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Philippine holiday (part 8)
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Thursday, 18th August 2005. The day we left
Malabuyoc
A very sad moment...bidding farewell to everyone.
We drove back to Cebu, uneventfully apart from the
long time we were stuck behind lorries full of pigs and cattle going at
about fifteen miles an hour. They swapped places at one point, the cattle
overtaking the pigs, on a blind bend where there was absolutely no way of
seeing what was coming in the other direction. Still, we got there
uneventfully and caught the flight back to Davao.
In the evening Ivy's best friends Hannah & Juvie
with Boboy (her fiance) came to her. They went to the Venue, then to Matina Town Square, then to Rizal Street with Ivy's cousin Fatima
and Ivy's sister Joanavi. As before, David stayed behind to put Charles to
bed.
AT THE VENUE
They proceeded to Matina Town Square but it was
too crowded, so they fled and went to Rizal Street instead. There were
a few live bands playing.
RIZAL STREET
They met up with Hannah's boyfriend Joy.
Friday, 19th
August 2005
In the morning we did our last minute shopping.
The centre of Davao was cordoned off from traffic, and preparations
were in hand for a festival on the weekend (KADAYAWAN SA DABAW-means
good harvest). Unfortunately we hadn't
realised it was on, otherwise we could have arranged our timing
differently to see it. Anyway we were able to see the decorations
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In the evening, we visited Ivy's cousins on
her mother's side.
20th August
2005. It's time to say goodbye.
The last minute photographs with Ivy's immediate family.
Ren-Ren, Nino, Gerricks (behind) and Xena, with
Charles paying no attention. |
Gerricks & Xena (Ivy's brother Gerrico's
children) |
Ren-Ren & Nino (Ivy's sister Irene's children) |
Proud parents, about to be very sad saying
farewell to their daughter. |
Irene |
Gerrico with his wife Nita |
Ivy with Joanavi & Nita |
Joanavi |
Ivy's cousin Fatima |
Ivy and her best friend Caroline and her sister
Maricris with Christine Mae (Ivy's God daugther, Maricris' daughter) also
came to visit.
Caroline is Ivy's best friend
from University. Though she was running after her busy schedule at work she
still managed to find time to see Ivy even for just a few minutes.
Caroline lives in Butuan City., about 4 hours bus drive.
The anxiety of some people-to
make friends is so intense, that they never have old ones. |
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In prosperity our friends
know us, in adversity we know our friends. |
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True friends are hard to
find. Thanks very much Wakie for the time & effort..
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The old Davao Airport Building, with the lovely
saw-tooth ridge of the hills on Samal visible behind.
At the Singapore Airport
Carp in the fish pond. |
Model of the new Airbus A380, ordered by but not
yet delivered to Singapore Airlines. |
Charles said he wanted a toy car, and immediately
found the most expensive one in the country. Fortunately it was too
big to get into our hand luggage! |
David showing Charles the flowers |
Need to be there to prevent destruction ... |
Someone insisted on sitting in the trolley, then
quickly realised it was rather uncomfortable and insisted on getting
out! |
Waiting in the lounge |
Still waiting. |
Ivy in her natural habitat - SHOPPING! |
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