breaking the sadness

To cope up with our loss, the ocean is the big part for our recovery. We did so much walking in the sand and took lots of pictures of the view, kids playing and done a lot of stuff while were there...

Photo taken with my brother Nick! Thanks a lot guys for visiting and commenting as always!

Legazpi Airport

We took these photos after we checked in at the Legazpi airport. While we were waiting for the PAL aircraft, we consumed our time taking pictures because we may not be there for a long time after this trip. Taken by our daughter, a little bit blurry.

Then we went out again because our friends Lina, Ate Chay and Haide came to send us off hehehe. So clicked again lol. They brought us suman for snacks.

Just having fun while waiting for our flight at the departure area of Legazpi Airport. Good job Rye in taking this one!

Here's our very ornery burrito. Have a safe weekend everyone!

The majestic Mayon Volcano

I took these photographs while we were waiting for our flight going to Manila last July 5 . I captured one of the plane that was taking off with the view of the majestic Mayon Volcano. This beauty is threatening to erupt again. One of my blogger friend informed me that the Mayon volcano is acting up. I hope that it won't be that bad.

Anahaw Leaves

My family lives in Southern part of Luzon in the Philippines where the famous whale sharks can be found, in Donsol Sorsogon. My mother wants to live there because she was born and raised in Donsol, she find it very peaceful stay where she grew up. Most of the houses there uses Anahaw leaves for the roofing, only few uses the galvanized iron corrugated ones. Anahaw leaves makes the inside of the house more cooler compared to having a G.I.corr roof. Here are some snapshots of the anahaw leaves that hubby took when I introduced him to this plant. My father planted this before he died.

Have you ever seen an anahaw? I posted a researched details about anahaw at the comment section so you may read it if you are interested. I also found out that aside from fan (product i know out of anahaw) there is still product that you can make out of this leaf. I also would like to add that when I was in grade school we don't have lunch boxes so we were using the baby anahaw leaves to put our foods in, it's our alternative for banana leaves. You might not believe it but its true..

lupang hinirang

This video is the controversial rendition of Martin Nievera when he sung the Philippine National Anthem during the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. For me personally, it wasn't bad at all. Let's face it, no one can sing like Martin does so who cares if she show his talent off. Just remember, he didn't miss a line unlike other artists did. What I don't get is some people criticize him like they know how to sing good. It's easy to criticize but we should just look at the bright side instead of the negative side. Peace out guys!

Here's the short cut version of Christian Bautista Here's the sensational performance from a 13 year old Charice Pempengco. Even her did her own version too. Tomorrow will be the celebration of the Philippine Independence day so instead of looking at other people's mistakes, let's be united and spread out peace.

Our last glance

This is the picture of us taken when we left my hometown Donsol. My mother and my youngest sister Mae were very lonely. This is our last ride in the boat. It is very hard to leave when you visit your family because you feel like you don't wanna leave anymore.. Sigh... sigh...sigh...Good night everyone. I'll be visiting you tomorrow. Gotta go to bed because hubby has an online class tonight.. Thanks for the visit and comments..

they follow...

Life in the place where I grew up is very simple, it is an hour ride from the town proper of Donsol. We don't have cable (just local channels on TV) and no telephone (the main source of communication there is cellphone). Its a remote place that is. During our stay with my family, the only entertainment for the kids are the animals like carabao, pigs, chicken and the kids that goes to our house everyday. Every afternoon we used to go to the seashore to watch the sunset and collect some shells. And everytime we come out our house, kids starts to follow us hehehe. My kids just love it.

I am glad that during our visit in the Philippines, my kids did not get sick and they enjoy every moment that we were there.