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what’s in your bag

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when i started working temporarily here in uae weeks back, i need to take a short bus ride from our accommodation to the shipyard where i work. it also meant that i have to carry my backpack with me. i know some people bring a lot of stuff with them in their bags, like some necessities that they cannot leave the house without having it with them. for me, the lesser i have, the better.

I have read on some blogs interesting posts on what people carry with them. it somewhat also gives one an idea the kind of person the owner is. so here’s mine!

how about you, what’s in your bag? 😀

my first roller coaster ride

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i’ve always suffered from motion sickness.  it was so bad when i was a kid to the point that i throw up.  until now as old as i am i still feel nauseated when i’m inside a vehicle that makes sharp curves on the road, or that occasional turbulence that i encounter during flights.   i think this was the reason that i avoided theme parks, for how will i call fun rides as “fun” when i dread to be on one of them?!

so another of my 10 things i have not done before list was to take a ride on a roller coaster.  when i was on my days off last march, i invited my parents and my siblings at enchanted kingdom.  actually, i went beyond on just riding one.  out of my pumped-up adrenaline, i managed to try their drop tower ride, ekstreme, where it raised us up at 150 feet in the air sending a flock of butterflies in my stomach.  i was just waiting to faint as it suddenly dropped without warning!

after surviving the drop tower ride, me and my brothers immediately went to the roller coaster ride, space shuttle max.  still feeling woozy, my blood was pumping as i sat on one of the seats.

space shuttle max is an inverted version of the vekoma boomerang coaster that consists of a single train with seven cars, capable of carrying 28 passengers.  the ride begins when the train is pulled backwards from the station and up a lift hill, before being released. after being released, the train passes through the station, enters a cobra roll element (referred to as a boomerang by the designers), then travels through a vertical loop.

to show as proof, here is an embarassing picture of me “screaming like a bitch”, hahaha!   as i experience my first roller coaster ride.

 

i felt terrible afterwards.  will i do it again?  never. 🙂

blog birthday giveaway

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it has been three years since i started my blog.  i’ve  never thought that people will actually be interested reading it.  this blog and other blogs became my escape when i get bored or when i get homesick here where i work.

as a form of gratitude, i am choosing one of my readers whom i will give a ‘gift’ to celebrate my blog anniversary.  i chose her because i have always loved her blog and have been following it for almost a year now.  when she blogs about the places she have visited, she does it so vividly!  she blogs about her life experiences which makes her ‘real’ for me.  she also always takes time to comment in my posts, i thank her for that and i want her to feel that her efforts are rewarded, hehe.  one more thing, she’s almost been to a lot of places around the world but wala siyang yabang !

so, who is this blogger?

it’s kg of bahay ni kumareng grace!  i still remember my first comment on her blog about those hotel towels being used by her sister as floor mats!  haha.  congratulations grace, this is your gift from sensory replays:

a 5-course original italian meal at la dolce vita bar and restaurant, bel-air makati for two worth P1900 (valued at P3800)!  i purchased two transferable vouchers from ensogo for you grace!  i have sent them thru your e-mail, please confirm if you have received it, enjoy! 😀