(Written on October 24, 2010 Start: 02:08pm Finished:3:59 pm)
(Happened on October 22 to 24, 2010)
(Villa Antonina Resort)
It’s announced, we will be having a long weekend. Hurray! October 25th (that’s Monday) this year was announced as holiday. For an employee like me, that’s one of the best thing the government could give: 3 straight days off, and it’s called long weekend. But why
did I tagged it as MY NOT SO LONG WEEKEND? Here’s the story.
The Plan
After the educational tour of my former-students-turned-friends, one of them (I forgot who he was) suggested that after the semester, we will be going out of town. The perfect ‘location for our getaway (and we all agreed on it) is Puerto Galera.
Puerto Galera is in the island of Mindoro where you can find a white sand beach and one hell of a night life. The fare and lodging is not that expensive that’s why we became so excited and start saving money for the said getaway.
Every night, me, Kat and Mam Chris exchange text messages having only one topic: Puerto Galera. I started texting Drei, Dane and Joiz (they are my friends from college, and they already went to Galera) to inquire on how much are we going to spend, how’s the beach and the night life, and stuffs like that. We were so damn excited for this trip. There’s no day that I won’t text the two for an update.
Thanks To Juan
Alright, one more week to go and we’ll be experiencing Galera. Kat, Mam Chris and Orange already confirmed, Pao is still in the process of confirming, we have sufficient funds, in short, we are almost ready.
But here comes the news that a super typhoon will hit the country within the week of our trip. It’s ok, for sure the typhoon will pass soon and will not affect our trip, Here’s the double whammy, another typhoon is approaching the Philippines (what the f***?!).
Orange is the brink of backing out because of the weather condition, Pao is still not confirming, weather is bad. Can this trip push through?
Plan C
We accepted the reality that nature won’t allow us. Now we resort to Plan B: Poracay
Resort. Poracay is a resort in Porac, Pampanga and became famous because of its low cost villas and fairly good fresh water swimming pools, the thing about this resort is that none in our group went there ( except for Kat, I’m not sure). So I inquired through net, the villa prices are really practical and place was quite good. But we thought that it will be inconvenient for us to reach the place without one of us having a car (see? We’re low profile.haha).
If Plan A was busted because of the typhoon, then Plan B did not materialized because of inconvenience, therefore, we proceeded to Plan C:Villa Antonina Resort (pu** naman oh.hahaha).
The Real Deal
Friday
The day came, since our destination is proximate to everyone in the group. Choi, Orange and Pao immediately confirmed to come. Yehey! We are complete!
After my job, I went straight to SM Pampanga (ofcourse with my things) to meet Kat, Orange and Pao for us to buy food for our trip. Since we saved a lot of money for Galera, we had a lot of funds on our hand causing our push cart to be full of foods. Well I think that’s the advantage of Plan C (saganang sagana).
After the grocery (thanks to tolits for transpo that caused 200php), we went to Kat’s home for an overnight. We played cards, had a drink, and lots of pre-party fun. We even taught Mam Chris how to play poker.
Saturday
We woke up late, because others still have h.o and’ Orange has sore eyes. So we packed up and waited for tolits’ cab (worth 350, kamal na!).
Pao needs to go home for his father’s motorcade and go back after with Choi (afterall, e choi pa rin ing mesunud buri haha). We checked-in early that’s why we have to pay additional cost in our bill. That’s around 1pm and we still haven’t taken our lunch. Good thing Kuya Dennis came and brought steaming rice.
We had tocino (my favorite), tomato and salted egg, and chicharon for lunch. We all ate a lot using bare hands.
After the sumptuous lunch, it’s time to hit the pool. I and Orange went first, then everyone else followed. After, we played cards (me, Orange and Kat) while Kuya Dennis and Mam Chris belted high notes in the videoke.
Pao returned with Choi, and atlast we are complete! We went back in the pool to play, swim, trip on other guests and have short conversation. Haha
Then dinner time came, we had san marino tuna (courtesy of choi and pao), chicharon (orange’s), tocino left-overs (kat’s), tomato and salted egg. Surprisingly, Kuya Dennis’ rice is still hot. Thanks to the foil. Again, we ate a lot.haha
We went back in the pool. I and Pao had race using freestyle and backstroke. Mam Chris executed her “kaweng sto. tomas” and we had lots of fun.
Now it’s time to party. We played cards again and sung in the videoke. We drink and played our self-constructed game “nearest” and the one who loss will take the shot. We had a blast.
Suddenly Mam Chris received a text message from Kim, another student of mine, who had an accident nearby. I was saddened by the incident and wanted to help but I can’t. Fortunately, Kim is fine and did not get hurt.
Time to go to bed. I slept between Kat and Pao while watching one more chance on Kat’s phone. Kat reminded me that Pao is a hugger; he hugs anyone beside him (such a sweet boy). He reminded me of myself when I was still a kid.
Kuya Dennis is in the other bed, he’s between Choi and Orange (who’s scared, we don’t know why.haha) while Mam Chris slept solo in the small bed near the door.
I’m tipsy, yes I am, and that’s why I bumped my knee to the edge of the bed and bruised myself. It’s a little bit painful but on the lighter side, its scar will remind me how much fun I had everytime I look at it (this is sour graping.haha)
Sunday
Oh. It’s already the last day, if we all have the means, perhaps we’ll be extending at least another night to continue the fun.
We woke up late and didn’t have the chance to swim for the last time. I and Kat tried compromise to the resort admin for us to stay a little longer. But they’ve disagreed. They are just being fair and just doing their job, and we understand that. So it’s time to pack our bags and leave.
My Not So Long Weekend
Time is short when you are having fun, while it becomes long when you’re bored. All along this weekend I wish that it will be extended. But it came out that it is indeed a not so long weekend; simply because I had one hell of a fun. I reminded them (Kat, Choi, Orange and Pao) that we had a lots of fun because they had fairly good grades, and I also told them to study hard next semester so that we will be having another party, hopefully it will be somewhere far from Pampanga (haha).
These are some of the moments and people that/who are making me stay in my work a little longer. Till next time.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
I’m not a bad influence. It’s sembreak, they are not enrolled in the school. So we don’t have any relations but friendship. They came with us with their freewill. We work hard and they studied well last semester, it's not that bad to reward ourselves with a party. Yes we play cards with money, but in very low bets. So it’s not gambling. haha We drink in moderation, just for fun. For those who will raise they’re eyebrows in this blog, please read the whole entry before reacting.
4-Alpha- We'll set ours separately. See you next semester.
(Happened on October 22 to 24, 2010)
(Villa Antonina Resort)
It’s announced, we will be having a long weekend. Hurray! October 25th (that’s Monday) this year was announced as holiday. For an employee like me, that’s one of the best thing the government could give: 3 straight days off, and it’s called long weekend. But why
did I tagged it as MY NOT SO LONG WEEKEND? Here’s the story.
The Plan
After the educational tour of my former-students-turned-friends, one of them (I forgot who he was) suggested that after the semester, we will be going out of town. The perfect ‘location for our getaway (and we all agreed on it) is Puerto Galera.
Puerto Galera is in the island of Mindoro where you can find a white sand beach and one hell of a night life. The fare and lodging is not that expensive that’s why we became so excited and start saving money for the said getaway.
Every night, me, Kat and Mam Chris exchange text messages having only one topic: Puerto Galera. I started texting Drei, Dane and Joiz (they are my friends from college, and they already went to Galera) to inquire on how much are we going to spend, how’s the beach and the night life, and stuffs like that. We were so damn excited for this trip. There’s no day that I won’t text the two for an update.
Thanks To Juan
Alright, one more week to go and we’ll be experiencing Galera. Kat, Mam Chris and Orange already confirmed, Pao is still in the process of confirming, we have sufficient funds, in short, we are almost ready.
But here comes the news that a super typhoon will hit the country within the week of our trip. It’s ok, for sure the typhoon will pass soon and will not affect our trip, Here’s the double whammy, another typhoon is approaching the Philippines (what the f***?!).
Orange is the brink of backing out because of the weather condition, Pao is still not confirming, weather is bad. Can this trip push through?
Plan C
We accepted the reality that nature won’t allow us. Now we resort to Plan B: Poracay
Resort. Poracay is a resort in Porac, Pampanga and became famous because of its low cost villas and fairly good fresh water swimming pools, the thing about this resort is that none in our group went there ( except for Kat, I’m not sure). So I inquired through net, the villa prices are really practical and place was quite good. But we thought that it will be inconvenient for us to reach the place without one of us having a car (see? We’re low profile.haha).
If Plan A was busted because of the typhoon, then Plan B did not materialized because of inconvenience, therefore, we proceeded to Plan C:Villa Antonina Resort (pu** naman oh.hahaha).
The Real Deal
Friday
The day came, since our destination is proximate to everyone in the group. Choi, Orange and Pao immediately confirmed to come. Yehey! We are complete!
After my job, I went straight to SM Pampanga (ofcourse with my things) to meet Kat, Orange and Pao for us to buy food for our trip. Since we saved a lot of money for Galera, we had a lot of funds on our hand causing our push cart to be full of foods. Well I think that’s the advantage of Plan C (saganang sagana).
After the grocery (thanks to tolits for transpo that caused 200php), we went to Kat’s home for an overnight. We played cards, had a drink, and lots of pre-party fun. We even taught Mam Chris how to play poker.
Saturday
We woke up late, because others still have h.o and’ Orange has sore eyes. So we packed up and waited for tolits’ cab (worth 350, kamal na!).
Pao needs to go home for his father’s motorcade and go back after with Choi (afterall, e choi pa rin ing mesunud buri haha). We checked-in early that’s why we have to pay additional cost in our bill. That’s around 1pm and we still haven’t taken our lunch. Good thing Kuya Dennis came and brought steaming rice.
We had tocino (my favorite), tomato and salted egg, and chicharon for lunch. We all ate a lot using bare hands.
After the sumptuous lunch, it’s time to hit the pool. I and Orange went first, then everyone else followed. After, we played cards (me, Orange and Kat) while Kuya Dennis and Mam Chris belted high notes in the videoke.
Pao returned with Choi, and atlast we are complete! We went back in the pool to play, swim, trip on other guests and have short conversation. Haha
Then dinner time came, we had san marino tuna (courtesy of choi and pao), chicharon (orange’s), tocino left-overs (kat’s), tomato and salted egg. Surprisingly, Kuya Dennis’ rice is still hot. Thanks to the foil. Again, we ate a lot.haha
We went back in the pool. I and Pao had race using freestyle and backstroke. Mam Chris executed her “kaweng sto. tomas” and we had lots of fun.
Now it’s time to party. We played cards again and sung in the videoke. We drink and played our self-constructed game “nearest” and the one who loss will take the shot. We had a blast.
Suddenly Mam Chris received a text message from Kim, another student of mine, who had an accident nearby. I was saddened by the incident and wanted to help but I can’t. Fortunately, Kim is fine and did not get hurt.
Time to go to bed. I slept between Kat and Pao while watching one more chance on Kat’s phone. Kat reminded me that Pao is a hugger; he hugs anyone beside him (such a sweet boy). He reminded me of myself when I was still a kid.
Kuya Dennis is in the other bed, he’s between Choi and Orange (who’s scared, we don’t know why.haha) while Mam Chris slept solo in the small bed near the door.
I’m tipsy, yes I am, and that’s why I bumped my knee to the edge of the bed and bruised myself. It’s a little bit painful but on the lighter side, its scar will remind me how much fun I had everytime I look at it (this is sour graping.haha)
Sunday
Oh. It’s already the last day, if we all have the means, perhaps we’ll be extending at least another night to continue the fun.
We woke up late and didn’t have the chance to swim for the last time. I and Kat tried compromise to the resort admin for us to stay a little longer. But they’ve disagreed. They are just being fair and just doing their job, and we understand that. So it’s time to pack our bags and leave.
My Not So Long Weekend
Time is short when you are having fun, while it becomes long when you’re bored. All along this weekend I wish that it will be extended. But it came out that it is indeed a not so long weekend; simply because I had one hell of a fun. I reminded them (Kat, Choi, Orange and Pao) that we had a lots of fun because they had fairly good grades, and I also told them to study hard next semester so that we will be having another party, hopefully it will be somewhere far from Pampanga (haha).
These are some of the moments and people that/who are making me stay in my work a little longer. Till next time.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
I’m not a bad influence. It’s sembreak, they are not enrolled in the school. So we don’t have any relations but friendship. They came with us with their freewill. We work hard and they studied well last semester, it's not that bad to reward ourselves with a party. Yes we play cards with money, but in very low bets. So it’s not gambling. haha We drink in moderation, just for fun. For those who will raise they’re eyebrows in this blog, please read the whole entry before reacting.
4-Alpha- We'll set ours separately. See you next semester.
left to right: Orange, Pao, Choi and Mam Chris
Next Row: Me, Kat
We only have two group pictures. This is one of the two. Photo Credits: Kuya Dennis and Orange.
Next Row: Me, Kat
We only have two group pictures. This is one of the two. Photo Credits: Kuya Dennis and Orange.
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