Semana Santa sa Famy

Dahil hindi kami uuwing La Union at wala namang lakwatsa si Omar at Otep, sumama kami kay Myla sa pag-uwi nya sa Famy for the holy week break. Pagmasdan sa'ming mga larawan ang pagtambay namin sa Hacienda Rellosa sa Famy, Laguna noong holy week ng 2012. 

Ang tropapipz na-meet ang ilan sa Rellosa fam; si Mama Daisy, Papa Larry at Ate ni Myles na si Lady.

Nagsama-sama ang mga lakwatsero at lakwatsera kaya naman kahit kakadating lang, nag-ikot na 

 

At nang makapag-pahinga ng konti eh lumarga naman sa malapit na ilog, 

ansaya, nakaka-awit ng

"ngumiting, kasama ng hangin

luhang dalo'y ng tubig

sa ilog na 'di naglilihim"

ang aming ride, pang-TODA collection

Bago bumalik sa bahay, binisita na din namin ang taniman ng mais at kung anu-ano pang pananim. Masaya talagang may hacienda, buti na lang meron ang mga friends.

At dahil may mga bisita, curious ang mga chikiting, kaya naman binisita nila kami. Nakipagkulitan sa mga kamag-anak at kapitbahay nina Myles.

Eto ang masaya sa bakasyon, kain, tulog, gala lang talaga!

At dahil Viernes Santo na, bawal gumala kaya nanood kami ng "Hampas" isa itong tradisyon sa Famy, kagaya ng iba pang lugar sa Pilipinas, ganito sila mag-gunita ng Semana Santa. ANSAKIT!

Ansaya, nag-bonfire at ayan, ihaw ng hotdog at marshmallows habang nagkukwentuhan ng mga pang-maalaala mo kayang kwento ng mga buhay-buhay.

Maaga kami kinabukasan kasi part ng lakwatsang ito ang pag-akyat sa Mt. Romelo at pagbisita sa Buruwisan falls, next blog ko sya.

Hacienda nga kasi kaya may pahabol pang activity, calamansi picking, dapat daw naka-boots kasi baka may ahas, scary!!!! Pero di naman halata sa picture na scared sya.

Madami pa kaming ginawa jan, like nagluto si Omar ng paborito nyang manok, sya ang nag-katay ng manok at isang buo syang niluto. Si Omar at Otep ang aming kusinero at hardinero sa byaheng yan, ako naman ang taga-hugas ng pinagkainan. May dance revo time din kami, mahabang nap, basta KAIN, TULOG, GALA ang byaheng yan. Salamat Myles at sa Rellosa Fam sa pag-ampon sa'min sa bakasyong ito. Super enjoy, sana maulit ulit, lalo na now that may resort at place to stay na talaga sa same area na ito. Visit Casa Dorotea- Resort, Campsite and Events Place. Tara na ulit!

Petiks Octoberfest

This is our very own Octoberfest; eating, drinking, chatting, laughing, singing, to celebrate October birthdays of the two Docs and Tiny's, plus despedida party for Carina =(

meet my happy Petiks group...

Party party till the following day!

Thanks @nton for the pictures =)

Enchanted Makiling

Petiks' last practice climb before Pulag....

were the saying "saving the best for last" is so true, coz this was my very tiring, muscle breaking of all our practice climb....I don't know why!? But the first time I climb Mount Makiling, it was like a walk in the park! But this one...it's not =(. It feels like we are enchanted in Makiling....it's like we're walking on the same route over and over again, going in circles....losing our energy, losing also the light of day.

registration area, you have to pay PhP 10 as entrance fee, followed by briefing (a sad note here, Mang Jojo, the forester who gave the briefing for this hike was the forester who was gun shot a few weeks ago, here's the news: Mt-Makiling-guard-killed)

a lovely day for walking in an enchanted forest....where the enchanted woman Maria lived

welcomers of Mount Makiling....some beautiful flowers, centipede, kabute (mushrooms), later on the "limatiks" (leeches) for main events =P

into the wilderness were the limatiks are everywhere.....

lunch along the trail...

I love the mossy forest!

the exciting part of the trek, pulling yourself in the so-called 90 degrees, thank you for the rope =)

a relief after a tiring hike is seeing views like these, you're on top of Los Baños, Bay and some nearby parts of Laguna and Batangas (don't know them though =P)

actually, the summit of Mount Makiling is not so rewarding but the trail, the view along the way..that's Mount Makiling's forte.

 

after going in circles, finally we were back where we started...... 

Photo credits: Icoy Mercado and Byron Gabriel