I’ve just created a new concoction of rhum coke! It tastes great actually =).
Here’s the recipe:
1 cup coke
1-2 tbsp rhum
1 drop vanilla extract
1/4-1/8 tsp nutmeg
It’s simple but it tastes great. I think people drink rhum coke because of the vanilla flavor in rhum; they just don’t know it! 
The past few days have been good and bad.
I’ve received a letter from my penpal in Denmark. =D I’ve slept at 1 am just to make another batch of letters to my penpals in Slovakia, Denmark and Japan. Nothing can replace personal good ‘ol handwriting. There’s always something very special in every stroke. That means the 1 o’ clock was worth it!
Our trip to Busay was alright. Although, it was better the last time. That morning, I packed up my stuff for the trip. At that time, I’ve recently learned a really quick Japanese shirt folding technique. It was even from Queer Eye! By the way, I’m not gay. Entering the school, I first saw Andrew, Dennis and James at their usual waiting spot — the bench. I asked, "Where’s everybody?"; "They left na". I was surprised since I was just 15 minutes late ("just" in my standards!). They were leaving also, they just were waiting for something. They’ve mentioned that Mr. Langahin needs a ride; so I’ve waited a couple of minutes, then we left. As we went up, he was talking about the college courses I plan to take. I want to take up business and culinary arts. We just kept discussing about the possible colleges and its courses. UA & P seems to be my first choice.
We’ve finally reached it. As I went down everybody was setting things up and sir asked to bring the stuff down from my car. I helped set up the tents and took some pictures (for our school newspaper) right after piling up our bags.
At the middle of everything. The "bell" rang (if you consider glass and spoons one). The TAAS meeting was about to start. We entered a dim room lit by its chandelier in the middle and some of it’s light outside. Everybody sat at the chairs at room’s walls. We all faced the table at its center. It was kinda’ short. We just were discussing about what to do today and tomorrow after praying the rosary.
When the afternoon was coming to a close, everything was all at its place. Now it’s time to cook! We brought barbeques, ribs and soda. Dennis and I tried to light up some charcoal, and we did (after almost an hour)!
The rain came pouring in and now our tents were all wet! I could hear shouting everywhere and I also donated my fair share. =P What was great was the teamwork we all gave. Everything was all very well coordinated. We’ve managed to move our tents and fit a roof over it. Then we worked together to clean up the inside. We were all soaking wet after that. Now’s the perfect time to use the Japanese shirt folding technique. =P
The While the people were cooking, a few of us started talking about philosophy. It was actually interesting. I was arguing over whether freedom reallys exists. The question that really irked the group was "Can you kill your own mother?". That seems simple enough, but I had to make it harder by saying "You will, if there is a cause". Everyone answered "yes". I answered the same reply more than 10 times, so you can imagine how aggravated they were!
Dinner was ready. Everybody was at the table outside the house except me and the few people who were talking back there. We were playing billiards. =P We ate after most of them left the table. Everybody was getting ready to sleep in the house except us who were sleeping at the tent. We stayed up all night listening to the i-pod and drinking soda. We were waiting till morning to drink some beer. When morning finally arrived, we bought some Tanduay and some Coke since there wasn’t any beer. I ended up sleeping after that, while everyone else were wide awake.
Since it rained that night, we couldn’t climb up the mountain. This is why the other trip was alot better. Anyways’… we ended up cooking all our food. That meant that there were piles of food on the table (okay, maybe I’m kinda’ exaggerating). While we waited for our car, we played some poker. lol
Well that’s our trip. I just gave this blog a less personal touch. I’m experimenting on other styles for the Surfing Times (our school newspaper)!
Last week, our class was in Manila. It’s too bad that I couldn’t come along. =( That meant that I’d be left alone with only one classmate. All I did was stay in the library the whole day (partially because of the air conditioning =P). On friday, I’ve decided to be absent. Finally I could relax! I was reading and listening to music all day and some chatting in between.
I made some scones that day and they were really good! Imagine bread with a milky buttery taste. Then we drove to the dentist to have my braces adjusted. I asked him when can I take my braces of and he realised that I finally can! What’s weird’s that I expected my world to change. Instead, familiarity just came back that instant. It felt as if I never wore braces in my life. There wasn’t any new sensation. It’s neither a good thing or a bad thing anyway. What was really different is when I looked at the mirror.
The next day was Justin’s birthday party. I first met up with Jane for some coffee, then I went to Parklane for the party. The food was good for a buffet. =) After that, we played at 460 for 4 hours. I met up with Hannah and Jane with her friends to watcha movie. Then we had some coffee before we go out clubbing (yeah, I’m actually suprised that I did that).
The next day (yesterday) was really great. =D A popular chef was going to do a show in Ayala. Maybe you’ve seen that Rocco ad? I’ve learned alot of good tips from him and I even had a picture with his autograph! Here’s a pic…
Here’s the autograph. The other’s "photoshoped" ’cause he mispelled my name!
Here’s the unedited one…
This ad might seem familiar…
That’s about it! I’m really happy =D lmao
Ciao!
It’s been anothe long time since I’ve written here. Anywayz’, I’ll be quick. I’ve have a few things to do and a few things to pack before I go there.
It’s a trip organised by our club. The club’s called TAAS, meaning… Oh no, I forgot the meaning! I remember that one of those "A’s" mean "alternative". lol, oh well.
We’ll be meeting up at school in an hour’s time. I’ll be donating one of our cars to bring us up (the multicab! =P). Everybody’s obliged to bring food for the trip and share ‘em. I’ll be bringing some rhum as well.
The last time I’ve been there was awesome. That was, I think, two years back. Some of us sleep in tents and some at the house — bother overlooking the city. I remember at the tent, a couple of us would making some howling noises, and the cool thing is that the other dogs do the same! We’ve climbed a mountain to a shrine. The mountain was completely unpaved and at that time, it was completely muddy. A few didn’t even want to continue. The half an hour climb as well worth it. I’d say it was the best view you can see of the city. The huge stone shrine of our Lady stood at the hill’s top. There was no trace of civilsation around it, with the exception of the statue. We carefully crossed this barbed-wire fence to get a better scenery. After a few prayers, we climbed back down the slippery slope. The trip took around 2 hours. We were welcomed by the streets of the Ayala Heights and those huge grass-like plants which some of us took home. After that, found myself in a marathon run with someone, lol.
That’s the story of my previous trip. =) I hope that it would be better than the last time! I think we’ll be climbing the highest peak in Cebu this time.
Oh yeah, I’m the school’s journalist for this trip. I’ll be posting about the trip in the school newspaper. I was also the TAAS photographer that time. I’m not sure about now though. I’m still going to take some photos for the newspaper.
Well, that’s about it.
Ciao!
