Day 2: Laoag Tour Part 1

We woke up early in the morning to make sure that we can catch up with the tour. Though it is a Do-it-yourself tour, we want to avoid the trouble of missing one spot. We checked out of our hotel at the same time. Places we dropped by for this day were along the way going to Pagudpud. 

The next thing we opt to go was a wonderful place called Paoay Sand dunes. This is where they said "Enteng  Kabisote" was shoot. The place was really nice. It was a local version of sand dunes in Dubai. We rent a 4x4 for P1,500 to bring us farther were we can see more of the sand and the ocean. Good thing it was not really sunny when we got there so we enjoyed taking pictures. The most unforgettable about it was when we have to take a downhill then increase the speed going up. It's more like a roller coaster really. Here are some photos: 

I really don't know why I did that pose on the last photo. Haha! Maybe I just really feel the place so wonderful plus the cloudy weather so sexy! You think so? No? Okay. :)

Right after Paoay Sand Dunes, we headed over to our next stop which was in Malacanang of the North. This was said to be where the Marcos' family lived during President Marcos' term. The place was so beautiful. You would imagine how rich they were. The view of Paoay lake from the palace was great. It was so peaceful. I envy Imee Marcos for having such pleasure while she was young. You can hear from kuya Vincent how thankful they were on what Marcos family have done to get their province a place to be.

I really don't want to make this post so lengthy like what I have done on my previous entry. I was actually trying to collate all the places we've gone through in Ilocos per-day-per-post. What I will be doing moving forward is to make it at least 2 or 3 places. I will try my very best to post all the backlogs I had from last year. I really hope so!

Honestly, what kept me very busy from the entire half of 2013 was that I am pregnant. Yehey! It serves an inspiration to continue this blog so that my child/children would be able to read through it and of course learn from it. I am now 26 weeks pregnant as of date. My back aches all the time specially if I am sitting down, standing or walking for too long just like now. (Poor me!) But I'll bear all that for you who's reading it.

Thank God it's Friday! :)

xoxo 

Hustle vs. Happiness

Ola! I soooo missed blogging! haha! I really feel guilty for not being able to post an entry for the whole month of December and halfway of January. I am in the point of thinking about my future and is a little bit confuse of the things I really want in life. 

So you would know, I am a college undergraduate. I am hoping to get back to school as we all know that here, in the Philippines, employers look for someone who has a Bachelor's Degree. As what I have learned from the news earlier, a lot of people are on a job mismatch, that means, they were assigned to a job that is not really what they have graduated for or not even their skills. Having that said, this is where unemployment takes place. Even we have a lot of job openings everywhere, it is either they are looking for someone who got into college, seminars, training or work experiences. 

Aside from going back to school, I have a lot in mind that I really want to do but I just don't know how to start. Pfff!.. Sometimes, I get tired of it as I want to achieve those all at the same time. 

Whew! enough of dramas.. What I will share to you today are some of the pictures we took on our way to Laoag. Oh! Did I forget to mention that we had this tour last week of November 2012? yeah! A super late post. Hehe! 

The itinerary that my sister made is to get a sleeper bus going to Laoag where we booked our hotel for one day stay. It was GV Florida Bus that has a sleeper bus going to Ilocos Norte. My sister and I went to their terminal at Sampaloc, Manila hoping to get a reserved ticket for our trip. It is really important for her to get it right as we have kids along with us. 

When we got there, we were told that they no longer book tickets. It is on a first come, first serve basis even she was told over the phone that they make reservations. We went back home and decided to go back the very day our trip. She called the terminal, again, she was told that she can book tickets. I went there alone but for the second time, they said they don't. Instead, we chose Partas Bus as it was closer to home and will give us an assurance that we will not miss a chance to get a De Luxe Bus at 10pm. We have to leave around 10pm as we have our tour first day of the next morning. It was a hustle for me as I became the runner but it was all worth it when we were able to get a ticket. Anyway, it was a long weekend during that time so it might really hard to get tickets. 

x with my nephews and niece gelo, thirdy and lalai

x my niece, lalai

x gelo and my elder sister

x sis, thirdy and gelo. I was talking to lalai teaching her how to achieve a fish tail braid :)

x thirdy.. and nanay as the background :)

Do we look like stressed looking for a ride? Not at all. Happy and excited.. 

That's all for now folks,

Jen