rain or shine, happy or sad

I am perfectly aware that I have to be up by 8am tomorrow but here I am trying to blog at 3am. Where art thou, sleep discipline? It's been a while. :)

As promised, next on my list is the day out with the best friend some weeks ago. We went to Quezon City Circle hoping we'd accomplish my 2012 goal #01 which is "Learn how to ride a bike" but as you may have all guessed, we failed. I disappointed my best friend but I'm pretty sure not as much as I disappointed myself. Remember I already failed before? :'( But no, I'm not quitting. The next time I try mag-aalay muna ako ng itlog at magmamakaawa sa lahat ng mga santo. Would you know kung may Patron Saint of Biking? :P

Looking on the brighter side, it's good that we were able to bond for almost the entire day. Come rain or shine. Come happy or sad. 

RAIN. It was raining when we arrived at the park. It was early lunch time then. We didn't want to brave the rain so we just stayed inside the car and I conducted 'Making Faces 101'. Trivia: The best friend doesn't know how to make faces. Look at her having a hard time. 

isang kindat naman jan, best! :P

SHINE. After the rain has stopped, we eagerly went out for lunch. Few shoots here and there as we were trying to look for a decent place to eat. The first picture worthy spot we found was what we thought as wishing well. Imagine my excitement peeking through the well only to find out it has transformed to a huge garbage can {or garbage well, whatever}. Only in the Philippines yan.

wishing garbage well

We found an area of decent restos and chose Bacolod Chicken Inasal. In this age and day, we don't just eat, we eat while taking pictures. I assume we all agree, thank you. Haha! :)

Ini ang Inasal!

HAPPY. After lunch, we were happy souls with happy tummies already. We strolled in the park stopping by every picture-worthy spot we see. It brought back memories. We felt like kiddos - young, wild and free. Hahaha!

we're just having fun, we don't care who sees ♩♪♫

{ohnooess, LSS}

SAD. And the obvious sad part is that after two hours of trying to balance that darn bicycle, I still didn't learn. Few days after, I have bruises all over my legs. For the second time around, all I got are bruises. Bruuiisseesss! Passsaa! Alam mo yun. Passaaaa? Gusto ko lang naman matutong magbike eh! Hindi ba pwede yun? Hahaha! I'm running amok now. :P

and that, my friends, is the look of frustration

Lastly, we had dinner at some random carinderia na feeling resto with the waiter and bill out effect pa. After a frustrating and tiring and dehydrating biking attempt, a good heart to heart talk with the best friend capped the night. Not bad at all, what do you think? ♥ :')

still trying to make faces, huh?

And speaking of not bad at all. It's already 4am and I'm left with only 4 hours of sleep. Not bad at all. Really.

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something darn frustrating

In my attempt to complete Goal #2. Learn how to ride a bike, I invited {or forced would be more appropriate?} my dear sisters to go biking at Quezon City Circle. But my chubby-wobbly sister, Anit, had errands of her own that day so we were able to meet pretty late. We set foot in QC Circle at around 7PM. Yes, that late! To think we also committed to visit our cousins leaving near the area. Too much for a night, I know.

one day the sisterettes went biking

So there, I only had an hour to learn biking that night. Good excuse for not learning. Hahaha! All I got are bruises. Around 10 of them, would you believe? I didn't even fall of the bike in that case. What more kung sumemplang ako? Well, the time of the month is coming then so I guess that explains.

And because I assumed that I'll learn that night, I insisted for blog-worthy shots from my sister. I kept on posing and smiling for the camera while trying my best to balance myself for at least a few seconds.

ayan kasi, inuuna pa ang picture

He didn't give me my heart's desire that night. Maybe he wants me to try harder, or to develop patience, or to learn how to handle frustration.  And speaking of, I can remember the darn feeling. I almost didn't want to leave the place because I felt like a loser. I hate losing, I hate failures and I totally abhor quitting. So I swear before this blog, I'll learn how to do it in time. AJA, fight! Hahaha! =)))

Since I had no choice but to stop trying that night, we opted to leave the place at around 8PM and visited our cousins as promised. First stop was Marcus' crib. Marcus being the first born of Tegs and Kuya Marvin and the last addition to our growing family. Look how adorable he is.

Choi Choi ♥

We also visited Ate Shell and Kuya Weng's compound. To our surprise, Ate Grace and her cute li'l angel, Dennise, were also there. It was a lot of fun being surrounded by little kids. They are all equally cute and makulit. Go see for yourself more of my adorable niece and nephews.   

aunties with Ayex and Kuya Poch

mother and child
Ate Grace and Denise

with my sisters and cousins, Ate Jo, Ate Shell and Ate Grace

Fun way to end a frustrating night don't you think?

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