The perfect drive
With just a few hours of sleep, we drove back from Cabanatuan to Pasig in record time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including the pit stops! We averaged at the speed of about 60km/hr. 
The drive was almost perfect. We left at around 5:40AM so most people going back to the city after the short weekend/holiday is still asleep due to celebrating the coming of 2012. Sounds good enough for us. We actually made it out of Nueva Ecija in 30 minutes 
And there is something to be said about the weather conditions. We left Cabanatuan with the road covered in fog, and we arrived with Metro Manila still covered in smog. 
Here are some snaps that my wife took on the San Leonardo to Gapan road:
