speaking of bolinao, some 16 of us in my mother's side of the family had a sort of roadtrip last sunday. destination: bolinao. however, since the purpose of the trip is a discussion between my mom and her siblings and their cousins who reside there and it was slated in the afternoon, we had lots of time to spare. after mass at 8:30 am, we left dagupan at around 10 am, passing through binmaley, lingayen, labrador, bugallon, sual, alaminos and bani - not necessarily in that order. we dropped by lucap in alaminos, home of the famous Hundred Islands. we ought to have done some island-hopping but the exorbitant price pulled us back to the van after taking some photos though there wasn't much of a view since we were still very far from the islands. this was probably one of the rare times when my mom and her siblings were complete. as for us cousins, there were still a lot missing.
after that, we ate lunch at some carinderia, considering our number and the price of commodities nowadays. but i was fine with it. i'm used to it already. and then, some more roadtripping til we reached our destination. nothing much to do. we ate some more at lolo ruben's house (one of the last remaining grandparents of ours -->his wife is still alive and they just recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary<-- who is the brother of our grandfather), taking a tour of the poblacion courtesy of our parents of course.
their discussion was very quick (it was just about their lands for our grandparents were landed people) and when they came back to the house, they were all having a loud digression about what had happened. obviously, it didn't turn out well. so while they were drinking and eating and talking, we were watching the horror specials on TV since nothing else was on and it was the only one that most of us could agree to. from nginiig to mel and joey (when did jay get out of their show?) to another show which i couldn't remember. the funny thing was one of my younger cousins, bodjie is her nickname, was telling everyone that what we were watching was corny (i have to agree with her about nginiig - i don't like the format at all. it takes the scare out of the supposedly scary experiences and the 3 hosts have nothing better to do than blurt out mundane stuff which is so expected of what they're doing.) anyway, we were watching nginiig at that time. earlier, they found a channel where wrestling was being shown. she along with some others wanted to watch it but since they were outvoted, we were watching the horror programs. so she was telling us to change the channels and everything, then when the moment she glanced at the TV she saw a ghost suddenly passing through in the scene that was being shown and she shrieked and snuggled herself between me and her other cousin. well, everyone was laughing, i most heartily of all. hahaha!!! it still makes me smile much to this day! hahaha!!!
we left bolinao around 8pm. i thought i wouldn't be able to catch the philippine premiere of the grudge, albeit a dubbed tagalog version on gma. well i did. i've been wanting to watch it a very long time now, and now there's a hollywood version coming to our shores. on the other network, they were showing the phone, of course dubbed in tagalog too. well, i watched it. sure there were some spooky scenes but it wasn't enough to merit it as a really scary horror film. it was kinda expected. the ending was left hanging. in short, when i was expecting a good scare, i was left with none, so that i didn't rush to sleep after the movie ended. and i was alone with my sleeping brother in the other house. but no, not even a bit spooked at all.
last monday, filipinos around the country trooped to the cemeteries and other burial places to remember their dearly departed. well, we had an early one in bolinao last sunday, visiting our lolo's grave and churning out some ridiculous answers to bodjie's ridiculous questions. then last monday, we went to mangaldan, for our grandmother's side of the family (again my mom's side. dad made it early in binmaley last sunday when he went to their ancestral home for some gathering with our relatives from that side). 'twas a really sweltering heat that accompanied all the visitors. i was sweating a lot. fortunately, we ate in the nearby market afterwards even though i was still sweating heavily for a time after we started eating. pancit, halo-halo, empanada, cake. we all left for home full.
last saturday, i was able to watch some snippets of the highly popular a walk to remember. since mom was washing clothes since the laundrywoman didn't show up, we were assigned to hang the clothes out in the sun so my viewing was interrupted many times. i rediscovered the movie and actually quite enjoyed it because, one thing, it was able to make me shed tears. you really felt the intensity of their acting, you really felt the feelings of this ill-fated but good looking lovers (oh yeah, shane west, i find out once again is oh so gwapo), especially when jamie confessed to landon that she's sick. his tears almost immediately wrenched my heart.
yesterday, i was so lucky that i saw the movie starting on the same channel and i was actually able to watch the movie in full. however, there were no tears for me that day. i even rekindled the opinion that mandy moore was so OA, with her lips turning into a certain shape when she's talking or singing. so disappointed was i, who was looking for another chance to clean my eyes. yeah, just for that sole purpose. so when am i going to get that chance again?
i was also finally able to watch interview with the vampire. and of course, brad pitt is still that uber gorgeous guy. while i was watching i was thinking kirsten dunst is so goddamn lucky to be able to play with these 3 sexy and charming guys. need i mention them? even at the sake of melting in envy, i tell you that they are brad pitt, tom cruise and antonio banderas, who playes Armand (i've bought Anne Rice's book on him but i haven't finished reading it yet). goodness, what an experience it could've been. and to think she was still oh-so-young back then.
aside from that movie which i've been wanting to see (which now i have and which has now led me to want to read all of anne rice's novels), i have a few more that i wished to see before this sem's outbreak but which unfortunately would have to be saved for the christmas break or for the next sembreak *sigh*. i wanna watch ocean's eleven, shark tale, a cinderella story (after seeing the preview a while ago), the ring (japanese version - hoping for a good scare), and i'm forgetting some other things. anyway, good thing i was able to watch cradle 2 the grave last time. astig ni jet li. and he's so kawaii!
ayway, till next time. get *funked!
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