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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Lessons learned, before and after Ganesha at Samboan


Last weekend I had a memorable gatecrash with the Alliance's Ganesha team outing. I had so much fun. Thanks much for the fun and funds :D

It was funny how we reached the resort we spent the night. I guess no one had regrets we stayed at Villa Isabella. We left Cebu at 7:00 AM and finally settled at Villa Isabella, almost 7 hours after. We went to Batong Malunhaw at Alegria first. The resort was under renovation so we took the risk and rode a Ceres bound to Samboan even if we're not sure the resort page we saw in Facebook really exist. Or if it does, is it still in perfect condition to accommodate the 15 of us. But as usual God is good, after some aberrations we finally enjoy the relaxation and fun most of us wanted.

We had brunch at 2 PM. Sang our heart's out at the mini-bar after. Swam in a low tide water at the other side of the resort. Had dinner. Then a long program of team closure stuffs. Overnight swimming until 4 AM. Woke up by a growling stomach. Had brunch. And back to the real world. :)

It's barely 2 days but I feel so relaxed after that I thought I had a week vacation. I hope there will be more of it in the future. Not necessarily team outing, just outing with the people I have learned to cherish. I don't have regrets I was with the team because I learned a lot. Even if it's one of the major reason I left my previous company I still considered it the best team I had in my 4 years stay. With them I was able to spread my wings, knew my limits and form a new friendship. I don't only have Chooks now, I also have Ganisiya. I hope like Chooks our bond would still be there for the years to come! :)

Cheers!

Family picture just before dinner time!

Dinner! Missing 2!
Can you tell who's missing?

The day after!
Waiting for brunch!

Family picture before leaving Villa Isabella.

At Bato terminal!
And I thought Bato is part of Santander. LOL!

Just before our road trip back to the City.
We went there via Barili.
Left via Oslob.

Friday, September 9, 2011

The Great Dalaguete - Alcoy Escape


Attendees: Kring, Ryan, Jellie, Lawra, Cha, Mitch, Mira, Ed, Ken, Sensei, Izumi
Individual Contribution: Php 500
Trip Budget: Php 5500
Destination: Dalaguete, Alcoy
Trip Type: Overnight
Call Time: 5:00 AM at South Bus Terminal
Actual Departure: 6:30 AM
First Stop: Obong Spring at Dalaguete, Cebu
Arrival Time: 8:30 AM (exactly 2 hours from the City)
Fare: Php 106
Terminal Fee: Php 5
Transport: Ceres 8906 bound to Oslob
Weather: Fair with scattered clouds; Sun's rays are hidden. Ideal for a comfortable travel.
Participants in order of arrival: Lawra, Mira, Kring, Cha, Sensei, Izumi, Mitch, Ryan, Jellie, Ed, Ken

Due to Ken's lateness, we had to let go the 6:00 AM bus. We decided to left him aboard the 6:30 AM bus but he got lucky and was able to catch up when the bus went out of SBT. :D

Expenses:
2500 Foods
1500 Overnight Cottage at Alcoy Beach
  150 Cottage at Obong Spring
  155  Entrance Obong Spring
1195 Etcetera's (Fare, Entrances)

Itinerary:
  5:00 AM Call time at South Bus Terminal
  6:30 AM Departure to Dalaguete, Cebu
  8:30 AM Arrival at Obong Spring
11:00 AM BRUNCH (Breakfast and Lunch!)
01:00 PM Departure to Alcoy (Road tricycle to Alcoy beach. Fare: Php 15 each)
01:15 PM Arrival at Alcoy beach
01:30 PM Etcetera. Swimming. Videoke (Cinco Cinco Galore!)
03:00 PM Market! Market!
05:00 PM Food Preparations
06:00 PM Dinner
07:00 PM and Beyond Swimming
07:00 AM Prepare to go home
08:00 AM Alcoy Beach Departure
10:30 AM Back in Cebu

Obong Spring
Entrance Per Person: Php 5
Cottage: Php 150

If you happen to visit Dalaguete, don't dare miss this place for a day of fun and relaxation. The water is so cool and inviting. What makes this Spring different from others is its water salinity. The water is salty :D I really taste it :D Hahaha!

The spring! Brave kids on top! :D

Ryana doing the planking thing!

The water is so deep! :D

The cottage!

Yummy! I forgot the name!

Super yummy! Yum! Yum!

The ride to Alcoy Beach!

Alcoy Beach (I don't know the exact name, but the resort above it is Kai Nane Point.)
Entrance Per Person: Php 20
Cottage Overnight: Php 1500
Tent Put-up: Php 150 (your tent or their tent)

Nice affordable cottage. Cool and amazing beach! :)

The beach! Fine sand! Cool water :)

Weeeeeee!

Love the cottages!

Videoke Area! Our cottage is in the back!

Foods! Us! Inside the cottage!

The day after!

Back to the real world!

Truly a superb weekend get-away! Go and ask some friends to have one too! Yahooooooo!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Kawasan Yahooo!

Roll Call
Another one of my target destination came true last weekend when I, along with team mates visited the famous Kawasan falls and unknown paradise, Lambog Beach, aka Little Boracay.

The planning was sudden and with our hectic schedule, no one probably thought we'd pull it off gracefully. Yet we did, even if the trip was cramped to a day instead of overnight, it was a blast still.

Much to our amazement, we left Cebu aboard Ceres liner at the agreed time, 5:30 AM. The trippers really made an effort to come on time. Call time was 5:00 AM. I arrived minutes after that. I thought I was the earliest turned out I was fifth.

Arrived at Badian at around 8:30 AM. The trip was 3 hours, from what I read it should be around 4 hours. An early departure certainly made a difference.

When we arrived, we didn't had rice yet. One local was kind enough to suggest we just buy rice at some store, then have it cooked at the falls. Without second thoughts, we bought 3 kilos then started our journey. I imagined the journey to be strenuous, basing from the articles I read, but it turned out the opposite. It wasn't strenuous at all, it was fun walking along the bank seeing the perpetual beauty of the river. We had countable stopovers for poses. We arrived, I think 15 minutes later, I'm not sure though because when I was there I ultimately forgot everything. I was just thinking of my team and the dangerous beauty we were in. I should commend my supportive BF who didn't reprimand me at all for being update-less. :D

We were the first visitor so we had the chance to pick a nice cottage. We hop from a cottage until the one where we settled in, near the grill area. Much to my amazement, everyone was automatic. Someone started the fire, chopped the pork, arranges the food and everything. I am accustomed to tasking always but having experience that automatic-task I had with them, I might not include it in my checklist anymore. Thanks a lot laaganz for being so automatic. :)

No one swam until the food was ready. We were all gathered around even if only a few were doing the actual thing. That's what I like the most, the sharing thing. No one was behind. Doing things together. Supporting each other. It makes everything perfect.
Getting ready for rafting


After eating we then had our shot with rafting. We done it twice. The experience was so amazing. If you will go to Kawasan, you shouldn't miss it. We had a blast. We were so happy with the accommoda. ting "Kuya", some of us offered Php 50 as tip. I didn't know how much was accumulated.

At 1:30 PM, we were already exhausted. We didn't managed to go to the 3rd level anymore. We had come at a unanimous decision to packed up and proceed to Little Boracay.

As I was recalling the events now, most of the things we had there were spontaneous. The rice. The raft. The multicab to and from Little Boracay. The one day schedule. It was all just a spur of the moment thing. I was always a plan maniac, Kawasan trip taught me one valuable lesson - planning is not everything.

From now on, I won't be scared of outing short notices anymore. If you were with reliable people then it should not be a problem :D

I really want to write all the fun we had there, every details of it. Then I realized if I'd do so, I might forget about it. For my own benefit and maybe for you who are reading this, you should just visit Kawasan. Bring your fun,cool and reliable friends along, then you will feel this feeling I have now :)

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Details
July 9, 2011

Trip Type: One Day
Attendees Count: 11
Initial Contribution: Php 500
Additional: (Rough Estimate) Php 100

Budget
Food: Php 2500
Fare & Etc: Total Money less Food

Checklist
Amount of contribution
Trip Type
Call Time
Money In-charge
Food In-charge
Itinerary

On action
Our Expenses (Accdg to memory. Pardon if I miss something)
Food Php 2500
Terminal Fee Php 5
Fare to Matutinao Php 126
Kawasan Entrance Php 10
Cottage Php 300
Cook Rice Payment Php 50
Raft Php 300
GRO Tip (?)
Kawasan To Lambog Php 20
Lambog Cottage Php 300
Lambog to Badian, Poblacion Php 20
Poblacion, Badian to City Php 117


We had overflowing foods. We brought home some snacks. Our budget was just enough.
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For round 2

Happiness!

Ready for the next target

Pack up for the day

The culprit

Early birds who catch no worms :P

Missing John Jay!

Pose before the adventure

Wet and ....

The massage :P

Another one of our blahs!

After the 2nd falls era

Super cooold!

Under the rock which we doubted if Dandee could fit in

another wet moment

Castaways

Lone survivor :)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Series of Unfortunate and Fortunate Events

It was July 2, 2011 (Saturday) and everyone was ready to UT all their assigned screens at Kyocera. We (Kresia, Brian, Miraflor and Yours truly) were at the office before 9AM (fortunate). We had a deal that if someone would be late, that culprit would buy a pizza for all and hell yeah, thanks to Jellie for being a culprit! Aw, for being late diay. Hahaha. (unfortunate for Jellie. haha). 

Unfortunately or Fortunately, there was something wrong with the network because we can't connect to the DB Server and also we can't deploy to Alfresco.

Result - Cancelled OT, some pictorials, JCA Pizza, Transformers 3, SM Trade Hall...

Ka nice ba ui..... sa building!!!
Frustrated models.
Jellie o, gi career! Haha!
Ohkie! Uban kay serious, uban kay ga-tingsi...
Cge nalang... Nice nice...
Bisag sa elevator picture gihapon.
Si Miga ug si Migo.
Outside Skyrise building.

Pictures for Jellie's punishment at JCA Pizza Lahug. (fortunate for us, unfortunate for Jellie)

Jellie, order na ug lami nga Pizza!
Cge order lang mo. Kana lami ordera ha!
While others are busy ordering, Brian is busy with his pictorials. This one with Mira.
This one is super nice!!! Aw! Hahahaha! :p
Mao ni tinood nga Nice! Yummy!!!
Bayot kaayo si Brian... May pinahinampiling effect pa jud. Hahaha!
Laishu jud ka Lawrence. Ikaw nah! Hahaha!
Pa cute2x cla. Duh! hahaha!

After lunch, we decided to go to SM to watch Transformers 3 at IMAX. Much to our disappointment, 4:30PM and 7:30PM schedules were already fully booked. Huhu! We were really devastated! huhu. (very unfortunate) So, we just went to SM Trade Hall and bang!, there was a massive sale of shoes and bags.(fortunate)

After our little shopping, we separated ways with Ms. Kring and July (they are still busy with their bonggang shopping).(fortunate beings sila) Mira, with her new sling bag (fortunate) and Brian (walay napalit - unfortunate) went to their respective homes. Before going home, Jellie and I went for a little stroll at Cyberzone to look for laptops (we've been dying to buy one for ages now. huhu) and we're glad that our little window shopping helped us on choosing the items to buy in the near future. Hehe.  (fortunate)

Well, I guess that would be all. This is Ryan Valmoria, reporting... :)