How Short is Short

According to the head of the Non Academic Department (NAD) of CSS, i can keep my hair long for us long as i will use a hairnet. Ok. There you go. Ok na sana kasi pumayag na ang kapitan. But then again, I can't please everybody and unfortunately not everybody is fond of seeing lady officers with her hair tied in a bun.

The bun actually makes our faces neater but just like anything else, it has its down sides. 

1. As I initially said, most of the male officers are not members of my beauty fans club. They'd rather want to see female officers looking like lifeless lesbians than female officers looking like ladies. There are some things they can't get over with. hohum

2. Admittedly, having long hair tied to a bun practically consumes quite some time fixing it. I spend almost 30mins of my entire day fixing it. It's ok to have it if I am managing my own time but not during training. The bad thing is, i have to tie it up even if it's still dripping wet from the shower so as not to be late for formations and first calls.

despite of #2, i was fine and dandy having a long hair. cutting it short is also fine with me but first, i just wanted to clarify if i can keep it or not during my basic course. i am willing to oblige naman with the regulations but to be fair with myself, i approached the NAD.

I got a go signal from the head of the NAD but the assistant commandant of our school is not cool with it. He asked me about the provisions of our hair. I answered him with that i know and he said that i have to provide him with a printed copy of what I have told him. If I can't produce it then i'll have to have my hair cut short. Darn, he's making a big deal out of it. 

Complicating things is not my cup of coffee because i know that every thing I say or do, they will just roll it into a big ball of endorsement. so, this morning, i went to the nearest salon i could get and complied with the old man's tantrums.

not that bad after all.:)

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remembering our courtship days:) <3

Commuter's Notebook: Cabanatuan Edition

after everything that's been said and done, i finally found my way to joining the Engineer Officer's Course (EOBC). the reporting date was last tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 and the course will be handled by the CSS, TRADOC located at Camp Tinio, Cabanatuan City.

will be scouring this place for the next three months

cabanatuan city is a 3 hour drive from manila but what believed to be just a short drive became a long, tiring and challenging five-hour adventure because of:

1. im supposed to be picked up at eight o'clock but our ride arrived at nine o'clock

2. there were only five of us but our luggage was enough for ten people. maybe this is just normal for a three-month long course.

3. we were apprehended by a police enforcer for violating a certain regulation which i do not have any idea about. i don't want to further elaborate because it's very humiliating and embarassing.hahahahah

4. the barracks where we were supposed to be billeted are still occupied so we didn't have a place where we can leave our stuff.

5. our sundo back to manila will be back after 2 hours pa so we're stuck in an unfamiliar place.

after registering, we had a three-hour lull time. dull moments. the problem is we do not the place and we were all tired up from waking up early to waiting for so loooooooooooooooooooong and of course the energy draining travel from manila to cabanatuan.

after our very late lunch (four thirty in the afternoon) we decided to just check in in the nearest hotel that we can find. so funny that we were apprehended in front of the one and only hotel that we saw in cabanatuan. that hotel is no less than:

hahahahaha

despite its reputation, the hotel was really true to it's claim that it is "so clean...so good" and that it has good air conditioning and strong wifi connection. lei and I shared in one of it's rooms so that we could freshen up while waiting for our sundo. i was able to take a nap and lei enjoyed the wifi connection with her new ipaaad1. good for you bonkie.:)

here are our photos:

ang sarap ng smile ni ate

 this shot was taken in a carinderia just outside camp tinio. we had our super late lunch there

our ride was a trisikel and we were dropped off at the hotel's parking 

istudyante blues

my shoes are so kyuuuuuuuuuuuuuutt

bonkichoinx: partners in crime

dapat daw nakaganito na ang kamay mo sa mukha pagkalabas mo ng hotel. in our case, papasok pa lang, nakaganito na.

one last thing , the only good thing about our commute was that after registering for the course, we were told  that we can go back home  and "kanya kanya muna  kme" until  sep 7, 2011. yahoooo! that's one whole week of relaxation and .... boodling.hahhahahah life, oooooooooooohhhh life!

December_in_September

let's celebrate!

everybody is so excited about september. for me, september is just the start of a much more exciting celebration: Christmas! they say, "it's the most wonderful time of the year". i say, " i second the motion". it's amazing how the weather dramatically turns cold and yet, the season keeps the atmosphere warm

i remember last year 01 sep 2010, i was a firstclass cadet at PMA and i was posted as Cadet Assistant Mess Officer (CAMO). the camo oversees running the mess hall to include the distribution of food for the cadets and the officers present as well. not only that, the camo also has the choice of what music she wants to play while the whole corps is having it's mess. last year, i took the chance of welcoming christmas by playing the jolliest christmas songs i have in my lappie. i even prepared a separate playlist for that specific guard posting. i downloaded at least 20 songs before i posted. pahirapan pa ang internet nun. what i would do for christmas.hahahahha

when we were firsties, a giant christmas tree is placed in the center of yap hall

i love christmas but we don't celebrate christmas per se at home because we believe that it's christmas all year round. the part of christmas which sweeps me off my feet is the warm feeling of spending time with family and loved ones. christmas eve is celebrated with our respective families and all of us gather for the very festive new year celebration at our house. so christmas tree for us is actually a symbol for new year celebration. weird? well, that's us.

when i was a cadet, errrr, i meant, the moment i joined the military, i didn't have the luxury of going home as frequent as i would like. so as much as possible, whenever i get to go out of the academy during september or october break, i volunteer to initiate setting up our christmas tree. oh how i love this activity!

bare back or bare tree?

decor shopping. see the price tag? forget about the price tag

the tree when first set up. it gets more beautiful as christmas nears

 last year, i was not able to set up the tree. i was the most junior officer in our unit so automatically christmas and new year celebs are not for me....

 but...

this year, i am out of the unit for schooling and i'll have a long break by december...

so...

 how about this for an early christmas gift for myself? :) i am totally broke today but i know for sure that money can't buy happiness and that my new year will be very happy.

merry christmas everyone!

alone again

i thought i will be spending my long weekend with my dear husband. we had everything planned from day 1 to day 4. i have even prepared the clothes that we will be wearing for the whole weekend. it's just so frustrating how things change so fast.

sunday afternoon. we were at the mall for grocery and family day out when gian received a message telling him that he has to report back to zambales at 9 o'clock of the same day. how i wished he had just turned off his phone and never have read the message. stupid and selfish you might say but it was what crossed my mind at that moment.

i have been in the military service but until now, i still hate it when siga people would just throw things away. in a snap, they want everything to happen the way they want it to be. sad but we are all helpless. we can't do anything about it.

wife-ness

while waiting for my reporting date, i got the chance of staying in my husband's house (it's actually his parents' house). i have our room all to myself and that would automatically mean i have to attend to everything from the fixing of the bed, how the dresser would look like, alignment of our clothes inside the cabinet and of course the whole crap of Mt. Dirty Laundry.


janet, the house help. is around but i looked at it as if it was my first time to manage our own place. it was tiring and frustrating but i enjoyed every bit of it. i was challenged with the whole laundry thing but i realized that i was only washing my own clothes. gian's not included and that would be waaaaayyyyy toooooooo different. gian's plus the kids'. do the math and that would equate to me bugdowner and windowner late in the afternoon.

i washed my backpack so all these mess came out of it

chin

yes dear, ausin q to

long gray line

when i finally finished tucking everything out of gian's sight, this is what the room looks like.

pwd na to. rally e.

dresser. look at how the bottles are aligned. the pile of clothes you can see are gian's change of clothes.

our cabinet

unpolished shoes

kelangan pa rin mag coat and coat

 this is the pair of combat boots which i will be using for the next couple of months.

alsa balutan mode: EOBC edition

this is just i peep into what's in a domesticated wife's life is. maybe i'll get through the same in the future when i finally leave the uniformed service. just maybe.

hay... it's so nice to have a place you can call your own. wala kasi akong ganito sa mindoro. i can't wait to change to my "sleeping uniform" and get all comfy. early taps. night night fellas!:)

puerto galera: sweeter the second time around

Weekend started with gian’s almost ten hours of commute from zambales to calapan, oriental Mindoro then me fetching him at kurba at around 03:30am of Saturday. Rested for a while then travelled from naujan to puerto galera on a jeepney with only three out of seven bolts working on one of its wheels. Whew! Transformer! 

this is what 10 hours of travel can result to

pagsasamantala in action. gian hates it whenever i take shots of him sleeping. sorry, love.:)

We checked in at sandbar hotel and tried snorkelling late in the afternoon. Gian is used to it but I found it frustrating. Im not used to breathing through the mouth.

welcome to sandbar, boquete island, puerto galera, ormin

we were only able to snorkel near  the shore so this is all that we got

ok, gian's turn

when gian finally returned the blue coral, he was amazed when he saw a crab-like thingy coming out of its shell. i don't know what it's actually called and i wasn't as interested as he is. what i enjoyed the most is how gian was sooooooo in to it. i have seen a lot of these things in the province, but the city boy is less exposed to this. he is more into reading and studying and knowing how things work.

gian: "look what i found , bu!"

hala cge, pati yan, ppikturan pa!

Dinner was served at the resort’s resto and it was almost perfect except for the palengkerang nanay. Umm umm! Ang ingay mo, nay. i bought fruits the day before so we savored and enjoy the fruit basket experience offered by Victoria, OrMin.

the food was served after 10-15 mins so we got bored

melad

making faces

i combed my hair, promise

this is the nth time gian gave me a paper flower. upgrade please!

fresh avocado from victoria, ormin

Breakfast was complimentary the following morning so I pigged out on bread and butter. I’m Not so much of a breakfast person but whenever gian’s around, we really eat a lot. A lot as in we eat food for 4-5 persons. Company really affects appetite. The whole morning was spent eating. Eating. And eating. Swimming is our favourite sports and it's a good thing that we had the resort’s pool all to ourselves. Thank u ms elvie Garcia.

I LOVE THIS SHOT. my arm looks long and slender

the bread is mine

the usual

sizzling sisig

the vaulfiles of ccafp!

 We checked out before lunch and headed to white beach were we stayed at a friend’s transient house. The place wasn’t as cozy as sandbar’s but we transferred there so we could be closer to where gian ‘s boat to batangas docks. When the sun was low and its scorching heat is almost gone, we headed to the beach for our late lunch and super early dinner. We were so hungry that we ordered food for 3-5 persons.hahahahahha gutom. The gay waitress( may crush kay gian) was making kanchaw kc antakaw daw namin. Kaon gyud kay wla ra ba mi ginikanan sa Mindoro. We later checked out the tiangge for cheap finds. Mahina tlga aq sa tawaran.  When the funds are low and the debts are high. When we want to smile but we have to sigh. When care is pressing you down the beat, rest if you must but don’t you quit! We transferred from one tiangge to another to bargain and haggle for the best items. Nakakapagod pero it was all worth it nman. Our legs and feet were tired so we finally gave up and just sat on the beach while watching passers-by. We later decided to change to our swimming attire and played with the strong and very powerful waves of San Isidro.  It was my first time since I was a kid to play with the waves. Jumping around. Gulping sea water (ewww!). running around has never been that fun without my dear husband.

food trip

again

and again.

was busy with the tiangge and when looked for gian, i saw him busy writing this on the sand. that's "awwwwwwwwwww"

finally bought my wide.brimmed.hat. i need this for the 2o-ha tree planting project

the bubu pose. gian should show his arms so that mine will be partly hidden,:)

Then night finally came and we went back to our crib but it wasn’t really that late so  we agreed on a ice cream date night. i found out that I didn’t like the flavour of the ice cream when I already consumed half of the pint after 20 minutes, I think.hahahahahh

thanks to first sgt's wife

we went to the grocery store straight from the beach

what flavor?

magkakampi kme

i wanted drumstick lang sana but it's bitin so drumstick in a pint na lang.

Monday morning at white beach are lazy. The tourists are gone and the beaches are almost deserted. Gian opted for a massage. I didn’t because I didn’t like the idea of lying almost naked in public. But Gian liked to display his beach boddddeeeeehhhhh so ok, game.

gian's beach boddeeeeeehhhh!

manang, wag mo sakalin asawa q!

beach massage costs PhP 200. i prefer sydney massage in cainta. 2hrs for PhP299

I hate it when bubu time is almost over but we can’t do anything about it. Anyway, there will always be next time and more time nxt time. That’s three times in a sentence.

here are the other photos. check it out!

inhale

exhale

gutom na aq bububok

tarrah: dear upo ka lang jan ha, pipikturan kita. gian: ok dear!

errrr payaaaaaaaaaaaat!

aq naman dear

going gaga over my bubu

forgive my gorilla pod. monkey bars.

batooooooo!

battooooooo akooooooo!

yes, magulo ang kwarto namin

a jar of iced tea costs Php145. we ordered two jugs and offered drinks for passers-by

cummeerree, my love!