The Overdue Blog Post

Clearly, boredom is killing me. slowly and painfully. Too lazy to do anything else aside from occasional Facebook and Plurk logins, let alone blog updates.

Today, though. I got a nice little spot here in front of the main PC, motivating me to post at least one blog-worthy entry. Heck, I'd like to make it to two. First will be a post about our little sem ender adventure to San Fernando, La Union. Awesome place, awesome people. Then, probably a guide to exploring Baguio City, the cheapest way. And more updates as soon as I remember where I've placed my trusty planner.

Random shiz: iBlog 6 at UP Diliman today and tomorrow, then Summer Komikon for tomorrow. Graduation day's commencing next week, closely followed by my Civil Service exam.

Reminds me. To celebrate our last trip to Baguio, my roommate and I decided to make a 10-minute documentary about it. Hopefully, we'll be able to bring our videocam and cameras or we'll probably end up in a video slideshow or photo story. Wish us luck though.

Boredom is dangerous, it nearly killed me.

So, summer vacation's here and I'm pretty sure everyone has their list of activities all planned out. I do admit that as early as January, I've been planning out what I'm going to do this summer and frankly speaking, it isn't turning out the way I've planned.

Because of my academic requirements, my last semester as a college student ended the moment I've submitted my almost-mediocre thesis, printed and bound, to my adviser, aka 9 days after the "official" last day of term. It sucks, I know. All my closest friends have already gone home and I was left alone at Baguio, brooding and moping over my unfinished thesis while cursing it in between.

9 days later, I found myself in my room, staring at my laptop monitor and doing nothing except sort out my clothes and books. Okay, maybe the first 2 days have been productive as I did some major room makeover, but after that, I grew tired and boredom started to sink in. Despite the scorching heat, I really wished I could go outside, walk around, see stuff, meet people, but I can't because I ain't got any cash. Apparently, my hometown isn't a city wherein everything is within walking distance. If I want to get to the nearest mall, I'd have to spend at least Php30 for the fare alone while going to the nearest 7-eleven store would cost me Php16 pesos.

So here I am, lying on my bed on a hellish afternoon and staring once again at my laptop monitor and existing to feed my Ocean Party fishes every hour. And even though I wish I could get a simple summer job that'll force me out of the house, I wouldn't be allowed since I have to make preparations for my graduation.

Urgh, I guess I have to make a review of my summer plans and mark all those feasible activities.

doray goes online

So, umm hi to everyone who's reading this. I'm Lei, a 20-year old, fresh grad from UP Baguio who suddenly had the idea to create a new (and hopefully improved) blog after years of hiatus from the blogosphere.

Ever since I had the privilege to explore the beauty of Baguio, I've been thinking of making a travel/food/culture blog about Baguio that apparently, didn't work out. Acads, lack of stable internet connection, acads, no proper digicam, acads, no friends to drag around, and did i mention, acads?

Now that all is said and done, thesis submitted, all subjects passed, and I had all the time to make a blog, it turned out that I have to say goodbye to Baguio as well. It's sad I know, sad enough to get me tempted on failing my subjects just to stay behind.

I may be leaving (or have left already) but the urge to make this blog didn't subside so I've decided that instead of focusing on Baguio, I'll just make a generic one. Bear with me though, for I'm predicting that most of my would-be early posts will be North-centric.

Oh, and another thing. Since I'm still a fresh grad with a current status of "unemployed," I'm not a well-financed person so travel posts can be very limited. I'll try to post updates frequently though.

Up for an adventure? Then come on!