Trip-trailing in the mountains...

April 09, 2012 -- I've again broken free from the clutches of boredom, weight gain, procrastination and, generally, laziness. I decided I'd spend the afternoon with a friend whom I know would bring me somewhere exhilarating, such as, the mountains! This guy has the knowledge of the mountains of Zamboanga, their twists and turns, ups and downs and just about every road whether big or small, in plain view or hidden in secret. He knows all of that like the back of his hand.

Dirt roads are just so awesome to look at. They're so beautiful in their naked way that it seems like a shame to pave them with cement.

We cruised through Lantawan, going up to Tito L's rest house but we never got past. The clouds seemed heavily gray; it might rain. The road up was cemented for easy mountain driving.

See, over here is a glimpse of the west coast of Zamboanga City and maybe a little bit of the east coast.

And over here, is a little part of the west-est west of Zamboanga. lol. :))

Zamboanga City, home.

Pasonanca River. Barely a river at all on a hot summer's day.

A Bend In The Road by Nicholas Sparks. Book cover potential, yes? :D

This is a view of the eastern mountains of Zamboanga from Abong-Abong Park. Somewhere over there (imagine me pointing to a speck on the photo) is the Lumbangan dumpsite. Not so obvious.

Zamboanga is a very beautiful place despite news of extreme terrorism and low economy. Some of them are just over-exaggerating on that idea because pop culture influence is slow here.

Oh, hi! [I] Figured I'd take a snap during a stop by the views. It was too hot so hello sunglasses and umbrella!

This is my best take, yet.

So that is all! Happiness level shot up to 85%! (Not that I have an actual happiness meter) By the way, I took these snapshots with my Galaxy Ace phone camera. These were all spontaneous point-and-shoot snaps. I call it the amateur photographer's luck! (Or something like that.)

Maybe I'll be doing this again. There are lots of scenic spots that would be great for sight-seeing, camwhoring, dating, and maybe a family picnic. There are also lots of hidden pathways to who knows where (probably for home basing the date, mehehe) if you try finding them.

Going up the mountains is waaaaaay waaaaaay waaaaaay better than kicking up sand at the beach. It's probably the best getaway slash time alone option than any other. Just make sure you've got dirt road-proof wheels and a tool kit with you in case you get a flat tire. And load your phone - load big. I don't know about gas, but I'm pretty sure you can't find any gasoline station up in the mountains. If there are any vendors, well, it's hard to find one, in my opinion. Common sense. ;)

Days of nothing-to-dos

Is that how you pluralize "do"? Seriously, I don't know.

It's been...days since I last had fun. I've been spending more and more time inside the house and less outside. It's summer, so I think that explains why. Or if not, then let me clarify:  Summer vacation means no school. Summer vacation means parents expect you to stay at home. Summer vacation means no money allowance. And summer vacation means 2 months of tolerating the possibility of going crazy.

So, again, it's been...days since I last had fun. I did leave the house at least once this week but it didn't really give me a sense of satisfaction. More so, I've been devising plans - okay, lies - for me to be able to go out and explore the world! But all the time they seem to have loopholes which prevents me from going out later in the day than I want to. Example: I'm with a friend, and we decided to watch a 4:00 PM movie at the cinemas. At 4:30 PM mom texts asking me where I am and "it's late" and "get home" like, "now!" The worst of all the loopholes is that I confidently gave my friend's phone number to my mom and she could just verily call my friend asking if I'm hanging out at their place. And that gets real bad when I am not hanging out at said friend's place. So I'm stuck. At home. At holy week. At holy week. At HOLY WEEK.

Kill me. Now.

I'm now very bored. Facebook's boring. Not much news gets posted on the feed. I don't know, maybe it's because I don't have that much friends? I've made a new account almost a year back due to the impending amount of friends that I had on my first one, the majority of whom I don't really know in person, and I've been getting spam mails and links on my feed that it didn't seem safe anymore. Posting stuffs wasn't safe anymore. Having a big family of old-generation-conservatives doesn't make anything I do safe. At all.

I've grown up, maybe. I've lost interest on cartoons and animes and books on fantasy and make-believe. I've lost interest on online gaming. Hell, I don't even think arcade game stores are fun. I don't watch TV, I don't watch YouTube videos, I don't converse with Simsimi, I don't do anything! The worst that has happened was that I literally lost interest in my books. Books! Books that have been waiting for this moment, summer vacation, when I won't be busy on anything school-related and would give time for them. Books! I must have been brainwashed by some evil alien force in my sleep! No. No way. Nothing like that exists. I've grown up. Maybe.

Or maybe not. I've been playing GTA: San Andreas for three days now. Boy, did I miss this game. It's not really a kid's game 'cause it's violent and mature and something I enjoy playing when I'm not in the mood. I'm not in the mood at all these past few days. So it's been three days and I'm almost losing my interest in it also. I made a goal for the game and it's to actually finish it. But I fear that I'm not getting anywhere on finishing it. Boo!

I'm in danger of finding sleeping and eating fun 'cause it's the only thing I've been spending the majority of my time on these past few weeks. I tried jogging. It was so fun. I was with my friend K and her cousins and dad. We did 5 laps of semi-jogging and walking then ate street-food chicken and drank Pepsi. Talk about wasting diet goals. I swore I'd do anything to lose pounds this summer. But the reality is that I'm doing the opposite. That jogging thing? That was the only time. And the rest of the plans went down the drain along with the food I've been chugging down.

So I'm blogging right now. It's not really something I find "fun" 'cause I don't even get any feedback on my posts; maybe that's the reason why I don't constantly blog. I just erased the writings on my whiteboard. I plan to write up more stuffs that I intend to do for the next week before engaging on summer classes. That's right, I'm having summer enhancement classes on my course. I'm sure that despite my laziness and constant complaints of nothing-to-dos, this is exactly what I NEED. You need this, Louise! Stop complaining! It's for your own good!

But maybe in the last minute I'll change my mind. Who knows?

God, this post is so random. Ugh.