tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87047170451501753052024-02-02T14:47:41.654+08:00Hello, I moved!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-66304823991277919662015-05-03T16:32:00.000+08:002015-05-03T16:32:16.853+08:00SG April '14: Day 4 + 5<div style="text-align: center;">
April 20, 2014</div>
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Today we had lunch at Marchè, Somerset 313.</div>
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(Omg guys alam niyo ba na if you hold down a letter on your Mac </div>
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keyboard all the symbols pop out?! My friend Niña taught me this. </div>
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That's also how I made an enye just now! Ang galing please) </div>
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There are a bunch of food stations (meat, seafood, drinks, appetizers, etc) </div>
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where you line up to order what you want. They give each of you a card and that's </div>
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what you give them when you place an order at the counter. They swipe it and give </div>
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you that round buzzer that vibrates when your food is ready tapos you just go back to pick it up.</div>
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We got lamb chops</div>
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The calamari was nomnomnomnom</div>
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We ordered steak and pizza too if I remember correctly! </div>
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After lunch we challenged my dad to take the train with Kuya Leo</div>
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and he accepted! Trachea and I got so excited that we went with them </div>
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just to document the event. Here they are waiting for the train:</div>
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Omg it's legit! My father is in the train hahahahaha</div>
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Bye Dad + Kuya Leo!</div>
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(They were going to look at gadgets ata)</div>
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I promised to take Trachea to Scape + Cineleisure because it was our last day.</div>
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We changed trains and went back to Somerset where I showed her the skate park that</div>
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I accidentally ended up in the day before. </div>
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Passed by Food Republic muna for some Milo Dinosaur </div>
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One of my favorite stores in Cineleisure - they have the nicest polos for boys!</div>
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(And since my friends are almost all boys, this is where </div>
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I get them pasalubong - I'm lookin' at u, Carlos + Borj + Kimps!!!)</div>
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Scape is right next door to Cineleisure. Camille took me there a few trips back,</div>
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and I wanted to show Tracy because they have a lot of random anik-anik.</div>
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Hair chalk, for example.</div>
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And these cute shoes na sobrang chipangga!</div>
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In fairness ah I use them often and nothing's broken yet</div>
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Got picked up by the school bus for dinner</div>
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Dami namin talaga! Not arranged by class number -</div>
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Tito Ronny, Pammy, Tita Evelyn, Auntie Doris, Dad, Tess, Tito Philip, </div>
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Uncle Jimmy, Trachea, and Ate Diday</div>
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I found a calamansi on the ground</div>
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Chenen! No Signboard Seafood</div>
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I love their logo it's so kyot</div>
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The boys were all terno. Wearing Bape</div>
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(Did you guys plan this?)</div>
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Tracy is happy with her giant crab leg</div>
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Dessert at Max Brenner</div>
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Yiiiiiie hahahha hello father</div>
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Trachea, Ate Diday, and Tess</div>
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We weren't tired yet kaya we passed by Marina Bay Sands kasi malapit lang</div>
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Tess likes Chanel</div>
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Hello</div>
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April 21, 2014</div>
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Got up early for our 2pm flight</div>
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(Miko is in flipflops because he's just going back to his apartment after!)</div>
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We are a Rimowa family</div>
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Bye Miko!!! I always feel a tiny bit sad when he gets left behind</div>
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but I know he super loves living in Singapore.</div>
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Tita Mimi and Pammy making chika at the back</div>
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Guys hindi ko nawala passport ko o! Award!</div>
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Trachea with our stuff</div>
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I have a very specific Changi Airport habit. I always pass by this toy store</div>
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near the giant M&M statue and for some reason, the Boogie Board is always still on display.</div>
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Boogie Boards remind me of Abuelita (Abu for short), Carlos's lola. She couldn't talk very well na</div>
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when I met her, kaya she would write down what she wanted to say through the Boogie Board.</div>
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She was super super super nice to me and her hugs were the best, so I always make</div>
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it a point to say hello to her when I see one!</div>
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AND OH EHM GUESS WHAT. I ran into Carlos's parents when we arrived in Manila!</div>
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They just got back from their anniversary trip to Europe tapos we were so happy to see</div>
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each other!!! What is nagwawala in the airport ahahhahahha HI TITO AND TITA!!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-59375208063444997672015-03-02T23:56:00.000+08:002015-03-02T23:57:03.479+08:00SG April '14: Day 3 (Part 2)<div style="text-align: center;">April 19, 2014</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kinda more like Part "in between", pero bahala na.<br />
These events happened between around 1:00pm and 5:30pm..... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I met up with Camille at Cineleisure, where she was having a quick lunch</div><div style="text-align: center;">at Mosburger. (Epal: My Ate is the only other person I know that's<br />
been to Mosburger. She likes the shrimp there! Anyway back to my kwento) </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2014/03/singapore-14-day-three.html">last trip to Singapore</a>, Camille showed me a really nice Pentel brush pen </div><div style="text-align: center;">that she let me use on her sketchbook tapos IT WAS SO NICE GUYS!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Before that kasi I was using Unipins and it only stays at one thickness,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the brush pen can make manipis and makapal lines and I feel like drawings </div><div style="text-align: center;">feel more alive like that!!! Nainlove agad ako pero we didn't have time to </div><div style="text-align: center;">get one anymore, kaya she told me she'd take me to an art shop when I came back. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Elo Camille :-h From Cineleisure we went to Bugis Junction,<br />
walked past some stores (We saw a circle-shaped mannequin and a<br />
triangle-shaped mannequin. Okay wala lang) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16216867510" title="IMG_6011 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6011" height="375" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8582/16216867510_0bcafcf2f8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went out the other end and walked to a building she wanted to </div><div style="text-align: center;">show me (Bras Basah Complex). I saw this sign on the way and parang -<br />
Why have we never been here? Feeling ko nice there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16216634148" title="IMG_6015 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6015" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/16216634148_b7deb775fd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hemingway - Bras Basah Complex has a bunch of book stores and </div><div style="text-align: center;">art stores and cute stores (Aka wasteland. Please see definition of wasteland <a href="http://chuvaness.com/recurring-dream/">here</a>.)<br />
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This is a photo I took in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BasheerGraphic/info?tab=page_info">Basheer</a>, a book store that specializes in design and art books.<br />
Artist friends, you're going to go insane here. I didn't buy anything when I was there<br />
because I wanted to get everything (medyo exag pero gets) and couldn't choose.<br />
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Just looking through some of them is enough to get you inspired for<br />
the next five months though, so visit them if you're in Singapore!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15784229493" title="IMG_6017 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6017" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/15784229493_8d70153b3d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This store naman is called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/catsocrates">Cat Socrates</a>. Photos weren't allowed inside pero promise,<br />
it's one of the cuter wastelands I've been to. There was a cat inside talaga, ha!<br />
Camille and I spent quite a bit of time here because:<br />
1. I couldn't decide on what I wanted again<br />
2. I was waiting for the cat to wake up so I could pet it<br />
(It was sleeping in a basket next to the cashier)<br />
3. I was forcing Camille to get a cute red wallet with sumo<br />
wrestlers on it (She didn't buy it in the end, but she DID<br />
go back to get it the next day so medyo success ang<br />
forcing ko. Medyo. :-)) )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16218046729" title="IMG_6018 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6018" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/16218046729_5378313ab1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We left Bras Basah Complex after my freak out tapos Camille<br />
took me to <a href="http://id3442.securedata.net/straitscomart/">Straits Commercial Art Co.</a> (It was maybe a few<br />
blocks away lang. Or was it across lang? Basta I don't remember<br />
it being too far ok)<br />
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Finally got my own pen and a pack of extra ink cartridges!<br />
Ahhhh ang ganda talaga guys (I think a lot of other people<br />
heard about these pens before I did kaya sorry kung ang late<br />
ko sa balita but woooow talaga ugh) Thank you Camille pls!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16404278265" title="IMG_6020 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6020" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/16404278265_b395950bcf.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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After that, we went back to the Bugis Junction area. Camille took me to a little <br />
place across the mall where they sold teh peng, something I was curious about after<br />
seeing her Facebook posts about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16404278955" title="IMG_6022 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6022" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/16404278955_37df1a4efd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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According to Wikipedia (Yes Dad, Wikipedia is an unreliable source - pero<br />
I was lazy and it was the first link that came up on Google he he he), teh peng is<br />
sweetened ice milk tea. The man who made it for us was making a kissy face.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15781809104" title="IMG_6025 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6025" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/15781809104_a4ec76f2a8.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is what it looks like!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16216638998" title="IMG_6027 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6027" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8637/16216638998_80f58db8f1.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Naiinis si Camille kasi it wasn't sweet enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16378305416" title="IMG_5425 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5425" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/16378305416_2553aa2f14.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We had maybe an hour left before I had to head back to the hotel for dinner,<br />
so we walked to the Bugis Street Market and Camille showed me around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15784234803" title="IMG_6031 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6031" height="375" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8673/15784234803_eb309a09eb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I saw a super tattooed girl (It looked like her whole back + legs were<br />
covered in them) but I was too shy to ask her for a photo kaya I took one<br />
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They had an area with those <a href="http://10mosttoday.com/10-awesome-love-locks-locations-from-around-the-world/">love locks</a> like in Korea and France.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16218052749" title="IMG_6034 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6034" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/16218052749_4404081d00.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Tapos there were animal keychains that stared into our souls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15781813514" title="IMG_6035 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6035" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/15781813514_f4ce2b058e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Accidental fashion pic of the day: Camille in Haji Lane (We went here after the market<br />
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Some tattoo place</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15784237973" title="IMG_6049 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6049" height="370" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/15784237973_edc0a62ab3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Haji Lane is a lot different now compared to when I went there for the first time with my sister.<br />
The walls didn't have street art on them and we had a hard time looking for the<br />
<a href="http://www.popsugar.com/fashion/fourth-Commes-des-Garcon-guerilla-store-opens-Singapore-January-2008-1961009">Comme des Garcons Guerilla Store</a> because all the buildings looked the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16218055049" title="IMG_6050 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6050" height="388" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/16218055049_e14ef8237a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This was the last photo I took before we headed back to Bugis Junction so<br />
I could get a train back to Mandarin. (Camille was panicking because she<br />
wasn't sure I'd get back alive HAHAHHA) THANKS FOR TAKING ME<br />
AROUND CAMILLEEEEEEEE! Here's the cool photo I took of our shoes!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16216647198" title="IMG_6058 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6058" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/16216647198_2591abacaf.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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If you want to see Camille's drawing's, they're over <a href="http://matchacha.tumblr.com/tagged/puddingmilktea">HERE</a>!!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-24857053931557516652015-03-01T05:05:00.002+08:002015-03-02T23:57:56.670+08:00SG April '14: Day 3 (Part 1)<div style="text-align: center;">
April 19, 2014</div>
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I spent lunch and dinner with my family and I was with Camille in between)</div>
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The reason why I didn't bring a camera on this trip was because of this. </div>
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Ahhhh, thanks Dad! I've been wanting to replace my 7D for a while now.</div>
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(Kasi feeling ko hindi talaga kami meant to be) I wanted the new camera to </div>
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be a lot smaller and a lot lighter kaya I did some research and found out about</div>
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the 100D. It's so tiny! Now the only heavy thing about my camera is the lens,</div>
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pero okay lang kasi it's a lot more manageable na pa rin. And ugh,</div>
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I received this lens pa. It's sooo nice iyak tayo guys<br />
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Hello Tess (Sorry I posted this pero I found it funny)</div>
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Hello Trachea</div>
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While we were walking to Ippudo, we saw a guy with a prosthetic leg. </div>
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Cool diba!!!</div>
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Also passed by this cute place where you could go and paint!</div>
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At Ippudo they also have those giant manga displays like they have</div>
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in Yabu, except yup, the drawings are about ramen, not tonkatsu.</div>
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(Check out the guy in the middle, so happy to be reading a ramen manga) </div>
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I made a star out of sesame seeds.</div>
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It wasn't just Miko who recently celebrated his birthday. Kuya Leo had his just a few</div>
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days before, on April 11. He received a gift in Singapore and opened it before we ate.</div>
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It was a cute figure of a guy with three cameras! (Kuya Leo is a photographer and a </div>
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member of the Camera Club of the Philippines)</div>
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YUMMMMMMMM!!!</div>
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Ate Diday's top had a cute chair pattern on it. I liked it because I like chairs.</div>
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After lunch, I met up with Camille. </div>
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<a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2015/03/sg-april-14-day-3-part-2.html">Part 2</a> is where you'll find what we did!</div>
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Don't read ahead nalang if you want to </div>
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read about this day in chronological order!<br />
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So ayon, I was on the train back to Somerset na. </div>
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Dad suddenly texted me asking where I was, so I started</div>
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to panic. Designated meet up time for our trip to the restaurant </div>
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was in around 6 minutes, and I was going to have to </div>
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walk pa from Somerset to the hotel.</div>
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When the train doors opened, I made a run for it.</div>
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Sa sobrang madali, I went up the wrong exit. Instead of </div>
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ending up inside the mall (the exit I was familiar with), </div>
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I went up the stairs to find a skate park.</div>
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WHAT. </div>
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More panic ensues.</div>
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I ran down the skate park steps because I saw that the mall </div>
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was right across it, but it was a dead end. There was a gate blocking </div>
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the way. "OMG BAKIT ANG MALAS KO" levels na yung brain ko.</div>
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That was the SECOND wrong exit I made and all in under two minutes!!</div>
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I could not slow down due to the thought of my father getting very enggry,</div>
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so I made a quick turn and ran back up the stairs to find a different way </div>
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out of the skate park. Finally I'm in the mall, then out the other end of</div>
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the mall, then at Cineleisure, then at the back entrance of Mandarin,</div>
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then at the lobby. They were all there waiting but Dad didn't get angry, yahu!</div>
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This was what I looked like:</div>
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There were so many of us that we needed to take a bus!</div>
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That's Mr. Alan-dude and Tita Lani in front, Tita Mimi next to</div>
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Tito Ronny (not seen), Dad behind them, and Dad's friend who </div>
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I do not know on the single left seat. (Plus Uncle Jimmy, Ate Diday, </div>
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Kuya Leo, Pammy, Tisha, Tracy, Miko, and Ana - that's me! - in the back)</div>
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Pow Sing! (As you may have noticed, we cannot go to Singapore without</div>
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having Hainanese Chicken Rice.) </div>
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Omg though. We weren't able to get down from the bus agad when we </div>
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got there. The driver was about to let us down in the driveway</div>
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then park when we suddenly heard shouting. A police car was parked beside </div>
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us and a policewoman was telling us to get out of the way because she wanted </div>
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to leave first (I am assuming this is what she was saying because from inside </div>
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the bus she looked like she was going to punch us if we didn't move) </div>
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We never found out why she was doing that, but even if it was because of an </div>
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emergency somewhere, I didn't think it was right to be shouting and angry </div>
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and nagwawala in front of a bus. There was a proper - ehem respectful ehem - </div>
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way to do that, 'no. This is how she looked like. What a scary lady.</div>
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After all that was over, we finally got to go in. The place looks a lot newer now!<br />
(Or baka feel ko lang yun. Wa ko knows.) </div>
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I got Milo because Milo is yummy in Singapore.</div>
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Miko took me to a little ice cream place nearby after eating because he wanted some </div>
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dessert. While he was paying I saw this ice cream cake on display and I wanted</div>
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to eat all the tiny marshmallows. Tiny marshmallows are awesome.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16402539721" title="IMG_6086 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6086" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/16402539721_1a249f2119.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Wow nucks OBEY + CDG amazing</div>
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Uncle Jimmy did a head count as we entered the bus (Field trip?)</div>
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We had plans to meet up with some of Miko's friends (One of them, Pia, </div>
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is Tisha's batch mate from grade school) pero they weren't there yet kaya</div>
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we went back to Cathay and looked at Left Foot (I love Left Foot guys)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15784248793" title="Untitled-1 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="Untitled-1" height="260" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/15784248793_2d3b14df21.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Ayon that was Day 3 tah-dah!</div>
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I never know how to end entries. :-/</div>
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April 17, 2014</div>
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April 16 is Miko's birthday. Ate Diday told me that they were </div>
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planning a trip to Singapore to surprise him, and I was super excited</div>
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because I wanted to go too, but our flight was a day late! (No more</div>
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seats on the plane? Or maybe I had work? I can't remember)</div>
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Flew to Singapore with my parents and Tito Ronny's family.</div>
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Everything was normal, we headed down the same escalator and </div>
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lined up for immigration, except when it was my turn, they didn't let</div>
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me through. The officer gave my passport back to me and told me to go</div>
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to the immigration office. By that time everyone else was already on the </div>
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other side of the gate, so I just sent my dad a text telling him what was going</div>
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on. When I went to the counter, they didn't tell me anything about why I wasn't</div>
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let through- they just told me to go straight to the room they had on the side. </div>
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At this point nashoshokotei na ako, because when I went inside, I saw two</div>
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women already asleep on their bags. Uhm. Was I going to end up like them?!?!?!</div>
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I was thinking maybe they stopped me because they saw I <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2014/06/singapore-14-day-four.html">had a police report filed</a></div>
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from <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2014/03/singapore-14-day-three.html">losing my passport</a>? After a few minutes, a lady in a uniform comes in and<br />
motions for me to follow her (parang hindi ata uso magsalita dito, guys) into a<br />
small room next to our seats. She led me to a computer that was already on, tapos<br />
she had me enter all my fingerprints into a USB reader. After that she just told me<br />
I was done and I was like HUH ba't ganon so kinapalan ko na fezz ko and I straight<br />
up asked her why they needed my prints and all I got from her was "just checking."<br />
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Although I didn't get an actual reason for why I was stopped, I was glad to get out<br />
of there. I had to line up at immigration again and wait for my turn - Tita Mimi<br />
was waiting for me at the other side because she was scared that I was scared daw :-))<br />
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Oh, here's a drawing of that immigration office room I was sent to:</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15777009713" title="IMG_5427 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5427" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/15777009713_b56caaa3db.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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As usual, I picked the seat next to all the luggage because I like corners.<br />
Wa ko knows. </div>
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I don't know why I don't have photos of dinner, but I don't.<br />
Apparently we met up with Sheena though! I think this was at<br />
Dhoby Ghaut station - if I remember correctly, we came from<br />
Cathay Cineplex? AH! Yeah! I took Tracy with me to meet up<br />
with Miko at Plaza Singapura kasi that's where he was having<br />
dinner and we were planning to play billiards at Cathay pero it was<br />
raining really hard. After standing at the entrance for a while and<br />
realizing the rain wasn't gonna stop anytime soon, we decided to make<br />
a run for it (kasi Cathay is right next door naman)</div>
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April 18, 2014<br />
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Hello from our banyo (I was rooming with Tisha on this trip -<br />
those are our pajamas at the back)</div>
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Ate Diday wanted us to eat at Ippudo (Mandarin Gallery) for lunch<br />
kasi super yummy daw, pero the line was too long when we got there.<br />
Went to the restaurant next to it nalang. Look at the cute cow logo! </div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15777012313" title="IMG_5940 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5940" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/15777012313_0c416ac3a4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The place's name is Ito-Kacho and I liked it because I like luto-luto.</div>
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This is a king crab claw. </div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16396118542" title="IMG_5948 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5948" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/16396118542_d43b6bf41a.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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Tess wearing my sunglasses</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16209406998" title="IMG_5942 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5942" height="375" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8674/16209406998_bdc2a5d77a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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After lunch we passed by Dad and Uncle Jimmy at a restaurant in the<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16210816459" title="IMG_5952 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5952" height="375" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8585/16210816459_04ea81e4a2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Spent the afternoon at Takashimaya. The two girls getting their salted caramel<br />
macaron fix at Ladurèe (it's the only flavor they eat)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16209649260" title="IMG_5954 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5954" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/16209649260_1f87e62d27.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I found a Japanese Pokemon magazine at Kungkanikanino!<br />
(Also known as Kinokuniya)<br />
LOOK IT COMES WITH A FREE PIKACHU BLANKET!!!<br />
Yes I admit I only bought it for the blanket</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16397047775" title="IMG_5957 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5957" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8574/16397047775_0928925333.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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Ugh why are the Japanese so cute irita</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16211147477" title="IMG_5958 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5958" height="375" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/16211147477_c8e6b3be52.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I LOVETTE!!!!<br />
Tisha on the other bed: "What the hell, Annie."</div>
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French frie jacket in preparation for movie night<br />
(we were going to watch The Other Woman)</div>
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Had a quick dinner in Din Tai Fung, Paragon.<br />
That yellow thing on the right side of the photo is a<br />
cute crab made out of xiao long bao dough!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16395301831" title="IMG_5967 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5967" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/16395301831_0d6bacc093.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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Gigelia </div>
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Took a photo of a guy slicing stuff</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15777021213" title="IMG_5976 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5976" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8617/15777021213_81731fa36e.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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~*Went to Shaw to watch movie*~ <br />
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Tisha got a sundae on the way home and her cone had a<br />
hole in it so I took a photo</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16209654790" title="IMG_5978 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5978" height="500" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/16209654790_99005f1152.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-32300605607352946332015-01-29T21:47:00.000+08:002015-01-29T21:51:18.899+08:00Meraki: Maidens of Sound<div style="text-align: center;">
AND BACK TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING!!!</div>
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Last April 13, 2014 I planned to go to this music + art thing at</div>
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Fort with my friends because I'm a really big fan of June Marieezy.</div>
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I used to freak out every time I saw her around Taft, ok. </div>
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(If you don't know her, please check her out!) </div>
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It was our monthsary too so I thought it would be perfect</div>
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to celebrate with great music + our friends!</div>
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When I saw the poster for the event, the art style reminded me of<br />
a wall in High Street so I decided to do some research kasi fun<br />
mag research. (Admit it you guys, you miss your thesis and I<br />
guess just school in general after it's over! For Sir YC Kong's<br />
MMABIZ2 kids, "ANAK NG! ... Citation Machine....")</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16392723782" title="cbf48c44f7f7a4d135e9249c02610995 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="cbf48c44f7f7a4d135e9249c02610995" height="500" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/16392723782_c5c4b14d02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Tried to find the artist who made the poster, found out that<br />
the artist's name is Dee Jae Paeste, looked through some Google<br />
images then tenenenen, lo and behold, I was right! This is a photo<br />
of Dee Jae standing in front of his painting at High Street!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16367664376" title="1394601856-DeeJae by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="1394601856-DeeJae" height="334" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/16367664376_5f0de7d236.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<i>I stole this from spot.ph</i><br />
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I didn't take a lot of photos that night cos I honestly just really wanted<br />
to watch June kasi I have never seen her live before and this concert<br />
of sorts was supposed to be a send off for her and for another<br />
artist called <a href="http://lowleaf.bandcamp.com/">Low Leaf</a> who is also very very cool! They both don't<br />
live in Manila and this was supposed to be their last gig. (June ended up staying<br />
in Manila though pero okay lang at least I still got to see her, and sa Fort pa,<br />
so it was super near! I don't think I'll ever be allowed to go to Malasimbo<br />
or any music festival that's outside Manila so this was super lucky!)<br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/similarobjects">SimilarObjects</a> <--- He's awesome!<br />
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RAW (as in <a href="http://www.rapgrid.com/rappers/fuego">Fuego</a> from those FlipTop rap battles, guys)<br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/chocolategrass">Chocolate Grass</a><br />
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AGHHHHH IT'S JUNE!!!!!!!!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15773625433" title="2014-04-13 22.40.57 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-04-13 22.40.57" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/15773625433_ee0a4d573e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Gosh you guys I was so kilig in this moment. A bunch of people were hanging<br />
out in front and I really wanted to get a photo so Carlos was nice enough to<br />
let me go ahead and leave them at the back while I crawled my way to get<br />
a nice spot. Agh, she was amazing!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16206242720" title="2014-04-13 22.40.54 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-04-13 22.40.54" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/16206242720_cb13bf0b4e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I got a picture of her smiling! :-(</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16367650206" title="2014-04-13 22.40.53 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-04-13 22.40.53" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/16367650206_d20d2ffefa.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15773613103" title="2014-04-13 22.27.59 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-04-13 22.27.59" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/15773613103_5652f5a54f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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After the gig, we saw June walking around and talking to people kaya<br />
my friends started telling me to go ask her for a photo pero masyado po<br />
akong nastar-struck please. After freaking out for a bit and deciding to head<br />
home, we run into Luis (aka my amazing film friend) and he tells me he's<br />
gonna ask her for a photo. At this point the friends I'm with are hitting me<br />
and making YIIIIIIIIE sounds and I get even more nervous.<br />
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Luis drags me back inside and we look for her. When he sees her, he really just<br />
walks over and starts a conversation with her and I'm just standing there behind<br />
him thinking, "Oh my god I look like a freaking idiot just standing here staring<br />
HOW THE HELL IS HE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW" pero I couldn't do anything<br />
else talaga ano ba =(( As Luis promised though, I did get that pic! Pero na-ashame<br />
ako sa fezz ko kaya here, look at how pretty she is nalang. She wasn't too comfortable<br />
with what was happening and she left kaya Luis didn't get to take another shot<br />
pero HELLER I'm so happy with this na 'no!!!??!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/16206250310" title="2014-04-13 23.49.37 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-04-13 23.49.37" height="315" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7313/16206250310_e1e11d1329.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I couldn't find any links to RAW's music but this is a collab<br />
between June + RAW para you hear something from him pa rin nye he he </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-aRUbgxtO4" width="420"></iframe><br /></div>
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Heehee and watch this video of her song Fly, because it's so nice</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/17KxHwtwl7Y" width="560"></iframe></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-15713073731369758652015-01-29T18:04:00.000+08:002015-01-29T18:14:46.429+08:00Why I haven't been blogging<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello guys! I am currently on a break between jobs and it has been amazing -</div>
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don't get me wrong ha, hindi sa ayaw ko magtrabaho, I've just been dying to get a break.</div>
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You know how in school, kids get summer off and they have all kinds of holidays </div>
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within the school year? Work is kind of the same thing except instead of getting</div>
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a two-week break, you just get a day or two... Maybe every 5 months..................</div>
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My point is (may point talaga ako guys), it was hard for me to think about my art</div>
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because of how busy I was. Obviously there are people who are a lot busier than I am,</div>
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but I'm just talking about me here okay. I lost the inspiration to draw and take pictures</div>
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and I didn't feel happy with myself at all. I didn't want to blog because I didn't feel like </div>
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there was anything worth sharing. I didn't feel like I was going in the right direction,</div>
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honestly. Nothing was wrong with my old job and the people there are awesome and I</div>
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love them to bits and we still talk and they became my best friends for the one year </div>
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I was there, pero I guess the job itself just wasn't the right fit for me. </div>
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I love everything about my course kasi, okay - when I chose it, it was because it was </div>
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what I really wanted to do for the rest of my life. School was super hard and there were a lot</div>
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of sleepless nights working on three paintings + a video + an animation all at once, but I was happy. </div>
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I
realized after graduation that when I'm not surrounded by things that I
love every day,<br />
nabubulok yung brain ko. I legit get really sad about
it and then I sit by myself trying to<br />
draw but I just end up staring at a
blank page tapos I get even sadder and frustrated with<br />
myself because I
can't come up with anything. I'd go online to see batch mates doing<br />
things they want to do and I see them growing and getting better at their craft and duh,<br />
obviously I can't help but get jealous. </div>
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I felt like I was gonna be left behind and I wouldn't be able to catch up anymore. </div>
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Basta I was at a really low point ok HAHAHA iyak nalang us guys</div>
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So ayon, now I'm on a break - the longest break I've been on in a year, and I can't even</div>
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begin to explain how much I needed this. I could finally relax and not think about anything<br />
for a while, tapos I got to catch up on sleep pa. I got to see friends and actually spend time<br />
with them (hindi na mga minamadaling lunch break or just dinner - cos hello there's too<br />
much to talk about how the hell do you fit that conversation into an hour or less tapos<br />
texting and chatting aren't fun cos duh wouldn't you prefer looking at an actual<br />
person when you're updating them about your life?!??) </div>
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There were a few freelance gigs where I got to hold a camera and take real photos, </div>
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and then I finally got to wear clothes I've been wanting to wear without thinking<br />
about looking professional and all that. I've been using my free time din to fix my<br />
room because I've been wanting to do that for a while now - there was too much<br />
clutter but I just never had the time to throw things out and organize. Tapos<br />
oh ehm gee guys, guess what. I STARTED DRAWING AGAIN AS IN!!!<br />
(This last bit is such a big deal to me)</div>
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I feel like I'm getting myself back and it's making me really happy.</div>
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Sorry if this post seemed a bit serious (because I am never serious on this blog?!??!),</div>
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pero I just felt like explaining my long disappearance, haha! I really love telling </div>
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stories though, so even if it's late, I plan to blog everything that's happened over</div>
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the past year kasi I'm super ganado na right now and I don't want to lose that inspiration</div>
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ever ever ever again, he he he</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-56929361905464698022014-10-18T23:38:00.002+08:002014-10-18T23:38:46.849+08:00MMAF 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
HELLO! Last April, I attended the Multimedia Arts Festival 2014.<br />
I mostly wanted to see my teachers and my friends (am not gonna lie),<br />
pero syempre I also wanted to see some really promising exhibits I saw online.<br />
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This whole "Multimedia Arts Festival" thinggie started in 2013. <br />
(Our batch's PART <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-have-proof-that-you-need-geometry-in.html">ONE</a>, <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2013/05/im-kidding-i-only-said-that-because-i.html">TWO</a>, <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-like-eating-triangle-shaped-yema.html">THREE</a>, and <a href="http://nmrzmr.blogspot.com/2013/05/there-was-typo-on-our-signboard.html">FOUR</a>.)<br />
I think our Project Head Patrick Segovia came up with the name.<br />
Maybe they liked it so much they decided to keep it for the rest of the<br />
year-end PORTFOL class kids. (MMAF only happens at the end of the year.<br />
Kids who take PORTFOL class in the middle don't get the festival and have to<br />
exhibit solo. There have been some really amazing ones! I guess some classes<br />
really work better by themselves instead of at a giant event with everyone else.)<br />
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At the time, everyone was fighting because we had finalized that it would<br />
be one big exhibit for all of the classes, but we didn't have a name for it yet.<br />
Multimedia Arts Festival was the one that worked. (The fight about whose logo<br />
we were going to use as the official one is a whoooole different story, hahaha!) <br />
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HEMINGWAY BACK TO MMAF 2014 (sorry nagreminisce ako masyado)<br />
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We got to SMX Convention Center at after-lunch o' clock,<br />
and the first people we saw were BLOCKMATES!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Nostalgia was kicking in and fast! This is Kaye, Mawee,<br />
and Pat. (Pat's last name is Mapili so people used to call her Choosy)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341991230" title="_MG_9605 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9605" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15341991230_b7a044aec5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Avolution Inc. had a booth meaning Andrea would be there!<br />
I never imagined my grade school and college friends would ever mix,<br />
but here they are! Andrea (on the left) from Grade 6 and Kira (on the right) from CSB!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15342062668" title="_MG_9714 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9714" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15342062668_3a3a2e5900.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Tosi at the entrance</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525537041" title="_MG_9700 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9700" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15525537041_293f404bfa.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Zac (my classmate from Prism), and Walter - the magical guy who knows<br />
where to find a supplier for pretty much anything!!!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525519821" title="_MG_9701 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9701" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/15525519821_e5a7d2f01a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Surge exhibit had breakfast on the floor. I LOVED IT.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525492521" title="_MG_9618 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9618" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15525492521_e4068e7769.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Marty (he bikes a lot) + girlalette - yiiiiiiiie!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15505469696" title="_MG_9654 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9654" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15505469696_30bfeb6ee6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This was Error 404, my fave exhibit! Their online teasers were amaze.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15505449716" title="_MG_9608 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9608" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/15505449716_50087fb789.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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They had an app that used the clothing on the mowdel + a camera<br />
to make random 3D creatures appear basta super galing siya!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341944718" title="_MG_9609 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9609" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/15341944718_1c43e97eae.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Each outfit had a different 3D creature basta ang galing talaga lol</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341678739" title="_MG_9703 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9703" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3929/15341678739_fcbd989932.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Patrick Segovia (Mr. Project Head 2013), Angela, and Louise!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15528568275" title="_MG_9712 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9712" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/15528568275_fa1fa31ac2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This was Kalye Berde's exhibit.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341803900" title="_MG_9622 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9622" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15341803900_712a79ecd4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The grass thing was cute.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525363651" title="_MG_9623 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9623" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/15525363651_5fb8eb5fb6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Aubrey's boyfriend Pao</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341765980" title="_MG_9670 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9670" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/15341765980_608558d491.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Sir Paul Samonte + Monica in front of the Meridiem exhibit</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15528098242" title="_MG_9702 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9702" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15528098242_e15bbfecf6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This is From The Ground Up (as all of you can see)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15505306586" title="_MG_9627 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9627" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3932/15505306586_34606fa82d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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They had that game where you had to pass a tool through some wire<br />
without touching the wire or it would make an EEEEEENG sound.<br />
Caros got about 5 EEEEEENGs before giving up.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341850937" title="_MG_9630 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9630" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5611/15341850937_dfa435e2b3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Diego's girlalette, Ikat</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15528055452" title="_MG_9635 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9635" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15528055452_0f3f2b8a2e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This book was funny!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341532619" title="_MG_9634 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9634" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5608/15341532619_0edce8aa5c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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AGH! My favorite exhibit part two - Recess!<br />
HELLO there was a Pikachu and a giant GameBoy, ano ba.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525250551" title="_MG_9638 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9638" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3932/15525250551_2f57818c2c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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... Sorry.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15525237931" title="_MG_9642 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9642" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3934/15525237931_aabd4343e7.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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LOOK O - They made an app that worked EXACTLY like a Pokedex except<br />
it was the class's students and their specialties and descriptions!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341483999" title="_MG_9641 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9641" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5615/15341483999_eb13bd2004.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Denise and Adrian - aynako one of the most talented couples I know.<br />
Adrian made that shirt, ya kno! Denise likes skulls and succulents!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341763357" title="_MG_9686 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9686" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/15341763357_3fcf7e3473.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Cute PlayStation controller at the Continuum exhibit!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341459189" title="_MG_9646 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9646" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/15341459189_8dc5d3afcf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Sup, Sir Hansel!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15505179406" title="_MG_9660 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9660" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3929/15505179406_735bf3fdcd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The boys with the Favorite Teacher ng Bayan -<br />
Gino, Sir Jesse, Mau, and Anton (Kira's boylette!)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341591130" title="_MG_9651 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9651" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15341591130_319861d213.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Angel (lady who loves film) and Bots (he likes superheroes)! </div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341581890" title="_MG_9684 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9684" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/15341581890_c901cfa160.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Lee Caces, master typographer and Mr. Hipstah</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15341412899" title="_MG_9707 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9707" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15341412899_0e4acf0d80.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Heehee Denise and I because she's amaze talaga!!!<br />
(She wasn't part of MMAF 2014 tho pero whatevs)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/15527908932" title="_MG_9688 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9688" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15527908932_497bfeb3ce.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-35028287864958947232014-10-13T18:33:00.000+08:002014-10-13T18:40:44.160+08:00Art Fair 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
OH MY GOD WHAT IS LATE?!<br />
<br />
Hemingway, I am feeling great today! I finally feel the urge to blog because<br />
I want to, not because I feel like I have to (a feeling I couldn't shake for months, honestly) <br />
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<br />
Art Fair 2014 was the first 'Art Fair' I got to attend.<br />
I am shy to go to these kinds of things alone and art exhibits aren't<br />
exactly my friends' first choice when deciding where they<br />
want to hang out, so I miss out often. I think I need more art friends!<br />
(Or I need to be anti-shy and willing to attend by myself.)<br />
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I liked Art Fair a whole lot more compared to Manilart 2014!<br />
I think the pieces were more up my alley. I don't know if I've ever blogged this,<br />
but I've never understood abstract art. I don't get why a red square in a<br />
sea of white is supposed to be amazing. I'm sure there are a lot of people who can<br />
appreciate it, and good for them. They must be a lot deeper than I am. :-))<br />
I am also bored of seeing the usual paintings with women in filipiniana costumes<br />
sitting by the river under a coconut tree for shade -<br />
do you guys know what kind of paintings I'm talking about?<br />
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My dad took us (Daffy, Tess, and I) there on the last day. There were so many people!<br />
I don't have much to say about the exhibit so here are the ones I liked the most nalang! </div>
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ANA'S FAVORITESTESTEST (#1)<br />
<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1"><span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1.0">Fallen Dominoes by Guenivere Decena</span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1"><span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1.0">I really, really, really like this one - can't really explain why but you </span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1"><span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1.0">know how you look at some paintings and you don't feel anything? </span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1"><span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1.0">(That's how I feel about those filipiniana pantings, by the way) </span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1"><span data-reactid=".0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.2:1.0">I like seeing art that makes me feel stuff even when I don't know the story behind it</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14319064785" title="_MG_9536 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9536" height="500" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5273/14319064785_c3830ab241.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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ANA'S FAVORITESTEST (#2)<br />
These are all by Marina Cruz. I love them I love them I love them<br />
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After some Googling, I found a Manila Bulletin article with a quote from her. “I wanted to shed a human light on dolls,” says Cruz. “They are not just
mere objects. Sometimes, a doll can even be a confidante, of sorts, for
lonely children.”</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14132503830" title="_MG_9573 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9573" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14132503830_8ceac962e8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I fell in love with this one, and I honestly wanted to own it.<br />
(I wouldn't mind waking up in the middle of the night and seeing this) <br />
Told Dad about it and he told me to go ask what its price was.<br />
Ehhhh Marina - oh ya know, just the lady who painted all this pretty stuff -<br />
was there and she was the only one manning the booth at the time.<br />
I get starstruck by people who I think are magaling, okay?<br />
Kaya shyness took over and I backed out of asking...</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14132476909" title="_MG_9575 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9575" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14132476909_1f9967a396.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This is Sir Lleano, my 2nd Year HS painting teacher!<br />
This was the guy who taught me how to draw real people, okay.<br />
He taught me that your hands should be really light when you draw because<br />
shading is a magical thing, tapos he taught us how to draw rulerless straight lines. <br />
He's awesome. I always seem to run into him at art exhibits like this.<br />
I saw him din all the way in Antipolo when we visited the Pinto Art Gallery! <br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13286847175" title="_MG_9511 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9511" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/13286847175_630aa6d4d1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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ANA'S FAVORITEST (#3)<br />
Come on. Skinless unicorns in a cage. They are adorable. <br />
No further explanation needed, tenks.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14315812471" title="_MG_9590 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9590" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2930/14315812471_5ca9bd6417.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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ANA'S FAVORITES (as in the rest of the things I liked in no particular order)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14132557747" title="_MG_9549 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9549" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5315/14132557747_494e5f840d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14319104765" title="_MG_9550 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9550" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2937/14319104765_3d9cf13e1a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14319115725" title="_MG_9566 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9566" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/14319115725_daef0626ef.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14315797411" title="_MG_9578 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9578" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14315797411_0e477f09a3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14315802021" title="_MG_9584 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9584" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2925/14315802021_af28e37cd9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14318498124" title="_MG_9587 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9587" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14318498124_a3ffcb84ea.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14317341272" title="_MG_9594 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9594" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/14317341272_921e6292eb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14132513969" title="_MG_9602 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9602" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2910/14132513969_d94b025f30.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/14132442448" title="_MG_9565 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9565" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14132442448_6d4304f105.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287229744" title="_MG_9521 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9521" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/13287229744_2b7b8eb88a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287250134" title="_MG_9529 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9529" height="500" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/13287250134_38cd3a636f.jpg" width="333" /></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287008883" title="_MG_9516 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9516" height="500" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/13287008883_7c5a389cba.jpg" width="333" /></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287250134" title="_MG_9529 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287197624" title="_MG_9508 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9508" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3682/13287197624_95eda9a4db.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Yun lang. It sucks to be uninspired. Keep looking at art, everyone!<br />
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OMG HI GUYS HOW ARE YOU!!!</div>
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I have decided to finally post this because I have free time today and because </div>
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Tisha has another tour video from Art Fair and I really want to post it na!</div>
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Okay, GAME.</div>
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On our last day in Singapore, I had a lot of things on my mind -</div>
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I shall type them down in order of importance:</div>
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A. WILL I BE ALLOWED TO GO HOME?? </div>
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Hindi ako nag file ng leave sa trabaho omg</div>
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B. Will everyone get to go home except me?! </div>
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Omg will I get arrested for not having an identity</div>
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C. What the hell am I going to do alone at the airport when </div>
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they all leave?! (Oooh - probably go to my favorite kid store)</div>
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D. Huhuhu... Secretly bitin ako sa shopping</div>
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E. Could my passport possibly reappear in my life today?</div>
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Our (Mom, Dad, and Ana) flight home was earlier than everyone else because</div>
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I had work on Monday and I didn't want to be absent (This was way back when </div>
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I was obsessed about being a responsible professional!)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287122724" title="_MG_9412 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9412" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/13287122724_85922ca926.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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We were planning to leave at noon for the airport, so Kuya Leo </div>
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helped me file a police report early that morning then straight to</div>
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the embassy to get a travel document so I could fly home!</div>
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(Thank you Kuya Leo, it was very nice of you to help me out!!!!)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287132414" title="_MG_9414 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9414" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/13287132414_0ede425543.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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NOTES:</div>
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Filing a police report in Singapore is very fast and hassle-free - I'm not saying </div>
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lose your passport in a different country, ha! I'm just saying if it ever does happen </div>
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to you, you'd be really lucky to lose it here instead of anywhere else =))</div>
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Since everyone was super efficient, I was done with about an hour to spare.</div>
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I met up with the gang so I could try to shop one last time before leaving.</div>
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Trachea and I went to the top floor of Cineleisure where I met two super </div>
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kyot store clerks who let me take their photos.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13286781395" title="_MG_9416 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9416" height="500" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/13286781395_9e7b25a9bb.jpg" width="333" /></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287151714" title="_MG_9420 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9420" height="500" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/13287151714_6944f36db1.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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With 20 minutes left, we all ran to Top Shop across the road. Didn't get to </div>
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look at much because at the 10-minute mark, Dad called my phone and </div>
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told us to go back to the hotel so we paid and started running again. </div>
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Made it back to the hotel exactly on time and left for the airport</div>
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This lady drives us to and from the airport often. She wasn't the one who drove us to</div>
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the hotel when we arrived, so this was my first time to see her in a while. She still</div>
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has that one strand of colored hair in a pony tail like she's always had, haha!</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287160424" title="_MG_9427 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9427" height="333" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/13287160424_9d25777c9e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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When we got to the airport, I was pretty nervous because all I had to help me go</div>
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home was a piece of paper with a stamp on it and I didn't know if it was going to </div>
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convince them to let me on the plane. I could tell Dad was a little worried if it would</div>
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work out too, tapos suddenly Tito Jimmy and Auntie Doris appeared! </div>
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They said they were there to make sure everything would go smoothly.</div>
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Turns out there would be no problems at all! They called me to the immigration</div>
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counter on the side, looked at the police report and my travel document, then let me through!</div>
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Omg thank you. I could finally breathe after that! I went straight to my favorite store</div>
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to look at books and other nerdy things</div>
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Hi again, Abuelita! </div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287171194" title="_MG_9435 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9435" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7381/13287171194_d95238e05c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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If any of you are wondering what my favorite store in Changi Airport is:</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13287181234" title="_MG_9437 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9437" height="333" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/13287181234_e4231a7ec3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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YAY IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME</div>
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Here's a cool photo of Dad with a mohawk</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/13286826985" title="_MG_9444 by Ana Zamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9444" height="333" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/13286826985_89c3fa8823.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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P.S. No, I never found my passport - We still don't know if someone took it or if our room<br />
had a weird black hole that took passports, but please learn from me! Passports straight into<br />
the safety box in your hotel rooms when you get there!!!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-13539533077654690942014-03-04T22:38:00.001+08:002015-01-29T22:28:09.163+08:00SG Feb '14: Day Three<div style="text-align: center;">
Also known as:<br />
A. The day I thought I'd never get home to the Philippines<br />
B. The longest day of the whole trip take two<br />
C. The day I finally got to go to Haw Par Villa<br />
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Pero I ended the last post with me realizing my passport was missing, so let me finish that night first.<br />
I was fixing my things that night when it dawned on me...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858239115/" title="1 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="1" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3806/12858239115_dd5a797147.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Tess, Daffy, and Mickey quickly got up and helped me look for it.<br />
We checked everywhere, okay. Under the bed, under the sink, under all the couches,<br />
in drawers we never opened before, in drawers we never knew existed, in each of our bags,<br />
in the safe (where I should have put it in the first place),<br />
basta WE CHECKED EVERYWHERE! <br />
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Panic started to sink in when Tess suddenly said,<br />
"What if it's in Mom or Lola's room?"<br />
To which I said,<br />
"My key card works for all our rooms..." <br />
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So down the hall we went in our pajamas and hotel slippers...</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858310143/" title="2 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="2" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3761/12858310143_9e7beff9a0.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Everyone was already asleep when we snuck in, so we didn't turn on any of the lights.<br />
We used Daffy's phone light to find Mom's suitcase, then we started making kalikot. (To no avail)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858312053/" title="3 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="3" height="500" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2872/12858312053_cf87cfdc97.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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When my passport wasn't there, we went next door to Ate Diday's room.<br />
No passport there either, but Tess did find some bread and Nutella.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858244885/" title="4 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="4" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7453/12858244885_87f3b259c3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I asked Tess and Daffy to get me up the next morning so I could tell my parents<br />
about the passport early. I didn't want my passport issue to kill my plans with Camille,<br />
a friend of Ina's who I met only once before she left for Singapore to study!<br />
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Eh since I was worrying the whole night, I fell asleep really really late...<br />
Tess and Daffy wanted to kill me the next morning cos my alarm was ruining their sleep time. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858316593/" title="5 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="5" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7303/12858316593_2b132cd64d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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When I woke up, I went straight to my parents' room where I finally told them<br />
what was going on. No one got mad at me (WHEW) but they did call housekeeping for a last check.<br />
They were like the FBI in their suits, and check out that amazing flashlight the lady's holding!<br />
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That guy in the photo asked me, "Why did you put your passport on the table?"<br />
Ate Diday wanted to say "Uh... That's what a table is for?"</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12927072413/" title="IMG_5181 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5181" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7438/12927072413_2d70d6e93a.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
I was super late for my meeting with Camille pero she was super nice about it.<br />
When she found out kasi na I was going to be in Singapore for a few days,<br />
she offered to take me wherever I wanted to go and I wanted to go to Haw Par Villa<br />
and she was super game because she's super nice about everything jdkfjhksdfg <br />
This is Camille YAY! </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858262835/" title="_MG_9217 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9217" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7317/12858262835_73c62aa546.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
We had lunch and then it was off to Haw Par Villa!<br />
Tess and Daffy take selfies everywhere</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858350703/" title="_MG_9220 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9220" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2808/12858350703_23ba9fa44a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
WE'RE HERE</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858392323/" title="_MG_9222 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9222" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7414/12858392323_0dcd7376b5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
Okay so I was super kaduper excited to be here because my Ate told me about it<br />
and after doing some research and seeing photos of the place, I knew that<br />
I NEEDED to see it for real at least once in my life!!!<br />
<br />
This is Tess breaking rules as usual :-D </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858469213/" title="_MG_9234 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9234" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2866/12858469213_326c5d3602.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
<br />
Camille told me that the caretakers kick people out before 6pm.<br />
As in they make sure that no one else is inside the premises<br />
by the time it gets dark. Why kaya? Ooooooooh</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858477665/" title="_MG_9237 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9237" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7431/12858477665_0a4c371218.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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<br />
Trachea and the lolo welcome you to Haw Par Villa...</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858588363/" title="_MG_9240 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9240" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7305/12858588363_6e95467977.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
<br />
Guys I will never be able to fully express how excited I was when we walked in</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858971604/" title="_MG_9241 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9241" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2827/12858971604_fb1ca3fc53.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
<br />
Errr. This is us about to walk into hell,<br />
so if you guys hate blood, please stop reading this entry. LOL.<br />
(The horse and the bull on either side of the gate are the guardians!)<br />
<br />
Extra note: The walkway we were standing on used to be a river long ago,<br />
and that tunnel used to be a whole dragon! (You enter it's mouth and go through its<br />
body then it poops you out when the exhibit is over)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859032354/" title="_MG_9254 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9254" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7374/12859032354_6f010be111.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
Chinese hell is a bit like Dante's inferno.<br />
Everyone gets put into one of the ten courts of hell,<br />
and then they get punished depending on the sin they committed.<br />
<br />
These photos don't need captions anymore. Enjoy them nalang!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858759363/" title="_MG_9263 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9263" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7335/12858759363_3ef3929f1c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858798413/" title="_MG_9265 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9265" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7409/12858798413_e6053698ef.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858797115/" title="_MG_9268 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9268" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3831/12858797115_a15d2d0169.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12858865385/" title="_MG_9269 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9269" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7344/12858865385_c94ed0a062.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859299464/" title="_MG_9270 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9270" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2862/12859299464_46240959c8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859366524/" title="_MG_9271 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9271" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7362/12859366524_63d62972ee.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859061515/" title="_MG_9275 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9275" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3825/12859061515_bf57d2348a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859101995/" title="_MG_9276 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9276" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7351/12859101995_c3c8930056.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859553404/" title="_MG_9277 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9277" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3831/12859553404_b589fafa5b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859242893/" title="_MG_9279 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9279" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7351/12859242893_dc90679858.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859195595/" title="_MG_9281 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9281" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7422/12859195595_1e6d4226ea.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859210105/" title="_MG_9282 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9282" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7386/12859210105_feed44c573.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859325793/" title="_MG_9284 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9284" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7409/12859325793_0b3eaf52ee.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
Hello! After the hell exhibit, we walked around and found a giant sumo wrestler.<br />
Tess and Daffy got to climb him with no problem because:<br />
1. They are both gifted with height<br />
2. There were no guards to tell them off</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859304155/" title="_MG_9293 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9293" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7333/12859304155_5d935d3a70.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
This photo shows how hard it is to climb the sumo wrestler without the height. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859764814/" title="_MG_9295 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9295" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7409/12859764814_0bdd7b3fda.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
We changed places because Tracy said it was easier over on her side,<br />
and she was right! I can now say I climbed a sumo wrestler</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859475553/" title="_MG_9301 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9301" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3736/12859475553_15b67ea87d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Tess, Dafflescia, and Trachea gave up because of the heat and left.<br />
Camille and I didn't mind the heat so much, so we stayed behind.<br />
<br />
<br />
There were adorable animals who acted human,</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859838004/" title="_MG_9311 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9311" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2866/12859838004_2816a08ccf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
Giant scary god heads with hair that needed shampoo-ing,</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859455005/" title="_MG_9315 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9315" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7335/12859455005_ea3b8b89af.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
The Goddess of Mercy on a lotus flower,<br />
(Does anyone watch Gensoumaden Saiyuki?)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859489605/" title="_MG_9320 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9320" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7360/12859489605_c039ca4061.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
Really wild mermaid parties,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859593463/" title="_MG_9322 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9322" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7382/12859593463_4b5933d839.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
Human-headed crabs,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859993574/" title="_MG_9323 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9323" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3723/12859993574_edf8181b95.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Guys who needed to shave really badly,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859698433/" title="_MG_9326 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9326" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7438/12859698433_01d1a74b75.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Friendly turtles,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12860060884/" title="_MG_9337 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9337" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3774/12860060884_155d0e5b20.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Sanzo (also from Saiyuki),</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859690735/" title="_MG_9345 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9345" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7447/12859690735_5ee3209e4f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
Ana witnessing a fight between Goku and Nataku,<br />
(I'm not kidding, look for me. I'm next to the referee)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12860122744/" title="_MG_9346 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9346" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2887/12860122744_1d8757b232.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
And turtles who decided to have a reunion under a bridge.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859824633/" title="_MG_9348 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9348" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3778/12859824633_40251dc80f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
My Dad called me while Camille was taking a bathroom break and<br />
he told me that I had to go back to the hotel because I had to fix passport things.<br />
<br />
<br />
I left Haw Par a really happy girl, though!<br />
<br />
<br />
Camille stayed in Ion while I organized my life with Miko, Dad, Kuya Leo, and Uncle Lawrence<br />
(who gave us angpau - it WAS Lunar New Year nga naman. Thank you very much Uncle Lawrence!)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12860211084/" title="_MG_9366 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9366" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3702/12860211084_2e86586daf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
After the passport stuff was done for the day, I went to get Camille and invited<br />
her to have dinner with us. They served us Yusheng (am I correct? I just Googled this)<br />
and taught us how to do the "Prosperity Toss"</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859930993/" title="_MG_9373 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9373" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3738/12859930993_283e3a0185.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859910955/" title="_MG_9374 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9374" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7363/12859910955_600b4fbb3d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
Camille and I took this photo for Ina because it was her one request.<br />
I quote, "your mission: take a picture together forming a heart in a nice place and send ina" </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12927380324/" title="IMG_4472 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_4472" height="500" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3798/12927380324_330ee56b74.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
Miko and I took Camille to the MRT station and we passed by this along the way...<br />
BYE CAMILLE THANK YOU FOR A MAGICAL DAY</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12859934435/" title="_MG_9376 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9376" height="333" src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2879/12859934435_13e3823b05.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
After saying goodbye, we went to Miko's place again,<br />
this time to build his chairs. (Building drawers is more fun)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12860367044/" title="_MG_9394 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9394" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7444/12860367044_ce81f64ef9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
And then finally back home!<br />
(Where Daffy and Tess were watching the Rich Kids of Beverly Hills -<br />
they advise you not to watch the first episode, but the rest are funny na daw)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12860056753/" title="_MG_9411 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9411" height="333" src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7363/12860056753_5cd810d3f5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<br />
Zzz</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-31691865509125357342014-02-10T00:56:00.000+08:002015-01-29T22:28:04.113+08:00SG Feb '14: Day Two<div style="text-align: center;">
Also known as:<br />
A. The day we got on the wrong bus<br />
B. The day we wished we had a lot of coins<br />
C. The day we went to Universal Studios at 5pm <br />
D. The day we cursed the phrase, "WHAT LINE?"<br />
E. The day it took us 3 hours to get home <br />
F. The day Ana realized her passport was missing<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The day started pretty normal. It was Lunar New Year and most of the stores<br />
were closed, so we did our research the night before about which ones would be open.<br />
<br />
<br />
Tess and Daffy got ready before anyone else and headed out to check if<br />
Sweet Talk (the place with really yummy Milo bubble tea) was open.<br />
<br />
Mickey, Trachea, and I got tired of waiting for them to come back,<br />
so we headed out to go find them at the bubble tea place and they weren't there.<br />
We figured maybe they got sad that it was closed so they went straight to<br />
Ion, where we were planning to go for a bit of shopping (according to research,<br />
a few stores over there would be open on New Year's day)<br />
<br />
I left them a text asking them to meet at Muji at around 12:30.<br />
We went to Art Box and spent money on useless things, as per usual.<br />
<br />
12:30 came, and no reply from Tess or Daffy.<br />
We decided to go look for a place to eat, and there was nothing in Ion.<br />
Texted Tess and Daffy to meet at Wisma, where we headed next.<br />
<br />
I saw that Food Republic's light was on upstairs so I thought there would be food.<br />
We get there and it turns out only Din Tai Fung is open, and probably only<br />
for people who made reservations. This is what we looked like while<br />
waiting for Tisha and Daffy:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409832753/" title="_MG_9037 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9037" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/12409832753_65f7eb0e20.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
They finally appeared, and since it was hot out + we were lazy (mostly lazy),<br />
we took the train to Somerset.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410166454/" title="_MG_9039 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9039" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5534/12410166454_b2f9da2519.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
The Food Republic there was open, and there was a place<br />
that looked really yummy, but it wasn't. :-(</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409700355/" title="_MG_9043 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9043" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/12409700355_7f2e86c793.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
A Milo Dinosaur totally made up for that, though! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409866383/" title="_MG_9046 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9046" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/12409866383_5b7e8bb917.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
We shopped a tiny bit at Somerset, then walked to Cineleisure<br />
while Tess and Daffy took a look at H&M.<br />
<br />
Most of the stores there were closed again, so we just hung out outside<br />
while waiting for Mickey to buy some food at McDonald's.<br />
(I got a new yoyo! It says "Shit Yeah" and it's adorable)</div>
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Mickey asked me to take this. I don't really get the point.</div>
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Mickey asked me to take this too.<br />
This was so spicy, omg. I have no idea how he finished it without crying.</div>
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Tess and Daffy met up with us and wanted to go back to the hotel.<br />
The laziness was kicking in again, so we went looking for a cab.<br />
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No one would take us because there were five of us,<br />
so we gave up and headed to the nearest bus stop.<br />
<br />
To this day, I don't understand which bus goes where.<br />
Tisha probably felt the same so she decided to step inside<br />
the next bus that arrived and just asked the driver straight<br />
if his bus was going to stop at Scotts Road, and he said yes.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409912303/" title="_MG_9068 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9068" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/12409912303_0424a84ea3.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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At first we were just waiting to see the familiar streets near our hotel,<br />
but on each stop we got to, we realized we were going farther and farther from<br />
where we were supposed to go. Panic set in at first (especially from Ms. Trachea<br />
who I have realized is the panic queen), but then we just made fun of it all.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409921493/" title="_MG_9071 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9071" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/12409921493_9033960228.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Here is Tour Guide Tess and the different sites she showed us<br />
until we circled Singapore and got back to the hotel. =))</div>
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The moment we stepped on hotel ground, Tisha totally changed her mind<br />
about taking a rest and asked us if we were game to go to Sentosa. =))<br />
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<br />
One cab ride later and we were at Universal Studios at 5 in the afternoon!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409932473/" title="_MG_9086 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9086" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/12409932473_2b87f05b4d.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
We had a dinner planned with our parents at 7pm, so we agreed<br />
we would leave Sentosa at 6:30pm. If we'd gotten there by cab in<br />
15 minutes, then half an hour was a lot of extra time to get home, right?<br />
(We found out how wrong we were at 6:30pm, but that's for a bit later)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409940143/" title="_MG_9092 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9092" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/12409940143_4c0fc66601.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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We got there in the middle of a parade, and I got to see a dinosaur!</div>
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This guy's supposed to be the mummy.</div>
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The first ride we got on was The Mummy ride nga.<br />
I was so chill about this ride, I swear. I thought we'd all be laughing,<br />
BUT NO - NAKAKASTRESS SA SOUL, OKAY.<br />
Omg we should have gone on it a second time</div>
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The next ride was the Jurassic Park ride, the one with the water.<br />
It was pretty lame. Trachea kept on insisting that I would get super wet and<br />
my phone wouldn't survive if I didn't put it somewhere safe, so it ended up in<br />
my underwear. :-| There was a family who was on the ride with us and they<br />
looked at me really weird after I did it.<br />
<br />
The Transformers ride was the perfect ending to our Universal Studios day because<br />
1. It wasn't scary aka no one's soul got stressed and<br />
2. It was very windy so we got dry from the Jurassic Park ride </div>
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It was 6pm when we finished. We had a few more minutes to walk around,<br />
and we found some Sesame Street friends talking on the stairs.</div>
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Also found the turkey leg place where Carlos ate a few years back!<br />
(Is this even where you ate that turkey leg? Or was that Hong Kong? Ambot)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410334224/" title="_MG_9140 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9140" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/12410334224_8a1cfc6cd3.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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There was an adorable guy whose parachute got caught in a tree!<br />
(Which movie is he from?)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409871465/" title="_MG_9141 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9141" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/12409871465_79501a1ece.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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We also found Po near the entrance. I ran up to him and asked Mickey to<br />
take our photo, but then I realized we had to pay to get a picture and there<br />
was a long line behind us. Oops. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409883235/" title="_MG_9148 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9148" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/12409883235_b60af5d2c7.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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We were all very happy and satisfied when we decided to go home even if<br />
we only got to go on three rides. That happiness did not last long. DUNDUNDUN.</div>
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First, we headed to where the cab dropped us off.<br />
We saw the line and quickly decided to get on a bus instead.<br />
<br />
Just for the people who don't know - In Singapore, you have to give the<br />
sakamount of coins to a bus to get a ride. They don't take bills.<br />
<br />
On the bus ride line, we took out all our change and combined them.<br />
It wasn't enough for all of us to get home and since that was not an option,<br />
Tisha started running off to different shops to ask if they could break her $2 bill.<br />
No one would say yes, so then she tried to buy a drink from a vending machine.<br />
None of the vending machines gave change - they were all sakamount machines.<br />
<br />
At this point it was already around 6:45pm, and we were all stressing.<br />
Tisha texted Miko about the easiest way to get home, so Miko told us to get on the MRT.<br />
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MRTs are usually on the last floors of malls, so we got on an elevator<br />
and went to basement 2. We found nothing there! </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410375584/" title="_MG_9154 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9154" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/12410375584_a7cd28cef2.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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We went back up to the lobby and asked a dude where we would find the MRT,<br />
and that's when he told us that we'd have to ride the monorail into the city<br />
and THEN get to the train. We ran to the monorail and saw a giant line again.<br />
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This time we decided to stay because there was no other way to get back home.<br />
Finally it was our turn, and we finally got to Vivo City.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410066623/" title="_MG_9157 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9157" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/12410066623_fdb956982e.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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When we arrived (It was already past 7pm), I got a call from Dad and he<br />
told us to just get a cab home. I remembered where the taxi stand is at Vivo City <br />
from our last trip so we went there and found... Another line.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410414264/" title="_MG_9166 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9166" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/12410414264_e62f62f977.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Did not want to line up again, so we went down to the MRT station.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410422754/" title="_MG_9168 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9168" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/12410422754_28f338dc8c.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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The ticket booth had... Another line. We were so tired na at this point when suddenly,<br />
an angel came to us and said, "There is another ticket booth with a lot less people on<br />
the other side, I think you should go there before people find out about it!"<br />
<br />
(It was actually a random girl who came up to us. THANK YOU, RANDOM GIRL!)<br />
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What could have been another half hour of waiting turned into 5 minutes.<br />
Tess and Daffy sat down while we bought 5 tickets to the Orchard stop.</div>
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We were rejoicing because all we had to do now was get on a train and sit down<br />
until we got back home!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12409968305/" title="_MG_9182 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9182" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/12409968305_f319e37c9b.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
Tsk, tsk. Mickey! Don't stand in the middle! People have to pass there, y'know.<br />
When we were waiting in that exact spot, I saw a sign that kinda said,<br />
"Easier route to Dhoby Ghaut upstairs." I asked them if they wanted to go back up<br />
to get on a different train, but no one wanted to move anymore.<br />
(Giant mistake.)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410452974/" title="_MG_9185 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9185" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/12410452974_648955095a.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
The train arrived, we got in, we sat down. We were so thankful for the seats that it took us a while<br />
to realize that it was 27 stops to the train where we would change routes to get on the Orchard line.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410138973/" title="_MG_9189 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9189" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/12410138973_0748b2230b.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Thankfully, there was a stop in the middle that would let us change trains to the red line,<br />
and we got on it so it was only a few stops to home - This is a very relieved Mickey.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12410149713/" title="_MG_9201 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9201" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/12410149713_a1419753de.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />
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<br />
We got home at 9:30pm. We didn't make it to the family dinner, so we just got<br />
room service. Longest day of the whole trip!!!<br />
<br />
It didn't end there, though. When we got home and I fixed my things,<br />
I found out my passport was missing. But that's for the next post!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-45858494998988122712014-02-03T23:57:00.001+08:002015-01-29T22:27:57.832+08:00SG Feb '14: Day One<br />
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Also known as the day I lost my luggage for the first time in my life.<br />
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I saw a man and his Pikachu waiting in line at the airport.<br />
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Dad and Mom saw a friend that (sounded like) they hadn't seen each other in a while.<br />
(What's her name again, Dad?) She was on her way to Singapore to visit her daughter.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288787596/" title="_MG_8905 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8905" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5518/12288787596_ab10f82c3b.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Yiiie, kilig! Joke lang I actually didn't know what they were talking about when I took this</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288245115/" title="_MG_8933 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8933" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/12288245115_25f8e31482.jpg" height="262" width="500" /></a></div>
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I was seated all by myself! Hehehe my dad took this.<br />
Check out the man behind me, I have a story including him later.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288271095/" title="_MG_8938 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8938" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/12288271095_115fa2d516.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
I watched the last few parts of Rush on the plane.<br />
(I found out that it was the last part too late. Like. When the credits rolled.<br />
Now I kinda don't wanna watch from the start anymore, because I totally know the ending.)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288733204/" title="_MG_8946 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8946" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/12288733204_fc9abd796d.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />
After Rush ended, I found out that they were showing Metro Manila<br />
on the plane and I freaked because I finally had a chance to watch it.<br />
<br />
When the film was over, I looked like this until the credits ended: <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288646933/" title="_MG_8991 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8991" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/12288646933_58058f87f5.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />
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Ayan, speaking of the man behind me - he already smiled at me the moment<br />
I got to my seat so my first guess was that he was a pretty nice guy.<br />
<br />
I wanted to take his picture but I was a tiny bit nervous so I was thinking how I would do it.<br />
The captain's voice sounded on the P.A. saying that we were going to land soon,<br />
and I got scared that I would never get a chance to take his photo so I got up on my chair,<br />
faced him, and waved hello! He was reading a book on his iPad so he didn't notice at first,<br />
but when he did, our conversation went a little bit like:<br />
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ANA: Hello!<br />
MAN: Hi!<br />
ANA: I was wondering, could I take your photo?<br />
MAN: (laughs) But I'm an old man!<br />
ANA: No no no!<br />
MAN: Why would you want to?<br />
ANA: I just do!<br />
MAN: All right, sure. What's this for?<br />
ANA: ... So I can keep it?<br />
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ANA = psycho. But he was really nice so he still let me.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288494633/" title="_MG_8953 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8953" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/12288494633_e10f26cdbb.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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LIGHTING LESSONS 101</div>
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We landed in Singapore and I waved at the man to say goodbye,<br />
and then we headed straight for immigration.<br />
I took a while longer than my parents because I got on a slow line,<br />
so Dad went ahead and got our bags for us.<br />
<br />
By the time we reached him, we only needed one piece of luggage left to get.<br />
We found it and walked towards the exit to find the guy who was going to pick us up.<br />
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We found him, and he was putting our stuff in the car when<br />
Mom asked the best question in the world when she saw my supposed suitcase -<br />
"Bag mo ba yan???" Both Dad and I looked and realized THE BAG WASN'T MINE<br />
<br />
I ran back into the airport with the wrong bag and began asking whoever I saw<br />
where I should go if I picked up the wrong luggage. We got to the information counter <br />
and they filled up a form for me but told me that it would take around 10 - 15 minutes<br />
before security came around to help.<br />
<br />
During those 10 - 15 minutes, Dad got a call from Ate Diday asking if I had lost my bag.<br />
No guys, Ate Diday wasn't having a psychic moment. Turns out the guy whose bag I got was Ate Diday's employee, and she had sold him a bag that looked exactly like mine!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288541883/" title="_MG_8984 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8984" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/12288541883_5e053faf62.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a> <br />
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When mine was the only purple bag he saw on the carousel, he assumed that I<br />
(whoever I was at the time) had gotten the one he owned, so he asked to find out<br />
my name. When he found out my name was Ana Zamora, he went ahead<br />
and called Ate Diday to ask if she was related to me and she said yes and<br />
that was how Ate Diday got me and the guy to meet and exchange bags without<br />
having to go through all the airport paperwork!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288982626/" title="_MG_8986 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8986" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/12288982626_db81589366.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Arrived at the hotel at around 6:30pm and rested till 7:00pm.<br />
Ate Diday, Miko, and Tracy arrived and we all had dinner at<br />
Mezza9. (The restaurant IS on the mezzanine floor of the hotel,<br />
but I am still trying to understand why they put "9" in the name instead)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288452965/" title="_MG_8989 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_8989" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/12288452965_d70d769486.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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The rest of the team (Kuya Leo, Tisha, Mickey, and Daffy) arrived at 9-ish.<br />
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build stuff they got from Ikea. This is Kuya Leo on the bus: </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288937804/" title="_MG_9003 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9003" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/12288937804_cb72df9d9b.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Miko's new place is awesome! Plus I found this on his desk.<br />
Yiiiie, Carlos look! Miko framed his photo with us! Kiligin ka pls.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288598715/" title="_MG_9028 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9028" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/12288598715_2e1a8e5e80.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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TIME TO BUILD</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12289103586/" title="_MG_9018 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9018" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5537/12289103586_d312357c29.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Stuff like this is so fun for me you don't even understand.<br />
I love building things omg I have two Gundams and I LOVE Nanoblocks k</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12288985504/" title="_MG_9019 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_9019" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/12288985504_02b107da53.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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That night, Miko and I built 4 side tables and one shoe rack.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-40622010504237437312014-01-19T23:05:00.000+08:002014-01-20T23:18:16.403+08:00Clean your cameras, people.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Some of you might have known that I've been taking pictures since 6th or 7th grade.</div>
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I might have explained that on some blog post on LJ or something.</div>
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Last Saturday, I was with Carlos checking out the church where his </div>
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sister is about to get married in, and he was talking about this new lens he got</div>
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and how magically wonderfully clean it was. It pretty much dawned on me that in</div>
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all the years I have ever had camera/s, I have not once tried to clean any of them, </div>
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save for some t-shirt on lens action (which I know is a disgrace, I'm sorry!)</div>
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He laughed at me and reminded me that he gave me a cleaning kit </div>
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along with a tiny flash diffuser he got me a while back. I started freaking out </div>
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and asked him how to use whatever was in the kit he gave me so that I could</div>
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begin my new camera-cleaning life once I got home.</div>
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Aaaand here is what you'll need:</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/12030541985/" title="001 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="001" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/12030541985_cc26f20ca7_z.jpg" height="411" width="640" /></a></div>
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<b>1. Cleaning fluid </b>- This is for cleaning all kinds of optical glass surfaces (aka your lens, duh)</div>
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<b>2. Lens cleaning tissue </b>- If you are like me and you enjoy being obsessive when putting a screen protector on your phone or your tablet or what have you, you would know that DUST IS EVIL. Dust causes those annoying bubbles under the screen protectors (and also ruins your camera's photos if you don't get to take them out!) Hemingway, that is why these lint-free cleaning tissues exist</div>
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<b>3. Cleaning cloth </b>- I like this thing because I get to use it when I'm sick of seeing my own fingerprints on my camera. My fingerprints will reappear though, I know. But that just means I get to wipe them off again!</div>
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<b>4. Blower brush </b>- There are very sensitive parts inside a camera that cannot make contact with any other thing, so this blower will make all that annoying dust go fly in some other direction (Yay! I hate you, dust!)</div>
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<b>5. Cotton tips </b>- For those very hard to reach nooks and crannies, and to clean your ears. </div>
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Ayon, that's pretty much it.</div>
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When I got home that day, I set up a table and a lamp in my room ready</div>
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to clean everything, but then when I turned on the light, I could suddenly see all the </div>
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annoying dust floating around and I got scared to open my camera. :-(</div>
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I hate dust! It causes asthma, it causes things to be grey if not wiped off on a daily basis,</div>
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it causes permanent bubbles on screen protectors, and hangs out in your camera and puts weird</div>
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dots on your photos!!! (But I love those dust bunnies in Hayao Miyazaki movies.)</div>
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The end </div>
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HAPPY LATE NEW YEAR!</div>
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We made sure to wear polka dots again </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930475766/" title="_MG_7706 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7706" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/11930475766_b30ac69847.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Bad Miko! No shoes on the bed!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929908233/" title="_MG_7711 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7711" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/11929908233_a8c9b91133.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />Daffy and Tess are nice for joining </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929918783/" title="_MG_7714 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7714" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/11929918783_b6f2e9f9a1.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Miko does not care</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930110534/" title="_MG_7715 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7715" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/11930110534_2a16fd94d9.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Korra was cute as usual</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930520316/" title="_MG_7724 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7724" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/11930520316_69744c4921.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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ATE DIDAY MADE THE BEST COOKIES EVER</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929683665/" title="_MG_7728 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7728" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/11929683665_56e53f94e4.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Malas. I did not win any bingo games again this year</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929969003/" title="_MG_7729 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7729" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/11929969003_8263cec660.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Look at how distracted we all are in this photo</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930158064/" title="_MG_7736 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7736" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/11930158064_e9af0aa263.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Ate Diday won one game and danced</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929715805/" title="_MG_7738 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7738" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/11929715805_a814d9ffea.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Dear Kuya Leo (c/o Tess),</div>
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Could I have a copy of the family photos we took? </div>
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I only have these ones:</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930574346/" title="_MG_7744 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7744" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/11930574346_c2fa41905c.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930182964/" title="_MG_7745 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7745" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/11930182964_4ff7190a43.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930591556/" title="_MG_7752 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7752" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/11930591556_9fc8b908ae.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Here's the photo I took of you! Let us trade hehehe</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930598086/" title="_MG_7755 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7755" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/11930598086_c1478146c1.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Thank you in advance, </div>
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Ana</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-53439958323962048292014-01-18T22:31:00.002+08:002014-01-18T22:38:10.012+08:00Zamora Reunion 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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Last December, I was part of my very first family reunion - but this wasn't your<br />
normal kind of just-have-lunch-together-then-go-home kind of thing - this reunion<br />
took a looooong time to plan. We had a bunch of family dinners and meetings and<br />
more meetings and more meetings until I just stopped going because I had too much work, haha.<br />
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The day finally came. We had to be there at 9am in our Zamora family shirts<br />
(Omg yes we had color-coordinated shirts for each branch of the Zamora family ok)<br />
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Mom and I both wore sneakers<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929588183/" title="_MG_7573 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7573" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/11929588183_0435bf668d.jpg" height="416" width="500" /></a></div>
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Was happy to get there and see so much lechon!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929593183/" title="_MG_7576 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7576" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/11929593183_876cb2c076.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Lol, let me introduce Bebas Neue, my favorite go-to font for absolutely anything,<br />
especially when I need a nice font for a project. It's clean and pretty and not the annoying kind of bold.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930182526/" title="_MG_7579 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7579" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/11930182526_01912842a2.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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This is where the reunion happened (I am from Slytherin)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929339335/" title="_MG_7586 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7586" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/11929339335_7e675f9a69.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Sitting with my cousin Ysabel before everything started</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929350395/" title="_MG_7594 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7594" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5547/11929350395_93602ff426.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Pammy's not looking lol.<br />
Kamusta naman ang Zamora emblem on a shirt, 'yo. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929631473/" title="_MG_7598 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7598" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/11929631473_c124087e22.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Ate's cute fan</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929369965/" title="_MG_7600 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7600" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/11929369965_d2ff604dcf.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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There was a part in the mass when we had to raise our thumbs to praise god or love or something.<br />
AHAHAHAHA look at Miko's face AHAHA omg Ate was laughing a lot when she took this </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929829264/" title="_MG_7605 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7605" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/11929829264_b6c7e3bfd2.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Another funny part: They were flashing the lyrics of Little Drummer Boy... </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930237146/" title="_MG_7609 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7609" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/11930237146_e4e18fc3c5.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Playing with my table napkin at mass</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930244736/" title="_MG_7611 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7611" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/11930244736_cfa1a34aea.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Leo asking for a photo with Tess</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929409725/" title="_MG_7614 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7614" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/11929409725_ce4311e9d1.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Lucky kids who were allowed to eat Mcdo at the reunion</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929690373/" title="_MG_7619 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7619" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2877/11929690373_b328a7eb67.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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On the way to the car because we got bored.<br />
Exit reunion, enter Tisha's house.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929429735/" title="_MG_7620 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7620" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/11929429735_411fa3dc35.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Flabebe (Oh you know, just the Pokemon who caused a whole war)</div>
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Charmander my love</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929900254/" title="_MG_7639 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7639" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/11929900254_c5971e1db0.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Was time to go back to the family because lunch was over and the program was about to start.<br />
Exit Tisha's house, enter Megatent again!<br />
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Found my long lost far away cousin Jana (It was more of she found me, but anyway)<br />
who I haven't seen in such a long time. We both went to<br />
St. Paul, Pasig for school and were classmates in the 4th grade! :-)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929913664/" title="_MG_7644 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7644" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/11929913664_b86c74ceba.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Behind the stage area at the tent, there were exhibits of each branch (I am from the Tomas branch)<br />
and when I looked to check for my name, I WAS NOT THERE. HOW DARE THEY<br />
Hehe lol joke lang am not enggry</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930320746/" title="_MG_7645 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7645" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/11930320746_18290c8b69.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis sang "I Will Be Here."<br />
He said, "This song is dedicated to my beautiful mother."<br />
Insert 3-second pause. "Si dad na rin nga."</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929480825/" title="_MG_7648 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7648" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/11929480825_26ab81c322.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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When Kuya was singing, Mom got up from her seat and went to Dad, then sat on his lap!!!<br />
(I obviously have a photo of this event, but as usual, I have been forbidden to show it) <br />
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It was so shocking that everyone started taking my parents' photo instead of my brother's,<br />
who was still singing on stage at the time. :-)) (Sino kaya yang nandun sa likod?)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930339956/" title="_MG_7656 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7656" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/11930339956_94bffee118.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930349086/" title="_MG_7663 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7663" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/11930349086_d9c583226e.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929957384/" title="_MG_7676 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7676" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5548/11929957384_099389d81b.jpg" height="500" width="333" /></a></div>
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We really do weird things when we're bored</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929967494/" title="_MG_7698 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7698" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/11929967494_b5072527f8.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a></div>
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This girl just got so bored she actually fell asleep</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929799763/" title="_MG_7699 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7699" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/11929799763_cfc35d33ef.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a><br />
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Went back inside the tent for the raffle, where Markus won a yoga lesson, then it was time to go!<br />
HAPPY REUNION TO ALL 864 OF US<br />
(Omg ang dami guys)<br />
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OMG I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY I TURNED 22 LAST NOVEMBER!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-23843476265392810112014-01-13T23:56:00.000+08:002014-01-13T23:57:26.020+08:00Christmas 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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MERRY LATE CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!</div>
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Last Christmas, (I gave you my heart) ops super baduy joke sorry.</div>
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Last Christmas, we mostly celebrated in our room<br />
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Following two photos were taken and directed by Ate:</div>
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1. "Ana, you lie down on the bed. Mickey, move next to Tracy. Okay, now smile."</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930032706/" title="_MG_7469 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7469" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/11930032706_3c515a12d3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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2. "Now laugh with your heads back!"</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930070546/" title="_MG_7471 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7471" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/11930070546_9a3ca294e1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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For some reason gift-opening came waaaay before midnight.</div>
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Ate got me strawberry shorts and a lot more cute things,</div>
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and Kuya Manolo got me a lamp I could draw on!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930084576/" title="_MG_7477 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7477" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/11930084576_d88f8d341b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Miko taught Christian how to do a flip (with the help of his shoulder)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930098596/" title="_MG_7486 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7486" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/11930098596_b16d009147.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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You can never separate these two.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930111266/" title="_MG_7489 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7489" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3738/11930111266_430719ba30.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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So I just make buntot all the time</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929532693/" title="_MG_7493 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7493" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/11929532693_ac708c6145.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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How the room looked after the opening of gifts</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930118626/" title="_MG_7505 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7505" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/11930118626_b6a7ba3ed1.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Merry Christmas to my favorite yaya!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929539733/" title="_MG_7509 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7509" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/11929539733_2ebbb47bd8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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"Grabe ang ganda talaga ng homicidal dog na yan."<br />
- Dad on Simba</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11930125396/" title="_MG_7511 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7511" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/11930125396_326fe5e768.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Hanging out with Jesus and Christian<br />
(Happy Birthday, man!!!)<br />
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Christian in his kung fu attire (aka ribbon on his forehead) telling me to help him get up</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929730134/" title="_MG_7512 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7512" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/11929730134_6d42093327.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Christian crying to Ate after one of the kids stole his kung fu attire</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929558133/" title="_MG_7541 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7541" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/11929558133_be00e9cd10.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Mickey being a serious Indian.<br />
Don't the shadows on his face look like Indian facepaint?</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929290005/" title="_MG_7542 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7542" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3787/11929290005_952e65dd55.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I ran out of space on the bed.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929564573/" title="_MG_7564 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7564" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/11929564573_09d6c2ee36.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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Christian after getting over his missing kung fu attire.<br />
Christian deciding that he would be part of our army instead.<br />
Christian ordering us to get up and start a war with the other kids. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929749094/" title="_MG_7566 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_7566" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/11929749094_c3d64776a2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704717045150175305.post-32619864498037537802014-01-13T22:52:00.001+08:002014-01-13T22:52:44.632+08:00Dad's Birthday 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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It feels great to be able to post entries that aren't about New York!!!</div>
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I've been stuck on that Day Six + Day Seven entry for such a long time eh!</div>
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We were back at White Space for Dad's birthday last year! </div>
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Here's Mickey with some Pink Berry. </div>
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(This was the night that Tess developed an obsession</div>
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with their hazelnut flavored yogurt) </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929143256/" title="_MG_6940 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6940" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/11929143256_5e80b8ed08.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Us kids had to stay at a table outside,</div>
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so we killed time by taking shots like this </div>
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until they called us for dinner time. </div>
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(also known as boredom strikes part one)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928292755/" title="_MG_6937 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6937" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/11928292755_529ddc3d31.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Pink Berry is yummy guys, go try some.</div>
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(Tess recommends the chocolate crunch topping.</div>
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She swears that it is to die for.)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929254346/" title="_MG_6943 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6943" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/11929254346_a63cb1c2ea.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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<br />Mickey, Daffy, and Tess wanted a photo with Mr. Alan-dude and Mr. Manny Villar</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928407335/" title="_MG_6944 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6944" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/11928407335_550d9df94a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928865974/" title="_MG_6945 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6945" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/11928865974_0ed44a3213.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis sang with Lee Grane (LEE GRANE!!!!!!!)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928425765/" title="_MG_6947 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6947" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/11928425765_9d36f8ec5d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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But she also sang alone and it was super nice as usual!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928887094/" title="_MG_6952 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6952" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/11928887094_d525bd012d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Boredom strikes part two - trying to recreate a Pinoy teleserye poster</div>
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while waiting for the lechon to re-appear at the buffet area. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928722573/" title="_MG_6953 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6953" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/11928722573_e48767248a.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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(I wanted to post a photo of my parents being all cuddly here, but Dad told me not to)</div>
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This is Tito Mau, one of the cutest lolos I have ever met.</div>
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He likes taking and editing pictures and giving them as gifts.</div>
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He's also super kaduper nice and cuuuuuuute</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928743733/" title="_MG_6955 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6955" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/11928743733_a185201281.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis sang with Mayor Lani + Lino helping set up the mic</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11929333716/" title="_MG_6956 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6956" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/11929333716_5e01d86dd2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />Ate and her cat ears</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928939594/" title="_MG_6958 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6958" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/11928939594_59ac73f961.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Chame and Ate Diday</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928950714/" title="_MG_6959 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6959" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/11928950714_2a6ee33feb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />Yay family picture!!! </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928962174/" title="_MG_6962 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6962" height="333" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/11928962174_c7a46dc59a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />Boredom strikes part three - Pretending to raise lighters like people do at concerts </div>
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+ being a super dramatic piano player</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928523945/" title="_MG_6964 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6964" height="333" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/11928523945_0321cfa8fc.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928537035/" title="_MG_6966 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6966" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/11928537035_af8c740d2b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Tess + Kuya Lino (Omg I feel really weird about this I still don't know how to address</div>
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him cos saying "Kuya" feels weird but just saying Lino seems a little disrespectful :-)) )</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/11928545045/" title="_MG_6967 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6967" height="333" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/11928545045_9e42e123fb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Miko is missing!</div>
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and I was telling him that his shoes were cooler.</div>
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Dad sang a song for Mom! Yihee!</div>
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Super cute cos I found a gift from Dad's two secretaries and his long-time driver, Eddie.</div>
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So cute, 'no? They all pitched in to get him some chocolates I love them huhuhuh!</div>
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<br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!</div>
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Oops. Super late again with the blog posts.</div>
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Work has been making me not want to post anything</div>
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and just go to sleep every chance I get - but I was feeling very relaxed today, so tah dah!</div>
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The New York posts will finally end today!</div>
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On Day Six (aka the last day there), I didn't feel like going out anymore</div>
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Kuya Manolo did the same and went up to our room to come get me at around 11:30am,</div>
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I said to Kuya Manolo that there wasn't anywhere I wanted to go so </div>
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and it was finally time for lunch around 30 minutes later.</div>
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(We shouldn't've left so early!!!)</div>
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Lunch was at the Rock Center Cafe where I ate really yummy leaves!</div>
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Passed by Brookstone because Mom was checking out some neck pillows.</div>
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I saw a Boogie Board there and remembered Carlos' lola, Abu, who would write down what she wanted to say on it because of a complication in her speech before she passed. I drew on the one I saw at the store cos I suddenly missed her! I was about to erase the drawing when the salesperson behind me said,<br />
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Spent the rest of the afternoon with Mom at the Center, and then went with </div>
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Kuya Dennis to the sports store nearby so he could buy his daughter Maxine a pair of shoes.</div>
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Yay birds!</div>
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Mom didn't know where she wanted to eat for dinner, so we ended up at Bryant Park again.</div>
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After bringing Mom back to the hotel, we left for Times Square because we were going to watch Romeo and Juliet (starring ORLANDO BLOOM!!!!!!) and we didn't want to be late.</div>
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Had some proper dinner at Shake Shack! </div>
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(This place gets reaaaaaally full. When we bought our food we just<br />
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and we saw this Korean family who were just sitting there talking - no food anymore,<br />
except for a lola munching on some fries. My siblings and I were planning<br />
on how to stare at them so they would get the message and leave,<br />
but nothing was working! Soon there were more people standing near us,<br />
staring at the same family who STILL WASN'T GETTING UP!<br />
Omg anyway finally they left and I had a great dinner)</div>
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Spot the minions, 'yo. I know how much people love them</div>
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Passed by M&M's World because Tisha wanted more pink ones to give away at her birthday.</div>
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(The bag of white ones ended up being Kuya Dennis' way to stay awake at the play that night)</div>
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That dad on the left was totally judging me.</div>
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Last night at Times Square!!! (Deep inside, yay. I can't be away from Manila </div>
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for too long because I get homesick pretty easy! Lol)</div>
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2. ORLANDO BLOOM</div>
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Chenen!!!</div>
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I know photos are not allowed, but the play was done anyway so I tried to snap one with my phone - the one shot I had failed miserably!!! (Pero Orlando Bloom's the one in black taking a bow there, in the middle. And I got to see him topless + ride a motorcycle around the stage so I guess it's ok)</div>
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Boys were hungry again so we stopped to get some food, again.</div>
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Now get this - We saw Maria Sharapova na naman. This time with her boylet, walking around</div>
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the Duane Reed near the hotel. Ate Diday and Kuya Dennis were both telling me AGAIN,</div>
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"KUHANAN MO NA!!!!" but I chickened out and regretted it the moment we began walking </div>
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back to the hotel. I said to myself that if ever she passed by the lobby again I would ask na.</div>
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Fast forward to back at the hotel, and lo and behold, she DID pass by.</div>
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ANA: Hi, may I take your picture?</div>
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And that was it. =)))))</div>
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Omg sobrang fail pero at least I tried? HAHAHA</div>
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Day Seven and all our bags are packed!</div>
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(I only own the purple Rimowa, the rest are Ate Diday's and Mom's)</div>
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They told me to make sure not to make them ugly when I took their photo, lol.</div>
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Meet Gwapo-Guy-Who-Helped-Us-With-Our-Bags. </div>
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(This is what a pretty font looks like, okay? Learn, people!!!)</div>
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And then it was finally to go home!!!</div>
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Ang haba ng Day Five.<br />
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The night of Day Four, my mom + Ate Diday traded rooms with me<br />
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French fries!!!</div>
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The lobby called us up at around 10am, so we went down to get our stuff.</div>
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There was a bag of frozen peas that didn't belong to us<br />
and we didn't know what to do with it...</div>
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<br />On other news, I organized all of the shopping bags we used so that we could<br />
use them to wrap the steaks that Ate Diday and Kuya Dennis got from Costco</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441311143/" title="_MG_6691 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6691" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/10441311143_a42618e32c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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And theeeen, it was off to brunch. (Kuya Dennis is posing and Ate Diday doesn't get it)</div>
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He looks like an ad for whatever it is he's drinking</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441154726/" title="_MG_6697 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6697" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3783/10441154726_a753b8f199.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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In the cab on the way to Sarabeth's, I took out all my coins and asked what I should do with them.<br />
(I don't use my coins because I haven't gotten the hang of understanding<br />
what a penny or a dime looks like and it would take me years to pay for something)<br />
ANA: What do I do with these coins?<br />
KUYA DENNIS: Ibigay mo kay Jackie Chan.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441316733/" title="_MG_6860 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6860" height="293" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/10441316733_fc4deb2b44.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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He was referring to this guy, who yes, is not Jackie Chan at all.<br />
We'd been laughing about this video since we arrived in New York,<br />
because it's always what they show first when you get on a Cathay flight.</div>
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We had two kinds of omelets at Sarabeth's, then I got out my pen and drew<br />
this on our table (I love paper table covers)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441144674/" title="_MG_6702 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6702" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/10441144674_2d28767396.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis went his own way and Ate Diday promised to take me to SoHo,<br />
so we got in the first cab we saw.<br />
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CAB DRIVER: Ok sit here I just need to go to the bathroom</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441164396/" title="_MG_6861 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6861" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3787/10441164396_0a2fb0c41c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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HE WAS NOT KIDDING - He disappeared for the next ten minutes.<br />
We found it so funny that I had to draw it right that second</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441174675/" title="_MG_6703 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6703" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3702/10441174675_96d3421b6d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Yes guys, he came back. He drove us (pretty recklessly) to SoHo<br />
and as usual, the first stop is Urban Outfitters!!! Hay naku the place I love the most</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441166336/" title="_MG_6706 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6706" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/10441166336_999ab233ea.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />We didn't get to explore SoHo that much because it was already lunch time<br />
and Mom was expecting us, so we got in a cab and look!<br />
We found a whole street full of bead shops! My mom would have freaked out if she was there</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441168736/" title="_MG_6709 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6709" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/10441168736_a3b80494d9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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We were pretty unlucky with the cab drivers we got that day... The one that took<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441184285/" title="_MG_6862 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6862" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/10441184285_5d64a237f4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Got Mom at the hotel and then walked to place-I-can't-remember<br />
where Kuya Dennis, Ate Diday and I barely ate because we were still full from brunch. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441185485/" title="_MG_6710 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6710" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/10441185485_34384e0d27.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis was making me pick between space, a battleship, or history.<br />
I chose battleship, so he said he would take me to the Intrepid Museum.<br />
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For some random reason he suddenly wanted to go there<br />
through the subway, and he was very decided about it,<br />
so I just followed him :-))<br />
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"Tara, magsubway tayo!!!" </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441187255/" title="_MG_6712 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6712" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10441187255_f35a9abe10.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I took this while he was trying to understand the map<br />
so we would know which train to take.<br />
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He didn't understand the map. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441175176/" title="_MG_6714 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6714" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/10441175176_6507a4abe6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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"... Cab nalang."</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441177076/" title="_MG_6716 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6716" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/10441177076_5c7b10470f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Lol we were down there at the subway station for around 3 minutes total</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441165624/" title="_MG_6719 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6719" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/10441165624_9468895ffd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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TAH DAHHHHHHHHHHHHH<br />
LOOK AT HOW AWESOME THAT THING IS</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441194965/" title="_MG_6724 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6724" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/10441194965_14035049b8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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That's Matt, our tour guide</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441344503/" title="_MG_6735 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6735" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/10441344503_d32c5f4ed6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Look at this super sad edit I did hahahaha -<br />
Guess where I stitched up the two photos!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441203225/" title="ENTERPRISE by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="ENTERPRISE" height="199" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/10441203225_c3ea532de4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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These two materials can absorb really high temperatures, and<br />
were used to cover Enterprise! We got to touch them!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441192536/" title="_MG_6752 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6752" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/10441192536_08abecbe3b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441355373/" title="_MG_6753 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6753" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/10441355373_6eb50876aa.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Matt showing us a photo of a lady with that same material on her face<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441177174/" title="_MG_6749 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6749" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/10441177174_7fa447877b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Tiny space shuttle for three people<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441211465/" title="_MG_6755 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6755" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/10441211465_2115ae4ea0.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Here's another photo of Enterprise. It was huuuge</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441199156/" title="_MG_6762 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6762" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/10441199156_f10958aac6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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On top of Intrepid, there were a lot of fighter planes</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441203116/" title="_MG_6784 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6784" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/10441203116_4afc3f7652.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441205166/" title="_MG_6785 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6785" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10441205166_2088ae775d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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But this was the COOLEST.<br />
It's called the Blackbird and I want it </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441370383/" title="_MG_6800 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6800" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/10441370383_fcb56d862c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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There were a million more things in Intrepid but I don't want to talk about it anymore.<br />
When we were done, we couldn't find a cab, so we decided to walk until we did.<br />
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That lady on the right shouted "Hey!" right after I passed by her and took her photo.<br />
I thought she would get super enggry, but when I looked back at her,<br />
she said, "I like your shoes!!!"</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441211016/" title="_MG_6815 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6815" height="164" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/10441211016_feda2973b3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Ay! And a pigeon was crossing the road<br />
(Apparently it knows how to follow the stoplight)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441636305/" title="_MG_6812 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6812" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/10441636305_6f85379e3c_o.gif" width="500" /></a></div>
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<br />I found a crispy leaf!<br />
I love stepping on these. <br />
(Hallo Carlos :-h)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441204304/" title="_MG_6819 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6819" height="323" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/10441204304_2fa67bf063.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Blah blah blah can't remember what I had for dinner fast forward to after that -<br />
WE WERE GOING TO WATCH ANNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441219766/" title="_MG_6829 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6829" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/10441219766_44a4b7326d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Dad made me watch Annie when I was a kid and I super loved it<br />
and I loved the songs and I was so excited to see it as a musical<br />
and the little girl was so cute and THERE WAS REALLY A DOG<br />
and Kuya Dennis was sleeping during the play!<br />
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Bawal magpicture inside the theater, ok?<br />
Oops</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441221746/" title="IMG_1817 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1817" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/10441221746_a1dcef22b8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Walked to a Duane Reade because the brothers were hungry</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441386333/" title="_MG_6831 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6831" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/10441386333_d6a1aff738.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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And theeeeen back to the hotel<br />
Bryant Park was my sign that the hotel was near, ok</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/10441242245/" title="_MG_6834 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6834" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/10441242245_c0ddd325c4.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Yay red Chucks YAY!</div>
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I actually had a pair of red high cuts before</div>
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but I gave it away (Nyare, Ana?)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942060736/" title="_MG_6460 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6460" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3827/9942060736_f22bc048aa.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Hemingway, Day Four was Shake Shack day!!! </div>
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That is my mother lovingly looking at a pretzel stand...</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942178943/" title="_MG_6469 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6469" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/9942178943_af7e9fbc5c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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What happened in Shake Shack:</div>
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1.) I LOVE YOU SHAKE SHACK</div>
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2.) Mom and Kuya Dennis got their orders switched</div>
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3.) Mom didn't tell Kuya Dennis about it because she was enjoying Kuya's burger</div>
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4.) Kuya Dennis still forced her to give him back half his burger </div>
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5.) Kuya Manolo did not care</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942088294/" title="_MG_6473 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6473" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9942088294_20b095fd9a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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When we finished eating our (BEST EVER I COULD EAT IT EVERY DAY) meal,</div>
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it started to rain. Ate Diday and Mom shared an umbrella as we crossed the street.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942066576/" title="_MG_6475 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6475" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/9942066576_63ac48ab43.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis and I got so bored trapped inside Best Buy (where we ended up when the rain started to get worse) that he just randomly decided that we go to MoMA and be stranded there instead. </div>
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He ran out into the street to wave a cab over and we got in!</div>
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Lalalalala on the way to MoMA lalalalalalalalalala</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942067946/" title="_MG_6478 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6478" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/9942067946_a0ab9a39ae.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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One thing Kuya Dennis and Ate Diday have in common - </div>
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they like to prepare their money before we get to our destination</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942061925/" title="_MG_6481 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6481" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/9942061925_bf84f45f0a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Guys bata pa ang fezz ko - I got in as a student </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942096704/" title="_MG_6486 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6486" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/9942096704_29a99dbbf8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This was one of the first artworks I saw at MoMA </div>
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and it reminded me of EWWS and their love for Andy Warhol :-))</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942190123/" title="_MG_6488 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6488" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5340/9942190123_8e0f8f8f2e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I was next to the legit The Starry Night ok.</div>
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By the way, right before Kuya Dennis took this photo of me, </div>
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a random Chinese guy handed me his camera and was motioning for</div>
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me to take a photo of him with the painting. Medj funny </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942192403/" title="_MG_6492 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6492" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/9942192403_85435e3b73.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The Picasso stuff<br />
(which I still have a hard time understanding. I like Da Vinci a lot more)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942079886/" title="_MG_6497 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6497" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/9942079886_277ac5b51f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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HARTDS2, isdatchu???<br />
(Grabe I thought the last time I'd be seeing paintings like this would be in<br />
my professor's powerpoint presentation ten million terms ago)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942073645/" title="_MG_6499 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6499" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9942073645_62c078a7b5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This was the painting that Kuya Dennis was enggry at.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942083236/" title="_MG_6501 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6501" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/9942083236_b0fffb4895.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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KUYA DENNIS: I really don't understand paintings like this.<br />
I can do that tonight eh!!! </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942109264/" title="_MG_6857 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6857" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9942109264_e1ea4d05b9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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There was a whole room for Monet's Water Lilies<br />
(Na hindi ko rin feel...)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942202963/" title="_MG_6517 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6517" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5328/9942202963_4b08124653.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Mondrian aka Brother's Burger wrappers!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942112044/" title="_MG_6522 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6522" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/9942112044_a70ae9337e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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These next two paintings remind me of one of my favorite<br />
professors in school - Sir Ian Quirante! Super influence niya 'to, I bet!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942206873/" title="_MG_6530 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6530" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/9942206873_f242cf3652.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942091456/" title="_MG_6532 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6532" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9942091456_99698f4a4c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Ana in MoMA!</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942209163/" title="_MG_6534 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6534" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/9942209163_a47cfdaef9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942094026/" title="_MG_6536 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6536" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/9942094026_b30edcdf54.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942087235/" title="_MG_6547 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6547" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/9942087235_de45bee0eb.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942213783/" title="_MG_6550 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6550" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/9942213783_477d5ee88e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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There was one whole room full of these L-shaped paintings in different variations<br />
(Hindi ko na naman gets pero they're nice to look at) </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942122274/" title="IMG_basta by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_basta" height="173" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9942122274_118281ff2b.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942124214/" title="_MG_6560 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6560" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9942124214_af6d71e83d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942125284/" title="_MG_6561 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6561" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7368/9942125284_4337f33280.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942102156/" title="_MG_6564 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6564" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/9942102156_20862cdcaf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942103606/" title="_MG_6566 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6566" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5340/9942103606_82c55189dc.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Cute ideaaaa</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942222443/" title="_MG_6616 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6616" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/9942222443_20f9382fc3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I stole a photo of someone again </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942105996/" title="_MG_6557 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6557" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/9942105996_af43ffb5ce.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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They were listening to the sound exhibit<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942131634/" title="_MG_6631 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6631" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9942131634_497da9436a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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The newest art was at the lowest floor</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942225963/" title="_MG_6648 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6648" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/9942225963_f98840a045.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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This sculpture's made of cow parts</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942227433/" title="_MG_6651 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6651" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/9942227433_930bcc626f.jpg" width="334" /></a></div>
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We were pretty tired by the time we finished the exhibit,<br />
but we still decided to walk back to the hotel.<br />
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We passed by this pretty church<br />
(Literal na passed by lang ha, I didn't go in or anything hahaha)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942229223/" title="_MG_6669 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6669" height="334" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/9942229223_919cef0c1c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Back at the hotel, Mom was already planning to order room service<br />
because she didn't want to eat out. Eh we were tired too (at least I was)<br />
so we decided to stay and have room service also.<br />
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While waiting, Ate Diday showed me a five dollar bill she got as change that day. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942137284/" title="_MG_6679 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6679" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/9942137284_fd7e22bd2a.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Oh, and Kuya Manolo was too busy playing Yahtzee (ata) on his phone<br />
kaya he didn't realize he was squishing Ate Diday's lamb skin bag.<br />
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Eh a few minutes later, Ate Diday started looking for it,<br />
so this happened. (If you can't read it, that's Ate Diday shouting, "HOY PUTANGINA!!!")</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942231953/" title="_MG_6853 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6853" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/9942231953_58927a5b17.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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As usual, wherever Mom is, the temperature will be at around 16 degrees.<br />
I wouldn't have survived without this blanket</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942233833/" title="_MG_6682 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6682" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9942233833_f2eff32069.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Eh the doorbell rang because dinner was there na, and no one was getting up to<br />
open the door, kaya I had to do it looking like a nun </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942110435/" title="_MG_6854 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6854" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/9942110435_1e0572429f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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HI I FEEL BAD FOR NOT UPDATING AT ALL</div>
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PERO I HAD A REASONABLE REASON!!!</div>
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The only reason for the lateness is that</div>
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I absolutely HAVE to blog things in order</div>
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because of OC-ness and NY: Day Three didn't have</div>
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any interesting happenings so I wanted to skip blogging it</div>
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BUT I HATE SKIPPING BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE IN ORDER NGA</div>
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(Yeah so I was at war with myself every time I sat down to blog this)</div>
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Ayon I kept on putting it off until poof, it's been a month and a half!</div>
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There is no other way to continue blogging the rest of my life</div>
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until this entry happens, so here I am super forcing it :-))</div>
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Day Three in New York was blocked off for a place called Woodbury.</div>
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(I had never been there before, but Carlos and I had a laugh talking about it</div>
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because it had the same name as that happy town in The Walking Dead!)</div>
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Everytime I look at photos I took of my three siblings + Mom, </div>
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I was reminded by a boy band - so I will refer to them as a boy band </div>
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every time all four of them are in a photo.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9941998155/" title="_MG_6425 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6425" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/9941998155_d81b351073.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I was the backback seat person, as usual! </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942124223/" title="_MG_6427 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6427" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/9942124223_02745cf8cd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Kuya Dennis got teased because he was watching this<br />
documentary about Buddha in the car.<br />
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Hemingway, we finally got to Woodbury </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942000725/" title="_MG_6430 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6430" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5505/9942000725_7008c74948.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Everyone went on their own, so I got a map and marked <br />
all the places that I would consider going into nyehehe.<br />
I was mostly excited about 1.) Getting a pair of new Chucks<br />
2.) Going to the Disney store because that is always fun and<br />
3.) Visiting the only toy store there<br />
(And I was right, they were the only three places where I actually bought something!<br />
Unless you include chocolates for Trachea)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942036664/" title="_MG_6436 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6436" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/9942036664_da8afa589f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Since I was having an adventure alone, I would stop here and there to update my map<br />
(Yes, I drew my path around Woodbury and marked a bunch of landmarks so I wouldn't get lost!)</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942137243/" title="_MG_6452 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6452" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5501/9942137243_a5a683c326.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I also wrote down what I did where and where my family members were based on their texts</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942014135/" title="_MG_6454 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6454" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/9942014135_b19d369c85.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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After Woodbury, everyone decided to have dinner at the hotel lobby restaurant again<br />
because<strike> their shrimp was so magical </strike>we were so tired from the long car ride</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942038304/" title="_MG_6442 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6442" height="334" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/9942038304_41eac72d25.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I love you</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942132413/" title="_MG_6444 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6444" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/9942132413_9353e58d52.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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You were a mistake</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942009335/" title="_MG_6449 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6449" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/9942009335_14216757bd.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I am not sure if I put this drawing on the right entry,<br />
pero let's just say that I'm right and this DID happen on the third night there -<br />
some of you might have known that the US Open was happening on the<br />
same week we were there (I sure as hell didn't know hahaha)<br />
pero turns out some of the players were staying in the same hotel as us<br />
(aka Maria Sharapova and boyfriend)<br />
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Ate Diday and I were in the elevator on the way up to our floor<br />
with a guy carrying food behind us and a blonde in front of us.<br />
Suddenly Ate Diday turns to me and says (and she's being sure to say this in Filipino), <br />
"Kuhanan mo ng litrato!"</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9942049244/" title="_MG_6856 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6856" height="334" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2814/9942049244_3d0f6de79f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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After we got back to the room, I find out from an excited Ate Diday na </div>
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it was Maria Sharapova in the elevator and yes, I know her name,</div>
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but tennis isn't one of the sports I follow so I didn't super know her face :-))</div>
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That night was not our last encounter with her, though =))</div>
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This morning, Mom had Ate Diday make some oatmeal for her.<br />
Kuya Dennis comes in and sees it then says,<br />
"Kadiri!!! Para yan sa walang ipin!!!"</div>
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After laughing at Mom, he goes and has his breakfast microwaved which was scarier than oatmeal.<br />
It was a can of chili he bought the night before - he said it was the "best breakfast ever!!!"<br />
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(Lol. We've been walking past this place called Chipotle, a Mexican place, and he<br />
started craving for Mexican food because it was the "best cuisine ever!!!" daw)</div>
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I had cute milk + cereal + coffee</div>
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A car for Mrs. Patricia (aka Ate Diday) was waiting downstairs for us to take us - duh - shopping!</div>
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He was our driver for the day! Ate Diday asked him if I could take his photo,<br />
and he laughed and let me do it</div>
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A bit later, tah daaaaaah - We were at Target</div>
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I found this cute Mario doll at the kid's section and took it with me<br />
just so I had some company (I can hear Carlos judging me right now)</div>
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I rarely had anyone take my photo on this trip because I was shy -<br />
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After Target, we went downstairs to Costco.<br />
Mom got a ton of batteries (which will mostly be used up by Dad and Ana)</div>
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Found this giant dog and got over the shyness to ask Ate Diday for a photo<br />
because this HAD to be documented. This has to be the heaviest stuffed toy ever</div>
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Bored brothers waiting for Ate Diday and Mom to finish shopping</div>
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Everyone paid for their own things, and when it was time to have our cart's receipt checked,<br />
Mom realized that it was missing and we were standing there at the exit looking like this:</div>
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Thankfully, we found the receipt in one of the boxes in our cart<br />
so we got to leave na. I owned the back-back seat and I spent the ride home<br />
writing down notes on my handy pink post-its so I wouldn't forget to draw<br />
funny things that have been happening!</div>
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Fast forward to the hotel, where they totally forgot about me!!!<br />
They all left me in the car and I had to knock on the glass until<br />
Ate Diday noticed me and started laughing</div>
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Kuya Dennis took me to B&H, a photo/video store that had everything you could ever need.<br />
Grabe, nastress ako dito ok. Camera things everywhere let's crey.<br />
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Kuya Dennis went to the digital camera section because he had finally decided<br />
on the new camera he wanted to buy, and I spent my time in the film camera<br />
section, because I wanted to get a new lens for Spencer, my Canon A-1.<br />
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There were so many lenses to choose from and I didn't know what<br />
to get. The guy who was helping me out made me try a bunch, and I finally<br />
decided to get a wide lens that could also zoom in and out. He gave me a slip<br />
so I could pay for my lens at the cashier and told me I had two hours before<br />
I actually had to pay, so I went to Kuya Dennis, who was done and picking up his slip as well.<br />
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This guy's name was Andrew, and when I went up to my brother, Andrew said,<br />
"Oh, is this your daughter?" Kuya Dennis started freaking out, going,<br />
"NO NO NO! She's my sister!!!"</div>
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So ayon, we went downstairs to pay at the cashier.<br />
I ended up paying to this lady who asked,<br />
"Hey! How are you?" She laughed at me when I said "Excited!!!"<br />
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After paying, you get a pick-up slip which you take to this part of the store.<br />
You see those wheels at the top of the photo? That's how they transport all their products<br />
to the pick up area at the ground floor! No one has to walk the products to the<br />
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Kuya Dennis and I started walking back to the hotel from B&H.<br />
He decided that we should pass by Times Square so that it would be an interesting walk<br />
and I saw this dude and asked him for a photo - I didn't realize that he was from<br />
Ripley's until I uploaded this to my computer! </div>
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It's a funny coincidence because after walking a bit further, I see the Ripley's Museum<br />
and ask Kuya if we can go - he paid for my ticket (student discount, yo), so yay!!!<br />
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This is a replica of the World Trade Center. It's made of toothpicks!</div>
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Kuya Dennis comparing his hand to the world's largest hand</div>
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I remember all these characters from the Ripley's Museum in Shangrila Mall!<br />
Did you guys ever get to go there before it closed???</div>
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This dude I remember because I used to follow the Ripley's show on AXN when I was a kid.<br />
(I also own about three Ripley's books!!! I like weird things)</div>
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This buddha's made of money!<br />
I rubbed its tummy because the description said it would be good luck. :-))</div>
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This is a cute decorated skull!</div>
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When we finished the exhibit and left,<br />
a performer was swallowing needles outside the museum :-)</div>
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When we got home, we had dinner at the restaurant in the hotel and walked around a bit.<br />
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That night, Ate Diday taught me how to wrap my shampoo in plastic so it<br />
wouldn't spill in my luggage! :-)</div>
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Hello! Meet my room (which I didn't want at first because 1. It was so close to the door which</div>
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2. The other room had a balcony!!! 3. The other room had a nicer view, ok)</div>
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rooms on a different floor. This is our living room.</div>
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You can't really see Mom and Ate Diday's room, but this is it. </div>
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The first day's morning was a lazy morning.</div>
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The view from our balcony!</div>
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Here's a better look at the Public Library from the last post -</div>
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it's cute, 'no? It would be fun to play Katamari here.</div>
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Halu our bathroom mirrors are circles</div>
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Everyone met up at our room at around 9:45am and I was laughing</div>
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at Kuya because he went jogging that morning and got lost. </div>
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He ended up at Harlem and didn't know how to </div>
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get back. He didn't have any money on him either, so instead of getting a cab,</div>
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he had to jog all the way back to the hotel. He jogged about 17km :-))</div>
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At 10am, we left to walk to a nearby Best Buy.</div>
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We looked around a bit and I saw a new Wacom Bamboo tablet model</div>
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but I decided against it. Didn't need it + save money!!!</div>
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I WAS looking for some 4LR44 batteries for Spencer, </div>
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my film camera, though. Didn't find any huhu.</div>
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At 10:30am we had to take a cab to Norma's because Ate Diday made</div>
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a 10:45am reservation, and it was really funny because when we called </div>
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a cab, Mom, Ate Diday, Kuya Manolo and I got in.</div>
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was on his phone - probably playing a game :-))</div>
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Poof! We got to Norma's! We went here for brunch. The entrance of the place</div>
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has a projected clock on the floor and I found it kyot.</div>
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The girls shared a four-cheese omelet and a bacon + cheese + egg pizza!</div>
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After brunch, Kuya Dennis went on his own to check out a golf store,</div>
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and the rest of us got on a cab to Bloomingdale's.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9569886018/" title="_MG_6243 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6243" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9569886018_bbd77970d2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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I didn't feel like going in there, so Ate Diday pointed out the H&M in front of </div>
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the mall. I got some office clothes (I start work on September 1!!!) and then I headed towards</div>
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Bloomingdale's, past it, and into Urban Outfitters (There are a bunch of branches everywhere,</div>
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and I go into every new one if I can because I LOVE THIS STORE PLEASE)</div>
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When I got to Urban Outfitters, a lady went up to me and asked for directions </div>
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to H&M (probably because I had a shopping bag with me) and buti nalang hindi </div>
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ako napahiya! I was able to explain the directions properly ("Uh, you just go</div>
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straight ahead, past Bloomingdale's" LOL) and she thanked me before leaving.</div>
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When I was done, I walked to Bloomingdales and met up with Mom and Ate Diday,</div>
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who were at Louis Vuitton. Kuya Manolo was there on the couch, so I sat there too<br />
and had a game of Hungry Shark (which I had to start over because it my phone deleted<br />
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After Mom paid, we went to a restaurant because she wanted to eat something.</div>
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Ate Diday says this piece of bread is called a Popover. It's a hollow cute bread!</div>
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I had sliders! (I was only able to eat one and I had the rest of them packed for me)</div>
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After shopping + meriends, we all met up at the hotel. I chilled for a little bit,<br />
then it was off to a store called Adorama with Kuya. I was trying to look for<br />
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and about how I should have taken his photo. When we were done paying,<br />
we went out and he was still there, so I decided I had to go say something.<br />
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ANA: Hi, excuse me. Can I take your photo? I really like your camera.<br />
GUY: You do?<br />
ANA: Yeah! Can I take your photo with it?<br />
GUY: Sure, but you only get one shot.<br />
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GUY: Oh okay. I think you know what you're doing.<br />
ANA: Yay! Can I take another one?</div>
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After I showed him my second shot, he asked me to write down his name<br />
and to look for him on Facebook. He spelled it out for me - Louis Mendes.<br />
Turns out he's a street photographer who goes around taking photos<br />
of people! He's pretty popular, and he's been using that big camera since 1959.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57762880@N00/9567093739/" title="_MG_6293 by anamariazamora, on Flickr"><img alt="_MG_6293" height="334" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/9567093739_dac829f776.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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They were showing E.T. with all the people sitting down on the grass.<br />
It was cute.</div>
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