A quick shot @ Marriott Hotel immediately after the girls arrived and before we headed for CNT’s Lechon in Ayala Mall just beside the hotel. So im going to begin the story with the picture. Just ride along… :)

Plans for December

Plans for the holidays:

December weekends: usual family bondings, bowling and pigging out

December 18th - Enchanted Kingdom, billiards and videoke

December 19th - Christmas Shopping Part 1

December 22 - Christmas Shopping Part 2

December 23 - 25 - Christmas Eve Swimming Tradition

December 26 - Ice Skating, Bowling/Billiards

December 27 - Reunion with my girls

December 28 - Backpacking with the Team

December 31 - Tagaytay/ Laguna

Jan 2,3,4 - BOHOL for the 4th Anniversary.

All is well and planned.

Coincidental Influence - NOT!

being so influential is not really fun. at all.

but sometimes, it gets me too! now im gonna run back in time to prove that everything is not just coincidence.

CAT days, i was influenced to join it. But i was able to inlfluence others to join in too.

Commerce, i was influenced to take it too. later on i was able to influence a classmate of mine to major in B.A. di ba munch? :)

Pax Romana, yeah, was influenced by the seniors, but later on, was able to influence others to join not only Pax, but legis and chorale too!

I kinda know that i am that much of being an influence not just in major life changing decisions but even in small instances like:

the bdj planner : was influenced by my bestfriend but then, i was able to influence first my sister then miani and angela and now, never mind. i'll be going forever if ill continue.

The rollers ; was influenced by my sister then i was able to influence a lot too. so they had their hair longer, bought their own rollers so they could do it-themselves.

Same with haircolor, you know. And the high lights. You could just wonder, one day they'll say i have this nice hair color/highlights, the next day they are on it too. And when i tried confronting them about imitating me, they'll say no? come on. you think you could get away with that. that was just so damn-right obvious.

The braces, the contact lenses, the eyeglasses, the slippers, the shoes, the scrapbook, whatever. Some may say coincidence, but in my eyes, definitely not.

CEBU!

this is soooo it. i finally had this chance to sit down and think things over. November was so great. And for sure, this December isnt going to be left behind even a bit.

The Cebu Trip was so cool! (Im so sorry you guys, im working on my blogs using our desktop so the pictures cant be uploaded at the same time. )

It was supposed to be a trip to Hong Kong, but since some have expired passports, then thiw wont work. This is supposed to be our Thanksgiving/Team Building activity. So everyone was expected to be there. Then everybody checked for seat sales, first found was in Davao. Thought of things to do there, cant really think of A LOT, then there came CEBU and as in in that instant, David told us to book. And so the Aa and vren and remy did. That was awesome. Airfare was solved. Then, things got so out of hand, the team just decided to do it backpacker style. Meeting adjourned.

The next day, we had a problem! Some of the tickets didnt went through so they have to go to the office to manually do it. SO, what happened was, we were divided into two groups, the first flight, at 4am and the 2nd @6am. And guess what. I was included in the first group, not mentioning that the 1st group was composed of the BoVi gentlemen, David,Paul, Rob, Carlos and Jax. Yep, all boys. and im the only rose. AWKWARD! that's what i thought. But honestly, there's no air of awkwardness then! I felt like being on an airplane with my big brothers and i felt like nothing could go wrong and everything's fine. ( David is my Boss, btw. so everything should really work out great with the 1st group right)

We arrived 5am, walked a long way and really commuted going to Marriott Hotel. From there, we received a news that the 2nd flight, composed of the BoVi ladies will be delayed. So what's left for us to do? Easy. Boss treated us to a buffet lunch! That's what we get for being with the boss and im so thankful that im with the boys! I really felt like i was back to being that tomboyish girl from elem-hs! hahahah!

Once the ladies arrived, we started the tour! for starters, we tried the best lechon in CEbu, (CNT) in ayala mall, which gave me the feeling of being in greenbelt. as in same design and all, less people nga lang. Went to their very own Divisoria too, less people nga lang ulit, as in much less. Then off we went to the Taoist Temple, On our way there, i was like thinking if this was like the Grotto in Baguio, But buti na lang hindi. lesser steps. hahahah.

After that, we hired a jeep going to Mactan Shangri La where we tried their best selling drink : BUKO JUICE! Oh my! that was really tiring! trying to finish that up! it was like it was bottomless! and no matter how hard i tried to kill it, i cant. I felt disappointed for not finishing that Buko. Then off we went to Imperial Palace. Our thing here is to have a feel of the finest hotels in Cebu. 7 star daw. That i cannot believe kasi from what i know, isa lang ang 7 star hotel sa buong mundo. at nasa dubai yun. Oh well. Then when we were about to go back to the city proper it started raining! reallly! so hungry and tired we ended up eating in a locale grill which was actually good naman!

Then, we had this room with 11 beds! yes, we all slept in one big room! and that was soooo fun! parang i could feel the bond, and im just so happy that im rediscovering myself again. Its been a long time since i last felt this way. With Akdang Buhay, then with pax and now with them. Just so nice.

We woke up around 4am the next day kasi we need to make habol sa bus going to Bantayan Islands! And 'the boss' was one of us. Im just amazed by this person because he is so humble! Then that was my first time to rife a RoRo too! shet. This just keeps getting better and better! And when we actually came to Sugar Beach, oh my! Was so clean and looks like we were the only people there! we immediately changed outfits and rode a small banca so we could go snorkeling na! everybody jumped into the water just as soon as the banca motor stopped!

From Bantayan Island, we again visited another VIRGIN island and thoughts came rushing in, someday, im gonna bring my family here. Someday.

We were so tired going back to Marriott but the feeling diminished when the boss said, we are going to have a feast. Buffet dinner it was. And from there, they gave me a name, silent killer, for i silently kill whatever. hahahahah! going back to our big room,i immediately fell asleep while the others had some story telling over bottles of beer.

The next morning, boss was about to say farewell so we had breakfast at UCC before he left. Then i went with the group who was scheduled to go to Tabuan, where dried everything was being sold. I spent Php2,000 for dried pusit and daing and dried mangoes and dilis! Whoa. Then had some massage while some had their time at Redbox in Ayala. Then went back to the airport for the flight going back to Manila.

Kokok, Mama, Dad, Chok and Theng was there to fetch me, and we had a very nice late dinner at Iceberg's by the bay. ( Was supposed to be at seafood island but since that was a tuesday, we bet they were already closed.)

So that's pretty much everything that happened in Cebu. Not that detailed blog but will for sure be forever be remembered.