It’s been just one of the longest holidays I ever had since I started working for the past eight years now. Minus the stubborn weather it’s been a relaxing and a full-rest non-working vacation for me.
For the third time, I spent Christmas in Isabela with my other family. I had the most comfortable 12-hour travel. The freezing bus was bigger than before and the head-supported seat in the fifth row was better and functional. It's been a long smooth drive despite the weather. The bus passed through different routes since there are bridges and roads that have been destroyed by typhoon that hit the province weeks before we came. Result was extra hours on our travel time. But I never mind since I was slept duringt the whole trip.
Nothing changed in the place. The youngest girl in the family looked bigger and smarter now. We missed her 5th birthday celebration 3 days right before Christmas. And like her elder cousins and the rest of the family, they were all excited for our homecoming. It was my other family I yearned to see.
I missed the freezing cold. Despite the weather, the air was not as chilled as before. There were few occasions when sun gleamed but often it’s hide in the gray clouds. Erratic raid comes once in a while. With that, we all just stayed home doing movie marathons, staying on bed all day long and enjoyed a full-rest vacation.
We had our
usual Noche Buena and gift-giving on Christmas Eve. I also sent greetings to friends and colleague. Late in the afternoon, we visited and bonded with local friends. Before going back to Manila, I spent quiet time in my favorite place in town- the Rio Grande de Cagayan. To get there, I have to take a 15-minute walk from home including the 300 meters mud ailed corn field. I wish to take bare feet, but thorns on weeds are just around. Drops of water started to fall when we came. Lucky that there was an improvised shed made of grass and twigs set-up almost near the riverbank. The small shelter were good enough to accommodate the two us until the rain stopped.
In its very common name, the waterway is better known as Cagayan River- the longest and widest stream in the Philippines . It begins its 220-mile (350-kilometer) course in a twisting pattern in the Sierra Madre in northeastern Luzon. It then flows north into a 50-mile- (80-kilometre-) wide fertile valley that is very important for the cultivation of crops within Ilocos Region. In Isabela, the river serves as lifeline of the people as bounty
source of fresh water that supplies hundred hectares of surrounded field plantations The fertile ground of the Valley and the irrigation provided by the river bestowed upon it bountiful crops all-year round. Residences enjoyed go fishing here. The place is heaven for buffalos and other beast pastured in the green area. Tranquility reigned the stream and that is what i always love in this place.
For the third time, I spent Christmas in Isabela with my other family. I had the most comfortable 12-hour travel. The freezing bus was bigger than before and the head-supported seat in the fifth row was better and functional. It's been a long smooth drive despite the weather. The bus passed through different routes since there are bridges and roads that have been destroyed by typhoon that hit the province weeks before we came. Result was extra hours on our travel time. But I never mind since I was slept duringt the whole trip.
Nothing changed in the place. The youngest girl in the family looked bigger and smarter now. We missed her 5th birthday celebration 3 days right before Christmas. And like her elder cousins and the rest of the family, they were all excited for our homecoming. It was my other family I yearned to see.
I missed the freezing cold. Despite the weather, the air was not as chilled as before. There were few occasions when sun gleamed but often it’s hide in the gray clouds. Erratic raid comes once in a while. With that, we all just stayed home doing movie marathons, staying on bed all day long and enjoyed a full-rest vacation.
We had our
usual Noche Buena and gift-giving on Christmas Eve. I also sent greetings to friends and colleague. Late in the afternoon, we visited and bonded with local friends. Before going back to Manila, I spent quiet time in my favorite place in town- the Rio Grande de Cagayan. To get there, I have to take a 15-minute walk from home including the 300 meters mud ailed corn field. I wish to take bare feet, but thorns on weeds are just around. Drops of water started to fall when we came. Lucky that there was an improvised shed made of grass and twigs set-up almost near the riverbank. The small shelter were good enough to accommodate the two us until the rain stopped.
In its very common name, the waterway is better known as Cagayan River- the longest and widest stream in the Philippines . It begins its 220-mile (350-kilometer) course in a twisting pattern in the Sierra Madre in northeastern Luzon. It then flows north into a 50-mile- (80-kilometre-) wide fertile valley that is very important for the cultivation of crops within Ilocos Region. In Isabela, the river serves as lifeline of the people as bounty
source of fresh water that supplies hundred hectares of surrounded field plantations The fertile ground of the Valley and the irrigation provided by the river bestowed upon it bountiful crops all-year round. Residences enjoyed go fishing here. The place is heaven for buffalos and other beast pastured in the green area. Tranquility reigned the stream and that is what i always love in this place.
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