Welcome Back in Holland

All our hardships in arranging some documents in the Netherlands Embassy, DFA, and IND had borne into a fruitful result which was to bring me back here in Holland. Finally, we were together now after few months of waiting and experiencing so much stress. It was hard to be far away from your loved one wherein you couldn't personally share your feelings to her/him. We so much missed each other and now, we could hold and fall more in love  to each other. 

I had my flight through Malaysian Airlines last 19 July wherein the airplane departed at 15.05 in Manila International Airport (NAIA Terminal 1) and arrived at 18.40 in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. I waited for almost 5 hours in Kuala Lumpur and took the KLM flight from there going to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport which took 12 hours of travel. I arrived in Schiphol at 5.55 wherein I was so glad to  see Dennis was waiting on me in arrival area.

 Dennis was so sweet! When we arrived at home, I was surprised with some decorations in the house and bouquet of rose on the table with welcome card on it.  

Aside from that, I never expect that I would receive more flowers from Dennis'dad and our friendly neighbour named Mala. It made me feel special on that day and I knew that they were so happy that me and Dennis were together again.

Having a Despedida Party

When you are going to search for the meaning of "Despedida", it means farewell or Good Bye. Traditionally in the Philippines, a Despedida party (Farewell Party) is held for someone who will be away for a long time, like those immigrants. It is also same thing for those who will resigned or retired on his/her work. This party can be planned or organized secretly by one of your family, friends or workmates. Your family and friends would wish you good luck for your new endeavour in life.

In my case, I didn't have an intention to throw a Despedida Party coz it would cost you money and time to prepare. But Dennis was always insist me to have this party so I could have time to say 'Good Bye' formally to my family and close friends before I would go to the Netherlands. It was just simple party but memorable. Our family was complete that time and most of my close friends attended on this party. I was so glad and enjoyed on that day but still, I felt little bit of loneliness every time I would think that I would be far from them. It was really hard to say Good bye to them but I should need to be strong and try to be happy in facing my new chapter of  my life. 

A surprise gift for me from BUGIRLZ.

Saying Goodbye to my Dennis!

May 5, 2011 - Today is the flight of Dennis going back to the Netherlands after three weeks of vacation in the Philippines. It's hard for me to say good bye and see him going inside the airport but I'm looking forward that we will be together and never need to miss each other again.

Subic Adventure

Subic bay is well known as a great summer, local tourist destination for its calm waters, cool breezes and wide range of activities and accommodations wherein you can unwind and enjoy the beauty of nature. It is part of Central Luzon, specifically in the province of Zambales. It is a 3-hour drive from Manila, taking the North Luzon Expressway; and it is about 30 minutes away from Clark, where the US Air Base is located.

After our family outing in Brgy. Pundaquit, me and Dennis decided to explore more the beauty of Zambales and the rest of the family would go back home safely. We just had few days left before Dennis would go back to the Netherlands and we wanted to treasure these moments only two of us. So we stayed for two nights in one of the resorts in Barrio Barreto where  the Baloy Beach is located which was popular due to its affordable and friendly accommodation. We found out that it's very famous place for European/American  tourist who was travelling alone and want more to have fun, entertainment and night life. But it’s fairly quiet there and still you got a lot of fun things to do like sailing, diving, driving a jetski, taking a boat to one of the beautiful islands outside, or just relaxing at one of the floating bars. We enjoyed more just to sit in the beach front restaurant while watching the sun set and drinking strawberry shake. It was so relaxing on that moment.

Subic bay area is also popular for its educational theme parks and exiting, extreme adventure parks such as the Ocean Adventure, Zoobic Safari, JEST Camp, Jungle Joe's World, Treetop Adventure and Extreme Adventure Teambuilding Military Style Park. We didn't have enough time to visit all these parks but at least, we had one park that we experienced to see a variety of cetaceans and sea lions and that was the Ocean Adventure. 

Ocean Adventure  is the first and most astounding nautical sanctuary in our country that showcases some of the world's most amazing sea mammals like dolphins, false killer whales and sea lions in their inherent habitat. You can also swim and dive with the dolphins or take pictures with them. Unfortunately, we didn't have experience it 'coz we didn't bring our swimming clothes. But still we enjoyed the different shows presented by the dolphins, sea lions and some animals in the park.

    

Zambales Family Journey

Every 30th of April, we always prepare for the birthday of my mother. We always celebrate either in beach or pool resort because it always hit during summer time. So this year, Dennis was here on birthday of Mama. I asked him if we could treat the whole family an overnight stay in beach. We never did it before and it was already years ago when we had our last beach family outing. He was agreed and besides that, it was also the time  that my family would get to know him better and be bond with them. I had my reservation in one the beautiful resorts in Zambales (Pundaquit) which has been gifted with the natural beauty of its surroundings and well known for its sandy beaches and deep blue sea teeming with coral reefs.So everything in the resort was already prepared. Only the problem was the car. Thus, instead of renting a new car, I asked my father to bring our jeepney in a repair shop so it would be safe journey for us and later on, my father could still used it in going to the farm.So we thought that our jeepney was in good condition to have a long travel of hours,. Unfortunately, when we were on the way going to the beach, had stop to refuel, my brother, Romeo (Chug) also checked if there was something problem with the jeepney. Thank God!  Every time we stopped, we saw the damaged and repaired it. But I remembered in our last stop, my father and my brother had hardly fixing the jeepney that took for two or three hours ( I think) and it almost past lunch. We decided to leave the jeepney in a repair and rent another jeepney so we could had time to relax in the resort and prepare for our food. Even we had our scary and alarming experience in our travel, still everybody enjoyed our stay there. Cooking, eating, talking, walking on the beach line, swimming and island hopping (Camara and Capones Island). Everybody had fun! I knew that my parents especially mom was so happy to see that all of us were enjoying. So, I´m looking forward to have more safe and happy family outing in the future.

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