Cagayan-Davao-Manila-Davao-Cagayan de Oro

Okay so I haven't written anything in a span of 4 months or so. Lots of things has happened. Lots of things that I want to happen, didn't happen. 


I'm dividing my time between Davao and Cagayan de Oro now.  But most of the time I am here in Cagayan de Oro.  My father has decided to open a store here and I'm gonna be the one manning the site.  I don't think I will be able to travel a lot now.  On the other hand, that is fine too because well, it STILL does feel that I'm travelling mainly because of the fact that, I haven't really explored Cagayan de Oro that much.  And Bukidnon is another part of Mindanao that I want to be familiar with. It is the next town after Cagayan de Oro.  I do miss Manila sometimes.  I have friends back home that I miss a lot, cafes like Pan de Americana and Qizia, and just our house in Marikina which is near to everything! Now, I live in this small apartment, just right across this tower of a cellphone network provider.I thought at first it is a good thing. But living near a tower doesn't necessarily guarantee a fast connection/signal.  Anyway, I get chat hiccups a lot of times but that's fine.  There's nothing that I can do about it.



My Bisaya is getting better. I can say that I can pretty much comprehend what the locals say to me and I can already advise the cab driver the best route to use when I'm going home.  I think that's really important.  I'm working on my Bisaya accent like saying EKING for IKENG. I love how they change the I to E. And how they say tricyKOL for tricycle, peanut BRITOL when they mean peanut brittle, goGGOLS for goggles. You get the drift.  It sounds funny at first but I love the exaggeration.


My favorite word, I think I have mentioned this before, is LIBOG. Libog means "confused" in Bisaya.

But Libog in Tagalog, means totally different. It means HORNY. I love saying it most of the time without getting in trouble. Nalibog ko just means I'm confused but if you say that in Manila, I think people would really stare at me. Or maybe they think I have Tourette's.


This year Shao went back to Malaysia. But I met two new friends, Hans from Davao and Lester from Manila. I'm really happy to meet them! Hans told me that I should come and visit him in Seoul. I really want to try the Bunjee jumping there and ride the biggest rollercoaster in South Korea!


The last trip to Manila is hella tiring for me.  I think I might have abused my body too much, this will definitely haunt me when I'm 50.  Hans and Yong, his friend homestayed for two days. I wish I could've cooked them a nice Filipino meal.

Hans told me that Yong looks like a bear. I don't know why he said that...I don't know if it's because he had limited English. I wonder how he would described Yong if his English has gotten better. Actually for me, Yong looked like a hamster. Maybe the bear hamster.

I've been reading a lot. I have tons of books to finish.  I really should have make list.  I got a new Murakami book that I'm itching to read. But I'm trying to do a delayed gratification thing hee hee. One thing that I'm happy about--I think I will be getting my hands on Geek Love soon which is an awesome book about carnivals and freaks. The dark humour is a big come-on for me. My friend Les has agreed that I can ship it to his house in Alaska, same with what I've done with Pinball 1973 by Murakami when I asked Tom if I can have it shipped to Fukuoka. But Tom, being a good friend that he is, still hasn't asked his mom to mail it. But that's fine, as long as I know it's not lost or anything.

Very excited. Will be doing a lot of snail mails from now until the the end of November.  Not so excited about Christmas though.