Funny story

*Now that I just finished an item from my to-do list, I feel entitled to post a blog tonight hahaha!*

Christmas day, everyone's at home so Dad decided that we visit a piece of land in Lipa because my brother and grandparents haven't seen it yet. My dad's siblings purchased the lot beside it.

Took us a while to find Hacienda Sta. Monica because there were so many people that we asked directions from - a traffic enforcer, a grandma selling kakanin, a boy playing on the street, and two teenagers talking and texting at the same time. Looking back at the dizzying route we took, sino ang may salarin? ANG TRAFFIC ENFORCER! Tama pala kami to begin with, and he said to take the opposite direction. Pero in the first place, my parents have seen the place twice so dapat alam nila di ba? Apparently naconfuse din sila nung nagmamarunong na mama na yon.

Before 3pm we arrived and it was raining. Was able to take some shots of the empty clubhouse and the infinity pool. Nice! My brother didn't want to risk getting his Nikon baby wet though. Anyway, we drove to Phase 3 with vacant lots stretching as far as the eyes could see. My tita said the property is on Archive Street. Huwat?! Eh mga herbs and spices ang street names dito eh! Baka naman Chives ibig mo sabihin...

My bro and I struggled to read the painted markers to find the lot to no avail. And so I just tried to take some amateur shots of a chair under a tree using the T700's macro mode. Amateur nga, ang dilim eh. Kelangan ko talaga mag-aral. Rule of thirds lang alam ko eh.

Anyway, Dad finally gave up on this guessing game and called his realtor friend to help us out. Eh kung tinawagan ba naman nya kanina pa, eh di sana hindi naging dinner ang late lunch di ba? And lo and behold, the lots were actually on Juniper Street, whose perimeter is marked by recently planted banana and papaya trees. So my dad calls his sister, suppressing his laughter.

Dad: Mali ka naman eh! Sa Juniper Street tayo!

Tita: Ha? Mali ba?! Eh kanino yung tinitignan namin? (They've visited the property for like 5 times already).

Dad: Ewan ko sa inyo!

Talaga nga naman...