places: pagadian city

after so many years..i'm finally threading my footsteps on the very roads and sidewalks that i've walk on during my childhood days....

yea! the city of my birth that tugs on my heartstrings like a pretty collegiala in the campus of ateneo...so alluring..so sweet, so full of possibilities...

it's been sooo long since i've been here...most of my sidetrips were just stop-overs...now i get to experience the city's nightlife...tonite were watching a beauty pageant in the nearby gym and get to see the local beauties! LOL
HIGHLIGHTS: the JSCSC beauty pageant... a friend named weiwe and myself decided to take a look at the beauty pageant held near the nearby 'capitolyo' on a not yet completed gym(already functional of course)..the venue itself is spectacular..the building comprises eight circular columns some 6-9 meters in height carrying its barrel type roof of three semi circular vaults...the stage being a focal point of its design harmonizing with its curvilinear theme...admirable in a way adding a gem in the city's tree-studded landscape...

on to the pageant..we were standing on the left side of the stage ,,some 3m from its edge...that way we could see the contestants walk laterally on the entire width of the stage before speaking and introducing themselves to the ecstatic audience gathered from the several,,many state colleges of the province..we went through the entire process of closely scrutinizing the college girls and i made my choice..yes..the beauty from 'Dumingag' state college..a blend of local and hispanic-hindu blood caught my attention and eventually my approval...the voluptuous curves and the almond eyes ,,then the sweetest smile as she glanced my way and gave me a wink..yea..hahha..i must have been dreaming...for a while i thought i was in brazil..immersed in the sensual allure of the hot latinas..like they say "muy calliente!" then i realized..this is pagadian..i felt a sense of pride...with these world class beauties...what could ever go wrong?

my first night here while hangin around in a nearby watering hole...i almost got picked up by a meztisa lookin wife of a local doctor...hahaha
proly their own way of welcoming back a long lost son of the city...( though i'm not that ez to get! hehehe)...nah..she was just too boozed up and stupid enuf to try to pick me up(yea..guys sometimes play hard to get...its not just the monopoly of women...tihiiii!

a stroll by the city hall streets yesterday gave me a lovely afternoon appreciating the several species of local ornamental plants in pots and in garden bags...some species i did recognize but most were simply spectacular and amazing..i dint realized the richness of the areas flora until that late afternoon stroll...dang! i should have brought my digital camera with me which i left in my quarters of our davao residence...

across the street are stalls that sell fried bananas( the breed for cooking not the one eaten raw and ripe)...turon and the ordinary ones sell at 2.50 each... i bought 20 pesos worth which the pretty lass placed in a brown paper bag and further wrapped with a thin red plastic bag..the locals call 'salopin'...

in another stall further next block are severals stalls for the beer crazed citizens...small cubed pork meat barbecue sells at a peso each and a big pile of it is ready for serving in the front long table...i swear i could munch down a hundred sticks of these..LOL

the regional center which was previously located in Zamboanga City has finally taken root here.. this was resisted by the city of zamboanga in its initial introduction during Cory Aquino's term...but only implemented recently during GMA's term after a much studied decision by the country's highest court of law...

the city is busy flexing its muscle for its construction industry and several big projects are on-going in the city's major streets.. a structure that you cant miss is the Gaisano Mall which has recently opened here... the rolling terrain of the city center makes it a formidable challenge for every architect who wishes to give his offering to the the art and science of building design and construction..yeah! flat ground is such a bore for us architects...

hmmm...and i got to stroll at the wharf area were several hobbyist were engaged in their fishing lines...they could get fishes like talakitok, kitang, and dangit! whew! mom got so interested with the fishes but i had to warn her not to disturb them as the sport required lots of silence for good catches!

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