The Goddess Loves CDO

Well, that goes without saying. I love Cebu like hell but CDO is where family and friends are. CDO is home and there is no place like it.

The two lady-loves of my life.

After free-lunch drinks.

Because we had to kill time and none of us thought of bringing a camera.

Good friends are so hard to find.

High-school, 10 years and 10 lbs later.

Girls just wanna have fun.

My Weekend in Pictures

Last weekend, I was in Bantayan Island, a paradise.

Notebook, pen, iPod, and sunblock. The ingredients to a perfect beach weekend.

Bonfire of the Vanities

Diet be gone! (photo credit: Gil Antecristo)

Power Rangers circa 2011 (photo credit: Gil Antecristo)

Of white sand and coconut trees (photo credit: Gil Antecristo)

Beach babes. (photo credit: Gil Antecristo)

The dusk and the goddess (photo credits: Dim Tesiorna)

More photos soon. Paging Dim Tesiorna. :)

The Goddess Loves Bohol

Over the weekend I went to Bohol with a bunch of guys. There was Janica and her fiance JP, who were the masterminds behind the trip, her three younger siblings, her two cousins and her three officemates. We stayed there for two days and a night. The first day was spent on the beach of the resort we were staying in. The whole day of the second day was spent on our country side tour. We all had a blast. By the time we went back to the port to catch a ferry back to Cebu, we were all so exhausted, we were barely moving. But at the same time, I feel like those two days were not enough. I have not spent enough time at the beach. I have not seen enough of the place. Therefore, with a rock-solid resolve, I vowed to return to Bohol. Someday... Bohol, when that time comes, make sure you're ready for me.

This is the place where we were staying. It was cheaper than the rest of them but it was still great.

Since I came to Cebu, I have had a very public affair with the beach. Beach, I love you.

This is from Sagbayan Peak. It is an amusement park. We went to the topmost part of the place and the view was freakin' awesome. It's worth climbing all those steps for. Can you tell that we were having a great time?

The infamous Chocolate Hills. Another breath-taking view worth climbing a couple hundred steps for. 

Man-made forest. Cool and creepy at the same time. Janica's fiance said that it's his most favorite spot because we just had to stop at the side of the road and take wacky pictures all day long. No entrance fee required.

The Camotes Island Adventure

There was no plan. At all. I was supposed to sleep after my shift. Instead, I got dragged to the mall to buy the outfit I wasn't planning to buy and, 2 hours later, I was in a ferry on my way to a place I wasn't planning to go. At all. But, life is too short so what can I say? Carpe diem.

The place was freakin' amazing!

Can you see the beach behind us? It's awesome! We ate...

...and we drank.

We went to these really amazing caves with really amazing spring water. It's so cool and clean.

We even had a Dawson's Creek moment by the lake.

My partners in crime. Thanks for the amazing weekend, girls. It was just what I needed. It's do it again soon :)

Summer Lovin' Happened So Fast...

Summer is over. I'm sad. Sniff. Though, I would welcome some relief from this unbearable heat, I still love summer. I was born at the peak of this season. Thankfully, I was able to go to two summer getaways this year. The first one is to our company summer outing at Maribago, courtesy of our employer, and the other was to Malapascua Island with some of my co-workers.

Snorkeling and island tour at Malapascua Island. Perfect!

              

    At Maribago with the entire RC team, because all work and no play...

      
Thank you for all the good memories, Summer. 'Til we meet again...

One Day in the Life of A Celebrity

I had a blast last weekend. So many things to do, so little time. This is what happens when in the eyes of the people you love, you have acquired celebrity-status.

Let me see. After my shift at work which is 12mn-9am, I went directly to the supermarket to purchase that bane of Filipino hospitality, the pasalubong (gifts). After that I went back to the dorm to prepare my stuff and went straight to the airport. As soon as I landed at 2pm, my father picked me up signaling the start of the gabfest with my family until 6pm whereupon I had to get ready for a get-together with my highschool classmates. I had dinner with them at 6:30pm and afterwards, we had a videoke session in one of the nearby bars until 3am. In the morning, my mother woke me up at 7am because the whole family was going on an outing. You can just imagine the how little sleep I had in 36 hours. So for most of the day, we frolicked in the pool and scenery of this really beautiful botanical resort up in the mountains. Although I was still sleepy and my head was throbbing of the hangover from the previous night, I immensely enjoyed myself. We headed back home at about 4pm and after a couple of hours we went to the city proper to do groceries which lasted for another 3 hours. By the time we got back home, I was practically on my knees from exhaustion and lack of sleep. Oh, well. That's the price to pay for eminence.

Here are some of our pictures:

That's me wearing a yellow shirt and holding the mike. I could not carry a tune to save my life but I loved these guys and I was having too much fun to resist belting out a few numbers. More importantly, these guys love me back enough to forgive me for committing the crime of ruining their eardrums and their favorite songs.

The place was great! The view, the flora, the water, the cottages. The best part was it was so secluded not a lot of people knew about this place. We had the pools to ourselves the whole morning!