Packing cloths and utensils, waiting silently, thinking about not going to sleep, and yet I still went to sleep around 12:00 friday midnight, and woke up at around 2:45 waiting for a message. At around 3am I did recieve a message. Waiting, waiting, waiting, my cellular phone suddenly rang at around 3:45 am. I knew this is gonna be another long, comedic weekend. Meeting at mightee mart, we brought items that we need personally and for the group. And then were off... (Oct 29 4:20am).
Running at an average speed of 80kph we reach Tagaytay proper at around (i forgot) i think it was around 7-8 am, with three stop overs, one at makati, one at petron south super highway, and one on 7-11(seven eleven) at tagaytay proper. We reach our destination, a resort at the bottom of the mountain range really near the lake. Expecting this place to be cold, well I guess I'm wrong.
Day 1, We basically played card the whole morning, nothing really happened until the afternoon. We ate at Leslie's which was a bit of a fancy restaurant that is open air with a roof of course =D, the ambience was excellent, you really feel like eating in that place although the price tag is a little big above average, it really well worth it, the food was fantastic, never have I tasted such tasty local Filipino cuisine. After that we went to the market, bought some seafood, back to the resort and played cards, PS2. Then night came( I didn't even saw the sunset) We ate dinner a bit late. Making conversations that made me know that I have yet to know more about these group of friends. Chatting and playing through the night until we fell asleep, one by one.
Day 2, Woke up around 6 am doing daily rituals, ate breakfast and went trekking on the center island in taal lake. The boat that took us to the central island was around 1.2k php and is good for 6-7 people at most.When we reached the islet we had to pay a guide, entrace fee and horses for the trekking trip. Since trekking is all about walking we walk along a estimated 4km trail which would lead to the main crater of the taal volcano. It was a grusome experience for some of my friends, since it was a bit unexpected. But the trip was well worth it because of the view of the sulfuric lake inside the islet, which is view from the top of a mountain. Although personally the price tag was not worth it. The experience was very nice. We needed to ride horses down the trail to save some time though.
Reaching the resort once again exactly half of the group went out for lunch at Sonya's Bed and Breakfast, and the other half cooked a homemade can opened goods =D Sonya's requires reservations and has a fixed buffet price tag of 550php with unlimited daladan juice. The group I'm with later started to play card games and board games, only ending up to a session of getting to know me(as in me) better... I wish that I could tell them everything about what they wanted to know, but its just my nature to be secretive and silent, although I talked, they understood when I wanted to keep information to myself. Which properties you cannot just find within friends.
Evening came good eats from our favorite canned goods plus chicken which was basically wasted because the were so many left overs... =( After dinner we played some card games and then one friend of mine taught me of how to mix drinks(barista =D yeah right!!! =))) The amount of alchohol I drank was no more than 1/30 of a liter of vodka plus juices, which actually taste nice. Chatting, eating, driking and one asleep we sang song till morning and I slept at around 2am
Day 3, last day, woke freezing cold because the airconditioner was turn on to super cool in a small room, and I was wearing shorts and a basketball jersy. Run out got my jacket and couldn't get back to sleep at around 5:30am We cooked breakfast without our master chef which was not feeling well together with the one who was asleep all night. Well nothing much really happened on the last day. Just some balance to settle, baggages to fix, plans to finalize. On the way home we had 3 stop overs. One at sandy's for picture taking, one at solvenier shop, and finally on shell south super highway for lunch at 4+pm. And got home safely at around 6:45pm.
Thanks guys =D
Correct me if I'm wrong on the restuarant name
Till next time
Sorry for me being such a weird guy in terms of thinking... =)
edit:11/1/05 wrong restaurant name (sanday to sonya's)