There...there...almost there.

I have hinted my latest destination in my last post. I'm so excited I peed in my pants writing this entry. And no, I don't use panty liners. Anyway, our journey to the south of Florida started at day break.
I mean right at the break of dawn.
Excuse my photos since most of them were taken while in a car cruising at 125 kph. We knew we were leaving Pensacola 'coz the pee break stations have models of the blue angels.

No one can drive for 8 hours without breakfast so we stopped by Hardee's. And contrary to the way it sounds, this place is not a gay bar.

I had the best biscuit I have ever tasted. Cinnamon and raisin biscuit. Yum! That white creamy thing on top of it is better than sex. Hmmm...let me take that back. Almost better than sex.
Forgive me for indulging myself with my camera. Here's a small (large size in the 3rd world) cup of orange soda.

On the way back to the car I got distracted by a bird on a branch of a dalandan tree. Of course they call it something else here and no, not mandarin orange.

Back on the road. I got bored and started taking pictures of the the exits to cities I used to only hear when I was working for the call center industry. Like such:

I was so bored I started taking pictures of me taking a peek.
I wish we passed by Tallahassee to see the state capitol but we were on a tight schedule. So we just drove on until we got to:

Then:
On the road you see lots of trees. Yes, lost of trees and the occasional farms.
Look, an eagle!
And yes, Americans are very patriotic.
And look. We're close!
This was not taken in Disney World.
We're getting really close.I would love to see this too.
We're here! We're here!
Oh look! More eagles.
We got distracted and missed the exit.
Stuart? What are we going to do in Stuart? Retire? Most people here are gray haired! WTF! I want to go to Disney!!! Ramada? Why me?! What happened to All Star Disney Resort!

Is this our room? What happened to the beds with Disney Characters?

This is not FAIR!!!!!!

to be continued...

Jack en Poy Hale-Halloween!

It's almost the end of the October. Here in the land of marketing ploys they do not have "araw ng mga patay". Instead, they try to sell all the harvested pumpkins which would otherwise rot everywhere. Since it's my first trip to the US, my boss got me a pumpkin. And without any experience in pumpkin carving , I believe I made a decent enough Jack O'Lantern.

We are leaving for Orlando tomorrow and I will not have any chance to crack this giant vegetable before the day when even the adults wear Walmart bougth costumes. So we decided that I do it today.

Below is the stage by stage documentary of me birthing Jack. Yes we named the lantern Jack. Somebody has ran out of names.

Of course Jack started as a pumpkin. Just like any other real Jack O'Lantern.

Then I had to crack his skull. I felt like Hannibal Lecter doing this.


All the mulchy, stringy parts and seeds go to the in-sinkerator (some neat food disposal unit found in most american sinks). Then the tricky part. I had to create a pattern for his jolly face by poking it with a stick. You will see them holes as we progress. They're like those dots that you connect to create an image. Remember kindergarten? I'm sure you did that once as a kid. After poking, the slicing happens. LOL! I started with the eyes.

Then the nose to help Jack breathe.

Half of his mouth with one of the teeth came next.


And then voila! A face only a mother without ovaries could love. Does't he look like he just regurgitated some orangy, chunky and stringy stuff?

He looks pretty nice for a pumking, doesn't he? Of course he ain't no lantern without a candle. So here he is in his full glory.
And here's another one.


I played around with my my new camera and tried to shoot in speed priority without a tripod. Not a very good idea but it made a ghostly image. One that is well fit for the season.

And that is how Jack came about. Now all I have to worry about who to be on halloween. I'm sure I will be a pretty She-ra. And I'm also sure everyone agrees.

A Taste of Pensacola

I finally got to Pensacola Florida after a bout with the US Border Protection in Detroit. I will blog about the details later. In the mean time I'm giving you a taste of the beach. More pictures later when I go surfing next weekend.

Above is the Marina in Pensacola Beach, this is where I surf.

The sand is similar to that of Boracay.

Below is our backyard.

More to come later.