infinitepossibilities

continuation….

the bus trip from pasay to sison, pangasinan took a little over four hours. we arrived at sison bus stop [a victory liner stopover] a little past 5 in the morning. it was freezing cold and we had to wait for line’s cousin to pick us up. a few minutes after, line’s cuz and her fiancee arrived to take us to an inn. haha, the town being small doesn’t have much to speak of as far as accommodation is concerned. but then again, we weren’t there for the accommodation. we slept a little before line’s cuz woke us up for breakfast. the groom’s family prepared some food for the guests from cebu [of which si ley ug si vet, dala sa kahig...hehehe] it was the first time in months that i really had a full breakfast as in super lami ila food gi.prepare. if my memory serves me, it was ley and i who was left last on the table <di bitaw, hinay lang mi mokaon, LOL!> after breakfast, line and some of her cuz who were part of the entourage did some fitting of gowns. line, having done with her obligation for the day, managed to ask permission to slip from the busy wedding preparations. thus, the three of us went back to ‘bus stop’ to get a ride going to baguio. we had the whole afternoon to while away our time before we go back to pangasinan for the "despida de soltera." by not following instructions, what was supposed to be a 45-minute jeepney ride to baguio became a two-hour bus drive. thus, we were darn famished when we reached baguio. the first thing we did in baguio was hopped on an FX taxi [btw, most of their taxis are FX, non-aircon, flag down rate is Php30 and 1.50 patak] and headed for what we assumed to be the safest place to eat: sm baguio. yup, some portions of the mall were wide open, very welcoming to the cool breeze. it also has a nice viewing deck where you can see most of baguio. soon after we had lunch, we headed straight to burnham park. it is one huge park wtih nice cool air and the pines, lots of them! [ihas jud ba]. we strolled a bit until we saw the boating lagoon. there are several duckie-dinosaur rowboats which park goers can rent for a minimal fee of PhP80 for every 30-minute ride. from the boating lagoon, we went straight to a restaurant within burnham to tryout their bibingka and the violet-looking puto bumbong. their bibingka is way different from cebu’s. it’s tasty, yet bingka sa mandaue pa rin ang the best. the violet yucky-looking food was a surprise. haha, lami siya and we only ordered a serving, toinks! not quite full with the bibingka and puto bumbong, we bought sweet corn dipped in butter and sugar as we headed for the victory liner terminal. we got back to sison, around 8 o’clock - just in time for dinner. super pabaga na pud, line’s cuz and her fiancee took all of us [including line's other cuz from cebu] to the groom’s house for dinner and the "despideda de soltera". it was a pretty unique experience. something i wouldn’t experience in cebu. — [vet dec. 27]