Turning 29 with my Twin




21 to 23 November 2008. After a horrendous week of coursework deadlines (gave a presentation on the 19th itself, stayed at the library till 5 a.m. that night to finish my chemistry paper due at noon the next day, woke up early on the 20th to proofread my paper, reprint and submit, then practice for another presentation at 1 pm), I finally got to properly celebrate the last year of my 20's on a tour of different villages along the English Jurassic coast (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in the county of Dorset. This year, though, I had the improbable (and ironic) surprise of actually having a classmate who's exactly my age. We found out we had the same birthday because we were groupmates for that presentation we had on our birthday :P

So what's the probability of celebrating your birthday with someone exactly your age? Very small, I'm sure, and probably never again, so this was a rare gift. Because we both had all our November deadlines over last Thursday, we decided to do a road trip--hired a car and just drove to all the interesting places, eating scrumptious English food at village pubs along the way. Fortunately, Rich (my British twin who's 11 hours older than me) has a passion for traveling around his country, too, and knew all the places to go to. The weather forecast was bad with really strong winds and rain, but God loves us, of course, and sent beautiful sunshine in the afternoons. Here's a summary of the double celebration. Didn't post too many pictures of the landscape itself, as that will probably go into another album.

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  1. V HorigueNovember 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM

    Good thing you celebrated your birthday with a nice Sunday Roast! :o) Glad your celebration went well.

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  2. Aileen SiroyNovember 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    happy birthday, jeneen! wish you more magical adventures like this. =)

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  3. barbi coNovember 25, 2008 at 12:46 PM

    belated happy birthday!

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  4. Frances CabahugNovember 25, 2008 at 12:53 PM

    Enid Blyton! I loved her so much as a kid. Still do.

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  5. Frances CabahugNovember 25, 2008 at 12:54 PM

    Looks like a proper Birthday Meal! Happy ones and many returns!

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  6. Janjan PerezNovember 25, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    @_@

    Castle

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  7. Janjan PerezNovember 25, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    @_@

    Enid Blyton!

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  8. Janjan PerezNovember 25, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    Happy Birthday Jen and Rich!

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  9. macky macalNovember 25, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    happy bday ms jeneen.. it was certainly a bday that reminds you of the journey you have been through...through the many paths you enjoyed, be it rocky or cemented ones...through the diverse encounters you met, breathing or not....
    it looks like you continue living a life you wish for or even not.. regardless of, be filled with gratitude....
    (by the way, nag-skwela k p o work? at uk?) hehhee

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  10. mariflor garciaNovember 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    as if i was the one who travelled! wonderful places... it's good to be young you can walk, walk, walk... it was a memorable birthday celebration.

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  11. Kahlou FranciscoNovember 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM

    nice framing! ;) glad you had a good, fun, post-bday celebration. btw, where are u spending ur christmas? we'll miss you sa xmas party ng comeco (oh right, me too din pala. hahaha)

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  12. Kahlou FranciscoNovember 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM

    wow.....

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  13. Kahlou FranciscoNovember 26, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    lovely, lovely green...

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  14. Romeo BalingconganNovember 27, 2008 at 6:02 AM

    belated happy birthday, jeneen.

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  15. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:04 AM

    thanks, aileen :) you, too!

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  16. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM

    my first sunday roast! it was definitely an English weekend.

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  17. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM

    thanks barbi!

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  18. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:07 AM

    perfect way to cap off an extended birthday weekend, indeed :) thanks, frances! i adore enid blyton, too! it was a happy surprise discovering that most of her stories are set in dorset, where she spent her vacations.

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  19. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:07 AM

    hehe thanks, jan :)

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  20. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:10 AM

    i actually don't know yet where i'll be for xmas :P awww i miss comeco too :(

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  21. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:11 AM

    yup! makes me want to go back in the summer just so i can swim there. the water looked really great, even if the wind was howling and the rain froze my butt :P

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  22. Jeneen GarciaNovember 28, 2008 at 5:11 AM

    thanks, ome :) how's the translation coming along?

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  23. iris iceNovember 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM

    what's beyond? hogsmeade? :P

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  24. iris iceNovember 28, 2008 at 7:19 PM

    where's a fisheye lens when you need one, huh? :)

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  25. iris iceNovember 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM

    they don't write this way anymore :(

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  26. Ivy MCNovember 28, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    It's kinda late but I wanna greet you (and your Brit twin) a very merry birthday!

    Those were nice shots. Reading your posts somehow made me jealous, I mean studying in another country...Sometimes, I have regrets of not being so aggressive back when I was single..

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  27. Jeneen GarciaNovember 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM

    just corfe castle, built in the the 9th century, where relatives literally stabbed each other behind their backs to get hold of the crown... :P it was really well-built, though. the only reason it's in ruins is that the parliamentalists tried to destroy it in the 1800s, but as you can see, they weren't very successful since most of it is still standing.

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  28. Jeneen GarciaNovember 29, 2008 at 12:14 PM

    awww thanks, ivan :) don't you worry, it can still happen. maybe not in the near future, if you have more important things to attend to right now, but at the right time ;)

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  29. Jeneen GarciaNovember 29, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    i have to get an SLR!!!!

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  30. Jeneen GarciaNovember 29, 2008 at 12:23 PM

    that's where they would dump all their sewage before, must be why it's so green hehe

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  31. Jemi AquinoNovember 29, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    HUG! HUG! HUG!

    fossils for your birthday.
    and lovely memories to keep.

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  32. Jemi AquinoNovember 29, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    OH MY GOSH!
    neen, you didn't tell me you were going here!!!
    (one of the neels spots i have been longing to visit)

    HUG. i'm so glad you picked chesil beach.
    (not that i have many complaints about the other option)
    my life in england continuous vicariously through you. thank you.
    let's end this age of twentysomething-hood spectacularly, eh?

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  33. Jemi AquinoNovember 29, 2008 at 4:16 PM

    p.s. in the neels, the protagonists stayed here. =P
    oo na, obsessed kung obsessed. =D

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  34. Jean UNovember 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM

    Hey i missed greeting you on your bday Jeneen...Happy very belated bday!!! Cute guy :) nice pair.

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  35. Thea Sheila OchedaDecember 9, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    hmmm.... :)

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  36. Jasper PoFebruary 10, 2009 at 7:19 AM

    every hue of it! every bit of you! hahaha! miss you so much.

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