discovering camotes island.

i have now discovered the wonders traveling brings into someone's life. going to camotes (about 100 kilometers away from cebu city) with a few of my colleagues is one of the things i would never trade for anything else ever!

camotes is a small island with white sand that is very very comparable to boracay minus the tons of people and bars. it is somewhat still underdeveloped which makes it a more interesting place because most of the sceneries that you will see are 100% untouched.

to reach camotes, take a cab or a minivan in cebu city and tell the driver to take you to danao port. ferry boat to camotes costs 200php and takes almost two hours. once you're there, you will be greeted by the locales who are hands down one of the nicest people you will ever meet. vans/cars of several resorts are already lined up so make sure to do your homework on where to stay before traveling. i strongly recommend you not to stay in your hotel throughout your stay and ask your hotel frontdesk on the island's ideal spots. to go around the place, the common transpo is known as "habal-habal" which is kind of a motorcycle taxi. you can even ask the driver to pick you up at your desired time for no more than 50 bucks.

food is of course delectable and cheap. we are 6 very hungry tigers and our one full day meal consumption cost us 3,000php! our bfast, lunch and dinner includes crispy pata, really big fish (fish costs 100php and is good for two), pork belly, chopsuey, lots of sisig, 2 cases of beer, more than 10 liters of sprite, about 10 platters of rice, pizza, cheesesticks, etc.

i went home gaining more than 5lbs. i think. =)

overall it was a remarkable place and a nice means to get away with stress from work!

a must-visit for travelers. =)

TTYL,

notes from the past.

and so i found my old xanga blog that i used to keep in college and i can't help but laugh, cringe and snort?? on some of my old entries. overall it made me smile on how simple my problems were 5 years ago. =)

allow me to share some of my entries i wrote back in 2004:

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

I CANNOT BELIEVE I WROTE IN HERE WITHOUT MENTIONING HARRY POTTER 3! i watched it twice already, nung friday june 04, and sunday june 06. parehong c panget kasama ko, the second time we watched it with mom and sibs. i can't actually say its great, but its pretty decent and well plotted. changes in the setting include: hagrid's hut, the common room, the fat lady, even their uniforms have changed. NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM is suddenly skinny, and SEAMUS FINNIGAN actually looked cute! haha. the new headmaster did okay, though mas ok parin ung voice nung dating DUMBLEDORE. & what's up w/ that ponytail in his beard?! it destructs me during the entire film! some flaws i noticed: PROFESSOR LUPIN is supposed to be rugged, and in the movie he's not. the FIREBOLT is given to HARRY at the middle of the term, not at the end when SIRIUS has already escaped. & harry overheard MR. & MRS.WEASLEY that sirius is after him, not mr. weasley telling him. sayang they edited out some of the funny scenes in the book. sobrang hahaba na kasi. but if i was to ask i wouldn't mind watching harry potter for four hours! can't wait for the fourth sequel next year!

i'm such a huge harry potter fan that not even twilight could replace. true i'm totally gaga over robert pattinson but storyline-wise, hands down harry potter still. i'm a bookworm and until now i have never read a book series that kept me hooked like harry potter. i'm open for suggestions. =)

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

ragnarok here i come! my boyfriend just taught me how to play this admittedly adictive game. his reasons are obviously evil: so i wouldn't bug him every now and then to stop playing and do something worthwhile -- like shopping! after months of resisting and telling to myself that i would never play online games, i finally gave in and gave this game a chance. ok yeah, maganda nga and really addicting. although i can't help but smile on my boyfriend's efforts to teach me so i would really enjoy it! he just spent 3 hours trying to assist me and helping me get a job (which he casually picked for me by the way) and constantly telling me that i won't regret it. boys tend to be soooooo annoying, but i love him still. oh well, looking forward to countless quality time with him in a computer cafe. SWEET.

this is where my addiction to online gaming began. never stopped playing ragnarok until the end of my 2nd year. then started playing again in mid-2006 i think with the new game RAN. stopped again after being regularized at etel and focused on work work work. then played CABAL just mid last year until late last year. most recently was ROHAN, although i stopped because my friend who introduced me to that game suddenly went busy and rarely went online. and it was installed in my desktop pc which suddenly doesn't power on. now i rarely play online games as i'm addicted to watching series such as one tree hill, america's best dance crew and the hills. on rare ocassions i play facebook's mafia wars and farmtown, although most of the time i'm out at night with friends. =)

postnote: a friend texted me offering me libresse sanitary napkins 5pcs for 20php. seriously???

TTYL,

i'm giving up

okay. i gave up and have finally resorted to XML version of blogspot. for months i've been trying to have my layout set on classic template which uses HTML but i'ts just too difficult for me to add the things that i want to add, like followers and comments page. i loooooove my older layouts but there are lots of limitations and it takes me hours to edit the layout. i'm not really good at HTML so i finally resorted to XML since this is very easy to manage. i just hope i find nice layouts that uses XML.

anyway, i'm supposed to be out tonight but my guy friend suddenly bailed on me so here i am: pinag-initan ko nalang ulit yung blog ko. hehe.

things to look forward to:

- company outing @ club manila east

- our first ever team GA (block sked yey!)

- cebu trip / boyz ii men concert! (i'm still torn between the two)

- harry potter 6 the movie

- alvin & the chipmunks sequel!

TTYL,

blog revamped again.

and so i decided to revamp my blog again. this is the first time in four weeks that i am actually home on a saturday night.

anyway, my eyes are tired and i'm off to bed. let me know what you think!

TTYL,