Homeward bound

Breakfast by the balcony. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Well, surprisingly I was able to sleep before 12 midnight last night then that meant I was already awake at around 5:30 am. By 6 am I gave up and made breakfast for all of us. My sisters and my mom had to leave at 9 am due to prior commitments today. My girls and I had a more leisurely breakfast and allowed us to clean the entire place before checking out.

This gave me the chance to walk around the lagoon to fetch my car from the country club.

The pathway behind our condo unit. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Flowers that I will copy. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
This way to the beach. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
This way to the country club. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Lovely lotus that I will also copy. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

We left the resort at 11 am and I showed the girls the reason the place was called Pico de Loro.

The protruding stone formation looks like the beak of a parrot from another angle. I saw the likeness last Saturday when we were approaching the resort. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

This was a popular hiking destination before it was overrun by amateur hikers that disturbed the flora and fauna of the area. The DENR closed the area permanently since the pandemic began.

Meanwhile, we encountered the monkeys of the mountain pass of Nasugbu and Ternate again. This time, I was ready with my digicam next to me.

The inventor of the buko pie, hence, the name The Original. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

They ran out of buko pies at 2 pm. Oh well.

Blueberry cheesecake. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

When we arrived in my hometown, we ate in a resto-bar owned by a high school-mate. After college he took up culinary arts at CCA and decided to open restaurants in our town. Here is Twin I enjoying the blueberry cheesecake pie.

My favorite chocolate chip cookies. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Then I dropped by the confectionery that I had been going to for 25 years. This has been my comfort food since my high school days. Love, love, love it. Bought 400g of this to bring home.

My undergrad college. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Its facade hasn’t changed much since 20+ years ago. We used to sit on the plant boxes or the steps and just hang out in between classes or just people watch.

I waited for my best friend, T, to finish work so we can have dinner together.

Sitting under the kalachuchi tree where we used to hang out.

We were planning our next dinner/lunch probably this weekend but we’ll do it out of town. T then drove me home and I called the girls to talk to Tita T because we were planning to bring the girls to a K-Pop concert in July and August. She and the girls chatted about so many things and we planned to go to S. Korea with the girls. In theory.

So tomorrow I’ll be talking to another contractor for another quote for my apartment. It’s better to shop around. I will decide later if we drive back to QC tomorrow or stay here for another day.

Meanwhile, Ate C said the cats miss me so much that they always slept on my empty bed. I told her not to wash my bed covers so that they can sleep with my smell.

Kimchi waiting for me outside my bedroom door. Photo sent by Ate C.

Meanwhile, I’m blogging on my childhood bed.

Photo by CallMeCreation.com