Yes we made it and passed with flying colors…lol…

Here are the newest PADI Open Water Scuba Divers on the block…such a fulfilling sport to be able to get this experience with our young kids as a family…

Open water dive is really something I wish everyone can experience being able to go under water and see all the marine life down there is amazing.

Our trip started from Manila when we board the 2 hour bus ride to Batangas to meet our instructor Wilson who left ahead of time.

It was a nice smooth no stress bus ride.

We arrived at the batangas bus terminal..then got into a Jeepney that took about 1 hour to fill up…the Jeepney took us to Mabini…when we got off we took a try cycle which dropped at off at our dive resort. The anilaio beach club.

We had to get suit up right away and start our shore dive…my first time in open water that deep. I think it’s the first for our whole family going 40 feet deep…we had our pool lessons at a 15 feet deep water so it’s very different…this one had salt water and it’s an uncomfortable environment…but with all our practice we new this was what we practiced for so ready or not here we come.

Wilson and his buddy Jim helped us get suited up and we started our  last day of dive test until we can get our certification.

It all went well.

The next day was our fun dive day…super exciting since we have to now ride the boat to the payalan island at a dive spot and just dive our way….

We made 2 dives there and spent about 4 hours just exploring the waters and just having fun. Such an amazing experience.

Seeing the corals and fish and all the stuff in the marine world.

Our next dive place will probably be in Malaysia since now we are PADI Open Water Scuba Certified Divers….yeyyyyy….

Some pictures below of our Dive Journey

Our back pack life…on our way to the dive site in Batangas..

He is all ready to dive…

Yeap we are ready

And we are going in…

With our awesome instructor and Dive Master

I am ready to see the marine world…

Fun filled dive day…

Got to learn about the tanks and dive shops..

He is all about snorkeling

Snorkeling and diving all in one day…

Yeap we are PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA Certified Divers

We are one large super adventurous Family..

Watch out for more dive photos from other dive sites when we land in Malaysia..

Phillippines exploration continues. …

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Yeap…we are travelling for 1 week and all our cloths are in our backpacks….such a huge transformation for our family…

First time we have done this one…family of the  6 on a bus road trip…

It’s 6am and we are at the Taft Bus terminal on the bus getting ready to travel to Batangas for our 2 day open water dive certification. Very excited with this journey since its different from our 12 suitcase travels…lol!!

Well let me now tell you the secret to our back pack trip…

We are staying at the beach so all we need are swimsuits and shorts…yes that’s it..just those two items and wala…we are ready for an awesome week.

Watch out for awesome pictures this weekend.

Each of us have our packed for 1 week back pack….only essentials and nothing else…

Jouneying on for a new adventure and exploration on Batangas..phillippines

Phillippines exploration continues. …

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Today woke up excited as I knew my day is going to be super fun with my new life long friends.

Got all ready and picked up in the morning…Girls hit town!!!!.

Visited a fair that was filled with fillipino designers and great home baked foods.

Spent the first few minutes just tasting this yummy home baked brownies…you can feel the love and soul in each bite. Had to even carry some home…lol!!!

Had a great tasty yummy lunch…that will surly have me in the gym 6 days a week next week but it was so worth it and will do it over again if the clock is set back… great friends equals lots of laughter and love…

Woke up with the excitement and definitely end with an excitement.

On my way home I got a call from Marcus and he wanted to meet up with me for a movie night….now that’s how a great day is measured.
We went to watch the Transporter which is one of my favourite movies….but I kind of like the first actor…this new actor needs to grow on me.

Some pictures to show my awesome day…. tomorrow will even be bigger and better.

Waiting for my ride…

Time to start the jouney of shopping…

Beautiful people

Got my tickets…

Isn’t she lovely and beautiful…

Spending my day with this two souls was really fun….my new life long friends…

The decoration was vibrant…

Yes we do smile while shopping…even if we are not buying everything we touch…

Glasses on ready to have a laugh…life long friends are one of a kind…

And that lovely lunch…

Sweet tooth all the way…gym all the way next week..

Love lunch with my lovely friends

You must stop and smell the flowers… and I did.

Phillippines exploration continues….

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So Marcus and I finally got to have a romantic vacation away alone from the kids thanks to our awesome friend Lyneth. She came by and stayed at our condo with our kids while marcus and I went to Palawan and Island in the Philippines.

Marcus and I did a lot of research just to find the place we hoped will be right.

Then we arrived at the airport and got picked up by Christian( a driver from Blue Palawan beach resort )…. the drive from the aiport to the resort alone did it for us. Christian gave us a city tour with such smiles and genuine love to assist us in making our vacation extra special.

When we arrived at Blue…first impression was super awesome…with smiles from Jia and Jovani and Jennifer and Kaiser ( yeap I did get all their names so I can also genuinely profoundly share my sincere gratitude for their asistance while we visited Blue).

Marcus and I truly had an awesome Weekend. From the airport the driver stopped to help marcus negotiate and rent a motor bike. So we basically had a motorbike throughout our vacation.

We basically took the bike to the 8th wonder of the world which is the underground river cave. What an amazing experience riding with marcus on a motorbike for 1 hour 30min and just cruising. And on our way back it started raining which made our journey extra special.

On sunday the owner of Blue told us he wants to take us someplace for the most beautiful sunset ever…and yes it was..

The place is called NAGTABON Beach. ..wow!!! I can’t express the sight but I hope the pictures will be able to create the feeling I had with that sunset for you also….

The highlight of our trip was the monster truck ride…Marcus got to drive this monster truck and the smiles on his face was priceless…he said that truck drive is one of the top highlights of his over adventures in 2015…

Over all we have made Life long friends in Blue Palawan beach resort….and will definitely return to that resort if we do take another vacation  back this way…

That’s the monster truck…

He is in love…

Life long friend….

This is what he really enjoys…at the 8th wonder of the world..

A romantic kiss that was genuine…

Entry into the 8th wonder of the world underground river cave

The cave was about 5 miles long…we did not go all the way to the end…

Such a beautiful view…

Can I move this monster…??? Well…

One last shot before bedtime…lol!!!

Beautiful sunset

He got this one in his palm…

We always seem to fall in love every moment we spend together after 15yrs of marriage and 5 beautiful kids….

That’s how I celebrate the sunset…

That was my kiss to remember…we all about Love…

Lunch with our life long Filipino friends…

At the wet market in palawan…it was a nice experience…

Yeap…after 15yrs he still gets excited…this is why we are in love…it’s the funny crazy stuff we do…

Beautiful water at the 8th wonder of the world

We got a break on our bike ride and tried a fillipino roadside drink…

Fuel it up love….

Friends for life…

In all he finds peace

In all I find peace

Great experience

I just touched that creature…

Life long friends from Scotland and now lives in Australia…travelling around the world is super fun when making friends is now your lifestyle…

Love is all there is everything else is an illusion…

That creature is so cute

Yeap he is super brave

At the immaculate church…

That’s the view while having breakfast…

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Today we spent about 4 hours training with our awesome and amazing PADI Instructor Wilson.

It was funny just watching how calm and patient he is with our kids and me…well marcus is a little more confident in the water so it makes it easier…but this is our 3rd lesson so we have got a hang of it.

Check out some skills we did today

That’s Aasha getting ready to do the back flip water entry…wish I could post the video. It was so funny how she went down…

Destiny getting ready to do her giant step into the pool…she did it with a breeze

And it’s back flip entry for Destiny

What a great experience…looking forward to our checkout in Batangas next week…yeyyy we will be PADI OPEN Water Scuba Divers soon and we will be able to dive all around the globe.

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Today we decided after days of learning about history we need to top it off with the famous mind mesuem…

This place is awesome for the young and the old…

We spent the who day there learning chemistry, biology, nature and the solar system…

It’s a whole day of school in a fun filled environment….

Homeschool kids rock…and one of the rules for my kids getting to do all this fun activities while travelling is they must write a book report for every mesuem or activity we do or visit. And so far they have been on the road to becoming little writers.

Here are some awesome pictures of our day…

Our welcome report by Aedi the robot…

Getting a static ball experience…

My little creators…

Time for some experiment

Aasha experimenting with alcohol solution and table salt and my dollar bill….she was in her element….

Destiny showing us the effect of a magnisium metal roll and fire…men It was a bright light..

Our family…

Am all about that wheel…

The water experiment…

He asked if he be an astronaut when grows up so he can dress like that…I said sure love..

The bubble corner

I got this mommy

I am a global kid

Mj loved this one here…the toilet bowl experiment…

A great day for all of us…

Phillippines exploration continues. ..

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Well…with our travels around the globe. You can say we have done a lot of animal parks and when the structure looks the same after a couple of them….the animals at each park teaches us something new all the time.

Today the kids and u spent the whole day at the Manila ocean park and it was such a beautiful experience for us since the animals there has character that we probably will always remember.  Will share the pictures then explain how each animal made us feel…

Ok now that birdie was fast and furious. ..mj was so excited that he can put his hand out and the bird will come and grab the food. He was the first to take the picture…be afraid and still do it anyway…

And she got to do it too…

We all enjoyed the experience

Ok so fish spa was probably one of the exciting things for us since never did that….those fishes made us laugh for at least 30min straight…

Ok so here are their names from the left…rookie, sassy and benard…I called them the birdie angels…

This is all she wanted to do touch a stingray and she loved it…spent a long time at this spot.

We are family kind of sharks…

A kiss from Ira….and imahkus loved it so much she said she was not going to wash her face…lol

And aasha got one too…

And I got a kiss from rookie…oh it was one to remember…prickly…lol!!!

Someone has to feed this animals…

And our little penguins loved us after all. .

Mj was our hero for the day…

Ok they called me back because birdie wants to give me another kiss…lol!! How could I say know.

We had such an awesome experience. …from the bird who can solve a math problem and a seal who can do mission impossible stuff…

And that’s it…

Phillippines exploration continues. ..

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Today the kids and I took the Intramuros tour. We got to learn about the phillippines and how the name cane about…it was such an awesome experience watching my 6yr old ask questions that only 6yr old boys can come up with…like “how many people died in the war”

At the Manila castle

The famous Bamboo bikes

Standing in front of the oldest church in phillippines…444 yrs old….pretty amazing

Our ride for the tour…

Ready for our ride….the horse name is called Richard…

Inside the second largest church…there was a mass session going on so we had to be quite..

Standing in front of the second largest chapel

Taking the 1mile journey

Why all this war stuff….

At Fort Santiago

And that’s China town at the back….

Entrance to Fort Santiago

Our second tour guide

Kids are all excited…

Eating Santo. ..one of our phillippines favourite fruit and green mangos…

War zone turned into a golf course…

Our awesome first tour guide…

The most loved past president in phillippines

Mj riding in a carriage….he loved it too…horse name is called Rambo

Pose with the old style officers… (Spanish style)

Ready for our first tour….

Great day for us…

Phillippines exploration continues. ….

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What a blessing to just be awake….

In Makati the sunrise at exactly 5:42am…such a great time to just wake up and be aware…

Marcus left for guys trip to Bangkok yesterday. Missing him already…but the secret to an awesome co-existing is being able to create specs of scattered space for each other and be grateful for every moment of them.

Well as you will see in my pictures here my Saturday is going to be one amazing one…woke up to this first picture….if you know me and Marcus..we don’t allow our kids in our bed from birth till….well…

He was in my bed…how could I not wake up with a smile…cuddly huge teddy in my bed…making sure mommy still get cuddles while daddy is away…

It’s 5:42am and I decided since my day is off to a great start why not take it to the next level…so I went running…beautiful morning with so much to be thankful for…

Just basking in greatness of our Creator. .

My Spanish omelette which I so deserve…

My new spot…and my hot cappuccino

I see this tree across the street…it’s just perfect and it’s at where it needs to be so I can see it…

Blogging and my blueberry pancake is falling apart…lol…

A great day begins with a magnificent start…my son in my bed is the best start and all makes it a perfect Saturday. ..look at the beauty in all…it’s there just look…

Phillippines exploration continues. ..

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