this is the good life! :)

May 22-23, we went to taal view heights buena vista at talisay batangas care of wilson. He's a member there so that. some pics were not posted on my page or it would look like somebody else's. more like inna's!!!so un...

Uwian na

We spent the last day, doing our last minute shopping in the mall and grabbed some lunch there.  Medyo late kami nagising kasi wala ng agenda.  Umuulan rin kaya kahit gusto naming lumayo mahirap din.  Over-all, I LOVE, LOVE our trip.  We opted to go to other places rather than Disneyland.  Aside from the fact na kakain yun ng maraming pera eh hindi rin talaga kami thrilled pumunta. Yung ocean park naman di na namin nasingit nung sunday.  ‘Di bale, may next time pa naman…next week??kidding! So there, my summer’s worthwhile. ;) ‘til my next trip…

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I’m going to study mandarin…

Anyone up to give me lessons? J

Tour kung tour

We woke up early again to prepare for Church.  Na-late kami.  Buti english yung misa.  Madami ring Chinese Catholics, nakakatuwa.  Makikita mo rin yung mga pinoy dahil may isang wing na puro pinoy.

After mass, we went back to kowloon tong, took the train to central.  Pinoy-infested ang central lalo na at sunday nun.  We went to repulse bay,  the most visited beach.  Finally, nakapag-beach na rin ako. ;P  But nothing beats Philippines’ beaches. :) Talagang inenjoy ko yung moment.  Nung nagshower kami ni ate after, nagulantang ang mga buhay namin!BIG TIME!!!Public shower kasi yun at merong matandang hukluban na shower galore bare-naked!  As in kahit anong gawin mo eh makikita mo!=S  After that, we went to Stanley.  We had lunch in a Chinese restaurant then set off in Stanley market.  Variety of things were sold there and it was hard to decide what to buy.  haha!

After enjoying the sight and shopping, we went back to central to catch another bus that will go to the peak.  The whole of Hong Kong is in view. Nalula ako ng todo! :S We were supposed to take the tram or view it from the topmost floor but I didn’t want to pay for something that will scare the sh*t out of  me!  Suicide yun.  Eh kahit libre yun ‘di talaga! Mababaliw lang ako!

 We grabbed our dinner in burger king. Picture galore all over the place.  Ang layo nun from where we stayed eh.  After a tiring day, we called it a day.

lutong Macau

We woke up early next day for our trip to Macau.  We took the train then walked a thousand miles (ang layo kasi talaga nung nilakad namin!) for the ferry.  Oh my gosh!  I almost got seasick so I just slept for the rest of the trip.

We finally arrived in Macau. J  It was awesome, a beautiful sight.  We went to Venetian.  It’s casino, hotel and mall rolled into one.  We had some casino experience.  Galey!  Hinarang pa ko ng nakakatakot na security on our way there kasi akala niya minor ako!  “She doesn’t look like 18…”  I showed him my university id but still, he was not convinced.  So we showed him my passport.  I pointed the year I was born, 1988.  Natawa na lang yung mokong eh! Ang daming pinoy dun and the crew from pizza pizza looked like a foreigner na gwpaing, yun pala pinoy! Sabi ko kay ate do the wink, wink eh! haha!

The only drawback is people DO NOT speak english.  I can seriously say that I can count those who speak english with my fingers.  For example:  “Excuse me…” then the person you’re talking to would have this wild hand gesture and say “no, no!”  Anak ng tipaklong!  Ang pinakamalupit pa walang mga street names tapos naligaw pa kami!!!  Tempers were running high between my mum  and sister so I had to play referee. I kept my cool and started to take the reigns.  Salamat, salamat at nakita rin namin ang hinahanap namin. J  It was worth all the mixed emotions we had.

We toured the Ruins of St. Paul and the temple nearby.  Madaming pinoy sa parteng yun so sa kanila na kami nagtanong.  Nakakapagod ang pag-akyat sa ruins. Sana nag-rubber shoes ako.  We went shopping there tapos bumalik na sa ferry terminal.  The trip back home was faster.  We grabbed some late dinner take-out in the mall then back home.  Tulog, kasi maaga for the next day.

holy kamote for HK!

Prologue:  You are about to read my three and a half days’ worth of summer holidays in a foreign land. It’s been a decade since I last flew outside the country. You can tell how excited I am. I decided to have three blogs to make it short rather than one looooooooong blog.

May 16, the Valencia gals (mum, ate and i) woke up at around 4am to prepare for our flight to Hong Kong. J  I wasn’t able to get some decent sleep ‘coz I was on my vampire mode plus the excitement that was coursing through me. =)  I only slept for two hours. Oh well.  We left at 5.30am and headed for the airport.  We waited if we could make it for the first flight ‘coz they said it was full.  My mum asked everyone she knew for assistance and with so much luck, we made it and were even upgraded to business class. Coooool! J We stayed in the mabuhay lounge while waiting for our flight.  Yummy breakfast.

It was time for our boarding so we went first.  Jahe pa kasi sobrang nagmamadali si mum so hinahabol namin ni ate habang hinihila ang dakilang mga trolley bags namin!  Eh may pretty boy dun na na-harrass ko kasi nasagasaan ko yung paa nya tapos nabangga pa siya ni ate. haaaay!  To make matters worse (or better?), he was behind mum’s seat. Oh my gulay! J

Thankfully, the food tasted good (it should be!) and I survived the trip without being airsick.  We arrived in the airport and took the train going to kowloon tong but got lost on the way there.  My uncle (mum’s cousin) had a place there and was sooooo generous to lend it to us.  He’s a professor in a university there.  Gusto ko nga sana pabasa yung thesis namin kaso feeling ko nosebleed pag nag-explain siya. haha! Bow down to all his accomplishments.  J

We had lunch with him in the university restaurant.  Chinese cuisine baby.  We were so full and after that, we toured the university.  Nalungkot ako kasi yung university nila parang equal to UP dito.  No offense meant to UP pero ang layo ng facilities nila with the City University of Hong Kong.  Alaga yung paaralan eh dito olats.  It all boils down to the kind of government we have.  Napaka- progressive ng Hong Kong. 

After lunch we headed back to my uncle’s place, dropped off our leftovers and bought stuff in Mong Kok.  The cab drivers are pretty bad. haha!  Pa’no naman kasi liko galore sila kala mo mga drifters eh!  Ganun talaga sila mag-drive, barubal! haha!

It was a long day and then we had dinner in kfc in the nearby mall, festival walk.  It was walking distance from our place.  Nakakapagod yung first day namin but super fun. J  The house  was full of books and I grabbed the alchemist to read.  Finally, I dozed off ad woke up for another adventure.

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Pls. read the coming blogs

for my summer holidays J