A blessed day, my hive family! It's been a while since my last post. I've been very busy with college life and had a lot of work to do. But now I'm back and ready to share my Negros experience, part 2. Please take some time to read. Thank you.
During my vacation in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, my Uncle Romeo together with my family and relatives went sightseeing. On our way, we passed Bacolod's plaza and decided to take a picture with the large Bacolod design there—I'm not sure what it's called hehe. The plaza is very large, and I heard they have lights and a fountain at night, but unfortunately, we didn't see them. It was okay though, because we enjoyed taking pictures.
After taking pictures at the Bacolod plaza, we continued our trip to the mountains where my uncle's business is located. On the way, we stopped because the view was so beautiful and the air was so cold. While taking pictures of the view, I saw a santol tree or Cotton fruits. One of the things I love about Negros is that the fruits are readily available by the roadside, and you can just pick them. That's why I climbed the cotton tree or santol; it was not very tall. However, I had a problem hahaha I know how to climb, but I don't know how to get down!
The next day, we visited the house of my grandmother's sister. It was truly amazing; my grandmother is 110 years old, and her sister is 90! Her sister looks much younger than 90, and I asked my grandmother why they both seem so young for their age. She said it's because of their foods—they eat only healthy food, which is why they have lived such long lives and I said they are very blessed
At my Lola's sister's house (my Lola too, bwahahah! I don't know the right word, but she's my Lola). Outside their house, they have a rambutan tree with many fruits and they're within reach. So, without hesitation, I immediately picked some fruit—only the ones I could easily reach,it was really fun picking them because there were so many. It was amazing because it was my first time seeing a rambutan tree, I don't really want to go back to Cebu because of the abundance of rambutans but be careful climbing the tree because the fruit is delicious but there are many insects that bite, I think it's a black ants or what do you call that one Bwhahaha
These are the fruits we harvested from my grandmother's sister's house: rambutan and marang. Marang, however, has many names; it is also known as Artocarpus odoratissima, and also as terap or tarap. in Cebu, We call it marang. It's very sweet and delicious inside but sadly, it can't be brought to Cebu because it spoils easily. So, if you pick marang, you should eat it immediately because it can not last more than two days. That is why we only brought rambutan. It was also my first time to taste marang, and I was amazed by its sweetness.
That's it for now. Thank you for your time in reading about my experience in Negros Occidental. Please support this by sharing and leave a message if you enjoy reading my blog. May God bless you all.