Batangas is love

My family together with my grandma and two cousins from my mother side decided to have a vacation at Batangas where my other relatives are. My kins from my father side live there and we make it a must to visit them annually, at least. My other cousin (Rona) and godfather from Taguig went there too so we had a little family reunion.

On the first day, December 30, we went to the lake where we got to swim away the worries. They tried to teach me to swim with my head up from the water. For an asthmatic, it's really troublesome when you can't stay swimming for a long time (except when floating of course).

From the left: Mae, Grandma, Harry, Mama, J, Me, Ninong Nanding, and Papa.

We had a pictorial on the way home after the swim. From the bottom: Harry, Mae, Rona, Me, and J.

The rest of the day, I took a long sleep and woke up only to eat and sing on the karaoke. They had a nice sound system, as in they had huge speakers that stood higher that a toddler. I enjoyed calling the rain but it didn't really hear me.

My aunts served us good food, which I chose not to eat much of because my cousin Rona has lost a lot of weight and now I'm bigger than her, and that's depressing.

On the second day, we went earlier to swim so that our skin won't burn too much. I didn't want to go after an hour or so because I was practicing but the oldies were itching to go home, so us kids (ehem) didn't have much choice.

Notice that we changed clothes. From the left: Me, Mae, and Rona.

Later, Harry--the little kid that we bullied way too much--broke down and cried when my godfather took a shot of him taking a bath naked. He cried like a spoiled brat. I mocked him which made him madder and then he threw stuff away. I love and hate that kid at the same time. He's such a pain in the arse sometimes.

By the afternoon, Rona, J, and I went with our cousins (Kuya Jun and Kuya Danny who was a tricycle driver) to Tanuan which was a thirty-minute ride away from our location. I wish I could post here photos of the nice scenes my eyes feasted on. That night we had a good night of karaoke (yet again!) and a bunch of our relatives finally arrived.

On the third day, the first of the Gregorian Calendar year 2014, we had to say goodbye. We took the chance to take more photos instead before leaving.

Shot was taken on the third day morning, an hour before we said our goodbyes. That's me with Rona. She's lost a LOT of weight from dieting. Mom says it's because she's got discipline which I lack.

That's me standing in the middle of Papa and J.

Those days were well spent with good food and kind people. How I wish every day of my life could be a replica of those moments.