February 23, 2012

We'll Come Back To You, Manila

Educational trips, often called field trips, are now a part of most schools activities. My school in elementary and the same school where I attended highschool (oh yes, that's 11 years in OLSHA, now OLSHCO), never had any field trip AT ALL...or that's as far as I can remember. I guess the school already had enough activities for the whole year kaya hindi na maisingit ang field trips. My brother still attends the school. He's now in 3rd year high school. Last time I heard, may field trips na din sila. Bongga! Baka nga hindi lang uso nung time namin.

Now that I'm 20-ish and have two kids which one of them already goes to school...okay fine, nahinto ako sa compound statement na ito at nakalimutan ko na ang thought na isusulat ko dapat.  

Going back. Nikki already goes to school here in Baguio. She's in Grade 2 na. (Akalain mo 'yan? May Grade 2 na pala ako.) When she was in Grade 1 in OLSHCO din, I didn't let her join the field trip na. Kasi Zoobic Safari sila noon e nakapunta na kami dun before. Just last week, they had a field trip. Some time late last year, nasimulan ng pagplanuhan ng school ang field trip na 'to. Since first time ni Nikki um-attend sa school niya ngayon, plus the fact na wala akong idea how field trips are done, wala din ako idea how the school does it every year. Every year daw kasi nila activity ang field trip. So, join si Nikki this time. Manila tour daw. Whatever.

I'm not sure if keri lang yung bayad. P4,000+ for two na 'yun - student and guardian. Swak naman sa day off ko so ako ang kasama niyang guardian (angel :P). One day tour, including the travel time? I thought it was gonna be so tiring. And I thought right. Despite all the puyat and pagod na inabot KO, kasi si Nikki naman ay pagod lang, sarap ng tulog niya sa bus kasi may dala kaming blanket and pillow and all. Going back. Despite all the puyat and pagod na inabot KO, I have to admit na nag-enjoy ako more than Nikki did. Andami kong additional knowledge na nakalap. Bits and pieces of knowledge lang about Manila na hindi ko alam before. Like --

1. Isa na lang pala ang municipality sa Metro Manila, the rest ay cities na. Alam niyo ba kung ano 'yun? See?! Okay, ask Google.

2. May difference pala talaga ang boulevard at avenue. Sorry for my ignorance. Last week ko lang nalaman. Kayo ba alam niyo? Sige, gumoogle na!

3. Hindi naman pala mga Kastila ang nakapatay kay Rizal sa Bagumbayan. Mga Pinoy din. Sige, research!

3. Kung ang Presidente ay nakatira sa MalacaƱang Palace, si Vice naman ay sa Coconut Palace nakatira. Bongga! Vice President 'yun ha. Hindi Vice Ganda. Chos!

4. Malalaman mo from the road kung may nagtatanghal sa CCP kapag naka-on ang fountain.

5. Twenty seven kilometers pala kahaba ang EDSA. Pero naging 27.9 mula nagkaroon ng Mall of Asia dahil in-extend ang EDSA hanggang sa rotonda ng MOA blah blah.

O 'di ba? 

Meet George Evan, The Bus #1 Tour Guide

May ganun talaga.

From Philippine Aerospace Museum in Villamor Airbase to the mabaho-at-wala-naman-karamihang-animals Manila Zoo to Museo Pambata to Luneta Park to Manila Ocean Park then lastly to Star City.

Super pagod ako! Pero keri lang. First time namin ni Nikki mag-field trip. Bonggacious!

We left Baguio on February 17 at 12:20AM, arrived in Manila on the same day at 6:13AM, left Manila still on the same day at 10:30PM (I guess as that's what's in the IT, guess ko lang kasi bago pa lumarga ang bus, tulog na kami ni Nikki sa sobrang pagod at puyat), arrived in Baguio and got off the bus on the following day February 18 at 4:17AM and finally reached home at 4:23AM. Ganun talaga, may 5 minutes na difference kasi naglakad pa kami from the road papunta sa bahay namin. :)

Check more photos here.

Ciao! ♥
  

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