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Bienvenida a Zamboanga

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Lainybelle | 37 Comments

The most anticipated arrival at Dapitan City was exhausting. It was the longest road trip I’ve ever had thus far. However, I was very excited with this trip as the places we were scheduled to visit were something new to me. It was a complete contrast to what I’ve felt several months ago before taking the trip.

Camera shy? No Way! LOL!

As I’ve earlier mentioned in my other post H E R E, we had so much time in our hands to relax and prepare for the Bienvenida a Zamboanga. This was a welcome party for the delegates prepared by the host region- Region IX.

My Aunt went with us as we had to first attend church before proceeding to the venue, Dakak Park and Beach Resort.

My Aunt and I

We immediately proceeded to the venue after Church. As we entered the venue, we can feel the festive mood. Each region wore their respective regional colors. For Region XII, it’s red.

We were bound to feel festive with the classy ambiance of the Thai Restaurant at Dakak

The occasion was graced by no less than the COMELEC Chairman Sixto S. Brilliantes, Jr.

COMELEC Chairman Brilliantes

The highlight of the night was the Dance Sport competition wherein the 6 competing regions in Mindanao cheered for their respective representatives.

Dance Sport Competition

The night was even made livelier when a Director from the Central Office showed off her dancing skills on the dance floor.

The Director of the Planning Department. Isn't she great? :-)

After the program preliminaries and highlight, everyone was on center stage. We all danced the night away. It was a night of merriment and we took this chance to pose with the higher ups of the Commission.

With Commissioner Sixto Brilliantes (left) and Director Jose M. Tolentino, Jr (Right)

With Election Officers and Election Assistants of Region XII

As we went outside of the Thai Restaurant, that’s the time that we got the chance to explore Dakak more. You sure knew what followed suit

In the spirit of goodwill, we had the chance to pose with some personnel of the host region, the green team.

Some souvenir items

Yours truly and no one else, haha!

We haven’t got the chance to see the beautiful Dakak beach at day time because all events held in Dakak were scheduled at night. We just contented ourselves posing for the cam at the white sand by the beach as well as it’s restaurant.

With my co-workers

Just goofing around

We all felt hungry after a night of endless photoshoots, LOL! I now realized it’s so hard to be a model, bwahahaha! We then decided to order a hamburger which was rather pricey. It took so long for our order to arrive and so we decided to take it out.

The pricey hamburger at Dakak

We went back to our hotel at past midnight. Wasn’t it so obvious that we’ve had a really wonderful time?

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I Want To Travel To Bangkok, Thailand

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Lainybelle | 6 Comments

I have always believed that whenever I do travel domestically or internationally, I get to learn so many things. I am so thankful because I have a very supportive Boss who keeps urging me and Star to travel while still young and able.

It was further affirmed when the Regional Director gave out a speech encouraging his subordinates to broaden their horizons by traveling and taking grand vacations abroad.

Do take a look at the infographics below to learn more about the most traveled countries and other infos about travels and vacations:

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I feel excited planning for my next travel abroad I dream of visiting Bangkok, Thailand one day soon. I have heard so many good things about the said country. In fact, it was Windy who kept encouraging me to visit Thailand instead of Malaysia, LOL! He said its cultural heritage is intact and preserved unlike any other Asian countries.

Oh well!

I can’t wait to see a glimpse of Bangkok for myself. Hopefully by next year

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Beautiful Memories of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Lainybelle | 41 Comments

Warning: Picture overload ahead…

The last time I was on the road, it was for an official trip. We went to two neighboring towns to attend both the Farewell and Welcome Party of the outgoing and incoming Directors in our region respectively.

South Cotabato Personnel prepared for this simple event

I was ecstatic before making the trip because it has been years since I last set foot in South Cotabato’s famous tourist spot, Lake Sebu, the venue for the occasion.

Lake Sebu is one of the most preserved watershed in the archipelago.

Beautiful Lake Sebu

Before we proceeded to Lake Sebu, we had to stop by at Sultan Kudarat to attend a similar event. The Boss was with us so we simply had no choice.

Lovely anthurium

On our way to our first stop- Sultan Kudarat and to our final destination- Lake Sebu

Verdant green ricefields along the highway

There are a helluva lot of reasons why Lake Sebu is a special place to visit.

First, it brought me a lot of memories with my previous job when I did community work, specifically giving out Parenting Sessions with the T’bolis in the hinterlands.

Second, it’s known for its natural and cultural attractions that make the trip to this place worth your while. Lake Sebu boasts of its 7 majestic falls and its highest zipline measuring 700 meters deep.

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Third, it’s famous for tilapia raising where they take pride in cooking all tilapia cuisines- kinilaw (raw fish cubed and marinated in vinegar or Calamansi juice along with garlic, onions, ginger, tomato and various peppers), paksiw (Filipino dish consisting of fish cooked in vinegar, garlic and salt), grilled, fried, chicharon… name it, they have it!

Have a heart for these tilapias, baby!

Fried tilapia

Grilled Tilapia

It’s worth mentioning that chicharon made out of tilapia and the kinilaw were the first ones that were consumed and in a wink of an eye, the plates were empty, LOL! That’s why you can’t see any photos of them, hahaha!

Fruits here can be found everywhere

Now that surely made you drool. I am sorry but that wasn’t the intention

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to go to the 7 Falls because we weren’t there for leisure but to attend an event.

Of course, we did some photo takes for posterity sake

Yours truly in sitting position at Sultan Kudarat.

That's me again in full body view this time around, hahaha!

Nature at its best!

Lovely water lilies

Yours truly and a subordinate can't help but take our poses, LOL!

My Co-Assistant and a subordinate goofing around while waiting for the program to begin

A pose with the big Bosses (the two guys on your right)

I just need to mention that our Provincial Supervisor is my schoolmate in college. We graduated on the same year. He took Bachelor of Arts major in English and graduated with Honors while I finished majoring in Political Science (without Honor but pride all intact, hahaha!). He must be so serious in his desire to become a Lawyer so he enrolled in the Law School right after graduation. I wasn’t surprised when he became a lawyer at such a young age and later on became one of the young bosses in the Commission.

The young lawyer while delivering his opening message to the personnel in attendance

Guess who's the youngest of them all? ;-)

The new Director imbibing some words of inspiration

The blogger Boss while giving out a simple token to the outgoing Director

The new Director's turn to receive the token

The day was filled not only with beautiful memories of the lovely Lake Sebu but also a lot of learnings about this remarkable job that I had embraced some years back. I hope to be able to deliver the goods as expected of me being a civil servant of the country.

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Hectic Day at KL

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lainybelle | 34 Comments

We took delight mostly of the fruits laid down on the buffet table during breakfast at a hotel in KL.

Star and I had it late coz we took our time and had a good rest after our arrival at the airport at dawn, 1am. We arrived at the hotel at about 3 in the morning,

At about 8am, Windy called me up in my Globe number saying: “Welcome to beautiful Malaysia!” I lost him on the line after a while and it was then when I knew that when Globe sim was enrolled to roaming service, all incoming calls shall be charged on my account, arrrrgghhh! I had no choice but to purchase a Malaysian simcard

It was a short stay and we had to prepare ourselves to check out of the hotel room after breakfast. Though we didn’t have enough sleep, we were looking forward to have an exciting bus ride from KL to Singapore.

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Slides Aren’t Only for Kids

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Lainybelle | 38 Comments

I thought I have changed. I thought I have never been a sucker for pink when I got older. But I was wrong, LOL!

Simply me in pink

Last December, we went to attend a Team Building Activity. Thinking that I will be mostly around with older folks in the region, I didn’t mind bringing along with me my swimming gears. But it so happened that the Boss didn’t like the accommodation for the employees of the Commission so we deemed it best to book our own separately. I was with my Co- Assistant at work and two subordinates.

That’s the time I’ve wished I brought along with me my swimming apparels, hehe! We all agreed to go up and enjoy the long and winding giant slides. And we can’t do it not unless we wear our proper swimming attires. We got desperate. So my subordinate and I decided to have a quick purchase and off we went to enjoy the slide, hahaha! We got so wet and yeah! A bit wild, hahaha!