Our country is about to have a coup and I'm in a freaky car accident. How messed up is that?

Despite of all the chaos that has been happening around Metro Manila, I decided to go back home tonight. I left Batangas at 7:45 and exited the South Luzon Expressway three hours later. Normally it would take me two hours to get from Batangas to my house but traffic was really bad in some areas. The government has announced the 12-5 curfew so I'm sure we weren't the only ones who were tired of traveling and were in a hurry to get back to our houses.

We were at the overpass near Mabini Bridge ( formerly known as Nagtahan Bridge) when a ten-wheeler truck hit the side of my car. I wasn't the one who was driving, the driver was with me. The acted as if nothing happened and kept going on. Of course, my first reaction would be to tell the driver to block the truck so that we can go down and talk. We drove a little faster and stopped in front of the truck when we got hit again!!! WTF right? My driver got down, and because I was starting to get really pissed of, I got my camera phone to try and take pictures of the truck. I was shouting for him to get down and talk to us. If only I had a bat, I would've hit his truck hard. The truck driver never attempted to get down. Instead, he backed up and sped away. By this time me and my driver were just really... argh... frustrated and angry. So we tried to follow him.

It was around 11:30 now, and curfew's about to start in thirty minutes. We trailed the truck and finally at the Laon-Laan and Maceda intersection, we were able to get ahead of the truck because it was having a hard time turning to the right. The truck was at a complete stop when we blocked its way. Then AGAIN, because the truck driver was an uneducated a-hole, he bumped into our car for the freakin' third time!! I couldn't help it, I had to get down to shout at him. He backed up again and sped away. I can't believe truck almost hit me! $%*#$U&)#*$U@!!! Waaaaaa!!! AAArrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!

This time, we went ahead of them so that we could get help from the police. The police car and my car were looking for the truck. It was around ten minutes after twelve and were already nearing the North Luzon Expressway. Unfortunately, there were two trucks of the same kind and the police had gotten the 'innocent' truck. The one that hit us was way ahead now. We had no choice but to back off. ...for now....

Our next plan was to go and get a police blotter. The traffic police station was located at the pier near Intramuros. Sooooo even if we were exhausted, we had to go back and file a report. Now that the police blotter is done, I have no idea what to do next. The police said that they will give us information on the owner of the truck so that we can file a case against them. I just hope the driver gets jailed for this. Well, even if he gets away with this, I'm sure God will find a way.. =D

To add to that, earlier this afternoon I was irritated by this sign that says "Exit" which turned out to be a cover for a hole that I accidentally ran into. Then this guy said that I can still squeeze through the exit so he started guiding me through and I got irritated because I kinda scratched a little part of the car. It turned out that the car really can't get through.

Here are some pictures of the truck that hit me.



You can clearly see his plate number: XMN 661, Isuzu 10-wheeler truck. The side of my car was bumped into already.




The back part of the truck doesn't have a plate number on it. The other truck we saw didn't have a plate number at the back too. On the right side you can see the company that owns the truck: Mega Radial. I searched it on the web and found their website: http://www.megatires.com/intro.php?l=en Their company is under the name Mega Tires. They sell tires but their truck couldn't even stop properly! You think the tires were faulty?




The police station where we wrote our salaysay and krokis (sketch). =D


It's 6am, birds are chirping outside my window. I better get to sleep. Soon to post: pictures of the damages from my car.

Red Kimono Experience

Kait and I decided to try out Red Kimono's Eat All You Can. Since it was already late, the food attendant informed us that they were only accepting last orders for their EAYC. Well, we still decided to go for it. Requirements of the EAYC service is that for every two persons, you would have to eat one order of Kamameshi rice (equivalent to about 2 cups).

Here's a picture of us and our orders.



Do we look like sisters? Everytime we go out together people ask us if we're sisters. We got asked by two people today. Probably because we're the same size! Hahaha :P

We ordered a total of ten dishes plus desserts! The ones I like best are the salmon and cream cheese maki, fried sushi and wrapped kani in wasabe mayo. I was disappointed with their tofu steak because they used Chinese tofu instead of the silky tofu.

Somewhere in the middle of our dinner, I started giving up. The rules included that there should be no leftovers. I had no choice but to eat all of it...

Luckily, I remembered that I had kept a plastic bag earlier that day and it was still inside my bag so I called on my magic powers and made some food disappear....


Tadaaah!

Cua's Gen. Merchandise

Okay, wala lang, naaliw lang ako.

A Hollywood celebrity spotted in Baguio!! Plus other celebs too!

Remember the movie Karate Kid? I believe I just saw Mr. Miyagi in the streets of Baguio City and he hasn't aged much.

Here's a poster from Karate Kid.



Here he is now, selling local magazines, newspapers, etc.




Other celebrities include Erap and Gloria as shown in this really cool "Philippine Political Chess Set"

Weekend in Baguio

Baguio is still the same as before, lots of local tourists on vacation just enjoying the cool weather.

At a park somwhere in Camp John Hay Manor, you can find Lincoln's statue. Poor Lincoln, I think he caught a cold from sitting in his chair all night.




Ever since I was a kid, I always thought that there was a real pet cemetery in Camp John Hay. Yes, there is a cemetery in Camp John Hay but animals weren't buried there. I learned that this cemetery called "The Lost Cemetery" was a cemetery of negativism.

Camp John Hay describes says that it is "where the greatest negativisms of all times" were buried In the early 1980s, base commander John Hightower enjoined all camp employees to think of the negative thoughts and attitudes that impeded their productivity at work, and symbolically buried them all there. A mock funeral was even held to complete the act.
-http://www.cjhhotels.com/dev_facilities_landmark.htm








Our picture at the Bell House.




On our second day, we ate at Rose Bowl a "Chinese" restaurant near Session Road. The food didn't taste Chinese. Very unsatisfactory. Check out their 'Wanton with meat...' I'd describe this as wanton wrapper with meat the size of a chewed gum.




Don't let Baguio down, Support the Rule of Law!



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