KABOOM!

Tito Emi and Angelo's time with us has come to an end. Awwww... They left early this morning at around 4am. I was supposed to wake up but when I did, I could hear them outside and they're already in the car. Too late. Oh well. But hopefully they'll be back for Christmas. That would be great.

I'm pretty sure they had a good time here and obviously, we had a good time too. It's always a pleasure spending time with my cousins. I'd probably skip tons of meeting with my orgs for the "more important" PTF meetings.

Last stop was this weekend in our ancestral home San Blas, Villasis. It has just been renovated and we were all there for the house blessing. I was surprised to see the new house. The color selection was okay, I guess..blue and white is a good combination. But there's something wrong with the paint itself. It was soo shiny that according to Ikay and Kokoy, it looked like a cake. It really did. The inside of the house was also a surprise. Lolo's collection of ancient cameras weren't on display anymore, my dad's and his siblings' graduation pictures were also gone, pictures of the senior PTF when we were still juniors weren't there as well. Each room has air-conditioners which is good news. The CR's though...still the same. They should have changed the fixtures. Some candleholders were displayed like it was for a gallery in a museum about ancient stuff. The ceiling was a bit weird with the ceiling fans, which in fairness, made the house cooler. But I guess, that's Lolo and Lola's taste. Can't argue with that. It's their house and they could do anything they want with it.

It was PTF galore once again. We fed Lolo's chickens and ducks in the backyard. There was a lot! *Kluk Kluk kluk!* One of those chickens and ducks would later be our dinner. There's really nothing to do there, good thing Earl had his PS2 to keep everyone entertained. The boys + Denden played NBA Live, some anime fighting game and the boxing thing while the girls watch, and basically "commentate" the games.

When the sun was setting, we all walked to the cemetery. It was Lolo Dorico's birthday. Lola said her prayer that brought her to tears and by the time we went back, it was already dark. We're supposed to play hide and seek, but the adults wanted to go home. When we got back, someone remembered to take our pictures with the new house in the background. Of course, PTF are certified cam whores. It's automatic I guess, given that Lolo and Tito Ernie are fantastic photographers. But we had to be complete in the picture so the ever-reliable Kuya Collin took the picture. Haha! We had our photo session for about 5 minutes. But the PTF wanted more, so another 5 minutes for us. Hah!

The boys resumed their games. While Kokoy plugs his camera into the laptop so we could all see our pictures ora mismo. Maybe it's vanity or just the joy of seeing ourselves frozen in time... I dunno. And conveniently, the laptop was in front of a mirror. Eona brought our her camera and started taking pictures of our reflections. I plugged my iPod into the computer speaker...

Mr. Pogi in Space...

It was a natural high. Ikay, Kokoy and I danced as Eona directed our on the spot music video. Elyza and Isay entered the room and joined our little party. Before we knew it, everyone else was there with us. It was insane!

Dinner time. Ilocano food was to be expected as always. The menu: kilawing kambing, papaitang kambing, adobong itik, tinolang manok, dinuguang pato, balut and talaba. Hhhmmm... I ate 2 baluts and the adobong itik, which was very good and 4 oysters. Then we played Angelo's game, 7-up. Whoever made a mistake had to eat one spoon of any of those. Everyone did, except me and EJ. Whew!

Ikay and I watched The Little Black Book in one room. A few minutes later, we were all there squeezing ourselves in this twin bed watching that chic flick from the small screen of the laptop, trying to fight our sleepiness. Lola and our moms kept disturbing us telling us where we would be sleeping. Slowly, the twin bed gets more spacious. The boys left. Ikay and I watched the movie til the very end. Then it was time for bed...

Or not..because we all had to sing one song. Mum went out of our way, btw just to get that magic sync. One song it was. Though my throat was dry, I opted to sing Whitney Houston songs. Haha. Pagbigyan na. Ikay, sang her Carpernters song. Kokoy did the Incubus version of Hello. Kuya Nono and I, though we were asked only to sing 1 song, stayed and sang a couple more. Dad won't stop until he beat Ikay's 97 record. So they stayed for a few more as we all went to bed.

Morning came. Ikay, Eona and Denden had to go home early. They left at around 4am. I was too tired that I wasn't really able to say goodbye. Eona just shook my leg and said they were leaving. Zzzz....

I got up at around 10am. Isay and Elyza were still sleeping. Then I felt I had to go to the CR. I need to take a crap. The house only had 2 bath rooms. I've always used the one in Lolo's room because it had more privacy. But as I was going to open the bath room door:

Lolo: May tao?! May tao ba?!
Me: Hah?
*slams the door to my face*

I guess he really needed to go. So I ended up using the other CR. To my surprise, it was one hell of an explosion. I wanted to throw up. It's soo fucking gross and I dunno why the hell I'm putting it here.

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My phone crashed and I'm just receiving messages I should have gotten hours ago.. shiyet... gotta get back to work...