DRUMMER'S PENSIEVE

(more of an exaust from my crazy mind =p)

oh man!

"if i could change the world.. i will be the sunlight in your universe.."

super feel good naman masyado 'yang song na'yan.. pero pwede na..

in a few hours later, i'll be on my way back to greenBOX for work. For now, I just have a little time to make my blog..

last week, I had the privilege of experiencing an hour of full-body massage at SPA 101, courtesy of Jofe the superfriend who has a former-present-and-currently-missing-boyfriend.. (do I make sense on that one?*laughs*) anyway.. when we went inside the spa, I found the good ambience that the small place offers. Dim light, jazz/folk songs, you can even hear the sound of birds, plus the rooms with beds that has a hole in the near end. Days and days ago, Jofe was complaining about her backpains-due-to-stress that she has been experiencing. So, even with her limited budget, still, she indulged herself (and dragged me along with her) to a great spa experience. We were placed in two, different rooms..but those rooms were just separated by a curtain..and with that, we can still see each other and talk from time to time.

and..the lady masseur (tama ba?) came in and asked me to remove my clothing (including my bra) leaving me only with a green, pair of short pants..of course, i haven't removed my ..you know.. after a few minutes, she came back with some liniment oil, of which she says it's peppermint, for my full hour aromatherapeutic massage. She covered my legs with a small-sized blanket and started massaging my back with what we call the "effleurage". This is a type of back rub in which you start stroking on the back of the client near it's sacrum (last bone in the spinal column) up to the neck. Next stroke was like a "petrisage". Another type of back rub in which you form your hands like a triangle and make-ipit the muscles on the back of the client. After around 30 minutes of the back rub. She switched to do a massage in my lower extremities. Well, what she did was she just pulled down my underwear and made some massage in my gluteus muscle..i hope you know what that is. I felt harrassed! haha.. she didn't even care of asking for my permission before doing it so.. but well.. i can't really do anything about it. I just ducked my face inside the hole of the bed so that I could laugh my lungs out while my gluteus muscles were undergoing some squeezing action. HAHA! She went into my legs..my feet.. oh my! It seems like she's been tickling me to death! hehehe.. to my toes.. then back to my hands...there she goes on and on..

what striked me most was her FINALE... after massaging everything behind me..and my behind.. she asked me something really funny.. well..it wasn't really a joke for her, but it was for me. SURPRISE! as verbalized by the lady masseur

"ma'am, atubang daw ma'am"

whew! no way! you went down all the way to my behind and now you are asking me to face up-front?!? haha.. of course i haven't told her that.. what I did is..I just laughed and laughed and asked her of what she is going to do next..

well.. sa hands lang daw naman pala.. ako talaga o..naman! hehe..

after massaging my everything...(haha) *swoons* she went massaging my face.. and I can't help thinking.. "she went all the way down and under using her hands and now..she is touching my face!" WELCOME STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS! hehehe.. so 'yun..

after the great adventure, I then asked Jofe and commented about the gluteus thingy and the face stuff.. well.. SHE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE, TOO!

by: glenbelle at August 31, 2006 14:17 | link | comments (1)

im bored, stuck, and stranded.

i was surprised with the morning text message that i received from my boss at greenbox, saying that there'll be no piano tutorials today since my students are all busy at the moment. i was kind of disappointed with the news because i was looking forward of doing something productive today. I can't do anything about it anyway. So, what I did was i went home, thinking that i'd be seeing any of my folks around. Sadly, I haven't seen any of them around here. So I just cleaned mess around the house (for it is a total mess!), washed the dishes, fixed my bed, cooked for breakfast/lunch, prepared a pitcher of orange juice, and checked my emails. I rented two , pirated (sorry) video cds (ant bully and so close 9)  to get me out from boredom.

Thanks to the pirates. Now I know why Veejay loves them so much. hehe.. joke lang. well.. I haven't seen the Ant Bully yet because it cannot be viewed here in our computer. Sorry for me. At least, I have seen one movie today, which somehow, delivered me from boredom! haha.

Lunchtime came and I am already beginning to get bored with myself and the computer. Praise be the Lord for Jofe's arrival! hehe.. She came here for lunch and well.. at least for an hour of today, i had somebody to share my thoughts to. After lunch, she went back to school again.

Hours past, still I had no single relative who arrived here in our house. Wow. My eyes are already tired, and so as my whole body. So, I just took an afternoon sleep.




The rains fell so hard, it made me wake up from my deep sleep. It was already 6pm and nobody is still around. Im stucked and stranded. What can I do? hhmm..

by: glenbelle at August 26, 2006 21:28 | link | comments (1)

updates. updates. updates.

Jofe wanted me to write a blog of how we celebrated (celebration nga ba un??) our Kadayawan Festival Together. Oh..for the record, this was my first time to spend it with somebody who is not from church.. yung mga church friends ko kasi are also busy with their own lives din.. so un.. hahay.. but there was no significant difference being with Jofe and my other ATEs at church. Pantay lang.. hehe.. I'm happy with the thought that I am able to go with people older (hehe..sorry for the lack of a better word babs!) than me.. Jofe and I call each other "Labs".. I can't really explain why and when it started but when we started hanging out, yun na.. so... don't ask further because I have no answers to tell you too. For now, we call each other B1 and B2, in short for babz or baboy.. kasi nga.. lomolobo na kaming dalawa.. hehe..

Kadayawan Festival Celeb Day 1

Our Kadayawan Fest Celeb started last August 17 (though the city's week-long Festival really started last August 14).. Jofe once travelled to the Land of the Rising Sun and stayed there for quite some time too.. That's why she speaks so good in Nihonggo and has gained a lot of Japanese friends and acquaintances too. One of her friends, Fujii, which she fondly calls as Kuya Fujii, came to visit the Philippines for "spending purposes only".. He came to visit his friends too, I think. Of course, as Jofe's steady date (hahaha.. joke lang) uban2x pud ko.. I saw her friends, including the japanese..and He looks like a Japanese version of Jose Mari Chan too.. I haven't joined them in dinner because it was my mother's birthday so I have to be with my family. (haha.. thank goodness! I was saved from an entire night of eating those Japanese foods..haha) weeeeeee!

Kadayawan Fest Celeb Day 2

Early morning of August 18, I got already star-strucked with the faces of Ton-Ton Gutierez, Marc Nelson, and models from here and there..and you know where? in the breakfast buffet table of Marco Polo Hotel, (haha..joiners jud ko) Davao. Hang-out na naman from the hotel to Gaisano Mall (because Fujii's going back to Manila) to Akiko Japanese Restaurant, to Jack's Ridge (where the Jap took lotsa pictures), and to Mergrande Ocean Resort (where we witnessed a wedding ceremony of a Nowa(y)gian to a Filipina, who is just a quarter of the foreigner's height and weight and who looks like a teenager who doesn't even have a single idea on what the real world was.  That really looks funny and weird. haha. I saw the honorable vice mayor Luis (I so love that name!) Bonguyan too. On our way back to the hotel, we checked out the Arc of David near the Queensland Lodge. Anyway.. that was quite a tiring day. Dinner was held at the Rancher's Grill (wow.. the food there is great! plus a very nice ambience).. We went home..uh oh.. I mean.. Jofe went home and I came along with her.. hahaha..

Kadayawan Fest Celeb Day 3 (August 19)

We just stayed at Jofe's home. We've got nothing to do and so tired to do anything at all..

and the FINALE...

Kadayawan Fest Celeb Day 4 (August 20)

08-20-06 1:06am
It started from a phone call. Jofe and I were just halfway from our heart-to-heart conversation when her phone started YELLING. Her friend from GenSan is on-town, wasted with her friends at Halo Bar. Because of the constant nagging of hhhmmm... ITAGO NATIN SYA SA PANGALANG IRA .. we rushed out of the house to join her for Ramen.. now I know that's the term used for noodles.

at COGON este COGOT bar, we found her and her gang. I noticed that their conversation was too intense that you can really sense that something is really, really wrong.

THE CONVERSATION (editted version..word or words may be correct or editted.. )

CAST:

IRA
the friend of my Babs

IRISH GAY
3rd year Law Student of Harvard..este.. Harbor.. joke lang.. im not so convinced kasi.. Why Irish? Because from a book that I've read.. Irish people were known to be green-color-lovers..and He wore green that night..and well..they drink too much too.. hhmm.. Gay? No need for me to elaborate. *winks*

HAPPY TOOTHPASTE .
the Irish's Male Lover as flaunted by the lover himself

LUIS
the Japanese-looking youngster who acts like somebody I know..gasyong.. i miss that somebody..haha...

(I was kinda proud of myself and Jofe because we were the only ones who were not intoxicated. So now.. here's the conversation..TAKE ONE!)

IRA: hOY! b*&@!t! ganina pa ako tawag ng tawag sa'yo, ba't ngayon ka lang???

Jofe: Natulog na man gud ko, girl. Sorry ha. O, naunsa na man mo?

IRA: Damn it, dong.. Basa kaayo ko o! Guniti dong, guniti! (sabay turo sa pants)

Jofe: O.. naunsa man diay na?

IRA: Dong, first time namo dire sa Halu-Halo Bar,,

Jofe: ehem.. Halo na sya, girl.. as in HAY-LO

IRA: Ah basta.. Halu-halo na sa GEnsAn! Unya Dong, Gibasa mi sa mga I*@t didto sa sulod! Nagsayaw-sayaw sa among atubangan Dong. Ang mga igut2x halos makita na namo! Tama ba Naman na Dong!??

*jofe tries to listen intently

IRISH GAY:(with an obvious cebuano accent) Yes, as a matter of fact, they don't seem to realize the difference between a dance floor and a bar..

*now, I'm trying to laugh.. thinking, is this some kinda court thingy??

and IRISH Gay Continues...

IRISH GAY:  We were just sitting there in the bar and these girls came dancing right in front of our face. (IRA: {interrupting} oo jud dong! yes dong) That was a bar and not a dance floor!

IRA: Oo, Dong. I agree.

Jofe: So, unsa man inyong gusto buhaton karon?

IRISH GAY: Amo na ireklamo sa management ui. We are their customers and we've paid our drinks.. (IRA still interrupting)

Jofe: Hilum sa girl beh!

IRA: hahaha.. pangit ka dong! hehehe

Jofe: (asking the IRISH Gay) Unya?

IRISH GAY: We will complain in Halo management on Wednesday, right here, right now!

** (kai)hahahaha.. on wednesday, right here, right now?? hehe. tama ba yun..

Jofe: Okay sige, tama man pud. Naa moy point. So, magreklamo na mo?

IRA: Oo dong. wala man lang nag-sorry dong. Gibayaran pa ko ug 200 pay-sus!  Ana pud ko dong.. "I dont need your money. Akala mo ikaw lang makakabayad nyan. Gisi-on ko nang kwarta sa imong atubangan karon.. bake@u!" ana jud akong giingon, dong ui. Abi niyag wala koy kwarta! huh!

Jofe: O..sya..sya.. sige na.. kinsa may muuban nakog adto sa management. Tara na samtang naa pay mga employees sa sulod.

IRA: Oo.. sige dong.. ako uban dong.. hoy IRISH GAY (tapping the Irish Gay).. mao ni sya si Donna ui. Ako ng bespren didto sa New York ui! hihihihi.. gwapa noh??

Jofe: Sige na girl.. adto na ta..

IRISH Gay: ayaw nalang siguro ui

IRA: ngano man.. ?? naa na si Donna dire o (referring to Jofe)

IRISH GAY: ayaw nalang lagi, girl. PASAGDI NALANG TO SILA.

IRA: Naunsa man na sya ui.

IRISH GAY: o.. ayna..ayna..

Jofe: Aw.. unsa man? Asa man ta karon?

IRA: mangaon nalang ta Ramen Dong..

Jofe: O dali na. sa Dimsum Diner ta

IRA: Lami na dinha, DOng?

Jofe: Oo.

HAPPY TOOTHPASTE: Sa Kusina Dabaw nalang ta!

*toink... hehehe.. KD cant beat DD noh! darn.

Happy TOOTHPASTE: sige.. magkuha nako ug taxi..


**** at Dimsum Diner *****

Irish Gay and others kept on complaining and saying their pieces, again and again and again.. stupid. eh di nagreklamo nalang sana sila! hehe. joke lang..

Im now quite good at handling chopsticks while eating..if you have a sensei as patient as Jofe, you'll surely learn how.  so..this LUIS guy (who sits at my left) started to ask me to help him eat using chopsticks too..

LUIS: (with a wasted grin) Can you teach me on how to use this?

Kai: sure.. sayon lang na.. (tutor2x kuno)

LUIS: how many months ang training ani?

Kai: training?? hehehehe.. toink..

..............THE END...................

I really laughed upon hearing that "training" word.. haha.. okay.. yun lang.. Kadayawan was not that festive this year as I compare it with last year's celebration. No Hiyas ng Kadayawan. No street parties (with River Maya).. and no fafables to choose from.. hahay.. still, being with these people and especially Jofe, made this Feast memorable -- a memory that I could keep in my Long-term memory Storage that is instored inside my brain that I could retrieve whenever I need something to cheer me up.

Bravo!

by: glenbelle at August 25, 2006 10:21 | link | comments

For a dear friend

When you are with a real friend:

1. ...You can't think about anything but happiness
2. ...The struggles of life becomes lighter as you endure things together
3. ...It reminds you that GOD takes care of you through them
4. ...It doesn't make you feel bad about yourself-- you're free to be you
5. ...Inspires you to become better..and
6. ...You become a real friend too.

by: glenbelle at August 14, 2006 13:13 | link | comments