galilee garden resort

this saturday was peepee's birthday, so...

we were supposed to go swimming in amana water parks in bulacan for his birthday, but then the night before, peepee's mom read some comments about the place that didn't seem nice. so we chose to go somewhere else. friday morning, we were still looking for some resorts online. then i found this place called galilee garden resort. peepee and i were looking at the pictures on their website (http://galileemansion.com/) and we thought the place looked great! other than that, it was closer compared to amana waterpark and the place was way cheaper.

we planned to leave on saturday. same date as peepee's birthday. but we had to cancel because of an emergency. lola nanay (peepee's grandmom) fell down the stairs and she had to be rushed to the emergency room. she suffered from wounds on her head that had to be stitched shut. the larger wound had seven stitches. the smaller one had three. she was confined at UST for three days. so, we had to move the date to sunday, may 17th.

we left home around 6:30 am and we got to ate malou's house to pick up giro, his dad, ate malou and baby alumi. we left their place before 7 am, but we had to stop at tabang exit, not for dairy queen (i wish!), but to have our tires pumped. we had it adjusted to 31 psi instead of the usual 30 psi.

we got to the resort, and peepee and i got disappointed because it didn't look close to what we saw on their website. we chose to stay in the resort instead of leaving and looking for someplace else on the spot. of course, giro was soooo excited to jump in the pool. we had to ask him several times to wait for someone to go with him. his dad jumped in with him and from there, giro stayed in the water until around lunch time. we slathered sunblock on him again, and again he jumped in on the pool, this time without waiting for any of us. he then refused to eat merienda. he said, "kumain na tayo kanina. kakain ulit tayo?"

to make it short, the resort wasn't what we expected. it truly looked beautiful if you're only gonna look at the website. although peepee and i got disappointed at first, we initially came to like the place because:

1. there were not a lot of people in the resort so we were able to swim around without any mishaps.

2. the place was extraordinarily cheap.

3. the people were courteous.

4. the staff made sure that there were trash bins everywhere and they made sure to sweep the grounds very often.

5. there were lifeguards on both ends of all pools.

6. each pool (except the adult pool) has only one depth. the one that has the boat was only 2.5 feet so all children were free to go around the pool without parents fearing for their child's safety.

7. it's only about an hour drive from manila (not considering the traffic. hehe..)

haPEE birthday be! luv u!

lupang hinirang

this is again giro singing (should i say, practicing) the national anthem with his dad...

cheenie is gone..

i forgot to say this. we asked giro what name he wanted to give the bird. he immediately said cheenie (i just figured out how it was spelled based on what he said). that was on the same day that we found her in the bathroom. the next day (yesterday), i went to her makeshift cage and i was so surprised to see her, dead. she must've died a few hours ago since the ants were already feeding on her and most of her limbs and muscles are gone. oh well. at least we tried to keep her.

blogger tools..

i was looking online for codes that would help me put link tabs on top of my page. i wanted to make the links to my photobucket and my playlists look like tabs on top. i wanted them to open in a new window. i have the code to open the links in a new window (thanks ana for posting the code!), but i don't have the code to make my links look like tabs on top of the post.
anyhoe, i was browsing and i chanced upon this website...http://www.allblogtools.com. i checked it out and i was able to get a code for glitter text. so, i just added glitter text on top. hehe..i'm still browsing through the site and i'm trying to look for other stuff to add..

sadness

my mom sent me a text message earlier today. she said "danny was voted out. kris and adam are in." huuhuu..so sad..at least adam is still there. it would've been better if danny stayed, though. oh, well.

my own weirdness

i don't know where i got it. i don't know how it started. i'm an OC when it comes to eating corn on the cob. i eat it kernel by kernel. doesn't matter how long it takes me. i want the cob to look as clean as it could get after i eat the kernels. yeah. i eat it row by row, column by column. i eat corn on the cob with my fingers. why?! i just don't want the corn cob to look mangled, with the kernel's skin still attached to it. i don't want to see my corn cob messy.

okay, so lookie here..the one on top is how my corn started. the one in the middle is how peepee's corn on the cob looked like after he ate it. mine is the one on the very bottom. see how clean the corn cob looked? that is how all my corn cob looks like after i'm done eating. and i want it to stay that way. tsk tsk tsk...OC OC..
one more weird thing (and i'm as OC on this as the corn on the cob thing) is, whenever i open anything (yup, anything from canned goods, to junk foods, to instant noodle packs, juices in foil packs, condiments in tetra packs, down to how i peel onions, fruits, and almost anything that needs to be opened, or peeled), i always open it in its upright position, or when the label is readable. like, remember how zesto foil packs are opened by some people? they turn the pack upside down and stick the straw in the bottom of the pack, right?! it works for most people, but for me, it's not gonna do. i won't feel comfortable about it and i would end up not drinking it. for junk foods, i would get a bit hesitant if i see the wrapper opened from the bottom with the label upside down. i'd end up not eating it. when i peel, say an onion, i would alway chop the top off first before i chop the rooty part off. i think something's not right if i cannot read the label or if the label is upside down or something. huh? weird..

meet my newest pet

this little birdie here got to our house by accident. when peepee and i got home, i went straight to the bathroom to pee. as soon as i opened the door, there was this little brown thing sitting on the bathroom floor. at first i thought it was a frog (i swear it looked like one!). i nearly screamed (good thing i didn't) my senses out but when i looked closely, i realized that it wasn't a frog. it was a tiny little brown bird (maya) and it hopped around a bit when it saw me. peepee's mom said it had been there for a while now. she said it may have perched on the bathroom window and because it was just a baby bird it must've fallen inside the bathroom. since the window was a bit high (and i think it would be too much of a travel for a tiny bird), the birdie couldn't get out. so, we asked peepee to get the bird (his mom was scared of it that's why she left it at the bathroom, chirping). he scooped it up into an ice cream container. i then looked around and saw this green picnic basket (we used to put the puppies here when we take them to the doctor for their vaccines). we placed the tiny bird inside the basket and i gave her food and water (i gave her rice. we don't have bird food around the house). we're still thinking of a name for it. hmmm..how about maya?!? (wow, so original! hehe..)