Last Days in Cebu, First Trips of May




In reverse order (sorry, not everything is documented in photos):

May 15 - distribute earthly goods, leave for Davao

May 14 - dinner with housemates at Waterfront, final packing

May 13 - ship boxes to Davao at pier, bring drawers to Ana's place (by manual labor)

May 12 - ferry from Negros to Cebu, tour Dalaguete's vegetable cold chain system, climb up to Osmena Peak (highest peak in Cebu at 1,040 m above sea level) 2 p.m. in Typhoon Caloy, talk to Mayor 6 p.m., arrive in city 8:30 p.m., Bible study

May 11 - arrive 4 a.m. at Dumaguete from Cebu, crash at Larry's hotel room, drop by Literatura Festival 11 a.m., sit-in at Dumaguete Writer's Workshop 3 p.m., poetry reading at Cafe Antonio 7 p.m., hang out, shoot and pose with the writing fellows at Silliman Ave.

May 10 - finish writing Mother's Day essay 3 a.m., go to Sun.Star to email column (and get free wi-fi while the rest of the Visayas is in a blackout), attend Island Life digital art exhibit launching at Kahayag, catch 10 p.m. boat to Dumaguete, watch The Constant Gardener on laptop (one of the must-do's-before-I-leave-Cebu because DVD not mine)

May 7 - finish making crowns for Sunday School at Abuhan Dos 1 a.m., Sunday School at 10 a.m. despite burned transformer at electric post, disappear from the world to my secret place from 6 to 830 p.m., leave for Liloan lighthouse 9:30 p.m.

May 6 - lunch at Bean Sprouts, WILA workshop from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., jazz quartet concert at SM till 10 p.m., pochero and kinilaw at Abuhan Dos

Comments

  1. sem villarealMay 17, 2006 at 7:35 AM

    They're sweetest this season, no?

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  2. Ivy MCMay 17, 2006 at 8:37 PM

    if I can have a life like yours, i'll do the same. =)
    such free will makes me really envious...hehehe.
    tomorrow na flight ko for Cebu.
    unfortunately, I can't see Bantayan.
    But I will, I promise, this year. =)

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  3. DK Z MaranionMay 17, 2006 at 9:19 PM

    Ah, lovely. Next time to come up this place in a typhoon, make the calachuchi into a button like I showed you, so it won't be blown away. :)

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  4. Ivy MCMay 17, 2006 at 9:22 PM

    the next time I visit Cebu for leisure, climbing Osmena's Peak will be in the schedule & itinerary. =)

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  5. Riko BentulanMay 18, 2006 at 1:38 AM

    Thanks for the pics jeneen...i hope you are doing great in davao...

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  6. Crisanto CayonMay 18, 2006 at 2:23 AM

    will be missing this girl in Cebu next week. but she did leave me with a very smart itinerary for my participants while in Cebu. thanks for that Jeen!

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  7. Jerome RodilMay 27, 2006 at 10:51 AM

    Neen! Any chance you can get me in touch with these people who do vermicomposting? My local variety earthworms are good, but I hear these Africanos do a pretty efficient job. I was thinking of corresponding with someone who could send me through sea freight a potted plant with these buggers in the soil. =)

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  8. Jerome RodilMay 27, 2006 at 10:53 AM

    cute. =)

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  9. Jeneen GarciaMay 28, 2006 at 11:52 AM

    hi jerome, will send you the number of the person in charge of the solid waste management in dalaguete once i get it. actually sa negros daw talaga nauna yung vermicomposting (sa bais ata). that's where they bought their worms. our office in palawan also trains communties in vermicomposting.

    bakit, wala ba sa manila? kala ko nga nag vermicomposting ka na, kasi sa 'yo ko ata unang narinig yung term. =)

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  10. Jerome RodilJune 11, 2006 at 9:32 AM

    yipee! sige, send it to me. thank you. i have been vermicomposting at home, but most of my worms are borers and not really surface feeders (the matakaw type). anyway, i might fly to cebu this month or next. might go back to toledo to check out the mining company there. i like the new layout. girly-girly, hihi... =)

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  11. XXXX YYYYAugust 16, 2006 at 4:26 AM

    ikaw ni jen? makita nimoi imong reflection sa opposite side?

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  12. Jeneen GarciaAugust 17, 2006 at 11:25 AM

    dili na ako uy. kagwapa ana =) ako nang blurred/ transparent diha kay naglihok ko, nya slow shutter man akong camera.

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  13. XXXX YYYYAugust 18, 2006 at 9:13 PM

    jen asa naman tong hulagway nato sa boljoon?

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  14. XXXX YYYYAugust 18, 2006 at 9:15 PM

    gabagyo karon jen, dili ko makatawag nimo from the office.

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