downtown sorsogon is one big tricycle city
Recently, I hate going to Sorsogon City. They keep moving the jeepney terminal somewhere else. Now it is located outside of Sorsogon proper — Balogo. You have to ride a tricycle from downtown to get to the jeepney terminal. It’s not near, mind you. More than a kilometer I guess. It’s okay if you go there and come home empty handed: no grocery bags and stuff, I wouldn’t mind walking.
But I just go to Sorsogon, first and foremost for the ATM machines — at most twice a month as long as my internet and computer at home is working well. Next is the grocery/supermarket, since I am there already then why not buy the food and other supplies we need, right? It’s just stupid to go back all the way to Gubat and hit the wet, right?! That’s a whooping 19-km distance.
Yes folks, there is not one single ATM machine in Gubat that’s why I don’t normally go there. (That’s right, rural bank only is what’s there, which I’m sure haven’t heard of paypal funds!) It’s not about being maarte or snobbish of what’s in Gubat like some people here think I am. 
Besides, my mother is the one who buys stuff in Gubat. She picks up Raine in school and does her regular palengke and saud shopping there.
Now even for practicality’s sake, it’s becoming a hassle to go there. I’m complaining and I don’t even go there everyday. He he. But really if I can get away with it, I won’t go. Sorsogon city has turned into one big tricycle city. It’s just crazy.
My bros going to school daily are feeling the heat of all the errands I tell them to do. Like stuff to buy, every one and then. Be it dispatching shipping boxes, buying phone cards and some other common or uncommon grocery stuff we run out of at uncertain times.
(They go there everyday anyway and with the rising prices of fares and all…I’m just being practical. He he. Alright I work at home and more often than not I get lazy with the extra hassle of going out of the house. Hmmm…I may not run out of excuses. So I’d rather stop. Ha ha!)
Well, except sanitary napkins. (That’s why I cannot run out of this one thing.) Whatever I do they won’t budge! Boys…err…men! Mag-aasawa din sila. Hmp!
July 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
you’re going to hate this more: starting july 9, all jeepneys and buses will be housed in an integrated terminal at the City hall. so if I have to go to Gubat, I will have to get a tricycle to go to the tricycle terminal at graceland going to the city hall and then get a jeepney ride there to Gubat. And if I’m in a hurry, I would have to rent a damned tricycle for 3o freakin’ bucks to go to the effing city hall. i swear, come election time, I will actively campaign not to vote for Diomonyeda. I effing swear that coming from Gubat, I will drop by his office and spit on his door. stupid stupid man.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
i’m dreading that actually honey. we always talk about it here at home. fare to Gubat from Sorsogon remains at 10 pesos (but that’s another story why) na magiging 22 na kuno soon. add mo pa ang tricy eh di baka 50 na nga ang pauwi lang. hmmmm…now i know who’s kabobohan is that systema. hayup. hayyy naku. pag ganyan? once a month na lang ang aking punta dyan. well unless magtayo na nga ng mga supermarkets, banks and the works dyan sa bagong location ng munisipyo. eh papano naman ang downtown? eh yan ang center di ba. ayyy ewan, umiinit ang ulo ko na isipin yan. makabili na nga lang ng sarling tricycle papunta sa sorsogon! hahahaha. joke.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
hmmm…maybe i should launch a campaign na kuspaan ang opisina ni diomonyeda pag maagi sa city hall. mas kawawa ang mga may ititinda sa public market. aside from the jeepney pamasahe of their products, they will have to rent a tricycle to go to the centro na tapos baggage pa. somebody has not been using their coconut. palibhasa walang accomplishment of note. i mean, if the intent is to reduce traffic at the center, might as well ban all vehicles para clear ang roads.
the jb line jeeps is charging 15 pesos now and that will not increase daw for sometime while the other jeepney line will have a fare increase soon. sabagay, it’s high time na rin. they have not increase prices for more than 8 years already. dati pa nga, buy one take one pa pamasahe sa jeep, di ba?
July 8th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
buang kaya yun na may-ari san jb line. hindi nakikisama sa jeepney group about fare rates. kaya binababa ng jeepneys fare nira para sampal sa jb line. habo an jb line san 22 na pasahe, gusto 15 lang kaya 10 pa gihapon an mga jeep. bihira ako magsakay sa jb line unless, wara na iba. driver si papa ko awaton na panahon (gubat-sorsogon and then bulan sorsogon), loyal kuno kami sa mga dyip. he he he.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
hehehe. ang advantage man lang sa jb line, dili nagpapasakay sin mga kargamento unlike sa jeep group na pagnagsakay ka going to the office or to school, chances are, kaiping mo mga banyera sin sira. pero since saro na lang pila ninda didi, dili na makapili sin jeep. pwera na lang kung gubat going to sorsogon.me, it doesn’t matter kung diin. basta kung ano unang mahali, dun ako
July 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
hahaha! i have no idea when was the last time i was in sorsogon, but my relatives (father’s brother) is in balogo. my cousins teaches at school of arts and trades (ewan kung yan pa ang school name), the only big botica there is my cousin as well (botica paras) at nagkalat na ang mga nephews and nieces ko dyan that i have not seen in ages.
kahit na noon pa, there’s just way too many tricycles out there. ang gulo guloooooo! and you’re right, nilalakad namen yan from sa dating JB Line to Balogo, haller! an layoooo!!!
di ba tapat nang chong hua high school yon? dyan den nag sipag graduate ang ibang nephews ko
July 8th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
matagal na nga yan manay. wala ng JB line terminal sa harap ng chiang kai sek school sa sorsogon. mercury drug na sya. wala na ring jb line. rj na yata yan. pero jeep na lang sila. wala nang buses. anak na lang yan nung orig na may-ari. okayy…alam ko yang botica paras. bahay din yata nila ang itaas ano? i always look sa botica na yan pag nasa dyip ako. i like their structure kasi. very practical negosyo sa baba, bahay sa taas. naku….ang layo ng balogo ano?! eh okay lang kung exercise ang hanap mo. eh kung may mga bitbit? nakupo eh tricycle city na. imagine ang gulo? di ka pa nakakababa sa dyip nakadikit na ang mga tricycle.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
yang arts and trade na school…SSC na. Sorsogon State College. he he.
honey: nakupo yan nga lang ang problema sa dyip. problema ko yan nung high school ako. an sidsid baga san palda na uniform? nakawilwig sa banyera ng isda! bad trip. hahaha. eh wa ako choice andito ako sa nadadaanan lang ng dyip. kung sa terminal, makapili at daghan na dyip dito. unlike noon, kahit puno ang dumaaan, sasakay ka dapat. else bukas ka na pumasok sa school!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:10 am
biruun mo an, haloyon na talaga akong nawara sa sorsogon. bihira pa naman ako makabasa ki mga news about sorsogon. mag-post ka ki litrato manay! hehehe!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:29 am
bayai lang manay pirmi man ako may dara na cellphone with camera. eh nakakalimutan ko lang magkukuha ng picture dahil dami errands pag napunta sa city. hahaha! pag di ko nakalimutan? kukunan ko ng picture pagmumukha ng mga driver na di nirerespeto ang pedestrian lane!
July 9th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Nasunog ang original location kan botica paras tapos nag-lipat sinda sa may likod pero nag-close din sinda. sayang, mariramon ang spanish bread ninda.sus maria manay reynz, sobrang haloyun ka na palan dai nag-uuli. grabe na ang changes sa sorsogon. ang fatima chapel na lamang, pinadakola na tapos matindog daa ki mall sa taning kan cathedral. like glo, i can post pics of sorsogon for you. mag-uli ka kasi.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
hi Glo! kindly tell the twins congrats for winning in the battle of the bands!=) bagan Raine will follow in their footsteps, ha! ;D
Manay Reynz, ano tabi kay cousin mo sina Tita Susan (Paras)? actually, my surname is Paras coz my great grandfather (or great-great grandfather) was from China, pag-abot didi sa Sorsee, nagpabunyag sa Katoliko, an ninong is great-great grandfather nara Tita Susan.
kaya no blood relation kami but close man sinda nara Papa. an niece ni Tita Susan (batit ni Tita Kiking), barkada/classmate san brother ko. an saro niya na niece (Lala Paras), classmate man san Ate ko sadto.
hope you can come home one day & see for yourself Sorsogon’s changes. maski papan-o igwa nin kamayadan amidst all the karautan. ;D
you can check out some photos of Sorsogon sa website (http://www.sorsogonweb.com/galleryv4/galindexv4.html) na naka-menos san homesickness of our kababayans abroad.=)
Sorsogon province is an under-rated beauty didi mismo sa lugar ta. not many Filipinos know of its hidden beauty. friends from Manila who were lucky enough to visit can’t get enough of our place.=D
if you have extra time tabi, do check out my old blog, there’s a post there (i think it’s the last post i did, haven’t updated after so long, nahugak na, hehe!) about a beautiful place (it’s a farm retreat, may bee sanctuary (they sell honey & charcoal), pond, lush vegetation, kagayon!) in Bulusan called Balay Buhay. it was featured daw by ABS-CBN when Gina Lopez was here last summer. if makauli ka tabi, magayunon didto mag-relax-relax.
another hidden paradise is in Brgy. Biton, Bulan aptly called, Ang Munting Paraiso (http://muntingparaiso.wetpaint.com/page/Photo+Gallery). i’ve been there five times na, but i always look forward to my next visit coz kagayon san lugar. definitely a paradise! =) sana talaga umuli ka soon! ;D
July 9th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
hey Babs..thank you! and thanks a lot for the links above. sobrang sawa na ako sa rizal beach. i will definitely keep this place in mind.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
hey babz,
email mo ako sa ofwcenter@gmail.com ta sabihon ko simo kun sisay so mga pinaka-gwapong mga lalaki dyan sa Balogo hehehe, puro an mga pinsan ko, mga sikat na basketbolista sinda dati dyan sa Balogo. tugang an ni papa na tiga balogo.
sina manay susan paras naman sa mother side mi. last na uli ko sa sorsogon, nasulo so botica ninda, so inabutan ko, medyo me sadit na bakery na duman. dai man ako nag-haloy.
so saro kong pinsan taz brod ko pa sa frat, so na-aagom sadiri so punerarya dyan sa sorsogon hahaha an pinsan ko lalaki nag work sa PNB, yaon garo sya sa Legazpi na-assign. yan ang pinsan kong pinakapaborito ko hehehe
July 9th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
hanep, ang daming relatives ni manay sa balogo.
hey…hopefully next year na uwi mo sa pinas eh mapadpad ka na dito. maglakwatsa tayo.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:08 am
there’s now an ATM in gubat owned by the local coop, the reason i visited the place
May 5th, 2009 at 10:04 am
yeah i heard about that ATM in Gubat. but then, if you go there and it’s offline, you have no other choice coz it is the only ATM in Gubat. i would still suggest going to sorsogon, coz u have many choices of ATMs there.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hi Gloria,
Salamatunon san insurat mo po sa Munting Paraiso, pati kan Babz tabi. Kun okay lang na itxt mo po kami tabi adi an aku cel number 0919 38 19608, kay kun puede aku gumahoy sa cel nimo po. Salamat gihapon.
May GOD bless us all. more power.
may and peter
owner sa munting paraiso beach resort sa Barangay J. Gerona (formerly Biton)
May 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
hello mary, i just sent you an email. thanks for dropping by.