Subic '10

The Nightingale company invited my family as a special guest to their Subic getaway! This Subic trip was different because we went trekking instead of the usual banana boat ride/night party/zoobic etc. I actually didn't know that we were going to trek so i was wearing slippers the whole time which made the whole thing harder and more challenging. I slipped a lot of times and almost fell on the ground. It was more of a time-with-nature kind of trip, which i actually liked. Gotta love the environment and the trees were just really REALLY big. Our tour guide for the trekking was an aeta and she was already 52 years old. She told us the different uses of the trees found in that forest or whatever you call that place. She actually also told us stories about the trees (e.g balete)...but i dont know if she just made that up or what haha. Then she made us straws and cup out of bamboo. The way she made em was fascinating like it only took her a minute to make a cup. After the trekking we had lunch and we used banana leaves as plates. It was a very educational trip and I got to exercise.

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Me and my sister. The thing im biting is the straw the aeta made. Parang starbucks straw lang ehh :))

That's me

The tree's just really big!

the Aeta/tour guide making a straw

trees

with my mom

my sister

view from the Villa

pool at vista marina hotel where we stayed two years ago

Then before going home we went to this Japanese restaurant but i forgot the name. Here are some pictures of the fo we ate. om nom nom!

sashimi

Califormia Maki

That's uhh some fried stuff with mashed potato and crab sticks inside

Antique

Antique is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose and is located at the western portion of Panay Island, bordering Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo to the east. Antique faces the Sulu Sea to the west.

Antique was one of the three old sakups (districts) of Panay before the Spanish colonizers arrived in the islands. The Antique was then known as Hantik, which was named after the large red ants found on the island, called hantik. The Spanish chroniclers, however, recorded it as "Hantique" in the French manner. Later, the initial "h" was dropped, and the name officially became "Antique."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_(province)

IV-1 Retreat

last highschool retreat (october 23-27 2008). Assumption Sabbath Place, Baguio
The BEST retreat ever. I love IV-1, Father Edwin, Miss Gcel (thank you so so so much miss :)), and Miss Yvette.
My roomate for the first day was alex. Second and third, dana and kyle. Last day, ria, alex, denise, and chiara. I have no idea how we were able to fit our butts in two beds but oh well haha :P

First day pa lang iyakan na :) It's nice to know that im not alone :)
Stargate! :) ONE FOR ALL, ALL IV-1!
I love our hike. father edwin's so cool talaga. My weird baomiaow jump :)) i really want a copy na of our videos! haha I shouted there sa 'moutain top' I absolutely loved it when we were all singing your guardian angel.
I super love the affirmation part. That was WOW! Thank you so much guys, you make me feel sooo sooo soo loved. You guys make me feel strong and independent. I love our class.
Drop dead! :) Everyone was pretty, seriously. WE all had photoshoots in the garden. ayee.
The one with the parents was omg! sakit ng ulo ko after sa kakaiyak :P
Bonfire! yes! our section was the only one who had it outside. fun consecutive shots haha! my sunog hotdog :( Father edwin told us scary stories. HALA!
I love the sisters especially sister aissa (sp?). Thanks for the gift ninang :)
On our way home lahat tulog hehe.
I liked my second night in buguio. We were having a countdown for ria's birthday. So, while waiting, UBE! haha. Lysa i love you :) it was such a bad idea to play killer killer with only one light! anoo ba. sakit sa mata. Stayed up til almost 2am :P ohh! dana's concert!
It felt nice after hugging everyone, like even the people i don't really talk to.

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I love them :)

With Alex

The retreat house
People behind are epal :))
With drop dead gorgeous buddy :))

I love the CIC head

Kyla and I with Ria's Barakada

"emo" daw :]Our shrimp is growing :]

(Thank you Ella for this picture)
My retreat family: Lysa, Alex, Mika, Denise, Kyle, Dana, Cecille (adopted :P), Chiara. Missing: Kyla I. and twishiie poo :P
Mika, cutiee

Iano, me, Roxy, Bea, Kyla C.

I love the TRIGGIES!

Eskimos! :)

Bonfire buddies

I love father EdwinFather telling ghost stories :s

I learned a lot from father edwin :) THE PENCIL :)
GREATEST EXPERIENCE EVER!
-well, not the scary pic :((
-FYI: my mom deleted it. Coz i cried hah yeah. We prayed pa for the 'soul' of the whoever was in the pic.

I can live and I can love, I can reach the heavens above, I can right what is wrong, I can sing just any song, I can dance, I can fly and touch the rainbow in the sky I can be a good friend, I can love youuuuu until the END.

El Dorado, Dumaguete

Here are the pictures (day 1) of our Dumaguete trip.
I loved the place where we stayed for 3 nights and 4 days. It was really peaceful. I felt so relaxed and I totally forgot all of my problems. I ate a lot of food and guess what? i didn't gain weight. Yey for me! That's probably because my sister and I swam most of the time.
The beach is wonderful, although it doesn't have the fine white sand of Boracay, It still is great with its super clean water. Bora has no match for it.
I had the most wonderful star viewing ever! The stars were just amazing, there were tons of 'em and i loved it. Here in manila when I look at the sky at night, the first thing I see is the small dipper and that's it but in Dumaguete i couldn't even see it because there were too many stars. It was beautiful.
The place where we stayed is usually for divers. Most of the people there were foreigners. Actually, we were the only Filipinos there except the staff. My sister and I felt like we were the foreigners and not them :))
Oh well, here are the pictures my sister took.

We arrived at Dumaguete

The convent where my mom stayed for 2 days


The resort where we spent 3 nights and 4 days


The pool


Our tree house. (We transferred on the 3rd night because we were attacked by spiders, geckos, mosquitoes, and bugs. [good thing walang ipis] Well, my mom said, at least you've experience how to sleep with nature).The beach.

Casa San Pablo

I absolutely love this place. It's so nature friendly. It's such a green place, trees and flowers everywhere. The food is good (i gained 2 lbs.) haha. There are also lots of vintage stuff. I just love the place...seeing trees just makes me happy.

I want this house.


with my dad

The dining room, where i ate a lot of food.

I hope I don't Regret this decision.

My friends and i are having a beach trip this may 1-3. We planned this before summer and now that it's getting closer, I'm super excited. However, My dad's leaving for work on the 4th but that is still tentative. There's a possibility that he might leave tomorrow or the next day or on may 1-3. Now there's the problem. I don't want to miss the beach trip and i also don't want to be in Batangas on the day that my dad's leaving. I asked my mom about the beach trip and she allowed me but the final decision has to come from my dad. Knowing my dad - he will not allow me especially now that's he's leaving. I haven't talked to him yet. I feel like he would think of me as a bad daughter. A daughter who doesn't care about her dad at all. I don't want that impression to run around my dad's head.

I've made up my mind. I'm not going to the trip.

If i ask my dad if i can go there's a 90% possibility that he will not allow me and think that I don't care about him (and i will miss all the fun in Batangas). There's the 10% chance of allowing me and at the same time he will think that i don't care about him. But i'll probably regret it if he goes abroad without me at the airport saying goodbye to him (but i''ll be at batangas enjoying the beach and the company of my friends). So... I still believe that family comes first before friends. I love my dad and I don't want him thinking that he's wasting his money on a daughter who doesn't care about him and a daughter who only cares about the money her father gives. So, the final decision is...I'm staying here at home.

Pray for me. :) haha.