Summer Get Away With Friends

My friends and I planned a 2 day summer vacation to Iba, Zambales. We left around 9:30 from work and we reached the place at past 12 or 1pm. We rent a 1 room that cost 2000 pesos. We are 7 persons and the room has 1 big bed a 1 small bed so the care taker agreed to give us a free exta bedding. We are supposed to be 9 but Sak and Bolster was not able to make it because Sak's mom was sick and she have to watch over her while Bolster's wife was about to give birth so her wife didn't give her permission to come with us. The room is great and really cool not to mention the clean comfort room. They don't have tv on each room but it's ok the room is good. When we arrived, we fixed our things then Laine, Bryan, and JR go to market to buy the things we lack. While they are buyiing things, Donna and I slept in the room. We are called "Tulog Queen/Sleeping Queen" because we always sleep. They woke us up when they arrived so we prepared our stuff for us to eat. We ate Chicken Asado for lunch and it was really good. It was cooked by Donna's mom. After eating, JR and I went to the resort's lobby to watch Glass Shoes. We're fanatics of that Korean series so we don't wanna miss it as well as One Piece. Jay arrived and watch with us when One Piece started and I was left alone watching during Full House time. I was able to watch Full House before and I also have my CD for it but I still love watching it. The series makes me laugh really hard, giggle, cry, and of course makes me fall in love but the bad thing is, the series makes me miss my old time friend Jhay that I haven't talk to for a long time. But that is ok not that bad, I laugh more often though. While I am watching TV Bryan and Tito Ceasar (our driver who owns the van) are having gin session, Donna, Laine, JR, Jay, and Mirriam are at the beach swimming and I joined them after watching Full House.

The beach was so amazing. It was not that deep so you can swim and float as much as you want to not worrying you might be in the deeper part of the sea. We really had a great time swimming and floating. We had a game which is floating and whoever floats the longer is the winner. While floating, as I see the dark sky because that was late 7pm I am talking to God in my mind and telling him that if I could only see Him in person that time, I will hug Him and thank Him for what He had done in my life. My life really changed in a way that I can't imagine and I am grateful for His love. I also told Christ the same, and thanked Him for saving me, for letting me be freed. You can see a really amazing view to the sky while you are floating in the sea. Thank God for the wonders He had done. Donna, Laine, and I were tripping and we keep on laughing because we are playing JR around. We asked him to float because he is new on it, he can't float more than 5 seconds before so we trained him but we are playing around hehe..While he is floating, we are walking away from him and hide. He keeps on looking for us the moment he rises and he is wonderiing why he reached that far and we are laughing so hard. We did that 4 times not being caught by him. He does not even have a hint or any idea what we are really doing all the while he thought he reached that far. We had so much fun playing. And we go back our room after an hour. Then we ate our dinner. Our dinner was grilled pork that Laine and I bought and Tito Ceasar grilled it for us. We are eating while Bryan and Tito Ceasar are still drinking. We are chatting while eating and Bryan keeps on talking about me and he is telling Tito Caesar how I fight for and protect my friends. He is saying that my friends are so fortunate for having me and I was so flattered because not all people know and appreciate that. Then Jay answered "that's why I love being with her". Then Tito asked me if I have a boyfriend I said none and Bryan said that I am really pretty but I don't have a boyfriend. Then Tito asked me why, I answered "because I haven't found the right one and it was not yet my time". Then they asked what I am looking for, I answered "a Pastor or a real Christian guy". Mirriam said that I can try their Pastor, I just smiled. Tito aske me what kind of Pastor then I said a Pastor for Born Again Christian. I am not just looking for a Pastor but as well as a great Christian as long as he is a real Christian. Then we started talking about my religion and our beliefs and what is my conviction for love and I explained them the difference between a Christian guy to an ordinary guy. Tito even asked me why I don't go for non-Christian guys and I answered "because Satan and Christ cannot be in-laws". I gave my life calendar to God so He will bne the one who will chose the right one for me. He asked a lot and then we talk about jokes and I gained a lot from him about jokes. We had so much fun chatting and telling jokes. Then I told them that I will just fix myself and we can sing on the videoke.

We sung a lot of songs with other group and it was really fun. JR was really funny when he sang "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin" a Tagalog song. His voice was like coming from grave though it was that good. They are sleeping and going away one by one till only Tito Ceasar and I were left. We sang till 1am then we part our ways because he will sleep at his van. Videoke time was wonderful though I don't have a good singing voice. Most of the songs that I sang were with high-pitch and I have this courage to sing them. I just have the courage but not the guts. My voice was not that bad though =) and I had a great time singing. I slept at 1am and we woke up at 6:45am and Donna invites us to go snorkeling. We paid 300 for an hour for that. So we wear our swim wear again and we went snorkeling. Riding the boat was so boaring and I felt really sleepy that time. Then we reached our destination and we go down from the boat and swim and snorkeled. The corals was wonderful and you will be hallowed seeing them with these tiny fishes swimming. I thanked God for this wonderful creation. It was so over-whelming seeing things under the sea and I was able to appreciate how great He is, how big is our God, how powerful He is. Oh my goodness, I really can't imagine how He did that. What I have seen was just a tiny part of the sea, what more if I was able to see the real under-water creatures? God is really powerful and my mind can't reach how wonderful He is. Then we had picture taking and then go back to our cottage.

It's breakfast time, we prepared for our food. We requested the care taker to cook the hotdogs for us as well as the dilis and the extra chicken and pork left over last night. They were really kind to us though we are paying for the service but we are served really nice. I cut the tomatoes and salted eggs. Donna is preparing the pineapple while I am making sandwhich dressing. Dilis was not cooked yet so we ate hotdogs and sandwhiches first as well as the pineapple. I was so happy because I am able to eat pineapple in bagoong. Eating pineapple with bagoong is one of the happiest moments of my life. I am extra ordinary becuase, I was the only one they have seen doing that and I asked JR to try it and he enjoyed it too. It was one of the best food I enjoyed eating. It was just like eating french fries while diping it on sundae. Which is also my favorite food. Oh I love eating though it makes me fat. There goes the dilis so we started eating rice. We all enjoyed eating the breakfast with matching tomatoes and bagoong. After eating, oh my goodness I felt really sleepy so I left and told them that I 'll sleep, I was not able to help them clean the mess because I was really sleepy. When I enter our room to sleep Donna was there sleeping . As usual, we are the Tulog Queen, so we slept again until it's my turn for taking a bath before we go home.

After taking a bath, we are all ready to go home and that was 12 noon. We met Laine's mom at St. Anne's school and invites us for lunch and it was her treat. We went to By The Sea for our lunch and again we had our picture taken before we ate. After an hour, we decided to go home but Bryan and Laine were left. And again, Donna and I slept while traveling home. We just woke up when we reached Porac. Tito Caesar dropped us on Magalang Terminal and Donna and I went home safely. That outing was really fun and we all had a great time. After all the stresses and pressures we had from work, we all deserve a break. Thank God for the beautiful time He gave us.


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