Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving: check!

well, scuba diving is #6 on my bucket list and I'm happy to share to all of you how I checked it. hehe

It was a very fine Saturday morning. The team met at the terminal in Park Mall. We then  took a jeepney going to Punta Engano in Mactan Island. A and B Dive Shop is our destination. It is just right next to MovenPick Hotel. When we arrived at the shop, the owner of the shop, Mr. Albert, personally greeted us so warmly even though there were many guests on that day at the shop. And, whoa.. his wife set us a table with complimentary drinks and snacks. It's so sweet, isn't it? :) 

anyway, after fixing our selves, Joseph, the manager, then starts to sit in front of us and start explaining and demonstrating about the diving. He taught us the Do's and Don't in this activity, the hand signals for scuba diving.  

oh! our stomachs were getting mad while learning all those things. It was noon when all the other guests were having there lunch so we just dig in for our lunch, then.

such a feast. yum!

after eating, we were all energized by the sumptuous lunch.
Now, the team is ready to dive :) yeah!

go! team vib, go!

we're ready to dive..whoohoo!

under water experience

Success!

Banana Boat Ride. superb!

after all those fun and exciting water activities, its time to eat now :) 

 my all time favorite Samgyupsal.. so yummy!

I thought there's no more free today. But, yeah, surprisingly yet so lucky to have all these activities for FREE. well, no words can describe how much we thank you Mr. and Mrs. Albert for this awesome activities on this day. We are so fortunate to get a chance to experience this once in a lifetime water activities without any expense. :D

w/ Mr. Albert, the man sitting in front of us.


we eat
we dive
we enjoy
we love life

til next time again! :)

Me in Manila

City life, big, crowded, busy roads, traffic, dangerous, fast-faced, people are liberated, expensive food, etc. These are what i heard about Manila. Well, these also make me so excited to be in the biggest city of the country. Yahoo!

On friday, Imee and I arrived at NAIA Int'l Airport at 10am. We then met my other sister at the airport and went ahead to the Terminal Bus in Pasay to meet our older sister for our trip to Baguio. After Baguio, we head back to Manila mainly to see what it really looks like. And yes, we finally see it! wheee...

buildings, establishments, parks, busy highways, and crowds are flooded.  . I've talked to a taxi driver who happened to be a cebuano. He told us his story and some things about Manila and  he said he is happy to be in here. Then I understand why many filipino wanted to go to Manila. I also realized how people live and the way they live in this area. Not to mention the lifestyle of the a filipino in the city is almost the same as that in a country.

Here are the highlights of  our invasion.

it's not as high as I expected but it's higher than the buildings in Cebu I normally see.

MRT- this is what I really want to experience since there isn't like this in any other place in the country.

Imee in her pretty pose at Rizal Park

a walk to Ocean Park  

here we are!

oh, I just love these big fish. wanna eat u soon, ahw,..joke lang,.. hehehe

 the cute, smart, and funny sea lion waving the audience

lovely jellies

On our first night in Manila we went out to see the night view of the city. We also tried riding a kalesa thought the driver trick us.

I'ma trying hard to ride on this "kalesa" @

The next day, we decided to go to Baclaran and try the train but we almost got lost our way to the station as we're not that familiar to the place.

Yey! we're on boarding the MRT 

Never miss the biggest Mall in Asia by the name itself. I think there's no big difference with the other malls in the country, it's just so large.

A day in Baguio

Baguio is situated in the North of Manila amidst the mountainous region of Cordillera and is one of the few places in the Philippines blessed with a cool climate. Not surprisingly, Baguio has become the "summer capital" of the country.
My younger sister and I flew to Manila on Friday (07/12/13) and meet my other 2 sisters there. From Manila, it took us 8 long hours by bus to get to Baguio city. We arrived at the Bus terminal in Baguio at 9pm and, fortunately, I ran into some workmates and decided to stay in the place where they are staying since we haven't had any place to go on that very moment.

   

This place is really, really cold. Air conditioner is no need. Mind you, the water from the faucet is like an "iced water" we buy in stores, freezingly cold. Sure you wouldn't like to wash your hands.

The next day, we then prepared ourselves for the city tour.
Within a mile of the city, the sweet scent of pine trees and flowers already permeate the air.

I should say that Baguio is gifted with variety of cultural, historical and scenic attractions which make it important and interesting destination to tourist. Bellow are the places we've visited.

thought of seeing botanical plants but there wasn't.

Wright Park is just right across the house of the President.

Yey! I finally got to the house of the President.

posing like "igorot"

we're on high!

Souvenir shops are just around the corner. Let's go and get some stuff.

getting some souvenir 

As we exit the wright park, these horses lining up greeted us.

eew! stinky smell right here! 

This isn't the season for strawberries yet.. November-April is preferred time to pick some strawberries in the farm

Stawberry Farm

You can find an Open-window Mall here in Baguio city. The cold air is just coming in and out of the mall like the people around.

SM Baguio city

After the sun down, we headed for a dinner at the mall bringing all the "Pasalubong" we got along the tour.  When we came back  to our place we ate all the strawberries we bought in the black market as we were not able to pick some berries in the farm. 

yum!

Well, quite a long day it was. we got back to our place with fun, adventures and great experience here in Baguio. 

...and that ends our day in Baguio city. Till next time again! 

Bohol Adventures

For the second time around, I made my Bohol trip a more exciting one.
This time around, I'm with my workmates and 2 other Japanese, a couple, who actually made all these experiences possible to the extent that they are the one who treated us for the whole expenses of this trip.
So, I'm pleased to acknowledge the Japanese couple. Thank you so much!


On the day we planed this trip, we agreed to tour around Bohol and try all the adventurous activities as much as possible, but, just for a day since one of the members has an errand on the next day.

5:00 is our assembly time,. everybody's gotta be so excited :D
We got to Pier 4, Cebu city at 5:30am with an empty stomachs just to catch the the 5:45am schedule of the ferry.  Unfortunately, we were not able to catch it, instead, 6:30am is what we've got so we need to wait for more than 30 min.


and...

while waiting, we decided to fill our stomachs with something.

and here's what we've got....

donuts, coffee, and... ice cream?? well, yah you heard it right,  an ice cream early in the morning.. hehehe
6:30 came  and here's the ferry waiting for us to be on board.

weeee... we're here!

first stop: dropping by this small "carenderia" along the road for a quick breakfast.

along the road, we were talking about the place we can go and to agree. we ended up going to Danao which has more adventures to take since most of us had toured Bohol and our guest wanted to try adventures also. we thought it would be a good choice.

so now were heading to Danao Adventure park. Taking pictures along the way to ease the boredom.

Here we are! lots of adventures to choose from, huh?

we'll yeah, the one to treat will be the one to decide and he decided to let us try "PLUNGE"
 which nobody among us choose it,..ahaha better get ready for a heart-stopping experience. and here it starts our nerves to shake. dub-dub dub-dub...

"SUISLIDE"

"PLUNGE"

Ima certified "Daredevil".. oh! yeah!

after those heart-stopping activities, we headed for the site seeing here in Bohol. and of course to complete this whole experience, we never miss to visit and dine at Bee Farm.


 What a whole lot New Experience to all of us.

Leyte invasion

"You ready?" this is what i can only hear to Noe, my workmate who seemed to get close to me recently. These words make my heart jumping for excitement all the time. well, yes, I am ready!! :)

It was a very fine Saturday morning. I and Blaire was heading to Peir 4 where we can take the ship going to Leyte with my ticket that was prepared by the mother of my good friend Noe. Thanks to his Mama, we were able to get a cheaper ticket. :)



Roble Shipping Lines has trips everyday.

 Vessel: Beautiful

Blaire and I on board..

one thing that makes this trip exciting are these people. i couldn't imagine to enter at the crew quarter.

we were greeted warmly by this group of Sea Men.

with the Captain @ the center

why are we closing our mouths??

embracing the relaxing mood here at the deck? or bow? of the ship.
kuya in white shirt lets me try the Binocular for the first time.

after 6hrs of on boarding the ship and 3min. drive, we finally reach Brgy. Matapay, Noe's home town. The road is stud bumpy as we enter the brgy. and mind you there's no street lights, typically.

 we're not that hungry when we got to the house where we stayed but  when we saw the food on the table, we we're starving. but this, Oh! so Yummy!!

the next day.... and our joy ride starts here :)

 we're on our way to 

the Park in the city center

one of the bridges we went through

the unknown waterfalls along-side of the road

after 1 long hour of joyride. we're here, finally!

...and here's the Longest, Fastest Zipline in Agas-Agas Bridge

nice landing Noe!

Zipline course costs P280
Cable course : P200
we did'nt try the cablee course as we're very satisfied with our zipline experience. so exciting! i'm telling you.

uuuuuiiieee....

My very fist tumbling ever! on a trip

of course, our trip won't be complete without trying their  local food. 

they call it puto-mongo-sikwate. from the name it sself. Puto with mongo soup and sikwate (the dark one)

i actually don't like the combination of mongo taste and puto so i just had a spoon of it and gave it to noe and blaire.

with Noe's Parents in yellow-green. 

a bunch of thanks to these people for a very wonderful trip.


Till next time again!