Cebu

Cebu here I come! :D

It's been a while since I last rode a plane, so I'm pretty excited when I booked my trip to Cebu. Although I've gone to different places outside the country (SG, JP, CND, and HK), I haven't really done much travelling domestically. If at all, I was only able to get around the Philippines because of a company trip, or because of school. Other than Galera and Boracay, this will by my other non-work and non-school related trip.

Our scheduled Cebu trip isn't exactly a lot - it's for 3 days and 2 nights. My purpose in going to Cebu wasn't so much to experience a lot of the tourist activities or destinations, but to take pictures around as much as I can (that's my usual reason for going to one place). So, you can expect no moving along the edge of a sky scraper or doing mission impossible feats in Cebu. I'm here to relax, not to stress myself out. :P

Beach Escapades (Week 4) - Laguna Family Reunion

Well, it was not really a "beach escapade" per se, but hey...

May 12 - I woke up at around 5:30 to prepare. I had a little bit of free time because our meeting time was 7 am. I took a bath, cooked something for breakfast, and a little over 6 headed to Mantrade. Unfortunately, those who were supposed to pick me up got there a bit late. I waited there for around 30 minutes. At around 7:30, my sister and her husband arrived, and so I got on the car and we treaded the South Expressway to head to Laguna.

We stopped by the big gas station at South Expressway to have breakfast. Afterwards we continued our journey to my aunt's place. There's nothing much to talk about the trip, so I'll just skip to the point when we got there.

Beach Escapades (Week 3) - Puerto Galera Ulet

May 4, Friday. Nagleave ako sa office kasi Golden Week naman sa Japan at wala namang masyadong ginagawa sa office. Mas mubuti pang pumunta nalang ako elsewhere kesa sa pumunta ng office at magintay sa wala. Anyway, maaga akong nagising ng araw na ito: 4 am gising na ako. Direcho ligo, then ayos ng gamit, then mga around 4:30, umalis na ko ng house. Although maaga akong dumating, natagalan ako sa may Metropolis kasi yung nasakyan kong jeep eh konti pa lang ang tao, and since terminal siya kelangang mapuno. Nakaalis na tuloy ako ng mga around 5 na, and ako pa ang pinakahuling dumating sa amin (ganun na ata talaga fate ko).

Anyway, tinawagan ako ng mga kasama ko (college friends) through cellphone at sinabihan nila akong imbes na sa meeting place namen eh dumiretso na lang ako sa isa pang lugar kase dadaan din sila dun. So dun na ako dumiretso and hindi nila napansin na andun na ako (hindi daw ako nakilala, hehe). Pagdating dun, diretso lakad kami papuntang sakayan ng Jeep papunta sa sakayan ng bus to Batangas. Then, same old, same old, Batangas port, then sakay ng ferry papuntang Puerto Galera.

Beach Escapades (Week 2) - Grande Island, Subic

I woke up near to 6 o'clock, so I hurriedly packed my stuff and left. Although the traffic at that time was very heavy (they decided to fix the roads because the elections are near), I arrived at the meeting place just a little over 2 minutes from the scheduled departure. Good thing I was able to call them telling them about the unfortunate event, so they were able to wait for me.

The trip to Subic lasted a little over what was expected. We arrived at the port around 10 o'clock, but we were able to board the ferry around past 11. Then we still had to wait for a while before the ferry eventually moved towards our destination - Grande Island.

Beach escapades (week 1) - Galera

First week of the four weeks in the beach. First Stop - Puerto Galera.

Late Friday evening. I was washing my used clothes (office uniform, etc) since I wont be able to do any washing during the weekend. Why, you say? Well, my sis invited me to their trip to Puerto Galera. Since I didn't have anything to do that weekend (probably aside from washing my dirty clothes), I decided to join.

Saturday. I was watching the television (Bubble Gang) the night before while waiting for the washing machine to finish spinning my clothes, when I fell asleep. I woke up at 1 am, and realized that I must've fallen asleep. The show on the television that time was Emergency. I turned the tv off, went into the laundry area and continued washing my clothes. I finished at around 2 pm, with all my clothes hung neatly outside to dry. I then set my alarm to 3 am to have enough time (maybe have some breakfast) before leaving.