The sound of waves crashing right in front of me was suddenly a distant memory. As the current rumble of thunder frequently graces half of the darkened skies. Part of it were stars floating away from the approaching turmoil. The moon was the broadest light that shines the way, leaving abit of the sandy sand glimmer onto my shoes. (I just can't believe I'm wearing shoes to a beach. How unnecessary!)
SHADY
SANDY
Last Monday, my friends and I just suddenly agreed to head to the beach. So as I was finishing my tasks to town, I picked up Sha (the mastermind)--whose waiting 1 hour prior (super excited!)--at their house. Then head home to grab my things and get Donna who's patiently sitting at our doorway; managing questions my Moms' about to ask her regarding where we're really going.
After buying foodie stuffs--and me returning home twice for being stupidly forgetful of the little things that's moreso ever important than anything (cellphone, driver's license and the stereo) is the silliest thing ever--we took the high way just as the sun slowly sets.
By past 6pm, we got to Nacho's place and prepared the things we need. Not to mention the epic rice that's still on the stove (cooking!) when we got there. All of us where all about the rice jokes..
Luto na ba ang lugaw natin?
Kulang na lang lagyan ng manok, bawang, o lamang loob yan.
'Di talaga 'yan maluluto kung laging binubuksan. Iniinin na lang kaya. (umandar ang pagiging OC ni Nacho kasi kasi bagac hihi~)
And during when we were eating it na...
Masarap ang kanin. Salamat Nacho at 'di ako nahirapan sa kanin dahil nilulunok ko na lang. (laughs)
This is it. Blanket spread out with all our things. The four of us, fab as ever (giggles). And the Bagac, Beach.
THE
WAY
TO
PARTY (the SF way)
Opened some chips, a couple of big softdrinks, cracked the Ice (with my bare hands), took pictures, and opened 2 cans of sardines. Let the epic 'SARDINAS PARTY' a big blow. As we cheer on a Happy Birthday To YCE. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY YCE!"
TRACING faces/
Trading SPACES
As we were about to leave Bagac, everyone's been reminding me... "Kapatid mabagal lang ha?" (actually sa umpisa pa lang ng byahe yan na ang sinasabi ni Sha hihi) since we had a drink (although one bottle lang yun).
Medyo long drive din, so I really didn't drove that fast para for longer friendly conversations. Since its dark, and we're heading towards zigzag roads onto paved mountains--where big branched, old gloomy trees on every side of the road--pretty much were most of the spectacle to see.
So I said out loud,
"Kapag may pumara sa daan sabihin nyo lang ha? Para maisabay natin." I said this with a chuckle at heart.With Sha replying, "Jk wala namang ganyanan. Mag-isa lang ako dito sa likod.""Parang me ano dun sa taas ng puno oh!"...at puro banat pa here and there kahit unrealistic na hihi
Ayun di rin nakatiis si Sha, sa sobrang takot biglang lumipat ba naman sa harapan. At sumiksik sa passenger seat kung saan naka-upo si Donna. At ang kawawang kapatid kong naka-seat belt nadaganan tuloy. (sabi ni Donna afterwards, tinatakpan daw ni Sha ang view nya sa rear view mirror ng kotse kaya tense na tense ito) But come to think of it, understandable ang reaction na ito with Sha, hence, active kasi ang 3rd eye nya.
So there goes tatlo kami sa harap, earnestly looking at the road, talking and pondering on the certain things that got caught on the headlights. As there were certain things that momentarily strikes our attention:
We saw 3 dogs on the road.2 drunk walking in middle of the center line.A family of 4 walking sa buong lane na dadaanan ko (tipsy ba sila??)And of course the 10 weird cats prowling along the way.
HOW
TO
END
THE NIGHT: Homemade Coffee
With the night still looms out of all of us, we felt its too early to head home and hit the sack at that time so we decided to go to Rachel's place. There we opt to strike ruckus, upon the Big Rosary display as I ask Sha to take novena there. (isang dangkal ata ung crusifix tapos ung mga beads isang dakot sa palm ko, ganun kalaki!) We also took pictures of whatever food we find on table. (pointing out the extra food party of YCE one more time!) We were constantly laughing althroughout while waiting for the warm water to boil. There I said, "Toast tau ng kape natin! Inumin na! Sarap!" "Rachel sarap ng kape nyo." "Pano kaya kung ganito nga talaga inumin ang kape.. kukutsarahin ang powder?"
Pagkatapos ng kumosyon namin sa bahay ni Rachel, hinatid na namin si Sha. Tapos si Rachel sa trabaho nya. Medyo sumaglit lng kami ni Donna dun para mag-observe ng Dialysis sa isang patient tapos nag-aya na ring umuwi si Donna. (napansin ko na rin kasi na medyo pula na mata nya na may bahid ng antok).
When I got to my bed at 1:30 pm, nag-text lang ako saglit then find myself feeling sleepy.
The sound of waves crashing right in front of me was suddenly a distant memory. Seeing the shore once again makes me all mellow. I miss how the sand covers my feet. I miss looking at the sky in a different way. Just finding its lost beauty under the current rumble of thunder. In silence, I kept wishing not to rain at that very moment just as part of the gloomy heavens were stars floating away from the approaching turmoil. Please don't rain. The moon was the broadest light that shines the way, leaving abit of the sandy sand glimmer onto my shoes. The perfect light however that shines brightest amongst all else were that usual smile, that certain laughter giddily beaming with happiness, fun and longing. A radiant smile that certain friends have shared for a very long time.
Listening: Song list of every Trading Yesterday via Youtube (here's the playlist)
Mood: Reminiscing
Trivia: The title for this blog entry is also a tribute to the Bette Midler movie, "Beaches" (the movie about 2 bestfriends)
Disclaimer: All animals were not drunks whatsoever. Mahilig lang talaga silang either humiga, o humarang sa gitna ng daan. :)
