Kamay ni Hesus

the view of the ascending Christ

After almost eight hours in a van, travelling from Daraga, Albay to Lucban Quezon, we finally had a glimpse of Kamay ni Hesus shrine. Unlike my former travels where I would do research endlessly, this time around I just hop in without much idea of where we are heading. For someone who's forever attack by dizziness in a moving vehicle,long hours of travel has always been a disaster. But I just couldn't resist the chance to see the place for myself and be with family. It is very rare that we would travel together. While i tried to get sleep on the entire travel, they had fun chatting and eating.

We left our home at past eight in the evening and arrived at Lucena at four. We had our breakfast there and took a little rest since according to the driver, it is an hour away and the gates would be open at six in the morning. True enough when we got there, we were just the second group that arrived. It was a Wednesday so there was an schedule healing mass at 9:30am. We still got time ahead of us so we went around for some picture taking (mind you, nobody took a bath,hehe) and decided to hike up the 300 plus stairs leading to the 50 feet statue of the ascending Christ. It wasn't an easy feat up for growing old ladies like me,hehe  but the rain drops as soon as we reached the top made our way down effortless. We were almost running. We did not have the chance to enjoy the view from the top.

And so the healing mass started. It was actually my first time to attend one. Of course, I've heard about Fr. Joey and I was pleased to be finally hearing him in person. I was surprised that there was special healing for those who want to conceive. But I was surprise even more on how it turned out. I rather not write about it anymore in due respect to the priest. 

I am looking forward to more travel with all of us. And may it happen more often.

haggardness... picture taking right after we arrived

our breakfast at Lucena

sunday get together

uncle boy's funeral

my hometown... DARAGA

snapshots from my phone camera whenever I have chance...

our bank of choice which is moving to a bigger location. though I like more its present location near groceries and fastfoods,

ang paboritong pandesal ng bayan... that even tourist would drop-by here

I wonder the long lines. I pass here every time I'll be downtown but I am not really a customer. I opt for Daraga Bakery even if I have to walk more steps. Sa sobrang dami kasi ng display nila, feeling ko di nababawasan ang mga tinapay nila. 

Siyempre hindi naman na ako bata to frequent here but I do appreciate its existence. I could grab a quick bite here before going home. I am really thankful for the fastfood and restos now in Daraga. I remember in 2006, while we were having our pre-wedding seminar, I couldn't even suggest a place to him. Palamigan during that time was not a choice but among our favorites now. At present, we have \Biggs Diner, Mcdo, Graceland and not to mention the famed Balay Cena Una and Balay Suanoy. Of course Alvi's and Colonial Grill is still within Daraga though no longer walking distance from the business district.

mexita,mexita!!!

This has been Crissy's favorite hang-out for two years now although we never tried going there at night for some beers. We came to love their thin crust pizzas and we would usually drop-by there for afternoon snacks since we would take the Alternate Road where it is located when going to Legazpi. What he loves most about this place is eating outdoors with Mexita's kubo. And we can spend the afternoon chatting over pizza and coke.

their hawaiian pizza ...looks yummy isn't it?

bodang posed everywhere

our future model...

mexita with susay. She was craving for pizza when she went here for vacation. We took tricycle from and to Daraga because of our limited time. We were down in memory lane as we used to have pizza trips in Lianas with their Chansel beef and mushroom pizza. And I guess, when it comes to pizza, I could finish more than her,haha.

isang araw sa asyenda

late post... kids summer vacation

si Don Brent

Julia was here!

uncle abe's 75th birthday

surprise Jollibee from Tita Han