Batangas Trip, CMDC Resort with Manukan

I haven't shared with my blog the wonderful trip I had last August 10 and 11. It bothered me a bit because the anniversary celebration of my college organization was also having its own party. Nonetheless, I knew that with or without me, the celebration must go on. Bawi na lang ako next time.

The seaside. We did not wade in the water though.

August 10
Morning started early as I had to wake up at 6am for our meetup at El Pueblo at nine. I arrived on time. I expected a handful of guys with us, but we were only six, since some of our tripmates still had to play basketball in the evening.

For most of the trip, we barely talked, probably most of us still recovering from sleep. When we entered Batangas, we were all awake, then Dave and I started a little chat on random office things. We stopped by at the provincial market in San Juan, Batangas to buy the things we will cook later. I have to commend their wet market; it was cleaner than the ones my mother usually goes to.

When we arrived at the place, we were holding our voices. Or, maybe it was just me. I was holding my ooh-here-we-are-and-its-so-nice statement. Looking at the place, I knew we can have a good time.

We were cooking, and telling stories, and swimming,
and having drinks, that we didn't recognize it was already dark.

And one more thing, we also played Kinect, the one associated with Xbox. Not really a fan of technology, but it was good to be like kids playing like there's no tomorrow. I don't know if they are like this on a normal day, but my life is less active (near dull) on normal weekends.

August 11
The day went by so fast. I got out of bed at 7am, and found Miker already cleaning the living room for leftover drinks and stuff. Compared to my other drinking experiences back in college, the drinking area was a bit clean.

Had some coffee, just looked at sun, walked at the beach, and next thing we knew, we were having lunch, and heading our way back home.

On top: Miker, Dave. In the pool: Me, Joy, Robert, Blessie, Gary, Maika,
Phoebe, Ivy, Dang, Norman. Photo taken by Jeff.

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This group comprised mostly Azeus people with their wives or girlfriends. I am still new to this group, and they usually hang out after work drinking. Recently due to personal reasons, I wasn't able to go with them. I am thankful that they still know me. Kidding. I wish I had more time, money, safety, so that I can be with them more.

Credits to Jeff for the pictures. Sorry I had to steal an online copy haha.