“Is it a sport utility vehicle?” I inquired over the phone. “And where are we going?” Melo of OutOfTownBlog.com, on the other end of the line, replied “No. It’s a small car. Ilocos Norte.”  “Oh.”, was my only reaction. And it wasn’t the ‘oh-okay’ kind of Oh. It was the ‘oh-are-you-out-of-your-mind?!’ kind. North seemed like…