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bibingka of the year

Was shoe-shopping in Liliw last Saturday when I passed by a street stall selling bibingkas and other delicacies. The stuff looked like they came right off the claypot kaya tinanong ko agad how much one bibingka was. P60 daw. So I had one pie sliced into 6 pieces and individually wrapped in banana leaves. When I got back in the van, we all bit into our slices. MY GOODNESS!!! Nakarinig yata ako ng music sa sarap! Hahaha!!! Turned out kasi that the bibingka had macapuno filling! First time for me to taste something like that! YUMMY!!!

Sayang medyo malayo lang ang Liliw....

... ang halaman doon, ay sari-sari...

While my folks were talking to the guy with the orchids in his head (long funny story, hindi ko nakunan ng picture so hindi ko na lang ikukuwento dito, hehehe), we arrived at Ming's Garden na so dun na lang namin sila hinintay.


While waiting for the parents to catch up, kodakan muna. Me inside the gazebo. Check out the bag. Bought it at Step-Rite (sa Pagsanjan ha).


There's also a coffee shop at Ming's Garden. The wooden tables and chairs used to be on sale pero they're now part of the resto. Masarap ang suman and bibingka nila ha. Sorry di ko na nagawang kunan ng picture. Hehehe.


Man with a mission. Dad went straight to the garden to check out plants he can bring to the farm.


My dad bought pots of this kind of orchid. I said I'd put a petal in boiling water to see if the blue color will come off. Hehehe. Bag of Beans also had this in their courtyard, remember? Maganda pag bukang-buka na ang flowers...


... pero pag bubot pa, it looks like this. Mukhang Christmas lights. Hehehe.


Flowers and plants everywhere. Would have loved to check out all the plants kaso medyo madulas. Hehehe.


Walang connect ito sa halaman, pero the ladies' room is sooo cute. Very girlish and very whimsical. I just had to take a picture. Hehehe.

It's never too cold to pray

This place is a must-visit whenever we are in Tagaytay.


Ugali ng Pinoy to take pictures of themselves in front of buildings (check out those dark clouds!). So here's Seoul Sister and Pics...


... and there's Auntie Lei and my mom.


One of the coolest church bells ever. They sound like windchimes.


This is where people reflect and write down their prayers for the Pink Sisters to read.


Cousin Pics posed na kunwari good boy at prayerful siya...


... but I said he should pose this way. Hehehe.


Haaaaay.... hindi lang halata kasi hindi kami naka-jacket...


... pero super lamig that day. It was supposed to be the middle of the summer season kasi noh!

guess who was born on Labor Day

It was my mom's birthday last Friday! Since my dad also wanted to check out the nurseries in Tagaytay (nursery ng halaman, hindi ng mga babies. Okay, fine, gardens na nga lang), we had lunch there sabay pasyal na rin. First stop was Bag of Beans.


Last time I was there, umuulan at parang may bagyo. This time, makulimlim ang panahon. Since there were several typhoons in the country, super lamig sa Tagaytay, parang Baguio. Masarap mag-kape.



Kodakan muna habang wala pa yung food. Only my young cousin Wig was missing that day.




The food? Masarap lahat ang na-order namin. Hehehe. Mushroom soup, steak ala pobre, grilled tanigue, fish and chips, chicken ala kiev, etc. These are definitely not fastfood menu. Pati presyo, hindi rin pang-fastfood.


After eating, I finally had a chance to take a short tour of the place -- never got to do that the first time I went here in 2007. Sturdy-looking picnic table and benches. Take note of that blue orchid thingie na nakasabit sa puno. You'll see it again.


This door leads to a new covered area. When asked by my dad, the staff said they usually transfer guests eating in the courtyard there kapag bumuhos bigla ang ulan. Nice.


These pocket resting areas in the courtyard remind me of Sonya's Garden. Parang maganda magkaron ng ganito sa farmita.


I really liked this tree with the red and yellow orchids hanging from the branches.


Another nice place to hangout. Love the bench. That's my Seoul sister trying it out.


A small Bag of Beans. Cute noh? Found this inside the bakeshop / coffeeshop.


Sa Bag of Beans... may bags of beans! Hehehe. Their coffee was good, but we didn't buy one bag though.


Tinapay, made in Tagaytay. Mom liked the dinner rolls served at lunch so she bought the last availale dozen (not seen in picture).


Okay, where to next? Pink Sisters or Ming's Garden?

bagong ligo ang pakiramdam...

We named him Homer, after a male character in a local drama series. But I thought he looks more like Homer Simpson -- darker kasi ang fur niya sa nguso eh. Hehehe.

ano ang nasa dako pa roon...

My bro and his friends spent a weekend at a resort a few weeks ago. Before heading back home, a friend of his decided to take a picture of his child, with a cluster of trees as the background. He only used a cameraphone, and the picture below was directly taken from the phone.

Ngayon, tingnan niyo mabuti ang background sa litrato. Can you see anything... or anyone?

What can you see in the background? We've all been to the resort before, and have taken pictures of these trees, none of our pictures ever looked like this one.

(Note: As per my bro's friend's request, I've covered his little girl's face to protect their family's privacy.)