Oslob Day 2 - Of early mornings, dirty faces, and sunrise :)

Day 2  (February 3) started pretty early - for some of us, at least. Those who had retired to bed right after the night swim a few hours back (joining those who did not join in on the fun) woke up in turns in the wee hours of the morning, while those who stayed up to drink and play some more finally went to sleep.

Now for this trip, there were 24 of us, plus one baby (Lyle's). Though Marseh did go home by 6:30PM so she didn't spend the night there, you might be wondering how we managed to fit in the bedrooms.

We didn't. Those who couldn't find any place on the beds slept wherever they could, making use of whatever cushions they could put their hands on. More on that later.

I wasn't really aware of how everyone managed to find a place to sleep since I was dozing away, but after having woken up at half past 2 AM by a loud (therefore drunk) Richie diving on the bed between me and Airene, I couldn't really go back to sleep. Richie did get up barely a minute later (after Aris asked him where he was going to sleep if Richie took the space on the bed), saw Ken all alone on the top bunk, and promptly declared it as an "Oi! ASG STATION!" (Ken is the ASG for our team) before climbing up - still noisily - to join Ken on the top bunk. A few minutes later, Ken's phone went tumbling down to the floor, which finally did it for me and had me getting up to find out how the others were doing outside.

What greeted me was an almost non-recognizable living room/kitchen area!


Topsy turvy!

Oslob Day 1 - Of long journeys, booze, music, and a whole lot of FUN!

Last Saturday, my team and I headed for the Southern Cebu town of Oslob for our first ever team outing. 

FINALLY. This has been talked about since last year. We only just got around to finally planning and pushing through with it this time after the recent schedule bid which gave us all weekend rest days. Also, our team had been awarded Php10,000-worth of Sodexho gift certificates (from the account) plus Php 2,000 in cash (from the Chat Support line of business) for having the lowest number of lates and absences for the month of December. All in all, we had Php 12,000 to spend and we were so ready to head out of town to do so!

Lyle found this rest house by the beach that we could rent out for Php 3,500 per night. This information was from a local forum from a thread back in 2010, so the price wasn't really updated. When we contacted them for inquiries, we were quoted a price of Php 4,000 per night, which was good for 10 people. The number of heads in excess would be charged Php 100 per person.

It was a pretty good deal.

Aris, Lyle, Ron, and I went on undertime to buy food and supplies at the Save More supermarket at the E-Mall. Then, it was a short walk to the South Bus Terminal to meet the rest of the team (and ex-team mates and guests) who would be taking the bus to the Oslob. Others were going by car and motorcycle, while others were coming by bus at a later time.

Ready, set, GO! :D