Mountain Insights
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thoumayestThings You Learn On A Trip To Kiangan
1. No matter how much you maneuver yourself in a moving bus while trying to sleep, there is always a damnable part of your body that will ache.
2. A bus can only remain idle in a bus stop for a maximum of 15 minutes. Any more would mean your driver is irresponsible or someone had to deposit nature's offerings.
3. The province has this magical star-attractor which would explain the reason why there are so much more stars there than here in the city. Or they're just being covered by tall buildings.
4. If you're going to Kiangan, stay on the right side of the bus. When you wake up in the morning, you'd see the sun rising over the rice terraces. If you stay on the left, you'd see the mountain wall.
5. The number of poll watchers that my governor-elect Uncle hired this election is 47. I packed all their lunches.
6. The supply of Red Bull in sari-sari stores seem to magically deplete at this time of the year.
7. You know that you're getting old when that little girl cousin of yours whom you'd last seen was 7 years old is now a high school freshman (and is now slightly taller than you...Drat.).
8. Everyone asks you who you are, whose child you are, how many sibings you have, are you a bunso or panganay, what year you are in and the one that I always get embarassed to answer, DO YOU KNOW OUR LANGUAGE.
9. Upon your arrival, you are ambushed by dozens of relatives you do not recognize, and are forced to shove your forehead to their outstetched knuckles or kiss air beside their cheek.
10. If you feel bad about everyone knowing you're a freshman in just one look, it's worse to be labeled as "nawawalang turista" or "anak ni Imelda" by passers-by.
11. Yes, you can survive 24 hours of being with people talking about politics... in another language. They do speak Tagalog here, but prefer to discuss stuff in their native tongue.
12. When someone asks you a question, your best answer would be to smile.
13. All dogs are well-behaved. You can pass by the street with a herd of them and not get a scratch.
14. If there is a herd of dogs, there is also a herd of poop.
15. Try jumping while bathing with ice cold water that never seems to get warm even if it was unmoved for a whole day.
16. The best ride to Lagawe would be when you are sitting at the back of a pick-up truck while breathing mountain air.
17. Never announce that you are eating out. The whole family goes with you.
18. There are three houses in the vicinity in which you are most welcome to sleep and eat in. I ate at the main house on the first day, at my uncle's house on the second and at the headquarters on the third.
19. No house is complete without a Webster's Dictionary: Student's edition. (I just noticed that the three houses I went in all had that.)
20. Never attempt to stay up all night and wait for the canvassing of votes to finish. It never finishes in one day, even for the mayoral positions.
21. If you have a cold while traveling back to the city, a nice cold Chocolate Extreme Drumstick during a bus stop will do just the trick.
22. Try to keep patient when the baby two seats in front of you keeps crying.
23. Your ride will be delayed by two hours if the bus gets a flat tire.
24. In the province, nothing goes to waste. The uneatable left-overs are "taken out" to be fed to the dogs.
25. If your dining party includes men, it is best to order an extra serving of rice.
And last but not the least...
26. Find a good hiding place for that 100-dollar bill your Lola gave you behind your Mother's back. (Benjamin Franklin never looked so charming...)
1. No matter how much you maneuver yourself in a moving bus while trying to sleep, there is always a damnable part of your body that will ache.
2. A bus can only remain idle in a bus stop for a maximum of 15 minutes. Any more would mean your driver is irresponsible or someone had to deposit nature's offerings.
3. The province has this magical star-attractor which would explain the reason why there are so much more stars there than here in the city. Or they're just being covered by tall buildings.
4. If you're going to Kiangan, stay on the right side of the bus. When you wake up in the morning, you'd see the sun rising over the rice terraces. If you stay on the left, you'd see the mountain wall.
5. The number of poll watchers that my governor-elect Uncle hired this election is 47. I packed all their lunches.
6. The supply of Red Bull in sari-sari stores seem to magically deplete at this time of the year.
7. You know that you're getting old when that little girl cousin of yours whom you'd last seen was 7 years old is now a high school freshman (and is now slightly taller than you...Drat.).
8. Everyone asks you who you are, whose child you are, how many sibings you have, are you a bunso or panganay, what year you are in and the one that I always get embarassed to answer, DO YOU KNOW OUR LANGUAGE.
9. Upon your arrival, you are ambushed by dozens of relatives you do not recognize, and are forced to shove your forehead to their outstetched knuckles or kiss air beside their cheek.
10. If you feel bad about everyone knowing you're a freshman in just one look, it's worse to be labeled as "nawawalang turista" or "anak ni Imelda" by passers-by.
11. Yes, you can survive 24 hours of being with people talking about politics... in another language. They do speak Tagalog here, but prefer to discuss stuff in their native tongue.
12. When someone asks you a question, your best answer would be to smile.
13. All dogs are well-behaved. You can pass by the street with a herd of them and not get a scratch.
14. If there is a herd of dogs, there is also a herd of poop.
15. Try jumping while bathing with ice cold water that never seems to get warm even if it was unmoved for a whole day.
16. The best ride to Lagawe would be when you are sitting at the back of a pick-up truck while breathing mountain air.
17. Never announce that you are eating out. The whole family goes with you.
18. There are three houses in the vicinity in which you are most welcome to sleep and eat in. I ate at the main house on the first day, at my uncle's house on the second and at the headquarters on the third.
19. No house is complete without a Webster's Dictionary: Student's edition. (I just noticed that the three houses I went in all had that.)
20. Never attempt to stay up all night and wait for the canvassing of votes to finish. It never finishes in one day, even for the mayoral positions.
21. If you have a cold while traveling back to the city, a nice cold Chocolate Extreme Drumstick during a bus stop will do just the trick.
22. Try to keep patient when the baby two seats in front of you keeps crying.
23. Your ride will be delayed by two hours if the bus gets a flat tire.
24. In the province, nothing goes to waste. The uneatable left-overs are "taken out" to be fed to the dogs.
25. If your dining party includes men, it is best to order an extra serving of rice.
And last but not the least...
26. Find a good hiding place for that 100-dollar bill your Lola gave you behind your Mother's back. (Benjamin Franklin never looked so charming...)
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