Sabong is no fuckin joke here, no fucking joke at all. When the dude pulled out his box of blades I was like what the fuckkk. This shit is serious.
This was what I’ve been looking for, sabong. When we went to Antipolo a few guys were sparring their roosters but by the time I got to them they were done, I was so pissed. I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to see one, but at the last day my Tito comes in the clutch.
Went to my Tito’s warehouse today where he showed me around. The real reason I went was because I know the workers there have fighting cocks. But I actually saw something that I wasn’t looking for. Realizing that all these men were making all the furniture by hand, I didn’t realize that before. That means every piece is unique and crafted by someones hands. These guys work hard as hell for their living, and you realize that this is their hustle. And this isn’t their only job either, this guy handcrafts furniture by day and then is a butcher at night. These guys are inspiring.
Spent the day at the range. Going shooting is so much cheaper here, it was like 1000 pisos for everything which is like less than 20 bucks which is an amazing deal. And there aren’t like any rules, like I was allowed to hold the gun any way I wanted, even like a gangster, but I didn’t because I fucking hate when people hold guns like that. And they wonder why they never kill the good guy. But yea, only thing I’d say was that the ammo was cheap because when it shot a lot of residue was left and a good amount of smoke. But hey it’s the Philippines and it’s not like I’m doing some assassination or something. I’m still stoked on how cheap it was.
I only have a few days left here, so I decided that I’m going to spend a significant portion of them getting drunk. Also, here is a Tuko
Went diving for starfish on the island which was dope. When I dove down far enough to get them I didn’t pick them up at first because when I saw them they were crazy colors and had spikes on them. From my knowledge, crazy colorful and spikes usually means poisonous. So I went up for air and thought about it. I didn’t have Wikipedia or a Pokedex on me so I just was like well if they were poisonous, someone would have told me about it already or something. So I dove back down and picked it up by the side of it’s arm, not the spikes or anything. Yea found out they weren’t poisonous. Had lots of fun swimming, enjoying the beach, and just having fun. Zambales is way better than Boracay any day.
Zambales is amazing. It is almost entirely uninhabited and full of aquatic life. If it just had waves it would be the perfect beach. We went island hopping which was a lot of fun. Everyone talks about Boracay, fuck Boracay they can have that. I’d rather stay in Zambales. This is me trying to walk on water on the boat, didn’t work but was lots of fun.
After getting dropped off at the bus station, traveling x hours, and arriving in the middle of the night, I just wanted to crash. When I woke up I realized I was in the illest place I’ve ever been to. I was in Zambales which is a mix between farmland and beach. I liked this place alot because it reminded me of home. I live in what you would say is farmland but travel a little and I’m at the beach where I spend most of my time. It was like that but way faster, walking distance. Walking down a dirt path, I see a cow, just a cow. That is all.
Went to my Lola’s to meet up with everyone to head to Zambales. Was walking around the town, checking everything out. Found this pit where kids seem to like to play and I was just like if you fall in, you are fucked. Also, a big thing here in the Philippines is being resourceful. Take these jagged pieces of glass, they cement them on top of fences and gates as a makeshift barbed wired. I dig it because it looks cooler, doesn’t rust, and still hurts like hell.
I was told there were delicious mangoes in this tree. All I found were ants.
Got a voucher in Vermillion and got this at Cerulan Bike Shop
Arcades are still booming here. Spent 200 pisos which gave me 60 tokens where every game in the arcade is 1 piso. I beat Hosue of the Dead 4 and Time Crisis 4 and played a bunch of games with mad tokens still left. The game below is my favoriteee arcade game, but it’s a bittersweet relationship because 8 years later and I still can’t beat the last boss, it’s bullshit. But regardless I had a fun time. Especially since there aren’t any arcades in the states because they bailed on them. Such an endless bummer.
Fish market. I love seafood so when I see fresh catches I get stoked. We bought the fish, crab, and shrimps here and literally walked a few feet to a restaurant that cooked it for us how we wanted. So good.
I almost forgot that I found the Filipino Rambo.
Getting tribal