spontaneous decisions lead us to the City of Pines

Two weeks after my batch mates’ trip to Baguio, we had our family trip to Pampanga. It was never planned. It just happened that my Tita Lily (mom’s sister) purchased a house-and-lot and they want to see it and visit my Tito Pabling as well. My mom and my cousins asked me to join them and I did. Oh, thank God I did! :D I almost back-out due to conflict of schedule, it was supposed to be Saturday-to-Sunday but was moved to Friday night-to-Saturday. I told my mom that I won’t be able to join them. They’d leave at 6pm while I’d arrive at 8pm. To be able to join them, I took a Friday leave.

Friday came and we left. We arrived at Angeles City at past 10:00 spent the entire night chatting then woke up early to catch up Hot Air Balloon Festival at Clark before going to Mabalacat.

(from left) DJ, Te Gigi, Me, Erica & Mama

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to watch Hot Air balloons, so we went off to SM Clark then went to visit our Tito Abling's family in Mabalacat.

look at my Lola (a.k.a Blue Riding Hood) eating ice cream at SM Clark. It's her favorite.

After eating our late lunch, again, we went to Clark to catch up the afternoon event at the festival. We were able to watch Cessna plane exhibition, RP/Malaysian/UK paragliding exhibition and of course, the Hot Air Balloon Night Glow.

Hot Air Balloon Night Glow

We had our dinner at Tito Abling’s. Tita Fel (his wife) made us a sumptuous dinner. By the way, she celebrated her birthday last Valentine's day. Happy Birthday Tita Fel!

Yummy dinner! Oh and FYI, the lunch served was knocked out! :D

It wasn’t planned though; we’re supposed to leave Saturday and go back to Batangas but we ended up attending the Sunday mass at Our Lady of Manaoag Church in Pangasinan.

(from left) Erica, Te Gigi, Mama, Me, Te Amy & DJ - posing in front of Our Lady of Manaoag

Nitro Family - Te Amy, DJ, Kuya Tutoy & Jom

And… (drum roll) the most spontaneous trip, BAGUIO! After visiting Our Lady of Manaoag, Tito Henry (Tita Lily’s husband) offered to tour us to the City of Pines.

DJ, Te Gigi, Me & Erica

The only photo of Tito Abeth (middle) during the entire trip. Laging absent sa pikturan e.

Kudos to Tito Henry! He even treated us to a late lunch at Rose Bowl near Burnham Park.

(from left) Tita Doring, Tita Lily, Tito Henry, Mama, Erica

The trip to Pampanga brought us to Pangasinan and Baguio. This escapade was our HAPPIEST FAMILY TRIP ever! :)

Next trip to Pampanga, come April! This time, my cousins who weren’t able to join (because of their children’s school activities) will join us. Ang sarap nga pala mang-inggit sa mga hindi nakasama, now I know the feeling! :)

We arrived in Batangas at almost 2:00AM, and I left for Manila at 5:00AM to go to work. How's that? Walang sawa sa byahe! We're all tired and sleepy but nevertheless, we had so much fun! Hope it won't be the last. :)

P.S. Pictures were posted at these links: Pampanga Trip, Our Lady of Manaog, City of Pines.

just today

 

 

Just today

I'll think of you

 

Just today

I'll reminisce the good times

 

Just today

I'd cherish the love

 

Just today

I'd miss your hugs

 

Because today of every year

Never will I forget...

It's your day

 

 

 

- jamittLe -

the other bee..

This morning, after I've gone through my feeds and emails, I then visited my accounts on Friendster, Multiply and lastly, Facebook. I replied to my recently received comments on Friendster, and then viewed recently posted photos on Multiply. I had 2 invites in my Facebook account, one is to join a certain application and the other one is a friend request.  Funny, when I look who's inviting me, it appears that a certain Jamie Bee wants to be my friend. The fact that my name is also Jamie Bee. I then checked the account and leave a wall-to-wall message:

Is Jamie Bee your real name?

I didn't expect this other Jamie Bee will reply soon so I logged out as soon as I've nothing to do there. Then, I opened my messenger application in which all my accounts in Yahoo, Gmail, and Facebook will display who's online (nice application huh?!). I went through  my office works again. Hours later, I checked my messenger. I saw that the other Jamie Bee is online/idle. I am the first to give a PM. Here's some of our conversation:

*Note: some of our conversations we're not posted. 

me: hei.

the other: hei.

me: Is Jamie Bee your real name?

the other: yes

me:  really? All this years, I thought I am the only one who's got that name.

the other: me, too.

me: Now we're two! :)) Where are you from?

the other: England

  me: ah i see. How did you get your name?

the other: my parents gave me. a present :)

me: are you a male or a female?

the other: male

me: i'm a female. how old are you?

the other: 19.

me: i'm older than you, i'm 21. And i bet you're taller than me.

the other: no.

me: yeah.. cause asians are of the average height.

the other: You're an Asian?

me: yea.. and  i am just below 5'0". 

the other: no. no. yes i am taller. 

me: not proud of my height though I accepted it.

I'm from the Philippines.

the other: I heard you have nice surf beach there.

me: yeah, we've got lots of them. You should come here.

the other: I will. I will.

me: Where exactly are in England?

the other: South coast, surfing place.

(then he gave me link to see his hometown)

me: nice place.. We are in different sides of the world! :))

...we talked about different things (from my degree and his course, our universities, then I introduced him to Multiply - after I gave him my URL, our countries, 3rd world countries, america, his hobbies, when will he going to the Philippines - which he told me in 3 years or less), and then I asked..

me:  What is your surname?

the other: Bee!!!

me: I see, so I still have the title of having a unique name!

the other: Indeed you are. 

me: While your Bee is your surname, my Bee still a part of my first name.

the other: yessss..

...then back to our conversation.

Our conversation lasted almost half an hour. I'm the first to say goodbye cause I've gotta go to a nearby bank. He told me, he had a nice time talking to me (flattered me!). 

me: talk to you later :)

the other: soon i hope. :)

There it goes! There are lots of Jamie out there! But still, I've got mine so unique. I am still happy about having a friend Jamie Bee. As what my Facebook shows... "Jamie Bee Rosales is now friends with Jamie Bee".

I planned on putting his photo here... With respect to his right, just search Facebook for you to see. *wink*

update: His real name is Jamie Lyn Bee.. We still have unique names though! :))

 

What about the BEE?

Just like others, I am an ordinary person but with extraordinary personality. I grew up playing on the streets, running, got cuts and bruises from playing but had a wonderful childhood memories. I studied in a public elementary school but graduated with flying colors as the class salutatorian. I spent my high school days in a private school which taught me how life can be good and bad at times. I graduated college in a state university, having a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. My experiences taught me to fight and be strong. My learnings are stored and used. I can be your true friend, not an enemy. I am single, but my heart's taken. I have so much to give, but you shouldn't take advantage. I am not a fan of NBA, but I love watching live local basketball. I can spend the entire day at home just reading novels. I always have a child in me. Never mess with me, you'll have what you deserve. I love fooling around but I can always be serious. I love meeting new people and making friends with them. I am possessive with a loved one, and jealous at times. I believe that "Love has its own reason, destiny has its own way, and karma has its own judgement". This is who I am. :)