A Day by Dayle

7:52 PM

2017 Bid Goodbye A Recap

4:11 AM

Funfilled day at Rizal: Pililla Windmills, Darank Falls and Masungi Georeserve

It's been a very tiring day for me and my friends when we tried to face our fears by going to Masungi Georeserve few weeks ago. I was the one who booked our day tour experience in a travel and tours. The original plan was I'll be going with my college friends we were 4, I booked and paid the reservations already, but some things happened, they cannot go with me anymore. That's why I asked my high school buddies If they can join me. Luckily, they were there to experience this wild and crazy adventure!

The call time was 5:30 AM, since the pickup place was just 20 mins away to our place we went off at the house around 5:00 AM. We came to Rizal around 9:30 AM, the first stop was the Pililla Windmills. It bring back the vibes of Ilocos when I wen there last May 2015. But the windmills here are quite few and small. Just took some photos and deicded to proceed to the next stop which was the

Daranak Falls. Too bad it was raining so hard when we visited Daranak Falls the color of the water from the falls looks like dirty mud. We decided not to swim anymore since the water is not appearing to our eyes. Had our packed lunch their and decided to proceed to the main challenge, the Masungi Georeserve.

We arrived at there at 1:00PM but our trekking/adventure started around 2:00PM already Thank God for giving us a beautiful weather, the sun showed up. We needed to wait for our turn per batch because the tour guide were only few. There is a schedule every 30 mins but when we came there, the staffs are confused on how will they work out on the batched remaining since it was almost crowded.

Before we start the adventure, we were oriented first about what are the Do's and Don'ts as well as some of the mini history of the place. I've learned that Masungi came from the word Sungki which is crooked teeth, like the rocks that will be seen in the area. We started trekking and got a chance to be with the coolest tour guide which is named as "Kaku" also known as the Tarzan of Masungi.

The challenge for us was to go to the different adventures that are waiting for us. We need to go up and down using the nets without harness as well as going inside of the cave. Thank you so much for the helmets given in addition to that was the free 2 bottles of water which is really helpful during the whole trip, without them I might be dead now due to dehydration.

I'm so happy that I've experienced those precious moments with my friends as well as doing the things that I've never imagined that I'll be doing. I'm so happy that I can go to different places and do the things that I wanna do. We just took some shots and really got tired for walking almost 4 hours! BTW, after trekking they will be giving free snacks. Too bad, I don't eat mayonnaise they served tuna and egg sandwich! Hell yeah! I just ate a banana!

We finished trekking around 7PM and changed clothes. We lamost went home to Cavite around 9:30 PM. Overall this trip was really an amazing one, too new for my eyes and experiences, I wish I can do more of this.

5:52 AM

I resigned from my job and what happened?

It's been long time since I made an update here, I almost left my blog hanging and I'm now here writing this and I'm now I officially call my self a bum. Yes I quit my Job, my 2nd job to be exact. I was working good on my first company but I got bored an an offer has arrived, I resigned from my position as a Sales Engineer and started to the new company as a Business Development Manager.

I was so happy by the time I got promoted, to the point that I was still new to the company. I can now feel the pressure is on me. I don't know, I just felt like this is not good for me. I was always thinking how will I be effective in my new job. Wondering what plans should I do. I don't have a PROPER TRAINING in my new job. I was so skeptical to realize that this company is not helping me to grow, instead it makes me realize that I'm not good for this position. I worked there for almost a month, when I was on my 4th week, I got sick. I was diagnosed with Amebiasis I got hospitalized and got very sick to the point that I cannot work.

That's the time when I realized that I;m not happy on what I'm doing. I always kept saying on my mind that I don't wanna go to the office. I'm to lazy to work! there's something that I need to do not this kind of job. I felt sad! Maybe that's the point why I resigned. My boyfriend went to the USA and we had this Long Distance Relationship agreement.

I don't want those kind of stuff. I want to have more time with him. It added to my confusion to resign or not. I'm juts not so happy at my work environment. I can the Pressure and the sadness because i'm missing my boyfriend.

So there comes this week that I didn't went to the office for few days. I decided to make a resignation letter and I don't care what would they tell me if I will pass it. I went to the office on a Wednesday morning, My boss greeted me, he don't know that I'll be submitting my resignation few minutes from that time. I asked him if we can talk. He agreed. I just said something to him and the reason why i'm resigning is because of my health. I told him that i'm not still feeling well.

My resignation will be effective tomorrow. That's the only word that I said. and walked out the room and gave the HR the copy of the letter. Now it's been 3 weeks since I resigned. I don't know what would I do. I'm thinking to make a business but it scares me a lot. I only have few savings left.

Freelancing is not my thing. I don't have the guts to work on it. I think my life is really engaged into business. I just hope my mind would be cleared up to what would i really want in my life..

7:34 PM

My Non-Immigrant US Visa Story

I never imagined my self applying for a non-immigrant US VISA because USA is not really in my bucket-list to travel because I know that applying for US Visa has a 50-50 approval rate but when my family decided that we would go there by November 2016, I immediately opened Google and did some research and I wanna hate Google for the horror stories that I read and also some of my friends that tried to applied for the visa and have those big money but still they are denied. Reading those creepy stories makes my heart cringe and to be scared of what might happen.

Please take note that I'm 20+ ish years old, Adult, Single, working for almost 10 months in my first job after graduation and no big savings in the bank. My dad already has his 10 years multiple B1/B2 Visa so my mom and I needs to apply for the visa. My older sister is already married and has a son so she needs to do her own application with my nephew.

If you are planning to apply for a visa, I suggest that you should not avail the Visa Assistance offered to some travel agencies because you can do this by your self. Just read, I repeat read and understand the easy steps that all written on the US Embassy Manila website. I basically did our appointment by my self.

HOW TO APPLY FOR NON-IMMIGRANT US VISA:

Pay the necessary MRV fee via BPI or Bancnet. (Make sure to check what visa are you applying)
Fill out the DS-160 form. (Please make sure that all details that you will fill out are all correct and 100% true)
Set an appointment. (you may call the US Embassy hotline but I suggest you use the online calendar so you have the control of your schedule)
Arrive to the US Embassy and be ready for your interview.

I submitted our online application last April 26, 2016. I tried to set for an appointment hoping that I can get earlier schedule but when I was checking for the available dates the earliest that available is on May 23, 2016 then I decided not the set an appointment because I need an earlier date because of some personal matters about my work. So after an hour I tried checking the website and viola! May 5, 2016 was available. I chose 7:15 am which is the earliest available time.

May 5, 2016, I woke up around 4:30 AM thinking that this is the day, I hurriedly took a bath and fixed my self. Took my breakfast and my requirements needed. We arrived at the Embassy around 6:50 AM. Yes there were lots of people falling in line so please asked the guards on duty where are you supposed to line up.

We fall in line for the 7:15 AM schedule and waited for our time to get interviewed. But there are few steps before the interview but I'll make this post in a fast.

INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:

We applied as a "family" so me and my mom were both in the window to answer the questions but I was the one who answered most of the questions. My mom was asked for 3 questions only LOL.

Consul: Good morning!
Mom and Me: Good morning!
Consul: How are you related?
Me: Mother
Consul: Ah mother and daughter?
Me: Yes! (I was laughing at my mind for not properly answering her question, I just wanna say wtf did I said)
Consul: Why are you going to the US?
Me: We will visit our relatives especially my grand mother.
Consul: What state are you going?
Me:California
Consul: How long will you stay?
Me: 2 weeks
Consul: What's your work here?
Me:I'm a Sales Engineer at Alabang.
Consul: How long have you been working?
Me: Almost 10 months
Consul: Who will pay for the trip?
Me: My father will pay for the trip while the lodging will be my Aunt.
Consul: Will he be flying with you? (my father)
Me: Yes
Consul: What's his work here? (my father)
Me: He's a Senior Manufacturing Quality Manager at -insert company here-
Consul: Where does he live?
Me: In Cavite. (I should have answered "with us" hahaha)
Consul: Does he have a US Visa?
Me:Yes. He has a B1/B2 Visa.
Consul: Hi ma'am (calling the attention of my mother who was still in shock of what's happening)
Mom: (Awkwardly smiling/insert obvious fake smile because she's really nervous)
Consul: Do you have work?
Mom: Yes I'm working. I have a pet shop business.
Consul: How many years do you run this business?
Mom: 5 years
Consul: How many employees do you have?
Mom: (Looked at me with a big question mark on her face, obviously she didn't understand the question. I told her that "Ma ilan daw empleyado mo" in a very quiet voice then she answered 4 even though her employees are more than 10. HAHAHA! then I said "Mami bakit 4 diba madami? then she answered 4-5 ah many!.) I really wanna laugh so hard because my mom can't handle questions like this. HAHAH she's really in shock and scarred.
Consul: Okay, wait for you visa to be delivered after 1 week. Your visa is approved.!

Music to my ears! Our visa was approved! The interview lasted around 3-5 mins. No documents were asked to us! I'm so happy! imagined this is our 1st time to apply and we got approved. We have friends who got denied even though they are rich, but I just wanna say thank you Lord for this! My mom cried after hearing that our visa was approved . All I did was to smile! hahaha!

Just a few tips if you want to apply. Make sure that all your answers are 100% true. Don't you ever try to lie because I believe these consuls were trained to know /read your behavior or how you answer their questions. and of course just Pray and believe with him!

See you soon USA! :)

7:54 PM

Hongkong - Macau 4D3N

7:31 PM

Happy 2016!

6:40 PM

A Staycation in Bellini Suites at Presidio Lakefront

Again my favorite to do when I'm bored was to visit those groupon/ discounted vouchers sites so I was bored on a Friday afternoon, I purchased a deal from Metrodeal an overnight stay at Bellini Suites at Presidio Lakefront. Before purchasing I called their hotline number and asked if there's an available room for tomorrow, luckily there's an available room so i hurriedly purchased the deal and reserve for the room.

Reservation was so easy, the person who I was able to talk to was very accommodating. She just reminded me to bring at least 2 valid ID's and a 1000 pesos security deposit which is refundable upon checkout. Our room was a Studio Deluxe Room for two persons, Bellini Suites was a condo turned into a hotel. So there are kitchen utensils available so yes, you can cook.

The room was spacious which I really love and also there was a sofa be included in the room with a flat screen TV plus a refrigerator. Free 2 complimentary water bottles. I'm very sorry for the poor images I took, I was very tired and sleep immediately upon check in I forgot to took decent shots of the room before we enter.

What I just don't like in our room was, the water from the air-conditioner was leaking on the floor. We called their font desk to ask some help and they immediately attend to our request to fix it. A technician/IDK person went to our room to check it. He just told us that he will just close/turn off the electric supply for the switch under the bed which was affected by the water and gave us a towel and used to fix the water leak. I thought it was already okay when we woke up, there are water leaks all over the floor. Hello baha na sa kwarto namin HAHA!

Went swimming on the clubhouse pool. Water was very cold we just stayed there for like 15 minutes then. We had our dinner in Baga Manila which was very near the place. Overall our stay was superb! I just want to live there because the place was very quite and peaceful.

There are other food stalls and shops near the place so you won't be having a hard time where to eat.

11:40 PM

Revisiting Baguio for the 3rd Time

8:27 PM

Winky Winky Eyelashes by Stylash

8:01 PM

Flowboarding; Not Your Typical Water Sport

I purchased a deal in metrodeal few months ago for the awesome "Flowboarding". I'm really addicted in buying discounted vouchers that's why when I saw this discounted deal I immediate purchased it. TADAAA! 2 weeks ago, me and my boyfriend decided to use the vouchers, and yheap! Flow boarding is not that easy. So what's flowboarding anyway?

Flowboarding is a hybrid boardsport, which has been evolving since the 1980’s. The sport combines the progression, maneuvers, and skills from the core action sports of skateboarding, surfing, bodyboarding, and snowboarding and to a lessor extent, wakeboarding and skimboarding. These boardsports have a strong influence on flowboarding’s direction, style, and energy. Amateur to top professional action sports athletes find flowboarding to be one more pumping board sport to fix their adrenaline needs, as well as an epic cross-over sport.

Since Molino Cavite is just near our place around 1 hr drive we just packed our things and went to Flow House Manila. I've been seeing this place when I was still reviewing for my board so I'm very familiar to the directions and of course, thank you Waze! haha

As we entered Flow House Manila, we are greeted by their cool security guard and assisted me in their lobby. I just presented the vouchers with my Id and got our schedule for the next ride. We went to the place around 4:30 PM and booked our schedule for 6PM ride. So we just proceed to their Bar.

Drinks anyone? They also have their mini resto. They serve burgers/pizza/fries etc. But we didn't ordered cause we already ate before going to Flow Houe Manila, we just ordered their Frozen Lemonade which is superb! Sobrang sarap to the highest level!

Before we ride the Flow Board, we are required to be oriented with the instructor for just few minutes. No stretching, just talk. This is the saddest part of my life. If i just know what would happen to my body, i stretched before riding. I repeat. I wish i stretched before riding!!! After an hour of riding/trouble/killing my self/almost dying ride of my life, I felt the pain. My body hurts as hell!! I want to try it again but i'm afraid of the body ache that i'll be feeling again. I had pain killers for almost 3 days. But this water sport is really an extreme sport! I will try this again soon!