I woke up late again. I was alone when I woke up - they all went to the market (as Sunday was market day), but when they returned, I asked brother if we could hear mass in San Juan Church - next town from where we live. He already knew my plans coming into this vacation, and being the trooper brother that he is, he came with me.
It was the last mass in the morning, so it was such a pleasurable time taking pictures of the church. This church was just in the next town, but I still haven't taken pictures of it. Good thing I was able to do it on this day. Happier I was when I saw that the stairs to the choir loft was "open," so I was able to take a "bird's eye view" of the church's interiors.
The cemetery where dad was buried was just walking distance from the church, and brother still hasn't visited him for a long time now, so we see no reason why we couldn't visit him. Actually, it has been part of my plan to visit dad's grave every time I am in La Union.
Brother and I had some snacks there as we wait for the candles to run out. By 11AM, we decided to leave and go back home as brother still needs to do his tuna dish. He and Aunt Julie bought this big chunk of yellowfin tuna and brother wanted to do a kinilaw dish, so we really had to go back home. It was actually a good move, as eating out would create a hole in our wallets. Hahaha.
Later in the afternoon, we decided to go to San Fernando City, to check out the Thunderbird Resorts in Poro Point. When we got to the city, it started raining again, and I was starting to get angry at the sky, for always ruining my plans! =) Brother and I actually called off the trip to the resort and just eat some heavy snacks in Jollibee! Good thing the rain stopped when we got out of the fast food, which meant we can still go to the resort!
We waited in front of the Fiesta Casino for our cousin-in-law, but he didn't show up. Seeing that it was getting late and we had to leave Poro Point by 6:30PM, because if we don't we will be having a hard time leaving the area. We walked an awfully long walk to the resort, but when we reached the place, we were really awed at how the resort looked like! It truly was like being in Santorini, Greece!
By 6PM, we decided to head out of the place. In my plans, I listed seeing the sunset by the Fil-Chinese Pagoda, but it was a bit too late for that, so instead of going to the pagoda, we just went to the beach side... I remember my cousin Karen called this the "mabaho" beach for it was a bit stinky because of the shanties near the area. The sun has completely set, but the sky still looked good for pictures. After this shot, we decided to walk to the plaza where we will take the bus home.
In one of the intersections was a traffic jam. It was typical to have a traffic in the area, but this day was different. When some of the people in the bus started going up and checking what's going on, we found out that there has been a vehicular accident involving a truck, a jeepney, and a motorcycle. After the victims have been taken out, the flow of traffic started to move, and this was the shot I took. Well, I was able to take another picture, but it was a bit heavy to be posted (there were bloods and all). There were no casualties (thank heavens), but one of the motorcycle riders had fractures in both of his legs.
Brother and I reached home at 8:30, and decided not to eat dinner anymore, as Aunt Julie didn't cook anything, thinking we already ate out. Well, I had a heavy snacks at Jollibee, so all's still okay.
Before going to sleep, we packed our things for we will leave early tomorrow morning for our Ilocos Sur day trip.
*** Jenn ***
