Fort SantiaGO!

JANUARY 10, 2008,
PHOTOSHOOT DAY.

Mr. Kris Anthony Viceral (wow, formal rin. XD) asked me to be his model (though I'm getting really fat) waaaaah. Haha.

The night before, I felt super sleepy as if I drank sleeping pills. That's not usual though 'coz I'm this nocturnal-girl-who-doesn't-know-what-sleep-means-until-it's-4AM. Because of this, I wasn't able to prepare whatever I have to bring the next day.


INTRODUCTION

Meeting time is 8AM. I had set my alarm clock to 6AM but then, I woke up 7AM. Woah, PANIC MODE. I didn't eat anything for breakfast and drank coffee na lang. Wooosh! Rushed to the bathroom. After that is the hard part, I don't know what to wear and what to bring. Should I wear this? Or maybe that? Errr, no, how bout this? It was almost 8AM when I finished preparing my stuff and off I go. Tinakbo ko na nga halos yung dapat na nilalakad ko. Gawd, I'm late. Di pa marunong makisama LRT, nagmamadali na nga ako, nagpupuno pa ng pasahero kahit puno na ang train. We met at past 830AM.

"Lawton. I miss the days.. Super."
-Kay

PART 1: THE PHOTOSHOOT

Fort Santiago. There was an entrance fee of P50 for students and P80 for adults. ( I'm not sure if its P80 or P70, I forgot T_T ) Good thing we always bring our IDs. While we were paying our entrance tickets, a Manong Guard saw Kris holding a tripod and approached us saying that if we will do a pre-nuptial photoshoot, we need to get a permit. What the.. We're students, Manong Guard! We told him na lang that we need the photos for our class. Haha! I loved the place. Fort Santiago = WOW. The ambience was great. Ang peaceful pa, super.

We were supposed to do grass shots, but the sun was too bright so we decided to look for a place where there is not much sunlight. Luckily, we found a nice place to shoot and I changed my clothes. Kris chose that orange dress I don't really like. Haha! Pero yun na nga pinaka-contrasting color sa mga dala kong damit, so yun na lang.

Click, click, click! After a few minutes, there were lots of people watching us. Huwaaa. Ano kala niyo sa amin, palabas?! Talagang dun sila tumambay pa sa tagong place na yun, eh, nung nagpunta nga kami dun walang katao-tao. Weird weird. There was these two girls pa nga na parang binubuntutan kami. Weeeeird.

"Isipin mo, ngayon ka lang nakalaya mula sa matagal mong pagkakakulong."
-Kris Viceral

Went around the place. Click. Click. Lakad. Click. Clickkkkk.

There were many tourists of different nationalities - Americans, Chinese, Canadians, etc. And oh, there were LOTS LOTS LOTS of Koreans. As in. Parang kami nga ang mga turista dun, mas marami pa kasing foreigners kesa mga Pinoy. Haha!

0130PM. We rested na. It was fun. ^____^


PART 2: THE MISADVENTURES

May dalawang taxi kaming tinawag, both refused na isakay kami, traffic daw kasi sa UST, etc etc. Whatever Manong. Drivers like you should be reported, you're just lucky I wasn't in the mood to get your plate numbers. Di kasi namin kabisado yung rota nung mga jeep dun kaya taxi sana, but then, we decided to ride a jeep na lang, nakalagay LAWTON. Dumaan nga sa Lawton, pero hindi sa Lawton na Lawton.

"OMG. Saan pupunta tong jeep na to? Sana bumaba na tayo dun sa malapit sa Lawton, too late na!"
"Bahala na, adventure toooo!!!"
"I think I know na san pupunta tong jeep, China Town siguro."

And yun nga, dumaan nga sa China Town and sa may malapit sa Carriedo Station kami bumaba. Change of plans, super. Haha! We ate na lang sa Jollibee Carriedo, makikipagkita kasi si Kris nun kay Rona, a photographer friend of his.

"Tuwing kakain ako sa Jolibee dito sa Carriedo,
dito ako lagi napupunta sa mesang 'to, dito rin mismo sa upuang ito."
-Kay

"Destiny mo nang maupo sa upuang yan."
-Kris

PART 3: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Hidalgo, Hidalgo. Photography galore. Ang daming cam! Nosebleed lang mga usapan ng dalawang kasama ko, di ako makarelate gaano. Haha! Hintay lang kayo, next time pati ako kasama niyo na sa pagcacanvass ng Photography stuff. =D

After the Hidalgo experience, we went to UST na, nagsubmit ng portfolio kasi si Kris and Rona sa Varsitarian.

While we were in UST pala, I saw this blue Kia Pride car from afar and thought, "ano kaya kung yan yung car namin dati? Super destiny naman yun kung sakali.."
Palapit yung car..

"WTF WTF WTF TEZ 375!?!?!?!?! Teka, tama ba!??! TTTT-EEEE-ZZZZZ 3333-7777-5555!?!?! OMG OMG OMG OMG. Yan nga yung kotse namin dati!! Yan nga! As in yan talaga!!!"

"OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!"
-Kay

Grabe, I was shocked super. Kukunan ko dapat ng picture pero the car was running fast so the time I had my camera, it was too late. Ang layo na nung car. OMG talaga. Super WOW.


PART 4: THE ICE CREAAAAM

Cerealicious. Treat ni Kris. =D He ordered Oreo and Juliet and me? I forgot what I ordered! Wahaha! I'm not a suki of Cerealicious eh, huwaaaa. Pero I love Cerealicious. =D Since naubusan ng ice cream sa Cerealicious, we headed to San Mig Foodstop and bought a pint of ice cream - Double Dutch yaaay!

"Love ko talaga mag-ice cream, pero nag-i-ice cream lang ako pag may kasama ako."
-Kris

Engineering Building. Pavillion. Tambay. Chika. Shoot. Reminisce. Nakaka-miss. Waaaah.


PART 5: THE CHEVERNESS

So why cheverness? Kasi wala na akong maisip na title. Haha! Went to 7-11 (my favorite store! =D) to buy slurpee for me and Gatorade Blue something for Kris. I just love the 7-11 store in Lawton. Ang daming memories dun. Tapos ang sarap mag-people-watch. Stayed there for almost 30 minutes, I think. Paglabas ng store, ang lamig! Parang may aircon sa labas. Yun. LRT na. Ako, pa-Monumento and si Kris, pa-Baclaran.

It was a fun-filled day. Nakakatuwa. Waaaah.

"Nakaka-miss ang buhay Tomasino pero mahal ko na rin ang buhay Lasalista.
If only I could be in two places at the same time,
in two schools at the very same time."
-Kay