Philippines

Language- Tagalog

Hello- Kamusta

Good Bye- Paalam

Currency- Philippine Peso

Thank you- Salamat

Angeles City- (May 2002) I was born in Angeles City Philippines and most of my mother side of the family still lives here- we moved when I was 2 years old – the first time I returned back was May 2002 -it was the first time I had ever traveled to SE Asia- I remember getting off the plane and feeling the heat and feeling like I stepped into another world -no one really spoke English as the kids were very young- everyone was so kind and we went to Baguio City and the beach of Ollongapo – the mode of transportation is a Jeepney- it’s a small fun decorated bus that has seats on the sides- we fit like 50 people on there and had to have people jump out when we went up hills- they brought a feast of food and it was such an awesome day

Angeles City- (October 2015) this time we got to go to the Philippines with my mom, grandmother, husband, sister and sisters partner Mateo- it was so amazing to see family- and finally introduce my husband and sister to everyone! everyone was older now and spoke English- we were there to celebrate my cousin jack jacks 18th birthday

Palawan – (October 2015) what a quiet gorgeous clear blue water island – we didn’t make it all the way up to El Nido which I wish we did but we spent 3 days in Puerto Princess- we did a snorkel trip, zipline and under ground river bat cave- we had the beach all to ourselves every morning with the island dogs

Angeles City– (October 2015) then we flew back to Angeles City to celebrate my mom and joes birthday- our friend from Australia Hayden joined us with his buddy Sean from New Zealand- they got such a fun home stay experience- my mom took us to the morning market, we celebrated joe and my moms birthday with lots of food and karaoke and also went out to the bars one night