MNG: It's Raining Mangoes!!!

Happy vacation! Sad to announce that today is the last day of our long vacation from work. Sometimes, I really envy the students for having a longer vacation. (To think that I am also a STUDENT... just working)

Where did you guys spend the days to relax?

Want to share to you mine.

I went to my sister's place together with my boyfriend, my bother and my cousin last Thursday (first day of vacation) in San Ildefonso, Bulacan. We spent 3 days and 2 nights there and I can say that we really had a good time and enjoyed the rest of the vacation. We had nice experiences in their farm called "TUMANA". There was where we harvested all the mangoes we've brought here to Manila as "pasalubong" to our relatives and friends. So funny that my brother-in-law showed us a way of harvesting by shaking big branches of the trees and it seemed like it's raining mangoes!!! We were under the tree escaping from all the mangoes that were falling, fearing that they might hit our heads! Unfortunately, one mango hit me on my back. It hurt a bit but I didn't mind. I just laughed my heart out. Sad to say, I wasn't able to take a video while we were doing that maybe because of my excitement. The excitement of catching falling mangoes and picking the ones that already fell on the ground. Know what, we gained a sack full of mangoes from just one tree and few branches! I couldn't imagine how many more can we get from all the branches and all  other trees!

Going back to my sister's house was like a punishment to the boys. Bringing those  mangoes home in a 20-minute walkathon. I pity them but who had the choice? Who else would bring those? Haha! I remember how they looked upon bringing the whole sack and I remember my boyfriend slipped off in the "pilapil". He had out-of-balance, slipped a foot down the field, and he nearly dived in there. (Oops! Hope he won't kill me for telling that scene!)Hahaha!!! 

We still had the same burden going back to Manila. My three men bringing all those mangoes. I felt the guilt when I was looking at them because I saw in their faces how hard to bring those. But they wouldn't let me help them. All I was bringing were my own things! My bag and my laptop.

When we finally got home, we parted the mangoes and distributed to our friends and neighbors. Until now, we still have some. Imagine how plenty we had.

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