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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Backtrack posts.. read on..

August 26

Leaving Boston

My 3 month stint in the US has finally ended. I am going home!

Ian and I are travelling along, since Wil had already left a week ago to visit his cousins somewhere in Oregon. Ding drove us to the airport at around 4:30am, our flight is at 7:30am. At the baggage check-in counter, I panicked when I was told that my baggage had exceeded. I was about to leave the choloates behind (all 10 Kilos) when Ian offered to carry those for me. Bait bait naman.

While waiting for boarding, I saw a father and child tightly hugging each other, both of them in all tears. I suddenly remembered my sad parting with my sister, I never hugged her that way, for she might see me cry. It was like I was parting with her again, I was going back home, thousand miles away.. and I was leaving her behind.

My carry-on baggages. Ian and I was the last one to board the plane since he bought us coffee for breakfast. No liquids are aloud inside the plane, so I gulped all I can before taking off.

I was lucky to have a window seat on our flight to LA.

Our connecting flights, from LA to Manila, took 10 hours in between. Hindi naman kami pwedeng magtitigan na lang ni Ian for that long. So I asked Ed and Francis, our Pinoy officemates who are staying in Trend's LA office, to tour us around the city.

Our baggages while waiting for Francis and Ed to pick us up at LAX airport.

Ed and Francis' gps. We're tracking the way to Universal Studios.

Our lunch at In-N-Out Burger.

Riccicutie strolling along Universal Studio's Citywalk.

"Papa Ed, bakit hindi mo ko hinintay??" Yeah, I really said it, to his face! Hehehe. Crush ko kasi si Ed during my early years in Trend, cute cute kasi, boyish, at mukhang harmless. Anyway, hands off na ko sa kanya, he recently got married. Awwww...

After a leisurely walk, Ed and Francis took us to Trend's office in Pasadena. The office is smaller than the one we have in Libis. CEOs lang kasi pala yung nandun.

The employees in the Pasadena office enjoy gallons of ice creams every Friday. I wish we also have that in Libis.

Ed, me and Francis at the Pasadena office.

Our last stop was at Ed and Francis' appartment. While there, we watched an episode of Jewel in the Place and freshened up for our flight back home.

At Ed and Francis' appartment.

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Sometime between August 28 and September 2

Photo session with Jane and Janin

Special thanks to Peterson, Janin's special fwend, for the venue!

Riccicutie

My willing victims, Jane and Janin.

Jane

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September 2

Tatay and Nanay's 27th Wedding Anniversary

The view above. Took this shot after the mass.

Sunset

Nanay

The church beside the convent.

Not a full moon yet, but the moon was shining brightly already.

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September 10

Jaimie Angelique's Baptism

Days before the baptism, I received several calls from Owsi, making sure that I'd come ON TIME, since I am one of the Ninangs. Quick backtrack: I was one of the secondary sponsors on her wedding, I wasn't able to make it in the wedding march since I came 10 mins too late. Forgiven, yes, but not forgotten.

So there, learning from my past mistake, I arrived at the church an hour early.

Carbon copy ni Jepoy!

Owsi holding Jaimie.

It was Nanay who took this shot.

Jaimie Angelique Peñafuerte Castro

Aaron, Clarice' boy, one of my godsons.

Tablemates: Clarice, Danny, Dan Madel and Netty.

Onapot, Ricci, Owsi and Jamie.

This was taken at Jeff and Owsi's house in Manila.

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September 23

Batangas

Tatay wanted to visit his plants, trees and veggies and several manoks in his home town, Tanauan, Batangas. So he asked Nanay (the family driver) to take him there. Since I was free that day, I came along.

Since Nanay and I could just not stay put withstanding the heat and the smell of the farm (yeah, maarte talaga kaming mag-nanay), we hied to the next town, which is Lipa.

We went to the Mount Carmel to hear mass first. While on our way, we noticed how clean the streets of Lipa are. No trash, scraps and litters, could be compared like the ones in Marikina. Later, we learned that the penalty for littering the streets is strictly implemented. 300 pesos if you get caught.