Philippines 2010 UPDATE

SORRY FOR BEING GONE FOR SO LONG, BUT I TOOK A LONG NEEDED VACATION TO THE HOMELAND, THE PHILIPPINES… ITS BEEN 9 YEARS SINCE I’VE BEEN BACK AND TO SAY THE LEAST SINCE THE LAST TIME ,I DIDNT REMEMBER ONE BIT OF IT, BUT WHEN I LANDED I KNEW I WAS GONNA EXPLORE THE COUNTRYSIDE… THIS EXPERIENCE WAS DEFININTELY ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE THAT IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE AND WAS GLAD TO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT WITH PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED ME… I TOOK OVER 1600 PICTURES SO BARE WITH ME IT WAS HARD CONDENSING IT MY TOP 15-20 PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS, I’M GONNA TRY TO SUM UP THE TRIP BUT ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO, SO JUST IMAGINE FOR ME, HAHAHAAH!!… GO TO MY FLICKR TO SEE MAYBE A 1/4 OF THEM, I COULD HAVE TAKEN MORE BUT I WANTED TO KEEP THE MENTAL PICTURES IN MY HEAD FOR THE NEXT TIME I VISITED IT MEANT MORE TO ME, SO I HAD REASONS TO COME BACK… THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT WHILE I WAS GONE, I HAD ALOT OF PEOPLE ASKING WHERE I WAS, SO HERE YOU GO THIS IS WHAT I EXPERIENCED:

SO AS MOST FILIPINOS KNOW, BALIKBAYAN BOXES ARE BASICALLY THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR FAMILY IN THE PHILIPPINES, ITS BASICALLY AN EVENT WHEN THESE THINGS GET OPENED… ITS LIKE CHRISTMAS ALL OVER AGAIN!! WE BROUGHT 12 BOXES… SO IT WAS A NICE CHRISTMAS TO SAY THE LEAST…

WE FLEW OUT OF SFO AND IT WAS A 16HR FLIGHT TO THE HOMELAND… WHEN WE LANDED WE GOT PICKED UP AND HAD ANOTHER 7 HR DRIVE TO THE PROVINCE (LA UNION AGOO) WHERE RACHEL AND HER FAMILY IS FROM, SO WHEN WE GOT THERE WE HAD OUR FIRST SAN MIGUEL BEER, RED HORSE AND OUR FIRST ICE TEA, WHICH WERE THE DRINKS OF CHOICE FOR THE VACATION…

WE TRAVELED ALMOST EVERYDAY SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN 9+ YEARS… THIS IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE TRIP, RACH’S GRANDMOTHER WAS AN INSPIRATION, SHE LOOKED GREAT AND THE LOOK ON HER FACE WHEN SHE SAW HER GRAND CHILDREN WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN… I TRULY RESPECT THE WAY THEY LIVE, IT HUMBLES YOU AND SHOWS HOW LUCKY WE REALLY ARE TO LIVE WHERE WE LIVE….

I TRIED TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER… PEEP THE PHOTOS HERE!!

FRESH!! HAHAHA!! THIS WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOOP COURT WE PLAYED ON… ITS A TRIP HOW MUCH BASKETBALL IS A INFLUENCE IN THE STREETS OF THE PHILIPPINES… IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON HAD SOME TYPE OF JERSEY. BASKETBALL IS MOS DEF THE #1 SPORT IN THE HOMELAND…

SPARE TIME = MINI PING PONG… KINDA NOTHING TO DO WHEN YOUR IN THE PROVINCE … EITHER DRINK, EAT OR PLAY PING PONG…

ARVIN(pi).BRIAN(driver.pi), PAUL(pi),VILLIARD(sj)

WE WENT TO BAGUIO CITY AND STAYED AT A SPOT CALLED “MANOR” I’M PRETTY SURE THIS IS SITE WHERE MANNY PACQUIAO SHOT HIS 24/7 VS COTTO..PEEP THE SITE HERE…

THIS WAS US ALMOST THE WHOLE TRIP… KNOCKED OUT DRIVING TO DIFFERENT PLACES… MUST HAVE SPENT 2-3 DAYS JUST DRIVING PLACES… NEXT STOP.. BORACAY…

DID THIS WITH THE D200, A TRIPOD, FLASHLIGHT AND SOME PATIENCE… THIS TOOK FOREVER CAUSE I HAD TO WRITE BACKWARDS.. HAHAH!

DON’T ASK! HAHAH!!

MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF ME AND RACH ON THE BEACHES OF BORACAY… I HAVE TONS OF PICS FROM BORACAY BUT I TRIED TO SLIM THEM DOWN TO MY FAVS… HERES SOME INFO ON BORACAY… WHITE SAND BEACHES, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS… NUFF SAID…

HERES A COOL PIC WHEN WE WERE LEAVING BORACAY… KINDA COOL HUH?

WE FLEW BACK TO MANILA AND MET UP WITH OUR A-TEAM MEMBERS ED AND JESS… ENCORE NIGHTCLUB WAS OUR NEXT DESTINATION..

VILLIARD(sj).SHERILYN(sj) WE POPPED BOTTLES ALL NIGHT .. AND YES THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING… #1 BOTTLE OF PRIV

#2 BOTTLE OF PRIV

AND FINALLY #3 BOTTLE OF PRIV…. BETWEEN I WANNA SAY 5 PEOPLE… SO YOU GET THE PICTURE… IT WAS AN AWESOME NIGHT TO SAY THE LEAST AND IT WAS GREAT FINALLY MEETING JESS AND SEEING ED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2YRS… TAKE CARE GUYS!

ED(a-team, rockwell, sj).JESS(a-team, the fort, la).RACH(gf).IZZACE(dunzo)

NOW I GOT TO SEE MY FAMILY THE NEXT MORNING… IT WAS SO REFRESHING… I HAVENT SEEN THEM IN 9YRS SO I COULD BARELY RECOGNIZE THEM…

CROOCS … GET IT? I SHOULDA BOUGHT IT BUT I DIDNT PULL THE TRIGGER!!

AND TO END IT… YES THATS A DAMN BAT!! YOUR CRAZY SHERILYN!! HOPE YALL ENJOYED MY RECAP… THERES TONS MORE STORIES BUT I NEEDED TO GET THIS ENTRY IN… THANKS AGAIN TO RACHEL, SHERILYN, VILLIARD, ROMEL, MY NEW BARCADA’S IN NARVACON AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED THIS TRIP WITH ME… IT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT ALL OF YOU!! BACK TO THE DAILY GRIND AND HOPEFULLY OFF THIS DAMN JETLAG!!

~ by IZZACE on February 2, 2010.