Most Filipinos take advantage of the Holy Week to leave the metro for their hometowns or travel around the country. However, if crowded bus stations, ferry terminals and airports are not your thing, a staycation may be a good idea.
Why not welcome the unusual silence of the city? After your Visita iglesia and other usual Semana Santa activities, here are some more ideas on how to best spend the rest of your break:
1. Bond with the family
Holy Week may be a time to reflect on the sacrifices made for your mistakes but it is also an opportunity to be grateful for all the blessings received including the gift of family. What better way to show this than to spend time with loved ones?
2. Start eating healthy
With the sudden luxury of time, why not spend a little longer in the grocery and kitchen and make sure to make the right food choices?
For recipe and cooking ideas, tune in to Food Network’s Not My Mama’s Meals (every Tuesdays beginning April 1, 3:30PM) and join Bobby Deen, the younger son of celebrity chef Paula Deen, in transforming his mother’s famously rich and satisfying comfort food into light and lean yet still delicious dishes. Cut on the excessive calories and fat but still deliver great-tasting meals!
3. Learn something new
The break is also the perfect time for you to widen your knowledge and interests. Take driving lessons, read about interior design, or learn a foreign language. And if you want to learn about making desserts and pastries and need inspiration, catch Food Network’s Unique Sweets (every Thursdays beginning April 3, 10:30PM) for interesting sweet offerings from U.S. bakeries, candy shops and confectionary boutiques.
4. Travel (without leaving the house!)
Go around America and visit its most exciting and revolutionary restaurants with Food Network’s Unique Eats (every Thursdays beginning April 1, 10:00PM). Satisfy your wanderlust and food curiosity on everything extreme in food today. The locations range from high-end dining rooms to casual neighborhood treasures—and event roving eateries with no permanent addresses!
5. Relax, smile and enjoy some alone time.
Forget all worries and take this time to put yourself No.1 of the priority list. Take a long and warm bath, get enough sleep and pamper yourself. Whatever you do, make sure you show some love to your body and mind!
