roro roars my boat
gently down the strait
merrily steadily achingly so daily
life begins again
After JR and Crystal's wedding, where many of us cried as the bride walked the aisle with a microphone, singing so beautifully as Miss Esmero for the last time, where JR cried unabashedly as he thanked and honored his parents as the ceremonies began, where we had the privilege of witnessing a rarity in this day and age, a love kept pure until the marriage vows were exchanged, where three whole baranggays of family and friends, from Cebu, Dumaguete and Leyte, have labored in love to make the event a truly memorable one, I went home.
The trip home meant a three to four hour Ceres bus ride from Cebu to Bato, then a one hour RoRo boat ride crossing the Tanon Strait, from Bato, Cebu province to Amlan, Negros Oriental. A RoRo boat is the short name for a roll-on/roll-off sea vessel or barge that has built-in ramps which allow cargo such as cars and trucks to be efficiently "rolled on" and "rolled off" the vessel when in port. This is in contrast to ships that use cranes to load and unload cargo.
The RoRo boat approached the dock of Amlan at daybreak. And from the back rails of the RoRo boat, I watched the sun rise over the island of Cebu, now only a distant dark shadow. I was fascinated by the fast changing sea scenes as the sun and light shifted. So fascinated that I missed the bus going to the city.
But no problem. There's always the ever reliable jeepney. Para!
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3 comments:
kanindot sa mga pics, imong nakuha, while naa ka sa roro...
nindot kaayo, dr. ness......dli lang ko ka comments sa imo picasa album, kay limot ko ako pasaporte.
basta nindot kaayo, maka pahinumdum sa kagahapon nga nanglabay nga miabot sa alimpatakan.
bitaw, wla pa gyd ko kasulay ani, trucking from cebu to dgte.
last namo dha, gikan mi dri, via cebu mi, tapos naulahi nami sa supercat ba na, naa pa gihapon sa.
wla na man flight from dgte, to cebu....land na lang daw.
sakay unta mi ani, kana via amlan-bato, nya kay hadlok man si bana n mga bata ug trucking, as naka sulay sila ug trucking from dgte to bacolod, ....
pero i heard nga maayo na kono ang dalan....sulayan gyd ni nako, di ba madugay ta abot?
pag-click nako sa site, daritso sa pics, dayon.......ingon ko...wow, mao ni para bato-amlan.....lol
dakoa uy.........
thanks for sharing ha.......sigi bya ko diri, pawala sa kamingaw.
diay, nakita ni kim sa google-pics, dgte....nabasa nya duna mga taxi n vans kono nga for rent.
ingon cya she will prefer to ride pedicab; eventhough she pays 100php from dgte. to her lola at cangmating....
or 50php from lee plaza to bantayan-.....lol
kay ang car daw, kanunay pero pedicab daw, cool kono kaayo....lol
Jeepney pod, from dgte to sibulan, kung wla cya makita pedicab for cangmating....
kahibalo cya, then sakay siya kana sikad man na naa na sa sibulan to her lola....
di na gyd mawala si kim basta dgte-sibulan-cangmating lang.
Batang bisaya gyd....Proud ko ni kim....
kaon pod ug bulad, ginamos, kalamungay with ihalason...
sinigang nga bangos.....daog na.
mao lola n tante nya, sugot nga kim naa nila.......
magtiniil pod, helps sa iya tante sa iyang pigs, ligo n pakaon....
gimingaw na gyd ko kaayo dha.....
diay, about bulad.....bitaw, bahoan kaayo sila.
mao nga magprito ko sa balkon, kay diri sa balay, motapot gyd ang baho, sa kurtina pod.....bisan pa pinaka strong nga ON na ang air filter, di gyd madala.
bahoan gyd sila pra nako ok kaayo, walay baho.
mao nga di nalang ko, kay magmoro si bernie n sascha,
kim dili kay apil man siya ug kaon.
not only my family, mora ug tanan gyd mga kabanahan.....
pero duna bya pod na sila baho nga cheese......sus mora ug patay nga daga or bahong tiil.....
mao pod na ako isulti.....diri ilaha, aside from french cheese,
kini ilang "cheese nga with music" (Kaese mit musik) ila name....sus baho gyd......pero kan-on, haskang lamia.....lol
hala uy, taas gyd ko mo commentar gyd uy..........
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