First Tan in 2006

Around 3, I met my friends (Candy, Jun, and Tabel) at Waltermart beside my condo. We're tasked to do the grocery. We checked out first the winery section. Since it's our first out-of-town gimmick for 2006, we thought of not getting another Emperador brandy. If you've been reading my posts lately, you'd remember that we've had this brandy for 2 consecutive Fridays already. We got a Fundador this time. Jun asked the stockperson for the cost of this imported brandy. He said, "345 pesos". We compared the price of the local one and guess how much it is... "61". We guffawed at this. In short, we got the local brandy.

Continued our grocery. We bought chips, nuts, canned sisig (for pulutan), water, and plastic utensils & plates. We thought of our breakfast for Sunday so we headed to the bread section. Candy made a remark that "Gardenia tastes bland" so we got "Real Good" instead. Apparently, one stockperson overheard Candy's comment. He approached our friend and interviewed her. He also asked her mobile number, address, and additional comments. On the side, we teased Candy like highschool students ;oP

Around 4, we're done with our grocery. I went back home to get some plastic cups, pitcher, and a leftover Emperador brandy. We proceeded to the office to fetch the rest of our barkada: Mike, Beng, and Nikks. Uhm... Earl was supposed to join us BUT he backed out at the last minute due to ... *rolling my eyes now* anyhoo.

Tabel had her van radio tuned in to my super favorite station, 96.3. As expected, we sang along on most of the songs... even the station identification.


First thing to do was to have some dinner in Tagaytay. We passed by some resto offering views of Taal. This place called "La Trobada" caught our fancy. We had our pictures taken before having our dinner, composed of Bulalo (a must-try) and fried tawilis. Two guys entertained us with their fancy guitar playing. We sang along too. We're a cool bunch, eh?

Second item on the itinerary was to find a resort in Batangas. We tried first some unknown resorts. They were too jologs for us. We found closed resorts. We reached dead ends. That scared the wits out of everyone. Teehee...

Checked out "Munting Buhangin" but they don't have tv in any of their cottages. I bought my MagicSing, y'know, and we plan to watch Pacquiao's fight tomorrow. It's really important to have teevee. The walk back from the reception was hell (poorly lit and too steep). How could they let their customers suffer?!!!

We were amazed by the grandeur of "Kawayan Cove" but unfortunately, it's for members only. Candy thought the guard was cute though. It's an interesting place and we all thought of having our company outing there. Well, it's worth a try.

It's past 9 and we still haven't seen any place to spend the night in. We're tired already. Jun thought of checking out "Punta Baluarte". En route to that resort, we (more of they 'cause I was taking a nap) found a pretty cool place called "Lago de Oro".


Their villas looked clean and new. They have marbled floors, balcony, and hot water!!!. The rooms are spacious and could accomodate 4 people. We preferred to sleep in one bedroom. Candy used her credit card for easier transactions. The very accomodating receptionist named Carla informed us that Tim Cone with his family, BJ (Bernard Palanca) and Geoff Eigenmann were in the house. That made the eyes of our ladies sparkle... Beng's, our RP, most especially. True enuff, we found BJ & Geoff playing billiards with their friends.


After depositing our stuff in our room, we immediately changed into our bathing suits and checked out the pool. They also have sauna and jacuzzi. We were told that it's only open till 11 pm. We were discouraged to swim because they just put chlourine in the water. Well, that wouldn't stop us from swimming. Jun ordered beer from the bar. Ahhh, finally we got to relax!


Around midnight, we went back to our room, took our baths, and started drinking our grape-flavoured brandy. Of course, we sang our hearts out. Too bad for our neighbors though. Candy tried singing "Hiram" but she got lost in the chorus. Beng rendered "I'd Still Say Yes". Tabel sang "New York, New York", complete with cabaret dancing. When I sang "Take On Me", Tabel started jumping on the beds. Turned out to be a pretty cool idea so Nikks joined in the fun.

Jun started to feel hot. We teased him that Beng, our RP (curious now as to what this means?), was all ready for him. Teehee... Jun kept rubbing ice on his forehead. Later on, he left the group and just slept. A few minoots later, Mike also zonked out on his chair. So it's just me, Tabel, Candy, Beng, and Nikks who were drinking, singing, or eating chips. Wish Earl or Ogz or Tomas was here. They're pretty good at staying up late.

Around 3 or 4 am, it was only Beng and I who were singing. We even got a mysterious knock on our door. We didn't bother to know who did it. When Beng positioned herself on the bed, I rendered my last song and gave in to the call of the bed I shared with Jun.