Sinong may birthday??

Ola mga amiga! Dahil wala na akong hang over, it's time na ikuwento ko ang swimming namin sa Club Manila East last Sunday. Malayo to samen e, mga tatlong tumbling at limang kandirit..

Meet bff Rio!

Ang konti ng guests, yey! Closed nga lang yung ibang pools like the Ocean Waves, Lap Pool at yun 14ft na dive pool pero keri lang, wala namang ako balak mag-suicide este mag-dive!

Surfing @ Beach Waves Pool

We wanted to practice surfing kaya lang que mahal ng lessons, PhP1500 for 2 hours! So nag-kayak na lang kami, free pa! Kuripot no?

With bff Zaicy

And we also tried zipline. Wala akong fear of heights kaya super enjoy ko to. Parang lumilipad lang. Kaya lang yung partner kong si Zai, parang aatakihin sa puso sa sobrang takot, haha.. Wala kami pic, hindi kinaya ng powers ni paparazzai!

Say hi to Rowie na lang!

And of course, ang walang katapusang swimming at jumping sa beach waves pool, pakikipaglaro sa mga inaanak kong bibo, at di matawarang pictorial.

Mic&Nic with baby Athena

Joel&Lori with baby Sophie

Rio, Athena, Me, Lori & Sophie

Dami ko tawa sa two-piece ni Sophie!

The Complete Gang!

After ng swimming, go kami sa El Pedro's Grill para magpakabusog at magpakalashing. Naikuwento ko na ang resulta ng kalasingan ko sa previous post ko so there. Haha, nonsense na naman ako.

Anyways, sino nga ba ang may birthday today?? Well, ang ubod ng ganda at nuknukan ng kaseksihan at binobola naten sya dahil nga bday nya.. No other than, ang babaeng nilunod ng napaka-charming nyang anak sa pool..

Happy Birthday

Lori a.k.a. Anne of Here You'll Find Me!

O friend, pinaputi kita dito ha? Haha, Labyu!

Happy Happy Birthday my dear friend. I love you so so much! Wala ng drama drama baka maiyak pa tayo, basta more blessings and more birthdays to come! Mwaah..

Last Friday Night!

Dinner and Movie Night Out!

Yan ang ganap nun Friday.. Dahil super miss na namin ang isa't isa at nagparinig si Stacy na gusto nya itry ang "Bon Chon Thingy", we planned an evening get-together sa Eastwood Mall ng 9pm!

Pero dahil excited ako at bored ako sa bahay, inaya ko ng mas maaga sina Lori at Zai, 4pm para makagala sandali sa Tiendesitas.. At dahil kaladkarin silang dalawa, e di go kami kahit na umattitude at nagpasiklab ang ulan!

Dahil bago cam mo Lori, picturan mo kami!

Ano ginawa namin sa Tiende? Hindi na kami naka-gala ng bongga, gutom na kasi agad ako. Kumain na lang kami ng Cebu Lechon at Cebu Longganisa na wala naman ding pinag-iba sa lasa ng normal na lechon kawali at longganisa dito.. 

Tapos fly to Eastwood na.. Sowsyal di ba Eastwood, pang-mayaman! Sabay naka-jeep lang kami papunta, at di pa namin alam kung san kami bababa kaya ask pa kami kay koyang driver. Mabuti hindi kami naligaw, kasi nun nagtanong kami, isang kandirit na lang pala e Eastwood na, lol!

Ayun, pictorial kami sa "park", gala-gala sa loob ng mall ng mayayaman.. Di ko gaanong bet dun, pang-SM at Rob lang talaga ako, pang normal na mamamayan, haha!

Katawa yun mga ignorante moments namin! Ako, sa energy saving ek ek na escalator: "Bakit hindi umaandar?" Pag tapak ko, biglang umandar! Amaazzzing, char! Di ko naman nabasa agad na may ganung eksena pala..

Tas yun dalawa naman, nakakita ng Mcdo, "wow, may mcdo!" Gulat much ako! Excited? First time nakakita ng Mcdo?? Akala kasi nila namin, walang fast food chain sa loob, puro kasi maaarteng resto, hahaha!

Nun ayaw na namin ma-OP sa loob ng mall, nagpunta na lang kami sa Krispy Kreme at kumain ng original glazed donut na fav ko, while waiting for the rest of the barkada..

Lori, Zaicy, Rio and Me

Minus Lori,  Plus Rowie

By request ni Nic, gawan ko daw ng introduction si Rowie sa blog ko.. Bakit? Kasi pinipilit nila kami gawing love team, mga adik! Pero dahil love ko si Nic, her wish is my command.. Si Rowie po ay ang mayamang engineer/manager/photographer/traveller ng barkada! At most recently, siya ang naging tour guide namin sa siyudad ng East Wood, lol! 

Fast forward to Dinner time! Like what was originally planned, we ate at Bon Chon! Halos pare-pareho naman order namin..

"mukang hepalog na nilublob sa lutuan ng banana que" - nic

It was my second time to dine in this resto. And personally, I don't like their chicken! Yun balat lang kasi yun malasa, yun meat, parang kinulang sa magic sarap! Sabi nga ni Nic, "Kaya lng masarap to kasi kayo ang kasama ko.." Which is very true, there was nothing special with the food pero super happy dahil nagkasama kami at super namiss ko sila!

Nic, Stacy & Marie

After Dinner, we decided to watch The Amazing Spiderman.. At amazing din dahil sa super dami ng taong gusto rin mapanuod si Mr. Spidey, ubos agad ang slots na pang 11 at 11.30 pm! So yun pang 12.30am ang kinuha namin! But Nic, Stacy and Marie had to leave for their own selfish reasons, charot lang po!

We all loved the movie! As usual, naiyak ako sa eksenang namatay si Uncle Ben.. Sabi nila, mas close daw ang story nito sa comics kaysa dun sa naunang series. E malay ko ba, di ko naman nabasa yun comics.  

Natapos ang movie ng 3am, had to go home na dahil hindi na uwi ng matinong dalaga to, lol!

P.S. In case interested kayo to know how our friendship started and if you have the luxury of time, read it at Nic's new blog, click here..

**photos by Lori

Zoobic Safari and Ocean Adventure!

Last May 27, a day before my birthday, me and my ELF buddies had a trip in Subic - Zoobic Safari and Ocean Adventure!

I slept around 10 pm the night before and was awake a few minutes after 12mn! Excited Much! Anxious that I won't wake up in time, I didn't force myself to go back to bed! I met up with Stacy and then off we went to Cubao to see the rest of the gang!

We arrived just about in time but got a little lost looking for our meeting place (thanks to the misleading directions of the 2 men we asked). Good thing it's my birthday, otherwise they could have nagged us for being late, lol!

We rode a Nissan Urvan driven by Kuya Edgar! While in the van, I started making tuna sandwiches for snacks! When everyone got tired from eating and chatting around, they slept. But I stayed awake, I love to daydream while watching the road, haha! We arrived in Subic 2 hours later.

Ella, Rio, Me and Zaicy

Our first stop is in Zoobic Safari! They have this really nice back draft perfect for photo-ops! :)

Of course, since it's a zoo, we came across different animals in Bird Thrill, Zoobic Farm, Serpentarium and Croco Loco!

First time I saw an otter, white tigers and camels

I'm afraid of snakes and I don't like crocodiles neither!

Tram: The Official Ride Across Safari

Safari Souvenir Shop!

Official Models of Bone&Skin Museum! Kami na! haha!

The highlights of the Safari trip were the Animal Show and the Tiger Safari Ride! I had a special participation in the animal show (thanks to my ever dearest friends who "voluntold" me!) wherein I was forced to dance (in the tune of teach me how to dougie!) and got a kiss on the lips from the trained cockatoo!

Oh well, I'm happy to have the close encounter with the cockatoo and not with this huge snake!

The Tiger Safari Ride was awesome too! But actually, I felt a bit sad during the ride, my thoughts were.. are they starving the tigers so they would approach the ride and participate in the "eating show"? Yet it was still amazing to see those huge lovely creatures up close..

We had a quick lunch after the Safari Tour, then we went to our next destination: Ocean Adventure! We arrived around 2.30pm, we missed the first show already! :(

meet the fishes! haha..

So we started with the High Dive Show! Oh, I really loved it! It made me really envy to see how good swimmers they are!

One of the highlights was when one of the audience interrupted the show, saying that his brother can do better than one of the divers! When asked who his brother is, he pointed a man in the crowd who got really surprised! And then he started making jokes (apparently, he's part of the show!) and funny dives! Everyone loved him! He's Jun-jun!

Even 2yr-old Athena loved Jun-jun, she gave him a hug!  #touching

After Jun-jun's appearance, the show was a riot! The divers dressed up like clowns and everytime they hit the water, they intentionally splash water to the crowd using their feet! Everyone was ecstatic, but at the same time trying hard to protect themselves from getting wet! It was fun fun fun! The last 2 dives were shocking though! Bobby jumped from highest point of the plank, and then the other one (forgot his name) wore a black robe, lit himself in fire, waited a few secs before he dived! 

this really is high dive!

Next is the Dolphin Show! I love dolphins! If I own an ocean, I'd pet one, haha! They're very playful! The only thing is were quite far and I had problems seeing those cute dolphins!

Lastly, the Sea Lion Show! Before the show started, a staff approached me and asked if I want to be their lucky guest who gets a chance to go up the stage and get a kiss from the sea lion! Thinking it would be a cute baby sea lion, I agreed! Only to find out it would be the huge, heavily whiskered, big toothed sea lion! I was so afraid that he'd bite me! But surprisingly, his kiss was just.. cold. Not slimy nor gross. The staff asked me if the sea lion's kiss was better than my partner's?! When I said that I don't have a partner, it seemed like he was making fun of me by sticking his tongue out! I was literally laughing my heart out!

Ako na, ako na ang masaya! Haha..

It was already 6pm when the shows ended! We had to go back to Manila. I guess everyone slept on the way home, it was a fun yet tiring day!

But wait, there's more! On the way home, we passed by The Gate, and I made a mistake when I said that I haven't been there and I want to try Pizza Volare, because my boyscout friend just made a u-turn in a flash and before I knew it, I was buying 2 large pizzas for the gang! Yeah, I've been robbed, lol! :)

*Special thanks to Rowie Agustin for most of the photos!

La Mesa Eco Park!

Once upon a time, in a super hot and humid day in March, my friends and I decided to visit La Mesa Eco Park to celebrate Joana's birthday! Don't ask me how to get there because I don't know either.

La Mesa Eco Park View

What's weird is, there are lots of trees everywhere but it was super super hot! OA talaga! You won't even want to make the slightest movement because it makes you sweat readily! A friend told me that the water dam could be reflecting the heat to the park..hmm..maybe he's right!

si Mic yung tunay na pasaway!

We paid P50 at the entrance (kids below 3ft are free). We were welcomed by these weird looking, metal-like beings who scared me a bit!

Ang layo ko di ba?

The good news is, since it's Joana's birthday, libre ang food and drinks! Yummy!

But the sad part is.. meron sila partners, ako wala, huhuhu... charot!! Kelan ko kaya makikilala prince charming ko, lol!

The birthday girl with bf Julius

There are many activities that you can enjoy in Eco Park like swimming (sayang.. wala kami dalang extra clothes), horseback riding and biking. Meron din wall climbing at paintball.

Bike Rental around P60 per hour

Although the weather's too hot, nothing beats the warmth of our friendship! Ansabe?!

Eto yung paakyat sa dam!

Anyhow inihaw, when we left Eco Park, umulan ng bongga! Talk about crazy weather!!

*All Pictures were stolen from the facebook page of the great photographer, Rowie! Mabait naman yun e, haha!