Wow. Isn’t that something? A park named after you? Sometimes, I wonder if I made the right decision to finish a computer course (over architecture) when I could have just taken an online it degree, simultaneously taking architecture. Hmmm, doable but not easy to juggle between two courses even if one is just an online it degree which you can take in your most convenient time.

Anyway, we were trying to bide time so we decided to visit the park for just 30 minutes. My daughter would have wanted to ride a boat but I knew 30 minutes wouldn’t be enough so we just opted to let them play in the playground.

Fun just the same, for free.

I know this kind of weather is perfect for beer and some grilled food in the backyard. But it isn’t just practical to bring electric grills on trips, good thing though that Baguio is full of restaurant and bars that have grilled food in their menu.

Being pregnant, I dismissed the thought of an ice cold beer for the night. Instead, I chose to sleep early and wake up early to pick from the strawberry fields in La Trinidad.

The kids were disappointed though because there were no strawberries for picking because of the rain.

Ok, I admit, I was disappointed too. Still, there were strawberries for sale.

We opted for taho (soy pudding) with strawberries.

Does it look too sweet? Well, yeah, it was.

Anyway, sharing our Nuvali photos. On our way home from Batangas Wednesday last week, we decided we check Nuvali at Sta. Rosa. My daughter (and her 3 year old uncle) had the chance to feed the koi fishes. Well, she was afraid to go near the edge as the fishes were literally jumping for the feeds.

We also decided to try the short boat ride. And glad that we did as we had fun even if we, sitting in front, got a little wet.

Sharing photos. Can you see any sand?

Sharing this page reminiscent of the ride.

Journaling: Day 1 of our tour
Macau is definitely included in our itinerary. So just right after checking in and having lunch in HK, we went straight to the nearest port to ride the ferry.

It was my first time to ride the ferry so I was a bit agitated as I do not know how to swim. And imagine, we had to do it twice in one day, round trip. Haha.

Credits:

I sometimes envy a former classmate who owns (together with her husband) an RV. They travel every two weekends to different places. She said they always make sure they have 5th wheel warranty so they are always covered anytime they go. It’s fun to travel around but sure to have somewhere to eat and rest. Not to mention you can bring all the food and clothes you want to.

Now that’s convenient fun.

First that we saw was a fire dance. Then upon entering further, we heard someone calling out for invitations to watch an animal show. So we entered the “coliseum”.

By the time that the animal show ended, there were lots of people in the zoo. And the queue for the tram was very long. We saw the nocturnal animals but it was too dark to take pictures as flash photography is strictly prohibited. Not only might you scare the animals, you might also get them blind!

Unfortunately we were too tired to walk the different exciting trails. Trails are the reason to go to the night safari, and we didn’t do it. Tsk tsk.

Then she saw some people riding an elephant while we were touring the zoo riding the tram. In my opinion, the elephant looks young and healthy. No need for cholesterol treatments. Hahaha.

We had to get off the tram to grant her simple request, that we ride the elephant too. Surprising, isn’t it?

*This is a photo of the purchased photo. Too lazy to scan it. Photo is worth S$20.

No matter how many times that your child expressed her fear of water fountains or swimming pool, always bring her swimsuit on family trips. You’ll never know.

Every family trip, we never fail to bring our DSLR and digital cameras. Husband even brought 3 lenses for this trip. While packing our bags, I even saw three new swimsuits of our daughter that have yet to be worn. I didn’t bring them as I have no swimming time in our itinerary.

Bad decision. When we arrived the Singapore Zoo, I saw on some of the posters that they have what they call “wet play”. I dismissed it knowing my daughter isn’t too fond of water play anyway. I saw on the zoo map that the Kidzworld has a carousel, my daughter’s favorite. So while the husband took shots, my daughter and I headed to Kidzworld. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the ticket booth, we were told that the carousel is under renovation.

When my daughter saw the wet play area, she told me she wanted to “swim”.

U-oh! It was only one hour before closing time (zoo closes at 6pm) and the swimsuit being sold in their store is too expensive for an hour of use. Well, of course, she can use the swimsuit again but still, I can’t dismiss that she has tons at home, and I didn’t like the style and colors of those being sold.

I explained to her that we can go swimming when we get back to the Philippines, and that she can play in the playground instead. She agreed. Whew!

So when he went in for his parajump and megazip, my daughter and I waited outside. And the little girl saw this and tried it herself.

Not bad for a beginner.

Then I saw the foreigners who were in front of my husband in the queue for the parajump. His knees were scraped like big adult acne. I asked him where he got that. He said he landed on his knees during his jump. Ouch!

I had to ask the clerk how much a photo costs when I saw this.

I was disappointed when she told me that there’s no photo system yet for Megazip Adventure Park. Sheesh! When the husband came back, I asked him if he wants to parajump again so I could take pictures. But oops, I was still looking for the perfect spot, when I heard him jump. All I got was this blurry shot.

So I asked him again if he can jump one more time. For some reason, the DSLR was set to timer. So 3 seconds after his jump, the camera started clicking. You can even hear it in this video (you can hear my daughter counting for the jump as well).

Nope. He didn’t want to jump for the 4th time (nor do the megazip again). I perfectly understand.