Sir Joel <3 Dimple

best wishes to sir joel and dimple!! ^_^ (august 8, 2009 @ sta. ana church, reception @ grand regal hotel)

Zippin' at Camp Sabros 2009

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zippers' itinerary

06.00 am assembly time @ ecoland terminal

06.30 - 07.40 bus ride from davao terminal to digos terminal (bus fare @ p70.00)

07.40 - 07.45 tricycle ride to "old digos terminal" (tricyle fare @ p9.00)

07.45 - 08.30 waited for the van to be full (later on we hired the van/pakyaw @ p1,500.00)

08.30 - 09.30 van ride from "old digos terminal" to sitio barras check-point, brgy. kapatagan

09.30 - 10.00 uphill trek (horse ride @ p30.00/person)

10.00 - 12.30 zip, cable lift, rappelling, picture taking and lunch!

12.30 - 01.00 downhill trek (horse ride @ p30.00/person)

01.00 - 02.00 van ride from sitio barras check-point to "old digos terminal"

02.00 - 02.30 tricycle ride to nars! and digos terminal (tricyle fare @ p15.00)

02.30 - 03.30 bus ride from digos terminal to davao terminal (bus fare @ p70.00)

zip rides we tried.

p500 per pax - 380m & 400m zipline, treetop rappel and cable lift (kim and i)

p180 per pax - 380m zipline and cable lift (mj, melrose, ellen and jean)

an after-zip interview with the first time zippers:

#1 in one word, describe your camp sabros zip experience?

mj : exhausting!!! (i wonder why???)

kim: action-packed adventure!!! (two-words na man ni!)

cha: zipppppppp!!!

#2 was it worth zippin' at camp sabros? it has been a long and winding road to heaven...:)

mj : for experience...yes!

kim: yes!

cha: super!

#3 what were the things you would like to do while zippin' at camp sabros if only you could turn back time?

mj : nothin'. the minimum requirements were met! (mj has tried 380m zipline in superman position and a cable lift).

kim: i should have tried all zip lines! i was not prepared with all the possible things that might have happened. (thank god! nothing bad had happened to us.)

cha: i missed the tandem and superman position zip ride. i would really want to try it. uhmmm, 800m zip?? not sure! :) another thing, taking a video while zippin'.

#4 will you zip again?

mj : no! for experience it was worth it but to zip the 2nd time around. i might faint! that was a traumatic experience for me. i can't really explain how i felt that time. (mj has fear of heights. it's understandable.)

kim: yes!

cha: yes!

#5 rate your over-all camp sabros experience.

mj : 4

kim: 4

cha: 4

#6 what was/were your best and worst experience(s) in camp sabros?

mj: best experience would be the cable lift and worst experience was the zip itself.

kim: best experience would be the horse back riding and the zip. my worst experience was zippin' with a hungry stomach. i should have eaten a full breakfast meal!

cha: the rides were great but fears came in after the zip rides. ***late reaction*** i felt worst too when kim and i were lifted through a cable wire after rappelling down at a 80 feet tree. at first we were doing fine. then suddenly, the cable wire sounded weird. i asked our guide if the squeaking was normal but he hasn't answered me clearly. i was a bit flustered and looked for a safety line just in case we fell down. (we were at the top of the tree in one piece. safe and sound.) i would really appreciate if the guide were polite enough to inform me that it was normal. he just told me as soon as we arrived at the top "para surpise pud!"

some tips out of our experience:

• hire a van going to camp sabros. we wasted an hour waiting for the van to be full. maybe it wasn't our day.
  
• prepare for an erratic weather up there. it was sunny morning from davao to digos. however, as we climbed to brgy. kapatagan, it got colder and cloudy. we went down earlier than expected to avoid the rain. the uphill/downhill trek gets slippery when wet.
  
• dress comfortably. bring jacket/sweater too.
• eat before zippin'. bring a bar of chocolate to boost your energy. :)
• video/cam (phones) should have slings to avoid loosing them. it was quite hard taking a video while zippin' if your gadgets do not have slings.
• asked the local for other destination up there. we certainly missed kublai's house which was near the location and "mamalengke" at brgy. kapatagan proper.

happy zippin' :)

Sony's Going to CDO

sony, a good friend of mine since college has been working for smart communications for quite sometime. you might have seen here at smart ponciano as a customer representative. throughout her work experience with smart, this is the second time that she will be relocated. the first one was in smart tagum. now, she is bound to cagayan de oro as a sales agent.

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last saturday night, we were at k-1 to have a little send-off and get together party for sony. aja sony! :)

change. change. change.

i have grown to like change. at one point in our lives, there are things or events that came upon us which lead us to another path of learning or maybe a heightened experience to live life to the fullest. moreover, anxiety, agitation, apprehension and stress may arise. they are normal and expected as part of the process that one must overcome. otherwise, the lack of courage and fear itself may overwhelm you. relax. keep it low and cool. hold on to the promise that the one above is in control of everything and has a better plan for you. bloom where you are planted, as they say. :)

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change;
at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or
in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.
A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
~~~ paulo coelho ~~~~

Lachi's Experience

last tuesday, we went to lachi’s sans rival atbp (or simply lachi's)

with mj for a good lunch.

eating at lachi's is still a superb treat. their cakes are heavenly and sinful for those who are on a diet. but this won't stop us! ;)

we usually have our lunch or dinner there for celebrations or just to satisfy our food cravings after a days work! it was ayhen who brought us to this food destination. from then on, i have fallen in love with lachi's (including kim!). luckily, lachi's is near from our

workplace (@ brokenshire college, madapo davao city). from there, we hired a tricycle for p20.00 (pakyaw tirada!) and told the driver we were bound to lachi's at old AMA (@ marfori hgts.) that's it! they knew the place.

one of the reasons why we eat there every now and then, is because of 5 chocolate torte, which is kim's all time favorite! it is a luscious 5 layer cake. hmm, i not a food writer but it was really divine eating that cake. it seems like chocolate mousse cake but much more delicious! :) my personal favorite is their blue berry cheesecake! i just love cheesecake whatever the topping it might be.

for lunch/dinner dishes i always go for fish fillet or stuffed chicken glazed with pineapple sauce. for kim, as always it would be lechon kawali!

as always, it is safe to make a reservation first berfore hopping there. during peak (lunch/dinner) hours they are full. unless, you are willing to wait...outside. such as what happened to us. it was a unplanned trip to lachi's. we arrived there at 12.15pm and the place was jampacked. we almost waited for 30 minutes for a vacant table. good thing, they took advance orders. the place is quite small and can cater ~10 tables only. but most of the patrons (like us) are willing to wait. it must be the cakes! but i can really say it's worth waiting.

address: ruby st., marfori heights, davao city

landline: 082.224.5552

for more yummy photos please visit the following blogs: i found them while surfing the web about lachi's.

davao foodie - the food blog of andrew dela serna

pinoy food cravings - a pinoy photo blog

blogalag - mga kwentong parlor ng dyosang palabuy-laboy

happy eating *smile*

Summer Get Together with College Friends

i was really excited when sony told me that coney and her family is coming over for a summer holiday! wow, what a great treat! yipppeee. i will have those pasalubong from canada. hehehe. true enough, i did have it! the garnier shampoo really works for me. thanks con! mwah.

what did we do? we eat out!...best things in life are free! hehehe. blow out courtesy of con and jou! after which, we went for a movie treat @ gaisano mall cinema! duol lang! ayos, dili kaayo layo from my place! hehehe. we watched T2. lingaw jud! i think it was not that scary but when jou shared something... i will not discuss it in details here...goosebumps hit me!

it was almost midnight and everybody was looking for a place to go for a drink and some music. everyone was in a disco fever mode! ay, sila lang di ay! hehehe. so we went to autoshop. since it was a tuesday, it was really expected that bars along autoshop was quite deserted...buti na lng na isipan nilang magcoffee na lang! baktas gamay..here we were at tata benito's A Whole Latte Love. nice ambiance......nice coffee...uhm, nakalimot ko sa ako gi-order! =) and a bit pricey. what do you expect from a coffeshop? nagcoffee ka pa! hehehe.

it was in the wee hours (1.30am, tingali to!) that we parted. ako, niuli na. klase pa man gud pagka 8am...wala pa ko ka prepare sa ako klase. waaa. but others has opted to find another destination for a drink and some chikka pa!=)

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p.s. it was really nice meeting yesa, botskie's girlfriend and rhea, joelan's girlfriend.

photos courtesy of sony sevilla 4/21/2009. thank you son!

we did have fun! love ko 'to!