Baguio Weekend

come to think of it, the team didn't go anywhere. We just walked the night market of Session Road, went to Camp John Hay for Starbucks, a little trip to Manor Hotel to get bread, supposedly Strawberry picking in the farm but ended up buying more pasalubong and cheap vegetables at the highest peak I've been to, plus a short stop at Good Shepherd.

We arrived Saturday morning and went home Monday of 2AM. I guess this trip was more of getting away with work for a while and trying to find a cold weather (like our out of the country trip last year)

... it was still a worthy weekend though.

Summer Plan 2011

My family and I earned 7 free domestic round trip tickets during our Boracay Trip last October, and so I've been scouting an affordable summer getaway for all of us.

My initial choices were Boracay (again), Cebu, Bohol and Palawan.

They were pretty expensive and won't meet my criteria of an ideal family summer, until I talked to a friend of mine, Hazel, who's been to the northernmost and southernmost places of the country. So I seriously took her advice (since I know she can compare islands and experiences now) and considered going to Cebu. After some reading, I grabbed the phone and dialed Cebu Pac!

We are booked on March 11 to fly to Cebu (Bantayan Island) and stay in Budyong Beach Resort. We'll try to enjoy the serenity of this calm place, sort of Holiday weekend na rin.

Let's hope and pray we won't waste the free voucher. :)

Rina got Hitched!!

If getting married is a contest based on 'element of surprise', Rina will definitely bag the Grand Prize.

Actually and honestly, I wasn't surprised. I know, deep in her, she wants to be married soon. I just didn't realize she thought of it like two days ago?

Nonetheless, I am genuinely happy for her. She was able to pull it together, just like she wants it - people she loves, her family, simple and impromptu wedding. I bet she would have brought her dogs if it's possible.

Go and visit her facebook, these pics may not justify how it all went, but let me try :)

wedding done in more or less 30 minutes! :)

she doesn't like GRAND, but her stones show otherwise ;)

btw, i gave her nothing but flowers .. and she liked 'em

she was as always playful, this time.. over the top happy as Mrs. Guangco

the happy and supportive family .. plus one

we wouldn't be SISTERS if we won't attend

two married.. 3 to go, 1 scheduled on March

haha, pressure ito

CONGRATS to the newlyweds.

BEST WISHES on your new life Sis! :)

I am Number Four

I'm starting my new book craze this year with I AM NUMBER FOUR. The movie is coming your way on Feb 18, 2011. So better finish the book early. :D

I'm on Chapter 7 still but the story is easy to follow and very interesting.

Here's a very short plot from Wikipedia:

Nine infant aliens, who closely resemble humans, flee their home planet, Lorien, to hide on Earth. An invading species, the Mogadorians, have destroyed their planet, and followed them to Earth to hunt them down. Each of the nine aliens is given a guardian and will develop superhuman powers as they become adults. They are each assigned a number. These last children of Lorien can only be killed in the sequence of their numbers.^[2] Numbers One, Two, and Three have been killed so far.

Number Four (Alex Pettyfer), also named John Smith, moves to Paradise, Ohio, disguised as an American high school student.^[3] He makes a friend, Sarah Hart (Dianna Agron), a sweet Midwestern girl who is a photographer. After being on the run his whole life, Number Four falls in love and now has something to stand up and fight for.

I have yet to get my hands on Harry Potter, hantagal ko bumili.. hehe.

My Third Life

I got into a bus accident yesterday.

I'm a regular commuter. Since my family moved to rent a house here in LP, I have been a regular bus passenger. My parents, specially my mother doesn't want us to commute in the wee hours of the morning but today, I thought i don't have any other option but to leave home at 2AM.

By 3AM, I was already onboard an Ortigas bus, cruising along EDSA. About 3:15, our bus hit the rear of another bus. I was sitting on the first row by the door. Without the railing in front of me, I could have gone right through the dashboard onto the other bus, maybe hit my head, my face? By the time I knew what happened, both of my hands were already bleeding from shattered glass. I immediately contacted my officemates so they could reach Marvin.

I brought myself to Medical City where the doctor told me my hands are ok. Apart from a glass taken out of my right ring finger, abrasions on my right hand, arm bruises, I was perfectly well.

My life was again spared. Thank you Lord.

Please take extra precaution when driving and commuting.

Stay Safe everyone.

Catching Up Again

ok. so please allow me to back track a little and fill you in on what happened with my life last December, including the holidays. :)

the posts below, starting DECEMBER are all back track posts. :)

Happy Blogging.

Welcome 2011

Happy New Year Everyone!!

CHEERS to 2011!!

Grand Lotto 6/55

Ang sarap sigurong tumama sa lotto.. half a billion is up for grabs ladies and gentlemen.. only if you know the exact 6 winning numbers in one combination.

And I will admit, I've been trying my luck too. Sayang naman,,

Sa office naman, sa team naman, me taga taya. Nakakakaloka, bawal ma-miss ang lotto!! Goodluck everyone.


TODAY I WILL BE A MILLIONAIRE!!! (Law of Attraction)

Heal Me Lord

The word STRESS is an understatement. I feel like Atlas with the world on my shoulder. Ever since I moved to the third floor, my world has changed. I am tied to the office I'm temporarily situated in. Talk about hundreds of emails everyday that even if I render 15 hours, it still not enough. Back to back to back worries and problems, every single day. Previous booobooos hunt all of us. Because of all those troubles, I've been very bad to some people and highly a bitch.

Heal me Lord, I don't want to be like them.

But soon, it'll be over. Thank goodness.

SM Alumni Homecoming 2010

It's been 6 years since my graduation, 10 years since I got the good news that I was accepted as an SM Scholar.

SM changed my life and my future. To this day, I am still very thankful for the opportunity that was given to me. I may not have met the friends I keep now, I may not have the same education as I had during college, I may be not working and not earning the same if not for SM. They didn't do everything for me, but their help and support was enough for me to see the bright future ahead.

To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sy and Family; who probably will never see this post, THANK YOU from me and my family. Our prayers for a long life ahead. May your family continue to be good Samaritans to all the Filipinos who need support in their education.

Mabuhay SM Foundation, till next Homecoming!

Boracay, Post Trip

Well well well.

God is good eh? Since Cebu Pac transferred our flight from Caticlan to Kalibo, they gave us free round trip domestic tickets for 7! Isn't that just wonderful? That means, we can travel anywhere in the Philippines and we all we just have to worry about is the hotel.

We will go back to Boracay, or may be Palawan this coming summer. Can't wait! More tan lines!!!

But allow me to thank the LORD for providing us. We can't make it happen without his intervention, always. Thank you to Las Brisas for taking care of us; they've accommodated so much of our requests and services, thank you to Southwest which my father found so refreshing that someone else gets to bring his bag for him, hahaha, thank you to Ellen of Jony's for her hospitality and for taking care of us. Thank you to my family and Marvin and Timo for making our stay just wonderful.

I love life!!

Boracay 2010

My sister once told me that we should start thinking of what we should give our parents on their upcoming 25th Wedding Anniversary - the ideas were Boracay, Singapore, HongKong, hotel overnight for all of us.

Well, you have a good guess of what we gave them, right? We planned this basically May or June of this year. Before we relocated here in Las Pinas, we have tickets and hotel reservations ready. I pitched in and paid for the cost of the tickets while my siblings and I shared the accommodation costs. Since this was a gift, my parents didn't know anything till late August. Come September, there were second thoughts from them whether or not to join. They were worried about food costs, and so many things that basically they're saying is - sayang ang pera.

Maybe they have come to the realization that I was a little angry at them so they decided to just go (hehehe). This is our first time here! :)

I can't tell you HOW MUCH my parents loved Boracay, especially my father. They so loved it that my father literally sleeps on the beach. You'll find him anytime, as in any time of the day, walking nowhere but the waters and the sand. He started loving pictures too. He wanted to have his picture taken just about anywhere. I'm so haaaaaaaapy. :)










This is FAMILY and LIFE

I love it!

Good or Bad?

Wow, today I officially embark onto another role. Role that I don't think I've been prepared for. Yeah, I may be a level 2 at this point but I've never been exposed to such decision making or managerial roles.

I'm scared. I always strive to be successful in everything I do, and even if this is the first time, I don't want to fail. Help me God to make it in this interim role. If not, don't let people laugh at my mistakes.

Well, if I don't make it, I will not be fired. I still get to do the things I do before, and be paid, the usual. But it will hurt my career though. Hehe. Anyway, I will just do the things I have to.
Have mercy!

BRB

I know I've been out of the blogosphere again. Sorry, just didn't have the means to.
But I'm back, hopefully for consistently a good time.

Hello Friends! Hello World!

HongKong Day 4: MongKok

We don't have anything else in our itinerary list. We failed to tour some other places but we didn't feel bad at all. We can't squeeze our time in, so we're thankful that we're able to spend wisely these past few days.

Today, with Marvin's parents, we went to MongKok for a little shopping. Beware though, if you don't know how to haggle, you'll be paying a lot more. It ain't cheap here contrary to what they're saying.

After shopping, the last leg of our trip was spent in HongKong Bay at the Avenue of Stars

this is where we watched the Symphony of Lights, our point and shoot is not that advanced, it could have been better perhaps..

If not for the hostage incident and our relationship with HK now, I would have planned our trip back as early as now! :)

HongKong Day 3: Food & Conclusion

I can't tell you how we found Disneyland to be expensive, of course including the food.
But, we're very happy to have been satisfied of our day. I would have regrets if we didn't push for this trip or this Disneyland experience. Glad we made it through the day! :)

we brought this brown mickey food holder, home. haha.

even the toothpick is packed with Disneyland label on it

our day concluded with a train ride that will go around the resort.
we just wanted to rest our tired legs and feet before we head home

I pray we all can go to Nevada for a bigger Disneyland Experience.

HongKong Day 3: Disney Inside 2

What else did we do in Disneyland?

i met mickey mouse!

and goofy

this was my favorite part. this is a simple 3D show that amazed me so much. Disney used live water, air, perfume, etc so everyone is whisked to reality more than being there and watching 3D. Example, we were watching Jasmine and Aladdin take their magic carpet, it was sooo windy and I can feel the air blowing - feels like we're with them. Another one was when donald duck tipped while holding a bucket of water, we got a fair amount of splash.. absolutely amazing.. :)

We took different rides, one of which was an inside roller coaster that made me wish I didn't try it. Nah, I enjoyed a little - it was just super scary. There was a warning outside that if you have heart problems, etc etc; you are not supposed to ride. There was also this Stitch Encounter where we get to see and talk to stitch LIVE, very impromptu that the kids thought stitch is just in front of them.

Ha! By now we are dead tired. Time for a great meal. :)

HongKong Day 3: Disney Inside

We don't know what's waiting for us inside. We can only navigate as much as the map tells us. So we kinda walk and stop if we see something that interests us.

we stopped by the Disney store where you could get all stuff Disney, of course!
a little expensive though. we'll we're a budget traveler so we only got a few things that will remind us that we were here once :)

our first tour, was that of ADVENTURELAND. We saw Tarzan's tree house here, we rode a boat, and saw some live shows

where to next??
oh, right. Disneyland is divided into three major areas, Adventureland, Tomorrowland and Fantasyland

Here's the facade to the Fantasyland.
We were greeted by castles, niches of different characters like pooh, carousel rides and mad hatters tea cup ride :)

Tomorrowland is all about buzz lightyear, stitch, and others :)

Since it's summer, we had the chance to see their Summer Parade.

We were on the wet side of the street. Disneyland has instructions and warning signs everywhere that if you want to stay dry, avoid the wet lane - basically that's where the parade is headed.





Fun Fun Stuff!

Thanks to Myds who told us to bring extra clothes. We came prepared. And the water was a relief from the heat.

HongKong Day 3: to Disneyland

Again, the way to Disneyland is fairly easy. With its popularity, it's not even hard to get directions. We took the MTR station from Tsim Sha Tsui going to the Disneyland Resort line. We transferred and took different MTR lines, but it wasn't difficult at all. Much like our MRT here, both trains (going to different directions) are on the same platform, so alight from the other, hop or run, and aboard the other train - you have to read though.

So from the red line, we transferred to orange line at Lai King, then hopped on to pink line via Sunny Bay

the train itself was soooooo cool because you know it's Disney. this MTR is made specially for disneyland. the train has every character inside. you don't have to spot the hidden mickey, it's everywhere!

WELCOME!!