hey yall.  my mother and i are going back to the philippines for the month of december.  i haven't been back since i was like 2 and this time i want to SURF!    i'm used to cold water and ice-cream headaches here in seattle so i'm dying to hit warm waves.  i'm hoping to surf the last weekend in december AT LEAST and be somewhere beautiful and peaceful for new year's eve.  anyone want to make a trip?  i don't mind bussing but i'd like a partner cause my relatives are going to stress heavily if i trapse off solita and i don't want to cause grief.  and i am too scared (smart?) to go it alone.  so if ya got a car, i'll be glad to chip in da gas.  if you don't, you just have to be a good bus buddy.  a car would be coooool though.  
i don't know anything about ph surf spots but i have surfed for half my life so i can trade lessons for navigation.  english would be bonus cause my tagalog sucks and cause i love to talk.  i'll be in the north the entire time.. tarlac the first couple weeks, baguio in the middle, and manilla towards the end.
girls, boys, young, old, native, foreign, groups, individuals.... just be open and cool.  please, no psychos or perverts- cause i don't want to have to kick ass.
i'm basically beggin for a ride or escort(s).  respond to seejaneshoot@hotmail.com with ideas.

peace and respect to all the merefolk.  blessed be us.    
stacy dell

ah, what nice people dwell here.  i had a good feeling about this board!
i'd actually be down with more surftrips while i'm there than just the last dec week like i had said since it  sounds like you don't have to drive too far from manila to get to a break.  so basically, i don't know my schedule... i know it will be hectic and there wil be 3 weddings going on.... but i would like to hit ANY possible surf outing with cool folk who want company from dec7-jan5.  i know i'll be in baguio from like the 10th for several days.that would be an excellent time to get my feet wet and the rest of my body too.  takers?
thanks all for your warm words.  especially those sizzlers from al.  

whoops!  so many nice people with nice words that i forgot one.  that's gotta be a good thing.

MARKLUCAS- thanks also for your words.  yeah it's true, the news has been laden with horror and everyone i know is aghast that i'm going to vacation in this "warzone".  it makes me feel better that yall have reassurances of normality.  cause i AM going to stick out like crazy- millie, you're right, i am half-flip.  my father is french-canuck and i got his fair skin.
and no way, millie, i wouldn't crack on ya for stereotypes.  first, you would know better than i would.  and secondly, stereotypes always have a grain of truth otherwise they wouldn't be so popular!
yeah, with all the fervent talk of machismo, communist guerillas, muslim separatists, and then of course all da blase' blase' beheadings and kidnappings... and me and my white mug... i feel i'm going to be a pale shiny beacon of vulnerability!  and even if nothing happens, my relatives there and fer sure my mother are still gonna have a cardiac conniption if i try to leave solita.  i plan on lying.  whoever gets to hook up with me is going to be "oh yeah, ma!  a friend of a friend!".  therefore, if any psycho supposed-surfbuddy does try to sell me to a sex dealer, i'll HAVE to go out fightin cause otherwise my family will find out i lied and then THEY'll kill me way worse!  
CIAO!