weh. another blog request, this time, it's irwin's. but i was plannin' to blog this event, though. hehe. so here's what happened.

AUGUST 6 - no classes! yey. local holiday! but i was neither in palo for the fiesta. i was, however, in downtown to conduct our investigative report, which didn't turn our right. yeah, not right at all.

i met up with irwin, my partner for this task, at mcdo at around 1 pm. funny, it seemed, 'coz irwin was in a bangaw look because his grandma said it's the appropriate look if we'd be going to the tacloban wet market. it was logical though, 'coz if we were to interview people at that place in a very formal attire, we'd look crazy, i presume. hehe.

so that was it, we met up there. then we were supposed to go to our hotspots -- family park, up botanical garden, and (my most dreaded spot) the tacloban wet market. but i told him that we needed background information about this clean and green campaign so we went to jose karlos first. hah! money subtracted from my wallet again. besides paying for the internet, we bought chokolato chill and cookies there. that was a 100+ charge!

after there, we went to our...

FIRST STOP. family park. the place was quiet, and we were SHY -- SHY I TELL YOU!! AS IN IRWIN AND I WERE SHY!!! -- to interview people so we decided to take pictures. couples were EVERYWHERE and we kinda looked, uhhmm..should i say, weird? weird 'coz we were like lost kids, who didn't know what to do, where to go, and were noisy. after takin' some pix, i told irwin that nature's calling. he, too, was also feelin' the same. haha! (that was the chokolato chill's fault!!!) but we didn't want to, you know, pee at lion's den 'coz we weren't buying anything. tsk. and we still had a job to accomplish. since there were a lot of couples there, we were havin' a hard time to spot a decent-looking single person. and, alas, we did! but we still were nervous (kids nga naman eh!) so we sorta scripted ourselves first and gathered some courage. then when we were going to approach him already, we were STUNNED. haha. THE GIRLFRIEND HAS JUST ARRIVED.

NEXT STOP. ok, we freaked out. haha. that discomfort we were feeling was just getting worse. no interview for family park. hmp. up botanical was the next place of intrusion. (joke lah). uhh, yah, we went there, and did the same thing. yes, we were able to find another decent-looking person, but this time it's a she. wahaha. courage gathered, script done..approaching... WHAT?!.. THE BOYFRIEND HAS JUST ARRIVed!! STRIKE TWO!! the discomfort getting even worse!

we were deciding to go to DOT because it's just at leyte park, but our ego's were telling us to FIND A COMFORT ROOM AND DO YOUR OWN THINGS!! haha. yes, we passed by tons of government offices we could've gotten info for our report (well, not all though) -- department of agriculture, red cross, pag-asa, denr, etc! we were just walking and walking. we we're really like li'l children who didn't know where to go to! then our eyes met that green rectangular sign... aha,

THIRD STOP. FARENHEIT! we couldn't help it. we went there immediately. on the way, i threw some thorns at irwin! haha, i was LOL, he looked stupid! (peace!!). then, when we crossed the road between smart and gabrino, we saw this tall girl(?) that looked like a boy(?).. we were debating if he/she was a she or a he. wahaha. and..FINALLY, we arrived at farenheit. to make it less embarassing, we bought snacks. but it was still embarrasing though. we were seated directly in front of an aircon, and we were FREEZING!!! we were deciding whether to push through with the report or not. tsk.

LAST STOP. i texted my friend, gline, if we could interview her. she said yes. i asked if she could see us, but she said no. BUT, if we wanted to, we could go to their school.. and, i wanted to see her (of course!), so i said yes! so we went there - to LNHS. and i tell you, NAKAKAHIYA!. sooo, t'was embarrasing!! i saw tons of my ex-classmates and schoolmates there! we were all exchanging "hi's" and "hello's", "muzta's" and "how are you's".. they were teasing me to jailo and kervin, i didn't really mind. it was THEIR school anyway. hehe. but i tell you once more, NAKAKAHIYA TALAGA!! but at least we were able to do what we went there for! we were able to interview a lot of people, though some were shy. and for my personal agenda, i was able to see my ex-classmates!! the friends i was with during my elementary years. my ka-gaga, ka-loka, ka-bond, ka-high, etc!! (i miss you sooooooooooooo much guys!!! see you again very soon!!)

and that was it. now, to deal with this journ project of ours, well, we'll be doing a lot of phoning.

and that was how we celebrated the palo fiesta! now, they're gettin' drunk, but as for irwin and me, we're doing this journ project. haha. we cruised through downtown like street children!!

Labels: downtown, fun