Monday, May 21, 2007
the sunday that was
I've had a quite FULL day yesterday.Went swimming with Kim and sis. Yes. Tatlo lang kami. Ang saya pa rin. :)
Side kwento #1: Cathe and I finally bought new swimsuits. Kainis pa kasi sale pala sa mall that time so nakatago yung ibang swimsuits (sa mga boutiques) kasi nga, pag sale, it's usually the old stocks that are out. Oh well...we still managed to find a few good ones.
Forward to yesterday, Sunday.
Usapan, Kim's going to use their fam's car, drive here at home and we'll leave at around 8am for CME (fave place to be). Cathe and I played scrabble the night before with Mama and kinda slept late so late na rin kami nagising.
Side kwento #2: Medyo nababaliw kami sa paglalaro ng scrabble and monopoly ngayon eh. Cathe's the monopoly mogul (lagi akong bankrupt...lech*!) while Mama's the scrabble queen (laging nakakaubos ng letters...ngekers!) leaving me to be 2nd best always. Err... o_0
Aga dumating ni Kim sa bahay...around 7am. I was still in the CR doing my stuff and Cathe was just about to start preparing breakfast. We left at around 8am naman, bringing with us some snacks and food.
Daming tao that day. Big groups aplenty. Dapat may award kami noh? Smallest group. ;p Waited in line for long.
CME Trivia #1: Kasama na don ang isang grupong nauna sa amin sa highway at nakasakay sila ng isang green FX. Aba! Pinagtripan kami. Pinipikchuran kami sa car while we were on the way to CME. Buti na lang, Kim overtook them. Haha! Beeh! :p
CME Trivia #2: Kasama rin sa linya ang isang taong hindi namin mawari kung babae o lalaki. Waah! o_o Truly boggles the mind.
The purpose of our swimming (aside from last minute vacation spills) is to try out the new wave pool. Problem is, de oras yung pag-andar ng waves sa wave pool. 10am pa raw so what we did was try out the other pools we haven't tried yet. Hindi na kami kumuha ng cabana kasi hindi rin naman namin magagamit so libot libot na lang kami. Una, sa lap pool for the early morning exercise. Then, sa bean pool na mababaw all throughout...meaning, boring. Tapos, sa shaded pool para umiwas sa araw.
CME Trivia #3: Doon namin na-meet si "excuse me po" na walang ibang ginawa kundi dumaan sa gitna naming tatlo at mag-excuse me. FYI: batang babae ito so hindi namin ma-gets ang kanyang papansin moves.
After awhile, punta na sa wave pool kung saan naipon ang maraming tao. Wala lang...patalbog talbog lang with the waves. Maliit lang yung area so hindi rin namin ma-enjoy with all the people there. We decided to go back to the lap pool to make talbog talbog, manual style. =p
We spent the rest of the day sa may lap pool. Tulog/rest ng onti before lunch time. Masarap tumambay don kasi onti lang talaga tao. Kasi naman, medyo malalim. Scary for kids. Karamihan sa mga nandon eh adults especially guys na mahilig magpa-impress ng kanilang swimming skills (tanga naman). I will explain later.
Come lunch, bumili kami ng chicken joy (na dumami) before heading back to the car to eat. No bringing of food/drinks kasi don eh so sa labas talaga kami kumain. Pero si kuyang pa-cute sa may Jollibee, mali yung binigay. 1 piece chicken yung isang styro so binalikan nila Kim and Cathe yung missing chicken. Pagbalik nila, ang supposedly 2 piece chicken eh naging 3 piece. That's not counting the other styro with 2 piece chicken. So all in all, we had 5 pieces of chicken for lunch plus more rice and beef tapa.
We ate sauna style kasi hindi kaya ng aircon yung init. Super! Pawis galore. Blow blow na nga lang ako sa yelo na bitbit namin to cool off a bit. Grabe talaga. What an experience. =p
Dali dali kaming lumabas ni sis to go to the lap pool again to swim. Humabol na lang si Kim.
Ito na yung mga "tanga" stories.
Kwento #1: Guy made dive sa malalim side ng lap pool. One lap of freestyle. Pagdating sa other side, na-realize niyang nawala ang kanyang necklace. Syempre, he asked help from kuya lifeguard (ang lifeguard na hindi nagpapabasa). Kuya lifeguard gave the guy a pair of goggles para makita niya under the pool yung necklace. After 5-10 minutes of searching, nahanap din niya...sa may malalim side pa. Kumusta na kaya ang tenga ng guy na yon? Ito pa...sabi ni kuya lifeguard, ingatan na raw yung mga accessories at itago if ever (kasi naman, yung buong grupo ng guy eh tadtad ng mga necklaces at bracelets...hello! this is a resort noh...this is not a fashion show.). Ask me what the guy did. Dali. He pocketed his newly found necklace sabay dive ulit. Sana nauntog siya pagdive niya...baka matauhan.
Kwento #2: Lolo with glasses went swimming. Sa mababaw side lang naman. He called the kuya lifeguard. Nahulog daw glasses niya. Kuya lifeguard went looking from above and pointed to the lost glasses under. Ayun...lolo got his glasses and eyesight back.
Big question for the day: Uso na ba ang swimming with glasses or shades on? Dami kasing naka-shades while swimming. So weird they are.
Kwento #3: A fam went swimming sa deeper side ng lap pool. Eh yung lap pool kasi, may design sa gilid na parang mababaw muna tapos lalim bigla...basta. Ang nangyari, nahulog yung bata...baka nadulas. Grabe! Ngayon lang ako nakakita ng batang nagba-bob sa water...apparently, nalulunod na. Dali daling kinuha ng mga parents. So there. I didn't have to do CPR na kasi na-save yung bata. Where was kuya lifeguard? Nasa kabilang side at napatingin lang. Bagal ng reflexes noh? I wonder if kuya lifeguard can swim. Sa tingin niyo...can he?
So there...after a few more swims, pictures, and kwento, umalis na kami at around 3pm. Sa bahay na kami nagshower.
***
Pag-uwi, kumain kami ng saglit. Ginutom after the sauna lunch. Then, nagshower na kami. May family lakad kami after. Have to go to the airport kasi nandon si Darrel. He was to go to the US at 10:30pm. Since wala naman siyang ginagawa don, we decided to make him pasyal sa SM MOA. Eion, rush rush. Parang yung nangyari kay Macmac.
Namasyal kaming tatlo ni sis with Darrel while Ma and Pa waited lang sa may strip. Bought drinks at Starbucks. Tapos dinner at a shabu shabu after. Hindi kami na-satisfy eh...pero we were too full to even think about it. Kasi we had snacks/drinks before dinner so we were kinda full anyway.
Hinatid namin si Darrel pabalik ng airport at around 9pm. Good thing he already checked in his bag so pwedeng magtagal.
So there...that's the Sunday I had. We were too tired after to even play scrabble.
And oh...I've finally got my tan lines now. Pahirapan. =p
| nadZ went splisha-splashing at 2:23 pm
