Casting Thoughts: 05.2011

Boracay It Is! :)

May 16-18, 2011

Monday to Wednesday

I feel so blessed to have visited Boracay twice for the first quarter of 2011. My goal is to make the most of my remaining months enjoyable before I leave. Luckily, my schedule has been filled with beach getaways. Whohoo!

Our trip this time around is waaay better compared to that of last March, well, this is expenses wise. THIS TRIP WAS FOR FREE! Oha, nothing beats the joy brought by complimentary stuff, especially that I am super attracted to such.

Our expenditures only include our meriendas, lunch and dinner meals, night outs and activities. Overall, I spent only about P2500. Well, most of my meals were paid by Vincent and, Raymond and Tin settled our gimmick fees on our second night.

Thanks to Vincent's very outstanding performance at work, he was given the Club Excelente 2010 Award from Indra, his company. Galing! (Yes, I am a proud girlfriend :)) One of the incentives he received was a trip for two in Boracay valid for the entire year.

The reward encompasses air fare, daily breakfast and accommodation in Regency Hotel Boracay. Yes, Regency Hotel Boracay. Oh diba sosyal! :)

Regency's own port. Ganda!

We even had complimentary drinks and towelettes, perfect for the weather!


Regency's speed boat. Only took 5 mins to get to Boracay!

Haii, very relaxing!

Behind the glass is the lobby and reception area.

Hotel has 3 pools! Grabe lang sa laki!

We were in Boracay at around 10 am, and our room was not yet ready for check-in. We strolled the beach and had lunch at I Love Backyard Bbq. Food was good and in big serving. :)

Cute stuff posted on the wall.

We had henna's painted while Kuya Danny negotiated to us fun water activities. In all fairness to him, his deals were reasonable. And he was indeed, FAMOUS. :p

Meet Dangel!

"Hang Ten" my footsteps!

Our first activity was to drive an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) all the way to an overlooking rooftop.

I enjoyed driving it even though I can't reach the pedals. Haha. Had to position myself near the edge of the seat, not able to lean. Okay lang nag-enjoy naman ako. Besides, who cares?! :)

Okay, super enjoy ako! Haha.

When we got back to the beach, the sun was about to set. Here are some photos that caught me speechless. It is in fact the best sunset I've ever seen. Pae was right after all. :) These captures are SUPER gorgeous in real life. Btw, no editions done for these.

We had dinner at Manana. I liked my food, but still favor the burritos I've tried the first time.

We ended the night with drinks at Guilly's. Better songs this time! :)

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Teaser Beach-er

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I'm excited to post my most recent beach trips!

Unfortunately, our Internet connection at home is down, and obviously I'm sneaking against the IT staff here in the office as I blog today. HAHA.

So last May 16 to 18, Vincent and I went to Boracay. Wee! Here are some photos I borrowed from Google. :p

Tomorrow, I get to see Calatagan, Batangas. I am excited about our resort - Stilts Calatagan Beach Resort. It looks SOO good on their website, I hope it's for real. Here are a couple of photos from their site.

I am soo excited!! I think I've become a beach person. :)

Will blog soon! :)

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E18 Get Together

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May 7, 2011

Saturday

Last Saturday I met up with my previous hospital duty groupmates in Eastwood. This has been planned two months ago, trying to match each one's busy schedules. Finally, it went through even if we're incomplete.

We had dinner at Jack's Loft and coffee at Starbucks. We talked about the HOTTEST chismis in our school including girls stealing someone else's boyfriends, newly mothers, someone's cool job and of course, updates about ourselves. Can't wait to hear about our successful and happy stories after a few years. :)

It's always nice to see your school friends even after college. :)

Next stop: DESPEDIDA!

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Boracay Day 3

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March 6, 2011

Sunday
Our day three was alloted for the famous water activities in Boracay. Wee!

First, we had lunch at D' Talipapa. Anna did all the market shopping. We were glad one of us knows how to do this. Haha. We were around to watch her and carry the stuff she bought. Btw, we had nice photos in the market. ;p

We walked our way from Station 3 to Station 1 and relaxed in front of Astoria. We also had a few dips in the beach until we finally decided what activity to do.

Helmet Diving

My sister told me that this is a great experience and I am glad to have finally tried it. Although, I had doubts about it because Kuya Ri (my sister's boyfriend), backed out due to difficulty on breathing. He's asthmatic and so am I.

The helmet was HEAVY and trying to balance the pressure under was difficult. It was scary at the same time. I had a fish-eye vision with the helmet that made me a little nauseous. All we did there was feed the fish and take some pictures. Vincent and I had some pre-nup photos, which I refuse to upload! Hahaha.

All in all it was definitely an experience, but is something not doing the second time around.

Plus, this was when JM did his astronaut walk that turned out to be a complete disaster! Still laughed everytime I watch it. :D

Must watch:
2:08 - JM's free fall! The best!!! Kahit paulit-ulit ko panoorin natatawa parin ako!
4:17 - Eds still trying to equalize
4:33 - Vincent's tongue exercise

Flying Fish

This is my FAVORITEEE! It was my first time to experience this and it was definitely FUN!! I am very proud that I did not fall, not even near at falling in this ride. Yabang? Hahah. Well, I was seated in the middle at the front part. I was with four boys and they were all positioned around me. In short, I was at the safest spot. :D

After our fun-filled activities, we had merienda at Jonah's. Flying Fish was LITERALLY tiring! Felt like I just had a workout.

Sayang we didn't have photos at Jonah's and on the Flying Fish. It's all in our memories. :D

Here are our headshot photos!