Para! MOA lang po.

Basically, this is the second of our escapades to Mall of Asia. We went there without asking permission from our parents. We're dormers anyway, and sometimes "...but what she (mom) don't know won't hurt her..." that's according to Jadyn Maria's song hehe. The best part was, this happened on a night we were supposed to be studying for our qualifying exam. But fun was way more fun than studying in our dorms. ;)

We went their because of the Earth Hour 2011. My friend wanted to celebrate it there and with a candlelit dinner (which didn't happen...sorry dear). So basically, we went there to celebrate the switching off of lights for one hour and of course to have fun! :D

We were just there at the rotunda grounds, watching people sway their candle sticks in the air and listen to a soothing-voiced female singer. I saw Marc Nelson (faint) and Rovilson Fernandez, who hosted the event very well. Just the voice would kill what more of their faces and wohoho bodies. LOL I wanted to shout "Take yer shirt off!" if it hadn't been that embarrassing and well, scandalous; too bad no pictures of them. :( 

people with candles

us

I also got the chance to see Gretchen Malalad, the reporter from ABS-CBN. I also saw how it is done, just a minute or less of reporting and it takes at least 3 takes so it'd be nice looking on TV. Funny thing was people project when the camera swings by their direction, I and my friends are hiding from it not because of embarrassment but because of we might be seen by our parents. Haha Remember? We're all sneak outs, hehe. 

Gretchen Malalad reporting

After the Earth Hour we went back inside the mall to eat dinner at Friday's. Nothing much at Friday's just the usual us, stories here, banter there. 

the genormous burger my friends ordered

After Friday's they bought Starbucks and we went home. Two of our friends are kinda wanted at their respective places already. At the van, still the fun continued and then subsided until everyone is sorta sleepy. I'd like to posts some of the photos of people asleep but they might kill me for letting the world see. Haha

A lot more stories in between but it would bore you if I iterate each one so I guess this is all for now folks!

Till the next chapter of my life as a college student. :)

xoxo

Davao: The Eagles' Time

Before New Year's Eve, we went to see the Philippine Eagles at its sanctuary at Malagos, the foot of Mt. Apo. The Sanctuary breeds those endangered species that we have here in the Philippines like the famous Philippine Eagles, the White Bellied Sea Eagles, the Brahminy Kites and others.

We should really save our Eagles, they are endangered. It's sad because these kinds of species are beautiful and really are pride to the Filipinos yet a lot of hunters mercilessly hunt them down just to eat or make them pets. Plus we are also continuing to destroy their natural habitats hence no living place, no more breeding grounds, less new born eaglets.

Presently, there are 35 Philippine Eagles in the sanctuary; there will be an additional one coming this January 27 as a new egg will be hatched. :)

Aside from the Philippine Eagles there are other kinds of eagles in the sanctuary. Here are some of the other birds in the sanctuary.

White Bellied Sea Eagle

Eagle Owl

Brahminy Kite

There are other animals in the sanctuary like the Cappuccins, Wild Bore, Philippine Mountain Deer, etc. The Sanctuary takes care of endangered species, breeds them and tries to reintroduce them to the wild. Unfortunately, from the 4 Philippine Eagles that they have reintroduced to the wild, none of them survived. :(

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After the Malagos Sanctuary, we went back to the city at Gusteau's Fud Haus and ate Crabs. Big Crabs. Yummy! We still saw them live and served to us in a very yummy way.

those are live ones

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My Christmas in Davao is really a Merry Christmas, spending time with family, staying at a place that is accessible to many places, everyday pasta. Haha But hey, my weight is kind of maintained. :P The relaxed, nothing to worry about aura. Such a nice place, the only thing that is unusual to me is on New Year's Eve, it's so quiet. No one is lighting firecrackers or any pyrogenics. It's a city ordinance that it is not allowed even if it's New Year. That's why its really quiet New Year's Eve time. I'm really gonna miss Davao, I'm actually missing it now.

Things I did while in Davao...

- shopped at SM Davao

- saw the Ampatuan Mansions

- visited the Ateneo de Davao University Campuses

- rode the zip line at Outland Adventure

- visited and went on swimming at GAP Farming Resort

- saw the butterflies at Butterfly House

- saw the many crocodiles at Crocodile Park

- soared with the Philippine Eagles at Philippine Eagle Sanctuary in Malagos

- ate big crabs at Gusteau's Fud Haus

- visited the Davao Museum at Insular Village

- ate frozen yogurt at Tutti Frutti

We'll surely come back to the Land Of Promise, Davao City! Wait for our return! :D <3 :)

xoxo

2011: Press Start

Here's to starting over.

Here's to making things better.

Say hello to the Rabbit.

Happy New Year everyone! :D

Davao Soars

The day before my uncle's family went back to Cagayan de Oro, we went swimming at Gap Farming Resort. And yes, swimming plus the sun equals me being toasted, literally. I'm darker than my usual color now. Haha Oh well, whitening regimen again when I go back to Manila. :P There were a lot of fun memories on that day, the pool shot, where we fell on the pool one by one. The numerous cannon balls I did. :) The "back stroke" of my mom which, according to my uncle, looked like a reverse butterfly. LOL The swimming race. The failed "find the bottle in the pool," failed because my mom prepared a clear bottle filled with water. It did sink yes, but it just sank and was never found since it camouflaged with the pool floor. Haha

Carabao and the Magsasaka

us in the pool

After GAP, we went to the mall, my cousins and my brother were supposed to play DOTA but unfortunately there is no internet cafe in it. Instead, we went to World of Fun, played different games and went on a bump car ride. :)

bump car at World of Fun

That was the last day with my uncle, aunt, and cousins. The next morning they traveled already to CdO. It was unusually quiet in the apartment when they left. No more super Xbox marathon at tito's  LCD TV. The pink room where they were staying is empty and quiet. The only noise that could be heard is the TV plus the chattering, bantering and quarreling voices of me and my siblings plus mom. Humph. I wish this to be repeated, they live in Cagayan de Oro and we live in Cavite. They rarely fly to Manila either us to CdO. The last time I saw them was well, a few months back but before that it was more or less 10 years ago. So, yeah... I want a repeat. Hehe :P :D

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Yesterday, we went to Butterfly House and Crocodile Park of Davao. There were lots of pretty butterflies in it unfortunately we didn't have a nice camera to take photos with. But my mom did her best to capture the photos of some butterflies we saw in the farm. The extraordinary ones are hard to find plus they can't be reached by the "zoom" of our camera phone.

Davao Butterfly House

newly hatched butterfly. :)

Pupae Shelf

the female will lay eggs in a few days ;)

Some of the butterflies we saw...

The Crocodile Park was also fun, besides the crocodiles, it features some birds and other zoo animals too.

We also visited the Tribu K Cultural Village. Not much photos were taken as it was almost dark when we got there.

Uyaanan - a traditional house of the tribe

So much for now. Next post will be about more of our trips here in Davao.

xoxo