My bags are packed! We're going to a dear friend's town!

@enelym001 (8322)
Philippines
January 24, 2012 2:48am CST
I feel so excited and happy today! First is that, the weird feeling and pain I have in my hands isn't there anymore since yesterday. Hopefully it won't come back again. Then when I woke up this morning, I started packing my things for a week's vacation to our friend's province. Tomorrow will be our flight (local) to Bacolod. My friend says there is not much attraction/tourist spots there but it is fine with me and my bestfriend. We are going there to visit her and to unwind too. We have not seen her I guess for a decade so we all are excited. My bestfriend's baby is gonna be with us too Because of this, I will be inactive for a week but if I get the chance I will try to come to myLot to check out some discussions. When was your last vacation? Anyone here from Bacolod? Would love to meet you!
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
24 Jan 12
hi godmom Hmmm... a meeting with a friend and a vacation... Sounds exciting. But hey, does that mean I am not going with you Unfair... It is not right to leave your godson at home all alone - When you return back... expect something out from the Home Alone Series
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
24 Jan 12
They wont allow me more than 3 ps: When you return back, bring me some goodies. Wish you a happy and safe vacation. Enjoy the time and I dont have anywhere to go until May
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Piyaya - Ilonggo's delicacy - pastry from Bacolod
Hi godson Oh yeah you'll be home alone but I know that you can take care of yourself, prepare for the tricks you're gonna do with the bad guys to send them away I can only think of Piyaya to bring for you, it's there on the photo. It is their delicacy there. It's a pastry that has sweet and savory filling, the pastry is flaky and a delight to bite into!
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
I love piyaya so much en .. Sid will surely won't mind sharing your goodies with me..Right sid?
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@Bamboee (645)
• United Arab Emirates
24 Jan 12
Dear sister, I hope you have an amazing vacation with your best friend and her little baby. It seems very exciting. I wish I could visit my best friend too, she lives in Canada now and Its been years since I last saw her. I miss her very much and If a day comes where I have to meet her, I think i will go really crazy!!! I am glad your hand is not feeling that pain anymore. :) Well I didnt have any vacation, never went to one. Hopefully in future I do, and maybe I will come visit u!!! Have a very safe trip. I will surely miss u on mylot and your amazing responses. Take care sis, God Bless u. Have tons of fun and do take tons of pictures!
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Hello my dear Sister How are you? Hope you're okay there Well, you have to at least go for a vacation, I hope you can. It will be very nice to meet you. Or hopefully I might have the chance to visit you, who knows? Maybe one day... (^-^) I will try to pop in here once in a while if I got the chance, there's a desktop and Internet at my friend's house. You too take care sissy!
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@Bamboee (645)
• United Arab Emirates
24 Jan 12
Hello Again "hugs", Thanks Sis for asking, I am doing good just trying to keep my self busy by trying new recipes. That is something that makes me really happy. yes, sis, i want to see the beautiful world that God has created for us to mesmerize. hopefully one day I surely can and meet my lovely sister too and have her home made pizza toppings and sauce. Just take good care of yourself :D mylot will be very dull without you :( Have fun sis, Cheers
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi there Sis! I am back from vacation! I do hope - I just don't know if that location you put in your profile is really where you are. If that is, then we might really meet one day!
@doggydimon (1369)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Wow! Bacolod! I miss the place! I miss the chicken inasal! hahaha... At first I thought they were joking that if you try the chicken inasal at the sidewalks, every corner has a different taste of the inasal. And they were right! One store has a variation of the inasal but it is all good... Just the thought of that eating at a street in Bacolod with your friends while chatting, that is perfect! Don't try the inasal offered in the malls. They don't compare to what is offered at the streets. hahaha... And a day at the Mambukal resort will refresh your weary minds and body from all those stress from living in Manila. As for me, I had my vacation last November. We went to Misibis Bay in Bicol but it was a disaster. When the plane landed in Bicol, I got sick and was bed ridden for the rest of our stay there...hahaha...
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Hi doggydimon, Thanks for that suggestion. So, I will surely drag my friends to the street to try inasal. My bestfriend have been there before and stayed at our friend's house before. It was only me and her daughter's first time there. Hmmm would love to go there at Mambukal resort. Bicol, I also have a friend there but am quite reluctant to go there. He had invited me many times but couldn't decide to go there. It was my grandmom's province too, but since they came here in the city many years ago, she said she don't know any more relatives there. It was so sad that you got sick while on your vacation, I hope I would enjoy it without any hassle in health or anything.
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@airkulet (2700)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
oh finally your long waited for it are now happening, I am sure that you are so excited to see Bacolod, please don't forget to take some pics and show it to us. Enjoy on your trip, I am sure that you will love that place and meet someone
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
HI Air, Yeah, tomorrow is the day! I do hope we'll be able to meet some of the friends we met before. They came to our school before and for some months, they became our friends and even exchanged letters with them. Sadly, the communication stopped when they all graduated from college. They're older than us. So I wish that aside from my friend in Bacolod and her kids there, we'll be able to meet those old friends too.
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@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Ow, that is a very nice vacation you will have.Meeting your long lost friend again will be a very good feeling for sure.I am so certain that you will enjoy your visit.. I know dear Basha is from Bacolod,drag her everywhere in their place she knows a lot of good place there and even invite me before..ha ha.. And don't forget the piyaya..
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@airkulet (2700)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Yeah I think Basha is from Batangas well don't forget to buy some goodies enelym
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Really? I thought Basha is from Batangas as I read through their little conversation in Mp5 with my friend from Bacolod. Yep I am sure it's gonna be a fun and enjoying vacation! Will have to buy Piyaya of course
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@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
25 Jan 12
Hi enelym, good for you, going on vacation....you can honestly feel the excitement in your post...So have a wonderful time and return home safely.. I am not sure whats going with your hands but I hope while you are on vacation everything including your health is great and fun.. Have a good time......
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi bjc66bjc, Thanks! Yes when I wrote this I really feel so excited coz it's my first domestic plane trip. I have traveled to another country before but I have not traveled via plane here in my country. Thank goodness now that I am back I can say that I had fun and was in great health. It was my bestfriend's kid who got sick but thank God that after a day or two she felt really well and healthy again.
@chelley (129)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Goodluck on your adventure enelym001 and enjoy your 1 week vacation at Bacolod with your friends! Bacolod is a great city and has very lovely people..God Bless :)
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Thank you chelley! I will surely enjoy it since I will be spending it with my friends! We all are very excited - hope we can reach the airport a little earlier too since my bestfriend is always so slow and late hahaha I'm sure she will just laugh when she see this.
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
26 Jan 12
I guess that when you get to read this response, you've already been back from your vacation. I hope you had a good one! And I hope that you brought a lot of treats for the people at home. And for your friends here on myLot!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi bounce! Yeah I am back from my vacation! And I had a good and enjoyable trip... I bought a few treats for my family and some friends.
@manubla (472)
• Philippines
26 Jan 12
Wow, great that you are going on vacation. I'm sure you will have a blast especially that you're with your friend. I've visited Bacolod as well more than a year ago and I enjoyed going around the city. It was a very relaxing break and it was a great time to reunite with friends who are based there. Me and some friends also just came from a short break in CDO/Iligan/Bukidnon. It was my first time in Iligan and 2nd time in Bukidnon/CDO. We had a blast. I just returned back to work today but I'm not yet mentally back . I keep on remembering all the things we did during vacation. Anyway, have fun again. And hoping for more vacations for you!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
I have a friend who lives in CDO but she was working now again in another country. She was inviting me to go there before on her baby's baptismal but since I was out of budget I am not able to go. Instead, I just sent my gift to my god daughter. Well, I do hope there will be more travel for me. If I have lots of money I will surely go for a vacation anywhere at least every 6months or 1 year!
@globaldoc (858)
• Philippines
31 Jan 12
Happy trip. You will end up at Goldenfield where the Casino Hotel is. That is the only place where you will get to enjoy a little night life there. Other than that, the rest of the place would be for nature. There is not much vacation places there for tourist, but you will get to love the city for the people's honesty, and the love for nature. Of course, fresh food would be something worth dying for. Go to Breakthru restaurant. You will have a blast there.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi globaldoc, I don't go out mostly at night. We went to a resort so we can enjoy the beauty of nature there. I love Mambukal Resort but since we have spent less time there we were not able to explore the whole resort. Hopefully there'd be next time.
• India
24 Jan 12
Hi ene: That means this place will have to live with less of your mesmerizing charm for 7 long days? The excitement you guys are feeling right now in meeting a decade long missed friend is palpable all over here!. I'm sure you will have wonderful time. Good you are thinking of staying in touch as much as you can. Do keep sharing all the exciting stuff you do [and drink/eat ] in your friend's place.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Hi Pushhyarag, I will miss myLot too, but I do hope somehow I can peep from time to time if we are not so busy chatting or going out there. Yeah I am definitely sure it will be an enjoyable vacation at my friend's place. I will try to share the fun here once I'm back!
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@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Oh that would be a nice and long vacation.I hope I could spend vacation that long like yours.Never had a really great and long vacation for a long time cause work really spoiled it.Hope to have soon. I guess there will be some nice places to visit there.The mere fact that you will be in a province for a while is great.Fresh air, foods and beautiful nature.Get away from the city and pollutions and stress for a while.Enjoy,have fun and have a safe travel.
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Try to file a leave ardoy, so you can have a great and long vacation too I do hope you can take a little rest away from the city too. Well I am not actually from the city, so I don't have much problem with the stress and pollution. But then, of course being 2 to 3 hours away from Manila - going to a far province from here would be fun and refreshing!
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@indi15 (888)
• India
25 Jan 12
All the best for your trip enelym. Its always great fun to take a break and spend good time with family and friends. I went to Mumbai a few days back only, it was great fun. Enjoy yourself!!!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi indi, Thanks I also had great fun going to my friend's place. Nice to know that you also had fun going to a trip. Yes indeed taking a break is always a great experiencing as we have to relax for some time and spent it with our family or friends.
@Heixyin (175)
• Malaysia
2 Feb 12
Good for you! Hope you enjoy your trip! Well, I'm not from Bacolod but if you don't mind I would love to know about it. Is there anything unique about that place? Thanks for sharing:D
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
HI Heixyin, Yes I just came back last Tuesday evening. We went there to be with our friend whom we have not see for such a long long time, second would be to roam around. But we're glad she brought us at a resort which I really love and would love to go back there again if I got enough money to travel there again I still haven't explored it much..
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 12
I hope that your flight will go very well. I am sure that you are going to really enjoy your trip to see your friend. Often on a trip I use my net book to go onto wonderful My Lot. I will have to pack it more carefully for my next trip because in Colombia the screen of my net book smashed. I bought a replacement for it when I came home and my brother-in-law kindly fitted it for me. My last trip was in early 2011 to the Caribbean coast of Colombia. I traveled with my daughter and my disabled son. We stayed in two different cities and did day trips from them. The weather was hot and tropical. In March this year will be flying off to Argentina. It will be a 20 hour bus trip over to Chile. I am so looking forward to this planned trip.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
24 Jan 12
Hi maximax, Oh no! Sorry to read about what happened with your netbook screen! Wow you really had lots of nice trip with your kids! Argentina, seems an interesting country to visit On my trip - sadly, I can't bring my laptop - it's too big for me to carry since my bag is also so full. I don't have netbook, 'though my brother have one, the problem is it's not working anymore and we haven't brought it yet for repair. There is a desktop and Internet on my friend's house but I doubt if I can still sit in front of the computer. Maybe I can but can only use it for a few minutes.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Jan 12
hi enelym001 go and have a t on of fun. It will be so exciting for] you to see your old friend again.. I have heard so much about the various beauty spots in the Philippines that I am a little envious of you.I have a Filipino friend here who has filled me in on how tropical and great it is there.Pearla De Santos. She is a really sweet woman and always is giving me gifts just because she says she likes me. lol I am in California here in the US.forget mylot for awhile as it will still be here and really enjoy your vacation.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi Hatley I am back from my vacation at my friend's house! Had so much fun there roaming with her and meeting her family and we also get to meet one of our friend's from college! Nice to know that you have a good Filipino friend who was telling you about our country
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
25 Jan 12
en Wow, bring me piya-piya and butterscotch please We always spend our summer vacation back to my hometown (Baguio City) and it's just 2 months away -so soon :) Enjoy your vacation and share some photos once you're back. Take care
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Bacolod delicacies - Piaya, Bañadas, Barquillos
hi jai Baguio! Never been there and we are also planning to go there. We just don't know yet if we our budget would allow even an overnight stay there. But I do hope we can. I didn't see butterscotch there. But there I brought a few piaya's, tart, barquillos and baƱadas! My brother's already done with barquillos - LoL! Hopefully I can buy more on our next visit there, I'll make sure to bring a smaller bag and by that time my bestfriend's 3-year old daughter won't need to ask her mom to carry her; so it would be easier for me and her to carry some more pasalubongs.
• Philippines
25 Jan 12
Nice to hear my friend ,that your will go for a trip. Enjoy your vacation. We will surely miss you here and mypage5 also . Happy trip! How I wish bacolod is near in our place. I would love to meet you ^^. Takecare!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Feb 12
Hi Basha, Thanks! I'm back and had fun on my trip to Bacolod (Negros Occidental) I missed myLot and mypage5 a lot. Haven't done my tasks on both sites. But here I am back again and hopefully be active again!