Woke up on time, got dressed, and went to the airport with le mum. She accompanied me all the way to the pre-boarding area. It was my first time to travel alone! Glad I already crashed that one out of my bucket list. I can't really exactly describe how I felt that time it was a mixture of fear and excitement. I even forgot to take meds. Good thing I didn't throw up during the entire flight but I did feel a little bit nauseated.
I still needed to wait for a few hours before my next flight so I spent the vacant time trying to compensate with my nausea and I hardly ate anything. I was afraid it would stimulate my gag reflex. I was like "better gutom than sumuka." I hate that vomiting feeling. I just thought that I'd eat a lot when I arrive at Tacloban. And when I did... a bunch of kids were waiting for me. All the young ones from our family on that side of the road were there. They were accompanied by my aunt and uncle. It was the cutest thing! Haha. Made me smile. They were singing songs of praise while we were driving back home.
Where exactly is home? I'm gonna share to you a glimpse of my 2 weeks of home in Tacloban where almost all of my cousins grew up doing evil kid stuff and so have I but I only contributed a little since I live far away from this place.
What's a home without food? In my entire stay I gained a lot of weight because the food here is just amazing. Looks like everyone knows how to cook and believe me when I say I get so excited to eat everytime that I forget to take pictures of mouthwatering dishes. I only have a few, forgive me for this.
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| Mallows coated with white chocolate and topped with sprinkles |
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| Morcon |
But the eating doesn't stop here. Even when we're out and sleeping over another cousin's house there's still a lot of food to share! I'm delighted that my cousins and I share the love for food. It's a mutual feeling.
My cousins made mango float with cheese and my taste buds still crave for more. They also love gummy bears, who doesn't? I for one! I'm so weird. I don't like gummy bears that much.
Breakfast with hotdogs, eggs, and bacon - that's heavenly. We opted for this photo to caption "Wish you were here (insert absentee cousins)." Haha. It's a trend caption for almost all our photos when we're having so much fun.
I was in for a treat everytime someone thinks of eating out for dinner. I can't enumerate all the food I tried there. It's just too sinful. This shot below was at Sunzibar - a Mexican restaurant. Their rum ribs and quesadillas are on top of my list. Must try! :)
And if I'm not out eating I mostly spend the time with my cousins doing whatnot. There was this one time that we tricked our poor little cousin into watching a horror movie while he was thinking that we were going to watch Oz The Great & Powerful. He was covering his eyes the whole time. Poor little kid!
I also went to Sto. Niño Church a couple of times for regular Sunday mass and for retreats with cousins. This also happens to be the same church where my parents got married but it has a new facade now so it's not the same when compared to their wedding photos.
2 weeks. Now that's a well deserved vacation. After almost 10 or 11 years since my last visit I most certainly had a blast! Although I didn't get to visit some other tourist spots it's okay at least I still have something to look forward to for my next visit. I wonder when though. Hopefully not in another decade. I think that's a summary of how I spent my vacation there. Other significant events will be detailed on a separate post! :) Thanks for taking time to visit and read my blog. Much love!
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