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25 Jun 2010 Vacation Here I Come!
Author: Joyce Ira |  Category: Daily Dose  | Tags: , , ,  | 3 Comments

2 more weeks and I’m off to my most awaited time of the year – vacation! hooray!!!

After 10 months of hard work with my students, we finally reached the end to reap the fruits of our labor. Yes, it’s sad to think that my favorite students will not be in my class anymore but I know that they’ll be heading to a better place. I will miss them so much!!!

Going back to my vacation, I’m pretty excited because my father’s coming over for a short stay with us, so he could be with his grandchildren just before he goes to China for work. And since we already have a car (though I still don’t know how to drive) I’m planning to have a little swimming treat with my family, somewhere in Sihanoukville. I think it’s the best time for us to grab this opportunity to unwind for a while after our busy schedules at work. Also, the kids will be back at school in September, so I really want them to enjoy their summer while I’m off from work.

As early as now, I’m already planning the activities that we’ll do and the things I need to prepare. I’m also thinking of purchasing our 5th wheels for the car. I guess it’s necessary to have one just in case the car will breakdown in the middle of the road. As a mom, I need to be ready in situations like this ;)

Oooohhh! I can’t wait to relax! Anyway, it’s just a matter some more days and soon, I will be posting and blogging something more relevant than this :P

24 Jan 2009 Phnom Penh Demolition
Author: Joyce Ira |  Category: Daily Dose  | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,  | 5 Comments

uniformed demolition team

Loud pounding noises woke me up this morning. Startled where the noise is coming from I looked out of my window and saw hundreds of men wearing green shirt, hammering the small houses in front of the building where my whole family live. Immediately I called Nestle to witness the commotion and cover the event. It’s my first time to encounter scenes like this and it sent goosebumps all over me. There were lots of police men guarding the site and hundreds of spectators from their homes watched how their fellow Cambodians ruined other people’s houses in a small span of time.

one down more to go

One by one the houses are torn down, I have seen smoke from afar but dunno if it’s teargas or fire extinguisher. I have seen residents standing with their houses shouting angrily to the demolition team, some residents were even hurt because they don’t want to move out and forced to fight with the uniformed men.

I don’t know the whole story behind this horrifying scene, I don’t know if the land is under the government or under a private individual. All i know is that there are people out in the street this morning asking for some more time to discuss this matter before proceeding with the demolition. But people with no hearts didn’t listen.

crunching

As i look now to the empty space, I can relate on how my fellow Filipinos acted on situation like this. And this morning it made me realise so many things – that me and my family are lucky in many ways.

I know that whatever the purpose of the man behind this is good. But if he only knew how to listen and understand, this could have come easy without anybody being harmed.

Read fellow bloggers who also witnessed the Dey Krahorm demolition this morning :

http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/01/happy-chinese-new-year-youre-evicted/

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012423816/National-news/City-developer-demolish-Dey-Krahorm-homes.html

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=46272686358&h=XibTj&u=blrIx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinja_cambodia/tags/deykrahomeviction/

http://jivy1983.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Phnom_Penh_Demolition

Special thanks to Nestle and Nico for the photos.

25 Apr 2008 family vacation
Author: Joyce Ira |  Category: Daily Dose, TrAvEL  | Tags: , , , ,  | 2 Comments

ang saya ng naging bakasyon ko sa pinas and now it’s my family and nestle’s family’s turn to vacay here in cambodia and vietnam!

andrea, mommy joyce and aaron

last april 21 we flew from manila going to ho chi minh city, vietnam to have a couple of days vacation at my pap’s crib, we weren’t able to roam much and enjoy the city for we don’t have much time and to think that we haven’t gotten enough sleep! boohoo!!!

what we did is palengke tour at cho tan binh in the morning with mama, mami deng, inah and nica. mami deng enjoyed the fruits that’s sold and even bought a lot becoz of their gigantic sizes, hehe! they even enjoyed the food trip that we had. They tasted bun bo hue (which is one of my fave noodles), local taho na merong coconut milk, leche flan with coffee syrup, tra da, and banh mi :-) tapos bumili kami ng karpa for lunch and some veggies para terno sa ulam…ang saya ng naging palengke tour un nga lang sobrang init ng weather.

we went home afterwards and mama started to cook lunch while we and the kids played and do our own stuffs. later in the afternoon we went to maximark to buy some groceries for nico – kasi ba naman un mga immigration officers sa naia kinonfiscate un iba naming dala, eh most pa naman nung mga nakuha ay para kay nico kaya naman namili pa kami ng konti para naman masulit na din un gala namin. then we went to the city and bought our tickets going to phnom penh, cambodia. last trip na un kinuha namin para naman pagdating namin sa cambodia off na sila pong at masusundo na kami ng ayos. 6 hours din ang madugong byahe, kaya talagang nakakapagod. nagdinner din kami sa kfc ng magutom na ang mga bata tapos pumunta kami sa ben tanh market para mamili ng konting souvenirs…past 10 na kami ng makauwi sa bahay, lahat nga ng sakay ng taxi tulog dahil sa pagod, hehe!

ho chi minh city, vietnam with the whole family

on our way to cambodia which was very strenuous dahil sa dami ng dala namin, we tried all our efforts para mabuhat lahat un, even andrea and aaron helped pulling their trolley bags to lessen the weight that we have. nahihiya man ako sa mga kasama ko wla naman akong magawa kasi di ko sila matulungan ng husto gawa ng preggy ako :-( pero nagawa pa din namin, ang kapalit nga lang sakit ng katawan, tsk tsk

the kids are getting impatient on the way, di naman kasi sila sanay sa mahabang byahe, kung tutuusin mas mahaba pa ung byahe sa bus papuntang cambodia kesa dun sa eroplano papuntang vietnam. after 6 hrs we reached phnom penh and there nestle plus the whole gang welcomed us…syempre sila na ang nagbuhat ng lahat ng mga gamit namin no, 3 boxes lang naman un na malalaki plus 12 bags na malalaki din…kawawa din sila after kasi binuhat nila un mga gamit namin hanggang 4th floor kung san kami nakatira.

first breakfast sa cambodia

nagdinner kami tapos nag ayos ng konti then nagpahinga na kami kasi me pasok ako the next day. im happy na andito sila with us. mama and papa will follow but im not sure yet as to when they’ll get here, but i hope soon. syempre nag moments din kami ni sweet kasi 10 days kaming di nagkita. i seldom tell him how much i love him but that night i dont need to say anything more, i know deep inside of me that he’s the guy that im going to spend the rest of my life with…im just way too lucky to have him :-)