I’m back from my whirlwind holiday in the Philippines, feeling all bruised and battered from all the weight that I carried with me to and from the Philippines while running around after the twins.
On the one hand, I wished I didn’t bring my MacBook Pro because of its size and weight. But on the other hand, my 87-year old grandmother enjoyed the photos of my family and my trips all over the world on my Mac’s huge screen. I briefly considered copying the pics from the Mac to a smaller Netbook (from the office) but didn’t have the time to do so last week. That MacBook Pro is to blame for most of my backache right now. But in the end, it was so worth it.
On the one hand, I wished I stuck to my brother’s Olympus wide-angle point and shoot camera. But on the other hand, I’m glad I chose to also bring along my D90 with the lighter 50mm f/1.8 lens because it took pics in low-light situations that the Olympus couldn’t. So in retrospect, it was worth the bulk and extra weight.
Right now, I need to catch up on my emails so the pics would have to wait until later this week. In the meantime, I am most tempted to look for weight loss pills that work. My trip to the Philippines may have been short, but it involved waaaaay too much eating all the foods that I missed and sipping on cup after cup after cup of rich, thick sikwate (hot chocolate)!
Sikwate with sticky rice & mango (image from wanderlustsha.com)
A trip to the Philippines always involves lots of eating! =)
it’s so nice that you had the opportunity and time to go home Mimi! i guess it’s refreshing once in a while to go back home. :)
look delicious..
yummy2…
i’m sure the memories from that trip trumps all those body aches! :)
“sikwate” sure sounds more delicious than the chocolate soy milk i’m drinking now. :P
A delicacy only from the South especially Cebu, Bohol… yummy, yummy.
I have this other online friend who works in UAE who did just that but was unfortunate enough to suffer Ondoys deluge. She ended up stuck in NAIA.
I guess there really is no place like Pinas eh? I can only imagine how hard it is to be so far from family.
Waaaahhh!!!! You did not contact me!!!!
I was so looking forward to meet you all these months. You should have bonded with the other Soccsksargen Bloggers too!
And other than that, I was hoping for some hopia from KL to feast on.
Anyway, I sure hope you had the grandest time here, no matter how fleeting your vacation was. There is really no place like home, especially when it is in South Central Mindanao!
Oh well, might as well visit you in KL soon, my dear!
Ayo-ayo and Magandang GenSan ever! :)
hehe…a lot of friends were quite upset i didn’t tell them about the trip. this trip was just to see my lola. maybe next time ;)
I miss batirol, too (hot choco)! In my most recent vacation, I didn’t bring a laptop. But had an external drive to share the pix to family/relatives.
witsandnuts: i didn’t have the time & foresight to tranfer the pics to an external drive.