To Mindanao and Back

Hmm, it's been a while!

We left for Mindanao on the 15th and came back on the 29th. One would expect (actually, I expected myself) that I'd be rushing to my blogs to chronicle all that has happened.  Well, that did not happen.  We landed in Manila expecting to get a bus home right away.  To my chagrin, every bus was fully-booked until the next day so we hailed a taxi to haul us and all our baggage back to my sis' apartment.  But we got home eventually and all I could do was feel the cold and be lazy, I did not even want to play scrabble!  Maybe I was tired. haha!  (Boy, was it hot and humid in Zamboanga!)

The workshop went well except for some minor mishaps like all of the teaching staff getting sick at one time or another.  Mindanao was full of lechons and bukos so I gained 2kg after the two weeks that we were there!   I also spent all my money buying guitars that my husband's cousin has carved by hand on a slab of Gmelina wood.  They're a piece of art!  I wish I could show you some pictures but I already gave the guitars away. 

Weew!  I can't believe I only wrote two paragraphs! Oh well...

So Happy New Year to you all! And thank you for all your prayers!

Comments

movel velasco said…
A piece of life on this planet earth! Tnx God at all of you were "safe & sound" sa vacation at pag-uwi. More blessing from Him...
6:47 PM
Margie Lumawan said…
thanks kuya ninong! well, a vacation would have had me rested! Boyy, was I very tired and can't wait to come back home!
11:10 PM
movel velasco said…
So work na naman at real good dahil real work. Hope mailagay din ninyo ni Bong yun naunsyami na pinalalagay ko sa aking PC.
2:53 PM
Margie Lumawan said…
nareformat na ba ang pc mo?
3:52 PM
movel velasco said…
Yap, actually, di naman nareformat imiscan lang at nilinis. Napasok pala ng virus memory kasi.
2:23 PM
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