I felt really excited when my sister already booked us months ago for this trip! Believe it or not, it was me and my little sister’s first plane ride AND beach trip together

here’s us meddling inside the plane.

Funny thing you should know, i was more excited to ride the plane with my little sister. ) I was the one who kept peeping out of the window just to see the the 30,000 ft view of the Philippines, which looks cool at night! Especially the city lights in Manila. Well in Cebu, i expected less city lights, but theirs were almost as many as Manila’s!

I couldn’t take a nice photo of the city lights, so here’s a photo of the sunset instead.

DAY 1

First stop, dinner at Cafe Laguna in Ayala mall.

Chicken binakol

Seafood Kare-kare

Bulalo Steak

Binagoongan

DAY 2

Next, we woke up pretty early to get ready to go to the beach at Mactan Shangri-La . This beach trip was the highlight of our vacation. It’s been years since we’ve been to a beach! Haha! So we packed lots of sun screen lotion, and of course, we didn’t forget out hats and shades! 8D

So here’s a view of the pool. I was excited to swim again, because it’s been 2-3 months since I last swam. (and the reason that i’m blowing up now.^^)

and here’s a view of the beach. ahh. the relaxing atmosphere~

Since this was shobe’s first beach trip, she really wanted to build some sand castles! Haha! But we weren’t sure if that was possible xD

So we molded a big heart instead!

We even dug a hole for nothing, HAHA!

teehee! My nickname

I can say that my shobe really enjoyed being at the beach, as well as my parents! I can still remember how dad played with us and tried catching some fish! So cute! :”) and how I put sand in his pockets. >:) HAHA, evil me.

I swear I think that I was going to gain lots of weight after this trip. But it’s very occasional for us to go out of town, so might as well enjoy the food! So here’s what I had for lunch at Tides buffet at Mactan Shangri-la .

Indian food. (I never miss out on Indian food whenever we go to buffets )

Lamb skewers with mint jelly! Ahh.. one of my fave!

Lechon, which my sister munched the most!

My desert!

After our lunch and beach fun at Mactan Shangri-La, we headed back to the hotel before we have our dinner. Since we had too much Filipino cuisine food, we decided to go Vietnamese at Lemon Grass at the Ayala Mall again.

Tom Yum soup

Spring Roll

Pad Thai

Fresh Spring Roll

So much for enjoying the food, i wasn’t able to remember the name of the dishes again. -.-” This always happens to me. ) Thank you achi for helping me remember. ) Our day didn’t just end there, my achi’s friend, who lives there in Cebu, invited us for dessert at Dulce.

Velvet cake

Banana cake with Vanilla ice cream on top!

We got back at the hotel with our tummies REALLY full. o.o And it was our last night in Cebu. sigh.

DAY 3

Oh, Cebu. We weren’t ready to say good bye yet. It was then I realized that those three days were just temporary. A short getaway from all the stress. After all this, we have to pack up our bags and go home. Hai. We didn’t even want to get off the super soft hotel beds yet! I even had a hard time waking shobe up!

First thing we had for that day was our breakfast buffet at the Marriott Hotel.

Garlic rice, egg’s benedict, longganisa and bacon. Filipino-ish style;) I had this kind of breakfast for two days.

Okay! time for our day tour to wrap up our trip! Good bye hotel, hello van! ) It wouldn’t be cool if we didn’t visit the historical places in Cebu. First, we visited the beautiful Taoist temple.

This is my favorite view. Nice huh?

Next stop, the church where Magellan’s cross is located.

Here is Magellan’s cross where Christianity in the country was first marked.

Next, to Fort San Pedro.

It’s called Fuerza de San Pedro in Spanish.

Okay, hungry again. Late lunch time at Chika-an in ParkMall before we head out to our final destination!

Dinuguan.

Citrus Quench. Such a unique drink, a thirst quencher indeed!

OOPS. I forgot to take photos of the other dishes. (I was so hungry! hihi!^^)

Finally, to Mactan Shrine.

Lapu-lapu statue

UGHH. Trying to be strong enough to push this stone! )

chocolate moron. I couldn’t help but take a picture of this, it’s just so funny )

Last stop, to Mactan International Airport. Hai, it was really time to go home. So much for a permanent vacation. ) I hope we could get this kind of vacation once in a while. This vacation was worthwhile, even if it means gaining pounds (and not exercising. teehee!! ) Thank you, mom, dad, and achi for taking me and shobe to this wonderful trip. >:D< Hopefully we could go out all together next time with dichi and sachi!

Til my next adventure!

You might be wondering, who did my graduation make-up? Of course, it’s none other than my sister, Sophie! She always does my make-up! Even on my 18th birthday and on my prom! That’s why I love her! *nyahaha* (kidding achi, I still love you even if you don’t do my make-up. moo-on >:D< )

I’m still a bit senti now that everyone’s parting ways in college and going to attend different colleges. I’ll really miss high school.

Oh dear, i miss sharing my adventures with you. Let me start with my movie experience!

I’m proud to say that I’ve seen the Avengers in 3D already! It’s a really FANTASTIC movie! I was able to enjoy it even if I haven’t watched the Hulk, Thor and Captain America yet. Well, it was because of this movie that i want to watch their individual movies!

Sadly, I wasn’t able to catch the after credits scene. But I’m so hoping for an Avengers part TWO! Everyone was so hooked up with the Avengers that I found this on Facebook.

This was the funniest part of the movie. ) And since I’m still in to the Avengers, I bought a copy of Kapitan Sino by Bob Ong to start my Bob Ong book collection.

Hoho, hoping to read this as soon as I have finished reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief! (I had three attempts in trying to finish this and I never get tired of it!)

Oh how i miss blogging. I’m still in shock that I still remember how to read WordPress codes! All the HTML, CSS and PHPs!:)) Okay, that’s it for now! More adventures soon!

]]> http://juniorproblogger.com/2012/05/06/sarabeths-back/feed/ 6 http://juniorproblogger.com/2011/05/14/pressure-is-everywhere/ http://juniorproblogger.com/2011/05/14/pressure-is-everywhere/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 12:51:49 +0000 Sarabeth http://juniorproblogger.com/?p=441 Currently listening to TVXQ’s Last Angel

Sorry guys, i don’t know why some of my pages aren’t functioning properly. I was supposed to change my theme but i had some trouble fixing it

Anyways, school is nearing and so are college applications and assessments. I’m going to be a senior this coming school year! Until now, I’m still kinda undecided of my course. And I’m scared not to pass the tests that i will be taking ( . I didn’t attend any review programs, so I bought and borrowed some college review books from my friends and had my tutor teach me things I don’t know. Then I tried answering some, and the results aren’t that nice. So I’ve been busy studying the review books, and I’ve been having advanced classes also for Math and Physics too. I hope all these studying pays off when the exams come!

I used to say that I didn’t need to think of my course that soon, but now I’m having a bit of a hard time deciding  For now, I have Chemistry for a course in mind. I enjoyed and excelled in Chemistry in my third year So I think it might be the one. I also want to be in the field of business. For that, I have Business Management and Accountancy in my list. But I’m still unsure of these. I hope I get to decide soon for the best choice, because soon I need to fill up college application forms! Right now, I have an application for University of The Philippines (UP) form to fill up.

I’ve been thinking day and night about my future self o.o and I think I should stop that ) because I’m pressuring myself even more!   My dear Lord, please help me on this!

Anyways, summer’s almost over and it’s school time! :nerd: And I saw my class list. I’m not in the same class with my best friends anymore . I have completely new classmates this year. I hope it’ll be a great year for me I’m also classmates with my cousin anyway . Speaking of school, he haven’t bought any school supplies or shoes yet ) . My dad is waiting for a right time to go school supplies shopping.I hope it’s soon, because I have to wrap my books, and also my little sister’s, which is alot. My sister was going to use the Mini Stabilo highlighters (see picture), well since she forgot to bring it to Singapore, we thought we’d have it . Cute right?

I’m currently LSS-ing over another k-pop song .

SS501- DeJa Vu :inlove2:

If you’re a Boys Over Flowers fan, you should recognize Kim Hyun Joong, Yoo Ji Hoo, from this MV. he’s really fierce here! :bigeyes:

1. Me, swimming 25m butterfly on yesterday’s competition.
2. Swimming certificate + my ribbons. 6th on breast stroke, 7th on fly & back and 8th on free.
3. Me, taking a picture on the 1st placer thingy ) .
4. Taking a picture with Beach Hut lotion!
5. Me & my sister’s new room shoes! Mom bought it

bloghops later!! Need alot of rest. Follow me on tumblr

Last week was Holy Week. How was it? Well,we just stayed at home. We had DVD marathons. We watched Crime Scene Investigator Season 1 on afternoons. And currently in season 2 . My sister actually bought CSI seasons 1-9! We watched Fated to Love You. We just continued from the last scene shown on GMA7, since we really couldn’t wait, we watched it until the end! But I still am thinking of watching it from the start. During the Holy Week, I also finished a Taiwanese series by Ming Dao and Joe Chen, Prince Turns to Frog. REALLY WONDERFUL

Last Saturday, we finally went out of the house :LOL: . We went to the mall, bought stuff. Went clothes shopping with my sister. Bought some cool appliances for the kitchen . And we went to eat dinner in our uncle’s house.

Of course, after Holy Week, everyone’s back to their work and off to school. Again, left alone with my little sister. While she’s playing computer games, I decided to watch another drama . I watched Mike He, Kingone Wang and Rainie Yang’s Why Why Love!! I finished watching it just a while ago.

My eyes are still swollen, the last scenes were really sad and touching.

More to watch!! Will return comments tomorrow

She bought me 2 turtle stuffed toys and a bunny stuffed toy.

Cute eh?

The most recent pasalubong from her was the bunny. IT’S SO CUTE!

SUPER CUTE! and it’s pink too! ^^ she already has a name. near her foot, there’s a Cute Tory imprinted.

And, she also bought something to share with my sister   .

oregami!

Here’s a finished product.

I did this with my sister. It’s kinda complicated with the instructions. haha! Besides these gifts, she didn’t forget to give a a birthday present! She got me one of these:

It’s a lavender swimming goggles! I used it the day i received it

Speaking of swimming, I presented to her my bronze medal from the sportsfest swimming competition.

It’s my first medal EVER. and it’s plastic!

It’s really good having her home, too bad she has to go back to Singapore on tuesday .

How’s my summer? Since last week, I’ve been spending my time in the office and earning money at the same time *yay me!* . And I have been spending time with my little sister. how’s yours?

updates:

I started a list of my watched dramas with their ratings on this page.

]]> http://juniorproblogger.com/2009/03/29/singapore-goodies/feed/ 11 http://juniorproblogger.com/2009/03/20/summer-plan-t-drama-marathon/ http://juniorproblogger.com/2009/03/20/summer-plan-t-drama-marathon/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:07:27 +0000 Sarabeth http://juniorproblogger.com/?p=269 On the last day of our school year, I borrowed Taiwanese drama DVDs from my classmates. I already finished 2 and it’s only the 2nd week of our summer vacation! ) As I mentioned on my last post before, I watched Devil Beside You, where Mike He was paired with Raine Yang.

Since the I enjoyed the flow of the story, I finished this series in 3 days!

My second was Bull Fighting, where Mike He was paired with Hebe Tian. Another series I enjoyed from Mike He ) .

And now, currently watching My Lucky Star. Yoo Hana with Jimmy Lin. Pretty interesting^^

Well, I’ve been spending my time watching and hunting for more Taiwanese dramas to watch!!! Anymore good dramas you may suggest??

Summer Vacation Day 1: MY BIRTHDAY 3.11.09

12:03, my friends started texting me a happy birthday . I was really shocked, it was the first time my friends did that, greeting me in the middle of the night! My best friend even apologized to me because she was one hour late in greeting me! haha! It’s the thought that counts. I really thank them for remebering this day as my birthday.

Well, suposedly, I was going to attend the class farewell party in my classmate’s house. Apparently, I have to celebrate my birthday here, alone, WATCHING DEVIL BESIDE YOU!!! haha! I really loved it! haha! despite the fact that I coudn’t come to the party. My friends surprised visited me! ) I love them haha!! They also handed me their gift for me Well, another memorable birthday of mine! But I feel really old! I mean, I’m already 15!! )

Gorgeous right? I have to make sure I get this camera this summer. I’ve been longing for my own digital camera. Well, I hope I can get this. I’ve been looking for ways to earn money. So if anyone knows how I can earn 16,ooophp in 3 months or less, please do tell me .

School today was suspended. They made it Campus-cleaning day today. Because 100+ students from the elemenary department were absent, that means that viruses has been spreading quickly. I’ve been one of the victims of this ^^ .  I can’t believe that my seatmate sitting right next to me infested me and the whole row with her disease ) . So everyone, take you vitamins everyday!!