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screenshot]]> photo Fri, 9 May 2008 01:35:00 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/264-1/leche flan.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/264-1/leche flan.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
leche flan]]> photo Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:38:12 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/260-1/puttanesca.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/260-1/puttanesca.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
puttanesca]]> photo Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:36:50 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/252-1/IMG_5084.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/252-1/IMG_5084.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
I looked pretty uncertain about it all. This was before Argel, our guide, figured that I wasn't strong enough to handle a kayak on my own.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:17:09 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/248-1/IMG_5169.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/248-1/IMG_5169.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
This part was scarier than it looks.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:11:43 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/244-1/IMG_5136.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/244-1/IMG_5136.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Tito Gil and Tita Connie, one of the coolest married couples I know. They opted to take the tandem kayak. At the end of the run, Tita Connie exclaimed: "I did all the work! All he did was take pictures." :)]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:10:45 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/240-1/IMG_5134.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/240-1/IMG_5134.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Having fun. Honest. :) These were class 2 rapids; they paled in comparison with the rapids on the rafing trip the next day, which were class 3/3+]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:09:41 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/236-1/IMG_5117.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/236-1/IMG_5117.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
There, a more serious-looking action shot. Here I look like a 10-year old. Heehee.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:09:01 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/232-1/IMG_5116.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/232-1/IMG_5116.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
I have no idea why I'm not paddling in this picture, or what I was looking at :P]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:08:04 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/228-1/IMG_5158.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/228-1/IMG_5158.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The ressentiment (as Buber woould call it) is clear on my face. Hehe. Didn't last too long though.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:07:18 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/224-1/IMG_5159.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/224-1/IMG_5159.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
During our lessons, our guide decided Claire and I were too small (not to mention na lampa ako :P) to handle a kayak on our own, so we ended up in a canoe.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:06:17 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/220-1/NLA 241.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/220-1/NLA 241.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
After a sumptuous lunch, we learned how to paddle before heading up the Pinagcanauan River to kayak.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:05:31 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/216-1/NLA 237.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/216-1/NLA 237.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Happy campers. Note all the mud-stained shirts. ]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:05:15 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/212-1/NLA 234.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/212-1/NLA 234.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The state of our feet after crawling through Celica's Passage]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:04:56 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/208-1/NLA 227.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/208-1/NLA 227.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Claire's turn to crawl out of the passage]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:47:29 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/204-1/NLA 228.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/204-1/NLA 228.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
When Angela emerged, we all cheered. She got over her claustrophobia!]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:47:08 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/200-1/NLA 226.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/200-1/NLA 226.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Crawling out of Celica's Passage, a tiny tunnel within Sierra Cave formed by water erosion. The opening of the passage where I'm kneeling is the widest that the passage gets! We all took turns wriggling through the passage. It got its name from Celica, the young daughter of a cave explorer, who found the tunnel while playing/waiting for her Dad.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:46:54 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/196-1/NLA 217.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/196-1/NLA 217.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Heading into the bowels of the cave, where we all experienced complete darnkess for the first time.]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:46:11 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/192-1/NLA 215.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/192-1/NLA 215.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Unlike the earlier cave, Sierra Cave is still "alive." Stalactites and stalagmites continue to form in its inner recesses. ]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:45:46 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/188-1/NLA 214.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/188-1/NLA 214.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The hike to Sierra Cave (Penablanca, Cagayan Valley)]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:45:30 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/184-1/NLA 210.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/184-1/NLA 210.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
In Callao Cave (which is biologically dead, so don't think we killed any stalactites or anything with this pose) L-R Claire, me, Joe, Angela, Tita Connie, Resa, Tito Gil ]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:45:04 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/180-1/NLA 209.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/180-1/NLA 209.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
In Callao Cave, with Resa, Angela, and Joe]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:44:21 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/176-1/NLA2 052.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/176-1/NLA2 052.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Aint he cute?]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:43:51 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/172-1/NLA2 051.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/172-1/NLA2 051.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Slumming with Angela's iguana after the rafting trip ]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:43:30 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/102-5/IMG_5200.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/102-5/IMG_5200.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Part of the Chico River, from the highway]]> photo Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:29:23 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/168-1/IMG_5245.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/168-1/IMG_5245.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Ok, here you can see my helmet. Haha. :D ]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:01:34 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/164-1/IMG_5246.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/164-1/IMG_5246.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Finally, I appear in an action shot! I'm unrecognizable, but at least I'm there :P]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:00:33 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/160-1/IMG_5235.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/160-1/IMG_5235.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
An action shot of the raft I was on. I still can't be seen in the picture. I sense a trend...]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:59:10 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/156-1/IMG_5226.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/156-1/IMG_5226.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The raft I was on. I can't be seen in the picture. Rats.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:23 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/152-1/NLA 272.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/152-1/NLA 272.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The view from our raft]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:56:44 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/148-1/NLA 289.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/148-1/NLA 289.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
What, it's over?! We want more!]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:55:42 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/144-1/NLA 286.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/144-1/NLA 286.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The only injury in the rafting run happened in our raft--wasn't even big!]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:55:02 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/140-1/NLA 283.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/140-1/NLA 283.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Japanese schoolgirl lost in Kalinga]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:54:21 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/134-3/IMG_5269.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/134-3/IMG_5269.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
swimmers' rapids--where the current is soft enough for swimmers, but strong enough to still carry you downriver. my life vest got loose, and started floating to my neck. Weh.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:43:00 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/130-3/IMG_5256.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/130-3/IMG_5256.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
We don't look it, but we were pretty tired by this time. :P]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:41:20 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/126-3/IMG_5250.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/126-3/IMG_5250.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Right before the second half of the run. My back is to the camera, again.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:40:07 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/122-3/IMG_5247.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/122-3/IMG_5247.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Halfway down the river (it was an 18K run), we took a break for merienda.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:39:06 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/118-5/IMG_5232.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/118-5/IMG_5232.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
The raft I was in. Am on the far side of the picture, the only girl with a blue helmet and horrible posture.
Folks in the picture, from L to R: a guide, Tito Gil, me, Resa, Tita Connie's friends (whose names escape me right now, sorry!) and two more guides at the rear.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:37:22 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/114-3/IMG_5227.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/114-3/IMG_5227.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
You can't see my face, but trust me, that's me behind the water in the blue jacket.]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:32:56 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/106-3/IMG_5216.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/106-3/IMG_5216.JPG?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
Nervous laughter before rafting]]> photo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:31:31 +0800 http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/97-1/after kayaking.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D http://bloodsugar.i.ph/photo/rsslink/d/guest/97-1/after kayaking.jpg?uh=%2BkMBCOB0gwDuhkpeuB5KEVf2ndY%3D
after kayaking]]> photo Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:06:34 +0800