As Miz Alanis sang, "I'm broke but I'm happy.. I'm poor but I'm kind.. I'm short but I'm healthy, Yeah!!! I'm high but I'm grounded.. I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed.. I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby.." so this is what we did on an ordinary afternoon -- enjoying Jollibee and a magnificent sunset!!!

How I wish I brought my SLR with me :(



I think the colors changed every second and it was so good while it lasted.. and the food was purely Pinoy that I enjoyed every bite to my heart's content. Nevermind the calories.



“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”



“Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.” ~Oscar Wilde

The Annual Feast of All Saints and the Feast of All Souls!

Location: Ormoc City Cemetery

*Di daw pwede magdala ug inom ug baraha... Hmmm..
Basta naa jud mi Miss Kalag2x and Mrs. Kalag2x! LOL!

P.S. To caption or not to caption? Murag daghan man kaayo ug captionan... *sigh*

Last year, it was this fun:



And this year... it's THIS fun!!!











Trick or treat?!?



Photos by Manoy.

Our hideout is not so hidden anymore :(

Yeah, we do have a "Recla" in Ormoc.

On a regular Thursday night. xD

Just now as I sat on my swivel chair, ready to edit/post this album, I had a déjà vu. Eeekk!! Don't know why.

So anyways, here are the pictures taken today from our trip to DFA Tacloban City (the capital of Leyte) for our passport renewal. Wasn't really gonna take pix but since we had enough time, why not?! ^_^

P.S. I just realized Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the gang have turned GOLD. King Midas must have paid them a visit ;) LOL!

P.S.S. Lunch was at Ocho2x. YUM!

P.S.S.S. Diri ako makarit magyakan hin Winaray!! Waaahhh!!!

I had another topic in mind for my blog tonight but just now I decided to talk about something else. My gums are still throbbing like crazy after having endured a great ordeal with my recent dental work. I've been stressing about it for a week because it's really true that a smile can be priceless... or in my case, paving the perfect way to insolvency.

What did I do now? Nothing really. I just opened my mouth for what seemed like forever while the good doctor drilled, contoured, and God knows what else he did to give me back my self-confidence. Apparently, I'm one of the unfortunate souls who aren't blessed with enviable pearly whites.

A quick history. Nine years ago I got myself a fixed bridge. What is that? Well, it's like dentures but the permanent kind, so you don't have to worry about chewing gum sticking to it or worse, losing it at the beach when you're out swimming. I got 4 false teeth that is. Too much information, huh? Well, for those who can relate, it really is a pain in the neck (or the oral mucosa) having to deal with it.

About a week ago, I was brushing my teeth under pressure after getting alarmed when my mobile phone kept ringing while I was doing my nightly hygiene ritual. (Note to self: Turn the phone off or put it in silent mode when getting ready for bed.) So then, my gums must have bled when I accidentally brushed too hard. My anger management skills and patience were nowhere to be found that I bit my faggot pink toothbrush so freaking hard that it basically broke my tooth! Actually, it was a porcelain tooth so it didn't really hurt... but damn, when I looked at the mirror and smiled, I swear the mirror could have broken to a billion pieces. Okay, so I'm exaggerating. Bottomline: I was really furious at my reflection with one missing tooth! What the #@*%!

Eventually, I was able squeeze an appointment at the dentist the very next day (lucky me, the clinic is just 100 or so meters away from my house) and got it checked. Alas! There's nothing else to do but replace all 4 teeth since it was a fixed bridge. Don't bother asking how much it cost me. But I'll tell you this… it could have bought me a new laptop. There goes my one month salary!

I spent almost an entire afternoon fighting urges to stop squirming at the dentist’s chair as we took off the 9-year-old fixed bridge. When he finally succeeded in getting it all off, I stared at my reflection and it was a million times horrendous compared to that night I broke that one tooth! Thus explains why I sentenced myself on house arrest for a week…

So today, I received an SMS from the secretary at the clinic with good news that my new teeth may be installed today. (Hahaha! Installed! It’s so techy!) Anyways, there I spent an hour or more hoping the pain won’t require me anesthesia but to my dismay, it was really too much to handle. The doctor was even surprised at my actual pain tolerance and the fact that I didn’t bleed much. But after a while, I had to ask for it to block the now considerable amount of pain I was experiencing. And mind you, it wasn’t as sweet as the kind of pain that getting a tattoo brings!

All in all, I’d say he did a very excellent job. The pain was worth it… and now I have a very good reason to smile again.

So here it is… my brand-new smile. Tee hee!



Looks pretty "normal" and ordinary to me. HAHAHA! But that's the point!!!
And what better way to celebrate it than with a pint of ice cream! Hurrayy!!!



Wouldn't you say my dentist did a helluva job well done???



Now, can you guess where's the fixed bridge? ^_^


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Today we're celebrating Charter Day in Ormoc City but I'm not gonna post stuff about that... (not yet anyway) so instead, here's another one for the ladies.

Heads up! Here's the list of Ormoc Party Scene's MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS.



It didn't come as a surprise to me that 50% of the men in this list are my poker buddies (3 of them are my classmates from primary school, one is an EX-BF, 4 of them are my college barkada). I guess people who play poker here don't have much love lives to begin with! Ha Ha Ha! JK!

JPC wrote:

Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, defines an "eligible bachelor" as a bachelor [or an unmarried male] considered to be a particularly desirable potential husband, usually due to wealth or social status. I guess that definition can very well apply to the select gentlemen featured in our list of Most Eligible Bachelors who are very often seen in and around Ormoc's party places and social events.  These 15 successful young men remain single by choice. One of them (who asked not to be identified) aptly put it when he said, "Why make one woman miserable when I can make a lot of women happy?"

It's not like that they don't see themselves eventually getting married; perhaps it's just that they would rather -- at the moment -- work hard and party even harder, not worrying about an angry wife when they go home late at night. Not that they're afraid of commitment either but rather I would like to believe that they chose to be uncommitted so they will have all the time in their hands to find someone they truly like to be committed to in the future. Better safe than sorry, eh?

To all single women out there, take your pick from among these debonair young men. Who knows one of them might be the knight in shining armor you've been waiting for or that you may be the damsel in distress they want to rescue. But then again, as humorist H. L. Mencken said, "Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married, too."


P.S. WATCH OUT THIS WEEK'S ISSUE... Find out who has the MOST DESIRABLE CURVES, THE MOST ENVIABLE FIGURES... Check out who will make it to our list of ORMOC'S SEXIEST WOMEN...


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