Weekend Road Trip

The whole family plus the BIL went on a road trip south of the city.  We really did not have any particular destination to visit.  Basically the initial plan was to visit a particular city to see the old houses and possibly buy some Chicharon or pork cracklings.  But the husband decided to drive down further.  We saw a sign pointing to a Marian pilgrimage site so we decided to do a detour.

The place was about 5 kilometers from the highway.  Good thing the road going there was paved all the way except for a few spots where the asphalt has melted away and created huge potholes. But it was nothing that the car could not get through.  The BIL did not know anything about the place too despite living here longer than us. From the looks of it, it was a popular site because of the many people and cars going in and coming out of the compound.  We were only able to take pictures from the view deck in the parking area as I was not allowed to go in because the guard at the entrance thought that my skirt was too short!  GRRR!!!!  I did not want to create a scene by questioning the guard so I just turned my back and went back to the car.  Their "rules" are so pre-Vatican 2.  Is the length of my skirt co-related to my faith??? So for them, the shorter the skirt, the more immoral you are or less faith that you have?  There, I just had to release that.  The place looks nice and impressive from the outside.  Although it is still not yet done for you can still see the construction work going on.

I really was not able to get any pictures aside from the pilgrimage site.  I am only using a phone camera so pardon the quality of the pictures.

I love going on road trips.  However with 2 toddlers with you, it can sometimes get to be tiring.  However, the fun and new things that the kids see and learn about makes the whole effort worthwhile.  I am looking forward to the next road trip that we will be taking.

Christian's Liempo in Balamban, Cebu

The real Balamban Liempo for us!

Have to schedule another road trip across the Cebu tras-central highway to have a taste of this  yummy treat!

Not again!




Expected path of Tropical Storm RAMIL. Gosh another big one to hit Norther Luzon by tomorrow. I hope it will not do much more damage to the already damaged areas caused by Ondoy and Pepeng.

Source: PAGASA

One Big Fight!!!!

Ateneo back to back - Amazing. from Aaron Vicencio on Vimeo.

Back to Black baby!!! :D

Bagyong Pepeng (Parma)



PAG-ASA track as of 8:00am October 1, 2009

Pray that it won't wreak havoc as much as Ondoy did.

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Storm brewing

I got this from the blog of Chuvaness. I am with her in praying that the new storm would not wreak havoc in the Philippines again.



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Typhoon Ondoy

The weekend was one hell of a weekend. Everyone in Manila was caught by surprise by Typhoon Ondoy. They thought that it was just one of those typhoons that pass thru our country. But no! It was meant to be something else. Who would have thought that Ondoy would be stronger than Katrina in terms of the amount of rainfall? Imagine, a months' worth of rain all poured down in a matter of hours? I guess, this is a warning and a reminder to us that whatever we take away from Mother Earth, she takes back...



It's time that we all join hands and help each other. For more information on how to help, visit Bianca's site here or MLQ3's site here.


This was where we used to live when we were still in Manila. It is really a flood-prone area but never this high!

Let's also pray that we be spared from the next 2 typhoons that are brewing in the Pacific.

Pictures from Near Space




This is so cool! Students from MIT were able to send a camera into the high heavens and take a picture or two of the Earth and the space beyond. And the amazing thing about it is it only cost then less than $150! How can NASA explain their over the top budget now? hahahaha :D

Picture courtesy of 1337arts