Good Times 0.1

I went to the beach with some of my friends from high school. Oh my gosh, I realized that it was my first time to go out of town with the group. Despite many uncertainties the beach getaway pushed through. Originally the trip was for the whole my3mp. But not everyone was able to make it due to their own personal reasons. I met up with my friend at Shaw then we headed to Magallanes – our meeting spot. When we arrived there one of our friends was already there. Then the my other friend called up her mystery date/ driver and the roadtrip began… We stopped over at Starbuko Tagaytay to stretch and get some coffee. Then continued our roadtrip ‘til we arrived here:

It was like a last minute thing. Initially we were supposed to stay at the rest house of my friend’s lola. However, something came up and we ended up here. The rooms looked okay in the brochure and site but lo and behold… the flooring was different… there weren’t any plants… the veranda flooded due to the aircon which took 10 years to cool…the bed cover was different….blah blah… Nevertheless, the room was alright. We had cable t.v. with travel and living channel!

Good thing we were able to check-in early. We settled down and lazed in the room ‘til we decided to eat. So we headed towards the dining area but we ended up having lunch at the carinderia directly in front of the resort. Sulit!

Afterwards we went swimming in the beach/pond. Uhuh. It was a pond… it was so shallow and calm. I guess that’s how the beaches are in Matabungkay. Good thing that there were rafts. We had a place to hang out. It had a picnic table, a huge reclined bench and a small house. The best thing was that it was for free. Well, that is if the raft was anchored. It costs 800 bucks for 4 hours if we will be dragged further.

The beach was alright even if it was only ‘til knee level and that there were gooey seaweeds and plants underneath. I was able to see creatures underneath... the jellyfish... the mermaid... the merman... the starfish... the mating starfish...

I was super tired that we were able to see the the almost sunset nalang. It was weird actually since all I did was sit on the raft then swam a lil when it got super hot. Chillax! Luckily my friend had this splash proof mp3 player to drown out the endless vidoke.

We had dinner at Dalampasigan!! Yum. Their calamares, tahong, tanigue, hipon, fish, inihaw and something else were delicious! The place had this nativish set up. There were these drooping vines/roots from above. When you enter the resto there was this waterfall/fountain. But it cannot be seen in the pictures. After eating, we headed back to the room and chilled. We drank a bit then went our separate ways.

The next day, we caught some early sunlight and did some adventures. Afterwards, we ate breakfast in the same place we had our lunch then packed our stuff. We weren't able to try their clorine (?) smelling pool anymore due to lack of time.

We had lunch here to satisfy the Bulalo craving of one of my friends. Luckily we were able to get a table even if it seemd that the whole lot of people decided to dine in the same restuarant. Imagine 70 people in one group! Huwow! Then we got coffe again in Starbuko to keep us awake on our way home.

It was my first time to go out of town with my merged group of friends. Memories are cheap… so let the good times roll.