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Birthday Treats

I didn’t expect to receive treats for my birthday. I’m really thankful for these. I’m no materialistic person but getting something I don’t expect is always welcome.

Before I went to my treatments, I found hubby alone in our room tinkering something. When I asked him what he was doing, he flashed me a huge mischievous smile. Then he handed me a square thing wrapped in calendar paper with the following note in front.

Love Notes
I was super excited to open my gift that after decoding the numbers, I ripped the wrapper without taking a picture of it. I only remember to take its picture when hubby reminded me.

Ipod Shuffle Orange

My jogging buddy

This gift is very timely because I mean to start jogging to trim down my weight. I like it that it is orange. I’d like to commend Apple for being able to pack such thing in a very compact manner. This package already include the shuffle unit, headset and USB cable. Amazing, eh?

On with my treats. I had my much needed waxing treatment at Lay Bare Waxing Salon Congressional. They gave me a 15% off in my UA treatment plus a FREE eye brow threading. This is also timely because my brows have grown thick and messy.

The last treat I got was from The Spa. It was my first time to have a massage in The Spa and I can say that I will definitely come back again. More of that experience in another post. I used the gift card our previous boss gave us last Christmas worth PhP1000. I was booked for a Swedish massage in a Deluxe room. Since it was my birthday, they gave me a free upgrade to an executive room plus a PhP200 voucher.

The Spa Gift Card
Pampering is always a great way to celebrate one’s birthday, noh? The best part is, I only spent little on these beautification.

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Exploring the rest of Bolinao, Pangasinan

As mentioned in my previous post, we decided to eat at the town proper on our second day. It was a very hot day and we thought it would be hard for us to look for a place to eat. No, they didn’t have fast foods there so we settled with canteens. We ate at Adora’s Restaurant. Their meals are ok in terms of price and serving. What I loved most about this place is their halo-halo. It’s full of different ingredients topped with dirty ice cream! Ohhhh, I want Adora’s halo-halo now! If only they can ship it here in Manila. Hahaha! Too bad though I don’t have a picture of it. But I can guarantee you, it’s the best I’ve tasted so far. Dinaig ang Chowking or even Digman’s! Di ko pa kasi na try ang Razon’s eh

After our lunch, we went to a water refilling station to but some purified water. This is where Ayex had her first close encounter with a cow.


The cow is eating the leaves of the Malunggay tree. When Ayex saw that it was able to reach a higher branch and successfully detach it from the tree, Ayex shouted and giggled at the same time. Mommy naputol nia yung puno tapos kinain niya! She narrated to us what happened as if we didn’t see it ourselves.

After the water refilling station, we went to our first destination – the Enchanted cave.


In this trip, there’s no such thing as an elderly with arthritis or a pregnant woman. Everyone’s game. In the picture are my in-laws going down the cave. The stairs were steep, narrow and wet that is why the guide kept on telling us to be very very careful.

The view inside is amazing. As soon as I saw the water, I wanted to take a dip already. Of course I did not. I had to wait for hubby’s go signal.


Yes, I think we are an adventurous family. If I’m not pregnant, I would have tried traversing the water from one side of the cave to another just like hubby. I actually envy him but I can’t take the risk. Hahaha!

My Tito who have visited the Bolinao before and also stayed at Puerto del Sol said that there are plenty of caves in the area. However, since our time is very limited (since we started late in the afternoon), we didn’t check the other caves anymore. Other caves you may want to check for yourself are Cindy’s cave, Wonderful cave, and Tara cave and falls.

After Enchanted cave, we went straight ahead until we saw Cape Bolinao, the second tallest lighthouse in the Philippines. Since we already saw Cape Bojeador, the tallest lighthouse in the Philippines, last year when we spent the Holy Week in Ilocos, we didn’t bother going down the car anymore except for SIL to take the picture below.


I don’t know how it looks inside but judging from the outside, I think this is more well maintained than cape Bojeador.

The sunset is nearing and we haven’t seen the Patar White Beach. We drove again and when we reached the beach, we thought we’re in the wrong place so we drove again. We kept on asking locals for directions but they kept on giving us different answers. Finally, we got two similar responses. The beach we reached earlier is indeed the Patar White Beach. For me, it was not as beautiful as the beach in Puerto del Sol. It’s water is also very clear and deeper and the sand is very fine but not white contrary to its name. We thought of taking a short dip but Ayex refused because she saw seaweeds near the shore and they were plenty.

What we did instead is wait for the sunset for some sunset shots. Iba talaga ang nagagawa ng magandang camera.


After taking some pictures, we decided to head back to Puerto del Sol as it is already late. We had dinner then some more swimming before we called it a night.

Our second day in Pangasinan was indeed tiring but full of adventures we’ll probably experience just once in a life time. Unless of course people we know will invite us to see the place again for free. Hahaha! Seriously speaking though, having spent my childhood vacations in Pangasinan in my younger years, I never thought that that province has so much beauty that is yet to be discovered.

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Exploring the rest of Puerto del Sol

We woke up at 8am. The little girl, after opening her eyes and standing up from bed said she wanted to go swimming already. Excited much? I wasn’t ready yet so I told her to go to lolo who is already by the beach.

Ayex and lolo bonding.

When they came back, we all went to the restaurant to eat our complimentary breakfast. It was a very nice way to start the day. Breakfast is served in a Nipa Hut in front of the beach and the food, we all ordered Filipino breakfast, is satisfying.

At the nipa hut.

After we stuff ourselves, we found ourselves exploring the area more.

The turtles which Ayex enjoyed so much!

The bakasyonista.

The resort also has a playground, which kids can enjoy.

Happy with the swing!

It was already around 9:30am when we decided to swim (due to persistent demand). We changed into swimming attire again while hubby claimed out complimentary usage of kayak.

A father and son bonding.

Kahit buntis di papa-awat sa pag-kayak.

Brother and sister bonding with Ayex and me on the background.

Ayaw na daw ni Ayex sa beach, sa swimming pool na lang daw.

And so they’re back to the pool.

I was already tired so I passed. In the picture above, Nanay is by the Nipa Hut, Ate is near the swimming pool ladder, hubby who is submerged in water is holding Ayex.

They didn’t swim that much though as it was almost lunch already. We decided to go to the town proper for lunch this time.

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Hi there! I'm Nicquee and this is my little space in this world wide web. I'm a mom of two and is happily married. I started this blog as literally my online journal where I dump my emotions. Over the years, I realized that there is more to write about. Feel free to browse through and I hope you find a thing or two that is relatable to you. If that happens, give me a shout-out!

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