Malapascua Experience - 1/4

Intro
The event took place on during the week of new year’s day. I’ve been busy with my new job and reponsibilities and was not able to post this ASAP. I was having a time management problem to finished this entry but I need to do it to remove it from my queue list of things to do. I guess im getting more OC these days. LOL…

First Day – Early Morning
Majority of the marketing people and friends have decided to go to Malapascua after new year. This will be there reunion in the sense this will be there 2nd time around to go to malapascua after new years day or a week after. I decided to join because I failed to join last year and I wanted to start my year with a vacation before I start working with my new job that will be a tough one.

We gathered around at 2:00am in the morning at north bus terminal. We were eying for the airconditioned bus but sad to say the starting schedule will be at 4:00am. We have no choice but to choose the non-airconditioned bus and start to travel at around 2:45am. Joseph and I were chatting around for I think 1.5 hours, talking about some techy stuffs and girls. I couldn't sleep in the bus and my back was starting to swell with the chair I sat. Sigh… Next time, I look at the window and the weather is cloudy and there was a slight rain shower.

We arrived at maya around 6:30am in the morning and took the first voyage and at arrived at malapascua around 7:10am. We set our things up to the room and decided to have breakfast. We ate in a place that serves the food very slow that took more than 30 minutes but in fairness the food I ordered was great and its perfect. I don’t know with the others. LOL

We went back to our cottages, some of them are preparing their things for sun bating and others were doing their morning rituals. I decided to take a nap to re-energize myself (zzzZZZ) . As I wake up and look at the window my friends were talking, staring and laughing and looking at something. You know what’s that thing? Guess what? Babe foreigners were on sun bating at the same time they were topless. LOL.

After lunch, Arman our mixlogiest, was preparing the ingredients for our cocktail drink while the rest of the group were talking and site seeing.

To be continued…

Happy New Year, Welcome 2006

Goodbye 2005

I describe 2005 as my happy go lucky year, not too much pressure in work, bondings with officemates, going gimmicks every fridays and saturdays, beach outings, doing jogging and badminton sessions, attending birthday parties of close friends and officemates. I spent most of the activities with my officemates and some close friends.

But the last quarter of the year was a different story.

1. It made me slow down in doing my sport activities because I got injured in my left leg when I was playing badminton which I finally decided to stop doing sport activities. I was sad at first but then I realized maybe I do like sports but sports doesn't like me
2. Acquaintance with a friend whom I never expect that I would have the chance to know her and talk to her in person
3. Out of the blue, I felt bored the company I worked for and just in time a new job opportunity comes
4. Farewell parties to my officemates

Looking Forward
We'll I've decided to do more things this year rather than to be a happy go lucky guy. I would like to explore and do new things which I've never done in the past years. I just want my life to be meaningful and valuable.

Year Ender

I was compiling the pictures that were taken from different events that took place last year and it suddenly pop up my mind to write a year ender entry. =)

Bantayan Kota Experience

May 1st 2005

This was the first time that the majority of the VB software developers had decided to go for a beach outing. Most of the guys bring along their partners except me. We took the bus at 4:00 am and arrived at the resort around 7:30am. The day started going to wet market to buy some food to eat for lunch.

After lunch, we go for a little swim and I was the victim at this time. Since I don't know how to swim, Mitchum and Karl volunteered to taught me on how to float. I did float for a couple of seconds but when I was about to stand up I drown and drank a little sea water. ewww... We did took some pictures on Kota's sand bar and after that we decided to take a nap. Late afternoon we went to budyong for site seeing and picture taking.

We spent our dinner in a restaurant (I forget the name) which the tables are in the beach line, the food were quite expensive I guess the only thing which is nice is the view. After dinner, me and Mitchum went to buy some beers. We spent the night chatting, laughing and drinking outside our cottages until we ran out of drinks.

Although it was only an overnight stay the experience was fun and it was a relaxing and memorable one.

Lower right pic: Arian's gf, arian, bing, mitchum, kris, eulogio, me (below), karl, janet, annelou and joeffrey

Bantayan - Budyong and Virgin Island Experience
Nov 4th 2005

After 10 months of working and a lot of times being stressed out, we've decided to go to bantayan to unwind and relax. I was so tense with the current of the wave when were going to virgin island and it took around 45 minutes before we reach our destination. We spent the whole afternoon in the island swimming and taking pictures. I was wondering why it was called Virgin Island. LOL...

At night, we went to a BBQ grill for our dinner and bought one whole pizza for our pulotan. Sad to say, I was having a migrain when we went back to the cottage and took a nap for couple of hours. The rest of the group when outside near the beach shore and starts their chillout session with red wine. I did awake to eat the pizza and drink a couple of cups of wine, after that we decided to call it a night.

This was my first beach outing together with the marketing group and Arman's friends. At least I was able to make it this time. LOL...