Gerry and I kept our eyes open on the ride from Tagaytay to Nasugbu. It's election time, so the roadside is peppered with candidate posters. We discussed the pros and cons of each (mostly cons!) and badgered dad about who he was voting for. Instead he told us whom he was not voting for. And we gave our pitch to campaign for Dr. Martin Bautista!
Finally, at the Bahay Kubo! We quickly changed and jumped into the water -- it was so
That evening for dinner, we had the fresh catch of the day of fried espada fish, barracuda fish, and crabs, plus a kamatis/sibuyas/bagoong balayan salad. Yummy!
By 7 pm, the girls and I were sooo tired we just dropped off to sleep. Actually, Bea fell asleep even before dinner and did not have any. There was a nice breeze, and we just slept on the papag on the balcon. We forgot to do one thing, for w
MONDAY. At about 3 a.m., Bea and I were wide awake, so we decided to walk around the house with our flashlights, looking for something to eat. We found bananas and munched away, even tried to make Gerry join us. While we were walking around the house, apparently, we woke up the mosquitoes also, because when we woke up again at first light, we discovere
Even before 6 am, we started to walk down the beach towards the sand bar by the river. It was low tide and we were able to walk far out from shore, and still have the water to just our knees! The girls found
For breakfast, we had crab omelet left over from the night before, sinangag, and mangoes.
The caretakers were busy on the side of the house. Soon we heard the squealing of a pig, who would soon be our lunch: lechon! Lolo Doy bought a pig to celebrate the visit of his apos! There was a large boiling pot, and the coals were being fired. The girls could not stand the squealing so they went back into the water.
Thought I would have to teach them how to snorkle, BUT, they just jumped in the water and snorkled away, like it was natural to them. Bea even found an eel, actually two, in their rocky home by the shore. There were many, many fish to explore and follow and try to catch with a net (not! those fish are quick.)
As is usual, when the village vendors see that Mang Doy has guests, they come in droves selling their wares. The native chicken woman came, an
For dinner, we had the shrimp, freshly caught, and tinola. The chicken actually had 4 eggs in it! Early night once again, still jet-lagging, but this time, we put on anti-insect lotion, and used a kulambo! Hoping
TUESDAY. What finally got the twins out of bed that morning was watching this spider fall from the ceiling and seemingly onto them, but of course it got caught on the kulambo, thank God for that! And yes, we still h
For breakfast we had sinangag, leftover tinola broth, fried chicken Pinoy style (marinated in toyo and calamansi) and watermelon. After that it was back to the water for one last swim. Time passes by so slowly, which is wonderful. We were back in the water, and it was not even 7 am yet!
Back to Manila, to get Dad home on time because he was color coded today. In Nasugbu, he stops by a bakery that he said sold yummy ensaimada, nothing fancy, just yummy, what China said is known as "ensaimadang pot-pot", usually sold by itinerant vendors on bicycles! Gerry of course got his favorite pan de coco. Before we got to Tagaytay, we stopped at a fruit stall to buy an entire langka fruit, which Gerry held in place in the SUV between his legs all the way to Makati....
Lunch was on the SLEX at Delifrance, and then on to Popsie's at Rockwell.
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