Sudden Paradise: El Nido, Palawan

Hello there! I’m back! And yessssss! I’ve been to El Nido, Palawan! < (*insert twinkling eyes here*)

A lot of people presume that El Nido is a luxurious place maybe because of the high end resorts and the cost of the activities that one can do in El Nido. But if you’ve read one of my posts before or if you know me personally, you know that I’m currently a student and there’s no way I could’ve afford a luxurious trip to the Paradise on Earth.

As you can see, my title says “Sudden Paradise”. Yes, sudden. ‘Cause first of all, I was never a traveler. I mean, yeah, I love travelling but my budget is just not enough to allow me to travel to different places. As far as I remember, the places I’ve been in the PH was Davao (I was a kid back then), Baguio, Sagada, Puerto Galera and Baler. So yeah, not a lot. Sooooooo, sudden because our trip to El Nido was very unexpected.

My sister was supposed to go there last year, APEC Week. Since their flights were cancelled, it was re-booked this February. Her friend was working at PAL so she was asked if there’s someone who wants to come with them to Palawan ’cause he’ll be able to provide a discounted ticket. To cut the story short, me and my boyfriend were able to score plane tickets to Puerto Princesa for only PHP 2,600 (two-way trip) and that’s for Premium Economy, not just Economy.

Our original itinerary was

But then, a lot of unexpected events happened so our itinerary even our accomodation was changed.

*Edit*

So I have decided to put all my posts about our El Nido trip here. **lazy me attacks*.

Since there were a lot of changes with our planned itinerary, even our accommodation and the travel and tour agency that we had before was changed. When we arrived at PPS, my sister and her friend went out of the airport and searched for a travel and tour agency.  We got a deal from Miroju Tours and they had encouraged us to cancel our booked accomodation in Verde Safari because they said that the travel to and from Verde to the town proper is more than an hour and it would be very exhausting for us every time we have our island tours. And, they also promised that they can give us an accommodation in El Nido Town Proper even without the earlier reservation. So after few conversations, we closed the deal with Miroju Tours and proceeded to the City Tour while waiting for my sister’s friend. After the city tour, we had our lunch and went back to the office of the travel agency to fetch Ate Mara, which is my sister’s friend.

We arrived at El Nido Town Proper around 9:30pm. And to our dismay,  we don’t have a ready accommodation contrary to what Miroju Tours had informed us. We tried to talk to the driver to drive us to Verde Safari since we haven’t cancelled the reservation yet, but the driver insisted that he will not drive us anymore. Miroju Tours has left us with no other option. We talked to the owner of the accommodation that Miroju has talked to earlier. The owner said that he informed Miroju that the room has no aircondition because of the limited electricity supply to the city since there other rooms are all occupied.But Miroju didn’t inform us of this. After few discussions, we settled in staying at Ricgem. The owner was also frustrated at first but was able to work out a solution. So we were a total of 9 adults and 1 kid staying in a 1 room with 1 double deck bed and 2 double sized beds and 1 t&b. Lol. Imagine the chaos. Haha. We had to schedule the usage of the bathroom and as well as the charging ports for our gadgets. Anyway, for the inconvenience, Ricgem offered us a free breakfast for each of us and the room is only for 3,000php per night. *Super great deal* despite of the hassle.

We were able to sleep, the next morning, we had our free breakfast and proceeded to our first island tour. The travel agency we had for the island tour was “Jhanna’s” and their tour guides were the best! Our 2nd island tour on our Day 3 was also with Jhanna’s. I have a lot of stories to tell from our El Nido Tour but I’m just not in the mood to elaborate things as of the moment. So for the meantime, I’ll leave this blog post here but I will try my best to edit this post once “sipag” kicks in. :p

~Till my next random thought.~

My October of 2015

Ok, I know. This blog post is long due. It’s already 2016 yet I’m posting about my October 2015. I’m sorry. Haha! So here it goes..

What’s with October and why it’s always my most loved yet most hated month?

October is my most loved month because:

• It’s my Birth Month
• It’s my Mom’s Birth Month
• It’s my Boyfriend’s Birth Month

So yep, it’s 3 birthday celebrations in just one month!

And, October is my most hated month because:

• It’s the month my mom died.

So every October, I celebrate my birthday yet it always remind me that it’s the same month that I lost the most important person in my life.

So, for my October 2015, first, we celebrated bebi’s birthday which was on October 1. We had spaghetti and cake at his house, then another cake, pizza and adobong paa ng manok with the Madagascar Barkada.

After bebi’s birthday was my mom’s death anniversary. We visited her at Eternal Gardens Memorial Park, and we also had the “Mama Mary” at home for the “padasal”

After mom’s death anniv was her birthday. So again, we went to Eternal Garden, bought her a cake and few foods at home.

And also, around the end of October, Dustinn, my youngest brother got sick. He was admitted at the hospital due to Dengue Fever so we weren’t able to go to the Memorial Park on October 31.

We went to the Memorial Park by November 2. We weren’t able to get decent photos since it was so late and dark. We had to use the headlight of our car and flashlights from our phones.

So there goes my October. I just had to post this blog even if it’s way too late. I’ll post up another one later for my Christmas and New Year 🙂

 

~til my next random thought.

Yes, an update. Again.

So yeah, hello there! Another update after another month of not being able to post. So, what’s new? A lot!~~

My first term as an IT student is about to end next week. Just finishing up few projects to be passed. Was I happy? Definitely yes! I’ve never felt this excitement in every new lesson compared when I was studying Medical Technology. Every course really has their own advantages but it always depend on what you really want.

Another BIG THING is, I NOW HAVE MY OWN LAPTOP! oh yeah! OWN LAPTOP!!! Finally!! I’ve had my first ever laptop when I was 18 years old, a HP Compaq given by mom on my 18th birthday, and sadly, it gave up after 2 years. So now, I have a Dell 14 7447 Pandora laptop! I know it’s not the best laptop that I can get but as for my usage, which will just be playing Sims4, editing videos, photos, blogging.. and Autocad in the near future, this Dell Laptop is all good with it’s specs. I’ll just edit photos so that I could write a full review about the Dell 7447 Laptop.

I’m also planning on changing my blog theme. So again, I promise, I’ll be back later. Hoho~

~til my next random thought.

Updating

Well, hello there! Again, it’s been a while.

So updates, as I’ve mentioned from my last post, I’m a student again. Yes, a full time student. So, classes started last September 21, it’s been a month and new thing for me, I haven’t missed any class yet. I’ve never been absent, except for those “flip” classes as they say, wherein professors will just give us the topic to study or an activity and we’ll pass it next meeting. When I mentioned before that

“Basta maka-graduate kahit pumetiks” it would be better if I’ll study in Informatics.

I take that back. Lol. I don’t mean to compare but yeah, I could say it was really way too hard to study in UST compared in Informatics but still, you would need to make few efforts here and there unlike in UST wherein I think I almost lost all my eyebrows yet “TRES” is the highest grade I could get. Lol. So yeah, I’m aiming for line of “1s” in Informatics since I like what I’m studying. So far, the subject I like the most is “Web Development” and “Math for Computing” YEP, you’ve read it right, MATH. Haha! I can assure you that this is the very first math subject I came to like. Well mainly because I think this math is simply add, subtract, multiply, divide without those angles, cosine and other geometry and trigo thingy. If you try to search for it, it’s mainly for converting binary to hexa.. etc. I was like who knew that 110001 or 1010001 is corresponding to some kind of a letter. Lol.

So yeah, aside from school updates, It’s October. and yes, it’s my most hated yet most loved month of the year. I’ll share my October story on my next post after I’m done uploading photos online. 🙂

~’Til my next random thought 🙂

Catching Up

It’s been more than three months since I last posted here. Ugh. What happened to “Hey, I’ll write a blog post everytime I want to!”

Oh well, lot has happened since my last post here.

First, I already resigned from work. FINALLY! Welcome to the bum life. Lol.

Second, me and my siblings met with my “dad” last end of June. So a lot of things were discussed. My story about my mom and dad isn’t written in any of my blog posts. But yeah, lots were discussed, and because of that, a lot has changed in my life.

Third, I will be a student AGAIN, soon! So yeah, I am finally taking BS Information Technology. Where? Well, I wanted to study again from my Alma Mater, which is UST, but I can’t. So, only option for me was AMA University or Informatics College. As for me, I’d rather want to study in AMA than Informatics, my boyfriend studies at INFO, but yeah, he had told me many not so good stories about his school so I kinda want to go to AMA, but, as for “Basta maka-graduate kahit pumetiks” it would be better if I’ll study in Informatics. Lol. So yeah, I’m just waiting for the enrollment period 🙂

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So what’s keeping me busy this past few days/weeks is K-Drama. Again. Lol. I’ve been watching “Protect The Boss” for the last few weeks and I’m still not yet finished, I kinda lost my interest around Ep.13 onwards. So, what caught my attention now is WGM/We Got Married. Hihi. I’ve been watching different couples ever since, so while waiting for the current episodes to air, I’m watching the previous couples. I’m currently watching the “extreme couple” Go Jun Hee and Jung JinWoon. Gaaaahhh! Jin Woon’s smile is like…. ~ and the way he stares…. *daebak!*

So, allow me to finish this post as of the moment, since I’ll go ahead and watch the next few epi. hihi.

The Power of Copy-Paste; Lyricism

Denied another day, Life took you away. I love you just the same.

Could I be so affected?
Will I stay on your mind?
Why am I so infected?
The way that we shine

Speak now or forever fall to pieces
I took you so fast
The way we are is just a movie sequence
I took you so

I can’t ever deny that this
This gift you won’t hide
This scene that we were in together
The story of our lives

Broken, lover
Tears flow, endless rivers
One love, one heart
Still we won’t sever

Speak now or forever fall into pieces
I took you so fast
The way we are is just a movie sequence
I took you so fast
Speak now or forever fall into pieces
I took you so fast
The way we are is just a movie sequence
I took you so fast

Could I be so affected?
Will I stay on your mind?
Why am I so infected?
The way that we shine

Twisting, turning
As we move further
My own prayer
We will both emerge

Speak now or forever fall to pieces
I took you so fast
The way we are is just a movie sequence
I took you so fast

You and I step into the light
I’m so graced
That I have this
You and I step into the light
I’m so graced
That I have this

– Paris,Chicosci

Torn

Haven’t posted in a while.

Torn. Yep, I am torn. Torn between getting a new job and study night classes for BS-IT. Or stay with my job and study night classes for BS-IT.

I’ve been feeling not-so-myself this past few days. Been very tired from work and stressed into thinking of what am I gonna do next.

I was able to ask for what subjects will be credited from my MedTech course. And luckily, all minor subjects will be credited and Informatics College informed me that I’d be able to finish up BS-IT in just 2yrs considering fully loaded units every semester.

Thinking again, hey, I’m turning 25 this October.. add up 2years, max of 3, I’ll be 28 when I graduate BS-IT. Haha.

Anyway, last weekend, we went to Bonito Beach Resort in Morong, Bataan. That was a biglaan trip since we really wanted to go to the beach. I’ll try to make a blog post about our Bataan Trip since I was also trying to look for blog posts about Bonito Beach Resort and was able to just find a few dated way back 2012..

We’ll see. 🙂

‘Til my next random thought 🙂

Just Tired

Am I? Am I who I wanted to be?

I’m just tired… tired of not knowing what to do next.. or knowing what I want to do next but I can’t because of some reasons.

I am currently working as a Phlebotomist/Recep at Hi-Precision Diagnostics and I just feel so tired. The typical overworked underpaid medical field workers here in the PH. I also feel degraded sometimes while talking to some patients. Since we’re in “service” field and we’re dealing with patients, they are always right. Even if you know deep down yourself that they’re definitely wrong, you can’t argue..

In the first place, I really didn’t want to be a medical technologist.. what I wanted was something connected with computers, graphics, web development, web designs.. and yeah, I tried to change my course when I was in first year, but my mom’s reply to me was “Sige mag shift ka, pero pag aralin mo sarili mo” in short, don’t shift. Lol. So, I succesfully graduated BS-MT with sabit grades.

And here I am now, regretting all the years I’ve spent trying hard to finish a course I never really wanted.

What I want to do now is to study BS-Information Technology. Yes, I’m already 25, but I think it’s never too late in getting what I really want. I’ve been helping my boyfriend with his school works and he’s currently takig BS-IT at Informatics College and I really like what they’re doing.

I’ll try to find affordable schools that offers Night Classes for BS-IT so that I could still try to work dayshift, then study at night..

So bless me Lord with what I’m planning to do

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
So it’s been a few days and I haven’t posted anything even though I didn’t have work. Lol.
So what did I do instead of updating my blog? I watched… and watched… and watched.. and watched!

I was able to be up to date with Grey’s Anatomy Season 11 and I’m also about to finish the Korean Drama – Pinocchio.

Was I happy with what I did the whole days without work? Oh yes! Definitely. Ever since I started working at Hi-Precision Diagnostics, I didn’t had the time to watch my fave series and to even play my usual games. I’m so tired everynight that what I just want to do is to sleep. It’s like an everyday routine of waking up, eat, work, eat, sleep. And that’s so exhausting.

I’ve been thinking about a lot of things with my career lately that I’ll definitely post about it here some time.

So today, Easter Sunday, what we did was we went to hear mass in the morning

then visited my mom at Eternal Gardens Memorial Park

went home, and just spent the whole day sleeping. Haha! ‘Cause I know I’ll miss sleeping again this week.

And yeah, there’s work again tomorrow!! Ugh.

More of my thoughts next time. 🙂 

Hi, WordPress

So this is my first post here in Word Press. I’ve decided to give WordPress a try since I really can’t find a good mobile app to support my blogger site. For this one, I’ll be starting from scratch. I won’t transfer my blogspot/blogger posts here, instead, I’ll just keep my blogspot/blogger account active and try my best to post for this new blog from time to time.

The thing here with WordPress is, I guess, I won’t be able to fully customize the design of my blog unless I’d be willing to pay for the “premium” which I won’t be doing. So, for the sake of being able to post anytime even when I’m on-the-go and only have my mobile with me, I am now with WordPress.

Here’s my Blogger: http://givemethestarsss.blogspot.com/