This is Sky’s second school field trip and hands down the funnest time we’ve had ever.

But I have to tell you that I wasn;t really jumping for joy when I had to pay an extra 1K for myself and just thinking of being in a BUS full of 4-5 year old BOYS was going to be one BIG headache for me.

Our Itinerary was:

6:30AM – Assembly time at school

7:00AM – Depart for Pizza Hut, Bluewave, Macapagal

9:30AM – Depart for Seriland inside Manila Ocean Park

12:00NN – LUNCH wherever

1:00 – Science Centrum at Marikina

3:30PM – ETA at school

Needless to say, we never got to follow the schedule. With 6 buses all in all of small crazy boys (and a handful of dainty girls) is indeed more than a handful to take care of.

I didn’t know what I was thinking. But I had enough food to last Sky and I for an overnight trip to the boondocks. So, I was carrying a backpack, a cooler and a small lunch bag; which are not so big, but kind of weighed like a ton when I was waiting for us to board the bus.

Because of the excitement the eve of the fieldtrip, both of us didn’t get much sleep. So, as soon as we boarded the bus and ate some of the cut-up peanut butter we had. We got ourselves settled and was ready to take a nap all the way to the destination. And then…

“OKAAAAYYYYY KIDDS! HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MORNING?!!! C’MON LET’s SING THE ALPHABET!!!”

Holy crap. I wanted to grab Sky and hurl ourselves out the window. It’s an hour and a half drive and don’t tell me you’re going to talk all the way! Please HAVE MERCY!

Sky looked equally disturbed as I was with the screeching voice that was the tour operator. But, at the same time he was so sleepy he couldn’t care less and fell into deep sleep in a matter of minutes.

I, on the other hand, stuck my ever-reliable ipod and blasted the music to help drown out that screeching voice. And then, I was gone…

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The waiting for the pizza to cook was the boring part. We waited for our own custom-made pizza in the bus. It was 10:30AM when we got it, and it was also then that we proceeded to the next venue.

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SERILAND.

We’ve been going back at Manila Ocean Park twice this year. And I never thought of bringing Sky into that part of the ocean complex. Well, because it looked LAME.

Or so I thought.

There were 4 “lands” inside Seriland. There was the Trick Art room where everything is painted like it was in 3D, which for some weird reason the kids went crazy posing for pictures when they saw the images inside.

And then the 3D Cinema plus, where we watched a 10-minute Dinosaur show. For most part, I think the kids just loved being with their classmates and liked scaring each other inside the dark theatre.

Next one, was the Fantasy world; which is an indoor playground where you can let the animals in your boys roam free-like crazy.

Last one was the mirror maze, where we wore white gloves and had to find the exit on our own. And Sky found the exit in less than 5 minutes… So, he went back inside to join in the rouse inside the mirror maze.

We were in Seriland for two hours. It really felt like a half marathon of sorts. And we were ravenously hungry by the time we got in the bus.

And our lunch was gone in a matter of minutes. Pretty soon the boys were playing again.

We left Seriland at 2:00PM. From Manila, we trudged over Marikina at the Science Centrum.

The Science centrum was awesomely big. We only got to stay there for an hour and a half. I have to admit that I was pretty impressed with this hands-on museum. Sky was EVERYWHERE. He didn’t know where to begin. He would jump from one contraption over the other, and another and then back again to another.

I can see that maniacal ecstatic look in his eyes everytime he tries out one of the gadgets. And I bet that going inside a BUBBLE was dream come true for him.

Suddenly, I didn’t feel tired at all. And I was running alongside him when he wants to check out something with me.

We had a spectacular time!

When it was time to go. He started crying and bawling.

“I don’t want to leave yet MOM! I want to STAY HERE!”

I carried him and kept reassuring him that we’ll come back to Science centrum again. And we’ll spend the whole day discovering together.

It’s been a week since that field trip and I know I have to keep that promise REAL SOON!

In case you’re wondering, we got back home at 5:45PM and we were both ASLEEP by 8:00PM! Kasayang-kapagod

I highly recommend both Seriland and the Science Centrum as one of the best places you can bring your kid’s in Manila.

Visit Seriland’s Facebook page here and read more about Science centrum’s website here.