When i took the board exam, i offered prayers to seven churches namely the Baclaran Church, Quiapo church, St. Jude, Sta. Cruz, Sta. Clara, Shrine of Our Lady of Grace and Our Lady of Manaoag. i promised that whenever i passed the exam, i will return and give thanks.
I passed.
So, as promised, I did return, together with my friends who accompanied me when I first went there.
Anyway, We decided to divide going to these churches into to trips.
Today, We went to Baclaran, Quiapo and Sta. Cruz, and well, it was an unexpected journey…
We went to binondo to search for my crush, Jade Dimagiba, to find the fried siopao i read about in robbie’s blog.
Unfortunately, they moved out, the restaurant was elusive kasi hindi ako marunong magbasa ng chinese..
I had a crazy idea… I asked them if they would like to visit the manila zoo since we have so many time in our hands. They didn’t hesitate, so off we went.
Welcome to Manila Zoo! yeehee! para akong batang excited pumasok!
We went to the other side of the Sta. Cruz church road and rode a jeepney going to mabini. The fare was eleven pesos. We asked the driver to drop us exactly at the zoo entrance and he was kind enough to do so.
gubat sa syudad! ahaha
We payed 40 pesos each for the entrance. They gave us some tickets which they ripped of as we entered. They didnt have any baggage counter so we carried the heavy stuffs we bought at carriedo ( mabigat, pero tiis lang! ginusto namin to eh!)
the festive entrance…nakaka excite!
The first thing we saw when we entered was a huge cemented chamber. My friend said that there’s an elephant there which made me ecstatic because i have never seen one in real life. We then saw a vague silhouette hiding near the wall… then after a minute, it started walking towards us…. feeling ko ako si Budoy! so naive! ahahahaha
Ang kyooot! nagpo-pose pa!
The elephant didn’t look so healthy though. Parang may sakit sya, and you can see in its eyes na malungkot… or it’s just the emotional me speaking! ahihi! right beside the elephant’s home is the ostritch’s cage.
I was afraid to go near the cage because their heads go beyond the steel barrier. Good thing, hindi naman ako natuka.
smile with your eyes! SMIZE! hahaha!
We moved forward to the next cage and saw a weird but awesome looking bird or fowl or whatever! basta ayun.
ibon na walang pakpak~ ironic! baka meron naman din… di ko sigurado…
We had enough of this masungit na creature so we moved along. Kulang na lang ng happy meal and the inner child in me is satisfied! ahahaha.
racing ito! kaso ang tagal nakarating sa finish line!
We entered a man- made cave where the animals are inside a glass cage, parang school exhibit! probably because they’re the dangerous ones or the expensive ones.
monitor lizard: bayawak ata in tagalog.. if I’m right… masarap na ulam ito! hahaha!
3 idiots… este… 3 iguanas.!
isa kang AHAS! AHAS! ahaha!
snake na nag glutathione!
green naman…
face to face! buhay pa yan,,, buwis buhay ako para sa pichur!
The pythons are well fed i think kasi matataba like me! kaya lang, their surroundings seems gloomy. We got tired from walking kasi since 7:30 am naglalakad na kami!
May nakawala! ahahaha! ikulong ang baboy ramo!
i can feel the sadness in this monkey’s eyes… nag e-emo eh
nagkukutuhan…. abot hanggan ano… ayun…. basta … tapos sabay subo! true story!
gustong makawala eh… pero hindi pwede….
kyoot nung pusa…palawan meercat.., di ako sujre, pero parang yan ata un
Sorry naman at nagising ka civet… pengeng kape!
There were icecream vendors lurking around and my friend treated us:) salamat Geraldine!
Jean! kagat na dali!
Budoy???
Mga ibon naman!
eagle…. la nang maisip
ibong adarnang bundat! ahahaha!
peacock na nakatayo… no pun intended! hahaha
nagmamaganda?! nag mamagwapo yan
tumor? ahahaha! normal lang….
to the skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
nagpapanggap na zebra! kinula? jinobos? piniturahan? naka animal print? ahahaha
ito naman kasi yung totoong zebra! bawal lumabas baka maging tan! hahaha
mouse deer…. parang kambing lang!
Siesta. More fun in the Philippines.
kakainom lang ng moo… tulog ulet para tumangkad!~
this is my favorite 
kala ko ferocious, yun pala punggok! hehehehe! ang kulet lang!
Our trip ended with a failed jumpshot! ahaha! we were planning to go to luneta pa sana, but we decided not to kasi sobrang pagod na.
We headed the exit and rode a personalized tricycle (ni manong na nambabarat! ) vgoing to the Quirino LRT station. We then rode the LRT going to monumento. We departed ways once we reached the station kasi magkakaiba kami ng ways pauwi. It was so fun! we should have done this sooner! hahaha!
Next Stop: Intramuros.
TARA!
