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Joseph Vincent is among the Fil-Am musicians who has YouTube to thank for his popularity. He was featured on Ellen twice.
UCI Anteaters FTW
It has a house of memories, my Grandmother, my Auntie Emie, my Grandfather’s resting place, most of my cousins and relatives, gigantic malls, jeepneys, Jollibee, and so many more. Meals I’ve had there taste so much better than here, even thought they’re the same things. Car rides there always make me happy. I feel so at home and comfortable there, even though I don’t speak much cause I’m embarrassed of my Tagalog accent. It’s my second home. I just can’t wait to go back there next summer. I miss the Philippines so much.
Photo and caption by Ken Michael Jon Taarup
Boracay, Philippines
Inflatable Shark Discovered in Philippines
Life caught up with me in these past 2 months, and unfortunately I’ve neglected continuing with my Philippines recap. Fear not though, as I’m back and ready with an update. Today was an unusually humid day here in Seattle, and whenever I think humidity, I have to think about going back to The Philippines.
Recommended Listening in a New Tab: Happy Birthday by The Beatles
The humidity reminded me very much of the day we flew back from Boracay. It was humid when we left the island, then just chokingly hot when we arrived in Cebu for our connecting flight, and upon reaching Manila, it was back to humid again. Kuya Medic picked us up from the airport and we immediately drove out to Ayala Alabang to meet up with the family. Ate Cathy’s daughter Rain was also celebrating her birthday, so we all met up at the mall with the rest of the big family, along with Ate Bebeth’s family. A couple group shots:
After dinner, we went to Ate Cathy and Kuya Olan’s house and chilled for most of the night. Wence and Jo spent the night there, while Sasha and I spent the night over at Uncle Junior’s house about 10 minutes away. We’d only be spending one night here, since the next day we were up early and on the way up north to Jo’s home province of Pangasinan. Here, our chariot driven by Kuya Medic awaits outside Ate Cathy and Kuya Olan’s house:
It was going to be a 5-hour drive up to the Jo’s hometown of San Jacinto, but luckily we were able to meet up with RJ since he just happened to be in the country at the same time! We met up with him at an mall area known as The Fort. Check out the inside of this mall, which would be just the second of many malls we’d visit on our trip:
And here we are actually meeting up with RJ:
Don’t let the overcast skies fool you, it was both hot and humid, although not quite as unbearably hot as it was earlier in the trip. We went across the street from the big mall into a higher end shopping area and grabbed some lunch at a surprisingly decent italian chain restaurant. Check out how thrilled we are in this video that RJ took:
While we ate, we also found out that the Green Bay Packers had beaten the Pittsburgh STEALers in the Superbowl. Following lunch, we checked out a bookstore that had some crazy superhero memorabilia, until the security guard told us we weren’t supposed to take photos of it:
After clearing out of the bookstore, RJ took another video where Sasha proclaimed that he’d return, complete with Westsides from yours truly:
After saying farewell to RJ, we were off on our 5-hour road trip to Pangasinan! More to come soon…
Click here to see all of my photos from Manila, 2-6-11 to 2-7-11
These swell sharks, recently discovered in the Philippines, can make like giants by inflating their bellies with water.
The first ever @GUBLERNATION mark I ever made! This one’s during our trip to Palawan last November 2010, right after going to the Underground River. :)
