Taking this long needed breath before school starts. Watching the sky and doing my laundry. Thinking about poetry and that beaten wife syndrome and how possibly to heal. I am free?
Tired of writing in real sentences. What made me think I could? Being the battered wife helps. Oh mind you it's not what you think. No husband or wife raised any steel hand. I left a place. Not a home. A place.
I miss you kitty baby. Oh, i don't want to talk in sentences anymore. I'm preparing to teach and be taught. I am little-girl scared. Fluttering.
I am alright.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Independence Day
Taking this long needed breath before school starts. Watching the sky and doing my laundry. Thinking about poetry and that beaten wife syndrome and how possibly to heal. I am free?
Tired of writing in real sentences. What made me think I could? Being the battered wife helps. Oh mind you it's not what you think. No husband or wife raised any steel hand. I left a place. Not a home. A place.
I miss you kitty baby. Oh, i don't want to talk in sentences anymore. I'm preparing to teach and be taught. I am little-girl scared. Fluttering.
I am alright.
Tired of writing in real sentences. What made me think I could? Being the battered wife helps. Oh mind you it's not what you think. No husband or wife raised any steel hand. I left a place. Not a home. A place.
I miss you kitty baby. Oh, i don't want to talk in sentences anymore. I'm preparing to teach and be taught. I am little-girl scared. Fluttering.
I am alright.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Dumaguete Travel Tidbits
1. Lee's Super Plaza and Chicco's Deli at Why Not Disco have a substantial assortment of romantic goods like cheese, cold cuts and sausages for P20 to P70 even P100 less than Santi's in Manila. Case and point, shublieg, a vacuum pack of two, costs P41. Santi's brings the price to about P156. I saw mozzerella neatly cling wrapped and fist sized, ample for a pizza for four for only P 89.
2. Wine is better imported from Manila. A good Santi's wine has a price of P300 above. Buy your wine before you leave. Wine in Chicco's costs P600 a bottle. But their selections of grappa and port cost less. A good grappa is at P953 at Chiccos.
3. Camping cooks will be happy to know that gas cansiters for their stoves are available at Lee's Supermarket on the fourth floor. ( I was definitely worried that I wouldn't be able to cook because these canisters were banned on airplanes).
4. There is a super posh place on Siquijor called Coco Grove. You cannot cook there. They really take good care of rich people and foreigners and avoid the rest. Food is expensive but substantial. Ask to be pampered. There's a great camper's resort ala Castaway in Siquijor called Islander's Paradise for as low as P300 a day. You can cook there. Bring off lotion.
5. Island tours at Siquijor are at P500 for as many people and ask for a multicab. (the locals will try to get as much money as they can from you. Resist. Be zen. Where ever you are on the island, enjoy or hook up with a group to make expenses manageable.
6. The Apo Island Cove Resort has no running water. The whole island has electricity only from 6 pm to 10 pm. Bring off lotion. Lots of it. But people come to Apo for the marine sanctuary and the over all drop dead beauty of the place. I'm one of them. Talk about the crashing waves just lulling the toughest of hearts asleep.
7. The Wednesday Market at Malatapay is a must see. Goods from the city, mountains and Apo Island are for sale. Come around 9 am and scramble for lechon at P 250 a kilo. ¼ kilo is good for two and make sure you get a good slice of belly where you get equal amounts of skin, fat, and tender meat.
8. They also have lechon for sale at Lee’s Supermarket and this place near the new Chow King on Sunday. You’d be hard pressed for the good stuff any other day.
2. Wine is better imported from Manila. A good Santi's wine has a price of P300 above. Buy your wine before you leave. Wine in Chicco's costs P600 a bottle. But their selections of grappa and port cost less. A good grappa is at P953 at Chiccos.
3. Camping cooks will be happy to know that gas cansiters for their stoves are available at Lee's Supermarket on the fourth floor. ( I was definitely worried that I wouldn't be able to cook because these canisters were banned on airplanes).
4. There is a super posh place on Siquijor called Coco Grove. You cannot cook there. They really take good care of rich people and foreigners and avoid the rest. Food is expensive but substantial. Ask to be pampered. There's a great camper's resort ala Castaway in Siquijor called Islander's Paradise for as low as P300 a day. You can cook there. Bring off lotion.
5. Island tours at Siquijor are at P500 for as many people and ask for a multicab. (the locals will try to get as much money as they can from you. Resist. Be zen. Where ever you are on the island, enjoy or hook up with a group to make expenses manageable.
6. The Apo Island Cove Resort has no running water. The whole island has electricity only from 6 pm to 10 pm. Bring off lotion. Lots of it. But people come to Apo for the marine sanctuary and the over all drop dead beauty of the place. I'm one of them. Talk about the crashing waves just lulling the toughest of hearts asleep.
7. The Wednesday Market at Malatapay is a must see. Goods from the city, mountains and Apo Island are for sale. Come around 9 am and scramble for lechon at P 250 a kilo. ¼ kilo is good for two and make sure you get a good slice of belly where you get equal amounts of skin, fat, and tender meat.
8. They also have lechon for sale at Lee’s Supermarket and this place near the new Chow King on Sunday. You’d be hard pressed for the good stuff any other day.
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