Travel Photo blog: Palawan 2012




     Sorry for not updating my blog last week. Something happened, and I had to face that problem. Anyway, for this entry, I would share my trip to Palawan with my family and family friends last January 12 to 15. We went to Puerto Princesa, Palawan because my mom had a convention. 


     I have lots of pictures to show, so I guess, just what I normally do, I'll just let you know how fun my stay in Palawan is, by those pictures.




FIRST DAY

Leggo, Palawan! :D
At Kainato :)
At Iwahig Firefly Watching

    

              SECOND DAY: Island Hopping

Breakfast at The Legend Palawan


Honda Bay 
w/ Tonette
snorkeling 
lunch :)
BEACH!!! 
Starfish <3 
At Pandan Island :)

Coral reefs

THIRD DAY: CITY TOUR
At Plaza Kwartel
 (l to r: Kuya Ardin, Daddy, myself, Mommy, Tita Ada, Tonette)


At Crocodile Farm
At Baker's Hill 
Dinner at Badjao Restaurant

LAST DAY: Underground River




MY FAMILY! <3
     Usually, when I go out of town, I would not want to go back to that place. I would always want to go and explore a different province. But I guess, Palawan is an exception. I want to go back and visit El Nido. People say, El Nido has great beaches.


     My trip to Palawan has changed me in a way. Usually, I would not want to swim in a beach and see sea creatures while I'm under the water. I'm always afraid seeing what's under the water because I feel like there's something that's going to bit me. But in Palawan, I had so much fun snorkeling. I loved seeing the fishes. I may got few scratches on my leg, and stepped on a sea urchin, but it was all worth it! Being under the sea was really awesome!I can say that Puerto Princesa, Palawan is such a great place. Everything and everywhere seems to be so clean and peaceful. The people were nice, welcoming, and hospitable. It is a must-visit place here in the Philippines!



     This place proves that IT IS MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES!

Happy birthday to my favorite Lolo!

Guess this blog entry will contain less words, more pictures. :&gt;

1. Lolo's 89th Birthday
Mass then breakfast at home :&gt;

(l to r)
Me, Daddy, Mommy, Lolo, Ninang, Eunice,
Ate Angel, Kuya Ardin &amp; Sr. Azucena

Dayandayan Family

Huli ka! =)))

our breakfast


Late lunch at Dencio's Tagaytay!!!


Taal Volcano

Waiting for our food :)

Happy 89th Birthday Tatay!

With my brother and my cousin




2. MCWB Christmas decors
(Their decorations are made up of recycled materials)
Went to MCWB after breakfast for my therapy. :)

before the therapy 

Snowman! :D

A Christmas tree with microscope on top :&gt;
(with Daddy)

with Eunice and the drunk Santa! =))


3 words!

TIRING  but FUN :&gt;

My FAMILY ♥


So I've been thinking of something I could write about for this entry. Then I realized today, I spent my day with my family.

So I guess, I'll be talking about my family. :)

I grew up in a family of 5. (Well that was until when I was 8 years old. I'll talk about this later.) I have 2 older brothers. Yes, I am the only girl, and I am the youngest, though sometimes I wish I had a sister, maybe an older sister.


I can say that being born into this world with the family I have now is the best gift that God has given me. I have very loving and supportive parents, very caring brothers... What else could I wish for? None. I could not ask for more. I guess, if there is, it would be a happier and more peaceful life with them.





So as I said earlier, I'll be explaining why I said we were 5 in our family, only until when I was 8. Here's the explanation that I owe you.

Well, we all know, there's no such thing as a perfect family. Every family has its own flaws. Every family faces struggles. And as a normal family, we do experience these things too. When I was 7, my eldest brother got sick. He had brain cancer (I think I already told you about this in one of my old entries). And by the next year, 4 days after I turned 8, we lost my brother. It was kinda hard for me to accept, since I was really close to him. We did get along, and we were very much alike.



Four years after his death, I graduated from elementary, and my parents decided to send me to a school in Manila. My parents are doctors and they work in the province. They could not leave their work, so we had to be separated from them.

On my four years in highschool, I was away from my parents. Glad that for my first two years in highschool, I was with my brother and a house maid. On my next two years in highschool, I spent it with just a house maid.

Highschool years had passed, and I am now in college. My brother and I are studying in the same school, so now we're back on living together. It's really a good thing that we're together again. It's like, I have someone who's always right beside me.

I am now on my second year in college. And I am part of 2FMT, which I can say, I consider my second family.



With FMT, I feel like I'm home. I feel very comfortable with them, and I feel like everything's gonna be alright when I'm with them. They're always there for me, especially the GCs.

These are the families that I have right now, and the ones that I will have forever. It is really great that I have each and one of them. It's like I have always people I can run to.



Thank you so much guys! :>

Happy GC's! ♡

Hi. :)
The highlight of my day was:

when I lost my voice
an hour of Pharmacology

third day of PharmaWeek
blue day today

HANG OUT WITH THE GC's! 

It's the third day of UST Pharmacy Week 2011, and the only class we had was Pharmacology.
After the class, we went to Illumina Residences (where Neo lives) to have a simple outing.
I think today's the first day of this week that the whole GCs (formerly known as Jejetribe) is complete. :D

I thought I would not be able to go since I had to fix my NSTP stuff.
Good thing my NSTP prof replied quite early, and Daniel and I were able to follow to Sta. Mesa.

I guess I'll let the pictures below summarize how fun today was. :)

Me, Mae, Karla, Luchi, Den, Kim, Rona and Maiza

Kim, Neo, Den, Cla, Mae, Rona


Thanks  to Neo and to his parents for today!
Thanks for allowing us to stay in your place, and for making us feel home. :&gt;

It was indeed fun. Glad we were home safe!
I really enjoyed this day even though I kinda lost my voice. Hahaha!

xx

Hi, I am happy!




This month is full of mixed emotions.

I got hurt. 
I cried. 
I followed my heart.
 I finally figured out how to be happy. 

Making decisions is for sure one of the toughest things to do in our life. We all have made decisions, and for sure, all of us became happy for choosing the best one and of course, all of us have already blamed ourselves for making a wrong one.

There are times that we decide, not for ourselves, but for others... for others' happiness. We choose what will make them happy even if it won’t make us feel the same way. This is because we care for that person too much, and we don't want to see them get hurt.

 Last October, I made a very big decision that did make a great change in my life. I know to myself that the decision I made was not really for me. I made that decision basically because I care for that person, and I cannot afford to see that person hurt. I got hurt because of the decision I made. But I didn't mind it because I know I made that person happy.


Later on, I realized that things won't be great if it’s not meant to work great. Even if you try your best to make it work, if it’s not meant to be, it  won’t be.


I came to a point where I was given a chance to choose again. Same choices were given, and all I’ve got to do is to choose whether I’ll stay with choice #1 or choose choice #2. I was so close to choosing to stay with choice #1 until I realized that it is already the time for me to follow what my hearts says. I guess, I realized too that it is also the time for me to take the risk.

I did choose choice #2. And I cannot tell how happy I am right now.  I can say that choosing choice #2 is one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. :”&gt; I might be sad sometimes thinking that I let choice #1 go, but  when those times come, all I do is think of the happiness that choice #2 brings in my life. Happiness that if I choose choice #1, I would not experience.  

Final words?





I guess, I won that's why I'm happy right now. :)


Follow your heart, and learn to take risks, because no one knows, by doing so, you'll find the happiness your heart has been waiting.

All Souls' Day 2011



The first 2 days of November are the days I always get to spend with my brother, grandparents and other relatives who already left this world.

We always stay at the Gethsemane where my brother's, grandmother's and uncle's graves are. 


OCTOBER 31, 2011

With my cousin and bestfriend, Eunice! :)
I miss you so much, Kuya Donn! :(
My lolo (father's side) and his favorite granddaughter!
HAHAHA. Joke! :D

NOVEMBER 1, 2011
From l to r:
Apo sa Umali 49th (Kuya Ardin), 46th (Ate Rio) and 50th (me)
photo c/o Ate Rio :&gt;
Street food! Yummy! Forever favorites! :&gt;

November 2, 2011

a photo with Eunice after we prayed the rosary
and when we finally got tired :)