Last Days in Pinas

I don't really know what to say coz right now my brain and fingers are freezing off from the cold. So let me just narrate what happened in the past week.


CEBU

September 30, 2012

Me and my family went out for lunch for some yummy grub. This time, I loved where we ate coz it was Japanese food (Nonki at SM) so I had the grandest time. I wasn't really thinking about the reason WHY we were having this meal. I was just sort of enjoying the entire experience. It was mine and my sister's treat for my family. :) Then, since we wanted more (although we were practically bursting from a full stomach), we stopped by Fudge (one of my dessert places) for some mouthwatering cakes (their mud cakes are incre-delicious-ble!).'

Open Letter to My Family

So I'm leaving Cebu 5 hours from now. I'm not leaving for good, of course, but since this will be the longest and farthest we'll be from each other, I'm writing this blog entry as my personal tribute to my beloved family, who's been with me through thick and thin. And because I will miss them. So much.

09302012

Dear Family,

I've made you cards which I placed on my top dresser so if you could just read them all personally, I would really appreciate it. There are just some things I can't write here. :)

Sweet, Stormy Escape

Since I'll be MIA for the next few months - I'm hoping it's only months, not years - I took a little trip down our little, cozy island to bid my "hi's" and "bye's" to some of my super extended family members. It wasn't as bittersweet as I hoped it'd be, owing I guess to my already being MIA for the past years. However, this short little trip reminded me of my upbringing and kept me even more deeply rooted to the ground that I've been standing on for the past number of years of my existence. It was a humbling experience.

Left for Leyte at around 9pm of Sept. 21, 2012 and arrived around 3am the following day. Of course, I didn't get much sleep since sleeping on a boat was rather uncomfortable so I busied myself with reading. A lot of reading. But I kept surprising myself at how I've gradually developed a sort of immunity to sleepless nights - probably since I've had lots of these in the past decade and a half. It was somehow comforting finding myself still well rested despite the barely 2-hour sleep that I've gotten in almost 36 hours.

Snow White and The Huntsman

It's Independence Day for all Filipinos so Cheers to us! =)

A while has passed since my last movie excursion and since today was a holiday and a day off, I felt that itch to have me some movie time. =D

For today, I asked my brother and sister (my eternal movie buddies) to watch Snow White and The Huntsman with me. =D I've been wanting to watch it since I saw its first movie trailer a long time ago as is evident in this post. =D And now I finally get to see it! =D

Kyle's 14th

Today was my cousin, Kyle's birthday. As is tradition in our family, a family dinner is always done, of course separate from all the other birthday dinners the celebrant is to attend. ^^

For today, we attended mass (a must especially on a birthday) and headed to the mall after. This was beginning to be a pattern these past years. But nonetheless, it's fun. It's always fun with the family. It doesn't matter what place we go to, or what thing we do, the company makes it all better. Sort of. ^^ On the good days. hahaha ^^

The Avengers

It hasn't been that long since my last movie in a cinema. I remember my Hunger Games moment with my friend and confidante, Sofia. It was a blast! I had a blast! Both with the movie and the company. =D But now, since Elbert's been out of the country, it's been pretty hard to find movie buddies. Everyone's busy doing their own thing, busy getting on with their own little piece of paradise, and me? Well, I'm left to fend off for myself I guess. =)

Generation Gap

Sometimes, it bugs me a lot that the generation before us blame US for living in a world that was, for one thing, created by THEM.

They say we, the younger generation, have become so "worldly", so "rebellious", so "techie" that we've lost all meaning to social contact.

They throw mean looks at us for simply learning to live through everything we've been given. And what's pathetic is that they were the ones who gave it to us.

Let's Welcome 2012

New Year with the Castillo's =)

December31, 2011

Spent the day at SM. And yes, with the entire family in tow. =) It's always more fun with the family. =)
So to commemorate the end of 2011, we ate at a restaurant we've never tried before (again, another tradition..or more like a "thing" we have were we try out new places in town...or at least new places to us^^). This time, it's Krua Thai. =) Absolutely loved it there! Yummy food. Great ambiance. Great service. Oh, and a very awesome lighting for picture taking! Hah! Perfect end-of-the-year dinner, right? Right. =)

Pink Christmas

*Another late post*

December 24-25, 2011

So it's Christmas and as is tradition in our family, we get to celebrate it together. As one. As a family. =) I would like to think that we are close-knit. And I really believe that. Yes, there are the occasional bickering, nagging, and senseless fights but we patch it up and move on. Why? Coz that's what a family does. =) Or at least that's what our family does.

So here's what we did last Christmas. =)

A Birthday Blog

On October 19, 1987, at exactly 8:00AM (that's what it says on my birth certificate. Which might be part of why I like the number 8. Just a random fact. =p), a young, 26-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl who SNEEZED first before crying her lungs loose (a comedic and unexpected experience for all the clinic staff ending in a fit of laughter for them, and more crying for her). =p That cute sneezer came to be known as Honey Mariel (aka this writer). =)

Still sneezing more than she does crying, exactly 24 years later, she celebrated her birthday.

Now let me stop using the third-person and switch to first. =)

for my dad with the great big smile

Sept. 24, 2011. A day I've always remembered, since the day I was born, as Daddy's day. His birthday. His special day. His day, period.

On this day, he turned 52. Quite young, if you ask me. hehe =) So we chose to celebrate this one like usual. A quiet family dinner somewhere nice. This year, we chose The Ching Palace at Lahug, CC (coz my sister wanted chinese food and my mum recommended the place).