I am so lost right now. I cannot think of a topic. I have read @bmjc98 's article(sorry for tagging sis) about random questions, and she said that it can save you from not having a topic to write about but I became so lazy to look back at her article, lol! Next time, I will for sure. Then I visit my Facebook account and the memory reminded me of my last visit to Manila, so why not write an article about it. So, let's begin...
After my father died, as her eldest daughter, I am in charge of filing up everything he has left for us, from the SSS, OWWA, and his recent job abroad. So I need to go back and forth to Manila. It was the summer of 2018 when I went there and I tag along with my daughter. My original plan was to stay there for 1 week and I had to go back right away because that's what my husband wants. But it changed because my sister decided to have her son christened. So we have planned everything. My mother and sister live in Bataan and I stayed at my Tita's place in Taytay, so I have to travel from Taytay to Bataan together with my Tita's, cousins and friends. We rented a vehicle to lessen the expenses. But the thing is we were like sardines inside the vehicle, lol!
We left at Taytay at 12 am to avoid the traffic and it was the ideal time for us because most of my cousins are working so we had to wait for them. The travel was so long and a bit tiresome because we were "siksikan" inside the vehicle.
That is my Tita Daka at the center. She chose to sit there because she could stretch her legs.
We had made several stopovers along the way to stretch our bodies, do the call of nature, and have coffee too.
Sorry, hirap na hirap pa ako gumamit ng selfie stick dati😂
These are my Tita Ging, Tita Mae and Tita Daka(from left to right). They are my father's siblings.
We arrived at my Mama's place around 4 am and look how happy we were. Selfie here, there, and everywhere, lol! My mother was surprised because she did not expect that Tita's came along with me.
After we prepared and had breakfast, we decided to go to the nearby beach, so off we went.
My Tita's striking a pose! Except for the lady in green, she's our neighbor.
We had to leave early because we will prepare for my nephew's christening the next day. Although we only spend so little time on the beach we sure had fun. Well, actually they all did the preparation and I sleep my ass off because I was so tired that day and I only had 4 hours of sleep.
On the next day was my nephew's christening. My Tita's were all busy preparing for the venue while my sister and I were at the church for the ceremony. She only had few visitors and few chosen godparents for her son.
Here's my nephew Kobe. He looks so cute right? He can live with eggs alone, lol! He sure loves egg.
My daughter and her cousins Kobe and Zack. Zack is my youngest sister's son.
Me and my sisters! Atin-atin lang to guys ha, ako talaga pinakamaganda sa aming 3, hahahaha!
And here's us, together with our mother. This was the first time that we were complete because our youngest is always busy with her job. It was a very tiring day but a memorable one.
These are the things that I missed being away from my family. I always missed the reunions, birthday parties, christening, or just a simple get together. I am used to be in a big family because that is the environment that I grew up with. I hope I could visit them again. If my money and time permits.
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Date Published : September 5, 2021
Looks like a good time was had by all. The simply moments are the most precious moments most of the time.