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January 27, 2009 by Janey

January 23, 2009

Dinner @ Sanctuario Tagaytay, Metrowalk

Clockwise: Sharon Tan, ME, Mon, Bubba, Madz, and Francis

Missing: Chai and Oliver

Sharon has been working in Guang Zhou China for 2 years now. She is in Manila for a vacation but will fly back mid-Feb. She says she misses PI and will return and stay (probably for good) after 1 more month in China. Madz recently put up her own business but is back in being a corporate slave again doing it simultaneous with the biz. Francis is Francis who participated in the Fun Run last Sunday at the Fort. Because of Madz, from that night on, I dubbed him the Milo kid. Again, Chai bailed out while Oliver had an urgent thing to attend. Overall, it was a great evening of full of conversation, laughter and delicious food. It was only their first time to dine at Sanctuario and they were pretty satisfied with each of their order. Mon met with us around 11pm because we need to get our (Bubba, Mon and I) photo taken together to register for AXN’s BIG CHALLENGE.

Here is the sordid photo we took. (LOL)

Friday Dinner Album

https://www.janedchua.com/2008/06/27/sanctuary-sanctuario-tagaytay/

Sanctuario Tagaytay

Ilocos Norte Heritage Tour

March 19, 2008 by Janey

Time check: 09:55 PM. I timidly approached a slim guy holding a Photoholic banner at the assembly venue in Mc Donald’s Quezon Avenue. It was the night of the Peninsula Siege and the government declared a 12MN curfew. I’ve never experienced a curfew imposed by the government before and I was terribly afraid of breaking any law. Leia who said that we have all the necessary papers and identification to validate our trip to Ilocos calmed my fears.

I first stumbled across Travel Factor through their post in the PH Photo yahoo groups. I was deeply intrigued since the trip was dubbed as Photoholic. I am not a professional photographer nor am I a photo hobbyist since I can’t find the time to actually go out and shoot. I’ve only taken my Canon DSLR for a ride on 11 occasions since I first bought it 2 years ago. I love taking pictures though of scenery, people, food, captured moments… does that consider me as photoholic? Nevertheless, I booked Bubba and me for the Ilocos trip, again unbeknown to him. It was my pre-Christmas trip for him. I deposited the payment before the cut-off date and availed 2 slots.

Let me take you to a photo essay cum time blog of the tour.

DAY 1 (11/30/2007)

6:00 AM

ETA Vigan

St. Augustine Parish Church of Bantay and Bell Tower

7:00 – 8:00

Breakfast at Villa Angela Heritage House

First taste of authentic Vigan longganisa. I still prefer the crunchy Lucban or Alaminos longganisa but Vigan’s was yummy.

8:00 – 11:00

Walking Tour of Vigan Crisologo Street

St. Paul’s Cathedral @ St. Paul’s Bell Tower and Plaza Salcedo

Paburnayan Pottery Making

11:00 – 12:00

Buffet Lunch at Villa Angela Heritage House

12:30

Batac and Paoay

Marcos Museum

Paoay Church

Malacañang of the North

Laoag

Fort Ilocandia – X Sand Dunes – X Sinking Bell Tower

07:00 PM

Check-in at Polaris Beach House, Saud Beach

Buffet Dinner at Polaris Beach House

08:00 PM

Karaoke Time

DAY 2 (12/01/2007)

5:30 AM

Sunrise at Bangui Windmill

Brrr… It was freezing cold when I stepped out of the pink bus. The cold morning did not let up. I didn’t realize what was in front of me. Amazing, gigantic windmills!!! I’ve never seen anything as large and as many. It was a sight to behold, an experience to see. It’s weird but I can just stare at them the whole day and remain fascinated.

8:00 AM

Trekking at Kabigan Falls

It was my first time to trek and it wasn’t so bad. It was one of the activities I enjoyed during the trip. It only took 20 minutes to trek to Kabigan Falls. We had to walk in the woods and cross mini-streams.

It was also my first time to see a bee hive –and a massive one at that.

12:00 NN

Picnic Lunch at Maira-ira Blue Lagoon

The picnic lunch here was my favorite meal of the trip. They served Filipino Style Curry Chicken, Barbeque Chicken, Rice and Eggplant Salad and everything was delicious.