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Cagayan de Oro: City of Golden Friendship

October 6, 2009

I’ll be traveling for about a week to visit my sister in Cebu and my bestfriend Mer and grandparents in Cagayan de Oro. I’m excited to visit both places but I’m anxious to see my grandparents too. The last time I visited them was when Peter and I did the Visayas-Mindanao trip  summer of 2005. For three weeks, we hopped from CEBU (Part I, Part II, Part III) to DUMAGUETE to BOHOL to SURIGAO to CAMIGUIN   to BUKIDNON and lastly, to CAGAYAN DE ORO. I know, it was so long ago. And looking back, I realize that I never got to blog about  the last part of that particular trip. 

Anyway, the last time I was there, I was blonde. Yup, you read that right. I was blonde. I was so blonde and so dark that the moment Peter and I went to Limket Kai Mall to do some shopping, taxi drivers were calling us in English asking if we want a ride. They thought we were foreigners! Hahahaha!  You can read my blog post on SURIGAO and you’ll know why I dyed my hair blonde. Hehehe.

I was with my husband Peter and my parents at that time. We stayed for only a few days, just enough to visit our farm in Bukidnon and to  check out Malasag Eco Park.

Exploring Malasag Eco Park

 

Cagayan de Oro was where I spent my high school. It was both one of the best and worst  phases of my life.I won’t dwell much on it here but perhaps, those who have been reading my blog from the start will know a bit of my history and they’ll understand what I’m talking about.

Trip back to memory lane… my bedroom, the living room and the library where I spent many sleepless nights studying…

 

Stepping inside my grandparents’ house brought back so many memories, both painful and happy. Good thing that my grandparents have already mellowed down and are now more into farming and growing vegetables.

  My step grandma and her vegetable garden

In fact, aside from the farm in Bukidnon, their  house in the city and the  empty vacant lot in front of their house that they bought for my mom and my aunt, they also have this small lot in the same subdivision  which my step grandmother turned into a little vegetable garden. I’m excited to see what happened to it now.

 With my gf Michelle at Taza Tea

The last thing I did before we all went back to Manila was to see my girlfriend and former high school classmate Michelle. I hope to see more of my friends this coming weekend. I’ll be at Cebu first on Oct. 6-9 then Cagayan de Oro on Oct. 9-12. Ciao! ^_^


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Previous Comments

uhm, that hair color doesn’t suit you.

you look better as a brunette.

Posted by chinky at October 31, 2009, 1:38 am

Hi Chinky,

I totally agree! Hahaha! At least I’ve tried it once in my life… but never again. ;-)

I wanna try having multi-color streaks of hair though…hehehe..just for kicks. ;-)

But you’re right, being brunette is best for me. :-D

Posted by sexynomad at October 31, 2009, 2:33 pm

photos are best shot! it adds pride to CDO..
city-of-golden-friendship

Posted by city of golden friendship at January 13, 2010, 11:53 pm

Wow, I can see your being a true kagay-anon. But not that blonde hair, instead your being friendly and cheerful person that show you some characters of being a kagay-anon. I love the places in the city and the people who are so friendly also. city of golden friendship.

Posted by city of golden friendship at January 14, 2010, 12:02 am

Thanks! I totally agree! More power to CDO! :-D I hope to visit it again this year to do the tube riding, white ewater rafting and ride the zip line. :-)

Posted by sexynomad at January 14, 2010, 4:11 am

you are real;y sexynomad i love your post views and your sharing upon sharing your life here in CDO the land of golden friendship

Posted by shyne at January 14, 2010, 4:28 am

Thanks shyne! I hope to meet you when I visit CDo this year. :-) Do check out my other CDO posts. I was there last October 2009. :-)

Here’s the link:

http://sexynomad.i.ph/blogs/sexynomad/index.php?tag=cagayan-de-oro

Posted by sexynomad at January 14, 2010, 2:06 pm

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