My mom and I dropped my daughter Hannah to school, then we went to Atrium to buy a candle and food to eat. We then went to Parola in where the boats to Guimaras are available. We ate our breakfast in the car then went ahead on our travel. We arrived at Guimaras and Van approached us stating for Php 200 we are good to go. My Mom and I hopped in because we are in a hurry. We wanted to have a back and forth service using the said Van. But when my Mom asked the driver, “How much for a back and forth?” The driver took a long time to think, then answered “Php 700.” In a shock, I angrily get off the Van and I asked my Mom to do the same as well. Imagine, he would let us go to our destination for just Php 200 but going back would cost us Php 500? That just doesn’t seem fair for me. So when my Mom got off the Van, we looked for a tricycle. My Mom asked the tricycle driver, “How much for a back in forth to the cemetery?” The tricycle driver replied “Php 300.” We then got in and had our back and forth for just Php 300. Too bad the Van driver just lost a passenger because he was too greedy. He needs to work on his math!

Anyway at the cemetery, we lighted a candle for Lolo Ali who is a good guitar player, Tito Tamer who most of the people call Mommy Tamer even though he is a guy and he used to cook me fried chicken whenever I visit them before, my great grandmother who in the Philippines we call “apoy,” and to my cousin Mighty who has been such a brat but was a funny kid. May God Bless their souls and welcome all of them to heaven.

After all those things that happened in Guimaras, we were more than an hour late in fetching my daughter. I thank the teacher assistant they have for staying with her while we were on our way to fetch her.

Our day is not yet over in serving the departed ones. We went to a mall to buy a prayer card for our friend “Nong Agor” who passed away last October 31, 2008. I told my Mom that it was a good time for him to go since there would be a lot of his relatives that would fetch him to go to his final destination. We then have the prayer card delivered via LBC. I hope it gets there by tomorrow, as the LBC employee had informed us.

After all those things, we got home and I sleep together with my daughter. I slept the whole afternoon and I think since I will be back to work tomorrow, that was the last relaxation I could get for the month of November.

Here are our pictures today:

Oh and by the way, I noticed that I am getting bigger again. Some of my pants wouldn’t fit me. See: