cebu city tour - day1

For the longest time, I wanted to visit Cebu. Been hearing lots of good things about the city. The historical landmarks, the beaches, and most especially the 8 starbucks outlets! Too bad the planned birthday trip last year didn't push through because of bad weather. Instead I diverted my trip to the far-flung province of Pampanga! But this year I cast it in stone that whatever happens, I'll visit Cebu. Period!

As early as Feb., I booked my flight even if there wasn't any seat sale offering from Cebu Pacific. Thought that the cost of the ticket will pressure me to push through with this trip. And it did! So come 8am of July 15 (my birthday), I was already in NAIA Terminal 3. But I made sure that I get to visit St. Jude before my flight given that it was a Thursday and I'm 2 visits shy of finishing my first complete novena of the year.

The plane landed at Mactan airport by lunchtime, almost an hour delayed as expected from Cebu Pac. And since the hotel I was eyeing was fully booked that day, I opted to skip Lapu-Lapu Shrine and Mactan Aquarium and instead proceeded to the city to look for available and affordable hotel. I got the last room at Cebu R Hotel, very near Escario St. and the Capitol. For P1050, I got a deluxe room with 1 queen-sized bed and 2 single beds all for myself. Not to mention the free wifi signal inside the room.

happy @ 29

Thanks for making my birthday
a bit more special! Til my 30th!

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go green

Sorry if I haven't blogged in a while. Too many things have occupied my spare time. And those things are work stuff. LOL!

Anyways, last June 19 we were able to contribute something to the environment by having our first ever tree planting at Upper Kilingan in Antipolo. At first, I was really excited since it will also be my first time (I think, unless we've done something similar before in BSP) to participate in this kind of activity. Not until I've experienced the 1.5k trek (more like 5k to me!) up the mountain that I've wished I didn't join. It was really hard. Not to mention na sumabay pa talaga ako sa isang mamumundok! As in krimen ata magpahinga kasabay sya. hehe. So upon reaching the spot where we will plant our seedlings, nagbuffet naman ang mga pesteng lamok! Sinumpa ko talaga ang mga organizers nito. Hindi dahil sa pinagod ako, but they didn't even mention na malamok! Ganda pa naman ng suot ko, shirt, SHORTS!, and aqua/trekking shoes! Kung alam ko lang eh di sana nag jogging pants na ako at long sleeves at bota! Putek, ilang weeks din akong nangati sa mga pantal ko! Kung nagka-malaria ako nun nako talaga! Isusumpa ko talaga ng todo todo tipong LBM for 1 whole month! All in all, it was fun (syempre minus the lamok at minus the times na hindi ko nakasama ang may hawak ng SLR! wala tuloy akong astig na pics!!!).

After the tiring trek, we were able to relax and have lunch at the Boso-boso resorts. So hindi ko na lang ikukwento in detail the things that have happened there. I'll just let the pictures speak...

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