A Dream Came True

I just wanna share one my experience of having a dream come true. Not really a dream exactly but this one has been one of my "desired" things in my life. As silly as it seems, this dream is to visit the bridge of a ship - whatever ship it may be. I just found it interesting on how they command the ship or what are their machines are since those are really unusual for me knowing the fact that marine courses are not really for women (as I was taught). And so, the dream remained as it is.

But without anticipating it, that dream came true. Last two weeks, when we were boarding to Bohol through Superferry 1 with Ninz, he unexpectedly stumbled upon his ex-officers during his apprenticeship time. When we were at the deck, his former 2/m passed by and that's when they started their conversation knowing the fact that these people were his mentors during his neophyte days and that they weren't able to see each other already for the past years. And so, to make the long story short, we ended up going to the bridge to see the chiefmate of the ship who is also a friend of his. Here are some pics I took while listening on their conversation:

a view of the horizon from the bridge

ninz talking to his former chiefmate

"control area" (sorry but really don't know the name exactly, i've yet to ask ninz..)

Honestly, really didn't expect this to happen. Thanks to Ninz. Their machines may not really be the "state-of-the-art" kind according to Ninz but nevertheless, it's the bridge, right? And I'm sure that not all gals have a chance to visit this part of the ship unless you're some kind of a VIP..hehe

Bohol Escapade

There's nothing much happier and sweeter than traveling with your special one. Just sharing a sneak peek of my trip in Bohol with Ninz..:)

pic with our Bohol shirts..:)

facade of Dauis Church..

passing Dauis, Bohol..

More pics of the Panglao beach soon..:)

A Day in Hoyohoy Highland Park, Tangub City

Traveling is really one of those things that I wanna do especially now that I'm still in my early 20's and single days. Seeing pictures of people in different places aside from the usual really makes me drool. I'm really envious when it comes to seeing mah folks having been to different places in this whole wide world. Too bad am not really into taking pictures here, there & everywhere so that would make mah trip, if ever, a not-so-interesting one. Nevertheless, I'm still inclined to travel even in Mindanao only and the neighboring places and will take time to take pictures na jud, bahalag walay camera..hehe

Anyhow, since I've only been to quite a few places here in Mindanao and a li'l bit in Visayas, would just like to share some of my pics in Hoyohoy Highland Park in Tangub City in Misamis Occidental when I was still part of the Patrol sa Kalamboan News Team. Pics taken by Kya Ching, akong cameraman kunuhay kay I'm the reporter man pod kintahay..hehe. This is a Flower Farm by the way managed by the Local Government of Misamis Occidental. Too bad dili kaayo maklaro ang mga flowers pero in fairness, nice iyang view. Kudos to Kuya Ching for the great photos!

overlooking Panguil Bay

me, kya ching & the interviewee

and lastly, the most dramatic post..

2009 Philippine Holidays

for travel and holiday addicts like me, here's the rundown of the 2009 holidays:
Q1
jan 1 - new year (DONE!)
jan 2 - special non working holiday (DONE!)
Q2
apr 6 - araw ng kagitingan (day of valor, should really be apr 9 but moved to nearest monday since it fell on maundy thursday); after this, we have 2 days of work then holy week starts
apr 9 to 12 - holy week
may 1 - labor day
jun 12 - independence day
Q3
jul 2 - pasig day (sorry guys, for ortigas-working peeps only =p)
aug 21 - ninoy aquino day
aug 31 - national heroes day
Q4
nov 1 - all saint's day (SUNDAY)
nov 2 - all souls day
nov 30 - bonifacio day
dec 24 - Christmas eve (special non-working)
dec 25 - Christmas
dec 30 - rizal day
dec 31 - new year's eve (special non-working)

to sum up, long weekends shall be the following:
Q2
apr 4 to 6 - araw ng kagitingan
apr 9 to 12 - holy week (better file apr 7 and 8 as VLs so you could have 9 days off from work)
may 1 to 3 - labor day
jun 12 to 14 - independence day
Q3
jul 2 to 5 - pasig day; however, file july 3 first as VL so you could enjoy 4-day weekend. i'd definitely file my BL then =p
aug 21 to 23 - ninoy aquino day
aug 29 to 31 - national heroes day
Q4
oct 31 to nov 2 - all souls day
nov 28 to 30 - bonifacio day
dec 24 to jan 3 - Christmas and New Year; file dec 28 and 29 as VLs so you could enjoy this uber long holiday. better yet, file dec 21, 22 and 23 as VLs as well so you could enjoy 16 days off from work. imagine?! lol

we still have to wait for the government's announcement on when the eidl fitr celebration would be declared as holiday. for now, enjoy planning the rest of your year (read: travel plans hehe). cheers everyone! and tgif. ;)

got this from for travel and holiday addicts like me, here's the rundown of the 2009 holidays:
Q1
jan 1 - new year (DONE!)
jan 2 - special non working holiday (DONE!)
Q2
apr 6 - araw ng kagitingan (day of valor, should really be apr 9 but moved to nearest monday since it fell on maundy thursday); after this, we have 2 days of work then holy week starts
apr 9 to 12 - holy week
may 1 - labor day
jun 12 - independence day
Q3
jul 2 - pasig day (sorry guys, for ortigas-working peeps only =p)
aug 21 - ninoy aquino day
aug 31 - national heroes day
Q4
nov 1 - all saint's day (SUNDAY)
nov 2 - all souls day
nov 30 - bonifacio day
dec 24 - Christmas eve (special non-working)
dec 25 - Christmas
dec 30 - rizal day
dec 31 - new year's eve (special non-working)

to sum up, long weekends shall be the following:
Q2
apr 4 to 6 - araw ng kagitingan
apr 9 to 12 - holy week (better file apr 7 and 8 as VLs so you could have 9 days off from work)
may 1 to 3 - labor day
jun 12 to 14 - independence day
Q3
jul 2 to 5 - pasig day; however, file july 3 first as VL so you could enjoy 4-day weekend. i'd definitely file my BL then =p
aug 21 to 23 - ninoy aquino day
aug 29 to 31 - national heroes day
Q4
oct 31 to nov 2 - all souls day
nov 28 to 30 - bonifacio day
dec 24 to jan 3 - Christmas and New Year; file dec 28 and 29 as VLs so you could enjoy this uber long holiday. better yet, file dec 21, 22 and 23 as VLs as well so you could enjoy 16 days off from work. imagine?! lol

we still have to wait for the government's announcement on when the eidl fitr celebration would be declared as holiday. for now, enjoy planning the rest of your year (read: travel plans hehe). cheers everyone! and tgif. ;)

Got this from julliefer. Thanks!