Beach Trip with AC Friends

No summer vacation will be complete without a trip to the beach so the moment I was able to confirm our flight to Manila, I immediately sent an email to my friends to let them know that 1) we will be coming home, and 2) that we should start making plans for a beach trip.
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We've been going to Pat's lola's beach house in San Juan, Batangas for two years in a row now. Last year, a send-off party was held for us here together with Ria's birthday celebration.
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This is the view that I woke up to.
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aThe orange tent in the background is Ria and Kerwin's high-tech tent. I call it high-tech because I've never seen a tear-drop shaped tent before. I used to think that all tents are dome-shaped. Heehee! Aerodynamic daw yun so it can withstand high winds on the mountain.
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aThe beach house. This place has been witness to a lot of fun memories with my friends -- Katab's alcohol-induced antics, Aris's late night pangungulit, the silly dancing (remember Kerwin's point-point-fist-fist dance step?), all-day all-night laughing. And did I mention the food?! Gosh...here we eat like five times a day -- full meals at that! Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner! Hindi pa counted yung snacks in between the snacks. Haha! Here you live and eat like royalty and as my friend Pat would say, that's her kind of vacation. Ditto!!
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aWe were blessed with lovely beach weather. Mom said it was raining in Tagaytay during that time so we were lucky.
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aThe kids caught some jellyfish. It did not sting at all. Big Moe wanted to bring them home.
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aRia, beautifully tanned as always, chilling on a hammock.
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aAly tried out the hammock too. Thanks, tita Ri for helping her.
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aThe kids -- Gabbi, Bianca, Aly and Moe had a great time too!
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Playing with tito Kerwin's poi -- and thankfully not injuring themselves or anyone with it.
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Chilling with Pat, Fides and Ria. Let's make this a yearly thing, ok? Maybe we can also go to other places like Bohol, Galera...anywhere as long as we get together.
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Till next year!

Happiness...

...is Aly, Moe and Gabbi.
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You probably know by now that I'm a sucker when it comes to these three kids. I just love them to bits! One of my joys is seeing them together; playing and doing all kinds of goofy stuff. I also love it when they tackle me with a group hug. Imagine all three of them hugging me at the same time! It's hard to keep my balance, but it's the best thing in the world!
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And did I mention that they just looovve to be photographed?
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aThese photos were taken when we were buying halo-halo at Good Shepherd. They didn't really care much about the halo-halo. They were just there for the pasyal and the goofing around.
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aThis set of photos were taken at Robinson's Tagaytay. They demanded to have their photo taken at each and every display -- and with multiple shots pa! Para silang nag-photo shoot! But I only picked the ones that I love.
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It's funny how these two girls will gang up on Big Moe. Girls vs boys daw kasi and poor Moe is the only boy. Aly will just tell him to wait for her baby brother daw para may kakampi na sya. Haha!
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Sometimes, my Aly, being the stariray that she is, will be bratty and bossy but her ate Gabbi and kuya Moe wouldn't mind. They treat her like a baby sister but they're careful not to mention the word baby because they know that Aly will not like it! She'll say she's not a baby; she's a big girl! Haha!
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Aly had loads of fun during our short summer vacation. Sometimes when she's eating her snack, she would suddenly remember some of the funny stuff that her kuya Moe did and she would laugh about it!
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To ate Gabbi and kuya Moe: thank you for a wonderful summer! We miss you! Hope to see you again soon!

Hong Kong - Macau: Senado Square + Ruins of St. Paul's

After breakfast, we still had a lot of time to spare so we decided to do a little sightseeing before going to the airport. We packed our bags, checked out of the hotel and headed to Senado Square.
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We rode on one of those black cabs.
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aDowntown Macau.
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aI love how they decorated their sidewalks.
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aSenado Square.
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On our way to Ruins of St. Paul's, we passed by a church and went inside.
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aWalking uphill to the Ruins, where there were a lot of pasalubong shops along the way.
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Ruins of St. Paul's. We didn't climb up anymore, pagod na kasi kami. Heehee!
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After taking a good number of photos, I immediately headed to the nearest pasalubong shop to buy some goodies for my in-laws...
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a...and to buy myself a Portugese egg tart. Soo heavenly! I brought home a box of these!
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We still had plenty of time to spare, so we decided to chill at Starbucks.
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aCaramel Frapuccino for me :)
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More family photos!
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aMore Macau city scenes. In these photos, we were checking out the area near Senado Square.
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aFinally, it was time to go back to the hotel, get our luggage and head to the airport.
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Macau International Airport.
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There you have it! Our summer vacation. Whoo!! What a trip it was! I loved every single minute of it. Good times with the family indeed!
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Credit goes to my mom for making all the arrangements. Thanks, mom! Till our next trip!