my partial list

feeling so lazy. i mean who doesn't?

it's the last day of the work week. thank good LORD! though i am not dying to go to the dentist later today, i am very much looking forward for weekend.

just like weekends, i always look forward to summer. and again, who doesn't? when i used to be a student, it's the time of the year where i say timeout to school work, studying, writing, reading. assignments, quizzes.. sounds like an A stude, huh? hehehe! i am not really the ideal student, but i guess, i am one of the better minds.. hahaha! conceited me! hehehe!

enough about me, let's talk about my official summer capital...

DAANBANTAYAN!


it has always been our practice. the moment we are cleared from school, we always start the plan of our vacation at my grannies place. Then the big day came! my father usually accompanies us there. and it's been a tradition to bring pastries, bread what have-you's as a pasalubong to my relatives in daanbantayan. i mean, fresh and delicious bread hardly reaches our barrio before. again, this was before.

unforgettable activities in daanbantayan? here's my initial list:

1. magkawos ug tubig sa tabay (yes, like the wishing well). sometimes it takes us forever to fetch water since there's a long queue of fetchers as well. long ago (errr, i am not that old, by the way), the place doesn't have much deep wells to use). and by the way, we're not using the small containers. we're using the very big ones, and to be able to bring it to our destination, we use a bamboo pole.

2. maminaw ug drama sa radyo- weird, but this is where i learned to listen and understand "teleseryes" over the radio. surprising, yet very true. i mean, who can surpass the power of your imagination. and yes, not everyone has the luxury to buy TV set before. if i remember correctly, it really is very difficult to get a signal and watch local shows. most of the time, the people just rent some good ol movies in betamax or vhs format. some houses even make money out of it. we pay one peso to watch the movie of robin padilla. beat that!

3. mag-ad-ad ug bani sa saging- make pig food out of banana trucks- as my lola would call it, mag-ad-ad ug lawog sa baboy. i hope i can expound more, but i really can't. what i can really tell you is, it's one of the most difficult chore, and you might get hurt if you're not too careful.

4. mamugas- i haven't really experienced the "FARMING" part, because i don't know the right spacing of sowing the seeds, but i was part of the pre-farming. this is when you remove the seeds or kernels from the corn cob. sound pretty easy huh?! no, never an easy task. see, to make it extra fast, you have to use something that you need to rub the cob to remove the seeds, and again, if you're not too careful, you will get hurt.

5. mangahoy- what they call in tagalog as mangaso. yes, one of my favorites. not necessarily mean we have to cut trees for this. what we do is check for those cut dried bushes. this is what we use for cooking.

6. lung-ag ug saging- as a farm land, my favorite fruit is everywhere, and it has been a staple snack. not the usual chips, but the boiled ones.. YUM!


the first six again, are just my initial list. i'll try to contemplate and be more visual next time. i am crossing my fingers that my vacation this may will be a go, and i will post all the pics that will make me fall for this place more.

but, ciao for now.. mwaaah!