bagio roundup

my friends and i went up to baguio last week and got back just yesterday. thoroughly enjoyed the trip. the weather was perfect, the company top-notch. and, as is true of any out-of-town get-together, things happened that made us laugh, cry, think...

1. Vibradom vibrating condoms. Being sold in the Bonjour convenience store at Total along NLEX.
   
2. Gargol mouthwash. How very pinoy.
   
3. “Lisa, you have to teach me all about juzz!” – Bart to his sister Lisa on The Simpsons
4. Rico Blanco handed in his resignation from Rivermaya. And they accepted. Huge mistake.
   
5. Café by the Ruins is closed for renovation until July 12. Sad. A trip to Baguio isn’t complete unless one has eaten at least one meal there.
6. I was the only person without a partner during our trip to Baguio. It sucked. Ramdam na ramdam ko sya nung nag-ikot kme sa Mines View Park at mag-isa akong nag-ikot. Shyet.
   
7. It’s funny how the guys we were with were more afraid of the (alleged) ghosts in the house than we were. Now that I think about it, a lot of the guys I know are such sissies when it comes to ghosts. They'll laugh at us when we run away from cockroaches, but when it comes to going up the second floor alone to use the john, they're like little boys asking their mommy to wait outside the door until they're done.
   
8. The kid that plays Nicolette Sheridan’s (Edie Britt) son on "Desperate Housewives" is the same kid who plays Ben Stiller’s son in "Night at the Museum". He’s annoying on the TV show. No different in the movie.
9. I went to Starbucks to try out their wifi connection. No dice because their server was down. First Cafe by the Ruins, now Starbucks. What’s up with Baguio?
10. Was finally able to try out my MacBook’s Bluetooth feature. Awesome.
11. "Shutter" is cool. This horror movie from Thailand has touches of "Ringu" and "Ju-on" to really scare the bejeezus out of you, but it also has a story that makes it more interesting and creepy than its Japanese counterparts.