The Day, The Place, The Food, The People, The Memories

February 8, Friday
Arrival/ ginisang upo/ lorena, nine b, sheryl, olive, shan and angel

- angel & shan - - olive and sheryl -

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February 9, Saturday

Home/ Peachy and Nero

SM Taytay in the afternoon/ McDonalds, fried Itik, adobong paa ng manok/ Peachy, Nine T, Eric, Nero and Aidan

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February 10, Sunday
Mass at 11am, St Clement Parish Church Angono Rizal, Save More and Public Market of Angono
Home/Afritada, Fried Tilapya, Goldilocks Double Dutch cake, Selecta Double Dutch ice cream, pancit bihon, etc./ Relatives: Parina family, Tadeo family and Estrellado family mini-reunion

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February 11, Monday
Passport application, DFA, Megamall, Millenia Tower/ Tokyo Tokyo (Tonkatsu, red iced tea, California maki), Wendy’s (bacon cheeseburger, frosty)/Lorena, Tita Mona, Joan and kuya
Took MRT (shaw to buendia), Makati, Baluyan’s office, watched Lucky You/ Chowking (tofu, wanton), sapin-sapin (from bulacan), aeji, iced tea, burger machine’s hotdog/ J-arr and friends (Aissa)

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February 12, Tuesday
Dental check-up
CFC Center/ Noli and Sam, An and Sky
Lunch at Robinson’s Galleria/ Kenny Roger’s chicken and side dishes (corn & carrots, mixed veg, mac cheese), muffin/ J-arr
Shopping at Robinsons Galleria
Snacks at Robinsons/ Dulcinea/ Janice
Market Market (first time)/ Janice and Jeanette
Dinner at Serendra Makati / Polu Kai restaurant/ college friends: Jeanette, Janice & Charlie, Summer, Yayi, Kathy, Jackie & Earl
Coffee time/ Seattle’s Best/ still with college friends
Home at 1am

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February 13, Wednesday
Ate Nine T’s house/ tinolang manok/ Nine and Aidan
Passport application, DFA/ Tito, Tita Mona and Joan
Mall of Asia, internet surfing/ food court (turon and tofu – what a combination!?)/ Kuya Melo and Alva (sis from KSA)
ILC Middle East delegates bonding moment, dinner at Dampa/ Sis/ with some ME delegates headed by Kuya Noli and Ate Sam
Coffee at Starbucks, Tagaytay/ Hot chocolate/ still with ME delegates
* on our way to Tagaytay, I was with Tito Harold, Ferdie, Rotrot, Charms, Jeanette, Beng, Rosette, Marvin (BAH), Melo and Jeanette
Overnight at my place/ Rotrot and Jojerry (SFC Abu Dhabi)

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February 14, Thursday – Valentine’s Day (first V-day in Pinas after 5 years!)
Breakfast/ Jollibee Angono Rizal (C3 – spag + 1 pc chicken – thigh part + pineapple)/ Rotrot, Jojerry and Ferdie De Dios
FX jokes of Jojerry, LRT Line 2 (from Santolan to Recto station), LRT Line 1 (from Doroteo Jose to Edsa station)
Lunch at Mall of Asia/ Mangan Restaurant (ensaladang manga, karekare, pinakbet, dinuguan, lechon kawali)
Bamboo’s concert rehearsal and movie at Mall of Asia/ My Bestfriend’s Girlfriend

Dinner at TriNoma/ Fish&Co (seafood platter)/ Tito Pong, Tita Flor, Jeanette, Rotrot, Ferdie and Vergel
Comedy Bar/Laffline in Timog/ Jeanette, Rotrot, Ferdie and Vergel
Sleepover at my place/ Rotrot, Ferdie and Vergel

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February 15, Friday – first day of SFC International Leaders’ Conference (ILC), Clark Expo, Pampanga
Julios picked us up at my place and went to CFC center
Lunch in Pampanga/Razon’s (pancit palabok + halohalo)/ Melo, Del, Jeanette, Rolly, Charms, Ton, Josette, Cypher and Bheng
Churches Pilgrimage in Pampanga the whole afternoon
1st night of the ILC
Stayed in Sydney Hotel

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February 16, Saturday, second day of ILC
Morning worship by Tonio
Session 1 given by Tito Melo
Session 2 given by Ate Sam
Love letter from God
Praisefest concert led by Kuya Noli
Lord’s Day celebration
Competitions
Breakfast, lunch and dinner sponsored by Jollibee

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February 17, Sunday, last day of ILC (half-day)
Mass celebrated by Pampanga Bishop Ambo David
Session 4 given by Tito Tafi
Praisefest
Awarding, Stephen (Foreign delegate from KSA) won as the Pop Idol
1st day of Gawad Kalinga Build
Nang sumuko ang jeep!
SM Clark/ 2 slices of Pizza from Pizza Hut/ with Foreign Delegates GK team
Dinner at tito Rene Punzalan’s rest house/ fried chicken and mixed vegetable, etc
GK Orientation

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February 18, Monday, 2nd day of Gawad Kalinga
Started with a morning prayer led by Jojerry
Sitio San Martin, Tarlac
Fulfilling experience…

Blessings packed in food: fried chicken, mixed veggie, sisig na puso ng saging, tocino (pampanga’s best), daing na bangus, fried tilapia, sinigang na baboy

Football game with the kids

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February 19, Tuesday, 3rd day of Gawad Kalinga
Morning worship sa groto led by Vergel

Post birthday celebration of Sis Cathy

Back to Manila

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February 20, Wednesday
Rest day at home, check email at SM taytay/ dinner at jollibee (alone!)

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February 21, Thursday
Cooked breakfast (tocino and daing + coffee)/ate nine and j-arr
Dinner/ Megamall Tong Yang --- great resto!/ Cathy (former officemate), Jojerry and Romy

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February 22. Friday
DFA/ Passport release! Yipeee!/ Ate Nine
Lunch at Megamall/ Lydia’s lechon (lechon, fresh lumpia)
Dinner/ Goldilocks (dinuguan, fresh lumpia, pork barbeque)
Last minute shopping! Huli na ito…

LRT Line 1, LRT Line 2 and MRT trips in one day

Line 2 Santolan station to Recto Station
Line 1 Doroteo Jose to Libertad station
Line 1 Libertad to EDSA station
MRT Taft station to Ortigas station

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February 23, Saturday
A day trip to Roxas City
Seafood Capital of the Philippines

Comedy Bar with cousins and friends

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February 24, Sunday
Back to Manila
Padi’s Point Antipolo City/ sisig, calamari, pork barbeque/ with cousins: Lydia, Lorena, Dahlia, Nine, Emily, Peachy and Arlene

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February 25, Monday
Went to Lakeview and Antipolo/Max's Taytay/ Tito Tony, Tita Mona and Joan
At home, packing my stuff
Conversation with God… first worship at our terrace

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February 26, Tuesday
Back to Dubai

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