Friday, June 22nd, 2007
hi from manila :) *UPDATED!*
hello 
its our third day here… everythings been great! 
just wanna update on a day-to day format 
Tuesday (19)
Mom, dad and everyone else's flight was at 11… Chiye and my flight was at 3:45, so we left the house at 2pm together w/ mr & mrs Florencondia… Since it was still very early we get to hang out at the airport, took lots of pictures, and i had pictures of airplanes landing, airport, contol tower, etc…
then our flight was delayed by 15 minutes so we left at 4… arrived manila about 5:30… waited for them to pick us up… arrived at the remos place, had dinner.
Wednesday (20)
we stayed most of the morning at home while everyone left already for school and work… then after lunch auntie belle picked us up and toured us around… (chiye, me, isis and tephi)
..first, we took a jeep… then a bus… then a taxi… then a train… just to get us to one place!! (Shangri la Plaza) kumpleto noh!! grabe pla mag commute sa manila!!! i just cant imagine how the people could stand that everyday, the traffic, heat, crowded place, waiting in super long lines!! haha…
then pasyal pasyal lng dun sa plaza, window shop… hehe… tapos grocery… and what i like here is that andaming shops na magaganda!!! na wala sa davao!! haay… hehe
then we had an early dinner at "tokyo tokyo"… hmm… first time ko narinig yun. haha! basta! 5pm came and we were about to leave, but auntie decided to wait until 7 since rush hour na daw ung 5… so to kill time, nag libot2x nanaman… i just took lots of pics…
..on our way home… we took a train… tapos nag lakad… sa SM sumthing… i forgot… hehe… tpos dun sa glorietta… tpos sa landmark… then took an FX going home (FX daw… pero ung itsura nya jeep na may aircon) hehe
so we arrived home dead tired… and took a shower then sleeeeeep!!!
Thursday (21)
same… spent most of the morning at home… everything was going well… until…
…here's the gravest part…
while i was enjoying looking at the pictures i took… i decided to change some settings in my camera… like the volume and stuff… then i happen to select a little button thats says "OK"…
and……………………
i think you already know what happened……… i was like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" 
bai bai pictures!!!!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……… 
oh well, eniwei… after lunch we had planned to meet up with ryan and mimi at the Mall of Asia… MOA for short… we took a jeep… then a bus…
poor mimi, he waited for 1 hour there before we arrived… andun na xa before kmi nakaalis pa ng bahay…
and while i already saw the mall… i asked ryan where he is… sabi nya…
"teka, nasa Taft pa ako…" (dun sa may MRT/LRT)
so i said…
"nyek!! ang tagal mo naman!! andito na kmi sa MOA!!!"
thinking na once i can see the MOA, bababa na kmi… eh yun pla… liliko pa pla yung bus… hay nako… 20 minutes ata un bago kmi nakarating sa……
TAFT!!! suyaa uy!!! nauna pa si ryan sa amin…
tapos nag text xa..
"andito na kmi ni mimi… nasaan ka na??"
…then i shyly replied…
"ha?… umm… nasa Taft…" LOL…
then we took a jeep papnta na tlga dun…… and sa wakas… dumating na rin… after 1 and a half hour… (3pm na) :-P
so nagkita-kita na rin kmi… jaybee was also there tpos kmain kmi sa "sbarro"… (wala sa davao… nnman!) si ryan ata naglibre samin ni chiye… yay… thank you ryan! :-) tapos picture2x…
then nag lakad2x… tingin tingin sa shops… picture2x nnman… punta sa arcade, tingin tingin lng… lol… haha!
then pmunta sa Bo's Coffee…
nagorder ng drinks, tpos tawanan… kwentuhan… grabe si jaybee… sya halos nagsasalita… tpos tawanan nnman… basta we had a great time… di na namin namalayan mag eh-8pm na!! so we decided to go na… tapos hinatid kmi ni mimi dun sa sakayan with the car he borrowed from ate gie.
uuy… hehe! thanks mimi!
tpos we took a bus nanaman… na 20 minutes pa bago umalis… kc nagaatay pa ng mga pasahero… tpos, we took a jeep… tapos tricycle papnta kina auntie belle… bisita kina lola… mag te-10pm na un… humiram kmi ng DVD player… tpos umuwi… nag jeep…
ayun… pagod na pagod nanaman pagdating… yung white tshirt ko nga hindi na white… LOL! so we took a shower, then tuloooooog!!
Friday (22)
no plans for today… just chillin'… and so im updating right now…
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still at friday… just stayed at home… then we prepared chicken enchilladas for sabbath dinner… some of our relatives who live nearby came… so its kinda like a mini-reunion… there were just 3 families tho… still have 11 families more to complete the Macaraeg clan. hehehe newei… we had a great sabbath dinner…
Saturday (23)
Had a late bfast (brunch) then prepared for services… left at 12ish… arrived at 2ish… 2hours tlga grabe!! Then we had services… danny gave a sermonette… chiye and audrey rendered a special music… and dad, the sermon. We had a nice fellowship after… then uncle frank and his fam passed by our meeting place, so we got to see each other again!
in the evening, the ellamils invited us for dinner at their estate. lol… "palace" pala.. ahihi… sooo nice ang bahay nila tlga…
then, after dinner we went home to cavite together w/ the ellamils… bisita rin cla dun… extended nightout for some youths… hehe… dun kmi kina Remo… mga 11pm na un… attempted to watch "krrish"… hanggang, kelangan ng umuwi cla mimi… tpos continue prin ung pnapanood hanggang middle part ng movie, pinatay na namin kc its already past 1am na… so we slept for a bit…
Sunday (24)
…and woke up at 6:30… ung iba 6 ung iba 7. haha.
then nag bfast… tpos… getting our things ready for our trip to la union… we dropped by and visited the angcos' place… then left for la union… spent most of the time on the road… nothing much going on…
oh by the way… i've been to mexico. lol…
…see?
then we reached auntie and uncle's place… in their very nice nippa hut home…
daming plants and flowers sa garden… hehe… there we had dinner… and spent the night…
Monday (25) –teenee's bday!
we left after bfast (sarap ng… umm.. ano twag nun.. papaitan ba un? gawa ni uncle… hehe)… then proceeded to baguio!
every stop over picture agad… we visited… our former house there…
then to camp john hay..
tpos sa mansion…
then to mines view park…
then SM… dun na rin kmi naglunch… tapos nun… proceeded to teachers camp… then headed to pangasinan na to visit a former member and a family friend (mr & mrs catchillar)… mr & mrs dizon, abi and gino met with us to help guide the way to mr and mrs catchillar's place…
yAy! i haven't seen abi in 3 years! sooo goood to see her again… even for just… 2 hours. lolz.. so, we left there at 10 and went back all the way to cavite…
Tuesday (26)
arrived at cavite at 2 in the morning… then slept for the rest… woke up, had bfast… and packed our bags… since our flight is still at 7:30pm… pmunta nlg kmi ng MOA… we watched a movie in IMAX…
since 2pm na yun and yung showing that time is ANT BULLY… eh di yun nlg pnanood namin… no choice. hehe msaya naman… khit ppano.. ehehe we finished at 4pm… so nag late lunch nlg kmi sa Pancake house… then at 5 uncle picked us up na… then pnta na sa airport… tapos ayun… dumating na sa davao… yay…
overall… i really had a great time!! and i'd like to thank everyone who made our trip memorable…
PS: for more pix… visit my gallery. :-)