Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Nag-LAKAD from Monumento to MOA! 23.8Km

Blog by Papa Mark

Salamat sa pag-sama sa trip ko!!!!

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Nag-LAKAD from Monumento to MOA! Oct 22, '08 12:07 PM
for everyone
Birthday ni Cherry C. Cruzat who happens to have a family run bakeshop in Tabacco Albay named Cherry's Food Delights...

Please do remind us that come next year eh bibili na lang kami ng regalo before she thinks of another crazy thought in her endless pit of imagination...

Day Walkers:

Menk - Pasimuno. May the gods have mercy on this thing
Janz - Kung hindi pa na-text ng palubag loob, hindi sasama. buti na lang sumama.
Maj - Tailwalker

0600 hrs

ASSembly namin sa Tropial Hut Monumento. Maaga si Janz, Late si Menk! nag taxi pa naman ako for i thought eh ako na lang ang hinihintay ng maraming kasama... Late siya...

0720 hrs

Started the Alay Lakad sa Kapanganakan ni Menk... may dala siyang digicam.... we walked....


Time passed.... we talked and walked....walk....walk...

I was carrying 3L of water plus extra clothes and towel, umbrella and other useful stuff needed, what i forgot that may have really spelled out a difference is... my trekking pole.

To add some exercise while walking, instead of walking under the walkways, i go over them running...

I was wearing my fave convertible pants, dryfit shirt, arm sleeves, hat with neck cover and tubao for my nose and face... you could only imagine the stare of passerbys...

Our pit stop was Jollibee before GMA... ate ice craze and drank h20, while menk replenished her small nalgene. Btw, janz eh parang pupunta lang sa Mall. Shoulder bag at slippers....

the trip took us from 7:10am to around 5pm....

When we reached Cubao, i took out my pen knife just in case and always checked the people around us. But i guess because of how i look, they were just contented in just... looking... perhaps afraid or intimidated....

when we where passing by the numerous stall offering Drug tests and licensing of firearms or school for security guards, a few would offer me drug tests promos, again... maybe i looked deranged... in drugs... perhaps it was a joke, offering someone who might be in crack....

A sudden downpour forced us to seek shelter in the edsa santolan mrt.... actually we can still continue, my daypack has its backpack cover, we have umbrellas, but we opted to wade in the shade... it was a quick downpour.. i saw this lady cop who was cleaning her shoes with another cop.. and then... she threw the tissue she used. Tanga ka! Stupid! Don't litter stupid! and if you do litter, do it when your not wearing a PNP uniform, stupid....

Our target for the Lunch stop was Starmall, pawis and amoy araw and puno ng pollution ng Maynila... we ate with our hearts delight! Nilibre ako ni menk ng lunch because lahat ng money ko eh climb money...

We started walking again....

We even came across a path thats a bit uncomfortable to walk thru, even safety is a concern. We could feel the the passing vehicles at top speed....the pressure of the wind in its wake....

Nemerous pitstops gone by, sometimes just to take a sit for a few minutes... there was also this pitstop, we were resting near a bank, when came a delivery or pick up.. armed guards alighted to protect its valuables. As we prepared to walk again, i don my tubao then noticed that some of the blue guads were looking at me, akala siguro bank robber ako....


I can't make this blog feel like you are actually in our journey, what i can is offer a glimpse for you to wonder what happened, perhaps do it yourself, walk...


My feet are already killing me, i was thinking of giving up. But continued on....

The first thing the we saw that gave us a boost of energy is the globe of MOA, we are in visual range!

I was already walking in a crazy way, my feet hurts... i cant even walk normally.. everything hurts..

As i was nearing the last pedestrian crossing, i slowly remove my arm sleeves, hat and tubang.. wiped off the sweat and libag....

Around 1700 hrs

MOA at Last!

and walk casually as if im just a regular shopping or mall goer... i searched for a first possible bench that i could rest. There i waited for them...

Nag cr sina Menk and Janz, Ako di man lang napasok ng loob... heeheehee

I have blisters now, two... and sore joints and muscles...

But its worth it.

I have done many similar things.. paid delata for a jeepney ride and many more.

Try it also!

But next year sa Birthday ni Menk eh... regalo na lang talaga. Uunahan ko na siya! heeheehee






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