Got the Tickets

The countdown is on! I'm gonna be home soon.

I have kept a list of things to do the next time I'm home. This time, it's a fun list. Here are some of the things I miss the most about home.


FOOD(of course!!):

• lechon
• greenwich pizza
• ganador rice. mmmmmm....
• jonie's chicken
• halo-halo sa merkado sa Argao
• torta sa Argao - Auntie Citang's is the best.
  
• browas
• Olio
• Chez Lucie
• Larsian!!!
• that place near the airport that Leigh and Tisha took us to; great view, great sinugba
• sinugbang baboy
• BULAD
• hot limosito juice
• Ampao, chicharon ug bukarilyo sa Carcar - clog my arteries but I don't care. This is my last hurrah before my heart surgery.
• mango - fresh, juicy, beautiful, golden, perfectly ripened mangoes. from Argao, of course.
• green Karabao mango - with the reddest uyap.... at the south bus terminal... sitting in the front seat of the Ceres Bus
• the freshest Butong (young coconut) from my Dad's place.
  
• Bayabas
• Bitso-bitso - fried grated sweet potato cakes.
  
• Saging minantikaan. haay.. I miss Diding's snacks. She walks around with a basket of goodies in the afternoons... ADD moment: two of her grandkids are my godchildren. making a mental note for pasalubong.
• cheese bread sa Julie's
• sinabaw na manok bisaya
• fresh fish - kitong(a kind of cod, I think) and the freshest tuna in the world! Even ihalason escabeche, sign me up!
• Mr. A's... Laed's, wanna go?
  

PLACES:

• beach - Lawis, Argao, Cebu, I love you!
• Ubong Spring
• Kawasan Falls
• Boracay
• Bohol
• Argao Town Plaza - free wifi, y'all! Lupig sila!
• Meddah Spa
• Tops
• USCTC
• Family Park
• Sumilon
• Don Gil Garcia Street(?), Argao, Cebu
• HOUSES: my grandparents', my parents' in Alambijud, my grandma's ancestral house in Jomgao, my grandpa's ancestral house in Urgello; Randy Ursal's house?
• Plantation Bay - D's not impressed with it, but I am. In fact, I'm really impressed by it.

ACTIVITIES:

• motorbiking around town - kita sila chicks magdrive. hehehe
• Driving down south - all the way to Santander
• People watching at Ayala
• massages at the beach in Boracay at sunset... the BEST-est!!!
• fishing - the whole she-bang: from catching worms for bait, baiting, casting the hand line and well, catching fish.
  
• tidepooling - manginhas ba.
  
• hopefully naa Guitar Hero sa TimeZone. hehehehe.. i want to kick some butt.
• better yet, take my own Guitar Hero to the Philippines so I can kick my brother's butt.
• scraping fresh coconut meat and EATING it
• tong-its
• LOTS of sleep. like 16-18-hour stretches...

Happy, happy, joy, joy!!!! Homeward bound and can't wait!