#tarlac

This was my second hike and my first one was for our PE subject back in college where we hiked Mt. Makiling. A decade of gap so this feels all new to my 35-year old body.

We were sad that our 4x4 ride is not an open jeep but it's still exciting because we still get to see the vast Crow Valley before our two-hour hike to the crater lake.

I can't believe we hiked under the scorching sun for two hours and survived it and to see this majestic view in the end was all worth it!

Descending got me a bit impatient because we are all tired and we just want to go home already. Grateful for the cold streams to ease our aching feet. Bonded with an Aeta tour guide and other hikers. Thank god our jeep was not open and we are all covered from the heat of the sun in our ride back home.

Gerona, Tarlac - Philippines | 3/18/24

Sayang wala raw si Mayora kaya hindi tuloy kami naka pag "Hi" sa kanya....

Pumuwesto nga pala kami dito sa pinaka harap ng Munisipyo

Then eto yung itsura pag pasok mo ng City Hall

Syempre dapat me picture tayo sa Pink Municipal Hall ng Bamban

Nag Jollibee na din ng breakfast meals dito sa Bamban

🗓️ Sunday | January 14, 2024

Ito yung dahilan talaga kung bakit gusto ko bumyahe ng maaga tapos sasakay sa bus na open window. I just love the morning breeze. As I also mentioned previously, favorite transpo ko talaga ang bus.

Instead na magmukmok over the weekend, I decided to prepare my bag and just go kung saan man mapunta basta goal ko lang makasakay ng bus. As of now hanggang Tarlac lang muna tinatry ko as panimula but I'm planning na palayo ng palayo sa susunod.

Just having a quick search ng cafe sa Tarlac before leaving and I found this cozy place na pasok talaga sa taste ko.

📍Calle Cubeyertos

Fairlane Subdivision, 4011 4th St, Tarlac City, Tarlac

"You are now entering a stress free zone".

Tapos yung pinapatugtog pa nung time na yan:

It must have been love, but it's over now

It must have been good, but I lost it somehow

It must have been love, but it's over now

From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out

Napapa-smile nalang ako sa ganda ng paligid pero nananadya talaga yung kanta. Hahahaha

I really love the ambience, with nature vibe, with antiques decor, napaka cozy, i found peace. I was able to talked to the owner and she's just an amazing woman like i don't want to end our convo and i hugged her when it's time say goodbye na. But I'll definitely go back here next weekend.

She was surprised na galing pa ako sa malayo na lugar and sobrang na appreciate nya kasi di pa daw talaga nya minamarket kasi the place and sila is not that ready pa. Parang pang family or friends lang daw muna sana pero syempre once it posted on social media at magustuhan ng mga tao, yun na yun.

Kasi she also asked me if paano ko daw nalaman yung lugar and since mag close ng 10am, mas maganda daw sana kung hapon ako pumunta (4pm-10pm) ulit sana mag open. So since may iba pa akong gagawin sa hapon kaya umaga ako nakapunta, i told her babalik ako next week at hapon na ako pupunta. Grabe laaaaang. Kaya di ko mapigilan yakapin syaaaa. "I'll expect you here again, punta ka ng hapon although medyo marami tao nun pero you can stay and bring your book and read", she added. Gooosssh myyyy heeeaaart 😭

The service, the vibe, the people, these makes me coming back talaga and ofcourse bonus na yung masarap din na food nila.

Sakto lang din na 10am close ng Calle Cubeyertos, open naman SM City Tarlac ng ganung oras and good thing 1 ride lang (tricycle - 30php) pero pwede rin lakarin.

Akala mo may passport eh pero ticket lang talaga yan ng The Beekeeper. Habang nag hihintay ng oras, nag ikot muna sa mall at may booksale tapos ayun siguro ito muna kailangan ko na libro ngayon. Hahahaha

Nung papasok na sa sinehan, para namang na bother si kuya na action papanoorin ko.

Him: Ayaw nyo po ng drama maam?

Me: Tapos na ako sa drama kuya. (drama sa buhay)

Him: Ah mag-isa ka lang pala kaya ayaw mo ng drama.

Kuya naman eh. Alam ko naman mag isa nalang talaga ako. Hahaha charot. Tapos yung ticket pala nila walang seat number agad unlike sa SM Clark. Buti nalang apat lang ata kami nanood kanina kaya kahit saan mo nalang talaga gusto umupo.

After manood, nag hintay nalang ako ng bus na may aircon since mainit na pauwi.

Now I should sleep na. 😴🥱

Families, friends and human rights groups hold a picket at the Northern Luzon Command headquarters in Tarlac to call on the military to surface UP Baguio alumni Dexter Capuyan and Gene "Bazoo" De Jesus, and to cease attacks against activists. 

Peasant and human rights groups from Central Luzon joined the protest to also demand from the military to surface Ma. Elena Pampoza and Elgene Mungcal, who were last seen in Moncada, Tarlac in July 2022.

Dittz De Jesus, Bazoo's mom, and Elie Capuyan, Dexter's younger brother, urged the military to allow them to enter the camp and look for their kin. Earlier today, they asked to enter with their lawyer and give a letter to NolCom's commanding officer but was refused entry. NOLCOM oversees the military operations in the Ilocos, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon regions.

Capuyan, a Bontoc-Ibaloy-Kankanaey, is accused by the police and military of being a ranking member of the [New People’s Army] in the Ilocos and Cordillera with an P1.85 million bounty for his capture. De Jesus, is the information and networking officer of the Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples. Both were former UP Baguio student leaders, Capuyan in the 1980s and De Jesus from 2015-2016.

Thanks for the tag last week @welcometololaland! I, once again, have no zoo au to share. But I do have this fragment from yet another episode coda I have failed to finished, this time from 3.04.

TK might not be running on borrowed time anymore. He might not need anyone to make hard decisions while he lies unconscious. Owen doesn’t need to say goodbye to his son today. But Tommy has learned a lot of things since joining the 126, and the one that’s come back to her at this moment is the one that Gwyn told her about when Owen first learned he was in remission:

Sometimes the good news is just as hard to swallow as the bad news.

So she gently guides him into TK’s room, and leans against the door frame when TK rasps out a quiet “hey Dad”, and Owen cries into his son’s hair for a different reason than he was a few hours ago.

Someone has to do the hard thing.