I REALIZE I AM SO DEPRIVED OF THE SUN (aka summer sa pinas)

this is the first time, EVER, in my 26 years of existence that i didn't go out to the beach on a summer season! (26 years cuz my grandma always made sure my summers back then were spent in camiguin island for practical reasons, 1. to save money; 2. to probably learn farming; 3. to learn how to eat fresh fruits and vegetables picked out from the garden; 4. to learn how to fish and eat the day's catch for dinner; 5. to learn swimming without having to pay that unbelievably high fees of milo summer shit; and 6. its the ultimate survival test in the island during summers. believe me, when you're in grade 5 and all you know in life is family computer/nintendo/super mario, you will dread when summer is fast approaching and camiguin is like your living hell!)

so yes. FIRST TIME. from march to may, i am in the city. can you believe it???? and i only realized that when the hot season is almost ending. my trip to BKK is not counted at all. please.

and if i were in manila now, these are the five things i'd be doing (or should've done by now since its May already. my summer starts normally in march when 1. bora is still beautifully empty from ugly social climbers; 2. its the month of May already, few months after my performance salary, obviously i'd be broke by now! haha!)

1. obsessing on a new sarong, tanning oil and tsinelas.

2. be on a bus with my GXS family and go on a trip somewhere in luzon and preferebly unplanned! and of course, eating jollibee take out on the bus is a must! (pansol laguna is, of course, NOT counted! and so does puerto galera!)

3. go on a holiday with my man.

4. the photo below is self-explanatory. drinking and getting a tan at 3pm.

my all-time favourite thing to do

5. and of course, the summer is not complete without my annual summer holiday with my high school friends (and yes, we have to match colors. we are embarrassing like that!)

amazing race, siquijor leg! (you should see us prepare for our holidays, we shop together and buy the same clothes!)

the mamasan and her aliping sagigilids! (we were all in black bikinis when we were in siquijor last year. "to feel the mystical powers!" hahahaha!)

and if i were in cdo, i'd probably be drinking and driving with my boys (and maybe occassional parking by the bridge or beach at 4am to drink and watch the stars.)

and if i were in camiguin, i'd probably be (surprise!) feeding the chickens and watering the plants at 7am!

OBVIOUSLY. none of the above is happening. and its making me sad. =( i miss home.

ps.

i miss mother superior too. =(