Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2009

Mom's Vacation: Bohol Trip 2 (April 17-20. 2009)

Day 2: Bohol Water adventure

Dolphin Watching
woke up early (5 am!) our boatman, Etienne (taray ng name no?) was already in our hotel at 5:30 am. We had to be early to see the dolphins. went to Pamilacan island and waited for dolphins. ang dami naming nakita! sobrang nakakatuwang experience. we were not able to get good pictures. we were more excited to look at them.





Snorkling at Balicasag Marine Sanctuary
The best snorkling experience ever! Thousands of fishes of different sizes, colors and shapes! Ang ganda ganda sobra! Sayang we didnt bring underwater camera. underwater case lang yung dala namin kaya blurred yung pictures :(



Pagdating nio sa Balicasag, there are small boats (2 to 3 pax only) that will bring you to the marine sanctuary. bring rice or bread para lapitan kayo ng fishes. sobrang ganda ng experience ko dito! will definitely come back sa balicasag!




after snorkling, gutom na naman shempre. etienne brought us to the other side of balicasag na may mga tables. This is the real seaside restaurant! we bought 1 big lapu lapu from Manang who also cooked the fish for us. sarap sarap! Manang cooked the tail part sweet and sour at yung head part naman sinigang sa miso. mejo pricey pero worth naman. we ate sa bamboo table under the shade of trees. ung nasa katabi naming table, sus ayaw pa magkamay.. spoon and fork pa kahit hipon at isda pa yung ulam (e baket ba nangingialam ako???).

after eating, swimming again sandali. white fine sand and crystal clear water. we saw some starfish and we played with them for a while (pinaglaruan? hindi naman. we just appreciated them!) we even saw a starfish with 6 tentacles. abnormal parang ikaw! hehe...

after swimming, balik na naman sa boat. Etienne took us to Virgin Island. very clear water, tapos white fine sand na parang polvoron. super ganda. Sayang talaga, we had no pictures of this paradise. naglowbatt na (naubos sa dolphins). ang dami daming starfish! upo ka lang sandali sa sand, makakadampot ka na ng sangkatutak na starfish. smaller and gray in color unlike the big, orange and blue ones from balicasag.

after naming nasunog sa Virgin Island, Etienne brought us back to Alona beach. Meryenda in one of the restaurants, then went back to Billabong. we just relaxed in the cool pool water.

waaahh! sunburn!!!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mom's Vacation: Arrival at NAIA 1 (April 11, 2009)

My mom left for the US last Saturday, May 9. Hinatid namin sha dun and as expected, bumaha sa NAIA! I didnt have the time to update my blog while she's here. I wanted to be with her as much as possible since this was her first time to come home after 7 years.

Mommy's Arrival: April 11, 2009 at NAIA Terminal 1





teary-eyed! mga iyakin kong kapatid!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

mom's flight status 2: Seoul to Manila


i checked again my mom's flight status. She's onboard Korean Air Flight 623 from Seoul Korea to Manila on March 11, 8:00 pm. She is arriving at 11:05pm at the NAIA. We are very very very excited. After posting this blog entry, I will take a shower, arrange my things and we'll go to the airport. We can have coffee first at Diosdado Macapagal Avenue. Anyway, we need all the caffeine! for sure, no one will sleep tonight :)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Welcome Home, Ma!


Finally, after seven long years, my mom is coming home to the Philippines. As I write this post, she is on-board Korean Air Flight 18. She left LAX at Manila time 3AM, will arrive in Seoul at 4:30 pm, leave for Manila at 8:00pm and arrive at NAIA at 11:00PM.

I am so excited and I can't hide it!!! My brother (LeRoy)and sister (Rizza) had a hard time sleeping. I was fortunate to be with my mom for three weeks when I went to the US last year. but my siblings haven't seen my mom for 7 years.

My Uncle is preparing arrozcaldo and inihaw na bangus for her homecoming. My mom is so sabik of Filipino foods and fruits. I will buy later atis, siniguelas, kaimitos, sapin sapin and pitchy pitchy. (why are Filipinos so fond of repeating words? even in nicknames.. Cheche,Dondon, Bambam, Bongbong, Lenlen, etc.)

Anyway, we prepared a tarpaulin streamer for her. (Baduy? Pakialam nio!!!)