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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

2010 Back to Back Trip in Rizal

       
         If you want to skip the haggard traffic, the irritating noise and the never ending busy world of Metro Manila. Take less than hour away going to the places in Rizal such as Resorts and different tourist destinations (coming from Cubao, Quezon City and to its nearby districts and cities).   Nowadays, Rizal is also considered as one of the first class provinces that belongs to CALABARZON (Region 1V-A) and boast with green nature and growing industries.


It was unplanned when we went to one of the class resorts in Taytay, Rizal – Thunderbird Resort. My former officemate who has contact here invited us to spend our weekend in Thunderbird resort right after  five days of non-stop working days. I remember I don’t’ have any extra shirts to use that time so we decided to buy shirt and other things needed to Robinson Galleria.  Then, it has been hours when we left Santolan, Pasig and arrived to Thunderbird Resort, because that time it was quite difficult to get private vehicle that can brought us to the said resort.



                I can’t recall what time we had been arrived. I guess it was 1 or 2 in the morning when we arrived and putting all our things inside the VIP room of Thunderbird Hotel, Then after eating some foods (served by the crews of the resort), we tried to play to the hotel and resort’s casino. We enjoyed the casino inside the Thunderbird Resort, most especially when we won during the first few games of betting (but suddenly lost in the end). After playing casino, we slept over until 9 in the morning. From our room, you can see the top view of the Thunderbird Resort highlighting the Infinity pool, the green field and the morning sun which was bit up away on the horizon of Laguna de bay. Then few steps away from the hotel, there was a buffet set up, a beach volleyball court for sport activity and playground for kids. It was a whole day of Saturday back then when we enjoyed the greenfield and activity center, its infinity pool and the service of the staffs and crews of Thunderbird Resort.



                Few weeks after, we planned to go back in Rizal but this time in one of the known resorts in Antipolo and stayed there for overnight – Bosay Resort. From SM Megamall we rented an FX that led us 45 minutes to an hour away from the business center of Ortigas. It was late night when we arrived in Bosay Resort. So that, we quickly prepared all the things we brought most especially the foods and the drinks bought at SM Department Store in SM Megamall. Not to go further and before the highlight of this overnight trip, we used to move around first and saw what makes this place popular for people who used to spend their weekend together with their friends and family. Aside from public pools, there is an Olympic and a Disco pool wherein you need to wear swimsuit and trunks (strictly implemented). 


                Time goes by that time, we started our drinking session. We started to drink beer then after drank shot glasses of tequila. Music has been set that time courtesy of a small speaker brought by one of our colleagues. After tequila, we twisted to drink hard rum that absolutely made the people wild and tipsy. A Glass of rum moving and passing around and some of our colleagues were grooving to the pop music playing inside our cottage.  Tugs! Tugs! Tugs! until 2 to 4am and until we finally drank a bottom’s up game of vodka and lost the consciousness on some of our friends. Well, that trip was somehow stressing and I will not further discuss the happy and naughty scenes acted upon most especially to those who had been sponsored by the spirit of alcohol. I woke up in the morning and drank a cup of coffee which had been given by one of our friends. I looked around. Hahaha! Obviously, some were wasted, some were not and some needed an assistance to take them up. We fetch up some of our friends and brought them up and put inside the car. We led them to the apartment of my friend in Santolan, Pasig City. We couldn’t bring them home because of their unconscious condition and because of the outcome of the four types of alcohol we had been drunk that time. Hahaha! Until now and when I recall that day, it always keep me smile and it was indeed memorable and funny.



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