Saturday, December 31, 2011

My Travels: Top 5 Highlights 2011

It's the last day of 2011 and it's been a very wonderful year for me. Let me share with you the highlights of my travels this year:
  • Manaoag
      • Mom and I hopped on a bus and went to Pangasinan to visit the Our Lady of Manaoag. Just the two of us, which is a first because we usually would travel with my sister or with one of my aunts. It was a long trip but the visit is always worth it. Bonding time with my mom.
Our Lady of Manaoag
  • Bacolod/Dumaguete
      • The very first time that I visited Bacolod and experienced eating in Manukan. The people are really very nice and friendly plus the tone of their dialect is in fact very malambing. The following day, we traveled 8 hours from Bacolod to Dumaguete! It was like a roller coaster ride! The zigzags, rocky roads, a highway in the middle of a field full of sugar canes. Plus we get to ride a RoRo from Bacolod to Iloilo. Wee! It was such an amazing trip!

Stop over from Bacolod to Dumaguete
Native Coffee and Suman (w/Chocolate)
Dumaguete church

RoRo from Bacolod to Iloilo
  • Boracay
      • It was a surprise that my boss actually included me in the few of the employees who will be traveling to Boracay for our business unit's Strategic Planning activity. Our stay there is extended for us to have a time for some Team Building activities. I had such a blast with the after parties as well.
Strat Plan
Night out with team

Lunch after island hopping

  • Vigan
      • Another first time for me to visit this place! The food, the heritage village, the churches, the Baluarte, which is only some of the experiences after our visit to one of our dealers there. I really wanted to go back to this place again, hopefully to Laoag as well.
Vigan's empanada

Heritage village
  • Cebu (Larsian/Sky Adventure)
      • The second time that I have visited Cebu and the first time that I have experienced the Sky Adventure and eating in Larsian! The edge coaster is by far the most scariest thing I did this year!
Larsian
Sky Extreme Adventure

That wraps up my top 5 memorable trips for this year! How's your 2011?

Let's welcome 2012 with a huge smile and lots of love! Happy New Year everyone!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Care Divas


Care Divas
A huge thanks to our friend Aze of Sybex for the complementary invites to this wonderful event! I can't help but to feel ecstatic when I heard about this. I always wanted to watch a play since this is something that we don't do often.

It is a musical drama-comedy about five Filipino transgenders who worked in Israel as care-givers by day, and drag queen performers by night. While desperate to cope with their experiences overseas, they struggle with their experiences in work, cultural differences and loneliness.

The story is mainly about the lives of Chelsea, who amongst the five characters seems to have the nicest employer whom she calls "Daddy Isaac"; Shai, who is most of the time is haunted by the nagging of her mother; together with their friends the buff yet girly, Kyla; the flirty and naive, Thalia; and the taray Jonie.

I enjoyed very much the fun dance performances, their original music and the witty comedy. I was so much in awe that I felt like I forgot that my mouth was open. Hahaha! But apart from that, it shows us a deeper story and see what is really going on behind those hardwork for "pasalubong" or "padala" of overseas Filipino workers.

At the end of the show, we got a chance for a meet and greet with the actors and take pictures with them. They are awesome!

My favorite is Kyla (Jerald Napoles). At the meet and greet, I immediately ran toward him!
Jerald Napoles as Kyla


Next is with Shai (Vincent de Jesus). I like the touch of teddy bears on his wardrobe.
Vincent de Jesus as Shai

And of course, Chelsea. I felt slightly embarrassed afterwards when I blurted out "you're so pretty!", I really just can't help it!!! Coz she is! Oh I mean, HE is! Doesn't he? Well hey, it's a compliment!



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