18Dec16

It feels good when someone you haven't seen for many years still recognizes you and even remembers your whole name. At SM this afternoon, a college mate and I crossed paths, iiral sana yung pagiging introvert ko na kunwari diko sya nakita ahaha... pero naalala ko, isa sya sa pinakamabait at pinakahumble at syempre pinakamatalinong kabatchmate ko nun.. di naman siguro nya ako dedeadmahin... So I looked at him, and he looked at me too, it took seconds after we admitted that "hey, we knew other"..  I smiled at him, he mentioned my complete first name and gave me a handshake ... He was a magna cumlaude (kung tama pagkaalala ko) in ECE..  parang natuwa naman syang nakita ako, yung iba kase baka sobrang yumabang na.. pero sya hindi, I saw his smile so genuine kase.. We had a quick chat.. I think he's working in Indonesia, and just having his vacation here...

Ayun lang, nakakatuwa lang that someone hadn't changed.

So, good night!

14th of Dec

so I rather be like this, all alone in my room instead of attending that party. I'm a bit guilty for not attending, for being such a "kill joy"... but I really didn't want to go.

4Dec16

"Don't find your worth/value from other people" --- Vice Ganda said in GGV..

make sense.. minsan nadedegrade natin yung sarili natin dahil hindi tayo binibigyan ng halaga ng taong akala mo ay mahalaga ka.. (akala mo lang pala yun.. ahaha)... so dapat hindi natin binabase sa ibang tao yun, because some people are insensitive and they don't even mean what they've said.. or even they mean it, some are too coward to prove it... or baka dahil hindi ka naman talaga mahalaga... or baka.. diko alam bakit. hahahaha..

arte ko.. kasalanan to ni Vice Ganda..

Good night!

Tired but Happy

Minsan ayoko maging masaya kase baka may kapalit. or baka hindi rin naman magtatagal.... oo na! I always find negativity in a positive vibe.. ah basta!! I'mmm happy right now, Thank God... kahit I'm feeling so exhausted...

My First Sunday Blog in Davao City

7:31am
Hi! so it would be my first time to blog about my Sunday whereabouts here in Davao City. I woke up early so i could wash my uniform (kala ko never ko ng susuoting ulit, buti diko pa nadisposed and asked my brother to sent it thru LBC from Manila), my first time to wash my clothes here.. I'm so glad there's a laundry shop across the road of my boarding house so I could bring my other clothes there later on.

This week, I've done or felt something I wish I had blog about (kahit di naman importante).. so I'll sum it up below

*My previous Area Manager (nakakatuwa lang kinukumusta pa rin nya ako) sent me message thru Viber.

 *I got a call from Qatar... it was Lee.. and I think it lasted for 30minutes, minsan napuputol, choppy... and honestly, secret lang natin to... siguro mga 40% lang naintidihan ko sa kwento nya kase choppy sya.. but I just let him talk.. kase gusto nya talaga magkwento about his current situation in Qatar, at his work and blah blah.. sabi ko sige kwento ka lang, I know it feels good when someone listens to you kahit no comment lang ako.. kase nga diko masyado sya naiintidihan..  pero generally speaking, I got his point naman or why he was so eager to  tell me all of that.

*Walking alone Abreeza Mall. Nag grocery kase ako..tapos yung feeling na masaya na malungkot. Yes, I'm happy lonely here.. Kahit konti lang kaming staff dito sa new workplace ko, okay naman sila.. kaya lang walang prospect na magiging close friend ko na sasamahan ako magstroll tulad nila teh, marj at lee na kasama ko mga food trip... magvideoke.. mga ganon... pero masaya naman dito kahit malungkot. gets? at least pwede rin anytime umuwi ng bahay namin anytime i have to. I have highschool classmates here kaya lang iba na sila.. baka di na kami makarelate sa isat isa..

thats it!

7:58am
I'm hungry.. I'll try to cook... first time to use the electric stove. wish me luck!

9:15am
I succeed! done eating! alhamdulillah.

10:00am
Sent my laundry.. Went to G-Mall twice.. to NBS... To NCCC, to Uyanguren... nagshopping ako! haha...  Twice din akong kumain sa KFC... I want to eat somewhere else pero awkward pag mag-isa lang..

I'm missing my pamangkins so much.. watched my niece videos all over again..

Nyt!

21 ba today?

magkwekwento sana ako today as how I'm being happy lonely and tired but fulfilled today... yung mga ganon.

pero bukas na.

The 11 Days of Agony!

I couldn't find a better word to replace the term Agony... but being here in Manila is a bit torture for me.

Day1 (Nov 7)

--The driver who took me to airport this morning was caught overspeeding. First time to witness pangungutong.. pero okay na rin kase violation naman talaga yun... pag nakipagtalo pa sya.. maiiwan ako ng eroplano.
--The flight, I thank God for not much of turbulence.
--My humiliating cough, feeling ko kase pamahiin lang na wag uminom ng malalamig pag may ubo.
--My zombie look.. headed  straight to a meeting.
--Maam L. asked me if I would talk to maam J., why would I? may atraso ba ako? pano kung diko kausapin? bakit ko kakausapin? nakakainis naman.
--Feeling ko tumaba na ako.. but because I was so stressed nowadays, I couldn't eat well..pumayat nanaman ako.. pero ang sarap nung lunch namin.
--Finally met "Gon" ... :)
--Nastressed mga driver saken ngayon.
--Guilty.. diko na kase maalala mga bagay bagay,feeling useless.
--Still couldn't message my previous A.M that I started working again.. kelangan ba talaga?
--Parang gusto ko na ulit magresign. haha


Day 2

--Almost got rotten at ayala triangle waiting for our company driver to fetch me, nagcommute na lang sana ako.. tinanghali na ako ng dating sa office! layo kase non..
-- My cough!! its torturing me.
-- At Margaux's place.. because I missed her fried chicken.. and syempre I missed her too.
-- Sooo sleepy at office.

Day 3
--at the site whole day
--My previous area manager texted y am I not showing up.. andito pala ako! haha
--ang hirap tumawid , rode van to Ayala...
--Glorietta!

Day 4
--my cough!!! it's humiliating me.. kakainis!
--at DCC... and I think my time was wasted there.. kakainis ulit
--signed the contract.. diko na nabasa ng maayos, binigay kase nung paalis nako.. kakainis
--si Gon (muka syang isa sa cast ng hunter x hunter), bat ang gwapo nya ???!! ... nakakainis!
--ang daming nakakainis!

Day 5
--Busy!
--met old. time friends

Day6
--Busy!
--Glorietta.. all by myself
--Japan!! Japan!! when will I see you?????
--Bonding moment with my bro and we talked about TWD and GOT.

Day 7
--Bonding moment with our aunt.
--Feeling sad.. kase gusto ko pumunta ng Japan, agad agad! haha
--Videoke with teh

Day 8
--Tired
--Sick
--Busog
--Malungkot
--Praying for travel buddy (kung kalabisan ang lovelife, travel buddy na lang.. haha)
--Supermoon?????!! I'm super tired... Super hurt. charot!

Day 9
TIREDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!

Day 10
--Last 2 days of my agony of being here in Manila... I know I'm using the word agony exaggerated.... I just said so because I hated being here anymore..
--my cough is not getting better... my mom is scolding me for not going to the doctor... and its humiliating me..nakakahiya kay "Gon".. haha
--Tired still...

Day 11
--So this is supposed to be the last day, you know taking the plane.. but it went even worst than that! di na ako humabol sa check in! The company driver who fetched me at my friend's place arrived late... kaya pagdating ko ng airport.. waley na... so I rebooked my flight for tomorrow
--checked up. kase overdue na yung ubo ko.. sinisipon na rin ako at medyo sinisinat... and , yung BP ko 130/80... first time kong tumaas ng ganyan.
--

Day 12
--6:10am arrived here at Airport too early, baka maiwan nanaman ako ng eroplano... anyway this is still part of my agony? eh kase ayoko sumasakay ng eroplano... Pray for our safe trip...
--fetched by our driver and had a quick drop at the boarding hauz.. went straight to office.. and super busy na agad!!!

--so this ends this blog!!!! back to work here in Davao!

6Nov16

I feel so uneasy!!! because I'll be travelling back to Manila tomorrow... It's work related and I don't wanna get back there anymore but I have to... Well, after a long process of deciding whether to take this job offer or not, now I'm finally taking it... It was my previous company who offered me this. So after the long stage of being "busy tambay", I'm back to work-- to be assigned here in Davao City --- Yes, that's why I accepted it, because it's almost home.

But what startled me is that they asked me in short notice that I need to go to Manila (hayst) for ten days! This is due to orientation ( since this project is different from my previous projects) and some sort of turn over from the previous cost engineer who is now assigned back to Manila... I told my new coordinator who happens to be my friend too that I don't wanna go back to manila, but later on I was convinced, I should be convinced! because it's part of  the job.

And why I hated being back there?? call me paranoid, but I don't want to see the confused faces  of my previous work mates why I 'm back?? haha..  After my previous Area Manager wont able to convinced me to stay a bit longer... After I told the President I wasn't happy anymore,, what if he'll see me there???  I need to practice my hiding skills when I get there.. haha..

Why I came back? It's not really part of the plan... i was even asked to submit an indefinite leave or to be assigned to Davao before my resignation, but I refused all of these.

Honestly, I don't wanna go back to work yet.. I'm still enjoying my niece and nephews company, ofcourse my whole family, ... I submitted an application to one or two government agencies at my hometown... but no one responded yet or maybe I wasn't able to answer their call... I have so many unanswered calls because I was busy looking after my niece.. I'm not really hoping anyway, I don't know anyone who could back me up... Some also suggested me to submit application there and there but I didn't... I guess I'm just really delinquent...

Until my friend called me to join DTM homes Davao... I told him I would think about it.. maybe it was one reason too why I didn't exert much effort in applying a job because I know I have this option... I even declined this due to some issues but I ended up accepting it.. well, I think I really to need to work again, I'm running out of savings, I need money for my travels... I must never rely on my parents... so that's why I'm back to work..

Wait, I haven't mentioned the idea of going abroad.. where I could get much money there.. it would surely be enough to afford me a European tour... I thought of next year but I think I'm too old for that... (yes, slap me for my buts)...  but the truth is, maybe I'm just envious of those who work abroad with same profession as mine... so I'm slapping my face now and tell myself.. "you don't have to be where anyone goes!!!"

And lastly... I'm not comfortable now because I'm gonna take the plane again.... I'm that someone who loves to travel but so afraid of flying. As per my readings ,the possibilities of accidents in the air is way much smaller than accidents on the road... The chances of getting hurt is bigger when you are on your way to the airport rather than being on the sky.... But still I couldn't get over of my fear..  so now, I'm telling myself to stop worrying, that I'll be okay... that when worst comes to worst, if it happens then it's meant to be... where ever we maybe... So if I tolerate myself with that morbid thoughts then I would be stock on the same ground, I couldn't get into my dreams.. SO HELP ME GOD.

(p.s  I must be terrified I made a  lengthy blog)

First of November

I'm supposed to be travelling to Davao City today for an employment there, but it was postponed due to requirements blah blah blah... As to when I should formally start my day 1 has been extended and extended... I was expected to start sometime in September but I'm still here...  I even declined the offer but I ended up accepting it..  I didn't want to... or at least not yet but I need to go back to work.. Honestly, I wasn't disappointed everytime  my return to DC is being cancelled, I'm secretly feeling happy I don't have to go back yet...

So whether this job could start a bit later or even totally declined by me or by them... then I'm fine with it....

I still can't get enough of my niece and my nephew.. especially when they are this adorable..

And ofcourse my bonding moments with my family (life is soo short!), food tripping with my mom, cook (minsan), watch movies and tv series, sleep all I want and just be homey..

Good night!

I have an apple and I'm watching PBB

13.Oct. 16

11 Oct 16

6:20am
Woke up early. Parang Monday morning sickness lang.. Ang lungkot pa rin. Ang bigat sa loob parang ang hirap magmove on. Normal lang naman to. Lilipas din. Malungkot lang talaga sa ngayon.

8:44am
Just what we need - a post by Dr.Bilal Philips

9:53am
Reading this article

http://buzz.definitelyfilipino.com/articles/2016/10/72-year-old-taxi-driver-gets-help-from-netizens-after-his-heartbreaking-story-goes-viral/2/

Naalala ko nasakyan ko rin yung taxi driver na to.. I blogged about it.

http://aaawhatevers.blogspot.com/2015/12/9th-of-dec.html?m=1


1:20pm
I've been reading anything to calm my senses, para di masyado malungkot kase nalulungkot pa rin kami... Iyak ng iyak yung tita ko kanina when she received a call from my other aunties.. andun kase sila sa bahay nung late uncle ko... they helped my uncle's wife to fix his things... and when they called my other auntie about it, heto iyak nanaman ng iyak. :(

11:05
Magiging okay din ang lahat.. hindi man  sa ngayon, someday it will. Good night.

10 Oct 16

Still mourning.. and it's  still hurt so bad... Seeing these people (my family members) grieve breaks my heart more. I know everyone had undergone this kind of life challenge... We've been experienced this before, losing loved ones is part of us...no ones exempted..

I know its truly painful by now. I felt something is blocking my heart, it hinders me to feel back to normal... I am a lonely person, no denying... I get easily feel sad, (being lonely is not so new to me, but I so alright with it).. but this one.. it's too melancholic... it's crashing my heart... as if these changes in our lives now are stopping us to live the way we used to.

I understand that I shouldn't tolerate this.. I'm just trying to run dry the loads in my heart, so I could go on. I just really pray for the fast recovery of my family especially my mom who is the eldest of them all.. Maybe to see them smile again would make me feel better.

This too shall pass. Just how we went through the losses of my other closed family members.. Maybe this just traumatized me lot because I was there at the hospital seeing my uncle on his last breath... seeing my family crying and trying so hard to stay composed.

This is God's will... we must all be prepared for moments like this.. and while we-- the ones he left behind should go on with our lives. Maybe by now, it's too hurting us, as if we've lost some parts of our whole being (we actually lost a good man. really) but we will get through it. Maybe by now we can still see him walks by , we can still hear his voice in our minds and his face we see everywhere... and tears wont be stopped from falling down.... Someday we all be fine... Someday when we remember him, we wont be shedding tears anymore instead we will just smile on the good memories of him.

Again I am praying for my uncle a place in Jannah (paradise) and someday we will get reunited there in Allah's Name.. Amen.

May Jannah be Granted to my Late Uncle

Losing loved ones is one of the sorrowful and inevitable event that could happen to our lives and today is one of my worst one. I just lost an uncle, who serves as the head of the family at my mom's side. He's such a great man in all aspects, he surely a loss to our clan, and it was really a bad news to everyone who had hopes for him.

...So it was this hard to witness his last moments at his death bed in the hospital.... I felt like I would faint seeing my mom, my aunts, my other uncle and my brothers break down... It's still haunting me at this very moment. The saddest truth that we'll never see him again, that he wont be able to pursue his unfinished business, that he wont visit us anymore at home or meets us somewhere to have family gatherings,  the sad faces of my little cousins and his wife..... these stuffs are killing the joy in my heart. Moving on is kinda hard to do because the people and the reasons why you're doing certain things are gone...

It was an unexpected death, all of us aren't prepared for this... I just saw him laugh the other week, cracked jokes and showered us words of wisdom.... We all thought he's tough and healthy, that a high blood pressure won't beat him... but we we're wrong. This must be life... And he will be a legend.

I'm not saying all of these to make myself acquire a little bit more of pain, I'm thinking of this as first step to get away from grieving. I'm exhaling the thoughts that breaks my heart now.... so after  I'll get to pour all the pains then my heart would be lighten up.. till I reach the road to acceptance.

With this event, I want myself to be strong enough to accept the truth about death, that as I grow older, I'll get to experience more of this, until my time will come as well. This is not being morbid... We couldn't run away from death, so instead we must be prepared for it. Preparing means we should strengthen our spiritual life, we should be strong  and be a good person. Remember, no one gets out of life alive. Lets not be so materialistic. Don't be greedy as if we're going to live forever... Everything in this world is temporary.. But we must not stop doing good deeds as it could be a way to paradise.. And ofcourse Prayers.

Inna Lillahi Wa inna ilayhi rajioon. Yah Allah, please grant my uncle a place in Jannah. Make the people he left behind recovers the soonest time so we can move on with our lives.. Make us patiently strong and remember You more, remind us of our purpose in this world, that eventually we will all surrender in your arms... some will go first and the rest has yet to perform their purposes... Yah Allah, Help us.

3 Oct 16

It's been almost 4 months since I went home after my resignation and I haven't met any of my old time friends ( mostly wala na rin kase dito )... but Nannie is still here... a college friend and a room mate... and she's one my few best..

We've talked a lot.. about our other friends, about my resignation, about her job... and her daughter who happens to have a club foot case just like my nephew-- we hope they'll both get well with their treatment and could walk normally someday.


Good night!

25 Sept 16

When was the last time I blogged?? tagal na rin ah.. eh wala eh, wala akong ma-say.. so ngayon may mase-say ako?? haha.. wala rin, baka namiss mo lang kase ako... baka dahil inactive ako eh tanggalin na ako ng blogger sa system. haha.. actually, marami naman akong gustong ikwento kaya lang di naman interesting.. (chos! as if naman interesting yung mga blogs ko. haha)... so in case namiss nyo mga selfies ko na namissed ko rin ipost... eto yun.. may pagmumukha for the last two weeks maybe.. haha..

Today.. I missed my niece... nangapitbahay kase sya dun sa kabilang lola nya kaya ginabi na ng uwi.. Yung pamangkin kong yun, mawalay lang ng saglit, namimiss ko na.. big girl na sya pero wala pa ring hair...

Today , there was a commotion in our compound.. my cousin dragged four boys because he caught them stealing money at my brother's computer shop... basta.. ang gulo... but it was settled already.

Today dahil wala si baby... eto muna kabonding ko. These kittens playing with my ugly foot.

Today... eto yung higlight... I cooked spaghetti... and I'm so proud to say, delisyoso!! ( chamba! haha... )

I thought I'll be forever terrible in cooking, kase I made pancakes the other day (first time!) And tadaan! Eto kinalabasan...

Yeah.. pancakes yan! Don't confuse yourself. Haha

Sige good night na!

9.15.16

It's been a rough week for me but that moment I saw my niece face smiling at me (after not seing her for 3 straight days) just swept my stresses away... I missed her so much...

She's such a blessing!

The Nightmare

NIGHTMARE

I saw you in my dreams last night

You're so near yet we're seems so miles apart

In the sea of people, you stand out

You we're trying to tell me something

But i heard no words from you

Then suddenly, the crowd faded  

We're left alone, but still no words from you

I tried to look at you but you can't even look into my                    eyes                    

I'm losing my patience, and that mysterious feeling I felt for you slowly turns to pain

Then you were gone

Just like that, you were gone

So I woke up, and realized that I just had another nightmare of you.

23rd of August

Nagbablog ako pag meron akong problema, pag nababother ako, pag malungkot ako, pag sobrang saya ko, pag broken hearted ako, pag bored ako, pag inlove kunwari ako, pag naiinis ako, pag naiirita ako,  pag may nagawa akong pagkakamali......  minsan nagbblog ako para makatulog lang...

But I haven't written so much since I went home.. baka nasa static stage lang yung buhay ko dito... or maybe too occupied with other things I didn't find time to write... or baka wla lang talaga... but today, baka di ako makatulog pag diko sinulat to... sa iba sobrang babaw lang nito.. but to me.. it's a shame! Haha

This morning, someone sent me a message thru viber then I wondered why he didn't respond on my last message (pagoodbye lang ba).... so I read back our conversation just now... wahhhhhh!! Kaya pala, I didn't realize it right away na di pala ako ang sinasabihan nya ng "ingat"... kundi yung sarili nya.. tama diba?

Kakahiya naman, kaya pala di na nagreply.. for sure, he was laughing at me (like he used to)..  e kase, I didn't know how to converse with him... that's why when I saw the word "ingat"  naexcite ako na parang end of conversation na.. kaya  sabi ko ingat din sya...ahaha.. hindi naman sa ayaw ko syang kausap, as a matter of fact, I do missed him... kaya lang, dahil introvert ako, di ko alam anong sasabihin sa kanya... patawarin sana ako.. pasensya na talaga..haha

Ayun, makakatulog na ako..babaw ko noh?? Haha Good night!

17th of August na ba?

.......... sabi ko magsusulat ako today. Sabi ko lang pala yun .. anong oras na...

Good night na lang muna.

My 9th of August

Some Pizza and Ice Cream at home is enough to celebrate my birthday, it didn't have to be grandiose as Birthday Celebrations in our religion is  actually not tolerated.

But knowing who made a little effort in remembering me in this day was something I am grateful of..

Thanks to those who greeted me: 

Sheryl, Marj, Mac, Mela, Dinah, Jegs, Gords, Jeny, Jay r and Lee-- these people are the expected ones who would greet me, coz if they won't, magtatampo ako... haha.. it's as if they are obliged to, yung iba maiintindihan ko pag di ako binati pero sila hindi ko iintidihin, magtatampo talaga ako.. hahah.. chos lang.. but so glad, they did it.. I'm that kind of person who's not up to anything... it's not even the birthday thing that matters, but it's the thought of remembering your friends once in a while, kahit once a year lang... ayos na ako. Or else I will be the one to send a message like this one.

To FBB, APF and MEV -- my previous bosses, I don't really expect greetings from them, and it feels great when they did.

To my x-commercial team --Rona, May, Rovie and Liza.. thanks..

And those people I also met from my previous job -- Jards, Cloi, Cial, Aimee, Glends, Jonna, AK , Kai, Arleen, Che, Myrna, Christian, Bryan, Waldo, Erwin, Rose, Christian, maam lileth, maam leneth and Jonathan.

My college friends/ dorm mates/ - Cing, Chivs, Boh, Mua, ate bems, ate roh, Glaiz, Jay, Emma, Faids, Gords.

Also to, Arnie MJ, Lala, Vanj, Nana,  auntie bhed and Racici.

To those above mentioned people  thank you so much for sparing a little of your time in greeting me.. it means a lot to me.. medyo O.A ako sa pasasalamat, nagbablog pa...haha

And to facebook... thank you for reminding them..  Haha

So my 9th of August went like this..

Pizza and ice cream..

Bonding with my sister and my niece.

And took a lot of picture of myself... coz I have to admit courageously na ang mukhang eto ay tumatanders na.. haha  ... Charot!

Yun lang.

The Full Time BabySitter

Today is the 5th day that I'am babysitting my niece... Last Monday, my sister went back to work and her option when she returns to work is to bring my niece to her other side lola (her husband's mom who lives few kms from home)... and that would mean I'm gonna miss the baby kase sa gabi ko na lang sya makikita.. though we hired a nanny for her, but still my sister is not that panatag yet na iwan ang less than 2 month old na baby sa nanny.. But this week, most of the children at my in laws' house are sick so we can't bring the baby there... so I volunteered to watch over her... sabi ko, kaya ko na yan! Haha... though I'm so much inexperienced in babysitting, and she's an infant! But because I really love  this baby, I'm gonna do it.

Tadaannn!! 

( though the thought of "hey, you're an Engineer, why don't you find a new job????" And my other self would answer, " bakit ba??? Ayoko munang problemahin yan, I'm so enjoying my task now, and I love my pamangkin so much!" --so Help me God).

Look... she's enjoying watching her own video. I took a lot of video of her hoping I could catch her loud laughs...

And I have a new fan now. Haha.. Care to know what I was doing here? I'm trying to make her laugh kase umiiyak sya.. so I played a music.. then I danced... there goes my crazy moves... o diba naaliw sya?? Haha... she was looking at me like that... naisip nya siguro nya nababliw na yung tita  nya  haha.

As you can see, ang nipis ng hair ni baby.. F.Y.I, my sister and I, especially me, had so nipis hair too when we were little... ang tagal humaba ng hair ko.. baka mga 5 years old na siguro ako nagkahair.. hahaha... but I had a really thick hair now, my relatives told me na ngayon na lang daw bumawi yung buhok ko Haha...

Sige!

The Bangkok Thailand Escapade

Last 2010, my mother and I tried to book a flight to Bangkok Thailand, but unfortunately due to some reasons we were not able to.. But I told myself I must go there someday no matter what.. :), so after six years , here we go!

I availed our tour package thru Airyougotravels, I usually arrange my overseas travel itineraries on my own but this time I thought it would be helpful and less hassle to avail it via travel agencies. 

The package cost (3d2n) was about 36thousand pesos for 3 pax (me, mom, bro) including additional payment for using my credit card. It includes roundtrip airfare, airport transfers, half day city tour and 2 nights hotel accommodation. But since we will be arriving at  Suvarnabhumi Airport at past midnight and the pick up service will commence 8am (9am our local time), I don't think we could endure the long hours of waiting, so we decided to book a late check-in accommodation on the same hotel and wont wait for the pick up, instead we will take a taxi...  At least, we could rest and make use of our time in the morning.

The name of our hotel was Y&K Botique hotel, it's an average type of hotel, it was just fine but its hard to locate...Prior to our arrival I searched for a map but still the taxi driver was having a hard time looking for it. 

Anyway, when you get to the hotel, they are issuing a card indicating the address in English and Thai, also the detailed direction how to get there. (Other drivers couldn't read the English alphabet).

So here's our itinerary: Since we've got only a half day tour from the agency, I had a lot of reading about Bangkok.. I made my own itinerary for the rest of the days, good thing I had kept this thing... (I got it at some kind of an exhibit in glorietta long time ago).

Day 1.

Free Breakfast at the hotel. We are served with bread and butter + jam + juice + egg + hotdog + chicken ham + salad. (Same menu for 3 days! Haha.. but I'm loving it).

We headed to the Grand Palace and Wat Pho by taking  a train from the neareast train station (airport link) in our place and transferred at BTS  (sky train) interchanged.

Alighted at Saphan Taksin Station and took a boat cruising at Chao Phraya River.

The river doesn't look that clean, the view is more like the Philippines.. like you are boating at the Pasig River or the Rio Grande River-- never tried doing that anyway, feeling ko lang ganon ang scenery hehe, mas urbanized lang siguro).. it also scared me a bit, the boat picked up passengers as if there's no limit... 

We alighted at Tha Chang Station. At the other side is the Wat Arun but I don't think we would take another boat ride.

We explored the Wat Pho and also the part of the Grand Palace.

Wat Pho

 Part of the Grand Palace

We we're so drop dead tired when we reached the Grand Palace. I knew that the Grand Palace is just nearby the Wat Pho, but we walked a long way before we reached the entrance of the high fenced Grand Palace... we even took the wrong side, we should have taken a Tuktuk Taxi... Most of the locals could hardly speak and understand english, that's why asking is a bit tough too.

It was high noon when we ended strolling at these areas. We rode a tuktuk taxi going to Pahurat.

Pahurat area is the spot at BKK where you can purchase the cheapest wholesale/retail fabrics. We actually spend most of our time shopping (just my mom and my bro, me?? Konti lang, jobless ako eh ahaha). My mom bought a lot of fabrics where she's going to resell it back home. After her retirement as government employee, she found her happiness in her mini shop for assorted garments/fabrics... That was actually part of the main plan why we chose Bangkok, find a place where she can find her addiction.. So according to my research, it's the Pahurat Area.. Had our lunch at ChinaWorld.

Elephant show and the floating market could have been options for regular tourist but not to our case. We spent our 3 days in BKK 1/3 site seeing (pasyal lang) and 2/3 shopping!! I can remember how my mom complains while we walked under the scorching heat of the sun going to the Grand Palace but when we reached the Pahurat area and saw the fabrics, she regained her energy! Haha.. well, if it makes her happy... then be it... Seeing  your mother happy is already a way to fulfillment... Picture below describes how my bro and I lost our energies while she regained hers. 

We're sitting while she looks around.

We went back to our hotel so our legs could get some rest.

At night, we went to MBK Mall, it's the shopping mall where you can buy gadgets and other items. My mom bought 2 cellphone units there as pasalubong for my other siblings.. We also purchased a trolley bag for the items she shopped. Dinner at MBK 5th floor. Good thing there are lots of Halal foods in BKK.

Day 2
8am, we had our breakfast in the hotel while we waited for our travel agency to fetch us for our half day city tour.

The half day tour package

Last stop for our half day tour was on a Gems Gallery... and I got this ring (not really a fan of jewelry, just for remembrance sake, all my accessories/ jewelries sponsored by my mom, but this one, I paid for it.. I mean, she paid for it that time but I have to repay her.. nyahaha, sabi ko kase, I wont buy, she insisted). arte!

End of our half day city tour... meet our tour guide ! ( forgot her name).

Had our lunch at Platinum Mall and walked around the Pratunam area, another BKK's shopping center. This place is just walking distance from our hotel..

I was always wanting to have a picture at the Guadalupe EDSA's overpass but I couldn't (nahihiya ako.haha)...but I made it here in BKK.. who cares?? They wont even remember me. Haha

Day 3
No more tourist spot for today.... all day shopping! Haha (again, sila lang, alam mo na, wala ngayong work ang lola mo, tipid tipid... haha).

Early in the morning, but not too early to spend much time on the street market of Bobae ... Most of the stalls are already closing.. if you want to catch them, better get there 4am to 7am... But we still managed to buy stuffs there anyway... Later that morning, we went inside the Bobae Tower, myriad of wholesale items too will tease your eyes... clothings for all ages.. etc..etc..etc... but not for fabrics ... Yes, my mom hadn't enough of fabrics yet so went back to Pahurat. Had lunch at Chinaworld again... and there Mom goes on with her shopping galore.

Me. When I was so tired at the fabric shop.. (anong pose yan?? Haha spare  me that one)... and mom... choosing what to buy.

We also went to the Old Siam.

We returned to the hotel past our check out time, around 3pm,  so we paid 515 baht for the extension.. we need also to get a quick rest too.. and a selfie too? nyahaha

After a while my brother and I went back to Pratunam up to Platinum Mall. My brother hadn't enough of shopping yet too. We also bought some souvenirs and another trolley bag for  our additional baggage.

At 7:30pm, we checked out at the hotel. Our airport transfer service is already waiting for us.

At the airport, we had a lot of time to take pictures since our flight was 3 hours delayed... (tingin ko majority ng Cebu Pacific Flights ko eh laging delayed, normal na ata sa kanila yun.)

That's it for our Bangkok itinerary.

When you're in Bangkok, it seems that you're around Metro Manila too.. If you could endure the traffic jam in our country then surely you could handle theirs too.. (mas grabe naman yung sa'ten). But I could say that their train system is way much better than ours as well as the  Suvarnabhumi Airport, much organized too, aesthetically advanced as well. 

Though the locals couldn't speak English appropriately, some couldn't comprehend at all, but most of them are obviously hospitable. 

If you are to go at BKK, change your Philippine Peso to Baht here in the Philippines because it will  cost you almost double when you get there. We bought Baht at NAIA for about 1 baht = 1.55 Pesos, I thought that's already expensive, so we decided to change part of our pocket money at BKK only to get dismayed!! 1 baht =  1.85 to 1.92 pesos! So, my credit card came to the rescue for those shops & food courts that accept major credit or else my heart would end up broke too! haha (kase mura nga bilihin dun, ang taas naman ng bentahan ng baht, quits lang!)

You can buy souvenirs and pasalubong at every corner of Bangkok as they are known for cheap items but not in the airport!, I was thinking of buying souvenirs before our departure using our remaining bahts but we couldn't find shops selling inexpensive souvenirs. So make sure that before you go to the airport, you are done with your shopping.

That's all!