Post Christmas 2010

 On the way

 Fillet Mignon

 Choco-Late, Camp John Hay

 Morning View

3 days after Christmas day, December 28, I decided to drive up to Baguio, as I said in my previous entry.  I got there at 5pm, having left Manila at around 11:30am.  When I got there, my brother Yuri and his wife Michelle greeted me with huge smiles, thinking “damn, you drove all the way up here on your own?!  You’re insane…”  Well, yes.  I’m kinda unhinged.  To hell with that. I was going to enjoy my cold Baguio time.  As Ramon Bautista quoted, “Time is gold, but time alone is golder.”
That evening, we went out to find some place to eat.  I called my friend who frequents the summer capital of the Philippines, and he recommended some places, among them, Forest House, beside the entry of Camp John Hay.  The three of us drove over there, and we were promptly greeted with “may reservation po kayo?” (do you have a reservation?).  Of course we didn’t!  And so our search for an evening meal continued.  We drove into Camp John Hay and checked out The Filling Station.  It was jam packed!   On to the commercial strip.  When we got there, the parking lot was in total chaos!  Having no other option, we parked a few hundred meters away and walked the distance to the strip.  We settled on Tender Joe’s Steak House.  They had reasonable prices, and all the food looked mouth watering!  I decided on the Fillet Mignon, Mich had the Surf and Turf, and Yuri opted for the Peppercorn Steak.  Although the service was every bit delayed, we still enjoyed the eats!  Bang for the buck!
When we got back to the apartment, we played a few rounds of pool in the gaming room.  We were all kinda rusty, but we all had a good laugh nonetheless.
The following morning, we all lent a hand cooking breakfast - Spam, sausages, eggs, and garlic rice!  Yum!  Then Yuri and I went to Mine’s View Park to grab some treats from Good Shepherd and some other goodies from the various stalls at the park.  Michelle stayed at the apartment to catch up on some work.  At around noon, we cooked the leftover spam, sausages, egg and rice for lunch.  At around 1:00, we got bored so the couple decided to drive home to Manila (actually, they went straight to Laguna for Mich’s family’s annual reunion).  I stayed behind and spent the afternoon at Starbucks in Camp John Hay.
By around 3pm, I got bored and got in the car and drove.  I drove around Baguio and suddenly found myself on Kennon Road.  “What the heck, I’ll go home now.”  Hahaha!  The trip home was uneventful, except for the crazy stupid traffic in Tarlac.  The entire drive home took me around 7 hours and lots and lots of energy.  By the time I got home, I was exhausted, but very happy!  It was a great trip, spending time on my own.  It makes me want to go out on my own even more, to tell you the truth.