Tuesday, March 27, 2007

starting summer

What's nice about being a student is that we get to have summer vacations. Yey! Our lives are divided into school and no-school periods. Pag professional ka na, you don't get to feel the changing seasons and summertime doesn't mean respite from work. Buti na lang estudyante pa rin ako!

Kami sa IVHome ay hindi nagpahuli sa pag-celebrate ng end ng classes at pag-kick-off sa aming mga housemates na graduating this year. Syempre. For our sem-ender cum year-ender slash kick-off slash welcome-kuya-steve-party, pumunta kami sa Coco Palm Resort sa Guimaras nung Friday, March 23. At kumpleto kami, in fairness. Pati yung mga working girls present. yeeeha! As expected, picture galore ang nangyari. =p

Sun. Sky. Swimming. Sunburn. Sarap ng Mangga. Perfect! If you haven't tasted Guimaras mangoes, you haven't tasted Philippine mangoes yet. Big and succulent. Ano pa ang hahanapin mo sa beach?

On the night we got there, we had Wine and Turkish Delight and excerpts from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe read by our Canadian guest Kuya Steve. We also played Scruples until about 11pm. Then for the first time in so long, I slept in a hammock under the stars, lulled by the gentle breeze, the beat of the waves on the shore, the song of the crickets and the warmth from the wine.

The next day, we had breakfast overlooking the sea, praise and prayer, and boating + swimming in the morning. Natinik ng sea urchin si Yanyan, na-sting ng jellyfish si Frozti, muntik nang malunod sila Nang Bjo and Jimjim, at ginawang taga-hatid&sundo si Kuya Steve from the beach to the island in the deeper end of the sea. We all got a tan. Nice.

Sad to say, I had to leave at 3pm because I had to get back to Iloilo for community work on Sunday, our last for the year. Grrrr... The rest of the housemates stayed for another day.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. Kasadya baaah! Wala nyo ko gin upod!! Hehehe! kahilidlaw. I'm looking at your pics right now. :)

Desiree Mijares said...

the pictures are loveRly [i went to your multiply site]. kaka-ingit. well, i am currently [finally] on spring break. although it's only a week and i work 2 days out of short week. i won't have much of a summer vacation this year as i'll be taking 1 last class before graduating and working at the same time. sigh... i can't wait to retire. lol.

~tint~ said...

JONI - sadya guid! kadto ka di, kadto man ta alubihod or baras! =) ari di si bhoy2 kagab-i, nagkit-anay kami nila chacha. ahay, tani ari ka. hidlaw na man kami simo. :)

BIANCS - hehe, punta ka dito sa iloilo! i go home to davao tomorrow and i hope to make the most of the 2 months of vacation. it's the last we'll have after all. waaah, can't wait for retirement either! lol. waw, you work and study at the same time, really impressive. i hope i can get a summer job, i've never worked before. ^____^!