Parenting Archive

My thoughts on parenthood, and what it's like to be a mom in the Philippines.

The EX We All LOVE!

Let’s talk about EX!

A North Luzon lover here.. being raised in Central Luzon, you can’t blame me for loving North Luzon more than any other tourist destination in the country.. and yes, going home and visiting North Luzon is a breeze, specially when SCTEX started operating.. un lang pag nag crave ng balot at hotdog ang mga bagets, sa Bulacan pa din ang daan namin.. sarap kaya ng balot at hotdog sa Baliwag stop over 🙂

Kung meron lang Express way to Baguio no? ay wait! meron pala! Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (aka TPLEX). I learned about this last Holy Week. TPLEX is an 89 kilometer 4 lane expressway..heard that it will be full operational this year.. but I doubt it.. seeing the progress they made from our last travel to last week. malabo yata.. and heard rumors na maraming pang right of way ang hindi ayos.. we can wait.

TPLEX will have 12 exits (wiki entry):

Tarlac
Tarlac Central Toll Plaza
Victoria
Gerona
Paniqui
Moncada
San Manuel
Carmen
Rosales
Urdaneta
Pozzorubio
Rosario

TPLEX starts where SCTEX ends (Tarlac exit)…based on what I have seen.. babaybayin nito ang kabukiran sa kanang bahai ng Tarlac (if you’re facing north).. we passed by a few constructions in Victoria and Moncada… the only advantage of TPLEX.. no more old houses scenes..bukid everywhere!

And while reading about TPLEX, I learned about Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora Expressway, a 60Km planned expressway that will make travelling to Aurora faster and hopefully safer! weeeh ang saya lang ng mga EX na to!

Surfing @ San Juan, La Union

o eto na ang mga details ng Summer ender namin 🙂

San Juan, La Union is one of the top destination when it comes to surfing.. at dahil hiningi ng pagkakataon at nakapulot kame ng lakas ng loob sa dalampasigan.. sige na nga! subukan na yan!

We stayed at Normi2’s Beachfront Resort (one barangay away from Urbiztondo, which is the surfing site at San Juan). Their surfing rate is 400 PhP per hour which includes surfboard and an instructor.

My brother enjoyed it the most (I think hahaha).. sinubukan ko din naman, kaso nga dahil first timer.. malay ko bang mahuhubaran ka sa lakas ng alon! kaya ayun, ang nag iisa kong picture eh karumal dumal! Huwag nyo ng isipin kung ano itsura.. nakakasuka talaga! hahaha

Eh bitin on our first try, so we asked for another session, this time, umaga naman.. and the kids tried it too!

Proud Mommy moment yan! nangilid nga ang luha ko while watching them.. nakakatuwa lang na they were able to try things.. nakaka proud talaga na open sila to try out new things.. hindi lang yan, they even tried swimming at the pool which is 5ft deep.. at ang lakas ng loob na mag swim without floaters.

Lesson learned: magdamit ng tama! LOL

*surfing instructor: Benson (Normi2’s) 09207986374

Summer Ender @ San Juan, La Union

We have 4 reasons to celebrate this month (a good reason to give burlap favor bags too!).. Chico, Dylan and his birthday and my brother’s graduation..ang haba naman kung yaan ilalagay ko sa title.. since summer is almost over, let’s just call this getaway as summer ender hahaha (very apt naman di ba?)