I have been born and raised in Bicol. Although I spend around 6 years in Manila, I still chose to come home and work here in Legazpi City. I have my roots deeply planted here but am I totally Bicolano?

You see, they say that Bicolano's love spicy food. I do not. They say that the Bicolano loves food cooked in gata (coconut milk). I am not much of a fan. They also do say that Bicolanos are quite religious. I have my own faith but I sincerely am not happy about religion. I dunno. But at least I can say that I can speak (and understand) at least 3 Bicolano dialects. (They're pretty interesting.)

Anyway, I tried out a quiz to see if I do understand really deep Bicolano. But I guess not. I only got 5 correct answers out of a total 10. 50%! Sheesh. I was told, "Salamat Atomicgirl. An saimong nakua: 5 sa sampulong pipilian. Kaipuhan po na mag-adal pa nin bikol." and this means "Thanks Atomicgirl. You got: 5 correct answers. You still need to study Bicol more."

So, if you're a Bicolano, understand the language, or you would simply like to try it out and see how you fare, try this quiz.

And yeah. Leave me a comment. I'd like to know how you fared.

Appetizer: How many pieces of jewelry do you wear most days?
One - just a pair of earrings.

Soup: What is your favorite instrumental song?
The Pirates of the Caribbean's main theme.

Salad: Who has a last name that you like?
A former boardmate. Her last name was Cagandahan (which means "prettiness" in English). Oh yeah. I also would love to have Johnny Depp's last name. Heehee!

Main Course: Name a popular movie you’ve never seen.
Schindler's List

Dessert: Fill in the blank: Nothing makes me ___________ like ____________.
Nothing makes me uber happy like my son can.

My birthday is coming up soon. And I decided to do a wishlist. (I was actually reminded by this post I did last December.

Here are some of the things I asked for last December. Let me tick off those that I already got and do not want.

• computer - i  already bought one last march
• cellphone -  just bought one a month ago
• wardrobe - i need more!
  
• playpen -  my son's too old for that now
• writing jobs - more high-paying ones. yeehaw!
  
• bags - more!
  
• sandals - cooler ones
  
• digicam - puchased one last december
• motorcycle - i want a car now
• oblation statuette
• own domain -  nah! not interested anymore
• flash drive - bought one last march
• home entertainment system - i want! i want! i want
• CSI DVDs - plus other DVDs (Heroes, Korean telenovelas, and Prison Break)
  

I think I also would like to add that I would like to add the following to the list:

• travel packages for free to anywhere in the philippines (i really would like to see more of our country!)
• a computer table
• a UPS
• a dSLR
• books
• Harry Potter series (all of 'em!)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• Prince Caspian
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Silver Chair
• The Horse and His Boy
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Last Battle
  
• The Da Vinci Code
• Angels & Demons
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
  
• Johnny Depp original VCDs or DVDs
  
• A Nightmare On Elm Street
• Platoon
• 21 Jump Street (the whole series)
• Cry-Baby
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Arizona Dream
• Benny and Joon
• Ed Wood
• Don Juan deMarco
• Dead Man
• Nick of Time
• Donnie Brasco
• The Brave
• LA Without A Map
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Sleepy Hollow
• The Ninth Gate
• The Astronaut's Wife
• Chocolat
• Before Night Falls
• The Man Who Cried
• Blow
• From Hell
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
• Once Upon A Time In Mexico
• Secret Window
• Finding Neverland
• The Libertine
• Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Inside the Actor's Studio: Johnny Depp

By the way, anyone who is willing to give me the items on the list would be greatly appreciated. Haha. Tama ba yun? Uh... I'll also give you some link love. And yeah, if you could give Johnny Depp (as in siya talaga!) to me, I'll love you for the rest of my life!

Also, I decided to change the date of when I'll be answering all your questions. I think I'll answer them after my birthday, perhaps on the 11th of July. That way, you can still drop your questions. You still have time to ask me whatever's been bugging you regarding me, my views, my blog, and whatever else. Anyhow, you can check out that post and send your comments here.

Around a week ago, I decided to ask for a rating (and a "berating") from Berate My Blog. I thought, well, maybe I should put in my blog so that I could know what others think of my blog. After all, this opportunity does not come everyday.

Anyhow, my wish has been granted and my blog's been given a score of 7.5. Not bad if you ask me. I mean, this is a personal blog and it's all about me and my views and who I've been with. I actually treat this blog as a "logbook" of sorts so I can go back in time and remember just what happened during those times. That's it.

I'm simply happy. Thanks for the comments and the suggestions. I'll see if I can work them with how I run my blog. We'll see. So to Unica and Fiona, thanks!

Last June 17, Sunday, a couple of colleagues and I went to Jovellar. It was a fun day and I got totally sunburned (even if I did not dare go to the waterfalls itself). Anyway, to let you get a glimpse of what happened, here are some pictures.



On the way to Jovellar.
Pic 1: Jhong, Jam, Kaye Anne, and Peachy.
Pic 2: Talie, Olops, Dex, Leonel, Art.


Stopover while waiting for Mecheil. Taken in the middle of the road (Yep! There were no cars or tricycles or jeepneys passing by. Hehe!) Art, Kaye Anne, Talie, Jhong, Dex, Peachy, Charlie, and Leonel.


The views to Quitinday Falls.


Walking to the falls.


The view at the falls.


Just arrived at the waterfalls. Charlie, Art, Mecheil, Talie, Olops, Peachy, Dex.


The falls.


Hanging out in the water before eating lunch.


The views.
Pic 1: The way to reach the falls.
Pic 2: The waterfalls itself.


Not all were swimmers so to reach the falls, they used a "salbabida".


Yey!


Welcome to Quitinday Falls.
Pic 1: Going back up to go to the other location.
Pic 2: The sign.


The second spot.


Free-flowing clean water.


The cast of "Survivor: Joveller".


Time to go home.


Pack up!

I'll be posting these photos and the rest of the whole batch at my photoblog. Oh yeah, if you find the photos above too small, just click on them. Hehe.