Summer Fever in Davao

I call it summer fever because my stay in Davao was a blast especially that I was with my friends that I long missed. And also, summer fever because I literally got fever due to cough and colds, although I never allowed it to stop me from enjoying much. I was in Eden Garden Resort, Davao City last April 3-9. I went there for an annual meeting with Compassion Int'l, a charity foundation that provides scholarship grants and trainings for deserving students (like me!). I thanked them for helping me earn a university degree. Anyway, Eden Garden is much like a paradise with lots of facilities to enjoy from horseback-riding, mountain trecking, basketball, Indiana Jones crazy rides, zoo, bird watching, swimming, beautiful gardens, forest to get lost in, delicious food, and many more. Eden, a sprawling 80 hectares or so property owned and managed by, guess who, the Ayalas of Davao, is one major tourist spot in this Southern part of Philly together with the Pearl Farm Resort. My experience in Davao is full of fun, memories and friendships. Just look at the pictures and decide for yourself why it was such a blast. And so the story unfolds:

These are the people closest to my heart. We spent sleepless nights only talking about virtually anything that comes into mind. Even if we come to sessions still sleepy, uhm, we managed to actually appear that we have rested so well so that the facilitators won't suspect that we spent the night like nocturnal animals. That is taken in Eden's scenic amphitheater overlooking Davao City.

Meet Ate Michelle and Benster. Ate Mich is close friend and and so is Benster. Haha... As you can see, we squeeze each other like there's no tomorrow. Maybe because we are just too tired and bored that we decided to make some fun.

I know pictures paint a thousand words, so I would like them to speak for you.

Shopping blues!

An ultimate rule in life: Don't go shopping without money in your pockets!

Well, that is unfortunately true to me since I just got from shoppping without nothing in hand when I return home. I went to Dumaguete's Lee Plaza for some unwinding after a week-long toxic hospital duties. But sadly, my allowance is not in yet, and all I have to do is to wait and contemplate for a pair of Chuck Taylor shoes, a simple white shirt and a jacket (I don't know why I'm interested in buying one when I now pretty well that it's summer). My dad does not have any plan in mind to be at least merciful to me this summer. Hey, summer is perfect for money spending, right? All I depend on for my survival are my sisters. Thank God, they are generous enough to give in to some of my clothing and food indulgence!

I don't know if going downtown is a relief, an ominous sign for my financial insufficiencies, or maybe a realization that you can't have everything you like even if you feel like having it NOW. I guess, it was both a relief and a frustrating thing. Relief because I got the life of my time fitting in clothes, shoes, and sunglasses and frustrating because I can do nothing in acquiring them let alone a thousand pesos poorer now(huhu).

I guess it was never, thankfully, a big deal for me in experiencing this sad delayed gratification thing, just maybe in the right time I will know why I have to delay things that cause a bit of sadness. Maybe, just maybe. I leave that to decades more of existence in this world. But for now, I am resolved: NO SHOPPING 'TIL THE POCKET IS FULL or perhaps 'til the ATM/VISA card is ready for spending.

Picture perfect

When friends come together
everything change.

Happiness.
True self.
Realization.
Indulgence.

an amateur in this genre called poetry

when people come and go
i just wish the world stops
even just once.
i wish the world would cease a year
that at least i got to do what i want to.
and when it stops
friends will come and see
and enjoy each others' company.

duh. what if again after a year?
when everything will come to
a start once.
oh, it's parting time.
sad and gloomy my days will be
when all my buddies will go and be free.

life is a box full of friends and company
and if that box will be filled
my, oh, my it will overflow.
just like with friends, they have to go.


***Duh. im just trying out poetry making if i can make a good one,
but i think this is the worst . whahah***