First pic shows (from left to right) me, my cousin Nina, my cousin James, my cousin April (Nina's older sis), my aunt, and my little brother Jonathan. Since it was the day before the family affair, my Aunt decided to take us to some local attraction called "Snow World", which was in actuality nothing more than a converted meat locker. Note the wording at the back that says "The Antarctica's Last Kingdom" showing a backdrop with evergreens. We had much enjoyment poking fun at that.
Us inside Snow World posing in front of an obviously fake cottage backdrop.
Now us in front of a fake snowy park backdrop.
Same backdrop, but this time the cold was getting to me (the coat they provided provided only very little warmth) so I wrapped myself up. James told me I looked like the Naruto character Shino.
A pic of the girls, with me in the background just moving around to warm myself up. I can't imagine how the girls managed not to freeze their legs since they only wore short pants and sandals.
A pic of my bro, James, and me with my aunt in the back.
Next day was the family affair itself. As you can tell from my face, I was really bored. The partially obscured kid you can see beside my is Vaughn, son of my Aunt and Uncle (the two on the right).
This was my reply to one of my cousins making a joke to which I replied "Jerkoff". Of course, I did the appropriate hand motion.
The boredom takes its toll.
A pic of all of us taken after the pic was done. Vaughn now not obscured in this one.
My brother, James, and me just dicking around. We were all supposed to act as if we saw something weird off screen. James apparently did not get the memo.
The next day, we watched some of the fourth season Doctor Who episodes (I brought along my DVD and, suffice it to say, made fans out of my cousins) and used my Uncle's extensive Airsoft collection to shoot at plastic bottles and soda cans. I borrowed his camo stuff (the hat is mine) and posed with some of his Airsoft guns like the huge geek that I am. Here's me with my Uncle's M4.
With his HK416.
With his Steyr Aug.
With his MP5.
And with his Colt 1911. There were a few other pics, but my brother accidentally deleted them.
The following day, my Aunt and Uncle decided to take all of us zip-lining. Road trip!
On said road trip, we passed by a bunch of tanks painted to look like soda cans. Jonathan promptly took a picture of them.
Us posing at one of the stops before the zip-lining place. The one in red is Vaughn's nanny.
Us again, this time with Aunt and Uncle and sans nanny.
Still at the same spot.
The name of the venue where the three previous pics were taken. Me and James made thought "People's Park in the Sky" sounded a little communist and made lame jokes in that regard.
A pic of a sign in the men's room in the so-called People's Park featuring hilarious wording in Filipino English. It's supposed to mean "use the comfort room normally reserved for disabled guests". They need to have that re-worded.
Taal Lake, a popular tourist attraction. On the lake you can see Taal Volcano. This was the backdrop for the zip-lining. It was pretty cool.
Another pic of Taal Volcano.
Me and Jonathan zip-lining. My aunt decided to have us got together in case my little bro's nervous episodes (they happen intermittently) occur. I was screaming "Yeah, PHYSICS!" like a douche.
Since my brother seemed okay with the zip-lining, we went solo on the return leg. Here's me zipping back. This time I yelled "Yeah, PHYSICS!" followed by a Goofy-style "waaaah-hoo-hoo-hooey!"
A final pic before we headed home.
Where we stopped to eat on the way back. "Adobo" is a local dish.
We wondered just how many tourists were offended by the place's unfortunate logo.
Well, that's all for tonight. I still have to upload the pics of our final day there. I might get around to doing so tomorrow.
