Sabi ko kanina sa Plurk at Twitter ko, may natutunan akong bagong language rito sa Singapore: Nawawalasa Singapura. Mas mas madali ito kaysa sa Bahasa Maynila.

Paano ko natutunan ito? Ganito kasi yun: nung uwian na, nagkasundo kami ng kasamahan ko na sumakay na lang ng bus. Usually, naglalakad lang ako. Mahilig kasi akong maglakad. Saka malapit lang naman. Pero naisip kong mag-bus na lang dahil may sakbit akong backpack at may bitbit na dalawang bag sa magkabilang kamay (Naalala ko bigla yung “bakuot na” saka “may sunong, may may kikik, may pasak pa sa puwit!” na sinasabi ng matatanda sa amin sa Marinduque).

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Noong di pa ako nakatira sa apartment namin ngayon sa Quezon City, nasa first floor ng building ang restaurant na Singapura Rasa.  Parang minsan lang ata ako nakakain doon dahil may kamahalan at kailangang maghintay nang may katagalan bago makakain. Nang wala na roon ang restaurant — di ko alam kung lumipat o nagsara — saka naman kami nakakahanap ng space roon.

These past weeks, lagi kong naaalala ang Singapura Rasa. Halos isang buwan na rin kasi akong nandito sa Singapore. May training ako para sa bagong trabaho ko as editor sa Yahoo! Philippines.

Sa isang hotel ako nag-i-stay, at nilalakad ko lang pauwi sa gabi. Safe naman daw rito. Saka nasanay na rin ako nung nasa GMA pa ako, kasi madalas din kaming naglalakad pauwi noon. Pagdating sa hotel, kadalasan ay lumalabas ako ulit at kumakain sa Kopitiam at pagkatapos ay tumatambay ako roon o sa Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts para sa libreng WiFi.

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Cybercelebrity Christine Gambito, popularly known on the Web as “Happy Slip”, appeared in a 24 Oras story about the launch of the Department of Tourism’s “virtual travel mall” website. Happy Slip is in the Philippines to help the DOT in its efforts to attract more visitors to the country.

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The Bathala Caves will be featured tonight in GMA-7′s Born to Be Wild, which airs after Saksi.

Dr. Ferds Recio will explore the Bathala Caves, which are located in Barangay Ipil, Santa Cruz, Marinduque–the place where I grew up.

Below is the teaser for the show from GMANews.tv. I have also posted some of our pictures at the Bathala Caves during our 2005 vacation in Marinduque.

This Wednesday, Born to be Wild goes into the dark and the deep to encounter creatures rarely seen by humans.

Doc Ferds explores the mystical Bathala Cave in Marinduque Island which is home to huge python snakes. Deep inside the cave, he studies reptile behavior and discovers why these creatures chose this cavern as their shelter.

In a province long-exploited by mining activities, Bathala Cave remains one of the last few sanctuaries for wildlife.

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