The Chestnut Gang is not a gang of chipmunks or pre adolescent teenagers, but is a collective group of mothers who happen to ride chestnut horses. Karina Limcaoco, our founding leader thought that it would be cool to name the group since we all ride ( well except for Delania, she rides a roan coloured horse) chestnut horses. The group composed of Marielo Guerrero,Delania Whittington ,Karina Limcaoco ( The Leader- the chosen one ), Sonja Vontobel and me, yours truly ( soon to be Honorary ) ride every morning at the Los Tamarow Equestrian Center under the tutelage of Janine Santos-Felix and Migs Felix.
Always the first to arrive in the morning and the last one to leave, Marielo Guerrero is like our barn mother--a mother to not only her daughter but to all of us, including the horses! She is the mechanical, civil, and electrical engineer of our group; the car mechanic, architect, builder, sewer, designer, and buyer, who knows Divisoria like the back of her hand. She rides and competes in dressage on 17.4-hand Savannah (a.k.a. the horse I don't want to fall off).
Delania Whittington, a mother to all sorts of avian, reptilian, aquatic, furry, or four-legged friends, is married and does not compete at the moment, but rides as regularly as possible. She is our French interpreter and avian expert, owns a pet store, and keeps attacker birds in her room. She rides her horse, a strawberry roan gelding named Freckles.
Karina Limcaoco is the leader and art expert of the group. She's also the most obsessive-compulsive person in the barn, from cooking to shopping to family and even to riding. She keeps a journal on anything and everything, and can ask the most insane questions. She currently competes in dressage on another giant named My T Bear.
Sonja Vontobel or “Sonia” is our regular Swiss-Miss. She is from Switzerland and is married to a swiss.She rides a chestnut horse named Jack .
I on the other hand ride a mare named Mil. We compete in jumping(lower class) and dressage. I say the most insane phrases when I teach such as " At the canter, corner" or " don't make your line snakey( interpreted as : keep your line straight ) and surprisingly, my students understand.
The five of us like to talk about our riding and our horses all the time--the things our horses did that day, the shampoos we use on them, the grooming techniques we try, and our orders from Dover. Well sometimes too we talk about other things such as secret recipe of lechon kawali .We try our best to help each other out. And we take riding seriously, but we remember not to take the fun out of it!
There will be more about the Chestnut Gang. You can check us out in chestnutgang.blogspot.com!!
If you are like me who is obsessed with knowing what the weather will be or if a giant typhoon will hit the country, you should check out the following websites:
1.https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.php This website called JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER PRODUCT, located at the Naval Base Pearl Harbour Hawaii. This agency is responsible for issuing tropical cyclone for the Pacific and Indian Ocean and is intended for the use by the U.S. government agencies. Here you will see a weather system forming in the WHOLE Pacific and Indian Oceans! They even have graphics that will show you where they tropical Cyclone was, her current position and where she is heading.The site has a multi spectral Satellite Imagery and even prognostic reasoning.
Ship Avoidance Graphic
2.http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/map/interactive/RPXX0017?I also like this site because it an an interactive/animated weather map and because you can add as widget.
An interactive , animated weather map
Check out the cake. Don't be fooled. Its super super heavy .I can't carry it or lift it.
Its 2 12"x 4" round pound cake and fondant icing from Martha's Cake. Super, duper yummy!!!!
This trip was a last minute plan. Originally, our plan was to explorer the beaches of Barangay Tambobong, Dasol,Pangasinan. Then I saw a blog of Ferdinand Decena and Alford Ronduen, which immediately made me change my mind. How could you not resist going to this place. Pine tress instead of coconut trees along the beach?????
