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Post Christmas and New Year
Dec 26-27 - i went to the province with my dad and my brother to visit my mom's grave. we rode by bus and it was a bit tiring to just sit there and wait for the stopover. seriously my butt hurt! i learned that my half-brother wanted to visit the cemetery too before he goes back to cebu so we arranged a meetup so we can go to the cemetery together. it was quite awkward because my half-brother doesn't really go with us because he's a very independent person, but yea, i think i saw it coming that my dad would give some sort of lecture for all three of us that at the end of the day, we only have each other. recently my brother brought up the topic while we were in the car and he said that it's just going to be the both of us sticking to each other, and my half-brother won't really care much because he's got a life of his own. although i see his point, i can just sense that he still has not got over their silent feud that well. my brother actually ruined our photo albums back in the day. he cut out my half-brother's face from our group pictures and such. that was how mad he was at him. i guess puberty also added to the problem because my brother was like 12 when our mom died. i couldn't have the same anger he felt towards our half-brother. to me, he's like a cousin who still had some odd responsibility over us in a way. we're not close (too bad), but it's not like his presence is dearly missed when he's not around. like i said, he's an independent fellow and i'm used to it. we went to the cemetery then and the place is just full of dried leaves. i decided to sweep the leaves with a stick. imagine me squatting and shit while swiping those leaves with a twig repeatedly off the cement. anyway, i had to go back to manila on the 27th and my half-brother couldnt stay in the province so we both went back by bus together (he brought along a friend during his trip though so it was less awkward than expected). then we got back to the city, we dined in amici, this italian pasta cuisine place in tomas morato. i was guessing that my brother didn't want to be in that situation so he found an excuse to go home separately. i just hope he could be more open. he's civil to him, but i dont think it's enough.
Dec 28 - my friends and i planned to meet up in a school campus so we can buy barbecued chicken intestines and such (haha). we also checked out the bazaar there and i found some cheapass books. one was about writing with the aid of pictures, and another about race and heredity. i know, i know, i pick up the most boring books ever but i actually feel comfortable reading stuff like this. (recently i even bought a second-hand book about parenting and children's privacy, and im not even a parent to begin with!) afterwards, we just went to up ayalaland technohub to check out the place. it's not yet complete as there are still empty spots. there's not much to see yet but we pretty much enjoyed the water fountain and lights there. plus the architecture looks interesting. it reminded me of an airport, im not sure why.
NOM NOM NOM (at The Old Spaghetti House)
im skipping december 29 because i just stayed home that day. it turns out that my stepsister went home from illinois by surprise and she brought along her family, so there was a sudden change in plans in our household.
Dec 30 - the whole family went to this country club where my stepmother and stepsiblings are members of. i have been around the place 2 years ago but ive never been to the clubhouse because it's fairly new and ive been busy with work. i didnt swim like the rest of them kids, instead i just strolled around and checked out the amenities.
Goddamn buffets make me fat.
later that evening, my stepsister who just came from the states wanted to go somewhere and eat sisig (lol). we went to eastwood city and dined at dencio's because they have one of the best sisigs in town.
One of my favorite dishes ever. :)
Afterwards, we decided to go to a karaoke bar just so we can sing and have a good time.
Food at CenterStage is gooood. :P
dec 31 - it's the typical new year celebration in our house. we were supposed to go to sm mall of asia and join in the countdown celebration but 1) it was raining, 2) my younger brother was having puberty tantrums, sorry for the lack of term, but he's kind of a brat sometimes. he's not even talking to me now (private matter, sorry).
My fireworks photo sucks.
Jan 1- went to the mall because the day before, my videocam f*cked up, and i thought that if i came with my family to the mall, i could have it fixed, but alas, the sony repair shop place is still closed due to the holidays. went to see tanging ina 2 which blew my mind in a bad way. you call that a festival entry? it was just awful. this year's metro manila film festival is such a joke.
Jan 2 - went to a nice park in quezon city. full of treesssss3333, yay!
Jan 3 - went to the carnival in the evening. i didnt take any rides though. i just played games there like that one where you have to knock down these milk bottles.
it sucks that i have to work again. argh. someday im going to have command of my time.. someday...
