More Stamps & Postcards for My Collection!

More stamps!

More postcards!

All these are from Mommy Ebie!  Am so thankful to for sharing all these with me.  I have posted the same pics at my other blog and she commented that they are going back to Death Valley on April and she will send me more cards.  I so love the idea and am excited.

Good thing her daughter, Zeee got some off days from work so they could make long weekend trips to anywhere.  I love their mother-daughter bonding time.  Sounds expensive and tiring yet it’s a very memorable one.

Jerusalem Countdown

I watched that movie this afternoon! I am suppose to go swimming with my family and relatives but i have a call for work in the dormitory so there’s nothing to do than watching movies. I got no books that i can read and the cross-stich material am doing is too fine for my eyes…so i just watch the movie. It’s a thrilling movie and i’d like to think am as brave as that woman in the story.

I guess being healthy is very important if one is planning to go on traveling. And it is also a must that a person knows where he is going and what he can expect there. For those friends up there, if you plan to visit Asia or Southeast Asia or South America then take time to read this medical travel guide. I browse through it and i find it informative. I wish it has a guide for a visit to the Philippines. Am glad India is in the list because i have in mind to visit India this year. Check it if the country of your destination is in the list.

A Therapeutic Place

If there is one accessible place to have a therapy then i will pick MVC.  Been there this weekend to visit my daughter.  I joined some parents who went up there to visit their kids who attended the NMC-Wide Camporee.  When we arrived, it was very obvious that the kids enjoyed the week although we can’t help to notice that their color changed.  Maybe it was because of the very favorable weather.  They spent Friday in hiking the hills around the campus and all had tales to tell to their parents and worth keeping until they grow old.

The place is not a rehabilitation place for people with drug problems but i heard that there are some people who have emotional problems that gets well over there. Maybe it’s because of the solemn environment and very far from the city stresses. A friend even exclaimed that the place is a good place for a drug rehab. I have to give her the look that says “what? u think my school campus got drug addicts?” But in reality, i think so too. So if in the future, there would be buildings that will be sprouting in nearby hills like Kilangi area or even beyond the Mt. Nebo, then maybe they are drug rehab centers.  If that happens then for sure i would recommend the place to friends who have family members or friends who needs rehabilitation.

It’s my first time to visit the campus in the last 5 years that i really enjoyed going around.  Though i was mostly alone going around – yet i had all the time to stop to take photos and close my eyes to think of by gone days.  I stood at the spot where i answered my college sweetheart “yes”! and also remembered the spot where we saw the bird that just died days later under my care. lol!  It died of the cold you know.  It was really cold in that campus which we all love.  The air conditioners are all so natural that you need thick woolens to comfort you to sleep.

Anyway, tonight, it’s going to be my first time to interview my daughter of her unforgetable experiences over there.

Welcome December 2009!

I almost forgot when was the last time i made my last post.  My weekend was really occupied that i easily get tired so i failed to give an update.  My daughter and I and some friends made a lot of pictures of this weekend activity.

Yesterday, the AHPA delegates went around this city to see the wonder of nature in two well-known places in the Philippines if not the world.   First destination was the Agus 4 Hydro Electric Plant in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte.  From there, we proceed to Maria Christina Falls, the final outlet of the water that runs from the Lake Lanao through the turbines/tunnels that supplies electricity all over Mindanao and Siquijor.  Everyone had fun and i am sure when my cousin arrives he will enjoy the place as much as he enjoyed the florida vacations he took last month. He made that trip with friends and he will be home in PH for the Christmas season together with his family.  We just had a long weekend that feels like an unforgetable vacation.  In two  weeks, we will have again another long break for the Christmas vacation.  I hope everyone is looking forward to it.

There’s quite a number of pictures to be uploaded from the camera then to be resized so just let me share with a couple – just a teaser:

Welcome December 2009!

Hey There!

Am here waving my hand!

Id like to grab these few minutes to think and to write i am thinking.  I think my last post was of the other day.  I had a long day yesterday so there was no update.  Id just like to share what’s up since i moved to the dorm.

I had a fun time waking up at 5:30 after my alarm sounds.  Then i had to reach for the buzzer button to  give the first warning that our worship will be in   15 minutes.   I then get out of bed and do some stretching in the lobby and enjoy the cool breeze and the early morning view below.  The dorm lobby faces the front building of the hospital and beyond it is the highway.  I have a nice view of the sky from 4 angles (north, south, east, west) but haven’t took time to snap yet.  I was still adjusting to my schedule eh.

Gone are the days of waking up at 7 am or at times 7:30 am and try to move like a lighting to avoid tardiness. hahaha.  Gone are my late night TV viewing, too because i don’t have TV in the room.  Though there’s a tube in the worship hall yet, there are so many students watching it when the Dean allows.  Last night, they were sort of punished because the TV was left on for they dunno how many hours but the Dean caught it ON and no one’s viewing.  So she locked it and when they request for viewing they were disapproved.

There is a nightly checking of attendance in every room.  Take note, there are 10 rooms to check.  For the past two nights, we checked at 11 but last night we did it a bit earlier like 10:30.  It was more a relaxing one for me as i was beginning to get the hang of the routine and also am starting to memorize some names and faces.  It was relaxing yet i was tired. I had really a long day.  I arrived in the dorm at 8:30 in the evening already.   Good thing the elevator was still working so i used the lift instead of the stairs.

Early checking means earlier time to bed too.  I had a dreamless sleep last night and hearing the alarm sounds at 5:30 does not feel like a chore anymore.

Tomorrow, the sky photos i will be sharing will be ones taken from the dormitory floor (4th floor) of the building.

For now let me share some old photos taken June this year.

- filling up a waiver. no waiver means no rafting -

- just waiting for everyone – OH SO RED!

- gearing up! We are trying to help each other but her eyes are off somewhere -

- while waiting for the others to arrive -

- Do we look excited? -

All are excited to go into water but each one got different facial expression to show off their excitement. All of us enjoyed the 3 hrs ride down the river and one of the unforgetable rapids is called 4396508 or whirlpool one.  It really felt like we were inside a washing machine.   Though i was scared everytime we hit a rapids but still i want to go back if i have the chance.

photo credits: Agency Photographer (it means these photo were not taken by moi)

Visit Dubai

According to friends who has been to Dubai,  Dubai is a great place visit and that can be proved by many the large number of visitors flying into the city through.   My sister even had a chance  of  Dubai stopover one time when she flies from Saudi Arabia to Manila.    With the upcoming big Rugby event then for sure the number will become triple.  With that coming up, I am looking forward to make that trip. If not Dubai then maybe i will make it to Abu Dhabi.  There would be no hotel booking problems as they are available online.  This site will lead me to the best deal for luxury hotels all over UAE.

If you decide to visit Dubai on your next travel be sure to visit the Jumeirah Mosque.  There are many attractions in this city and the mosque is one place not to miss aside from the long stretch of beaches that is a great place for rest and relaxation.  In travel infos, Jumeirah is considered to be an elite place in the whole of Dubai as it is in this place where many luxury hotels are located and also some of the biggest malls in the Kingdom.  The mosque is open to Muslim but non-Muslim are also welcome on special tour packages.

How to reach this rich country?  Call your travel agent to contact the Eithad airlines as Eithad flies into Dubai and Abu Dhabi several times a week from Manila. Etihad Airways is one of the best fleets that flies to Dubai and other Arabian Cities.   There are even last minute discount deals.  So grab the chance!

Looking at the Sky Friday

More Camiguin skies!

One year ago tomorrow, we went to Camiguin Island for the week-end. I have posted some photos of the trip here for LATSF weeks back. Today, i will be adding more sky photos of that trip and i hope you will enjoy them as much as i enjoyed seeing them and recall that time.  Especially now that am missing the beach –oh i really want to travel.

If you will check out Tisha’s blog, you will see more beautiful skies from around the world! More more skies in my other blog.

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Nicole B

Lenten Memories

I grew up remembering holy week as 2 days holiday (non schooling and non working).  So holy Thursday and Friday are spent for play when i was in primary school, and relaxation days when i was in highschool.  But my favorite memory is when i was in college.  For the last 2 years of my college life, holy week was spent traveling.

I had my first time experience of traveling with a companion.   I really felt lucky to have a guy like that during that time who enabled to experience travel full of freedom – meaning the time was just ours alone.  No scheds to follow.  We first visited Camiguin and then the 2nd year, we went to Davao City.  Both trips were unforgetable.  Most of the time we found ourselves going around each of those places.

During the holy Friday in Camiguin, we found ourselves on foot because there was no transpo that day.   We made friends  with 4 other ladies when at the end, i was mad at them because i felt they are trying to seduce my boyfriend. lol!  Unforgetable moments in Camiguin was at the white island.  We took a lot of photos.  That time dgcamera does not exist in our world yet, so we used up 2 rolls of films that time.   I still have copies (hard copy) of them in my album.

In Davao, we found ourselves at the top of the Hill (i think it’s called San Pedro) where there was the crucifixion and i saw there were many people who fainted and they said that they fainted because of spirits.  I don’t have photos taken during the Davao trip.

Haii wish those times will come back.  I mean how i wish for a moment i can go back to that time — me in my age that time, my vital statistics, my looks, my carefree life (sort of)…oh well, am just reminiscing.

Camiguin is really a memorable place for me.  When i had the visit there again last year (Labor day holiday), so much memories came back to my mind.  I had more pics last year compared to 1993 – so let me share here some shots i love:

Camiguin at a distance.  We traveled there at broad daylight unlike long tiem ago, we had to catch up the last barge trip going to the island.

Some of my companions last year.  I traveled attached to the GenEd faculty.   The trip many years ago was just me and my guy – so there were only 2 of us compared to the many of us last year.

I have a photo of myself at this spot – with Mt. Hibok-hibok as the background.  I was wearing a red shirt and slacks.  And there were only around 6 people in the island.  Contrary to last year, the place is full there were even vendors selling food and shell decoratives.

Today?  Am sure there are more people there compared to last year. 

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Kerslyn

Looking at the Sky # 5

It was really a hot afternoon when i took these photos. Because i was against the light then it looks like a night with a blue sky. But i like the result of the shoot so am sharing these here.  These were taken last Sunday during the medical mission.

Check it here for more sky photos.

Wish I Had a Better Gear

Hobbyist often said – it’s not the indian that matters but the “pana.”  Meaning it is not the camera that matters  it’s you and your passion to take photos is what matters most.

Yesterday i saw a very breathtaking transformation of the sky and as always i love sky features so i shoot and shoot.  But at the back of my mind, i know that if i was using a better camera then i could have captured the beauty of the moment better.

See this for yourself -

This is really a beautiful site and everyone of us who saw this loved the view but it was only me who took photo. The others who have good gears were still on the way to our spot so they sort of missed a beautiful sky transformation.

I am not satisfied of the outcome of the photo.  I missed some detailed features of what i saw yesterday but as i mentioned in the previous post — this is better than nothing. right?

Oh well ive been using an N73 for these past months as my camera.  Macro wise it takes good photos but for panoramic purposes i am not satisfied with the result.  But still thanks to my sis for feeling nauseus if she uses this unit but now that she is over with her pregnancy i am scared that one day she will take this away from me.

We were away on a medical mission trip yesterday and check out some details with photos here.