Dahil bakasyon ng mga bata, dito sila kumakain ng tanghalian sa bahay. Late na ako nagising kanina dahil napuyat ako sa kaka-PSP kaninang madaling araw. Kaya bumili na lang kami ng lutong ulam sa tindahan ni Aling Celia.
Ang sarap ng ulam: sinampalukang manok, ginisang sitaw with kalabasa at hilabos na hipon. Nakahain na ang lahat sa mesa kaya lang…
Hindi na-Turn On ang rice cooker...
Here's a triple celebration in our family last March 25:
DaddyDemz 69th Birthday
Jaja Moving Up Ceremony
JellyPotPot Recognition Day
Five medals for Jaja
First Honor (Preparatory)
Best in Math
Best in Reading
Best in Spelling
Loyalty Awardee
First Honor (Grade 5)
For a week, we didn’t have landline and DSL connection. Akala ko pinutulan kami ng PLDT kasi hindi pa ako nakakabayad. Naipon tuloy ang blog posts ko. It was unknown to me that the same week, Kuya paid my telephone bill online. Sweet talaga ni Kuya, always to the rescue. He called me and said my phone bill is already paid. Kilala ko na kung sino ang nag tsismis sa kanya hanggang
I asked PLDT to check my line and I was a bit impressed, dumating agad sila pagdating ng hapon. Nadikubre nila na may problema sa connection ng line ko sa poste at presto! Ayos na ang telepono namin bandang hapon.
The Plan
Gems and Ariel invited me to join this trip. For several times, I told her “I’ll think about it” before I said “Yes”. I heard from Zeny that one of the islands was the location of the French Survivor Season 7. I think they’ll shoot three more Survivor seasons there. Googling Caramoan made me more excited about the trip!
From
I had to request for a change of my shift schedule from 2:00pm-11:00pm to 9:00am-6:00pm. We left
… Kaye for the pastillas and sharing your snacks to us,
… Jeng for buying the batteries I need for my camera (saying kasi ayaw pa din mag On ng camera ko)
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… Papa Jack of Love Radio for keeping us awake and laughing from 11:00pm – 1:00am
… Ron for the safe trip and smooth driving
… Gems for inviting me to join this trip and making us laugh all most of the time
… and most of all, another thanks to Ron for putting extra effort in not letting
It was a very long trip: 12-hour drive and five stopovers.
Breakfast at Bigg's Dinner
We had our breakfast at Bigg's Dinner in Naga. Ayos no?
The Adventures Starts Now
After the cars were safely parked at a pay garage in the
This boat ride, which took us to
This was our final stop. Kinabahan ako kasi akala ko kailangan na naman kaming buhatin pababa ng banka hehehe, buti na lang at hindi na. We took a 15-minute jeepney ride for 20 pesos each which took us to the inn.
Spread the Bad News
As promised, I will warn all travelers wishing to visit Caramoan and looking for a place to stay in because we had a very bad experience with Villa Juliana. Please remember the name so you won’t end up staying in this place. The people there will really make you say: What the #^@_*^#&*$!
Us: (Arrived at the inn -– tired, exhausted, and hungry but excited!)
Us: “Kami po yung nagpareserve.”
According to them, there were only 3 rooms available: 1 aircon and 2 fan rooms. Yet we reserved for aircon rooms. Nakakabiwsit talaga. Then an old lady went in…
Mommy: “Good morning. What’s the problem, what’s the problem? I am the owner of the house. You know this is just for fun. My husband is already 64 years old. Pinaayos ko sa ito para sa kanya. My daughter is in United Stets. You know the divers of Survivor are staying here. So the rooms are occupied. You should confirm you reservation 3 days before, not one week. Kasi mga taga bundok kami, baka hindi kayo dumating.”
Don’t ever make transactions with these people! Nakakaloka. At kasaba pala naming sya sa boat pauwi,
The Beaches
As soon as we had our boat for the island hopping, we went first to
We visited other great places in Bicol as planned. Too bad we only had a day to do this. So if you are planning to go there, a minimum of 5 days would be enough. We went to Albay to witness the perfect cone of Mayon Volcano, to Cagsawa Ruins and an old Hotel on top of the mountain. More picture takings here.
I really have to put all of these on record. Para sa future maaalala ko pa. Hehehe. She broke the improvised pull string toilet flush at one of our stopovers. (Hala ka!). She accidentally put cold water in her cup noodles. (Hindi kasi nakikinig sa instruction ng tindera. Hehehe) Ang pinaka the best para sa akin, dalawang mama ang nagbuhat sa kanya papunta sa banka at habang buhat-buhat sya nito, sinabihan sya na ilipat ang pagkakakapit nya sa dahil sa kikili nito sya nakakapit. Hay, adik ka talaga Gems.
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That’s it! That was our Bicol adventure.
Thanks to Ariel for inviting me and to King for being our tour guide/ photographer/ translator/ organizer of this trip. Sa uulitin!
Thanks to Ate Alma for taking care of organizing our expenses.
Thanks to Daddy Tienzo and Tito Boy’s wits and jokes. Cool guys. Nakikita ko na si Ariel 20-30 years from now. Hehe.
Nice meeting you, Ariel’s cousin and Lanie!
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Eighteen pounds to go and I will reach my goal. Others may not agree with me when I say gaining extra pounds is not very easy as it seems. I have to take more calories than what my body can burn. For me, gaining weight is just as difficult as losing weight. It’s very magastos and it takes a lot of dedication. I am lucky I still have office buddies who love to eat. Most of the time when my boss would see me eating on my table, he would tease me, ‘Are you stressed again?’ while looking on what’s I am eating.
I don't really give myself a deadline on this. Ayoko naman madaliin ang sarili ko. When I started weighing over 55 kgs (121 lbs) in the early quarter of 2006, I was happy about it because no one would call me ‘payatot’ and I won't have to wear short inside my 27” pants borrowed from my sister like what I was doing when I was still skinny. hahahaha. That was 5 years in the making, from 24 kgs (52.8 lbs) in first year college to 55 kgs (121 lbs) after 5 years. I started wearing slacks and blouses with large sizes. But later, I began thinking of cutting my food intake because I felt I was slowly getting bigger and bigger. Yay! Nag-iba na ang ihip ng hangin. There were times when I joined jogging sessions at the oval with Raed and my other teammates and badminton sometimes. I also started eating small amount of food and skipping meals. My current work requires me to work off hours. Bad thing, hyperacidity hit my stomach at lagi akong nagkakasakit. :(
Ngayon payat na ulit ako. I can wear clothes from my college years and yet they still fit. Nakatago muna sa aparador yung mga medium – large. Hehehe. And soon, maisusuot ko ulit sila! Yehey!
Minsan iniisip ko, ano ba talaga ang gusto ko: mataba o payat? Siguro parang nag eenjoy lang ako na may goal ako. Pag mataba na ako, magpapapayat ulit ako. Wala lang, pang patay lang ng oras. Hahahaha!
Adik! (as Gems would say)
I was looking for the next nearest long weekend so I could plan my next vacation and I bumped in to this website. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Proclamation 1699 last December 24, 2008 setting the dates of 2009 regular and special holidays.
The article is a bit sketchy to read, so I will only take the juicy part of it. Happy planning! This year, the following regular holidays shall fall on the following dates:
Super long vacation!!! File you leave for April 7&8. Waw!
April 6 (Monday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
(Monday, in lieu of April 9)
April 9 - Maundy Thursday
April 10 - Good Friday
April 11 – Black Saturday
April 12 – Easter Sunday
Another long weekend!!!
May 1 (Friday) - Labor Day
Declared by Mrs. Arroyo as recommended by meeyeow
May 13 (Wednesday) – My Birthday: Wag kayo pumasok, attend kayo ng party ko.
Long weekend!!!
June 12 (Friday) - Independence Day
Special non-working holiday, long weekend pa din!!!
August 21 (Friday) - Ninoy Aquino Day
Long weekend!!!
August 31 (Monday) - National Heroes Day
Nakakainis, Sunday tumapat! Don’t worry next year, Monday na to tatapat :D
November 1 (Sunday) - All Saints Day
November 2 (Monday) - Additional (Non-Working) Day
Long weekend!!!
November 30 (Monday) - Bonifacio Day
Eto na… This is it! The mother of all Long Vacations for this year!! Waaw!
December 24 (Thursday) – Additional (Non-Working) Day
December 25 (Friday) - Christmas Day
December 26 (Saturday) - Weekend
December 27 (Sunday) - Weekend
December 28 (Monday) – National SL (Scheduled Leave) Day
December 29 (Tuesday) – National SL (Scheduled Leave) Day
December 30 (Wednesday) - Rizal Day
December 31 (Thursday) – Last Day of the Year
January 1, 2010 (Friday) – 2010 naaaaaaa!
January 2, 2010 (Saturday) – Weekend
January 3, 2010 (Sunday) – Weekend
Kulang pa to ng Ramadan.
