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(With apologies to Kate and Melissa for taking so long; didn't realize anyone actually bothered to read my blog. :-P)
So I flew out to Bacolod on the morning of June 11th, 2006. It was a 9am flight and it was about 1 hour long in duration so I arrived in Bacolod airport sometime after 10am. I'd asked Mitzi to arrange for a rental car since (1) I was already so used to driving myself around that taking public transportation seemed like such a hassle, and (2) since June 12th was a holiday in the Philippines and we planned to go out of town, having our own vehicle would be a lot more convenient and reliable than having to take public transportation to get around. So Mitzi met me at the airport and we drove the rental car back into the city proper (the airport is over in the outskirts of Bacolod city).
Pepe and Renee Ledesma, a couple from the BCBP community (same as I and my parents) as well as being good friends with Mitzi and I, had agreed to host me for the first half of my stay in Bacolod so our first stop was at their home to drop off my belongings. Then I had lunch out with Mitzi, then dropped her off for her review (she is reviewing for the teacher's board which will be in August of this year) in the afternoon. I spent the afternoon looking for a place to get flowers, eventually enlisting the help of her sister and one of her cousins to help me find a florist. After her review was over we went to mass together, then went to her home since she was hosting a small celebration (mainly family and a few close friends) for her birthday.
The celebration went well; it was a simple dinner get-together of family and friends. Mitzi had fun snapping pictures and playing with the digital camera I got her for her birthday. People were starting to filter out by around 10:30pm and by the time I left at around 11pm, I think I was the last guest to leave. (Yet another advantage to having the rental car was that I did not have to worry about getting a cab ride home; Bacolod still retains that provincial air such that public transportation pretty much stops running by 10pm, at the latest.)
June 12th is a public holiday in the Philippines (Independence Day) so we spent the whole day together just touring around. I'll detail that in the next blog entry since I really should be getting back to work now... :P (Sorry to Kate and Melissa for leaving you guys hanging again; don't worry, I'll eventually detail the event of the entire trip. Eventually...)
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