Say Cheese!

As promised here are some of the pics I took when we went to New York. We all had a blast came home tired but happy that we did something worth remembering!;-)

Is Finally Home

We went to New York City yesterday to renew my kids' passports. I also wanted to report my marriage at the Philippine Consulate at the same time but they told me to send the papers to Chicago since I got married in Illinois 3 years ago. We went to Trenton and took a train to the city for an an hour or two. It took a long time to sit and wait at the consulate. I think we were there for the most part of the day. After the long wait the kids were sent downstairs to have their photos taken and biometrics. We were done around 3PM and we went to Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI office to open an account. My tummy was already rumbling at 4 and we have to travel 40 minutes to visit Jollibee (a popular Filipino fastfood) in Queens so we decided to get some coffee and food at dunkin donuts for a light snack before hitting Queens. We haven't eaten Jollibee in three years so we might as well go and get some. We went to the subway and rode the E train. My friend Gladys offered us her place for an overnight stay. It was really so nice of her. Thank you Gladys. Their place is not that far from Jollibee. We can either walk or ride a bus. We decided to get a mocha cake for Menmen at Red Ribbon before going home so we wont have to go back and forth. Red Ribbon and Jollibee is located along Roosevelt Avenue where we got a train bound back to Manhattan. We went to Gladys house and rested for a while then we hit back to Manhattan. Times Square is a lot beautiful by night! It was really a lovely sight. We took a thousand pics that I haven't uploaded yet. I left my camera with Jen so I might be able to upload it tomorrow.

We're Home From NYC

It's our first time to see New York City. Last Saturday and Sunday it was pouring heavily but it did not stop us from going to our trip. It was our first time to ride a train. It sounds like a lot of first happened that day.;-) The kids were really excited about it. It was raining so hard but we managed to move around since we have booked in the New York City sights uptown and downtown tours. It was a fun filled tour since the guide was funny. The first thing we did was to visit the Madam Tussauds Wax Museum where you can find a lot of prominent people carved into waxes. It was an incredible work of art. They look so real. We also watched the 4D Spongebob. I thought it was funny and very interactive. We had a Circle Line Cruise, Statue of Liberty tickets and Empire State Building Observatory tickets. Too many things to do with too little time.;-) We went up the 86th floor of the Empire State we were on cloud 9 since we can't see nothing but the experience of riding way up high was experience enough for me. I was with my family and my dear friend Tess. We saw the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island the next day. We cruised on a boat with strangely 85% asians on it to view Manhattan. We walked down the Wall street(financial district) I took some pictures that I would like to share with you guys. Hope you'll enjoy them.