After a whole day of roaming around a new place, it was time for sister and I to go home. But where can we take the bus back to the avenue? Sister and I walked and walked, and when we saw that one particular bus that will take us back, we were disappointed to find out we were waiting on an “unloading area.”

We didn’t want people to think we were lost, so sister and I walked again. The clouds have all gathered up and started to turn gray, and step after step sister and I chanted - hoping the rain won’t fall on us, as we only had one umbrella. Good thing we saw a security guard and asked.

Seeing the row of buses gave us a sigh of relief. An even greater sigh of relief came when the rain fell a few minutes after getting inside the bus. Good thing it wasn’t raining hard the minute we reached the avenue where we took another bus home.

*** Jenn ***

My sister is rushing me to get off the computer, and I fixed two of my blogs so for this week’s Wordless Wednesday (”Wordy Wednesday” for me), I just dug up pictures from my Flickr Account so I won’t have to resize and name stamp my pictures. These had no name stamps because back when I uploaded this, I still didn’t know the importance of “stamping” your images.

These were taken last March, when brother and I went with cousin Mai and nieces Michelle and Ian to fetch their goats in another farm. When we reach the farm, Michelle and Ian played in a nearby haystack, and when I saw how happy they were, I just couldn’t help not taking pictures of them. At that time, I was trying to take as much pictures as I can to submit in a photo contest sponsored by Sony Ericsson, and the first picture was one of those pictures I submitted.

I knew I was already in my late 20s, but their happiness is just contagious, I wasn’t able to control myself and started playing with them. Brother took the other two pictures using his digital camera. The middle picture was actually embarrassing to post because it showed my big tummy, but what the heck, I had a great time! If only it wasn’t getting late, I would sure love to play longer.

*** Jenn ***

Place: Italianni’s Bonifacio High Street (The Fort, Taguig)
Date: 17 June 2008

My previous entry talked about the bloggers’ treat I had from Burger King, but the first treat I had was the one for Italianni’s Extra Treat last June.

It came about one day, when I opened my Multiply Page and saw an ad from the Inbox. The ad said that Yehey! is giving away free lunch for selected bloggers, and right there and then I e-mailed my name, blog URL, and contact details. It was about 7AM, and by 6PM, I already received my confirmation e-mail telling me I was in!

It was my first time to go to the Fort, and after knowing my sister had no classes, I tagged her along with me. We had a hard time looking for the place, but a very kind bank security guard showed us the way. We got in the place around 11AM, and I was happy that the admin had no problem with my sister being with me. It was still early, so I took some pictures from the place:

*** The dining area. ***

*** The bar. ***

When there were enough participants, the event started. Katrina interviewed me (as well as some of the bloggers), asking me about my experiences in blogging, how I knew about the event, etc. I got to meet a lot bloggers, but was close to Jonel, Juned, Fran, and Azrael because we were sharing the same table. They already knew each other, but I didn’t feel out of place because all of us shared a good chat. There were games, but I didn’t win because I wasn’t able to bring any of the “extra” items asked.

The best part of it was the lunch itself. They served so many foods and oh my, I was so full! They served a lot and here’s what I can say about the foods I got to taste:

The treat talks about “extra,” and I got to taste lots of extra foods not listed in the menu. I loved sharing the “wows” with my co-bloggers, and I had a very pleasurable time sharing foods with them. I am happy my sister got to share in the fun with me.

Three selected pictures from the event:

*** With Azrael, Iggy, and Juned. ***

*** Juned taking picture of Fran, me, and sis. Grabbed from Azrael’s Multiply site. (Photo by him as well.) ***

*** With the organizers and bloggers. ***

To everyone behind the event and to the bloggers I’ve met, thanks for the great time. This gastronomic experience will surely be at the top of my list. I am so happy to receive a reward from my blogging. Let’s all see each other in the next bloggers’ event.

*** Jenn ***

ps - To view the pictures from this event, please click here. There were so many pictures, and I didn’t want to flood the blog, so just check the pictures from the Flickr album. Thanks a lot! By the way, Yehey and Italiann’s gave sister and I 1000 pesos worth of gift certificates each. I love it!