Thought Lost but FOUND!

Eph created our own Maniago family website, under which our blogs were published,  several years ago but was unable to maintain it so I thought all my blogs are lost forever.

Apparently they're still under Blogger,com!

The bigger question however, was with most of my time focused on the Kapampangan language advocacy, would I be able to update my blogs!

To be continued....

Thanksgiving '09 in the Phil

And here's another unfinished blog. Some or most of the topics below are all in my Facebook account.


Most of the things that stresses us out are either self inflicted or things that society as we know it pushes us to stress about.
One of the cool memories I have of living in the US is celebrating Thanksgiving.

August 8 - Election of Ari ning Parnaso
August 28 - Coronation of Ari ning Parnaso
All Saint's Day
Ligligan Becuran
Mercy Algallar
Monasterio de Tarlac, again
Flor Barcelon
Alice and Den Catacutan
Pacquiao
Tacasan, Macabebe
Ella's B'day, Halloween

Major Updates - 3 Arizona Trip

Below are all the topics I wanted to blog about 9 years ago!!


Arizona Trip, Jun 2010

Mareng Glo Manalastas had mentioned that she had access to the cottages at Fort Tuthill - a recreation area in Flagstaff, AZ which caters to Air Force personnel and their families, since she works at the Luke Air Force Base in nearby Glendale.

Barringer (Meteor) Crater
Tang Joe's birthday, July 2010

Sister Gay's 60, Aug 2010

Imang Paz, Aug 2010

Mel (Datahan) Paras, Sept 2010

AKI's 1st Mission, Sept 2010

AKI's 2nd Mission, Oct 2010

Imang Glo's 86th, Sept 2010

Cong Paing and family's visit, Sept 2010

Precy Manalastas, Oct 2010

Emy's birthday, Nov 2010

Lance's 1st B'day, Nov 2010

Daddy, Dec 2010

Gian is 21, Dec 2010

Camille's 1st Christmas, Dec 2010

Romar's wedding, March 2011

Reggie and Manami, March 2011

w Mary/Robert March 2011

JASHS Meeting March 2011

w the Mejias in LV, Apr 2011

Tattoo June 2011

Maniago Family Reunion, July 2011

Bert and Ed's b'day, Aug 2011

Edward Sunga

I probably was going to blog about Edward's passing in the blog but somehow didn't get a chance to.
This was about 7 years ago or so..

February 14, 2011

It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m sitting in the Tom Bradley terminal of the LAX.

Bummer!

Oh well..

Cong Raf picked me and Donna up from Long Beach this morning and took us here to the airport. We had breakfast right after I checked in. Incidentally, I checked in at the required time of three hours before departure and the counter was absolutely empty except for the check in clerks. My luggage was weighed and tagged without any hitches. She even weighed my small hand carried bag.

Donna and Cong Raf went out to get Doret’s In N Out burger. He’s supposed to pick me up from the DMIA in Clark and when I asked him what he wants from California, without hesitation, he said, “In N Out burger!”

Last night, everyone’s in the house for a Valentine’s eve and a farewell dinner for me. Rose and Jun got all kinds of stuff from Cheesecake Factory. But the best Valentine’s gift anyone can get was given to me by Camille; a half a dozen (dark) chocolate chip cookies.

How neat is that?

There’s all kinds of WiFi connection here at the terminal but they’re all locked. See y’all on line soon.

Aside from some turbulence, the flight from LAX was all right. I was able to watch one movie and dozed off through a couple more. My headset was pretty bad. Only one side is working. The flight food was nothing to write home about. Landing at Incheon International Terminal in Seoul was pretty uneventful. When I turned on my Mac, sure enough, there was free WiFi! So, of course, I visited Facebook and responded to a couple of comments and messages. Our layover lasted for almost 3 hours.

The flight to DMIA (Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) in Clark would have been better if there were on demand movies but as luck would have it, there was none. The passengers consisted of 8% Filipinos, 90% Koreans and 2% other.
There were only two people at the immigration in the terminal. In spite of the flight getting there on time, it took us over an hour to finally haul our luggage through customs. Doret was already anxiously waiting outside thinking I didn't get on the flight. We had a late dinner at the Jollibee by AUF and headed on home afterwards. It was already almost 3 am by the time I got to bed.

Note: This was my last unpublished blog before I got addicted to Facebook. Oct 8, 2019