back on canadian soil

philippines, mahal ko ito... (fort san pedro, iloilo)

home again, home again, jiggity jig... and just like that i'm back from the philippines - it astounds me how a month just completely whizzed by without really noticing it. i was supposed to arrive on saturday afternoon, but because of our flight delay, the bunch of us were stranded in vancouver for a night. we finally touched down in ontario at around 3:30pm yesterday afternoon.

so much for blogging during my trip (oops!) :oP now i'm left with far too much to say, and far too jetlagged to write. maybe this time i'll let the pictures do more of the talking :o) just click here and here for a very lengthy but amusing pictoral play-by-play :o)

this trip wasn't exactly the relaxing getaway i pictured it to be, but it was wonderful to see family that i haven't seen in 9 years, and even more overwhelming (in a good way) to see how much they've all grown since the last time i saw them, and how most (if not all) of them already have their own lives now, settling down with their own families, getting married, working full-time jobs, and all that other good stuff that makes life pleasurable and meaningful :o)

all in all, it was an amazing trip; one that was definitely full of memories, awesome times, a dang good load of food, and a smorgasbord of stories to tell... but maybe perhaps at a time when i'm more in tune with the hours of the day and the days of the week :oP

but as much as i miss the the family reunions, the tropical breeze in my hair, my toes sinking in the white sand, shopping and eating for pennies, the karaoke channel(s) on tv, and of course, the sincere hospitality of the islands, it's pretty nice to be back home :o)