One day vacation

Hongkong vacation package.  That is where I compare my one night and one day stay in my sister’s place in Balanga, Bataan the other day.   Lol!  Well, the one day escapade I had was already like a great vacation to me. Why not?!  I was able to free myself from my daily chores, (even only for a day) slept soundly, and on top of those, I had a whole day spent on nothing but eating and shopping while my sister acted as my tour guide cum driver. Ha ha ha! What a day!

As we got back to sis’ place, her daughter was already home from school.  She was complaining that she’s having a hard time on her studies and that she thinks she needs Chemistry help and Physics help.  It’s the same old problem of her, my sis commented.  Her daughter always has too many Math questions to deal with  including those on Prime numbers.  I don’t think sis has ever heard of online tutoring.  I’m sure,  my niece would love to have Chemistry homework help and Geometry help from tutorvista.com.  It really would make a big difference on her studies ‘cause it’s like having a personal tutor beside her 24/7. 

 Presently, I am back in my own place and I learned, sis is thinking of availing that online tutoring for her daughter now.

Jetsetters

Food, food  and more food!  That’s what we had the whole day today.  It was bonding time among my two siblings’  families and mine in Circles (resto) of Shangrila, Makati.  The buffet lunch was courtesy of my niece and her American husband who are in town from California due to some important business matters.  It was the second time they brought us here in this elegant place. Hence, it pleases us  endlessly to have indulged ourselves again on scrumptious cuisine such as what we had today.  We would have wanted to extend our enjoyable time together but we learned that the couple are leaving late tonight for Sweden to meet again with other business colleague.

Flying seems to be the lifestyle of these two people.  Every now and then, we would just learn that they are already in one country after another.  Good thing for them that my niece (or was it her husband?) knows the benefits of advance planning that’s why before they  travel,   early booking for Airport taxi transfer is never  disregarded.  It  lessens spoilage of  their  valuable time waiting for the right type of transpo to bring them  to their travel destination.  As a frequent Flyer, I’m sure flying is as easy and light as a feather  for this  knowledgeable and well informed jettsetters!

Dreaming of Snow

It is already September and the month is almost halfway now.  I’m amazed on how rapidly time flies.   Christmas is very apparent in malls as the Christmas stuff is all out on display.  One Christmas tree I saw being assembled in one department store has some fake snow trimmings which reminded me of those real big snow capped Christmas trees I saw on niece’s videos while skiing in a Tahoe Ski Resort.  And that makes me wish we have snow here too.  However, on the second thought, I think our tropical climate is better than theirs which they have to endure every winter time.   Furthermore, driving on snow is extremely difficult that one has to install snow chains on his vehicle just to be sure of safety on the road. 

September may still be the fall season yet in the U.S.  but I won’t be surprised if my niece is now organizing her snow driving gears.  She may now be looking for catalogs for the tire chains she needs for their trip to their vacation home in Tahoe, Nevada come winter time.   While I here, will be dreaming of white Christmas as  I get to assemble my Christmas tree for the most awaited holiday.