Visita Iglesia: Goal Met!

You may be wondering why I have photos of churches and 7 names of them listed under, "Visita Iglesia".

Well, let me begin by defining Visita Iglesia. 

This was one nice painting I found when I stared up the ceiling of a church. I don't remember where I saw this though. Haha.

Visita Iglesia, otherwise known as the Seven Churches Visitation is a traditional practice observed by almost all Roman Catholic Filipinos during the Holy Week.

Between the months of March and April, the church announces the week when the so-called "Holy Week" would fall. Starting on Thursday to Saturday on that said week, most Filipinos would go to churches and remember how Jesus Christ died on the cross to save mankind. 

It's that day when all establishments are closed except for some gasoline stations. [I heard establishments usually close on Thursdays and resume work on a Friday or on a Saturday. So you better stock lotsah food in the house.]

It's also that sad and lonely day when you seldom see people walking on the streets except those places near churches and bus terminals [some people just need to go back home, you know].

However, it's also that day when you get to just rest at home or go to beach resorts to unwind with family and friends. 

As for me, we decided to do the Seven Churches Visitation for today as our penance during the Lenten Season. I'd like to take some time remembering how Someone so selfless sacrificed Himself for all of us. 

It's one pretty long weekend for most Filipinos including me, of course! Hope you have that meaningful weekend. :)

Our Pointful Journey

Well, hello guys! It's been ages since my last post. I had trouble trying to log in to my blogger account because I changed my mobile number, and it was the same phone I used to sign in to gmail. Gmail would send me my code there and I completely forgot that I used that number to log in to my blogger account. Thus, the delay.

Anyway, here's some of my photos when we went to a nice resort in San Joaquin, The Assemblage Point. Hope you like it. Enjoy!

"The" infinity pool, so to speak.

This post's quite way, way overdue. We actually went to this place to celebrate a special day. We knew the address but didn't quite know how to exactly get there.

So, we just drove-- stopping every now and then, asking for directions. It was fun because it was starting to get late and the place got farther away, we felt we were about to get lost. And my boyfriend was like, "I'm getting scared now."

And I was like, "Seriously?!" You're the man here. Maybe you completely forgot about that.

When we reached the place, we couldn't use our phones. It was useless. Signals for both networks only worked until before the lobby. So help us, God. But it was nice because we were "forced" to just forget about work and other people.

I wish I had photos of the room we stayed in. It was pretty cozy with all the unique rattan stuff inside. Never mind the rings. We're not getting married yet. 

Me, trying to relax despite the scorching sun. Forgot to bring my sunglasses, that's why.

This is another view from the veranda beside where we had breakfast.

I really like the pool a lot. It's pretty colorful! And the view from up there was just breath-taking especially when you turned to the other side, facing the sea.

Alright! That's me and my cute tummy.

With the love of my life. :)

This was where we actually had dinner with all the few guests when we arrived that night. The place was so romantic. The food was great and there were even fire dancers who entertained us.

I liked this particular spot of the resort simply because it made you look like you're in another country when you really aren't. Haha.

They got cute little stuff here like these.

Well that would be all for now! 

Milk Teas and More

I may not have told you before but aside from coffee, milk tea has a special place in my heart. It started years back when this Taiwanese sister-in-faith of my father visited our place. She gave me sachets of Lipton Milk Tea. I was hesitant to try it at first because I didn't like tea. Any tea- yellow, green, black... You name it and I hate it. Haha.

However, after drinking Lipton's milk tea, I started to look at tea differently. I said it wasn't that bad after all and that tea tasted better with milk in it than the usual teas in bags you had to dip in hot water.

These days, many milk tea stores have opened like:

* Share Tea

* Dakasi

* Bon AppeTEA

* Moon Leaf

And mind you, they're not your usual cups of tea. Nowadays, they come in cold versions- some blended and iced. They come sealed for that easy-to-carry and sophisticated look and these tea shops usually give you large black straws so you could eat up all those "balls". Hahaha. What I mean are those "pearls" or fruit-flavored gummies at the buttom.

Anyway, we really had a tough week and so we decided to drink milk tea at Cholabite while looking at the people exercising along The Esplanade. The view was nice and just outside the tea shop, we saw lots of parents with their youngsters.

They had an amenity for kids, the Crazy Karts. It was pretty convenient.

After jogging at The Esplanade, one could bring their kids with them and spend more quality time without having to go to malls for their kids to have fun.

I forgot their names but I think mine was a "Strawberry Oreo" something while Janine's was a "Lychee" something. And hey! It was actually my first time to eat a fruit-flavored pearl or ball, whichever way you call it. Hahaha.

And this is nothing. Hahaha. 

Anyway, I really had a lot of fun that day though the kids were really driving me crazy because of the noise they were making. But the place was great!

Hope you enjoyed!