The Pilgrimage
Sunday, May 28, 2006 ~ 11:29 AM
Fresh from Manaoag, Pangasinan.
Ang ganda sa probinsiya!!!!! Y_Y I've always enjoyed the beauty of the province. Y'know, isang maaliwalas na umaga, tinatahak mo ang kahabaan ng isang national road na may mga malalawak na bukirin sa magkabilang gilid ng daan. As in tatlong kilometrong daan na bukid lang ang nasa tabi, may mga kalabaw at baka at kambing. Pagkaraka, mayroong mahaba ring tulay na nasa ibabaw ng mahaba at malawak na ilog. Astig. Ang sarap tumira doon.
It was a five-hour drive to the Shrine. The last yellow marker I've seen before we got to the church reads 209 kms to Rizal Park. Sobrang layo.
Nandoon lang kami to hear mass (na unfortunately, ang naabutan naming mass ay funeral mass. kamusta naman yun?), visit the museum (kung saan may antipatikong matabang lalaki na hindi yata naturuan ng paggalang), venerate the Virgin (where we were in a-kilometer-long-when-stretched-line for two hours pero wala ka pang 30 seconds sa pagpupunas sa laylayan ng damit ni Maria), buy some souvenirs from the shop (ang souvenir na pinabili ko ay THE LITTLE PRINCE TRANSLATED IN FILIPINO!!! i love it.) and visit the miraculous well (3 kilometers pa ulit from the shrine).
Pauwi ay sobrang malas. Na-delay kami ng 2 hrs coz of flat tire. Hindi ko alam na na-flat-an pala kami kasi I'm sleeping then. They had to wake me up kasi hindi ako makaya ng jack nung papalitan na yung gulong. XD Then naligaw naman kami sa Tarlac. Umulan ng malakas at walang wiper yung jeep. How was that?
Anyway, masaya naman kasi panay blunder yung mga kasama ko. Lahat kasi sila, maliban sa dalawa, spinsters na old citizens na. Pero nakakatawa pa rin. =D
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June 14: Interview sa Chinabank for Communications Associate position. =)
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I am in love.
