Un-holy Week in Boracay (Part 1)

Day 1 - Maundy Thursday

Sunday to Wednesday nights were spent on packing so I only had a few hours of sleep prior to our 1st day in Boracay. My Rambo boarded Makati Dog and Cat hospital on Wednesday night and it became his home for the next 4 nights. I, my mum and papc left the house at around 515am and arrived at the Domestic Airport in 10 minutes. Yes I was excited since it looked like that we were the first ones to have our luggages checked-in but too bad the flight was moved (from 7)to 8am so we had to wait 3 hours for boarding. (Sigh)

Anyway, it was my first time to fly zestair and luckily, we arrived Boracay safely. We checked in at a newly-built, almost beachfront hotel, namely Gran Prix, owned by Vicory Liner, which opened its doors to the public on February. The entrance is beachfront, right beside Yellow Cab, but the building itself is covered by Yellow Cab's 2nd floor so we couldn't really see the seaview though each room has its own balcony. We got a promo price of 2300/head for 3d/2n plus 1k for every pax for extra night and plus 900 for the Suite Room upgrade..nice! If it weren't for the promo, we could have spent 30,300 in this hotel.

While my parents were taking a nap in the afternoon, I met with my cousin, Che and her hubby which were already in Boracay that day. Here's a collection of our 1st day snapshots.

Day 2 - Good Friday

Boracay is known for being a party place, particularly during Holy Week but this year, the government has implemented a new law to ban partying or any loud music in bars on this day. Since I was with my parents on this day, I wasn't that affected by the news since I don't usually go out on a Good Friday night to party. There were even 'stations of the cross' set on the beach for those who want to do the this kind of activity during holy week. Well, well, well, what else did we do but swim! swim! swim! At the end of the day, my mom and I had a relaxing room service massage, which I forgot to take pictures of. Good Friday was indeed good enough!

Supah excited

Two and a half more weeks to go and I (together with my cousin and parents and on the 5th day my Honb, Czarvic, and Kenson) am officially off to my favorite beach in the country..where else?!




This will be the longest stay I will have on the beach and so I have been 'dieting' religiously for 4 weeks now. Been trying to workout for 4 to 5 days a week and aiming for a healthy 1-2lbs./week fat loss, (take note, fat! not water weight). Despite the effort I have been allotting for weeks now, still it's not been the same as the weight loss I've had 6 years ago, when I was at my heaviest at 22 yrs old and slimmest at 23. =) Maybe it goes with age and metabolism slows down or maybe it's easier to lose when you are really really fat since there's a lot to burn hehe! A lot of maybe's but as Honbunch says, everybody gets old so why whine about it?!

Anyhoo, I've been wanting a black or yellow bikini top for ages but didn't chance upon one until 2 weeks ago on ebay. I have bought a plain black bikini top from ebay Australia. It was priced at 60% less than the ones sold here at Stoked. I have been to 3 branches fitting their bikini prior to buying just to know my exact size(hehe). I had bought several items from ebay US stores and once from an individual ebay-er before and had those shipped to a US address but this is the first time that I had an item shipped to the Philippines. The seller said that I would receive the item in 5-10 days. To my surprise, (yes!! I wasn't expecting the item would arrive on time or would arrive at all) I received the bikini yesterday..yohooo! I received a freebie from the seller, too bad it's not really my style..look!!!! (lololol)




So there goes flaunting my freebie item since I have no guts wearing this on the beach but let's still see mousy bee.

Piggy Bank

Last week, my Hon was craving for pizza as usual so we headed to Shakey's Makati Ave to get one, of course pizza for him and Greek Salad for me. While we were waiting for our order, an old beggar was waving at the glass door outside and selling his piggy bank. He really looked old and weak and it was heartbreaking to see him beg while people inside were feasting. I do have the heart for old beggars and would rather give them a dime than those annoying children sniffing rugby on the streets. I remember way back in College when I was driving along Osmena highway on my way to school, when a kid banged my window and aggressively asked for 20 pesos, hello?! There was no way I would give in to that behavior so I signaled 'NO' when all of a sudden, lo and behold! a spit came out flying to my direction. Good thing, I had my windows up. So beware of flying spit!

So back to the old man, I wanted to buy that piggy bank from him to somehow help. Besides, I've wanted a piggy bank ever since I was a child but never had one, I think it's cute. Hon was facing away from him and was asking me the whole time if he was still there since he wanted to give some money too. There were also 3 other people, 2 girls and a guy, on the other table who could see the beggar so I overheard the other girl asking her guy friend to go outside to buy from him. They got the big pig for 110 pesos. I thought it was kind of pricey though. On our way out of the resto, I was ready to buy already from the beggar. As expected, he approached us and sold one happy pig. Up close, the old man looked like he had a disease on his left leg and a cataract. Tsk tsk! At least, he was happy he had two piggy banks sold within 30 minutes. I am happy too with my purchase, it's ccuuuttteeeee!

A First time in 2009

I've been to Baguio several times but this is the first that I've been with my cousins (minus the parents and guardians lol)and first time to see the Flower Festival which happens every February of the year.




February 28

- Left Manila at 6pm with 3 cousins, Honb, Darius, Melvin, Bianca, and 1 couple which I've met for the first time.

- Grabbed a dinner and bought toiletries at Luisita Mall in Tarlac, and of course...took some photos of a choochoo train.

- Arrived in Baguio at 1am, had a transient house ready for our stay that night, had some drinks, then dozed off

- And my first time to take a bath without using the heater!!! brain freeze!!!






February 29

- Woke up at 715am to catch the Flower parade, which they say would start at 8am, got a good slot to take pictures of chilren in costume and got tired after two hours

- We were disappointed that the parade would actually happen the next day and the locals said that we had to be there from 3-4am and the latest would be 6am since the place would be packed soon after that time, all of us agreed that we weren't waking up that early hehe

- Had brunch at House of Waffles

- Checked in at Manor, got 3 rooms and took more photos

- Went to Mile-Hi to check the export overruns but ended up buying nothing

- Went back to the hotel to sleep

- Off to Dencio's for dinner and bought liquor =)

- The weather wasn't that great(hot) last Saturday as compared to Friday's

- Drinking time




March 1

- Woke up at 10 to check-out



Hehe so we really didn't do anything at all in Baguio but slept. At least I had fun with my cousins. It was the first time that we really got to bond. So I am looking forward to spending the next trip out of town with them again. Next stop...The Beach!!!

Feblovery

Who says Valentine's is just for couples?

I have been spending this special day with friends since 1997, regardless of being loveless or not and I wouldn't want to break the chain. It was my first time to celebrate it away from Manila, in the beautiful island of Coron, Palawan.

It was a splurge but it was worth every penny.

And by the way, I got three special things prior to V-day - one is an unlimited Globe Visibility, which I am testing now, next is my long-awaited mighty but complicated Canon G9 and last but not the least...

flowers from Hon and the lovebugs(which I got on Vday). =)

Loser and Winner in just seconds!

Woke up at 5:16am today to check an ending auction for a cam I've been watching and bidding on ebay, which for 4 days, I've been the highest and only bidder of. And to my horror the bidding price had gone from $250 to a whopping $340. 50 seconds left and I still had second thoughts of bidding again but did anyway, so I remained the highest bidder @ 30 seconds, it was only a matter of seconds to having that item and just when I thought I was the winner. ..tsk tsk I hit refresh and found out that the item had been sold for $360 and the message 'Sorry you have been outbid, the item has ended' displayed. What a way to have an adrenaline rush in bed! Anyhoo, there was this another (same) item I'd found which was ending in 18 minutes so I relaxed, took a deep breath, freshened up, and said to myself, 'This is mine!'. I've been surfing and watching ebay and amazon since Dec 26 and told myself that I have to meet a deadline and so this is the day. I ain't waking up early for nothing. And so I placed my bid, hit refresh button, adrenaline pumping, heartbeat soaring, then came a friend's voice in to my head, 'Naku yang mga yan sa kahuli-hulihang segundo nag bibid, makikita mo nalang natalo ka na, dapat mag bid ka ulit ng mataas.' So even though I was the highest bidder @ 50 seconds, still I silently prayed that my smartbro prepaid wouldn't fail me, placed another $10 higher bid, prayed over the cam intensely, and hit refresh! refresh! refresh!

Yess I am a winner and now I am officially a pornographer (and a few $ pooorr). I can't wait for my Palaw, Bora, and Bora trip! Wohooo! Off to jog! Happy Monday! boosh!

Happy New Year

Happy 2009 to everyone and with a new beginning comes the new year's resolution:

1) positive! positive! positive thoughts! optimism is the key!
2) save up!
3) workout more!
4) new hair style
5) new cam - i badly need one - I just want a handy digicam that's got the quality of a dslr. maybe a nikon p80 or the canon sx10.
6) new job?! - i'm free (of my bond wooohooo)
7) more lovin'



There are no endings..only beginnings! ('chux!' - Marlon)