Revisit :D

Its been a while since I went back to San Pablo, Laguna with my family to visit the grave of our relatives (actually isa lang yung grave and the rest ay some sort of a mausoleum ang tingin ko :D) there who were killed by the Japanese long time ago before I was born. As what I have asked my dad, it was approximately 5 years ago (2005) since we last went there as a family and I was shocked (ganun na pala katagal hindi kami nagpupunta doon XD). At first, hindi na talaga namin plan pumunta doon since yesterday, nasira ang kotse namin at pinaayos pa kaya medyo unsure rin dad ko of travelling that far kasi originally naalala ko na 5:30 am ang planong time na aalis kami sa bahay. But early this morning, around 8:30 sa pagkakaalala ko, ginising ako na tuloy na pala ang plan pero iba na nga lang ang time ng pag-alis sa bahay. The travel papuntang San Pablo, Laguna went smoothly since we didn't encounter any traffic along the way except sa pagulan na unexpected. I also saw SM San Pablo na bagong bago pa.

Here are a few images of the "mausoleum"

Entrance to the Mausoleum

Entrance to the Mausoleum overlooking the grave of a relative

Matapos kaming magpunta sa aming mga relatives, we ate our lunch in the nearby Max's Restaurant na tinawag kong Max's Laguna :D. 

Max's Laguna :D

                       

 Tagal na rin akong hindi kumain sa Max's and the last time I can recall dito rin sa exact same branch ang nakainan ko. We ordered bicol express, sinigang na tiyan ng bangus, chicken sisig, tofu with crispy pata, boneless bangus, pansit, at yung chicken ng max's (yun lamang ang naalala kong inorder namin). Nabusog talaga ako sa mga kinain lalo na sa bicol express, ang sarap kasi ng pagkaing may gata :D.

After becoming bloated sa max's laguna, the last destination that we visited is of course the Soledad Farm which was converted to a residential area. Nakakamiss talaga yung farm kasi dati talaga ang daming prutas kaming inuuwi and as far as i can still recall ay itinanim yun ng great grandfater ko (hindi na ako sure :D). It was really fun visiting the place after a long time kasi alam ko na may memories pa rin ako sa place before it was being developed into a residential area (actually subdivision siya which means yung lupa ng dad ko with the lupa of my uncle ay macoconvert...haha parang stoich lang e haha).

Here are some of the pictures I have taken

Barangay Soledad where the place was located

Me (hindi mo akalaing the place was being developed kasi may mga puno pang natira :D)

Lanzones Tree (may mga naiwan pa kasi)

Entrance of the subdivision being developed

Inside the subdivision (wala pang house kasi currently the lots are being sold)

Still inside (hindi ko alam kung what mountain yun but it was really nice)

A goat grazing :D (Trip ko lang kunan)

The duck (nashy siya nung lumapit ako good thing nakuhanan ko)

God is really awsome (napakaganda ng bulaklak although yung petals ay nasira due to weather changes)

Papaya tree (daming hilaw na papaya, pwede ilagay sa tinola :D)

Grabe, the trip was fun talaga kasi you get to see nature and at the same time revisit yung mga mga napuntahan mo na dati. Ang trip pauwi went well kahit na pabalik balik ang ulan. Nagmukhang Photo Blog ang aking ginawa kasi I want the pictures to show how this trip became another memory to be stored :). 'Til here. Adios Amigo! :)