sacrum triduum

perhaps it's funny that in the face of an overtime-filled flog to the finish line two months hence, that when an opportunity to take a vacation pops up, all the more the need grows to be elsewhere, even for just a few days.

that and black thursday, and the impulse grows. granted, the decision to be away was announced a week before the events of march the 17th -- perhaps that made the time away all the more precious. a few moments of calm before the storm, so to speak.

another trip (and the wierdness that accompanied it throughout) i've mentioned in the past (and, admittedly, haven't gotten back to continuing that tale -- someday). this time, though, was something of a first. primarily because it was a road trip. other times, other trips, have been made over longer distances via the public transport system; planes, boats (and an odd catamaran-type thing called SiKat), bancas of various largish sizes, jeepneys, tricycles -- but no trains (leastwise, none of the variety run by the philippine national railroads).

two cars, 7 adults, 2 children. the destination, pangasinan. where precisely, i didn't know. but that was all right by me.

more later.