Living alone fears/concerns

Before I moved into my own apartment I had some concerns, for now I’ve only done/experienced a couple.

-Something catching on fire.
I really like those scenty thingy’s with the oil and 3 hour candles and I’m scared one of these days I forget to turn it off before going to bed or leaving for school. So far, it hasn’t happened yet.

-Leaving the stove on
Urgh, this was one of the things I was soo paranoid about that one day I’d leave it on. And I did, BUT it was right after I made food, so when I went to the other room to eat it I forgot to turn it off. So when I went back to the kitchen it was sooo hot and smelt kinda funky then saw the stove still open. ?!?!?!??!??!?!. Yeah, thankfully nothing bad happened.

-Leaving the fridge open
This has happened soo many times.

-Passing out/Die and no one would know.
You know, when you’re living all by yourself and with no close friends in the same city, I’m so scared one day I’d pass our or die and my body wouldn’t be discovered until I get evicted for not paying my bills for soo long. Freaky yeah?

-Psycho killers

I’ve seen enough Asian horror movies to put weird ideas in my head. What if there’s this person who goes on a killing rampage.. and breaks into my place and kills me? No matter how much I scream by the time anyone notices I’d be dead!

-While in the toilet someone knocks on the door.
This hasn’t happened to me yet, since no one really knock on my door.

-Forgetting to lock the door.
Automatic locks in the boarding school made me ignore locking doors, so sometimes when I leave the my apartment I find myself climbing up the stairs again to check if I did lock the door. I’ve never left it unlock yet… I think?

-Fridge
See, I’m not good with expiry dates, I mean sure if it’s expired I wont eat/drink it, but since the whole recycling things right, I can’t just throw it in the trash. Solution: leave it in the fridge until the smell gets unbearable. Until this one time where I had about 3 cartons of milk and I almost drank out of the one which has been in my fridge way past it’s expiry date.

-Clogged toilets.
I don’t know how to unplug plus I don’t have a plunger. Thankfully I have good pipes ?

-No one to run to when something bad/scary happens.
I remember one time there was this REALLY loud explosion outside, flash of light and a car driving away really fast. I got soo freaked out I started shaking, I wanted to go run to my neighbours, but yeah, we’re not that close so I decided to lie in bed, fetal position.

This is all I could think of for now, if you have any more things to be freaked out about, tell me. Add to my paranoia.

Sabang, Palawan version 2

After new years, Nabs and I went to Sabang and decided to stay there for 3 nights. Public transportation both ways, which was scary but quite fun I must admit,  I even got to ride at the top of the jeepney along with the bags of coal, rice, and chicken (which almost fell off on the highway). It was really nice, I’ve been to underground river before but never really got to explore Sabang that much.

What I didn’t know about Sabang was that electricity doesn’t run 24 hours, like in El Nido, it only comes at certain hours of the day. In Sabang it was from 5 or 6pm to midnight, luckily the cottage we stayed in was by the beach, so it was pretty breezy and sometimes even chilly in the morning. The weather was nice, the sun was shinning and the temperature was fine, not too hot, although it did rain a little bit.

Day 1, all we did was swim at the beach, the resort we stayed in (Mary’s) is at the very end of Sabang beach, but if you go further down the coconut trees you’d see another beach and a river where they have mangrove tours. I really like the beach there,  less people. Scary thing about the beaches in Sabang is the undercurrent, it freaked me out a little bit and the waves, so trying to look all baywatch and all nah..  trying not to get sucked out into the ocean will be your main concern

We heard there was this place with waterfalls near by, so we decided to check it out the next day. I think it took us about 45 minutes to find the place, it wasn’t really that easy to walk through big rocks in flip-flops. The waterfalls was smaller than we expected, but it was really pretty. It was right by the beach and after walking through those big rocks it was nice to take a dip and enjoy the place.

So, apart from that all we did was bum around. We were planning to do the mangrove tour but we were too lazy, instead Nabs gave me a massage right by the beach. Mangrove tour VS massage by the beach?? easy choice. It was soo perfect, the beach, the wind, the beers, being away from the city, and being with Nabs.. it was just way too good to be true.

back to reality…

What a sad day it is. I’m back in cold and rainy Denmark. This is the worst part about vacations, when it ends and you have to face reality again. Bills have to be paid, school, and being alone. I miss Philippines already and I can’t wait to go back. The month I spent there was awesome. It has been a good start for 2009 so far. New memories made, issues resolved, and stronger relationships is what I bring back with me here today.

I miss Palawan soo much, especially the dummy that keeps up with all my crap. I miss you!

See you in six months.