yes. i'm much too overworked (i think) and i wanna go to manila.

you may be saying that manila is not a haven of beach and sand and sea and paradise but could be actually a concoction of loud noises, never-ending traffic jams, and hurried people. but i do love manila the way it is. that's why when i need to unwind and relax, manila is the place to be for me.

what do i miss in manila?
* the freedom
* my friends
* my orgmates
* the hustle and bustle of life
* the colors and the sounds
* my former housemates (big brother, ikaw ba yan?)
* my org
* my alma mater
* isaw and fishball
* vinzons hall
* kwek-kwek
* cheese sticks
* and a whole lot more!

if you're really that kind, could you spare me some change? i mean, change enough for me to buy tickets to manila and back? please?

so. i've been going over the internet and guess what i clicked into? yes. kabataan partylist pictures. and yes, i'd like you guys to vote for them.



i guess this is part of a cultural presentation or something during the event.



i think these are some of the people behind the kabataan partylist. i do know though that mong is one of them. and that the partylist's nominees are raymond "mong" palatino, enrico "rico" almonguerra, mary francis "pancit" veloso, clarissa "claring" singson, mark louise galanga, and angela colmenares. (i took the names right out of here. hehe. so i'm no genius.)



another presentation i guess.



the very best part of all. that's atom and giba. haha. atom and giba. when they're together, they're like the opposites. skin color. height. atom is quite not so talkative while giba is ever the opposite. atom is not so hyper while giba is hyper to the highest level. haha. i miss giba though. i also miss atom. haha. (hindi na. hindi ko na siya type.)

thanks, by the way, to arkibong bayan for these pictures.

can you? can you? can you?

i know you can.

it's just too much and my emotions are just plain too easy to see.

i know you can.

don't deny that you don't see (or feel) the smile on my face.

i'm just happy. too happy for my own good.

"buti naman okay na kayo." [good thing you're okay now.]

"kami?" [us?]

"oo. kayo. at least, bati na kayo." [yup. you. at least, you're in good terms already.]

"matagal na yun. tsaka mabuti na yun. at least, hindi lang ako makikipagbati dahil may kailangan lang ako o may kailangan kami." [we've been in good terms for quite a while already. it's better that way. at least, i would not be burying the hatchet just because i, or we, need something from him/her.]

"oo nga. nabanggit niya yun." [yup. he did mention that.]

"ang alin?" [which one?]

"yung bati na kayo. nasabi niya yung dito siya natulog sa'min after namin mag-inuman." [that you're in good terms already. he told me that when he slept over at our house after we had our drinking sessions.]

"ah okay." [oh okay.]