let's pause for a commercial

4 night stay in a very nice hotel in the heart of nyc...

$300

front row seats to two broadway plays...

$200

city pass ticket to different nyc attractions...

$50

seven day unlimited ride pass to subways and buses...

$21

one day unlimited ride pass to subways and buses (because i'm an idiot who lost my seven day pass)...

$7

sidewalk kebabs

$3 each

the thought of not having to work for five glorious days...

priceless.

for everything else there is a mastercard --- a mastercard who wouldn't approve any of my applications for a credit card because of a low credit score. mga pakshet kayo! how on earth would i build a credit history if you keep denying me of a freaking credit card???

anyways, enough of the commercial....

so we went and spent our mini break number two in new york city. it was a first time for sheila and dennis to be swept with the crowds of people at times square. it was a second time for me. but i've never walked so much in my entire life than when i was with these guys. i swear, if my feet had a mind of their own, they would run to the nearest path train station and catch the first train going to new jersey with the thought of getting a well deserved foot spa. he he he...

despite my traumatized feet, we really had fun, because who wouldn't be if you wake up and see the colorful marquees of times square outside your window. hay naku! new york, new york... nakakaubos ng pera at ng energy. the first night we were there, we realized there's truth to the line "the city that doesn't sleep". madaling araw na nagkalat pa rin ang mga tao, turista man o locals. andaming extremes. nandyan ang mga expensive na mga designer shops habang sa sidewalk, nakadisplay ang mga fake na louis vuitton and prada bags at mga rolex na relo for only $5. laban ka? sa pagitan ng mga mamahaling restos naghilera naman ang mga maliliit na kiosk na nagtitinda ng mga hotdogs (75 cents) at pork/beef kebabs on a bun ($3). blending in the crowd are the wall street type of people, japanese tourists, tattoo artists, whoopi goldberg (yes! whoopi goldberg!), broadway tickets scalpers, the naked cowboy, nasty new yorkers, polite new yorkers, basta sari-saring tao.

anyway, that was already a week ago.i only had time to write about it now. alam nyo naman kayod na ulit ako to get the object of my desire (which i will blog later). just thinking about our week in new york got me tired, but it was worth it. napansin nyo ba? lahat ng mga post ko tungkol sa lakwatsa lagi na lang "worth it". he he he...

these vagabond shoes are longing to stray

i'm back....and my feet are killing me! five days of going around in circles in times square and up and down the subway terminals of uptown and downtown manhattan, tell me if your feet wouldn't give up on you. good thing i'm wearing my flat boots.

it was fun though. two broadway shows, three parks,two museums, two trips to the empire state building (because the first time, we had zero visibility), a lot of pictures taken with wax people at madame tussauds, and one very old battleship later, we were ready to retire our shoes and head home. the weather was quite surprising that week because it started out as rainy, to windy, to chilly and to cold but sunny on the last day.

i got to experience using the subways like a real new yorker. we broke traffic laws by crossing the street on a "don't walk" signal. and more laws were broken because i lost my seven day unlimited metrocard pass on our third day, that i had to go through the turnstile together with vincent using his card. now the NYPD is on the lookout for me... he he he.

i'm tired right now. i just wanna get some sleep and give my tired feet some rest. but you bet, there will be more of my NYC mini break on the next post.

start spreading the news

mini break number two is now not just another one of those plans that didn't push through. i just talked to dennis yesterday and by the looks of it, were really going to take a big bite of the big apple for five glorious days. wuhooo! after weeks and weeks of being stymied by dead wind in the doldrums, i am finally going to have an escape. the itenerary isn't final yet but vincent is pretty sure that we're going to see two broadway plays in between those five days. i'm excited. i am so going to breeze through the four days that i'd be working before we hit the road yet again.


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i've been thinking:
i was willing to give some people the benefit of the doubt if only for somebody else's happiness. but i guess some perversions are way out of the "he should be right for you." zone. i know a lot of people say "if it feels right, then it must be." try telling that to the millions of couples who sought divorce after the thought of "feeling right" crossed their minds. this is just my two cents. of course you know him better. or do you?

i'm on a roll

i just spent 6 out of the 7 days last week contibuting to the US government money. yep, dahil humataw ako ng overtime, linggo lang ang naging pahinga ko. sigurado, feel na feel ko na naman ang kaltas na tax pagdating ng paychecks nito. pero kailangan mag OT eh, kasi mukhang magkakaroon ng part two yung mini break namin last july. this time new york naman daw. haay, sana nga matuloy. medyo nagsasawa na kasi ako sa apat na sulok ng apartment namin. mga ilang buwan pa, ma-mememorize ko na kung ilang blades meron ang blinds namin sa bintana ng sala at kwarto. pwera biro.

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nangungulit nung isang gabi yung CNA ko sa nursing home na sumama ako sa paintball games nila. siyempre umayaw ako, malay ko ba sa mga paintball na yan... nung tumanggi akong sumama, hiniritan naman ako ng "sige nood na lang tayo ng sine after ng game namin." (whoa! is he asking me out on a date?) teka lang... eepal ka lang din lang naman tinaon mo pa sa one and only day that i'm off after 6 continuous 12 hour shifts, e di tumataginting na hindi pwede ang inabot mo. para din akong cellphone noh! nag-lolow batt, kailangan din i-recharge. isa pa ga-bundok na yung labada na naghihintay sa akin, wala na akong scrubs na maisusuot sa lunes kaya kung may date man na mangyayari, eh date yun with the washer and dryer. bad timing ka kasi umepal eh.

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anyways, nanalo ako ng kunwaring libro. pakulo ni roni_bats. isang columnist sa peyups na astig kung magsulat. dahil sawa na akong magbilang kung ilang blades meron ang mga blinds namin naisipan kong mag-email. heto ang winning piece ko... he he he.

kunwaring entry:

hi! wag ka sanang ma-shock... he he, hindi ako stalker. masyado lang akong maraming off days kaya malimit maligaw sa website ng peyups. nalaman ko yung tungkol sa kunwaring libro ni roni_bats, kaya kunwari nahihiya pa ako, kunwari ang purpose lang ng email na to eh sabihin sa yo na aliw ang mga artiks mo at kunwari hindi ako manghihingi ng kopya. pero kunwari lang yun ha?! baka naman seryosohin mo. baka naman bigla mong hingin ang mailing address ko at i-ship mo agad dito, sinasabi ko sa yo... magkukunwari talaga akong ayaw kong tanggapin yang kunwari mong libro. kunwari hindi ako interested.

pero teka, bakit mo naman kaya ako dapat bigyan ng kopya? hindi kaya dahil nabasa ko na lahat ng artiks mo sa peyups at gusto ko itong ulit-ulitin? hindi siguro. o baka naman dahil inabot ako ng tatlong oras sa pag-iisip kung alin ba talaga ang paborito ko sa mga artiks mo. aba, 3 oras din yon, sana naglaba na lang ako ng scrubs ko, o di kaya nangapit apartment na lang ako sa kabila at nakinood ng TFC he he.

eto na lang, alam mo bang sa tatlong oras kong pag-iisip kung ano ang paborito kong artik mo, eh nag-consume ako ng 180 minutes? alam kong alam mo, nagdodoktor ka eh, matalino. pwera biro.... sa lahat, naging paborito ko yung ABaKaDabra. nagustuhan ko yung style. magaan basahin pero may social relevance. nagbubukas sa isip ng bumabasa (without being preachy) na hindi lahat ng bagay ay tungkol sa "akin", mas madalas umiikot din ang mundo sa "kanila".

sana dumami pa yung nasa listahan ng mga artiks mo sa peyups. and good luck on becoming a doctor. wow, doktor na magaling magsulat. siguro aliw din ang H & P at progress notes na isusulat mo sa mga charts ng mga pasyente.


kunwari lang,
nerie