Palawan 2024 . March 22 (Day 1)

Flight is at 11am and since I’m not sure yet if it will be worst traffic or not I decided that we leave at 6am but since I’m running out of sleep we left the house at 7am. I’m traveling to the airport with my aunt to meet other aunts and cousin that arrived from Canada that same morning. 

I just slept 1 hour because of too much stuff that I tried to finish because of my 2 weeks vacation. Well, some finished fine but some nah but we can’t control everything. 

This will be my longest vacation ever and I’m just thankful that the vacation gods makes me want to enjoy this life and spend time with the other side of the family. 

Flying with PAL again which I haven’t done since 2015 (?) so I’m not aware that the free food on the flight is so awful now. I’ll take pastries over mini cookies and the mini snack of green peas and dried mangoes.  

Despite of traveling with family, I’m very much excited to go home. 

Palawan is home to me and that will never change. Since this is also a very long stay I’m so excited to be there even without Gem on this trip but a little surprise is the Lhea will be there too! 

Every Palawan trip is different but there are things that I usually do there when I go home is of course visit Tita Bing, eat or hangout at Ver De and lastly eat hopia ube from Bakers Hill. 

Staying almost a week but our schedule is jam packed and I’ll take you back to those days

I’m just happy to be back home but the first order of business, eat lunch. 

We stayed at Canvas Boutique Hotel just very near at the airport and just across the street of souvenir shops another first for me because when I usually go there we just stayed at Gem’s.

I slept on the whole flight but that is not enough for my tired body and mind but I’m work free and doesn’t need to think of work and other things that stresses me out so whether we are running out of sleep, we have to enjoy no matter what. 

After lunch we head to SM and finally meet Lhea in there! Yay! We just roam at SM since we don’t have anything to do. I can’t even remember how we left SM and when did we separate ways with Lhea I just remembered being so sleepy and be in bed by 10pm. 

Rereading the whole thing before I put this up on the blog is that I do remember now what happened after SM which we travelled to Chowking then back to the hotel. 

That’s our first day and stay tuned for the following days. 

My Photographs: Palawan 2024 

 

Random . April 2024

 

For a 2pm flight with no check in baggage I can leave the house late or maybe as early as 10am. Lol

1 hour ride to the airport - I’ve never done back to back flights and vacation ever since.

Bohol, I’m not expecting anything more but you are nice on the day we arrived 

Our villa is so cute and I love that I have my own space on the loft 

Dinner at Thai Lang 

Goodnight from the peaceful island of Panglao, Bohol 

Country side tour but first breakfast at Jollibee 

An hour or two drive to Chocolate Hills 

Buggy Car ride to one of the hill!! So fun. 

Fresh buko and mango shakes forever. Haha

Tarsiers. 

Lunch at a floating restaurant 

Snakes!!!!! Omg. A Burmese pythons. Huhu my Brian B heart is so happy. 

Bohollywood. Lol 

I think I just fell in love with Bohol. 

Samgyup for dinner. - goodnight 

Early morning for our snorkling / island hopping 

Dolphins in the wild who would’ve thought and the chase for it is crazy. 

With all the snorkling, I wish I still have a working GoPro. 

Saw a freaking turtle that was swimming just beneath me and I was able to capture it 

The wave and the wind underwater is crazy. Thankful that I didn’t throw up

One of the best snorkeling experience 

Too bad it’s high tide we can’t see the sand bar but we can still walk at it. 

Mist restaurant for dinner. 

Sleeping early before our early last activity for Bohol which is Whale Shark watching. 

Excited and anxious for the whale shark

Damn that was so cool. 

Early lunch before cleaning up at the villa then airport. 

This Bohol trip went so fast. 

Another few percentage of reading on the plane ride. 

This trip is a mind fuck for me tbh. 

Dinner with family for the last time at McKinley before my aunts and cousin flew back to Canada

So tired and sleepy. 

Finally my own bed but it is so freaking hot 

And that is the end of my vacation 

Happy 1st Birthday, Dynn! 

Photographer for Dynn’s birthday and I’m not sure if pictures are good. I haven’t hold my camera for a long time now

Catching up on sleep before going back to work tomorrow 

Not really ready to get back to work

My mind is currently loading with everything I need to catch up on 

Take me back to the beach life

Still diving underwater on dreamland

Been a week since we left Bohol

Why do I feel like I wasted some years 

I should’ve brought my Kindle today

Listened to a full episode of a podcast 

Cubao with the Chikababes

Currently at Cubao Expo and the feeling is so strange. #21 

Weekend with the Chikababes and we are just chilling

The sun beign a fireball today. 

Korean BBQ then Starbucks 

Cubao, you are always nice

71% with my book and I'm so willing to finish it this month

How many times I will curse through this whole process

There’s too much distraction lately

Building barriers 

OCness kicks in

Baby sitter

An investment or an impulsive buy

Surprised was the word I was looking for

Semi general cleaning weekend

“People loving animals makes people better people” - Jay Thomsky 

Day 2 of general cleaning is also a success and a lot of reminiscing involve. I'm so sentimental to keep an empty bottled water and a box of choco mucho from years ago but I’m letting it go now 

Back to regular routine

Slept like a baby

2 years ago - UAAP and Pasay rally 

Trimmed my hair

Oh wow I almost forgot that 

All of the ideas are keeping me sane and awake

This weather. Huhu

Errands outside should be done after 4PM. Lol 

An impromptu Antipolo trip 

For now, I'm satisfied with the arrangement of my room 

Originally planned to dye my hair today but I totally forgot. Lol

Trying not to stress myself on a weekend

My anxiety is killing me

Is this a mistake? Lol. Is this worth the 3 hours of sleep?

I hate this because I don’t have much faith in this

3 hours of sleep is worth it just for the pizza and not for the real thing. Lol 

Saw my high school best friend from afar today. Hi, best #17 

Such a long day. 

How come April is ending already

Pause or End

Fast forward to now, 7 years later

We haven’t talk much like before

For the past year already

I just want to believe that 

COVID fucked us up

Just like how it was for everyone else

And I’m still processing that 

Somehow I lost my alter ego,

My soulmate 

But now, I want to believe that 

You are starting to build

Something for yourself 

That’s why I have to let go

That’s why we have to

Maybe give this a pause 

Or end it 

04.22.2023 04:08

On Repeat . New Semester