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Whale Shark Watching
Like what i said in my previous post, c0nie, naldo (c0nie's brother), naldo's c0worker, c0nie's aunt and their c0usin, irene and i went to tan-awan to go whale shark watching!
Yehey! Im really happy i was able to go there because i had s0o0o0o0o0o0o0o much fun at 0.00 php c0st! Sounds great right?Ü
The lodging was supp0sedly a minus 650 php fr0m my budget.
Whale watching and swimming c0uld have c0st me 500 php but i got it at zero expense. C0nie's aunt sh0uldered the payment of the ro0m and c0nie payed my whale shark adventure for just 30php. That's because locals pay 30php 0nly. Hehe! And i g0t free super delici0us meals to0!
When we arrived in tan-awan, we joined the orientati0n then payed the fee. We b0arded the b0at and the b0atman to0k us to the sea where the whale shark were. It wasnt l0ng bef0re the whale sharks swam to our side.
Irene and i were swimming when conie shouted at me that the shark was coming my way. i dipped my head to see if it was true and thanks to my memory, i could still remember it vividly!
It was swimming t0wards me. I was stoned in ast0nishment to see h0w big and scary its head. it looked so vicious that all i could do was scream and swim for the life out of me.
It was like 4ft away fr0m me thats why i didnt have en0ugh time to calm myself and remember what the orientati0n discussed ab0ut what to do when this happens. I s0rt of scream and hurriedly pull myself out of the water.hahaha! it was then i realized that everyone was laughing at me.
Yehey! Im really happy i was able to go there because i had s0o0o0o0o0o0o0o much fun at 0.00 php c0st! Sounds great right?Ü
The lodging was supp0sedly a minus 650 php fr0m my budget.
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| this is where we drop off from oslob |
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| this is the entrance. we didnt ask us to pay the fee though |
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| can you tell how ecstatic i was??? |
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| sitting waiting for the orientation to start.. |
Irene and i were swimming when conie shouted at me that the shark was coming my way. i dipped my head to see if it was true and thanks to my memory, i could still remember it vividly!
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| conie and naldo told me to just stay at the back when they pay the ticket |
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| the tourists: me, irene, conie and her aunt :) |
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| irene's life vest :) |
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| i was thinking that i should take pictures as much as my battery can... |
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| for the love of God, please dont let my cellphone die on me.. |
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| the last picture i took before my cellphone finally gave in.. goodbye butanding. no pictures for you. but ill grab some from conie's cam. ill update this :) |
Though i got tan, scared and all, it's ok c0z i had a great time anyway! Ü for the love of God, if i have my 1st pay, id like to treat my c0usins back to that place.ü
Oslob (august 18-19, 2012)
Last saturday, i took the 7.15am trip to cebu to forget h0w my CCT training ended (chris and mommy jo, two of my g0od friends in training didnt make it and it just tore my heart to see them sad, unable to c0ntinue the j0urney with us) and to simply make use of my l0ng weekend. i dont get to have this everyday..
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| this ruin is really captivating especially that it is overlooking an equally captivating view of the ocean.. |
I decided to go there to finally keep the pr0mise i made to Mama Mary that i would go to Her shrine in Sib0nga, Cebu city; and my pr0mise to myself that i would go whale watching in Oslob.
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| i like taking pictures of architectural designs |
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| though this is simple, i like it so much. id like to build a house that the trusses are also seen. |
I was so lucky that when i went there, the people was celebrating their t0wn fiesta. Since it was fiesta, all the inns and lodging h0uses were full of merry-making tourists. I went there without letting my friend, c0nie, know ahead of time so she wasnt able to reserve a r0om for me.
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| this one too.. this has become their cafeteria or something like a gazebo for special occassions |
Fortunately, her aunt and c0usin went there, to0. instead of getting a r0om, they shared their r0om t0 me. It was a family r0om so there were emty beds for me to log myself 0n to (free things are w0nderful, right? Ü)
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| conie and her childhood friends.. |
Aside fr0m that, f0od was like EVERYWHERE! it was fiesta so grumbling st0mache was never a pr0blem. Eating all the f0od was! Ü
The f0ll0wing day, we went to Tan-awan to be in the best part of the w0rld..the beach!
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| when i first visited the place, it was not developed yet. the church was burned and all i could see was ruins of spanish infrastructures like the one on the left side. |
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| now, it is called quarttel |
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| isnt it nice? sitting on one of those benches on one sunny day looking at the vast blue sea, freeing yourself and your mind from all distressing thoughts of day to day life in the city.. |
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| breaking free from all the troubles and just feel the soft misty air brush on your skin..ah life!!! life is simple if you try to see it in a less complicated way. i love how life pass in this town... |
Simala Church
Going to Simala Church has been in my wish list for a very long time. i first knew about this church when i took my licensure exam in cebu city in 2008. my friends who were also taking the exam that time invited us to come with her to light a candle for the exam in simala church because it is well known to be miraculous..but i wasnt a believer during that time so i didnt go.
When i got my first job in Lifecebu, the teacher who was previously occupying my room drooped by to get some of her things and told me stories about it. In fact, she and her boyfriend who was diagnosed of having leukemia was devoting their time to go there for some miracles to shine upon them. a week later, she came back and showed me a picture of which she had taken from the shrine. it was her and her boyfriend with the church at their back. she said there was a sign in the picture. i couldnt see what she was talking about until she turn her cellphone upside down. to my shock, the clouds formed Jesus Christ's figure!!!
That's when i started believing.. I promised that i would visit it one of those days but it wasnt able to do it. for some reasons, i couldnt find a time to go there so i would just look at it from the window of the bus i was on going home to bacolod city.
And last Saturday, all my frustrations of going there has finally come to an end! Thank you Lord for helping me keep my promise after all these years..
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| taken from the entrance of the church. it was so huge that it looked like a castle in the mountain. |
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| this is Mama Mary's giant figure |
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| i didnt have enough time to fall in line to the front stair so i decided to just take the steps beside the church . i was basically just following the stream of people because i was afraid id be lost if go on my own. |
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| i bought some of these too. for karylle kat and yvette. but i wonder if i ever remember giving them those.jijiji! |
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| after lighting green, white and black candles, i sat and bid a short prayer for my exam, for enlightenment and forgiveness of the souls of my loved ones who passed away |
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| so exhausted.. |
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| i was trying to take pictures of the line i wanted to join when i first came. it's just 1/3 of the people because there were also people falling in line at my back going to the other stairs... |
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| see how long the line was? |
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| the 3pm sunlight was just blinding. i couldalmost pop my eye bags |
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| i have to leave the earliest time possible or else i would have to spend the night in one of the inns in dumaguete just in case i miss my bus.. |
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