Macalelon Public Market

From the mananahi we went to the market to check if there's still some fresh fish. Here's the banner for the town's fiesta we missed. It was over when we got there.

We love it when we are in Macalelon, 'coz there fish is not just a bit cheaper the fish there are freshly caught from the sea.

That was the first time JB and Joy watched how a fish is cleaned at the market.

Upon seeing the burger stand, the kids asked if they can each have a burger. Knowing that they may not like all of the ulam at dinner later, I agreed just so they won't go hungry later and then ask for midnight snack! If we were at home, midnight snack is ok, but in Macalelon the stores are closed by 7 or 8 in the evening. My kids really are not that picky, it's just that when it comes to seafood they like fish but they dislike crabs, prawns or shrimps, squids, octuposes, sea shells, etc. They only like fish, be it fried, paksiw, pinangat, inihaw, basta fish.

Dora at the Alabang van terminal

Last December (2007) my family attended the wedding of my husband's paternal cousin, in Macalelon, Quezon. Our kids were excited. It's been so long since we as a family last traveled farther than Metro Manila or Dasma. Besides my daughter is still 3 years old, so she stays mostly at home, while my son is in the 2nd grade at Holy Child Jesus Montessori. Nowadays hubby and I had to synchronize our scheds with that of our son so we can all spend rare bonding times together.

So, we really were glad when my husband was asked by his cousin to let Joy be one of the flower girls and JB to be the ring bearer. Of course, the thought of my kids specially my daughter marching as flower girl and my son as ring bearer made us more excited of the event than our kids!

We took the van ride to Alabang from the Robinson's terminal. The kids were delighted when they saw the Dora and Friends Activity Center (Or was it a hill/mountain? A path winds up a structure made to look like a hill/mountain. The structure was decorated with Dora characters.) I took some shots of them while the van was being filled with passengers.