I was 10 years old when Mommy, my grandmother from my mother’s side died. I barely have any memories of her besides her uber delicious Adobo and suman na kanin ( sinangag rolled in oblong with the adobo’s oil).
I have limited information or knowledge about her family and I have no idea that our clan is so vast that they occupy a whole barrio.
Since last Monday was a holiday, my mom decided to spend a day at her old home in bulacan. We brought an inflatable boat so that we’ll have something to do.
We arrived by 10 pm. We were welcomed by my cousin. It’s a cool place, they have this man made pond where they breed fish and shrimp.
okay… leverage lang talaga yung paddle… kasi mahirap pumunta dun sa nabagsak na puno!
The boat was heavy and we have to inflate it manually. Talk about exercise!
Ginusto ko to eh… hahaha! exercise!
20 minutes later, the boat was finally inflated. I decided to eat some breakfast, malunggay pandesal and tuna spread.
unti na lang! matatapos na! 
lezzz go!
tenen! i’m so proud hahahahahaha
My dad and I were the first one to try the boat. Tig -isa kaming sagwan! We were just going on circles kasi we were paddling on different directions.
Tito Lary made this steps so that we could easily go inside the boat
“Ako muna Pa! isasagwan ko para hindi tayo umikot!”
It was a hot day. Good thing there were trees and the breeze was cool. From where we were standing, we can see the old house where my grandmother’s parents lived. It was made of old wood and if you’re there with us, you won’t dare go up because it doesn’t look stable
about 100 years old… parang coke commercial!
Medyo creepy, buti na lang may araw pa
i tried my sister’s vape, lasang popcorn… astig lang! good for those who wants to quit smoking
I looked up and saw a girl inside. My mom called for the care taker and asked if we could go up. He willingly guided us. The stairs is made up of old wood, kala ko bibigay! But I managed to go inside safe.
standing by the window… waiting for….. ah basta!
me and my mom
After the photo session, we decided to go back to the pala-isdaan and prepare lunch. We weren’t aware that the caretaker of the old house dive into the water and went hunting for shrimp. He was unbelievable! He used his hand to search for shrimp and went through the whole pond, kinakapa lang niya!!!!
Tito Jack, the care taker of the old house astig talaga!
isa sa nahuli ni tito jack!
After his search for shrimp, we ate our uber delicious lunch.
freshly caught! ang sarap lang
We went boating again. This time my cousin and siblings joined us. They insisted that they would paddle so I didn’t object.
the boat… it’s sturdy, kasya sampung tao
Hindi ka naging bata kung hindi mo na-try sipsipin yung dulo ng santan
dramarama sa hapon!
I always wanted to climb a tree, kaya ayun, i went up and picked some mangoes!
flex those fats!
animal lover eh…
mabait yung pusa gusto ko ngang i uwi eh…
We went home by 4 pm. We visited supergramma and returned the boat ( it’s actually hers!)
what a refreshing and documented experiencing!