back from my only vacation this summer and it was GREAT! Ü i'm so glad that i decided to go. at first i was a bit apprehensive because the thought of going with a group where i knew only 2 of the 15 people scared me! but i decided that i could always turn the whole trip into a retreat and have quality time with my journal! so i packed (and repacked) my bags and found myself awake at 3:30am on friday morning on the way to the airport! little did i know that i was on my way to an amazing 4 days with a wonderful group of people!!!Ü thank you deige for bringing me along!

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR TRIP

DAY 1

AIRPORT
i arrived pretty early because mom kept scaring me that i would miss my flight because the lines would be so long. but we all arrived in time for the flight. we didn't have to wait long since we finished checking in at about 5:15 for the 5:45 flight.

and the winner is......
                         

KRYSTAL COVE
after checking in at the boracay courtyard, we went island hopping. we stopped at this one place where you could feed the fish and go snorkeling. the annoying thing is that there was this guy who got on our boat claiming to be a "sea ranger" or something like that and started charging P20 for every person who was in the water. WTF! Since when did they own the water?! it was soooo annoying that we left shortly after that. we went to a private island nearby called Krystal Cove. the owner fixed it up a bit and you can go hiking to some caves where you can go swimming. after having lunch, we headed back to the island.

i met a cute guy          saw the most bizarre sign           and met sadako
   

                                                   

 

this way please                            vanity

we went out to pier one the first night... we played the drinking game called i've never where each person thinks of an "i've never" statement. then whoever has done that particular action has to drink... DJ! you naughty naught girl! :) hehehe!

GLITTER TATTOO
my glitter tattoo before...                                    and after... Ü


DAY 2

BANANA BOAT
we went banana boating in the morning. i was the photographer so i rode on the speedboat so that i could take pictures of the group... they started out on the double boat but since they wanted to fall of the banana boat they had to transfer to two single boats... it was fun watching! i think doing it once is enough for me!

on the double boat                               help! - dennis

help!- everyone                                   help!- DJ

princess of the speedboat Ü


ESPASOL
effects of too much rhum early in the afternoon..."sino gumawa ng tanduay? papapulis na natin..." and of course the anton and jet episode...Ü hahaha!


COCOMANGAS
we went out to cocomangas that night. some people got really really drunk. that's how the different ways of....eeew.... vomiting were discovered!
1. in the bathroom (you have to make paalam) 
2. in a plastic bag (you have to take it home like you bought pasalubong)
3. in a hole on the beach (ask someone to dig and cover it up afterwards)
4. by the trees. (and say "can someone help me get home? oooh! is that mark   
    nelson?" while lying on the beach)


this was also the anniversary night of cocomangas. their 18th year! they had a mr & ms cocomangas contest. one question during the Q&A protion for the men was "what makes you happy and why?" his answer "first of all i want to greet each and everyone of you a pleasant evening, ang happy ay bigay sa ating ng diyos. thank you" WHAAAAAAAT?! another classic one was "who would you rather be? spiderman or superman and why?" so he gives a whole spiel describing both superheroes that he forgets to choose which one he'd rather be. hello? anybody home?

MY NEW NAME
john rae: grabe, talagang nurse betty ako parati
welly: hahaha! talaga? eh kasi sobrang natatamaan ata yung iba
john rae: ako nga eh kahit ang dami ko nainom hindi pa rin ako tinatamaan. diba
             YELLY?
welly: oo. hindi pa nga. ü

but this is definitely better than the name henry gave me! welot cunat.

FIRE DANCER
the best part of that night was meeting sean...thank you jet!!!!!!!! :D


DAY 3

WIRELESS INTERNET
since we got home at 5:00am, naturally we woke up late the next day (actually that was pretty early! i woke up at 11:00am when i said that i wouldn't wake up earlier than 12:00pm) marcie, miko, dj and i had a late lunch at aria then we just hung out for a while. on the way back to the resort, i went and tried the free wireless internet from globe at the regency. and i even got a free umbrella! hence, my previous post....

JAMMIN'
at around 5pm we all went over to the plazoleta to meet up with sean again...the coro animo got to perform and we watched sean perform. they sang 2 ilocano folk songs, when will i see you again and you. (after the show. seans private concert)haha! ang galing nila kumanta!

sean                           sean with the poi            me, sean, jet

harana                        by the plazoleta


AWARDS NIGHT
since it was our last night, we had an awards night... i won the ms. konica award. the award for the one na mahilig magpicture, magpapicture and sumama sa picture kahit hindi nya camera! hahahaha! i got a pretty bracelet Ü

one of the rare group shots


15 SHOOTERS
john rae did the moondogs 15 shooters. another night of alcohol overload. but since it was our last night, who cared? :D

john rae                        bangenge                       group pic!



DAY 4

you brought light into my world....

amazing song by howie day.....

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide

I'm quiet you know
You make a frist impression
I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find
You and I collide

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to ryhme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find
You and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide

There’s something about darkness… the way the whole world seems to disappear. That if you could look down on your little world from somewhere high above, all you would see is the light coming from where you have situated yourself.

There’s something strangely comforting and familiar about this same darkness. For over the years I have learned to associate this darkness with you in more ways than one. Some ways good, some ways not. Funny how it seems that you choose the darkest moments of time to shed light onto my little world. Funnier even, how my unconscious state of being can tell when these chosen moments are to arrive.

Take tonight for example. I am not one to wake in the middle of the night and much less to wake up with such clarity of thought. I have, on more than one occasion, claimed to love the moments of slumber… and yet, as if a part of you could reach into the corners of my mind, and quietly and gracefully make me feel such a powerful presence that all embers of sleep seem to die out. Then once again I find my self cognizant in my dark world which has now become your own, knowing that after you have gone, I will lie awake on this night and for the many nights to come. Waiting for that one last response, thinking of things past and things yet to come, hoping that this would shed meaning to my thoughts on the present and silently cursing you for bringing me here just to leave me alone again.

Why you choose the shadows of day, I may never know. Maybe it is symbolic. Maybe it is not. Is there something that I can not see? Is there something that I refuse to see? But why is it that you choose these moments to tell me that you love me? To tell me that you can not live without me? That you have never come close to loving anyone the way you have loved me? That you want to make plans for the future with me? Is it because in darkness no one exists in our little world? Is it because in darkness you can see clearly? Or is it because in darkness no one else would love you but me?

But there is more to this association than these nighttime nuisances. For there were moments that you took away the sunlight from my days and all I could do was to journey through the abyss in search for a way out, in search for the light. When all I could do was cry out to the Lord to save me and make me cease to love what was not meant for me. But if you are not the one meant for me why are you still here? Why wont you let me go? Why is it that every time I reach the point of almost letting go, of almost breaking free, you do something, say something to pull me back stronger and deeper each and every time?

Dawn is breaking. I know that our rendezvous will soon be over. I can no longer think of you in the light of darkness and you can no longer love me. But I will love you still…the way I loved you 4 years ago. And I will wait…my prince of darkness, bearer of light…for you to come to me and take me away again to a world that is completely our own.