I don't want this to end...

March 27, 2014- My student life finally come to an end. Bonus na rin na nakakuha ako ng latin honor (thank you, Papa God!) At higit sa lahat, lahat ng mahal ko sa buhay present sa graduation ko. I had 8 tickets lol (Mommy, Twin brother, tita lara, chelsea, john paul, sir dan, tita lina and janrey). Last time ko na rin makikita ang blockmates kong magkakasama :( Picture taking with my pretty girls then we went home na. Pag uwi ko sa bahay umakyat ako sa rooftop, I was shocked na andun na mga tita at tito ko, pinsan, kapitbahay, colleagues ni mommy at kung sino sino, plus my malaking banner, balloons, tables and chair, cake, food,lechon,karaoke,etc. in short, I had the best surprise party!!! Hindi lang yun, dumating pa ung bff ko na i thought di makakapunta. Thank you so much family and friends!!

March 28- Graduation ni bff Arms sa CGHC. We went at the Hospital Audi around 12nn with her family (mom,dad and pinsan). She got the leadership award for being the SC Treasurer of her batch. I was the proudest bestfriend at that time.. AND an unregistered number appeared at my screen, pagkabasa ko I was stunned because I got my first job offer after college!!! Yes, ganoon kabilis nakakaloka no? PAL Express invited me for a job offer for Customer Service Agent/ Ground Attendant position this coming monday, March 31 at their head office in PNB Macapagal. That means I passed my interview and exam last week! Hihihi. Still, may training and medical pa. Sana magtuloy- tuloy na ang swerte ko :)

We had dinner at Yakimix SM North and pinayagan ako ni mommy magovernight sa kanila! :)

March 29- Happy Birthday to my cousin, Chelsea! I'm very glad that she passed all her subjects including Advance accounting. Super proud cousin here! :)


Thank you for all the blessings, Lord!

Super proud and supper blessed and super lucky,
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Sawadee Ka! Bangkok, Thailand

Hi, it's been almost two months since I last updated my blog. I'll just summarize our tour/travel at  Bangkok last January 26-30. :)

To give you a head start, Bangkok is the capital of the country Thailand or Siam. Temples, Buddha, Floating Market, Wholesale shopping are some of the things you could associate Thailand with.

Day 1

It's my/our first time to travel unaccompanied; unlike our Korea tour we had tour escorts, professors, etc. to guide us during the tour but this one is different- we shall rely only with ourselves. We flew with Philippine Airlines from MNL to BKK for three hours. I found myself loving their on-board meals,we had dinner on the aircraft by the way. As we arrived at Suvarnabhumi Intl. Airport, I can't help to compare NAIA with Thailand's main hub. Surely Incheon Airport is still on my top list but Suvarnabhumi Airport has something to boast about.

I saw my name in the placard as we past the greeters' area, we had transfer from BKK to our hotel, Best Bangkok House located in Pratunam. We were so exhausted that we slept very early that night.

Day 2

We had breakfast at the lobby and wandered the streets and highways of Bangkok. FYI, there have been protests/rallies happening at BKK and we WITNESSED them infront of MBK Mall. We're so nervous walking across the MBK mall because of the huge crowd. I'm glad that we arrived safe inside the mall. I was astonished of the cheap finds inside the mall, "Para kang nasa 168" but those at MBK are the authentic Bangkok goods.

We rode the Tuktuk going to Pratunam Market to continue our shopping. Similar to our very own Divisoria, Pratunam is a haven for shopaholics who prefer to buy in wholesale. Then we went at Platinum mall just across Pratunam to have our late lunch (4pm) and to shop for souvenirs. (Oo, agad agad :P)

We’ll be having dinner at Chao Phraya river cruise at 7pm so we rushed back to our hotel and changed our clothes. One of the highlights of our tour is the dinner cruise. On top of the spicy Thai dinner, we had witnessed BKK at night, the temples, palaces glowed brightly beneath the moonlight. It’s indeed a very romantic experience :”> After having our dinner, I was curious on the party happening on the ground floor so we went down. There were foreigners (Indian, Americans, Europeans) dancing on the tune of a pop music. I don’t know exactly what happened but I just found myself dancing awkwardly at the center because an Indian guy approached me to dance with him. I stole a glance behind my back and found my other friends dancing too lol. We left the party and the cruise to went back at the hotel. It was a very long, tiring yet memorable day!

Day 3

Temple and City Tour

We went at First Hotel Bangkok to register for the conference, to pay the fee and to get our conference kit. We had Pad Thai for lunch inside the hotel while waiting for others to arrive for the temple tour. An hour later, we’re driving to see the world’s famous temples and palaces that can only be found at Bangkok.

We visited the temple of reclining Buddha or Wat Pho that was built around 200 years before Bangkok became Thailand's capital. It holds the dual honors of having both Thailand's largest reclining Buddha image and the most number of Buddha images in Thailand. We paid a visit at the Wat Indrawiharn or the standing Buddha that’s 32 meter/ 100 feet tall!

We went back to our hotel and had rest for a couple of hours. Yen and I had dinner at Honggi Seafood Restaurant. The rest of the night, we prepared for our conference tomorrow.

Day 4

Conference

The reason why we went there is because of our beloved thesis which we presented at Planetary Research Centre 2014 at First Hotel Bangkok. Though we didn’t receive any awards, we’re happy that we successfully presented our paper in front of educators, businessman, etc. They gave good feed backs like our topic is very interesting and students like us could come up with that paper. We met a friend named Alon from Israel, he told us that he visited Boracay last year and he loves it! He’s looking forward for his next trip in the Philippines. We went back to our hotel and maximize our well-deserved rest.

Late at night, Ira and I had gone wandering the streets of Bangkok at night for our last minute shopping.

Day 5

We packed our things and bid goodbye to the Land of Smiles. As what Yen said, Bangkok is a nice place but nothing beats home! <3

Until next time, BKK!

See you BKK!

Time flies so fast! We'll be leaving for BKK later aound 1920 and I haven't even started practicing my report. All of us have been excited to visit the Land of Smiles but Thailand's capital has been facing difficulties lately. Thais have been rallying in front of government offices and not until last thursday that the ministry declared STATE of EMERGENCY in the place. It would be a domino effect that's why DFA declared Alert Level 2 discouraging pinoys to travel to BKK. We don't have a choice, we have prepared almost everything. There's no way to cancel all of this. We should just observe safety precautions and avoid large group of people. Anyway, I'm still excited :D

We'll going to have Dinner Cruise at night and gonna see the Chao Phraya river like this :'>

This marks my first travel this 2014! Weee Thank you Lord, keep us all safe :)