severed in silence

last saturday i watched pigs being butchered. first, you hit 'em with a heavy piece of wood at the back of the head several times until it stops sqealing (hu-paw, huhu-paw-huhu-paw!) thrust the knife to its throat for the finishing blow, then you skin 'em with a jungle bolo. it was awesome! (makes me wanna be a butcher myself) SICK!


i was in mindoro that weekend to attend my cousin's wedding. they had seven pigs prepared for the reception. seven different preparations of pork. embotido, menudo, calderata, lechon, sweet and sour, chopsuey and afritada; all drenched in heart-friendly pork juices. LOL

after the reception, we tried to look for a beach resort we drove for miles and miles, dead-end after dead-end. roads were closed due to felled trees and posts care of the last typhoon. because of that, resorts had no electricity. too bad. well, back to the old house we go.