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Two friends are soon leaving to seek greener pasture. One already left several months ago. To Leo and Ate Mila, I wish you the best and may God bless you with great and meaningful adventure. We’ll miss you…

[Photo is from Ms Rose T, a teacher from Pasay City North High School]

‘Berdeng sinturon’ is the literal Pinoy translation of the word greenbelt. But if you’re in a malling mode, Greenbelt means only one thing: a place to see and to enjoy. Last Tuesday, I was there, not to shop and dine but for a photo gig. Why? Just to update a friend who used to visit the place.

I uploaded all the 46 photos in my flickr account but for this entry, I chose only ten. Not enough. Fifteen, still not enough. So for this today’s entry, I’ve got twenty five photos! I thought of writing a series, but what the heck, put them all at once and enjoy. I also thought of dividing the photos to indoor, outdoor and something in between but there are some overlapping shots and I just dropped it. Okay, its a lousy excuse for being blogilly lazy. I still have four more photos in my cellphone but for some strange reason, I cannot upload them unlike the others. My digicam turned lowbat when I was there so I used my cellphone for at least 15 shots.

The main entrance from the elevated catwalk going to Landmark

A quiet place for weary souls… Sto. Niño de Paz Chapel

Haw-haw de karabaw de Batuten

May halimaw kaya sa mga banga?

This artistic direction post is right in front of the Greenbelt 5 entance

The bridge, the frogs and the still water

My favorites! The butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker

Fishpond infront of the GB 4 entrance

Quiet.. A fishy meeting is going on

Excuse me… but i have a photo shoot to finish

A lone waiter not waiting for something

Five knights waiting for King Arthur

I wonder lonely as an escalator rider

Wanna taste these fruits?

I was tempted to wash my hands in this fountain

View from the third level going to the theaters

This is a dining area for Fuzion, a hip bar

There are several bars and restaurant in the area and I lost count of them. These three caught my attention simply because of their names.

Do they really serve their dishes in a banana leaf?

A haiku for Haiku..

Can you serve a verse?

While waiting for a cold drink

And my breezy dream?

This is a vodka bar that I’d like to try sometime.. Sino kayang magti-treat sa ‘kin dito?

For the culturally inclined shopper, this is a must destination

After the photo gig, I went to Landmark to buy some summer stuff for Uno and Jed. I was glad to find all that I needed under one roof. On my way out I passed by Glorietta and decided to have cup of coffee. The coffee shops overlooking the activity area were full so I went to the fourth floor. And there I found a perfect place to rest. I didn’t get a cup of coffee but something else. The barista said its one of their best summer offering. He didn’t disappoint me.

To answer the question written on the table: I’m just a bit tired after my Greenbelt gig..

NOTE: WordPress.com has a new dashboard interface and many users are newbie including me. I couldn’t link my flickr files to the images so I ended up uploading the pictures here which took me a thousand years to do!

I know I’m not alone… and its the joy of blogging. Plus the fact that somewhere, someone will reminisce about Greenbelt and will dream of coming home.

This ‘Gifts of Friendship Award’ goes to Em.

You’re ** years old today!!

You know you’re a blog addict if you find this interererting.

Yes, blogs can ruin your life

April 01, 2008
Updated 18:25:48 (Mla time)
Pam Pastor
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The Internet-savvy should think of the past few weeks as more than just a hate fest and a gossip buffet. It is a wake-up call—and a testament to the true powers of blogging.

After countless names have been thrown around the World Wide Web and smeared with nastiness, many have expressed fear about people blogging about them.

But the truth is, you should be concerned not only with what others post about you. You should also be careful about what you post about yourself.

Read the rest of the article.

And after a very long time of being absent infront of the TV, I was glued to the tube last Wednesday at ANC watching Korina Sanchez and her guests as they talked about the Pinoys’ growing interest in blogging because of one sensational blog maintained by an Australian blogger named Brian Gorell.

Ahh.. there are blogs and there are blogs… Millions of them out there. With countless of stories to tell. I have mine too and its neither something righteous nor sensational. Its just a story of finding a friend and keeping the friendship alive. Between blogging and everything.

The line came from a TV ad that became popular in the early 1990s. I forgot what it’s all about except for the two boys who were saying goodbye to each other. The first one asked “Sino ang best friend mo doon?” [Who is your best friend there?] and the other boy answered “Syempre ikaw lang” [Only you, of course]. When my older sister got married, I wrote her a letter and put the same lines at the end of the letter. She told me that it made her cry. I wondered if it was the letter or the popular lines. Now she’s in another place, far from us and from her little angels. I know she has friends there, but I wonder who is the best of them all.

I have a friend who is leaving today to seek a greener pasture. I have a friend who is planning to leave in the future. And I have a friend who is simply away because she needs to find a way.

To them, all I can say is… Sino ang best friend mo doon?