Victoria Day 2020

It was the 'May Long Weekend' (May 16-18, 2020).  Ang saya-saya sana kung pwede lang mag-travel eh. Pero dahil nasa kalagitnaan pa rin tayo ng pandemic, olats talaga. Parang wala na ring bearing ang long weekend kasi wala rin naman ngang ibang magawa (except makasama namin si Dad ng 24 hours for 3 days).

The first day of the long weekend, we just bought some stuff from Canadian Tire, Dollarama, and Walmart. The second day, I just slept the whole day. I just cooked longganisa for lunch and that was it. I didn't even wash the dishes kasi talagang sawang-sawa na ako. Nabuburyo na ako sa life lol. Buti na lang mabait ang asawa ko kaya he just let me be.

Sa huling araw ng long weekend, nag-aya na lang si Ford mag-park sandali. Binuksan na nila ang parks dito sa BC, with the warning that people should practice physical distancing, kaya we decided to go to one para nga makaalis naman ng bahay.

Matagal na naming nadadaanan itong Aldergrove Regional Park (na less than 10 minutes lang from our house) kaya dun na lang.

Ahhh, trees are so relaxing talaga!

The park is huge at hindi naman marami ang tao. Maliit ang chance na makakuha ng Covid hehe.

Sobrang sunny (pero mahangin din) kaya we just stayed near the parking lot. Hindi na kami lumayo kasi as Pinoys, takot kami sa araw lol.

Nathan was very happy to be out again! The past two months, talagang sa bahay lang siya at kotse eh.

Ang laki na ng anak ko! He's now 5 1/2 years old.

There were a few groups na nagpipicnic at may dala pang mga ihawan. Medyo nainggit kami haha. Next time babalik kami with matching food na. At kapag maluwag na sa social gatherings, maybe we can invite our new friends, too!

Gustung-gusto nila sa arawan =)

We are grateful for this day. Every day is indeed a blessing.

In dire need of haircut =)

We just stayed there for 1 1/2 hours. Tama na yun, mas safe pa rin mag-stay sa bahay kaya uwi rin agad dapat. =)

PS. Saka ang hirap kapag kailangang gumamit ng washroom eh, delikado.
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Ooops, by the way, Victoria Day is a Canadian holiday in honor of Queen Victoria, Queen of the British Empire. Every last Monday preceding May 25 (the queen's birthday) ito sine-celebrate, to give opportunity na rin to Canadians to enjoy a long weekend. Unlike in Pinas, konti lang ang holidays dito sa Canada (tapos bihira pa ang mga calamities) kaya talagang sinasamantala ng mga tao to travel and/or spend time with family.

Victoria Day marks din the beginning of summer dito. Grabe, summer na! Covid-19 deprived us of spring, tapos eto at very limited din ang mga pwedeng gawin this summer. Hay, sana lang talaga matapos na ito so things can go back to the way they used to be (keeping fingers crossed!).
 

Movie Tickets From Costco

The last time Ford and I were able to watch a movie here in Canada was in July 2014 pa sa Edmonton. I was five months pregnant with Nathan that time at talagang nanood kami ng KathNiel movie (lol, jologs!) kasi alam namin na after I give birth, matatagalan na talaga uli bago kami makanood ng sine.

And fast forward to four years later, hindi na nga kami nakanood haha! Kung merong Filipino movies that we want to watch, nagpe-pay-per-view na lang kami sa TFC.TV. To be honest, hindi naman kami mahilig talagang manood ng sine kaya keri lang. Sa Netflix lang eh solved na kami.

Pero syempre I still wondered kung kelan nga ba kami uli makakapasok sa sinehan, lalo na at may movie house dito malapit sa amin na palagi naming nadadaanan.

Pero wag ka, just a couple of days ago, we heard our son saying na gusto niyang manood ng Incredibles 2. Puro kasi yan ang laman ng youtube ngayon.

Haha, napag-usapan na namin ni Ford ito not long ago. Sabi namin makakanood kami uli ng sine pero for sure pambata ang palabas dahil nga kay TanTan. Eh parehas pa naman kaming di mahilig sa mga ganyan. Pero syempre no choice kasi ang batang yun ang sentro ng buhay namin lol.

At eto na nga, nag-aya na ang bata. I've seen several FB friends na nagsasama na ng anak sa sinehan, na mga mas bata pa kay Nathan, so I agreed na rin with hubby na manood na nga kami ng sine. Siya naman kasi ang hindi makatiis sa request ng anak hehe.

Ang technique namin kapag manonood ng sine is to buy the tickets in Costco. Mas good deal kasi.

Landmark Cinemas yung movie house na malapit sa amin kaya syempre ito na ang binili namin (meron din silang Cineplex):

For Adults (two pax)

For Kids (one pax)

Haha, medyo naguluhan si Nathaniel kung bakit "big" daw yung ticket. Ang idea niya kasi ng tickets ay maliit -- as in yung tickets na lumalabas sa mga arcade games haha!

Actually yung cardboard na yan ay for payment purposes lang naman. Pagkabayad mo sa cashier, pupunta ka sa may area ng Manager at siya ang magbibigay ng actual tickets.

We paid a total of $42.50 for the tickets ($28.99 + 11.49 = 42.50 + 5% tax). Approximately Php1,700.00 na iyan.

(Note: I didn't know until now na wala palang PST o Provincial Sales Tax na 7% ang movie tickets)

Now how much were we able to save?

Kung sa cinema kami mismo bibili ng tickets, $12.99 each ang adult at 8.99 ang bata. So aabutin ng $36.72 ang three tickets (tax included na).

Yung difference na $5.78 lang bale ang worth ng two medium drinks and two medium popcorn for us ni hubby at snack pack (one small drinks, one small popcorn, at one candy treat) for Nathan. Kaya sobrang good deal na talaga. Ang mahal ng pagkain sa sinehan, alam nyo naman. In fact, yung snack pack nila for kids ay worth $9.00+ na (according to Landmark Cinemas' website).

So there, if you want to watch movies with popcorn and drinks, at dalawa kayo (hindi pwedeng isa o odd number kasi nga good for two ang binebenta nila), better buy sa Costco. Sobrang sulit din yung tickets for kids. Ang drawback nga lang is that you have to be a Costco Member to be able to purchase from them.

We'll be watching later tonight (Friday) and we're excited. Sa totoo lang di kami excited ni Daddy Ford sa Incredibles 2 kasi nga di naman kami mahilig doon pero syempre looking forward kami sa first movie experience namin as a family. Nagreserve na kami ng seats online kaya sure na na makakapanood kami.

Chikahan ko uli kayo later! =)