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1. 12012 – Heart
2. AAA – “Q”
3. Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai – Treat or Goblins
4. Eraserheads – Toyang
5. BLEACH – D-tecnolife
6. Chobits OST II – Ningyohime (Short Version)
7. Creature Creature – Maboroshi
8. FFVIII OST – Liberi Fatali
9. Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Kona Yuki
10. Dir en Grey – Fukai
11. Miyavi – Dear my Love…
12. Merry – Tamerai Shuffle
13. Gundam SEED Destiny OST III – You and I, Unfulfilled Feelings
14. Hack Sign OST – A Stray Child
15. Home Made Kazoku – Ai Kotoba
16. Imitation PoPs Uchuu Sentai NOIZ – 0-ray
17. Kyou Kara Maou! – Hateshinaku Tooi Sora Ni
18. Pierrot – Dramatic Neo Anniversary
19. L’Arc~En~Ciel – Jojoushi
20. Negima Character Album OST – Shusseki Bangou no Uta
21. Creature Creature – Red
22. Ouran High School Host Club – Shissou
23. Beck OST – Lost Melody
24. Meine Liebe OST – Sanctus
25. Gazette – Silly God Disco
26. Arashi – I Want Somebody
27. Blood+ – Aozora no Namida
28. Orange Range – Utopia Live ~live tour 2005 natural~
29. Luna Sea – 4-00AM
30. Trinity Blood OST – Kresnik
31. Ketsumeishi – Sakura
32. W-inds – Drive Me Crazy
Last Saturday our class, or more specifically, the UST Chemical Engineering + ICS Department, participated in an activity entitled “International Coastal Clean-Up” in Wawa Coast, Lemery, Batangas. Hell yeah.
It was real fun, except for the stinging sunburn I got at the back of my neck. *ouch*
I was so excited that day, I even woke up too early. 3 AM. Hey, it’s my first time in 3 years I had a field trip again that’s labelled an “educational trip”by the school.
I prepared my usual routines, cooking lunch and preparing my bags. The clothes, I just handpicked a jersey, two shorts, underwear, a formal wear, and of course, swimwear. Even if my mom said no, well, I’m a heckler for these types of rebuttals, and I packed swimwear, along with a towel, soap and shampoo.
*Rummages through the refrigerator* I found a ten-pack of hotdog (Purefoods), Monterey embutido, and eggs. Not so much fancy like foie gras with tabasco sauce, but it’s food, so I don’t complain. I cooked three dishes: pan-fried hotdogs cooked in a bit of olive oil and garlic for that aroma, steamed embutido (when the rice is nearly cooked, I open it and put in the meat rolls and steam for about 30 minutes), and embutido fried in oil (covered in beated egg with a dash of curry and seasoning, onion chives, and pepper). There.
I put it in a square Tupperware food case, and covered it with a lengthy rectangular purple fabric – like obento, but not like it because I rarely use chopsticks, and put it deep inside my bag for insulation. Then I woke mom up (her work shift’s haywire… I dunno about that), and dressed up for action.
I wore my UST softball cap, the prescribed (unofficially) UST-Engineering T-shirt, brand-new maong pants, and hard brown rugged leather shoes. I kinda freaked out that I was the only one with the skin shoes, but later I guffawed back at them. Oh, also my red polo.
I left at 5 AM, with mom. After a short trike ride, I bought a P 42.75 pair of gloves, ‘coz the prof sez zo. Then, after parting ways with mom, I hopped aboard a jeep (I prefer riding at the front seat, by the way) and dashed off to UST. I was kinda suprised of the lightness of traffic. Almost no other vehicles were playing slowass, just zooming off to the destination. After an amazing 25 minutes from Manggahan (where my home is) to UST, well, the fun began.
I kinda expected we were just a few bunch of geniuses who skipped classes for the fun of beaches, but I was wrong. There were about seven buses, four can hold two 30-student classes, three for VIPs (very imp’t professors), and luckily what we had was a good aircon bus.
Another good lucky break is that 3-CSB (my homies) wasn’t allowed by their NS professor to indulge themselves in this trip. I dunno about that, but later I’ll add some more to this one.
As usual, Filipino time phenomenon occurs. The proposed time of departure is 6 AM. But still, 6:15 AM and still no sign of an activity. For the meanwhile, me and Andrew dashed to the nearest 7-11 and bought V-Cut, Summit Clear, and three packs of Leslie’s Sour Cream Cheese Chips. Yum Yum. I kinda chided Andrew for something along the way. He actually brought in a COBOL book (a programming language) for the trip! Talk about geek nirvana.
At about 7:01 AM, the professors beckoned us to hop aboard the buses. Me and Andrew were like the first ones aboard, so we settled in the first seat to the left of the bus, right behind the driver. Well, so much for the best position for views and space, ne? We shared the bus with 3-ITA (or is it IT-B), and in traditional Filipino style we were packed in the bus like a can of sardines. 3 peeps sometimes squeezed in for a seat of two. And the foldable chairs at the middle came in handy.
We were nearly filled, and we’re just counting down the real Filipinos – the ones who are usually late. Aaron “Ham Boy” texted in to Hermar (another friend of mine seated at the back) that he would be picked up in Laguna, since he lives there and he wants to save time. So 1 down, some more to go. Our professor called out if there would be anymore incoming people, and I raised my hand. There’s Melanie “Four-Eyed Otoko”, Gian Carlo “Italian Bogeyman / Mane & Tail”, and Nollie “One-Half”. Hah. The 3-CSB group. Oh wait, sidetopic time.
These group of people are from the 3-CSB section. But since they’re irregulars and they can fix their schedules at will, they opted to have their NS with 3-CSA. Like free-sectioning. So they’re the most lucky ones. Hee hee.
*does DX crotch chop to the former section* XD
OK, so we continue the lane. About fifteen minutes before departure time, they appeared. But, there’s only 2 available seats. Another dude and I reserved one for the lady, and one seat for grabs for the two guys, like a Trip to Jerusalem, so Melanie got the seat and Nollie got one, much to the chagrin of the Italian Bogeyman.
So we departed… wait. One group at the back squealed again about another blockmate. I think it was JC-san. He texted he was still in the run, so our bus stopped at Lacson and waited for the late guy. At least he came as fast as he could. XD
The trip was kinda long. We departed at 7:50 AM and arrived by 10:15 AM. So I was at least bored. But some things kinda made me guffaw a lot.
1. Nollie and GC had digital cameras. And these two mischievous wiseguys kinda picked on Kenneth. He was fast asleep, and his fat ass was protruding – he was sleeping in a bus seat, so imagine. So Nollie shot a couple of pictures of Kenneth’s ass and passed it to Edward, which drawed instant laughs. I kinda laughed too, but not too loud so we won’t wake up the fat tiger.
2. I kept drinking my 500 mL Summit Clear (peach flavor) in sips until Laguna, where it ran out.
3. Felix had a handy digicam. So at least he can preserve a lot of memories as the section’s historian.
4. I was kinda intrigued by Karl’s hanky. He was sleeping with his hanky wrapped all over his face. And the hanky was Japan-ish. It featured the traditional Japanese “ukiyoe”, the old style where the mountains looked like cake, the eyes looked long and the men are always frowning. I knew his otaku-ishness is prevalent already, since his school folders contain Love Hina sketches, Kuraki Mai photos, Ryohei Yamamoto, and other Japanese artists. XD
5. Jing brought a guitar in the bus, and their group strummed along the way. Very nice. Mostly I catched waves of “Torete” and other Eraserheads tunes.
6. Catherine, our class’ other Chinoy, was quite the unintentional intentional entertainer. Like Mr Bean. I really meant the earlier redundancy.
7. The other section we had in the bus is having their own variety show. One was stripping topless (it’s a dude) at the back seats. Luckily the professor was not too attentive of student ruckuses.
8. After five years, I saw again with my own eyes the Taal Volcano. The last time I saw it was in 2nd year high school at DPS. XD
9. We dropped by an eatery called “Dely’s”. The shops sold pineapples and bananas in the bunches, and had fabulous “coconut pies”. I tasted one, and it was REALLY good. Fat, hot, newly-cooked, and very tasty. Every bite contains chunkloads of sugar and coconut meat. I sampled the free-taste they had, and one bite made me buy one when we came back to that eatery at the return trip.
10. At Tagaytay, we saw wondrous valleys full of wild plants, tall leaves, rows upon rows of pineapple planting fields, and fabulous golf courses. T_T I don’t have a digicam with me.
Finally. We arrived. So we hopped out, caps and gloves in hand, and went to the Wawa Coast.
It was a frickin’ walk before we got there. It’s hot, windy, and my ass hurt after long periods of sitting and sleeping at the bus. When we got there, it was like … wowww.
We’re on the edge of the Philippines! We’re like kindergarten pupils at that time. Some were like excited to start, and some were in awe. The Wawa Coast is at the edge of the Luzon Island in the Philippine Archipelago. Try Google-mapping it.
OK, so after some gearing-up, we started the job. Since it’s “CLEANING”, we cleaned the coast. We picked up trash, trash and lots of trash. Lots of trash and filth. Bottles of gin, leaves of onion, seaweed, wrappers of candy, noodle wrap, sardine cans, typical urban trash. *picks up the filled-up cleaning form*
OK, so I’ll answer the Int’l Coastal Clean-Up form.
III. ENTANGLED ANIMALS : List all animals found during the cleanup.
1. _____________ <- answer: sea snakes
2. _____________ <- answer: little frogs
3. _____________ <- answer: small critters
4. _____________ <- answer: dead shrimp
5. _____________ <- answer: small squids
IV. WHAT WAS THE MOST PECULIAR ITEM/S YOU COLLECTED? ______________
answer: I have to say that it would be a diaper *it really stinks* and a stone with a hole in its top. The stone was the one thing I returned home and put it in my keychain.
ITEMS COLLECTED
SHORELINE & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ———
Bags Cups
Beverage Bottles
Food Wrappers
Beverage Cans Straws
Caps Toys
Lids Plastic Utensils
Clothing
Slippers
OCEAN / WATERWAY ACTIVITIES —————–
Packaging
Bleach / Cleaner Bottles
Fishing Lures
Light Bulbs
Rope
SMOKING-RELATED ACTIVITIES ——————
Cigarettes
Tobacco Packaging
DUMPING ACTIVITIES ————————–
Batteries
Tires
MEDICAL / PERSONAL HYGIENE ——————
Diapers
Sanitary Napkins
Yeah, it really was a lot. Those coastal people didn’t even care to pick up their filth.
I couldn’t resist, so I rolled up my pants, removed my shoes, and waded on the shoreline. Like Blink182 did in “All The Small Things”. Except I don’t have tattoos, and I’m not naked. Most of my classmates also did the same, and we stuck out from the other groups like a sore thumb. We picked up the floating trash on the water, like milk cans, noodle wrappers, and more onion leaves and weed.
That’s where I got the stinging sunburn. My t-shirt covered my uper body except the back of my neck, so later when we had swimming it turned red, and later at sleep it started to sting.
Near noon, our professor called for the halt sign. OK, so it’s eating time.
Our professor blew a surprise. He said we’re eating a a nearby resort, then the rest of the three hours we can go swimming! YAY! ~XD
So, fifteen minutes later, we headed to the resort *I forgot the name! arghh*, and me and my barkada settled in for a cottage. Me, Andrew, Gian, Melay, Bryan, Hermar, and Kenneth.
It turned out I was the one with the most food at hand. Nollie only had a pack of Chinese hopia, Hermar had corned beef, Andrew had this hunk of carbonized porkchop, Melanie had a foursome of a chicken nugget, and Gian… well, I dunno, but I gave him some of my food and some of Hermar’s corned beef. Same Gian. At high school (we went to the same high school) he’s the most notorious at asking for food, discreetly or blatantly.
After that, I was getting itchy to try out swimming.
Swimming… yeah, that was one of the PEs I missed in college. I swim like a dog, yet luckily I don’t sink like a rock. And luckily there are options in that resort for hapless dudes like me.
There’s the pool, and there’s the beach.
BEACH
ADVANTAGES: many people, there’s a fantastic view of the ocean
DISADVANTAGES: the sand, kids pissing in the beach, kinda murky waters
POOL
ADVANTAGES: clean waters, with nearby shower and dressing room
DISADVANTAGES: not too much peeps, limited areas
I took the pool. Luckily, I was joined by Vladimir and Aaron, so I wasn’t at all lonely at the waterhole. The big fun in there was the “water wrestling” we did. The three of us were wrestling fanatics, so we know the ins and outs and the moves to do a move, especially in the water.
We first did the Angle Slam, made famous by Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle. Aaron was the best executor of all. XD Then we tried the Batista Bomb, by Dave Batista, but it kinda went pfft. Then I tried the Electric Chair, and it was the best. Awww…
I maintained a time limit when I swim nowadays. Back then when I was a kid, I swam with reckless abandon until when we got home I was redder than a red art paper from sunburns. The next days of that would result in me shedding dead skin, kinda bad. So now I swim for only 45 minutes per four hours, so that I won’t get any negative aftereffects from swimming. Sunblock? Well, dame. I don’t like lotion.
Later, when I finished my waterhole escapades, I approached Kenneth (also the resident manga collector who brought dozens of manga with him on the trip) and borrowed his Negima vol. 9 and 10 and Excel Saga vol. 11-14. I read for two hours straight before the professor called it a day. Before some of my classmates were sober enough from drinking Gran Matador.
Before we departed, me and my homies participated in one traditional “in memoriam” thing: group pictorials. Talk about having one with a banner right below you, *imagines sumthin*
Now it’s time to prepare for another three hours of travelling hell. So I went outside the resort to buy a 1.5 L of Royal and ten pieces of Mentos. I kinda went again to my trip, experimental drinking spree. I placed 10 Mentos inside the bottle, and closed the lid pronto before it becomes like a freshly-opened champagne bottle. It tasted like mint and orange. XD
OK, so go-home time. Bye, bye, sayonara, Lemery.
So on we went. When I looked at my back, I saw a lot of people exhausted, but definitely contentment was on their faces. It’s not everyday they can enjoy quality time with their friends like this at the expense of a school day. XD
I think the guys who drank the liquor earlier were still not sober. Later on I’ll tell more of this. Nothing much happened from Lemery to Dely’s again, except for me. I bought a coconut pie and “espasol”, a mushy treat wrapped in milk powder. Yum yum.
And then the fun began again. Aaron, Melanie, Hermar, and some others asked our professor for them to be dropped off Alabang, a popular mall destination for mall powertrippers (and also happened to be the area where they live). So there, Kathy and Gian finally had a seat to lie upon. Just for two hours. I also wanted to go, but I noticed my cellphone and my mom texting me, so I was moved by conscience.
Later on when we left Laguna and entered NCR kingdom, things got really really rowdy. First, they got singing like mad people. First in the line of “defame that tune” was Parokya ni Edgar’s “Chikinini“, which is definitely apt for drunk monkeys.
… OK, class time, so I better wrap this up now. Later, or tomorrow, again. Ciao!
Briathrail // Albert 2MNG 
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