The Journey Continues...

Our company president called me this afternoon and told me that I’ll be going with him to Camarines Norte on the first week of June to have a demo with one of the mayors there. He scheduled 3 days only, 2 of which will be spent for travelling and 1 day for the demo. I’m both excited and scared for this trip. Excited because the town really needs the product we are offering and I do hope the mayor will pursue his plans of providing potable water to the towns. I’m scared at the same time because the weather there is always rainy and most of the time they have typhoons. I just hope and pray for a safety trip and that it will be a fruitful one. :)

I’ve been gone for a few days because of work and the trip was really tiring. I was in Mindanao last week and our schedule is so tight that there was a time we need to travel at 1:00am to make it to our meeting the following day. I felt like I was going to get sick so my mom advised me to take some vitamins to make sure I’ll be fine. She advised me also to bring those vitamins when I go on my next trip again. I think I haven’t recovered yet because I haven’t had any rest days but I do hope I’ll be able to take some time off from work soon. :)

I’m out of town for one whole week this week to conduct a demo for the product I’m handling. We will be visiting 5 provinces and we really hope that something good will turn out after these demos. It’s my first time to be away for one straight week and I definitely miss them. Thank God for cellular phones, I get to talk to them everyday. Anyhow, I’m on the second province now and I do hope things will work out well in our demo here. :)

Last Thursday, I was tasked by our President to visit one of the resorts in Batangas to see if we can have our summer outing there. We were hoping to find a place similar to those who had an Orlando vacation so that the employees will enjoy. So off I went together with 3 of my officemates. Our President is kind enough to let us use his Fortuner so that we will be comfortable during the trip. We didn’t like the place he suggested so we went to visit other resorts. We found one that we like and we think the employees will love it but the person we talked to said we have to coordinate with the Manila office for the reservations. Last Friday, we called the resort but unfortunately they are fully booked until June. The committee will have a meeting this afternoon to discuss more venues and set a schedule for ocular again. We are targeting to have the outing by next month so we only have a few weeks to work on. I hope we will be able to find a good place.

My friends and I were talking in twitter this morning and all wants a vacation this summer. A friend will be going to the US with her family and is so excited because her SIL prepared an itinerary for them with all expense paid. They also want to include an Outer Banks vacation though I’m not sure if her SIL was able to include it. Another friend will be spending the Holy Week at the beach and a few more are still looking for places on where to spend their vacation. As for me, our family will be going to our house in Batangas on April and we’re hoping to hit the beach since we’re there already.

My cousins and I were planning a summer outing for our families. One of my cousins will be arriving from the US and they want to spend some time at the beach. We’re currently looking at the beaches in Batangas since we also plan to go to our province after our outing. All of us are looking forward to this family vacation since we haven’t seen our cousin for a long time and I’m sure the kids will all have fun at the beach. If budget permits, we would love to go to any of the Karisma Hotels. I’ve read in some reviews that having a vacation there is truly relaxing. They have great food and incredible service. The Azul Beach Hotel Resort is family friendly where parents are pampered and are even provided with strollers, cribs, milk heaters, etc. Kids will enjoy at the activity center in case they don’t want to swim at the beach. I hope sometime we get to visit the place. :)

Last Christmas vacation, most people here in my part of the world were indeed on vacation. But not for me and Paul. The kids’ nannies took a vacation and so we were left with the kids. Not that we’re complaining. Those two weeks that we were by ourselves really made us bond with them and we saw how both of them behave. Anyhow, I was telling Paul that we haven’t had a family vacation yet and this summer is a great time to spend it. We can go to the white sand beaches of Riviera Maya and stay at wonderful hotels like Karisma hotel. I’m sure we will be enjoying their great and luxurious accommodations and sumptuous cuisine. If only we can afford it. Hehe! Paul hasn’t given me the approval yet if we can go on vacation this summer. Let’s wait and see.

Our passport will be expiring soon so Paul and I are planning to renew it before the year ends coz that’s when most people are busy with Christmas and we’re hoping that DFA will be able to assist us faster. We also plan to get a passport for Hannah since Lance has one already. If we have passports already, we hope to have a family vacation but we still don’t have a destination yet hehe! We plan to live like those of myrtle beach condo rentals so that our stay will be more fun. I hope our vacation plans will push thru but for now, we need to have our passports renewed first. :)

Last Saturday, me and my family went to Batangas with my sister for my uncle’s death anniversary. Almost all of my cousins went there too. We decided to leave early in the morning because we expect there will be heavy traffic due to the long weekend. I woke up at 12 midnight to prepare our things and also to check whatever clothes I can give to my relatives staying in the province. I was able to finish preparing by 1:30 and decided not to sleep anymore because we will wake up at 3am since we’re planning to leave the house at 4am. Because I was not able to sleep much that night, people noticed the dark circles under eyes and even my aunt advised me what to put on it to lessen the darkness. The kids had so much fun playing on the grounds, and even Hannah played with them too. We left Batangas at 6:30pm and got home by 10. It was one fun-filled day. :)

Last week, we went to visit Paul’s uncle in Pampanga. We went there with Patrick and Family and we just met at the gas station in NLEX. I told Paul I’d like to drive on the way to Pampanga since I haven’t driven at NLEX. Hehe! All I can say is wow! I hope SLEX will be like that since we often travel going to Batangas. Road trip will be much fun if the road condition at SLEX is like that of NLEX, hopefully soon!

Anyway, Paul was glad upon seeing his uncle since he was still in college the last time he saw him. I on the other hand, saw him 4 years ago when we went to Tarlac with my FIL, and Paul was in Taiwan then. The kids naman had fun since they get to see other children. Lance played with his cousins outside the house while Hannah had fun walking.

We left Pampanga by 4pm and Paul was the one who drove since the kids were tired from playing. I’m glad I wasn’t the one driving for when we got to balintawak, traffic was bad! Hehe! Can’t remember what time we got home but all of us were tired and immediately went to sleep and rest. :)