the.mudswimming_rookie.adventures
music: Hotel California by The Eagles
"On a dark, desert highway, cool wind in my head..."

[ the itinerary ]

24.june.2006 famy, laguna hike minor climb (if you can call it a minor climb... talk about battling a very wet weather while climbing the steep, muddy, rocky, shit-full slopes ... plants! plants! and more plants and trees... cliff of which some... are barbed wired, while some... guess where it will end? bwahaha) more importantly, it's a night hike :) exciting! hehe
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at dahil pasaway ang gagong bata na palaboy (na tulad ko...) lahat yata ng bawal gawin when you'll gonna going on an hiking expedition nagawa ko. but anyway, these are, in my intrepid mind, the most important things you should consider to bring along and must-haves when hiking (though bringing an alcoholic beverage depends i think... half of my mind says we should've brought one along, half of it thought... buti na lang!*):

*i have to consider the weather on this thought and the terrain... 1) bring a mountaineering or hiking bag... it's much bigger and can well adapt itself to whatever conditions you're gonna be in aside from being compact. (whatever! i brought my backpack instead...it's more like a small school bag in the eyes of everyone... i think) 2) it's a common knowledge for any mountaineer or hiker to wear proper lightweight attire--- and i didn't (i'm comfortable wearing jeans...so why can't i? hehe) and hiking shoes anyone?!...nah! i wore my trusty and dependable chucks (pic at the bottom) that i usually wear every damn day (hehe this is the limited edition folks!...sure it didn't help at getting me to avoid splashing around in muddy ground... but its the best sneakers that i've ever put into such a gruelling test) 3)be in the company of friends... kasi it is much fun doing these activities with the people you're pretty much comfortable with ---- this is what i like most! 4)have a guide --- we have the best!


by the way, there are only three of us who dared to climb the mountain, challenged the weather, and hike all the way to the camp at night!

the nanay, the guide, and the mudswimming rookie.

listentothegagongbatablend

"Hello! Hello! good day to each and everyone of you who are listening to the gag0ngbata Tunes! You're sound is my sound! To all of you pips here, there and everywhere, i'll be starting out on a fast note! Nelly will be firing up the house on our first salvo with Hot In Here. and then he will be challenge by Nirvana as riffing guitars enters the fray singing Smells Like Teen Spirit. And then make way for Christina Aguilera as she transforms herself into a feisty Fighter. While Britney becomes coy with a school girly outfit singing Baby One More Time. Usher blazing the dance floor with You Make Me Wanna. Greenday crashes in on with Basketcase, fresh from the Blink 182's Family Reunion with Eminem Cleaning Out a Closet. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are blazing past the stage with nothing but socks and guitars on singing Love Rollercoaster and By The Way slowing things down as everything else goes Under The Bridge. Eric Clapton makes his way with Change The World with Tracy Chapman singing Change. Local licks surge ahead with Magasin and Minsan by the Eraserheads and Elesi by RiverMaya pitching in 214. Sugarfree spices up the set with Mariposa. The Juan Dela Cruz Band lives on with Himig Natin. As Ogie Alcasid serenades the ladies with the ballad Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang, making way for Muntik Na Kitang Minahal by The Company. Parokya Ni Edgar singing Barkada with Kamikazee firing away with Tsinelas, and Yano letting everything else cool down with Esem and singing Paalam Sampaguita doon Sa Zoo. Curtain calls as The Dawn dedicates Salamat to each and everyone of you. Rage Against The Machine climbs up from the audience singing Take The Power Back and Bulls On Parade. And Oasis trying to wrap up the set with Champagne Supernova and Don't Look Back In Anger. Greenday performs an encore with Time Of Your Life but failed when Semi-Charmed Life was told by Third Eye Blind singing How's It Gonna Be. Mariah singing You'll Always Gonne Be My Baby. Travis complaining Why Does It Always Rain On Me. Alanis jamming Ironic with Sheryl Crows' Strong Enough, Lisa Loeb's Stay and Alicia Keys' soulful Fallin'. And John Lennon singing Imagine with The Beatles on the rooftop advising everyone to just Let It Be. Elvis and Frank Sinatra performs a duet with Limp Bizkit with My Way. A new band sensation emerges as The Youth Group finally sang Forever Young. to cap it all off for this set. come listen again and i promise you that there will be a whole new playlist to play for your listening pleasure and displeasure."


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if i would describe what my life is...it's music.

music is everywhere. it maybe the trees singing along with the wind. or the birds that chip and chatters. may it be orchestral, classical, rhythm and blues, rock 'n roll, jazz, country, disco, punk, grunge, rock, metal, techno, new wave, ballad, pop, alternative, acoustic, acapella, world music, or even choir songs. it's what makes this "gagong bata" such a neurotic blend. the sounds of the streets are music to my ears as well. apart from the noise, silence is such a relaxing tune. one may agree or not, i'm not a specialized listener (meaning listening to specific genre of music). i listen. that respect, i give to music. and music is everywhere. (put scene of "The Sound Of Music" here where Julie Andrews is singing on a hilltop --- i think it's the opening scene) maybe its no wonder God gave us ears. we should all learn to listen.


music is a sanctuary. like the church quasimodo is living in.
or what the lost boys in never never land may be humming whenever they were fighting captain hook with peter pan.


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currently listening to Sitti's Cafe Bossa a collection of Bossa Nova songs and my seatmates' iTunes' RnB collection with the National Geographic commentation about how a shark catches sea lions for lunch! bon appetite!