July 24- 25, Saturday and Sunday. My last weekend out of the house. But this time, it wasn't just an out of Cebu city trip, I was actually in an island across Cebu, Bohol Island, it was. Sandugo Festival weekend, I was with Kuya Vlad and Nikko the whole time. Although we saw Direk Julius in the morning of Saturday as we borrowed his DSLR camera and used it for the whole two day trip. Three wasn't a crowd this time, it was a company. We went to Bohol Bee Farm for our organic Lunch, to the Kapuso Night where we met Direk Julius again and the rest of the Engineering Department of GMA Cebu. It rained while the show was on but rained harder as it was finishing off. I stayed with an office mate for the night only to return to Nikko's estate in the morning and in time for the engineering department's breakfast. Loboc river cruise we were off after breakfast and fixing of ourselves. Sandugo festival re-enactment with Vice President Jejomar Binay as their honorable guest. Before we head out for the pier to catch our boat trip back to the Island of Cebu.

So there, my one month and one week out of the house. In between and after which, my family has been and had been looking for me. So, the week after and until now, I have stayed home except, last night August 6 when I went out for the Kapuso Day and was with the same people again.

Hhmm, when and where will my next out of town be? Hopefully, one more for a local city and one for an out of the country trip. :D


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