Home and Away

When the sun is up and the cool breeze whistling down on your face, it would most probably be a good day to take a breather and drive up to the mountains. A couple of weeks ago, my closest friends and I drove up to the cold mountains around the outskirts of the city where our buddy's rest house lay. The one and a half hour drive to the mountain did not feel like it was a long drive because when you have friends that mock around and make fun of all the weird unusual things you pass by during the trip, they tend to make the long hour drive a hell of a laugh trip. 

When we thought that everything would work out alright as planned, the unexpected happened. The car that I was riding broke down and lost its acceleration as we were starting to drive up the mountain. We really did not know what caused the damage but our theories have concluded that we might have been jinxed by our girl buddy - she's being a paranoid since the time we took off and she was actually riding in the car where we were all comfortably seating at. I still love her though she's actually like that (laughs). Fortunately, our buddy's mom drove by coincidence and switched cars with her - she is so sweet and apparently she owns the car we were using as well. Even though we went through all of that trouble, we were still in smiling faces, calm and happy - I really don't know what our paranoid-ish friend felt all through that trouble (evil laugh).

Basically, this breather can be be but to simpler words that can actually describe the whole trip. A Buffet. For snacks, we got bags and bags of Lays, buns, bread chocolates, assorted chips, name it! 

Dinner: 

Crabs

grilled tuna belly and squid

chicken soup

Whole medium sized roast pig

Pork on tofu

Breakfast:

Scrambled Eggs

Tocino

Sausage

Corned Beef

LEFT OVERS

Lunch:

Crabs

Grilled Shrimps

Sautéed Roast Pig

Grilled Marinated Boneless Milf Fish

Adobo - Filipino Dish

Its like a the whole restaurant's menu. Don't even get me started with the desserts.

There are really cool sights and places near the rest house around the mountains. Like this piece of "Art" created by Davao's most famous artist... Kublai. 

There's this one rest house where in you can actually pay to take a dip in their swimming pool which unfortunately was recently drained when we went in. Whoever the owner of that house is surely a fan of spongebob's.

And lastly, as the afternoon was slowly setting down, we cooled off by drinking freshly made strawberry shakes at "Nowhere Diner and Cafe". I literally don't know where the place was located over in the mountains, so I guess I can say that Diner can nowhere to be found. Actually, their shakes were really good and has fresh strawberries mixed up together for a very economic price. This "Nowhere Diner" has a cowboy theme and that is why all the boys had their cowboy hats on and I was their damsel in distress, as seen in the picture below.

It was really a weekend getaway to remember. Away from all the harmful smogs and busyness of the city, it sure was a fattening yet unforgettable time with friends.

We had a smooth ride all the way back home and didn't had any bumps along the road. We counted a total of more than 15 horses back and forth and majority of them were female horses. Just a random thought. 

This poor buddy of ours must be sleep deprived. I wonder why.

Her Night of Radiance & Vivacity

You never know when you least expect it.

Last week, I came across a beauty pageant of a friend. I was excited to see her strut the ramp during coronation night of Mr. and Ms. Davao Medical School Foundation. Well, she didn't tell me when the whole thing was going to happen. I was completely clueless on that day, till a a friend told me there's a pageant thing going on that night. My cousin and I just decided to crash into the place. So we did. 

I was surprised of how the girl contestants looked pretty awesome beautiful. State of "mouth opening and drooling". 

The contestants gave a production number on a creative jeans attire, to start off the show

She poses as the Nike Goddess of Victory. Her crown is literally made out of spray painted syringes. A creative wear made out of recyclable materials.

On the Question and Answer portion, the contestants were suited with formal gowns and attires. She wore a 3-foot modern Filipiniana inspired gown by Don Mascarinas.

She recieved the "Best in Formal" and "Best in Creative Goddess Wear"; and crowned as Ms. DMSF 2010. 

Ms. Isabela Rodriguez

It might be every girl's dream to be on a pageant, but surely She had an opportunity which she least expected it to happen. She showcased her inner beauty and never backed down to call her night her own. Congratulations Ms. Isabela Rodriguez

P.S.

I just wanted to say thank you to Ms. Isabela Rodriguez for approving to let me write this feature of hers. Honestly, I did not saw the entire show. I only made it on the part where Ms. Rodriguez strut her gown. She was very entertaining because she was the only one who made an epic humorous attitude while walking the ramp. I saw how she worked out her huge long gown and she did a very good job wearing it. Kudos to you Ms. Rodriguez! 

And oh, she said that she ate McDonalds after and had her well-deserved Ms. DMSF rest. *laughs

Photos by: Their official photographer whose name I don't know. 

c/o Ms. Isabela Rodriguez