Third Baguio Trip of the Year

Shak Attendance: Riderman, Pork, Hairy Critter, Great Maw, Obi, Jubay, Nowie, Wutt da Hell, John Liit, Jumping Johnny, Topher, Anito, Bebop, Peptox

We left da Shak last Friday at some minutes past midnight already. Shot shot pa kasi kami ng Pulang Kabayo. Nauna na si Kaloy kasi first-taym niyang susubukan umakyat ng Baguio ng naka motor (si Bebop) at hindi siya makakadaan sa NLEX. Meeting point was at the Sta. Maria, Bulacan exit.

I was texting my relatives that night to know what would they want from Baguio. Dumiretso na kasi ako sa tambayan sa Virramall after work and my mom was just about to arrive from Pangasinan that day. So, sa teks na lang kami nakapag usap. I was able to text with Pouty too, nakaka miss nga lang. So, toma toma toma... then umalis na kami.


Room 13 @ Igorot Lodge, Camp John Hay
L-R: Arvs, Jake, Pol, Kaloy
Langya hirap talaga ng cameraman... wala sa aksyon.

Day 1
Since naka-escort kami over Riderman and Bebop, we took the loooong scenic route from Bulacan to Nueva Ecija to Tarlac. Surprisingly, it was really quick. Walang masyadong sasakyan sa kalsada. Mas marami pang nasagasaang aso at pusa.

Several stop-overs later, we reached Baguio via Marcos Highway by 6AM then headed to our first food trip target... Slaughter House! Sa mga taga Baguio, sanay sa Baguio, o nagkukunwaring maraming alam sa Baguio, the Slaughter House compound should be on one of your must-visit food chains in the city. Food are served fresh, mui delicioso and at oh-so-reasonable prices!


Wee-wee Break
We checked-in at the AIM (Asian Institute of Management) Conference Center (Igorot Lodge) inside Camp John Hay. Room 13! Awooooooo!!!! Arvs and Jake needed the rest since they were in zombie-mode from the past days. Kami ni Pork at Marco ang nag lakwatsa sa bayan. It was also convenient for my Starbucks sticker spree that John Hay's branch is just ten backflips and ten cartwheels (yes, binilang ko) away from our lodging. May cute barista pa (naaah, hindi yung bakla. tangena!).

We basically scoured the ukay ukay points of Baguio for just about anything...
1) Bayanihan Building, yung building dun sa tabi ng sakayan ng jeep sa sulok ng Burnham Park
2) Maharlika Building (?), nasa tapat ng Burnham... ilang carthweels away Session Road
3) Hilltop Center, ride a taxi and tell Manong "sa Hilltop po" (there you go, that's a lot easier to describe)

Nabili ko (all-in-all) sa wagwagan...
* a black synthetic backpack (Backstage)
* sari saring accessories at woodcrafts
* knitted Olive Drab military sweaters (pang airsoft ko)
* original dogtag plates (saan pwede magpa-engrave?)
* military patches
* gun bag with backpack slings
* Olive Drab sniper veil
* (dig this) AN ORIGINAL GRAY ARMANI SUIT for only 600 bucks!!! wooootness!!! tyamba si kolokoy.

Pagkagising ng tropa, sumunod na lang sila sa Session Road kung san kumain kami sa Jenny's Canteen (Foodtrip #2). Despite the English name, it's a Chinese-owned canteen. I forgot exactly where the street is, but it's one of those offshoot roads from Session Road. Astig ng pagkain. Panalo yung pansit tsaka crispy pork.

Next stop was SM-Baguio. Para lang ma-park yung oto. Nag hiwalay na kami sa point na ito dahil may kanya-kanyang agenda na ang mga hinagupak. Hours passed then we just met up again a couple of minutes before 6PM at Shakeys in SM-Baguio. Foodtrip #3. Grublist were pizza (doh), beer, tapuy (rice wine?), calamares, at rootbeer?? Holy smokes, where's the cox?? Shak Commandment Number 1 (?) hath been brokeneth! "Thou shall not imbibe any concoction other than the One True Beverage... Coke!!!"


Tangena, walang gagalaw ng pitsel ko!

The youngblood Joma arrived at around 6:30PM then we headed to points unknown to meet up Crispy's old pals to discuss the Warmachine hobby to their frequenters and demo the game afterwards. Went online to check my NBA Fantasy roster. Medyo umulan sa Baguio at this point.

We headed back to John Hay to setup stuffs then went off to wander around some more. Pookiemonster ought to catch more "Z" time. Gusto ng mainit na pagkain ng tropa (hindi yung mainit na pagkain na hindi nakakabusog). Tas naalala ko yung kinainan namin ng batchoy dati nung unang akyat namin ng Justice League-HP sa Baguio. Nakalimutan ko yung pangalan ng kainan kaya tingin ko utang ko sa kanilang i-describe na lang yung way papunta sa kanila...

Foodtrip #4
* galing Session Road, baba ka papuntang Burnham Park. sabay kanan sa dulo.
* diretso ka lang tapos may dalawang kalye na pakanan kang lalampasan. ang ikalawang kalye ay papunta ng simbahan.
* sa ikatlong pakanan, kumanan ka na (doh!). paakyat ito ng Legarda Street (gimikan ng mga Koreano sa Baguio).
* hindi ka dapat makakarating ng Legarda Street. pag kanan mo pa lang, tumingin ka na sa kaliwa mo.
* bago ka makarating sa unang intersection, may makikita ka nang kainan sa kaliwa na may nakasulat na nagbebenta sila ng bulalo.
* yun na yun.

Sinabing walang gagalaw sa beer ko e!
May in-order kami sa kanila na ang tawag ay pigar pigar. Ay putangena... ang sarap (kelangan talaga may mura). Pabalik ng John Hay, sa motor ni Kaloy ako sumakay. Bagong experience ito... biking over Baguio. Mga 11PM na ito. Papunta ng Loakan Road, napadaan kami sa Nevada Square. Gimikan ito ng mga bata-batuta sa Baguio. Imagine a local version of the Eastwood Strip. Tumigil si Karlo at napag-isipan naming bumaba at maki-jamming muna ng ilang shots. Lumalakas na yung ulan kaya may palusot kami para tumigil. Hehe. Tig dalwa agad kami ng Pulang Kabayo habang patingin tingin sa paligid.

Observation 1: ambata ng crowd. not the yuppies age bracket but around the college types... and they actually have the purchasing capabilities to party at such. tama si Kaloy, it's easy to camp out on your beer... yung bibili ka lang ng isa tas hahayaan mo nang lumutin all night. mag-inarte ka na lang na lasing habang hawak ito.

Observation 2: konti lang ang Koreans dito, given na mas madami pa ang Koreans sa Baguio kesa sa Manila. dumaan kami ni Kaloy sa Legarda Street bago pumunta dito. mukang andun lahat ng Koreans tas panay Pinoy naman sa Nevada Square.

Maya maya pa tumawag na si Crispy, kaya pinasunod na namin sila sa Nevada. It was some minutes past midnight already when we set off back to Torogi (igorot) Lodge to call it a night. Soooobrang haba ng Sabado namin.

Day 2
Buffet breakfast at the Camp John Hay Club House. Foodtrip #5.

Sooooobrang daming pagkaiiiiiin!!! Ang saraaaaap laaahaaat!!! Ang haaaaabaaa ng mga woooords kooo!!! Hehe. Sulit yung kain namin. Tambay kami ng mga halos dalwang oras sa resto sa sobrang kabusugan. Buti na lang naka-jerbo ako bago pumunta dun. Palaban yung tiyan ko. Pagtapos ng breakfast, balik kami saglit ni Pol sa ukayan. May pahabol pa kasing "pabili" si Garrkid e. Gusto nya rin daw nung nabili kong knitted sweatshirt, pang airsoft.

May kwento pa pala kong nakalimutan. The other day, we were looking for airsoft stuffs then we stumbled on this store with cheapo wares. Ang cute ng nagbabantay (si Babot)... kahawig siya ni Pouty (or mebbe it was one of those times that I'm imagining her from somebody else again). Basta... height, skin-tone, pati buhok, facial features and all. Sayang nga hindi ko nakuhaan ng ritrato. So ayun, natuwa ako sa resemblance. Kaya siya yung nilapitan ko para mag-inquire and buy stuffs. E kaso nung kinausap ko sablay mag Tagalog... hee hee!


Resibo ni Babot.
Hindi naman sobrang panget pakinggan. Matigas lang talaga yung accent niya na kapag nag Tagalog siya e medyo sabit. Hehe, no offense meant though. She can carry good English actually when I first inquired in the language (para konyotiks talaga). Tas kwentuhan na lang muna kami about airsoft, their store, and their wares habang nag-iikot pa sila Pork. Nakakatuwa talaga kasi yung resemblance niya with da Batgurl. Naaliw lang talaga ako.

So yun nga, the next day, pag balik namin ni Pork sa Torogi Lodge, we prepped up for home. Umiskor lang ako ulet ng kape sa katabing Istarbuko sabay larga na kami. This time, we passed on Kennon Road. First stop was at the Lion's Head (na mukang unggoy) syempre. Second stop was at the infamous Isdaan Resto in Gerona, Tarlac. Foodtrip #6.

Sa Isdaan - Gerona, Tarlac (Taksyapoooo!!)

Pinag-uusapan kasi namin itong Isdaan bago bumaba. I've been there already so I was recounting my food-experience with the boyz. No real plans on eating heavily in it so I ought to stay sa oto while the boyz roamed around the premise and bought some grub. There were memories there that I don't what to think about anyway. At least, not at that moment. I just want to maximize making the roadtrip wildfun... no senti, no downtimes. Trippings lang.

Pagtapos nun, diretso na kami sa San Simon, Pampanga where we met up with Mark on a petrol station near the exit. From there, we went to Doug's birthday bash. Tuwang tuwa naman yung Amerikano at naka-dating kami. Kwentuhan lang (ako, naglaro ng Warhammer) sabay kain (sila) tapos ubusan ng English, tapos umuwi na din kami.

Nakarating kami ng Shak (QC), mga pasado alas onse na. Nakauwi ako sa amin, lampas alas dose na. Pagod pero panalo. Zombies for the win!

Gusto ko itong shot ko dito.

*****

More pics will be posted in my Multiply soon.

Third Baguio Trip of the Year

Shak Attendance: Riderman, Pork, Hairy Critter, Great Maw, Obi, Jubay, Nowie, Wutt da Hell, John Liit, Jumping Johnny, Topher, Anito, Bebop, Peptox

We left da Shak last Friday at some minutes past midnight already. Shot shot pa kasi kami ng Pulang Kabayo. Nauna na si Kaloy kasi first-taym niyang susubukan umakyat ng Baguio ng naka motor (si Bebop) at hindi siya makakadaan sa NLEX. Meeting point was at the Sta. Maria, Bulacan exit.

I was texting my relatives that night to know what would they want from Baguio. Dumiretso na kasi ako sa tambayan sa Virramall after work and my mom was just about to arrive from Pangasinan that day. So, sa teks na lang kami nakapag usap. I was able to text with Pouty too, nakaka miss nga lang. So, toma toma toma... then umalis na kami.


Room 13 @ Igorot Lodge, Camp John Hay
L-R: Arvs, Jake, Pol, Kaloy
Langya hirap talaga ng cameraman... wala sa aksyon.

Day 1
Since naka-escort kami over Riderman and Bebop, we took the loooong scenic route from Bulacan to Nueva Ecija to Tarlac. Surprisingly, it was really quick. Walang masyadong sasakyan sa kalsada. Mas marami pang nasagasaang aso at pusa.

Several stop-overs later, we reached Baguio via Marcos Highway by 6AM then headed to our first food trip target... Slaughter House! Sa mga taga Baguio, sanay sa Baguio, o nagkukunwaring maraming alam sa Baguio, the Slaughter House compound should be on one of your must-visit food chains in the city. Food are served fresh, mui delicioso and at oh-so-reasonable prices!


Wee-wee Break
We checked-in at the AIM (Asian Institute of Management) Conference Center (Igorot Lodge) inside Camp John Hay. Room 13! Awooooooo!!!! Arvs and Jake needed the rest since they were in zombie-mode from the past days. Kami ni Pork at Marco ang nag lakwatsa sa bayan. It was also convenient for my Starbucks sticker spree that John Hay's branch is just ten backflips and ten cartwheels (yes, binilang ko) away from our lodging. May cute barista pa (naaah, hindi yung bakla. tangena!).

We basically scoured the ukay ukay points of Baguio for just about anything...
1) Bayanihan Building, yung building dun sa tabi ng sakayan ng jeep sa sulok ng Burnham Park
2) Maharlika Building (?), nasa tapat ng Burnham... ilang carthweels away Session Road
3) Hilltop Center, ride a taxi and tell Manong "sa Hilltop po" (there you go, that's a lot easier to describe)

Nabili ko (all-in-all) sa wagwagan...
* a black synthetic backpack (Backstage)
* sari saring accessories at woodcrafts
* knitted Olive Drab military sweaters (pang airsoft ko)
* original dogtag plates (saan pwede magpa-engrave?)
* military patches
* gun bag with backpack slings
* Olive Drab sniper veil
* (dig this) AN ORIGINAL GRAY ARMANI SUIT for only 600 bucks!!! wooootness!!! tyamba si kolokoy.

Pagkagising ng tropa, sumunod na lang sila sa Session Road kung san kumain kami sa Jenny's Canteen (Foodtrip #2). Despite the English name, it's a Chinese-owned canteen. I forgot exactly where the street is, but it's one of those offshoot roads from Session Road. Astig ng pagkain. Panalo yung pansit tsaka crispy pork.

Next stop was SM-Baguio. Para lang ma-park yung oto. Nag hiwalay na kami sa point na ito dahil may kanya-kanyang agenda na ang mga hinagupak. Hours passed then we just met up again a couple of minutes before 6PM at Shakeys in SM-Baguio. Foodtrip #3. Grublist were pizza (doh), beer, tapuy (rice wine?), calamares, at rootbeer?? Holy smokes, where's the cox?? Shak Commandment Number 1 (?) hath been brokeneth! "Thou shall not imbibe any concoction other than the One True Beverage... Coke!!!"


Tangena, walang gagalaw ng pitsel ko!

The youngblood Joma arrived at around 6:30PM then we headed to points unknown to meet up Crispy's old pals to discuss the Warmachine hobby to their frequenters and demo the game afterwards. Went online to check my NBA Fantasy roster. Medyo umulan sa Baguio at this point.

We headed back to John Hay to setup stuffs then went off to wander around some more. Pookiemonster ought to catch more "Z" time. Gusto ng mainit na pagkain ng tropa (hindi yung mainit na pagkain na hindi nakakabusog). Tas naalala ko yung kinainan namin ng batchoy dati nung unang akyat namin ng Justice League-HP sa Baguio. Nakalimutan ko yung pangalan ng kainan kaya tingin ko utang ko sa kanilang i-describe na lang yung way papunta sa kanila...

Foodtrip #4
* galing Session Road, baba ka papuntang Burnham Park. sabay kanan sa dulo.
* diretso ka lang tapos may dalawang kalye na pakanan kang lalampasan. ang ikalawang kalye ay papunta ng simbahan.
* sa ikatlong pakanan, kumanan ka na (doh!). paakyat ito ng Legarda Street (gimikan ng mga Koreano sa Baguio).
* hindi ka dapat makakarating ng Legarda Street. pag kanan mo pa lang, tumingin ka na sa kaliwa mo.
* bago ka makarating sa unang intersection, may makikita ka nang kainan sa kaliwa na may nakasulat na nagbebenta sila ng bulalo.
* yun na yun.

Sinabing walang gagalaw sa beer ko e!
May in-order kami sa kanila na ang tawag ay pigar pigar. Ay putangena... ang sarap (kelangan talaga may mura). Pabalik ng John Hay, sa motor ni Kaloy ako sumakay. Bagong experience ito... biking over Baguio. Mga 11PM na ito. Papunta ng Loakan Road, napadaan kami sa Nevada Square. Gimikan ito ng mga bata-batuta sa Baguio. Imagine a local version of the Eastwood Strip. Tumigil si Karlo at napag-isipan naming bumaba at maki-jamming muna ng ilang shots. Lumalakas na yung ulan kaya may palusot kami para tumigil. Hehe. Tig dalwa agad kami ng Pulang Kabayo habang patingin tingin sa paligid.

Observation 1: ambata ng crowd. not the yuppies age bracket but around the college types... and they actually have the purchasing capabilities to party at such. tama si Kaloy, it's easy to camp out on your beer... yung bibili ka lang ng isa tas hahayaan mo nang lumutin all night. mag-inarte ka na lang na lasing habang hawak ito.

Observation 2: konti lang ang Koreans dito, given na mas madami pa ang Koreans sa Baguio kesa sa Manila. dumaan kami ni Kaloy sa Legarda Street bago pumunta dito. mukang andun lahat ng Koreans tas panay Pinoy naman sa Nevada Square.

Maya maya pa tumawag na si Crispy, kaya pinasunod na namin sila sa Nevada. It was some minutes past midnight already when we set off back to Torogi (igorot) Lodge to call it a night. Soooobrang haba ng Sabado namin.

Day 2
Buffet breakfast at the Camp John Hay Club House. Foodtrip #5.

Sooooobrang daming pagkaiiiiiin!!! Ang saraaaaap laaahaaat!!! Ang haaaaabaaa ng mga woooords kooo!!! Hehe. Sulit yung kain namin. Tambay kami ng mga halos dalwang oras sa resto sa sobrang kabusugan. Buti na lang naka-jerbo ako bago pumunta dun. Palaban yung tiyan ko. Pagtapos ng breakfast, balik kami saglit ni Pol sa ukayan. May pahabol pa kasing "pabili" si Garrkid e. Gusto nya rin daw nung nabili kong knitted sweatshirt, pang airsoft.

May kwento pa pala kong nakalimutan. The other day, we were looking for airsoft stuffs then we stumbled on this store with cheapo wares. Ang cute ng nagbabantay (si Babot)... kahawig siya ni Pouty (or mebbe it was one of those times that I'm imagining her from somebody else again). Basta... height, skin-tone, pati buhok, facial features and all. Sayang nga hindi ko nakuhaan ng ritrato. So ayun, natuwa ako sa resemblance. Kaya siya yung nilapitan ko para mag-inquire and buy stuffs. E kaso nung kinausap ko sablay mag Tagalog... hee hee!


Resibo ni Babot.
Hindi naman sobrang panget pakinggan. Matigas lang talaga yung accent niya na kapag nag Tagalog siya e medyo sabit. Hehe, no offense meant though. She can carry good English actually when I first inquired in the language (para konyotiks talaga). Tas kwentuhan na lang muna kami about airsoft, their store, and their wares habang nag-iikot pa sila Pork. Nakakatuwa talaga kasi yung resemblance niya with da Batgurl. Naaliw lang talaga ako.

So yun nga, the next day, pag balik namin ni Pork sa Torogi Lodge, we prepped up for home. Umiskor lang ako ulet ng kape sa katabing Istarbuko sabay larga na kami. This time, we passed on Kennon Road. First stop was at the Lion's Head (na mukang unggoy) syempre. Second stop was at the infamous Isdaan Resto in Gerona, Tarlac. Foodtrip #6.

Sa Isdaan - Gerona, Tarlac (Taksyapoooo!!)

Pinag-uusapan kasi namin itong Isdaan bago bumaba. I've been there already so I was recounting my food-experience with the boyz. No real plans on eating heavily in it so I ought to stay sa oto while the boyz roamed around the premise and bought some grub. There were memories there that I don't what to think about anyway. At least, not at that moment. I just want to maximize making the roadtrip wildfun... no senti, no downtimes. Trippings lang.

Pagtapos nun, diretso na kami sa San Simon, Pampanga where we met up with Mark on a petrol station near the exit. From there, we went to Doug's birthday bash. Tuwang tuwa naman yung Amerikano at naka-dating kami. Kwentuhan lang (ako, naglaro ng Warhammer) sabay kain (sila) tapos ubusan ng English, tapos umuwi na din kami.

Nakarating kami ng Shak (QC), mga pasado alas onse na. Nakauwi ako sa amin, lampas alas dose na. Pagod pero panalo. Zombies for the win!

Gusto ko itong shot ko dito.

*****

More pics will be posted in my Multiply soon.