HELLO CEBU!

May 25, 2011 - The day that I arrived in Cebu Mactan International Airport. Yes, I guess my dream is slowly coming true. At last, I'm already in the place that I wanted to go. But I don't came here just for vacation, in fact I want to try to live here independently. I choose Cebu coz I feel this is a very nice and peaceful place. Unlike, the others... uhm, Cebu is a perfect place for me. But before anything else, I left my home in Zamboanga just around 8 o'clock in the morning. My mom and dad sent me to the airport. Since, my flight was still 10am, I had the last 2 hours to talk with my parents. I felt kinda sad... since I won't be able to see them for how many months and I'll surely miss them. But, I'm still thankful that despite everything had happened, they were able to understand my condition and I assure them that I won't give them further headaches. I left the place with  smile on my face and hoping that we will see each other again :)

It's been a week since I arrived here in Cebu. What can I say about this place? ... This is place is AWESOME! There were so many beautiful spots like resorts, hotels, restaurants and others. I can't name them, honestly. As I was inside the taxi, I could see there are lots of tallest buildings, very clean and organized. The "Cebuanos" are very nice and friendly. We went to SM City Cebu and had our lunch at Mang Inasal. Ughh.. my trolly was really disturbing. After that, we relaxed for a while in my aunt's boarding house. Then we went to Metro Gaisano and we bought some personal belongings. The next day, since my aunt was on her day off, she taught me about the transportation, yeah I wondered about the "numbers" placed on the top or sides of the public transportation. Then, we had some roundabouts in some "famous" places here in Cebu City. We also had a trip on Asiatown IT Park, wherein there are lots of call center companies and the place is very relaxing. 

Then morning came, I woke up very early, took up a heavy breakfast, and prepared myself for job hunting. But unfortunately,  I realized that I'm not yet ready for a job. So, I told my parents that I'll undergone further training. Thankfully, they agreed. So, I went to Excel Asia to inquire regarding their training program for call center. I had my initial interview just I arrived and fortunately, I passed the interview and I'm ready to submit myself for training.Yesterday, we went to Colegio del Sto. Nino. I was amazed by their church. It's kinda old on the external view but when I went inside... it was very lovely. The church had some paintings on the walls and at the center, there are a lot of statues of some saints. I told myself that someday I'll bring my family here and have fun. I took some shots but unfortunately, I wasn't able to bring my USB chord so I can't upload some photos. Darn!

Anyway, there are still some places that I want to go... I hope I'm going to have fun here in Cebu!!

Hanggang dito muna!

I was very delighted on our 3-day family trip to Cagayan de Oro city. I was entertained much together with my family (papa, mama, my 3 siblings, lola, my 2 uncles, and my uncle’s friend). Our trip was superb, we had so much fun and I guess it was a long time since we had our trip together before. Our intention was to dwell in Divine Mercy Hills, that was located at El Salvador city, Misamis Oriental. M y grandmother told us to visit there because as what I’ve heard, that place is astounding and I rely on it. My father decided to go there and everybody was agitated. We went through different cities until we reached our destination. I tasted different mouth-watering foods, and it was delectable! We had lots of food trip and I wouldn’t ever fail to remember that kind of experience.

November 19 (day 1) - we left the house @ 3:30 in the afternoon and it was my father who drove the car. It took us 3 hours of cruising along until we disembarked @ Ipil, Zamboanga Del Sur. As we were travelling along the heaps, I perceived the attractiveness of our city. The magnificent spots of Zamboanga city were truly amazing and gazing down the hills that were enclosed by olives was endearing. We arrived @ 6:30 pm. The place is an urban area, had progressed so far since I had my last visit during my high school years. We had our dinner there and after that, we headed right away to Pagadian city. Again, 3 hours passed by until we accessed at Pagadian City. It was already 9:30 pm and I felt the gentle air breeze at night as the windows were opened and stared at the midsummer sky. I just noticed the city was well developed right now. I visited this place before since I was in my 4^th year level in high school during our Regional Science Camp. Nowadays, various types of edifices were built. We stayed there in one night @ New Roxanne Hotel.

November 20 (day 2) - I woke up @ 6:30 in the morning. We had our breakfast right away @ Dunkin Donuts. Then we packed up our belongings and head out to Iligan city. At 9:00 am we passed to Lanao del Norte. I just observed in every place we had our stopover; there were different modes of transportation. In Iligan city, they still ride on “kalesa”. Brilliant, isn’t it? (I want to have a ride too). Along the highway I could see the fine-looking scenes of rice fields on both sides and I felt the fresh air stroke my skin. We had our lunch @ Jolibee. It was my first time to visit Iligan city. The place was like our city also. Then we passed to a Misamis Oriental, 2 hours of trip until we made it to El Salvador City. It was 11:30 am, it was very warm and the sun was intensely bright. Finally, we got to Divine Mercy Hills. It was located at the top of the hill, facing the sea shore. The place was really awesome! The statuette of Jesus Christ was constructed 50 ft tall with 5 rays on both sides. There were also some tourists came and explored the place. I was amazed there were a lot of devotees who joined and scrambled along the stairs and lighted the candles at the top. As we were walking down the hills, I could see the beauty of nature, “greenish” indeed. I loved seeing the sea, it was calm and gentle, and so I took its picture. I hope we’ll come to visit this place again next time. At 12:37 pm, we went to Cagayan de Oro city. It was a long way and we attained @ 2:30 pm. It was also my first time to visit Cagayan de Oro. It was a huge place and we got lost hahaha! Almost 2 hours passed, as we kept on searching for an “inn”. I got hungry but in the end, we found one. We checked in at Vines Pension house and had our dinner at dim sum diner. Then we shopped at SM city Cagayan de Oro and we had our tour in different places even though it’s already late at night.

November 21 (day 3) - Home sweet home! Surely I’m gonna miss CDO. We had our breakfast at McDonalds. We stopped at “ A lind resort” at Lakewood, to have some sight seeing We arrived home @ 7:30 pm. Then we went home after our breakfast, 12 hours all in all of travel. We arrived home @ 7:30 pm. I was very tired but I enjoyed much!