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Tuesday, May 12, 2009Last April, mommy and daddy arrived from Glendale, California. They stayed here for almost a week. I visited them and stayed at BSA Tower Condominium. At that same week, a cousin of mine from the US asked me to buy her some stuff for her future baby. I bought all the things that she asked for and it was quite a long list. 
Anyway, I was able to watched some of their home videos in the States and it was great. I miss them a lot and I'm hoping to see them soon. Also, a cousin of mine from Batangas celebrated her 25th birthday. I was supposed to attend her birthday bash but I suffered from minor migraines in those times. I got worried and went to visit my optometrist because I had the feeling that it had something to do with my eyes. I was right. I was diagnosed of astigmatism and that kinda sucks. For now, I'm still under observation and I'm still suffering from migraine attacks sporadically. 
When mommy and daddy went back to the States, Tito R decided to visit Pangasinan this May. I decided to join them since I needed a vacation as well. I shelled out money for the foods and extra expenses in Pangasinan while Tito R, courtesy of his son in US, shelled out money for fare and lodging.
We arrived in Dagupan Pangasinan last April 29 around 1 am. We then went to Tito R's house in Lasip Grande. We also decided to walk around the town at 2 am to look for a bibingka store. We slept at around 3 am. The next day we attended Mommy Diling's birthday and celebrated the town fiesta or should I say the famous Bangus Festival in Pangasinan. There were concerts and other sports activities in the area.
Since I still suffered from minor migraines then, I decided to skip some of those activities. I stayed home and watched TV all day 
. Our next stop was the CSI Supermarket in Lucap. We bought some groceries for our week long stay with them and some extra foodies for our trip in the coming days.
Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag - the first place we've been in Pangasinan. We attended the mass and the waited for the holy water blessings. We lighted candles and prayed for whatever we want to achieve this year. We also had our brunch near the church. After that, we went to Nepo Mall for a late lunch at KFC.
Todalingan Beach - I'm not sure if I spelled it correctly. We went there the day after our Manaoag visit. We went swimming from 10 am until 2pm. We thought we wouldn't be able to go since the weather wasn't really that good but by mid-day the weather turned great. We rented a cottage and their amenities to fully enjoy our day. It wasn't a well-known resort nor a high-class beach. It's just one of those places that most locals know about. We've experienced good surfing waves and some funny moments in that place. 
Baguio City - After basking in the sun, we went to Baguio. It was less than 2 hour drive from where we were staying. Unfortunately, we've experienced some major setbacks on our way up. As we were busy taking pictures of the beautiful view in Kennon Road, we collided into another vehicle in one of those crazy zigzag roads. It was a shocking experience because we never expected anything like that to happen. The collision happened so fast that both vehicles were damaged severely. It was also raining that time due to typhoon emong. The good thing about that incident is no one was hurt badly. Everybody was alive except for the totaled vehicles and traffic that was building up along Kennon Road. 
After settling the problems in Kennon Road, we reached Baguio City by 10 am. We went directly to SM Baguio since it was pouring hard that time. It was freezing cold. We took pictures everywhere, we even joined one of those aerobics exercises held inside the mall for fun and tried the Walk On Water activity. It was fun.
By lunch time, the rain finally stopped and we proceeded to Botanical Garden. We ate our lunch there and visited the art gallery inside. We met artists who made my cousins sketches for 15 minutes. We also met the 2nd tallest man in the world who was there at that time. We took pictures with him. Then, we went to Mines View Park were we bought some pasalubongs. After that, we visited places after places. From the Mansion to Wright Park Horse Ride section and then our last stop was the Baguio City Market and SkyWorld where we bought most of the souvenirs and pasalubongs. We even visited the wagwagan stores in Session Road. Renz bought a Vans shoes for 400 php. We raided every store we saw in that place. We reached Pangasinan again by 8pm that same day and we were dead tired. Thankfully, typhoon emong hit our side when we were already in Pangasinan. I think the news exaggerated a little bit about how strong the typhoon was. It was windy and raining hard but it wasn't as bad as the ones I've experiences last 2007 - Milenyo or something. A lot of the places in Pangasinan were flooded due to some problems in their dams and rivers.
We went home days after that. It's nice to be back but I've been itching to come back because I really enjoyed my north adventure. Traveling from different places and speaking with the locals in different language is kinda fun. I also miss their boneless bangus. It's to die for. I've also been addicted to Taipan Noodles since I went to there. I love sweet-spicy noodles.
Hopefully, I could come back again some time or maybe travel in to another place again with some friends or cousins. Traveling is one way to destress myself from all the turmoil and toxicity of life. Another good thing about that vacation is that I was able to talk to Sim again after not hearing anything from each other for nearly a month. It's good that everything's okay again in my life.
BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZASH (20), SHARLENE (15) and KIM (17) and BELATED HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE.
I.Am.In.My.Dollhouse posted at 4:16 PM
