Our Crazy Itinerary (A.K.A Mercy Killing- The Happy and Fun Way)

July 3, 2009 (On the Way)

3:30 PM- Patty’s still in the office =S

4:49 PM- Patty got a text from Kate saying that she’s still in Makati having her last minute shopping before going to her place in Boni and heading to the airport! Patty reminded Kate that we have to be in the airport by 6:30!

6:30 PM- Patty, Ai, Len and Randolf’s at the airport already. Kate’s still nowhere to be found.

8:30 PM- Off to Singapura J Len and I were beside one of the hottest singers now, LADY GAGA!Hahaha! We were privileged to sit beside this Lady Gaga looking pinoy, which by the way made me look like one of her personal assistants because of her western-looking star appeal hahaha..After a couple of minutes though, she said she was going to the restroom but saw her sitting beside an American guy at the back already

July 4, 2009 (Malaysia)

12:30 AM- Arrival at Changi airport. Again, another international singer caught our attention- Katie Perry guys! Haha! Pinoy Katie Perry!

12:35 AM- Patty was panicking each and every time someone sneezes or coughs at the airport

12:45 AM- We were singing a song by The Carpenters while the Taxi driver whistles to the hymn with delight! Rock on NFF (Newly Found Friend) number 1!

1:30 AM: In Ate Carla’s condo unpacking millions of Avocado, 1 box of Spanish Bread, Cheese Whiz, Tapa, Lengua and other Pasalubongs mommy asked me to bring for ate Carla and family.

2:30-4:30 AM: 2-hour nap at the living room

4:31 AM: Shower time! Flight to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia leaves at 7:30

6:20 AM: We were still in the condo fixing ourselves

7:00 AM: We were being scolded by the Immigration Security because I was insisting on having a picture beside a cool ad. 2 offenses- 1) no picture-taking. 2) Running around making the airport a playground is strictly prohibited

7:30 AM: Off to KL

7:50 AM: Having breakfast at Mcdonalds, KL

8:00 AM: Bonding with the airport information personnel and trying to make an impromptu itinerary for Malaysia.

9:00 AM: Hopped on a bus going to KL Sentral. Patty asked her seatmate (an Indian Guy in his late 40s) how long the ride would take and was astonished to learn that it would take around an hour.

9:50 AM: We got off the bus and learned that the place exactly looks like Taft/EDSA- we suddenly held on tight to our hand-carries.

10:15 AM: We were at the KTM Train Station going to MidValley. We were so haggard and sticky our train ticket could stick on our face already (yes, friendship spans from happy to gross moments also hehe). It was announced that the train will arrive in 10 minutes

10:25 AM: 10 minutes after, we were expecting the train to arrive but heard the announcement “ Please mind the yellow gap, the train going to … will arrive in 10 minutes”

10:35 AM: At; last, the train came. We were squeezing ourselves to get in.

10:55 AM: Len was speaking with “Betty? No guy..It’s Beddy..B-E-D-Y, BEDY!” and making bus reservations back to Singapore

11:05 AM-2:30 PM: Shopping in Midvalley

2:35 PM: In the bus going to KLCC. Patty’s head was so close to banging like a rockstar while sleeping. Obviously, we were so tired.

3:00 PM: Heavy lunch at Burger King. When I say heavy, it’s really heavy.

3:30-6:30 PM: Shopping in KLCC Mall. Len was sporting her “reversible top” for a couple of hours hehe..

6:30 PM: We were dead tired and so we decided to just sit and get refreshments. Len and I loaded ourselves with this milk shake with ¾ ice cream content. Hello calories.

7:30-8:15 PM: Took pictures with Petronas Tower at the background and walked till it rained (rain loves us)

9:00 PM: We got off the train and realized we were not supposed to go down yet- Pudu’s different from  Puduraya Plaza something. Getting lost excites me anyway

10:00 -12:00 MN: Waiting for the bus to Singapore. Took pictures, played Pinoy henyo, took pictures again, panicked and thought we were schemed by the scalpers who mobbed us and other tourists, ate apples, took pictures, and, panicked again- until the bus came.

July 5,2009 (Singapura atbp)

12:30 AM- 5:30 AM: Bus trip back to Singapore. Slept. We weren’t able to fully enjoy the bus features (massager chair, LCD TV, etc), because our tired bodies knocked us off.

6:00 AM: Back to Ate Carla’s place, had breakfast and, fixed ourselves for an early swim at the clubhouse….

6:30 AM: ….but we fell asleep

7:30 AM: Patty was awakened by Ate Carla because she was modeling in front of me! I thought I was just dreaming hehe…

9:30 AM: Swimming, Sauna and ate Carla’s revelations about Patty hehehehe….(salamat sa yummy bowl of fruits! :) )

12:30 PM: Mass at Saint Theresa. We were late. Boo

2:00 PM: National Geographic and free lunch at this nice nice Food Republic in Vivo City c/o super Lupos Family :) We each got noodles good for 3 hehe..

3:00 PM: Train to Sentosa

4:00 PM: Patty, Len, Ai, and Kate were off to Skyride in their dresses!

4:10 PM: Patty, Len, Ai, and Kate were off to the nearest T-shirt shop to change from dresses to shirts. It rained soo hard during skyride, we were soaked all over.

4:45 PM: Luge!

5:30-8:15 PM: The Songs of the Sea ultimate bonding moment. Waited for the rain to stop at Coffee Bean over Nagaraya, shared childhood stories and lovelife, got wet again while watching Songs of the Sea (we love songs of the sea!)

9:00-10:00 PM: Went around Vivo City

10:30 PM: At Ate Carla’s place contemplating on what we should do next. Ate Carla and Kuya Mikey made an itinerary for us the next day and fought over Bugis (should we or should we not go to Bugis?) hehe..

11:00 PM- Checked-in at Oxford Hotel

11:45 PM- Off to Clark Quay to experience Singapore nightlife…

July 6, 2009

12:30 AM- …apparently, most of the bars close early during Sundays hehehe….

1:00 AM- at The Pump

2:30 AM- we realized we were just humans who get tired also and need sleep

2:35 AM: We went back to the hotel

3:00 AM- sleeping time

7:30 AM-5:45 PM- Felt so bad we missed Botanical Garden.. Went to Lucky Plaza (perfumes yehey), Takashimaya, another mall, and another mall, walked (while raining-again!),Suntec, Carrefour, Pasalubong!

5:46 PM: At Suntec. We realized we had to check-out at 6 PM!Time check? Err…5:46 PM.

6:00 PM: Check out at exactly 6 hehe..

7:30 PM- Coco entertained us

8:00 PM- Ate Ate Marlene’s yummy spaghetti!

8:30 PM- Coco was supervising us while packing. He decided to get in my luggage and played the persimmons I will be bringing home.

10:45 PM- Thank yous and farewells

11:00 PM- Airport Check-in 

July 7, 2009

12:40 AM- Bye bye Singapore! See you again!

2:30 AM- Len and Patty endured the consistent coughs and sneezes of the people in their front, side and back.

4:30 AM- SING/MA ADVENTURE COMPLETED.

TIRED LEGS,

ACHING BACKS,

 GREAT MEMORIES,

 HAPPY FACES AND ALL

 

I am welcoming myself back to wordpress! (as per my page, my last log was May 1, 2009)

Lately, I’ve been preoccupied with lots of stuff I haven’t had the chance to make an entry.

Or maybe not so.

I had some rare chances but didn’t feel like making an entry mainly because I was being pushed (by myself also hehe) to do some other things than write.

So here goes. Update, update. What have I done lately? Hmm…

1. I forgot to post en entry about my Corregidor trip with college friends! (notable words: Ferry Trip and Patty’s Out-of-place seat hehe, yummy buffet, hotta hotta sun, malinta tunnel show, sweat, sweat, and more sweat, jollibee after, planning for next trip, fun )

Ferry Trip (With Angela, Jill and Tim)

Si Patty at ang Bantay sa Malinta Tunnel

Santan Princesses

Afraid of the dark

Freaky-ness

Canyon ulit =p

2. … and our summer glam party (Our own version of Summer Party in the middle of the city!and of course, the April and May birthday celebration =p Highlight of the night? Hep-Hep-Hurray! and our new names!)

With Tyra, Herb Ty, Kate Moss, Shell Sy, Cleo and White Ny

Busy sila kate sa likod

“Yes!” picture

“Touch Sabrinie” picture

Flowers by Ai Masuda

Burpday girls

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Would like to upload the dance-a-thon pics also. But unfortunately, dont have some of the pics yet.

Well,can I juts say dance-a-thon’s one of the most martyr things Ive done this month pala haha. Why? I was down with H1N1 (joke lang hehe colds and cough lang pala) an hour prior to the party and didn’t feel like getting out of bed but still decided to go and danced the whole night-morning amidst my sickly sneezing self. It was fun! and with God’s grace, I ironically got better day after

Weird stuff.

Weird Patty.

Till next time

What: First Mano Amiga Academy Field Trip
Where: Museo Pambata
When: April 25, 2009

The kids kept on screaming out of excited on their way to Museo Pambata and once they got in, they were elated and ran around the museum smiling and ecstatic to examine everything being showcased by the Museum. It was indeed a fun way for the kids of Mano Amiga to learn (=

Thanks to all the volunteers and to those who helped us in this activity (=

Ninz and Patty, Pinoy Style

I tried composing a narrative story for this entry but after typing for a couple of minutes, I’ve decided to just delete it all because I’ve come to realize that I was already making a novel out of it- something that would definitely bore to death those who might attempt to read it =p

So here, aha!

Just bullet points on some notable realizations and affirmations in life because of the Mission Youth Holy Week Missions in Pililia Rizal that has passed.

I realized that….

- I can cook rice in a HUGE Caldero.

- I was the only one in the team who can climb up the bunk bed without hurting my feet.

- I sometimes just feel like listening and absorbing information instead of joining conversations (which is so odd if you know me!)

- A 3-year old kid could have a “girlfriend” already

- People think I’m gonna be a nun because of what I’m doing. Patty Camacho wants to her own family.

- If I only trust Him wholly, I can be totally worry-free.

- At times you just have to shrug off your apprehensions in life in order to do the things worthy of doing. Who cares if I looked like a walking stick haggard oily kid on the street, if it was my first time to lead a focused-group discussion before, etc. I learned not to put too much weight on the things around me; what matters are my objectives.

I was affirmed that….

- Filipinos are generally warm and hospitable.

- Humility should be on top of your priority in doing things as Missions. The praises and commendations given by the locals might be so overwhelming. It should never ever get into our heads

- Language is an obstacle but is never a barrier

- Patty Camacho is a forgetful person. When I left, they told me I forgot my shirt, my pillow, my prayer book (among many other things I think hehe).

- You can be spiritual and totally cool at the same time and….

- “Party Team” Rocks!

Candelaria Mass

With the youth of Pililia RIzal

Wala na ako dito hehe..After the Missions

Walking with our lifesaver- Gulaman Snow Ball

Sticky Moose!

The cool Priest father Nante with his cool shirt

After the Kids Cathechism

Panoramic Pic taken by Pam

Sunset by the lake

Nagiintay

Dancing with the youth of Pililia

First-time Missionaries Pic

PT! (Party Team) with Krizna!

House-to-house. Haggard but fun!

Siksikan sa Trike

I lifted some ideas from Katie’s email and added some comments and other points. Super fun! We are all so looking forward to the next adventure and were so nostalgic with the gimik, that our mailbox today in the office was jammed by so many reminisce emails.

LIST OF FUN THINGS!

1. Lim-Uuuuuuuy Cult

Brinie’s surname is Lim-Uy (she’s single by the way) and Dencio, being who he is, kidded Brinz and made a chant that goes like “LIMMMM-UUUUUYYYY” with a hymn like that of an alien seriously doing yoga. We liked it and then made a quorum that this will be the official ring tone of our group.

2. FOUR SEASONS JUICE

I ordered Four Seasons juice and the waiter gave me 4 glasses of Four Seasons juice. Right there and then, I hoped the name of the juice was 10 seasons or 20 seasons instead.

3. Leon Guerrero

The category for charades was Pinoy Movies and hey, hey, hey, Len was able to guess that there’s such a movie entitled Leon Guerrero (by Lito Lapid)! With that, hands down, Len is now the “Cinema One” princess. Good job.

4. Cramped Car

Some doesn’t want to do long drive and be lost in the middle of the unknown so we (note: the 12 of us) cramped ourselves in just 2 cars! As per Isabel, it’s such an UBE! (Ultimate Bonding Experience). Talking about domino effect, when one wants to move, the rest must follow.

5. Gi and Dennis Pillow Fight

Using the “BI pillow” (the Built-In pillow that goes with the sleeping mattress)

6. Isabel and Patty’s Endless Laughing

Because Leon Guerrero a.k.a. Katie’s lion stuffed toy was staring down at us when we were about to sleep already and it was making us conscious! There were some other kababawan reasons also. Final verdict? We just love to laugh!

7. Dencio’s “Barong”

Dencio’s blanket with “almirol” a.k.a Barong

8. Kate’s Throw Pillow

Kate’s throw pillow a.k.a cake a.k.a ring bearer’s cushion

9. The Healthy Chicharon

One big plastic bag of “Less Fat, Less Cholesterol Chicharon”

10. The Couple

11. Yummy Chubby Shrimp with Hydrocephalus For Dinner

Need I say more?

Thanks to Kate and her parents for the hospitality!

“Pretend your drunk!”

Trying to remove Patty’s office top!!!

Picture with Pao’s famous polka dots picnic basket

All the fun of the holiday season all summed up in these pictures

Taal Vista Hotel.12/26/2008. Family picture with my immediate family

White top and jeans gimik hehe…

Yes, it’s sooo cold in Tagaytay but we had to strictly stick with the “white top and jeans gimik”!With jacket initially and then we immediately removed it when it’s click time!

Official wacky pose for 2008.

Look up!

Hello door.

Hello Wall.

Hello Aiza Seguerra.

Ninang Nanah feeding “The Coco-nutnut”. Ninang Patty wasn’t successful in doing so tsk.

Xmas charades- “Two words!!!!”

Nathan:Shhh…Im sleeping.

Our Christmas gift to Ate Linda (and to Mamsi too!)-  the team who will loose will clean up the table and wash the dishes after Noche Buena! Tadaa!Good job, our team lost. Yey!

Our opponents “strategizing”.

Regalo!

Nathan’s the one who enjoyed the ride the most because it seemed like the van was his extended sala the entire trip, rolling himself from one person to another- making each of us his mobile “sofa”

Coco’s favorite pose

Florence imitating Coco’s favorite pose.

Father and son

I AM flying!!!!!!!!

I WAS flying!!!!!!!!

This is haven para sa mommy kong mahilig sa flowers

Paola: “Save mother earth”

Ms Tour Manager (who was responsible for making sure we were always on track with the tour schedule) Ate Nanah and Florence: “We say, save mother earth too!”

Tadaa!

“The Hill”

Hello Friends!

Another fun-filled Living Dreams activity on its way!

On December 13, we will have our annual LD Christmas Party. This time, our beneficiaries are the kids from Man o Amiga and Payatas- 100 kids who will experience the amazing gift of love this Christmas through their new ates and kuyas 

It’ll be at Big Red Barn, Funranch, Frontera Verde, Pasig City (near Tiendesitas). Activity is from 8 am to 1 pm. Ticket is priced at PHP 500 inclusive of LD shirt, meals for you and your kid, entertainment, parol-making materials and of course, happy smiles from the kids!

Come and celebrate Christmas with us the pinoy way! Contact your LD representatives or simply shoot a message to us (09178040451) to buy your tickets. Please be reminded that we will accept 100 volunteers only  If you cant come but willing to help, you can still take part by being a sponsor. Please contact us and we will be more than willing to accommodate you.

We hope to see you there!

Love and peace!

http://www.livingdreamsph.multiply.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingdreams_ph

Halloween Kalokohan lang.

Our love for our beloved country will still remain

Yesterday, we took the bus from Manila going to San Fernando Pampanga where we will be picked up by mommy around 1:30 in the afternoon. Time is not always in sync though so we had to wait for a couple of minutes in a store near Paskuhan Village with the local kiddoes. There we met friends who found simple joys in posing for a picture using my handy dandy, ever-reliable cellphone.

Ate Ela and Ate Nanah. Naiinip hehe