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 .

With all the busy days to spend especially in the coming month of December, we can certainly manage to squeeze in our son’s school activities as well. We hope and pray that we can have a long, peaceful, stress-free and call free vacation. I wish to spend my vacation sitting in a quiet resort full of greens, surrounded by nature, doing some more time bathing in a clawfoot tub and waking up in the morning without worrying what to cook for breakfast. Hopefully another long holiday to be declared and that extra money will be around to go with for it.

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 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.

It has been almost ten years since the last time I visited Iloilo. I noticed a lot of changes aside from the infrastructures like the overpass and flyover. You can’t ignore all the new places to see, eat and dine in Iloilo with all the new parties, event places to gimmick and restaurants scattered in the city. Sadly some previous places I went to before are not present anymore. Although these new places are nice to see and hang out with your friends especially to spend free time wearing coogi. There is still one place I can’ let pass without seeing and eating from. This is at “Tatoy’s.” It seems that there is no need to introduce the place to anyone anymore. It is still the same “Tatoy’s” almost ten years ago, when it used to be a part of my itinerary every time I’d visit Iloilo.