Shadows of the heart: August 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
「 what behind my shadow. Monday, August 07, 2006 」
-The wolf travels again-

I left Manila in 0015 hours , 08-05-'06 for Baguio. The occassion? A semi-family reunion. I last seen them 6 years ago. But hey, they're here now . It's really nice to see them. It was a Weekend long vacation. First of, I was surprised that my female cousin, Janssen, was only an inch shorter than me( they were quite shocked too when I came to their home) last week. It became another month full of happiness. I could swear that it was fun.

I arrived in Baguio at 0615. I felt the blistering cold of the wind in my face. We were fetched by my uncle. I felt warmer inside the van.When we arrived at the Hotel Elizabeth, I was quite surprised that the only ones who are checked in were us. Ofcourse, the rest of the family were fast asleep. I could even pinch their noses or throw a harmless explosive at my male cousin, the same age as I am. We dropped our luggage at our beautiful room. I was almost complete. It had a bedroom, a living room and 2 bathrooms. After an hour everyone woke up. We prepared for a site-seeing trip first thing in the morning. We had a lot of fun. First landmark, Mines view. I saw very erotic carvings of the male genitals for sale. Lots of strawberry wine. The steps were pretty steep, in which if you're a klutz, you're surely to be dead. My father brought me an army knife. I used it to make a mark by carving the date, an X-mark and ofcourse, the surname of the Family. We came back to the hotel at 1800 for a buffet dining. It had a live band. The next stop The Philippine Military Academy. It rained alot, ofcourse we were surrounded by a very thick fog but it disappeared when it really rained hard. The next stop was SM Baguio. It was just an open place, no walls to surround the surroundings of the mall but it stood like a pavillion. To our surprise, we were the only ones there. Me and my cousins ordered Shirley Temples, a non-alcoholic cocktail. It was really fun, first my 2 cousins performed with the band. I wanted to sing but I lacked the confidence to do it.

The next day, we woke up in 0500. It was time to head for the INC Church. It was huge and beautiful. We them went back to the hotel for breakfast. We went to Camp John Hay shortly. The four of us kids plus my father went horse-back riding. Boy, it was really steep. I could calculate the slopes were 25-35 degrees. It was nerve-recking but addrenaline-pumping adventure. My male cousing was asked for his name and address by a female Korean, it was for her assignment. Instead of using his home address, he used mine. The trail was really muddy. The trail was 2KM long and it lasted for 1 hour. While we were in the steep rough pits, the other party went back to PMA to pick up something. Ofcourse we went to the wet market. I bought my older female cousin a local bracelet, which could be also used as an anklet. I never imagined that even in Baguio, Muslims are trouble. You see, we rented a young Ifugao kid. A muslim kid was really pissed to see the Ifugao kid had us for customers. As we left the market, we ordered the poor kid to run away to avoid herself being mugged by that cruel muslim kid.

We went back to the hotel to take our baggage out but the card keys weren't working. We asked for new keys, still the card keys didn't work. So the Maids opened it with their skeleton card keys. We rested there until night. We prepared to leave Baguio. I took a can of Ice coffee from the little refrigerator. Leaving was the saddest part but we still see each other once in a while. They're leaving next week... I'm gonna miss them. I'll send E-Mails to them^_^.