Posts published during September, 2007
May 31, 2007. After having lunch at Pier 39, my parents decided that they wanted to go shopping. My parents and my aunt decided to go to downtown San Francisco by the historic tram with us. The cable cars are apparently not being used by regular commuters and are just operational for their tourist value. (Or not. I certainly wouldn’t take the tram if I was a commuter. Lines are too long and the tram’s quite slow).
What can I say? It’s a roller coaster ride only much slower. Also, my brother, my father and I were standing instead of being fastened to our seats. Everyone who stood up during the entire ride got knocked down a number of times. It was quite hilarious especially when everyone else in the coach laugh in chorus at the quirks of the ride.
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After my only class last Thursday, I went with fellow blogger and a brod of mine, Ivan in one of his spur of the moment trips with fellow travelers Gideon and Sai to some falls in nearby Rizal province. We were supposed to go only to Daranak Falls in Tanay, Rizal but we ended up also passing by Hinulugang Taktak in Antipolo and further to Batlag Falls in Tanay, too.
Hinulugang Taktak is one of the falls that many of us know, because of the infamous folk song that went “Tara na sa Antipolo, at doon maligo tayo!” and, also because of its proximity to Manila. Unfortunately, it is perhaps because of this proximity to human settlements that the falls seem quite neglected. The waterfalls is visually picturesque but it smelled like detergent from all the residents doing their laundry upstream. Surrounding the falls is a park where families can have picnics. There’s also a swimming pool downstream. More information at PinoyMountaineer.com
After taking a few photographs with the falls, we proceeded to Tanay, Rizal which was less than an hour away from Antipolo.
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Two Thursdays ago, I went to Divisoria with ever dependable Eka. I had to buy some materials for our protest rally that day, so I took that as an opportunity to be able to go to Divisoria. The last time I had been there was half a decade ago with my parents. We even bumped into Imelda Marcos in a textile shop. And yes, she was in one of her trademark ternos while shopping in the crowded alleys of Tutuban. How odd is that?
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This is more than a week late. Last September 20, we held a cultural protest action in Palma Hall as part of our alliance’s Martial Law week commemoration. The protest was also part of our ongoing call to junk the Tuition and Other Fee Increases policy by the UP Administration, among other such repressive policies.
We were supposed to hold our program at AS Lobby but we were cut off with electricity just when we began. Fortunately, our friends from All-UP Workers’ Union had their mobile sound system at the hall’s steps, so we proceeded with the protest outside.
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We finally regained our regular internet connection at home. The only way I was able to get online the past few days (aside from hanging out in school to avail of our wifi service) was to sit out at our garage and pick up our neighbor’s wifi signal.
Yesterday, my mom and I took Tisay to Trinoma to buy her some clothes for her second birthday tomorrow. It was Tisay’s second time in a mall–the first time was months ago in nearby SM North EDSA. (It was, by the way, also my first time in Trinoma). We went to a few shops to look at things for her. While my mom picked out the clothes, I took care of running around the baby, which can be quite tiring. Tisay was obviously very amused with everything that she was seeing, running around the way curious and playful babies usually are.
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a film school graduate, a former law student and student council officer in UP Diliman, currently part of the legislative staff of the sole youth party-list in Philippine Congress.