Living the rural life

Current location: Paoay, Ilocos Norte

Leeching Wi-Fi from the neighbor (at ze balcony) because dongle is slower than a turtle.

How I spent my first (ever) one week vacation (definitely not the last)?

By living the rural life.

Not entirely since I'm writing this blog which needs Internet connection in order for me to finish.

From Singapore, I spent the weekend in Kota Kinabalu with Charl and Nix. Spent a day on the beach and another hiking/trekking. But that's a story for another day.

Now, I'm in the province. This is where I grew up and spent most of my childhood summers. It's been years since I've been here. I had to come this time because it's my Lolo Fred's death anniversary. I wasn't able to come home last year when he passed away. It was a rough time for me because I had no money for air fare so I just spoke to them via Skype. Yes, I cried like a kid because it was the first time I wasn't with my family when it happened.

Anyhoot, I just pulled this fast one to update. As if I have readers. But I definitely have more stories to share.

Laters!

I almost set the office on fire...

I'm never going to use the microwave oven again.

After a three-day vacation with my family I was back at work last Wednesday. I happily hopped to the pantry to reheat the ensaymada I brought for my breakfast. I put it on a plate, set the timer and went back to my seat.

And then the unthinkable happened! There was yellow smoke coming out of the oven and burnt smell. That woke me up. I quickly stood up and ran back to the pantry, opened the oven and to my horror - charred bread and broken plate.

Of course I had to clean the mess I made. We had to open the office doors (for the lack of windows) and decrease the room temperature. Oh and the most humiliating part, our neighbor complained about the smoke and had to send the building admin to check. 

So that's how this week of madness started. Good thing I had food with me to bribe them and make them forget about that incident.

 Lesson learned: just eat the food and don't bother reheating.