Mar
31
Last night (March 29), Deb and I went jogging, for the second time, at the Marikina Sports Park. We met around 6 pm, had dinner first then went jogging around 9 pm. I’m used to jogging at night but only at our next-door village. It’s actually fun at the Marikina Sports Park because there were stills lots of people even if it was already late. And I love jogging at night because the air is cool and it is a lot quieter… more peaceful. Here’s Deb and me ready to go jogging…
Just our shoes… haha! I didn’t run too much, just walked. I still felt tired because I was on my feet almost the whole the day before. But I did about 10 rounds of the oval… about 2 rounds really jogging. Afterwards, Deb and I grab a coffee so she could rest a little before going home. it was my first to try out KopiRoti and it’s nice and cheap too. I had coffee and peanut butter toast.
Yummy! I love peanut butter!!! 
It was really fun and I was happy to see and talk to Deb again. Can’t wait for our next jogging date!
Posted in Escapades, Food Trip
Aug
02
We were supposed to go swimming this weekend. Well, the original plan was to go to Canyon Cove in Nasugbu but it didn’t push through because my nephew had an entrance exam yesterday and nobody could stay behind and wait for him. So, my cousin planned on going to Subic instead. it also didn’t push through because my other cousin had an event to attend to so they all couldn’t come. So, my cousin just decided we go to Laguna. A family friend offered we stay at their house with their pool.
So, the plan was one car will leave earlier and the other (my sister, the kids, and I) will stay behind to wait for my nephew. What happened was the first car left just an hour ahead of us. But we got stuck in traffic so we were able to reached the house in Laguna at about 3 p.m. already. When we got there, my cousin told us that they didn’t want to stay there because there were too many dogs and there were too many breakables inside the house. It’s just not kid-friendly. So, we just ate the food they prepared for us and then decided to just look for a house with a pool that’s for rent in Laguna.
If you’ve been in Pansol already, then you know that you have to be patient n looking for a place to stay. There are literally thousands of places to choose from and you have to really look around to find something something nice and cheap. After the third house that we checked, my cousin decided we just go home because it was already late and the kids wouldn’t be able to swim anymore. Anlabo! I mean, the kids could still swim the next day, right? And it was already 5 p.m. and it was really raining hard. We reached home about 9 p.m. already.
My sister and I were disappointed. It was like we just went to Laguna to eat then went back home again. It was such a hassle. Good thing my mom didn’t prepare much food or else, all her effort would have been for nothing. And the poor kids kept asking when they were going swimming. Hay buhay.
Posted in Escapades
Jun
23
I was going through my CDs and found these photos and thought I’d share them here.
These are photos from our trip to Canyon Cove in Nasugbu, Batangas way back 2007, April 27-28 to be exact. My whole family and my cousins went there and we rented this big flat where we all stayed. The flat has two bedrooms with bath, kitchen, dining area, living room and a small patio.
The place is very kid friendly. They built a breakwater so there are almost no waves entering the shore. The sand isn’t as white and as fine like in Boracay but it’s nice enough to build sandcastles with and they don’t hurt the feet when you go barefoot. And the water is clean and there’s still sea life so it’s suitable for snorkeling.
They were renovating the place when we were there, including the pool area and we had no TV also so, we were stuck with the beach. But that’s fine because it was still fun. Anyway, we’ll be going back there next month and hopefully we’ll be able to use the pool this time.
I can’t wait to go back there and I’m sure the kids will be pretty excited too if they find out about it.
Posted in Batangas, Escapades
Jun
18
June 12
My nephew, Marc, and I attended AkoMismo.org’s Dog Tag Day event at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. It was quite an adventure even from the beginning. The event started at 2 pm but nephew and I decided to leave around 3 pm. I didn’t know how to commute going there but my sister gave me directions so that’s what we did. My original plan was to take the MRT (train) then just take a cab from the Ayala station to the venue but my sister told me that there are shuttles in the Magallanes station so that’s where we went. When we got to Magallanes, we asked around where we could find the shuttles and it took us awhile before someone finally told us that there were no more shuttles there anymore. So, we ended up taking the cab.
We got to the venue around the 4 pm. On the way there, the cab driver warned us that the line was long and boy it was! You had to buy the dog tag first, which serves as the entrance ticket, before you can enter the premises. It took as an hour before we finally were able to go in. It wasn’t that bad… the line was long, the sun was high but it was breezy enough, we didn’t didn’t feel too hot. There were already lots of people inside and the lines at the booth were long. There were several charity booths where you can sign up and show your support for the causes that appeals to you. There were face painting, henna and glitter tattoo booths. There were photo booths with Ako Mismo backdrops where you can flaunt you dog tag. And there were several McDonald’s and Pepsi booths scattered around for the hungry folks. Oh, there were also a couple of walls in the middle area where you can sign your Ako Mismo pledge.
Marc and I walked around for about an hour, checking the booths. We both bought the limited edition dog tags then we bought food and looked for a nice spot for the concert. People were already gathering around for the concert so we just decided to stay on our spot and eat there.
The concert was fun and I was really excited because it would be my first time to watch Ely Buendia and The Dawn perform live. It was really crowded we decided not to finish the concert anymore. Ang daming mga singit… singit interviews in between performances and singit sa mga audience. We caught the performances of Hale, Skabeche, The Dawn, Up Dharma Down and Kamikaze. We missed Ely Buendia’s performance (but he came to the stage at the beginning so we still did see him), Kwjan and Bamboo. We just walked around again and checked the booths before heading home.
We walked all the way from the Global City open space to Market! Market! just to get a taxi. Well, it really wasn’t that far but we were already tired from being on our feet since 3 pm and it was already 9 pm. And thank God we got home safely… our cab driver was really sleepy and I caught him falling asleep while driving a few times.
Here are a few photos from the concert…
Posted in Escapades, For A Cause Ako Mismo
May
10
April 25th was Litratong Pinoy’s Summer EB (eyeball) at the Aliwan Fiesta in Manila. Aliwan Fiesta is an annual competition of floats and street dancers representing the most popular festivals around the Philippines. You can read more about the Fiesta here.
I arrived late, as usual, and as soon as the LP EB-ers were done eating lunch, the fun began. Lino took our jumping group photos first. Umpisa pa lang, kakapagod na. But it was really funny! Then we headed off to CCP were the floats were parked and the street dancers were rehearsing. We got separated sometimes but were able to regroup again and again.
It was a really hot day and it was pretty tiring but the colorful floats and the performances by the street dancers were well worth it. And it was fascinating to see numerous photographers, both amateurs and professionals, gathered together in one place, dooing their thing. It was actually overwhelming and I was a bit intimidated, seeing all the DSLRs and me with my pink and old-fashioned Holga. Haha! And I couldn’t imagine how much energy the participants have. They were dancing almost the whole day under the scorching heat of the sun then got soaked in rain later that day. I mean, I just walked around and took some photos and I got pretty tired, what more dancing and wearing those costumes complete with body paints. I don’t think I have the energy for that.
So anyway, it was such a wonderful and learning experience for me, especially as a photography enthusiast and I will definitely be watching again next year.
P.S. Thanks to Lito Almuenda for the photos.
Posted in Escapades, Eyeballs, Festivals
