Heart Of A Hunter: Philippines trip 5 July 2012

Its been 2 months plus, since my holiday back to the Philippines with my lovely family. This time, Mummy and Momma tagged along wit us. 1st time on flight for Laila Elena.

The following stories are mostly picture stories. Im just not in the mood to type an essay. Picture tells a thousand words. So there will be about more than 50 pictures in this post. Its more than 50 thousand words. U can standby eye-mo next to you, im afraid u might get teary eyes after scrolling down looking at the picture, wtf.

So here's da story of our vacation of the year!

Our flights to MNL on the 5th July 2012 at 1:20am. The plane leaves at 1am instead and we reached MNL at 4:30am. Earlier 30 minutes.

in our 'taxi' camry sent by Momma's fren Kudin.

Seen here Kyle is very excited to go balik kampung for the 3rd time.

momma's fren came to the airport.

very lovely frens she has.

siap berhantar!

check-in time

waiting to board the plane.

kyle and momma goofing around at 12:30am

kyle posing

laila elena and mikail

12:45am

about to board the plane

momma and her THOR

in the perut kapalterbang

we sat near the wings, tapi malam punyer pasal, x nampak pape pun!

#10

adik pun nak baca buku gak!

#11

she tore most of the pages!

#12

flight was smooth

couldn't sleep

#13

mikail merajuk sebab nak duduk with J & Me.

tapi adik pun nak duduk ngan kitorang.

so camno?

#14
J changed seats with mummy. Trying to pujuk Kyle.
Adik started to being cheeky.

#15
My new Yellow bag bought at glossyaddiction

#16
adik checking out the flight attendants doing their job selling drinks and noodles

#17
aku jenis slumber, flying takde pakai mekap kebagai.
pakai mekap pun saper nak tengok?
sampai MNL pun pukul 5pagi.

#18
3 jam je flight ke MNL, tapi muka sumer dah nak mcm mental.

#19
mak tak habih2 kasik letup tinga.
momma tu buat2 tido. ada ke tido senyum?
laila and kyle dah tido, sejuk!

#
dah nak sampai manila
adik baru bangun

#15
Manila at 4:00am

#16
landing time.

DAY 1

Sampai at 4:30am, 30 minutes earlier.

My sister-in-law knows we land at 5am, so we waited lepak2 tengok Resort World Hotel right opposite the airport.

5am, already bright in MNL. Our pick-up came around 5:30am. We stopped at San Pablo, ate Virgie's house for breakfast.

All of us were sleepy and tired. Makan sikit je, pastu terus gerak back to Tayabas.

Sampai Tayabas around 10:30am. Terus settled down, tido tido ayam jap.

Bangun around 1pm, terus panggil tita Ina to clean my nails.

#17
pedicure at 50pesos je (RM5)

#18
adik checking out the surrounding

#19
makan jajan.
sejak bila ntah neighbor bukak sari-sari store.
mcm2 jajan ada

#20
Manicure at 50pesos (RM5 je)

#21
Left - my 86years old mother-in-law gossiping with a neighbor

DAY 2

#22
goofing around before going to SM Lucena City

#23

#24
officially our house

#25
F.Baltazar street heading up the hill

#26
F.Baltazar St. heading down the hill

#27
Mummy & Laila waiting to go SM Lucena City

#28

#29
beli ice-cream at McDonald's

#30
McDonald's SM Lucena City

#31
Momma trying baju

#32
Gua pun apa lagi, posing la

#33

#34
This baju is nice. Makes her look kurus.
About 500pesos

#35
dah malas nak pegi fitting room, main sarung je

#36
trying another blouse

#37
and 1 more blouse (this one is cheaper, 300pesos only)

#38
Adik trying out jelly boots

#39
I love all the kids shoes here in SM Lucena City
Cheap and many choices
Laila's wearing 150pesos shoes.

#40
trying out another jelly boots
cute

#41
Lunch at KFC. Laila gaduh with kyle. Berebut apa ntah. Normal scene.
KFC in Philippines ada jual nasik + free refill for gravy. Memang sedap!

Lepas habis bershopping kt SM Mall Lucena City, we took tricycle to Pacific Mall pulak.
Pacific Mall banyak barang2 cheap.

#42
Bought the hiphop cap 200pesos (tapi x penah pakai pun)
Ni tgh decide nak amik kasut hitam or the nude.
I bought the nude pumps 350pesos je.

#43
Tricycle - our main transport.
8pesos per person

DAY 3
We're going to Lawigue, rumah ate Mercy plak.
Lepas tu going mandi-mandi at Hot Spring

#44

Adik with her newly 50pesos baju baru beli kat Pacific Mall, Lucena City

#45

Singgah beli 'budin' (local delicacies macam bingka ubi kayu) to bring to Ate Mercy's house!

#46
Ibuku suka naik tricycle

#47
Kakak ku pun suka naik tricycle

#48
Me in tricycle with Nanay Juling (pronounced Huling ok)
Laila syiok tido sebab angin kuat wor!

We stopped by ate Mercy's house and makan lunch sekejap. Lupa nak snap gambar masa kat rumah ate mercy la.

Lepas makan makan lunch (pancit lucban and some budin), we terus pegi ke Mainit Hot Springs, about 10 minutes away from Ate Mercy's house.

#49

Bergambar dulu di depan Bukal Mainit Hot Springs

#50
2 kali snap gambar, 2 kali gak mikail peluk tiang pokok tu! Haishhh...
Laila is carried by Andreo and also tagged along si Badong (both anak my sister-in-law Apple)

#51
Counter bayar nak masuk.
Ni kitorang sampai dah pukul 1:30pm

#52
Entrance fee 90Pesos (adult and child)
At 1st we take CAVE (kweba) - 350Pesos, bila masuk dalam, ada orang plak. So we took Kubo (macam gazebo, bukan kubur tau), same price.

#53
WELCOME

#54
Next to our Kubo ada shark, mama suh amik gambar kengkonon dia kena telan dek shark itew

#55
Racing ngan shark pulak.

#56
Meraung kuda tu mama tarik ekornya.

#57
Our kubo, 350Pesos, around RM30

#58
Ada banyak pool kt sini.
Yang ni yang ada bumbung (bagi mereka yang takut pada matahari)

#59
Yang ni xde bumbung. I suka kt sini. Air dia panas.
Yang panas sangat air dia ada kt lagi satu pool di hujung pool atas ni.
Itu memang panas, and dalam and xde orang sangat.
Sesapa yang ada sakit otot elok la berendam dlm air panas.

#60
J and da kids.

#61
J mandi kat area ada bumbung je. Dia tu penakut ngan matahari.

#62
otw back at 3:45pm
This pond is full of tilapia fish.
And the best thing is bila ada orang kat bridge tu, tilapia tu sumer naik atas tercungap2 mulut mereka.

#63
In the Philippines, toilet is known as COMFORT ROOM.

DAY 4
I tell u, 2nd day in the Philippines, i already gained weight. Mana taknya, adik beradik J ada 10 orang. Setiap hari ada je invitation to makan at their house. Kang x makan, kecik hati pulak.

So on day 4, we had lunch at Ate Mary's house. It's Sunday, Maseth and Oneth pun ada skali. But i didn't stay long sebab Laila pangit merengek nak tido je. And it's super hot weather.

#64
Alhamdulillah Mikail Sumilang senang je blend in dengan cousin2 dia kt pilipin. Mereka sumer speak english aje. Hahaha...

#65
The girl in yellow t-shirt is Angelou (or rita), anak Ate Apple. Suka and pandai layan Laila. Dia sogok laila dengan berbagai-bagai jajan. Mak tak kisah, janji laila x berkepit ngan mak. Mak kan on vacation.

#66
beria-ia nk main basketball adik ni

#67
badong teaching laila how to play basketball. #LikeABoss

#68
Malam plak, we went to eat at Buddy's. Buddy's ni restaurant fast food yg serve Pancit Lucban (pronounced Pansit Lokban). Pancit ni mee. Mee dia mcm mee instant yg kering tu. Pastu digoreng bersama lauk ayam or seafood, and veges. No spicy. (orang pilipin kebanyakan mereka tak makan spicy!)

#69
Part bayar membayar. Kongsi2 maaa...

#70
Waiting for our food.

#71
Number 69. It's mama's year of birth. Doncha go and think it's the 69 style.

#72
Decorations on the ceiling made from rice...

Unfortunately, we were too hungry to even take pictures of the food. Sigh... next time i go, i take pictures ok.

DAY 5

#73
Mikail's new gadget. An imitation PSP bought for 1500Pesos.
Believe it or not, it lasted for 6days only.
Then it's rosakkkk...

#74
Muka stone bangun pagi.
Sunrise in Tayabas is at 5am.
Sunset at 6pm.

#75
Today we decided to have lunch at Kamayan sa Palaisdaan (eat fish with your hands) #lol
Very happy ridin in tricycle.

#76
It's a floating restaurant.
Meja2 makan sumer atas individual rakit. Mmg best.

#77
Water fountains at the back. Kyle's bz playing game with my Notte

#78
Laila sleeping.

#79
The surroundings.

#80
Mama Ilene... waiting for our food.

#81

Iced Lemon Tea (comes in a jug)

#82
Top - Soy sauce and lime juice.
Bottom Right - Soy sauce and red small chilis (self cut to small pieces) - the chilis are served whole.
Left - Cencaluk

#83
Dig the rice mummy

#84
Fried Tilapia

#85
Mixed fried vegetables

#86
Mango salad

#87
Mum's mango smoothie

#88
Laeng - some vegetables wrapped over and over with some tuna fish

#89
Sweet and sour prawns

#90
Sinigang Prawn Soup

#91
mama enjoying her big prawns

#92
This is how we eat it, use your hands to eat the fish

#93

DAY 6

#94
5:30 in the morning. See how bright it is?

#95
My lil pangit girl

#96
On the way to Ate Virgie's house in San Pablo.
1 hour ride.

#97
Bato Springs Resort in San Pablo.
10 minutes away from Ate V's house

#98
Chalets at Bato Springs

#99
The swimming pool

#100
The surroundings

Didn't have pictures of the waterfalls and the 3 big pools of the springs. Don't wana wet my SGNotte.

#101
Breaktime after swimming.
The water is very very very very COLD makes us all hungry.

#102
The Pangits

#103
Mikail and Laila playing chasing...

#104
After swimming we rested for a while back at home and then we went out shopping at the town.

#105

#106

#107
After penat bershopping, went back to Ate V's house and have dinner.
Malam tu jugak we went home to Tayabas. Sampai rumah je sumer pengsan.

DAY 7

#108
The pangits in the morning

#109

Today for lunch we all just cook at home.

#110

Terung goreng, ikan goreng, Sambal ikan bilis, ayam goreng kicap.

#111
Lepas lunch we went out to Lucban plak.

#112

1st time naik jeepney

#113

#114
Mum taking a rest while we shop for....

#115
shop for..... SHOESSSSS

#116

Tea time at a cake shop

#117
We had coffee. Served coffee in a sachet and hot water and u mixed them yourself.
Funny

#118
The shoes we bought in Lucban

#119
Pangit trying the jelly wedges

#120

#121
Jelly Wedges... cheap!

DAY 8

#122
Good Morning

#123
Trying on this weird looking sunglasses at SM Mall Lucena City

#124
I'm sure diana rikasari will love this glasses

#125
Priced at 998Pesos after discount. Almost bought it. Almost.

#126
Mum made her progressive glasses.
2 lens (short and far sighted) blended together.
All priced at 5600Pesos

#127

#128
Taking picture for making calendar

#129
Haven't seen this for ages... Still available in the toilets in Philippines.

#130

Playing outside the house with all the kids.

#131

#132
Dinner cooked by Ate Apple

#133

#134
Go to people's house just to use the internet.
Seen here ilene bz facebooking

#135

#136

#137
Cousins

#138

#139

#140

#141

#142
I love this photo... all of them showing their smiley faces... #precious

#143
back to the house, trying the shoes again before we sleep

#144
My yellow jelly shoes

DAY 9

#145

Good morning

#146
Getting ready to go Nawawalang Paraiso (Lost Paradise) 20 mins away from Tayabas

#147
Entrance fee

#148

#149
The pool. There's 1 more bigger pool (9ft deep) at far end.

#150

#151

#152
Picture time

#153

#154

#155
With manny pacquiao's statue

LAST DAY in TAYABAS

#156
Good morning

#157
Getting ready for dinner with the whole family

#158
Nanay

#159
Mitchi and andreo and mikail

#160
Kuya Bob

#161

#162
Potluck

#163
Juvy and her youngest son

#164
Rempson and mama

#165

#166

#167
Ate Dorai, Rempson, Mikail and Ilene

#168
Makan time

#169
Nanay Juling (pronounced Huling) with all her apos (grandchildren)

#170

#171
Mummy

#172

#173
Farewell dinner for us

#174
Rempson, Ilene, Andreo and Ate Apple

#175
Full House

#176
Mummy Lela and Nanay Juling

#177

#178
The crazee doters disturbing their mothers

#179
Grandchildren and great grandchildren

#180
My in-laws
They have huge families

#181
Vincent

#182
Enzo and Vincent

#183
Calendar boys

LAST DAY IN PHILIPPINES
OTW MANILA

#184
Good morning
Sleeping in the van on the way to Manila (3 hours travel time from Tayabas)

#185
Happy faces

#186

#187
Didn't get to go Villa Escudero. Pass by je ler.
Btw, it's a waste if we go cos entrance fee per pax is about 1000+Pesos and that includes food that according to J's niece, they served typical filipino food which is most of 'em non-halal (pork and pork and pork).