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Hacienda Virata

This is a late post but to not post this would be a shame. ACOMM 8, particularly the Executive Board had a reunion at Hacienda Virata, Cavite last April! Yay yay yay

To say Hacienda Virata means to say that our good old Vice President for Doc&Pub, Xavier Virata owns the ranch and is actually an equestrian. Yes, an equestrian, the one who competes in horseback riding tournaments. You must imagine my excitement when I saw the horses all lined up at the barn.. I almost believed I was in the movie “Horse Whisperer”! I tried to contain my excitement the most graceful way I possibly could. Here are some pictures of me in attempt to do just that.

All set!

I told you I tried! Hahaha!

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Join the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion!

Babble Everyday. 6th man 24/7. No off-season. All work. All heart. All for the Ateneo. All for the greater glory of God.

Join one of the following units,
– Blue Babble Battalion
– Blue Babble Band
– Brass Section
– Cheerdancers & Lifters

Sign-ups: June 11 – 16 SEC C Foyer
Tryouts: June 18 – 22

You can also sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/babble-signups

Puerto Princesas – Palaweñas at heart

We went home to Palawan for the Labor Day weekend last May. As you all know, my mother’s side lived in Palawan. Whenever we have the time or there’s a holiday, Palawan would be the first place to go to. There are a lot of memories that happened in this place, memories that date back all the way to my childhood. Lola’s Bahay Kubo. Amelia Pensionne. Mama Pinang’s sari-sari store and her divine food concoctions. Kevin, my cousin the notorious who lived here until he was 9 then moved to Manila. All these memories I have greatly cherished growing up and this weekend was one more memory to add in my precious Palawan memory compartment.

THE Bahay Kubo

Aka bahay ni Lola. I was greatly delighted to see my Lola again. She used to stay with us in Manila until she finally decided to go back to her house here in Puerto. I haven’t seen her this radiant and happy. I guess the saying “There’s no other place like home” does ring true.

I missed Lola so much! Too bad, I didn’t get a picture taken with her. This is my tita.

I was so happy when I saw this salon in front of our house. The building where the salon is at is actually my tita’s so it was super convenient for us to go out of the house, go straight to this salon and get our nails done. Yeah!

Just the usual tricycle ride we always do when we’re in Puerto. I love the tricycles around here because it’s so big. It can fit four adults in the seat area comfortably and can even put maleta’s on a partition at the back. I wonder why Manila’s tricycles are not like the tricycles here. It would be a great convenience if they would copy Puerto’s trikes.

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Ceven things in Cebu

Ceven, as in the number seven. My attempts at being witty come at such inopportune a time I baffle at the poorly thought puns that come out of my mind. Nevertheless, there were indeed seven things in Cebu worthy of such notice and it’s only fitting that I recount the cool stuff that happened during our trip this summer. These seven things have indeed made our simple Cebu trip a trip to remember.

Ceven things:

1. Marco Polo Hotel Staying in Marco Polo was like staying in a haven of comfort. It was a relief to know that after a whole day’s exhaustion from doing a lot of activities and going around the city, we would be going home to this place. That’s my older sister on the top right corner and my uncle on the bottom right. And that’s my younger sister trying to be sneaky and whatnot around Marco Polo.

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Big dreams. Big balloons.

Long overdue, I know. As unsurprising is this will sound, I was and still am busy with work. However, I am not complaining because all hard work pays off as I have come to realize and now experience. I must admit that having the time to just sit down and write is pretty much a once-in-a-blue-moon case and I’m quite happy to relish this free ~~(semi-free)~~ day. I know news gets old pretty fast but I believe, this event deserves some webspace on my blog as it was a good time in my life. And good times deserve some retelling.

Last February 10, I went to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark, Pampanga for work. Forgive me for sounding almost like a sheltered princess when I say I was a bit scared to drive all the way from Manila to Pampanga because I have not a clue, nor the muscle memory to drive that much long. However, few more months in and I am ~~or almost~~ no longer a scaredy-cat when it comes to driving far distances and it was quite the bucket list experience really as I enjoyed the time I had alone driving. And the scene of seeing big dreamy balloons fill up before me was more than I could expect.

Here are some photos.