Today, I celebrate the eighth year since I was allowed to drive my dad's car to school. Every year, I get to eat ice cream on May 15th; this year, my ice cream came as a side dish with the cheesecake during lunch at the second day of the Philippine Society for Microbiology Annual Convention. It's quite ironic that today (and yesterday) I didn't drive to Manila, but that's because driving to Manila is stressful, the toll fee and the parking fee at the hotel is expensive, and I don't know my way around the one-way streets in the area.
I went on a day trip to the City of Pines, which was around a 700-km drive from my house. I drove going up there and then from the city to Victoria, Tarlac. After that, my dad took over the driving duties. It was day trip with Tita Ising and Tito Sibing with us. Anyway, this trip was my first time to go to Baguio City with me behind the wheel. As everyone who drives up knows, there are three main routes to Baguio from the lowlands: Kennon Road, which ascends from Rosario, La Union. It was out of my options because it's too dangerous to use that road in the rainy season. The second route is via Naguilian Road, which makes my trip a lot longer because the beginning of the ascent is in Bauang, La Union (further north). The last route, and the one I took, was the Marcos Highway, now known as the Aspiras-Palispis Highway. This 47-km road starts from Agoo, La Union and is touted as the safest route among the three. As I drove up and then down (on the same day; we were in Bagu
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