vigan get-away

may 3, 2008, Saturday, i left Baguio early in the morning 'cause i wanted to reach vigan before lunch time. sitting in the partas bus for more than four hours did not feel good but as i approached this small city in the north, every single part of my body got excited. i forgot the tiring trip and just enjoyed the sceneries--the beaches, mountains, fields, trees. finally, after more than two years, i'll be seeing mama and some relatives...and of course, newton 05 with fradejohema.=D

i arrived a few minutes before ten in the morning. i went straight to mama to her meat stall at the public market. i stayed for a few minutes and saw some people whom i knew. they still knew me..(giggles). they were all glad to see me. =D
then i went to our house just somewhere within the poblacion. without even resting, i went immediately to one of my sisses, debbie's, house just a few houses away form ours. we waited for our three other sisses, jp, herann, and ces (who was soooo late..hehe..peace sis!) and then we had lunch right there.
we went to plaza maestro after and some newtonians started popping out. there was irvin, gae...
we rode a calesa and joined the parade (it was vigan's festival of the arts and that day was scheduled for the calesa festival).
the five of us did not stop eating from mcdo to jollibee to anywhere there was to eat. later in the afternoon, jp had to leave 'cause she was scheduled to have her internships at abra. so the four of us were left and later at 5pm, we decided to go home already. it did not stop there.

later at night, i was shocked when ces came to our house with irvin and christian with their own motorcycles. so from there, we went fetching james from their church and even having him get their owner type jeep used for the night out (thank God pastor, james' father, let us use the jeep..=D). so we went to fetch gae, then che.
we went to the Mayonnaise gig at the plaza, then later on back at out barangay where jeudi, debbie's boyfie, joined the battle of the bands with his bandmates.
after the Mayonnaise and battle stuff, some decided to go home (it was 2 am already). some, including me, vin, tian, che, and ces, went strolling then later on taking ces, che, and me home.

the next day, we went to celebrate the mass, where we saw shera, in the afternoon. i was with ces, vin, and tian. after the mass we went to have halo-halo. then we went strolling for a while then we went home. later at night, debbie, jeudi, and i decided to go to plaza burgos to watch some show. later on we went to solid west to watch a gay pageant where irvin came to join us later on. then we went strolling for a while, then went home again.

the next day, i had to leave.

those two and a half days that i spent in vigan were sooooooooo fun and memorable. thanks to those people whom i had the chance to see and be with even for just some time. eight years of fun, true, and unconditional friendship. that's what it was all about.
until now i still can't get over it. how i wish UP is just a few minutes away from vigan so that i would be able to see them netime i would want to. i love them. i miss them. NEWTON05 peeps are the people whom i would want to share an island with. those moments we had back in high school were just awesome!=D

i am proud that i have friends, sisters, brothers like them...always there to cheer me up, to give me strength even if we're like 2 provinces away from each other. thanks guys! photos are in my vigan get-away album. soon we'll see each other again. much love. much respect. one for all, all for one mga bok!

-kacie-