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Off to Bicol

Posted in Bicol, grandmother, tagged , , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier today, Gab and I are having second thought of visiting my grand mother, his great grand mother in Tondo due not so friendly weather.  

We only decided to go finally when it was about 4pm in the afternoon. To my surprise, we arrived at my grand mother and caught her packing her things up. They will be off to Bicol tomorrow night. (You know how oldies are…they want things done right away, so my grand mother is packing her things already more than 24 hours before the actual trip.)

My Uncle Roger will drive them off to Bicol. Too bad, Gab and I cannot go with them because I was not able to get a vacation slot from my office.

I just heard my Uncle Roger just subscibed to gps tracking for trucks. He’ll test in on their trip to Bicol, I wonder if that will work well with his van.

It will take them about 7 hours to reach our hometown in Bicol.

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A More Safe and Newly Improved Vehicle

Posted in 1.3E Vios, Bicol, safety;, travel on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The recent trip to Bicol we had about three weeks ago gave us a chance to discover a lot of things we need to improve on our car. Even on the very first trip to Bicol we had early this year, my Uncle already noticed that we don’t have enough light when driving along provincial road because we are only using 55W bulb installed on the car’s headlight.  I guess we had had enough difficulty three weeks ago when we were caught on heavy rains along the roads of  Atimonan, Quezon.  We ran at 10kph while we were totally blinded by the heavy rain fall.  Finally, Rey gave in to change bulb to a higher wattage and what’s more important is we are using the yellow lamp/light.  This type has the capacity to penetrate lights even on heavy rains.  Having full tinted windshield affects visibility too, from the inside of the vehicle, but  Rey stressed he does not want any changes on the tint and I can put up with that.  I feel safer now knowing we have a nice bulb that will not allow us to have a betterview along the road.  We certainly don’t want any accident to happen.

Along the road, my Uncle were giving me lectures left and right about prioritizing safety along the road.  Finally, when I told Rey about bad our experience during the heavy rain, he gave in to upgrade the bulb of the car.  I got a really nice brand of bulb for the headlight from atv power steering website.  They offer different accesorries for heavy duty vehicles which you can hardly find at supermarkets.  The bulb we need was shipped out in no less than 24 hours. 

Welcome home, Baby.  Promise, I wont hurt you again!!!

The car finally got home today after a nice repair from the auto shop.  Comparing the car from its old photos here, it now looks clean and brand new and beautiful.

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Thirty Six Hours

Posted in Bicol, Lola, vacation on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Here we are, back again in Manila.

This recent trip to Bicol was the shortest visit I had in all my visits. We only stayed 36 hours at home. We arrived at 8am on Saturday and left at 5pm on Sunday. We were on the road for 7 hours each way. From Cavite, my Uncle and I picked up my Lola in Tondo, then hit the road going to Bicol.

I missed my hometown, this my best description of simple living. According to my Uncle, we had electricity in our barangay at about 1980 or so. I am lucky because I was born in Manila in 1979 and my Lola brought me to Bicol sometime in 1980, I suppose when electricity is so new in town. Suddenly, I remember the old radio transistor and a small electric fan we have at home. These are the only thing we have at home that uses electricity aside from the 2 electric bulbs we have. Analog TV, Turn Tables and Electric stove may already be common in Manila but not in our place. In fact, I don’t remember that we have ever used the electric fan because its not needed. We only had that because its one of the things my Lola got from my mother when I was given to her. So my lola had no choice to take home the fan with me.

Enough of reminiscing, I will show some picture I took when we had a chance to attend the afternoon mass on Saturday in our local chapel.

Enough of reminiscing, I will show some picture I took when we had a chance to attend the afternoon mass on Saturday in our local chapel.

This is the main altar at the chapel. A lot of improvement compare of what we used to have more that 20 years ago.

The old image of San Roque is the same we have years and years ago.

This is the same old image my lola and I used to pray at whenever we pass by the chapel.

This is my Lola, taken after the mass. She was talking other mass attendees who wants to say hello to her and ask blessing of the hand.

I was lucky to take pictures of those who attended the mass also.

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Bicol Here We Come

Posted in Bicol, hometown, vacation on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

We finally gave in to my lola’s request to visit our hometown in Bicol again.   Later today, we are leaving for a long drive going to Paracale.  

Seems to me like when you’re as  old as my Lola, a strong 84,  you get all the authority you want in the family. Imagine how my Lola’s request mobilized my two of my Uncles and me to allow her to travel to Bicol. I can feel how Rey would like to refuse for me to go with them, especially when I decided not to bring Gab along for two reasons (one, he get see sick when he travels far, and two, I am needed to assist my Lola since she can’t walk anymore), but he just can’t because of the demand of my Lola.

This is the first time I will be far from Gab since he was born, I hope it will be easy for him and his nanny when Rey is away at work.  The vehicle that we will use is actually scheduled  for repair and anytime it should be taken to the shop but we still push thru.  The wreck I did on the car since almost a month ago will be another story I have to post for you.

My uncle will drive for us.  How I wish I am really good already in driving so I can atleast substitute him when he gets tired.  But since I am not and I don’t want to get my Lola to panic just because its me whose driving, I will just be a happy passenger.  Hope I can think of lots of stories and questions to ask my Uncle to keep him awake for a drive that is around seven hours or more.   Good thing, Philippines is a tropical country so we will not  need rud tire chains along the road.  I will make sure we have enough goodies to keep up awake along the road.

I will surely give you few glimpses on our photos from Bicol.

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