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please know how lucky you are.

Batad, Banaue, Ifugao.

I'll get my high, for now, on this.

Things I learned in Batad:

1. Travel light. Nuff said.
2. If you should fall choose mud.
3. Shit happens. If you need to step on one do so. (Of course it’s always better for you and everyone with you, that you avoid doing so).
4. Bring as much water as you can carry if you plan to play poker or in-between because a 20 something bottled water, once it reaches Batad, turns into gold.
5. In-between is a very addictive game
6. Nikka’s waterloo is in-between.
7. Stop complaining that water is gold in Batad, because you can’t drink you’re pocket money when you’re insanely thirsty.
8. It pays to be up early enough to see nothing but fog.
9. Canned goods save you money. But they only taste so good for so long….
10. A walking stick is helpful.
11. Gollum is a strong hiker. He has perfected the art of climbing steep slopes on all fours. It really is not so bad and embarrassing once you’ve started cursing stairs and decided to camp in the mountains, marry a native so that you never have to go up and down and up again to return to Rita’s inn.
12. Mountain breeze and ice cold mountain water is not and never will be a good combination.
13. A panoramic window that catches all the cold mountain air should never be put in a bathroom.
    
14. Never underestimate a .1mor .2m difference in a step’s rise because once you start ascending or descending a .5m step… and see 400 more…
15. Put sunblock on your feet, tan lines from slippers aren’t so nice to look at.
16. It is cold in Banaue. Especially when it’s drizzling and you forgot that you need a jacket outdoors.
17. Learn to walk. Forget that on your left is a stone wall with lots of moss that can’t save your dear life and on your right is a drop that will claim your dear life and on your feet is a 12inch or less protruding rock pretending to be a step that holds your dear life.
18. Mona can run but she can’t fly.
19. If you love your ass, the jeepney ride to the saddle is better undertaken inside the jeep not on top of it.
20. Coffee is cheap in Batad. 4 cups in a day only costs 20 pesos, well you have to bring your own coffee and cup. But coffee is coffee is coffee.
21. There are various stages of drunkenness and home sickness.
22. Beware of an innocent mineral water bottle, it could be gin.
23. Eating eggnog when you’re drained gives a little boost of energy and oreo has never been better once you’ve reached the top.
24. For a traveler, nothing’s cheap.
25. The serious ba to? Are Serious Batos.

If I don't get to lazy, this'll be continued...

Hyperventilate!

This was posted at J.K. Rowling's official site.

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Thursday 1 February 2007
Publication Date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published on Saturday 21st July 2007 at 00:01 BST in the UK and at 00:01 in the USA. It will also be released at 00:01 BST on Saturday 21st July in other English speaking countries around the world.