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Since last year I promised myself to take a trip every first day of the year to treat myself and Sean for the whole year of hard work.  Last year we took a dip in the warm and refreshing water of Pagsanjan Lodge’s pools with my brother’s family.  This time, since my mom didn’t allow us to spend New Year in Baguio City, me and Sean went to Tagaytay City instead.

We left the house at 11 in the morning on the first day of 2012.  We took the shuttle service at Star Mall in Mandaluyong.  We reached Tagaytay at exactly 3 pm.  I decided to go to Tagaytay Zoo first since we don’t have the hotel/inn yet.  We left the zoo at 5 pm and waited for a jeepney to Olivares where I saw few hotels.

Before reaching Olivares (Rotonda) we hopped out the jeepney and started querying for a cheap hotel.   Ok, my budget is just around 1 thousand pesos and hotels in the area costs almost 3k.  We ate at Burger Machine to fill Sean’s tummy.  I had a chat with a tricycle driver and he told me he know some cheap inns in Picnic Grove area.  It sounds good to me since our next destination is Picnic grove.  We found Amora’s House which costs us 1,800 per night.  We had a wonderful dinner (the most delicious tinola I’ve ever tasted) and slept soundly.

We woke up at 7, had our breakfast and headed the Picnic Grove.  I discovered that there’s a hostel in the area.  I inquired for the fee and it is the same with Amora’s.  I did horseback riding  and it’s my first time and first time to undergo fish spa. I’ve been seeing this for some time but never thought of trying it.  But because of Sean I did it!

As we arrived at The Highlands, the venue of the camping, I noticed that it was perfectly organized.  And it’s amazing because we are about a thousand participants.  We were divided into 4 groups, the Countless, Ceaseless, Boundless and Endless teams.  I belonged to Endless Team which won the second place.  There were singing, talk, games and play (dramatization) in every sessions.  It was fun, informative and glorious.  It’s really different from the other camping I’ve been.  The host of the program was really witty and entertaining.  I like him.:)

One more lucky thing is that there were missionaries who gave free medical and dental services to some of us.  They served to 50  medical patients and 10 dental patients.  I salute them for their noble doings.

The games are really physical, bad thing that I wasn’t able to join because I have …  There’s only thing I didn’t like… it’s the bed… yes… I have to climb at the top of the triple deck bed!  But generally I liked it and I find it magnificent.  Kudos to Mega City Ministries, Inc.  More power to you and I wish that you continue to touch people’s lives.

Philippine National Football Team has been formed long time ago since early 19th century and it is being controlled by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).  But we hardly know them because they never get qualified for Asian Cup or the World Cup. However in year 2000, the team qualified in 2007 Football championship.

Today, the team are so popular all over the country.  People begin to love them, especially girls because of the good-looking members of the team.:)  Azkals are undergoing extensive training everyday for their preparation of their Kuwait game after winning over the Sri Lankan team.  Having an injury is part of the game and learning proper defense is also part of the training.  And if ever they had one, donjoy hinged knee brace is the answer.

The most famous member in the team is Phil Younghusband.  Maybe because he has been so vocal of his feelings towards Angel Locsin.  And I think it works!!! It is obvious that they already having an affair.  Well, they’re both single.. so no problem at all.

Luckily a copy of this movie was unearthed by Society of Filipino Archivist for Film (SOFIA) and used a digital converter to revive it, since the Monteverdes’ are digitizing all the films they did in ’70s to ’80′s.  To this effort, I salute them.  New generations today will still be able to watch these screen treasures.

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If only our national hero Jose Rizal is still alive, he is already 150 years old.  But who live this long?  Noone.  Just wondering how come people long time ago (B.C.) lived this long?

I was surprised when I heard the news this morning that June 20 (Monday) was declared holiday because of Rizal’s birthday (June 19).  This is the first time ever that we will celebrate his birthday (as far as my knowledge is concerned).  Or is it because it’s his 150th birthday?  Whatever reason why the Philippine National Historical Society asked for it, somehow I must thank them…  Why????  It’s a long weekend!!! Yahoo!!!  Since PNoy became president, long vacation is a No No for him.  Long weekend means longer bonding time with my family. :)

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