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La Union Escapade 2010 Day 2
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, October 30, 2010 - It was the second day of our couple's La Union adventure. Mr. Thomas Glenn and wife Julie is a very generous couple who invited me and my family to witness the La Union Surfing Break 5 held in Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union which is just very near to Tito Tom's house.
While my wife and I is used to wake up seven o'clock in the morning in Metro Manila caused by our work schedule, in La Union, it was very very sweet to wake up so early, much earlier even before the sun rises behind the mountains. Our baby Pam who was then 7-month old woke up so early too. As originally planned, we trod the trail behind Tito Tom's house leading to the sea. The sound of the surf feels so good. The sea breeze is so fresh. Even at a young age, our baby already enjoyed herself observing the movements of the water. It was her second day of seeing the sea (the first ocassion is here) but it was just like another new experience for her.
On Waking Up in the Morning
After we had our breakfast, everyone prepared to be going to the surfing event. Tito Tom's wife and daughters prepared the food that we can eat while watching the surfing event. Though the surfing event is just a walking distance away via the seashore, Tito Tom opted to transport us via his van and took the highway route instead. We also brought with us a few monobloc chairs that we could use in case we need those.
Scenes at the Surfing Break
Tito Tom get for us a rented cottage so we could stay at the whole event so comfortably. Luckily for us, it was the same cottage that we had during our first day of the event.
Photography enthusiasts like me and Tito Tom couldn't just sit down under the shade that the cottage comfortably offers. So we decided to brave the scorching heat of the sun and dangled our cameras behind us.
There were varieties of interests that waited for the right opportunity to be photographed.
Beach Photogs
Beach Volleyball
Action Shots!
I was able to use my 300mm telephoto lens to capture those action scenes from afar.
Beach Hunks
I've never been into surfing. I was wondering what would it be like to be playing with those giant waves!
Beach Babes
Just the same, beautiful women in swim wears abound to add heat to the already sizzling noontime of the surfing event.
CF card disaster
After lunch, as I resumed taking photos of those who were into surfing, my CF card suddenly malfunctioned. I didn't bring any spare as I was using a 4GB compact flash card. I stopped taking photos right there and just enjoy myself looking at the sceneries with my naked eyes. Later in the evening, Tito Tom would give me a 2GB micro SD card so I could switch storage media and use the same CF card the following day.
La Union Sunset
The adventure didn't end up there as soon as we left the surfing event to go home. While there were more numbers for the event in the night time, we decided to call it finished and just enjoy the sunset from Tito Tom's abode. Tito Tom's veranda offers a great vantage point with an unobstructed view of watching the sun to settle down into the darkness of which is the China Sea. It is one of the natural occurencies you'll only find amazing and ponder about when you're comfortably seated on a rocking chair at Tito Tom's veranda.
Goodnight
We were totally exhausted for the day's event, nevertheless, we also enjoyed hotel-like accommodation.
Our Generous Hosts
The generosity and hospitality of the Glenn couple accorded me and my wife a grand vacation not to mention our little daughter's big adventure...
Photos in this blog entry can also be accessed from this Facebook album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248733&id=619219369&l=3702739ad5
Our first day of this La Union adventure series can be read from this link: http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2010/11/la-union-escapade-2010-day-1.html.
My Blogroll is no longer working and I lost link to my friend's blog
I'd been using blogrolling.com's link service and enjoyed the free service somehow for quite a few years. Then, after six years, six months, and five days of enjoying the service, blogrolling.com shut down the service without a deliberate notice aside from the notification they've posted in their blog. I was caught off-guard and now my links are nowhere to be found. On October 6, 2010 Blogrolling announced they would cease operation on November 1, 2010 but didn't offer an export option to extract the links. A tedious copy and paste must be done to get the links of which, unfortunately, I didn't have that much time to do it. Here's the screen capture of Blogrolling status after it shut down.
It reads as follow:
Blogrolling Has Ceased Operation
The Blogrolling service is no longer available.
If your site is still using Blogrolling code you should see a blank space where your blogroll used to be. That is because rpc.blogrolling.com is currently serving up a blank file.
We will continue to serve this blank file for six months.
After April 30th, 2011 rpc.blogrolling.com will no longer respond to requests. Please note that this could, and probably will, cause problems with your web site, so you’ll want to take all Blogrolling.com code off your site as soon as you can.
Clean Your Code
- Remove the blogrolling JavaScript code from your site.
- Not sure where the code is? “View Source” on your pages and search for “blogrolling” in the code.
Thanks again for your support these many years.
Happy blogging!
To my blog friends, I apologize for the mess. I'm gathering back my links so feel free to drop your links here in this post or the the link page of this site. Thank you very much.
Labels: La Union Escapade, travelogue
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La Union Escapade 2010 Day 2
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, October 30, 2010 - It was the second day of our couple's La Union adventure. Mr. Thomas Glenn and wife Julie is a very generous couple who invited me and my family to witness the La Union Surfing Break 5 held in Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union which is just very near to Tito Tom's house.
While my wife and I is used to wake up seven o'clock in the morning in Metro Manila caused by our work schedule, in La Union, it was very very sweet to wake up so early, much earlier even before the sun rises behind the mountains. Our baby Pam who was then 7-month old woke up so early too. As originally planned, we trod the trail behind Tito Tom's house leading to the sea. The sound of the surf feels so good. The sea breeze is so fresh. Even at a young age, our baby already enjoyed herself observing the movements of the water. It was her second day of seeing the sea (the first ocassion is here) but it was just like another new experience for her.
On Waking Up in the Morning
After we had our breakfast, everyone prepared to be going to the surfing event. Tito Tom's wife and daughters prepared the food that we can eat while watching the surfing event. Though the surfing event is just a walking distance away via the seashore, Tito Tom opted to transport us via his van and took the highway route instead. We also brought with us a few monobloc chairs that we could use in case we need those.
Scenes at the Surfing Break
Tito Tom get for us a rented cottage so we could stay at the whole event so comfortably. Luckily for us, it was the same cottage that we had during our first day of the event.
Photography enthusiasts like me and Tito Tom couldn't just sit down under the shade that the cottage comfortably offers. So we decided to brave the scorching heat of the sun and dangled our cameras behind us.
There were varieties of interests that waited for the right opportunity to be photographed.
Beach Photogs
Beach Volleyball
Action Shots!
I was able to use my 300mm telephoto lens to capture those action scenes from afar.
Beach Hunks
I've never been into surfing. I was wondering what would it be like to be playing with those giant waves!
Beach Babes
Just the same, beautiful women in swim wears abound to add heat to the already sizzling noontime of the surfing event.
CF card disaster
After lunch, as I resumed taking photos of those who were into surfing, my CF card suddenly malfunctioned. I didn't bring any spare as I was using a 4GB compact flash card. I stopped taking photos right there and just enjoy myself looking at the sceneries with my naked eyes. Later in the evening, Tito Tom would give me a 2GB micro SD card so I could switch storage media and use the same CF card the following day.
La Union Sunset
The adventure didn't end up there as soon as we left the surfing event to go home. While there were more numbers for the event in the night time, we decided to call it finished and just enjoy the sunset from Tito Tom's abode. Tito Tom's veranda offers a great vantage point with an unobstructed view of watching the sun to settle down into the darkness of which is the China Sea. It is one of the natural occurencies you'll only find amazing and ponder about when you're comfortably seated on a rocking chair at Tito Tom's veranda.
Goodnight
We were totally exhausted for the day's event, nevertheless, we also enjoyed hotel-like accommodation.
Our Generous Hosts
The generosity and hospitality of the Glenn couple accorded me and my wife a grand vacation not to mention our little daughter's big adventure...
Photos in this blog entry can also be accessed from this Facebook album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=248733&id=619219369&l=3702739ad5
Our first day of this La Union adventure series can be read from this link: http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2010/11/la-union-escapade-2010-day-1.html.
My Blogroll is no longer working and I lost link to my friend's blog
I'd been using blogrolling.com's link service and enjoyed the free service somehow for quite a few years. Then, after six years, six months, and five days of enjoying the service, blogrolling.com shut down the service without a deliberate notice aside from the notification they've posted in their blog. I was caught off-guard and now my links are nowhere to be found. On October 6, 2010 Blogrolling announced they would cease operation on November 1, 2010 but didn't offer an export option to extract the links. A tedious copy and paste must be done to get the links of which, unfortunately, I didn't have that much time to do it. Here's the screen capture of Blogrolling status after it shut down.
It reads as follow:
Blogrolling Has Ceased Operation
The Blogrolling service is no longer available.
If your site is still using Blogrolling code you should see a blank space where your blogroll used to be. That is because rpc.blogrolling.com is currently serving up a blank file.
We will continue to serve this blank file for six months.
After April 30th, 2011 rpc.blogrolling.com will no longer respond to requests. Please note that this could, and probably will, cause problems with your web site, so you’ll want to take all Blogrolling.com code off your site as soon as you can.
Clean Your Code
- Remove the blogrolling JavaScript code from your site.
- Not sure where the code is? “View Source” on your pages and search for “blogrolling” in the code.
Thanks again for your support these many years.
Happy blogging!
To my blog friends, I apologize for the mess. I'm gathering back my links so feel free to drop your links here in this post or the the link page of this site. Thank you very much.
Labels: La Union Escapade, travelogue
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