Many of us are asking why the Chinese New Year was declared a holidays. Whatever the President’s reasons were and although we are not celebrating it, we are still glad that we have a long weekend and also have time to rest. I’m sure many are also going out of town. Hopefully even though this is not the usual travel holiday period, the government and other NGOs also have roadside assistance plan available not just during holidays but even for the whole year through to assist the traveling tourists.

It has been our tradition to go out of town during new year’s day if we are here in the metro. We are doing this to avoid too much smoke from the fire crackers especially since we have a kid. Tagaytay has always been the place where we usually stay although we also tried Cavite once at the Island Cove. That’s why we are now searching for another place in Tagaytay to stay. Hopefully it will be one with a pool equipped with pool heat pumps .

We really miss out of town trips. Asides from monetary constraints, we also suffered from minor sickness such as common colds and cough.  Although we are really not into some expensive places which make you think of having eyelash growth products afterwards because of a high accommodation fees albeit the poor service and amenities. We rather choose those affordable but comfortable places to stay. Hopefully we can find time to have it although long holiday and vacation have already passed.

I am sure people now are now busy searching on internet on hotels and resorts on promotional offerings. Long weekend is really the best time for the family where you can stay together and bond. All the bags are packed and we are ready to go. Gadgets are now part of the baggage. Travel shirt and canvas shoes are also among our items but sadly those who plan to go swimming at the beaches or pools like in Batangas, Bulacan and Pangasinan may deal with heavy rains. According to PAGASA, it will be a rainy long weekend and cool vacation places among those who plan to go out of town would be Tagaytay or Baguio.

Yesterday my wife and I talked about of not having a chance anymore to go out of town and sleep in some resorts or hotels due to our busy schedule. Since we transferred home we haven’t been craving anymore of sleeping in nice and comfortable places. My wife never had a chance to use her womens boots and travel gears. This is so unlike before when almost  every other month, we would travel and stay out of town. I hope we can do those things again.

I was a little bit surprised when my cousin told me about the present prices of real estate in our province in Negros. You can even compare it to the present prices here in the Metro. We cant’ deny that our province and specifically in Bacolod was chosen as one of the best places to live. That’s why it is our plan to retire in the place were we came from. I hope someday we can compare it to even in Table Rock lake real estate in beauty not only for the land price.

I am happy to see those old pictures of ours taken way back ten years, when we would have our mountain climbing in Negros’ highest peak called Tinagong Dagat in Silay City. Luckily my friend Erwin was able to save those pictures and had it scanned and post in his facebook account. That’s our very first and unforgettable experience in climbing. I am not sure being away from our province for more than ten years now. I am not sure if it is still popular and safe to climb in that mountain. Hopefully there are no bushnell rifle scopes aiming at you during climbing there. Hopefully the local government can publicize that and make it as one of their tourism attractions.